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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal
January 17, 1941
Prof. F. L. Schuman
By Philip Slomovitz Will Address Hillel
Forum This Sunday
Workers Urged to Register
Workers! You are needed in
Michigan industries producing for
America's national defense. Regis-
ter now with the nearest Michi-
Prof. Frederick L. Schuman, gan State Employment service
Zionist ranks—in the General Zionist Movement,
au- office.
outstanding political scientist, au-
An Ideological War Is On
the Hadassah, the Mizrachi, the Labor ranks.
The special supplement to this issue of The thor and writer, will be the third
American Jews must not become unduly upset Detroit Jewish Chronicle is, in a sense, an impor-
if they should suddenly learn that an ideological tant contribution towards the evaluation of Zionist speaker in the Hillel Forum Se-
war has broken loose; that the forces which car- thought and Zionist needs, and it is not necessary ries this Sunday, Jan. 19, at 8:15
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ried on a struggle for supremacy in Jewish life to go into detail regarding these needs in this p. m., in the Rackham auditor-
a quarter of a century ago should suddenly column. But in connection with the challenge ium in Ann Arbor. An eye-wit-
appear on the scene again in full battle array. that comes to American Jews with the dissolution ness to the Nazi revolution, a
student of world-affairs for many
In reality, the fight between assimilationists of the United Jewish Appeal and the setting up years, and a renowned interpre-
and loyalists; between Zionists and anti-Zionists; of new alignments, on ideological grounds, we ter of the current scene, Prof.
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between traditionalists and those who might today emphasize the significance of Zionist a i ia
Schuman will speak on the sub-
tudy carefullythe ject "Can America Escape War".
be called "appeasers", had never ended. It was an d we ur ge our reader
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to sspecial
glossed over; it subsided during a period of grave m aterial incorporated ins the
Dr. Schuman is now Woodrow
crisis; there was a temporary "truce" during a in this issue.
Wilson Professor of Government
period of storm and stress, when it was necessary
at Williams College. Prior to
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to rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of Jews
this position, he was Assistant
Deplorable Extravagance in Display
who had been expelled from the lands in which
Professor of Political Science at
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not only they but their great-great-great-grand-
In a tribute to the memory of the brilliant the University of Chicago. Dr.
parents had resided.
writer and Zionist labor leader, Moshe Beilinson, Schuman was in Germany at the
Why is it to be assumed that this battle is on,
E. Broido writes among other things as follows time
of the years
Nazi revolution
and
in recent
has traveled
anew? The breakdown of the mythical Genera! in the Zionist Review of London:
widely
in
Central
Europe,
the
Council gave the first warning that the arrested
Balkans and the Soviet Union.
"One of Beilinson's longest and most char-
waters were to break through the insecure dam
He is a contributor to Events,
acteristic struggles in Zionism was against
of Jewish life. Then came the dissolution of a
the New Republic, the Nation,
disproportion between what we may call the
"unity" in fund-raising movements which never
and other periodicals.
'shop-window'
and
the
'inside'
of
the
shop.
really united the opposing factions in Jewish life.
Prof. Schuman will be intro-
any
extravagance
of
He bitterly disapproved
The battle may spread to other quarters.
duced by Prof. Lawrence Preuss,
in
display,
and
he
was
against
the
payment
It is an ideological war. It is a battle in which,
popular member of the Political
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of high salaries. This, he felt, the Jewish
it is charged, the enemies of Palestine are again
Science department.
people
could
not
afford.
Our
people
is
a
poor
LEADER
is
not
just a cleaner
Waldo Frank, eminent author,
becoming articulate. Perhaps it is well that it
—LEADER is a specialist in
people, he used of ten to repeat, and its repre-
and
Dr.
Mordecai
Kaplan,
foun-
should have occurred now, in a time of prepara-
cleaning Rugs, Carpets and
sentatives should be so as well. He abhorred
der of the Reconstructionist
tion for the trying day when Jews will appear
Upholstered Furniture.
that fussy Zionist propaganda that was only
movement, were the first two
before a peace conference to demand equality
apt to breed illusions. He wanted Zionism to
speakers in the Hillel Forum
present lands of oppression, the right to settle
LEADER
educate the Jews to work and believe in spite
series. James Frankel, '43L, is
Jew s and to buy land for these settlers in a free
Carpet
Cleaning
Company
of all adversity. Therefore he made it his
chairman
of
the
Hillel
Forum
Jewish Palestine, the freedom of expression as
task to point to the cracks behind the splen-
series committee.
the inheritors of a great faith known as the
did facades. In the midst of a building boom,
Mother of All Religions in all lands on the globe
he would remind the people of neglected posi-
which we hope will be made free as a result of
tions in agriculture and industry—as behind
CUSTOM MADE QUILTS & REMODELING
a British victory in the present war.
the new villas he always saw the leaking
These enemies of Palestine are also the enemies
insanitary huts of workers in the suburbs
of free expression by Jews on all fronts—in the
and colonies."
movement for the teaching and popularization of
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the Hebrew language; in the effort to boycott
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Nazi Germany; in attempts to fight discrimina- problem in Jewish life. There has been neck-
tion, especially in employment, many Jews being breaking speed in building powerful organizations,
among the most guilty discriminators; in the Jew- in creating community jobs, in boosting salaries
ish press, since these men would stifle self-expres- of community job-holders. This has, in turn, re-
sion and insist on an attitude of hush-hush and duced the value of volunteer work in communi-
sha-sha. They are not many, but they are power- ties, and except for some fund-raising campaigns,
ful; and they must be educated anew to recog- most groups in various important undertakings
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nize the great and historic value of Palestine's have learned to depend almost entirely upon paid
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The
Beilinson
ideal
is
worth
studying.
