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May 9, 1941
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
Purely Commentary •
L. Belove Selected
By Philip Slomovitz Director of A.Z.A. '
Groups in DetrOlt
Annual Beth El Sisterhood
Luncheon May 12
The Sisterhood of Temple Beth
El will hold its annual luncheon
meeting on Monday, May 12, at
A Story About a Publishing House
Paging Trudy Sarasohn!
Leonard Belove of Kansas Franklin Hills Country Club.
Did you know that the best equipped plant
When May rolls around, interest in the Jewish
_ was named by the There will be a sandwich lunch
tAy, M.,
of Hebew boos of
i conducted
by City, and
_o
n
press and among campaigners for Jewish wel- for the priting
America,
at 12 o'clock, followed by the
Publication
r
Societyk
s
the
Jewish
fare funds converges upon Detroit. Those charged that the most important Hebrew and Yiddish A.Z.A. Supreme Advisory Coun- president's annual report. After
with responsibility for directing publicity for books in America are published there? cil in Washington, D. C., as the the business meeting there will
drives watch Detroit for the type of advertising
Maurice Jacobs, dynamic executive director of new director of the A.Z.A., Jun- be mah jong, bridge and keno
.. games. Prizes will be given. Mem-
published here—and invariably the country at
city
the
Society, on his visit in Detroit last week— for Bnai Brith, for the City
bers may arrange their own
large asks for permission to reprint Detroit's ap-
he is a vice-president of the National Federation
tables for bridge or mah jong.
e
peals. For 10 years this has been the rule, and
of Temple Brotherhoods
which held Hebrew
its conven-
Dtroit.
that Philadelphia
school
Belove will assume full time Tickets for the luncheon will
it is being repeated again this year. Detroit's
here—told us
the Templalso
ine be on sale at They
may e officee
Allied Jewish Campaign advertising is so im- tion
students are given part time jobs to learn Hebrew directorship of Detroit's
after
pressive, that it becomes the rule for many cities. typesetting in that plant, and that a number of chapters and at the n ine
same May 1.
The advertisements that appeared in The Detroit them have already become expert printers. This will act as deputy for the other purchased from any member of
plant began with two linotype machines, and now chapters located throughout the the board of the Sisterhood, or by
Jewish Chronicle during the past two weeks are
already being copied by newspapers throughout
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Universityy
the land, and if we are to judge by previous ex-
is restricted to Sisterhood mem-
periences, they will be copied also in South Society, which is being recognized more and troit, acted as director for the hers only. All reservations must
Africa and in communities in other English-
more, as time goes one, as a landmark in the Kansas City A.Z.A. and also be made by May 10.
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speaking lands.
was associated with professional
cultural
achievements of American Jewry.
May is therefore a month for paging Trudy
youth social work at the Kan-
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(Mrs. Joshua S.) Sarasohn who is responsible
sas City Jewish Community Cen-
for the excellent publicity and advertising. Under
ter .
the guidance of Isidore Sobeloff, local campaign
Annual observance of Mother's Day Belove won the national ora-
director, she creates what many other cities copy.
torical contest at the Interne-
Recognition thus given her work is the finest again holds the attention of Americans. tional convention held at Port
The center of devotion and love in the Jervis in 1937. In the same year
tribute on record.
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great American family will find herself he was recipient of the Sam
Regarding Unselfish Leadership
as the only possible dictator in a system Beber award which is given to
From among the several letters of comment like ours. Inspirer of love and devotion, one member of the whole order
on our tribute to the late Charles Edward Rus- symbol of kindness and righteousness, for his outstanding work toward
sell, we select for quotation the following, from
the A.Z.A. ideal and who has
Louis James Rosenberg, prominent in the foreign Mother is the dominating example of the contributed the most toward the
n p rdoegd
consular quarters, and former U. S. Consul in innermost sentiments of an entire people. fi v e-fold thn
A.Z.A. t . e program.
et
all
m oset has
.. attended rm almost
She is the personification of the genius since
Spain:
"I was very glad to read your comments on the which makes a people great—when that of the A.Z.A. regional and na-
late Charles Edward Russell of Washington, D. C.
people thinks in terms of justice and kind- tional camp conclaves.
I feel personally grateful to you for your fine
He joins a growing list of
appraisal of the life and character of Mr. Russell. ly dealings. May this spirit prevail, in A.Z.A. alumni who are making
I was particularly impressed by your statement order that America may remain great, to their careers in the Bnai Britfi
that he was unlike so many others of our time the exclusion of those deadly poisons professional field.
who seek to capitalize on their ideals. The older which have polluted other continents.
He succeeds Max Chomsky
one gets, the more •dissillusioned he becomes
who
held the post of director
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with most of our much heralded philanthropists
for the past year.
Palestine and the U. A. H. C.
and communal leaders, as one realizes more and
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The director's office will be
A bewildered correspondent asks us a perplex-
more that many of their acts are motivated either
by the desire for personal aggrandizement or for ing question: Why wasn't Palestine's problem con- located at 416 Murphy Bldg.,
some material gain. In my own life, Mr. Russell sidered by the convention of the Union of Amer- R a . 6653.
