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proaching, they immediately
took out their "dreidlach" and
began spinning them.
And it is in memory of this
deception of the Syrians by the
Jews of Maccabean times that
we Jews of today spin our
"dreidlach" on Chanukah.
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The famous Jewish historian
of the first century of the
Common Era, Josephus Flay-
ius, in speaking of the
meaning of the Chanukah lights,
does not seem to know the well-
known Talmudic story of the
cruse of oil which burned for
eight days. This historian
writes: And from that time to
this we celebrate this festival
and call it LIGHTS.
I sup-
pose the reason was because
this liberty beyond our hopes
us."
Evidently the story of the
little flask of oil must have
arisen after the time of Jo-
sephus.
appeared to
III.
The story of the ciraculous
oil is not the only explanation
in the ancient Rabbinic litera-
ture for the lights and the
eight days of Chanukah.
The Midrash has the follow.
ing interesting statement: Why
do we kindle lights on Chanu-
kah? Because, when the Has-
moneans conquered the Greeks
and entered the defiled and
desolate Temple, they found
there eight iron spears, upon
which they kindled lights.
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The ancient Jewish code, the
Mishna, contains the following
law: If a camel was laden with
flax and passed along the public
road, and some of the flax
penetrated into a shop, was set
alight by the lamp of the shop-
keeper and burnt the building,
the owner of the camel is liable,
because he has no right to put
so much flax on his beast of
burden. If, however, the lamp
was outside of the store, then
it is the shopkeeper who must
pay the damage. Rabbi Judah
said: If this lamp outside of the
shop, happened to be a Chanu-
kah lamp, then the shopkeeper
is not liable; because it is the
custom during Chanukah to put
the lamp outside, near the door,
and therefore the owner of the
camel should have been exceed.
ingly careful as he drove his
animal through the streets.
V.
In the Middle Ages, it was
customary in many synagogues
to read on Chanukah a Megilla
(scroll), just as we do today on
the Purim festival. This Chanu-
kah scroll, which contained the
story of the Feast of Lights,
was written about the eighth
century and, it is interesting
to note, became so sacred in the
eyes of many people that rab-
bis began to discuss the ques-
tion whether a benediction
should be pronounced before
reading it or not.
VI.
According to the Bible critics,
and many conservative scholars,
there is a book in the Old Testa-
ment which was written during
those days when Israel was
struggling against Antiochus.
It is the Book of Daniel, which,
they say, was written by a pious
and patriotic Jew of those days
to give courage to his co-reli-
gionists who were struggling
against the Syrian monarch.
VII
One of the monarchs of the
Chasers, that people of South-
ern Russia who accepted Juda-
ism during the eighth century,
was named Chanukah.
VIII
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Next Sunday night the last of a
series of broadcasts will be given
over the Jewish Radio Forum on
Sation WJBK, at 7:30 p. m. Ben-
jamin Marcus, vice president of the
lodge, will discuss anti-defamation
work of the B'nai B'rith. Last
Sunday, Joseph L. Staub, president
cf the lodge. was the speaker.
Samuel W. Leib, chairman of the
social service committee, announces
that his committee has arranged in
behalf of the lodge • motion pic-
ture show to be presented at the
Jewish Children's Home on Dec. 26
as a part of a Chanukah party that
evening. During the same week
several reels of film taken in Pal-
estine will be shown at the Jewish
Old Folks Home.
Members of the general commit-
tee and the membership drive com-
mittee are urged to be present at
the meeting Monday night.
Joe Penner is vacationing at
California's desert
Community Closeups . .
Strictly Confidential
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Hitler for the holy family of
the Virgin Mary, Joseph and
Christ ... Readers of Time maga-
nine are getting a belly laugh from
a paragraph dealing with Putzi
Hanfstactigl, Hitler's press agent...
