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Detroit Jewish Chronic16

SECTION ONE

VOL. 43, NO. 28

and The Legal Chronicle

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1941

tram Named Spiritual
National Unity Rabbi Leader
of New Reform Temple
Stressed for
Service Camps

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Jewish Temple of Detroit

Israel to Direct
UAHC Activities

CINCINNATI. — (JPS) —
Rabbi Edward L. Israel of
Temple Har Sinai, chairman
of the Social Justice Commis-
sion of the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis, and

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1,500,000 More
Jews Now at
Hitler's Mercy

Over 200 men and women as- lution to elect Rabbi Leon Fram
sembled in the English Grill as the rabbi of the new congre-
was passed unanimously.
vice-chairman of the United
Room of the Book Cadillac Hotel gation
A committee consisting of Ben- Palestine Appeal, has been ap-
Evidence Shows Nazis Monday night, July 7, for the jamin
E. Jaffe, Mrs. Alexander pointed executive secretary of Wave of Terror in Ru-
purpose of organizing a new Re- Freeman, Herman Warren, Jacob the Union of American He-
Aim to Disrupt
form Jewish congregation in De- Mazer and George M. Stutz wait- brew Congregations, in suces-
mania as Nazis Meet
Morale of Men
troit.
ed upon Rabbi Frain to extend him sion to Rabbi George Zepin, it
with Opposition
the call of the
Morris Garvett was elected
was announced here.
assembly a n d
A handbook on national unity chairman of the meeting and Miss
Regarded as an extraordin-
brought him in- ary effort to pump new life
GENEVA (JPS) — More than
entitled "Calling All Americans" Ann Solomon secretary. A reso-
to the hall. The into the Union, the appoint- a million and a half Jews have
has been issued by the Council
entire assembly ment of Rabbi Israel is ex- already been transferred from the
Against Intolerance in America.
rose in an ova- pected to win the approval of sovereignty of the U. S. S. R. to
Defense
Pledge
This bandbook is to be used by
tion in honor of many who had d e m a n d e d that of Nazi Germany as a result
group leaders in the Selective
Rabbi Fram, younger, aggressive leadership of the blitzkrieg tactics which
By Jinni Brith
Service Camps throughout the
w h o formally in building up reform Judaism swept the Russians from most of
United States, by service organ-
accepted the call
the territory they had gained
izations, and by recreation cen- Made at District Con-
of the new con- in America and also of the since the division of Poland.
Zionist
element
in
American
ters in communities near the
gregation.
Great cities famed in Jewish
vention on Mackinac
camps.
It was an- Jewry.
history have succumbed in rapid
nounced that
Island
Possessing evidence that divi-
succession to the Nazi invaders.
definite plans
sive propaganda is being used by
Grodno, Vilna, Bialystok, Minsk,
Rabbi Fram
Enlistment
as
were
in
prepar-
the Nazis to disrupt morale in
Lwow, Kovno, Dvinsk, Pinsk and
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich.—
ation
for
serv-
the camps, the Council Against Investment of a minimum of 50
Kishinev are among the cities up
National
Duty
Intolerance holds that the ideals per cent of all surplus funds of ices to be held for the High Holy
to the very edges of the so-called
of democracy must be reaffirmed Bnai Brith lodges in national Days beginning with Rosh Ha-
Stalin Line in old Russia which
and that the basic principles of defense bonds or defense stamps shonah Eve., Sunday night, Sept. Stressed in Palestine; have changed hands.
mutual tolerance and equality need and the use of defense bonds or 21, for the opening of a complete
Including the territory in Po-
Magnes' Dissent Is land
to be emphasized among the men stamps as prizes and awards for religious school, and for holding
which the Russians acquired
regular Sabbath Eve services dur-
who are in service. Pitting race
from the German conquest and the
Denounced
against race, creed against creed, all lodge activities were unani- ing the coming season. The loca-
populations of Latvia, Esthonia
the Nazis have, in many countries mously approved at the closing tion of the temporary quarters of
and Lithuania which joined the
session
of
the
73rd
annual
con-
JERUSALEM
(JPS-Palcor)—
the
congregation
will
be
announc-
successfully disrupted national
The Jewish Agency's call for gen- U. S. S. R. subsequently, it is
unity. "Calling All Americans" vention of District Grand Lodge ed shortly.
No.
6
of
Bnai
Brith,
which
was
eral
mobilization of Palestinian estimated that at least 1,500,009
seeks to prevent division within
Most of the people present
Jews reside in the new area over
attended
by
1,000
delegates
and
Jews
received hearty re-endorse- which the swastika now flies. All
American ranks.
signed applications for member-
guests from Illinois, Michigan, ship and made payments on their ment by Dr. Hugo Bergmann, encouragement
is being given to
Lauded by Leaders
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Min- dues. Harry M. Raden of 338 W. professor of modern philosophy and the anti-Semitic elements in these
Full of practical suggestions nesota and the Dakotas.
