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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 21:1-24:23.
Prophetical portion—Ezek. 44:15-31.
May 5, 1939
Iyar 16, 5699
Hadassah: the Healer
Hadassah is the symbol of a healthy
Palestine. It is one of the basic limbs in
the movement for Jewish national redemp-
tion. Its slogan—"The Healing of the
Daughter of My People"—is not merely
a motto. It is a creed in an effort for Jew-
ish national redemption.
In turn, the symbols of Hadassah's cre-
ative spirit are the hospitals in Palestine
and the nurses' centers. On May 9, the
American Jewish Physicians' Committee,
together with Hadassah, the women's
Zionist organization of America, will cele-
brate the opening of the first non-sectarian
medical center in Palestine which was
just completed on Mt. Scopus in Jeru-
salem. The fact that this important insti-
tution was built during, and in spite of,
the Palestine disturbances, is an indica-
tion that the women are carrying on the
work for Palestine's redemption unafraid
and undeterred.
The Meyer de Rothschild-Hadassah-
University Hospital, as this institution is
called, will be a 300-bed health center
that will cater to the needs of the commu-
nity. Nurses for this hospital are being
trained in the Henrietta Szold School of
Nursing, which was started 20 years ago
by the founder of Hadassah. Working in
co-operation with the Hebrew University,
the completion of this building marks the
realization of an ideal—of the building
of a great system of health-giving and
health-teaching agencies in Palestine.
The work for Palestine's reconstruction
goes on. "The Healing of the Daughter of
My People" is not merely a motto: it is
a creed, and it is reality.
Campaign s Cultural Side
The Allied Jewish Campaign has a cul-
tural value that must not be overlooked.
There is need for able presentation of
the issues involved in the drive, and the
community leaders have made excellent
selections in the choice of speakers. As a
result, the workers were given an oppor-
tunity to hear the eminent Father William
C. Kernan of Bayonne, N. Y., able op-
ponent of Coughlinism; the chairmen of
the United Jewish Appeal, Dr. Abba Hillel
Silver and Dr. Jonah B. Wise; the bril-
liant Chicago leader, Albert Luker. They
will have an opportunity to hear the for-
mer Viennese jurist, Dr. Manfred Arie,
Marvin Lowenthal, Dr. Walton Cole,
Freda Kirchwey, Alexander Easterman
and many other outstanding personalities.
In this way, the Allied Jewish Campaign
makes a definite cultural contribution to
the community.
Revoke the Death Sentence
Nothing more heartless could possibly
have been perpetrated in Palestine than
the expulsion of the illegally entered im-
migrants.
It has been rightly said that their ex-
pulsion is tantamount to a death sentence.
No matter where these immigrants come
from, their return to their countries of
origin means their doom.
Jewry must therefore unite in opposi-
tion to the intolerable rulings of Great
Britain.
As long as the Jewish community of
Palestine is prepared to welcome these
new settlers and to provide homes for
them, no other considerations matter.
These settlers are not being imposed
either on British or Arab generosity or
hospitality. They are vouched for by the
Jewish people and they must not be made
pawns in England's political game. The
Jews of Palestine have the backing of
world Jewry in their demand that Eng-
land revoke the death sentence for the
illegal immigrants.
Children in Uniform
Children in ages of 10 to 18 have been
ordered to don uniforms in Germany.
Such conscription of little children is one
of the best proofs of the slave spirit that
dominates Nazi-land.
Thank God for America—where chil-
dren are still to be found in schools and on
the sandlots, and where the baseball bat
and glove are still Ile tools for play—not
the bayonet and the hand grenade.
The Women's Project
t
The Allied Jewish Campaign of Detroit
for 1939 may be said to have gotten off to
a good start primarily because of the ac-
tivities of the women's group. At this
writing it appears as if the $50,000 quota
assumed in the Women's Project will be
reached. This is an unusually successful
undertaking, since it is the first time that
a quota as large as this has been adopted
by the women and that an independent ef-
fort has been undertaken by them. The
women are to be congratulated on their
S UCCEISS, and for the men their effort is an
act
ncouragement.
