THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 4 Friday, April 8, 1977 THE JEWISH NEWS of July .20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075. Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional ' Mailing Offices. Subscription :110 a year. Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue PHILIP SLOMOVITZ CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ DREW LIEBERWITZ Editor and Publisher Business Manager Advertising Manager Alan Ilitsky, News Editor . . . Heidi Press. Assistant News Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 21st of Nisan, 5737, is the seventh day of Passover, and the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Numbers 28:19-25. Pentateucha I portion, Exodus 13:17-15:26; Prophetical portion, II Samuel 22:1-51. Sunday. Eighth Day of Passover. Yizkor Pentateucha I portion, Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:19-25. Prophetical portion, Isaiah 10:32-12:6. Friday, April 15, Holocaust Remembrance Day Candle lighting. Friday, April 8, 6:47 p.m. VOL. LXXI, No. 5 Page Four Friday, April 8, - 1977 Six Decades of Hadassah Services Detroit Chapter of Hadassah's 60 years of continuous services to Eretz Israel and to the Zionist cause have elevated this com- munity's women's movement to high ranks in American Jewry's services for national redemption in the ancient homeland. When the Detroit chapter of the then emerging great humanitarian cause came into being, Hadassah's services were life- saving. The effects of World War I were de- vastating. There was little hope for the Jewish residents in what was then Pales- tine. They suffered privations, were af- fected by trachoma and their lives were not always secure under Turkish rule. Hadassah served many purposes, in adding to the relief that was being brought to the Holy Land, by establishing health clinics and providing trained American nurses to heal the weak. Hadassah was the women's Zionist movement and as such it fought against great odds, because of the difficult road that had to be trekked by the adherents to the Jewish liberation movement. Therefore the glory that belongs to the pioneers in Hadas- sah and in Zionism is all thegreater. The early leaders attested to the cour- age that was needed to adhere to the newly assumed obligations. Beginning with Mrs. . Abraham M. Hershman; the wife of the then distinguished rabbi of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, who was the first president of Detroit Chapter of Hadassah, the local movement had many dedicated leaders and continues to attract the devoted in the ranks of Jewish womanhood to lead the great cause. Mrs. Henry Weiristein, Mrs. Noah E. Aronstam, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich and others of high rank served as presidents of the local movement. Dedicated leaders like the late Jeannette Steinberg and many others gave status to an important cause. In the ensuing years local Hadassah chapters contributed impressively to the establishment of clinics, the support of the Hadassah Hospital, the medical and dental colleges and the numerous research efforts. Detroit women have an important share in the reconstitution of the Hadassah installa- tions on Mount Scopus. The 60th anniversary of Detroit Chap- ter of Hadassah inspires recollections of ap- preciation for great tasks well done and serves meritoriously to invite greetings to the present generation of Hadassah women and appreciation to all who added gloriously to the movement's many services. Red Cross Under Scrutiny If there can be a Red Crescent, why not a Red Magen David? Why is Magen David Adorn having diffi- culty acquiring an international welcome into ranks with which there already exists a good relationship and a workable cooperation? The explanation matches all of the expe- riences that have caused obstacles to decency in the treatment accorded Israel in matters which have given the Arab-Soviet bloc a role of dominance; the reason is a political one. Once again an humanitarian cause is on trial for failure to adhere to common decencies when Israel is involved. The great cause that operates under the Red Cross emblem has put itself on trial by failing to welcome Israel into the international ranks. John Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, who was among the earliest Christian Zionists, would turn over in his grave over the movement's travesty on jus- tice. As the great international humanitarian movement that serves mankind uninterruptedly during all menacing situations, the Red Cross has a claim upon all peoples, all faiths, all na- tions, all governments. It ceases to be a pri- vate matter. Therefore, with the Red Crescent as an acknowledged symbol, where is the jus- tice of banning the Red Magen David, Red Star of David? There is something peculiarly incon- sistent in the decisions of the governing powers that dominate over the International Red Cross, and it is to be hoped that politicization of humanism will not be condoned. 'Modern Jewish Thought,' Basic Reader on Many Vital Subjects World Jewry's most eminent persorialities of this century, from many lands, acclaimed historians, theologians, statesmen, are represented in the Schocken-published "Modern Jewish Thought —A Source Reader," edited by Dr. Nahum N. Glatzer. So impressive is the list of selected authorities on the great variety of subjects, and the material chosen from their writings, that this paperback gains significance as an anthological treas- ure. It is understandable that Dr. Glatzer should have inclUde in his collected essays Martin Buber's "Judaism and Civiliza tion and Thoughts on Jewish --Existence"; that among the,: scholars sharing in this work are Abraham Joshua Heschel, Mordechai M. Kaplan, Franz Rosenzweig, Yehezkel Kaufmann, Abraham Isaac Kook, Samson - Raphael Hirsch and numerous other noted theOlogians —philosophers - and Bible scholars. The roles of eminent Zionists, of historians, short story writers and pleaders for justice for the Jew before and after the Nazi erg. , adds importantly to the contents of this work. - Elie Wiesel and Emil L. Fackenheim are among those at,- testing to the representative character of the editor's selec- tions. Commendable is the recognition given to the late Horace M. Kallen whose "A Jewish View of Life" adds the views of a noted thinker to the volume's contents. Certainly the eminent Orthodox Talmudist Joseph Dov oveitchik has a place in this collection. Then there are the views ‘ 1 of Albert Einstein, Moses Hess, Heinrich Graetz and Walther, Rathenau that must be considered as very meritorious in this type of an instructive anthology. Dr. Leo Baeck, Judah L. Magnes, Milton Steinberg, Her- mann Cohen and Abraham Geiger are among the other notables in Jewish thought who understandably earned a place in Dr.' Glatzer's collected essays. The story teller Cynthia Ozick has gained a place here, Simon Rawidiwicz, Nahum Krochmal and the modern Hebrew, authors, Jacob Fichman, Rachel, Yitzhak Lamdan, Abraham Broides and Yehudah Amichi. The fact that Haim Nahman Bialik, Simon Dubnow, Moses Mendelssohn, and Ahad HaAm are in this honor role gives added credence to the merits of this vaulable reader. , Non-Separation From Community A basic lesson in Pirke Avot—Ethics of the Fathers—is one must not separate himself from the community—"Al tifrosh min ha-klal." This is a season for the strictest adherence to this obligation. The annual great campaign for funds to up- hold the hands of Israel's defenders and the builders of a vital society in the redeemed fa- therland, and for support of majority Jewish causes that are vital to the community is now in progress. The educational system, the social services in behalf of the immigrants from the Soviet Union as well as the health and recreational agencies which provide help for young and old, the ailing and those needing guidance in pur- suing a wholesome existence, are dependent upon funds raised in the Allied Jewish Cam- paign. Every citizen with a sense of responsibility must be enrolled in the great current effort and must be inseparable from the community. Shown are the editor of "Modern Jewish Thought," Dr. Nahum N. Glatzer, right, with the late Dr. Martin Flu ber.