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VOL XXXVIII No. 1
LAUNCH DETROIT'S
RELIEF DRIVE FOR
JEWRY IN POLAND
$1,600 Re i s e d Here Last
Sunday at Mass Meeting
and Banquet
RESOLUTIONS PROTEST
POLAND'S ATROCITIES
Dr. Knox, Benjamin Winter,
Hershman, Fram, Sperka
Address Meeting
•
An audience of about 400,
most of them representatives of
approximately 50 organizations
affiliated with the Polish-Jewish
relief drive, on Sunday afternoon
voiced protest • against the out-
rages perpetrated against the Jews
in Poland and inaugurated the re-
lief drive for Detroit's $25,000
quota. The protest meeting was
held at Littman's Theater.
The audience by acclamation
adopted the following protest
resolution after it was read in
English by the chairman of the
meeting, Julius Deutelbaum, and
in Yiddish by Isaac Finkelstein:
The Protest Resolution
"The tragic plight of Polish
Jewry constitutes a commanding
challenge to the conscience of
humanity. The mass starvation
of millions of Jews and the peril
of their extinction resulting from
political, economic, religious and
racial discrimination by the pres-
ent Polish Government violently
conflicts with the humane and de-
cent conceptions of civilized so-
ciety.
"Despite the guarantees of the
new Polish Constitution, Jews are
denied equality with other citi-
zens by administrative laws nulli-
fying these rights, by discrimina-
tion against Jews in Government
controlled enterprises, by the pro-
posed ban on the slaughter of
cattle in accordance with Kosher
Law, and other disqualifications
by Government edicts, amounting
to an effective boycott by the
Government against Polish Jews,
with the scandalous result that
millions of men, women and inno-
cent children are doomed to a
life of the most indescribable pov-
erty and live in constant fear of
their lives.
"We, American citizens, com-
prising different creeds and re-
ligious denominations, in mass
meetings assembled at Detroit,
Mich., do hereby render most em-
phatic protest against this inhu-
man and undeserved treatment of
Polish Jews. In the name of
common humanity, we call upon
the Polish Government to cease
discriminating against its Jews, to
atop boycotting them in connec-
tion with Government business
and jobs, to end their physical in-
security, to re-establish the right
of religious freedom, to restore
to them their constitutional
rights of equality with other citi-
zens, to prevent pogroms, to more
vigorously prosecute and to more
effectively punish the organized
hooligans who inflict periodical
physical violence upon Jews, to
immediately release the 17 Jews
held to trial in Przytyk on trump-
ed-up charges, to avoid the hor-
ror and indignation with which
civilized society views such Nazi
tendencies.
"We further call upon the dem-
ocratic 'forces of Poland to con-
tinue the struggle for a happier
life of all Polish peoples and ex-
tend to them our warm sympathy.
"Be is resolved that a copy of
this declaration be forwarded to
the Secretary of State, at Wash-
ington, D. C. to the Polish Am-
bassador, at Washington, D. C.,
to all Michigan Congressmen, to
the two Michigan Senators, and
to the press."
Urge Contributions
Spokesmen at the protest meet-
ing joined in urging that liberal
contributions be made to the fund
being collected by the American
Committee Appeal for the Relief
of Jews in Poland to relieve some
of the suffering inflicted upon the
3,600,000 Jews of that land.
After an appeal by Joseph Hag-
gai, the sum of '21,200 was sub-
scribed at the protest meeting. An
additional $40e was raised at the
banquet tendered in honor of Ben-
jamin Winter, national president
of the Federation of Polish Jews
in America, who was one of the
guest speakers at the meeting.
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CONFIRMATION AT
BETH EL SUNDAY
107 Boys and Girls to Be
Pledges to Faith of
Their Fathers
On Sunday morning, May 31, at
9:30, the annual confirmation serv-
ices at Temple Beth El will be
held. On this occasion 197 boys
and girls will pledge their fealty
to the faith of their fathers.
