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WELFARE EFFORTS
IN JOINT COUNCIL
THE WEEK IN REVIEW
By MILTON BROWN
•
(Copyright. 1934, Jegah Telegraphic Agent", Inc.)
Mrs. Ehrlich Heads Newly- GERMANY:
Amidst a series of conflicting
Organized Co-opera-
reports on the proposed law regu-
tive Body.
lating the status of Jews in the
Reich, the draft of a code giving
NEW GROUP SETS UP
Jews and other non-Aryans the
CLEARANCE SYSTEM status of second-class citizenship,
Each Society Will Continue
Its Own Independent
Activity.
For greater co-operation be-
tween individual Jewish societies
directly or indirectly engaged in
family welfare or relief work, a
Co-operative Council of Jewish
Family Welfare Organizations was
created at a recent meeting called
by Israel Himelhoch, chairman of
the Jewish Unemployment Emerg-
ency Council.
Maurice Aronsson presided at
the first meeting, and the follow-
ing officers were elected: Mrs.
Dora B. Ehrlich, chairman; Mr.
Aronsson, vice-chairman; Harold
Silver, director of the Jewish So-
cial Service Bureau, secretary.
Cl earance System.
A clearance system with head-
quarters in the offices of the Jew-
s h Unemployment Tmergency
Council was set up at this meeting.
This clearance system will be used
by each society's relief commit-
tee chairman to clear and register
cases so that duplication and waste
will be avoided and the families
cared for will receive better ser-
vice.
The Co-operative Council will
meet monthly to check on the
operation of the clearance bureau,
to exchange information, and to
discuss individual cases.
regulating their participating in
certain professions and rigidly for-
bedding intermarriage, was made
public by responsible authorities.
New measures by the Nazi au-
thorities to stir up world hatred
against the Jews took the form of
a new international propaganda
service quietly distributing mimeo-
graphed sheets designed "to edu.
PRENTIS ELECTED
CENTER PRESIDENT
Committee Chairmen Named
at Meeting of New
Board of Directors.
Meyer L. Prentis was elected
president of the Jewish Commun-
ity Center at a meeting of the
new board of directors held Jan.
15. Other officers elected were:
Co-operating Groups.
Among the organizations rep-
resented in the Council are the
Eva Prenzlauer Maternity Aid;
Los Angeles Sanitarium Auxiliary;
Detroit Auxiliary, Jewish Con-
sumptive Relief Association; He-
brew Ladies' Aid Society; Home
Relief Society; Zedakah Club; Sis-
terhood of Temple Beth El; New-
garten Sunshine Club; Council of
Jewish Women; League of Jew-
ish Women's Organizations, and
the Jewish Unemployment Emerg-
ency Council.
"The Council is not in any sense
an amalgation or merger of the
societies which have joined," says
Mrs. Ehrlich. "Each society will
continue its own independent ac-
tivities just as it has in the peat.
The only difference will be that
their relief chairmen will save a
lot of needless work and possible
duplication by having centralized
information about applicants read-
ily available."
Council's Composition.
cote poorly orientated Aryans
concerning the doings of the Jew-
ish underworld.". The Boersen
Zeitung, chief financial organ, re-
ported that the Steuben Society
and the German-American Cham-
ber of Commerce were backing
the anti-Jewish, anti-boycott drive
in the United States.
Jewish students were barred
from final examinations in Prus-
sian universities, only sons of war
veterans being exempted from the
decree ... Minister of the Interior
Frick urged haste in ousting Jews
from public posts . . . transfer
taxes were waived to expedite
transfer of businesses from Jews
to Aryans.
The case of the Jews of Upper
Silesia again will come before the
League of Nations when the Coun-
cil, meeting this month, considers
several petitions protesting dis-
criminations against members of
the Jewish minority there. The
Council has signified, however,
that the petitions will be taken up
at closed sessions of the body.
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PALESTINE:
The Arab Executive announced,
and secured official permission for
a country-wide demonstration on
Jan. 16 against continued Jewish
immigration into the country.
The anticipated municipal gov-
ernment ordinance, establishing a
slight measure of self-government
for Palestine, was promulgated.