LEADING BOYCOTT
Our Campaign
- AGENCIES UNITED
Detroit Jews will do well, during the
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current appeal for mercy and for liberal
giving to the most pressing causes in
Jewry, to read the following selection from
the Prophet Isaiah :
"Is it not to deal thy bread to the
hungry and that thou bring the poor
that are cast out to thy house? when
thou seest the naked, that thou cover
him; and that thou hide not thyself
from thy own flesh? Then shall thy
light break forth as the morning and
thy health shall spring forth speedily:
and thy righteousness shall go before
thee; the glory of the Lord shall be
thy reward. Then shalt thou call and
the Lord shall answer; thou shalt
cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If
thou take away from the midst of
thee the yoke, the putting forth of the
finger, and the speaking of vanity,
And if thou draw out thy soul to the
hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul;
then shall thy light rise in obscurity,
and thy darkness be as noon day, And
the Lord shall guide thee continually,
and satisfy thy soul in drought, and
make fat thy bones; and thou shalt be
like a watered garden, and like a
spring of water, whose waters fail not.
And they that shall be of thee shall
build the old waste places: thou shalt
raise up the foundations of many gen-
erations; and thou shalt be called, The
repairer of the breach, the restorer of
paths to dwell in."
ance to one who has fallen on evil
times, by presenting him with a gift or
loan, or procuring him work, thereby
helping him to become self-support.
ing.
Inferior to this is giving charity to
the poor in such a way that the giver
and recipient are unknown to each
other. This is. indeed, a performance
of a commandment from disinterested
motives; and it is exemplified in the
Temple, where the righteous secretly
deposited their alms and the respect.
able poor were secretly assisted.
Next in order is the donation of
money to the charitable funds of the
community. No contribution should be
made without the donors feeling con-
fident that the administration is hon-
est, prudent and capable.
Below this degree is the instance
when the donor is aware to whom he
is giving the alms but the recipient is
unaware from whom he received
them; as, e. g., the Great Sages who
used to go about secretly throwing
money through the doors of the poor.
This is quite a proper course to adopt
and at great virtue where the adminis-
trators of a charitable fund are not
acting fairly.
Inferior to this degree is the case
when the recipient knows the identity
of the donor, but not vice versa, as,
e. g., the Great Sages who used to tie
sums of money in linen bundles and
throw them behind their backs for
poor men to pick them up, so that they
should not feel shame.
The next four degrees, in their or-
der, are': The man who gives to the
poor before he is asked; the man who
gives money to the poor after he is
asked; the man who gives less than he
should, but does it with good grace;
and lastly, the man who gives grudg-
ingly.
,
But it is well to realize that the needy
are not the only ones involved in the ap-
peal
peal of the Allied Jewish Campaign. The
self-respect of our community is at stake.
If we fail the needy who are waiting for
our aid on the highways and byways of
the world, we undermine the security of
our own communal structure.
A generation ago, the late Dr. Israel
Friedlaender, who died a martyr's death
while on a relief mission to Eastern Eu-
rope, dreamed of an ideal community. He
saw this vision:
"we perceive ■ community great in numbers,
mighty in power, enjoying life, libert y and
the pursuit of happiness; true life, not mere
breathing space; full liberty, not more elbow
room; real happiness, not that of pasture
beasts; actively participating in the civic. so-
cial and economic pro tttt of the country,
fully sharing and increasing its spiritual pos-
sessions and acquisitions, doubling its joy ,
halting its sorrows: yet deeply rooted in the
soil of Judaism, clinging to its past, working
for its future, faithful to its aspirations, one
in sentiment with their brethren orb
they Cr. . .. adding • new note to the rich-
ness of American life, leading ■ new current
into the stream of American .
• community. distinct and distinguished, trust•
ed for its loyalty, respected for its dignity,
esteemed for its traditions and valued for
its aspirations. . • . "
We will be the stronger, and America
will be the richer, if we pattern our lives
and plan our activities in accordance with
such a program. It is still conceivable that
this dream will become a reality. But it will
remain a vision if we are hard-hearted, if
we are deaf to the cries of the needy and
the persecuted, if we do not show grati-
tude for our own security by sharing our
good fortune with the downtrodden,
The Allied Jewish Campaign provides
the opportunity for such service. Now is
the time for every Jew to say, in responAe
to the current appeal: "Ilineini! here
I am l"
How to Beat Communism
William F. Russell, dean of Teachers College
of Columbia University, delivered so brilliant an
address at the New York Department Convention
of the American Legion recently, that the Atlantic
Monthly saw fit to reprint it as a special article
under the title "How to Tell a Communist—And
How to Beat Him." The editors point out that
this address has attracted wide attention, And that
a reprint of it has already had a circulation of
100,000.
