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July 25, 1941

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

Closing of Bakeries on Sabbath
Endorsed by Community Council

The executive committee of the movement for Sabbath clos-
the Jewish Community Council, ing of bakeries.
A committee is to be appointed
at a meeting on Tuesday evening
at the Jewish Community Cen- to cooperate with the Master Ba-
ter, endorsed the action of a kers and the Michigan Synagogue
majority of the Master Bakers Conference. A resolution is to
of Detroit, in cooperation with be framed endorsing the move-
the Michigan Synagogue Confer- ment, and a list of bakeries clos-
ence, to facilitate the closing of ing on the Sabbath will be sup-
plied to member organizations
bakeries on the Sabbath, and
pledged its assistance to further of the Council.

REFUGEE RELIEF Union of Many National Groups
In Fight for Liberty Described
PLAN PROPOSED
By Former French Cairo Attache
Legislative Program Is General Wavell's significant bat- followed the example of Allenby,
newspaper for the various
Urged in Pamphlet of tle in the desert, the union of nu- formed
merous racial and religious groups groups—in English, Arabic, He-
U. S. Committee
in the fight for liberty, the stub- brew, Hindu, Urdu, Gurmukhi.
"The successful cooperation," he

born determination to resist Nazi-
A legislative program for re- Fascist invasion of the Mediter- writes, "of all these various sold-
lief of Europe's refugees is pre- ranean, will go down in history iers is the best proof that human
rented in a pamphlet just writ- as one of the most thrilling chap- beings of different origin can un-
derstand each other and help one
ten by Lloyd Frankenberg, au- tees of the present war.
another when they share a com-
thor, and published this , week by
The most interesting story of mon ideal of liberty."
the American Committee to Save this war is described in a book
"War in the Desert" is a great
Refugees.
that will rank among the best book. It is a volume that gives
Frankenberg, a former Guggen- of our time—Raoul Aglion's "War courage and faith and leads the
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Fertig Is on N. Y.
heim fellow, and a contributor to in the Desert," published by Henry reader to the conviction that the
sk.is turf-1 r.
the North American Review, the Holt and Co.
forces of destruction will them-
Democratic Ticket
Saturday Review of Literature,
Few books compare with M. selves be destroyed when the great
Yale Review, The Forum and other
battle for liberty is over.
NEW YORK. (JPS) — The
publications, calls for the estab- Aiglon's in the presentation of
New York City Democratic tick-
lishment of a governmental refu- background material for an un-
et this year includes M. Maldwin
gee administration, with adequate derstanding of the present situa-
funds and legal powers, respon- tion in the Near East. The entire PERFECTS NEW
Fertig, well known for his po-
sible either directly to the Presi- history of the battles of the Medi-
litical and Jewish communal ac-
STORE GADGET
dent or to a Cabinet officer. Such terranean, dating back to ancient
tivities, as candidate for the
an agency should be empowered to times, is incorporated in this book.
presidency of the New York
NEW YORK. (JPS)—If you
prepare emergency legislation ex- From Pharoah down to the Cru-
City Council. His running mates
tending immigration facilities to sales, to Napoleon, to the World next enter a large grocery store
are William O'Dwyer for Mayor
victims of Nazi persecution and War, then to our own time, is and hear a radio voice blasting
and David H. Knott for con-
given in resume, and the reader
or crooning the virtues of the
should occupy itself with the ques-
troller.
tion of asylums, settlement and will find a clearer understanding day's specialty in canned goods,
Among Fertig's activities in
rehabilitation, Mr. Frankenberg of the issues, of the obstacles met you can thank Lionel Aaronson,
Jewish communal life his Presi-
contends. in war, of the possible outcome of
who is the inventor of what he
dency of the Bronx Young Men's
the present strife.
Coincidental with the public re-
Hebrew Association from 1914
M. Aglion emphasizes the im- calls the "advoice" that New
lease of the pamphlet, the Ameri- portance of morale. "In war, York stores have begun to install,
until last year stands out. He
Self-service stores, which don't
can Committee to Save Refugees character is the decisive factor of
has also been a trustee of the
opens a campaign for relaxation success," he points out. Through- employ salesmen, are the tar-
Federation for the Support of
of State Department regulations out his book he shows the neces- gets in a national campaign be-
Jewish Philanthropic Societies,
which in effect bar refugee immi- sity for unfailing morale. His ar- hind the item.
the chairman of the committee
gration into this country. Prof. gument is convincing. It is all
on organization of the American
Walter Rautenstauch, of Columbia the more convincing when he
Jewish Congress, and the chair-
man of the Jewish Rights Com- Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, European Vice. Univesity's School of Engineering shows how, in spite of the skepti- Klein OK'd by F.D.R.
Chairman of the Joint Distribution and chairman of the Committee cal views of observers, an "in-
mittee of the I. 0. B. A.
Committee is shown as he left on the stated with reference to these congruous army" composed of
WASHINGTON, D. C. (JPS)
American Clipper for Lisbon on July regulations: "While the tensity Arabs, Jews, Greeks, Czechs, —Arthur G. Klein, running on
of the present world situation Maltese, Australians, Hindus, Free
18th.
Dr.
Schwartz
flew
back
to
resume
With 12 Children
the Democratic ticket to suc-
his duties in directing the overseas re• makes special precautions desir- French, with a mixture of ton-
able, it is imperative that in de- gues, with a conflict in food ceed Congressman Michael Edel-
lief
and
rehabilitation
work
of
the
J.D.C.
He's Done His Duty
fending democracy, we keep in- laws and habits, nevertheless suc- stein at a special election in
tact those , principles that have ceeded. He shows that these var- New York, left the White House
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (JPS)-
traditionally made America an ious groups were united by one with the President's indorsement.
The nation is proud of Samuel Boyhood of Judah
asylum for the oppressed, a bea- common element — "the love of Klein is running on a straight
Isenberg, even though he re-
con for those who fought for
New Deal platform.
liberty."
grets his deferment under the
freedom."
Halevi
Is
Subject
"These men," he writes, "were
Selective Service Act. The draft
living protest against racial dis-
board said that even though he
ON WAY
Of New Biography First Physician Sent to China a tinctions
and any form of mod- VISITOR
David ben Gurion, white-haired
was only 35, his 12 children,
ern slavery. They were determined
tiny chairman of the Jewish
ranging from 17 months to 18
Rabbi Abraham Burstein's sto-
NEW YORK. (JPS) — Dr. to form together a real common- Agency Executive, will fly 17,000
years, were sufficient cause for ry-telling skill has been directed
wealth
of
free
nations.
With
their
deferment. "You've done your at a timely and inspiring subject. Adele Cohn is on her way to brotherhood, their mutual toler- miles in order to get to London,
China as the first physician sent
duty," said the board. "I really
ance, their solidarity and their which is only 3,000 miles from
In "Judah Halevi in Granada:
would have liked some Army A Story of His Boyhood," one to the war zone by the American devotion to freedom, they gave a Jerusalem. Which means that the
Bureau
for
Medical
Aid
to
powerful Zionist labor leader
training—and a little bit of a of the latest Bloch Publishing Co.
China. A tuberculosis specialist, comforting picture of what hu- will soon be streaking across the
vacation," said Isenberg sadly. volumes, Rabbi Burstein has
Dr. Cohn is regarded as an ex- manity should and can be and of United States to reach the Brit-
taken the great Jewish poet, the pert in the problems arising out what the free people will be after
ish capital before decisions on
Hitler Is the Real Foe, Say 800th anniversary of whose death of malnutrition and other medi- the redemption of the nations."
Palestine become frozen.
M.
Aglion
describes
how
Wavell
15 Leading Catholics
is being commemorated this year, cal consequences of war.
and has woven a most interest-
A statement on Russia's entry ing story of the early years of
into the war was issued by 15 one of the greatest characters in
prominent Cathlics who declared Jewish history.
Look what's added—muscles—tan!
themselves in agreement with Jewish
history.
Rabbi
Burstein introduces Ju -
Today I'm a man! (P. S. Something
dah Halevi as rabbi, poet, scholar
Bishop Hurley and declared:
new has been added in cigarettes,
"At present, the Nazis alone and physician, at the age of 16.
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possess the physical strength We are told of Judah's love po-
necessary to implement their war ems, of his visit to his friend and
upon the church and upon every teacher Moses ibn Ezra, in Gra-
other spiritual aspect of human nada, of life in Spain during the
nature. They must be destroyed Golden Period in Jewish history,
if we hope to save Christianity. of the relations between Jews
The murderer of priests, minis- and Mohammedans.
Master poet as well as story-
ters and Jews does not overnight
become the defender of religion teller, Rabbi Burstein has ably
just because he attacks another intervoved Judah Halevi 's best
gangster who happens to be an poems of his early youth into
atheist. the story of his boyhood.
"Judah Halevi in Granada"
"Hitler's attack upon Russia
must not be allowed to confuse reads like a beautiful romance,
us. Hitler is still our greatest and it provides background for
enemy and he must be stopped an understanding of the life and
even if that means that we and problems of medieval Jewry.
Rabbi Burtsein is also the au-
the Soviet are temporarily on
the same side in the effort to thor of fictional biographies of
the Gaon of Vilna, Rashi and
resist a common enemy."
Maimonides.

