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THE JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
SEPTEMBER 28, 1950
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If’s Time for Clear Thinking and Straight Talk
very successful post-Yom Kippur
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A pamphlet entitled “Pre-
judice in Textbooks” has been
completed and is ready for dis-
tribution as a new weapon in
the arsenal of democracy to
fight bigotry and discrimination
it was announced by Dr. Ever-
ett R. Clinchy, president of the
National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews, which initiated
understanding of these princi-
ples, our nation will be strong-
er in the eyes of man and more
worthy in the eyes of God.”
Messages were also received
from Governor Thomas Dewey,
Senator Herbert Lehman and
others.
SURVEY OF BIAS IN TEXT-
BOOKS SUMMARIZED IN
PUBLIC AFFAIRS
PAMPHLET
of meeting obligations is one thing,
funds is another.
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U. S. BONDS
HEKALD.V
A Journal Devoted to the Interest of Southwest Jewry
D. H. WHITE, Editor and Publisher
Entered as second class matter Nov. 20, 1908 at the Post
Office at Houston, Texas, under act of March 0, 1079
...from Here and There
By The ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The Holidays are over . . . and for once there were more Jews
than synagogues . . . every synagogue was crowded with wor-
shippers . . . everyone in their fineries . . . and good looks . .
even the weather man cooperated ... air conditioning made a
difference . . . and there were few congregants on the outside
of the houses of worship ... I suppose every rabbi’s prayer is
that some of the religious spirit spills over to Friday night and
the Sabbath . . . but I guess that is too much to expect.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: So act that your principle of
action might safely be made the law for the whole land.—Kant
Al Goldstein tells me that the best way to keep friends and in-
fluence people is to give them your candied opinion . . . mazel
tov to former bachelor Frank Freed .... it was a Mexico City
wedding . . . and may the double aisle from now on become a
single pathway of bliss . . . The younger set has spread out over
the entire country . . . Bobbie Greene to Antioch College in
Ohio . . . The University of Michigan enrolled two new co-eds—
Joan Rubin and Gretchen White ... and Rhoda Mae Robinowitz
is senioring at Ann Arbor . . . Ruth Bogart took up residence at
Austin and the University of Texas . . . Dvora Farb is back at
Stephens in Missouri . . . Buddy Grogin is back at Philly and the
Wharton School of Finance . . . Gloria Feder to Univ, of Colo-
rado . . . Ruthie Wertheimer, Golda Geller and Dorothy Wies-
enthal are now in Austin . . . and many others who will carry
the Houston spirit to the rest of the U. S.
A week-end at the Shamrock was the reward for good bridge
for Bob Friedberg . . . that’s a grand slam in my vocabulary . . .
Glass manufacturers paid tribute to Louis Rubin for his long re-
cord in the business the other p. m. at College Inn . . . Have you
inspected the new Jewish Community Center ... if you haven’t
you have missed a treat . . . it’s some building, and will be a
tribute to the community as a whole and will be open for busi-
ness in about a month . . . We understand Cantor Reuben Kaplan
is coming home . . . will serve Congregation Adath Emeth . . .
and a long welcome to that fine singer in Israel . . . Talk about
young congregations . . . Emanu El is that, with the Religious
School enrollment crowding 500 or better . . . The cuddos to
Dean Meyer who put over a very successful post-Yom Kippur
Dance for the Emanu El Brotherhood.
The three larger congregations of the city have had
their fling at fund raising. The methods used in these
fund raising affairs are not in keeping with the dignity
and morality of Judaism or religion. We are
afield in our endeavor to finance “T
That new store of the Clarence Goldsteins, the "House Beauti-
ful" in the Village, is something to write about . . . congrats to
these two hard workers and may their success be draped all
over town . . . Dr. Jack H. Levine, manipulator of dental per-
fection, will do his teeth repair for the Navy . . . The Jim
Bergers, he’s with N. Y. Life, are sampling the beauties of Hot
Springs while attending an Insurance Underwriters meeting there
. . . That much traveled Al Shulman is back after a hurried trip
- to New York where he attended the AVC convention . . . These
grand openings are like Holywood features—front page and all
. . . surely proud of the Mayer Bros, new White House Stores
and that giant of super markets for Weingarten . . . and don’t
our boys photograph well ... A thriller diller was experienced
by Dixie Glass Skinney Holland on his paunt to Mexico ... if
you see him, ask him about it.
the nation in tolerance.