The service, especially written
for the occasion, centers around
the general theme, "Jewish Ideals
and American Ideals," arranged by
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin and Rabbi
Leon Fram who will be In charge
of the ter-vices. Because it is be-
lieved that the seating capacity of
the Temple will be taxed, the mem-
bers of the Temple and friends of
the confirmants are urged to be in
their places u promptly as poe-
sible. The doors of the lower audi-
torium will be closed when the
confirmants enter the Temple.
A fine musical program has been
arranged for the occasion by
George Galvani.
"Jewish Nose" Doesn't
Exist, Says Scientist
NEW HAVEN, Connnecticut.
(WNS)—The much - maligned
Jewish nose of the caricaturist
just doesn't exist, Prof. W. M.
Krogman of Western Reserve
University told the annual
meeting of the American As-
sociation of Physical Anthro-
pologists. Asserting that Jews
do not have "Jewish noses"
because this type of nose is an
Armenoid nose," Professor
Krogman also said that the
Jewish type of head originated
long ago through a combina-
tion of the primitive Semitic
head-shape and the Armenoid
nose, brought in by a quite
distinct racial stock. Showing
that since then the type has
remained remarkably stable,
Professor Krogman told the
scientists that it has "changed
less in the last 5,000 years
thar many another race which
claims 'racial purity'!"
GRADUATIONS AT
HEBREW SCHOOLS
Ceremonies in Three Schools
to Be Held on June
7, 8 and 10
The graduation exercises of the
Delmar School will be held Sun-
day evening, June 7, at the audi-
torium of the Alger Public School.
The program includes several of
Chernichovsky's poems in tribute
to Saul Chernichovsky, the great-
est living Hebrew poet, in honor
of his 60th anniversary. It will
also include a brief synopsis in
Hebrew and English of the for-
mer prophets: Joshua, Georges,
Samuel and Kings, as well as vale-
dictory addresses and the candle
ceremony.
Addresses will be delivered by
the instructors, J. V. Ariel, Louis
Panush and Abraham J. Lech-
over. Greetings will be extended
by Harry Cohen, president of the
United Hebrew Schools, Mrs. Bert
Smokier in the name of the Wo-
men's Auxiliary and Miss Rose
Herman in the name of the Alum-
ni. Morris Landau will present
the diplomas, and Mrs. Ben Fei-
genson will award the Feigenson
Medal.
The Tuxedo celebratiore will be
held at the B'nai Moshe syna-
gogue, Dexter and Lawrence
Ayes., on Monday, June 8. The
program includes several poems by
Chernichovsky and an evaluation
of Chernichovsky in general. Ad-
dresses will be given by J. Hag-
gai, instructor; S. Kasdan, prin-
cipal, and greeting by Harry
Cohen, president of schools. Mrs.
Jack Tobin will be the representa-
tive of the Women's Auxiliary and
L. Weston of the Alumni. The
diplomas will be awarded by Rabbi
Moses Fisher, and the medal by
Mrs. Ben Feigenson.
The last of the exercises will
be held at the Philadelphia-By-
ron auditorium on Wednesday
night, June 10. Among the feat-
urea of the program will be a
brief resume of the Pentateuch
and the Earlier Prophets. There
will also be included several reci-
tations of Chernichovsky's poems.
"The Woman of Endore" by Cher-
nichovsky will be among the
poems included'in this group. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by B.
Isaacs, superintendent , of the
schools; Max Gordon, instructor;
Harry Cohen, president of the
schools. Greetings will be ex-
tended by Mrs. Hinton Kaplan,
president of the Women's Auxil-
iary, and Seymour Tilchin for the
Alumni. The diplomas will be
a warded by Maurice II. Zackheim,
chairman of the Board of Educa-
tion. The Feigenson Medal will
be awarded by Mrs. Ben Feigen-
son. The class chorus, which has
been prepared and directed by
Miss Rebecca Rappoport, will sing
at all the exercises.
STATE OF REVOLT
MENACES JEWISH
POSITION IN ZION
British Troops Are Called to
Suppress the Increased
Arab Terrorism
DEATH IS NARROWLY
ESCAPED BY LEADERS
Arabs Attempt to Fire Le-
vant Fair; Arrest 867
Since Riots Began
A state of revolt rules Pales-
tine as British troops are ordered
to suppress the terrorism which
has thrown the Jews of the coun-
try into a state of uncertainty.
