January 17, 1941

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

HEBREW LETTERS A PROBLEM OF STATESMANSHIP
90,000 JEWS HAVE FOUND HAVEN
By DR . BARNETT R. BRICKNER
IN PALESTINE SINCE 1936 FOR TELEGRAMS

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JERUSALEM (Palcor Agency) end of November. They were the JERUSALEM (Palcor Agency)
Editor's Note: In the following article sDr
—Practically 90,000 Jews have first Lithuanian immigrants to —Jan. 1, 1941, marked the sixth
s
found haven in the Jewish Na- complete this tortuous three-week anniversary of the introduction of one of the foremost rabbis and educator
- not a problem
n d
statesmanship an
Hebrew
letters
in
telegrams
sent
Teher-
the Jewish problem as one of
tional Home since the beginning hegira via Moscow, Baku,
tains
that
its
solution
must
be fought out
n Basra and
Baghdad—right
in
the
Morse
code
in
Palestine.
a
in
of 1936, according to figures on across European
Russia, Turkey, Formerly Hebrew telegrams were o f phtlant ropy.
on the basis of international rights and the need of a Homeland.
immigration into Palestine re-
sent in Latin characters.
Iran and Iraq.
leased this week.
Rabbi Brickner is spiritual head of Euclid Avenue Temple of Cleve-
At
the
end
of
1924,
Israel
Ami-
Benzine
Rationing
Adjusted
to
This number is made up to a *
Jan. 12. The event
the
in
kam,
an
ex-serviceman
Seating Capacity
land, which marked its 94th year on Sunday,
great extent of refugees from
and a former t ele_
Army
made the occasion of a testimonial in honor of Dr. Brickner
Benzine (motor petrol) ration- British
the various Hitler - dominated
with the congregation.
lands. The exact figure quoted in ing, which has been in effect in graphist, undertook a campaign was
ompletion of 15 years of service
the provisional report just re- this country since Oct. 10, has for the introduction of Hebrew on the c
een adjusted to the seating Ca- letters into the Morse system.
been
leased is 89,350.
It is indeed gratifying that the Zionist Organiza-
he claimed would involve
Thirty-seven thousand Jewish pacity of the various types of This
only a simple adjustment. His
immigrants entered Palestine dur- cars.
tion has realized that the time has come to convert the
Private cars will receive from persistence finally won him the
ing the last two years, despite
gallons
a
month,
taxis
desired
results;
and
after
11
years
abundance of Zionist sentiment in this country into prac-
wartime conditions. Approximate- 24 to 40
ogg d pertinacity, in the
ly 10,000 of these Jews reached 40 gallons, buses 60 to 80 gal- of
the country in 1940, the report ions
vans 40 gallons and lorries course of which he sent memo- tical terms of Zionist membership.
i
rands to the League of Nations,
There never was a time in all the history of our
continues. These consisted of 4 406 64 to 80 galons.
A • the High Commissioner, the Colo-
, A
.
immigrants and 5,350 refugees 0 uontnilttee to Alt/1//1/18Cer tl II nial Secretary and the Postmaster- efforts for Palestine and
d b y th
recorde
e gove rnment . Chief
ance Israelite Schools
General, the measure was intro- our people when it was so
classifications among the immi-
A committee composed of five duced.
necessary that the Ameri-
grants were 744 capitalists, ac- persons has been appointed to
His final petition in July, 1933, can Zionist Org
p r easneinzta tti h o ne
and 3 nied by 1,102 dependents, - administer the Alliance Israelite
compa
96 laborers with 430 de schools in Palestine. Members are was signed by heads of the Yishuv should really re
and Yishuv institutions; and some
pendents.
The number of persons actually a representative of the government months later he was informed by overwhelming number of
deartment of education, a repre- the then High Commissioner, American Jewry and be
in the country rose by almost a
tative appointed by the French General Sir Arthur Wauchope,
idents
re-
senp
able to speak in their name
thousand as 0,342 residents
turned from abroad while 5,687 Consul-General, and the princi- that from Jan. 1, 1935, on tele-
residents migrated during 1940. pals of the three schools in Jeru- grams would be accepted for de- as it is today. Everyone who
liverey and received at 21 Jew- has had the responsibility
salem, Tel Aviv and Haifa.
• 6,0 0 Boys and Girls Brought
h settlements.
Seven Receive Recognition for
o ching our govern-
of approaching
•
1934.
by Youth Aliyah Since
is Tele g rams in Hebrew characters merit to use its good offices
Gallantry
Six thousand boys and girls of
The first Palestinians to re-
are now
from being
32 post
received
offices and
in and
13 on behalf of Palestine and
various European countries have ceive official recognition in war- sent
been brought to Eretz Israel by time for their gallantry and de- postal agencies in various parts of keeping the doors open
the Youth Aliyah since its in- votion to duty were two recruits of Palestine.
for refugees to enter or
ception in 1934.
five civi 'lians , who were cited
who have had to contact the
Of this number, 3,500 are still In
F ldo
cto er for thei r bravery dur-
receiving training, while 2,500 are ing the air raid on Haifa on copper ore from King Solomon's British Embassy realizes
now self-supporting. Seventy-five Jul 24.
copper mine in the Wadi Arabs how important it is that
A
per cent of the latter have gone •
• Archaeolog i cal Museum Opens and a stone crib from Solomon's when they speak, they
on the land; others are nurses,
New Wing •
should be able to say that
T he Palestine Archaeological stables in Megiddo.
artisans, seamen and in variegated
WiZO Helps Police Balance the
are representing Amer-
professions. Further groups are Museum,
John
useum, gift
gi of
t o
o n D. . R
oc k e- • Budget
the n Jewish opinion as
m it
feller, Jr., has opened a new wing
expected shortly.
o_
expected
The efficiency of WIZO's (w
to
house
evacuated
remnants
of
expresses
itself
in
terms
of
New
Arrivals
Follow
Circuitous
,
the Iron Age or Israelite period. men's International Zionist Or-
DR. BARNETT R. BRICKNER
voluntary
enrollment
in
the
Routes
presseding
instruc-
housekeep
's)
m
anizatio
The new section includes somef gion
Some idea of the circuitous
the
Pales-
hasnso i
Zionist Organization..
—
route now followed by Jewish im- of the most unique possessions o t
the membership
migrants because of the disruption the Museum. Among the 700 ob- tine Police that the
ladies
were
e
sorcs
are
anot e that as large a number
u
Official
an
instructress
requested
warreflect
of European communications can jects beautifully displayed in the in housekeeping
A.
does
to sendto the
roster of the Z . 0 .
ron Ig
A e Hall are ivor y carv-
co gained by referring to the new
of our people as really are Zionists at heart. So it becomes
be
mplicated journey of Mordecai ings on iron from Megiddo and Police Railway Detachment at Ras
a spark of feeling
Leshem, well-known Zionist lead- Samaria, the so-called Lachish Let- el Ain, a bit to the northeast of essential that every Jew, who has even if
it represents
er of Lithuania, who arrived in ters, the earliest Palestinian iron here, in order to help the men in his heart for the Yishuv, should—
Palestine with his family at the objects, seine actual specimens of balance their budget.
a sacrifice—enroll as a member, and thank God, for a