EDITOR'S NOTE:
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following Ix Rile of • miler of blographiml
When asked "if the party sets so
xtetchex of outtlandIng
JeN611 looters which will be 1mb'
lithed weekly In 'the 1)etrolt JOW11.11 Chronicle.
much store by pure German blondes
how does it happen that Hitler's
hair is dark?" ... To which Putzi
II0?" asked an absent-I Garcia; he hunches his broad is said to have replied: "On his
minded hostess of her shoulders, metaphorically, slogs head, ja, it is dark—but you should
see under the arms!"
maid, one day early on, and on, to his objective.
this past summer. "Who—did
A Goodfellow—one of the na- JOURNALESE
you say?"
tionally famous Detroit organiza-
Paul Block, New York publisher,
It was just before dinner. There tion of ex-newsboys—this week is one of the insiders booming Gov-
were six guests coming, and, in saw him on a corner of Lafayette ernor Landon of Kansas for the
the manner of all young hostesses and Griswold doing his annual bit Republican presidential nomina-
—and some older ones—she was a of paper hustling with all the fer- tion ... Iry Kupcinet, Seven Arts
little preoccupied.
vor of the lad who called War sports editor, is now on the sport-
"Mistuh George Stutz and headlines in front of Boesky's- ing staff of the Chicago Times ...
Mistuh Gus Newman," announced then Goldstein's—at Farnsworth Rudolph Block, Jr., son of the
the maid.
globe-trotting Hearst writer, Bruno
and Hastings, twenty years ago.
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear!
Tell
A bachelor. No golfer. Rides Leasing, is now secretary to the
them we have subscribed already," !horseback occasionally ("I talked mayor of Seattle ... He used to be
she began, and then, suddenly re- hint into buying the boots, so what city editor of the Seattle Times...
Publisher Eugene Meyer of the
Washington Post picks his board
of directors from the Capital's mer-
chants, press agents, bankers and
other big shots ... Mark Hettinger
has changed his mind about desert-
ing journalism for Hollywood .. .
LONG LABOR LOST
Mini Theilade, the Danish dancer
whom Max Reinhardt has featured
in a number of recent productions
and whom he has imported for his
presentation of Franz Werfel's
"Eternal Road", had her picture
taken by one of the major news
photo agencies the other day .
The photographer, anxious to get
an unusual pose, spent an hour
persuading Nini to let herself be
snapped standing on her head ...
Nini consented at last, and ac-
complished the difficult feat of
standing perfectly motionless on
her head long enough for a good
time exposure ... The photograph
Was a huge success . .. Then the
Yiddish daily The Day bought a
copy . . . Mid the make-up man,
feeling that some one at the photo
agency had made a mistake, nulli-
fied all of Nini's and the photo-
grapher's efforts by putting in the
picture—upside down ...
of
GEORGE M. STUTZ
. . . Earnest Young Man
J. N. F. LUNCHEON
CAMPAIGN OPENS
membered—Stutz and Newman
were two of her expected guests.
George M. Stutz, profession-
ally, is a lawyer; was, for several
years, an important and efficient
cog in the Prosecuting Attorney's
machinery of guarding the public
weal and morals. Gus Newman, of
course, sells hats. Individually
you bracket 'em with their voca-
tional backgrounds; taken as a
team you instinctively anticipate
the touch philanthropic and realize
that it's gonna be a bigger check
than you had figured on, but .
,
Mak!
Those who found themselves
pacing the alley back of the De-
troit Times between 9 and 10 of
a morning during last spring's
Allied Jewish Campaign were wit-
nesses to a curious spectacle. As
the brilliantly colored orange
trucks pulled in to take on the
"bulldog" • edition, they were
boarded by two energetic young
men. Followed a whispered con-
fab. Then a stentorian announce-
ment.
"Jake Bernstein is down for ten
bucks. And Smitty, his jumper,
for two."
