January 17, 1941

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Help Strengthen the Zionist Organization

and the Legal Chronicle

Hadassah Pledges
Cooperation

By ABRAHAM COOPER

The Zionist Organization of that is what Palestine can mean
America under the leadership of to Jews—and
Every Jew much
should more!
immediately

By MRS. MAX FRANK

adassa Chapter of
President, Detroit
Hh

men's
as the Women's
Hadassah
Edmund I. Kaufmann, its new
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ested
president, has inaugurated a great ward with your application now. ica, is of course keenly inter cam-
ampaign to enroll a large addi- Don't wait for solicitation. Zionist Organization of Amer-
in the Zionist membership
ut
c
paign now in progress th rou gho
tional membership in the Organ-
We realize the
country.
the
a larg e
ization. As a participant in this
s trength to the cause in
campaign, Detroit's quota for new
and informed membership, as we ll
as the importance it will play in
members is 2,250. With the pro-
the deliberations of the coun-
per understanding of what Pal-
tries, after peace comes. We shall
estine means to all of the Jewish
co-operate to the best of our abil-
people the allotted quota should
of
ity in the hope that the goal
be easily obtainable.
2,250
members
for
this
district
Palestine has played an impor-
may be reached.
tant role in the great world crisis
of today, and is coming through
with flying colors. Some people
harbor the thought that Palestine
may be engulfed by the Axis
Powers. To believe this is to be-
Mrs. Albert (Sadie) Feldstein
lieve the British Empire is also
is executive secretary of the
going down; but this is unthink-
Zionist Organization of Detroit
able and will not happen.
and therefore also of the cur-
Some people think it is expected
that all Jews will live in Pales-
rent membership drive.
"Sadie" is always on the job at
tine. All Frenchmen, Poles, Ger-
1044 Penobscot Bldg. Besides her
mans and others do not live in
work as manager of the local
their respective homelands. But
they have a government to repre-
Zionist office she aids in work
sent them in the capitols of the
for the Jewish National Fund, is
ABRAHAM COOPTR
world when the necessity arises,
executive secretary of the Zion-
ist Council of Detroit and of the
.
Detroit chapt er of the American
Jewish Co ngress.

The Secretary of
Local Zionists

Upbuilding of Jewish Homeland in Palestine
Linked to Success of Allied Cause

ADLER

Initial List of Workers in
Zionist Membership Campaign

The following is the initial list of the volunteer workers
the Zionist
in the current campaign for new members in
of James
Organization of Detroit, under the chairmanship

I. Ellmann:
Rabbi Morris Adler
Harry Bradlin
Harry Cohen
Lawrence Crohn
Mrs. Ralph Davidson
Sol B. Edelman
Dora B. Ehrlich
Charles Enggass
Jacob Epel
Dr. D. H. Fauman
Mrs. A. Feldstein
Henry Fenster
Rabbi Leon Fram
Isaac Frank
Mrs. Max Frank
1)r. L. Galdonyi
Philip J. Gilbert
Miss Rose Greenwald
Joseph Grossman
Louis Gunsburg
Max Hayman
Rabbi A. M. Hershman
Herman Jacobs
Morris M. Jacobs
Benjamin Jaffe
Abe Kasle
Meyer R. Katz

Irving Kaufmann
Max Kogan
Louis I. Kramer
Charles S. Lapides
A. C. Lappin
Philmore A. Leemon
David T. Lipton
David Lubetsky
Milton Marwil
Nathan Milstein
Herman M. Pekarsky
Dr. Moe S. Perlis
A. M. Pregerson
Joseph Radner
Charles Robinson
Aaron Rosenberg
P. L. Rosenthal
Max D. Schuster
Simon Shetzer
Aaron Silberblatt
Philip Slomovitz
Isidore Sobeloff
Harry Sott
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka
Meyer Zack
M. H. Zackheim
Rudolph Zuieback

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Importance of Zionist Membership Drive

