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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 1:1-6:8.
Prophetical portion—Is. 42:5-43:10.

October 6, 1939

Tishri 23, 5700

Problem of Survival

One problem emerges as most pressing,
universally, in the present crisis. It is the
contention on the part of many Jews that
it is a crime to bring children into this
world. The drop in the birthrate among
Jews, not only in countries of persecution
but also in lands of freedom, like the
United States and Palestine, emphasizes
the issue.
A short time ago the eminent critic and
novelist, Ludwig Lewisohn, discussed this
problem in an address before the Free
Synagogue of New York. At that time he
said:
"It is true that the hammer of history
has forged an indestructible remnant of
the Jewish people. But it would be shallow
optimism to deny the profound wound in-
flicted on the Jewish people by homeless-
ness and persecution. This wound in the
very soul of a people manifests itself all
the way from self-deprecation and self-
hatred to a defeatism in the processes of
life itself. The murmur and whisper that
one hears, not least among the sensitive
and imaginative, that it is a wrong to
bring Jewish children into a world so mad
and cruel, is in itself a symptom of that
defeatism in the vital process. But this de-
featism breeds precisely what it would
avoid. It weakens the physical and above
all, the moral resistance of the Jewish
people as a whole. That people exists.
That people will exist. The choice is not
between extinction and survival. The
choice is between feeble and negative or
strong and affirmative survival."
Dr. Lewisohn's brilliant answer touches
upon another interesting need in Jewish
life today: that of renewal of faith and
the strengthening of the morale of our
people.
A great Hebrew poet and scholar of the
12th century, Abraham Ibn Erza, summed
up the power of faith in the following
beautiful verse:
Do thou from heavenly heights my
pain behold,
And lead me back unto Thy shelter-
ing fold,
That I may answer scorners as of old;
Yea, though my dwelling be
In darkest night, God is a light to me.

Rioting Must Stop

The appeal directed to Archbishop
Francis J. Spellman of New York by
Equality Magazine, under the heading
"The Christian Front and the Catholic
Church," is of great significance. In 11
pages of printed text, this magazine ad-
monishes Archbishop Spellman and Catho-
lics generally that if the hate-rousing anti-
Semitic activities of the Christian Front
and other organizations which follow the
lead of Father Coughlin are permitted to
continue unchecked "this movement may
eventually culminate in violent, bloody
rioting such as the city (New York) has
never known. It is a situation which re-
quires prompt and effective action,"
Urging the Archbishop to "clarify the
problem of a public statement which un-
mistakably disassociates the Catholic
Church in New York City from the poli-
cies and activities of Father Coughlin and
his followers in the Christian Front,"
Equality Magazine has taken a step in
the right direction. As long as Father
Coughlin wears the cloak of his church.
not only his superiors but also his asso-
ciates are obligated to check his destruc-
tive work. But in instances of actual riot-
ing instigated by the Christian Front it is
imperative for the head of the Catholic
Church in the New York Diocese to take
action. As Equality points out: "Most of
these members regard Father Coughlin
as their personal leader, and refer to
themselves as Coughlinites. Except for a
small group of rowdy adventurers, most
of them are sincere, well-meaning citizens
misled by the hymns of hate emanating
weekly from Royal Oak and almost
nightly from the rostrums of Father
Coughlin's representatives in New York."
An emphatic statement by Archbishop
Spellman in New York, by Archbishop
Mooney in Detroit and by other Catholic
leaders will help put an end to destruc-
tive and un-American activities like that
of the Christian Front. We join with
Equality Magazine in an appeal to these
leaders to help squelch reaction and
bigotry in this country.