The hearing of the three defend.
ants in the Arlosoroff murder case
took a dramatic turn when the de-
fense shifted emphasis of the case
onto the revolver owned by the
assassination victim and the prose-
cutor accused the defenses of try-
ing to clear the three men by es-
tablishing a case against Dr. Ar-
losoroff's widow.
Five Arabs accused of member-
ship in the terrorist organization
responsible for a series of out-
rages in Palestine were freed in
Haifa magistrate's court.
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MEYER L. PRENTIS
Nate S. Shapero, first vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower.
second vice-president; Miss Hattie
Gittleman, secretary; Henry Mey-
ers, treasurer.
An executive committee was
chosen consisting of the officers,
Mrs. Andrew Wineman and Harry
L. Jackson.
1 The board of the Jewish Com-
munity Center is composed of the
above and Milton M. Alexander,
Mrs. A. M. Altshuler, Miss Emma
Butzel, Fred M. Butzel, Roy R.
Fisher, Mrs. Isaac Gilbert, Israel
Himelhoch, Mrs. Albert Kahn,
Judge Harry B. Keidan, Sol R.
Levin, Gus D. Newman, Emanuel
Paperno, Mrs. 'Arthur S. Purdy,
Mrs. Oscar C. Robinson, Mrs.
Louis James Rosenberg, Saul Saul-
son, Mrs. Milford Stern, James
I. D. Straus, Mrs. Joseph AI Welt
and Ben Wilk. Miss Hannah Fer-
man and Reuben I.osh are asso-
ciate members of the board, and
Clarence II. Enggass, Rabbi Leon
Fram, Dr. Leo M. Franklin, Dr.
A. M. Hershman and Henry Wine-
man are honorary members.
The following committee chair-
men were named at the meeting:
Community co-operation, Mr. Le-
The Council is composed of two
representatives from each society
directly engaged in family welfare
or relief work, and one represent-
ative from other allied organiza-
tions not directly engaged in such
work but interested in the general
problem of family welfare.
Those attending the first meet-
ing included Mrs. Ehrlich, Mr.
Aronsson Mrs. Regene Freund
Cohane, Mrs. George Cohen, Mrs.
Max Coven, Mrs. 11. 11. Green-
berg, Mrs. Jacob Harvith, Mrs.
Dolores Levitt, Mrs. Herman L.
Lewis, Mrs. 1. A. Liebson, Mrs.
J. E. Newman, Mrs. Louis Roud,
Mrs. Al Weisman, Sol Winter, Miss
Pauline Gollub, Mrs. Minna Faust
and Mr. Silver from the Jewish
Social Service Bureau, and Kurt
Peiser, executive director of the
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Jewish Welfare Federation.
RUMANIA:
Outward disorders have gradu-
ally subsided in Rumania since the
assassination of Premier Duca and
the vigorous measures taken by the
Tatarescu government, together
with the frequently repeated
pledge of the new premier that he
would spare no effort in crushing
the anti-Semitic Iron Guard which
was responsible for the death of
his . predecessor: The Rumanian
situation still remained troubled,
however, with Nicholas Titulescu,
veteran Fereign Affairs Minister
a reluctant member of the new
ministry. With King Carol's pop-
ularity somewhat in eclipse, the
nation hard hit by the general
economic situation and disturbed
by the rapidity of political devel-
opments since the December elec-
tion, tension remains high and
there is considerable forebodings
regarding the future among mem-
bers of the Jewish community.
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The fourth All-Polish confer-
ence of the Agudath Israel made
a significant decision when it de-
cided not to participate in the pro-
posed world congress of all ortho-
dox groups called by the World
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PISGAH INSTALLS
ITS NEW OFFICERS
Appeal for New Members
Made by Dr. Droock,
Chairman of Drive.
