Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 July 1953 — Page 8

THE NATIONAL JEWISH POST

Friday, July 24, 1953

Now You Can BELIEVE IT

By SAMUEL DEUTSCH (The above title will be used for this column until a prizewinning title is selected from the many which our readers have submitted.) U LMOST ALL states in the XTL United States boast of one or more cities whose names are derived from the Bible. More popular of these are Lebanon, Sharon, Bethlehem, New Canaan, Job (Va.), Hdreb, Sinai, New Jerusalem. Texas, the biggest state, wouldn’t be content with just having a Biblical city

so they have a Biblical country— Palestine, while Indiana, not to be outdone, has New Palestine. * * * When two of the largest ocean-going liners were bulit before World War II, the Normandie” and the ‘‘Queen Mary,” accommodation was made for Jewish passengers by providing a synagogue for their convenience. * * * * The first Jew believed to have stepped on American soil was Louis de Torres, one of the sailors who crossed the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus during his voyage of discovery. • * * iTniE design for the American JL cent containing the picture of

Abraham Lincoln was made by Victor D. Brenon, a Jewish artist. His initials, VDB, appear on every penny and can be seen underneath the picture of Lincoln through a microscope. * * * The term “good-bye” used in modern-day English as an expression of departure comes from an old Hebrew expression of prayer used on similar occasions, “God-be-with-ye.” * • • The Jordan River in Palestine is one of the few rivers in the world that do not reach the ocean in some way. It flows to the Dead Sea, which has no outlet.

Israel Team Boosts Ceylon Salt Industry JERUSALEM — Ceylon will soon be able to export salt for the first time in its history because of the work of an Israel team sent through the United Nations Technical Assistance program. According to The Jerusalem Post, the work in Ceylon was conducted by a team of four men from the Israel water planning program, who have had 12 years of experience in modern salt production at the Dead Sea Works. One of the men was named head of the Ceylon Government Salt Department, with executive powers, though U.N. experts generally have consultant powers lyThe annual salt output in Ceylon, which has been 50,000 tons, is expected to be doubled this year, enabling export and use of by-products. The team plans to reach one million tons annually.

Rabbi Israel T. Notis is new president of the Detroit, Mich., Council of Orthodox Rabbis.

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REPORT FROM HOLLYWOOD

'THE JUGGLER' DOES NOT GIVE TRUE PICTURE OF ISRAEL AND PEOPLE

By SHIMON WINCELBERG H RECENT review in this space of "The Juggler,” a film partly X*. made in Israel, has drawn a response from a local man whose experience on Haganah ships during the time of the "illegal” immigration into Israel has given him a pretty thorough knowledge of,the types and backgrounds and attitudes "The Juggler” tries to portray. Lester Abramson, whose jobs, previous to his volunteer work with the Haganah, included a clerkship at Universal-International, and three years as radio operator with the U. S. Merchant Marine during the War, returned to sea in 1946, along with a number of other young American Jewish volunteers, went through a good deal of the business of obsolete, overcrowded ships, WINCELBERG violent storms, dark coastlines and silent rubberboats, and brushes with the King’s Navy, which he calls “ancient history now,” and, eight months after leaving Baltimore, wound up at a kvutzah, where he stayed for the next three years. Here are his comments on “The Juggler.”

“IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THE FIRST full length nondocumentary film shot in Israel, and a product of Hollywood should give such a significantly untrue impression of the country and particularly its people . . . “The attempt to characterize the sabra bordered on the ridiculous. I do not believe a person unacquainted with Israel will get a true picture of the country and its people from this film.” Regarding the characterization of Hans, the juggler, Mr. Abramson writes:

“I do not think that in a picture of this type such a singular and isolated characterization should have been drawn . . . “In my contact with people who survived the concentration camps, while working on a ship carrying refugees to Israel, and while living in Israel, I found very few whose reaction to their experiences was as extreme as "that of ‘Hans’ . . . “Everyone there had the same story to tell. While some selfpity was shown, it never hampered their outlook for the future. “PERHAPS MR. BLANKFORT WAS TRYING to characterize a man who was emotionally disturbed even before his experiences in the concentration camp, and that the effect of these experiences was to bring this maladjustment to the surface. “On the other hand, I thought the portrayal of the weary and disinterested clerk in the reception hall of the immigrant camp he perfect personification of an Israeli civil servant. “But perhaps this picture is a step in the right direction in that it might, open the eyes of Hollywood to the rich source of material to be found in Israel and in her people.”

Post Invites Young Readers To Contribute to Youth Page The Post is turning over a part of its paper to our young readers. Each week we will print interesting work done by young people—short stories, poems, funny happenings and drawings. For each item published we will pay $1.50. All entries become the property of The Post and none can be returned. Address entries to Youth page, P. O. Box 1633, Indianapolis 6, Ind.

Rabbi Leo Y. Goldman is new spiritual leader of Northwest Israel Synegogue and Center, Detroit, Mich.

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