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Page 4 - PostoriaI - Texas Jewish Post - Thurs, March 17, 1955
POSTORIAL
TOYNBEE BLAMES EVERYONE EXCEPT ARABS
In a long letter appearing in the current issue of the
“Jewish Frontier”, organ of the Labor Zionist movement in
the United States, Professor Arnold Toynbee, the noted Brit-
ish historian who has aroused considerable criticism among
Jews for anti-Jewish and anti-Israel assertions in his Study
of History” reiterates his views on these subjects. Replying
to a critical article in the “Frontier’ by Marie Syrkin, Dr.
Toynbee retracts nothing, refuses to admit any errors in judg-
ment, and instead asks Jews to repent for alleged sins they
have committeed against Palestinian Arabs.
In his letter, as in his book, Toynbee is certain that every-
body and everything is to blame for the present plight of
Palestinian Arab refugees except those refugees themselves.
The Jews, he claims, had taken the country^ by force and driv-
en out the Arabs. Previously, Great Britian as the manda-
tory power had made possible a large-scale Jewish immigra-
tion into Palestine, thus arousing Arab resentment. Judaism
was to blame because it bred the first nationalist bigots in
history, the Maccabees, who forcibly converted Idumea and
Galilee’ to Judaism, while Christians are to blame because
they inherited the spirit of “Jewish fanaticism .
“It is, in fact, tragic to be either guilty of fanaticism or
to be the victim of it, and the Jews have been alternately
guilty of it and victims of it since the second century B;C.”,
Toynbee states. “The irony of Jewish history surely is that
the Jews have been th chief sufferers from a spirit which
they originally kindled. The tragedy of recent Jewish
history is that, instead of learning through suffering, the
Jews should have done to others, the Arabs, what had been
done to them by others, the Nazis”.
And so on. One reads on in amazement at the ignorance
of Jewish history in general and of recent Arab-Jewish rela-
tions in particular displayed by a man who is acclaimed in
certain circles as the leading contemporary historian. Has Dr.
Toynbee never heard of the tolerance toward other faiths
which Judaism has always preached? Did he never read of
the voluntary departure of hundreds of thousands of Arabs
from Palestine during the Arab-Jewish war of 1947-48? Does-
n’t the noted historian know that there are still around 150,-
000 Arabs who chose to remain there and whom the Jewish
Government has no idea of expelling?
Prejudice, we are sorry to state, will becloud the mind of
even an intellectual of the calibre of Arnold J. Toynbee and
put in his mouth words which are utterly at variance with
truth.
front ’n’ c
By Lucille Schwartz
Applications are now in or-
der. Actors and actresses of
the Ft. Worth Jewish com-
munity, FRONT AND CEN-
TER. Even if you have no de-
sire to emote, STEP FOR-
WARD and be counted. Per-
haps you like “behind the
scenes” details . . . lighting,
costuming, planning sets, sell-
ing tickets, applying make-up
.... or the thousand and one
things that go into putting on
a major production. WE
WANT YOU.
The time is 8 P. M. Tues., at
the Schul .... that’s March
29.....the BBLT (Lucky
Strike Means Fine Tobacco)
will record the method by
which you plan to help the
B’nai B’rith organization raise
the money it needs to carry on
its charitable work. LITTLE
THEATRE is the way. What’ll
you have? In return for filling
out an application blank, you
will be issued a membership
card. Make every effort to at-
tend this meeting • • • even
if you can’t devote any time to
our group for the balance of
the year.
HIDLA LOU COHEN has
enlisted the aid of Dorothy
Broodo, (member of the Jew-
ish community who comes to
us from CONVAIR’S WING
AND MASQUE), FRIEDA
WENDER (trained at the
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
In California), FRANCES
selected. FRAN PRiNZ will
play the lead; JOY SPIEGEL,
“The Woman” in Willie Lo-
man’s life; and LOUISE
LIPSHITZ as “Jenny”.
