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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

5

Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood to Hear
Purel y Commenty
ar •• By Philip Slomovitz Plans of Women's League Convention
To Be Held in Detroit Nov. 9 to 12
14 Points and Ten Commandments
The opening meeting of the Sis- man, Mrs. Morris Krause, co-
"These Were Once Conquerors" terhood
of Shaarey Zedek will be chairman; good cheer, Mrs. Morris

Comparison of the Eight point° in the Roose-
velt-Churchill program to Woodrow Wilson's fam-
ous Fourteen Points brings to mind an interesting
story.
President Wilson was asked by one of the
French statesmen at Versailles why he has as
many a 14 points in his world peace program,
when Moses had only 10. To which Wilson re-
plied: "Get the nations to live up to the 10-rule
code of Moses and I'll abandon my 14 points."

•

The V-Sign: It Works!

When the V-sign first became a symbol of
anti-Nazism throughout the world, there were
some reports that the new movement was not
as successful as it was expected to be.
Don't you believe it!
For proof of its effectiveness, take a trip to
Canada and watch our neighbors demonstrate
the sign to you. They use it in giving traffic
signals from automobiles; they flash it from their
windows; you will find the V engraved on trees;
it is signalized from store windows; it appears
on children's lolly-pops (suckers) ; it is every-
where.
There is no letting down on the cry for victory
and there are few who doubt that victory is
on the way.

•

So Much Territory—So Few Jews

Speaking of Canada, it is impossible to over-
look the sad fact that this vast territory, larger
in size than the United States, has so few Jews.
Wherever you turn in this vast land, there
are rich fields and vast stretches of uncultivated
ground. You travel for tens of miles at times
without crossing a village. Jews could contribute
a great deal to Canada, and Canada could gain
much from the Jews.
Nevertheless, Jews are not wanted!
There is one forest in Canada—one among
its many forests—Algonquin Park, which matches
all of Palestine in size. Even there, you will
find resorts and owners of small lodges who do
not welcome Jews. Jews look like their neighbors,
act like the Christians, often spew more than
the non-Jews, eat (yes—even eat) like the Chris-
tians—but the ancient prejudice persists.
Is there anyone who still doubts that the
battle for freedom is an endless one, and that
the shouting for liberty must always be loud
and clear?

•

Brazil—Also with Few Jews

Another very large country with very few
Jews is Brazil. There are 160,000 Jews out of
a total population of 11,000,000 in Canada. But
there are only 40,000 Jews out of a total popu-
lation of 45,000,000 in Brazil. It is estimated
that Brazil is twice the territorial size of the
United States. It could stand a few more set-
tlers to overbalance the heavy influence of Ger-
manism. But here, too, we have the same experi-
ence. If you are a Jew, the most you can expect
is sympathy and best wishes that you may find
a haven elsewhere.
You would expect it to be different in Latin
American countries, many of whose rulers claim
to be of Jewish descent. A friend tells us of a
conversation he had several years ago with
Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil. Vargas had
just assumed power in his country. He asked
our friend whether it is true that Jews control
many industries in the United States. He was
set straight on the subject and he became very
friendly. In the course of the conversation,
Vargas remarked: "You will be interested to
know that I am supposed to be a descendant of
Jews."
Mexican leaders have been known to make
such claims. Others in South America have said
that their ancestors had come to this continent
as refugees from the Torquemadan Inquisition.
But the ancient prejudices against Eternal
People Israel persist nevertheless.
•

A. C. Lappin in Council Race

A. C. Lappin's announcement of his candidacy
for the Detroit City Council will arouse justified
interest, and should draw wide support.
Lappin has had wide experience in the po-
litical life of this state. He is a good student of
government problems, and is especially well
equipped to deal with matters which require
arbitration. As a former member of the Michigan
Labor Mediation Board he merely improved on
his conciliation experience. His arbitration work
has been a hobby for many years, and he may
well be called a pioneer in this field. A man of
his experience would prove a great asset to our
city government.
The Jewish community of Detroit will recall
the fact that Lappin was one of the successful
directors of Keren Hayesod campaigns in De-
troit, at the time when fund-raising for ralestine
was independent of other drives. He was success-
ful in conducting several of the most lucrative
drives here in 1925 and 1926.
If elected to the Council, Mr. Lappin will be
the second Jew to serve in the capacity of Coun-
cilman since the formation of the small Council.
The late David W. Simons was the only man ever
to be elected to that office, and his high standing
and his deep-rooted spirit of devotion to public
service is always spoken of by the men who
knew him. Lappin is one of the best qualified
men to follow the tradition established by Mr.
Simons.

