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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portion — Ex. 13:17-17:1G.
Prophetical portion—Judges 4:4-5:31.
February 3, 1939
Shvat 14, 5699
Mischa Elman s Concert
Mischa Elman, eminent violinist, now
rates among the great humanitarians who
are giving their best efforts to aid the
cause of the refugees, without considera-
tion of their race or creed.
His series of concerts, which began with
the successful musical event in New York,
are rightfully being hailed as an impor-
tant contribution for a most humane
cause. His appearance in Detroit will
also be a signal for recognition in this
community of the splendid manner in
which he is participating in one of the
most pressing humanitarian appeals of all
times. It is to be expected that Orchestra
Hall will be filled to overflowing next
Wednesday when Mr. Elman makes his
appearance here in behalf of the refugee
funds.
A Lullaby for Jewry?
Clarifying Refugee Issue
In many quarters there has been mis-
understanding of the refugee problem, in
spite of the fact that so much is written
and spoken about it. There are Jews as
well as non-Jews who have misled into be-
lieving that most of the refugees are Jews.
The opposite is, of course, the truth. In
a recent cable from Bucharest, for in-
stance, it was reported that 26 German
refugees were saved from death or from
being sent to concentration camps when
their migration to Palestine was facilitat-
ed. Of these 26, 14 are non-Jews.
In line with the misunderstanding of the
refugee problem, criticism has been direct-
ed against the Lord Baldwin Fund for Ref-
ugees in England. It has been charged that
this fund, which is approaching the $2,-
000,000 mark in collections, is for purely
Jewish purposes. This compelled the Eng-
lish Catholic and Anglican Primates and
leaders of the Free Church of England and
the Church of Scotland to write a letter
to the London Times denying the charge.
The letter is signed by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, Cardinal Macy, Archbishop
of Westminster, Dr. Robert Mond, Modera-
tor of the Federal Council of Free Church-
es of England, and Dr. James Black, Mod-
erator of the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland, who state:
"The Lord Baldwin Fund has been criti-
Major persecutions of Jews did not be-
gin in our generation with Nazis. There
were pogroms in Russia, the Ukraine, Po-
land and in the Orient before the advent
of Nazism. But Hitlerism aggravated the
situation and made things much worse for
our people. Now the danger is widespread
We are a nation trapped. Riots have
broken out in European countries, in the
Orient, on the American continent. There
is a weekly spiritual pogrom over the ra-
dio, from the shrine of a Catholic church
in Royal Oak, Mich. A typically-Russian
pogrom took place in Mexico last week.
The poison is spreading.'
But where is the Jewish leadership that
Is expected to be on guard against these
outrages? What are the wise men doing?
Do they expect the' masses of the Jewish
people to remain silent and to be content
with the publication of a leaflet or the
creation of what they believe is "unity?"
Is it their intention to compose a lullaby
for Israel?
For many years Jews have craved for
unity. But who will assume to say that
what was desired was the unity of inac-
tivity and of silence?
The General Jewish Council is expected
by the Jewish people to act in defense of
Jewish rights. It is not enough that it
should publish a pamphlet or two, or
place a Catholic on the radio to deliver a
beautiful oration. This is a time for action
and for self-defense. This is a time for
throwing back the lie that is hurled at us.
It is not easy to outline a program for
action in defending our honor and in chal-
lenging the lies that are being spread
against us. But the General Jewish Coun-
cil is expected to act whenever such lies
are fabricated, else the air will become
too thick with the fog of ignorance and in-
decency.
Last Sunday's address by the Rev.
Charles E. Coughlin was a sample of this
type of ignorance. Presuming to be an au-
thority on everything under the sun, this
radio rabble-rouser assumed to know some-
thing about race as distinguished from na-
tionality, and he spoke of Irish and English
and Hebraic races as compared with
American nationality. We admit that it
is undignified to argue with a man of his
caliber, but we deny that we ought to
refrain from protesting to the church in
whose garb he speaks against the in-
decencies he utters in an appeal to hatred.
Father Coughlin has already been hailed
a hero by Nazis in Germany and Fascists
in Italy. Is this the type of heroism
Catholic churchmen aspire to?
