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July 4, 1941
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Every day five persons die in
Michigan from tuberculosis, al-
though the disease can always be
cured by treatment in its early
stages, says the Michigan Tuber-
culosis Association.
The Leading Scholars in Israel Are Uncompromising in
Retaining . Faith, as Evidenced in Robert Gordis'
"The Jew Faces a New World"
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JEWISH VALUES REAFFIRMED
The strongest defense in the
present crisis lies in faith. With-
out it we are lost. Rabbis and
laymen, leaders in all walks of
life, are recognizing this essen-
tial need in world activities. And
the encouraging thing is that
they are beginning to demand
adherence to such confidence in
all quarters.
Jewish leaders are uncomprom-
ising in such an affirmation of
faith. Robert Gordis' "The Jew
Faces a New World" proves it.
Other volumes dealing with this
theme reaffirm it. Dr. Abba Hillel
Silver's latest collection of es-
says, "The World Crisis and Jew-
ish Survival," gives it added
value.
Dr. Gordis' "The Jew Faces a
New World", recently published
by Behrman's Jewish Book House
of New York, is one of the most
effective works beckoning people
to faith, to religion, to confi-
dence.
"Only religion," he writes,
"can rescue a world that is sick
unto death, but it must be the
religion of the Prophet."
One of the most scholarly of
American Rabbis, Dr. Gordis'
new book is documentary attesta-
tion of his ability and learning.
He knows whereof he writes, and
he writes with conviction. He
introduces his serious discussion
of the subject in the declaration
in his preface: "Moved by a life-
long interest in the Jewish heri-
tage and its destiny, I have felt
that the impact of the world cri-
sis upon Jewish life demands
more than pious evocations of
the past or vague apostrophes to
the future . . . If we are to meet
the challenge of these difficult
(lays and emerge from chaos into
a happier order of things, we
cannot have too much of honest
thinking and plain speaking."
"The Jew Faces a New World"
is full of plain speaking. It is
replete with excellent analyses
of the Jewish struggle for survi-
val, of the problems created by
the people's distinctiveness, of
the myths and farces surrounding
misinformation about us. There
is excellent interpretation of the
Christian-Jewish relationships, but
most important of all is the con-
demnation of the unfaithful at-
titudes among young Jews of the
past and present generations.
He is confident that all is not
lost, that the youth will return
to religion — or will affirm it
more strongly. In formulating a
program for American Judaism,
he emphasizes that Judaism is
the culture or civilization of the
Jewish people, and he describes
the program in one sentence:
"Judaism is the evolving religious
civilization of the Jewish people."
Strong emphasis is placed on
Jewish contributions to civiliza-
tion and on the inseparability of
Judaism from democracy. The
major plea lies in emphasis on
faith, on deep-rooted religious
feeling, on retention of courage
and confidence so vitally needed
in approaching the problem of
the Jew.
Rabbi Gordis' book is a power-
ful plea for ucompromising re-
affirmation of belief in Jewish
values. The background of the
man, his own deep feelings of
the need for morale and courage,
have helped him prepare a great
guide book for an approach to
the Jewish issues in the modern
struggle for existence by Jews.
"The Jew Faces a New World"
is one of the very significant
volumes of our day, and it should
be given a very wide audience
in order that as many of our
people as possible may acquire
the faith of this able author.
With such faith, our struggle for
existence will be made easier.
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Leo Lania, Who Made Miraculous Escape , from the
Nazis, Writes Thrilling Adventure Story
of the French Situation
Leo Lania, European journal-
ist who is well known to Ameri-
can corespondents, has made so
miraculous an escape from the
"for a Glorious Vacation" Nazi clutches, and has described
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having pursued his profession as
journalist in Paris for six years.
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felt secure when the order came
for people of German origin to
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later reunited after the wife and
son went from Paris to Bordeaux
and then to Agde near Marseille.
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the French fought so feebly."
The back of the jacket to this
fascinating true adventure book,
shows a facsimile of the affida-
vit of identity used by Leo Lania
(Herman Lazar) in lieu of a
passport in his escape from
France. The reproduced affidavit
carries the photographs of Lania,
his wife and son.
"The Darkest Hour" must be
listed among the most descriptive
and most impressive books deal-
ing with the present world crisis.
Jewish Border Guards Win Offs-
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cer's Praise
JERUSALEM (Palcor)— With
Damascus safe in British and
Free French hands and with the
advance into Syria continuing,
the British officer commanding
the notrim—special police of the
Jewish settlements—gave expres-
sion to his deep admiration for
the courage which had kept the
Jewish police at their posts
through the worst of the bor-
der operations that had made
the original advance possible.
Eric Methuen Vivian James,
whose special purlieu has been
the northern district since his
Haifa appointment in 1922, spent
the week-end visiting the various
border settlements in the com-
pany of a representative of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine. He
lingered particularly in Hanita,
Kfar Giladi and Metullah, which
latter settlement has on two oc-
casions been reported as having
been in the line of enemy fire.
