THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 22 Friday, May 21; 1982 • 111.. .• • `Forward' Celebrates 85 Years • By BORIS SMOLAR (Editor-in-chief emeritus, JTA) (Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.) DIAMONDS OUR SPECIALTY Diamond Stud Earrings A Super Look At A Super Lou , Price AttaA oil 564 LAWRENCE M. ALLAN President GEMOLOGIST & DIAMONTOLOGIST 30400 TELEGRAPH • BIRMINGHAM LOCATED AT 12 1/2 Mile SUITES 104/134 - Awarded Certificate by GIA in Grading & Evaluation (.42-5575 • iv -. • •"• • "a' • • • • a The celebration this weekend of the 85th an- niversary of the Jewish Daily Forward — the only Yiddish daily newspaper in the U.S. — marks a mile- stone in American Jewish history. There was a time — about 50 years ago — when more than a dozen Yiddish daily newspapers were published in this country. Seven of them were in New York, in- cluding a tabloid-size eve- ning paper; three were pub- lished simultaneously in Chicago, which had at that time the largest Jewish community in the U.S. next to New York. Yiddish daily newspapers were published also in Philadelphia and in Cleveland. The Forward survived all of them. The Forward is still the bible today of the genera- tion of immigrant Jews whom the paper helped to find their way in this coun- try. The paper is highly re- spected also by young American Jews of the sec- ond and third generations, even if they cannot read Yiddish. The role which this paper — and its editor Ab- raham Cahan — played in assisting the generation of immigrants to fight the "sweat shops" in which many of them worked, in strengthening the fledgling trade labor unions, in serv- ing as their adviser in var- ious family problems, and in adjusting themselves to American life, is reflected in numerous English books and social work in this country. Way back in the 1930s, when the New York Federa- tion of Jewish Philan- thropies established its School for Social Work to train students for profes- sionals in Jewish institu- tions, it produced a mimeographed volume of letters originally written in Yiddish by readers of the Forward asking the paper for advice on family and so- cial problems they were fac- ing. The letters, translated by the school into English, be- came a part of the cur- riculum of the school. - These bittersweet letters — and the responses they drew from the legendary advice column in paper — were popular as a daily feature in the Forward, ap- pearing under the title "A Bintel Brief' (A Bundle of Letters"). Today, the Forward is compelled to appeal to the readers for financial assis- tance. Individual readers from all parts of the country and Canada are-responding with contributions. The quality of the paper, now ably edited by F -- Weber, a member of ti editorial staff for many years, is still journalisti- cally very high, but the job of editing it becomes more and more difficult with every year because of a de- cline in qualified Yiddish journalists. Older writers are retiring and there are no young journalists with suf- ficient Jewish background and knowledge of Yiddish to replace them. The Sunday edition of the Forward now has an English supplement, seek- ing, as a family paper, to gain the interest of the young readers. Bonn Committee to Launch Drive Against Neo-Nazis BONN (JTA) — A special committee of the ruling So- cial Democratic Party (SPD) has recommended a series of activities to counter rightwing ex- tremists in West Germany. The group, established by the SPD's central commit- tee, intends to launch a major public campaign against neo-Nazism begin- ning Jan. 1, the 50th an- niversary of Hitler's ascen- sion to power. 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U.S. May Renew Strategic Talks With Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) — Political circles confirmed reports that the United States is about to renew the Memorandum of Under- standing on strategic coop- eration between Israel and the U.S. which was sus- pended last year following Israel's extension of civilian law to the Golan Heights. According to government sources, Secretary of State Alexander Haig sent Pre- mier Menahem Begin a let- ter in which he mentioned the need to discuss the re- newal of the memorandum. Haig said this should be one of the topics to be dis- cussed during the forthcom- ing visit of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon to Washing- ton. Sharon is to address the annual meeting of the United Jewish Appeal na- tional leadership confer- ence next week and is ex- pected to meet with Ad- ministration officials then. German organizations which resisted the Nazis during the Third Reich; a score of anti-Nazi demon- strations with thousands of SPD members visiting former concentration camps and other sites that are re- minders of Nazi barbarism; and the publication of books dealing with anti- Semitism, hatred against foreigners and other aspects of neo-Nazism. U.S. Warns UN WASHINGTON (JTA) — Congress last week adopted a resolution warning the United Nations of U.S. sanctions if the General As- sembly or any UN agency expelled Israel. The Senate approved the measure in April. The House vote last week was 401-3. The three Representa- tives who voted against the House resolution were John Conyers (D-Mich.), Robert Kastenmeier (D-Wisc.) and Gus Savage (D-Ill.). Forest Is Tribute to Mountbatten JERUSALEM (JTA) More than 1,000 people, 1 cluding Countes., Mountbatten, took part in a ceremony near Migdal Haemek last week inau- gurating a JNF forest in memory of Lord Mountbat- ten of Burma. JNF chairman Moshe Rivlin said the forest would be one of several in Israel commemorating front-line British statesmen who played a key role in Israel's history. Every delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom.