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and The Legal Chronicle

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940

VOL. 42, NO. 51

Britain Urged

Center Observes Book
Jewish Community Dr. Grayzel to Speak on Monday

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Chanukah Week Set Aside for Special Celebration; Julius
Chajes to Give Brief Re-
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cital at Dec. 23 Gaering; Exhibit by Jewis Pub
Oers on Special Program
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A special exhibition of books
In celebration of Jewish Book
in Hebrew, Yiddish and English
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Week, which takes place between
will be featured at the Center
Dec. 22 and Dec. 29, during the
during the period of Jewish Book
Chanukah period, a special eve-
Week. This exhibition will depict ,.
ning program will be held at the
concretely the continuity of Jew-
-Role
Jewish Community Center on
ish thought and literature from
Monday, Dec. 23, at 8:30 o'clock.
Biblical days to the present, both
The principal speaker at this
in Hebrew and in other lan-
ISTANBUL. — (WNS) — At
program will be Dr. Solomon
guages. A large display of Eng-
Jew ish
lish
books
on
Jewish
subjects
least
225 European children , were
CHICAGO. — While endorsing Grayzel, registrar of Gratz Col-
be
featured
through
the
gees,
including
60
and on-
the American Government's pol- lege at Philadelphia, editor of
will be
tinyl, the Sal-
icy of all possible aid to Great the Jewish Publication Society,
So of the Jewish Publics- drowned
seaworthy when
sailing a vesse
Britain, the United Palestine Ap- and brilliant scholar and orator.
, tion Society.
vator, which was transporting
Book Exhibits
peal conference at its closing ses- The musical part of the program
The
Detroit
Public
Library
will
380 refugees from Bulgaria to
sion Sunday afternoon in the will consist of a brief piano re-
also cooperate with the Center Palestine. broke apart and sank
Palmer House adopted a resolu- cital by Julius Chajes, eminent
in the celebration of Jewish Book. in a raging storm in the Sea
tion calling upon the British Gov- composer-pianist who is at pres
Exhibitions of books on Jewish of Marmara.
ernment to liberalize present reg- ent director of music at the
Many of the survivors were
subjects will be featured at the
ulations governing refugee im- Center.
Main
Library
on
Woodward
at
expected
to die as the result
Program
Others on
migration into Palestine as a
Kirby, at the Downtown Library, of exposure in the stormy sea.
means of strengthening its posi- This Jewish Book Week pro-
They were rushed in motor
and at the Utley Branch.
tion as a stronghold,. of British gram is being sponsored jointly
The Jewish Publication Society, trucks and buses to the village
defense in the Mediterranean by several organizations in this
whose exhibit of books will be a Silivri and housed in the village
area. city together with the Jewish
'al feature of the Detroit synagogus. A delegation from
t •. The chair-
DR. SOLOMON GRAYZEL
. community
• • I ta
The resolution pointed out thatCommunity C
Jewish Book Week observance, is the Jewish
more than 280,000 Jews who had man of the evening will be Dr.
ted Hebrew Schools, and in at present conducting a canvass bul visited the survivors, bring-
come to Palestine to escape anti- Leo M. Franklin, who is a mem-
new members here, under the Big' food, clothing and medical
Germany and ber of the Detroit Library Court
Co- Uni
Yiddish by S. Bercovich. director for
Jew erish attacks in
mission. Greetings will b brought
East- to the gathering by Adam Strohn, of the Sholem Aleichem Folks direction of Rabbi Louis J. Haas, supplies. Boat Overloaded
e now and
taking
oth parts of Central
their
place alongside
the earlier Librarian of Detroit. There will Institute. This program will be extension director of the society,
ern Europe
were
Hebrew by Ber- free to the public and the entire who can be reached at the Bar-
60-ton sailing vessel,
..
The
•
um H t 1 •
--- equipped with a small auxiliary
preparing e
in
settlers
Jewish
themselves for the protection of nard Isaacs, superintendent of the community is invited.
motor which broke down at the
•
char-
height of the storm, was char-
the Jewish National Home in
by
Jewish
refugees
who
tered
Palestine against any assault ltiki
were expelled from obruja by
that might be made upon it by '
Bulgaria, which recently recov-
the Axis powers.
a.
ered the territory from Rumania.
On account of the Christmas
Plight of Victims of Nazism
midst
dislocation
• According
to reports
reaching
