%America ,fer&k Pertained! Carter CLIFTON AVMS . CINCINNATI 20, OHIO The Only Anglo-Jewish All Jewish News All Jewish Views WITHOUT BIAS 46, In Michigan OIT r ilE k int and Vol. XLI, No. 28 ANNUAL J. D. C. MEET ON WAR RELIEF DEC. 2-3 Newspaper Printed HRONICLE Telephone CADILLAC 1-0-4-0 THE LEGAL CHRONICLE DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER. 1, 1939 The New Jewish Community Center Lehman, Pickett and McDonald to Address Chicago Conference WILL DEDICATE JEWISH CENTER ON WEDNESDAY Per Copy, 10 Cents LEHMAN AND MACDONALD TO CONFER AT 25th ANNUAL MEETING OF J. D. C. Program Arranged for Entire Week of Dedication CITIZENSHIP LOST TO JEWS IN RUMANIA Anti - Semitism Grows in Hungary; 'Slave State' Ardor Declines NEW YORK. — Outstanding American leaders in the field of LONDON. — (WNS) — Revi- The Aaron DeRoy Memorial war relief and refugee work will sion of naturalization lists in Ru- building and the Cohen Health address the sessions of the 25th mania and the naming of two Educatinh Unit of the Jewish Annual Meeting of the American avowed anti-Semites to the new C ommunity Center will be dedi- Jewish Joint Distribution Com- c ated on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at Rumanian cabinet set up last week mittee at the Standard Club in 8 :30 p. m., in the new auditorium by Premier George Tatarescu Chicago on Dec. 2 and 3. have caused grave apprehension on Woodward at Holbrook, with To date the following Detroit- among the Jewish population esti- Prof. Horace M. Kellen as guest ers have stated that they will go mated at 900,000, according to in- speaker. This program, to which to Chicago to attend the conven- formed sources in ' Bucharest the entire community is invited, tion: Sidney J. Allen, Mr. and which disclosed that Rumanian will include brief greetings by Mrs. Harry S. Grant, Leo Siegel, Jews had hoped for a softening representatives of leading com- Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka, Abe in anti-Jewish sentiment following munal agencies and prominent in- Srere, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wine- the appointment of Tatarescu, dividuals. It will be the first of man, Isidore Sobeloff, Miss Esther a series of programs, to be pre- ccnsidered a liberal democrat and R. Prussian, Mrs. Gertrude B. friendly to the Jews. Sarasohn, Mr. and Mrs. Herman sented during the M. Pekarsky, Charles Rubiner, -. entire week of According to official figures Arthur S. Purdy, William B. Chanukah f r out Made public in Bucharest, a total Isenberg, Simon Shetzer and Rabbi of 225,222 Jews, or more than 36 Dec. 6 through Leon Fram. Per cent of those examined, have Dec. 13, which has Principal speaker at the open- been deprived of Rumanian citi- been set aside as The new Aaron DeRoy Memorial Building of the Jewish Community Center, Woodward and ing dinner session on Saturday zenship under the revision of dedication w e e k. evening, Dec. 2, will be Governor Holbrook, will be dedicated during the week of Chanukah, Dec. 6 through 13, beginning with an open- naturalizatio n lists instituted dur- Admission will be ing program on Wednesday evening. Complete details of the dedication week appear in an adjoining Herbert H. Lehman of New York column. ing the anti-Semitic regime of the free to all func- who took an active part during tions, except to late Alexander Cuza and recently the World War in the relief ef- the dedication din- completed. Deprivation of citizen- forts of the Committee. In the ner, , which Is ship means economic ruin for ap- years immediately following the oroximately 225,000 Jews and planned for Sun- World War, Governor Lehman was day, Dec. 10. thels families since it imposes in direct charge of the reconstruc- Prof. IC elle n, upon them the status of aliens re- tive work carried on by the J. D. one of the out- maining in the country without COVERNOR Herbert H. Lehman the United Stales and Canada will C. in behalf of distressed Jewish the right to work. standing Jewish , 1 -7 of New York (right) and James attend the sessions which will open communities in Eastern Europe. p e r s o nalities of !G. !MacDonald, chairman of the Press at the Standard Club on the evening Children, 599 The appointment of two known National Leaders to Attend Dr. Kallen our time is well anti - Semites to important minis- :dent's Advisory Committee on Ref. of December 2 and continue through. The conferees will hear James known as an authority on Jewish out the next day with "the terial posts in the new Cabinet, problem apes will be among the principal G. McDonald, chairman of Presi- life. He is also one of America's both of whom were members of