A message from President
Truman to the rally urged that
“those who are meeting to ob-
serve Interfaith Day renew
their devotion to the principles
of tolerance and mutual re-
spect Our greatest blessing is
the faith we Americans have in
one another. As we grow in our
The spiritual heads of our community seem powerless *
when it comes to guiding the destinies of the congrega-
tions outside of the pulpit. Imagine their embarrassment
on coming to a function of their synagogue and finding
games of chance running full blast. We are dividing the
congregations upon moral and financial lines. On the one
hand we want the synagogue to be truly representative
_ of the idealism of Judaism and Americanism, on the other
We look upon it as a cold business proposition. Somehow
or other budgets and the Hillel’s basic golden rule do not
gp together in modern times. This must not be if we are
going to make our religious life the center core of our
living pattern. If the members of the congregation can-
not support the congregation itself, there is something
wrong With the congregation, with the members or with
the religion we profess to follow.
Gambling has been the center of attention in our own
community for the past month. There has been a reaction
to the open violations within the community. Officers have
been dismissed for not enforcing the law. There has been
a Grand Jury investigation and we will soon have a ver-
dict. Sane thinking men and women have deplored the
gambling tendencies which lead to ruin. Why give en-
couragement for such practices?
can Council on Education un-
der the title of “Intergroup Re- .
lations in Teaching Materials,”
was made possible by a grant
of $35,000 from the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews.
“The failure of our schools
to come to grips with many of
the significant issues of the day
may be attributed in part to
gaps and omissions in our text-
books and courses of study,”
LONG DISTANCE: Everyone was grieved to hear of the pass-
ing of that grand old man, Sidney Herold of Shreveport ... ac-
tive to the last, he recently returned from a trip to Israel . . .
Rabbi Adolf Philippsborn. who ministered in East Texas, has
accepted a pulpit at Colorado Springs, Colo . . . That Hillel,
House at Austin is certainly a beautiful building . . . all reports
coming from those who attended the dedication are high in praise
of the building and furnishings . . . the plaudits to Dr. H. J.
Ettlinger who sparked the fund raising and planning
Tack on another year for Anna Lee (Mrs. Herbert) Levy . . .
that ought to make it about 22 or so birthdays . . . and may
there be more of them . . . Happy to see Hyman Finger about
. . . threw off that tetnus reaction mighty fast . . . Congratulate
the Morris Bogdanows on Wednesday ... it was eight years ago
they took the vows . . . Walter Meyer saw the Big City and
reports New York is doing fine . . . says it’s good to be back
with the Malts boys at the Houston Paper Company . . Melvin
Oshman can add another candle to his birthday cake next week
. . . One word descriptions—Louis Carr—natty.
Shining up their new shingles are Milton Schwarts and Jerry
Hamovit, newly admitted members of the Houston Bar . . . Quite
a large delegation was on hand to bid Marine Mickey Hersko-
vits good-bye ... he wrote Jr. sports and the “Seen & Heard”
column . . . Elected to serve was Irving Axelrod, merchandising
manager of J. Weingarten, Inc., ... he becomes president of the
Texas Merchants Association . . . Elected as secretary-treasurer
of the same organization was Bernard Weingarten, another mem-
ber of the firm . . . Houston’s response to the Eddie Cantor Show
has been most gratifying ... all $4.20 seats have been sold ac-
cording to Moe Jacobs, who is ramroding the event . . . there
are still choice seats left, he says, if the people act fast and get
to Knobler’s to buy their tickets.