Others of our groups who
are working on the production
are: EDDIE GAINES, general
chairman of the FESTIVAL;
ALLEN RAYEL, lights; FAN-
NETTE SONKIN, make-up;
BERNIE SOLWAY, sets; LU-
CILLE SCHWARTZ, publici-
yMembers of the THEATRE
COUNCIL are chuckling over
the fact that MERLE MOR-
RIS, co-producer, has already
sold the first two tickets to
“DEATH OF A SALESMAN”.
The Fuller Brushman came to
her door and before he had a
In California), chance to unsnap his sample
GOLDSTEIN, and HE MERLE had his money.
SLATKIN, to help with our f telling you that
WORKSHOP activities. ^ ease for the production are
NOW ON SALE.
TCU: “Ah,
attend and bring a friend. Tell
us what you can do to make
our group bigger and better.
After a gruelling try-out
which lasted almost a week,
the cast of “DEATH OF A
SALESMAN” has been an-
nounced by Dr. James Costy,
head of TCU radio-television
department. We are honored to
have three of our members based
PLAYBILL:
Wilderness”; William Garber,
director; March 25-26.....
CONVAIR WING AND MAS-
QUE: “Green Grow the Li-
lacs”; Mar. 31, April 1, 2, 8,
9 . . the story upon which
the musical OKLAHOMA was
My Flavorite Recipe
By Marian Joseph
Here is the first in my series of Passover recipes. Each
one has been tried and proven successful and I know you too,
will enjoy equal results.
FLUFFY KNAIDLACH
3 eggs % cup Matzo Meal Vz tsp. salt
Beat whites until stiff, then beat in yolks of eggs. Fold in
matzo meal and salt. Let stand 5 minutes, then form balls with
a spoon and drop into boiling soup stock or salt water. Cover
and cook 45 minutes. Recioe makes 12 large balls.
PASSOVER NOODLES
2 eggs 1 tbs- water
2/3 c. Cake meal, or Matzo 1 tsp salt
Meal fine’y sifted
Beat eggs, add water, salt, and knead in cake meal. Roll
out as thin as possible on a floured board (use meal) and
set aside for about one-hslf hour to dry somewhat, then roll
up like jelly roll and cut into thin slices, or cut in any desired
shape. Dry, and before serving, boil 20 minutes in salt water.
Serves 4.
Council Women Convene
New Orleans and the Roose-
velt Hotel in particular will
provide the setting for the Bi-
ennual Convention of the Na-
tional Council of Jewish Wo-
men on Mar. 20 through the
24. At the covention an elect-
ion of National Officers and
Board Members, and discus-
sions on the National policies
and programs will take place.
Aonong the 800 attending, is
the Dallas delegation consist-
ing of Mrs. George Cohen,
President of the Dallas Section,
Mrs. Edward S. Sulkin, Reg-
ional President; Mrs. Stephen
S. Kahn, National Board Mem-
ber; Mrs. Bernard Bitterman,
Mrs. John Franklin, Mrs. Mor-
ris Waldman, and Mrs. Ben
Newman.
The Fort Worth Delegation
will include Mrs. Irving Rap-
fogel, president - elect of the
Fort Worth Chapter, Mrs. Ed-
win Wittenberg, 1st vice pres-
dent-elect and Mrs. Leon
Gachman, 2nd vice-president
elect.
The convention will open
Sunday. At a plenary session
that evening, Mrs. Engel will
set the perspective for the
delegates’ deliberations in a
keynote address concerning
national & international prob-
lems as they affect the organ-
izations historic programs to
advance democracy and hu-
man welfare At home and
abroad. The Mayor of New Or-
leans, Delesseps Morrison, will
be present to welcome the del-
egates to the city.
At a luncheon Monday, del-
egates will hear about the rol-
es of the community service
volunteer today, and problems
of intellectual freedom in the
United States, from National
leaders in these spheres.
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