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7iIEDEIROITI AWIS/1 et RON ICU

April 29, 1938

Nisan 28, 5698

Fascist Threat in America

Danger of the spread of Fascism on this
continent must not be minimized, in view
of experiences recorded in the past few
weeks.
While Brazil has banned all German so-
cieties, there are indications that a well-
oiled Nazi machine is functioning in many
countries. A secret Fascist order, whose
members are sworn to opposition to Jews,
Englishmen and foreigners, was disclosed
by L'Autorite, Montreal French-language
newspaper, which charges that members
of the provincial cabinet and prominent
industrialists are members of the organiza-
tion. There are powerful pro-Nazi groups
in Uruguay, Bolivia and Mexico. In this
country, the influence of German propa-
ganda is felt in many anti-Semitic organi-
zations, and their publicity organs make
no secret of it. In spite of their acceptance
of the call issued by President Roosevelt
that they participate in a world conference
to plan relief for refugees from lands of
oppression, even the most liberal South
American countries emphasize that they
are unable to welcome many of the suf-
ferers.
Thus, all foreigners resident in Ecuador
must invest the equivalent of $1,000 in
some phase of Ecuadorean industry or
agriculture, according to a new immigra-
tion, extradition and naturalization law
just promulgated, it was disclosed in a re-
port received by the United States Depart-
ment of Commerce. Sentiment in opposi-
tion to refugee immigration is also strong
in this country, and the tradition of making
the United States a haven of refuge for
the oppressed is apparently relegated to
the forgotten past. Even the small number
that would be admitted within the quota
limitations is begrudged by enemies of the
alien.
If it were either a problem of fighting
Nazism, or of finding a home for the op-
pressed and the exiled, the problem would
not be as difficult as it is today, when we
have to deal with both isues. Because of
the double-edged sword that strikes at
Jewish existence, the issues facing the
Jewish people today are sufficient to hor-
rify and upset even the most courageous
leadership.

Popularizing Traditional Music

The Women's League of the United Syn-
agogue deserves highest commendation for
the splendid manner chosen to popularize
traditional liturgical music by means of
recordings.
The Women's League has already re-
corded two sets of songs, one for Passover,
and one for Purim. Both sets are excellent
for use by children and as a means of pop-
ularizing holidays generally in the home.
This method of recording liturgical songs
can best be encouraged through the pur-
chase of the records by a large Jewish
audience and through demands upon the
Women's League that they should not stop
with their early efforts and should con-
tinue making similar contributions by pop-
ularizing the Sabbath as well as all other
Jewish holidays through recordings.
It will be generally admitted that peo-
ple find it difficult to learn liturgical songs
unless they have had an excellent Hebrew
background. The use of records not only
makes the mastering of such songs easier
but serves to encourage wider interest in
them by the family group. Having intro-
duced an excellent method of encouraging
the recording of liturgical songs, the
Women's League will continue to earn the
gratitude of American Jews by going sev-
eral steps farther and making such records
available for all holidays.

Give Up Your Luxuries

Rabbi A. M. Hershman's sermon at the
Shaarey Zedek on the concluding day of
Passover was the most brilliant and most
logical explanation of and appeal for a
mercy drive that we had ever heard. We
suggest to the Allied Jewish Campaign of-
ficials that they should prevail upon Dr.
Hershman to break a precedent of not
putting his sermons down in writing and
publishing them, and to dictate the gist
of his address for wide circulation.
An interesting point in Rabbi Hersh-
man's sermon corresponded with a move-
ment now current in Hungary where the
Jewish community is conducting a silent
boycott of luxuries; where our kinsmen
have resolved to abstain for a period of
six months from attending theaters and
restaurants, from purchasing exorbitantly
priced articles, from flashing unnecessary
articles of clothing, etc., etc. The intention
there is to enforce a complete boycott of
luxuries in order thereby to impress the
Hungarian people and government with
the stupidity of the proposed anti-Semitic
laws to restrict Jews to 20 per cent par-
ticipation in the government, in business
and in the professions.
Dr. Hershman advocated the abandon-
ment by Jews of luxurious living in the
face of the severe world tragedy that
sextet pariahs of more than five million of

Will Nazis Use Schick Test?