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A welcoming dinned was held
was the second greatest liberal and humanitarian ican Hebrew Congregations? Perhaps it was taken
that I have been privileged to know. The one in for granted. But we can assure our reader that in honor of Leonard Belove at
my 20's was Jane Addams and now in my 60's no one at that convention would have denied that Ca Madrid.
the Bible, its Prophecies and its Promises that
it was Charles Edward Russell.
Phil Rothschild has been
"The last time Mr. Russell was in Detroit was "Zion shall be redeemed with justice"—all came named as director of publicity
about two years ago when he talked with me from Palestine.
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and public relations for the or-
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concerning the case of an unfortunate Negro.
ganization.
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He thought the Negro was not given a square deal
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because of prejudice to his race. He, at the same
t
time, related to me a case of prejudice in a
Henry Greenberg's impressive appear-
n
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certain school where he intervened successfully
ances on the diamond are over for a
a
in behalf of a certain Jewish girl.
time. Now, Hank, wearing the uniform of
"The last time I saw Mr. Russell was at his
d
Uncle Sam's Army, is the smybol of an-
home
last
May.
He
looked
rather
feeble.
He
was
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other calling—of the responsibility and
old
and
bent;
but
still
displayed
his
usual
tenacity
le
Parking in Rear of Store
and
was
busy,
as
usual,
with
problems
of
other
loyalty of the youth of the nation towards
le
people.
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the country's defense needs. The giant
"The death of Mr. Russell is a personal loss to
o-
me because as one grows older it becomes in- baseball star now abandons the role of
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creasingly more difficult to form inspiring or satis- being the center of attraction and becomes
h,
The Essence of All That is Good.
fying friendships. We have spent many hours to- a part of the great cast of players for
th
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gr
gether
during
my
visits
in
Washington
and
I
se
whom "all the world is a stage," and who
shall miss him.
are called upon to be a bulwark against
"Sometime ago, Mr. Russell presented me with
a copy of his remarkable book "Haym Salomon barbaric destruction. He blends with the
KOSHER
and the Revolution" and I greatly value the book rest of the young men of our great land
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and Dining Room
to form the major element of importance
and his inscription.
be
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"Mr. Russell was an unusually well informed in a people—not the individual star who
be
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man and a brilliant as well as a prolific writer. is an object of admiration on the arena,
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Moreover, he was not only a writer but a doer
as well. Above all, however, he was a great man but part of the mass substance which is
his
the symbol of strength for the entire peo-
with a great soul."
Mr. Rosenberg does not exaggerate. The pity of ple. Henry Greenberg in the U. S. Army
an-
it is that he is justified in criticizing those who uniform is not less important than Hank
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seek to capitalize on public interests. Unfortun-
ing
ately, there is much to be said on this score in in the Tiger uniform, but far more im-
ck-
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Jewish ranks. In several movements, the quest for portant because he is part of the larger
jobs and high salaries appears to be the greater element that represent free America fight-
issue at stake than the ideal of the cause served. ing for the retention of human liberties.
Jewish social workers form a monopoly in dic-
Greenberg carries with him the good
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manitarians are often no more than paid travel- him in embarrassing positions during the
ing lecturers for relief drives. We shall return past few weeks. His farewell statement to
to this subject at a later date for a debunking
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the Detroit Times, after his final game
of the vastly inflated directorates.
We do not share the pessimism of Mr. Rosen- last Tuesday, was a devastating indict-
berg when he speaks of increasing difficulties in ment of two draft board members who
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inspiring friendships. The depressing world ele- capitalized on notoriety that comes with
ments are passing phases in a period of history
publicity regarding a person in the public
when life has been cheapened and it is a matter
eye. Now that the final chapter has been
of "dog-eat-dog," of each man being out for him-
written to the exchange of gossip, which
self, of selfishness and greed occasioned by war
and a feeling of insecurity. As sure as this war could have been avoided had the sports
will end in a triumph for the forces that stand writers sought to establish the truth about
for decency, these conditions will change. If it
were otherwise, then life would not be worth liv- the Tiger star, Hank emerges as patriotic
as any of those who criticized him.
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ing. But life IS worth living and fighting for,
Good luck, Hank ! And may you always
because out of the misery and despair dominating
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mankind today there will surely arise a better and
by a symbol of victory for Uncle Sam, as
fairer world. We wish for Mr. Rosenberg and you have been to the Tigers.
all our good friends that they should bo privileged
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tarian era envisioned by the great Charles Ed-
of Social Problem
ward Russell.
"Native Son," the stirring novel dealing with
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the social problem of the Negro, written by
the 32-year-old Richard Wright, is available in
A Van Loon Story
Among the best stories related at the Council the dramatized version, prepared by the brilliant
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of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, playwright Paul Green, in collaboration with the
held here last week, was the one told by Hendrik able Negro author. On Broadway, this play is
Willem Van Loon, who described his having received a great success, with Canada Lee in the leading
one half of one of his books from an enemy who role of Bigger Thorrias and Ray Collins as the
showed his dislike for the eminent historian and Jewish lawyer, Mr. Max.
Students of the social elements in America's
author by destroying the volume. Van Loon
tt
told the story with an expression of regret: the race problem will find the play, "Native Son"
enemy bought not one of his $5 volumes, but a (published by Harper & Bro.), as indispensible
25-cent edition for his destructive purposes. "He in guiding their studies as the novel itself. It
hates me only a quarter's worth," Van Loon com-
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