DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
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POGROMS
(Continued from Page 1)
Trees Planted in
Palestine Forests
RUSSIA
(Continued from Pus 1)
pare not only for immigration
into Palestine but for vocational
•estratification in Holland itself.
July 18, 1941
Open Dexter Store
To Get Aluminum
For U. S. Defense
Ukrainians had to rely upon The Jewish National Fund They had, among other things, Asks Russia to Restore Religious
theirextremely nationalistic and Council of Detroit announces the been charged with refusing to Liberty as Price of U. S. Aid
from the large cities.
Mrs. Rose Cowan, president of
NEW YORK (Religious News
reactionary elements, which in planting of trees in Palestine move
Thousands of other Jews who Service) — There are four mini- the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jew-
accordance with savage instincts forests as follows:
In the J. H. Ehrlich Forest: had been arrested for speculation mum steps that Soviet Russia ish War Veterans of the United
supported by historic traditions
—going back to the peasant re- Two trees by Mr. and Mrs. Jos- in the days before the present could "easily" take toward estab-
bid for world respect were also
religious freedom in ex- States, announces that a store
volts of the 17th century—were eph Handelman, in memory of freed, together with a large num- lishing
change for United States aid in has been opened by the auxiliary
very susceptible to anti-Semitic Rachel Buchhalter.
To plant trees in Palestine ber of Zionists. Simultaneously her war against Germany, the
propaganda and identified the Forests call the chairman of the with this move a religious revival, Rev. John LaFarge, S. J., declares at 11541 to 11547 Dexter for
under tacit government approval, in an article in Jesuit Weekly. the purpose of collecting old
Bolshevist invaders with Jews.
Seemingly decent Ukrainian na- National
tree committees
of the
Jewish was noted in Russia.
The article is entitled: "Aid w aluminum to be turned over to
Fund Council
of Detroit,
These acts, related in an ob- Russia Requires Some Guaran- the Government for national de-
tionalists were confronted with Mrs. Alexander W. Sanders, Ho-
vious trend away from former tees."
a tragic choice: to stop the fight garth 0967, 12342 Broadstreet.
fense.
Soviet policies, have aroused
against the Soviet Government
"First," said the article, "it
Mrs. Cowan, who participated
some
speculation
as
to
whether
could permit the instruction of in the defense conference called
of Moscow or to give their un-
ruly military leaders—"Otamans" cious manner. Even if the Nazi this is not the time for Jewish
on Tuesday by Mayor Jeffries,
—a free hand in their attitude command, for reasons of dis- bodies in Great Britain and the youth
children
religion
of and
their
parents in . . the
. by
recog-
toward the Jews. In all fairness cipline, were not to encourage United States to approach Soviet nized teachers of the respective calls attention to the fact that
national aluminum collections
I must say that the most cul- mob attacks on Jews we may representatives with a view to religious bodies.
tured Ukrainian leaders, with expect the Storm Troopers and obtaining assurances that the rigid
"Second, it could put a stop to will call for aluminum articles.
All who have old aluminum
whom the Jewish parties cooper- the Gestapo men who will follow economic regulations of their gov- anti-religious propaganda, which
ated closely during the first two in the wake of the Army to ernment will be eased to allow
are urged to bring it to the
treat the Jewish population of Jews to adjust themselves grad- activity
is now of
carried
on government;
as a major Dexter store thus to participate
the Soviet
years of the Russian revolution,
Th trend and freedom permitted to speak in the national defense effort.
a u i c k 1 v eliminated themselves the occupied territories in a ually to its demands. The
from their government. Their most inhuman and cruel manner. may also signify a willingness on an d m ..
it e . in favor of religion.
the part of the Soviet Government
"In
the
third place, the clergy
Traditions of Persecution
places, however, were quickly
Radio Programs
The fate of the Jews will be to discuss the inclusion of Hebrew and religious, Catholic
, and non-
taken by less scrupulous leaders,
as a recognized language and the
i
e who are e now imprisoned
and soon Ukrainian anti-Bol- still worse in the regions occu- recognition of Zionism as an ac- Cathor lic,
"The Army and Religion" will
. . . could be released.
shevism was identified with anti- pied by Hitler's Rumanian and
"Finally, permission could be be discussed by three army chap-
Anti-Semitism
be-
Hungarian
allies.
The
Nazis
will
cepted
movement.