It is time Jewish leadership woke up
to the realization that a pamphlet or two,
or a speech or two, are not enough. Non-
Jewish writers who feel outraged by the
spread of bigotry over the radio have writ-
ten and spoken better sermons than any of
us can compose. They are better able to
do it since they are in position to be more
objective and less panicky. But the very
silence and inactivity of our national lead-
ers is a sign of submission to a state of
panic.
It is useless, of course, to speak of the
less important groups in our midst which
copy the program of the General Jewish
Council and wait for a signal from the
major body to act. But if the various
councils will continue to pursue a policy of
inactivity, then a despairing and dissatis-
fied Jewish community may be compelled
to say that when and if silence will be
made a guiding principle in community ac-
tion, other means may have to be found
to express the sentiments of a self-re-
specting American Jewry who refuses to
submit to indignity emanating from a pur-
veyor of hatred and bigotry.
There may be differences of opinion
relative to the methods to be pursued in
figting the menace of anti-Semitism. But
one thing is certain: it is not silence or
the imposition of the will of a few . upon
the mass of the Jewish people. It is sheer
folly to expect that an entire people will
remain silent in the face of danger. That
which has happened elsewhere is also pos-
.,
is permitt ed
sible here—if the ra d io bigot
to emit the type of venom which he has
been feeding these winter Sundays to his
radio audience.
Before it is too late, American Jewish
leadership must realize that this is not a
cized on the grounds that the refugee problem
is a Jewish problem, and that it is incumbent
upon Jewry to cope with it without seeking
outside assistance. We believe that it needs
only a plain statement of facts to show that
such criticism is without foundation.
"(1) Since the year 1933 the refugee prob•
lem in Central Europe has never been purely
Jewish. 'Aryan' and 'non-Aryan' Christians to
the number of at least 100,000—and this is
probably a gross under-estimate—are seeking
asylum.
"(2) Hitherto the greater part of the relief
accomplished has been paid out of Jewish
funds without regard for the race or religion
of the recipients.
"(3) The Jewish community have never
asked for the assistance of Christian Church-
es; on the contrary, the present appeal came
into being because these Churches felt that
the time had come for them to play their part
in the relief of this great volume of human
suffering.
"Finally, apart from the fact that so many
of the sufferers are Christian, though this by
itself should be enough, the refugee problem,
by its very nature. makes the most insistent
demand upon the charity of all Christian
people."
The mere fact that this statement need-
ed to be made is in itself a matter of ex-
treme regret. But it is well that the truth
was stated. Furthermore, it is an act of
justice that the English churchmen in-
dicated that "the Jewish community have
never asked for the assistance of Christian
Churches." The truth must be made
known, unless insult is to be added to in-
jury.
PURELY COMMENTARY
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
"The Fagots of the Inquisition!"
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DRAMATIZE GIFTS
OF JEWRY- TO U. S.
ON RADIO SUNDAY
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Judge?" was: Yes, 82 per cent; no, 18 per cent.
We take it for granted that this poll was con-
ducted on the basis of merit. But the Michigan
Catholic has done a most un-American thing by
injecting the religious issue into this discussion.
Therefore, we are tempted to accept the chal-
lenge of our Catholic contemporary. If the im-
plication in the statement "no danger of Catholics
monopolizing political offices in the country at
large" is that the Jews d o monopolize such of-
fices, then we would welcome a survey of jobs held
by Jews as compared with those filled by
Catholics. To encourage such a survey means
to sacrifice the principle of merit and fair com-
petition on the basis of ability. But it is our
Catholic confrere, not we, who raises the issue.
But our complaint is mainly on the score of
your having raised the religious issue in discus-
sing the appointment of Mr. Justice Frankfurter.
Don't you think, Mr. Editor of Michigan Catholic,
that you ought to repent for it?
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erican Jews will receive mention.
All, through a rich cultural back-
ground, brought immeasurable
gifts to American life.
The broadcast on Feb. 5 prom-
ises to be one of the most thor-
ough treatments of the contribu-
tions of world Jewry to American
life broadcast on a nation-wide
network. Millions of listeners are
expected to tune in to the epic of
a persecuted people who like the
Catholics, Puritans, Quakers found
refuge in the New World and
added magnificently to its cultu-
ral, social and economic develop-
ment.
