Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1961-09-08

              1961 - L'Shonah Tovah Tikosevuh - 5722
COLUMBUS EDITION
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Vol. 39, No. 36
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,  1961
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D*vot«d to American and Jawlir  ld«ali
Morrocan Jews Troubled, Government May Sanction
PARIS, (JTA) — The 160,000 Jewa of Morocco faced new diffi¬ culties this week and those of an¬ other North African Moslem state -French-controlled and rebel-torn Alegla—suffered new terrorist at¬ tacks.
The newest development affect¬ ing Moroccan Jews was a bitter denunciation by the Istlqlal party, the dominant party in King Has¬ san's government. The party newspaper, Al Alam, accused the Jewish community of sending a delegation to the World Jewish Congress held in Gfeneva last month. The paper, which often re¬ flects the government's views, as¬ serted that the delegation was headed by David Amar, secretary- general of the Council of Moroc¬ can Jewish Communities.
Al Alam described the World Jewish Congress as a "Zionist" body and charged also that re¬ ports of the Geneva meeting were distributed "clandestinely" t o Jews throughout Morocco. Calling for    "merciless    sanctions,"    the
newspaper declared that "If the elected leaders of the Jewish com¬ munity have failed tn their duties as Moroccan citizens and prefer to serve Zionist doctrine and Is¬ rael, this means that the persons they represent are deliberately and consciously hostile to nation¬ al Moroccan policy."
The denunciation was interpret¬ ed In Paris aa indicating that new anti-Jewish measures might be under consideration by the Moroc¬ can Government. Le Figaro, a leading Paris newspaper, said that the situation of Moroccan Jewry might become serious, with unpredicable consequences, if it should be proven that Moroccan Jews, "even in a private capacity and without official mandate," at¬ tended the Geneva parley.
It was reported that many sec¬ tors of Moroccan Jewry had join¬ ed the criticism of Mr. Amar with declarations he had no right to expose them to trouble by either attending or sending other dele¬ gates to Geneva. However, Mr. Amar vehemently denied he was In Geneva. It was suggested that a mixup might have developed from the fact, that while he was not in Geneva at the time, some
Dan Tannenl>aum
UJFG ASSISTANT ACCEPTS POSITION
William V. Kahn, president of the United Jewish Fund and Council, has announced the res¬ ignation of Dan Tannenbaum, ad¬ ministrative assistant. Mr. Tann¬ enbaum has accepted an appoint¬ ment to serve on the staff of the Jowlsh Community Center, Allen- town, Pennsylvania.
Dan Tannenbaum served with tho UJITC since February 1959, upon his graduation from the graduate school of social work at Ohio State University where he received h 1 a Master's degree. While with UJFK:;, his assign¬ ments were manyfold. He worked with the Junior and Young Adult Divisions, the Women's Division, and the Trades and Professions. He assisted in Collections and Cash Mobilization, preparation of budget materials, Internal office operations, as well as In the many other facets of the organization's activities.
Mr. Tannenbaum's new appoint¬ ment is a further advancement in the field of Jewish communal service. He and his wife Shos- hEina, the former Shoshana Har¬ rison, will be leaving with their newly born son, September IB, for Aiientown. Tho UJBX3 and their many friends will miss them but wish them the best of success and happiness in their new endeavors.
World Jewish Congress publica¬ tions listed him as an observer.
Le Figaro said it was likely that when King Hassan returned from the neutralist conference at Belgrade, he would investigate the charges and that the whole matter would be forgotten if Mr. Amar's contention of absence from the Geneva parley waa veri¬ fied.
The Ai Alam denunciation was an unexpected blow since there had been rejKjrts recently that the Government had decided to im¬ plement the policy of liberalizing the official attitudo toward Mor¬ occo's Jews promulgated by the late King Mohammed V shortly before his death.
In nearby Algeria the uneasi¬ ness of the Jewish community grew as more Jews fell victims to terrorist outrages. A grenade was thrown into the Bagatelle Cafe in Sctiff, wounding a number of per¬ sons. A plastic bomb was thrown Into an apartment In the Bab- ei-O u e d quarters ot Algiers, wounding Prosper Allan, a Jewish property owner. Another Algiers Jewish merchant was fatally shot. Late last week a grenade was tos¬ sed into a cafe In the Bab-el-Oued quarter. Two Jews were hurt.
MESSIANIC VISION OF PEACE AND BROTHERHOOOD
By Mark S. Joffe, the vision of Isaiah repre¬ sents the prophets words: "And they shall boat their swords into ploughshares." Peace and Bro¬ therhood Is the theme running through the sym¬ phony of ROSH HASHONAH as evidenced by the lion and the lamb lying together In peace, a boy playing with a snake and peace reigning on the throne- Art and industry are represented on l>oth
sides of the stairway leading to the throne of peace. EDITORS NOTE; Mark S. Joffe, born 1864, In Dwinak, Latvia—came to this country In 1924 and subsequently became ft faculty member of the Academy ot Allied Arts. He achieved world fame with his painting, "EVE OF THE DAY OF ATONEMENT."
THE  FIRST KIVUT2A
Twelve People Who Helped Build A Nation
Close by the River Jordan with the hills of Galilee and the mountains of Syria and Trans-Jordan looming over it, lies the village if Deganii. The wild blooming Cyclamen, poppy and cornflower throw a colorful mantle over the settlement in the spring and the rieids encircling it are yellow with corn and barley. As one descends upon Degania today, exposed to one's gaze Is the blue of Lake Kin- nereth and the River Jordon, and the valley rich with groves and gar¬ dens, fields and fish-pond.s
In the summer of 1911, when a small band of Second Aliyah Immi¬ grants came down from the hills to the same spot on Lake Kin- nereth, known by the Arabic name of Um Juml, six hundred feet be¬ low sea level; the heat and clouds of mosquitoes assailed them, the river was a trickle, and the bare earth was partially covered with burnt grass and meager shrubs. The site for their historic task oovered an area of 3000 dunams Ihat had been purchased by the Jewish National Fund from a Persian effendi.
