December 20, 1940

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

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ranked as among the most significant in-
dividual contributions to human welfare
Tidbits from Everywhere
THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
in all history.
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Henrietta Szold is not only the greatest
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ent
Presid
living Jewish woman; she is one of the TRANSATLANTIC
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
1916, at the Post. verreat
y g Jewish personalities of our Jean Chiappe, the French p elite Isaac Stein: He was the gen-
hn terad as Second-class matter March 3, March 3, 1879.
office et Detroit, Mich., under the Act of
generation who saw a vision of her peo- officer who was killed while fly- Hest of Yiddish newspaperme ,
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Palestine's Jewish settlement great is due Semitic paper . . . Being no nu- Japanese El4er Statesman, though
Publis
JACOB MARGOLIS
to the efforts of men and women like merologist , we can't cite chapter he was no more than 56 ,when
Editor
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
i Szold who consecrated their lives to and verse, but there's a story the end came . . . For more than
Advertising Manager
Miss
MAURICE M. SAFIR
30 years he had been a new-
that Israel should be freed from current that numerologically Hit
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insure
publication,
all
correspondence
and
news
ma
ler is mentioned in the Book of and feature writer, first in Mon-
To
of each week. the shackles of the Galuth.
li- treat, and then, for the last .2 .
must reach this office by Tuesday evening
of the paper only.
Revelations, and in no comp
kindly
use
one
side
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for
values
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before
she
went
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to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi-
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incidentally,
(acts of interest
estine
as
a
Cabinet
member
in
the
Jewish
an endorsement of views expressed by the writers.
ten in the stars that Hitler will was one of the best of the
bility for
National Council of Palestine. As organ- die in 1941 . . . It's being whis- dish caption writers . . . He had
izer of the largest Jewish women's move- pared around town that the It as a sixth sense for the timely, con-
Scriptural
Readings
Sabbath
heading fitted exactly
meet in America she made a definite con- man fiasco — or quitzkriek
Pentateuclial portion—Gen. 37:1-40:23.
has
balled
it
—
in'
the
into
the
available
space . . . Stein
tribution to Jewish thinking along na- somebody
Prophetical portion—Amos 2:6-3:8.
Prophetical
Near
bring East
Fifth may
Column
cause
activities
Hitler to
to lived quietly, like a Chinese man-
tional lines and to Jewish cultural crea-
. He was of a content-
Scriptural Selections for Chanukah
Wednesday, Num. 7:1-17; Thursday, Num.
tiveness. Furthermore, as editor of the i a ,ethe a a n d ihnod Ind ti e a ll . () . til llut t Hdotin'it ;dative
darin . . nature—life to him was
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poaprpaodretugn itybyto watch
7:18-29; Friday, Num. 7:23-35.
Jewish Year Book, as translator into
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thinks
KISLEV 20, 5701 English from the French, German and
Gabby Goebbels claims never joined it, but just looked
DECEMBER 20, 1940
Hebrew of important Jewish classics, she only
. . Even
that the Fuehrer is the in- on and smiled . . . He loved the
has gained a place among the brilliant termediary between his people theater . . . There were moments
Chanukah and Jewish Book Week thinkers and highly informed writers.
and the throne of God .. The when he felt that he could write
extent of the freedom now en- a play—the play of the modern
Hadassah, Miss Szold's creation, has joyed
As we prepare to kindle the Chanukah
by the French can be drama .. . But he 'postponed his
had plenty of time
lights, in celebration of the Feast of the done well to set aside a $25,000 fund gauged by the fact that even a starting—he
. . . Then his heart, which had
comic
strip
which
used
to
refer
to
be
turned
over
to
the
founder
of
the
Maccabees, we are justified in making
to "Huns" now must call its vil- never been overtaxed, collapsed
comparison in the historical experiences women's Zionist movement for work in lains "Patagonians" . . The . . . It makes one feel cleaner
of the ancient period of Jewish national Palestine as she sees fit to dispose of special authorization required be- and better to have known him
. . Stein was a rare phenome-
independence and our present situation. this money for the public good. The fore any one can go from occu- . non—an
unspoiled newspaperman
pied France to the unoccupied
money
will
be
well
spent
by
one
of
the
It. was the spirit of the Jews of old
without malice or love for gossip.
territory
costs
5,000
francs
for
that conquered the Syrians; it is the spirit wisest persons of our age.
Aryans, but twice as much for
May Miss Szold be blessed to see the Jews.
THIS AND THAT
of the English that is revealed as Great
Britain's secret weapon against the Nazis; day when all tier efforts will bear fruit;
Hyman Better, the Manhattan
it is the faith and bravery of the Greek 's when the worl shall be at peace; when HOME NEWS
his
preparation
You know, of course, that as his
taxi affairs
driver in who
wound for
up all
that is holding the Italians in check.
mankind shall be free; when Palestine Hit
was
1 e r conquers any territory
The Maccabees of old might have
H
s cau tb se at oafnyp000nre
the st e army,
and then
ted insib
sigh ec t in
failed were it not for their determination shall be fully redeemed as the Jewish Na- your Uncle Sam immediately year
e:,1let ;
freezes
that
country's
holdings
tional
Home.
Then
we
shall
all
be
blessed.
and their faith. The free peoples of the
in the U. S., to prevent such for years has been able to wind
Square
world will fail unless there is a retention
When the complete record of our time moneys from coming into Nazi his way through Times
lrl hr •l le
is written Miss Szold's name will be hands . . . But did you know traffic, as he has, w ou
of that spirit which makes men free.
German-owned property and to guide a tank straight to
