70 Friday, November 18, -1977

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Robert Szold, 88, Zionist Leader

NEW YORK (JTA)—Rob-
ert Szold, a New York law-
yer whose activity in the
Zionist movement began
during World War I, died
Nov. 9 in New York at age

Mr. Szold, a Harvard Law
School graduate in 1912,
assumed the presidency of
the Zionist Circle in 1915
and was a member of the
Zionist Commission to
Palestine in 1919. He also
became the first Jewish
Administrator of Jerusa-
lem, a post to which he was
appointed by Lord Allenby,
the British Administrator
for Palestine.
He served as chairman of
the Zionist Organization of
America from 1930-31 dur-
ing which time he drafted
the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Pales-
tine Endowment Fund
which helps support and
maintain the Hebrew Uni-
,verEity in Jerusalem. He

was a life member of the
Jewish National Fund, vice
chairman of the Jewish
Agency in 1931 and a found-
ing member of the Ameri-
can Emergency Committee
for Zionist Affairs in 1939.

Mr. Szold was born in
Streator, Ill., and attended
Knox College before enter-
ing Harvard. He held honor-
ary degrees from Brandeis
University and the Hebrew
University.

48 Students Aided

NEW YORK—Scholarship
and fellowship grants total-
ing more than $68,250 have
enabled 48 students, all of
them future staff members
of Jewish community cen-
ters and YM and YWHAs, to
enroll in professional gradu-
ate and undergraduate
courses in colleges and uni-
versities according to Dan-
iel Rose, president of the
Jewish Welfare Board.

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Ford Disregards
Boycott Warning

NEW YORK—The Ford
Motor Co. said last week its
agreement to help build
trucks and diesel engines in
Egypt "will proceed"
despite a warning from the
Arab boycott office that the
products would be banned in
Arab markets because Ford
is on the Arab blacklist for
dealing with Israel.
Under an agreement
signed last month, Ford
agreed to contribute 30 per-
cent of the $30 million
needed to revitalize an
existing truck plant in Alex-
andria and to build a second
facility to make diesel
engines.
"We have not received
any notification from the
Egyptian government that
the understanding has
changed and therefore we
intend to proceed as
agreed," said Edson P. Wil-
liams president - of Ford
Mideast and Africa, Inc., a
Dearborn, England-based
subsidiary of Ford Motor
Co.
Sources in Cairo say that
Egypt, in exchange for
Ford's investments, has
given an unwritten assur-
ance it will try to have Ford
removed from the boycott
blacklist.

A Portrait of Joseph Leftwich,
`Ambassador of Jewish Literature'

