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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
March. 9, ltM
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WHAT THE PRESS IS SAYING
An AJP Digest of Contemporary Opinion
Subsidized “Commentary” and “Midstream”
Since 1945 the American Jewish community has contributed
approximately two million dollars of charity funds toward defray
ing the publication costs of Commentary magazine. Although Com
mentary is sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, it is sub
sidized by all those who contribute to the local Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds from which the Committee now received most
of its budget, having parted company with the UJA some years
ago. Commentary is a beneficiary of the community at large and
thus it is proper to assess the magazine’s contribution to the best
interests of the Jewish community and to Jewish culture . . . Thus
far, (the editors) have not motivated the editorial policy of Com
mentary . . . Another principle of Commentary’s formula, judging
by its 150 back numbers, is to refute and discredit Jewish creative-
ness . . . Midstream magazine, published by the Theodor Herzl foun
dation, receives its budget from the Jewish Agency for Israel, and,
thus, from the UJA. It is described as a “Zionist publication.” The
rather hazy “statement of purpose” also sets forth that the Herzl
Foundation has been established as an educational agency to pro
mote the study and discussion of problems confronting Jews in the
world today.” ... We do not know whether jealousy motivated
the launching of Midstream four years ago. A comparison of Mid
stream and Commentary shows, however, that their similarities and
Identities can hardly be accidental. Both magazines cultivate the
same writers . . . Both magazines foster the work ... of “alienated
intellectuals.” . . . There is room and need for both magazines, pro
vided they live up to their pledges and promises of “aims” and
“purposes." '
DR. TRCDE WEISS-Rosmarin, Jewish Spectator
Moscow’s Great Game
The drastic shift of Rumania’s Jewish emigration policy raises
the question of whether Moscow is using this method to increase
tensions between Israel and the Arab world ... By starting and
halting the flow of Jewish people from eastern European countries,
the Kremlin is in position to bring tremendous pressure to bear
on all Arab leaders, particularly President Nasser of the United
Arab Republic . . .
ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, from an editorial
“I Saw Democracy in Israel”
The thing that struck me most forcibly about Israel was the
spirit of the land of its people. I sensed to the very depths of my
being the effervescence of the undefeatable will that through thou
sands of years had come to full flower in this land reborn, and
that the admonitions of the prophets of the Old Testament lived
again in this beautiful and fertile country. These people lit again
that spark that was kindled thousands of years ago; that spark
that neither exile, nor genocide, nor dispersals, nor anything that
man can devise, can quench. They have come in triumph to the
home which their forefathers gave them . . .
MRS. WILLIAM T. MASON, Honorary President, National
Connell of Negro Women, Women’s League for Israel
“Yes, He Is a Jew”
The current furor in Israel over the question “Who is a Jew?”
is an issue of and for Israeli law, and does not involve the Jews
of America. However, it is worth while to take this question out
of its Israeli context and to ask it in the light of our own patterns
and commitments. Who, then, among us, is a Jew?” Is he a Jew
who was born of Jewish parents but does not profess the faith?
Is .he a Jew who professes the faith but stands outside of the
synagogue? Is he a Jew who gives his main loyalty, and energy,
to Jewish secular causes and none to religious Judaism? Is he a
Jew who does justly, loves mercy, walks humbly with his God—
but in his own way, unrelated to the Jewish religious community.
Personally, our answer in each of these cases is yes. The man who
does not profess the faith has severed a golden tie that so many
of his ancestors upheld with honor and cherished as much as life
itself—but we would be guilty of compounding error and giving
legitimacy to it if we accepted his “resignation.” Judaism is a re
ligion of hope, and it is a small part of hope that such a man can
be rewon to God. If we are not for him, who will be? . . .
MARVIN S. SILBERMAN, American Judaism
Dr. Piore, Scientist
Named by Eisenhower
To Advisory Body
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Dr.
Emanuel R. Piore, Jewish physi
cist, electronics specialist and
director of research for Inter
national Business Machines, has
been named by Eisenhower, to
membership on the President’s
Science Advisory Committee.