participants in the 25th annual meet. of rendering aid oserseas under was dent Roosevelt's Advisory Com- leading philosophers and authors conditions" ae the major topic of the Cuza-Goga fascist anti - Jewish ing of the American Jewish Joint mittee on Refugees, and Clarence ) noted for his work in the field of discussion. The ronference will also Cabinet, is an indication that the Conditions which defy descrip- Distribution Committee In •Chicago be attended by a number E. Pickett, executive secretary of LONDON (W NS — Palcog cultural pluralism. As professor en December 2 and 3. Jewish tom. leaders in refugee and of Christian government intends to maintain Agency) — As the House of Com, of philosophy and psychology at the American Friends Service tions were outlined in a telegram war relief friendly relations with the Nazi spunky leaden from all sections of work. mons was adjourning its debate the New School for Social Re- Committee (Quakers), on Sun- sent, during the past week, by regime for economic reasons in Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, na- late one night last week, Phili search in New York City, he is day, Dec. 3, at the afternoon ses- view of recent threats from Ber- J. Noel-Baker, Laborite, asked th recognized as on outstanding fig- sion. Others who will speak are tional chairman of the United lin. government for assurance that I ure among the original thinkers Paul Baer•ald, chairman of the Jewish Appeal, to Henry Wineman All Jewish inhabitants of Des- as an officer of Detroit's 1939 Al- would not force through the Whit and interpreters of this genera- Joint Distribution Committee, Ed- serabia denationalized in the re- Paper Policy at the forthcoming tion. A favorite pupil of the great ward M. M. Warburg and James lied Jewish Campaign. Mr. Wine- cent citizenship revision have been man immediately forwarded copies meeting of the League of Nationg William James, who left his un- N. Rosenberg, vice-chairmen, Jo- of classified as foreigners and or- the wire to a number of cam- Assembly. Undersecretary for Pon finished work for Dr. Kallen to seph C. Ilyman, executive direc- dered to appear before the police paign contributors asking them to sign Affairs Richard A. ButleY edit, he has served on the facul- tor, and Mrs. David M. Levy. to have their residential rights pointed out, in reply, that the ties of Harvard, Princeton, Wis- Jewish communal leaders from forward as much cash as possible controlled and established. The League of Nations Council would consin and Clark Universities, all sections of the United States on their outstanding pledges, re• majority of them are 13essarabian- not meet, and that therefore the and has lectured at Columbia and and Canada will gather at this (PLEASE TURN TO LAST PAM born. question of the Palestine policy many other institutions of higher conference to take part in the dis- Hitler Threat Stiffens Anti-Semi- would not be raised. • cussions of the work facing the learning. His philosophy is not tic Sentiment in Hungary Committee which, "today as in The question of Jews under de ,i only original in the scholarly More than 700 Jews were ar- the first World War, must cope tention in Palestine was brought sense, but has that freshness and rested in Budapest and officially NEW YORK. — (WNS) — with the special problems arising HARRY C. GROSSMAN up by Sir Assheton Powne". Con- vitality which come from rich and charged with spreading "subver- out of persecution visited upon varied personal experience with servative. In answering Sir Asshi William Dudley Pelley, fugitive sive propaganda" against Ger- ' At the 89th annual meeting of ton's inquiry, Colonial Secretor industry, the fine arts, religion Jews in the war era in addition from justice, is reported hiding many. This action followed de- Temple Beth El, held last Sun - Malcolm MacDonald said that 17 and politics both at home and to the havoc wrought by the war i n the Black Hills of South mands presented in the Hungarian day evening in the Brown Me- among all sections of the civilian Jt itaguaL membership enroll- morial Chapel of the- Temple, Jews had been in custody at t)4 abroad. He and John Dewey stand Dakota. Othei information reach- upper house by anti-Semitic Nazi population." ment of the United Hebrew Harry gC. Grossman was elected outbreak of the war, but that Hue pre-eminent among American Schools is now being launched. presid to succeed Morris Gar- number was now reduced to 57. pragmatists. ing here said that the gOuteed deputies who insisted that the Problems More Serious The government was asked to The announcement of the con- Rudolph Zuiback accepted the vett. Dr, Herbert