Friday, July 20, 1919 19 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Historic Irony in Timerman Case By DAVID SCHWARTZ (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) Jacobo Timerman, a Jewish publisher in Argen- tina, was awarded the Hubert H. Humphrey Prize of the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith but was not able to receive the award, being under house arrest in his Buenos Aires apartment. His son, who lives in Israel, was desig- nated to accept the -award for him. Argentina is now under a Fascist regime. People sud- denly "disappear," some . 5,000 in the last year. Ac, cording to the New York dames, the figure may be oser to 15,000. Some of the bodies of those who disap- pear are later found floating in the water. According to the Times, Jews "disap- pear" more than others. All of which somehow makes us think of Baron de Hirsch, the great Jewish philanthropist. Nowadays, not so many know of Baron de Hirsch, but he was once a most famous and beloved figure in the Jewish world. His pocket seemed always open for any good Jewish cause. When "Theodor Herzl ORT Enrollment Up, New Schools Planned Soon first conceived the idea of a Jewish state, he hoped above all for support of this great philanthropist, but Baron de Hirsch for the first time, it seemed, said no. He himself had a great solution for the Jewish problem. He would establish a great Jewish settlement in Argentina. _ The Baron regarded Herzl as a visionary. He, on the contrary, was a practi- cal man. He had accumu- lated great wealth building railroads all over Europe. That was practical. Argen- tina was a great land of empty space, rich in natural resources. Why seek out a tiny land in the desolate Middle East? Yet now Timerman can only get his award accepted by one of the his sons who settled in Israel. Maybe after all, Theodor Herzl was the practical man. Who can say that Herzl was not practical? Herzl not only wanted the Baron's support, he wanted the sup- port of all the men of power — of the many kings of his day. At that time, Wilhelm was king of Germany and Italy had a king. He wanted the support of both. Also he wanted the support of the Pope. He went to see all three of them. When you go to see NEW YORK — The Is- Montreal Studies branch of ORT which ,n ew ish Elderly provides both youth and- MONTREAL (JTA) — A adults with training in modern technology and task force on aging is mak- vocational skills has re- ing an intensive research ported an enrollment in- study of aged Jews in crease of 30,000 during the Montreal aimed at provid- last 10 years. ORT enroll- ing a lath fall report on serv- ment has jumped from ices to the aged for the Al- 45,000 to 75,000 in that lied Jewish Community time period. Services. To meet Israel's changing - The specific assignment industrial and social needs, of the task force is to develop two new ORT schools have long-term plans for serving already been projected, ac- the Jewish elderly, esti- cording to Sidney E. Leiw- mated to be about 15 per- ant, American ORT Federa- cent of Montreal's 125,000 tion president, including Jews. AJCS officials said its one whose "target popula- tion is to be that large pool constituent agencies spend of youth not now reached by more than $1 million an- any school or educational nually serving Montreal's program in modern Israel." aged Jews. Jerusalem Eternal Capital By MERIAM MARGOLIS men like that, if you are a practical man you put on your best clothes. You've got to make a good ap- pearance. So Herzl went out, according to his di- ary, and bought himself a wonderful pair of gloves. Anyone looking at those gloves couldn't help but think well of the man wearing them. Herzl was super-practical. He did something else. He deliberately soiled the gloves a bit so that the kings would think that the gloves weren't just bought for this one occasion, that they were just routine to him. No, you can't say that HerzLwas not practical. But the best proof- is what has happened now. The Jew who settled in Argentina is under house arrest and he has to rely on his son who lives in Israel to accept the award. GOT A PROBLEM. Interfaith Group to Aid Refugees NEW YORK — The In- terfaith Hunger Appeal, a coalition of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish agen- cies announced' that it has — allocated $30,000 to assist the "baat people" in South- east Asia. The_.group is also receiv- ing donations from the American public in support of future relief operations for the refugees. The funds will be used to provide food, blankets, bed- ding, medicines and clo- thing for distribution to the "boat" people in the Philip- pines, Macau, Hong Kong The German benefactors who founded Technion in 1908 demanded that in- struction be in German. A "Battle of the Languages" ensued, and Hebrew was victorious. This victory sol- idified the role of Hebrew as the language used through- out the Jewish homeland. and Malaysia. In a joint statement, the religious leaders of the group declared that the plight of Southeast Asian A flush beats a full house refugees "threatens to be- come the greatest 967-3343 humanitarian crisis of this no sabbath calls decade." XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX> 00(X X X X Now at DAVE'S , PLUMBING X egteVe? Zero Neckband Shirts X 100% Cotton Solid & StrilAs from $27.50 Long Sleeves 31455 Southfield Road (between 13 & 14 Mile) Phone: 645-5560 Open 9-6 daily, Thurs. til 9 and Sat. til 5:30 p.m. „„ ... 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