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INFORMATION 1 the ISSUED by the Leorge ASSOCIATION of JEWISII REFUGEES in GREAT BRITAIN Inions Sneral 8 FAIRFAX MANSIONS, FINCHLEY RD 1963 Vol. XVIII No. 5 May, 7963 )f the 3f the [sraeli INFORMATION 1 the ISSUED BY THE leorge ASSOCIATION OF JEWISII REFUGEES IN GREAT BRITAIN Inions sneral 8 FAIRFAX MANSIONS, FINCHLEY RD. (corner Fairfax Rd.), Londan. N.W.J 0//ica and Consulting Hours: in the Telephone : MAIda Vale 909G/7 (General Oflice and Wellare lor the Aged) Monday to Thursday 10 a.m.-I p.m. 3-6 p.m. MAIda vale 4449 (Emplovment Agencv, annuallv licensed bv the L.C.C.. V1.P.5- and Social Services Dept.) Fridaf 10 a.m.-l p.m. I pro- rship* r,. 1 affi' '•'"•'• Rosenstoek provided they assimilated themselves to their years environment, preferably—but not necessarily—by iliates. baptism. The phenomenon of Jewish self-hatred is TRUE TO OURSELVES depicted in. a stimulating essay on Maximilian /al i" Harden (by Erich Gottgetreu). Harden's writings ormer were are full of anti-Jewish invectives, e.g., during the jropa- The Heritage of German Jewry Dreyfus affair. Yet towards the end of his life, larters -^^ when he was physically attacked in the Grunewald, he violently professed his awareness of his specific •^<^ ° »rsarv '^t'?t^ ** shaU remember the 90th anni- its inception the L.B.I, has initiated and sponsored position as a Jew. How much more balanced rs /of xnilv wL u'*'''"'*! »f D^- Leo Baeck. The AJR, the publication of no fewer than 24 books and was the personality of another man who no longer onfer- y, ' J""" the Leo Baeok Institute, will mark monographs ; a number of further publications are belonged to the community of his ancestors. In abour .^,^^ ^fu by a lecture to be given by Dr. E. J. under preparation. At the same time, the a charming letter (published and commented on stano ' the Genman-Jewish schc^r, Heinrioh American Branch of the L.B.I, has built up in by Jacob Jacobson) Feljx Mendelssohn Barlholdy ifalgaf 1,^^- New York a unique collection of books, periodicals explains to his father how it had come about ' 'he f!^!l2.*'^'^ associated with the organisations and documents relating to German-Jewish history. that the adopted name of Bartholdy was omitted »riune „1™^ Jews in Ei>gland had the good In Israel, U.S.A., Great Britain and Germany, in the London concert programmes. Though a ***^k duri *"S under the guidance of Leo Societies of Friends of the Leo Baeck Institute Christian since his childhood, the composer did .tional •''•' lustre L'*'^ •'^*' *'«v«n ^^=""5 of his life. have been established. Contacts between the not mind bearing the Jewish name made famous •IM to » 'mpaot\v!^"^""« f^'Om his name also had members are maintained by lectures, and all mem­ by his grandfather. He was at ease with his to b« '^^l and i^ v?""" achievements, both in the cul- bers regularly receive two sets of publications: environment, whereas his father, one generation Th« *f'-'> more Ml 'charitable sphere, l.t was, there- a Bulletin (edited by Dr. Hans Tramer. Jerusalem) nearer to the pre-emancipated Jews, resented being Union "^i one of .K ."'^ fulfillment of a moral duty und a Year Book (edited by Dr. Robert Wolisch, reminded of the family's Jewish origin. iortiy after V "**"!«« for 'he Aged, completed London). The bulletins, published in German, The gradual integration of the Jews in Ger­ »cclc y^. ^ •fjs death, was given his name. Leo carry shorter (though by no means less important) many and the handicaps they first had to experi­ ^ [tvaiis in ,h ***''^ '*f 'be sipecific s;pirit which essays on German-Jewish history and keep mem­ ence in the professions are reflected in the article llich y(j ' '"^«« Homes. " By the manner in bers informed on the Institute's current activities on "The Philippsons" (by Johanna Philippson). and plans; so far 18 issues have been published. «li With vvh"'*! f^r 'he aged you fulfil a special Henno Jacob, " the militant Rabbi ", is portrayed The Year Books may perhaps be described as en€e "* "manifest ^h *^ "'^•^ "°^ faced: to preserve by Xurt Wilhelm. Jacob fought on many fronts; Ihe most conspicuous manifestation of thc Insti­ he defended Jewry in the political arena and infor- '/"lan Jewrv" L"^'"'*' ^"^ spiritual" dignity of tute's raison d'etre. They have appeared with )r any ' House 'r • ^"""'^ "'^'*'' h'S visit to Otto Judaism in the theological sphere. His staunch inster. " yeckishe" punctuality and reliabihty, and now rejection of Zionism was not based on shallow ' 'luihoritv 1^ '^ '^^' hut not least due to phone we welcome the publication of Volume No. VII.' " assimilationism " but on a deep conviction of "Triany in J' his personality that Jews from Jewry's specific role in human history ; and he I <^onstruot "^ countries obtained the means Leo Baeck Institute Year Book was. last but not least, a great scholar. Distance IN "S that th. !