British Embassy to Get U. S. Jewish
Before
capacity crowd
geNo la
;11
eight,
Protest on Palestine Immigrant Ban' of Monday
B'nai
nth installed the new.
of the conference "over a situ..
tine which has arisen in Pales-
tine imperiling alike to the fu-
ture of the Jewish National
Homeland and to the best inter-
mt. of all the inhabitente of the
country. This situation;' the
resolution points out, "grows di.
reedy out of the unwarranted
action of the British Colonial
Administration in curtailing and
restricting immigration of Jews
into the country, at • time when
economic conditions not only
favor but demand their entry."
The resolution points out that
despite adverse conditions else-
where, Palestine's economic con-
dition is satisfactory and reveals
an uninterrupted development in
APRIL 15 CHOSEN
AS OPENING DATE
FOR PAGEANT HERE
Will He Staged for Period of
One Week at Olympia
Auditorium.
WELFARE FEDERATION
TO BE CHIEF SPONSOR
News, Times and Free Press
Pledge Their Full Co-
Operation.
Following several conferences
here with leaders of the Jewish
Welfare Federation of Detroit,
during a brief visit in the city of
Meyer W. Weisgal, managing di-
rector of "The Romance of• a
People," it was definitely an-
nounced that this great pageant
will be staged in Detroit, at the
Olympia, during • the week start-
ing on April 15.
The pageant will be directed
here jointly by Mr. Weisgal and
by Kurt Peiser, executive director
of the Jewish Welfare Federation,
with the assistance of the Federa-
tion staff. Miss Esther R. Prus-
sian will be the secretary of the
directing committee.
Of interest in connection with
the announcement of the staging
of the pageant in Detroit is the
co-operation that was pledged the
great performance by the three
metropolitan newspapers, Detroit
News, Detroit Free Press and De-
troit Times. Keen interest was
displayed by the executive heads
of these newspapers in this pa-
geant, which has been a means of
building good-will between Jews
and non-Jews wherever it has
been shown and where arrange-
ments for its staging are being
completed.
The pageant will be staged here,
as in other cities, under the joint
auspices of Jewish and non - Jeiriah
groups.
"The Romance of a People" will
have its next staging in Philadel-
phia, starting on Feb. 19. In that
city the Ledger, with the co-oper-
ation of the other newspapets,
are the sponsoring groups. e
Before coming to Detroit the
pageant will be staged in Cleve-
Mayor Couzens Opens
Campaign for L. A. S.
The drive for the sale of
stamps, proceeds to go towards
the support of the Los Angeles
Sanatorium, on the occasion of
the sanatorium's twentieth anni-
versary, was officially opened
here on Tuesday morning by
Mayor Frank Couzens.
Mayor Couzens bought the
first book of stamps from a com-
mittee representing the Detroit
Auxiliary of the Los Angeles
Sanatorium. Samuel H. Goiter,
of Los Angeles, executive secre-
tary of the sanatorium, was
present at the-ceremony in the
mayor's office opening the drive.
The Detroit L A. S. Auxiliary
will hold a $6 donor luncheon in
honor of the institution's twen-
tieth anniversary on Sunday,
Feb, 18, at Hotel Tuller.
HONOR FRANKLIN'S
35TH ANNIVERSARY
Men's Temple Club Arranges
for Fellowship Dinner
on Wednesday.
The thirty-fifth anniversary of
Dr. Leo M. Franklin's inaugura-
tion in the pulpit of Temple Beth
El will be celebrated with an elab•
orately planned fellowship dinner
DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN
be given under the auspices of
f the- men'a 'Temple Clubs-311E61nel:
day night, Jan. 24, at 6:30, at the
Temple.
The dinner is intended to serve
as a symbol of the important in-
fluence Dr. Franklin has exercised
during his 35 years in Detroit in
His Statement Gives Views fostering good-will between Jews
and Christians.
on Palestine's Reli-
LIPSKY ANSWERS'
MIZRACHI ATTACK
gious Future.
Answering an attack recently
made by Rabbi Wolf Gold, presi-
dent of American Mizrachi, who
charged that the builders of Pal-
estine do not foster the advance.
ment of religious observance, Louis
Lipsky, national chairman of the
American Palestine Campaign, is-
sued a statement in which he out-
lined the religious future of Pal-
estine.
Charging that Rabbi Gold's
statements are inaccurate, Mr.