Prof. Russell's article is a remarkable docu-
ment. It is an attack on Communism, but it can
not be classed as red-baiting. It is a denunciation
of Marxism, but it does not incite to hatred. It
is, instead, an appeal to reason, a logical defense
of the right of freedom of speech and freedom
of assembly. it is a remarkable presentation of
the case for the American Way. Pointing out
that i
the three conditions "that give Communism
a chance to flower and flourish" are "First, wide-
d '. "'"'""
1" 'tit per cent spread misery, poverty, and distress; second, sup-
M r Third 10 101
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pression of freedom of speech and the right of
a hole wait., of her Pierian exchange
Imeeting and assembly; third, general ignorance,"
and b ■ •• ■ •
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- Dean Russell suggests a way of fightiag the men-
ilbspell.hle
for her prominent, If the ace.
"The „I resole het area the toM111.-
tool the democratic powers
1. no. entering the final and &chilli.
-tot, e In (hr United Metes are
toil .111
t rentiotalb11111 for the care
of outer Ion t Mat being nutted ogaina
half a billion people I11111 the aimoults
of the di, tutor •late• *gotta! ate free-
d
of all people," the •Ittlement If
anal 1. the I ...militated
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Go to the root of poverty and distress, he ad-
vises. "Whatever you may think of certain aspects
of the work of the present administration, you
must see that in the program of resettlement, in
the WPA, in the CCC camps, and in the Na-
tional Youth Administration, President Roosevelt
and his advisers have been helping the poor and
distressed. Some think we can never pay for it.
Some think that conditions will be worse in the
long run. We must admit, however, that what
they have done for the poor has been the most
powerful blow against Communism. . .
. Prof. Russell's second suggestion is: "Let The
att.' .
right of assembly become abridged and sympathy
The statement was also signed follows the supposedly injured party. If an idea
by Christopher T. Emet, Jr., is to subversive that it cannot be talked about
Margaret I. Lamont,
r. Robert openly, how alluring it is likely to be when it
S. Marcus, Philip Kapp and Har- is heard in a whisper! When you cannot speak
ry Galland.
on a public square, you gossip down the alley.
Among the prominent persons When you cannot meet in the open, you con-
who are members of the three spire in the cellar. Then you hear only one side.
coordinated committees are: Hen- Then you think you are a martyr, and you may
ry Noble McCracken. Oliver La- be willing to die for a belief which, because it
Forge, Mary E. Woolley, Rt. Rev. has never been effectively opposed, may be half-
G. Ashton Oldham, Pres. Frank formed and ill-considered. Ideas expressed openly
P. Graham, Maxwell S. Stewart, are, of course, subject to the law of treason,
Frank P. Walsh, Van Wyck slander or morality.
Brooks. Prof. John Dewey, Helen
And the third proposal is that "to hit Com-
Hall, Pres. William A. Neilson, munism at its weakest point you must have edu-
Nathaniel Peffer, Hon. Gifford cation. You cannot fight an idea by banishing
Pinchot. Oswald Garrison Villard, it. You cannot fight an idea by shooting it.
Stephen S. Wise, David Dubinsky, Purges, 'red scares,' teachers' oaths, discharging
Horace M. Kellen.
professors, never stopped Communism. The only
The Coordinated Committees way you can fight an idea is by meeting it with
!
will have its national headquar• another idea; and the only way you can meet it
tees at 151 W. 40th St., New with another idea is by proper education."
Here you have, in a nutshell. the American
York City.
Way. If applied properly and logically, it is the
finest cure for Communism, for Coughlinism, for
Judge Dingeman to Present general reaction and indecency.