The Late Dr. Sigmund Freud

The world of science and culture loses
a great figure in the death of Dr. Sig-
mund Freud, and Jewry has reason to
mourn the passing of one of its most bril-
liant sons of this era.
It is unfortunate that Dr. Freud's record
should have been marred, in his finaldays,
by a book in which he pictured Moses as
an Egyptian and the Jews as his mur-
derers. These theories, so contrary to all
available records, have served to inject
an unhappy note in present-day thinking
about this eminent man.
But aside from this error, his genius
calls for recognition, respect and admira-
tion. His memory will be honored by
posterity.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Jews in Mexico

There have been conflicting interpre-
tations of the anti-Semitic outbreaks in
Mexico during the first part of the current
year. A pamphlet by Clarence Senior,
"Mexico in Transition," published by the
League for Industrial Democracy, 112 E.
19th St., New York, throws light on the
issue. Mr. Senior writes:
"Eye-witnesses have told me that Nazis
directed the anti-Semitic riot of Jan. 26,
1939, and, according to El Popular, they
paid many of the participants. The unions
and the revolutionary youth groups have
warned the fascists against a repetition
of the incident.
"For the purpose of opposing Cardenas,
funds, guns and ammunition are available
from Nazi, Fascist and 'democratic' im-
perialist sources. The government charges
that Cedillo received aid from all these
quarters. Other groups have been found
by the government to have received guns
smuggled into the country.
"Funds have also gone into direct pur-
chase of space in a number of newspapers.
Since the venality of the general Mexican
press is about equal to that of the French
papers, there has been of late a large out-
cropping of anti-Semitic and pro-Fascist
editorials. There has also been an increase
in the number of papers and magazines
directly representing the anti-Semitic, re-
actionary viewpoint. That this propaganda
is relished by some of the small business
men who are being squeezed by labor law
enforcement, government regulations, and
competition from the insignificant number
of Jewish business men in the country, is
scarcely surprising."
The situation in Mexico is fairly well
summed up in this explanatory statement.
In Mexico, as in the United States, there
are Nazi propagandists and Nazi-inspired
and Nazi-paid agents who are seeking to
create discord among the various elements
of the population, In Mexico, not unlike
the United States, the reactionaries have
found scapegoats in the Jews, in the labor
unions, in liberalism. Unless these scape-
goats are vindicatedand their antagonists
repudiated, progress will find itself on
the scaffold everywhere.

The Price of War

(CONCLUDED FliOlt PAGE (1,01/1

is that she has 12 doubles who
look and dress exactly like her
. . . So striking is the resem-
blance between the 12 pseudo-
Lupescus and Magda herself that
even the best-informed frequent-
ers of the court no longer know
which is who,
Irving Jaffee, undefeated Olym-
pic ice-skating champion, has ac-
cepted the job of press agent for
the Sons of liberty.
When Hitler claims that he is
abiding by the international law
[(isolations governing warfare he
forgets, among other things, that
those rules prohibit racial or
religious discrimination in the
treatment of prisoners . . . The
fact is that Polish Jewish pris-
oners are treated much worse by
the Nazis than are the non-Jew-
ish Poles.

PURELY COMMENTARY

By

More Pulpits Than Rabbis

Mankind's chief enemy, the Nazi aggres-
sor whose greed and hate has plunged
Europe into another major war, will meet
his doom, because there is retribution.
Long ago, the Jewish sages warned that
he who seeks to drown another man will
himself be drowned.
Most appropriate quotation applicable
to the present situation is the following
from the Sayings of the Fathers (Pirko
Aboth), II, 5-7:
Hillel said, "Separate not thyself
from the congregation; trust not in
thyself until the day of thy death;
judge not thy neighbor until thou art
come into this place; and say not any-
thing which cannot be understood at
once, in the hope that it will be under-
stood in the end; neither say, 'When
I have leisure I will study'; perchance
thou wilt have no leisure."
He used to say, "An empty-headed
man cannot be a sin-fearing man, nor
can an ignorant person be pious, nor
can a shamefaced man learn, nor a
passionate man teach, nor can one who
is engaged overmuch in business grow
wise. In a place where there are no
men, strive to be a man."
Moreover, he once saw a skull float-
ing on the surface of the water. lie
said to it, "Behold thou didat drown
New Functions Undertaken; Intensified Efforts Made to
(others) they have drowned thee, and
Fight Anti-Semitism; Alipeal Made
at the last they that drowned thee
for Community Fund
shall themselves be drowned."
This is an admonition to aggressors and
The quarterly meeting of the committee also is assuming re-
to makers of wars to beware, to await Jewish Community Council was sponsibility for the preparation
retribution.
held last Tuesday evening in the of publicity releases, the
isAU-
I Jewish
Mankind will be avenged for the wrongs wer e Children's Home. Reports ance of news bulletins, and the
inflicted upon it.
given by several commit- preparation of written summaries
of activities conducted dur-
But may this be the end of drowning tees
ing the summer months.
of the Council's work.
and destruction. May this conflict mark the
James I. Ellmann, chairman of th Rabbi Leon Fram describ ed
end of wars and the beginning of true the public relations committee, e problem of Negro-Jewish re-
stated that the experiences of his lations on the east side A special
brotherhood on Barth.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL HEARS REPORTS
OF ACTIVITIES OF ITS COMMITTEES

