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WEEKLY SERVING AMERICAN CITIZENS OF
, THE OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED JEWISH PUBLICATION IN THIS TERRITORY
VOL. 30 NO. 16
PLAIN TALK
BY ALFRED SEGAL
THE JEWISH HOPE *
A lady, Mrs. Mae Guswiler, of
our city, sends me “The Jewish
Hope" a publication of Los
Angeles. Mrs. Guswiler, who is a
Christian, puts "The Jewish
Hope" in my hands for the sake
of my soul and my status as Jew.
She may have been reading how
hard it is to be a Jew, the way
some enemy is always on our
necks, and "The Jewish Hope"
offers me escape from all that.
The idea of the “Jewish
Hope” is that the salvation of the
Jews is in Christianity. It says:
“We labor among the lost sheep
of the House of Israel . . . that
they may be convinced from the
Scriptures that the Lord Jesus
Christ is indeed and in truth Is
rael’s Savior Messiah.”
I thank Mrs. Guswiler for car
ing so much about my fate. She
knows me because of my column
in one of the daily press.
I answer her: Thanks a mil
lion, Mrs. Guswiler. I am not one
of those who resentfully reject
invitations to other religions,
don’t feel insulted at all. Since I
respect every* religion, I can feel
flattered when a person of an
other religion than mine invites
me over to his religion, even
though I can’t accept the invita
tion.
It may be that I am considered
a decent Jew to be asked to come
into the company of nice Chris
tians. But I must tell you, Mrs.
Guswiler, that I sun going to
keep on staying home among the
Jews. I have other hopes than
the one "The Jewish Hope" of
fers me for my salvation as a
Jew.
You see, my own hope for the
Jews has to do with the salvation
of Gentiles. That is to say, I hope
for a time when all the Gentiles
will be Christians, in the real
sense of being Christian, because
then the prospects of the Jews
would be greatly improved.
When I speak of Gentiles I
mean all those who should be
Christian but aren't. They may
even belong to churches. You and
I know that membership in a
church doesn't essentially mean
being a Christian; anymore than
just to belong to a synagogue
makes a worthy Jew.
Yes, Mrs. Guswiler, I am hop
ing for the conversion to Chris
tianity of all the Gentiles, and
that’s the .Jewish hope. The Jew
ish idea of a good Christian is
one who knows the Jews as an
other brother who happens to be
worshipping at another altar, or
as a brother who stems from
some other ethnic source. He
knows him as a brother who is
of the same Father.
The salvation of the Jews from
their long suffering is ih the
Gentiles becoming universally
Christians who live by the teach
ings of their Master. The Jew
needs no new source of spiritual
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Rabbi Abba Hillel
Silver Wins Award
Zeta Beta Tau, national college
fraternity, announces the award
of its Richard J. H. Gottheil
medal for 1952 to Rabbi Abba
Hillel Silver of Cleveland, Ohio.
This is given annually to the
American, who, in the judgment
of its trustees, has done the most
for Jewry during the year for
which the award is made. Nomi
nations are made by the editors
and publishers of the Anglo-
Jewish press of the United States.
The medal was established in
1925 to honor the late Richard
J. H. Gottheil, world-renowned
educator and leader in Jewish
affairs. He was for many years
president of ZBT.
The presentation will be made
at the Hollenden Hotel in Cleve
land, Ohio on May 12, at a din
ner of the Cleveland Alumni
Club of this Fraternity.
P. N. Coleman
Is Honored
Philip N. Coleman, of Jackson
ville, was elected to the execu
tive board of the Union of Amer
ican Hebrew Congregations, na
tional agency for American Re
form Judaism, it was announced
this week by Dr. Samuel S. Hol
lender, of Chicago, board chair
man.
The one hundred-man execu
tive board formulates policies for
the Union, which represents 465
liberal synagogues in the United
States and the Western Hemis
phere. Mr. Coleman 'was named
to the board by the 3,000 dele
gates who attended the recent
biennial convention of the Union
in New York.
ISRAEL SHIP "JERUSALEM"
MAKES ITS FIRST RUN TO
NEW YORK
HAIFA, (JTA) A special
plaque bearing the seal of the
city of Jerusalem was presented
to the captain of the vessel SS
Jerusalem this week by Itzhak
Kariv, Mayor of Jerusalem, as the
ship departed on its first run to
New York. It is carrying 600 pas
sengers and flowers from Mayor
Kariv to New. York’s Mayor Vin
cent Impellitteri. The ship is
owned by the Israel-United States
Line.
BUFFALO LAD WINS
LEGION'S NATIONAL
ORATORICAL CONTEST
BUFFALO, N. Y. (JTA) Joel
Bernstein, announced as winner
of the national American Legion
oratorical contest, is a 17-year-old
senior at Fosdick-Masten High
School here. He studied Hebrew
at the school and Sunday School
of Temple Beth David.
As winner of the national con
test and winner of the New York
State contest, young Bernstein
acquired two college scholarships
valued at $4,000 each.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1953
TO BE HONORED
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Dr. Samuel Belkin
Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of
Yeshiva University, will be hon
ored with a testimonial dinner
June 22nd on the occasion of his
tenth anniversary. A distinguish
ed scholar, author and educator,
his major accomplishments in of
fice, include the expansion of
Yeshiva into the first American
University under Jewish auspices;
the establishment of graduate
schools of education, community
administration and mathematics;
the tripling of the enrollment to
more than 2,000 students and the
acquisition of the historic charter
to establish the nation’s first Col
lege of Medicine under Jewish
sponsorship—the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine.
