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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and

February 14, 1941

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who will detail its needs for us, Little Theater Guild Holds
a special invitation is being ex-
doubted talent, possessed of charm
Rehearsals
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and wit and eloquence, he could
ten d ed to members of the sub-
(Continued from Page 1)
committees responsible for the
easily have grasped all the world-
The Little Theatre Guild is
(Continued from Page 1)
ly and social success for which
holding rehearsals at the Hutch-
deed, difficult to bear. Herzl be- he had hungered in his youth. of meetings to acquaint the over- recommendation of allocations to ins Intermediate, Woodrow Wil-
deed, in a semi-Jewish home en- He abandoned all this because his seas section of the budget tom- local, regional and national sere son
son and Hazelwood on Wednes-
He was not an as- character had developed beyond mittee with the work of the ma- aof
ices,
well as section."
to the members (lays at 7 p. in.
the as overseas
similationist in every sense of the his ambitions. Step by step we jor causes included in the
Distinguished Lea der
"One Mad Night" by James
word, since he never denied his are permitted to watch this man's Allied Jewish Campaign,
this i-
and publici s t, Dr. Reach, a three-act mystery toms
will be devoted to
origin and always fought bravely spirit grow. The vain young man, itial meeting
dis- edy, is being whipped into shape
origin
for justice for his people; but who accepted his Jewishness as the U n i t e d Palestine
Appeal. Nahum Go ldmann has had a
y Mrs. Florence Platnick, the
will be de-
guished
career
in
the
service
b director. There are a few roles
,
er
i
in a sense he went a step farther: an accident of birth, becomes the Subsequent meetings
he advocated baptism in order author of "Altneuland" with its voted to the Joint Distribution tin
to speed the end of the Jewish clarion call to work for freedom. Committee, the National Refugee of the Jewish people.
He m was those
a still
open for in
casting
and are
all
moveent
interested
dramatics
people. He felt that the children The suave dilettante ends by rec.. Service, the Hebrew University, in
leader
of any
the Zionist
Germ
in his youth and enco uraged to try out. This play
should be spared the miseries of ognizing in Zionism not merely Hias,
Ort and of
other
soosn, c proceedsgo-
g
a Wores will be iven
"Because
the services.
great import- was one of the earliestadvocat
but
ofWorld ing toward Jew ih hariies,
d
that
the
latter
an
answer
to
anti-Semitism,
an
of
their parents
.,
For further information call
should convert them while they a means of releasing the spiritual ante of the work k of the unite( 1 Jewish Congress, whose admin-
are young so that they should forces of Jewish life. is biography Palestine Appeal in relation to istrative committee he now heads. Mrs. Plotniek, TOwnsend 6-4076.
responsible
be tells a straightforwardd story. the entire overseas and refugee Since 1925, when he became a
not be
heldo
program," said Mr. Prentis in member of the World Zionist
acts
and
s that they shouldd be
without blame for such cowardice. But the very simplicity with calling, the meeting, "and be- General Council, he has assumed both, Harry A. Hyman, Ben Kra-
pier, Gus D. Newman, Mrs. Rob-
But
the whom
editor of
Neue Freie
presse,
he the
represented
in which the story is told serves to cause of the eminent personality ment
a prominent
role in the
move-
J. Newman, Max Osnos, Alex
for rebuilding
Palestine.
He was chosen as one of the Schreiber, Nate S. Shapero, Simon
Paris, balked when the plan was emphasize the inherent drama of
Paris,
the biography and the heroic
ddenly which are described in this vol- members of the Political Corn- Shetzer, Leo Siegel, Abraham
proposed for publication. He re- she
u
mission which negotiated with Srere, Melville S. Welt and Mrs.
baked Herzl. How can he cos- stature of its subject. S
sibly speak of such a solution this journalist and playwright ume.
As a history of Zionism, as an the MacDonald government fol- Henry Wineman."
publication o f t h e
when Jews have withstood the discovered in himself gifts of
Service Group Program
anslaught of inhumanity for 70 leadership a n d statesmanship example of the historical memory lowing
White e Paper.
In
line with its program as the
generations. What an ignominious which no one, least of all he him- and the fervent idealism of the Passfield
"The meeting which Dr. Gold-
address
is
the
beginning
fund-raising
instrument of the
would
be.
Herzl
at
once
self,
had
suspected.
He
nego-
Jewish
people,
as
an
illustration
will
end that .
dropped his plan, after nourish- and,
tiated
with
kings
and
princes
of
heroic
devotion
and
self-
mann
inexperienced in the field sacrifice this book is indispen- of an educational process which Jewish Welfare
Federation,
Detroited
Cam-
Alli
S Jewish which
etroit conducts the
ing it for years.
evolved by the Dtailed
ervice Group
coign,
the
Then came the great vision, of diplomacy, won victories there sable.
e
has been Group to
the realization of the need for by sheer force of personality and Mr. Bein's original manuscript Seivice supply d
weigh
an honorable existence, for a imagination. Yet this is seen to was beautifully written, and Mr. background
facts, fig- appoints
budget
to
conduct a the
hearin committee
a material,
ro
gsch and ga
ence
peons of ea
orniza-
brave battle for existence, for have been the less difficult part Samuel has not alone kept the uses androunded
presentation
and
future the
e xperi
an honest approach to the prob- of his problem; the internal Jew- original beauty, but added to it of the past
burget
lem. In the few years that he ish work was harder to carry on. with his own masterly handling programs of the various causes
requesting
inclusion
in corn-
the
The
ve . makese
llied tion
annual
drive.