and New Year days
occurring
here the Salvator
was terribly
th a t of
even economic
in the
Decaring
I
on Wednesdays, the deadlines
over-loaded as the result of Bul-
for the next two issues of The
garia's insistence that as many
created by the war, Palestine
Detroit Jewish Chronicle will be
had absorbed more than 24,000
Jews as p possi ble be put aboard. -
on Tuesday morning, Dec. 24,
The ship left Varna flying the
A
national
conference
to
dis-
Jewish immigrants in the first
Merger of the Jewish Chil- at 10 a. m., for the issue(of ■ cuss the initiation of American Uru guayan flag.
year of the present conflict, the
Dec. 27; and on Tuesday morn-
horities arrested
T urkish authorities
United Palestine Appeal leaders
ted
urged the British Government dren's Home and the Jewish Child ing, Dec. 31, at 10. a. m., Jewish aid to Great Britain has the
afr
aptain
of the ship este
c
h
Bureau
into
one
uni-
for
the
issue
of
Jan.
1
been
summoned
by
the
American
.
hearing
testimony
from
several
"he
liht
of
the
Placement
p g
to consider t
h survivors.
f or t h e care of
' •
the
Jewish Congress for Sunday '
first victims of Hitlerism, the fled organization
Jews in Germany and other dependent children under Jewish
Dec. 29, at Hotel Astor in New
Tragic Experiences
Nazi occupied lands of Europe,
York City, it is announced by
many o whom, having left community Auspices, is recom•
When
the Salvator was hurled
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president
German-held lands, are eager to mended in a study which is new
of the American Jewish Congress. on the rocks, the pilot swam
find liberation in Palestine and before the boards of directors of
The purpose of the conference miles
ashore
and to ran
several
hel p.
to naked
Silivri
get
who,
if given
the opportunity,
can become
valiant
members of the existing agencies for consid-
is to help Great Britain by all Many of the refugees who were
eration and approval.
means short of war "in her bat- washed ashore were also with-
the forces Great Britain is rally-
to destroy the menace of
int
in
the
Middle
East.
The
The
study
was
begun
last
June
in
Hitlerism:" It is proposed that out The
clothing.
se
of
humanity
will
be
upon
the
initiative
of
Herman
pilot later said that he
ea
both moral and material aid
"women leaping into the
strengthened if those whose suf- Cohen, president of the Jewish
t saw
ferings first warned the world Children's Home, who requcste . I
,,
d the War" will should be rendered to Grea k water clutching the children they
•
the Joint Committee on Child
were trying to save and men
of the all-inclusive bestiality of Care to review the locp1 Jewish be discussed at three Zionist Britain, the scope of the wor
Hitlerism are now permitted to child care situation and to sub- C h a n u k a h gatherings next to be defined by the Conference. swimming with one arm while
establish a foothold in that land mit recommendations for a fu- Wednesday evening, Dec. 25, at In the letter of invitation to they held a child tightly in the
which Great Britain solemnly tore program. Included on the the homes of the following: Mr. the conference, Dr. Wise points other. All around the ship the
pledged as the Jewish National Joint Committee are representa- and Mrs. Samuel N. Heyman,
See NAZISM—Page 3
See BRITAIN—Page 16
Home." This plea is to be sent fives of the Jewish Cnildren's Mr. and Mrs. Saul R. Levin and
to the Secretary of State in
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Shetzer.
See MERGER—Page 8
The speakers who will lead --
See PALESTINE—Page 12
these discussions will be: Rabbi
Leon Frain, at the Heymans'
residence; Lawrence W. Crohn,
at the Levins' home, and Rabbi ..., ounder of Hadassah Cited by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Morris Adler, at the home of the r
Catt as One of Hundred Outstanding Career
Shetzers.
'Women of the Century
Eminent Progressive and Brilliant Writer Asks End of
The Detroit gatherings, which
are
equivalent
to
the
parlor
Indifference and March Forward to
The Detroit Chapter of Hadas- Hadassah, Little Women, Junior
meetings of previous years, will sah
Triumph of Reason
will join in a nation-wide Hadassah, Business and Profes-
be part of nationwide Zionist
celebration
of the 80th birthday sional Division and Senior Ha-
enkessel" of the last seven years, Chanukah celebrations. Special
• In 1925, Hendrik Willem Van Mr. Van Loon speculates, in his functions are being arranged of Henrietta Szold, American- dassah, will join in the program's
Loon wrote an important book- epilogue, by looking at the rec- everywhere and are dedicated to born founder of Hadassah, with dramatization of Henr i et t a