Jefferson Ave., telephone Cadillac former rector of the Hebrew Uni- countries so that whatever bit-
for plays, forums, musical eve-
In order to stimulate the pur- 4835, was appointed acting secre- versity, and by the Hebrew press terness may arise from economic
nings, information quiz programs
tary, and it was stated that all and the Palestine Post.
poverty and political slavery may
and other camp activities, "Call- chase of defense bonds and inquiries with regard to the new
The occasion for this renewal be vented on the historic scape-
stamps
among
Bnai
Brith
mem-
ing. All Americans" in a down-to-
congregation should be addressed
earth fashion calls attention to bers in this area, the convention to him. Rabbi Frani resides at of faith in the mobilization of the goat of those areas. Thus, in the
Yishuv's manpower was the need first few weeks of the Nazi-Sov-
the great contributions made by also approved a plan for insert- the Belcrest Apartments, 5440
felt for refutation of a state- iet war, almost a third of the
the many national backgrounds ing special defense bond litera- Cass Ave.
ment issued by Dr. Judah L. Jews who had come under U. S.
who make up our training forces. ture in all Bnai Brith mail. The
Magnes, president of the univer- S. R. jurisdiction are back again
Resigns Beth El Post
It exposes propaganda techniques Grand Lodge itself voted to pur-
Rabbi From, who resigned his sity, to the effect that he did not in the hands of those who have
used by the totalitarian govern- chase a $10,000 defense bond.
consider such a course wise.
threatened to purge Europe of its
ments and the anti-democratic
In "accord with the declared post at Temple Beth El to be-
"As long as the government has Jews.
come
the
rabbi
of
the
new
congre-
forces here in the United States policy of the United States Gov-
and provides effective ways to ernment," the convention voted gation, spoke briefly in response not introduced conscription the
Slogans for Pogroms
combat them. It gives sources for "to aid and assist all those na- to the ovation given him by the Jewish Agency must not use pres-
Anticipation of terrible pogroms
sure
or
apply
sanctions
to
induce
films, records, pamphlets and oth- tions and peoples who are in- charter member group. He said:
in Russian territory invaded by
"I welcome the founding of a Jews to enlist," Dr. Magnes de- the Nazis rose high as German
er material to help leaders or- volved in the titanic struggle to
clared.
ganize lively programs on national defend the values of our civil-
communiques and news reports
See FRAM—Page 9
Magnes Stand Criticized
unity.
launched slogans to arouse peas-
ization against attack by the ag-
Sharp
exception
was
immediate-
"Calling All Americans" was gressor nations."
ants against the Jews as sabo-
ly taken by various leaders to teurs of their national freedom.
prepared after consultation with
Benjamin I. Morris, Chicago Jews Are Nazis'
Dr. Magnes' statement, which had
heads of the Selective Service civic and welfare leader, was
From Lwow, the former Lem-
created a considerable stir among
System, the Joint Army and Navy
Initial
Victims
berg, where almost 100,000 Jews
elected
president
of
the
District,
this country's Jewish population, live, the Nazi propagandists is-
Committee on Welfare and Rec-
all of whose central local authori- sued stories of "blood baths" com-
reation and other governmental largest in Bnai Brith, succeed-
agencies. Charles P. Taft, assist- ing Philip M. Klutznick of Report Pogroms; Fake ties favor the obligatory enlist- mitted against the native popu-
ment in accordance with age and lation by the "Communists" be-
ant coordinator of the Federal Omaha. Named to serve with
Trials Send Many
family status as introduced by fore they evacuated the city.
Security Agency, in a letter to him were Rabbi Jerome D. Folk-
the Jewish Agency and the Vaad Thousands of Ukranians were al-
George Gordon Battle, co-chairman man, Grand Rapids, Mich., first
to Their Death
Leumi (Jewish National Council) leged by the Germans to have
of the Council Against Intoler- vice-president; Harry Frankel,
Peoria, Ill., second vice-presi-
and as heartily endorsed with a been massacred. The most hor-
ance, says:
LONDON (JPS) — The Nazi similar proclamation by the Mapay
dent; Gottfried D. Bernstein,
"I am sure that this material
invasion of Soviet Russia has (Eretz Israel's Labor Party) and rible pogroms which the Jewish
Chicago,
treasurer;
and
Ben
Z.
will be helpful to the proper peo-
followed previous Nazi invasions the Histadruth (General Jewish people have ever known were or-
ganized in the Ukraine on many
ple within the camps in any pro- Glass, Chicago, secretary.
in striking down first the Jewish
occasions during the past four
Among those elected to the populations. Pogroms are said to Federation of Labor).
grams which they develop for the
"The Jewish Agency's proclama-
interpretation to service men, on District general committee are have broken out in Lemberg as tion," insisted Dr. Bergmann in centuries, so that the emphasis on
the death of Ukranian peasants is
the value of the democracy which the following from Michigan: soon as the Russians evacuated.
they are training to defend, and Rabbi Eric Friedland, Pontiac, Undoubtedly prompted and car-