What is most important: it is the best cure for
Trophy to Philomathic
those who thrive on "red-baiting."
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Norio a t Rol port lof
their foreign eycliange. tibia 'ear the
lienh am, losers
to ,.corn an
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limitable balance of $13,000,000 In It•
Inole .11h thili countre-1 he largext
fatorahle balance itince IPTI—and nei-
ther lierntan) nor the other nalretmor
nation, 111111
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•
At the 37th annual model
For a Militant Democracy
meeting debate of the Philo-
mathic Debating Club, the Judge When we speak of militant action in fighting
Harry J. Dingeman silver loving anti-Semitiam, in opposing "isms" that are for-
cup will be presented to the win- eign to the best traditions of this great land, we
ning team on the question: "Re-'refer to the necessity of insisting upon the appli-
solved that President Roosevelt cation of the American Way in dealing with our
Should Be Re-elected for a Third numerous problems.
Term." Competing for the cup
Gradually, the sincere elements in American
will be David Crohn, Emanuel life are beginning to think in such terms. Father
Ginzler, and Lewis Levin uphold-I William C. Kernan, rector of Trinity Episcopal
log the affirmative against David Church of Bayonne, N. J., and Rev. Walton E.
1Florodawkin, Irving Sider, and I Cole, minister of the Unitarian Church of Toledo,
William Shapero of the negativat, have spoken effectively against the un-Americah
As is customary, a gold mete Methods of 'Coughlin. The program of the League
will be presented to the best for Peace and Democracy is a practical one, the
speaker through the courtesy of criticism of the Archdiocese of Detroit notwith-
Louis Smilansky, one of the standing. The League for Industrial Democracy
founders of the Philomathic. has Inaugurated a splendid program of education
Mrs. F. V. Martin, long asso- aga' ,, st bigotry, and its pamphlet carrying the
ciated with the organization, will two articles by Bruce Bliven, editor of the New
donate a silver medal for the Republic, on "The Jewish Refugee Problem," and
second best speaker. Grover C. Hall, editor of the Montgomery, Ala.,
Opening the evening will be a Advertiser, on The Egregious Gentile Called to
prayer for the safety and care Account," is a splendid example of good pamphlet-
of Jews all over the world. eering. Incidentally, this pamphlet contains also
Speaker Richard Kramer will I an interesting excerpt from a speech delivered
formally open the meeting. by the late B. Charney Vladeck at the American
The contest will be judged by Federation of Labor convention in San Francisco
Nathaniel H. Goldstick, corpora- in 1934.
tion counsel.
Commonweal Magazine, an important Catholic
Sol Schwartz, chairman of the periodical, has consistently fought bigotry. The
affair, extends his inviation to Christian Register, Unitarian publication, has
all alumni and friends to attend also been effective as a weapon against discrim-
this meeting and dance on May ination. Dynamic America should be included
11, at 8 p. m., at the Maccabee among the most positive publications in dealing
I.odge, Woodward and Putnam, with the spreaders of libels and the sowers of
There will be no admission seeds of hate. Its current issue, for instance,
charge. renders a great servioe in exposing the lie that
TO INSCRIBE LATE RABBI GORDON'S
NAME IN PALESTINE GOLDEN BOOK
Will Honor His Memory by Perpetuating His Name in
Record of the Jewish National Fund
in Jerusalem
A group of friends of the late other leading Detroit women,
Rabbi Harry Z. Gordon have in- formed Hadassah here.
a ugurated aovement to secure The late Rev. and Mrs. Leon
B ate r
maibfe the name sli,n Na - Gordon, Rabbi Gordon's parents,
Golden
ludnen to
were well known here.
tional Fund in Jerusalem, as aa
At the funeral services for
tribute to his memory.
Rabbi
Gordon held last Friday,
Several contributions have al-
ready been received and further the following officiated: Rabbis
A.
M.
Hershman,
Leo M. Frank-
gifts may be made, to help raise
lin, Morris Adler and Isaac Stoll-
this fund,
by calling
Mrs. Ben man and Cantor J. H. Sonenklar.
Gould,
University
1-6737.