I. Kellett was fuehrer of the Silver Shirts of government take immediate steps Th. Opening Program "aryanize" all Jewish enter- ference pointed out that the Corn- chairmanship of this project, and chosen vice - president and David review the sentences meted out America has been missing from to prises. Henry Meyers, president of the mittee finds itself "facing prob- Dr. Albert E. Bernstein is his co- Wilkus was elected treasurer. his headquarters at Asheville, to the 43 Jews who were found Jewish Community Center, will Official sources here hinted that lems similar to those which had chairman. North Carolina, since Oct. 19, The newly-elected members of guilty of participating in an un- act as chairman o fthe opening brought about its establishment when a melee for his arrest was recent Nazi threats directed The first meeting of this com- the board of trustees, together authorized military parade in the program. Cantor Jacob H. Sonen- against Rumania have consider- in 1914, but vastly magnified." A mitte was held at the home of Mr, issued. The case against Dudley Beisan Valley last month. When klar will kindle the first Chanu- discussion of these problems will and Mrs. Rudolph Zuieback, on (PLEASE T('ItN TO LAST PAGE) Robert John Boothby, Conserva- kah candle, after which Dr. Leo developed out of a Criminal act ably stiffened anti-Jewish senti- he had committed four and one- ment in Hungary. Hungarian be the major object of the confer- Thursday evening, Nov. 30, at tive, inquired whether these Jews M. Franklin will give the invoca- ence. half years ago against the State Nazis have openly voiced demands would have their sentences re- tion. Saul Sauleon, chairman of which time prospect cards were It was pointed out that the distributed among the large num- of North Carolina. Released on that the government adopt new viewed, the Colonial Secretary re- the building committee, will then Joint Distribution Committee had ber of solicitors who will seek to probation, he was held by the and severe measures against the plied in the negative, adding that present the key of the building to MRS. SIGMUND BRAVERMAN Asheville court to have violated Jews based on similar decrees al- been able to render help to civilian reinstate some of the delinquent General Officer Commanding 51, Mr. Meyers, who will make his res,dy in force in Germany and the terms of his parole, war victims throughout the siege members, and will also enroll new G. H. Barker was considering the acceptance speech, on behalf of Mrs. Sigmund Braverman of of Warsaw and that from the out- members in the cause of Jewish punishment meted out to the pris- the Center. This will be followed The Pelley Publishing Company t n the "protectorate." Meanwhile Cleveland was elected president he Hungarian government has oners. break of the current hostilities, education, by brief greetings from Corpora- of the Ohio • Michigan - Indiana expanded until he issued 30,000 I a decree designed to revoke it has been cooperating with the Tom Williams, Laborite, pressed tion Counsel John F, P. O'Hara, Jewish Religious School Teachers copies of various anti-government c ssued The purpose of the membership Arrive itizenship of those Jews whose and anti - American Red Cross, the Ameri• enrollment project is described as Mr. MacDonald to intercede in be- for the City of Detroit, Percival Association at the concluding ses- Semitic publication daily. ancestors were naturalized later can Friends Service Committee two-fold one: The financial aspect, His pamphlets were said to be t ban 1855. half of those Jews who were sen- Dodge for the Detroit Community and the Commission for Polish Re- the income derived from the mem- tenced and•who had been previous- Fund, William Friedman for the sion of the two day convention in the most vicious of their kind in Jew. in Carpatho•Russia Face Detroit on Friday afternoon. the United States. Ile was openly lief in order to effect on the part bership dues being part of the ly complimented by the military United Jewish charities, Abraham NEW YORK.