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VOL. 50 NO. 1
JANUARY «. 1972 - TEVES 19
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NORFOLK, Va. (JTA) -r- The Vnited States Navy
will Honor the memory of Commodore Uriah Phillips -
Levy (1792-1862).who rose from cabin boy to the Navy's
highest rank during his long career. Ceremonies
dedicating a commemorative plaque for Levy will be
- held Jan. 9 at the Norfolk Naval Station Chapd Center.
The plaque was donated by the United Jewish
Federation of Norfolk and Virginia Beach and com¬
memorates the naming of the chapel for Levy in Dec.
■ 1959. It is the first permanent Jewish chapel on a US
military installation. Levy was born in Philadelphia .
and[went to sea at the age of 10. His first command was
the sloop-of-war Macedonian. Levy is recognized as the
leading protagonist of the law which outlawed punish¬
ment by flogging in the Navy.
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WASHINQfON (JTA) ^ An old myth that Jews „
gravitate toward careers in business was dispelled by
a nationwide survey of college freshmen just released
here which showed that only ten percent of the Jewish
' students-planned to major in business compared by
16.7 percent of the non-Jewish students. The survey
was conducted by sociologist David E. Drew of tile
Washington-based American Council on Education, an
umbrella organization of-colleges, universities and
other institutions of higher learning. It was com¬
missioned by the American Jewish Committee to pin¬
point differences and similarities between Jewish and
non-Jewish students.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Snow blanketed Jerusalem
and the surrounding hills last week and freezing fains
lashed Tel Aviv on the coast, disrupting normal life in
both cities and snarling traffic between them., Israel -
experiences snowfalls on an average of once'in two
years. Water and heating pipelines are above ground
and freeze when the temperature drops. Israeli cars do
not carry snow 'tires. It was expected that Jerusalem
would be completely immobilized if the snow con-
tinued.        '	
"GOLD CIRCLE" LUNCHEON FOR    _
UJFCWOMENS DIVISION
Members  of   the   "Gold
Circle," Women's Division,
United  Jewish   Fund ^.and
Council will meetfor lun¬
cheon, Thiirsdayjfart\20. at
jioon, at the home of Mrs.
/Millard  Cummins,   172  S.
Columbia Ave.
Hy Kalus, one of Israel's
'leading stage directors and
the founder of the  Israel-
Actors Studio will, be guest
speaker following the noon
luncheon.
Mr.  Kalus  has' recently
been appointed the executive
director of the new center for
Performing      Arts.      in
Jerusalem. For the past few
years, Mr. Kalus has been.
IX ^ commuting between United
States and Israel, spending
about six months in each
country.   In   the   United
States,   Mr.   Kalus   has
directed- many television
Day-Jewish Journal Permanently Dark: One
Of Two Surviving Yiddish Dailies   ^
NEW YORK (JTA)-
Jewish     newsmen     and
'community leaders, voicing
shock and dismay, tried to
shed some light on »the
-permanent  darkening  last
' week__df, the Day-Jewish
Journal. One of only two
surviving general-
circulation     Yiddish-
. language dailies' in -the
nation, it ceased publication
as of the Dec. 28 issue after
57 years injbWness, (tie first
39 as simply the Day!
The final issue, dated Dec.
28, did not indicate v the
paper's impending demise.
Although plates were in
place for {today's -issue, it
never 'appeared, and the
"Tag's" own readers were
suddenly deprived of their
morning reading .without
notice. But even by today it
was unclear just how
unexpected the Tag's dosing
was. <
According to city editor
Philip Sandler — in com-
.- ments echoed by„other.,staff
personnel — the closing
"came suddenly, without
explanations." B.Z. Gold¬
berg, a Tag columnist for 50
years, was quoted as saying:
"Only yesterday (Monday)
the publishers were con¬
sulting me about putting
more features in the paper.
A newspaper that is goingJo
fold just doesn't make plans
like that."