In these and other adjacent
settlements James reviewed the
activities of the notrim and ex-
pressed his "deep appreciation of
their courageous stand during the
recent test." He particularly
stressed the steadfastness of Me-
tullah's policement, "who re-
mained at their posts even dur-
ing the most critical days."
After weeks of prolonged ne-
gotiations the Jewish Agency
Executive has won the agree-
ment of dissident right wingers
to join the security councils set
up by the Kofer Hayishuv to
strengthen the internal security
of the country.
Dr. Silver Invokes
Prophetic Teaching
For Help in Crisis
Justice will be vindicated in
the future as it was in the past.
This is the conclusion emphasized
by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, bril-
liant student and orator, Rabbi
of the Temple of Cleveland, in
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DR. ABBA HILLEL SILVER
a series of essays which Richard
R. Smith of 120 E. 39th St., New
York, published under the col-
lective title "The World Crisis
and Jewish Survival."
Dr. Silver is consistently hope-
ful and optimistic. He bases his
conclusions on the experiences of
the Jewish people throughout the
ages, and he invokes the words
of the Prophets in establishing
a code for hope and faith in this
tragic period in Jewish history.
"The war which is now shak-
ing our world will affect Jews
and Judaism radically, regard-
less of its outcome," Dr. Silver
states in the preface to his vol-
ume. "It will change the face
of the entire world. No people
and no culture will escape. It is
impossible to see clearly into
the future. Some opinions and
judgments which are here ex-
pressed will, I am sure, be re-
futed and nullified by the revo-
lutionary events of tomorrow. I
believe, however, that the basic
conclusions touching the tangled
problems of our existence will be
vindicated in the future as they
were in the past. It is not in ig-
norance of the fateful possibili-
ties of the long, suspended crisis
of our day that these essays were
written, but rather in full recog-
nition of them, but also in full
and unshaken faith in the deep,
quiet channels of strength which
move silently beneath the surface
twists and whirls of circumstance,
and which bear our lives steadily
onward to their appointed des-
tinies."
In this spirit of faith, Rabbi
Silver has incorporated five es-
says in his volume—essays that
represent previously published ex-
pressions as well as spoken lec-
tures.
The first essay, "The World
Crisis and Jewish Survival," when
it first appeared in the Hebrew
Union College annual, made a
profound impression upon this
reviewer. It is a magnificent and
deep study of the Jewish situa-
tion in the world. He tells of the
"spiritual resoluteness which
watches divine omnipotence" in
the historic experiences of our
people. It is profound in thought,
rich in homily, replete with ex-
cellent stories from the well of
Jewish culture.
"The Prophet and his People,"
the last of the essays in this
volume, is the text of the Dud-
leian Lecture Dr. Silver delivered
at Harvard in 1940. "The Re-
discovery of Judaism" is the text
of an address he delivered at
the convention of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations
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in 1939. A compendium of papers
he presented at the Harvard Sum-
mer School Conference in 1940 is
incorporated in the essay "In the
Midst of Many Peoples". The
fifth essay, "Israel", is a pro-
found discussion of Reform Ju-
daism in its relation to Jewish
problems and with emphasis on
Reform's attitude on Zionism.
In the latter essay, Dr. Silver
emphasizes that "the Jewish re-
ligion is the crowning achieve-
ment of our people and our su-
preme gift to civilization." It is
an expression of confidence that
"the strength and security of our
life will be retrieved," whether
in Palestine or in the Diaspora.
Dr. Silver's critical examina-
tion of the status of Jewry again
shows him to be as impressive
with his written word as with
his spoken. There is hardly an
angle of Jewish life that is not
touched upon in this book. The
entire collection of five essays
is written in the spirit of the
concluding paragraph of the final
essay—"The Prophet and his
People" which was heard at Har-
vard—that the "prophetic fer-
ment in the soul of the race, as
real in the modern as in the an-
cient world," is dreaded most by
the enemies of Israel and man-
kind. He called this prophetic
ferment "the testament of Is-
rael's immortality !" His essays
are excellent commentary on this
historic testament.
—P. S.
Producer of the next Greta
Garbo picture will be Gottfried
Reinhardt, son of the famous di-
rector Max Reinhardt . . . Which
reminds us to wonder whether
Frederika Burger, former wife
of Stefan Zweig, is including
Max Reinhardt in her plans for
re-creating the Salzburg Festivals
in Mexico . . . Mme. Burger is
said to be preparing the trans-
plantation for next Spring—but
we haven't heard a word about
the extent to which Reinhardt,
who after all was the guiding
genius of the Salzburg Festivals,
will participate in the project.
CARD OF SYMPATHY
Arlazaroff Branch No. I37 of Jewish National Workers'
Alliance wishes to express its heartiest
condolences to
Harry, Sol, Jacob, Joseph and Samuel Schumer
on the death of their mother
MRS. MOLLIE SCHUMER
of Blessed Memory
May they find comfort in their sacred memories