Lipsky declares:
'The lack of religious observ-
ance in Palestine should not be
denounced without at the some
time making it clear that you are
not overlooking all those aspects
of public and private life which
give evidence of religious author.
ity and power in Palestine. To
hammer at laxity in religious ob-
servances, and to ignore the fact
that Palestine, in other directions,
is developing in a religious sense,
is to do a grave injury and wrong
to all those currents of Jewish life
in Palestine that are laboring to
Concert of Music by Jewish
Composers; Mrs. Schaver
Will Be Soloist.
GERMANY PLACES JEWS IN CATEGORY
WITH NEGROES GYPSIES AND POLES
,
Special Jewish Law Prepared by Helmut Nicolai, President
At a conference of presidents of
of Government of Magdeburg, Who Estimates 610,000
a number of Detroit organizations,
Jews, 2,000,000 Jewish Descendants Now in Reich.
presided over by Fred b1. Butzel,
held last Sunday afternoon at the
Phoenix Club, arrangements were PREDICT WIDE BACKING FOR ANTI-NAZI
made for a Jewish night with the
RESOLUTION NOW BEFORE U. S. CONGRESS
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, on
Sunday evening, Feb. 4.
James G. McDonald, High Commissioner for Relief of
The Detroit Symphony Orches-
Refugees, Says Between $25,000,000 and $50,000,000
tra will, at that time, present a
Will Be Required for Sufferers Rehabilitation.
program of music by Jewish com-
posers. The purpose of this special
BULLETINS
night is to popularize the symphony
Nazi rule in Germany evidently has not yet reached the
orchestra in the Jewish community.
limited height of insanity. Therefore Hitlerism this week added
Emma Lazaroff Scheyer, popular
the following to its credit:
soprano, will be the soloist at that
German labor was placed in ■ position of absolute subser.
special concert.
vience to the state and to capitalism. The new decree, rele-
The program to be played by the
gating
the German laborer to serfdom, enjoin. unquestioning
orchestra, under the direction of
obedience upon the worker as the first commandment in the law
Victor Kolar, will consist of selec-
proclaimed
by Chancellor Hitler, to become effective May 1.
tions by Bizet, Mendelssohn, Staint-
The Nazi anti-Semitic campaign was carried beyond the bor-
Samna and Ravel.
ders
of
the
Reich when Antral, the newspaper of Hermann
Tickets will be popularly priced
Wilhelm Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda, published an article
at 25 cents and 50 cents, with the
calling on German export firms to discharge Jewish representa.
box seats selling for $1.
tines abroad, replacing them with men of German racial descent.
The Jewish night performance of
The Stuermer, Nuremberg organ of Julius Streicher, di-.
the Symphony Orchestra is receiv-
rictor of the boycott of last April, continues to print as its sheens
ing wide support from many or-
"Whoever buys from Jews is • traitor to the nation."
ganizations.
Raymond Geist, acting United States Consul General in
Final plans for the concert will
Berlin, protested to authorities against a brutal attack by a uni-
be made at a conference of repre-
formed
Nisei storm trooper on Max Schussler, American owner of
sentatives of important organize.
I apartment houses.
tions at 3:30 p. m., this Sunday,
at the Jewish Community Center,
Woodward and Holbrook,
BERLIN.—(JTA)—The contents of a sensational spe-
cial Jewish law, prepared by Ilelmut Nicolai, president of
the government of Magdeburg, were published here. The
proposed law places Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Mongols and
Negroes in the same category. Herr Nicolai was invited
by the Nazi government some time ago to work out new
citizenship regulations for the entire Reich.
Under the proposed law, the entire German population will be
Fred M. Butzel To Be the divided into four classes. They are:
Speaker at Luncheon
1. Full-blooded Aryan German citizens.
2. Foreigners residing in Germany.
Gathering.