Quoting the Bible

A New York pastor has made an anal-
ysis of the uses made of the Bible by the
New York Times for a single year and re-
ports the following results:

Four hundred and slaty - Die Biblical
ph
and allusions ■ ppeared in 367 edi-
torials spread over 262 days.
Forty-seven books of the Bible furnished
the above: Twenty•five from the Old Testa-
ment and twenty-t wo from the New Testa-
ment.
Twenty-two editorial title. reflected Scrip-
tural influence, ■
and four editorials were de-
voted exclusively to the English Bible. Some
editorials held as many as four references.

This is most significant. It is, perhaps,
more frequent use of the Bible than can
be credited to many rabbis and ministers
of other faiths. It is certainly more fre-
quent use than can be accounted by other
periodicals or by even the most studious
and most cultured laymen.
Unfortunately, it can even be said that
Jews, who should take more pride in it
than any other group in the world, are
similarly guilty of having neglected the
use of the Bible. Our people have yielded
to the forces surrounding them. They
have caused the Bible to become a strange
book in their homes.
"Wie es christelt sich so judelt es sich,"
is an interesting statement ascribed to
Heine. "As the Christians are effected so
are the Jews." It is most applicable in the
instance of the Bible. Jews are subject to
powerful influences in their environment,
and these influences are inimical to Bibli-
cal values.
Thetopsy-turvy conditions in Europe
are creating entirely contrary effects. The
Bible is again a best seller. It is again the
most popular book. In time of storm and
stress people turn to the Holy Book. Why
is it that in this most critical period in
Jewish history there is Ail! an indifferent
attitude in Jewish ranks to Holy Scrip-
tures? Is it possible that the Bible cal be
popular only in extremes — in extreme
tragedy and extreme learning?

