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,L. 26 - NO. 30
PLAIN TALK
By Alfred Segal
STORY WITHOUT END
I had just read "Story Without
nd," a new book, "An Informal
istory of the Jewish People," as
ie title page says. It was just
ter dinner and dusk was fall
g. As is my practice after din
>r, toward the purpose of aiding
gestion, I had composed myself
the softest of the chairs in our
ring room and took my pipe in
ind. I lighted the pipe . . .
But first I should tell you
omething about ‘‘Story Without
nd.” It is by Rabbi Solomon
andman of Isaiah Temple, Kew
Jardens, N. Y. and by Benjamin
Ifron who formerly was Sabbath
chool superintendent in Rabbi
.andman’s temple. The book
/as published by Henry Holt &
It had turned out to be as in
ormal as the title page said it
ras. Scholarly enough but not
ledantic. The book told the story
s if Messrs. Landman and Efron
rere telling it to me in my own
iving room instead of in a book,
hey hadn't been overawed by
ny idea that they were writing
book for immortality.
It was a liberal Jew’s interpre
ation of Jewish history. In
esus, to whom they gave consid
rable attention, the authors saw
mother Jew who was tyring to
luint the ethical way of Jewish
ife. In another time he might
lave been a reform rabbi.
"Story Without End" gathers it
ill together in its last paragraphs;
’Jews have lived through times
hat have seen finish written in
he pages of history for other
leoples. Throughout those per
ods they kept alive the traditions
>f their past, taking them along
is precious baggage whenever
listory sent them traveling; and
hese traditions held them firmly
together as a people.
Always they developed new
•atterns of life as historical
orces played upon them, just as
they are now creating new forms
Jewish life to fit modern so
:*ety- This, too, is part of the
radition that has kept the Jews
‘live; for their religion and
ocial ideals, stemming from the
’rophets of Israel, were not
‘ xed and immutable but rather
Judes for purposeful living. For
j“is reason Jews will continue to
. as long as man’s spirit
reaches toward the realization of
the Prophetic ideals of justice,
eniocracy and peace.”
Now I can return to my pipe
ind Nie big, soft chair in my liv
n 9 room. My pipe and chair
le lp me out wonderfully in the
OUr when I am preparing to
*” te this column. The chair
ds me relax, the capacious
uouth of the pipe speaks up with
Intelligence to the mind
w lc h in the hour may not have
on e idea in it.
he pip e was saying, “Well,
Sal, that’s a good title of that
J° ok •• • ‘Story Without End’ .. .
suggests the Jewish people are
, Vlng forever. Can’t you make
out of that, Segal?
ry Without End’ is a good
P ‘on for your column this
veek.
(Continued on Page Eight)
500 Collegians To
Attend IZFA Camps
Six ten-day summer camps
sponsored by the Intercollegiate
Zionist Federation of America
will enroll five hundred college
campers for IZFA’S fourth camp
ing season beginning the last
week of August The fix camps—
largest number in I'FA history—
will serve IZFA regions across
the nation: two camps in New
England and one each in the
Southeast, Midwest, Southwest
and West Coast. Advance regis
tration is at peak level, according
to Benjamin Mintz. Camp Co
ordinator, and Victor Goldman
man, Registrar
An intensive educational and
cultural outline has been pre
pared by Judith Neulander, nat
ional president, and Lionel Kest
enbaum, vice-president in charge
of education, which blueprints
the camp programs. Among the
topics for discussion at camp are:
study and examination of histor
ical background of Judaism and
Zionism; present day life and
problems in Israel; an evaluation
of the American Jewish Com
munity; and the relationship be
tween Diaspora Jewry and the
renascent Jewish community
which is the state of Israel.
Campers, divided into snail
groups under the direction of
trained IZFA leaders, will spend
several hours each day in read
ing and discussion.
67 Communities Will Raise About
$12,000,900 Less This Year Than
In 1940, Survey Shows
NEW YORK (JTA) —A total of $54;191.000 has been raised to
date toward local campaign goals by 67 Jewish communities through
out the country, according to a report released this week by the
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. Some of these
communities completed their campaigns in July, while others are
continuing their drives.
The reporting cities anticipate
a final total return of $58,990,500
for 1949, the report said. The
same communities raised $71,005,-
256 last year. These, communities
include: Baltimore, which has so
far raised more than $3,000,000
and will close its campaign in
September; Buffalo, which com
pleted its campaign by raising
its quota of $1,200,000; Cincin
nati, which reached its goal of
$1,600,000; Cleveland, which com
pleted its drive after raising its
goal of $4,900,000; Detroit, which
raised $5,240,000 and is conclud
ing its campaign this month;
Kansas City, which raised its
goal of $1,210,000; Los Angeles,
which raised six million dollars
toward its $8,000,000 goal, but
which is continuing its campaign
through September.
The reporting cities also in
cluded Miami, which concluded
its campaign last month after
raising $1,090,000; Newark, which
completed its drive after raising
its quota of about $2,800,000,
Philadelphia, which raised $5,-
700,000 but is still trying to reach
a total of $6,000,000; St. Louis,
which raised $2,650,000; San
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1949
DR.MARCUS HEADS REFORM
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Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, the Adolph
S. Ochs Professor of Jewish
History at the Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Re
ligion, was elected President of
the Central Conference of
American Rabbis at its 60th
anniversary convention in Bret
ton Woods, New Hampshire.