Dr. Bela Shick, chief of the pediatrics
department of the Mount Sinai Hospital
in New York, discoverer of the Schick Test
for susceptibility to diphtheria, has been
awarded the Addington Gold Medal, a
British honor for the "most valuable dis-
covery for relieving pain and suffering in
humanity." This medal has been presented
in absentia in Leeds, England.
According to Nazi rules, Dr. Schick, as
a non-Aryan, would be excluded from the
practice of medicine and his discovery
would be discarded if Julius Streicher's
teachings were to be followed. Will Nazis
and their followers adhere to this com-
mand and refuse to give their children the
Schick Test? Or is it, in the long run,
merely a question of taking all the Jew can
give and then rejecting the Jew?

Our Major Obligation

The San Francisco Chronicle has pub-
lished an editorial in which it urges Chris-
tians to contribute to the welfare fund for
the relief of impoverished and persecuted
European Jewry. Declaring that such gen-
erosity would in a sense compensate for
Jewish generosity and calling 1938 the
blackest year since Europe began its "back-
ward rush" to intolerance, the editorial
declares:

"1938 is a black year for the Jewish peo-
ples of the world, the blackest yet since Eu-
rope began her backward rush to medieval
intolerance and persecution. Nearly six mil-
lion Jews in Central Europe are now hope-
lessly crushed under a repression that in
addition to denying them human rights, denies
them even the right accorded to beasts of
burden, the right to make a living.
"This plight of the Jews in Central Eu-
rope throws a tremendous burden on their
brethren elsewhere in the world. There are
not so many of these. According to the latest
figures there are only 15,316,000 Jews in the
world. Thus two out of every five Jews in
the world are in deep distress and of the re-
maining three, of course, not all are prosper.

"Yet the Jews out of reach of the Central
European blight do not flinch at the sore
weight of this load of relief the harsh times
have put on them."
The editorial then speaks of the fund-raising
efforts of Jews in America to meet the over-
seas problems and of the orders issued in
San Francisco that only Jews be asked to
contribute. The editorial concludes:
"So this is an opportunity for non-Jews to
show their appreciation of Jewish benevolent
generosity. Measured by the scale of Jewish
contribution to the general welfare, non-
Jewish contribution to Jewish welfare ought,
in common decency, to be heavy indeed.
"The quota San Francisco's Jewry is set•
ting for itself this time is $385,000. It would
be hardly more than bare gratitude if the non-
Jews of San Francisco contributed an equal
amount to the Jewish Welfare Fund.
"Since non-Jews are not to be canvassed
they should know where to turn in their con-
tributions. The Welfare Fund headquarters
are at 211 Mills Building."

But if Christians ought to make some
sort of contribution for the relief of the
horribly-treated Jewish masses, how much
more ought Jews to give?
Primarily, the current appeals for funds
are the obligation of Jews, and Jews MUST
give wholeheartedly, unstintingly, liber-
ally.
The Allied Jewish Campaign is the De-
troit medium for such support. It must
be given the co-operation of all Jews, and
it must be made a success promptly. The
best way of proving our generosity is by
helping the drive so that it will not be
dragged out, and so that it will conclude
swiftly with an oversubscription of the
original quota.

Bublick's 60th Birthday

Gedaliah Bublick, former president of
the Mizrachi Organization of America,
and one of this movement's outstanding
leaders, was feted recently on the occasion
of his 60th birthday and it was gratifying
to those who are interested in inter-group
amity that spokesmen for practically every
element in American Jewry were repre-
sented at the testimonial banquet. Dr.
Stephen S. Wise summed up the attitude
to Mr. Bublick in a few words when he
said: "There are small things, Mr. Bublick,
that divide us but very great things that
unite us."
When a man in Jewish life can be
honored with such tribute to his interest
in the welfare of his people, he deserves
the honors bestowed upon him. We join
with his many friends in greeting Mr.
Bublick.