By AARON SILBERBLATT

of refuge for our people, stands

In these critical days, when out like a beacon light on the
Judge Morris Rothenberg, Noted Jewish Leader, Urges
Continued from Page 1
the boundaries of many countries
Britain
muat
Aid
to
Great
fishing
industry
are changing with such frequent horizon, beckoning the discouraged,
arteiosunitoefd.the
Zionists to $ti l e
i
regularity, Palestine as a place the weary, the homeless and the
WASHINGTON, D. C.—That the ultimate estab- cultivation
The Yishuv was hard hit when
persecuted, to take advantage of
fruit was
the opportunities that are af-
lishment of the Jewish National Homeland in Palestine its exports of citrus during
oo e m P i l 093 9d-
forded in Eretz Israel for the
"capable of meeting the unprecedented problem of Jew- drastically 112. e0d 0u0c e dare
establishment of the fundamental
o Some
ye
ish homelessness," is dependent upon a victory by Britain and
citrus fruit growers were
principles of life, liberty and the
against the Nazis was stressed in a faced with bankruptcy. The Jew-
pursuit of happiness, in a coun-
le
in its strugg
d Morris Rotherberg of New York, ish Agency cooperating with the
try rich with industrial activities
statement by Judge Jewish leader and vice president government is extending loans
and historical significance.
nd credits to the industry. A
I cannot strongly enough urge
nationally re
of the Zionist Organization of America. The statement a program of public works has
membership in the Zionist Organ-
was released by the Zionist headquarters here on the been developed to absorb a part
ization, as it has done and is
hse
doing a tremendously important
vi l i a f s ths to oud n etzp ltoey s etd I tT i success-
occasion of Zionist membership month.
Y i s uv
job in formulating and promul-
its
confidence on the ultimate triumph of
gating the interests of our peo-
fully proceeding to remake
Voicing
peace
economy
into
a
war
econ-
democracy, Judge Rothenberg urges the need to "stim of
ple in Palestine. I am whole-
omy.
It
looks
forward
to
the
un-
heartedly in support of the pres-
late aid to Great Britain"' and "to keep alive the spirit u-
ain
future
without
trembling
ent desire to build up a numeric-
c ert
hope and faith in Jews".
weakness.
ally strong organization and I
in al- or America,
the sole free commu-
feel that it is my duty and re-
"The realization of a Jewish National of meeting
ting P the
must
stand
u idn and Db aqdora,tlte
sponsibility to dedicate myself to
estine," says Judge Rothenberg, "capable
behin d
the task of doing everything in
unprecedented problem of Jewish homelessness which 11,ietiy
vd,
ie
b Our efforts must be rede
my power to assist in giving to
will follow the close of the present war is inextricaly
our
contributions
enlarged.
We
Detroit Jewry its proper represen-
es. must continue in even greater
bound up with the success of British and allied forc
tation in the Zionist Organiza-
aid
tthe
i
Yishuy
in
tion-2,250 new members for De-
Dark as the present may be, Jews have always been measuree to so a i n gc 0 ottsm o p n o i s i t y ti o i n i .
i co n
troit.
children of hope and of faith. That is part of the heritage
n
our
own
AARON
SILBERBLATT
And in
to
we
must
build
a
larger,
that has come down to them through the troubled ages. fur
erica
America
organization
throw
"It is the business of the Zionist Organization em- l disciplined
its the full ght
Zionist i nfluence weiand 25,000 Children, 8,000 More Than Last Year,
bodying the corporate will of the Jewish people to live o' f
prestige,
to stimulate aid to Great Britain in its struggle and to re sources on th e side of the
Get School Lunches
't f hope and of faith in Jews Homeland
.
meland when on the morrow
n
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keep alive t e sp
conference is convene
Twenty-five thousand school- mated by the Ha assa
wherever they be, firmly believing that the day will to peace
re-order the disrupted broken children are now daily recipients gency Committee in Palestine
estion
come when the forces of civilization will triuMph over a
Judah L. Magnes.
. The question of school lunches as the res ult of headed b y Dr.
pe of today
gran t, which doubles Iladas-
of Palestine
will inescapably ap- th
darkness and brutality, and the aspiration of our people Euro
of
an
This
assah
that.nctoenr- the appr oval by Had
rah participation in the School
the agenda
in the sun will be fully recog nized.
enlarged monthly grant, Jeru
gi ven
h
Fumtl,
Luncheon's
i heoon's that
for a "A
p lace
strong, a numerous Zionist Organization in pear . nuumbesr of gthos oe uer nri oiled - lem reported
the Vaad Lneunoini
reported this week '
condition
ounhdetio
eat the
America, will
for six (Jewish National Council 1 ) would
America is the surest medium for serving those aims.
ranks tin our
Zionist anc
voices as One thousand pounds
i., . i e £90u0e1 monthly
continue to ri
resone
ses
Let every Zionist get behind the president of the Zionist in
ver raise
go
we
them in a demand for months for children's nutrition
t
had
allocated
for the ur-
right in behalf of was the recommendation approved that it
Organization of America in his energetic effort to make
year, and
d h
t at the P Tel
by Hadassah, that had been sub-
_ i pose last •e'
justice and
the Zionist Organization of America a body that will Eretz Yisroel .
_
Aviv Municipality would
etc £400 monthly in addition to
these
crucial
days,
,
he
conclud
ed.
s"
--
count in
the government grant. The con-

