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"Youth Speaks" Holds First Open Forum on
Nov. 17 at Jewish Center

"The Present Role of Youth in
a Democracy" will be the sub-
ject of the first Town Hall forum,
sponsored by the "Youth Speaks"
Committee, the representative or-
ganization of 24 leading Jewish
youth groups, to be held on Sun-
day, Nov. 17, at 8:30 p. m., in
the auditorium of the Jewish
Community Center, Woodward at
Holbrok.
As moderator for the evening,
the committee has selected Ed-
ward L. Cushman, chief of the
occupational adjustment services
of the Michigan State Employ-
ment Service.
The three youth discussants are
Sylvia Berris, Boaz Siegel and
Joseph Zwerdling. Miss Berris will
discuss the problem of vocation
redirection among young people
in the emergency program. A stu-
dent of guidance, studying for
her Master's Degree at Wayne
University, she is now a teacher
in one of the Detroit public
schools. She has also taken ex-
tension courses in guidance at
Columbia University.
Boaz Siegel will speak on the
need for preserving civil liberties
in time of stress. Mr. Siegel, a

Jewish Community
Of Uruguay

By RABBI J. X. COHEN
Chairman, Commission on Eco-
nomic Problems, American
Jewish Congress

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Under cover of a decree to
raise the cultural level of Uru-
guay, some of the anti-Semites
are planning a bill to prohibit
the public use of, both written
and oral, of languages that are
not academically recognized. This
would, they hope, block the Yid-
dish press and the Yiddish lan-
guage at public meetings in Uru-
guay. One of the Uruguayan
Senators has already drafted the
bill and recently introduced the
measure. Its progress must be
carefully watched, for it would
set a dangerous precedent in
South America.
Zionist activity is carried on
with enthusiasm under the gen-
eral supervision of the Zionist
Federation, of which Senor T.
Schaffer is president. That such
activity is possible is an index of
the liberality and intelligence of
the Uruguayan government, and
a credit to the alertness of Jew-
ish leadership. When the govern-
ment sought to develop decrees
against organizations with inter-
national connections, in its ef-
forts to curb Fascist and Com-
munist activities, there was great
danger that Zionist activity would
be seriously affected.
During the debates in the Uru-
guayan Congress on the proposed
legislation, the Minister of For-
eign Affairs, Dr, A. Guani, speci-
fically declared on the floor of
the Chamber of Deputies that the
laws would not apply to Zionist
work in Uruguay. When an-
other series of laws was being
drafted to curb anti-Uruguayan
activities by organizations within
the country, the texts were so
framed at first that, under an
adverse interpretation, the Jewish
communal organizations would
have been crippled.
The situation was saved when
it was suggested to the authori-
ties that a clause be inserted ex-
empting religious bodies from the
prohibitions cited. Under this
clause the Jewish group is able
to carry on its proper work, with-
out menace or harm to Uruguay-
an interests, and with great cul-
tural and social benefits to the
Jewish community and the causes
it seeks to serve.
When Uruguayan Jewry a few
months ago convened a national
conference in Montevideo to plan
a campaign for war relief, World
Jewish Congress and Palestine,
16 delegates with known corn-
munist connections attended. They
walked out, however, in a body,
when the conference insisted on in-
cluding Palestine in its program.
Thereafter the communists or-
ganized a separate relief project,
using a euphonious "front" name,
and sent its first collections to
the Joint Distribution Committee
in New York. Thereafter they in-
creased the intensity of their cam-
paign throughout Uruguay, claim-
ing they were acting for and rep-
resentatives of the great Ameri-
can Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee. When Uruguayan
Jewish leaders complained to the
Joint Distribution Committee in
New York, pointing out the em-

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE end the Legal Chronicle

November 15, 1940

graduate of Wayne University
with a Masters Degree in history
and a senior at law school, is also
a teacher in the Detroit schools.
He has been active in civil liber-
ties work with the Detroit Fed-
eration of Teachers and the Uni-
ted Office and Professional Work-
ers of America.
Joseph Zwerdling, who will deal
with the effect of conscription on
youth, is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa and received the degree of
Juris Doctor from the University
of Michigan Law School. He was
an Assistant Attorney General of
the state for two years and a
special attorney in the Anti-Trust
Division of the Department of
Justice in Washington for one
year. At present in private prac-
tice, he has been active in the
Allied Jewish Campaign.
I. Murray Jacobs, chairman of
the "Youth Speaks" Committee
and president of Shaarey Zedek
Young People's Society, will be
chairman of the evening. After
the discussion, there will be a
social hour, and dancing. The com-
munity is invited to attend. Ad-
mission is free.