hled Monday, Sept. 8, at 12:30
o'clock, with a buffet luncheon in
the social hall of the synagogue.
Reservations may be made by
calling Mrs. Sam Feldman, Tyler
7-4894.
Mrs. Aaron Silberblatt, newly
elected president of the Sisterhood,
will preside at the meeting and
will introduce Mrs. Charles Robin-
son, local chairman of the na-
tional convention of the Women's
League of United Synagogue of
America, which will take place in
Detroit from Nov. 9 to 12. Mrs.
Robinson will give in detail the
outstanding events which will take
place at this time.
Mrs. Richard Gordon Brodhead,
chairman of units of the Ameri-
If you want to know why the Germans
can Red Cross, will be the speak-
will lose the war look down at this picture.
er for the afternoon and will pre-
It is a picture of the German soul at play.
sent stripes to several women of
the Shaarey Zedek unit. A musi-
(THE PICTURE MR. HECHT ANALYZES cal treat will be furnished by Miss
IS REPRODUCED ON PAGE 12.)
Pola Kadison, an outstanding New
York pianist and a member of
Five German aviators—the fifth one is
the artistic Kadison Family, co-
hopping about happily with his camera—
founder of the Habimah Theater.
have lassoed a Jew in the streets of War.
Miss Kadison received her musi-
saw and are diverting themselves. The thin-
cal education in Paris, France,
faced German officer at the left is the leader
and at the Warsaw Conservatory
of this group of merrymakers. Solemnly and
of Music.
with a convulsing pretense of politeness he
Rabbi A. M. Hershman will give
is shaving his cornered Jew. He is using a
greetings.
pen knife for the task. As a matter of fact
Mrs. Silberblatt announces the
he isn't really shaving the Jew. He is pluck-
appointment of the following
ing his whiskers out with his pen knife and
chairmen and co-chairmen for the
his thumb as you might pluck chicken feath-
coming year:
ers from a dead chicken.
Program, Mrs. Leonard Sidlow,
If you are wise you will cut out this pic-
chairman and Mrs. Morris Adler,
ture and put it away. And you can write
co-chairman; music, Mrs. S. S.
the caption under it now—"These were once
Wittenberg, chairman; member-
conquerors."
ship, Mrs. Leon Zechman, chair-
The caption will grow more and more
man, Mrs. Nat Bronstein, co-chair-
ironic with time. The pathos of the picture
man; altar flower fund, Mrs. Dan-
may even switch (in not too long a space)
iel Cullen, chairman; social hour,
from the Jew to the Germans. Four such
Mrs. Robert Loewenberg, chair-

Ben Hecht wrote under the heading
"These Were Once Conquerors" in the
Aug. 24 issue of the militant New York
daily, PM. It was a study of a photo-
graph showing German aviators pluck-
ing the beard of a young Polish Jew.
This article is one of the crowning
points in Ben Hecht's career, and for it
he deserves forgiveness for all the errors
he has committed in the past. Read it
for yourself and pass it on to your
friends, especially your non-Jewish ones.
Here is the article in full which we pre-
sent to our readers with a sense of deep
appreciation to PM for publishing it:

happy German faces will tug at the heart
strings someday—not mine particularly—but
at the heartstrings of those who will be
left to keep the courts where the Nazi Jam-
shyd "gloried and drank deep." There is
always something touching about any sou-
venir of a vanished greatness.
But you don't have to wait until tomorrow
to feel some of the irony of this caption.
These are conquerors, says the photograph,
but there was seldom a photograph taken of
a more unconquered face than that of our
Jew getting his whiskers plucked.
He is a young Jew, and in his land the
beard he wears is a symbol of culture and
piety. He is a young Jew full of great will-
power, as well as learning, for the penknife
plucking out his beard doesn't make him
wince. He stands looking directly into the
averted eyes of his tormentor. And if this
young Jew were standing on a rostrum in
Jerusalem many years ago, receiving the
acclaim of his people, hi s eyes could hold

no prouder look.
There is no anger in the eyes of this young
Jew. No hint of fear is in them and no

gleam of shame. The look in the eyes of this
young Jew is not courage alone. It is his-
tory looking calmly and sternly into the face
of a German clown—the history of human
progress and of an unconquerable culture.
The English statesman who some day will
stand amid the ruins of Naziland and speak
to the bowed head of the German will look
like that.
Of the four German faces, that of the
husky flier standing behind the Jew is
particularly interesting. The delight of this
large man is almost contagious. The spec-
tacle of a Jew being tormented is one that
causes his German heart to glow with a deli-
cious warmth, and wreathes him in smiles
like a Santa Claus. There is no cruelty in
his face—merely happiness.
The happiness of this husky German avia-
tor is the measure of his flight from life.
He is the amiable monster created by the
Third German Reich—the nerveless, blank-
brained child of death who is as divorced
from the human family as the Blue Nosed
Mandrill—an ape whose sense of beauty has
inspired it to grow a rainbow on its behind.
The less husky aviator on the other side
of the picture is also very happy. His German
soul is obviously tickled by the wit flowing
from the lieutenant with the pen knife. He
is laughing so hard h e is almost crying. I
can imagine this wit—"is the razor quite all
right, my good Jew . . .? It's the very best
Germa n make. . . . Ah, you're going to look
beautiful when I'm through with you—a
little bloody, but very beautiful. All the
girls will want to kiss you."
As they say in the backwoods, this giddy
German laughing on a Warsaw street corner
"ain't had so much fun since the pigs ate
up his little baby sister."
The third hero who looks into the camera
is a little more difficult to understand. He
isn't quite laughing. He has, in fact, the look
of a troubled intellect. Obviously he is a
somewhat backward type of German, for his
eyes are small and too close together, and
his head is a little too narrow at the top.
Ile has spread his mouth into a large grin,
and there is something more obedient than
spontaneous about his mirth. Mayb e he has