Vladimir Jabotinsky, Selig novelists and essayists to
the English-speaking public,
Brodetsky, F.H. Kisch,
David M. Eder or the Rev. thus influencing two gener-
ations of young Anglo-Jew-
J.K. Goldbloom, and JTA
Joseph Leftwich belongs to
ish writers. He has • also
news flowed out to Jewish
no political party although
translated Max Brod and
papers. As London editor,
he always was and is an
Leftwich had the task of his great friend, Stefan
admirer of certain personal-
Zweig, from German into
obtaining, selecting, formu-
ities to whatever they .may
English, and even a beauti-
lating and often com-
belong. His "party" is Jew-
ful story by Herzl.
menting upon the daily
ish literature. He is a friend
Lefwich is now celebrat-
news, political and literary
of writers and poets whose
events, statements of Jew- ing his 85th birthday. He is
names are quoted in liter-
ish leaders as well as still at his office daily,
ature - in English, Hebrew,
attacks by the enemies of addressing meetings
Yiddish and in other lan-
the Jewish people.
writing articles. On
guages. He is a "hasid" of
Editors in Tel Aviv, New occasion of his 85th birthday
good essayS and an
York, Warsaw, Vienna, Ber- he has again donated to the
enthusiast of inspiring
lin, Prague or Paris put Central Zionist Archives in
books. He often quotes The-
their trust in Leftwich and , Jerusalem nine boxes con-
odor Herzl, Vladimir Jabo-
the JTA reports from Lon- taining a few thousand let-
tinsky and Israel Zangwill.
don. He became one of the ters; his correspondence
He was born in Holland,
pillars of Jewish journalism
with Israel Zangwill, Stefan
the son of Polish parents.
and one of the Jabotinsky,
Zweig, Scholem Asch, Zal-
When still a child, his fam-
Grossman, Wurmbrand,
man Schneour, Jabotinsky,
ily settled in London and
Tennenblatt, Mendel Mann
Grossman, Max Brod, Igaac
young Joseph absorbed the
and Otto Schick circle.
,Rosenberg, Aaron Glanz-
atmosphere of Whitechapel,
Leyeles, Itzik Manger,
in those days so full of Yid-
His "Israel-the First Jew-
Melech Ravitch, Henryk
dishkeit, with discussions on
ish Omnibus," which he
Zionism, Socialism and
Glicenstein, David Bomb-
edited in 1933, and "The
Comrirunism, lectures on
erg, Abraham Sutzkever,
Golden Peacock" in 1939,
Herzl and Zangwill, on
both works consisting of Bernard Shaw, etc. There
Hebrew and Yiddish, on
are also some letters from
over 2,000 pages, introduced
Palestine, Uganda, revolu-
Albert Einstein, Nahum
over 300 Jewish writers in
tion and visions of the
Sokolow, Chaim Weizmann,
various languages and from
future.
Zalman Shazar and Moshe
many countries to the pub-
Although he begun to pub-
Sharett. This gift will still
lic. He is known today as
lish poems in English jour-
be one more inducement to
the "Ambassador of. Jewish
nals a few years before the
Jewish historians and stu-
Literature" or the
First World War, his
dents to visit the Jerusalem
"Ambassador of Yiddish
-
Forest Fire Wave "school" of journalism and Literature." His books are Archives.
for translations from Yidd-
In his poems and articles,
found in many Jewish
in Israel Probed
ish into English was the
he often recalls Israel Zang-
homes.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
will and his friend, the poet
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A
(JTA).
Meir
Grossman
and
Isaac Rosenberg, killed in
His
home
in
Highgate
has
wave of forest fires of a sus-
Jacob Landau, established
battle during the First
always been open to
picious origin has prompted
the JTA, and in 1923, Lef-
World War, and if Rose-
writers, poets, sculptors and
an investigation by fire and
wich
became
editor
of
its
nberg lives on, it is thanks
painters
and,
when
Sholem
police experts. Seven fires,.
London bureau, which he
in part to the pen of Left-
Asch or Zalman Schneour,
mainly in the northern
directed until -1936.
wich. Among his books, the
Leivick
or
Glanz-Leyeles,
regions of the country in
On
Great
Russell
Street,
first biography of "Israel
Sutzkever
or
Ravitch
visited
recent weeks, have
50 years ago were the , Zion-
London, they could usually Zangwill " and the two vol-
destroyed thousands of
umes, "The Way We
ist headquarters known as
be met at his home. He has
trees. At least in some cases
Think," an anthology of the
the "Jewish Downing
translated dozens of the
the fires are believed to
Street" where Zionist lead-
finest essays of over 80
giants
of
Yiddish
literature
have been set by terrorists.
ers from all over the world
writers, translated into
and others destined to
arrived to hear Chaim Weiz-
become great, into English- English, are the best.
Passenger Dies
mann, Nahum Sokolow,
Leftwich has friends
and he has introduced poets,
among the leaders of the
TEL AVIV — An Ameri-
Zionist and Jewish parties;
can passenger on an El Al
Anti-Semitism Hits 2 Churches he
co-operates with them,
Israel Airlines jumbo jet
serves only the Jewish
over Yugoslavia died Nov. 3
for Incorporating Jewish Ideas but
people
and religion as a
after the plane was forced
whole. Every day he goes to
to make an emergency dive
NEW YORK — Two Long
the Hebrew blessing of the
the office of the Federation
Island Lutheran church
from 33,000 to 14,000 feet
couple.
of Jewish Relief Organiza-
have combined Christian
because of cabin pressure
The pastors admit that
tions, working as though he
and
Jewish
customs
into
failure.
reaction to their church has
were still a young man. He
their services, leading to a
been deep and sometimes
Two doctors on board the
is a regular speaker at
heavy
turn-over
of
member-
anti-Semitic.. They hold
plane attended the stricken
meetings.
of the Association
ship 'during the last 10
Christian services on Sun-
passenger, W.C. Holder of
of. Jewish Journalists and
years, suspension from the
day
mornings
and
Jewish
Authors, and of the Yiddish
Ilano, Texas, but the man
American Lutheran Church,
services Sunday evenings.
Committee of the World
was dead by the time the
and some anti-Semitism on
One of the members
Jewish Congress. The three-
pilot completed an emer-
the part of- the membership.
reported that a Torah cover
above mentioned organiza-
gency landing in Belgrade.
was once ripped in the stor-
tions are now sponsoring a
The three pastors and
age room where Jewish
reception in his honor.
some 'of the membership
V ictory a Defeat
articles are kept, and one of
He seldom addres
a
keep kosher, wear yar-
the pastors said, "When this
meeting without notes, for
mulkas and talit and
TEL AVIV (ZINS) —Prof.
first started many of our
he respects his audience
incorporate Hebrew into
Walter Laqueur. director of
Christians
became
anti-
and, like a university lec-
their
services.
the Research Institute for
Semitic or discovered that
turer, tries to educate his
Strategic Studies in Wash-
A recent wedding cere-
they had been anti-Semitic
listeners. For over 35 years
ington, believes that a new
mony was held under a
all along."
he has been the permanent
Middle East war would be
hupa and the groom
One member said, "For a
delegate of the Yiddish
far• more violent than in the
smashed the wine glass
while,
the
pastors
were
PEN Club Center in New
past.
under his foot. Jesus' name,
wearing yarmulkas during
York and on the executive
He told the newspaper
however, was used during
the Christian service. You
of PEN, the world organiza-
Maariv that Israel would
know what that does to a
tion of writers.
win the war. but would lose
good Lutheran."
The voice ipf Leftwich
The sages would some-
politically. He argued a new
The pastors say that
could be heardrat meetings
war would lead the U.S. and times tie money in a cloth
Jesus was a Jew and that
and conferences, in defense
Soviet Union to impose a bag and throw it behind
of freedom of the pen and
they are identifying with the
Middle East settlement their backs for poor men to
informing the world when
Christian Church of the
which Israel would have to pick up, so that the poor
Jewish poets, writers and
First Century, when many
accept because of her should not feel shame.
novelists were being
Jews accepted Jesus as the
dependence on U.S. aid.
persecuted.
— MA I MONIDES
Messiah.

By JOSEF FRAENKEL
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The Jewish News

Special Landon Correspondent

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