The total number of Jewish
dead this week reached 28, and
about 20 Arabs are known to
have. been killed.
Anthony Eden declared in the
British House of Commons that
the government is on guard
against Italian propaganda which
is said to be responsible for insti-
gation to riots. At the same
time, added proof arrives that
Communists, many of them Jews,
were responsible for the spread of
propaganda against the Jews of
Palestine among the Arabs.
Attempt to Fire Levant Fair
JERUSALEM (W N S—Palcor
Agency)—An attempt to set fire
to the exhibition building of the
Levant Fair, Palestine's great bi-
ennial indsutry and agricultural
exhibition, was made in the all-
Jewish city of Tel Aviv, where the
Fair is located. The Fair author-
ities 'discovered bottles of phos-
phorous near several pavilions in
the Fair and also near the cus-
toms shed of the new Tel Aviv
port, which has aroused the ani-
mosity of the Arab stevedores of
Jaffa, whose ancient shipping
commerce is threatened by the
new Jewish harbor. This is the
first time since the disturbances
started that phorphorus has been
used in an attempted arson case.
The Fair directors explained that
the dangerous chemical was prob-
ably deposited by Arabs who had
disguised themselves when they
entered the Fair grounds.
The first battalion of Seaforth
Highlanders has arrived from
Egypt, reinforcing the 2,000 Brit-
ish soldiers who are now on guard
in Palestine. Detachments were
immediately posted at Nablus,
Jenin and Tulkarem, three Arab
towns where incitement has been
at its highest. A company of
Royal Engineers also arrived to
assist the postal authorities to
maintain telephonic and telegra-
phic communications. The en-
gineers have started working un-
der armed military guard.
Baffled in its attempts to stop
vandalism on the country's com-
munication systems, the govern-
ment is planning to impose harsh
penalties, it was reported as a re-
sult of the cutting of telephonic
lines on two strategic points. The
snapping of the lines between Jer-
usalem and Jaffa near Abu Ghoah
on the main highway cut off com-
munication with Cairo. At the
same time the trunk line between
Jerusalem and the northern dis-
tricts of the country was cut.
The killing of another Arab by
p olice, the wounding of two Jews
b y Arab gangsters and the es-
cape from the shooting of the
same gangsters by a' group of
Jewish leaders headed by Eliezer
Kaplan, treasurer of the Jewish
Agency Executive, was reported
here. The shooting of the Arab
occurred inside of the Old City
after a British police patrol
searched passersby.' When one
group of Arabs refused to halt
on police orders, they were pur-
sued by the constables. One of
the Arabs turned and fired twice
with a revolver. A constable re-
turned the fire with two shots
hitting the man in the stomach.
A Jew and Jewess were wound-
ed in the leg and were transferred
to the hospital after they were hit
by bullets fired from ambush when
they were travelling ins Jewish
Jewish War Heroes
Military Leaders and Fighters of Modern Times Described
On the Occasion of Decoration Day
By HARRY H. SCHAFFER
Senior Vice-Commander.in-chaief of the Jewish War Veterans
There is • Jewish military record of modern days,• which few know
about. Harry H. Schaffer, vice.commander-in•clief of the Jewish
War Veterans, tells in this article about the Jewish warriors of
France, America, Russia, Palestine, England, Germany, Aus-
tralia, Austria and Belgium.
(('opyright, Mt Sore
Ancient myths die hard but the
hardiest of all is the familiar
canard that the Jew is a coward.