Four other famous scientists, in
cluding two Nobel Prize win
ners, were named to the Com
mittee with Dr. Piore, bringing
membership of the Committee
to 18. \
Dr. Piore was born in' Vilna,
Russia, in 1908, and has been in
the United States since 1917. He
received his doctorate at the
University of Wisconsin in 1930.
His wife is the former Nora
Kahn, daughter of Alexander
Kahn, general manager of the
Yiddish newspaper, the Jewish
Daily Forward.
Appointed by the President
along with Dr. Piore were Dr.
Glen T. Seaborg, Nobel laureate
in chemistry, of the University
of California; Dr. John Bardeen
Nobel laureate in physics, of
the University of Illinois; Dr.
Cyril S. Smith, professor of
metallurgy at the University of
Chicago; and Dr. Britton
Chance, a biophysicist, who is
director of the Johnson Founda
tion at the University of Penn
sylvania.
YOUNG-MARK
BWOS MITZVAH
AT BEAUFORT, S. C.
BEAUFORT, S. C. — B’nos
Mitzvah ceremonies were held
February 6 at Beth Israel Syna
gogue for Miss Marylin J.
Young, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Young, and Miss Bar
bara T. Mark, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Mark.
The ceremony was held during
the Sabbath services Friday
evening, during which the two
girls took the pledge of loyalty
to their faith and country. Rab
bi Julius S. Fisher officiated.
Afterwards, the families enter
tained the congregation and visi
tors from several nearby South
Carolina communities at a re
ception in the Educational Cen
ter of the Synagogue.
JEWISH CALENDAR
•PURIM
Tuesday, March 24
•PASSOVER
Thursday, April 23
•SHAVOUS
Friday, June 12
•ROSH HASHONAH
Saturday, Oct. 3
•Holiday begins preceding
evening.
Beth El Services
Rabbi Alvin Lieberman will
speak on “Dimensions in Jewish
Life—Part II, during services at
8:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, of
Congregation Betn El.
The services will be held in
the building of Congregation Or
Ve Shalom, with Sid Gottler
summarizing the portion of the
week. Hosts for the Oneg Shabat
later will be Mr. and Mrs. Jos
eph Alperin and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Caplan.
A.A. Sisterhood
Book Review Mar. 10
Rabbi Harry Epstein will re
view Joseph Pasternak’s “Dr.
Zhivago” for members of the
Ahavath Achim Sisterhood on
Tuesday, March 10, at the Con
gregation’s Synagogue.
Proceeding the review, a
brunch will be served at 11 a.m.
Reservations can be arranged
through Mrs. Sidney Cavalier,
CE. 7-2802; Mrs. Herbert Gav-
ron, ME. 6-1710 and Mrs. Jay
Selig Levy, TR. 5-4197.
Pre-Purim Dance
Brunch March .7-8
For Servicemen'
Servicemen in Atlanta this
weekend will be feted at a pre-
Purim dance at 8 p.m. Satur
day, March 7, at the Atlanta
Jewish Community Center, and
at a Purim brunch at 12 noon
on Sunday, March 8, at the May-
fair Club.
The Ahavath Achim Sister
hood will host the dance. The
Mayfair Club will sponsor the
brunch.
Both events will be attended
by the junior hostesses.
THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES IN THE MAKING
by Max L. Margolia
An AJP Feature
THE ORDER OP THE BOOKS
The order of the books within
each of the three divisions of the
Tanach is that of the earliest
printed editions of the Hebrew
text (Soncino, 1488; Naples,
1491-93; Brescia, 1492-84).
This order has been followed
in all subsequent editions. In
the manuscript copies, which
antecede the age of printing, the
order of the books of the Torah
Welfare Board, UAHC
Reach Agreement on
Purchasing Services
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
National Jewish Welfare Board
and the Union of American He
brew Congregations has reached
agreement on a plan to make
available to the UAHC’s 550
Reform temples the services and
facilities of the JWB Central
Purchasing Service.
Dr. Maurice N. Eisendrath,
UAHC president, and Samuel D.
