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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
May 3, 1940
personalities will address the eon meeting, is one of the most dio Hour is presented over this Conclave to View
gatherings. The speakers at brilliant of the younger rabbis station.
luncheon meetings this week will in this country. The son of the
Alien Legislation
Opening the Allied Jewish
(Continued from Page 1)
include Marvin Lowenthal, emi- late Dr. Maximilian Heller, who Campaign series, Mr. Butzel will
nent author and lecturer, who
one of the pioneer Zionists be heard Sunday noon, May 5, Civil Rights Discussio n to B e
and final, or whether there may will address the workers on Wed- was
in
the
Reform rabbinate and who at 12:15 o'clock, during the Alt-
Held Monday Evening
still be time to save the shattered
consistently fought for Palestine's man Jewish Hour, scheduled on
fragments and build anew rests
upbuilding, Rabbi James Heller Station YMBC from 12 noon un-
A conference to consider legi s.
with the Jews of America, and,
..ollowed in his father's footsteps. til 1:30.
lation affecting the rights of
in great measure, with us here
He was chairman of the national
Campaign appeals, scheduled aliens will be held Monday, May
in Detroit," he said.
executive committee of the Zion- every day from May 5 through 6, at 8 p. m., at 51 Sproat St.,
"The fate of millions overseas
ist :ganization of America and May 19, have been arranged to under the auspices of the Civil
and the continuance of our Amer-
i s tc lay spoken of as a possible precede and follow the news Rights Federation.
ican program to insure the dig-
candidate for the presidency of broadcasts regularly heard over
"The primary consideration of
nity of Jewish life in this coun-
the Zionist Organization.
this station. The broadcast on the conference will be with the
try, depends largely upon what
Educated at Tulane University Monday, May 6, is scheduled for defeat of the bills now before
the Jews of Detroit are going to
and the University of Cincinnati, 2:55 p. in., and the appeal for Congress, generally known as 'an-
do in the 1940 Allied Jewish
Rabbi Heller was ordained at Tuesday, May 7, when Henry ti-alien bills'," the Rev. Owen A.
Campaign.
Hebrew Union College. He en- Lapides will be the speaker, is Knox, president of the Civil
"The necessity of providing
tered the rabbinate as assistant scheduled for 4:10 p.
Rights Federation, said in an-
unparalleled sums for the Joint
to the late Dr. Joseph Krauskopf
The May 8 broadcast will be nouncing the conference. Some of
Distribution Committee, the United
of Philadelphia who is known as heard at 2:55 p. m., the May these bills provide for the regis.
Jewish Appeal and the National
the founder of the National Farm 9 broadcast at 4:10 p. m., and tration and deportation of all
Refugee Service, included in the
School. Rabbi Heller was chap- the May 10 bfoadcast at 2:55 aliens. The Hobbs Bill would pro-
United Jewish Appeal, has
lain with the U. S. Army during p. M.
vide even for the establishment
prompted the leadership of our
the World War. He is at present
Among those who will deliver of concentration camps in the
city to set a new high goal,
rabbi of Plum St. Temple in radio addresses are: May 8, Her- United States. Although this legis-
which all of us must strive to
Cincinnati.
man Jacobs; May 9, Rabbi Leon lation is ostensibly directed
meet if the work of war relief,
A brilliant musician and com- Frain; May 10, Harold Silver; against the non-citizens, it is
re-training, emigration from Eu-
poser, Rabbi Heller writes the May 12, Henry Lapides; May 14, written in such a way as to de-
rope, rebuilding and resettlement
program notes for the Cincinnati Rabbi Morris Adler; May 16, stroy not only the rights of the
in Palestine, and refugee inte-
Symphony Orchestra. He is the Simon Shetzer; May 18, Nathan foreign born, but to constitute a
gration into the life of the United
author of a number of outstand- Yaffe.
real threat to the civil rights of
States is to be implemented on
MARVIN LOWENTHAL
ing musical compositions.
55 Causes
every American."
a scale commensurate with re-
An able speaker, Rabbi Heller
Besides consideration of anti-
The
55
causes
supported
by
the
nesday,
May
8;
and
Rabbi
James
has built a large following
quirements.
alien bills, the conference pro-
1940
Allied
Jewish
Campaign
in-
G.
Heller
of
Cincinnati,
who
will
Enlist 1,000 Workers
throughout the country with his
provides for discussion of
"The estimates of the 1940 be the guest speaker on Friday, liberal views and his impressive clude the following services, agen- gram
bills facilitating naturalization,
and items:
May
10.
needs of each of the agencies
appeals in behalf of Palestine's cies
LOCAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS the alien hunt now going on in
within the United Jewish Appeal
Author, lecturer, world trav- reconstruction.