Rabbi Gordon is survived by
Rabbi Gordon was an ardent
Zionist, in addition to having de- his wife, Betty; a son, Bertram,
and
two daughters, Addle Lenore
voted himself to practically every
cause of importance in this corn- end Cyrille Barbara.
munity. He was a former secre-
Contributions to the fund for
tary of the Zionist Organization the Golden Book inscription have
of Detroit. At the time of his thus far been received from the
death on April 27 he was wor- following: Mr. and Mrs. N. Fer-
shipful master of Perfection ber, Mr. and Mrs. Saul Gordon.
Lodge No. 486. F. & A. M. He Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Gordon,
was an active member of Pisgah Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Diamond,
Lodge of Bnai Brith. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris, Mr.
Rabbi Gordon's interest in Pal- and Mrs. Samuel Feldman, Mr.
estine and Zionism was a family and Mrs. Benjamin Alpert, Mr.
tradition. His sister, the late and Mrs. William Shevin, Sir.
Jennie Gordon, was one of the and Mrs. Litman Gould, Mr. and
organizers of Detroit chapter of Mrs. Bert Seidon, Mrs. Fanny
Hadassah. Inspired by Miss Hen-• Gould, Mrs. Morrie A. Gordon,
rietta Szold 26 years ago, she Miss Lillian Gordon, Mrs. James
returned from a visit to New Heifer, Audrey and Sanford
York and, together with several Gordon.
ICONCLCDED FROM PAOI ONtti
(CONCLUDED FROM
Jews predominate in banking, and shows that of
the 93,000 bankers in this country only 0.6 per
cent are Jews.
Dynamic America Ihisely quotes the following
from the address recently delivered by Robert
II. Jackson, Solicitor General of the United
States, before the Conference on Palestine held
in Washington: 'There are those who think of
the Jew only as a man of trade and who picture
him as concerned only with the accumulation of
wealth. That is a false picture, in America, at
least. Our great banking houses are guided by
Yankee thrift, and no Jew could better the com-
mercial instruction of the Yankee! In the finan-
cial and industrial corporations there are rela-
tively few Jewish directors. The predominant con-
tribution of the Jew to American life is intellec-
tual."
Here's hoping that appeals to reason are not
useless tasks in this cut of conflicting emotions.
•
Is Coughlin "Purely" Constructive?
News Comment of April 25, issued as "A
service to aid news agencies and radio stations in
the interpretation of news events" by the Catho-
lic Information Bureau of the Archdiocese of
Detroit, carried an attack upon the American
League for Peace and Democracy which is brand-
ed as a Communist organization. The charges pro
and con the League for Peace and Democracy
are immaterial at this moment, since there have
been declaratioas on both sides, and since hfinis-
ters of the Gospel are to be found in official
positions with the League. What does matter is
the concluding statement of the April 25 News
Comment of the Archdiocese of Detroit, referring
to the "Democracy Speaks" broadcasts, which
reads:
"The program of the American League for
Peace and Democracy, judging from the addresses
of representatives on the air is not constructive
but purely destructive. It endeavors to make
the League appear a martyr to the cause of
Democracy. It does not teach people real Ameri-
canism. It has not taught that the basis of good
social order is a sense of responsibility towards
God. our Creator, His Divine Commandments and
towards the rights and welfare of our fellow
men."
We have read the radio addresses and we fail
to see wherein they did not teach these basic
principles of godliness and Americanism.
But here is the issue. The "Democracy Speaks"
radio programs have been directed as an answer
to Coughlin's broadcasts. These replies are called
"not constructive but purely destructive" by the
Archdiocese of Detroit. It is natural, therefore,
for us, as an interested party, to inquire of the
Catholic dignitaries whether they consider the
Coughlin broadcasts constructive and not destruc-
tive; and whether ther do not believe that a
broadcaster who is shielded by his priestly garb
and who devotes himself to arousing racial and
religious hatred is transgressing the Command-
ments of God and is acting contrary to the teach-
ings of his church?
All we would ask of those who criticize the
exposing of the Coughlin libels is that they look
to the source of the current controversy. The
destructive work emanates from the Shrine of
the Little Flower. If it is destructive and un-
godly to reply to misinformation and to race
hatred, then there should be wholesale excom-
munication—of men like Father Kernan of Bay-
onne, N. J., or Walton E. Cole of Toledo, or
Dr. L. M. Birkhead of Kansas City, and scores
of others who have spoken in criticism of the
Coughlin appeals to hatred.
