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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.
J \COB H. SCHAKNE
Presider
Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
office et Dutioit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Daily Herald a few days ago protested
against the appearance in England of
an anti-Semitic Polish newspaper, Jestem
Polakem, and urged that it be denied
newsprint for the printing of the paper.
It would be an act of justice if the British
cabinet whose great responsibility it is
to fight for a democratic world were ac-
tually to honor this protest and make it
impossible for a destructive periodical, ap-
pearing in free England, to preach hatred
against the Jews and in this way to dis-
honor the principles upon which the
Polish fight for freedom is based.
April 11, 1941
• STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL •
Tidbits from Everywhere
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
WAR ECHOES
brothers reached their first suc-
cess . . . All of which reminds
us that what the Prophet Eze-
kiel's airplane was to be used
for was nothing less than an air
raid. "Fill thine hand with coals
of fire . . . and scatter them
over the city," were the direc-
tions given for punishing Israel
and Judah for their iniquities.
Miami reports a Passover "exo-
dus" to Florida this year . .
A ndron's A lamac Hotel will have
guests from 23 states for its
Seder.
Private letters from England
reveal that any number of the
dud Nazi bombs opened by spe-
cial British squads under the
Subscription in Advance
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most elaborate precautions are
found to contain no explosives,
JACOB MARGOLIS
Publisher
but only notes from Czech mu-
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor
MAURICE M. SAFIR
nition workers with assurances
Advertising Manager
of their sympathy for the Brit-
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter
ish cause . . Dr. Chaim Weiz-
must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
mann, by the way, is firmly con-
The Women's Allied Drive
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper only.
vinced that if Winston Churc-
The Jewish women of Detroit will of- hill remains in command of Bri-
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi- ficially initiate their special project in tain's war aims, Palestine will
become a Jewish Commonwealth.
bility for en endorsement of views expressed by the writers.
behalf of the Allied Campaign on Tues- From occupied France comes WEEKLY GIGGLE
da y.
This week's laugh concerns
the story that when the col-
Readings of the Law for the First Day of
the German Jew who, after lan-
Passover, Saturday, April 12
This special project, and the event lege authorities of the Paris guishing
in a concentration camp
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 12 :21-51. Num. 28 : marking its opening, is the annual sig- Ecole Superieure Normale is-
sued instructions for all non- for months, was finally told that
16-25.
nal to the community that the yearly Aryan students to report for a his execution had been decided
Prophetical portion—Josh. 3:5-7; 5 :2-6:27.
solicitations in behalf of more than 50 special registration, the entire upon, and that he could have
Readings of the Law for Second Day of
student body turned out in pro- one last wish granted . . . "Make
causes are about to commence.
Passover, Sunday, April 13
and insisted on registering me a member of the Jewish spy
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 22 :26-23 :44. Num.
The signal is thus being given us that test,
branch of the Gestapo," he plead-
in a body.
28:16-25.
Prophetical portion—II Kings 23:1 (or 4) -9 :21- we are to be prepared to make out con-
A diligent traveler in t h e ed . . . "Then, when you kill
tributions for the saving of lives, for the neighborhood of the Panama me, there'll be one rat less in
25.
Chol Hamoed Passover Readings of the Law
upkeep of our important local and na- Canal is said to be Dr. Hans the world."
Monday, Ex. 13:1-16; Tuesday, Ex. 22 :24-23 :19 ; tional institutions, for the protection of Wesemann, the German editor ABOUT PEOPLE
Wednesday, Ex. 34, 1 :26 ; Thursday, Num. our positions as Jews and as Americans. who is credited with the kidnap-
ping, some years ago, of the
You've heard of William
1:14.
The call that thus heralds a challenge anti:Nazi leader Berthold Ja .. Rhodes Davis, the oil tycoon
NISAN 14, 5701 to the Jewish community must be heeded kob of Switzerland, whom the who's trying to be the Ameri-
APRIL 11, 1941
by the tens of thousands of Detroit Jews. Nazis brought into Germany, but can Thyssen . . . That is, the
finally were compelled to set Thyssen of the 1920's, who gave
The women are asked to be the first to free.
The Festival of Freedom
Winchell, who keeps track of Hitler his first real start in
respond loyally to the appeal for funds.
Germany . . . Davis hopes to
Passover, the great Festival of Free- The community at large will thereafter goslavia was the 13th country avoid
the present fate of Fritz
these things, points out that Yu-
dom whose message was a signal for all have to give much larger sums than have
Thyssen, who now is an inmate
a Nazi concentration camp
the magna chartas which freed different ever before been contributed to Allied on Hitler's list for conquest . . .
peoples of the earth throughout the ages, Jewish Campaigns, by virtue of the in- From this point of view great of . . Anyway, it seems that
ago, as plain Billy Davis,
rightly causes us to think in terms of creased responsibilities to the people in interest attaches to the fact that years
he was a vaudeville actor —
Adolf's
next
birthday,
on
the
President Roosevelt's four f r e e d o m s: need and to the institutions which depend 20th of this month, will be his and he's credited with the in-
Freedom of speech and expression, free- upon us for sustenance.
52nd—and that means he'll be vention of the comedy waiter
dom of every person to worship God in
May the response be commensurate four times 13 years old . . . routine.
Here's hoping that the jinx holds.
his own way, freedom from want, free- with the tragic needs of the hour!
Congratulations to Composer
Marc Blitzstein on his second
dom from fear.
SNIPSHOTS
Guggenheim Fellowship.