It was George Stutz and Gus
Newman doing their stuff for the
drive. And it was great and ef-
fective soliciting. Because the
moment one of the drivers was
committed to his pledge he im-
mediately became an ally of the
two solicitors and helped—so to
speak—"put the bee" on the rest
of the boys.
(It's tough to do a scenario on
Damon and leave Pythias out of
the script . . . Gus! You stay
out of this story!)
George Stutz — Strong Right
Arm of the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign—is a seasoned campaigner.
He matriculated under Nate Sha-
pero five years ago; in the last
drive was co-secretary (could the
other fellow have been Gus?) of
the Pre-Campaign division. Spe-
cializing in raising the modest
giver of more-than-modest means
to where he ought to be. Did the
same job for the Community
Fund. A classic example is one
subscriber whose 1934 pledge was
$50, in 1935 signed for $1,000.
Governor of the Jewish Welfare
Federation; secretary of the He-
brew Free Loan Association;
treasurer of the Jewish Social
Service Bureau; director of the
Fresh Air Society, of the Jewish
Old Folks Home, of the House of
Shelter, Detroit Service Group.
Member of campaign planning
committee. Helps draw up the
blueprints and delves into techni-
calities of campaign set-up. One
of the organizers of the Jewish
Emergency Relief Council—born
of the Depression—Stutz was in
strumental in having that agency
brought into the Federation,
where it now functions under the
auspices of the Jewish Social
Service Bureau.
The young man with the jutting
jaw, assertive eye, blue-black
thatch • subject of our sketch.
looks like Cable, acts like Carney.
George N. (for Morton) Stutz
was born abroad, Dec. 26, 1901.
He came here with his parents in
1914; shortly thereafter pre-
empted one of Detroit's most
profitable corners—Farnsworth at
Hastings—where he sold news-
papers to help swell the family
income. Did 12 years primary and
high school work in six; took his
LL.B. at the Detroit College of
Law; practiced for five years; won
appointment to the staff of Prose-
cutor Harry S. Toy; is now a
member of the firm of Freud.
Markus & Stutz, in the Penobscot
Building; is now • Public Ad-
ministrator for Wayne County.
Earnest, thorough, not spec-
tacular in action—either in the
court room or on the philanthropic
firing line. But dependable. TTI31-
Ending a two months member-
ship campaign, the Ladies Auxili-
ary of The Jewish National Fund
held a luncheonette for paid up
members in the Italian Garden of
the Book Cadillac Hotel, Tuesday,
Dee. 17.
The president, Mrs. S. Heyman,
welcomed the new members. Mrs.
Harry Kraft, chairman of the
membership drive, gave her report.
Mrs. P. Slomovitz, chairman of
the 5th annual donor luncheon to
be held at the Book Cadillac Hotel
on March 11, officially opened the
Luncheon campaign. For reserva-
tions or information about the
donor luncheon please call To.
7-0168.
Rabbi Leon Fram was the guest
speaker, Mrs David Kaltman, ac-
companied by Mrs. Gertrude Freed-
man, and the Harmonica Twisters,
comprised of Henan Kraft, Her-
bert Gach, Martin Hoffer and Joe
Jasgur, presented the musical pro-
gram.
can he do?" says Gus). No card
player. Handball, once in a
while. A smoker of strong, black
cigars. Tilts his chair invariably
on its hind legs, with his own
crossed.
Once promoted a prize fight
(Jack Berg-Billy Wallace) during
the lean year '31 and managed to
net $4,000 for charity on the
event. This at a time when pro-
fessional promoters and big time
fighters couldn't even muster a
corporal's guard-size house.
Not without humor; but pre-
dominantly an earnest young
man. Who has risen from a youth
of short rations himself; knows
what it means to be the under-
dog—from his years in the Prose-
cuting Attorney's office—realizes
that the first step to self-help often
must be a hand up extended to Independent Detroit Lodge
the "Have-Nuts" by the "Haves."
