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THE ONLY ANGLO-JEWISH NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN MICHIGAN
SECTION TWO
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1934
VOL. XXXVI. NO. 15
ENDING A YEAR OF NATIONAL AWAKENING
By VICTOR BIENSTOCK
(News Editor, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
unfamiliar a to phenomenon
students of Jew.
EPEATING
not New Year which gives little hope
for any amelioration.
In a year during which foes of
1 , 1v history, Jewry throughout the
world is emerging tidily from one Jewry cropped up in new quarters
of the darkest years in its recent and unleashed an attack no Jew-
history, organically stronger than ish equality rarely equalled in fero-
it had been in decades, to fine a city, JewA rallied to the world-wide
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ROSH HASHONAH
GREETINGS
5695 -:- 1934
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CLEANERS
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Thousand
It is the sincere
wish of our entire
organization that
you and your loved
ones will enjoy an
abundance of
health, happiness
a n d prosperity
t h e
throughout
coming year.
0111, nung the. head of the friendly
drsecnre of Jew-hatred that reach,
battle-front there to engage in a which Jewry emerged 11101 • a II [
111 a china,: ill the assassination of neighboring state.
still far bran er-elved struggle 't i ongrr if mate rially stricken.
The attitude Of the government
t linister of the Interior Pieraski
a g ainst the forces l o osed and en- GERMANY
toweled the Jews was crystallized
llitlerl,m and the influence of bemuse he had intervened to a
couraged by the victory of Mlle-l-
for the latter in the refusal of Col.
II itlerism dominated Jewish life slight extent when the attacks 1 , 11
ista in Germane%
as to Slawek, head of the government
Before re»ie I was well under way, not only in Germany but in all the Jews became so severe
I
urge
on
resemble
Civil
W
ar.
[
0' 0 1V , to aid the Jews against the
muntries
of
the
world.
In
Ger-
it was generally realized that the e
The National Democrats En- attacks of the Naras.
victory of 'Interim» in Germany many, it destroyed the economic,
was not a temporary One but that
Hitler would remain in power for
more than a transient ported. It
was speedily recognized that the
battle against Hitler Was not one
solely in behalf of 000,000 Ger-
man Jews but crucially affecting
the fate 1.1. every Jew in the world.
A common enemy, Hitler did more
to unite the Jews. than years of
utopian planning by Jewish leaders
see king a united effort in behalf
of helpless sections of Jewry.
Back to the .lewish Mel by t he
thousands came those who had lost
touch with their people; who had
aepparently gone successfully
through the assimilaratory Fellness.
In Germany, in the rest of Europe,
in the United States, the .lowish
oinemunity was enriched by the
recruiting of these "rainy-weather
Jews" whose influence and contri-
bution to leadership are bound to
be felt more strongly ill the New
Year.
The great danger from witbout„
brought home to the Jews by the
failure of predictions of Hitler's
immediate downfall, brought some
elements of unity into a badly dis-
organized Jewry and made possible
a world boycott against the Nazis,
the ultimate success of which is
now merely a question of time and
, persistence.
Hitler still rules in Germany-
' apparently in a stronger position
1 than ever before, Caesar of an
ancient area—hut t he foundation
upon which he stands have been
all but washed away. Ilis fall, for
a long while to come will not al-
lievate the situation for the m o ve-
ment on which he rode to power has
set free farces that will harass the
'Jews for many years.
Hitlerism in rollef also served to
re-awaken the eternal Wandering
•Jew, to arouse; in countless Jewish
breasts a feeling of insecurity in
the Diaspora and a desire for a
homeland.. Consequently, the Zion-
ist movement received new impetus
in every quarter of the globe and
tiny Palestine bulked large in the
reckonings of millions.