3. Germans residing abroad.
4. German citizens of alien blood, particularly Jews, Poles and
Fred H. Butzel will address the
*Gypsies possessing German citizen-
first meeting of the non-local agen-
'
ship.
cies committee of the Detroit Serv-
ice Group's Welfare Council, ac-
May Keep Citizenship.
cording to Mrs. Joseph. Ehrlich,
Nicolai'a proposals, which are
chairman of that committee.
considered the principal Nazi gov-
This will be a luncheon meet-
ernment project as far as the Jews
ing, Thursday, Jan. 25, at the
are concerned, recommend that the
Phoenix Club. Mr. Butte] will de-
German Jews be permitted to re-
scribe the functions of such or- Author of "Life Begins at tain their citizenship and be
ganizations as the American Jew-
granted the full protection of the
Forty" to Discuss His
ish Committee, American Palestine
Nazi government, but not all the
Books Tuesday.
Agency, Hebrew Sheltering and
rights enjoyed by the "full-blooded
Immigrant Aid Society of Amer.
Aryans." Only Jews who fought
ica, Joint Distribution Committee
A record-breaking attendance is at the front in the World War or
and others, and will outline the expected at the Temple Forum of those who rendered Germany "oth-
part Detroit plays in their finan- Temple Beth El next Tuesday er special valuable services" are
cing.
evening, Jan. 23, when Prof. Wal- to be given the same rights as
The non-local agencies commit.
those bestowed_tspon Aryans, Nice-
tee consists of hfis. Ehrlich, cl air=
lai recommends.
man, Philip Adler, Sidney J. Allen,
Nicolai also recommends minor-
Herman A. August, Theodore Rim-
ity rights for the German Jews,
krant, Mrs. Oscar R. Blumberg, Dr.
similar to minority rights accorded
Philip H. Broudo, Abraham Cooper,
in other countries, a measure he
Dr. Leo J. Croll, Lewis G. Daniels,
suggests for government consider-
Mrs. David S. Diamond, Harold N.
ation.
Ehrlich, Max H. Finkelston, Mrs.
The project makes it clear that
Osman E. Fisher, Mrs. H. J. L.
any new law must prohibit the
Frank, Morris Garvett, William B.
employment of Jews in public of-
Isenberg, Mrs. Harry L. Jackson,
fices and further recommends the
Harry L. Katz, Victor W. Klein,
following measures for the "pro-
Mrs. Walter Laib, Nathan M. Ler-
tection of the German nation from
ner, Miss Anne,Manson, Mrs. Royal
Jews, Mongols, Negroes and Gyp-
A. Oppenheim, Sigmund A. Robin-
sies."
son, Mrs. Meyer Rosenbaum, Ed-
1. A special law prohibiting In-
ward E. Rothman, Mrs. Charles
termarriage with the above-men-
Rubiner, Miss Cecelia Shetzer, Leo-
tioned
races, pointing out that
nard N. Simons, Mrs. Charles A.
such a law has not been promul-
Smith, Mrs. Lee B. Strifling, Ellie
gated as yet.
M. Thal, Jack Tobin, David Touff,
2. An ordinance prohibiting sex-
Mrs. Herbert II. Warner, David
ual relations with members of the
Wilkus, Mrs. Andrew Wineman,
races mentioned.
and Mrs. Julian L. Zemon, and
3. Immigration restrictions for
Mrs. Golda G. Mayer, secretary.
"alien races."
The committee on aged and tran-
4. The complete expulsion of
sients has arranged a series of
"freindrassige" (alien races) from
WALTER PITICIN
three programs. At the first meet-
certain professions and the re-
ing, to be held jointly with the fam-
ily welfare committee at 8 p. m., ter Pitkin will speak on the sub- striction of their numbers in other
Thursday, Jan, 25, at Temple Beth ject "The Psychology of Happi- professions.
Estimates 610,000 Garman Jews:
El, Rabbi Leon Fram will speak ness."
Professor Pitkin will present
Nicolai estimates that there are
on "The Traditional and Historical
Background of Jewish Philan-
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thropy." The second meeting will
be held at the Jewish Old Folks'
Home and will include a tour of the
building, • talk on the historical
background of the home, and a
presentation of a few cases show-
ing the problems it faces. The
third meeting will be held at the Resolutions Adopted by American Jewish Congress Call
House of Shelter, presenting a
U. S. Government To Investigate Illegal Nazi
somewhat similar program. Dates
and times of these meetings will
Propaganda and To Make It Public Offense.
be announced later.
