vericam Apish Periatfical eater CUMIN AVINUI • CINCINNATI 10, 01110 /il E September 18, 1936 BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL PONTIAC JEWRY Bosh llashonall 5697 Well-Known Author Points Out That Jews Are in the Red Throughout the World By RABBI MOSES FISCHER By JACOB DE HAAS I ROSH HASHONAH GREETINGS There can be little doubt that smaller islands as free from the the average Jew is in some way epidemic, total-3,016. In South gripped by the seriousness of the and Central America I have noted Jewish condition thrcughout the nothing in the past year or two Yet on the other hand that affects the Jews of Guiana, world. organizations which presume to Panama, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay grapple with the problem betray or Venezuela—total-9,958. So on so parochial an attitude, demon- the American continent from the strate so little insight into the Bering Straits to Cape Horn, we e 0 t r eh i fit e a e fin thousand a fi d a Jews interlocking influence of a wide- have il than four spread evil, that I have ven- of tured to set up the dimensions lionn free from contamination. Taking all of Europe, into re- of :Actions in statistical form. The total number of Jews in the view, 9,494,363 Jews, we can ex- world has been estimated at 15,- tract the following countries and possessions as either wholly un- 300,000 divided as follows: contaminated, or to free from it Nutt!, User Ira and the Weal 1410.759 they may for the present be re- south amt Central Anted,- t.. 166. carded as immune: Albania, Cy- 113 7.801:913 l Fun, .71 1,t73.193 pros, Denmark, Gibraltar, Irish Southern Europo Wentern Northern Europa 1 53 557 Free State, Italy, Luxemburg, ri..rta ADJ.". (Arable npeeklir) 405,019 Malta, Portugal, Finland, Norway South Ai th a 117111allsh opeakIn4) 121.150 510, 5 54 and Sweden. Ante Minor and Wolter!) Aign Ithottern and Southern Asia. 4 This offers us the saving re- Auntralle mainant of 131,765 out of the Most of these figures are based gross total of nine and a half mil- on 1931 estimates. The figure for lions. This figure, however, in- Central Europe should be reduced eludes the two and a half million by a quarter of a million and Jews in the Soviet system who, added to Palestine and adjacent whatever else has happened to countries. One can add a little them, have been reduced to "statis- here and substract a little there, tical Jews" because they have no add about 150,000 to the grand contact or association with Jews total and seater them over many elsewhere. countries. On the other hand the The situation in the Arabic part figure includes a wide scattering of North Africa has undergone a of "statistical Jews" like the 50,- vigilent change recently. I extract 000 Falashas, who play no role one as free from the epidemic Egypt, way or the ether in trend of Jew- Libya and Tunis. In all 152,892 ish affairs. How fare these Jews? How many of them are absolutely relatively and actually the best figure. Ignoring the Falashas free from the curse of anti-Semi- there are about three thousand free tism in some form? Jews in South Africa, so that the In North America and the West Indies I rate Alaska and all of the African continent gives us nearly 156,000 Jews. On the whole Asian continent including Palestine, there are not over forty-two thousand Jews who have not suffered some experience of public prejudice dur- Season's Greetings ing the past year. This applies also to the 30,401 Jews in Aus- tralasia. Here then we have a balance sheet that shows an appaling defi- cit. Credit 373,058 Jews in the whole wide world. Debit 14,942,- 401. The figdye is far more appal- Wholesale ing when examined critically. Fully Cigars, Tobacco and one third of the Jews in the world now live in English speaking coun- Confectionery tries. Yet I have had to subtract Great Britain from the list be- Phone 2-3951 cause anti-Semitism has there as- sumed serious dimensions. I have 45 N. PERRY STREET had to withdraw the United States for though every single Jew is not Pontiac, Mich. affected by that spread of prejudice which has found its vilest expres- sion in the proposal to kill the Jews of Detroit, Michigan, by putting typhoid germs in their milk, the ATRONIZE PONTIAC condition has become epidemic. In other words, the English tongue offers the Jews no insulation. Hol- We dl all our work in our land has to appear in the wrong own p . t—it is not sent column because Naziism has mani- out •f the city. fested itself there, and France is Expert Rug Cleaning on a teeter board that swings in the direction of trouble. Dry Cleaning Any critic can vary these figure s Dyeing by addition and subtraction but the grim truth will remain the same. Of 15,300,000 Jews in the world fifteen millions suffer dis- ability, persecution, calumny, at- tack, or legal persecution. 