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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, April 11, 1S47
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An Idea Anyway
We’ll watch with much interest the projected action
against Foreign Secretary Earnest Bevin. Its political impli
cations are terrific, carrying far beyond the immediate possi
bilities of the Palestine angles.
A JTA announcement from Dondon informs us that when year on aIK j a fter May 20th). A
Mr. Bevin returns from the Moscow Congress he will be i duly authorized rabbi should be |
hailed into court on charges of “wilfull misrepresentation" j r . l r h " nK d /“t, bc ' i
in connection with his failure to carry out the La- i question: Why is this period
bor Party’s pledges on Palestine. restricted in this sense?
Henry Cooper, a London resident, has in fact obtained a j ANSWER:Two main currents of |
writ from the High Court of Justice ordering Bevin to explain thought dominate the reason for
thc governments failure to settle the Palestine issue along , inL of the 3^^ problC ms that
the lines of the party platform. 1 arise this time of year, it is to be
Cooper first made inquiry at the Foreign Office over the j noted that this particular season |
possibility of serving the writ and secured a letter informing is one of excessive anxiety and
him he may take action through the Treasury Solicitor. Soi
Cooper declared that he intends his suit to be a test case on lime This was especially true in
the possibility of forcing politicians to carry out their election Palestine when the country dc-
promises. ! pendtd upon its agricultural pro-
A test ease indeed! What • great service to humanity j me"ewwK‘slS? me“hu“
and decent government if politicians were obligated to meet man racc stlll Uvcs on lhe {rult of
the promises made so blithely during election campaigns j the earth.
The Jews at that time, being
mainly an agricultural people, de
voted these days to extreme rev
erence and caution In anticipation
of the Divine reward of a good
harvest. Most writers, however,
find a historical basis for this re
striction in the sad events that
took place in Jewish history during
this period. It Is especially meant
to be a reminded of the slaughter
of many Rabbi Akiba's disciples in
a most gruesome and tragic man
ner. For these, and perhaps other
reasons, it has become a strict rule
among, traditionally, observant
Jews not to have a wedding take
place during this period.
It Is related in the annals of the
post-Talmudic era that a certain
rabbi once made an exception be
cause of what he deemed an emer
gency situation. As fate would have
It. the marriage proved a source
of misfortune and woe He then
sent letters to his friends and col
leagues. who noted this upon their
book as a warning to rabbis not to
relax tile tenets of tills customry
restriction. .1»■
???????????? 7777 Weizmann and Magnes Awarded First
Quiz BOX Hebrew University Honorary Degrees
«*■ By Rabbi Samuel J. Fox ^
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QUESTION: On which days be
tween th<: Festivals of Passover
and Pentecost are weddings per- j
milted?
ANSWER: According to the cur- !
rent custom only on the following ,
days are weddings allowed dur- ;
ing this period: Rosh Chodesh lyar ;
(the first of the Month of Iyaf,
occurring this year on April 20th
and 21st), Lag B'Omer (occuring
this year on May 8thI and on and
after Rosh Chodesh Sivan (this]
Or. Chaim Weiimann (left), chairman of lhe Board of Governor* of lhe
Hebrew Univeriity. and Dr. Judah L. Magne*. presidenl of the University
(right), were awarded honorary doctorate* “honori. caura by the Me brew
Univertity “in recognition of their outstanding services to the University.
The award*, made by the Board of Governors of the University al '«» rrrf "*
meeting in New York, were announced by Prof. Selig Brodetsky, deputy
chairman of the Board, on the 22nd anniversary of the official opemng of lh«
Hebrew Univeriity on Ml. Scopus in Jerusalem on April 1, 1925. The degree*,
the fir* to be awarded by the Hebrew University, will be presented to L»r.
Weismann and Dr. Magncs at the next meeting of the Board of Govern**. *,
la be held in Jerusalem in the Spring of 1948.
without either the intent or the means of fulfilling them.
Jefferson And The School Crisis
It would be a healthy thing for all of us if the State
Legislature would celebrate Thomas Jefferson’s birthday
today. His wisdom would do much to clear the storm clouds
over our public schools.
Author of the Declaration of Independent, Jefferson
believed that the principles of that immortal document could
be upheld only by enlightened and alert citizens. Convinced
that ignorance was fatal to human rights, he devoted years
of his life to the advancement of public education.
Thomas Jefferson knew that tyrants throughout history,
from Nero to Napoleon, had found it easy to enslave ignorant
men. We need not look far for recent examples. Tn all the
dictatorships of modern times, the free flow of education has
been blocked. The people have been taught only what a pow
erful clique wanted them to know. Thus, in Germany, by
burning books and silencing teachers, the Nazis were able to
put over the “master race” myth, inflaming the people with
race hatred and religious bigotry—prelude to tyranny and
war.
In order to prevent such disasters in the United States,
Jefferson envisioned a democracy protected by mass edu
cation. Yet, in 1946, our democracy spent only about two and
a half billion dollars for the enlightenment of its future citi
zens. Contrast this with the seven and a half billions recently
allocated for public education by the Soviet Union. Jefferson
might well ask whether democracy is less dear to Americans
than communism is to the Russian people.
He might wonder, too, at the value we set upon the
leaching profession, when ten thousand teachers in the United
States receive less than twelve dollars a week; when, indeed,
many of them receive smaller salaries than charwomen, gar- ! Jewry's urgent need for leader- j k'enly.
bage collectors, street cleaners and rate exterminators.
As our State legislators mull over their budgets for the
public schools, let them remember that education is a cheap
price to pay for the freedom which Thomas Jefferson se
cured to us.
