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Page Two Thursday,.May 4, 1950 .THE JEWISH POS1:' Page Three THE JEW-ISH POST Thursday, May 4, 1950 . '. . .. -- " ing cannpt· but advance the cause of inter-ethnic CANADIAN BIO·CHEMIST, INDUSTRIALIST, amity. at. all levels in our community .. His Enemy Was Dogma A "Department" Is Born I Wmmpeg may take further pride in that it has NAMED TO HEBREW U. BOARD - 'j lEWtSRi'csT , le~d the domi~ion ~n this fruitful partnership of REFLECTIONS OF A WONDERING JEW. By Morris Raphael Cohen. 168 pp. Boslon: The Beacon Press. Jerusalem - Sir Leon Simon, chairman. of the Hebrew university HIllel and a umversIty, already a widely- developed board of governors, announced this week election of professor J. H. The OIdeot A"i/Io-1wn.h W...,/cl1l \" Weotftn e ...... supplementary feature of Hillel work at U.S. Quastel and Allan Bronfman, both of Montreal, as governors of Israel's (Issued weekI~ in t~e ~nterests of Jewish Community actiTitte. -' uni versities. institution, of higher learning. In Wmmpeg and Western Canada.) .' By T. V. SMITH Member of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency {.; 1 '. , Published every Thursday by In giving his mind to the particular, the uni­ THE JEWISH POST LTD. Judaism Council versal never escaped Morris Cohen. In unflinch. Publishers ing defense of the rights of Jews, "we are," he f BEN M. COHEN Business Manager and Managing Editor .. "".' said, "helping to make life tolerable for every . Hails Bundists It I Phone 54400 Everungs 591129 l body." is clear that Cohen was conscious of !,. MELVIN FENSON, B.A. LEO J. LEZACK being a man before he was an American and of EdItor Advertisi.ng Manager Spanks Religious Schools being an American before he was a Jew. Neither Head Office: 213 Selkirk Ave., Winnipeg, Canada religion, 1101' Zionism, nor intolerance was allowed "'1t· Authorized as second class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa to hold back this expansive spirit. Because of this I The American Council for Judaism is a prime all-human perspective, he cannot grieve that there 'j ex;ample of how private wealth is tragically are Jews and Jews and Jews: "I do not deplore it . , Peace - A 2nd Anniversary mIsused for the :(urtherance of nefarious policies because I have never liked too much unity." that strike at the basic security of Jewish life in This solid preference for pluralism Cohen in Ame~ica. Purely a figment of the imagination of this post-humous book as elsewhere, identiheil Gift Lessmg J. Rosenwald ... Sears, Roebuck magnate with liberalism. In these book reviews and essay,' , Despite Israel's understandable reluctance to who is Council's perennial biggest giver and who gathered with the aid of his son, no less than il; j immediately confer her blessings on Abdullah on pres~nted himself with a plaque for m'eritorious his' systematic and substantial works, the phil. I the occasion of hi~ formal annexation of the serVlce at the recently ended 6th annual confer­ osopher speaks with lofty dignity of human rights Arab-held portions of Palestine, there must be an ence ... the American Council has hit out widely and delivers powerful blows against totalitarian· I undercurrent of satisfaction among Israelis at at least four of the most solid foundation stones ism, intolerance - and the dogmatic mind from the outcome. With the U.N. Internationalization of American Jewish living. . which both proceed. J. H. QUASTEL, plan. finally buried, and. with the Arab League The Council's Cincinnati conclave refused The title given the volume is as beautifulJl' rantmgs unable to effectively deter Abdullah from appropriate as it is clever; for like Maim on ides ALLAN BRONFMAN, D.Se., Ph.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.I.C. support of the UJA; attacked the American B.A., L.L.B. the course his superior military position has em­ of whom he writes in one of these esays, Cohel; Professor Quas(el, world-famed Jewish Committee for having fallen into the Allan Bl'onfman is a well known . boldened him to follow through Israel is left with had a hygienic eye for facts, even as basis and a ... a bio-chemist, came to McGill Zionist trap; hit the Zionist Organization of Canadian philanthropist and in­ , one, fairly stable administratbr over her close content for all his theories. In reading the book university three years ago from ".,I neighboring region. ' America for encouraging chalutziut and extend­ Officials of the local B'nai B~irth Hillel Foundation at the' University 'of Manitoba are shown above dustrialist who L'lkes' a leading I was constantly tempted indeed to supply ail Cardiff, Wales. Known for his ad­ ing American Jewish loyalties to include Israel' discussing final details of the new Department of Judaic Studies to be established at the un~versity, with part in many welfare and artistic The prospects of a second round have indeed foreword to it the marvelous maxim of Moses vanced work in the field of warned parents· to maintain "the most careful University President A. H. S. Gillson, s.eated. Standing left to right, are Prof. Sol' Sinclair, of the University activities. He is vice-president of becom~ slim with the exclusion of Syrian and Maimon!des: "Whe~ever the words of a person of Manitoba and vice-chairman of the Hillel bo'ard; A. R. Micay, chairman of Hil1el's ddvisory board, and Enzymes, Dr. Quastel is acting di­ vigila.nce over the religious school teaching and Distillers Corporation - Seagrams