KAPLAN

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is known as a popular lecturer and
brilliant orator.
Professor of homiletics at the
Jewish Theological Seminary since
1910, Dr. Kaplan has exercised
a tremendous influence on Jewish
thought in America and elsewhere.
He is the leader of the Society
for the Advancement of Judaism
and of the Reconstructionist move-
ment. For two years he was pro-
fessor of education at the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem. He is
author of "A New Approach to
the Problem of Judaism," "Juda-
ism as a Civilization," "Judaism
in Transition" and "The Meaning
of God in Modern Jewish Reli-
gion."
Prof. Kaplan's address will be
entitled "Jewish Religion of To-
morrow." A question period and
discussion from the floor will
follow his address. Admission to
the lecture will be 40 cents to
Center members and 55 cents to
others. Series tickets are $1.50 to
members and $2.25 to others.
A concert by Ernst Wolff, well-
known German-Jewish baritone,
who accompanies himself at the
piano; a lecture by Prof. Sidney
Hook, distinguished Amercian so-
cial philosopher; a lecture-recital
on the "Cavalcade of Jewish Mu-
sic" by a baritone and pianist
from the West Coast; and a lec-
ture by Maurice Samuel, well-
known writer and speaker, are
the four remaining events in the
series.

Clifford Odets' "Rocket to
the Moon" at the Lafay-
ette Theater

"Rocket to the Moon," Clif-
ford Odets' Group Theater suc-
cess which was rated by the New
York Drama Critics' Circle among
the four best plays of its year,
will be presented at the Lafayette
Theater for the week commencing
Sunday evening, Nov. 17. Mati-
nees will be held on Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Considered to be Odets' best
work since "Awake and Sing,"
"Rocket to the Moon" has just
completed a season's run on Broad-
way. Told in vivid dialog, the
story presents the revolt of a
browbeaten husband against a
domineering, penny-pinching wife.
A party to his revolt is Cleo, his
young assistant whose yearning
for romance is a blend of inno-
cence and ignorance. Other im-
portant characters are the dentist's
sardonic father-in-law and a
young man on the road to eco-
nomic failure.

Baroness Edouard de Roth-
schild, they say, likes to smoke
an after-dinner cigar .. . Not a
stogie, though, but one of those
dainty little ones.

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the American Jewish Joint Dis- most of his profits from "Hold
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tribution Committee receives that
matters. What does matter are the
serious repercussions and evil ef-
fects upon American Jewry that
can easily eventuate from so dis-
graceful a connection between the
Communists and the-Joint Jewish
leadership, responsible for the pro-
tection of the political status of
American Jews in both sections of
the American continent, without
delay should help Joint Distri-
bution Committee officialdom clear-
ly to see the serious unwisdom of
the present situation. They should
also help to bring to an end this
disgraceful tic-up with those who
would exploit the name of the
Joint Distribution Committee and
its leaders, for in this self-avow-
ed and condoned partnership lies
much danger for all American
Jewry.
The problems of relief, and of
campaigning in Uruguay for re-
lief funds should be discussed at
a Pan American Relief Confer-
ence. Uruguayans told me they are
politically free to send delegates
to a Pan American Jewish Con-
gress, at which the relief prob-
lems would be worked over. At the
present time, however, the war
has affected Uruguayan trade ad-
versely, with serious effects upon
their exchange rate. Their peso
is now worth only about one-third
OST
people
would
be willing
to in these Buick engines—at 40, for
spend
a little
extra
for what
normal, making travel from Mon-
instance, you have as much as 85%
tevideo to the United States very
expensive.
Buick has to offer—style, size, room, of your power "on call"—still per-
The Jewish community of Uru-
steadiness, durability—if part of that mits the flashing get-away, the
guay is keen to participate in a
Pan American Jewish Congress
extra could be paid back through swooping hill-climb, the sure lift out
and if sending delegates should
lower operating costs.
of pinches you once had to buy with
prove impracticable at the last
moment, they are prepared to
heavy gasoline consumption.
Especially they would like really
designate as representatives some
of those who will attend as dele-
satisfying performance—quick take- So we say—more power to thrift—.
gates from Argentine. They hope,
however, it will prove possible to
off, easy hill-climbing, sure power, it helps put Buick thrill and comfort
send at least one Uruguayan to
fast response—if they could have it within easy reach.
the sessions, when called.
in
a car that's stingy with gasoline.
In Uruguay we have a small but
And the reason is—more thrift from
well knit Jewish community strug-
That's what we've given them— power—from abler engines.
gling to its feet, in an atmosphere
of liberalism and democracy not
through the extra power in this 1941
altogether free from Nazi-inspired
It all adds up to
Buick.
anti-Jewish feelings. It is plagued
by certain communists who as
the sensation of
The added wallop of FIREBALL engine the year—the car
Jews use tie-ups with a powerful
North American relief organiza-
design and Compound Carburetion you ought to see
tion to disrupt and weaken Jew-
lets us use more thrifty gear ratios, first—the brilliant,
ish life in Uruguay and use re-
sources they have captured to
saving money without complicating able beauty your
aggrandize and strengthen Com-
extra gears or mechanisms. Buick dealer has
for the
munism. The problems this tangl-
ed situation presents must be
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