THEJEWISH NEWS (uses 2,5.520, Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with the issue of July 20, 1951 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. Member of American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, National Editorial Association and National Newspaper Association and its Capital Club. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Postmaster: Send address changes to The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield, Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $15 a year. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher ALAN HITSKY News Editor CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager HEIDI PRESS Associate News Editor DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 26th day of Nisan, 5743, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 9:1-11:47. Prophetical portion, II Samuel 6:1-7:17. Wednesday and Thursday, Rosh Hodesh Iyar, Numbers 28:1-15 Sunday, Yom Hashoa — Holocaust Remembrance Day Candlelighting, Friday, April 8, 6:48 p.m. VOL. LXXXIII, No. 6 Page Four Friday, April 8, 1983 HISTORIC D.C. ASSEMBLY For the many thousands who assemble in the nation's capital this week to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of an inhuman onslaught, it will be a commemoration filled with the saddest of memories, intermingled with a determined will that what was suffered should not be repeated again. The Week of Remembrance in Washington must be viewed as representative of echoing sentiments in thousands of communities, in this land and wherever there are people with memories and with a conscience. It is reason- able to believe that hundreds of thousands will share with the many thousands in the District of Columbia the recollection of the agonies of the Holocaust and the sense of thankfulness and humility which marked the survival of those who are now privileged to commemorate so de- pressing a human experience. A very sad note creeps into the observances of the events tom be commemorated. It is the depressing feeling about a generation that may be the last to remind the world of what had happened to them as witnesses of the horrors. One of the survivors, preparing for the events in Washington, portrayed himself as the last of the generation that was tested by the Holocaust and stated to a reporter: "Actually, what will hap- pen when we all gather is a dream for me . . . No one is asking what the program is. We all just want to be together, rub shoulders, see faces. We don't know how much longer there is." Yet, when those who remember gather, and it includes the observance this Sunday in this community, they are under a commitment not to forget, never to permit history to be lacking in facts and in truth. That is why this nation is setting aside two government buildings for a perpetuating Holocaust memorial, as an ad- monition for generations to come never to per- mit repetition of horror. That is why such a Holocaust memorial is being erected in the Met- ropolitan Detroit area. That is why it is so im- portant that the gathering in Detroit, marking the Week of Remembrance, should be treated as an All-Time Era of Remembrance, that the as- sembly here should be an immense one, that the people should demonstrate their sense of out- rage over what had occurred while proclaiming repeatedly that "Never Again" is humanity's verdict. YIZKOR • • • OF THE AGES Haskara spells sadness. In Jewish experi- ence it is primarily dignity. This is applicable to a personal remorse, and more especially in the character of the peoplehood of Israel. Such a sense of judgment emerges in this • period on the Jewish calendar, when the world is reminded of the courage that spelled Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This is a time to recall acts of courage, and to treat the reminiscences with a sense of pride that fearless Jews of all ages knew when and how to resist. They were the Maccabeans of the 20th Cen- tury. They confronted a mighty army and they died in the process, yet in the aftermath what they did must be judged as a victory, even if the survivors were only the very few who lived to be the witnesses in the courts of mankind. Th lessons of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are imb dded in the recognition that it is an inerasab e part in history that men, women and children ere compelled to resort to firearms, to Molotov Cocktails, with which they laid low hundreds of Nazis. It was in the fashion in which they did it — while celebrating Passover, with confidence in their hearts and minds — as. Zionists! — that redemption would come, that justice would prevail. It is not the Warsaw Ghetto heroism alone that calls for a Yizkor period, for Haskarot wherever Jews assemble. The heroes and the admonitions are vital in the historic reminis- cences. It is also an anniversary of many mur- ders, including the great historian Shimon Dubnow, who just before he was murdered by a Nazi in the Riga concentration camp, sent forth a message to his fellow sufferers: "Jews, make a record for history of what you are witnessing here." There are