Anti-Semites everywhere have al-
ways charged the Jew with fail-
ure to defend his country. The
accusation that the Jew makes a
poor soldier is almost as old as
anti-Semitism itself. The facts
of course are so overwhelmingly
contradictory to this libel that
they hardly bear repetition. Al-
though it is less than 200 years
since the Jew was permitted to
serve in the armed forces of the
various countries in which he
lives, the record of Jewish -mili-
tary prowess is one of the proud-
est chapters in Jewish history,
Memorial Day being an occasion
when we pay tribute to these) pa-
triots who fought for their coun-
try on the field of battle, let us
turn back to the annals of Jewish
military achievement and meet
some of the famous Jewish sold-
iers who brought honor to then.
country. It is not the object of
this review to tell in detail the
story of every great Jewish Sold-
ier. Rather is it the intention to
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REICH'AND ITALY VICTORY LUNCHEON OF ALLIED
PLAN TO SETTLE
JEWS IN ETHIOPIA JEWISH CAMPAIGN ON FRIDAY
Few Jews Reported to Be
Taking Advantage of
the Proposal
POLISH ANTI-SEMITES
DEFYING NEW PREMIER
Leaders See $33,000 Shortage 'In the Cards'
as 2,000 of Last Year's Donors
Remain Unsolicited
Dickstein Seeks to Stop the
Spread of Anti-Semit-
ism Through Mail
SEVERAL TEAMS REPORT RAISING
OF COMPLETE ASSIGNED QUOTAS
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point to a few of the more out-
standing examples in several
countries during recent years.
The Late General Monash
The late Sir John Monash of
Australik was unquestionably the
greatest Jewish soldier of , our
time. A civil engineer by pro-
fession, he became chief censor
in Australia at the outbreak of
the World War. In 1915. he re-
ceived command of a brigade and
was sent to the Gallipoli front
where he revealed himself to be a
brilliant strategist. The follow.
ing year he was moved to the
French tone where he became
commander-in-chief of the'entire
Australian corps. In the last
great advance of the War, the
push that smashed the Hinden-
burg line, Sir John had a leading
part. Writing of Sir John's mil-
itary genius years later, David
Lloyd George, England's war-
time prime minister, said that the
Jewish general was the man who
should have replaced Field Mar-
shall Haig in 1918. Sir Joint died
in 1931 in Melbourne where a
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For and Against the Congress
A Debate on the Forthcoming Geneva Gathering
NEW YORK (WNS)—A plan
to settle 20,000 German Jews in
Ethiopia is being- negotiated by
Germany and Italy, it was re-
ported in a Berlin dispatch to the
New York Times. ' The proposed
plan would be carried out under
the existing German-Italian agree-
ment regarding the transfer of
Jewish capital from Germany to
Italy. Several months ago Ger-
many arranged with Italy to per-
mit German -Jews who wanted to
go to Italy to take with them a
limited amount of their capital.
This capital was to be paid to
the Jews in Italy In lire provided
an equal sum was deposited in
Germany with the Reichabank.
Few Jews have taken advantage
of this plan because of the dis-
turbed economic conditions in
Italy. The Ethiopian scheme
would be of great benefit to Ger-
many because it would unfreeze
large amounts of Italian lire held
in Germany. Reports- of a plan
to settle German Jews in Ethiopia
were current a year ago when a
representative of Emperor Haile
Selassie discussed the matter with
Jewish leaders in London.
Polish Jews Willing to Go
WARSAW (WNS) — A group
EDITOR'S NOTE, Dr. Abraham Coralnik, eminent Jewish author, is
strongly in favor of the Geneva World Jewish Congress, while of unemployed Jewish technicians
Dr. A. J. Roney, distinguished Jewish leader, strongly opposes and chauffeurs have appealed to
the international Jerrie'si gathering, in the following debate. the Italian embassy here to send
(Copyright, 193e, Seven Art, Feature Syndicate)
No More Vacillation;
World Congress Dangerous
By DR. ABRAHAM CORALNIK
By DR. A. J. RONGY
In these days of crisis and tin-
rest encircling the world, in these
times of distress and upheaval, it
is the duty of every civilized 'hu-
man being to stop and think i to
mediate individually' 'avid<due
tively, over the state of the pres-
ent hour and to plan for the fut-
ure. If this is the plain duty of
every socially minded man and
woman, it is still more so for the
Jew.