In his very great book, "Days of Our Years,"
about which we shall have more to say in the
coining weeks, Pierre Van Paassen, eminent jour-
nalist, foreign correspondent and world traveler,
tells of an incident in his early youth which com-
pels us to sit up and to think seriously on the
question of the progress that has been made by
religion in the past 400 years.
Mr. Van Paassen tells about the friendship
of his Uncle Kees and a geometrist in the small
community in Ilolland where he spent his youth.
"Theirs," he relates, "was the strangest friend-
ship I ever came across: Uncle Kees possessed
Presiding at the initial meeting an enthusiastic and sensitive nature, while the
of the budget committee. Mrs. geometrist was a short-spoken, dry-humored man.
Ehrlich introduced Henry Montor, What they did have in common was their con-
To Promote Goodwill
who described the major fields in tempt for politics and a detestation of the Catho-
The programs. "Americans All
which the dollars raised for the lic Church and all its works. Neither of them
Immigrants Allt' seek to "Pro-
United Jewish Appeal will be put ever voted. Once, while strolling along together,
mote beter understanding for and
to work. Stating that among the we saw a certain Roman chaplain approach in
among all the culture and racial
500,000 Jews left in Germany the distance. The geometrist remarked bitterly,
groups in this country through a
A Miracle: A One - Sided Question
there are 70,000 children under 'Whenever I see that monk, I smell the fagots of
We could quote innumerable instances of other knowledge of the contributions
14 years of age; 15,000 children the Inquisition!'"
made by each." Different from
blunders
made
by
the
Michigan
Catholic
in
dis-
A bit farther in the same chapter, still speak-
from 15 to 17 and 165,000 adults
cussing questions affecting the Jewish people. anything ever attempted by the
from 17 to 45, Mr. Montor enu- ing of his youth in Holland, Mr. Van Paassen But we shall content ourselves with just one U. S. Commissioner of Education,
merated the essential steps by ogain refers to the Catholics: "The Catholics in more. In its issue of Jan. 26, this paper refers Dr. John W. Studebaker, the
which the beneficiary organiza- our community were unimportant citizens who to the "deep sympathy" voiced recently by Ar- weekly broadcasts open new ave-
tions of the Unted Jewish Appeal kept to themselves and suffered from a minority thur Cardinal Ilinsley of London for the Arabs nues for popular entertainment
are endeavoring to meet their complex. Few of our people doubted that if of Palestine, and quotes the Brooklyn Tablet and education.
needs. "The first step," said Mr. ever they should regain power they would soon as charging that the London Cardinal's opinions
"Europe's desperate plight, with
Montor, "is the training and re- bring back the Inquisition and the torture cham- were suppressed. The Tablet, notorious for its neighbor set against neighbor,"
training of these younger German bers to wash their hands in the blood of the defense of Coughlinism, is quoted further as said Dr. Studebaker, "cannot be
Jews to enable them to earn their heretics."
stating: "The press in this country has led people suffered in the United States. We
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livelihood in other lands. Second,
to believe there is only one side to the Arab- in this country do not know racial
The Fagots in Royal Oak
the establishment of refugee
Jewish question." Is this true? The facts are to or national boundaries. Although
camps — many already exist in
It was painful to read these references. We the contrary. When Arab propagandists came composed of many immigrant
England, Belgium, Switzerland had pleaded for Catholic friendship, made bids here, they found a receptive press. When these strains, we are one people! All
and Holland. Third, direct relief for their co-operation in defending democratic Arab propagandists wrote to Coughlin's Social Americans, all born of immigrant
for both adults and children with- institutions, looked to them as co-victims of Naz- Justice approving of his attacks on the Jews, they forbears. Listeners to 'Americans
in Germany, where the Joint Dis- ism. We had—we hope we still have—good Were given space. Even the liberal Catholic weekly All—Immigrants All' have the op-
tribution Committee feeds 35,000 reason to believe that as scapegoats of the same Commonweal gave these Arabs a hearing. There portunity to hear little-known tri-
individuals daily."