Destruction on All Fronts

In 1933 there were 6,000 Jews in Bar-
celona. Today there are only 200 Jewish
families left, most of them hailing from
Spanish Morocco. This is the fate of a
Jewish community in one of the war-torn
sectors of the globe. But it is unfortunately
representative of conditions everywhere,
on the European continent and in the Medi-
terranean. There is destruction on all
fronts, with the resulting dwindling of the
number of Jews. There is nothing in the
entire 5,000-year history of our people to
parallel the present tragedy.

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Groundwork Is Laid
For Cultural Work

Community Council Sponsors An•
other Yiddish Conference

One hundred and fifty delegates,
representing 75 Yiddish-speaking
groups affiliated with the Jewish
Community Council, attended the
second Yiddish cultural conference
under the auspices of the council,
at the Jewish Community Center
last Sunday afternoon. They laid
the groundwork for a Yiddish cul-
tural section of the council through
the adoption of a series of recom-
mendations submitted by the tem.
porary committee in charge of the
meeting. In the words of Wolf
Yon . o. the young Jewish poet who
addressed the assembly, "History
was made in the sphere of Yid-
dish culture. The Detroit Jewish
community is the first to under-
take under such broa dand inclus-
take under such broad and inclus-
cultural medium on a permanent
basis."
The meeting was opened by Sam-
uel Lieberman, a member of the
executive committee of the coun-
cil. Joseph Bernstein, vice-presi-
dent of the council, was elected as
chairman for the afternoon and
presided at the remainder of the
session. Herman Raden and
Shloime Bercovich spoke on the
background of the conference. They
emphasized that one of the pur-
poses of the council, as stated in
its constitution, is the co-ordina-
tion of the cultural activities of
the various segments of the popu-
lation.
Among the proposals of the com-
mittee are the establishment of a
local lecture bureau, which would
make available, without cost to the
organizations, a list of individuals
who are prepared to speak on given
topics. The report of the commit-
tee also advocated the sponsorship
of symposia at the meetings of the
organizations, the appearance of
out-of-town speakers, actors, musi-
cians, etc., the staging of at least
one great festival annually.
In the discussion of these and
other proposals it was emphasized
that individual organizations need
not fear losing their cultural iden-
tity.
This is the first time in the his-
tory of community councils that an
organization such as the Detroit
Council has undertaken the stimu-
lation of Yiddish cultural inter-
ests. This was emphasized in the
vote of thanks given to the corn-
mittee which was responsible for
the meeting. This committee con-
sists of Ilyman Holskin, Louis Le-
vine, Leo Friedlander, Abe Schnei-
der, Joseph Heideman, Mrs. L.
Warren, Louis La Med, Samuel
Lieberman, S. Klessmer, Morris
Haar, Herman Raden, and Shloime
Bercovich, with William I. Boxer-
man as an ex-officio member.

Flower Day Sunday
For Gewerkshaften

The Gewerkshaften campaign
will close officially with the flower
day this Sunday, May 1.
The sale of flowers will com-
mence Saturday evening, April 30,
and will continue throughout the
following day. Harry Schumer
and Louie Levine, co-chairmen of
the Flower Day committee, are or-
ganizing this activity and urge
each one who is approached to
do his share.

