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JEWISH WESTERN BULLETI-N
Thursdov, July 19. 1951.
EDITORIAL TOPICS
I The Discernment of Anti-Semitism^
isl these tense artd trying days of world.un- .-selyes in reply to Pegler's assertion of "Jittle
i Test we are once again getting, reports of ■ renewed anti-Jewish activity mariifesta-tioijis bf dnti-Semitic sentiment in many parts of -the world.'The paradox of the situation hoWever is that the Jewish people are faced with the problem of t|ie trjje discernment of onti-Semitisnn and'its causes.
anti-Semitism." -But they also; dre^ worthy^ of special thought in seekirig the true discern-rnent of anti-S6mitism, its source and its
COUSiSS. , , - A .v:^
i The first two points regditJin^the^ role o^ police in two American cities during a^^^ iSemitic outbreaks^ show that while^^^q^^ Hitler developed anti-Semitism to a level tism can be officidlly repudiated throijghpiib-of near^perfectipn as a v^dpon for the all ieyete> yet dt
Isiori; disdnifi^^
all people who dppoi^edji the octipn or inaction o^
fascist i?veHord of tt^^
of six milliorictf bur brethren was <^ tu i lx >i>^m^ :ri nW^rin
major "successes" of Hitler dnti^Semitism. : This was achieved prcncipally because the f
Nazis wer^ able to sow <MjJ^ m the^ ranks "f^^^ of all whaopposed them: . crucifixion is still presented
It is well to recoil that only by buijding the unity pf oil democratic pepples:arKf ridtipns was a wprld cpalltipn estdblish^^ ceeded in 1defeotirig and bvierthrpwihg Hitler and Nazism. In the course of the develop-sr.snt of this world coalition/unity was also built'among Hitler's victims, including the remnant bf, Jews who finally arose to strike back/;-\;,-:..:,.-.,,,.
The defeat of Hitleri^ brought with it the discredltment of the public practise of anti-Semitism—but not the destructipn pf anti-Semitism ds a weapPnpf reactlbn.
AniMiinced^ For brad
anti-<Jewish influence. At the same; time It shbuld be recprded that a grpwing body of Ghristion clergy are corning tp disavow this anti-Semitic crucifixion stoiy. But mpst imi portant, it should be ri?Coghized that Christianity is not, aod never was the real sourcis of anti-Semitism in spite of all anti-Semitic "bilbuls" having 0 religious basis. '
Outshmting No
Today we hove the widest abhorrence of anti-Semitism in public, accompanied by the growth of anti-Jewish manifestations by devious and insidious methods^- som^ new and soiTje bid, which pre calculated to disarm the intended victims In pdlvance. -
Consider fbr example Hearst CblvjrTy;»ist,/ oni? \^^it WeStbrbofc Pegfleri whb:has^1&e|n^bne'bf^the i triiiebr fa^^/i^blong as It helps main attackers of the AntirDefamation Lea-
The questipn of the anti-Semitic portrayal of Jews in literature is also a seribus matter. Famed author Meyer Levin recently analysed this situation in conternporary American literature in an article in the London Jewish Chronicle. We shdil not go into detail on this aspect here as it deserves special consideration in on article by Itself. Suffice it to soy that the method employed often does nbt even state that a character is Jewish but merely draws it asxi Hitler caricature.
i ; The repfinting of fprged anti-Sernitic dptuments which have been i^^udidtecTs^ that our present day anti-Semites dPri t core
■ ■ • argctmehts»=bre their deboising
. cause.;;;;, ; ■
f Even Rpn Gbstick. the fonrner Sbdal Creditor and,most infamous prompter of anti-Semitic propaganda in Canada today, makes a pretense at denying his anti-Semitism.' He cprries a blurb on the front page bf his "Can-odion Intelligence Service" which soys: "This publicaHon attocks no man beeouse of his race, but spores no subverter beeouse his race." But by some, mysterious dlcHerny race is a vital ingredient of almost every "subverter" by Gostick's standards arid the race is invariably Jewish. Some of the subterfuges are new, buf the old ^'bilbul" about a "cbm-munist-zionlst plot" cbritinues.
Discerning the methods oiF the.ariti-Sern-ites cgri we hope to combat them by but-shouting, them'and outdoirig them with our own internal witchhunts? Can we "cleanse" bu/selvestb satisfy any of our accusers. For even, this most innpcent act can be distorted to viciousness. Only the other day vile charges were hurled against the Histardrut in. Israel fpr having dared to entertain Lombprdp Tole-dono, the leftist labor leader pf Mexico.
Anti-Semitic aggressors are seeking new ways of becorriing ?espectable. Let us not react in the samer way as of old but seek new methods to combat them. Let us rather trace anti-Semitism to its real source, to the inequality amohg peoples and nations, among races and classes which give rise to the "scapegoat" and "divide and rule" techniques. Let us grasp now, the lesson which our brothers and sisters learned in Europe, bnly^in the final In general these charges speak for them- death struggle. —-A.J.A.
guc of B'noi B'rith and pf such public figures as Felix Frankfurter Pnd Herbert Lehman. In an interview published in the April, 1951 issue of the New York Magazine "Jewish Forum". . Pegler denied that he wds at all anti-Semitic and claimed that "very Jittle onti-Semitism is octuolly proctised," in America, and that in many coses it is "o phobio possessed by mony Jews." ■ ; •■ •
In answer to Pegler's assertion, Isaac Rosengarten, editor of the Jewish Forum wrote an editorior containing an 11-point Indictment of antl-Spmitlsrri In America. We will consider several of them here: :
1. That following ai;i ottack on.severdi Jewish boys, in Boston in recent, months, 25,of their young brethren were orrested when they planned retoliation; however, "none of their Christian aggressors were opprehended by the police."