brutal regime we could unite to work together in is not a daily newspaper of importance either umphs of the American spirit of
"The German - Jewish popula- the cause of human decency.
in this country or on the European continent tolerance and hospitality to all
tion," continued Mr. Montor, "is
Anti-Semitic outbursts on the part of some Catho- that has not publicized the claims of the Arabs. those who have pledged allegiance
only a small part of the entire lics are, after all, not the official works of the But where there is a chance to hurt the Jewish to the United States."
problem. The position of the Jews church. The Pope has spoken time and again cause and Jewish aspirations, there are antagon-
in Poland is only slightly better against anti-Semitism. Prominent Catholics have ists about us who would again brand the issue as
than that of the Jews of Ger- protested bigotry.
one-sided—with the implications, of course, that
many. Six thousand of the 20,000
Mr. Van Paassen's "Days of Our Years" relates Jews keep it so to their own advantage.
Jews abandoned at the Polish- a beautiful legend about the visit of Pope Benedict
We wonder whether the Michigan Catholic and
German frontier, are still living XV to the war front during the war to comfort the Brooklyn Tablet would publish the expres-
there, housed in stables. The Jews the soldiers and to preach peace and good will. sions of opinion of the •moderate Arabs who do
of Poland, as a whole, suffer pov-
From the Vatican have come innumerable mes- not subscribe to the attitude of the London
Arrangements for the 14th an-
erty and restrictions; and the po- sages of encouragement. The Popes have consist- Cardinal? Or do they prefer to have it remain nual concert of the Detroit Hal-
sition of the Jewish populations ently preached social justice, and it is a pity that a one-sided question—by innuendo to our dis- evy Singing Society, which is to
of Rumania, Hungary, Italy and not all their followers adhere to them. This is in advantage?
take place at the Masonic Temple
the City of Danzig is almost as itself proof of the existence of all elements—good
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on March 26, are now proceed-
precarious."
and bad—among all groups.
ing under the direction of Max
Don't Become Inured to Calumny!
Programs already in force, and
But there is Royal Oak, and Social Justice;
Shapiro, Halevy vice-president and
Why
pick
on
these
little
things,
you
may
ask?
those projected for refugee and there is Father Coughlin, who, until Jan. 9, was
general concert committee chair-
immigration work in South Amer- editor of this magazine reeking with hatred "By Because they are unjust misstatements of facts. man. Mr. Shapiro will have the
lean countries and the United Permission of His Superior." (This legend has It is easy to ignore insults, to remain silent in assistance of Morris Scheyer. past
the
face
of
attacks,
to
rise
above
our
enemies
and
States, were detailed by Mr. Mon- since been removed from the masthead of Social
president of Halevy as co-chair-
tor, who told, also, of continued Justice). There are Catholic leaders who either to refuse to dignify them with our attention. But
man.
plans for the upbuliding of Pales- approve frankly and openly of Coughlin's ma- there is one danger in this: if you keep silent
Special sub - committees have
tine, recounting vivid tales of the chinations, or give him tacit consent by their too long you run the danger of becoming inured
to injustice and to calumny. Such hardening of been appointed as follows: Musi-
heroism and spirit of hope in the failure to condemn his actions.
the heart and the mind must be avoided. A cal program, Dan Frohman, Wil-
Jewish homeland.
How can we possibly refrain from recognizing human being must cry out against injustice. If liam Gayman, Max Levy and Bel-
Warburg 's Message
the fagots of the Inquisition in Royal Oak?
he does not it will soon affect not only himself la Goldberg; ticket distribution,
That there is no pat formula
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but also his neighbors and the entire human race, Gertrude Matrick and Ann Zuch-
for the solution to the problem
A Subtle Challenie
ter; program book. Max Shipiro,
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which faces Jewry today, was the
Joshua Joyrich, Selma Korn and
Social Justice and its guiding hand are not
Hatred Breeds Hatred
opinion of Mr. Warburg. "The
The major point in human psychology to re- Julius Chafetz; publicity, David
20,000,000 dollars, which the alone responsible for arousing suspiciou that
member is that hatred breeds hatred; that sin Goldberg, Sarah Joyrich, and Dr.
