October 17, 19-11
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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 1 :1-6:8.
Prophetical portion—Is. 42:5-43:10.
Readings of Torah for Rosh Chodesh Heshvan,
Tuesday and Wednesday
Num. 28:1-15.
OCTOBER 17, 1941
TISHRI 26, 5702
Brandeis and Ussishkin Wills
The will of the late Justice Louis D.
Brandeis provides eloquent proof of the
great jurist's and eminent Zionist's ideal-
ism. It is estimated that at least $1,000,-
000 of his fortune will go to several
causes in which he was vitally interested,
and the liberality of his last testament
puts to shame the many multi-millionaires
who passed away in the last few years
without remembering a single worthwhile
cause or charity.
Justice Brandeis' preferences, as shown
in his will, reveal also the devotion he
had to certain great movements. He was
concerned about civil liberties, he de-
sired to see the work in Palestine go on
with success and he was interested in
the University of Louisiana Library in
which his uncle, Lewis N. Dembitz, took
a deep interest. Thus, besides the Univer-
sity of Louisiana Library, Hadassah, Pal-
estine Endowment and Survey Asso-
ciates will benefit from his will. To the
latter will go one-fourth of the specially-
created trust fund "for the maintenance
of civil liberty and the promotion of
workers' education in the United States."
A lifetime's idealism is wisely perpetu-
ated in a practical will written by a great
man.
Equally interesting is the will of the
great Zionist leader, Menahem Ussishkin.
Part of the property left by Mr. Ussishkin
was bequeathed to the Jewish National
Fund, whose world president he had been
for 20 years, and other income of his
property will be dedicated to a number
of educational stipends. Thus Ussishkin,
too, provided in his lifetime for the con-
tinuation after his death of the causes in
which he was vitally interested.
Do Jews Need Defense?
Former Governor Chase S. Osborn says
some interesting things about the Jewish
position, in a statement appearing in this
issue of The Detroit Jewish Chronicle.
Mr. Osborn, whose sincerity is unques-
tioned, who has no bias in his heart and
who is a friend of our people if ever
there was one, thinks we are too sensitive.
He believes that we have made, and are
making, a good mark in the world so well
that we need no defense at all.
Theoretically speaking, Mr. Osborn is
right. No, we should not need defense.
The attacks upon us are so dastardly and
un-American that they ought not merit
the attention they receive.
But Mr. Osborn overlooks one thing:
the pack of lies disseminated by those
who aim to harm us needs an airing, and
all honest citizens are obligated to do
that. That is why we zejoice when we
see a genuine outburst of indignation
against Lindbergh and his cohorts by the
Christians of America.
Also, Mr. Osborn overlooks the exist-
ence of a menace. The Jews are the first
target, and Christians come next. Amer-
ica and American principles are in danger
when ideas like Lindbergh's gain adher-
ents.
The editorial in the current issue of
the Liberty Magazine entitled "Lindbergh
—The Most Dangerous Man in America"
proves our point. As the editorial points
out, Liberty had defended Lindbergh's
right to free speech. But the current is-
sue's editorial states: "The time has come
when we must revise our attitude. If Lind-
bergh is sincere, then his is the sincerity
of the witch burner." And after pointing
to the danger tgat emanates from his
spread of bigoted ideas which lead to
racial and religious prejudice and to anti-
Semitism, the Liberty editorial states: "It
no longer matters whether Lindbergh is
sincere or not. He is America's number
one Nazi."
Against pro-Nazis, it becomes neces-
3ary to conduct a fight, whether one looks
at the menace from a Jewish or a Chris-
tian viewpoint. On this score, it is not a
question of being sensitive, but rather a
need for being vigilant against the out-
burst of bigotry. It is America and Ameri-
canism that are at stake, and they must
)e defended.
The Role of Hadassah
When Hadassah, the women's Zionist
organization, holds its 27th annual con-
vention in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29 to Nov. 2,
new problems will face the largest single,
Zionist group in this country. The issues
will revolve around the need for protect-
ing the Jewish position in Palestine, the
necessity for strengthening the political
guarantees without which the Yishuv will
be weakened, the need for preparation
for the post-war period during which
supreme efforts will have to be made to
settle Jews in ever-increasing numbers
in the Homeland and to assure the secur-
ity of the Jewish settlement.
Thus, Hadassah, always primarily a
movement that sponsored the health-pro-
tective needs of Palestine, may find itself
more thickly involved in the political im-
plications of the Zionist movement. Wise-
ly approached, such a new role should
be a constructive trend for Zionism.