Light on European Situation

Eugene J. Young's "Looking Behind the
Censorship" Is Brilliant Exposition

of World Events

To understand the machinations of world pow-
ers and' to get an inkling of the forces that domi-
nate the international scene, it is necessary to be-
come acquainted with the influences that mold
"public opinion" and the factors at work in feeding
the press of the world "facts" about governments
and rulers. J. B. Lippincott Co. of Philadelphia
has just published a volume by Eugene J. Young,
cable editor of the New York Times, which is a
most revealing document the contents of which
throw more light on present conditions than prac-
tically all the books printed in many months about
Europe and its dictators. Under the title "Look-
ing Behind the Censorships" ($3.), Mr. Young has
gathered facts accumulated over a period of more
than 30 years as an editor and as an expert in
foreign affairs. The manner in which the censor-
ships work, the heroic battle of the American cor-
respondents for the truth, the obstacles placed in
their path of unearthing facts—these are described
vividly and with an effectiveness that makes fas-
cinating reading.
Mr. Young possesses an uncanny way of leading
his readers through the European labyrinth by
retracing political events of the present century as
a means of enlightening his audience on current
conditions. There is no other book on the market
today that pictures as simply but as instructively
the elements in the news that are not generally
broadcast and therefore not as a rule known.

Correspondent's Dangerous Path

The task of the American correspondents abroad
is by no means an easy one. They and their pub-
lishers have the alternative choice of either leav-
ing the field or of accepting the "canned news"
dished out to them by the European governments.
They are accepting the "stereotyped" news releases,
which are in reality propaganda for the dictator.
ships, but in their own way they manage to get
to the American reader the truth about existing
conditions. As 51r. Young writes this reviewer:

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To understand the full significance of this state-
ment it is necessary to read the Nazi decree of
May 3, 1934, quoted in "Looking Behind the Cen-
sorships. This decree warns that "whoever under-
takes to betray a state secret shall be punished by
death." If the accused is a foreigner he is subject
to life imprisonment at hard labor. This decree
has not been enforced thus far, but the danger
exists, and the correspondents have to be cautious,
especially in view of the fact that those who serve
as their "sources" for the gathering of news are
constantly in danger of being tracked down by
the Gestapo.

Suppression—In Interest of State

In the interests of the State, there is worldwide
suppression of important news. In England it is
Sir Robert Vansittart who pulls the strings that
make for government functions. In France, in
spite of the frequent falls of cabinets, permanent
under-secretaries carry on a policy of controlling
events in the interests of the land, and therefore
also censoring news that would otherwise be public
property. Thus, Philippe Berthelot survived 66
ministries in France, Even in this countrY, under-
secretaries of state, who are retained by one ad-
ministration after another, wield influence over
the government and frequently are responsible for
the limitations on news items that are considered
damaging to the welfare of the country. "No
matter what statesman may be in power in any
country, and no matter what methods he may pur-
sue, he will always be bound to the elementals of
national needs and purposes," Mr. Young writes.
"No false pretenses and false-pleading, no censor-
ship of propaganda, can hide these essential fac-
tors if one looks beneath any maneuverings to find
them."
British suppleness and French rigidity, the Eng-
lish policy of "muddling through," the German