The Jewish people throughout
their long history have seen many
trying times. We have endured
the horrors of persecution. We
have been so many times on the
brink of extinction that we are
unwilling or unable to realize or
to admit that we have reached an
impasse.
With anti-Semitism triumphant
in Germany, Poland, Rumania;
with anti-Semitism rampant in
Western Europe and even oil the
American Continent; with the
gradual passing of the old social
order to which the Jews have
historically adapted themselves—
the present of the Jews has be-
come a tragedy. It is of no avail
to cover our heads, to close our
eyes, not to see the danger. The
storm around us tears off the
veil. We have to face the reali-
ties.
The time of vacillation, of fear
loot the nations of the globe
should single us out, has irretriev-
ably passed. The game of ostrich-
politics fias become too childish
for our very earnest generation.
The problem is world-wide: we
have to try a world-wide solution
or at least an approach.
What Napoleon had proposed to
do—the calling of an all-Jewish
assembly or Sanhedrin—we have
to accomplish now. History waits
long; but it acl.ieves its task nev-
ertheless. We submit now to the
Jewish people, wherever they are,
the urgency cf participating in
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the elections to • World Jewish
Congress.
What is the fundamental pur-
pose of this Congress? Represen-
tation! This Congress does not in-
tend to be merely another ges-
ture; one more assembly where
Jews of many countries will ga-
Booklet Issued by "Good Neighbor League" Is Regarded ther in order to express their in-
dignation, their protest, or to sent
As First Major Effort to Mobilize Religious
their grievances. Of this the Jews
Forces Behind the President
had enough. What this Congress
proposes to do is to shape for the
WASHINGTON, (N. C. J. C. of Social Reconstruction, which ad- first time in modern history a real
News Service)—The Good Neigh- vocated that the State should make popular representation of the Jew-
comprehensive provision for insur-
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bor League issued a 26-page book-
ance against illness, invalidity, un-
let which attempts to show how employment and old age, received
the Roosevelt Administration has practical application in the Social
helped to n.ake practically oper- Security Act, according to the
ative the social pronouncements of booklet
the churches.
The Federal Council of Churches
The booklet is the first major championed the right of employers
effort of Dr. Stanley High to mobi- and employees alike to organize for
lize all the religious forces in the collective bargaining and social ac- Dr. Hershman to Eulogize
United States behind President tion. The booklet emphasizes the
Nahum Sokolow at Meet-
Rooeevelt during the coming poli- fact that the Roosevelt Adminis-
ing at Statler
tical campaign. It is being widely tration has sponsored the National
distributed among preachers of all Labor Relations Act which gives
Annual election of officers of
denominations. the workers the right to organize,
Authorized quotations from offi- forbidding employers to interfere the Zionist Organization of De-
troit will be held this Monday eve-
cial religious bodies regarding go- with this right.
ning, at the concluding meeting of
cial and economic problems are in-
The Central Conference of
eluded in the publication, with the American Rabbis advlocated the the year to be held at Hotel Stat-
statement that the churches "have abolition of child labor. The book- ler.
James I. Ellmann, president for
increasingly looked to the Govern- let states that, despite the fact
ment to initiate and promote the that NRA was declared unconsti- the past two years. will submit his
legislation through which the ide- tutional by the Supreme Court, annual report, and the other com-
work of
als for which they have declared "one of the major commitments mittees will review the
themselves might be realized." It of this administration is to abol- the past year.
The
speaker
at
this
meeting
will
is further asserted that "most of ish child labor."
be Dr. A. M. Hershman who will
these religious bodies have frankly
The main body of the booklet
eulogize
the
late
On
Nahum
called upon the Government, by consists of • resume of the social
resolution, to act in this direction." legislation of the Roosevelt Ad- Sokolow, honorary presicfint of
the World Zionist Organisation at
Cites Church.: Program
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the erne of his death on May 17.