Philip Slomovitz, editor
and publisher of the Jewish
News in Detroit, said the
Tag's closing was not ex¬
pected for at least another 10
years. The "tragic'*
development, he said, means
that "the demise of Yiddish,
which we deplored for many
years, has reached a
deplorable but hopefully not
final stage." (See Page 4 for
Special Analysis.)
Paul Novick, editor-in-
chief of the -Morning
Freiheit, the Communist-
oriented Yiddish daily here,
calUd the decision "very
. sudden and unexpected."
Neal Kozodoy, executive
director of the magazine
Commentary, published by
the American Jewish
Committee, voiced "shock"
at the news.
On the other hand, I.
Kaufman, public relations
chief for the Newspaper
Guild of New York, said he
was "sure" the paper's
personnel had known what
was coming. He recalled that
a year or two ago, when
publisher Arthur L. Jacobs'
father-in-law died, Jacobs
"gave the impression" that
he wanted out. (Because of
reported financial dif¬
ficulties at the Tag, which
had a weekly payroll of
$18,000, Jacobs and the other
two officers have waived
their salaries for the past
'seven years.)
Even blunter'was a very
knowledgeable source who
declined to be named. He
told the Jewish .Telegraphic
Agency: "I knew the hand¬
writing was on the wall six
months ago. There, was, not
anyone there who didn't
know it would happen. They
didn't want to know." As for
the future of the Tag's 110
employes, the source said
"Everything is up in the
air." (The guild represents
only the 25 clerical per¬
sonnel. Kaufman .said he
foresaw no difficulties in
obtaining   their   severance
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
Her\
Raanana Women ToCelebrate
Chai Birthday With Dinner
'ADD-A-DIAMOND" IS NEW GROUP
IN WOMENS DIVISION    '       >
IIYKAL0S
shows for CBS, and while
visiting in the Stales he is an
accredited correspondent for
"Maariv," Israel's largest
newspaper.
Mr. Kalus was accepted as
a member of the Actor's
Studio of New York and has
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Mrs. J. Maynard Kaplan,
chairman of the Campaign
-'Cabinet, Women's Division,
United Jewish Fund and
Council, ^announced the
organization of a new group
this year to better serve the
needs of the campaign.
Termed "Add-A-Diamond"
•this group has as co-
chairmen, Mrs. Marvin
Glassman and Mrs
Milton Friedman.
Geared to the level of
giving, above, $1500., the
women in this group will
receive a diamond in their
charmed gold circle,
received when they were
elevated to the Gold Circle
Division of the Fund.
Mrs. Glassman will be
hostess at a cocktail party at
her home, 360 North
Columbia Avenue, on
Thursday, January 13, at
3:30. Guest speaker at this
occasion will he Dr. Ruth
Gruber, author of the best
seller "Israel on the Seventh
Day." She is a foreign
' correspondent and authority
on all phases of life in1 {srael.
Dr. Gruber is author of 10
books, 5 of them on Israel.
Much of the documentary
material of the book and film
were based on her book
called '.JDP — Destiny
Palestine; the Story of the
Haganah the Ship Exodus
1947."-
Dr. Gruber also writes a
p   j.     is*, urniuei  cuau wiiica a
' "coldmn for the Hadassah
Magazine called "Diary of
an American Housewife."
Hie co-chairmen, Mrs.
Glassman and Mrs.
Friedman, together with
Mrs. Simon Lazarus, advisor
to the Add-A-Diamond
Group, and Mrs. J. Maynard
Kaplan, chairman of the
Campaign Cabinet, jointly
have issued'an invitation to
all women interested and
able to contribute to the
needs of the fund, join them
on Thursday, Jan, 13, at the
home of' Mrsl Glassman.
Hostesses will be''Mrs.
Jack Resler and Mrs. Abe I.
Yenkin.
^--A-gala evening od dining
anc entertainment will mark
the Chai birthday of
Raanana, chapter / of
Mizrachi" Women on
Saturday, Jan, 29, 7:30 p.m.
at the' Ahavas Sholom Social
Hall, according to the an¬
nouncement by the
Mesdames Frank Nutis and
Martin Greenberg,' Dinner
Co-chairman.