—A distinguished Famine (PLEASE TURN TO LAST PAGE) of major American relief agen- school budget; and the moral sup- delegation of European Jews rep- authorities. Mr. MacDonald de- Srere, president, and Isidore So- proud of having the confidence of As a result of the anti-Semitic the Nazis, and he cooperated with p olicy cies "such coordination as might port, a large membership lending resenting the World Jewish Con- clared that he could not exercise beloff, executive director, respec- of the Hungarian govern. be of the greatest benefit to all invaluable moral support to the gress in its efforts in behalf of any influence in preventing sen- tively, for the Jewish Welfare the German-American Band, his ment, 70,000 Jews in Carpatho- victims." Silver Shirts coming to attend Russia are faced schools. Jews in the war areas will visit tence from being imposed on all Federation, and Meyer Israel for with a tragic members of the group, pointing the Center membership. Dr. Ab- the United States early in January (PLEASE TURN TO LAST PAGE) (PLEASE, TURN TO PAGE 3i at the invitation of the American out that he did not propose to in- raham M. Ilershman, Mrs. Joseph terfere in the case. M. Welt, and Herman Jacobs, Jewish Congress. executive director of the Center, Tidbits from Everywh•r• The delegation will be headed 4S Children Reach Palestine will also participate in the pro- by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chair- Claire Boothe Vivisects Hitlerism II A.I F A . — (WNS-Palcor gram. A brief musical program man of the executive committee By PHINEAS J. BIRON of the World Jewish Congress; Agency)—A group of 45 children will be provided by the Center (Caerrlsat pm S. A. P. S) By JACK CHARESH Dr. Maurice L. Perlzweig, chair- (PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 5) (PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 5) man of the British Section of the KUHN'S CORNER The past six years have wit- our stage has not been seen since World Jewish Congress, and Dr. Circulated among the Nazis in nessed several valiant efforts on the infamous "Barber of Fleet 13. Kleinbaum, representative of this country for the purpose of the part of theatrical producers Street". With her usual deftness Polish Jewry and well known whitewashing Fuehrer Kuhn is a to bring to the stage an anti-Nazi Miss Boothe makes use of a front economist. whispering campaign to the ef- The delegation will spend a play. The efforts, it is sad to re- page item of some months ago, fect that the un-American Nazi late, were still-born. The matter when a popular mayor of an month in the United States and Continuation of Symposium Conducted Among Detroit c hieftain is letting himself be Jews who are disturbed over pilloried on a charge of philander the tragic conditions which make and Tanaim—the first term com- assumed national importance and American metropolis assigned will confer with leaders of the Jewish Youth 'on Their Status as Jews ing in order to conceal the fact life unbearable for our people ing from the term Amore or the was discussed in print by our out- Jewish policeman to guard a Ger- Jewish community in various sec- and as Americans that Bund money was used for throughout the world should find students of Gemorah, and the sec- standing drama writers. Whatever man Consul. The event brought tions of the United States at a purposes which cannot be made comfort in the fact that great ond term coming from the word, the causes for the failures of past pleasant grins to millions of faces special series of conferences to be EDITOR'S NOTE—Keen interest i arranged by public . . . But while it may be progress is being made culturally Tana, or teachers of Mishnah. The s the American Jewish in this being displayed by the youth country, and so Miss efforts, it is gratifying to report, second volume deals with the Amo- true of Detroit in the that, as implied, he used symposium being conducted by The Detroit that such a play has at long last Boothe has presented us with just Congress. They will bring with that Jewish scholarship is raim of Palestine and with the fa- Jewish Chronicl e on the future of our youth in this country. seine of the money to pay off and reached our stage. "Margin for such a situation, and in her them documented reports of con- making headway. It is a silver mous characters of We p here additional statements. This symposium will Nazi spies, the fact remains that lining on a dark horizon. the Jerusalem Error", now current at the Ply- unique manner wrote some of the ditions which prevail, the require- Talmud. We meet here members Kuhn has been a notorious play- continue next week. mouth Theater, has proven an in- most hilarious lines ever present- ments of Jewish life and the be- One of the most impressive ex- of the Sanhedrin, are introduced boy for quite some time ... Much hest of Jewish communities in ed to an actor. The actor whose stantaneous box office success. care was taken to see to it that amples of Jewish literary achieve- to their discussions and learn fas- good fortune it is to play that Europe. It is expected that at this Zionism Gives Concrete Ex- ceived equal favor. All men were not a single non-Aryan had any ment of our time is the appearance cinating tales of Jewish activities Claire Boothe, whose sensa- grateful equal and only God was the au- official function in connection with of a three-volume work by Ger- in t'..