We still believe in the good old-fashioned
American principles of freedom of speech and
the obligation to nail a lie whenever it is uttered.
Those who do that are to our liking, and when it
comes to basic principles we are confident that
our Catholic friends wi,IL agree...with us on this
score and will endorse repudiation of the radio
propagandist who is not bringing particular credit
to his Church and his priestly garb.
•
Mme, Bertha Kalich—Symbol of an Era
Last Feb. 23, Mme. Bertha Kalich, great ac-
tress, appeared at a testimonial in her honor at
the Jolson Theater in New York, in a scene de-
picting the death of Heinrich Heine, taken from
a poem by Louis Untermeyer. It was her last
appearance on the stage. Since then she had
taken ill and was called by death on April 18 at
the age of 66. An eye ailment had caused her
retirement from the stage eight years ago.
Mme. Kalich will be remembered as the last
of a great line of actors. She triumphed on the
Yiddish as well as the English stage. She was
great as "Magda" in Yiddish and in English. She
made her mark in "Kreutzer Sonata." She lived
every role assigned to her. Her name will be
recorded among the greatest in theatrical history.
Furthermore. she was a proud Jewess, and she
well earned the respect and admiration of her
people.
Publish Zunser Story
For Jewish Book Week
"Yesterday" ($2), by Miri-
am Shomer Zunser, will be
published by Stockpole Sens
cn May 5 to coincide with
Jewish Book Week, May 7 to
13.
"Yesterday" is the chroni-
cle of the lives, traditions and
customs of a Jewish family
from their early days in the
town of Pinsk in Russia, dur-
ing the reign of Czar Nicholas
I to present day New York.
Its author is a distinguished
member of a distinguished
family. A well-known play-
wright herself, and prominent
in many fields of public ac-
tivity, her father was the
great Yiddish novelist, Sho-
mer, who wrote some 300
novels. and her father-in-law,
Eliakum Zunser, was •one of
the most beloved of Yiddish
bards, whose songs have be-
come household ballads in
thousands of Jewish homes.
"Yesterday" is the story of
Mrs. Zunser's own maternal
grandfather's family.
about Oct. 15. This authentic
story of the Jewish community
of Cologne is based on historical
research. The book contains an
excellent bibliography, illustra-
tions, a map and an index. This
volume was translated from the
German by Solomon Grayzel.
The final book of the year
will be a selection of short stories
by the late Hayyim Nehmen
Bialik, translated, from the He-
brew by I. M. Lask. The stories
are "Aftergrowth," "The Shamed
Trumpet" and "The Short Fri-
day." This book will be pub-
lished about Dec. 15.
moral dealing between man and
Any three of the above books
man. This book of 300 pages will are available as the quota which
be published in September.
members of the society receive
"The American Jewish Year annually for their membership
Book," edited by Harry Schnei- d ues. Membership in the society
derman, will be the 41st volume i s available for as low as $5
of this compilation of authentic per year, and full details of the
information about the Jews the membership plan, catalogues, and
world over, published jointly by ther interesting literatue on the
the Jewish Publication Society work of the society can be se-
and the American Jewish Com- cured by writing to the Execu-
mittee. It will be published on tive Director, Maurice Jacobs,
Sept. 15.
225 S. 15th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The sixth volume in the Jewish
Community Series, "The History
Nat Brusiloff, the crack or-
of the Jews in Cologne," by chestra pilot, is • brother-in-law
Adolf Kober, the chief rabbi of of .1. U. Manischewits, the matzo
that community. will be published mogul.
MAY 7 TO 14 IS SET ASIDE FOR THE
OBSERVANCE OF JEWISH BOOK WEEK
Romantic Revival. the Victorian
Period. the Disraelian Era, and
the realistic school of Dickens.