"Tolerance"—outlining the var- ord. "Apparently," he writes, "we the upbuilding of Palestine and an Oneg Shabbat on Saturday, Szold's life, in a play called
"80 Birthday Lights," written
ious periods throughout world's have been somewhat premature the strengthening of the Zionist
by Mrs. Joshua Sperka. Mrs.
history which were marked by in our optimistic view of the sit-
Field will direct the play. Mrs.
bigotry and hatred. He concluded uation. And the developments of Organization of America.
During the eight days of the
Carl Schiller will complete the
that fascinating book with a note the last six years, the growth of
holiday, which begins with the
program with a summary of cur-
of hope, stating:
Nazism, Fascism, Bolshevism and
rent events. There will be a social
"The day will come when tol- every sort and variety of an d kindling of the first Chanukah
hour.
erance shall be the rule, when in- arped and one-sided nationalism candle on Tuesday evening, Dec.
All members of Hadassah anti
tolerance shall be a myth like the and racialism and ideology is 24, rabbis in many congregations
their friends are invited.
slaughter of innocent captives, now beginning to convince even throughout the land will devote
am
the burning of widows, the blind the most hopeful of our citizens their sermons to ni the progr
by the Ziost O rganiza-
HENRIETTA SZOLD CITED
worship of a printed page.
that, quite without realizing what adopted
AS ONE OF HUNDRED
"It may take ten thousand was happening, we have drifted tion in rallying united support
Zion-
FAMOUS WOMEN
years, it may take a hundred back into an almost compete state of American Jewry for the
ist program.
thousand.
In a special message issued on
The first of a series of trib-
"But it will come. and it will of mediaevalism."
the occasion of the forthcoming
A Call to Action
utes to Henrietta Szold, Ameri-
follow close upon the first true
can-born founder of Hadassah,
victory of which history shall
In his searching of the heart Chanukah holiday, E. I. Kauf-
the Women's Zionist Organiza-
have any record, the triumph of and mind, and in examining the mann, president of the Z. 0. A.,
an d
tion of America who will reach
man over his own fear."
record, Mr. Van Loon admits calls upon Zionistleaders
weded ica te
her 80th birthday on Dec. 21
A Drift to Mediaevalism
surprise over what has happened,workersevery
took place when the noted Zion-
Now, in 1940, Mr. Van Loon states "we seem to be just as themselves to the task of ensur-
ist scholar and social worker was
was asked by Liverright Pub- helpless." But, what can we do? ing the continuance of the up-
.
building of the Jewish Homeland
cited by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
lishing Corporation, 386 Fourth
.
In
the
present
crisis.
Ave., New York, to revise this The answer is a pessimistic one,
Catt, at the Women's Centennial
volume in the light of events but also represents a call to ac
Congress, as one of a hundred
ZIONIST
COUNCIL
GREETS
occurring 15 years later. The tion. Mr. Vz.:1 Loon writes:
outstanding career women of the
LOCAL
GREEK
COMMUNITY
"No—as far as I understand
past century.
revised volume is here with an
MISS HENRIETTA SZOLD
"Epilogue But Not a Happy the present situation, it is too
The Zionist Council of Detroit,
According to Mrs. Alexander
-
late
for
a
direct
counter-attack
One." How is it possible for this
of which Lawrence W. Crohn is Dec. 21, at 2:30 o'clock, in the M. Dushkin, chairman of the
with
any
hope
of
success.
We
en-
eminent progressive' to be un
president, has adopted a resolu- social hall of the Shaarey Zedek. Henrietta Szold Eightieth Birth-_,,,
happy in view of his having al- We gave him every so of safe- tion of encouragement to the
Mrs. Walter Field, chairman,
lowed 10,000 to 100,000 years for couraged the enemy to come in.
See SZOLD—Page 8
announces that all the groups of
See
ZIONISTS—Page
8
the arrival of tolerance?
See VAN LOON Page 16
Turning to the "veritable Hex-

Po-
Jewish Mi l itia to Po-
lice Completed Ghetto
in Warsaw

of Palestine as
Refuge Hailed at
U.P.A. Parley

Call Conclave
Earlier Deadlines
erger of Two
To Aid lirtain
For Next 2 Issues
Agencies Urged
Congress Also Urges
Rd
Fusion of
ecommen
Aid to Greek War
Children's Home and
Relief Fund
Placement Bureau

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Zionists View
War Situation
Three Chanukah Gatla-
Held
erings to Be He
Wednesday

Van Loon Sounds Call to Action
To Speed Man's Return to Sanity

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Iladassah to Honor Henrietta Szold
At Oneg Shabbat Saturday Afternoon