It was not only into the Zionist
In Central iurope—'Next Year in Jerusalem?'
movement that this national awak-
ening was transmuted, but intom
'trio and Poland inert , much in evi- position, adopted a hestitant policy
dence in all the rest of Europe. The which leftthe
world economic situation adversely uncertainty regarding their future.
affected Jews along with the gen- It appeared evident, however, as
eral population in all the countries. 5I;94 drew to a close that measures
restricting Jewish right to had
In Rumania, the Balkans, Greece
office, would be promulgated. The
and France, local anti-Semitic future of Rumanian Jewry, none
' agencies, inspired and frequently too bright, is dependent to a large
aided by Berlin, reached a higher extent on improvement of the gen-
degree of activity. In Rumania, eral economic situation.
the Iron Guard
Gud exacted its toll of
Greece witnessed the activities of
the Jews but over-reached itself in the anti.Semitic E. E. E. the Greek
the assassination of Premier Ion Nazi party, which perpetrated arts
G. Du:a and went into partial eral attacks on Jews. It saw the
eciipse. The government, non too
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strong and none too sure of its
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L'Shono
. k Happy
New Year
Tovo
to
Tikosevul
F,verybody!
S. A. GRANADIER
AN ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY OF IMPORTED
AND DOMESTIC FALL MATERIALS FOR
BUSINESS, FORMAL SPORTS
AND
WEAR AWAITS YOUR EARLY
INSPECTION
S. A. GRANADIER
TAILOR
UNITED ARTISTS BUILDING
very definite feeling of Jewish con-
sciousness hard to define or de-'
scribe but very real nevertheless.''
Thus far, this feeling has been
manifest almost solely in activities
directed against Ilitlerism and in
new interest in the Zionist move-
ment. The coming year doubtless- •
Jet.C..11 T,('graphic Agency by David Role.
, e.a:ty
ly will see it flowing into all
We take this opportunity of wishing all our Jewish
spheres
of
Jewish
life,
infusing
and
Poland
went
through
a
recru-1 "The Jews are now hated all
political and social position of a'
Friends and Patrons a Happy and
[ them with new vitality a d new once-strong Jewish community and deks), wealthy anti - government I over the world. Poland is no ex-
Prosperous New Year
I am so re I can do
•richness. The past year has made reduced a half-million Jews to a party, spawned a vicious offspring! caption.
s
a
•
position of helotage. ; in the National Radicals (Ness) nothing
for you," Col. Slawek told
Jewry more than ever c nscious
Fifteen thousand German Jewish who adopted violent anti-Semitism ,
as their chief reason for existence.' a delegation which pleaded for pro-
of it-s heritage of centuries. The
I families, once the top stratum of
New Year will see this conscious- German-Jewish life, supported by f/tiring the year Nano; harassed,' tection for the Jews.
beat up and murdered defenseless
That is the attitude which the
ness strengthened.
practice of law, medicine, teaching,:
Jew's
Jew throughout the length and i
P o l ish government manifested to-
Because of these fact, rs, the [ scientific work and government
breadth of the Polish Republic and'
s' year 5694, a year of dark st trial service were reduced by anti-Jew-
ward
its Jewish citizens and that
n the very streets of Warsaw. They'd
and sorrow, a period in whi[h Jews ish laws to a state of dependance . 1
were suppressed only after Pier. is the bitter morsel Polish Jewry
as Jews fought with all their might on charity. Sixty thousand Ger-
acki was murdered. 1h/es to reflect upon as it enters a
i
1 against a menace and a hoe or such man Jews became refugees in for
Fires, floods and the general eco- new, troubled year.
