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Washington Letter

September 5, I 94 I

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

MARRIAGES

Notable Days

Jewish Calendar

The latter procedure has been
on
used so often as to set a prece-
dent.
But
it
is
not
likely
that
By MILTON PERSITZ
STELMAN - BANK
5702 - 1941
Hollywood will stand still and
Miss
Miriam
Bank,
Sara
take all this pasting in the spirit
A NEW LINE FOR
Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 22 and _3
of good clean national defense. (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her- Rosh Hashonah
JEWISH DEFENSE?
Fash
of
Gedaliah
Wednesday, Sept. 4
man
Bank,
became
the
bride
The movie men have much to
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Observers here are agog over be angry about. When they re- of Richard Stegman, son of Mr. Yom Kippur
Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 6 tr. 7
the reported version of the laxed in the Will Hays cuckoo- and Mrs. Daniel W. Stegman, Succoth
Sunday, Oct. ; 2
speech Professor James H. Shel- land of fantasy, they were called at the Bnai Moshe, Aug. 24. Hoshanah Rabbah
Monday, Oct. 13
don, chairman of the board of "escapists," lily-livered, to boot. Rabbi NI. Fischer and Rabbi J. Shmini Atzeres
Simchath Torah Tuesday, Oct. .1
the Non-Sectarian A n t i- Nazi When they made — experiment- Thuman officiated.
Mrs. Goldie Bank, sister-in- Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan....Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 21 and '22
League, made before the meeting ally, of course—a few ventures
of the Jewish War Veterans in into the deep .waters of anti- law of the bride, was matron of Rosh Chodesh Kislev ......._...Thursday and Friday, Nov. 20 and .:1
Buffalo. If Prof. Sheldon had Nazi propaganda, they were honor. She wore a rose colored Chanukah
Dec. 15 to _1
said the self-same words before called warmakers by Nye and gown and carried Talesman Rosh Chodesh Tebeth
Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20 and 21
the Committee to Defend Ameri- Wheeler. Now the government roses. The maid of honor was Fast of Tebeth
Tuesday, Dec. 23
ca, or the Fight for Freedom looks benignly upon the purvey- Doris Suitman who carried tea
5702 - 1942
Committee, scarcely a ripple ors of America's entertainment, roses. The Misses Thelma Bank,
Ruth Adelman and Nettie Ros- Rosh Chodesh Shvat
would have been caused. and says:
Monday, Jan, 19
enberg, of Toledo, were brides- Rosh Chodesh Adar
Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 17 and 18
But this is something special.
"We frankly don't care what
maids.
They
wore
aqua
gowns
Fast of Esther
Let me give a little background. you produce. You can sell the
Monday, March 2
The Jewish War Veterans have public stories about romance in and carried yellow roses. Ilene Purim
Tuesday, March 3
Rosenberg, of Toledo, was flower Rosh Chodesh Nissan
for years walked the same nar- Tahiti or the perils of Fredric girl.
Thursday, March 19
Passover
row path as the American Jew- March the refugee, but whatever
April 2 to 9
Oscar
Bank,
brother
of
the
Rosh Chodesh Iyar
ish Committee and the other you make will be taxed just a
Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 1g
bride,
was
best
man.
Ushers
were
Lag b-Omer
Jewish "defense" organizations little more. If the public is wil-
Tuesday, May 5
which consider "hush" the be-all ling to spend a quarter on your Harry Bank, George Gunsberg Rosh Chodesh Sivan
Sunday, May 17
and
Vernon
Palmer.
Shevuoth
and the end-all of their vocabu- shows, it will spend 29 cents."
Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23
The
bride
wore
a
white
satin
Rosh
Chodesh
Tammuz
laries. In fact, it is known that There was a minor revolt in
Monday and Tuesday, June 15 and 16
the War Veterans and the Com- the film capital when Senator gown with a five-yard train and Fast of Tammuz
Thursday, July 2
a
finger-tip
veil
held
by
a
lace
mittee have even exchanged pub- Clark's committee "invited" some
Rosh Chodesh Ab
Wednesday, July 15
halo.
She
carried
white
roses
licity men on occasion, on a leaders to testify on their recent
Tisha b'Ab
Thursday, July 23
sort of lease-lend basis — with output. A few said flatly that and orchids.
Rosh Chodesh Ellul
Thursday and Friday, Aug. 13 and 11
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Stegman
are
the Committee doing most of the they would sooner see Clark and
to California and will
"leasing." his ilk in—, but that was motoring
return in a month.
Cantor Hyman Walfish to
If you have watched the Vet- straightened out through some