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OFGANIZATIONAL POLITICS

Dr. Chaim Weiszmann is said
to be returning to London de- Ben Cohen Aids in
pressed over the state of Zion-
ism in the U. S. A. He is worried U. S. Power Program
about friction in the ZOA ma-
chine . .. A move is under foot
WASHINGTON, D. C. (JPS)
to bring back Stephen Wise as The Icing-range power expansion
president of the ZOA to heal the program, involving half a bil-
ills of business-man administra- lion dollars annually for years
tion . . . They say Cincinnati to come, is being formulated
was chosen instead of Chicago with the aid of Benjamin V.
for the ZOA annual meet to Cohen, counsel to the Federal
avoid the possibility that a sec- Power Commission, the post
ond-term renomination might be which he recently left to join
Ambassador Winant in London.
denied the incumbent.
The American Jewish Commit- An experienced legal draftsman
tee and the Bnai Brith have left as well as an expert in power
it to Isaiah Minkoff, erstwhile production, Cohen is regarded as
secretary of the Jewish Labor one of the pivotal figures in pre-
Committee and genial reconteut, paring an adequate basis for the
to massage the (lead heart of the vital defense, needs of the eoun-
General Jewish Council into life. t ry.
Minkoff's medicine as told to the
press, is "less theory, more ac- Burial in Jewish r Jerome Asked
'
by Jabotinsky Will
tivity."
NEW YORK. (JPS)—Concur-
Wahrhaftig, Mizrachi Leader, rently with the commemoration
Arrives in N. Y.
of the first anniversary of the
NEW YORK (JPS) — Zorach death of Vladimir Jabotinsky,
Wahrhaftig, Warsaw lawyer and writer ancl Xtevisionist - Zionist
Polish Mizrachi leader, completed leader, his . 4rdow. •made public
the oddysey of his escape from a clause in his will'according to
Warsaw when he landed here after which tat is body pot be trans-
a trip by way (.4 Japan, across portal'to-'1 Palestine Until the
the Pacific, to Montreal and then
un
to New York. . • (- -VV40,0iiriiii&44 4 s.k-.T ;-..

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