'as had been thought could never eign lands. The story of what has
Ch•rry 5380
BROADWAY & WITHERELL
happened
his
Germany
Jewry
is
al-
'fhe same force which operated
nomic situation intensified the
recur, can really be consi erect a
year of national awakening from together too well-known to [war plight of Polish Jewry during 5691,1% 6 thsuch results in Germany, Aus-
repetition It is a heart-rending
- - - -
thing were possible to
such
tale of savagery, brutality, hatred I
'.1 -417ztAlk.k1-017.P11: ' ttIrti
if
of a
its absolute destitution. A ..,
and persecution hardly believable view
in the 20th Century.
series of laws and government de-
To the Jews of Germany, 5095 crees struck devastating blows at
brings little hope. They know the segment of Polish population
Germany fares a frightful winter which still retained something
of poverty and starvation. They ; which could he taken from it.
have been given ample indication ,
But the worst blow which Pol-
that they will have to expiate. the. ish Jewry received was the utter
sins and criminal blunders of the. shattering of its confidence in the
Nazi regime which has already sincerity of the government. The
commenced a propaganda e a nis present regime failed completely to
paign blaming the Jews for Ger- take any steps to defend its Jew-
many's suffering.
ish citizens from Nara attacks and
They know that the fall of Hit- I only suppressed the Naras when
ler is not a sign of immediate ems the lives of the government mem-
provement of their lot. Even if bers were imperilled by Nara
[ the entire Naze regime gives way gangsters.
; to a new dictatorship, they are sad"'
The government failed to remove
ly aware that their condition will'
, not improve perceptibly for many restrictions which c o n t r ihuted
largely to the Polish Jewish eco-
years; that it will take a long per-
nomic debacle and, in fact, sanc-
iod to eradicate the poison of Hits
Eerism. For Germany, then. the tioned further decrees which ad-
vanced the Jews along the road to
New Year brings new. fear. and
bankruptcy.
continued woes.
,
On the occasion of the visit to
AUSTRIA
Poland of Propaganda Minister
The influence of Hitler in Awe- Goebbels to Poland, the govern-
. tria was almost as damaging to
ment forbade the Jews to make any
the Austrian Jewish community as public protest and abetted the af-
Nazism was to the Jews of Ger- front to its Jewish population in
. many. Austria's Je as have sacri- permitting Goebbels to attack the
ficed to prevent Nazi rule in Aus- Jews. Furthermore, the Yiddish
, tria almost as much as the .lews press, on Hitler's usurpation of
of Germany had taken from them von Hindenhurs
ie position. was or-
by force.
dered to print nothing derogatory
To strengthen a regime which,
although hostile to the Jews, nee er-
their, fought Nazi Influence ten-
aciously, the Jews of Austria sur-
rendered without protest and with-
out a struggle, their public offices,
their right to enter the profes.ions
Style - Quality
and their economic position. Once
CH.rry 2452
Wishing Al! Our Jewish Friends a Happy and
Prosperous New Year.
ROSH HASHONAH GREETINGS
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Wishes for a New Year
YEAR has passed with the
march of progress. We always at this time
pause for a moment to exchange felicitations.
Stepping a little further than merely wish-
ing you a Happy New Year, we wish you
all to continue in good health, lots of
happiness and prosperity. May the
New Year hold for you and yours
all that makes for complete physi-
cal, spiritual and cultural well
being in our great community.
and Prosperity
Men's Fall
Apparel
one of the strongest Jewish com-
munities in the world, the Jew. of
Austria today are in a position
verging on bet/gni-ism. They -el-
ected the Dollfuss Sehusehrigg
frying pan instead of the Hitler
tire.
1225-1223 WOODWARD AVENUE
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ANOTHER
of Health, Happiness
Kline's
tlYtl i gtfeinVOt rettlg -ttlattt ;1,
ROSH HASHONAH
GREETINGS
Greetings and Best
r
HOgarth 6000
To Austrian Jewry, the only rope
that the New Year brings 1- the
p ssibility that the world economic
..ondition may improve and that the
Austrian situation will inlet-one
with it. If that happens. the Nazi
pressure on Austria may be weak-
ened and the Jews may again seek
the rights they formerly were
"rod to hold.
POLAND
The past year heaped sea coals
upon the heads of Poltah Jewry.
As if , F. lush anti-Semitiam had not
been had enough, a new wave of
. anti - Jewish propaganda inspired
`y the NuLis covered the country
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