United Jewish Appeal hopes to leads to hatred.
William Klein; house and stage,
Here is an item from the Michigan Catholic breeds sin; that prejudice begets prejudice.
raise in 1939, will not solve it,
One day 2,000 supporters of Coughlin parade Gertrude Matrick and David
but it will make possible a con- of Jan. 20, that speaks for itself:
in front of the WMCA Radio Station in New York Goldberg; uniform dress, Sarah
structive program not only of re-
Commenting on the appointment of Erik •rank-
haler In the V. S. Supreme Court. the manuging editor
in a boycott movement of this station for having Joyrich and Bella Goldberg.
lief, but of rehabilitation for the
of The Brooklyn Tablet pertinently note* that t hin
The Halevy chorus is directed
banned the Royal Oak broadcaster from the air
coming year. It will give the Jews
action "aliens once more . . that anti-Semitism
for fomenting racial and religious hatred. The by Dan Frohman, assisted by
amounts to little or nothing In Influential Owl. In
of America an opportunity to
William Cayman, with Celia Plot-
this
eon
try."
with
nearly
00
per
cent
of
next
day
10,000
people
parade
in
the
heart
of
make history and to accept the
the total populnAlon, haze one of their faith on the
New York in a demonstration in favor of lifting nick and Sarah Bloomfield at
challenge handed to our genera-
Supreme Ctourtand Jeszyk with a few per cent of the
ple. are represented by too B)),Y"
total number opeo
the Spanish embargo. In both instances, the reli- two pianos. Tickets for the com-
tion."
monopoliz-
OA the MATO bench. No danger of Catholics
gious issue has been injected. One day if is anti- ing concert will soon be avail-
Abe Srere, president of the
ing wlitleal °niece in the country at Write.
able. All seats will be reserved.
Jewish; the next it is anti-Catholic.
Jewish Welfare Federation; Fred
Not only the lawyers of this country but the
It is necessary to avoid every attempt at
M. Butzel, chairman, and Ilenry
Wineman of the Federation ex- vast majority of the American people approved o f fomenting hatred. The Middle Ages should not be PURIM DANCE OF
ecutive committee; and Simon the appointment of Prof. Felix Frankfurter to repeated. The mistakes of the Inquisition must
Shetzer, chairman of the board the United States Supreme Court and its unani - not be re-enacted. All race and religious bigotries SHAAREY ZEDEK JR.
of the Detroit Service Group also mous ratification by the United States Senate . must be condemned. For this purpose all Ameri- CONGREGATION FEB. 25
The poll conducted by the Institute of Public cans must unite in the single front: teh ideal of
addressed the meeting.
Opinion, under the direction of Dr. George Gal - Americanism which does not tolerate prejudice
The annual Purim dance of the
The grandfather of Clown Fe- lun. showed that the vote of those who replied to and intolerance.
Junior Congregation of Shaarey
The motto of all Americans must be: avoid Zedek will be held in the social
lix Adler was the mayor of Clin- the question "Do you think Felix Frankfurte r
will make a good United States Supreme Cour t hatred that begets hatred.
hall of the synagogue on Feb. 25.
ton, Ia.
Plea for Spiritual Comfort
Halevy Concert
Committee Named
DOROTHY THOMPSON WARNS REFUGEE
ISSUE IS ERA'S CHRONIC DISEASE
A Jew who is still living in Germany
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)
at the bottom of the tragic purge
has been prompted by the special news
is filling the Russian land
bulletins that are broadcast in the Ger- sibilities in the use of our vast which
with terror."
man language by the British Broadcasting national resources."
comparison of the dictators,
Corporation to ask for a radio Sabbath Living Standards Fall in Dicta- Mr. In Whitaker
states that, "Mus-
torships
eve service for German Jews. In a letter
solini is the most articulate in-
"The dictatorships always look tellectual among modern tyrants.
to the London Jewish Chronicle this Ger-
until the last five minutes,"
man Jew, who wrote anonymously, stated: good
was the way the late Thomas Thomas Mann Predicts Revolt of
"Formerly we had some 650 synagogues
in Germany. Of these only about 30 have
not been destroyed, and even these remaining
places of worship we Jews are forbidden to
use. Thus, added to our many sorrows is
the deprivation of spiritual comfort from
Divine Service.