"Cold Pogrom," by Max Lud-
wig Berger, translated from the
German by Benjamin R. Epstein,
is the story of a German-Jewish
f amily before and during the
advent of Nazism in Germany. It
in a human document of the firs ,
order, a terrible indictment of
in• sinister Hitler regime and its
nefarious tactics, and s powerful
revelation of the ruthless Nazi
machine set to eradicate every
vestige of human decency and
TEMPLE GRADUATES
TO GET DIPLOMAS
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
'Ho .late.
The Prophet's words are applicable to
every cause included in the drive—Pales-
tine, the refugees, the funds to aid the
hungry and the naked, the movements for
education and for the restoration of health
to the sick.
It is impossible to conceive of a Jew
whose heart has become so stony-hard
that he will refuse to give to the present
campaign. For those who are hesitant it is
well to refer again to the Golden Ladder
of Charity constructed in convincing lan-
guage by Moses Maimonides, as follows:
There are eight degrees in alms.
giving, one higher than the other.
Supreme above all is to give assist-
Boycott Against Aggressor Na-
tions.
Citing the most recent Gallup
taill of public opinion released on
April 10, as showing a steadily
increasing sentiment among
Americans for the use of the
boycott as a means of helping
to stop aggression, the new com-
mittee stated that its aim is to
make the boycott more powerful
through cooperation. and to elim-
inate possible duplication of ef-
forts.
PURELY COMMENTARY
May 5, 1939
PAGE "Na)
director of the Bnai Brith Mittel
Foundation at the University of
Michigan, will deliver the cooJ•
mencement address on the sub
ject "The American Jew." lit.
Rabinowitz was formely coun-
selor to Jewish students at Yale
University and director of youth
education for the Union of
American llebrew Congregation;..
He is a scholar in Semities and
a Fellow of the American Coml.
cil of Learned Societies.
Harry Grossman, chairman of
the school board of Temple Beth
El, will distribute the honors soil
awards. The scholarship prizes
given by the Young Peopl e • s
Temple Club will be awarded to
Estelle Bussey, Eugene Mande-
berg and Nettie Seligson.
The activity key given to the
students who excelled in the
extra-curricular activities of the
school will be awarded to Byron
Berlin, Bernard Moray, Sherman
Rosen, Eugene Mandeberg, Ber-
nice Nemer, Gerald Rosensweig,
Herbert Lightman and Fred
Fisher. Honorable mention for
scholarship will be given to By-
ron Berlin, Rose Berlin, Gerald
Kutzen, Lea Ruth Pearlman ana
Robert Weisman.
The following are the gradu-
ates: Bertram Abrams, Doris
Leah Abramsohn, June Abram-
sohn, Byron Sanford Berlin,
Rose Berlin, Ruth Elaine Bloom,
Estelle M. Bussey, Stanford
Clamage, Helen Naomi Cohen,
Jack B. Cornell, Lorraine Denen-
burg, Betty Jane DeYoung, Wil-
liam Ellman, Julian D. Feller,
Fred Fisher, Harvey Seldon
Freeman, Ramon I. Gerson, Mar-
cia G, Glasser, Shirley L. Gold-
blatt, Maxine Miriam Golden,
Lessor Elaine Grossman, Herschel
Harris, Delphine Marian Hyman,
Harold M, Kaufman, Jay M. Ko-
gan, Ruth Kuhn, Gerald M. Kut-
zen, Sheldon Joseph Lachman,
Ethel Lila Landsberg, Maxwell
M. Lenhoff, Milton E. Lichter-
man, Herbert Lightman, Eugene
E. Mandeberg, Sybil Marx, Sey-
mour I. Matenky, Rosamond
Faye Meyer, Bernard Moray,
Bernice Joy Nemer, Vivian A.
Nussbaum, Lea Ruth Pearlman,
Sharman Jay Rosen, Gerald
Rosensweig, Harold Rubinstein,
Nettie Seligson, Lloyd William
Shaw, Seymour Mitchel Shaw,
Alice June Silberstein, Bruce E.
Spilker, Muriel Elaine Steinberg,
Robert E. Steinberg, Milton Law-
rence Weiner, Sidney Ii. Wein-
garden, Robert Weisman, Stan-
ley Jay Winkelman and Paul Alan
Wolfe.