Featured' entertainer of
the evening is Yacov Dan,
popular Israeli Folk Singer,
whose exciting voice and
charissmatic style Have
earned him the reputation as
a one man show.
Also serving on the dinner
committee are the
Mesdames Ivan Romanhof
and Henry Lewin, charter
member; Isadora Gurevitz
and Marvin "Vinar,
Telephone; Sheldon Korn,
Martin Greenberg and
Frank Nutis, Invitations;
Daniel Weunsh, Michael
Rosenberg, Ivan Romanhof,
Abe Shatz and Miss Sheila
Nutis, Decorations; David
Salczar, Marvin Vianar and
Norman Brady, Reser¬
vations; Irving Fried and
Keve Zians, Publicity."
As part of the Chai Bir¬
thday Dinner Celebration, a
special tribute to charter
members will be presented
by the mistress ' of
ceremonies, Mrs. Frank
Nutis.
In the words of Mrs.
Samuel W. Rubenstein,
.herself a charter member,
"There is significance—in
Raanana's 18th birthday
beyond siipple sentiment snd
nostalgia. Indeed, more than
the fact of Raanana's 18 year
existence, we celebrate the
meaning of her existence
which only now, as she ap¬
proaches her 18th birthday
has come into full light, for
only now, as we see our'
young people struggling for
healthy human development
in a world without values, do
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 31.
SPECIAL JTA ANALYSIS
Demise Of Day-Jewish Journal Tragedy; Support For English-Jewish Weeklies Vital
..'     'BY   ';
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
;      Editor, Publisher
< Detroit) Jewish Wews '■' ■ i'.
It was expected lOjyjeara
hence. At the moment, the
end of the DajfaJewish
Journal (Tagwipfcgeh
Zhurnal) is the.. mnitfseh.1'
sational and, at the 'same:
time, the most tragic story
that unfolds for American
and World Jewry hi this
"decade. For 70 years__the
> Yiddish newspaper has been
the most important
Americanizing force in the
country. At the same time it
was the major factor in
assuring solidarity in Jewish
ranks in providing relief 4jr
war sufferers in World War
recorded in 1914 in Editor
and Publisher was 762,910.
; Now, with the passing of
the DayJewish Journal, the
number of Yiddish-reading
families for all of the United
States will  probably  be
Yiddish daily in this country
— except for the Freiheit,
whose smallness in size and
circulation  is  due  to  its
Communist affiliation — the
demise of Yiddish, which we
deplored for many years,
Lmseeking havensfOTjfra^hasreaciedad 50,000.   This  is  a
in World War Jtt and iiirr^onopefully not fiW*stage;^_^agedy because the Yiddish
striving for the^*rotectionof> 'WM, when theJ.rJtiwi^vlanguage, which Was spoken
Israeli' It has beena factor in population in this country — by many millions in the love
the battle against prejudice 2.4 million — was much less for which Maurice Samuel,
generally and in exposing than' half .the present US Leo Rosten and many others
anti-Semitism.   • population, there were  10 recently    have    written
With the Forward as the    Yiddish dailies. Their total nostalgically, is losing one of
only    remaining    major    audited    circulation    as  its strongest organs.   The
Yiddish newspaper has been
as much a literary reservoir
as it was a newspaper,, The
' names of some of the
greatest Jewish writers have
been linked with the Yiddish
press — Chaim Zhitlovsky,
Dr. Chaim Greenberg,
Abraham Goldberg,
Yehoash, Sholem  Asch —
'   scores of names so popular
that   they  have   become
legends in many languages.
So important was  the'
.Yiddish  newspaper   that
"-when  William   Randolph
Hearst conducted an un¬
successful campaign for
Governor of New York, he
established a daily
newspaper of his own in
Yiddish. So vital was that
- press that when-',Louis
Marshall, theM^UAen
unquestioned leader*'* of
American Jewry,"' felt'Im¬
pelled to know the mincUof.
the  masses,  he  learned
. Yiddish to be able to read
their newspapers. He was of
the Yahudim, but he studied
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