A. M. Klein Essay
Out-of-town guests were Mr.
erans at work, you have seen an adroit public relations. Now
Officiate at Congregation
and
Mrs.
Band,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
organization with its feet planted here's something which hits
Receives Award
Beth Abraham
firmly in the clouds of "dem- everyone equally. We shall see Julius Began, Mrs. Dora Began,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Julias
and
son,
ocracy" and "liberty." If the how the principles of American-
Abraham M. Klein, Jewish
Cantor Hyman Walfish, well- poet of Montreal, Canada, is the
Veterans passed a resolution, ism which Hollywood has long from New York City. Mr. and
Jack Rosenberg and daugh- known New York
you could safely bet that the championed can be made to tie Mrs.
cantor, has winner of the essay contest on
brain-trust of all the Jewish in with the right of theatre-goers ter, Miss Bess Rosenberg; Sam,
been
engaged
for the "Yehudah Halevi — Singer of
and Joe Rosenberg, Miss
Zion", according to an announce-
higher-ups of New York had to see a movie without giving up Oscar
Nettie
Rosen,
of
Toledo;
and
High
Holy
Day
sea- ment made by Rabbi Samuel M.
okayed it first. And if the J.W.V. their shirts in the bargain.
Miss
Evelyn
Shapero
of
Flint.
took action which seemed a little INSTALLMENT SELLING
son by Congregation Blumenfield, head of the De-
rash, the logical assumption was ON THE WANE
PAUL - COHEN
Beth Abraham (Gali- partment of Youth and Educa-
that the Veterans had agreed to
tion of the Zionist Organization
Tall
palms
and
ferns
arranged
cian Shull, Linwood of America. Sixty essays were
If you think Hollywood
be the whipping boys—ready to
with white gladioli, mums and
moaned
when
it
read
of
new
and Sturtevant. He submitted from 27 different com-
pull in their horns if the reac-
taxes, you should have seen the roses, and ivory tapers in tall
w ill serve at Selicoth munities.
tion was too strong.
standards,
formed
a
lovely
ef-
Let it be said that the War looks of the credit managers fect for the marriage of Miss
Walfish services, and at Suc-
The first prize, which was won
coth services, as well by Mr. Klein, is $150. The sec-
Veterans are not the only Jew- when the government clamped Annette Cohen, daughter of Mr.
ish organization with such asso- down on installment selling.
as
for
Rosh
Hashonah
and
Yom
One needn't be an anti-Semite and Mrs. Herman Cohen, of Kippur. A chorus of six voices, ond prize was awarded to Abra-
ciations. The whole Jewish field
Regelson of New York. The
to
point out that the installment Wildemere Ave., to Roy Paul, trained by Cantor Walfish, will ham
is honeycombed with groups of
essays of Dr. Emil B. Cohn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Paul,
business
in
jewelry,
clothing
and
similar outlook upon Jewish life.
Ben-Ami Scharfstein and Eman-
which was solmenized at Hotel assist at all services.
But there may be something furniture has been intensively Statler, Aug. 27.
Rev. Walfish has been a can- uel R. Zapinsky received honor-
pushed these many years by
brewing.
able mention.
Dinner followed the marriage tor since he was 10.
At Buffalo, Prof. Sheldon houses owned largely by men service whiel• was read by Dr.
The judges of the essay con
bluntly declared, "I now charge who once read the Telonlid , Tq A. m. Hershman in the presence
test
were Maurice Samuel, au-
,
fa^`,
moo
or
tne
communal
that the America First Commit-
of relatives and a few intimate Lehman Looks to Further Growth thor of "The Great Hatred" and
tee is nothing more or 1.-.,Gs than leaders in American Jewry made friends.
of Palestine
"Jews on Approval"; Dr. Shalom
a thinly disgutf,e.1 front for Hit- their way by offering the cus-
Mrs. Cyril Cohen was the
Spiegel, professor of Hebrew
ler and the dissemination of the tomer the privilege of walking maid of honor and Mrs. Herbert
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The language and literature at the
Nazi 'line' in America. The out of the store with a bundle Paul was the only other attend- hope that Palestine will continue
Jewish Institute of Religion, and
America First Committee must under his arm and his purse still ant.
Prof. Harry A. Wolfson, profes-
to
grow
in
strength,
both
"econ-
intact.
be destroyed just as Adolf Hit-
Herbert Paul served his bro- omically and spiritually" and of- sor of Jewish literature and phil-
Suddenly that procedure, ac-
ler must be destroyed."
ther as best man, and Cyril
at Harvard University.
To say that this is amazing cording to government dictate, Cohen, Morton Goldberg and fer a haven to additional large osophy