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Hebrew Language
Day Is Observed

JERUSALEM (Palcor Agency)
—Hebrew language day was ob-
served throughout Eretz Israel
Jan. 4.
Public meetings, attended by
all factions of the Yishuv, were
held in various centers in the
country. This observance was
the culmination of an intensive
campaign that has been waged,
particularly latterly, to make espe-
cially the newcomers—many of
whom arrive knowing only the
language of the country from
which they have fled —Hebrew
concious.

HADASSAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL PART OF
CENTER OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY

rsubsci -
ditions have all bee n ove
bed since at the recent session of
the Assephath Hanivcharim (Jew-
ish Elected Assembly) the Vaad
Leumi's donation was raised to
£1,000.
The School Nutritions Commit-
tee is also taking over the Milk
Distribution Scheme by which
15,000 children get a glass of
milk daily at low cost or free of
charge.

P. I. C. A. to Appeal to Privy
Council

JERUSALEM.—(Palcor Agen
cy)—The Supreme Court in thi
city has granted permission t
the Palestine Jewish Colonizatio
Association to appeal to 11
Sold Boneh Has Contract for
Majesty's Privy Council (La
Building of Haifa Town Rall
Committee) in London against
decision of the Appeal Court
HAIFA.—(Palcor Agency) —The
the ownership of nearly 1,1!
contract for the building of the
dunams of land situated ne
Haifa Town flail has been award-
ed by the Municipal Council to
Athlit in the Emek Sharon.
P. I. C. A. claims that tl
Solel Boneh, the contracting bu
land was purchased by the As
reau of the Histadruth (General
ciation 50 years ago and legal
Jewish Federation of Labor)
registered at Constantinople. B
whose tender was £66,044.
the Registrat of Lands refus
to recognize the validity of t
Art Exhibition of Bezalel
y documents submitted and the tr
ooperation
with
Hadassah
Universit
c
The Bezalel Museum in Jeru-
is peal Court upheld his decision.
Medical Center at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, in
salem has arranged a number of Hospital
The Privy Council is the I:
(above) offers post-graduate courses to physicians in surgery, camp sanitation and endem r-
art exhibitions in cooperation with health problems. The American Jewish Physicians Committee, of which Dr. Nathan Ratnoff is char
resort.
the Tel Aviv Museum, showing ea
works of art by Palestinian and man, raises funds for the Medical Center.
foreign artists.