It
re-
Catering to Bridge Parties and Banquets
The break in what was "unity" on the surface
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but which was in reality a painful truce need not states an attitude that was predominant in Jew-
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be overestimated. Honest discussion, the airing ish life until recently. The Rabbi was assured 0
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the creation of a better leadership that will not for a Jewish cause considered it his duty to de- i'l 01:21:11—
be compelled to hide wounds. It is time that we vote a portion of his time for the good of the
recognized the existence of differences of opinion community. This group has diminished with the
in a community. Anti-Zionists are entitled to their shifting of responsibility to the trained director.
views, as long as Zionists are free to pursue a While the professional worker is greatly needed,
program of action in behalf of Palestine's re- the loss of a volunteer force weakens the ideal
demption. Knowing these differences, it ought to striven for. If it were possible to restore the
be easier for the opposing factions to sit side influence and the numbers of the volunteer par-
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by side at conference tables and to carry on a ticipants in Jewish causes, the hands of the pro-
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program of community building devoid of rancor. fessional worker would also be strengthened. Here
is
a
problem
worth
tackling.
Honest ideological discussions permit the existence
of differences; the hiding of facts merely creates
a spirit of discontent and bitterness.
Liberty and Safety
Of course, there will have to be realignments.
In many communities there may be two or more
In his historic message to Congress on Jan. 6,
Better
drives, instead of one united campaign. But we
have had these before, and we had fairly good President Roosevelt quoted the following sentence:
community organization. There need not be a "Those, who would give up essential liberty to
breakdown of existing institutions because of the purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither
forging to the fore of honest differences of opin- liberty nor safety." A search was immediately
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ion. On the contrary, the hiding of feeling may made into the records, and Archibald MacLeish,
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Librarian
of
Congress,
said
that
this
sentence
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lead to moral breakdown within the community;
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but honest expression of opinion should lead to appeared as a motto in a book of anonymous
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the strengthening of the morale of the Jewish authorship in 1759, in London. It was generally
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believed at that time that Benjamin Franklin,
constituency.
who was then in London, was the author of this
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sentence. But the book—"An Historical Review
of the Constitution and Government of Pennsyl-
Blindness of Palestine's Haters
vania"—was unpopular, and Franklin denied
Should the complete story be told, some day, authorship, writing, on June 9, 1759, to Isaac
ONE OF THE MOST MODERN IN THE STATE
of the manner in which opponents of Palestine's Norris: "I had no hand in it. It is wrote by a
NEW PUPILS NOW BEING ENROLLED
reconstruction have been sabotaging campaigns gentleman said to be one of the best pens in
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in which Palestine has a share, the people who England." Others, therefore, attributed the sen-
will appear to be most ludicrous will be the rich tence to the English lawyer Richard Jackson.
SIMON RICHARDSON, Principal
who refuse to contribute because they refuse to
But the significance of the sentiment remains,
Private Lessons Can Be Arranged
have their money go to Palestine. What had and it now assumes greater importance by its in-
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really happened was that the "enemies" of Pal- corporation in the State Papers of the United
distance from the school.
estine, bent upon penalizing Palestine, had ac-
States, in the Message of President Roosevelt.
For information call TOwnsend 6.1698
tually penalized the relief and refugee funds.
Its lesson must not be lost, either for this
They were non-givers in every sense of the word, or for coming generations.
as a result of a dislike for the nationalist Jew-
ish movement. It mattered little to them that
twice as many Jews found haven in Palestine as
had received welcome in the Americas. They are
not concerned with the creation of a healthy
Jewish community by builders of a wholesome
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homeland in Zion. They have not forgotten an
old grudge—and all relief funds have suffered Rosh Chodesh Shvat - - - - Wednesday, Jan. 29
as a result. It is incredible, yet it is true.
Chamisho Osor b'Shvat - - - - Feb. 12
Rosh Chodesh Adar - - - Thursday and Friday,
Feb. 27 & 28
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Feast of Esther - - - - Wednesday, March 12
Need for a Large Zionist Membership
Thursday, March 13
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It will receive our careful considera-
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Perhaps it was well timed that the Zionists of Rosh Chodesh Nissan - - - Saturday,
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tion froT inception to completion.
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America should seek to treble their membership
Rosh Chodesh Iyar - - - Sunday and Monday,
at this time. Jews will have to come to the forth-
Anril 27 & 28
coming peace conference with strong demands Lag b'Omer - - - - Thursday, May 15
that the pledges of the nations of the world in
Tuesday, May 17
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Chodesh Sivan
behalf of a Jewish Palestine should be honored. Rosh
Shevuos - - - Sunday and Monday, June 1 & 2
A strong constituency will give courage to our Rosh Chodesh Tammuz - Wednesday and Thurs-
spokesmen who will appear for us at such a
day. June 25 & 26
conference. Jews must be ready to he counted Fast of Tammuz - - - - Sunday, July 13
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in the roll call of honor in defense of Jewish Rosh Chodesh Ab - - - - Friday, July 25
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rights. Palestine occupies a position of priority Tisha b'Ab
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in this effort. To make the struggle for Jewish Rosh Chodesh Ellul - - - - Saturday and Sunday,
Aug. 23 & 24.
rights valid and effective, it is important that
the vast majority of male Jews be included in
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