OPPOSITE ZIJITORIALY
The Catholic Bishops Program
Says Roosevelt Has Helped Put Into
Operation Social Ideal of Churches
ZIONISTS ELECT
OFFICERS MONDAY
My dear Dr. Coralnik:
I observed that you have fin-
ally decided to throw your lot—
true, not (Mite violently—with the
"hot-heeds" in Jewish life. You
are also "pot-boiling," though not
at a high, temperature. The
change of heart you have under-
gone, I am sure, must have been
painful and I wouldn't at all be
surprised that it required some
form of an anaesthetic to be able
to undergo such • momentous
mental somersault.
What has happened to your
logical mind? What has hap-
pened to your broad outlook on
things mundane? You, a bril-
liant student of the contemporary
Jewish panorama as well as of
the Jewish historical process, have
allowed yourself to be carried
away by passions and emotions,
almost bordering and touching
the fringes of mysticism. You
should have had the courage to
remain steadfast to the ideas and
opinions, which you have so many
times ably expressed, about the
World Jewish Congress.
I will make a confession—and
please do not consider it mere
flattery: Whenever I was in doubt,
whenever I was uncertain about
some problems, some of the ques-
tions which arose in Jewish life
here and. abroad, I turned to you
for guidance. You always seemed
to have the courage of your con-
victions. You have the happy
faculty of analyzing and dissect-
ing vital problems affecting Jew-
ish life in a sane and sober man-
ner. The derision and contempt,
which on occasions were heaped
on your head by some of the "pro-
fessional Jews," never swerved or
influenced your decisions. Your
path of logic was never delineated
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ZIONISM IS TOPIC
OF CONSECRATION
25 Girls Participate in Serv-
ice at Shaarey Zedek
on June 7
At the third annual Consecration
Service of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek on Sunday, June 7, at 10
a. m., 25 girls, members of the
10th grade of the synagogue's
religious school, will participate in
a specially prepared program.
The theme of the service this
year is "Zionism—Its Background,
Development, and Fruition." The
Zion ideal in Jewish history is
represented as passing through
three "Gates of llope"—the Gate
of Dusk, the Gate of Dawn. and
She Gate of Day. standing respec-
tively for the Zion ideal in the
Diaspora of the Middle Ages, in
the 19th century, and today. Rahl
Greenbaum will present the pro-
logue to the theme, and Eileen
Blumberg will introduce the Gate
of Dusk. Sylvia Firestone, Shirley
briber, and Lenore Bayles will
trace the growth of the Zion ideal
from Babylon to Judah Halevi.
Virginia Golden will then open the
Dawn-Gate, followed by Charlotte
Barak, June Cantor, Anna Chad.
Marcia Diamond, Mildred Frank.
Betty Geltner, Marion Lewis. Lu-
cille Kavanau, and Bertha White-
stens, who will portray the growth
of the modern Zionist movement
o ntil the Balfour Declaration
Betty Vlneberg will introduce the
Gate of Day, and Bernice Sorok,
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WILL CONCLUDE 1936 DRIVE
them to Ethiopia. The request
was forwarded to the Italian gov-
ernment at Rome.
Defy New Premier
WARSAW (WNS)—hopes ex-
pressed by the Jewish press here
that the new premier, Gen. Felic-
yen Skladkowaki, would take im-
mediate steps to put an end to
the wave of anti-Semitic terror
were dashed when the anti-Sem.
ites continued their attacks on the
Jews. In Praga, a Warsaw sub-
urb, a bomb exploded In the Jew-
ish quarter and eeriously dam-
aged many Jewish houses and
shops. In Kraehnik, Lublin re-
gion, two Jews were seriously in-
itired when they were assaulted
of the street. A similar incident
ocurred in Sedlitz.
The expectation that Premier
Skladkowaki would be able to
suppress the anti-Semites was
based on two factors. In the
first place he is a military man
accustomed to ride rough shod
over all opposition. It was be-
lieved that he would make short,
shrift of the Endeks who are sup-
posed to the government. It was
also recalled that when he was
minister of the interior he made
a number of important conces-
sions to Jewish merchants. ' On
this account the anti-Semitic
press attacked him as "a Jew
lover."
