Page 8 THE PHOENIX JEWISH NEWS September 27, 1957 Fight Fire With Fire? THE fffflENimJfßSH MS The World Over American Jews buy Shell Oil. Shell Oil Company recently with- drew from Israel installations, avowedly for economy purposes Offices: 828 W. Granada Rd., Phoenix, Arizona Phone ALpine 4-7484 By Deborah Jaffa Metz of this magazine, does Levin speak but actually because of Arab pressure. M. B. GOLDMAN, JR., Publisher and Editor (The News’ Own Columnist) for you?” This Arab pressure is part of an all-out boycott against Israel. BERTHA E. GOLDMAN, Co-Publisher It is more than a literary con- I believe, in all seriousness, that f The boycott consists primarily of threats to cut off relations with troversy which enlivens the pages we should consider the matter and any —which do business with Israel. of Rosh Hashanah issue of give Mr. Bishop his answer. A let- firms—American or otherwise Organ of Community of Phoenix the 69 firms, including American Express, Official the Jewish Judaism,” pub- ter to “American Judaism” (838 Besides Shell, American Published Semi-Monthly—June, July and August Monthly “American official have halted Israeli operations. lication of the Union of American Fifth Ave., New York City) should Entered As Second-Claes Matter At Post Office, Phoenix, Arizona reach him. S. government party to •( Hebrew Congregations. The Arab states even have made the U. Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Arizona Newspaper Association * * * Eisenhower Administration, through its in- Subscriptions automatically renewed unless notified in writing prior to date of In an article entitled “What is a this sordid affair. The expiration. Subscription “JURIST secretary of state, has forged a strong link in the boycott chain Rata: $3.50 per year, payable in advance. Jewish Book?” author and critic STUDIES Talmud” ept might have been the caption by allowing Saudi Arabia to subvert American citizenship rights. Meyer Levin discusses two trends of a signed 1 27, 1957 in writing of American Jewish picture in the New York Post show- President Eisenhower’s Department of State last spring VOL. XI, No. September the the ing U. S. Chief Justice Earl War- a five-year agreement with Saudi Arabia. Under its terms, novels. ren with Dr. Louis Finkelstein, military equip- United States will pay Saudi Arabia $50,000,000 in “One is an effort toward emo- chancellor of the Jewish Theologi- ment, help train the Saudi air force, army, and navy; expand the tional understanding of the Jew in cal Seminary. weather information, radio communica- American Jewish port of Damman; provide Their point of contact was the tions, air rescue, aircraft operations services for Arabian military novels. its own citizens. “One is Talmud, ancient Jewish compila- and civilian planes, and discriminate against an of- jH tion of law and into two groups fort toward emo- legend which—in discrimination includes sifting Americans JHpBuF lijjk: many parts is as tomor- Sie - new as with preventing Americans of tional understand- <mmL. iffi, —as dfe the Nazis Germans—and ing the Jew in row. background from entering Saudi Arabia, even in military of Having expressed a Jewish religious American society desire to capacity. Also, Christian military chaplains must remove ||HyKpAy|9 know more about the rabbinical " to be reached designations from their uniforms while there. legal tradition and its emphasis on United through svmpt- In return for all this, King Saud graciously will allow the fm&h moral law, Justice Warren was in- Airfield on which the thy. The other is vited to attend States to protect him by manning Dharan self-critical expo- a three-day study United States already has spent more than $50,000,000 in con- session at the Seminary this sure, often bor- month. structing. dering on self-ha- • iAa&JaaM during the Truman The first Dharan agreement was concluded tred.” Debbie Metz AMONG THE many subjects dis- Administration. What does this former President think of its dis- As examples of cussed was the Mishnaic view of criminatory aspects? the first, he mentions such novels self-incrimination; if there is no said recently that the restrictive clause was ‘‘not as Abraham Cahan’s “The Rise of other evidence or witness against Mr. Truman ( Jews or any other Americans and that David Levinsky,” Ludwig Lewi- an accused, he cannot testify Intended to bar American against Saudi Arabia has the right to exclude persons from Dharan only sohn’s “The Island Within,” Henry himself. “on an individual and not on a race or creed basis.” Roth’s “Call It Sleep,” and Charles Justice Warren commented right Angoff’s “In The Morning Light.” “Protection against self-incrimina- In other words, our government may uphold King Saud’s but he may not exclude The second includes Budd Schul- tion is perhaps not as sacred now to bar objectionable individual Americans as because of their religion. berg’s “What