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6 YEAR OLD REFUGEE GIVEN OVATION
AT GRADUATION OF HEBREW SCHOOLS

53 Awarded Diplomas; Principal Address Delivered by
Rabbi A. M. Hershman

Reciting the Shehecheyanu and
the Kiddush in gratitude of his
having been privileged to be saved
from Nazi Germany with his fam-
ily, 6-year-old David L. Green-
baum was given an ovation by the
more than 1,000 people who
packed the Philadelphia-Byron
Hall on April 20 on the occasion
of the commencement exercises of
the United Hebrew Schools of De-
troit. David, who came to this
country four months ago with his
family, was applauded for many
minutes after reciting the prayer
to God for the warm welcome he
and his family received in this
country, and for the kindnesses
s hown him is in a the HebrewSchools
he
Diplomas were awarded to 53
students who had completed seven
years of intensive study of the
Hebrew language, the Bible, Jew-
ish history and similar subjects.
The exercises opened with the
march of the graduates. Bernard
Isaacs introduced the chairman of
the evening, Frances Winokur,
member of the graduating class ,
who presided over the ceremony
of the evening.
The principal speaker woo Rab-
bi A. M. llershman of the Shaarey
Zedek Synagogue. Rabbi Hersh-
man said in part: "This is a proud
and happy day for the staff of the
schools, for the members of the
board, and especially for the Jew-
ish community of Detroit. The
United Hebrew Schools is a com-
munity institution in the widest
and truest sense of the word. Ev-
ery Jewish boy or girl who re-
ceives a Jewish education is like-
1Y to be an asset to the commu-
nity, while every boy or girl who
is deprived of his education is
liktly to become • liability to the
community. Every community
must consider it its first duty to
make it possible for every boy and
girl to receive a Jewish educa-
tion." He then urged the par-
ents to give their full support to
the schools.
Harry Cohen, the president of
the United Hebrew Schools,
brought greetings to the gradu-
ates and to their parents and
friends in the name of the board
of directors.
Among the students who deliv-
ered addresses were Milton Liph-
shitz, Jacob Stollman, Tillie Zack,
Isadore Singer, Charlotte Kelman,
Herman Robinson, Belle Margo-
lis, Jack Schneider and Paul Gold.
The Feigenson gold medals
which are given to the all around
outstanding students of the entire
school system were awarded by
Mr. Feigenson to Pearl Rappoport
and Oscar Big,rnan.
The Kvutzah Ivrith medals were
awarded by Aaron Rosenberg,

April 29, 1938

CHRONICLE

president of the Kvutzah Ivrith,
to the following students: Sylvia
Newman, Sol Moldowsky, Esther
Segel, Tillie Zack, Jerome Kel-
manovitz, William Schumer. Jack
Schneider and Nettie Seligson,
The diplomas were given by
Maurice H. Zackheim, chairmen
of the Board of Education. The
instructors of the graduating
classes are M. Gordon, Joseph
Haggai, M. Nfichlin, J. V. Ariel
and A. J. Epel.
The chorus was directed by Mrs.
H. M. Wilensky (Rebecca Rappo-
port), a former graduate of the
United Hebrew Schools. Mrs.
Wilensky came from London, On-
tario, where she now resides, in
order to direct the pupils in their
graduation songs. She was ac-
companied by Miss A. Plotkin.
Isidore Sobeloff, the director of
the Jewish Welfare Federation,
who was scheduled to speak but
was unable to attend the exer-
cises because of his work in con-
nection with the Allied Jewish
Campaign, sent a message stating:
"The organized Jewish commu-
nity recognizes its responsibility
for financial and moral support
to educational and cultural agen-
cies like the United Hebrew
Schools. From among the stu-
dents and the graduates of the
schools must come the leaders
upon whom American Jewry will
rely."
A message was also received
from Clarence H. Enggass, presi-
dent of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration. There were other mes-
sages from leaders of the commu-
nity.

Planting of Trees
In Butzel Forest

The Jewish National Fund Coun-
cil acknowledges the planting of
trees in the Butzel Forest in Pales-
tine by the following:
One tree each for Frances A.
Baskin and Marilyn J. Baskin by
their parents; one tree in memory
of Mrs. Zelda Brill by Mrs. R.
Pollock and Mrs. Ethel Dworkin,
Mrs. A. Falick of 2083 Gladstone
Ave. planted a tree in honor of
the speedy recovery from illness of
Mrs. Harry Fox, 2499 W. Euclid
Ave.

Tree planting for Mother's Day
and all other occasions may be
arranged through Mrs. P. Slomo-
vita, University 1-6972.

Donations to Jewish Home
for Aged

The following have made contri-
butions to the Home for Aged: Mrs.
I Frieda Lewis and Norma T. Lewis.