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Adler, chairman; budget, Mrs.
David Diamond, chairman, co-
chairmen, Mrs. Morris Blumberg,
Mrs. Richard Cott, Mrs. Herbert
Warner and Mrs. Harry Z.
Brown; publicity, Mrs. George
Bremen, chairman; house com-
mittee, Mrs. Herman Wetsman,
chairman, Mrs. Julius Berman, co-
chairman; printing, Mrs. Thomas
Marwill, c h a i r m a n; telephone
squad, Mrs. Jack Berger, chair-
man, Mrs. Herman Schmier, co-
chairman; ceremonial nook, Mrs.
Charles Robinson, chairman, co-
chairmen, Mrs. Harry Cohen and
Mrs. Moe Leiter; Succah, Mrs.
Jacob Sonenklar, chairman, Mrs.
Robert Loewenberg, co-chairman;
hospitality, Mrs. Louis Glasier,
chairman, Mrs. Arnold Frank,
co-chairman; Friday evening so-
cial hour, Mrs. Ben Imber, chair-
man, Mrs. Phillip Gilbert, co-
chairman; girl scouts, Mrs. Harry
Sklar, chairman, Mrs. Morris Ad-
ler, co-chairman; committee on
committees, Mrs. Sam Feldman,
chairman, Mrs. David Feinberg,
co-chairman; delinquent dues, Mrs.
Simon Shetzer, chairman; "Three
Pillars," Mrs. Charles Robinson,
chairman; religious committee,
Mrs. A. M. Hershman; dramatic
group, Mrs. Sidney Winer, chair-
man; Bible class, Mrs. M. Perlis,
chairman; Red Cross, Mrs. Ben-
jamin Gordon, chairman, Mrs.
Herman Schmier, co-chairman.

Detroit Delegates
To Zionist Parley

The Zionist Organization of
Detroit this week announced
that the following will be dele-
gates to the 44th annual conven-
tion of the Zionist Organization
of America to be held in Cin-
cinnati Sept. 6 to 9:
Rabbi Morris Adler, Rudolph
Zuieback, Maurice Zackheim,
Lawrence W. Crohn, Philip Slom-
ovitz, Simon Shetzer, Walter
L. Field, Mrs. Albert Feldstein,
Abraham Cooper, Morris M. Ja-
cobs, Dr. M. S. Perlis, Leon Kay,
Aaron Silberblatt, Bernard
Isaacs, Helen Kass, Rabbi J. S.
Spe•ka, A. C. Lappin, Philmore
Leemon, Irving Kaufmann, Dr.
Otto Hirsch, Rabbi Leon Fram.
It was announced this week
that the annual Balfour Ball
will be held on Saturday night,
Nov. 8, at Hotel Statler.

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Detroit Yeshivah
Opens New Semester

Dr. Samson R. Weiss, Dean of
Yeshivah Beth Yehudah, an-
nounces that the new semester
of Yeshivah Beth Yehudah will
MONSTER MIDWAY
begin Wednesday, Sept. 3.
The Yeshivah will open eight WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP ROUGH RIDIN'
classes for the new semester.
The subjects taught are: Chu-
mosh, Rashi, Tanach, Hebrew
GREATEST AGRICULTURAL
language, Jewish history, Mish-
na, Gemora and Shulchan Oruch.
SHOW IN 92 YEARS
Bus transportation is provided
WOMEN'S
HANDICRAFT * HARNESS RACING
to and from all sections of the
city. Students coming directly DANCE BANDS AND FLOOR SHOWS * FREE
from school to the Yeshivah
ACTS AND FIREWORKS
have the opportunity to receive —s54 hundreds of other outstanding attractions
lunch in the Yeshivah.
Is 12 days and nights of thrilling ontortoinniont.
The office of Yeshivah Beth
Yehudah will be open for the
registration of new students on
ADULTS
CHILDREN 10 C
Monday, Sept. 1 (Labor Day),
from 9 to 1 and on the follow-
PLAN NOW TO TAKE THE CAR
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For additional information call
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