Beaverbrook Praises Shmush given to Catholics to reopen their lains on active duty in a special
Jewishness.
came its most successful slogan. hardly interfere with their "no-
kevitch
Lord Beaverbrook,
minister of churches and for the public to broadcast series on the "Message
Its practical expression began ble crusade against Bolshevism",
of Israel" hour over NBC's Blue
frequent the same."
with robbery and occasional in their efforts to solve the Jew- supplies in the British Cabinet
Network on July 19, July 26 and
murder, and culminated in whole- ish problem in their own radical and publisher of the London Eve-
WASHINGTON, D. C. (Reli- Aug. 2, it was announced by
manner.
ning Standard, gave high praise
sale massacre.
News Service) — Any effort Dr. David de Sola Pool, chairman
b
This danger
may become
still in his paper to the exploits of gious
d
on the part of American religious of the Committee on Religious Ac-
From my talks with the very
intelligent leaders of the Pros- greater in the further course of Jacob Shmushkevitch, commander groups to urge the U. S. govern- tivities of the Jewish Welfare
kurov community I found that the Russian war, when the Nazis of the Russia Air Force, whose ment to make as one of its con- Board.
the ghastly massacre in that ill- will transfer a large part of the achievements he featured.
The Jewish chaplains who will
for supplying war mater-
The paper pointed out that ditions
ials to Russia the granting of re- participate in the broadcasts are
fated city had taken place under occupied areas to the care of
brain
Jewish
the banner of the struggle their allies. They will do it for Shmushkevitch's
ligious liberty throughout the So- Chaplain Aryeh Lev of the Chief
against Communism. Semessenko the simple reason of human might spell the doom of Hitler.
viet, was condemned here in a of Chaplains office, Chaplain Ber-
economy. They will not want to
leading editorial appearing in the nard Segal of Fort Dix, and
even had a slight pretext for
pretending that by killing the waste their own soldiers for gar- Dutch Jews Support Vocational current issue of the United States Chaplain Benjamin A. Tintner of
Re-Training
Fort Monmouth, N. J.
Baptist.
Jews he was suppressing a Bol- risoning the large areas of Rus-
GENEVA (JPS) — In all the
"Religious liberty in Russia,"
Rabbi Jacob K. Shankman of
shevist revolt. A small group of sia as long as they need them duress of Nazi occupation the
young people who believed that for the war against Great Brit- Jews of Holland are not only sus- said the editorial, "must not be Temple Israel, New Rochelle,
at the price of guns and N. Y., will speak, Saturday, July
the Cossaks had left the vicinity ain. In case of a Nazi victory taining themselves spiritually but bought
ammunition."
indulged in a pro-Bolshevist in Russia we may therefore en-
19, 12:30-12:45 E.D.S.T. (11:30-
are managing to inaugurate new
Pointing out that there are 11-45 E.S.T.) on the "Call to
demonstration on the main street visake a situation in which the constructive activities supported
of Proskurov a few hours before bulk of the German army will by themselves. With the forma- "some who feel that religious bod- Youth" program over the coast-
the pogrom. A number of them, be taken away to the Western tion of a Central Bureau for vo- ies should take the lead in press- to-coast Red Network of N. B. C.
for such action, the editorial "Isaac M. Wise—American and
nerhaps a majority, were Jews. most
or Mediterranean
fronts,
and cational re-training, the various ing
of the "pacifying",
includ-
stated that if the "swap" were Jew" will be Rabbi Shankman's
That should have occasioned no
organizations supervising trade made, and if religious liberty subject and this broadcast will
surprise in a city where about ing the fight against Russian courses—in which almost 1,000 were granted, "such liberty would be the last in the series of "Jew-
uerrillas,
will
be
entrusted
to
g
half of the total population was the German allies. With the ex- young Jews are studying—have be at the compromise of morality ish Contributions." On July 26,
Jewish. But soon after that dem-
and Christian principles."
the final section will deal with
ception of the highly cultured united.