In Retrospect
Bv JOHN KAVSTON. JTA Librarian
Discrimination against Jewish students in American col
leges was charged by Kabbi Stephen S. Wise in a sermon at
the Free Synagogue Acts of discrimination, he declared, have
caused the Jewish intelectual to cease to be a Jew and
•to become associated with nothing.” through his efforts to
lose his recial and religious Indentit.v.
In the couse of his sermon, I)r. Wise singled out Harvard,
Yale, Princeton and Columbia as typical institutions where
Jewish students were being discriminated against. He con
tended that it was immeasurably more difficult foe a Jew to
achieve * position in a university than it is for a non-Jew
and that only a few Jews got into university clubs and those
few who did get in "usually sneak in” by hiding their identity.
* * •
The first session of the World Zionist Executive meeting
opened in London with the participation of American and Pal
estine members. Louis Lipsky, president of the Zionist Organ-
ization of America, attended. Dr- Weixmann reported on his
activities and negotiations during his stay in the United States.
FOREIGN LETTER
Training Jewish Leaders In France
By PIERRE NATHAN
JTA Corrcspohdent
PARIS.—The problem of French
women. They represent very dif
ferent social levels and come from
both France and North Africa,
where the lack of Jewish leaders
llciwi'pii
U
By
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Boris Smolar
U. N. TRENDS
Important members of the U. S
Senate are studying the Palestine
Issue in eonection with its being
brought before the United Na
tions. . . . They are eager to learn
more details of the problem, since
the United States will play a dom
inant role at the United Nations
on the Palestine problem. . . . In
cidentally. Senator Vandenberg—
the strong man on the American
delegation at the United Nations—
does not seem enthusiastic about
the fact that Britain referred the
Palestine issue to the United Na
tions. ... He thinks the partition
is the best solution of the problem.
... He does not believe that the
admission of 100,000 Jews to Pal
estine would solve the problem,
even temporarily. . . .
Latin-American diplomats at
the United Nations indicate that
they will follow the line of the
United States on the Palestine is
sue. . . . Differences of opinion on
Palestine have resulted in a split
in the ranks of the Agudas Israel
Organization. . . . The formation
* of a new group under the name
et the United Agudas Israel has
been anounced.
Two Important meetings of
American Zionist leaders were held
***** mw>ic in connection with the
Gamzon, who commanded a
Jewish Maquis unit in a moun-
forthcomlng special session of the t , D hilosoohv
United Nations. The result of de- 1 p pny.
cisions adopted at these meetings
will soon be felt.
The American Friends of the! tainous sector near Toulouse.
Hebrew' University and the new helped safeguard the future of
Zionist grouo which was formed Jews in France by concealing
recently by Dr. Israel Wechsler to j Jewish children from the Gestapo,
raise funds in tills country for the so that if "all Jewish adults were
ship is being partially solved, at i The course of training is sched-
least, by the leader Training u i e( j j as ^ four years, the first
School recently opened by the year 0 f which the students will
Eclaireurs Israelites at Orsay. near spen j i n sc hool itself, living
Paris. | a completely communal life. Dorm-
Though the school receives aj itory rooms, which may be re
small subsidy from the French j decorated by the students, house
Government, it gets most of its ; two to four students each. Only
money from the Joint Distribu- one clay off a month is permitted,
ion Committee. It is managed by I During the last three years, the
Robert and Denise Gamzon. whose students will attend a university
ideal is the reconciliation of the or normal school during the day
seemingly antagonistic elements but continue to sleep at the school j Laversine. near Chantiliy
in Jewish life, and the program and spend their week-ends there.' Rorthschild estate.
they have initiated attempts to ]
"harmonize tradition and prog
ress, discipline and self-control,
action and reflection, hand work
Most of those currently registered
have indicated they want to study
medicine or social service work.
The student's time is planned
from 6:30 in the morning until
10 p.m.. with a well-rounded pro
gram of religious service: intel
lectual learning; physical train
ing; hand work; and artistir edu
cation, including music, poetry,
drama, and drawing.
In addition to its importance as
a free training ground for the fu
ture leaders of French Jewry, it
is setting a pattern of organiza
tion for a Jewish children’s vil
lage, which is being established at
on a
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nounce their merger.. . . There lias
been much dissension between the
two groups, but the Board of Di
rectors of the Hebrew University
straightened out matters at its
meeting in New York last week.
JFWISH CALENDAR
5707
PASSOVER
First Sedar, Friday, Apr. 4
First Day, Saturday, Apr 5
Yizkor Services, Sat., Apr.
12.
LAG B'OMER
Thursday, May 8.
SHABUOTH
First Day, Sunday, May 25
TISHA BOV
Sunday. July 27.
KOSII 1IOSHONA1I
Monday. September 14.
YOM KIPPUR
Wednesday. September 24.
killed there would still be the new
generation.” A grandson of the
late Chief Rabbi Alfred Levi of
France, he is an engineer as well
as an educator. He has served as
president of the Jewish Boy Scout
organization of France, and is the
author of book on Judaism
which is particularly concerned
with Jewish education.
Believing that "even in the Dis
persion the Jew must be trained
according to Jewish patterns in
the Jewish tradition.” the Gamzons
maintain strict religious observ
ance in the life in the school. No
anti-Zionist has thus far been
accepted, Gamzon said and he
believes that no anti-Zionist
should be accepted.
The present plan is to admit
20 students each year after a care
ful screening of applicants, who
are required to have a baccalaure
ate. Now enrolled are 18 students,
nine of who are men and nine
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