The prizes for the contest were
talk at a Veterans' convention is has become a menace to Amer- Murray Green acted as ushers. numbers of persecuted Jews, was
established by the Order Sons
putting it mildly. Of course, I ican democracy. It holds within
Mr. and Mrs. Paul left for a expressed in a message of greet- of Zion, Zionist Fraternal Order
may be only seeing ghosts. The it the germ of inflation, and the honeymoon trip to California.
ing received here from Governor of the U. S. A.
Veterans may never have ap- "no money down" dictum give3
Out-of-town guests included Herbert H. Lehman of New York
way
to
"ten
per
cent,
please."
proved advance copy of the
and Mrs. Louis Preston of on the occasion of the 44th an-
What does this portend? The Mr.
speech, and may have been prop-
New York and Mrs. Geo. Stark nual convention of the Zionist Maintain Battle for Jerusa-
erly aghast when they heard owners of the credit chains aren't of Miami Beach. Fla.
Organization of America, which lem Will Decide Outcome
Prof. Sheldon lash out. But being fooled. They know that
will open its four (lay sessions of Present Struggle
RISMANN - GROSS
knowing how those things work, Leon Henderson's first restric-
on Sept. 6 at Cincinnati.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gross
I should be inclined to doubt tion on time sales won't be the
The American Friends of a
Extending his greetings to the
that theory.
last. Ten per cent down today. announce the marriage of their delegates, the New York Gover- Jewish Palestine have published
daughter,
June,
to
Dr.
The important fact to remem- Fifty per cent down tomorrow.
Raymond nor, in his message, voices con- a booklet of 24 pages, with cov-
ber is that until now, the Vet- For the duration of the emergen- Rismann, son of Mrs. Anna Ris- fidence that "the convention will er, under the title of "The Bat-
erans and all the rest have never cy we shall see the decline of mann, which took place at Hotel be of great constructive value in tle for Jerusalem". In this pub-
shouted "Ouch." until somebody the installment house. The fami- Statler, Aug. 31.
the consideration of post-war lication, Pierre van Paassen,
Rabbi Morris Adler performed problems facing civilization."
shouted "Jew" at them. With liar sight of the collector bash-
Vladimir Jabotinsky, Col. John
all the investigations of domestic ing his way through the back the marriage ceremony, at 12
Henry Patterson, Commander of
noon,
after
which
a
wedding
South
Nazis they have conducted dur- door will give way to the store-
Africa Premier Renews the Jewish Legions in the first
ing the past few years, and with keeper timidly removing the breakfast was served.
Pledge to Destroy Nazism
World War, and Col. Josiah
all the extensive files they have flashing neon sign, "Your credit
The bride's only attendant
Wedgewood, member of the
General
Jan
Christian
Smuts,
kept on the Jew-baiters, no pub- is good."
was Miss Rebecca Rismann. Dr.
English Parliament, explain why
lic denunciation has emerged (copyright 1911 by Independent Jewish Rismann was assisted by his Prime Minister of South Africa, a Jewish Army is indispensable
Preas Service, Inc.)
in a cable message addressed to
from these Jewish platforms un-
brother, Samuel, as best man.
for the survival of the Jewish
til the innuendo became too ob-
Dr. and Mrs. Rismann left for Mr. Kaufmann, pledged anew his nation and preservation of world
Givernment
"to
the
destruction
vious to miss.
an extended motor trip east.
"Island in the Corn"
of the monstrous Nazi regime civilization. The price is 10
What all this portends is any-
LEVIN - HALBERG
cents, delivery included. Send
body's guess. Perhaps the Vet-
The marriage of Miss Sadie that threatens all free men your orders to American Friends
With the publication of "Is-
throughout
the
world."
erans will once again pull in land in the Corn," by Farrar & Halberg, daughter of Mr. and
The Premier, in his message of a Jewish Palestine, 285 Madi-
their collective heads and try to Rinehart, a man who has had Mrs. A. T. Halberg, to Milton
son Ave., New York, N. Y.
forget Prof. Sheldon's speech. a great influence on the writing Levin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isa- which was sent on the occasion
Or perhaps they will become, in of others through his book re- dore Levin, was solemnized at of the Zionist convention, states
IN MEMORIAM
that he has "followed with deep
time, the veterans of another views now takes his place as one Lachar's Aug. 31.
regret
the
terrible
persecution
conflict; a wholesome tussle with of the foremost creative writers
Rabbi Joshua Sperka officiat-