Marvin B. Gingold and Morris
NEW YORK. — Emphasizing I elimination against Jews exists on
Steinberg are co-chairmen of the that the catastrophe which has
huge scale in Europe and that
committee on Aged and transients. overtaken the Jews of Germany the declassing of Jews has been a
Members of committee are: Mrs . and the attempt of the Nazi In- constant process in virtually every
Herman A. August, Mrs. J. M. ternational to stimulate in other land of Europe with the result
Berris, Mark Birnkrant, Phil lands a transition from civilized that they are being forced out of
Bloomgarden, Miss Jeannette Cap- anti-Semitism to brutal open le- old occupations by new economic
lan, Miss Ruth Caplan, Dr. Joseph galized anti-Semitism makes it im- structures in which no provision
J. Fineman, Peter P. Gilbert, Miss perative for the Jews of the world is made for them, and that they
Hattie Gittleman, Harvey H. Gold- to unite gild recreate their own are the scapegoats alike of legal-
destiny, the American Jewish Con-' ized and un-legalized anti-Semit-
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gress on Sunday formally launched ism.
its holding of democratic elections
The present-day organizations,
CAMPAIGN PLANNING
in this country for the World Jew-, the relief bodies, the central body,
COMMITTEE TO MEET ish Congress scheduled to be held the migration groups, are unable
this year.
to cope with the situation, the
At a eneeting to be held in the
At a meeting of Its national manifesto points out Relief is
near future, the Campaign Plan- executive committee held at Hotel ! inadequate to cope with problems
ning Committee will discuss plans Pennsylvania and attended by 200 deeply rooted in historical causes.
for the annual spring drive for members from many sections of Migration organizations further
funds sponsored by the Jewish the country, • solemn appeal was have been unable to open up new
Welfare Federation. according to issued to all Jewish organizations, avenues of migration while the
Maurice J. Caplan, chairman of to all organized and unorganized central bodies have proved them-
the committee.
forces in American Jewish life to' selves inadequate in safeguarding
Other members of the commit- unite in the preparations for the the rights of the Jews as human
tee are: Roy R. Fisher and George holding of elections. The invita- beings and as citizens, it declares.
M. Stutz, associate chairmen; tion, in the form of • manifesto,
Provisional Program.
Charles N. Agree, Sidney L. Alex- describing the critical state of
Only a union of Jewish forces
ander, Maurice Aronsson, Morton Jewish communities throughout comprising representatives of all
F. Ashner, Irving W. Blumberg, the world and presenting the pro- • organizations, classes, parties and
Aaron DeRoy, Joseph II. Ehrlich, visional program for the World ideologies can properly meet the
Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, Clarence Jewish Congress was presented to situation, Mr. Deutsch declared.
IL Enggass, Adolph Finsterwald, the meeting by the Hon. Bernard
"The provisional program of
William Friedman. Marvin B. S. Deutsch, president of the Amer- the World Jewish Congress," says
Gingold, Fred A. Ginsburg, Mrs. ican Jewish Congress.
the manifesto. "makes its appeal
Samuel R. Glogower, Harvey II.
Calls Relief Inadequate.
to every group of Jewish opinion,
Goldman. Harry S. Grant, Israel
Elections in the United States regardless of class, party, ideology.
Himelhoch, Jesse F. Iliarchman, will take place in the spring. while The program includes:
Judge Harry B. Keidan, Julian H. the Congress itself will be held in I
(a) Defense of the civic rights
Krolik, Mrs. Abraham J. Levin, the summer at • date to be de-•
of Jewish national minori-
Dr. Barney Malbin, Jacob Mazer, cided upon in conjunction with the
ties;
Gus D. Newman, Harry H. Platt, various world Jewish Congress
direction of Jewish mi-
Meyer L. Prentis, Herman Radner, w
coont rim littees in other parts of the (b) The
gration from lands which
Samuel H. Rubiner, Alex Schrei-
they
are compelled to leave
ber, Karl B. Segall. Nate S. Sha-
The manifesto points out that
for political, economic and
pero, Harry R. Solomon, Mrs Abe while the tragedy inflicted upon
other canes.