The group consisted of ten men and two women. Six of the men were assigned to plowing, two to act as watchmen, one as account¬ ant and secretary and one to re¬ main in reserve. The two women would do the housekeeping. This was the nucleus ot the first "kivutza" or collective settlement in Palestine, in which young and ardent Jews dedicated themselves to tilling the soil owned by the Jewish National Fund and to set-
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ting up a communal farm, which would serve as a breeding-ground for their ideas and aspirations.
Thus began this experiment In living In which each of the twelve
THE TWO SHIPS
(A Talmudic Parable)
Two ships were once seen to be sailing near land. One was speedi¬ ly going forth from the harbor, while the other was slowly mov¬ ing into the harbor. EJveryone was lustily cheering the outgoing ship, giving It a hearty send-off. But the incoming ship was scarcely noticed.
A wise man was looking at the two ships ahd he said; "Rejoice not over the ship that is setting out to sea, for you know not what destiny awaits it, what storms it many encounter, what dangers It may have to undergo. Rejoice rather over the ship that has reached port safely and brought back all its passengers in peace."
It is thc way of the world, that when a human being is born, aii rejoice; but when he dies, all sor¬ row. Rather ought the opposite to be the case. No one can tell what troubles await the child on its Journey into manhood. But when man has lived and dies in peace, all should rejoice, seeing that he has completed "his journey and is departing this world with the imperishable crown of a good name.
tended the soil for the benefit of the group as a whole. They need¬ ed each other's close and constant help because in this ravaged land no one could stand alone. They dreamed not merely in terms of big crops; the idea ot producing and growing things re¬ presented for them the totality of existence, a wholeness denied them in exile.
In the l>eglnning, the pioneers raised their grain crops with the most primitive tools. They had no farm animals except six pairs of mules and two horses. The Pales¬ tine Colonization office had given them ploughs, harvesters and seed. Their contract stipulated that in return for providing the land and stocking it, the office was to receive fifty per cent of the net profits. The rest was paid into a single account, with each of the settlers receiving fifty francs a month as wages.
This was the humble beginning of the Kvutza; not an organiza¬ tion, not a party grouping, but a "life lived together." From this kvutza there developed Degania Aleph- and Degania Beth, each consisting of 1500 dunams of land on which bananas, citrus fruits, grapes, various vegetables as well as dairy products, eggs, carp and olives, were grown and processed.
With hope in their hearts and by the sweat of their brows the pioneers of Degania created a 20th century Utopia, which lighted the path for others to follow. To¬ day there are well over 200 kib¬ butzim, almost all on land acquir¬ ed by the Jewish National Fund, which form the backbone of the young nation. It was Deganla's unique blend of theory and prac¬ tice that created a democratic, communal way of life.
The names of Joseph and Mir¬ iam Baratz, Joseph Bussei, Moshe Barsky, Yitzchak Ben Yaakov and Dr.  Arhtur  Ruppin,  will  forever
be associated with Degania. Yosef Trumpeldor lived and worked at Degania for a time. Among the Immortals of Degania was A. D. Gordon, who had migrated from Russia in 1904. He deeply inspired the members of the Second Aliyah with his visionary yet practical Ideas, one of which was: "Only work can spin threads which wiil bind us to the land with an inner and true connection."
He and his group at Um Juml translated this theory into action by working the soil with their own hands and raising crops required for their sustenance. Today, there Is In Degania Beth dordon, a museum of natural history and agriculture, with a library, read¬ ing rooms and lecture halls, which
stands as a memorial to the man who  loved  nature  and  labor.
Today, as the world pays its re¬ spects to the mother of the kib¬ butzim, celebrating its golden ju¬ bilee, two of its founders who are stall hale and hearty, Joaeph and Miriam Baratz, can look back up¬ on their handiwork and rejoice. Degania, for them, never existed alone; it was a model for others, and although it may not aiwaya have been pleasant to be watched, their feelings of communal re¬ sponsibility never wavered. De¬ gania was the product not only of their desires, but of the needs of the country and their response to those needs. The trail blazed by the Baratzes and their ten com¬ panions cuts wide and deep across the landscape of Israel Reborn.
President Kennedy's New Year Message
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Presi- Kennedy extended through the Jewish Telegraphic Agency the following Jewish High Holy Day greetings;
"I am happy to extend to mil¬ lions of our fellow citizens of the Jewish faith, now celebrating Rosh Hashonah, my warm greet¬ ings and every good wish for tlie New Year.
"In every celebration of ending and beginning there Is both the remembrance of tribulation and the anticipation of good. There is, too, the knowledge that suffering must make l>oth a people and a man more certain of the right, while triumph brings with it the command to respect the right.
"This is the hard wisdom of the centuries, marked again with the turning of each new season. We in the United States have found our way as a free people because we have gathered in our own traditions the experience of many peoples and lives. We have learned that tolerance and coop¬ eration are the ways to true nat.. ional strength. Americans of the Jewish faith have given to their country a great gift in this regard.
"I know that all Americans, of every faith, join with me in this greeting and wish for an abundr ant and peaceful year."
President John F. Kennedy
We Wish You A Happy, Healthy And Prosperous New Year