MANY FEATURES
ANNOUNCED FOR
HALEVY CONCERT

In addition to the features pre-
viously announced for the Ilalevy
Bar Mitzvah concert, the promi-
nent Detroit violinist, Zinovi Bis-
tritzky, will present several se-
lected solos and will also join his
brother, Harry Bistritzky, cellist,
and Rebecca Katzman Frohman,
pianist, in an instrumental trio.
Another special feature of the
concert will be a duet by Alma
Phillips, soprano soloist, and Allan
Summits, baritone. They will sing
"Vada Corro" from the opera "Don
Pasqualo" by Donizetti. Both Miss
Phillips and Mr. Summits are stu-
dents of Max Levy, all of whom
are Halevy members.
Alma Phillips and Allan Sum-
mits, in addition to singing their
duet, will also perform solo por-
tions of certain choral numbers.
Other soloists appearing with the
chorus are Anna Warren, soprano,
Max Shapiro, baritone, and Bella
Goldberg, contralto.
The choral selections are now re-
ceiving their final polish under the
able direction of Dan Frohman,
conductor. William Gayman, as-
sistant conductor, will direct a por-
tion of the concert program. Celia
Plotnick and Rebecca Katzman
Frohman will accompany all chor-
al numbers and Mrs. Frohman will
also accompany the various soloists.
Reserved seat tickets for the
concert, which will take place on
Sunday evening, May 15, at the
Scottish Rite Cathedral of Masonic
Temple, are now being sold by all
Halevy members and at 8830 12th
St.

Shaarey Zedek's
Mother-Daughter
Luncheon May 8

The Sisterhood of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek will present an in-
teresting program at the annual
mother and daughter luncheon,
Sunday, May 8, at 12:15 p. m., in
the social hall of the synagogue,
Chicago at Lawton. This luncheon
is restricted in attendance to Sis-
terhood members and their imme-
diate families. Reservations will
close on Wednesday, May 4, and
should be made at once by calling
Mrs. J. Perlmutter, Townsend
7-2285.
The luncheon will be opened with
a prayer by Agnes Ann Brown.
Mrs. Aaron Silberblatt will speak
for the mothers and Marjorie A.
Silberblatt will respond for the
daughters,
Mrs. Samuel S. Wittenberg will
be featured as guest soloist. Little
Charlotte Kreuger will be present-
ed together with several other chil-
dren in a playlet.

Temple Afternoon
Dance This Sunday

The Senior High School of Tem-
ple Beth El will present an after-
noon dance Sunday, May 1, at 3
o'clock, in the social hall of the
Temple. Estelle Bussey and Rob-
ert Krause are in charge of the
affair, and Shirley Goldblatt, Ber-
nice Nemer, Muriel Steinberg,
Ruth Gittleman, Vivian Nussbaum,
Helen Mae Greenstone, and Donna
Goldman are assisting them. Re-
freshments will be served.

Fertig Named Chairman
of Congress Elections

NEW YORK (WNS) — M.
Maldwin Fertig, who was coun-
sel to Franklin D. Roosevelt
when the latter was governor of
New York, has been named
chairman of the national elec-
tions board of the American
Jewish Congress charged with
the responsibility of formulating
and executing the rules and
regulations governing the na-
tional democratic elections of
the congress to be held June 25
to 27. Mr. Fertig, who is a
member of the New York City
Transit Commission, is a mem-
ber of the congress' governing
council and administrative com-
mittee.

Young Israel Adult
Classes Will Hold
Closing Exercises

The Young Israel adult exten-
sion classes will bring to a close
a successful season of educational
work with an elaborate program to
be held on Saturday evening, April
30, at 9, at Lachar's Banquet
Hall, 8939 12th St.
Members of the faculty—Rabbi
Jacob Ungar, Rabbi Isaac Stoll-
man, Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter,
Rabbi Nahum Schulman, Irving
Schlussel and visiting lecturers,
Rabbi Moses Fisher, Walter Far-
ber, Meyer Weisenfeld and Mrs.
J. isbe
y, together with representa-
tives of the student body will par-
ticipate in the program.
The committee in charge has ar-
ranged a musical program to be
given by the Detroit Cantors' As-
sociations, represented by Cantors
Reuben Boyarsky, .1. Mogul], J.
Silverman, Max Snyder, .1. Skol-
nick and A. Muldowsky.
There will be a violin rendition
by Miss Sadie Cooper.
The presentation of gifts to the
faculty members in appreciation of
the fine services rendered this sea-
son will be made by Abbe Levi, ex-
president of Young Israel, under
whose term of office these classes
were instituted.
David I. Berrie, president of
Young Israel, will act as chair-
man for the occasion. Refresh-
ments will be served, admission
being free. The public is invited.
The educational committee respon-
sible for the success of these classes
consists of Irving Schlussel, Julius
G reenberg, Isadore Cohen, Sam
Saks, Asher Berlin and Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Isbee,