FROM PAGE I

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

President Julian Morgenstern of Hebrew Union
College' reveals the interesting news that there
are more pulpits in this country than the num-
ber of available rabbis.
Three reasons are ascribed by Dr. Morgenstern
for the increased demand for rabbis: The improved
financial condition of synagogues, the stronger
Jewish consciousness and the growing tendency
toward Reform in Jewry
Without debating the reasons for the increased
demand for rabbis, the assurance that such a
condition exists in Jewish ranks will prove heart-
' ening to some young Jews, for the reason that
they will have at least one profession to turn to
without fear that it is overcrowded before they
enter it. And functioning rabbis will gather
courage from the knowledge that they are sought
after, not that synagogues are eliminating them
( through mergers and for want of funds.
•
Neal O'llara, who knows what
Growth of Palestine Jewry
he's talking about, confides that
Malcolm MacDonald, England's
Figures published by the Economic Bulletin of
Colonial Secretary, is Neville the Jewish National Fund in Jerusalem show
Chamberlain's pet, and the only that there were 460,000 Jews in Palestine as of
member of the Cabinet who en- June 30, 1939, It is interesting to note that this
joys the umbrella man's full con- figure represents an increase of 167% over the
fidence . . Which means that population figure enumerated in the census of
MacDonald was playing Chamber- 1931. It includes the arrival of 23,000 new
lain's game at the time of the settlers during the first six months of this year,
White Paper on Palestine.
of whom 19,000 were authorized immigrants. The
The European censorship, which respective increases in population are recorded in
is very rigid even in the demo- the following table:
11)31
1933
11)39
cystic countries these days, sup-
0■ 11OlOS
4,000
/46,401
S I 3 ilso
Cu, Int Is.
pressed the story of the attempt
X/4.0110
103,000
I
0041
411 hers
10,000
MOW,
12 000
of five German pursuit planes
to shoot down the Swedish plane
Total
9,,2,000
940,000
1,042,000
in which the Thomas Mann fam-
Grouped in percentages of population divisions,
ily Was traveling to London.
the following is a comparison of the set-up of
the different communities in 1931 and at present:
THIS AND THAT
I We hope you didn't miss the
Jew•
I:
172,00s
130 ,44 1
140,000
A rang
151 4-4
451.111111
I ri4 74 1
news story about the saving of
1,01;,.000
2•4.
21,0110
2
it 000
the Torah of Passaic's Temple
■
Tot nl
Emanuel, which recently was de-
1,07I OW
1.002,000
stroyed by fire . . • The man
These figures are interesting from several
1 who saved it was Father William points of view, including the following:
V. Dunn, Castor of the nearby St.
There has been a 47% increase of population,
Nichola s Roman Catholic Church the specific Jewish rise being 1677, the Arabs
. . . Father Dunn fluttered severe 22% and others 33%. There were 228,000 more
burns on the ern).
Jews and 184,000 more Arabs in this period.
Hollywood has a number of
But the government figures gave the population
poker clubs where many of the on March 31, 1939, as 1,458,090, of which the
high-salaried screen actors, di- Moslems were 909,566 (60.65 of the total), the
rectors and producers play week- Jews were 422,142, or 30.37, the Christians 114,-
ly . . . The "kitty," which 442 or 8.2 4 , and "others" 11 94 0.9%.
amounts to big money, is used to
It isclear from these facts that the Arabs are
bring refugees into this country. complaining unjustly, since their increases have
Why do some of the psycho- been predominant, in view of the fact that the
analysts who privately state that Jewish influx occurred during the most tragic
?litter shows all the symptoms of period in our history. It most be noted that the
insanity refuse to write their Arab population more than doubled in the past
opinion for publication? . . . One two decades. Without benefit from the economic
of these medical top-notchers re- progress introduced by the Jews, this would have
fused $5,000 for an article on been impossible.
this theme.
From a Jewish point of view, these figures have
historic value. Palestine alone has been in position
GIGGLE DEPT.
to welcome AO many Jews. If not for Palestine,
Going the rounds is a story
which, if not exactly brand-new, tens of thousands of Jews would have been
is worth repeating because it fits stranded and would have been in a hopeless posi-
in so well with the present Euro- tion. Such an increase in the number of wan-
pean situation . . . Hitler, it ap- dering refugees would have increased the tragedy
of the exiles.
pears, visited a Berlin classroom
Today, Palestine remains the only port of
and asked the little Nazis whether
they knew why Germany lost the entry for Jews. The war has closed all other
last war . . . "Because the Jews avenues of escape, and Eretz Israel will be in
made bad guns and ammunition," , position to welcome large numbers who have no-
where else to turn to.
cried one Nazi pupil . . . "That's
There is another factor to be considered in
right," approved Hitler . . . "Ite-
mise the Jews were traitors,'' the present situation as it affects Palestine and
Jewish
aspirations. This is the time to redeem
contributed another youngster...
"Excellent," co in ented the large tracts of land, through the Jewish National
Fuehrer . . . Then another little Fund. The drop in the value of the pound, the
boy stood up to give his theory proportionate increase in the value of the dollar,
• . . "Because of the Jewish gen- the desire of Arabs to sell uncultivated land, the
erals," ht; announced
. . Hitler's demand for colonization opportunities, all place
brow darkened . . . "Germany added responsibility on American Jewry It is a
had no Jewish generals ,'• he re- responsibility that ought to be accepted gladly.
This is a time for action. It is a time to exercise
proved . . . "I know that," said visio
n and to fulfill our obligations with a sense
the little realist . . . "I meant
of
appreciation of history's challenge. Much will
the Jewish generals on the other
depend on the response of American Jewry to the
side."
demands of the times.