To Hold Election of
George M. Stutz is young in
Officers
years; ripe in experience; has
traveled far up the steep incline
The
Independent
Detroit Lodge,
to material success and commun-
at the next meeting on Wednesday
ity responsibility.
evening, Dec. 25, at Jericho Temple,
G. B. S.
will elect officers for the coming
year. Nominations were held at
the meeting on Dec. 11. The presi-
dent, Meyer Cohen, recording sec-
retary, H. Elford, and financial
secretary, II. Jackson, are assured
of re-election since they are un-
opposed for the positions.
The Sisterhood of the I. D. L.
Peretz Hirshbein, well known announces its card party to be
Jewish writer, will be in Detroit held Wednesday evening, Jan. 15;
at Jericho Temple. Proceeds will
from Jan. 3 to Jan. 6, and will be used for charity. Mrs. T. Nanes,
deliver two lectures, the first at chairman of the entertainment
Jericho Temple, on Jan. 3, on the committee, and Mrs. L. Weintraub,
subject "From the green fields to assistant chairman, expect a rec-
ord gathering.
the red fields," Mr. Hirshbein will
The lodge extends its condolences
go through the history of the trans-1 to the bereaved relatives of Louis
formation of Jewish small town life I Citron, a member of 20 years'
during the Czarist regime to the standing, who died suddenly Satur-
communal life under the Soviet : day, Dec. 14.
regime.
The second lecture will be deliv- ' Zion Myers, associate producer
ered on Jan. 6, at the Jewish Cen- with RKO-Radio, has left for East-
ter, Woodward and Holbrook, one, ern points on a month's vacation.,
the topic "Biro-Bidjan and Pales- I From New York he will go to Key
tine." West and Havana.
HIRSHBEIN COMES
TO DETROIT JAN. 3
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OF NEWSPAPERS
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them will doubtless laugh at it; but
some will be credulous enough to
believe it. In consequence the news
agency in question will be assisting
in the propagation of falsehood and
in the growth of prejudice.
Difficult to Answer Libels
It will be argued that the way is
always open for the Jews to deny
that they are carriers of foot and
mouth disease. The difficulty is
that the Jews do not always feel
impelled to answer ridiculous libels,
and in any case the denial is rarely
as convincing as the libel. More-
over, a retort by the object under
attack is rarely the most effica-
cious reply. Then again, it is some-
times hard for the Jews to get
space from editors for replies to
libels because by the time a proper
reply has been formulated the
original libel is no longer news and
the answer, therefore, has ceased
to be news. Here we come to the
conflict between news, the time
element and the social responsibi-
lity of the newspaper. Usually
news and the time element win
over the social responsibility with
the result that the ends of justice
are not served.
The proper solution, of course, Is
that stories containing libelous
statement should either be "killed"
outright or, where the matter is
controversial, the allegedly libelled
group should be given an oppor-
tunity for a reply which should be
released rirn eltasfoWly with the
offending statement, or as near so
as possible. More Ideal yet, the
press agencies should call upon as
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Manufactured vs. Casein. News
The case against 'manufactured',
as distinguished from genuine,
news, is also strong. It is problem-
atical whether genuine news con-
sists of going out of one's way to
secure an interview with Hitler
wherein the latter is given an op-
portunity to propagate hoary libels.
This, I should say, plays right into
the hands of the Nazi propaganda
machine, Imagine the delight of
the Goebbels factory when Hugh
Baillie applied for an interview
with Hitler! By all fair standards
of journalism the arranging of
such interviews for propaganda
purposes, the handing out of state-
ments with similar intention, are
not to be counted as normally and
genuinely news but as artificially
manufactured news, and newspa-
pers which accept such "news" are
either badly in need of a break or
are dupes of the first water.
News agencies and newspapers,
I believe, ought to become cogniunt
of their special social responsibili-
ties, which are to serve the ends
of justice and goodwill if they are
to serve any ends at all. "Scoops"
which work harmful consequences
do not, in the long run, add any
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