Allied
nda-
recomme
actually devoted to the work for Misunderstood and derided, op- of the English language, so that
seeking
inclusion
in
mittee
th
Clar-
stated
ll Jewish Campa ign," the
u
the building of the Zionist move- posed by those within and those here we have a biography f
ment he created immortality for without Zionist ranks, he never- of movement, and a literary ence
general commit-
chair- tions
to Jewish
the board
of governors
man H.
of Enggass,
the 1941 budget
of the
Welfare
Federa-
theless steered the movement masterpiece.
tee.
"With
this
meeting,
our
an-
tion
and
the
board
of directors
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himself.
Group
as
with firmness and wisdom. But
nual program of acquainting key of the Detroit Service
Of necessity, because of the the great task undermined his
"Theodore Herzl" is beautifully
many angles in the book, Bein's heart, and he died at the age printed and bound, with an at- peoplee in the community with the to which agencies should be in-
tractive three-color jacket, 13 work that needs to be done, will eluded as beneficiaries of the
Thodore
Herzl " can not b e of 44.
Campaign and as to the amounts
e
very have begun," he said.
cover ed in a brief review. It
This biography , moreover, full-page illustrations, a
"The overseas section of the of the appropriations to be allo-
needs many reviews, numerous
articles, comment after comment, transcends in importance and in- comprehengive bibliography, and 1941 Budget Committee repre- cater to each organization.
The 1941 Budget Committee is
in order that the readers may terest the limits of this single anan excellent index. It retails for
realize the enormity of the issues personality. It is the vibrant $3. It is available as one of the sents a cross-section of all Jew-
reflected in the life of the great story of an epoch and a move- membership books of the Jewish ish community interests," con- s e p a r a t e d into three major
ment. It shows how a hope dor- Publication Society of America. tinned Mr. Enggass. "It is head- groups. In addition to the over-
osts ed y
u which, seas section, the committee has
b an executive grop
leader.
mint for centuries, was vitalized Membership in the society c
entis and set up local and national divisions
Restorer of Faith
and made to function. The story as little as $5 per year, for in addition to Mr. Pr
Only 36 years have passed of Zionism does not begin with which members receive any three Mr. Wineman, includes the fol- to review the problems in these
Herz% any more than it has end- cloth-bound books published by lowing: Rabbi Morris Adler, Sid- specific fields. Sidney J. Allen
since the death of Theodore eel with his death. But he found the society. Full details on the ney . J. Allen, Joseph Bernstein, and Simon Shetzer are co-chair-
Herzl and already he has assumed
t a dream is and left it a reality. membership plan, catalogues, and Hyman h C. Broder,
Butz-
men
of the and
local
section.
Melville
Cohn, Fred
Mrs. M.
Aaron
De-
S. Welt
Mrs.
Samuel
R. Glo-
in the Jewish mind the propor-
tions of a giant spirit. Prophet Modern Palestine testifies to the other interesting literature on el, Irwin I.
#
and statesman, dreamer and strength of this influence upon the work of the Jewish Publica- Roy, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, Ben gower head the national section.
in turn,
the scattered Jewish people. The tion Society of America are B. Fenton, Mrs. H. J. L. Frank, Each major division is,
leader, restorer of the people's very opposition of those Jews available by writing to the execu- Samuel Frank, Samuel T. Gilbert, divided into smaller sub-commit-
faith in itself and founder of
its future—these are character- who to this day continue to ob- tive director, Maurice Jacobs, Fred A. Ginsburg, Mrs. Samuel tees to study the problems of the
izations of Herzl to which most ject to Zionism is proof of the 320 Lewis Tower Bldg., Philadel- R. Glogower,
Harvey Israel
H. Goldman,
agencies which fall into
Harry S. Grant,
Himel- individual
its classification.
Jews of the present day
gladly
effect
of Herz! , s life
i and work phia, Pa.
subscribe. It is extraordinary to
find this attitude in a people with -
so highly developed a critical
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faculty as the Jews, who are
not given to hero-worship. It is
even more extraordinary to see
such admiration directed toward
a man who, during 35 of his 45
years, had held aloof from Jew-
ish life altogether. In nine years
this man won a place for himself
Here care FOUR NEW ADDITIONS to the
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Jews, not to speak of Zionists
and sympathizers with the move-
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1 1.
biography renewed courage and
inspiration.
Alex Bein's "Theodore Herzl"
was published originally in Ger-
man in Vienna in 1934, and can
be well designated as a definitive
contribution to the numerous
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when yaonudmseta snudriendg
Bein spent a number of years in
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convenience they add — and by
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Their wheelbase is 118 inches, so prices made lower by their new
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for the
right,
having
written
in his own
change without notice.
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but also a turning point in Jew-
ish history and an ideal for a
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