Meanwhile the Skladkowaki gov-
ernment is going ahead with
plans for the trial of 188 Nazis
who were arrested on • charge
of plotting to sever Upper Sileria
from Poland and turn it over to
Germany. The trial will open at
Kattowitz on June 2.
Colony to Settle Jews
The Polish press is seriously
discussing the possibility that Po-
land will call on the League of
Nations to furnish her with a
colony for the settlement of a
part of her surplus population and
the emigration of some of her
Jews who are daily being elimin-
ated from Poland's economic life.
This proposal is being linked in
the press with the Arab riots in
Palestine which many here be-
lieve will lead to a curtailment of
Jewish immigration. Jewish lead-
ers, who do not take the' plan
seriously, feel however, that the
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Last of Workers' Meetings Preceding Vic-
tory Luncheon Addressed by Peiser,
Wineman and Srere
With approximately 2,000 donors to the
1935 Allied Jewish Campaign remaining un-
solicited in the 1936 drive, confidence was
expressed at the final luncheon meeting of
workers at Hotel Statler on Monday that the
complete quota will be reached.
The drive for $323,550.officially comes‘to
an end today—Friday, May 29—at what is confidently
expected will be a "Victory Liincheon" to celebrate the
successful conclusion of the drive.
Reports submitted at the luncheon on Monday showed
that the total of $290,134, or 90 per cent of the quota of
$323,550, was raised. Mrs: Henry Winemarl, who pre-
sided at the luncheon, emphasized that the 2,000 contri-
butors to the 1935 campaign, whci had not yet been solici-
•ted are to be taken as an indi-
ZEIGER TO DIRECT
ELEVENTH HILLEL
Resigns Flint Pulpit to Take
Up Directorship at U.
of North Carolina
'
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To the regret of the citizens of
Flint, irrespective of creed or so-
cial affiliation, Rabbi Bernard Zel.
ger, for the last six years rabbi
oC Temple Beth El of that city,
tendered his resignation to the
RABBI BERNARD ZEIGER
congregation to become effective
Sept 1. At that time Rabbi Zeiger
will leave for Chapel Hill, N. C.,
where he, is to become director of
the newly established 111110 Fmm-
dation at the University of burin
Carolina.
Rabbi Zeiger's ministry at Flint,
Mich., has been a notable one. Dur-
ing the six years that he has served
the congregation there, its mem-
bership has increased 150 per cent.
Only two weeks ago the congre-
gation dedicated a splendid new
Temple and Community Center, a
work which it is said would have
been imnossible save for the fine
leadership of its rabbi.
But Rabbi Zriger's activity in
Flint was by no means confined
to his own congregation and com-
munity. There has been no forward
movremcnt of rick, social, philan-
thropic or educatiorfal significance
in which he has not taken a lead-
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cation that the entire sum will
be subscribed by Friday, at the
wind-up gathering of the volun-
teers.
Standing of Teams
Ot the sum reported raised on
Monday, $230,161, or 96 per cent
of its quota, was raised by the
special gifts division headed by
Henry Wineman. The general
division, of which Abe Srere is
chairman, raised $59,873, or 72
per cent of its quota.
Complete quotas were raised by
the following teams: Team 3 of
special gifts, headed by Maurice
Aronsson and Harry S. Grant,
77,012, 100 per cent of quota;
Team 4, Joseph H. Ehrlich, chair-
Man, $33,004, 100 per cent of
quota. Two other teams in this
division are approaching their
goal, Team 5, headed by Julian
hi. Krolik and Joseph M. Welt,
having raised $31,708 or 98 per
tent of its goal, and Team 1,
headed by Maurice J. Caplan and
Clarence II. Enggass, having se-
cured • total of $62,709 or 97
per cent of its assigned quota.
'Team 2, of which Israel Himel-
/loch and Nate S. Shapero are co-
thalmen, raised a sum of $26,726,
or 84 per cent of its goal.
In the general division, two
teams have reached their goals:
Division B, headed by A. J. Blu-
menau and Ben B. Fenton, se-
cured $4,491 or 112 per cent of
the goal; and Division D, headed
by • Max M. Silverman and
Charles N. Agree, raised $2,798
or 111 per cent of its goal.