We who live under the Stars and
Unity—Immobilized
Theatrical lighting expert Abe
From
the
new
Scripta
Mathe-
Stripes have greater reason to rejoice this
matica, Yeshiva College's mathe- Feder has a new job — arrang-
What
was
believed
to
be
unity—in
Passover than any other group in the
matical journal for the layman, ing the light effects for a Hol-
land. We are the fortunate Jewry who 1939, when the General Jewish Council we glean the information that lywood doughnut shop . . . After
was formed, turned out to be a disgusting the modern Hebrew literature that's finished he's doubling back
enjoy all these freedoms, and our one fiasco.
Includes at least one book con- to Washington, where he will
wish on this Passover ought to be that
taining a collection of so-called install special lights, designed to
Now,
as
a
result
of
the
withdrawal
of
they should not be abused.
the American Jewish, Congress delegation "recreational" mathe ma tic al attract feminine clientele, in the
Often, we fall victims to the one from the Council, this myth is coming problems . . . And that Henry bowling alleys which band leader
Poincare's fundamental work on Meyer Davis finds such a lucra-
danger embraced by the last freedom to an end.
"Science and Hypothesis" has tive side-line.
enumerated by the President. Frequently
Mr. Louis Lipsky's article in this issue been translated into the Biblical Movie mogul Sam Goldwyn has
we become victims of fear. When this of The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, and the tongue.
an innovation up his sleeve —
happens to us, we fail to speak up for resume of the Congress memorandum on
From the Chicago Tribune we a regular biographical film on
our rights, we hide our heads in the sand the Council's inactivity, should be read learn that a Pittsburg, Texas, Hans Christian Anderson, com-
the Rev. B. Cannon, bined with a Walt Disney car-
like ostriches and become blind to reality. by all who are concerned that there should clergyman,
almost succeeded in building a
film of a number of An-
Possessing the freedom to shun fear, we be unity, and by all who will weep over working airplane before the toon
derson fairy tales . . . Hollywood,
should act courageously and with con- the fact that we have no unity.
Wright brothers made theirs. Mr. incidentally, is becoming more
Cannon followed the directions
fidence that righteousness must eventual-
"The General Jewish Council," states given in the Biblical Book of and more impressed with the ar-
ly conquer all obstacles.
the Congress memorandum, "is an organ- Ezekiel, and called his company tistry of Alla Nazimova, whom
Passover challenges us to know how to ization that could do more service for the Ezekiel Airship Manufactur- it took the movies long enough
to discover . . . From the film
value freedom and never to abandon the the Jewish cause, but its action is im- ing Company . . . Unfortunately, capital,
also, we hear that Mrs.
however,
the
company
lacked
the
battle for liberty. Those who fail to meet mobilized and will forever be immobilized
J. Walter Ruben is preparing
the test inherent in this challenge betray by the refusal of those responsible for financial resources needed to de- a bassinet . . . In case you
velop the proper engine, and had didn't know it, Mrs. Ruben is
the traditions of our history.
its existence to sacrifice even to a mini- to discontinue its efforts about the lady you've admired all these
mum degree their prized autonomy and two years before the Wright years as Virginia Bruce.
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A Shocking Situation
While the Polish government in exile
has officially issued guarantees that Jew-
ish rights will be protected in the recon-
stituted Polish state, which is considered
one of the inevitable results of a demo-
cratic victory over Nazism, a minority of
Poles continues to threaten Jews and to
propose that they find homelands for
themselves. Thus, in a time of crisis, in
a period of battle for liberty, people who
are themselves fighting for freedom go
out of the way to deny the same rights
to Jews whose history in Poland dates
back more than 1,200 years.
It is a shocking situation. No wonder,
then, that the Board of Jewish Deputies
of England should have registered a
strong protest against the action of the
Polish minority and should have made
demands that the group which is threat-
ening Jewish freedom should refrain from
advocating intolerance.
The irony of the situation is that lead-
ing Polish notables and members of the
government that was driven from the
land when the Nazis invaded Poland are
now guests in Palestine and are being
treated royally by the Jewish population.
The Polish spokesmen who were so anx-
ious to see their Jewish fellow-citizens
emigrate to Palestine are now themselves
enjoying the haven offered by Eretz
Israel.
The gravity of the situation affecting
the existence of anti-Semites in the ranks
of the Polish government in exile is em-
phasized by the fact that the London
their independence of action."
And so, we have unity—immobilized.
It is due to the fact that those who speak
passionately in behalf of democracy re-
fuse to strive for democratic action and
thinking when it affects internal Jewish
affairs.
Perhaps out of it all will come free
discussion which will eventually compel
united action, in democratic form, upon
all groups in American Jewry.
Bnai Brith's Program
Bnai Brith's Chicago convention will
stand out as one of the most important
Jewish gatherings in recent years. In
more than one sense, this convention
marked a turning point in Bnai Brith
ideology.
While the movement stood out for years
for its defense activities, through the Anti-
Defamation League, its program today is
of a more positive nature. Its sponsorship
of Hillel and A. Z. A., its contributions
for Palestine's reconstruction, as well as
other projects, like the vocational guid-
ance program, gives the movement signi-
ficance that supersedes by far the or-
ganization's previous standing.
The ovation given at the Chicago con-
vention to Dr. Chaim Weizmann and the
subsequent gift of $100,000 for the Mon-
sky-Bnai Brith Colony, in honor of the
magnetic president of the organization,
Henry Monsky, placed this movement in
front ranks of the builders of Palestine.
Bnai Brith is to be congratulated upon
the constructive program it is pursuing.
WHOEVER WINS THE WAR—
HE'LL WRITE THE PEACE
—By BRESSLER