many anniversaries, and Yizkor is, indeed, of the ages. It is recited for many tragic experiences. Additionally, sadly, this is the 80th anniversary of the Kishinev pogrom, which was inspired by Czarist Russian official- dom. It is because of all the savageries that left a legacy marked by brutalities that Yizkor, which is of the ages, carries with it the message of Zachor, Remember! There is pride and dignity in the recollec- tions of the brutalities which fill the pages of Jewish history. Because Jews resisted, there is pride. Be6.use Jews always retained faith, there is a self-respect that is imperishable. Be- cause it is always emphasized with Zachor! A FORTNIGHT FOR ACTION Less than two weeks remain before the formality of concluding an important Allied Jewish Campaign. The remaining days repre- sent a challenge to the several thousand poten- tial givers whose contributions are yet to be recorded. The ultimate result of this important Cam- paign will register the extent of Jewish unity in support of the communities involved, the domesticly vital. Detroit agencies as well as the multiple needs nationally and overseas. They include the obligation to keep Israel fully pro- tected as a creative force in Jewish life. Hopefully, there will be a unanimous re- sponse, strengthening the unity for action for which the current fund-raising effort appeals to all members of this responsible community. We all have a duty to be partners in Jewish unity. From Ballantine Books `Live and Be Well' Volume Captures Yiddish in America "Live and Be Well" (Ballantine Books) is a large-sized volume, filled with photographs, replete with capsules about Jewish experi- ences and historical events. It is subtitled: "A Celebration of Yiddish Culture in America." It is the subtitle that is a misnomer. The major title is properly descriptive, yet the book itself is much more than a Yiddish collection of tid-bits and historical occurrences. It is a remarkable collection of brief essays about nearly everything that has influenced Jewish life in this country upon the arrival of the large influx of immigrants. The final item in the book is about "Zeides and Bubbies." The first is about the great Yiddish actor Jacob P. Adler. This explain's a great deal. It is testimony to contents that deal with those who arrived in this country, struggled to defy the difficulties of immigrant life and then rose to a measure of great strength as an American Jewish community; and in between there were the eminent personalities, the actors who created a stage to be envied, the People who rose to leadership in this country, the creators of a great community. The compilers are Richard F. Shephard and Vicki Gold Levi, and the research assistants were Moishe Rosenfeld and designer Louise File. In a sense this book is encyclopedic in content. Many of the leading Jewish communities are recorded here. This, and perhaps in other aspects, there should have been some caution. Detroit is exemplary. It could not be expected to be complete. Much belongs there, even in the brevity of this insertion. When, however, the com- pilers said that a notorious gang "preyed on the city's Yiddish- speaking small businessmen," it introduced a misleadingly negative note. It was a sad occurrence in Detroit's Jewish history, but there was no preying on Jews by Jews. Remarkable about this collection is the accumulation of facts about Jews in the theater, in the movies, and more especially in the Yiddish theater. This is where "Live and Be Well" emphasizes the joyous factor in a book so filled with Jewish experiences. Here is one item among the very intriguing ones that draw much attention to this exciting book. Few people now remember Cafe Royale on Second Avenue which was a gathering place for the Yiddish authors and actors. That's where many,disputes took place and where life developed into a "Be Well" atmosphere. The very fact that Louis D. Brandeis merits a paragraph in this book is an indication that it is not all of a Yiddish nature, that "Live and Be Well" could be defined as "All-American." Noteworthy in the personalities' designations are the inclusion of prominent names, such as Stephen S. Wise, Louis Marshall and Jacob H. Schiff. Lillian Wald, who is credited with having proposed the formation of the Free Synagogue to Stephen Wise, gets due attention here. Marshall is credited with having influenced President William Howard Taft in with abrogating the treaty with Russia in 1911 on grounds of Russian discrimination against Jews and Catholics. The long section on Yiddish states: "There is certainly irony in the fact that Yiddish, a language beleaguered by assimilation, should have made what is probably its longest-lasting impression, outside its own circles, on the English language spoken in the United States." This is where applications of Yinglish, Yiddlish and Ameriddish are found. The many Yiddish words that are now part of the Yinglishisms are recorded here. The scores of other tid-bits and capsules that enrich this volume add to the extreme interest already aroused in this interesting, multi-illustrated volume.