great number of our people it only represents a five
dollar bill.
People have frequeuntly asked, why should not one's
EXPENDITURES
$8,700,000
. NAlIONAL FUND
JEWISH AGENCY & J.E.WISH
donation to a Welfare Fund include membership in the
Z. 0. A.? The answer is that although many Zionists
are regular subscribers in Welfare Fund Campaigns, the
fact is that the Welfare Funds represent so many differ-
ent organizations and causes—local, national and over-
seas—that it would not be representative to make such
•1
donations an indication of Zionist conviction and senti-
272 TOWNS AND
ment, and since the membership fee is so small, enrolling
63 NEW INDUSTRIAL
VILLAGES ASSISTED
UNDERTAKINGS
represents no hardship on anyone, but it does on the
other hand do two things:
In the councils of American Jewry, a large member.
=IMMIGRANTS
ship would indicate the strength of Zionist conviction
and would give the masses a more telling representatior
in the councils of American Jewry in which the Zioinsl
AAA
Organization participates; and it would have a powerfu
influence with governmental agencies in the non-Jewisl
21,000 ASSISTED MONTHLY
world with whom we are in constant contact. Above
by LABOR EXCHANGES
8 NEW SETTLEMENTS
all, a deservedly large membership in the Zionist Organi
zation would be an indication that the Jews in Americ:
have awakened to a realization that the Jewish problen
is not one of philanthropy but a problem of statesman
200,901 INCLUDED IN SICK FUND
ship, that it can be solved not by charity or relief—a
important as this is—but by political action in a large
sense of statesmanship. It would be an indication tha
we regard ourselves as a people whose problems ar
problems similar to those of other depressed and deprive
people, the solution of whose difficulties must be fougl
out on the basis of international rights and the need
56,056 CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS
a Homeland.
SUPPORTED BY JEWISH AGENCY FUNDS
For years, too many of our so-called leaders haN
evaded the recognition that is implied in this approac
t o
th e
Jewish problem, but it is becoming increasing ]
clear that the approach must be that of statesmanshi
and of political action. The Zionist Organization
America is the only organization of its kind in th
country through which Jews so minded can expre
7,500 NEW
themselves.
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
In appealing as I do to my fellow Jews to jo
the Zionist Organization, I do so not in the spirit
giving to charity or even if you please of fighting an
60,000 AIDED MONTHLY
BY RELIEF
Semitism in the all too inept 41 hopeless ways in whi
so many organizations have proposed to approach t
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44,000 DUNAMS
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PURCHASED BY
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problem; but I call upon my fellow Jews to rise up
JEWISH NATIONAL
-X)=
Jews, willing and anxious that the leadership, which t
62,000 ALREADY SETTLED ON
FUND
525,000 DUNAMS OF JEWISH
Zionists have given to the Jewish people in the past a
NATIONAL FUND LAND
which has brought us to so proud a position where
have over 500,000 valiant Jews and Jewesses fighti
500,000
a battle of national rights of independence and free&
A TOTAL JEWISH POPULATION OF
in Palestine—that this leadership should be continu
made possible by American Jewish support of the
in the critical days that lie ahead of us—the most criti
40
was
-
in
1939
growth
war,
ressure
A significant portion of Jewish Palestine's
in all of our history, for out of this holocaust, we m
necessity for maintaining and expanding these services under p
640,000.
United Palestine Appeal. Realizing the
f $13,640,000.
1940 41 a co mbined
Agency
and
the
Jewish
National
Fund
have
adopted,
for
salvage a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
the Jewish

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