•tse days. We role is none other than time there will be laid the foun- pression to Personality tional comedy The Women" was Sam Levene, a talented and like- dation for American Jewish par- learn, for in- thority. Thus Christianity brought Kuhn's trial . . . Even the Jew- shorn Bader under the title "The something of a national cause able young artist, who has en- ticipation through the Congress of the Jew the common man into his own, ish court attendant. tactfully Jewish Spiritual Heroes" in which stance, about Rabbi Simeon ben Lakish, who had a career as glad- celebre for two years. and whose in the preparations for the restor- only to deprive him again of hie withdrew ... Everything possible the author covers seven centuries iator (Tuna TO EDITORIAL PAGE) and watchman, and we are "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", still is ation of Jewish rights after the By MEYER DANZIG God-given privileges as the church was done to crush the claim of of Jewish thought and in which to Rabbi Yitzchok the playing about the country, has peace. declined in spirituality and be- lawyer Sabbatine, Kuhn's man- he deals with the works and lives presented Blacksmith, who was an authority written "Margin for Error". Hav- Liberalism — "that mode of came a powerful ecclesiastical ge!, that the Jews were railroad- The American Jewish Congress of the great Rabbinic teachers be- on both Ilagadah and Ilalacha. An ing written a devastating expose thought and system of govern- hierarchy. ing Fritz to jail . , Did you ginning with the period of "Great interesting chapter in this volume ePLEAtne TURN TO LA' PAGE) of our upper crust ladies, of ment under which the rights and The entire period of the middle know that the un-American Bund's Synagogue" up to the completion venomous gossip in the powder aspirations of the common man ages was one of hostility to the membership application blank in - of the Babylonian Talmud. Pub- is devoted to Rabbi Zeira who great sacrifices for Pales- rooms, the gyms and beauty par- have found their fullest realize- spirit and outlook of Democracy cludes the statement, to which all lished by the Pardes Publishing made tine toward which he displayed an lors with a pen dipped in vitriol, tion"—today trembles in the bal- and liberalism. Only in a few iso- applicants must swear: "I am free Company, Inc., this work deserves immense love. and having ridiculed columnists ance between survival and extinc- lated places did the lamp of truth (PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 5) unprecedented circulation because and movie actresses with southern Talmudic Compiler 12 tion. The nations that possess gov- and devotion dimly burn. For was it is not only scholarly but is at drawls, Miss Boothe turns her ernments that derive their author- not dogmatism , in religion ram- The volume deals with the the same time replete with story heroes third keen mind and keener scalpel to of the Babylonian Talmud. A series of parlor meetings, at ity from the will of the people pant? Was not the church venal and legend and covers one of the We are told the Nazis and Mn. Hitler's stooges which problems that now affect are steadily decreasing. And the and decadent while Aristotlean richest periods in Jewish history. sacrifices, how how prayers replace in the United States. Frankly Palestine will be discussed, will democracies that remain are be- thought reigned supreme? The new laws were de- starting out as a mystery thriller, Amoraim and Tanaim again be held this year, accord- ing forced to adopt the same spirit of investigation in both reli- creed, .;)out paternal duties, about "Margin for Error" emerges as In the first volume Mr. Bader ing to an announcement made methods as the autocratic states, gion and science was suppressed the laws of married life and the one of the most hilarious comedies deals with the creation of the introduction of new educational this week by Lawrence W. Crohn, in order to hold their place in' the and penalized. A self-seeking no- seen in our theater in many year's. Mishnah. In fine translation by methods, There Is the story about president, and Rabbi Morris Ad- world. bility and a corrupt clergy occu- For the first time this season Solomon Katz, Mr. Bader's work Ravine, the final compiler of the ler, chairman of the program com- The Plot Until modern times little con- pied the seats of authority. The mittee, of the Zionist Organiza- sideration was given by govern- world slumbered for eight