Makes Sammy in ancient times.” a whole group of American citizens Run?,” noted our Constitu- uphold American ideals Jerome Weidman’s “I Can But he that Instead of taking a forthright stand to Get it For You Wholesale,” and, tion’s Fifth Amendment, as well as of democracy, the Eisenhower Administration has robbed American more recently, Harold Robbins’ “A its provision for protection against foreigh policy of its moral advantage. Stone for Danny Fisher,” and “The double jeopardy, reflect the Tal- July 26, 1956, It has acted contrary to a U. S. Senate resolution of Days of My Love” by Leonard mudic concern with the rights of “any attempt by foreign nations to such Bishop. the individual. which labeled * * principles. * . inconsistent with distinctions . generally is our the latter plat- BOOKS IN group seem DAVID Marcus, West has acted contrary to 1956 Republican and Democratic the reprint COL. Point- It to reach market with er who became a hero of Israel’s form planks opposing such foreign discrimination. startling speed, perhaps because discriminatory prac- War of Independence, will be the It has acted contrary to requests to end the of their sensationalism. picture Government glance reprint subject of a motion to be tices in Saudi Arabia by the President’s Committee on “A at the 25-cent produced by Lee Garmes. Committee on Government Employ- dealing with Jews, says Mey- Contracts and the President’s titles Colonel Marcus will be remem- ment Policy. er Levin, “would convince anyone for help in organizing Is- that the vast majority of Jews in bered his is only natural that individual American corporations will fol- rael’s Haganah into a fighting ar- It leadership this country are gangsters, cheats, low the lead of the American government. When sinks my. He was commander of the . it to be expected that the followers lechers, murderers . when to such a low estate, is only to Jerusalem front he was kill- muck. “Should a Jew, then, hesitate 2 hour.'} start also will be soiled by the course ed, before the of the in Arab lQt of write about ‘bad’ Jews? Os truce 1949. Judaism thus far has acted with restraint this P not. But he must take into account Arab-Israel in worldwide proportions. It has shied from a counter-boycott. But His story will be filmed by was formed in /*e*MPttee oFfie/wJCt, his potential audienpe and make well as in rumblings can be heard. A worldwide committee sure that his full meaning about Garmes in Israel as month to disseminate information about the boy- tT Hollywood. Jerusalem this cannot mis- * shot the Jewish people be * * The Jewish War Veterans of America have author- cers cott’s injustice. understood. Hashanah, we ized their policy board to institute a boycott against Shell Oil, and THIS ROSH when group is considering the proposal now. “HE MUST be able to feel that thank God for the gift of life and the , ~ given balanced Inasmuch as the Eisenhower Administration and Shell Oil have Flies... CZECH JEWISH he has somehow a its personal blessings, let us thank vulnerable to pressure, perhaps Jews should Alpert portrait, so that even if his char- Him too for the progress we have proved themselves his ‘badness’ cannot larger world exert whatever force they can muster to negate the Arabs’ pres- (Continued from page 2) acter is ‘bad,’ made this year on the COMMUNITY be taken to typify Jewish charact- — to scene sure. ity. Membership is open all and er as a for forward steps have Shell Oil is a powerful corporation which offers many public provides Jewish identification and whole.” the we offer American Judaism advice on 'MUSEUM PIECE' Well now, it is obvious that not taken toward desegregation, and services. Perhaps it could participation. to launch a counter-boycott against its products. LONDON (JTA) The Jewish all Jewish writers feel that their the promise they have brought whether we should year marked sense many Or Perhaps you can advise us on whether we “The just passed community of Czechoslovakia is writing must reflect a of the so fellow-Americans, Mr. Eisenhower. another milestone in the. growth responsibility whole peo- redemption thousands should boycott the Republican Party at the polls. “neither allowed to live nor allow- for their for the of and development of our commun- Agudas ple. In tiie same issue of “Ameri- of Polish Jews who were allowed ed to die,” H. A. Goodman, replies ity. The United Jewish Welfare Israel leader, declared here upon can Judaism” Robbins to to migrate to Israel, upon writer’s Fund raised $166,000, more money his return from an extensive visit to Levin, insisting the for the law passed by Congress Delays than has been raised here be- that community. He characterized privilege of expressing himself which will permit 4,000 Egyptian JWV Shell Action ever to States, community Prague with complete freedom, subject Jews to enter the United National Pol- “Arab-Communist pressure to in- fore.