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22, it is announced by
Judge Maurice Berson, chairman
of the program committee of the
conference.
Dr. Haber is professor of eco-
nomics at the Graduate School
at the University of Michigan
and came to the National Refu-
gee Service in June after long
and intensive experience in the
field of public relief administra-
tion. From 1933 to 1937 he was
State Relief Administrator of
Michigan and Deputy Administra-
tor for the Works Project Ad-
ministration. He has served as a
member of the National Advisory
Council on Social Security and
as a member of the consulting
staff of the Social Security
Board. Ile is the author of sev-
eral volumes on Industrial Rela-
tions, Unemployment Relief, and
Social Security,
Dr. Haber received his univer-
sity training at Harvard and Wis.
consin and has been a member
of the faculties of Michigan State
College, University of Wisconsin,
and University of Michigan,
In his speech, Dr. Haber will
cover the program and plans of
the National Refugee Service for
the coming year. The National
Refugee Service is the organize-
tion responsible for all phases
of work with refugees in the
United States.
Rabbi Abha Hillel Silver of
Cleveland, chairman of the
United Jewish Appeal for 1939,
will be the opening speaker of
the conference. The subject of
his address will be "European
Jewry in the Present World
Crisis." He will include a resume
of European events and the place
of Palestine in the present situa-
tion in his address.
The Sunday morning session
will have as its topic "The Jewish
Community Faces Its Problems
Today" and there will be discus-
sion by individuals prominent in
communal life in theregion who
havebeen active in local Jewish
community organizations in the

Oct.

The Kaiser and Adolf Hitler

People are thinking today of the Kaiser and
are comparing his regime with the terrible State
set up by Adolph Hitler. What is William II
thinking today? How does he react to the Reich's
brutalities? Would he approve of what Hitler is
doing? W. Burkhardt recently reported in Ken
Magazine an interview he had with the former
Kaiser. Ken stated:

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sad >ourself, -Ire, nital
in.
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Mit Intl 7" evoked the ter.. reel),
- Nlehtn!" ltul that nun .1 all, OtTordilIK to
Kaiser
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IPt:!t'll"iTrl
Iran,
II bout God.
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In his day, the Kaiser was considered a tyrant.
But today, on the strength of his own words, he
is a saint compared with the man who now domi-
nates Germany. What havoc history has wrought
in a generation!
•

The Guides of Public Opinion

Now, more than ever before or at the time it was
published. George Seldes' "Lords of the Press,"
issued by Julian Messner, Inc., publishers, 8 W.
40th St., New York, assumes significance. If you
would know the background, the line of thinking,
the ideology of the columnist in your newspaper,
read "Lords of the Press." Seldes is a genius at
interpreting journalistic action. Ile not only un-
veils the secrets behind the publishers' actions but
scrutinizes every columnist of importance.
Seldes' diagnosis is, in the main, correct, al-
though the war situation shows him to have been
wrong about columnists like Dorothy Thompson
whom he berates. But in most other instances he
IS right in condemning the reactionaries in Ameri-
can journalism. It is interesting to note that his
chapter "A Jewish Press Lord," in which he ana-
lyzes the activities of Abe Cahan of the Jewish
Forward, credits him with many achievements
but he condemns him for his partisanship of re-
cent years, "The radical of 40 years ago hasn't
kept up with the times," is his final verdict on
Cahan,
"Lord of the Press" is not only well written
and brilliantly documented; it is fictionized his-
tory that must be read by all who desire to
understand fully what is happening today in the
editorial and reportorial rooms of this country.
To complete the approach to knowledge of the
press of this country, this commentator also
recommends Oswald Garrison Villard's "Fighting
Year," a Harcourt-Brace book. It is splendid for
its discussion of our newspapers and newspaper-
men, and also for the eminent author's attitude
on social, economic and political questions. Fur-
thermore, in view of Mr. Villard's attitudes during
the last war, his book now also acquires added sig-
nificance,
Seldes' "Lords of the Press" and Villard's
"Fighting Years" are exceptionally good reading
at this time.