PURELY COMMENTARY

PP PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

How Vienna Jews Let Us Know of
Their Troubles

Viennese Jews have a way of letting us know
their troubles. The very method adds to the
horror of their position.
Leonard Lyons informs us in his syndicated col-
umn in the New York Post that a Broadway enter-
tainer received the following letter from his rela-
tives in Vienna: "We can't understand why the
foreign press is so agitated over what is happening
here. Everything is wonderful here, and perfectly
grand, and the stories you print don't tell the
truth as we see it. It's so wonderful here now
that we can't think of any other place we'd like
to be—except possibly with Aunt Rosie." "Aunt
Rosie" had been dead for years, but the Nazi
censors who passed this letter did not know it.
Here is realization of prophecy that the day would
arrive when the living will envy the dead.
Rabbi Moses Fischer provides us with the text of
a card from Vienna to American relatives, also
passed by the Nazi censors, in which the unfor-
tunate Austrian Jews inform their relatives of
their plight as follows: "We had a guest on Purim
—Mr. Tishobov; and Miss Tzoroth arrived. I can't
say we were very pleased with them."
Is there a heart too stony to be moved by such
subtle cries for help?

Detroit's Contribution to Palestine

Rabbi Hershman made an interesting point in
his sermon on the concluding day of Passover with
regard to Detroit Jewry's contributions to Pales-
tine. The martyrdom of Ephraim Ticktin, he said,
is the greatest contribution this community has
made to the Land of Israel. It is a most significant
point since it serves further to emphasize the es-
teem and the affection in which our pioneers are
held by Jews everywhere; since, also, it serves to
show that those who stake their lives for Pales-
tine's redemption perpetuate their names indel-
ibly in the history of their people. There is eter-
nity for our pioneers because they are the trail-
blazers of a new life and a new hope, all sacrifices
notwithstanding. The Jewish people knows how
to value the unselfish efforts of its heroes.

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Women Make Their Marks as Leaders

American Jewish women are making their marks
as leaders in important causes.
Miss Henrietta Szold continues to hold a position
of priority. Not only the Jews of America and
Palestine, but those of numerous other countries
have seen fit to honor her on numerous occasions.
Last summer she was given a touching tribute by
the Jews in Germany. Now we are in receipt of
additional evidence of the esteem in which she is
held in England. At a function at which she was
honored in London. Miss Szold was presented with
checks for $6,500. Of this sum, $5,000 was netted
from the proceeds of the luncheon attended by 500
women, and an additional sum of $1,600 was given
her by Harry and Miriam Sacker. Miss Szold is to
use this money to carry on her special social serv-
ice work in Palestine.
Another brilliant woman who has made her
mark as a leader is Mrs. Arthur Brin, one of the
most prominent figures in the National Council of
Jewish Women. Two years ago she was selected
one of the ten leading women in America. She is
recognized as one of the most important spokes-
men for the peace movement in this country.
Recognition of women as leaders came last
month with the selections for their boards of di-
rectors by two national agencies. Mrs. Felix M.
Warburg was elected a director of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America and Mrs. Leon
L. Wafters was chosen a member of the executive
board of the Union of 5merican Hebrew Congre-
rcatiqns• In both instances it is the first time
that women have been chosen to serve on these
bodies. Thus, the services of Jewish women are ,
being recognized and their leadership qualities will
serve further to contribute to the advancement of
Jewish cultural and social service activities of
American Jewry.