"LAFF POTION: The examination in Church History given at
one pf the Theological Seminaries contained the statement: “Tell
all you know about the synagogue.” One of the students wrote
the following answer:
“The synagogue is similar to all other houses of worship. Just
like the church, it is a place for sinners.”
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And yet, our synagogues seem to encourage such prac-
tices. The slot machines were busy at each of the three
congregations. It was not the olden who played, but the
toddlers. If the child were old enough to pull a lover he
put his nickels into the one-arm bandits and screamed
when two or three nickels fell into the slot—the winnings
he put back in a hurry. Dice tables, and card tables and
what have you. A strange spectacle for a moral-ethical
religion which professes service to God and the better-
going too far
lants." The urgency
e means of raising
and financed a study of the
books used in American ele-
mentary and secondary schools.
The 30-page pamphlet was
written by Maxwell S. Stewart
and is No. 160 in the series of
brief, factual, twenty-cent pam-
phlets issued by the Public Af-
fairs Committee, a non-profit,
educational organization at 22
East 38th Street, New York Ci-
ty.
There are many instances in
American textbooks of careless
wording which tends to perpe-
tuate antagonisms among racial
and religious groups, the pam-
phlet states. This is only one
of its striking conclusions as it
summarizes a five-year study
conducted by the American
Council on Education. The com
plete findings are based on an
examination of 267 school texts
49 college manuals, and 100 of
the most widely read children’s
literary books. The long study,
originally issued by the Ameri-
the pamphlet reports.
Dr. Clinchy also noted that
the pamphlet offers a number
of concrete suggestions for im-
proving the teaching of inter-
ment of mankind. relations at every school
Watching such a spectacle gives one a sense of frus- “The recognition that teach-
t ration. Here are the pillars of the synagogue doing ex- ers need* tools if they are g
actly opposite to what basic morality has taught these ing to carry on effective efforts
many years. Why preach the doctrine of a good life all in intergroup education led the
- year round and forget that doctrine when it is convenient? National Conference of Chris-
Why have the rabbis preached against such practice from tians and Jews to initiate "thi-
the pulpit and, because of convenience and necessity, see national study of textbooks »
the very thmg they condemn practiced within the syna- he explained textbooks,
gogue. What is wrong with us? Can we not think clearly? uwe eune. thA « .
ws machgnrigcufamnanimzsmongyouggntdvn? inmeacskasndgundtptkuk
man, or the gambler? If cards are essential to the welfare uis a guidance in the se-
of the congregation, why not have card games on the ection n use of materials to
Sabbath? This certainly should induce large attendance. Lassroom teachers, administra-
If we can finance a portion of our budget with a little o textbook commissions,
Monte Carlo evening, why not more often, and eventually “ , boards, and the public
waive all dues and donations? at large. Both the writers and
The time has come for straight thinking upon this score. Pur ihersnow. have available
Wie need to realize that gambling is foreign to religious Lnthe irst, time a compre-
life. We need to encourage our youngsters to a better way hens 4. ysis which can
of life, not give them avenues of digression from that way Pohe. a to the produc-
of living. We cannot determine for the congregations that 4ono better books to supplant
which they prefer—spiritual bankruptcy or financial those containing biased treat-
opulency. But we know we cannot have spiritual and m of our groups.”
moral bankruptcy and remain a House of Worship. Mere INTERFAITH MOVEMENr .
protests to the Boards of the Congregations are not enough, stages n. y. ratty
Wie are confidertt the Boards would eliminate this practice NEw,, ,iir
of finance. The members of the congregations must better lv E" RK UTA -.A.ra-
meet their obligations. We cannot continue to buy our « staged by the Interfaith
religion as cheaply as possible. There must be other'ways Moement, Ine- on 1116 mall of
of financing our program for religious life. Perhaps we afternoon attratedsomsteo
need to explore these avenues before we again give “af- persons who heard Acting May-
fairs which are neither in keeping with the spirit of the or Vincent Impellitteri assert
synagogue nor common sense. that the city of New York leads
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