reg l local
iocna members of the execu-

tive program committees of the
conference are:
Clarence II. Enggas, Julian
Krolik, Simon Shetzer, A b e
Srere, Isidore Sobeloff, Henry
Wineman.
Other Michigan Cities are rep-
•
resented as follows: Ellis II. War-
Everything Not Forbidden Is Obligatory ren, Flint; Albert C. Kantor.
Writing in the Manchester Guardian, Lucia Jackson;
G
o n R Louis
o s ui
s
M.
Fishman,
gave the following definition of a dictatorship:
s, Rapids,
"A group of Frenchmen were talking politica.
'And how would you describe a dictatorship?'
asked one.
"Several people proffered definitions which did Jewish Congress Session
not seem very concise or apt. Then up spoke a Addressed by Rep. Dingell
little fellow in the corner of the cafe:
tCONIMUDED FROM PAGE MOO
"'It is a system of government,' said he,
'where everything that isn't forbidden is obliga-
burdens and to suffer," Dr. Wise
tory.'"
said.
Readers of (Anti-)Social Justice, please note.
Dr, John Howland Lathrop,
•
chairman of the American Com-
Thought for the Week
mittee on Religious Rights and
The Talmud admonishes us:
"Ile who has injured another, even by word Minorities, declared: "Right sow
we have to construct the future
alone, should ask his forgiveness."
and think in terms of minority
Every day in the week there is wrangling in rights. God bless the Jews for
our midst. We speak of unity, and there is no having suffered as a minority, but
unity. Even in matters affecting sacred causes, because of their sufferings they
we injure one another.
can now show the way out of the
The Talmudic admonition deserves to be en- present turmoil."
graved indelibly in the memory of every one of
Louis Lipsky, vice-president of
us. It may help in time of uncertainty.
the congress, presided.

First Biography of
Columbus Shown in
A Polyglot Psalter

A curious item of Columbus
lore is the first biography of
the explorer ever to be print-
ed, which is to be found in
the first Polyglot Psalter now
being exhibited at the Jewish
Theological Seminary of Amer-
ica, at Broadway and 122nd
St., New York City.
The Psalter was edited by
Bishop Augustinius Justiniani
in Genoa in 1516, and prints
the psalms in parallel columns
of Hebrew, Latin, Arabic,
Chaldean and Greek, with mar-
ginal notations in Latin. Bish-
op Justiniani was a personal
friend of Columbus and seized
the opportunity of inserting a
record of his friend's achieve-
ments. As a text, or pretext,
he used the verses "Their line
is gone out through all the
earth, and their words to the
end of the world" in Psalm 19.
The brief biographical sketch
records that Christopher Co-
lumbus, a Genoese, had voy-
aged through all the earth and
to the end of the world. In
his other marginal notes, the
Bishop stuck to his subject,
and the note on Columbus
stands out for this reason.
In addition to its other
"first", the Psalter contains the
first Arabic ever printed and
was the gift of Oscar S.
Straus, the first president of
the American Jewish Historical
Society, in whose collection the
volume is now exhibited,
The Psalter will be on pub-
lic exhibition in the rooms of
the Historical Society at the
Seminary daily from 10 to
5p. m.