EgyptIan malcontents from serious consideration can be ~nterpreted m such a manner that they S. B. Nitikman, president of the Jewis» Welfare Fund of Winnipeg. rector of the Institute for Special <;sl?eCIally the "text books used in synagogue re­ Ltd., and a director of other com­ as. successors to the Mandatory government. There agree WIth fully established facts, it is the duty Research and Cell Metabolism at hlpoUS scho?ls . ; and went on to foreshadow a pact panies, president of the Jewish will now be a readiness in Israel to breathe easier of every educated and honest man to do so." Montreal General hospital in ad­ WIth non-ZIO.11Ist Yidd!sh groups, including the General hospital, Montreal, hon­ :11, at the realization that the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem Full of wonder, but never able to confuse HEADED FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS DIVISION DURING WAR: dition to his post at McGilJ. Bund whom It praIsed m a recent publication for orary vice - president, Cana(lian I' and colleague of Hitler in the extermination of attacking Zionism. The conference also revealed fancies, the beautiful children of wonder with II th«: Jews, may no longer lay claim to the Arab its burlier and sturdier scientific offsprings, Jewish Congress, joint chairman, that its much heralded text book of Jewish life in fa~ts, Quebec Society for Crippled Chil­ HILLEL HEAD NAMED Tnangle. t~IS "wondering Jew" radiates an air' of conta· .Avraham Harman-Zionist Leader Turned,. I w~ic.h "false" natioJ;lalistic tendencies have b~en dren. Actively connected with the (Cont. on page 14) ehmmated, would soon be published. gIOUS. ~alm as he. moves through corridors of ASSISTANT PROF. morbIdIty and suspICion. Montreal festivals, Les Conce11s Close to 16,000 members of council raised close Diplomat, Spurred Anglo-Saxon Aliyah Symphoniques and the Art asso­ to $190,000 for furtherance of this policy, the con­ Having remarked on his large disinterested­ ciation of Montreal, he has been ness, let us now concentrate on the contribution When an executive of the Jewish Agency's Youth Department visited his prede­ Judaica for U. ofM. ference announced. Not their numbers or dollars cessor last summer in Tel Aviv, who was then foreign ministry's press officer, to national pl'esident of the Canadian st? much as their influence and acceptability in he makes here to what he calls "the Jewish prob­ Friends of the Hebrew Univel'sity I~m." On that, he says frankly: "I have no solu­ complain that he could hardly get his paper work done because his Jerusalem Office was h.lgh government circles and slick paper maga­ cluttered with British, American and South African job seekers, hopeful settlers and since 1944. In 1948, France named With th,e announcement this week of the zmes, represent the extent of their true danger. tIon to offer ... except to preach caution in ac· him Chevalier de la Legion ceptmg any of the numerous solutions that are assorted professionals seeking advice ... he received a sober lecture in return. founding of a Department of Jewish studies at the "Get one of those new arrivals settled successfully in Israel, and you've done d'Honnew'. University of Manitoba ... to be conducted in con­ offered to us." It is indeed the cautious Cohen who speaks in this essay. . something far more useful than issuing six dozen pamphlets." Chanah Sossie and Yanick junction with the director of Hillel Foundation l .The press officer was Avraham Harman, today Israel's Consul General to Canada. Hear also the patient and statesman-like Banish am;lQUllC€ the engagement here . . . Winnipeggers had another tangible evi­ Reds Can t Blush And that bit of advice just about sums up t he goal to Which his life had been dedicated of their· eldest daughter, Tzipe dence of the kind of return their UJA-supported Co.fien: "Let me go further and confess, as I ... and probably still is ... before he switch ed his editor's pastepot and scissors ... and institutions develop. It is no secret that the initia­ thmk every honest man should confess, that so Dverille, 1:0 Calman Tooterl, son the devastating round - the - clock of Shaine Genessir and Moishe i tive for this move originated with the Hillel group. Chief ticket. of admission to leftist circles far as I k!l0w there may be no final and com· routine of a one-man Youth depart­ . . . and her flavor too . . . at his seems to be a pledge never to blush. We presume solutIOn !o the Jewish problem." He thus Behr of Meseritch. Th.e wedding Benefits that will accrue are manifold. Students ~Iete ment ... for the role of a foreign * * fingertips, and frequently found to take place May 23, 24 and 25, the basic colouring swallows any momentary I efle.cts the WIsdom he shared with his friend will now be offered the potent attraction of full diplomat. He wanted the Americans himself dictatin.g extemporaneously England, he chose to work in As an editor of Zionist youth cream of the world's journalists on · . agnammlty: "Unity on matters of Israel's war effort from his offices at Harman. - M.F. dation in September, 1949. field of inter-faith work. Bonds of interest and and stIli mamtam that solely Jewish interests reI IgIOUS opinion I· f t'l . England's Zionist movement ... materials, he had th~ facts of Israel \, respect forged in this academy of Jewish learn- move them? bl SUI e as a means and undesll'- , a e as well as unattainable as an end."

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