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Page 4 Postorial Texas Jewish Post Thurs., May 21, 1959
POSTORIAL
Yaacov Morris, First Consul Of Israel,
To Be In Dallas For ZOA Meeting
Let Us Understand One Another
If a Gallup poll of Israeli opinions about American Jewry had
been taken soon after Isarel was established and another one on the
tenth anniversary, the findings would probably be alike in one respect:
Many, if not most, of the Jews of Israel are profoundly pessimistic
about the future of American Jewry.
The first poll would probably have disclosed that a very large
number of Israel’s Jews were convinced—as many of them bluntly
declared in Israel publications and in conversations with visitng
American Jews—that the Jews of America were fools to delay their
emigration to Israel until the American Hitler appeared.
As the years passed and the evidence became massive that there
was no American Hitler in sight, Israeli attitudes shifted to the
opinion that the assimilation of American Jewry was inevitable—a view
by no means restricted to Israel Jews.
Such Israeli views are understandable. Without raising issues
of Zionist ideology, the fact is that the overwhelming majority of
Israel’s Jews have come from countries of oppression and their knowl-
edge of life in a society free from vicious anti-Semitism is minimal.
Nor is Israeli exasperation over the refusal of American Jews to settle
in large numbers in Israel the most favorable background for objective
judgments about Jewish life in America.
But while such views are understandable, they are not the product
of a comprehensive knowledge of the 300 years of Jewish life in the
United States. And they are not only distorted but dangerous views
—dangerous to the Zionist vision that out of the partnership of Israeli
and American Jewries would come new contributions to the advance-
ment of civilization through the development of a Jewish State which,
though small in size, would be mighty in spirit.
It is welcome news, therefore, that a major Jewish organization—
which has been dedicated for nearly half a century to the enhance-
ment of Jewish life on American soil—intends to analyze this peril and
to take steps to combat it.
The Farband Labor Zionist order has announced that the prob-
lem will be considered at its nineteenth quadrennial national con-
vention this month. In announcing that the 500 delegates to the May
23-27 convention in Miami Beach will ponder the problem. President
Meyer L. Brown has declared realistically that the Farband does not
“lightly dismiss the threat of assimilation to American Jewry” but
at the same time he notes that the Farband has acted vigorously to
avert the danger by 46 years of effort “dedicated to the strengthening
of a meaningful Jewish life in'the United States.” Committed to the
proposition that “there will always be a healthy and constructive
Jewish community,” the Farband delegates intend, as an initial step,
to explore the possibilities of creating in Israel a substantial informa-
tion and education program to bring “the facts about Jewish life in
America” to the Jews of Israel.
Whether any single organization can muster the resources for
so substantial an effort is open to question. However, with its strong
Israel orientation and its deep Jewish roots, with its dedication to
Hebraic and Yiddish culture, the Farband seems eminently qualified to
make at least a start toward a solution of this thorny problem. If the
Farband convention does no more than to bring the issue into the
arena of positive discussion between American and Israel Jews, it will
have performed a most useful service for both Jewries and for Zionism.
A brilliant, young Irish-born
Israeli diplomat will be the guest
of honor at a meeting sponsored
by the Zesmer District, Z.O.A.,
and the Dallas Israel Bond Com-
mittee in the home of Mr. &
Mrs. Markus Rosenberg, 6940 Aza-
lea Drive, Dallas, on Tuesday
evening, May 26.
Yaacov Morris, First Counsul
of the Israel Consulate in New
York, joined the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs in 1955, serving
with the Information Department
until hia appointment in October
1957 as Director of the Research
Department >of the Israel Office
of Information.
Mr. H. H. Hirsh, President of
the Zesmer District, Z.O.A., urged
members to attend the meeting
“to hear one of the most out-
standing examples of the coming
generation in Israel.”
Mr. Morris was born in 1920
in Belfast, Northern Ireland
where he received his education.
From 1937 on he was active
in the Pioneer Zionist Youth
Movement in England, and, in
Happy Anniversary
26 Mr. and Mrs. Louis I. Cohen
27 Mr. and Mrs. Max Weinstein
30 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Freling
30 Mr. and Mrs. Carl Raskin
31 Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hillman
31 Rabbi and Mrs. Milton Rosen-
baum, Detroit
31 Mr. and Mrs. Danny Glazer
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Yaacov Morris
1946 joined the Political Depart-
ment of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine in London.
In 1947 Mr. Morris settled in
Israel where he joined Kibbutz
Yasur in Western Galilee. He was
an active member of the Haga-
nah and served with the Israel
Defense Army during the Israel
War of Independence.
In 1949 he was appointed head
of the section for English speak-
ing countries of the Youth and
Hechalutz Department of the
Jewish Agency, a position he held
for five years. During this time,
he was also correspondent for
British, American and Israeli
newspapers and journals.
Mr. Hirsch said the Zesmer
District’s goal for 1959 is the
enrollment of every member as
an Israel Bond holder.
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MOBILE DELI HEADS EAST
Hy and Stan’s Mobile Delicates-
sen will vissit the following ci-
ties: Texarkana and Marshall,
May 25; San Angel'o, May 27;
Lawton, Okla., June 1; Longview,
June 3; and Dennison, Durant,
Atoka, and McAllister, Okla., on
June 8.
In their monthly tour of cities,
many small adjacent towns are
alsd visited.
Emanu-El Concert
Continued From Page 1
Mr. Waxman will conduct both
performances and the Temple
Emanu-El choir will be joined by
Mack Harrell who will portray
Jtashua and Virginia Botkin who
will take the part of Rahab. The
two spies will be sung by Harry
Wayne and R. G. Webb. The or-
chestra will be made up of mem-
bers of the Dallas Symphony Or-
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Steven Robbins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. Robbins, 6629 Park Lane
will be bar mitzvab Saturday,
May 30 at Shearitih Israel.
Postphotio by Sylvan Garonzik
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Marvin Lesser Named
Highest Honor Grad
At Paschal High
Marvin Lesser, s,on of Dr. and
Mrs. Sol Lesser, 2560 Stadium
Drive, has been named the high-
est ranking boy honor graduate
at Paschal High School and will
deliver a speech at commence-
ment exercises on M,ay 27. Mar-
vin, who plans to attend Rice
Institute pr Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology, was also pre-
sented with a slide rule from
the Texas Chemical Council as
the outstanding Science Student
in the graduating class at Pascal
High School.
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