committee of the Council
.
committer luring the first two „„
is con-
c
years of the Council have shown corning itself with difficulties be-
the need for dividing the work tween Jewish storekeepers and
into a number of sub-committees, Negro consumers. This is being
each dealing with a special ac- aggravated by the distribution of
tivity. The following sub-corn- anti-Semitic literature.
mittees have been established:
The committee was successful
Special events committee, fi lit- in stopping the inflammatory
erature committee, a mailing cool- speeches of a Negro "soap-box
mittee, a speakers' bureau and a orator," but the larger problem
radio committee. During the past still remains.
The
committee
two month s ahnost 3(1,000 p i eces plans to hold a mass meeting of
of literature of various kinds, re- Jewish merchants for further
fisting falseho o d s a bou t J ews and clarification of the entire aitua-
relating the more constructive bon, which has very serious im-
facts, hare been distributed
to plicationss
non-Jews. In its efforts to car-
Simon Shetzer, president, an-
re•t misapprehen sion s about Jews, flounced several other commit-
the committee has had the as- tees of the Council which have
sistanc e
of many fair-minded been appointed: the arbitration
non-Jews who, in the interest of committee, under the chairman-
truth and justice, stand ready to ship of Judge Charles Rubiner,
expose falsehoods. Through a co- regulates the Jewish Arbitration
operative arrangement in a local Court whose services are avail-
Catholic group, several thousand able, without charge, to any
copies of an article by a Catho- member of the Jewish community.
lie priest. pointing
out the don- The discrimination committee, of
ger, to Catholics
of anti-Semitic which Myron A. Keys is chair-
propaganda, were circulated man, receives and acts upon the
among Catholic organizations. Mr. cases of discrimination in em-
Ellmann appealed to the dele- oloyment.
l es for volunteer workers to The committee on economic
l aid in distributing literature.
ur He problems, with Aaron Droock as
indicated that the Council would chairman, is studying the related
like to build up a squad of pea• Problems of vocational guidance
rile who would be available upon and discrimination. The member-
call at any time. ship committee passes on the 'eli-
Mr. Ellmann replied to criti- isibility of organizations applying
cisms that the public relations for admission to the Council. In
committee has been tun secretive response to requests from sev-
about its work. ile emphasized oral youth groups, a committee
that in many situations the value on youth organizations is study-
Announcement was made this
of
the public relations work ing the needs of Jewish youth week of the resumption of the
would he destroyed if widespread organizations in Detroit.
adult discussion group meetings
publicity was given to it.
Julian Krolik, chairman of the
Th e report of the committee Community Fund committee of at Congregation Shaarey Zedek
on internal relations was a!ven the Jewish Welfare Federation , this Sunday morning, Oct. 8, in
by Joseph Bernstein. lie indi- spoke about the Community Fund the small prayer room of the
sated that his committee is con- drive, which opens on Nov. 6. synagogue. The group will again
centrating on the specific task Mr. Krolik Appealed
for workers be conducted under the super-
of
publicizing the work of the in the drive. The Council urges vision of Philip Slomovitz.
Additional adult education
Council among organizations. The that both Jewish organizations
committee is also creating a and individuals should contribute classes at the Shaarey Zedek will
Mr
be
introduced during the coming
ebureau, whose mem- their share of money and time
bees will visit each group and to the Fund.
two weeks.
c onvey information to them in a
The following amendment was
personal way. The speakers' be- unanimously passed: "Any mem-
reau will serve a useful function ber of the executive committee shall be disqualified from mem-
at various times when it becomes who shall absent himself from bership on the executive com-
necessary to communicate orally three regular meetings of the mittee and his office shall be
0 the organizations the reasons I executive committee without gins declared vacant. The vacancy thus
' for the Council's stand on specific ling an adequate and satisfactory created shall be filled as provided
nom The internal relations reason
therefor
automatically for in the constitution.