Srere. Morris Steinberg, Melville the Jers of Germany by the Hitler
(c) Reconstruction of the eco-
S. Welt, Henry Wineman and Mrs. regime has obscured the critical
Henry Wineman.
status of Jews in other lands, dis-
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PITKIN TO SPEAK
AT TEMPLE FORUM
land.
Isaac Van Grove, former direc-
tor of the Chicago Civic Opera,
is the pageant's director.
Symphonies Jewish
. Night February 4
FOREIGN AGENCIES
BODY MEET JAN, 25
1, to
The Speakers.
Father Frederick Seidenberg,
S. J., executive dean of the Uni-
versity of Detroit and a distin-
guished Catholic educator in
America, will speak for Catholi-
cism. A layman rather than a
minister has been invited to speak
for Protestantism, in the person
of the editorial director of the
Detroit Free Press, Malcolm I3in-
gay, who is considered one of De-
troit's favorite after-dinner speak-
ers. Mrs. Frank Baker will speak
for Bahaiism. Mrs. Baker will be
remembered for her eloquent ad-
dress at the sheeting of the Fellow-
ship of Faiths at Temple Beth El
last winter. Dr. Leo' M. Franklin
will then respond in behalf of
Judaism.
Members of the Men's Temple
Club are urged to invite non-
Jewish friends as their guests. The
ladies will be welcome to come
after dinner in time to hear the
addresses.
Dinner for members of the Men's
Temple Club and all guests will be
75 cents; for non-members of the
Men's Temple Club, $1; no charge
for Men's Temple Club members
ly elected officers at its lodge rooms acquire a permanent place in the
in the Maccabees Building.
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Jacob Miller, a past president of
Pisgah Lodge and the second oldest
living active member, installed the
If
o owing:Aaron
II A R mien
be
rg, pres-
recent years "due largely to Jew- •
ident; Harry Yudkoff, first vice-
ish effort and initiative and to the
By RABBI MORRIS S. LAZARON
president; Joseph L. Staub, second
influx of capital furnished by the
vice-president; Dr. Harry C. Metz-
Jew's of the world in order to ac-
(CopgrIght. 1934 Leap Telegraphic Agency, Inc 1
ger, third vice-president; Rudolph
celerate the upbuilding of the Jew-
Meyers ohn, secretary; Morris
A rabbi, a Catholic priest and my • opinion, special
ish National Home."
mention,
Shatzen, treasurer; Harold M.
a Protestant minister have just I though there are many others, as
Prosperity Benefits Arabs.
verston, assistant monitor; Mar-
This prosperity, it states, "his kus S. Simon, warden; Dr. Harry returned from coast-to-coast trip well as interesting by-products:
Fins: In 35 key cities we left
not benefited the Jews alone but Tanner, guardian. Trustees are that is without precedent in Amer-
continuing committees to carry
has redounded to the advantage Rabbi Harry Z. Gordon and Dr. ican history, yet a trip that, per-
haps, could only have been made on the program of the National
of the Arab population as well, to Victor Droock.
Conference. Laymen predomin-
all of which it has meant increas-
"Daddy" Adolph Freund, who was
ate.
Leaving New York City the last
ing opportunities for employment also elected a trustee, is wintering
Second: Work with youth is
and a constantly rising standard of in Florida and will be installed at of October, following a Seminar
of
Catholics,
Jews
and
Protestants
indicated m one of the most im-
living."
a later date. Nathan D. Rosin, re-
held at Columbia University, Fa- portant item. on the National
"It was with deep disappoint-. tiring president, automatically as-
ther J. Elliot Ross, the Rev. Ever- Conference agenda. We ad-
ment, therefore, that the Jews of
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ett Clinchy and myself have trav- d d thoueisnds of young peo-
America, in common with the Jews
eled approximately 9,000 miles,
ple at
■ high school assemblies.