More than 500 are enrolled in
onstration—which according to F inns. all of them have a long
If and when Russia asks for "Religious Solutions to the Prob-
the
Hachshara,
which
trains
pros-
witnesses was a very insignifi- tradition of Jewish persecution.
aid, it declared, the President lems Faced by Democracy."
cant event—several hundred Cos- In the savagery of war the Jews pective immigrants to Palestine in might offer to help "on the con-
agricultural
and
other
productive
saks under the leadership of
German Authorities Dissolve
• in . the occupied areas will cer-
About 240 are studying dition that religious liberty would
Semessen o rode into the city
Zionist Bodies in Holland
tamly become Sovet
the scapegoat
efforts to for
in iii
classes organized throughout be granted—but we firmly pro-
to "suppress the disorder." There the • robale
i
b
Holland, while 243 are being test against the Christian bodies
was
actually
nothing
to
suppress,
GENEVA. — (JPS-Palcor)
and thus the energy of these make
the foreign g. occupation as taught by the Central Bureau in of this nation suggesting that we
lap
swap guns and battleships for reli- The Keren Hayesod (Palestine
difficult
as possible.
Amsterdam.
Among
the
trades
"fighters for Ukrainian inde-
Foundation Fund) and the Keren
In addition
to his present
nendence" found an outlet
in taught
are al- carpentry, dressmak- gious liberty."
K a y e m e t h (Jewish National
lies from the countries adjoin- ing, wood and metal work and
the
wholesale
murder
of
Jews.
Fund) of Holland have been or-
Grave Charge of "Racial
During the course of the po- ing the Soviet Union, Hitler will
dered dissolved by the German
Equality"
certainly try to strengthen his shoe-making.
Though the students are re-
grom not even the pretense of ranks
authorities. Since the German oc-
tank in Russia by acquiring a qui•ed whenever possible to cover
ATLANTA.—(JPS)—The
Ro-
punishing
Bolsheviks
was main-
tained. Women,
old men
and certain amount of local support. their expenses, with the rest of senwald Foundation, founded by cupation, it was recalled, the
work of these organizations had
He may find such support among the community assuming the hal-
children were deliberately slaugh- Czarists. Ukrainian Nationalists, ante of the responsibility, there the late Julius Rosenwald, which been conducted under the
has spent millions of dollars for
tered by the delirious killers.
and perhaps certain strata of the have been few financial difficulies Negro welfare purposes, was ac- auspices of a single office entitled
Pretexts for Pogroms
peasants who are still embittered to date. The formation of the Cen- cused by supporters of Gov. "The Foundation for the Profes-
The tale of Proskurov had an against the Soviet because of the tral Bureau, it is hoped, will in- Eugene Talmadge of advocating sional Training of Jewish
ominous sound in my ears when forced collectivization of their crease the tempo of the work and "racial equality".
Youth."
enable more young Jews to pre-
a few days ago I read the brief farms.
All of these elements would
story from Bucharest of the exe-
cution of 500 "Jewish Commu- he very susceptible to Jew-bait-
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
nists" in Jassy for allegedly ing. Anti-Semitic propaganda and
helping the Soviet parachutists anti-Jewish actions may become
who descended upon that Mol- the most practical way of bind-
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davian city. There were, perhaps, ing them to Hitler's war ma-
several parachutists. There was, chine. The Nazis, who tried hard
being; who believes in future retribution
nerhaps, a Jew among the few to inoculate anti-Semitism even statement? Judging by what is happening on the
and in recompense to come; who believes that
fund-raising
front,
the
battle
for
the
self-redemp-
Rumanians who hid them. But in such countries as Holland and
the world is taken care of by the almighty
tion
ideal
in
Jewry
will
have
to
be
carried
on
there is no doubt that the story Norway, will certainly not lose
and everlasting Author; who believes in the
with
greater
zeal
than
ever
in
order
that
the
about the 500 Communists exe- this splendid opportunity in the blind may see and the deaf may hear the cries
mercy of God, and practices humanity to
cuted for treason was just pre- Ukraine and White Russia.
man; who fulfills the ten great injunctions
of the ages which merge in a plea that comes
into which all morality is comprised; whose
tense for a Jewish pogrom in There is a particular reason from hundreds of thousands of Jewish children
which no distinctions were made. to be apprehensive concerning who ask for the right to live a free life as Jews
ear was never deaf to the supplication of the
suffering; whose hand is as open a s day to
It is difficult to believe that the fate of the Jews in Bess- in a Jewish environment.
charity; and whose life presents an exemplifi-
the event in Jassy will not re- arabia, should this large terri-
Palestine's present precarious position in no
cation of the precepts of the Gospel far more
peat itself in many other cities tory again be restored to Ru-
faithful than that of many a man by whom,
of the vast region in which the mania. The Rumanian army will sense nullifies this viewpoint. The major thesis
in the name of the Gospel, his dishonoring
Nazi-Soviet war is being con- certainly id en t if y Bolshevism to be considered the need to provide a home
for
Jews,
the
necessity
for
obviating
homeless-
and unchristian disabilities are most wan-
ducted. The entire region be- there with the Jews, although
ness
and
a
status
of
wandering.