Dr. Marcus, who was recently
elected Chairman of the Publi
cation Committee of the Jewish
Publication Society, succeeds
Dr. Abraham J. Feldman of
Hartford, Conn, as President of
the oldest and largest rabbin
ical organization in the United
States. One of the foremost
American Jewish historians, Dr.
Marcus is also Director of the
American Jewish Archives, and
a Vice-President of the Amer
ican Jewish Historical Society.
Francisco, which secured about
$1,500,000; and Toronto, which
completed its drive after raising
$1,322,000.
In a telegram to John J. McCloy, United States High Commis
sioner-designate for Germany, the World Jewish Congress expressed
its deep apprehension over the clash between German police and a
group of several hundred displaced Jews in Munich who held a
demonstration to protest a violently anti-Semitic letter printed by
Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
When the German police fired
on the demonstrators, four Jews
were hit, two of them seriously
wounded.
The telegram, signed by Dr
Robert S. Marcus, Political Di
rector of the World Jewish Cong
ress, voices appreciation for the
prompt and efficient intervention
of the United States military po
lice who restored order but re
news an urgent appeal, already
made by the World Jewish Cong
ress on several precious occasions,
that measures be taken to pre
vent the use of German police
forces in any case where Jewish
Proles! Use Os German Police
Against DP Demonstrators
CONGRESSMEN WARN
ARABS NOW ARMING
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright, 1949, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Warnings by Congressmen that the Arabs are rapidly arming for
renewed aggression on Israel are being ignored by the State
Department.
Pleas to Secretary of State Dean Acheson for the retention of
the United Nations arms embargo on the Near East went unheeded.
Reports of unprecedented Arab arms expenditures filtered into
Washington as the Arab press and radio indicated the temper of
those feudal states.
Greek Jews Os
Military Age May
Go To Israel
ATHENS, (JTA) Greek
Jews of military age may immi
grate to Israel on condition that
they renounce their nationality,
declare that they will never re
turn to Greece and “take with
them all members of their fam
ily,” a Greek Government order
concerning the emigration of
Jews from this country said this
week.
The last part of the order
pertaining to the movement of
families is considered to be
vague and it is expected that
elucidation of the clause will be
requested. The government ord
er covers Jews now serving in
the Greek Army.
Trygve Lie Rates
Palestine Case Top
U. N. Peace Effort
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA) -
Trygve Lie, Secretary-General
of the United Nations, this week
rated the Palestine case as the
“number one” achievement of the
world organization’s peace ef
forts in 1949. In his annual re
port to the General Assembly
Trygve Lie also called for a high
priority for the Middle East in
the U.N. program of technical as
sistance to underveloped coun
tries. He stressed the importance
of such water development proj
ects as the Jordan Valley Plan.
displaced persons are involved.
Pointing out that anti-Semi
tism is clearly coming to the fore
again in Germany and is being
used to aggravate existing tens
ions, Dr. Marcus urges the High
Commissioner to introduce ap
propriate safeguards against the
misuse of the freedom of the
press for the purpose of spread
ing racial and religious hatred.
Such limitations of this essential
human freedom, the World Jew
ish Congress declares, would but
correspond to principles which
the United Nations have already
recognized.
$3.00 A YEA*
Recommendations of Dr. Ralph
J. Bunche, acting Palestine medi
ator, urging the lifting of the
arms ban, have drawn a sharp
rebuke. Rep. Emanuel Celler
(D., N. Y.) said, “Dr. Bunche
indeed shuts himself in an ivory
tower if he believes real peace
has descended upon Palestine.
Israel sits upon a powder keg
which the Arabs may ignite any
day.” (Bunche advocates a
“moral embargo.”)
From Buenos Aires, Dr. Otto
Weiderman, former German mas
ter spy, reveals that Syria is hir
ing former Nazi officers and
Luftwaffe pilots. The Damascus
radio reports intensified work on
airports and the issuance of a
mobilization decree. A London
report, buried in a mass of statis
tics released by our Department
of Commerce, tells of heavy ship
ments of military aircraft to
Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. Forty
British training planes, of the
latest design, are on their way to
Cairo.
The Cairo radio brags that
American warplanes are being
secured by Lebanon in the Unit
ed States. (What about the
“moral embargo?”) Britain an
nounces the opening of a pro
gram to train Arab aviation ca
dets at Royal Air Force fields in
England.
Mohamed El Taabi writes in
"Achar Sa'a," an Egyptian peri
odical: "The world—at least the
Arab world—today knows that
Hitler was neither a wicked man
nor an oppressor, as represented
by Jewish propaganda. He was
just an energetic ruler who dealt
with the Jews as they deserved
it. The Arab peoples will never
know peace with the Jews, but
will continue to tell the world
that a blood feud exists between
them and those Jews .... They
will always remember what hap
pened to the hundreds of thous
ands of Arab refugees ... A new
Hitler will arise amongst the
Arabs, woe to you. you Jews!"
Azmi Nashashibi. manager of
the Ramallah radio station: “We
have been attacked, murdered,
robbed, ruined—but we shall car
ry our burdens and when the
time comes, we shall show what
material we are made of. We,
the Arabs of Palestine, shall
neither forget nor forgive.
The Iraqi Defense Ministry in
Baghdad states that Iraqi army
units returning from Palestine
are doing so only in order to rest
and prepare for a renewal of the
"Holy Jihad" at a suitable time.
Cellar reports that his sources
inform him that Britain is pour
ing arms into Iraq, Jordan,
Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon —
under the guise an subterfuge of
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