As a tribute to Dr. Belkin’s
leadership, a $500,000 Scholarship
Fund will be established at Yesh
iva University.
SYNAGOGUE BUILDING
MOVED TO ACCOMMODATE
SHIFTING CONGREGATION
HARTFORD, Conn. (JTA) lf
the congregation of a synagogue
moves to the other side of the
town, that need not create a prob
lem of getting the congregants to
the synagogue. All you have to
do—as Congregation Keneseth
Israel, of Ellington, has done—is
to pick up the synagogue and
move it after them.
The synagogue building has
been moved about a mile from its
former site which was frequently
difficult for the -congregation to
reach in bad weather, to a new
site on one of the main streets.
Communist Countries Urged to Permit
182,000 Jews to Leave for Israel
NEW YORK, (JTA) The So
viet satellite countries were
urged to permit the emigration
of 182,000 Jews who have regis
tered for exit visas for Israel. The
request was voiced by Governor
Theodore R. McKeldin of Mary
land in the course of an address
at a dinner here sponsored by the
American Jewish Congress at
which $1,250,000 was raised for
the United Jewish Appeal of
Greater New York. The speaker
also urged the Soviet Union to
Israel Sets Up New Force
To Guard Nation's Frontiers
JERUSALEM, (JTA) Acting under the pressure of continuous
Arab infiltration into Israel territory, the cabinet has. decided to
organize a special unit within the Israel police set-up to be known
as "The Frontier Guards," it was revealed this week.
JEWS IN ITALY MAY SOON
BE ABLE TO CLAIM
HEIRLESS PROPERTY
ROME, (JTA) Jews in Italy
will shortly be given the oppor
tunity to lay claim to heirless and
unclaimed Jewish property, it
was indicated this week.
It was revealed that the Italian
Government, which is not a mem
ber of the United Nations, for
mally requested permission to
become a party to the Convention
on the Declaration of Death of
Missing Persons, which is cur
rently in force in international
relations.
The question will come up be
fore the forthcoming UN Eco
nomic and Social Council meet
ing and, if permission is granted,
Italy will issue certificates of
death for missing persons in ac
cordance with the convention, it
was stated here.
St. Petersburg Rabbi
To Lecture at Florida
A. & M. College
Rabbi ‘ Albert A. Michels, of
Temple Beth El, St. Petersburg,
Florida, will represent the Jewish
Chautauqua Society as lecturer at
Florida A. & M. College, Talla
hassee, Thursday, May 14th. He
will speak in the Mid-Week
Meditation at 7:00 P. M.
The National Federation of
Temple Brotherhoods sponsors
the Jewish Chautauqua Society,
which sends rabbis - to college
campuses as part of an education
al program to disseminate au
thentic information concerning
Judaism.
The new site was contributed by
one of the congregation members
and part of the moving cost was
provided by a bequest from the
late town clerk. The new founda
tions of the synagogue provide
room for a social hall.
resume diplomatic relations with
Israel and to cease its anti-Israel
and anti-Zionist propaganda.
Governor McKeldin told the
500 guests at the dinner that such
action would be considered one
of the “tokens of sincerity” by
which the rulers of the Soviet
Union can show that they have
genuinely repudiated the recent
anti-Semitic campaign conducted
in the USSR and in other Com
munist countries behind the Iron
Curtain.
The new unit, organization of
which is almost complete, will
take over responsibility for pro
tection of Israel’s borders from
Army and police units which
have until now been diverted to
this task from other duties. The
Frontier Guards will be organ
ized on the same basis as the
Army, but will have only police
duties.
The government is proceeding
at top speed with acquisition of
equipment needed by the new
frontier unit. At the same time,
discussions are under way with
villages, municipalities and set
tlements in the border regions to
work out details of the guards'
operations.
Earlier in the week, Premier
David Ben-Gurion told the Par
liamentary Security and Foreign
Affairs Committee that Israel will
take necessary measures to repel
planned infiltration of her terri
tory by marauding bands of
Arabs.
Reporting on the security sit
uation, the premier charged that
organized bands from the neigh
boring Arab countries infiltrate
Israel, according to plan, to rob
and murder. The Premier also
dealt with foreign affairs. Among
other matters, the committee con
sidered forthcoming changes in
the United Nations truce super
vision machinery resulting from
the resignation of its chief, Gen.
William E. Riley.
Mr. Ben-Gurion and Gen. Riley
conferred during the week on the
situation along Israel’s entire
frontier. Gen. Riley, who has
served with the UN in Palestine
since 1948 when he came as mili
tary aide of UN mediator Dr.
Ralph Bunche, is scheduled to
surrender his post May 15.
Israelis Protest New
Jordan Movements
An Israel military spokesman
announced that Jordan troops
have been taking up new posi
tions at the Augusta Victoria
hospice above the Hebrew Uni
versity on Mt. Scopus, in clear
violation of the Israel-Jordan
armistice agreement. Israeli au
thorities immediately protested to
the Mixed Armistice Commission
against the Arab Legion move
ment in the demilitarized zone.
Israeli spokesmen also dis
closed that Benouin infiltrees
from Egyptian territory had in
vaded Israel territory, mined a
bridge near Beersheba and at
tacked motor traffic in the area
of the bridge.
Only minor damage was caused
to the span. The Arabs withdrew
when an Israeli patrol engaged
them. The Israelis suffered no
casualties. The Israelis have com
plained of the attack to the Is
rael-Egyptian Mixed Armistice
Commission.
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