294 EAST PIKE STREET Until we grasp the problem as Phone 2-4411 a whole, nothing can be done about it, nothing will be done about it. PONTIAC, 511CII. Nor will we grasp the problem until we individually identify our- selves as one Jew in the 15,000,000 affected by a plague which can WE WISII YOU ALL only be overcome by aggressive measures. . A m - AUSTIN TRUCKING CO. GENERAL TRUCKING 36 JUDSON STREET PHONE 2.4131 PONTIAC, MICHIGAN 1111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 IIII III 1 1 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 11111111111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111 The Season's Greetings .. . FOLEY AND BEARDSLEE PONTIAC, MICHIGAN A PHONE CALL STARTS A TRUCK TO YOU BANK RUN GRAVEL ALL GRADES WASHED SAND AND GRAVEL PHONE 2-6811 Pit at Clarkston Station 1111111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 111111111111111111 1 1 1 1 1 1111111111111 1 1 111 1111111 1 111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 1 111111111111 I I A 'llappy and Prosperous New Year to All My Jewish Friends I PAGI NINE The Jewish Balance Sheet III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII --I tileorucLe ■and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE L. J. HEENAN REGISTERED ARCHITECT STAR GARMENT CLEANSING CO. 610 Peoples State Bank Bldg. Pontiac, Michigan Phone 2-1622 J. L. MARCERO & CO. SEASON'S GREETINGS ELLIOTT'S FURNITURE HOSPITAL Furniture Repaired, Refinished and Upholstered Antique Furniture and Reproductions for Sale 592 OAKLAND AVE. PHONE 2-4631 Pontiac, Mich. WISHING ALL MY JEWISH FRIENDS HAPPY NEW YEAR HARPER --- A — BROS. IIAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Floor Surfacing KENNETT ROAD PHONE 2-1285 Samuel G. Backus Pontiac, Mich. PONTIAC Rosh • Hashonah Greetings PHONE 5431 72 NORTH SAGINAW Sard H. Burlingham PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTOR All Work Guaranteed ROOMS 8 - 12 MARSH BLOCK 57-61 W. LAWRENCE ST. PHONE 2-4721 Pontiac, Mich. It is 'a sacred but staggering burden and responsi- bility which the year just closed, bequeathes to the young- est issue of Mother Time: the year 5697. "I have seen Israel and behold, it is scattered like a leaderless flock upon the mountains." In order to describe the present state of Jewry among the nations of the earth, in the dif- ferent lands of their abode, WC must add to the picture of the prophet the following words "Scattered upon all mountains, like a defense- less, forlorn flock, Israel be- comes all over the prey of its ferocious enemies, who waylay and wait for it be- neath all trees and behind all bushes in order to strike deep their bloody claws in- to the feeble emaciated body of Israel." It is on account of the many perils and menaces which surround the Jai not alone in the Galuth-lands but also in Palestine that the coming Rosh Hashonah will be less celebrated as a day of felicitations, of exchanging of good wishes and renewal of hopes and golden visions; it will be rather remembered as "Zichron Teruoh", as a day of "the blow- ing of the Shofar," which shall summon with its stirring voice every Jew and Jewess, to do his or her duty to Israel at large; to save "the hapless forlorn flock." It is not without definite purpose and aim that our sages instituted the reading of the sacrificial offering of Isaac by Abraham, the first Jew, on Rosh Hashonah. Our sages were moved in their choice of the scriptural lesson for the high holy days by the clear purpose to teach and examplify by it the sacrificial duty of the Jew. Without this magnificent sacrificial spirit, as mani- fested by the Jew in all the sorely tried epochs of his his- tory, without the consecrated willingness of the Jew to bear and share the burden of his fellow Jew, he would have disappeared long time ago from the stage of history! In order to be worthy of the sacrificial deeds of our forefathers, in order to emulate their heroic example we will have to learn, to assimilate and to make a guiding principle in our life the little word, which occurs three times in the story of Isaac's sacrifice, the little word: "Hineni," "Here am I"! It is the Jewish password and motto for service, sacrifice and duty! Patriarchs, Proph- ets and Saints consecrated and offered themselves with this word to the service of God, Israel and their ideals! The Rabbi taught: "While all of us Jews pray that God shall write us in the book of good life, we are liable to overlook that there is also a book of goodness, of good deeds wherein by virtue of our moral freedom none but ourself and only ourself can write our names!" Let us ponder deeply upon the words of the rabbi. May it be the fruit of the earnest meditation of heart on the holy days that we resolve to sign our name in the book of sacrificial deeds and works, because next to the mercy of the. Ilord, only the brotherly unity and love of Israel—manifested not as sentiments and words but in sacrificial deeds—the Jew will be saved and become once more entrenched in the land of his fathers, live in safety in the country of his adoption, perform his pricely mis- sion and glorify the God of Israel. MAX REINHARDT GETS ITALIAN DECORATION LOS ANGELES (WNS) —In appreciation of his having direct- ed the unique open air produc- tion of "The Merchant of Venice" in Venice two years ago, Profes. sor Max Reinhardt, world-famous director, was given the rank of commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy by personal de- cree of King Victor Emanuel. Acting on behalf of his govern. ment, Ernest Arrighi, Italian consul, decorated Dr. Reinhardt with the gold and white enameled cross on a 'scarlet and silver rib- bon which indicates his rank in the famous order. (Tina artIrle I, pulthahed Pinalitan- a enusleIth Its appeal- env. In World Jewry) Rosh Ilashonah Greetings FAMOUS SHOE REPAIR CO. Modern Shoe' Repair Work The "Famous Way" is a "Different Way" 20 S. SAGINAW ST. (Opposite Home Dairy) PONTIAC, MICH. SEASON'S GREETINGS COL. F. 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