Civic-Protective: Jewish Community industrial plants, the Geyer anti-
have been based upon truly mini- eler and historian, Mr. Lowenthal
Council, -League for Human Rights, poll tax bill, and the anti-lynch
Junior Division
Defense Fund, Special Vocational Serv-
mal obligations which they must is best known for his book "The
bill, it was announced.
Announcing that the Junior ices.
undertake if the survival of Eu- Jews of Germany: A Story of
Educational: Farband Folk School,
Division quota for the Allied Sholom
•opean Jewry is to be assured. It
Alelchem Folk Institute, Work-
Jewish Campaign had been set men's Circle Schools, Yeshivah Beth
is on the judgment of our na-
Judah, United liebrew Schools.
Temple Sisterhood
at
$21,000,
Maurice
A.
Glasier,
tional leaders in consultation with
Health: North End Clinic (Hospital-
who is president of the Detroit ization Fund), Jewish Hospital Build-
the Allied Jewish Campaign Bud-
To Hear Mrs. Swain
Service Group which sponsors the ing Fund (The 1040 Allied Jewish Cam-
get Committee that we are going
includes a $10,000 allocation to
Junior Division of the drive, and a paign
out for a goal of $925,000 which
Hospital Fund, $5,000 of which Is to
who is also serving as general be given to the Campaign by the Mount Monthly Meeting to Be Held on
must be met, without fail."
Hospital Association. In addition,
May 13
chairman of the Junior's cam- Sinai
Although pre-campaign solicita-
the Federation for several years has
paign, stated that his workers had in trust the Hebrew Hospital As-
tions in the highest brackets, led
fund of approximately $48,000•
Mrs. Howard Swain, executive
were fully prepared for intensive sociation
by Sidney J. Allen and Nate S.
the construction In the future secretary of the Detroit Chapter
and widespread solicitation among toward
Shapero, have been in progress
of an adequate medical are agency),
the young people of the Detroit Institutional Care: Jewish house of of National Maternal Health
for several weeks; and solicitors
Shelter, Jewish Home for Aged.
League, will be the guest speaker
Jewish Community.
in the executive committee, head-
Recre.ttional: Fresh Air Camp, Coun-
"Our special gifts committee," cil tamp, Jewish Community Center at the monthly meeting of the
ed by Gus D. Newman and Simon
Sisterhood of Temple Beth El,
said Mr. Glasier, "has been work- (Supplementation).
Shetzer, have been working with
Welfare: Jewish Social Service Bureau
Monday, May 13, at 1:30 p. m.
ing for the past two weeks. Un- (Family Welfare Supplementation).
the prospects in the middle brack-
der the chairmanship of Milton Capital Payments: Jewish Community Mrs. Mayer B. Sulzberger and
ets for an equal length of time,
Hebrew Free Loan Association, Mrs. Harry Farbsten are co-chair-
Doner, a special gifts committee Center,
the success of the present drive
North End Clinic.
has solicited junior subscriptions NATIONAL. AND REGIONAL CAUSES men of the program. Mrs. Law-
for the largest quota in the his-
Civic-Protective: American Jewish rence Freedman is president of
in the higher brackets. The spe- Committee,
tory of relief drives in Detroit,
American Jewish Congress,
cial gifts committee is composed Bnai 13rith—Wider Scope, Jewish Labor the Sisterhood.
depends upon the response that
Mrs. Swain will lecture on the
Committee.
of
Wilfred
Doner,
Julian
Frank,
will be given to solicitors in the
Educational and Research: American moving picture "Why Let Them
Edwin Gage, Louis J. Gordon, Academy—Jewish
general division during the next
Research, Bnai Britt'
Hanley Rosenberg, Harold Rob- Bill 'I Foundation, Graduate School for Die?" This picture is sponsored
two weeks. More than a thousand
Social Work, Histadruth Ivrith, by the Maternal Health League.
inson, Cyril Wagner and Edwin Jewish
general division workers will comb
Jewish Braille Institute, Jewish Chau-
Wolf."
the community for support of the
tauqua Society, Jewish Telegraphic The meeting, to be preceded by
Association, Young a dessert luncheon, will be held
The special gifts committee is Agency, Menorah
Allied Jewish Campaign follow-
Avukah Yiddish Scientific In-
working in conjunction with the Judaea,
ing the opening dinner on Mon-
stitbte, Graduate Faculty for Political at Temple Beth El, Woodward
at Gladstone.
Social Science.
day evening. General division so-
RABBI JAMES G. HELLER entire pre-campaign of the Junior and
Health: Jewish Orphan Home--Cleve-
Division which is also headed by land.
licitors are headed by Irving W.