Gershovitz, JWB executive vice-
president, lointly announced the
plan, which, effective March 1,
provides the Reform temples
with catalogs and other mail
ings.
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Honor Kusworm for
Service to Physically
Handicapped
WASHINGTON — The national
award of the President’s Com
mittee on Employment of the
Physicallv Handicapped will be
presented to Sidney G. Kusworm
of Dayton, O., long-time leader
in B’nai B’rith, it'was announced
this week.
As chairman of B’nai B’rith’s
commission on citizenship and
civic affairs, Mr. Kusworm in
troduced a program encouraging
employment for physically han
dicapped persons through the
2,000 local units of B’nai B’rith
in the United States and Canada.
He has headed B’nai B’rith
civic affairs programming since
the commission was founded 38
years ago.
The presidential award is made
annually for "exceptional contri
bution in advancing the employ
ment of the physically handi
capped.” It will be presented to
Mr. Kusworm by Maj. Gen. Mel
vin J. Maas, USMCR (Ret.),
chairman of the President’s Com
mittee, in June at the annual
convention here of B’nai B’rith’s
District 5 region.
Mr. Kusworm, a leading at
torney in Dayton, is also national
treasurer of B’nai B’rith.
DIAMOND DUES
BROOKLINE, Mass. — How
would you celebrate a golden
wedding anniversary?
Alfred F. Hurwitz did it by
presenting paid-up membership
in B’nai B’rith for his five sons-
in-law.
Mr. Hurwitz is a charter mem
ber of Haym Salomon Lodge of
B’nai Efrith, organized here 23
years ago.
and of the former Prophets is
universally the same as in the
printed editions. On the other
hand, in the books of the latter
Prophets and of the Writings
there are notable variations of
order. These differences seem
to be due to the fact that an
ciently the Eastern (or Babylon
ian) Jews arranged these books
in one manner, while the West
ern (or Palestinian) Jews adopt
ed another sequence. So far as
we are able to ascertain, our
printed editions follow the East
ern (Babylonian) order. In an
ancient source cited in the Tal
mud (Baba Batra 14b), the
books which follow the Book
of Kings are arranged in this
order:
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, the
Twelve.
Ruth, Psalms, Job, Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs La
mentations, Daniel, Esther,
Ezra-Nehemiah, Chronicles.
Observe how in the Talmudic
order the three writings ascribed
to Solomon—Proverbs, Ecclesi
astes, Song of Songs—are joined
together instead of being sep
arated as in our editions.
While there are other minor
variations of order in the manu
scripts, here is a prominent
characteristic in all of them
which merits attention. In none
of them is a book shifted from
one of the three divisions into
another. The fact would seem
to be established that the divi
sion into three parts is ancient
and universal.
Next Week: System of three
fold Division By Non-Jews.
(From “The Hebrew Scrip
tures In the Making” —The
Jewish Publicaton Society
of America, 222 N. 15th St.,
Philadelphia 2, Pa.)
McGill Honor
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post commander.
"Mr. McGill has travelled
throughout the globe on numer
ous occasions, sometimes on
specific assignments for his own
paper; sometimes on missions for
the State Department or vari
ous foundations,” Commander
Mandel continued.
“Along the way and after
wards, back in Atlanta, he has
written interpretative material
which has aided in human un
derstanding of problems here
and abroad.
“Post 112 is pleased to be able
to recognize his steady and
forthright service through the
years.
Sharing the banquet program
scheduled at 6-30 p.m. at the
Progressive CIud, will be Sam
Shaikewitz, national commander
of the Jewish War Veterans.
Mr. Shaikewitz is a veteran of
South Pacific service with the
U.S. Marines during World War
II. He has been outstanding in
veterans activity circles of St.
Louis, his home town, and has
been cited by the Marine Corps,
the Amvets, the Catholic War
Veterans, the VFW as well as
the JWV and other groups.
His associations nave cut
across religious boundaries,
though he holds membership in
B’nai B’rith, American Jewish
Congress, American Jewish
Committee, the Z.O.A., the Ma
sons and the Shrine.
After the banquet, the guests
are invited to dance. Music will
be furnished by the Tokye
Trio.
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