•
The graduates will be greeted
by Rabbis Leo M. Franklin and
Leon Fram. George Galvani and
the Temple choir, accompanied
Jason Tickton, have arranged
a special musical service for the
occasion. The invocation will be
offered by Estelle Bussey and
the valedictory to the class will
be delivered by Eugene Mande-
berg. Bernard Moray, Leaner
Grossman and Byron Berlin will
read the commencement service.
Honor Bar Mitzvah Sidney
Singer by Planting Trees
in Palestine
Honoring the Bar Mitzvah of
Sidney Singer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Singer of 3009 Ful-
lerton, seven trees were planted
in Palestine by the following:
William Hordes, Irwin Lawton,
Gilbert Stuart. Norman Singer,
Rose Stuart, Roy Stuart, Stella
Lifshitz.
A party in honor of the Bar
Mitzvah was held last Sunday
I evening and an address was de-
livered by William Hordes, chair-
man of the executive committee
of the Jewish National Fund
Council of Detroit. The Bar
Mitzvah is a student in the
Carmel Hebrew School.
•
MME. IRENE BRAND TO ADDRESS
WOMEN'S DIVISION OF AMERICAN
JEWISH CONGRESS HERE ON JUNE '1
Mrs. Nathan Spevakow, presi-
dent of the local Women's Divi-
sion of the American Jewish
Congress, announces that Ma-
dame Irene Harand has consented
to address members and friends
of the American Jewish Congress
on Wednesday, June 7, in the
Colonial Room of the Detroit
Leland Hotel.
Mme. Harand, who is a bril-
liant speaker, was founder and
editor of Gerechtigkeit, a news-
paper that fought anti-Semitism
in Austria. She happened to be
away from Vienna during the
Nazi invasion or she would not
be free today.
Mme. Harand is now devoting
all her time to anti-Nazi activi-
ties and to encourage the boy-
cott of German goods. She is a
devout Catholic and believes
that rise of anti-Semitism will
also lead to destruction of equal
rights for all groups.
Mrs. Max Dushkin, first vice-
president, will preside. This meet-
ing will conclude the season's
activities. There will be no ad-
mission charge.
Women desirous of Joining the
Women's Division of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress are urged
to contact Mrs. Jacob Harvith,
Un. 3-0191, membership chair-
man.
ENGGASS APPEALS TO COMMUNITY
FOR LOCAL CAUSES IN CAMPAIGN
(CONCLUDED FROM
', AOC ONZ) thorough
physical and personality develop-
ment. There are many function-
ing clubs, physical education de-
partment, a free employment bu-
reau, a home camp program is
sponsored annually and there is
a well-functioning nursery school.
These activities will be consid-
erably enlarged In the new build-
ing now under construction.
traditional education in
Hebrew, the Bible, prayers, his-
tory, etc..
YESIIIVATH BETH YEHU-
DAH, SHO LEM ALEICHEM
FOLK INSTITUTE, FARBAND
SCHOOLS, ARBEITER RING
SCHOOLS, Training is provided
for hundreds of other children
In these schools. The Yeshivah
Provides a thorough religious
training for the children. The
COUNCIL CAMP: Last year other schools are staffed by able
vacations were provided for 341 teachers who conduct classes in
girls and young women at the Yiddish, history, the Bible.
camp at Jeddo, Mich.
LEAGUE FOR HUMAN
FRESII AIR CAMP: In addi- RIGHTS: The League conducts
tion to the regular accommoda- the work for the advancement
tions for 200 children, this camp of the boycott of German-made
is enlarging its scopf this year goods. •
by providing for vacations for
JEWISH COMMUNITY COUN-
older boys. Last year 723 chil-
dren were provided with vaca- CIL: The Council is the repre-
sentative body of all elements in
tions at this camp.
the community who are organ-
NORTH END CLINIC: A total ized to coordinate their cam—on
of 80,983 visits were made at interests.
the Clinic last year. Treatments
In addition to caring for these
were given through 30 special-
local agencies, as well as for the
ized medical departments.
organizations that provide for
UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS: overseas needs, the important
More than 1.600 children at- national defense, health - giving
tend classes in the nine branches and recreational movements are
of the schools, which provide • included in the campaign quota.