hun- Beth El College of Jewish Studies describes the three main parties of Babylonian Talmud who rushed to The play deals with a German will admit visitors to its classes the Talmudic period, the Phari- complete the work because deter- tion of Detroit. consul, who entertains illusions of ments to the rights of the indi- dred years in a coma of unproduc next Monday night, Dec. 4. Visi- gees, the Sadducees, and the Es- ioration net in among Jews due The first of the series of meet- vidual. To be sure, the citizens of live and chaotic lethargy. grandeur and asserts flatly that he ings for the current year will be Greece and Rome enjoyed high gets his inspirations from the But the Renaissance and the tors are invited to come to the genes. There is explanation of the to political conditions. The perse- held on Tuesday evening, Dec. 12, privileges and many opportunities Protestant Reformation broke the classes in current events, compar- life of the Samaritans and among cutions in the year 500 caused the same sources at Hitler—out of at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- for self-development; but their strangle - hold and permitted man- ative religion, Bible literature, the great figures described is On- decline of the influence of the Tor- nothing. Baumer, the consul, as liam Roth, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. numbers were few and they built kind to breathe the air of philo- and all the 12 courses offered by holes, or Aquilas. the Proselyte, ah in the life of the Jews and to played by Otto L. Preminger, who Broder, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mar- the ancient civilizations on the sophic truth and pure scientific t he College. The hours are 8 to the relative of the Roman Emperor save Jewry's spirituel treasures. also directed the play emerges as led, Judge and Mrs. Harry B. Kei- broken backs' of a submerged research. The individual was 9. and 9 to 10. There is no charge who translated the Torah and laid Ravina rushed to 'conclude The a composite figure of a Nazi, em- dan and Mr. and 51rs. Abraham mass of slaves. Only in ancient clothed with significance and for admission, but visitors are • foundation for Targum; Geni- great compilation which was begun bodying all the evil, the conni- SAM LEVENE by Ran Ashi. vance and cruelty of a Hitlerite. As the Jewish policeman who Cooper. Israel was there much conception value. The common man began to asked to secure passes at the Col- ne' II of Javneh, Rabbi Jehuda. Gershom Bader's work stands The central theme for discus- of individual worth and human regard himself as a real person- lege office on the second floor of the Nasi. who was the editor of He is resealed as a crook of the solves the mystery of the murder ality, ■ being with rights, a char- Temple Beth El. The enrollment the Mishnah; Rabbi Eleazar ben out as a unique treasure in Jew- worst sort, who to further his per- of the German Consul in Clare sion at the meetings on Dec. 12 dignity. at ish lore. will be "Palestine and the Ameri- Beth El College is 500. About Ilyrcanus, under whose regime in- sonal interests is ready to sacri- Boothe's new comedy hit, "Margin New conceptions of human acter to be developed, and with a • can Jew." The speakers at these values were created with the es- life to live as he so desires. The a thousand visitors are expected. ternecine struggle revealed the ex- fice his wife. For Error.* The Jew in English Literature meetings will be announced next tablishment of the Christian fruition of the idea of the inalien- The dames will all be moved to istence of enemies In Jewry. A more villainous character on week. larger rooms and halls in order to Another magnificent literary In the next two volumes we church. A slave and his master re- tPLitaing TURN To LAST PA011) accommodate the visitors. are introduced to the Amoraim (PLEASE TIRN TO LAST P AGE) PAY PLEDGES, Grossman Heads M. P.'s ATTACK WINEMAN ASKS Temple Beth El WHITE PAPER Conditions Beyond De- scription Outlined in U.J.A. Telegram 45 Ger- man Refugees Arrive in Palestine Heads Religious PELLEY HIDES Teachers' Ass'n IN THE SOUTH Kuhn's Conviction Is •Severe Blow to the Bund R. Zuieback Heads Membership Drive Of Hebrew Schools 3 Jewish Congress Delegates to U. S. Goldmann, Perlzweig, Kleinbaum to in January STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, A SATISFYING ANTI-NAZI' PLAY JEWISH SCHOLARSHIP IN U. S. REACHES MATURITY Literary Achievements Are Silver Lining on Dark Horizon; Significant Works by Gershom Bader, Prcf. Modder JEWISH YOUTH VIEWS ITS FUTURE Zionist Parlor Rallies Dec. Beth El College Visitors' Night on Monday, Dec. 4