The standing of the other teams
in the general division, as report-
ed on Monday, follows: Division
A, M. A. Mittelman, chairman,
213,000; 79 per cent of 'quota;
Division C, Abe Kale and Ben
Kramer, co-chairmen, $2,585. 65
per cent of quota; Division E,
Harry Cohen, Bernard Isaacs and
Samuel Sternberg, co-chairmen,
$6,256 or 89 per cent of quota;
Division F, James L Ellmann,
chairman, $5,945, 68 per cent of
quota; Division G, Morris Stein-
berg and Alex Schreiber, co-
chairmen, $2,854, 79 per cent of
quota; Division If, Mrs. ,David S.
Diamond and Mrs. Edwin M. Ro-
senthal, cdinbairmen, $4.930, 70
I.
an
per
er cent of quota; Division
and Mrs.
Maurice J. Caplan, co-chairmen,
$2,580, 57 per cent of quota.
['Miler's Appeal
Kurt Peiser, executive director
of the Jewish Welfare Federation
and of the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, addressing Monday's lunch-
eon, appealed to the volunteers
not to stop working, to continue
their solicitatiot.s until every cent
that is needed is raised. Declar-
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"SHAVUOTH"
The feast of Shoroothl -Chap
Sharuna or Feast of Weeks—was
in remote antiquity a harvest fest-
ival end owes its name to the cir-
cumstance that its date was fixed
seven weeks after the barley sacri-
flee of Pessach. But from early
Talmudic times on this probable
origin was overlaid or half forgot.
ten and the Feast of Weeks came
to be the commemoration of the
giving and accepting of the Law
from Sinai—Z'mon mitten tora-
teass--the time of the giving of the
Law.
It will be useful to recall the
exact fined words in which the book
of Shetnoth (Names) or Exodus
this central fact of Jewish experi-
ence is summed up: "Ye have
seem what I did unto the Egypti-
Ins and how I bare you on eagles'
wings and brought you unto my-
wit. Now therefore if ye will obey
my voice indeed and keep my cove-
nant, then ye shall be my own pos-
sesaion from among all peoples:
for all the earth is mine: sad ye
shall be unto me a kingdom of
priests and a holy nation ... And
Moses came and called for the eld-
ers of the people, and set before
them all these words which Yaveh
commanded him. And all the peo-
ple answered together and said:
All that Yaveh hath spoken we
will do."
I have called the contents of this
passage the central fact of Jewish
experience. Now that word experi-
ence may be interpreted in various
ways. It may be interpreted in the
traditional orthodox way: that
there was the literal traffic be-
tween God and Moses and the chil-
dren of Israel and that the Law
was thus given and accepted. And
let me hasten to add that I revere
that point of view profoundly and
that, had I In my own person to
choose between'that belief and the
opinion of those who aver that
nothing happened and that the rec-
ord of scripture is wIthosst signi-
ficance for the life of man, my
place would be, on solidest philoso.
.(PLRAIII 11 IN TO LAST PAUL/
ON MEMORIAL DAY
Will Deliver Address at the
Clover Hill Program
on May 31
Theodore Baruch, a leader
among the youth groups of De-
troit and one of the senior teach-
ers in the Shaarey Zedek religions
school, will be the speaker at the •
annual Memorial Day services at
Clover Hill Park Cemetery at 2:30
p. rn. on Sunday, May 31.
These services have been de-
ferred until Sunday bemuse Deco-
ration Day occurs on the Sabbath.
In addition to the address by
Mr. Baruch, the Memorial Day
Program will include the following:
Reading from Scripture by Rabbi
A. M. Hershman; airtgiag of Star
Spangled Banner by the audience,
under the leaderahly of Caster J..
II. Sore:skier; the.amtleff of "ICI
Mole Rachamlm" by Cantor Sonen-
klar; the 'decoration of soldiers
graves with flags and flowers by
Boy Scout Troop. 104 and 164;
the sounding of Tape by the Boy
Scout troope, end the singing of
"America" by the eadience.