2.. That o little over o year ago, Jews were attacked in a Chieogo riot, in the presence of the jioiice, "who Of rested the Jews, the vicrims, but not the og-gressorsl"
3. That "provocation to hotred of ttie Jew is continuous in Catholic end Protestant fext-bbbks" with the presentation of the crucifixion story "loaded with hatred agdinst the Je^ in churches of many Christian denominations."
4. That novels portraying the Jew "in o bad light" swomp the country "while the reverse is true when he is pictured ds of good character." , .
5. That onti-Semitic articles, including the forged "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," repudiated by Henry Ford, "ore, at this late dote, reproduced from the "Dearbarn IndepesidsAt" in o Canadian poper, "despite the recent $1,000,000 gift by Henry Ford 11 to the Notionol Conference of Christians and Jews."
' CHABLOTTESVILLE, Va.> (JTA)—A ^ant-in-aid in the amount of $23,5QOi00O>£9r Israel^ imder the! economic part of the mutual security program for^ the Middle East, has been allocated byVthe U.S. Government siiibject to the ajpprpval of Gpnjgress,: Assistant Seoretary of State George C. McGhee revealed here last week addressinjg the University of Virginia Dostitute of Public Affairs. The figure of $23,500,000 in similar aid for 'Arsib states was anhpunced by Mr. McGhe^:
Speaking of the funds proposed, Mr. McGhee said; "the President has proposed that-up to ten per cent of the $415,000,000 requested may be utilizied in the Arab states and Israel if he-determines such action is! essential to the security of the United States. Tliis will permit the United States, for the first time, to assist those states directly in building up their def^nsiyp capabilities. The gov-ernniient believes that it is in thi? U.S. interest tp. preserve and strengthen the ties of these states with the U.S. and the west; to maximize the will of the Arab statesr and Israel tp cooperate in resistance to any /expansionist tendencies of the USSR; and to create strength and stability in depth for the benefit of the -area as a whole by encouraging the countries to increase their indigenous defensive capabilities, to strengthen their inte^mal security and reduce area rivalries.
Israel 0B3»eris Office To Find Skifted Workers
NEW YORK <JTA)—The Israel Office of Information has announced that Ralph Goldmaii, an American Jewish educator and social worker, has been appointed to direct ih the United Stateis, Canada, Central and South America the program Pf locating] skilled workers needed to fill specific, positions in Israeli, office will be located in the Israel 'Consulate here.
Four clever
who
unmigrams
recently left Canada for Israel had a language problem. They were Welsh sheep dogs. Smart as whips, they can do almost anything with sheep except shear them. But they only understand Welsh commands.
: The iafad iship captain who was responsible for them became their; teacher and- was given a list of .commands in Welsh with English, and^ Hebrew translations which' ihey will have to know when they take charge of their new master's flocks in Israel.
SOFIA (JTA)-^A memorial to Jewish fighters for Bulgaria's freedom was unveiled here last week by the Central Committee of j^ulgarian Jews in the presence of Jewish communal leaders and representatives of the govem-meiit, the army and political parties^ An inscription on the momi-meiit reicaiis the part played ^y Jew!s fighting the prorNazi gov-emJnent during the war. ' . .
Hebrew U Sfudent Boidy Ffom 44 Cbufif-ries v;:;"--/-.'
NEW YORK •(Isi)--A Wl of 1,990 students from ^ countries have been attending classes at Hebrew University pf Jerusalem cluring the 1950^51 dPademic-year how drawing to a close, according to an analysis of the student body during that period mftde public by the American Friends of the Hiebrew University;
Of the tptal number, Which includes 63 medical students who passed their final :examinatioiis in May and are now interning for one year in various hospitals throughout Israel, 1,374 are men and 616 women.
The greatest number of stur dents, 892, is found in the Faculty pf Humanities. The Faculty of Science follows with 415 students and the Faculty Law is next-with 4lS. The Medical Faculty accounts for 189 and the School of Agriculture for 81.
Thye following are the countries represented among the students: Israel (681), PPland (318), Germany (223), Rumania (133), Bulgaria (104), Iraq (70), Czechoslovakia (64), Austria (54), Hungary (50), United States' (49), Russia (34), Yugosl?»yia (30), Lithuania (27}^Italy (17), Latvia (15), Englan*? (14), Egypt (14), Holland (11), France (9), Turkey (9), Greece (7), Danzig (6), Canada (5), Argentma (5), Yemen (4), Syria (4), Switzerland (4), Belgium (3), China (3), South Africa (3), Brazil (2), Cuba (1), Estonia (1), Ireland (1), New Zealand (1), Tunis >(1), Sweden (1), Kenya (1), Australia, (1), Panama (1)* Hongkong (1), India (1), Lebanon (1), and the Belgian Congo (1),
C4>mmercial failures in Canada in 1950 rose to 1,303 from 1,066 in the preceding year, and the value to $24,872,000 from $21,-356,000.
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LONSQN CWJA).i-C}ermaiidIp-lomatS; trained by > the--,late diim. yon Ribbentrop are .coming back into the Gerihan ser^dce, repb;rl5 the Lon<dtpn Suh-day paper "Empire News"^;>^^ autbJpritips i^ Geimarorv Ijave^j^ rc^ady protested..^id^ the presence of former S.S. and Cfestapo officials in the new Gerinah Foreign Office in Bpmi,;.^ ^ According to the Bonn correspondent of "Empire News/" their pressure has *.compelled Prime Minist% Adenauer tp order an investigation into ihe backgi^und of thhrteen Gerniaa Foreign Ofr lice me&--all fprmerly pn- von\ Ribbehtrop's staff." Some of thenr are r/2ip6rted to be coming toi London tp. takt; up inaportant p6sts at the German Consulate here.
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