"In one case a sympathetic and courageous
Roman Catholic priest, aware of our suffer-
ings on this a ccount—we are not allowed to
gather in private houses for prayer—offered
to lend his church for the local Jewish com•
munity. But when it was learned that the
priest, had his offer been accepted, would
have been punished, there was no alterna•
tire but to refuse his kindness.
"Could the British broadcasting authorities
add to their previous kindnesses by giving
us every Friday evening • short radio Sab-
bath eve service—just a few Sabbath psalms
and prayers sung by • Charon (cantor) who
knows the customary settings used in syna-
gogues in Germany in happier days? They
cannot imagine what a comfort this would be
to us.
"If there should be any scruple about
broadcasting on Sabbath, perhaps • groom-
phon e record could be made of the service
which might even include • brief ethical
address to help us to keep up our hopes in
the long night of difficulty. I am told that
Rabbinical authorities in Palestine have de-
cided that this is not contrary to the Law."
While it is difficult to explain how such
a letter could have gotten out of Germany,
its authenticity is vouched for. It is clear
that its authorship was motivated by a
craving for much needed solace. German
Jewry is starved not only physically but
also spiritually. It will be a happy day
for mankind when both needs can be ful-
filled.
Dr. Solomon Goldman
Dr. Solomon Goldman, president of the
Zionist Organization of America, has
been given a leave of absence by his
loyal Chicago congregation to enable him
to carry on his work as the guiding gen-
ius of the Zionist movement in this coun-
try.
This step should be welcomed by all
American Jews Dr. Goldman, who is a
tireless leader and a brilliant interpreter
of Zionist ideology, will now be in posi-
tion to give his best efforts to the Jewish
national cause. May his hands be
strengthened in this great effort.
Masaryk, founder and president
•of Czechoslovakia once put it.
Evidence as to how they already
look today to capital and work-
ers has been gathered for the
Survey Graphic.
In the Third Reich, according
to Arthur Feller, former German
economist. now on the graduate
faculty of the New SChool for
Social Research, real wages have
constantly declined since Hitler
came to power. "There has been
a marked deterioration of quality
of consumers goods" since the
state stepped in to tell capitalists
what to manufacture and how
much, he writes, "and the scar-
city of many products necessi-
tates the purchase of more expen-
sive substitutes." As profits have
been strictly limited by National
Socialism, Dr. Feller finds that
the workers carry a constantly
larger share of the "mounting
tax burden which absorbed 24.6
per cent of the national income
in 1937. In addition to taxes,
there are 'contributions' in end-
less variety, and nobody is free
to refuse to make them—to the
Nazi party and to all of its var-
i0U.S subdivisions."
Perhaps the greatest Nazi
trickery of all, according to Dr.
Feller is that although employ-
ment has been "liquidated" by
conscription of labor. "unemploy-
ment insurance premiums, which
were increased during the de-
pression, are still collected at the
emergency rate, and the insur-
ance funds are used as a sourse
for financing the armament
bills."
John T. Whitaker, foreign cor-
respondent, who has observed
conditions first hand in Russia.
Germany and Italy, says that
ancient patterns of despotism are
all repeated in these modern
tyrannies. "that in the game of
palace intrigue and court favor
the majority of the people are
always at a disadvantage as
fawning extremists pursue blind-
ly zealous enthusiasm for a de-
finable policy." lie says that,
"It is the desire of the Russian
.
good things of life and a less
Spartan existence. which explains
in a large measure why Russia has
so far not solved the production
Problem. And it is the nrocic-
lion problem in turn which lies
German Middle Class
Intellectuals
In spite of the "surrender" as
he puts it, of many of the Ger-
man people to "the degradation
called National Socialism," to-
day Dr. Mann, the great Ger-
man novelist in exile at Prince-
ton, N. J., is not hopeless that
they may not yet find their own
salvation. Why? Because of
his own evolution as a German.