^u*°'C'^' schemes, and it is also of time and place now also permit a more balanced ' ""spices of .Vharitable Trust established under It has become customary to introduce the •^.anied aft • Council of Jews from Germany assessment of books of this kind with the apolo­ Continued on page 2, column 1 <Mclent. "" Leo Baeck, the Council's first getic remark that it is difficult to do justice to the contents by way of an ordinary review. 'u'^ «f L^r.^ »*'''*'• Wstorical aspect, two other Actually, one has to go one step further: it is The Association of Jewisb Refugees in ik °f even ^^^l^'s hfe and work will prove not only difficult but it is impossible. A journal Great Britain t-oK ,• 'eader nP?^^ decisive importance: his role like ours could not afford the space for a detailed etc. ."?^ of onr u- '•'"^" Jewry during the darkest description of 15 different contributions, and herewith invites ils members to Ihe ed) . .'"'•ship n history, and his place in Jewish hardly any reviewer would feel competent on all AS ':' '•esirtie f^^^^ ^ho know the brunt of thc the subjects to which the essays are dedicaled. General Meeting ', ^^re sna,S" first-hand experience (though Therefore, we have to restrict ourselves to trying • - Ihe \|;^r:..'he climax of the catastrophe to discern the leitmotif which, more or less, runs on Thursday, May 23, at 7.30 p.m. War years) will have noted with sad l^^^a, the Ihrough all the contributions. The editor him­ part played by Jewisk h communal self formulates it by giving the book the sub­ at 51 Belsize Square, N.WJ '• Nazi rdgimme is now in danger heading " Jewish Fighters for Equality of Rights ". tt,»5 I,'. '" the Vt^, °" ^^ posterity in a distorted Yet, in a deeper sense, the leitmotif derives from Report on AJR Activities ffVlC^.' 'he Conn M"^"^' published in the previous the constant tension which determined the relation­ ^^ ,^«ll the ,"^'' «f Jevvs from Germany had ship between Jews and non-Jews in Germany. Election of Executive and Board 'l^ero ,.,"= sacrifices rr,^A^ t,., it,„-. „—™..„„i Who ^v'^'i''''C".'"ade by those communal Tension is not necessarily a negative quality. On (The List of Candidates submitted by thc .W.l'1k»'^°' "Hos"t of J^'^n'arily remained in Germany the contrary, in this context, the term is used in its positive meaning, i.e., as a source of energy. Executive is published on page 15, further V h "^^y tootookk *" ^'^^ '° •''ha'"e 'he destiny of care of. Since then, the matter With thc slight detachment of more than two nominations should reach the AJR office by May 13.) '.•'•'lies *hn "if '" ''^^ press b;y various per decades' residence in Ihis cotintry we have now 'n-i '•"" responsible positions in become aware of thc difference between the No further notice will be given. ideological appro.ich in Germany as distinct from Non-meitrbers are not entitled to vole, birl :"'"i"sly *'^^hf_]ife diiring that period and who will be welcome as guesn al the meeting. the allegations made by the enxpirical method by which many problems '^Ar^T'"''in th e New Yorker. The Council are tackled in Anglo-Saxon countries. iii^Vn'^'^^'y The General Meeting will be followed concerned with the matter and wc Articles such as those on Gabriel Riesser (by at 8.30 p.m. by a 2,"^^ever ,?" ^^^'her developments. Moshc Rinott) and on Trcil.schkc and Mommscn (by Han.s Licbcschuctz) remind us of the inter­ ""o.t•til^t .•hatr.T^ y'eg J.like: —d r Ir.••'"^^hidiLeo •K. >Yiin,i. i Lc1u BaecB k would Lecture th... V^^ '° be remembered first and relation between the Jewish question on thc one III "^' nims If ^scholarship and research. Not hand and the ideas of Liberalism, and of Ihe [jointly held with the Leo Baeck Institute) v^tJ,'"* lield tT • '^"'^c outstanding contributions German conception of .State and Nation on the tr*'"'-d'w^£'".'''"« ^''h 'he publication of other hand—to indicate by way of slogans only to mark thc 90th Anniversary of the birth .TP-lo'Vat'Te h» uR" ^^" ^^^ Judentums". some of the innumerable problems. In the light of Ur. Leo Bacck. g) /'ish *ilh in ^'' attained also brought him of the experience after 1933. il is interesting to rnB'' ""d nrin ."'^'crable contemporary thinkers, recall that Treitschke's critici-sm of the Jews was Professor Dr. Ernst J. Gohn ^^ t, i^nture ?r ^*'5h alike. Therefore, hardly not based on the presumption that the alleged 6 'V-iVeeping"^,'! *ilh his name can be shortcomings of the Jews were due to their will speak on (i,.! " B;icrt I . "'•' mc^mory than the work "racial" origin and, therefore, unchangeable.
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