Montettore Home—Cleveland, Ex-
Blumberg and George M. Stutz, Sixteen Centuries," which has re- Mr. Glasier. The quota for the Patients' Tubercular Home—Denver, Leo Spring Frolic of Gamma
Levi Memorial Hospital—Hot Springs,
as chairmen of the Trade Coun- ceived the acclaim of outstanding special gifts committee is $2,600 N.
Kappa Chi on Sunday
National Jewish Hospital—
critics and hosts of readers. It is of the $8,500 expected to be Arkansas,
Denver.
cil.
Membership Services and Conferences:
a stirring account of the Jewish raised by the Junior pre-cam-
Report Meetings
Gamma Kappa Chi Fraternity
Conference on Jewish Itelations, Coun-
Spurred on by the success of past in Germany leading up to paign.
Vul n oi f Jewish Federations andWelfare will present Max Gail and his
Amer- Detroit Yacht Club orchestra at
Jacob L. Keidan, David J. Levy
the Women's Division, which an- the entrance of the Nazi regime
oteuir i
e Board. National
o lfsIttim
Ica, s.jewsh \I\ezlfarg
nounced the over-subscription of and ensuing catastrophe for the Jr., and Murray W. Waxman, conference
of Jewish Social Wel fare, the spring frolic, an informal
vice chairmen of the entire .rznii i s . latznneari erl)n er s e eraorn Cpur rlsetal s and dance to be held at the Grand
its $65,000 quota on Friday, Jewish people.
In the course of his travels, Junior division set-up, are each .
workers in the general campaign
Ballroom of the Book - Cadillac
IMMIGRANT AID
will hold daily report meetings in Mr. Lowenthal has studied Jewish in charge of a unit comprised of REFiTGEE AND
Hotel, Sunday, May 5. Tickets
OVERSEAS
t
r
SE
J
olin
four
of
the
12
divisions
within
life
and
customs,
not
only
in
most
t
Jew'Ish °/pEple
the Hotel Statler. Outstanding
United AND
may be purchased at the door.
tional Re(ue-
Committee, (2) National
of the countries of Europe, but th Junior campaign structure. tribution
e
gee Service, Incorporated, (3) United For tickets or further informa-
in North Africa, Syria and the Mr. Keidan is supervising the
estienwe Appeal (including American tion call To. 6-5187.
,
Near East. He has been blessed work of Divisions J-A J-B, J-C, a nd Jewish
Egg Roll — Fried Shrimps
Ort
Federation.
at the tombs of more Jewish and J-D, which, in turn, are solmiem
tyigration: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Committee, the United Palestine
and All Kinds of
saints between the Atlas Moun- headed by the followin g chair-
Reseitlement Work In Detroit: Reset- Appeal and the National Refugee
GENUINE CHINESE FOOD
tains and the River Jordan than men : J-A, Ray Davis and Regina Cement
Service—(1) Family Depart- Service to mobilize all possible re-
any
pilgrim
since
the
celebrated
Schiller;
J-B,
Dr.
Jack
Rom
and
ment,
(2) Children's Department.
6 Course Dinners — 50c
Benjamin of Tudela.
T helma Rom; J-C, David Gold- Rabbi Silver Calls for Wider sources for the purchase of land,
We Deliver Anywhere
settle the thousands of Jews
n;
Mr. Lowenthal was born in m an and Morris H. Shipman;
Support of Palestine
ho continue to enter Palestine
Phone TERRACE 2-9292
Bradford, Pa. He was graduated J-D, Max Fogelman and Julius
month after month."
Catering to Parties, Banquets, etc.
from the University of Wiscon- Schwartz. The secretaries of Unit
As the Br R it e i b su h ild Gio nv gernment an- 50 Communities to Launch Drives
sin and received his Master's One are: J-A, Sadie Beth Klein;
that immigration of
May 5 to May 12
MANDARIN degree from Harvard University J-B, Dorothy Schetzer; J-C, Ann nounced
More than 60 communities from
in 1916. From 1916 to 1920 he Brooks; J-D, Adeline Rottenberg. 9,000 Jews into Palestine will be
GARDEN CAFE was director of the Zionist Bu- Unit Two is composed of Divi- permitted in a six months period Maine to California will launch
reau for the Pacific Coast, then sions J-E, J-F, J-G and J-H, beginning April 1, 1940, Rabbi their campaigns during the week
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became associate editor of the under the supervision of David J. Hillel Silver, national chairman from May 5 to May 12, inclusive,
Menorah Journal, and in 1927- Levy Jr. The chairmen in Unit of the United Jewish Appeal, is- which is to be marked as "Con-
1928 was representative of Jewish Two are: J-E, Alex Baruch, Ko- sued a plea in behalf of the secration Week," when the United
minority interests at the League jel R. Rubiner; J-F, Jacob Weiss- maintenance and expansion of the Jewish Appeal will enter upon
of Nations. Mr. Lowenthal was a man, Abe Zwerdling; J-G, Robert Jewish Homeland in Palestine, in the decisive Spring phase of its
secretary of the World Confer- Mazer, John Sills; J-H, Ruben which he emphasized that Ameri- unprecedented campaign to rescue
ence for International Peace Gold and Sherman Shapiro. The can Jewry has it within its power European Jewry from homeless-
Through Religion in Paris, 1928- secretaries are: J-E, Betty Milen; "to liberate Jewish life," and ness and distress. More than 15
J-F, Miriam Shetzer; J-G, Lor- through the promotion of settle- cities will begin their drives si-
1930.