"Where should I stand today,"
he says, "on what side should
I be, if in my conservatism I had
clung to a Germany which in the
end has not been saved, by all of
its music and all of its intellec-
tualism, from surrender to the
lowest form of worship of power,
nor from a barbarism which
threatens the foundations of our
Western civilization?
"The unhappy course of Ger-
man history, which has issued in
the cultural catastrophe of Na-
tional Socialism, is in truth very
much bound up with that un-
political cast of the bourgeois
mind, and with its anti-democratic
habit of looking down the nose
from its intellectual and cultural
height at the sphere of political
and social action.
"Often I have said: 'Before
things can get better in Germany,
they must reach the point where
when they hear the word free-
dom, Germans burst into tears.'
They do not seem to be far from
that point now. After six years
of the Gestapo state, it looks as
though the German bourgeois is
coming to understand the mean-
ing of the words freedom, jus-
tice, human dignity, duty and
conscience. And to understand
that these words are more than
the humanitarian mouthings of
a cheap revolutionarism. But
certain things are more easily
lost than found again."
This is sort of first hand con-
version to the idea that "politics
are part of the human problem"
as told by Dr. Mann in a lead-
ing article.
To the American middle classes
and especially their leaders of
thought he writes:
"Today we know the inhuman
horrors of a code where in it is
the end of man to be consumed
in the state."
Inted-Faith Program
This Sunday Morning
A unique program will be
presented on Sunday morning,
Feb. 5, from 9:30 to 10 a. rn,
over Radio Station WWJ, in
which a Rabbi, a Priest, and a
Protestant minister will partic-
ipate in an inter-faith program.
Dr. Henry Hitt Crane of the
Central Methodist Episcopal
Church will speak in behalf of
the Protestant Church. Father
Joseph Luther, S. J., of the
University of Detroit will speak
for the Catholic Diocese, Rabbi
Joshua S. Sperka of Congrega-
tion Bnai David will represent
the Jewish faith.
The choirs of the respective
groups will participate in the
musical program.
The general topic of the pro-
gram is: "How to Develop Bet-
ter Relations Between Faiths."
State's Synagogue
Executive to Meet
In Detroit Feb. 5
The executive committee of the
Michigan Synagogue Conference,
the recently organized state-wide
organization of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations, will have its first
plenary session in Detroit on Sun-
day, Feb. 5, at 2 p. in., at the
Young Israel Building, 2691 Joy
Road. The meeting will discuss
the following subjects:
Constitution and By-Laws; sur-
vey of Orthodox Congregations
in Michigan and unorganized
families; affiliation dues and bud-
get; arrangement of spring con-
ference; appointment of standing
committees.
The meeting will be addressed
by Rabbi Joseph II. Lookstein of
New York, who is a national offi-
cer of the Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations of America
and associate professor of homil-
etics at Yeshiva College, New
York.
The provisional officers of the
Michigan Synagogue Conference
elected at the Bay City organiza-
tion meeting, Jan. 15, are: Presi-
dent, Rabbi Max J. Wohlgeleren-
ter of Detroit; vice-president,
Rabbi S. Z. Feinberg of Flint;
secretary, David I Berri% of De-
troit; treasurer, S. B. Weinberg
of Saginaw.
The executive committee in-
cludes the rabbi and one delegate
from each affiliated congrega-
tion
The spiritual and lay readers
of all orthodox communities in
the state are invited to attend the
Feb. 6 meeting, in addition to the
officers and executive committee
members.
THOMAS MANN TO LECTURE IN DETROIT
liONEI.(71 , E1) FROB PAGE ONE)
bert Kahn, Hon. Allen Campbell,
W. P. Lovett, Fred Si. Butzel,
with each other in conferring lion. Harry J. Dingeman, Maurice
honors and degrees upon Mann, A. Engross, Rabbi Leon From,
withdrew them.
James II. Garlick, Dr. Leo Si.
He has chosen to make the Franklin, George B. Graves, Hon.
