DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
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March 28, 1941
Five Detroiters on Jewish Interfaith Group
for Democracies
The formal establishment of a statement made by Rabbi
William Allen White of Emporia, the Jewish Section of the Inter- Goldstein, will undertake as its
Kan.
Pointing out that by treaty faith Committee for Aid to the immediate task the matter of
and Congressional enactment the Democracies, for the purpose of fulfilling a pledge to secure 200
American Government has for- rendering aid to Great Britain, m o b i 1 e field kitchens for the a
mally recognized and approved the with headquarters at 57 William British population, involving
St., New York City, in the offices cost of approximately $400,000.
establishment of a Jewish Na-
The organization has already
tional Home in Palestine, Senator of the British War Relief So-
Wagner declared that this policy ciety, was announced this week. excess
credited
its efforts which
a sum has
in
of to $75,000,
has received the public endorse-
Anent of Presidents Wilson, Hard- leaders
. More of
than
138 representative
Jewish
communities in been turned over to the British
48 cities and 26 states of the War Relief Society. It is pro-
ing,
Coolidge,
Hoover and Roose-
elt.
posed
to establish in key corn-
Included among the members Union have associated themselves I
with the Jewish Section, as well munities throughout the United
of Congress who have joined the as 18 outstanding
National Or- States,
those
represent-
outstanding National
by including
sponsoring
groups,
local
American 'Palestine Committee ganizations.
Jewish sections of the Jewish Section
are: Senators Arthur H. Van-
of the Interfaith Committee,
The purpose of the ewi
denberg and Prentiss M. Brown
which will in turn mobilize Jew-
and Congressmen Fred Bradley Section are twofold—
I. To secure needed supplies ish Community support for as-
and John D. Dingell of Michigan. for the British population
sistance to the British popula-
The American Palestine Corn-
2. To secure the cooperation tion.
mittee also has on its roster of of all Jewish
i groups with the
membership a number of dig- Interfaith Committee for Aid to . With respect to these activi-
ties, the Jewish Section will op-
tinguished educators ,and relig- the Democracies.
erate in close cooperation with
ious leaders.
Dr. Israel Goldstein of the the British War Relief Society,
More than 150 members of Congregation Bnai Jeshurun has making all contributions payable
the U. S. Senate and House tare been elected as chairman of the directly to the British War Re-
resenting both major parties are committee, with the following
listed on the rolls of the Ameri- vice-chairmen: Judge I. M. Gold- lief Society.
Dr. Maurice L. Perlzweig of
can Palestine Committee.
on of San Francisco; Senator
The governors of 19 states Alfred
--
M. Cohen of Cincinnati; London, who is the chairman of
have joined the committee. They Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of the British Section of the World
include Governor Murray D. Van Cleveland; Edmund I. Kauf- Jewish Congress, will serve as
Wagoner of Michigan.
iann, president of the Zionist liaison between the Jewish Sec-
Dr. Frank Cody, Superintend- Organization
rganization of America; Dr. tion of the Interfaith Commit-
ent of Detroit Schools and Presi- Stephen S. Wise, president of tee and the British War Relief
dent of Wayne University, has the American Jewish Congress; Society.
Eighteen n a t i o n a 1 organiza-
joined the committee. Hon. Carl Sherman; Mrs. David
tions,
with a membership
DeSola Pool, president of Hadas-
nctions Under- sah; Judge Nathan D. Perlman; throughout the country have
gro
Polish Zionism
Functions
Dr. Samuel Margoshes; Herman pledged their aid to the effort
Order Brith Sholom; of the Jewish Section and have
JERUSALLEM. — (Palcor Independent
Hoffman,
grandmaster
of the formally authorized the sponsor-
Agency) — That the Chalutz
of its undertakings.
movement and the various youth Mrs. Bernard S. Deutsch; Louis ship
Among the members of the
organizations in the Polish oc- Fabricant. Irving A. Manacher
cupied territories are continuing is treasurer of the organization, committee of sponsorship are the
from Detrit:
to function against difficult odds and James Waterman Wise, sec- following
Albert Kahn, Simon Shetzer,
.
as underground movements was retary.
The Jewish Section of the In- Philip Slomovitz, Rabbi Joshua
the theme of revelations made
Saturday at the national confer- terfaith Committee, according to S. Sperka, Abraham Srere.
ence held in this city by two
youth organizations, Gordonia and thoutands of these persons caught
Wayne-Michigan
Young Maccabi.
in the Nazi web.
The two groups decided to
The statement by the Jewish
Avukah Party on
merge within the framework of Agency took sharp issue with
O
the working Palestine and Kvut- a statement made on Wednesday
Saturday Evening
zah movements.
in the House of Commons by
A flag which had been Colonial Undersecretary George
The University of Michigan
brought at great hazard from Henry Hall, who sought to make and Wayne chapters of Avukah
A Store in Your Neighborhood
occupied Poland across many it appear that Great Britain will hold their second annual
frontiers by a woman member was showing regard for the Jews spring party in Ann Arbor this
who reached Eretz Israel a week who desperately want an oppor- Saturday night, March 29, at the
ago was tendered to the Gordonia tunity to escape from Rumania Beth Israel Synagogue.
group as a gift by its bearer. The by issuing special immigration
The party will be in the form
presentation of this flag was certificates for Palestine.
of a mock night club.
made the occasion for a report
Mr. Hall had said to the House
In addition to the combined
on the Zionist activity which is of Commons that "a substantial
proceeding clandestinely in both number" of the Rumanian Jews Wayne and Michigan Avukahs
there will be present as guests
sections of Poland.