Colliagwood at Third
Besides "The Jews of Ger- raine Wolf, and J-H, Esther Ber- ment in Palestine help save "the multaneously on Sunday, May 5,
flower of Jewish youth in Eu- thus ushering in "Consecration
many," Mr. Lowenthal is the ger.
Week" with a period of the most
CARPETED I TO 5 ROOMS
Murray M. Waxman is in rape
author of "A World Passed By,"
In his appeal to Jewish leaders intensive campaign activity this
the first comprehensive work in charge of the activities of Divi-
SUITES, FUR. OR UN-
any language on the Jewish an- sions J-I, J-J, J-K and J-L, throughout the country, Rabbi year.
FUR., LIGHT, AIRY, SOME
tiquities of Europe and North headed by the following chair- Silver stressed the fact that the Schwartz Named European Vice-
Chairman of JDC Commit-
HAVE • 2 BATHS. ALL
Africa; "The Autobiography of men : J-I, Bud Bielfield and Laya task of "plucking the victims of
tee; Leavitt Secretary
WITH NEW INDIVIDUAL
Michel de Montaigne," selected, Fauman; J-J, Harold Mahler and Hitlerism from imminent destruc-
The appointment of Dr. Joseph
prefaced, arranged, edited and Jerry Rosenzweig; J-K, Bernard tion will require a new concep-
REFRIGERATIONS A N D
translated from the work of the Weissman and Joseph Zwerdling; tion of individual responsibility J. Schwartz, now secretary of
TABLE TOP STOVES,
great French philosopher; and J-L, Lester Kaufman and Herman for the salvage of Jews," which the American Jewish Joint Dk-
COMPLETE HOTEL SER-
"The Memoirs of Glueckel of Raznick. The secretaries are: must be reflected in a new level tribution Committee, to the post
VICE. DINING ROOM,
Hameln," a first translation of J-I, Nadine Lewis; J-J, Dorothea of support for the Joint Distribu- of vice chairman of the European
this classic into English with an Levy; J-K, Beatrice Pizer, J-L, tion Committee, the United Pal- Executive Council of that organi-
GARAGE. CONVENIENT-
introductory essay on German- Blanche Hurvich. estine Appeal and the National zation, was announced Saturday
LY LOCATED. C. BISIO,
Refugee Service.
by Morris C. Troper, European
Jewish life in the 17th century.
Radio Appeals
Pointing to the possibilities for chairman of the committee, on the
MGR., TO. 8.2680.
Dr. James G. Heller, the guest
Headed by Fred M. Butzel, as future settlement and immigra- eve of his return to Europe on
speaker at Friday's report lunch- general
chairman of the cam- tion in Palestine, Rabbi Silver the Conte di Savoia. Dr. Schwartz
paign, a group of representative said that despite the recent land will go abroad within the next
men and women who are leaders legislation enacted by the British few weeks, Mr. Troper said, to
in the 1940 drive will broadcast Government, there is twice as assume his new duties.
O DOWN on
Tires—Radios—Batteries
a series of campaign addresses much land still to be bought in
NAYMENT
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Simultaneously, announcement
over radio station WMBC. The the "free" zone in Palestine as was made by Joseph C. Hyman.
campaign appeals will be broad- the Jewish National Fund has executive vice chairman of the
cast through the courtesy of been able to acquire in 38 years. Joint Distribution Committee, 01
Formerly S & K Super Service
John Lord Booth, president and lie urged that American Jewry the appointment of Moses A.
Tire & General Repairs - Lubrication • Standard Oil Products
general manager of radio sta- dedicate itself in 1940 through Leavitt of New York, as Dr.
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tion WMBC, at the request of the United Jewish Appeal in be- Schwartz's successor in the office
Courtesy and Service Our Watchwords
Hyman Altman whose Jewish Ra- half of the Joint Distribution of secretary.
CAMPAIGN
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