United States his new home, and D. J. Healy, Miles II. Knowles,
only a few weeks ago drew his Israel Himelhoch, Sirs. Malcolm
McKinnon, Hon. John J. Maher,
first citizenship papers. He lives
Dr. A. Si. Hershman, Guy W.
with his wife and his children, Moore, Charles Si. Novak, Miss
Klaus and Erika, who are them- Caroline Parker, Rev. Albert
selves regarded as among the Poetker, Simon Shetzer, Miss
most eminent of the younger gen- Claire M. Sanders, Dr. John II.
eration of writers. in Princeton, Slevin, Henry Wineman, Mrs.
N. J., not far from the home of Ernest O'Brien, J. D. Stoddard,
his friend Albert Einstein. Like Paul W. Voorhies, Frank X. Mar-
Einstein, the world's greatest tel, Mrs. Myron B. Vorce, Charles
scientist, Thomas Mann, t h e A. Wagner, Dr. H. Wellington
world's greatest writer, has found Yates, lion. Henry S. Sweeny.
in America a new haven of civil-
ization, for the refugees from
Germany's Dark Age. Because he
has made these great sacrifices
for the sake of his ideals, Thomas
Mann has become the world's
spokesman for the cause of free-
dom and democracy.
Thomas Mann's career as a fig-
The Detroit Auxiliary of the
ure of world importance began in Los Angeles Sanatorium and Ex-
1901 with the publication of Patients llome will celebrate its
"Buddenbrooks." a book which 12th anniversary with a donor
gave this author classic rank dinner dance on Sunday, March
among continental novelists. But 19, at the Phenix Temple, 114
it was the appearance, almost a Erskine, at John R.
century later, of "The Magic
The price- of admission is 25.
Mountain," that placed the name For information, call Madison
of Thomas Mann unquestionably 6766.
beside those of the great immor-
The auxiliary's newly elected
tals of literature—Dante, Goethe,
officers were installed at its last
Balzac, Shakespeare. The publica-
meeting, as follows: Nathan R.
tion of three volumes of his latest
Epstein, president; Charles Dish-
monumental work, the Joseph
ell, vice-president; Samuel Solo-
cycle, has served only to confirm
mon, recording secretary; Abra-
the overwhelming stature of his
ham Ii. Jaffin, executive secre-
artistic genius.
tary; Harris T. Glickman, treas-
While this will be Thomas urer; Samuel B. Kempner, finan-
Mann's first appearance in De- cial secretary; David I. Zide and
troit, he has already lectured in Hyman Friedman, investigators;
other cities, as in Ann Arbor un- Al. Schultz, sergeant - at - arms;
der the title of "The Corning Aaron Eckshtat, Jos. Feldman,
Victory of Democracy." This lec- Harry Goldenberg, Aaron Sha-
ture has since been published in pero, James J. Simon, Sam Tar-
book form and has been one of lof f and Barnet Zalessin, mem-
the year's best sellers throughout bers of the board of directors.
the country.
The installation meeting was
The lecture in Detroit will be also devoted to the celebration of
on the subject, "The Problem of the success of the last bazaar,
Freedom." Thomas Diann has which, together with the journal,
completely mastered the English will net about $4,300. A check
language and is now 'as eloquent for $4,000 has already been for-
in the use of Engilsh as he always warded to the sanatorium.
was in the use of his native
The auxiliary thanks all organ-
tongue. Believing that it is his izations and individuals, also the
duty to warn the democratic peo- press, for their cooperation. It
ples of the world of the menace also thanks the Synagogues for
of Fascism, he has adopted a the high holy day appeals. It
highly popular style of writing extends an invitation to the pub-
and lecturing. Ile comes to De- lic to participate in the 12th an-
troit under the auspices of the niversary celebration on Mar. 19.
League for Human Rights, among
the sponsors of which are Dr. Ed-
John Garfield, moviedom's re-
gar DeWitt Jones, Arthur
D. Maguire, Mrs. S. Homer Fer- cent find. was helped along the
guson, Dr. William .1. Cassidy, road to Hollywood by Jacob Ben-
Frank Cody, Dr. Henry II. Crane, Am', who himself Is now back in
Rev. Edward J. Hickey, Mrs. Al- the Yiddish theater.
L.A.S. Auxiliary's
$5 Dinner March 19
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