Jews must never abandon that power among those who head the list of creators that
cash in the U. S. is exempt from Berchtesgaden.
of the spirit which has made them in- —for reconstruction in Palestine and for such freezing? . . . We hope Morton Ginsburg is compiling
vincible. It is encouraging therefore to the advancement of Jewish cultural somebody will learn a lesson from • a Jewish Who's Who that will
the news that an American firm, be more complete than anything
know that the week of Chanukah is being values in the Diaspora.
which tried to circumvent the law yet attempted.
utilized for the observance of annual
We believe we've M,ready told
about the export of money to
Book Week ; that the holiday commemo-
you that orchestra leader Meyer
Nazi-occupied
territories
by
send-
Changing Economic Status
ing cash through the mails, fi- Davis has a profitable sideline in
rating a military victory of ancient Jew-
now,
ing alleys—but undi
nally learned that what the ad- bowl ld
ish warriors is an occasion for the per-
ou
short
time
A warning was sounded a
know hou
,
- dressee actually received
a s
was
he's the y e
petuation of cultural Jewish values.
ago by Lion Feuchtwanger, brilliant Ger package of newsprint paper cut leader in that industry, with
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establishments in various parts
The observance of Jewish Book Week man-Jewish novelist who escaped from
currency size.
We've
just
heard
that
a
few
of
the country.
in Detroit, by the Jewish Community Cen- the Nazi danger in France, that the eco-
years ago the Nazi chemical ex- Broadway i; looking forward
tir
cula signi ficance
ter, is of
nomic structure of European Jewry will parts, on reading a report on car- to a new y Elmer Rice play, en-
is to have the coo peration of the Jewish change tom Patel y after the war. Dr. bon research by an American titled "Flight to the West" and
him having an anti-Nazi theme.
named
Publ ication Society of America, whose
r
, will Feuchtwanger stated, at a luncheon of chemist
If you'd like to see the late
able editor, Dr. Solomon Grayzel
an ooffer of d excellent job b . . .
be the guest speaker at the celebration the ORT, the organization for the pro- Whereupon Mr. Drogen jhad the David Belasco again be surer you in
motion of skilled trades among Jews, that great pleasure of writing back see "Lady with Red d Hair
on Monday evening. This event should
the famed producer-play-
the ORT will be called upon " to retrain that, as k a Jew, he did not choose which
Wright is portrayed by Claude
draw a- record attendance.
eHtler
, f news
ooro , for
former Jewish merchants and profes- , work
R a s.
icor our ' Ca
The answer to the totalitarians is and
must always be that the great spiritual sionals into Jewish workers in industry dian neighbors: The story is t nha t- Congratulations to Boris Smn- , .
Unity Mitford, the Englishwoman lar, who, we understand, is tit
values of our people retain their strength; and agriculture" as an utmost urgency.
who used to like Hitler, is being new face behind Paul Peters' col-
There
is
no
question
about
the
practica-
that Jews will never abandon those ethi-
sent to Canada for the duration. unin "Between You and Me."
t
i
cal and moral values which have taken bility of this warning, and it is imperative
mankind out of the jungle and have that American Jewry be prepared to meet
elevated it to a position above animal the challenge when it arrives, upon the
WHAT GOES. ON HERE?
cessation of hostilities.
strata.
A serious question is, however, in order
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Let Chanukah become an occasion for
in
this
connection
with
regard
to
the
Jews
rejoicing over the triumphs of the best;
but let it not be limited to that. Let this of America. It is not only European Jewry
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become an occasion for creative effort, that is undergoing a change of status.
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for the advancement of knowledge, for American Jewry, too, will have to re-
the strengthening of the Jewish spirit, for train and will be compelled to re-evalu-
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making Book Week a signal to our people ate its standards and economic structure.
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tmeaffirm faith in the indestructibility of The position of the middle class is far
from secure, the professional group is
dUr traditions and institutions.
ta . I Ss
May you all have a happy Chanukah! seriously affected by overcrowding on the
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one hand and a certain amount of dis-
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crimination on the other.
Henrietta Szold at 80
How are young Jews to be prepared to
TOTALITARIAN
Writing under the title "Grand Old meet the future? Certain fears were al-
DIPLOMAT
Lady of Palestine", in last Sunday's New layed recently when President Roosevelt
York Times, Kathleen McLaughlin makes ordered complete banning of all discrimi-
nation on economic and religious grounds
this interesting observation:
in government service. But there is so
much discrimination in non-government
"At a time when feminine Cabinet
members were all but non-existent,
circles, in trades as well as in professions,
that the problem for the young Jew is
Henrietta Szold at 70 became an ex-
very acute.
ecutive member of the Jewish Gen-
In considering this issue, it is advisable
eral Council of Palestine, with the
that the problem of the European Jew
portfolio of social service, education
should not be completely divorced from
and health. She is the founder of
the problem of the American Jew. The
Hadassah, the woman's division of
economic question affects all Jewry alike,
just as it affects mankind alike. While
the Zionist movement, now 94,000
seeking solution for the European Jew,
strong, and of its Youth Aliyah, spon-
we should also seek aid for the young
sor of the juvenile odyssey which
American Jew who may find himself
already is perpetuating itself in the
helpless in the event of further revolu-
tionary changes affecting the middle class,
Bible lands." •
The Iltacbester
Thereupon follows a stirring ac count of which is the predominant group in Jew-
_CIA Courtesy Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League
this woman's great work which will be ish ranks.

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