In loving memory of our dear
America's assorted fascists.
ed. A reception was held Ril: unparalleled even in darkest ages husband and father, Simon
of America today.
that
has
been
inflicted
upon
the
Schechter, who passed away 14
John Selby, author of "Island relatives and friends. l Jewish people in Europe."
HOLLYWOOD IN
Miss Shirley Halberg was her
in the Corn," is the music and
FIGHTING MOOD
Voicing his "warmest greet- years ago, Sept. 5, 1927.
sister's sole attendant and Mor-
The film producers in Holly- literary editor of the Associated ris Levin attended his brother ings to the American Zionist !fanny were the yenta we anent
together.
wood are seething. First they Press and his weekly column on as best man.
Conference", General Smuts ex-
Lonely are our hearta today,
were accused of war-mongering. books. The Literary Guidepost
for presses the hope that the "con- For the one we loved so dearly
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Levin
left
ference will prove of great suc-
Now Congress adds a burden is published in more than 300 an eastern trip.
11a, forever passed away.
cess and of vital significance to Now you sic not forgotten, dear,
even harder to bear: new taxes papers throughout the country.
Nor will you ever be,
JACOBSON
-
HARRIS
Although
he
is
a
middle-western-
the
solidarity
of
Zionism
and
on amusements. Hollywood has
The marriage of Miss Rieta the realization of its age-long As long as life and memory !Rats
learned to grit its teeth and smile er by birth and background, he
We will remember thee.
broadly, but the dentists' bills on now lives in Connecticut and Harris, daughter of Mrs. Arthur vision of a Jewish National
A.
Harris,
to
Harry
Jacobson,
commutes
daily
to
his
office
in
Sadly missed by his wife an
Homeland in Palestine in a re-
the West Coast are likely to go
the Associated Press Bldg. in son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Jac- born world."
daughter.
skyrocketing soon.
obson, of Shaker Heights, 0.,
Joining in the greetings to
The new imposts mean that if Radio City in New York.
"Island in the Corn" is the was solemnized at the Harris the American Zionists in behalf
you've been paying 40 cents for
UNVEILING OF MONUMENT
your movie tickets, plus four story of an American family, of home on Virginia Park, Sunday, of the South African Government
a
folk
and
of
an
era,
which
Aug.
31.
and
people,
Hon.
Jan.
An unveiling of a monument
cents' tax, you'll shortly be fork-
H. Hof-
Dr. Leo M. Franklin 'cad the meyer, Minister of Finance, as- in memory of Nathan Epstein
ing over a total of 46 cents. And although it has gone perhaps for-
marriage
service
in
the
presence
ever,
has
exerted
and
will
con-
serts his belief that the "miracle will take place on Sunday, Sept
if you are the patron of those
movie houses which charge 75 tinue to exert a tremendous in- of members of the immediate of survival of the Jewish people 7, at 2 p. m. at the Chesed
family.
fluence
on
American
people.
Mr.
is not without a divinely ap- Eines Cemetery. Relatives an
cents and more, your bill will
Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson are pointed purpose."
go up proportionately. For the Selby writes of the Trace fam-
friends are invited to attend.
ily and of the north middle-west spending two weeks at the Edge-
"I look forward" — cables the
tax, which is expected to raise of the last century with affec- water Beach Hotel, Chicago,
Finance Minister — "to great Books of Prayer Indigenous to
more than $72,000,000, is being
upped from 10 per cent to 15. tion, knowledge, and dramatic after which they will make their spiritual forces again being re-
Jewish Faith
home
in
Cleveland.
insight.
leased from Palestine as the
There are always two ways to
Mr. Selby is the author of one
JONAS - SANDERS
these
charges.
The
Home
of
the
Jewish
people
for
The
compilation
of Jewisi
take care of
other novel, "Sam", which was
Mrs. Harry J. Sanders of 1465 the benefit of all humanity. The
movie people may cut their ad- the American winner of the last Burlingame
books
of
common
prayer
was fir- ,
announces the impending victory of democracies
y
missions and thus absorb part of International Prize Novel Con- marriage" of Ave.
attempted
in
the
9th
centur
her daughter, Flor-
the bill, or they can simply sock test sponsored by Furrar and ence, to Sol II. Jonas, son of in the present war will provide Since that time at least a scor ,
great opportunity to further the of important compilations havt
the customer for the full amount. Rinehart.
Mrs. Herman Jonas.
Zionist cause."
been made.

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