who escaped alive in the Janu- sonic 20 Jewish students from
It is only through the people ary pogroms "are included in the Hillel Foundation extension
who manage to arrive here that the arrangements" for the trans- at the Michigan State Normal
the truth of Zionist suppression fer of over 700 Jews from that College at Ypsilanti.
and underground activity in both Balkan country to Palestine. The
Joint affairs between the Jew-
n
Nazi and Soviet Poland comes Jewish Agency accused the Gov- ish student groups in Detroit and
to light. The letters and other eminent of seeking to give an un- Ann Arbor and more recently
written messages that are re- justified impression of its willing- Ypsilanti are becoming more and
ceived from the occupied tern- ness to permit the Rumanian more common. This Saturday's
tories bear only the most stereo- Jews to find asylum in Eretz party promises to be a fine ex-
typed of phrases — such as: Israel. The facts of the case, the ample of just such an affair.
That This Year As Always They Will Produce
"We are well ; let usknow how Agency pointed out, are other-
you are," and the like. wise.
In Nazi-occupied Poland, it is
Shertok to Visit Cairo
Dr. Henry H. Crane
reported, many young Zionists
Moshe Shertok, head of the
To Address Temple
have been shipped off for forced political department of the Jew-
labor. There was great . anxiety ish Agency for Palestine, left
Women on April 14
there as to what the winter and for Egypt. He will go straight to
spring would bring. The estab- Cairo, where he is expected to
lishment of the ghetto had mad . e confer with various Government
The Sisterhood of Temple Beth
SWEET CREAM SOUR CREAM
contacts more difficult. But still officials during the course of El announces that its speaker for
activity was continuing there, as his short visit.
the next monthly meeting, Mon-
well as in Russian-occupied Pol-
day, April 14, at the Temple,
and.
Britain Will Not Permit Balkan will be Dr. Henry Hitt Crane,
pastor of the Central Methodist
In the latter territory attempts
Jewish Refugees to Enter
Church of Detroit, who will speak
Palestine
have been made to penetrate the
schools and to disseminate infor-
LONDON. — (WNS) —Jew- on "The Time to Laugh." Dr.
mation on what was happening ish refugees from Rumania, Hun- Crane, who has held the longest
Under the Supervision of the
in Palestine. Attempts also have gary and Yugoslavia will not be pastorates in the history of the
been made to establish contact permitted to enter Palestine, Methodist Church, averages more
VAAD HA'RABONIM OF DETROIT
between the Jews of Old Russia Colonial Under-Secretary George then one address a day, not only
and the Zionist Jewries of Galicia H. Hall declared in the House locally, but throughout the coun-
and Beloe Russia. The contact of Commons. Mr. Hall said that try.
Dessert luncheon will be served
between the Zionist movement in exceptions from this ruling would
Russian Poland and in Warsaw be granted in the case of promi- at 1:30 in the social hall, with
is being maintained to this day, nent Zionist leaders in the Bal- the meeting immediately after
at 2:30.
it was said.
UNiversity 1-2800
kans.
4055 PURITAN AVE.
Although a number of leading
Jews in the Balkan nations
Zionists have been imprisoned, who already hold immigration
the rank and file have remained certificates, he said, will, of Pioneer Women Celebrate
International Women's
loyal to their Zionist ideal, it was course, be admitted to Palestine.
declared. They have gone through
Mr. Hall's declaration of policy
Day Saturday
"unimaginable difficulties and was made in response to a ques-
dangers, and all as a result of tion by Col. Josiah Wedgwood,
The Pioneer Women of Detroit,
Retain
their great hope that they may Laborite, who asked what action combined with the United Read-
achieve
their
single
purpose
of
had been taken by the British ing Circles, are planning an in-
Judge NEAL
aliyah (immigration into Eretz Government to permit Jews driv- teresting program for Saturday,
Israel)," one of the new arrivals en out of Balkan countries to March 29, to celebrate Interna-
reported. The difficulty in main- enter the Holy Land.
tional Women's Day, proclaimed
taining contacts prevents the im-
1908 as a special day for the
plementation of a program on a Sabotag e Responsible for Patria in
recognition of women's accom-
large scale, but underground cul-
Explosion in Haifa Harbor
plishments, and thereafter ob-
tural and educational activities
HAIFA. — (WNS) — Sabo-
are nonetheless being carried on. tage was responsible for the ex- served throughout the world.
The program will be presented
Palestine Government Scored for plosion and sinking of the S. S. at the Workman's Circle Center,
Callousness by Jewish Agency Patria, with 1,904 Jewish refu- at 2:30 p. m. The speaker, Dr.
To fill vacancy—Term ending Dec. 31, 1943
The Jewish Agency for Pales- gees aboard, in Haifa Harbor last Clarissa Fineman, has chosen for
Thoroughly qualified by years of legal prac-
tine charged the Palestine Gov- Nov. 25, according to a report her subject, "Women in the De-
tice; Legal Instructor. U. of D. Law School
ernment with callousness to the submitted to High Commissioner fense of Democracy." A musical
and life-long resident of Detroit.
plight of imperiled Rumanian Sir Harold A. MacMichael by the program will be an added attrac-
NON-PARTISAN BALLOT
Jews because of its failure to Special Commission of Inquiry, tion.
provide special certificates to which was appointed to investi-
The public is invited to attend.
Election April 7, 1941
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