of the world, noted the recent de-1
about 8,000 of which were by air. We received the impression that
cisions of the British Colonial Ad.1 FRAM WILL SPEAK ON
Into 35 cities in 26 states we car-
the youth in high schools and
ministration in regard to the pro-1
ASCH'S "THREE CITIES" ried for discussion by all groups in univereities as well are impa.
posed immigration schedule sug-
the problem of better understand-
tient with denominational dis.
gested by the Jewish Agency. This
"Three Cities: Petersburg, War- ing and co-operation between tinctions and the prejudice. that
schedule, which requested 24,700 saw
and Moecow," novel by Sho- Americans.
rise out of them.
certificates for the admission of
lom Asch, will be the subject of
Before we left New York we
Third: We discussed the basis
labor immigrants for the period
Rabbi Leon Fram's sermon at Tem- three had agreed on several basic
for many of these prejudice s in
of October, 1933, to March, 1934,
ple Beth El Sunday morning, Jan. points: that there would be no
intimate groups of ministers,
and which was based on • careful 21, at 10:45.
watering down of the Catholic.
Sunday School teachers and lay
and detailed analysis of the exist-
"Three Cities" is a "best-seller" Protestant or Jewish position; that
religious leaders. For example,
ing and prospective requirements,'
throughout America. Written or- we would make it clear we did not
how the crucifixion story might
was reduced to 20 per cent by the
iginally in Yiddish, it has been desire to reduce religion to a corn- I In told so as not to prejudice
Palestine government. This ac-
translated into many languages.
mon denominator; that each would , the children against the Jew. of
tion on the part of the British Ad-
In announcing this novel as the stand loyal to his own religion, cut-I today, and how to tell the Re-
ministration gravely endangers the
topic of his sermon, Rabbi Leon tural background and tradition.
formation story without inepir-
very existence and expansion of
Fram says: " 'Three Cities' is not We agreed that the American
ing prejudice against Protest.
many of the agricultural and in-
only the greatest novel yet written scene presented definite areas of
ants or Catholics.
dustrial enterprises, and retards
on the Russian revolution. it is friction rising out of the differ- 1
Fourth: In many places the
the normal development of the
also the greatest Jewish novel ever ences in religious and cultural
idea to organise state branches
country in general. Such action
published. It is a terrifying yet background. These, we decided,
of the National Conference of
is, moreover, in clear contradic-
exalting P toe whole o r were tough realities that must be
Jews wed Christians was pre-
tion of the spirit of the Balfour
recent Jewish history, full of glar- faced by us all.
mated and taken up with en.
Declaration. the League of Na-
ing signposts pointing to the dis-
The trip was made under the I thulium.
tions Mandate for Palestine, th e
asters towards which we are still auspices of the National Confer- t
Throughout we strove, and I
Churchill White Paper of 1922,
drifting unless we take counsel ence of Jews and Christians. and think succeeded. in presenting the
recognizing that Jews enter Pal-
and act"
the program developed across the problem as an American problem.
estine 'as of right and not on suf-
Rabbi From has visited and lived country may fairly be said to have I Above all, we presented it as a
ferance,' and the letter of Prime
in all the three cities described in accomplished certain definite I challenge to the religious sinner.
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Asch'a novel.
things. Four of these merit, in IV of Christian and of Jew.
Jewish Agency Appeals for Removal of Obstacles; Cite
Prosperity Brought by Jewish Settlement,
From Which the Arabs Benefit.
NEW YORK. — (JTA) — The
protest of American Jews at the
restriction of immigration of Jew-
ish settlers in Palestine and the
harsh measures employed against
Jews not legally in that country,
made in the form of a resolution
adopted at a conference of na-
tional Jewish organizations and
Zionist organizations, will be sub-
mitted to the British Ambassador
at Washington. A delegation will
call upon the British representa-
tive and present the text of the
resolution for submission to the
British government.
The resolution was adopted at
a joint conference of the Ameri-
can representatives of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine, delegates of
the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica and its affiliated bodies and
representatives of national Jewish
organizations called by Morris
Rothenberg. joint chairman of the
council of the Jewish Agency and
president of the Z. 0. A.
It records the "deep concern"
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