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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 9:1-20:27.
Prophetical portion—Amos 0:7-15 or Ezek.
1-19 (or 26).
22:
Rosh Chodesh lyar Readings of the Law,
Sunday and Monday
Num. 28:1-15.
APRIL 25, 1941
NISAN 28, 5701
Welcoming the Union
Detroit is privileged to be host this
week to the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations and its affiliated organiza-
tions. Some of the outstanding leaders in
American Jewry are assembling here to
consider vital problems affecting our
status as Jews and as Americans, and
the eyes of Jews everywhere will be fo-
cused upon these sessions in the hope
that messages of cheer and confidence,
emanating from the deliberations, will
help strengthen the spirit of our people.
In these gloomy days for the world it
is especially important that the faith of
mankind be reinforced. Without faith
there is no hope, and without hope all is
lost.
The Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations, strong in numbers, powerful
in the knowledge that its combined Amer-
ican and Jewish backgrounds make it a
spiritual force, convenes at a time when
its program can render great service to
our people and our land.
From the religious groups in America
must come a word of cheer, a message of
undimmed hope, a clarion call to all
Americans to retain faith that right will
conquer might and that justice will yet
rule on earth.
May the deliberations at the session of
the Union of American Hebrew Congrega-
tions, the National Federation of Temple
Brotherhoods, the National Federation of
Temple Sisterhoods and the National Fed-
eration of Temple Youth be marked with
success, and may the hands of the dele-
gates be strengthened in the consideration
of the problems facing them.
In this spirit we welcome these im-
portant religious organizations to Detroit.
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The Lunatic Fringe at Work
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The temporary setbacks suffered by
Great Britain in the present war have
heartened the isolationists and incident-
ally also their fellow-travelers—the anti-
democratic and anti-Semitic elements. The
sincere among the isolationists have there-
fore found themselves in very embarras-
sing positions when the lunatic fringe in-
vaded their meetings and shouted anti-
Semitic slogans, charging that this is a
"Jewish war," and that the Jews are re-
sponsible for what is happening in the
world today. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt
had to chide a recent audience, but her
appeal for tolerance fell on deaf ears.
Meetings addressed by Lindbergh, Wheel-
er and Fish heard shouts "The Jews," and
it has become obvious that the reaction-
ary elements are capitalizing on a situa-
tion to arouse hatred against the Jews.
An interesting incident was reported
recently by the Detroit News. It was at
the meeting at Detroit's Cass Technical
High School at which Rep. Hamilton Fish
was the guest speaker that a spokesman
for the local America First Committee
turned to the audience and said: "You
know who Ickes is, don't you?" (You
recognize the typical appeal to passion in
this question.) The News reported that
a man in the front row bawled: "He's a
Russian Jew." Thereupon the News made
the following explanation in an editor's
note: "Harold L. Ickes is descended from
German stock that had lived in Pennsyl-
vania for nearly 30 years. The town of
Ickesburg was named for the family. His
mother was a McEwen. By religion, the
Ickes family was Quaker."
It has been our contention for years that
if the press were to follow such procedure
all along in dealing with the Coughlinites
and others in the lunatic fringe, that we
would have little to worry about. It is
encouraging that this policy is being
adopted now, even though a bit late. The
lunatic fringe is hard at work to under-
mine the unity of the American people,
by injecting hatred and intolerance in
public discussions. The sooner they are
checked, the healthier for all in this land
of freedom.
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For a Jewish State
Major Victor A. Cazelet, prominent
member of the British House of Commons
who is in this country as liaison officer
between the British Government and
Premier Wladislaw Sikorski of the Polish
Government in Exile, made a strong state-
ment in favor of a Jewish State in Pales-
tine and said: "I am a Zionist because I
am convinced that the solution of the
Jewish problem will never be achieved
until a Jewish State is established; and
that State can only be established in Pal-
estine. The Jews have already set up in
Palestine a standard of civilization which
compares favorably with any other exist-
ing in the world today. Palestine has of-
fered a home for tens of thousands of
refugees. They have brought a measure of
prosperity, and a standard of living which
has made Palestine a bright jewel in the
Middle East. No one who has not seen
for himself the work of the Jews in Pal-
estine can properly appreciate this great
altruistic effort."
This statement should be read simul-
taneously with another declaration made
last week, in London, by Sir Arthur Gren-
fell Wauchope, former High Commissioner
for Palestine, who said in paying tribute
to the Jewish pioneers:
"It is easy to understand how much
self-sacrifice is needed for this method of
living, but without visiting and talking to
the settlers it is harder to realize how
much they gain from their disregard of
personal wealth. They do not fear want
and do not envy another's possession. If
labor is arduous, it is regular. There is
no unemployment and every man is as-
sured a livelihood.
"Similar experiments attempted in other
countries for the past 2,000 years all have
failed, but in this case you cannot escape
the facts. What is the reason for this
astonishing success? The reasons are to
be found in the spirit of the settlers. The
spirit that fills them is the faith of a peo-
ple happier in leading a simple life with-
out money than if joined in the general
struggle for wealth and yet more wealth.
"Such faith demands great unselfish-
ness, as well as great devotion to the com-
munity. Should that faith ever fail, this
experiment will also fail. The communal
settlements in Palestine are an example
of cooperation working in an extreme
form which is perhaps unsuited to Eng-
land but which is worthy of study if we,
too, are determined to effect a just settle-
ment of our social and economic needs
after victory is gained."
When the war is over, with the demo-
cratic forces as victors, these declarations
should bear fruit. As Cazelet said, only a
Jewish State, possible only in Palestine,
will solve the Jewish problem. With mil-
lions of homeless craving for a place to
go to, and with Palestine the only center
available for them, the obligation upon
Britain is clear. There should be no more
shirking of responsibility when the final
showdown comes. Palestine MUST be
made the Jewish National Home.