Until
that
is
tonly, most injuriously and most opprobri-
tween the Black and Baltic Seas as a matter of fact the Jews
ously maintained."
is dotted by hundreds of Jewish of Bessarabia, belonging mainly accomplished, Jews will continue to suffer on
communities. What will happen to the small bourgeoisie. have many fronts. Therefore, the Zionist ideal MUST
One would think that the world should have
to them in case that huge ter- no particular reason to be en- be attained, and as speedily as possible.
learned the lesson that comes from experiences
•
with bigots. There are men in high positions
ritory—which includes at least thusiastic about Stalin's rule.
who continue to speak in terms of a negotiated
3,500.000 Jews — should come But the Rumanian has always
The Hitler Mind—Back in 1848
peace with Adolf Hitler. They overlook the fact
into Hitler's power, even tempo- been inclined to persecute the
There have always been Hitlers, although none,
rarily? Are not Kovno and Jew, and under Hitler's "ideolog- even in the darkest days, was a match in cruelty that Hitler does not negotiate, that he is out
to grab everything, that he is determined to
na, Minsk and Bobruisk, Lvov ical" leadership this tendency with Adolf of Germany.
and Kowel, Dubno and Rowno might be asserted in the most
Here is an interesting sample of a situation, enslave the mz-sses of people over whom he
nearly a century ago, when it became necessary gains control. His former associate, Hermann
and many others doomed to a terrible manner.
Rauschning, in "Hitler Speaks," quotes the
It is very painful to write in to rebuke a bigot.
terrible fate?
It was during the discussion on the Jewish fuehrer as follows:
Even the Nazi conquest in this vein. Nobody wants to be
Poland, where no Bolshevik issue a harbinger of bad tidings. We Disabilities Bill, in the British House of Corn-
"There will be a Herren-class, an historical
was involved, was accompanied should not, however, be sur- mons, that R. L. Sheil stated the following in class tempered by battle, and welded from the
by many cases of wholesale Jew- prised at further reports of mass an address, in February, 1848, in reference to a most varied elements. There will be a great hier-
archy of party members. They will be the new
ish slaughter. Under the pretext executions of "Jewish commu- Lord Bolinbroke's infidelity and malign influence:
middle-class. And there will be the great mass of
"Is it not, I say, preposterous, and almost
of suppressing rebellion, annihil- nists". When these reports come
monstrous, and that such a man, for whom a
the anonymous, the serving collective, the eter-
ating spies or avenging the mur- the picture of the martyred Jew-
crown of deadly nightshade should be woven,
nally disfranchised, no matter whether they were
der of German soldiers whose ish community in Proskurov will
should be enabled, b y playing the posture
once members of the old bourgeoisie, the bur
bodies had been found in the again rise before our eyes.
of a moment and uttering a valueless formula
land-owning class, the working class, or the
neighborhood of Jewish-populat-
at the table of the House, to climb to the
artisans . . . But beneath them there will still
ed areas, mass execution of Jew-
Judge David Diamond of Buf-
pinnacle of power; and that you should slam
be the class of subject alien races; we need not
ish men took place in a number falo, one of the few Democratic
the doors of the House with indignity upon
hesitate to call them the modern slave class.
members of the New York Su-
of Polish cities.
a conscientious man who adheres to the faith
And over all of these will stand the new high
It stands to reason that such preme Court in northern New
in which he was born and bred, who believes
aristocracy . . . "
cases will be more frequent in York, is expected to contest for
in the great facts that constitute the founds.
If this is not sufficient warning to those wil°
the course of the present inva- the coveted post at the coming
tion of Christianity, who believes in the per-
would negotiate with Hitler, then nothing el-e
sion, which is being conducted elections. He is the president of
petual existence of the nobler portion of our
will help.
in a still more ruthless and fero- the Buffalo Welfare Fund.
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