Adult Discussion
Group to Start at
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FAMOUS PRIVATE COLLECTION
FROM WARSAW NOW ON PUBLIC
EXHIBITION AT THE SEMINARY

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work for the Zionist cause and
he v•as for 25 years president
on the Anniversary of the De- of the Jewish National Fund in
struction of the Temple of Jeru- Poland. For many years he was
salem." It is the work of the editor of a Zionist publication,
Hungarian po•taitist, Leopold Eretz Israel. Ile was one of the
members of the Lebanon Society
Horowitz. Horowitz was court which published bookmarks de-
painter to Franz Josef and this picting famous Jewish writer ,
is one of the most outstanding of and postcard reproductions of
the few Jewish scenes which he famous paintings of scenes of
painted.
Jewish life which were sold for
The selection of objects in the benefit of the Jewish Na-
Mr. Mintz's' collection was dic- tional Fund and the Hazanovitch
tated by artistic as much as by
Library, now in Jerusalem. Mintz
religious considerations. An art himself donated two thousand
dealer and connoisseur since his rare volumes and a collection of
youth, Mr. Mintz has had a keen Jewish music to the Library of
eye for the beauty in religious Hebrew University in Jerusalem
craftsmanship.
Mr. Mintz came to this coun-
An Ardent Zionist
try nix months ago and will be
Mr. Mintz was born in Poland
present at a private showing of
in 1870, the son of a Zionist his collection in the Seminary
leader and business man. The Museum before the exhibit e.
Mintz family came originally thrown open to the public on
from Mainz and its branches ere Oct. 11, The exhibition will he
recorded in the Jewish Encyclo- open for two months subse-
pedic). His mother was descended
quently, from 10 a. rn. to 5 p.
from 36 generations: of rabbis.
daily except Friday and Satur-
His own interests led him to day. Admission is free.

Parent-Youth Club
Formed to Offset
Missionary Effort

To offset the menace of mis-
sionary activities in Jewish sec-
tions of the city, the Parent-Youth
Club was recently organized.
In an important announcement
made this week, the organizers
of this club state:
"Do you know that your Jewish
youth has a leisure time problem?
One ardent missionary in the
neighborhood of Clairmount and
Linwood does. Ile has formed a
club that uses handicraft and art-
craft to entice Jewish youngsters
therein with the ulterior motive of
converting their religious faith,
"However, the Parent-Youth
Club has been recently organized
in our city to Supply what is now
lacking in collective adult guid-
ance of youths' leisure time, The
Parent-Youth Club seeks by spon-
sor)ng worthwhile organizations
that offer proper channels of ac-
tivities to make the best use
of youths' leisure time, The Club
is now actively sponsoring the
Boy Scout, of America's junior
program known as Cubbing which
eachee boys between the ages of
9 to 12. The choice of Cubbing as
he initial start was made because
is program is ideally fitted to the
ims of the Parent-Youth Club, in
hat it uses leisure time activities
f laudable and useful purposes to
urther its aim of building char-

actor and citizenship, thus nun,
mizing the danger of improper ac
tivities and wrongful influence ,.
"All adults are eligible t o he
come members of the Parent
Youth Club, and you are invited
to do so. "

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Mrs. Theresa Bachrach
Returns from South Africa

Mrs. Theresa Bachrach, well
known Detroiter, has returned
from a seven-month stay in
South Africa.
Touring the major communities
in South Africa, Mrs. Bachrach
reports that the predominant sen-
timen t among the Jews is for
the Zionist cause. She said that
while she was there Nazis were
agitating not only against Jews
but also against the British.
Mrs. Bachrach left for a visit
with her sister and brother-in-law.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Frank, 314
N. McKenzie SL, Adrian, Mich.
While in Detroit she is with her
children, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Ditkoff of 2225 Blaine Ave.

Whereabouts of Zachar
Josefowitz Sought Here

Dr. Froodko of Johannesburg.
South Africa, seeks the where-
abouts of Zachar Josefowitz and
family, German refugees who are
believed to be in Detroit. Those
knowing where they can be lo-
cated are asked to communicate

with Sirs. Theresa Bachrach.

McKenzie Ave., Adrian, Mich.

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