CONFIDENTIAL*
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Tidbits from Everywhere
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
ECHOES FROM
WEEKLY GIGGLE
ABROAD
Henry Torres, the French law-
year who defended Herschel
Grynszpan and who is now in
this country, explains that the
French couldn't help turning over
Grynszpan to the Nazis--because
Herschel had entered France il-
legally before he killed that Nazi
attache!!!
A recent poll conducted by a
Paris newspaper to determine
what movie its readers liked best
resulted in a severe shock to the
Nazi authorities . . . The French-
men, by a vast majority, chose the
"Three Penny Opera," the music
for which was written by the
strictly non-Aryan Kurt Weill.
In Germany, we understand,
some news commentators see con-
firmation of President Roosevelt's
"Jewishness" in the fact that he
timed his opening of the Red Sea
for the Passover season.
You don't hear so much about
the Bund nowadays, but that
doesn't mean that the local Naz-
ties have given up their fifth-
columning . . . They've organized
under a new name now—the Ger-
man-American National Alliance.
A new book on Hitler is expected
to appear before the year's out,
and it will have one thing in com-
mon with "Mein Kampf"—namely,
the fact that the author's name is
Hitler . . . But this tome is being
written by Patrick Hitler, the
Fuehrer's anti-Nazi nephew.
From France, Pierre Lazareff
brings this story of the Nazi ef-
fort to creat good will among the
French population . . . It seems
that, among the various posters
the Nazis have put up to show
the French what gentlemen they
(the Germans), are, was one
which prominently proclaimed:
We gave you back the ashes of the
son of Napoleon" . . . And on
this poster some shivering French-
man crayoned, in heavy black let-
ters: "Take back your ashes and
give us some coal."
THIS AND THAT
Palestinian painter Elias New-
man has returned from Mexico
City, where he spent the winter
painting, and is at this moment
having a one-man show at the
Baltimore Museum of Art.
Volume Four of the Universal
Jewish Encyclopedia will soon be
ready for publication. Some very
distinguished names have been
added to the Encyclopedia's list
of contributors . . . Among them
are Andre Maurois, Lion Feucht-
wanger, Paul de Kruif and A. A.
Berle, Jr.
NEAR EAST POLITICS
The Zionist rank and file is not
aware that the present orienta-
tion of the war endangers British
sovereignty over Palestine . . .
There are rumors that Germany
has promised Palestine and Syria
to Turkey in return for Ottoman
cooperation . . . The British ap-
peaser politicians will yet rue the
day when they set the Grand Muf-
ti free again after he was in
their custody . . . He is preparing
to stab the British government in
the back as soon as the German
troops are sufficiently advanced,
either through Egypt or, heaven
forfend, through Turkey . . . We
wonder whether this new political
situation in the Near East has
anything to do with Dr. Weiz-
mann's plans for a much enlarged
and more powerful American sec-
tion of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine, to be organized forth-
with.
STAGE AND SCREEN
Our hat is off to Billy Rose,
who is making efforts to have
the famous Spanish painter Picas-
so brought to this country from
France, where he is now being
held . . . Rose has offered to pay
all the expenses involved in the
rescue of the artist from Europe.
.Waste not, want not, is an ex-
cellent motto, but it didn't do
Joe Schnitzer, Hollywood costumer,
any good .. . For over 20 years
Schnitzer saved the army cos-
tumes used in films about the
first world war—only to discover
that, with the changes in uni-
form that have taken place in
most countries, those costumes are
now good only for the ragbag,
and no good at all for picture
about the present world war.
When you see "Man Hunt,"
Walter Pidgeon's forthcoming film,
and hear the bloodhounds baying
as the hero escapes from pursuing
Nazi storm troopers, remember
that the perfect timing of the
dog's bark is entirely to the credit
of director Fritz Lang . . . In
fact, Lang did the barking him-
self.
Promised for a Broadway pro-
duction some time this year is
Emil Ludwig's "Versailles," a
play about the 1919 peace confer-
ence . . . Right now, by the way,
Ludwig is working on a new
book . . . It will be a life of
Simon Boliver, the South Ameri-
can liberator.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Some time ago we thought it
would be a June wedding for di-
rector Garson Kanin (Katherine
Hepburn was to be the bride, re-
member) . . . Well, it seems we
were wrong . . . It's Uncle Sans
with whom Kanin is signing up
in June, for his year in the army.
Adrienne Matzenauer, daugh-
ter of the famous opera singer
of another day, and herself quite
a warbler, is in private life Mrs.
Michael Myerberg . . . Hubby is
Leopold Stokowski's manager .. .
Adrienne claims direct descent
from Johann Sebastian Bach
through her mother, and from the
Borgias through her father, the
Italian singer Ferrari-Fontana.
TIME OUT FOR PRAYER
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VICTORY—WE THANK
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Notable Days on Jewish Calendar
6701
Rosh Chodesh Iyar - - - Sunday and Monday,
April 27 & 28
Lag b'Omer - - - - Thursday, May 15
Rosh Chodesh Sivan - - Tuesday, May 17
Shevuos - - - Sunday and Monday, June 1 & 2
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz - Wednesday and Thurs-
day, June 25 & 26
Fast of Tammuz - - - Sunday, July 13
Rosh Chodesh Ab - - - - Friday, July 25
Tisha b'Ab - - - - Sunday, Aug. 3
Rosh Chodesh Ellul - - - - Saturday and Sunday,
Aug. 23 & 24.
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