Se e PALESTINE—Page 9
See WAR—Page 12
ried out by the Nazi invaders, the
See UNITY—Page 12
See BNAI BRITH—Page 13
pogroms were nevertheless herald-
ed by the Nazi radio as the nat- Begin Movement to Close Jewish
ural uprising of Poles against
Nazi Shadows Over the Argentine Jewish
Communists.
Bakeries in Detroit on Sabbath
Nazi broadcasts also boast that
By MRS. ARCHIBALD SILVERMAN
the streets of Vilna, Kaunas and Large Majority of Local Bakers Have Already Consented
EDITOR'S NOTE: The noted American-Jewish leader here describes other Lithuanian cities are free
to Observe the Day; Petition Asking Closing
an extended visit to the Jews of the Argentine, where through of Jews. The Jews, they say,
Signed by 3,000 Women
personal contact with all the Jewish leaders and through ad- either fled with the Russians, or
lie
hidden
before
the
onrush
of
A
movement
was
successfully Conference circularized a petition
dresses delivered in scores of meetings she gained a perspective
terror.
begun in Detroit to secure the among women's groups in
on their problems. Last week the Government announced a
Synagogue Closed
closing of all Jewish bakeries on city, such as the Sisterhoods the
ban on Charlie Chaplin's "Great Dictator". The reasons why
of
Earlier reports told of whole- the Sabbath.
can be better understood through this article.
Shaarey Zedek, Bnai Moshe, Bnai
sale arrests of Jews in Kaunas,
A statement issued this week David and Beth Tefilo Emanuel;
Is there anti-Semitism in Ar- restrictive measures against this where several hundreds were taken over the signatures of Rabbi Max the Auxiliaries of the United He-
into custody as soon as the Ger- J. Wohlgelernter, chairman of the brew Schools and Bnai Brith;
gentina? Of course there is! alleged menace!
The South American countries mans entered. Hundreds of other religious and educational com- Iladassah, Mizrachi Women, etc.
Show me a land under the sun
Jews fell in the street fighting mittee of the Michigan Synagogue Three thousand women have thus
where there is no anti-Semitism! are not immune to this fear.
Of the Jews in the Argentine, against Nazi parachutists.
Conference; Mrs. Joshua S. far signed these petitions, pledg-
Hitler has (lone his work well.
Synagogues in Rumania and Sperka, president of the Women's ing themselves to refrain from
Not content that he disrupted 130,000 are in Buenos Aires,
Jewish life in the lands he in- about 10,000 in Rosario, 5,000 Bulgaria have been ordered closed Branch of the state synagogues' patronizing Jewish bakeries that
vaded; not content that he spread in Cordoba, 7,500 in Santa Fe, by the Nazis on the charge that organization; David I. Berris, are open on the Sabbath and giv-
the Jew and the Jewish question 5,000 in Parana, 15,000 in the the Jews were using the syna- president of the Michigan Syna- ing further assurance that they
over every page of every news- Baron de Hirsch colonies and the gogues as Communist centers of gogue Conference, and Isidore will buy only Jewish bread for
paper throughout the world—he balance in the other cities and propaganda. Thousands of Jews Cohen, vice-president for the De- their homes.
expelled from the border com- troit region, follows:
has, by driving the Jew to the towns.
"We are gratified to learn of
munities have been put into con-
Sympathetic to ICA
Initial Statement
furthermost land of the earth,
the ready response with which
centration
camps.
"The
executive
committee
of
made every country Jew-conscious
The Argentine government has
our efforts have been met and we
and more or less openly anti-Se- been most sympathetic to the idea Religious Revival Indicates New the Michigan Synagogue Confer- shall continue to further this pro-
ence
at
its
meeting,
July
2,
re-
mitic.
Trends
of Jewish colonization and has
ject in co-operation with the Jew-
The forced co-operation between ceived a delegation representing ish Bakers Association. Our plans
A world speaks of refugees— co-operated with ICA (the Baron
millions of them! And because (le Hirsch Colonization Agency) Russia and Great Britain and the the Jewish Bakers of Detroit and call for extensive radio and news-
of the Jews' two-thousand-year for the past 50 years in the set- dependence of Russia on aid from heard from them a report concern- paper publicity, announcements in
monopoly on that tragic word tlement of Jews. This country— Britain and the United States has ing the resolution of their Asso- synagogues and organizations, spe-
"refugee," each nation conjures enriched by the Baron de Hirsch already brought a change in the ciation to close all Jewish baker- cial meetings. and a display of
up the specter of millions of Jews, millions; enriched through the economic and religious status of ies on Shabbos, beginning Satur- signs in all shops which will re-
day, July 12.
all wanting to come into their transformation of vast tracts of the Jews in Russia.
main closed on Shabbos. Tht
"Some time ago, the Women's
land; and it becomes petrified
See
NAZIS—Page
3
16
Branch
of
the
See—ARGENTINE—Page
Michigan
Synagogue
See SABBATH—Page 8
with fright and rushes to legislate

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