"Quotation Marks"

Opinions on Movements, Causes and Occurrences in
Jewish Life

Herman Radoer—"Three thou-
sand German Jews are reported
as having completed vocational
training courses in 123 special
training centers in overseas lands
during 1937, with the aid of funds
supplied by the Joint Distribution
Committee. The J. D. C. is a
beneficiary of the Allied Jewish
Campaign. The training offered
young German Jews is a powerful
argument for liberal giving to
the 1938 Campaign."
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Maurice Samuel—"I cannot un-
derstand why Jewa should base
their claim to a Jewish homeland
in Palestine upon bare historic
data, saying that since our fore-
fathers lived there for a thousand
years or more, we, their descend-
ants, are entitled to return. It
would not matter to me if 'we'
had lived there only a hundred
years, and if we were intermarried
by now beyond all ethnic recog-
nition. One fact alone matters

which transcends all other things
and directs them. The spirit
which was born in Palestine be-
tween 20 and 30 centuries ago,
which has given personality to
that country, was driven forth
alive, in the person of the group
which it invested. Had that spirit
died in exile, there would have
been nothing more to say. But it
did not die. It still lives, still
suffers, still compels the lives of
men and women. Its demand for
a return to the place of its birth
is not fictitious. We have been
offered land more tempting—but
the spirit that is in us refuses to
respond. If there is any meaning
at all in an hereditary culture, in
the forces which move among us
to make us something more than
the brute, then we can base our
claim Oh something greater than
the need of the individual—the
need of a spirit which cannot live
itself out except in the place of
its birth."

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of the great overseas work? It
goes without saying that the most
dreadful of all events in recent
years have been crushing and de-
stroying the Jews of Eastern and
Central Europe. The Austrian
situation dramatizes all of our
other problems, too. Almost
without warning we have been
faced with the destruction of an-
other Jewish community—a com-
munity of 200,000 souls. The de-
liverance of the Jews of Austria
into the hands of the Nazis is
perhaps the most terrible thing
that has happened to our people.
What it took four years to accom-
plish in Germany in the declassing
and degrading of Jews has been
achieved in a few weeks in Aus-
tria. Jews are being driven
swiftly from all commerce and
trading. Homes and shops have
been pillaged. Funds have been
confiscated and many have been
brutally beaten and driven to sui-
cide. Others have been made the
victims of hoodlumism. Jewish
community organizations
have
been disrupted and our people
have been cut off from the rest
of the world. Those who had the
means were not even permitted
leave the country. Thousands
Mothers' Clubs Calendar to
of Jews, trapped like animals in
a cage, can't in decency remain
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countries and notably in Palestine,
we must give help to those who
must live where they are as well
as others who are compelled to
stay, whether in the great new
colonies of Palestine where hope
has been born anew,' or in the
tragic centers of Germany, Aus-
tria, Poland and Rumania. Hope
is really not dead so long as we
in America give our hearts and
our material assistance to those
who need our help.
More important than anything
else, the Allied Jewish Campaign
is being waged for ourselves, for
our own prestige, for our own
dignity and for our own self-
respect. We can keep our heads
high and we can retain our status
as decent human beings only if
we remember that all Jews are
brethren and that their suffering
is our suffering, their failure, our
failures. The call is serious and
urgent The response must be
immediate and generous.
Don't endeavor to get off as
cheap as you can, but your re-
sponse most be immediate and
generous.

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At the next meeting of the
Jewish Community Center Men's
Club, on Tuesday, May 10, a spe-
cial health program is being ar-
ranged, according to Dr. Leon A.
Katzin, chairman of the program
committee. It is planned to have
wives of members present at this
meeting. Dr. Jack Jackman, presi-
dent of the group, has also an-
nounced that only paid-up mem-
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