In the meantime, Hadaqsah continues
to render, important service. The success
of Detroit Hadassah's Honor Roll, now
nearing completion for the current year,
is an indication of an interest that keeps
women loyally participating in efforts for
Jewish national reconstruction.
An Important Document
.'.Heard in the Lobbies• .
By DAVID DEUTSCH
BRANDEIS WAS LINCOLNESQUE
THE BRITISH LIKE LOZOVSKY
Photographs or' the late Jus-
tice Brandeis never 'caught the
likeness, but the first thing that
struck the naked eye as it be-
held the tall impressive figure was
the strong resemblance to Abe
Lincoln. This was especially no-
ticeable in the summer when the
famed jurist would live in quiet
solitude at Chatham, Mass . . .
Three years ago, when the Pal-
estine partition question was boil-
ing over, Stephen S. Wise raced
down from Provincetown to Chat-
ham to discuss a very important
story which had appeared in the
New York Times. When Dr. Wise
sat down to talk things over with
Brandeis, he realized that he
had forgotten to bring a clip-
ping of the Palestine dispatch.
A hurried search revealed that
the roan who had driven down
with Dr. Wise had wrapped . up
his sneakers in the page of the
newspaper on which the article
had been published. The tennis
shoes were promptly unwrapped
and the two Jewish leaders re-
sumed their conference over tba
wrinkled clipping . . . Although
the newspapers tried to link Jus-
tice Brandeis' visit to the White
House in 1938 with the refugee
problem or his possible resigna-
tion from the Supreme Court, the
truth was that he went to see
the President purely for the pur-
pose of attempting to avoid the
stoppage of Jewish immigration
into Palestine which was then
threatened as a prelude to the
White Paper of May, 1941.
A
RABBI MAY PREACH
Rabbi Michael Aaronsohn of
Cincinnati, famous blind hero of
the Argonne, writes this colum-
nist to inquire what we meant
in our New Year resolution "to
give the Jewish war veteran his
due, but not to yield to his preach-
ings on Jewish life simply because
he once wore a uniform." Well,
the answer is very simple. If as
in the case of Rabbi Aaronsohn,
the veteran happens also to be a
rabbi, then by all means we
should respect his preachings.
But in all cases a man's ideas
and sincerity rather than his uni-
form should determine his import-
ance. The courage and the au-
thority of a Michael Aaronsohn
are not the common heritage of
every veteran.
HE
ALMOST GOT TO ICELAND
Sammy Schulman, top - notch
photographer for International
News Photos, was assigned to go
to Iceland to cover American
military activities there for all
of the leading picture syndicates
in the U. S. But Schulman never
got to Iceland because Associated
Press photographers who were
flown there from Londan arrived
ahead of him. Sammy was re-
called after he had spent many
weeks on the rough Atlantic,
heroically fighting off a savage
case of seasickness.
The British like Simon Abramo_
vich Lozovsky — call him the
world's best broadcaster. Lozovsky
is a former college professor who
once worked as a blacksmith. He
is a handsome fellow and very
athletic too, despite his 60 years.
Lozovsky is six feet tall and acts
like it when he is taking on Dr. —
Goebbels (Lozovsky calls him
"Apollo") and his propaganda
henchmen. Lozovsky is the man
who has put so much salt and
pepper in the Russian communi-
ques that the Nazis have had to
do some tall stepping to escape
his biting ridicule. His greatest
achievement is the system of
radio interpolations which he hal
worked out to poke fun at the
German broadcasts of victory. Ile
has also dropped communiques be-
hind the German lines which can
be used as safe passage for any
Nazi soldiers who, wish to desert
to the Russians. In describing a
British engagement with Italians
who had 2,000 mules, Lozovsky
said: "The mules resisted to the
end."
THE BUNDISTS ARE BUSY
Confidentially,
the Bundistx
(bitter-ender Jewish Socialist op-
ponerits of Zionism) are doing
their worst to prevent any active
participation on the part of Amer-
ican Jewish labor in far-reaching
discussions now taking place for
a revitalization of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine . . . The
Jewish Labor Committee failed
to show up at a recent meeting
and the boys in the know have
reason to believe that this ab-
sence was not purely accidental
. . . By the way, the General
Jewish Council is supposed to be
wooing the American Jewish Con-
gress to return to the fold. The
woo-pitching is believed to be
only an act.
We have just received a tele-
gram signed jointly by Dr. Solo-
mon Lowenstein and Joseph Wil-
len in which they deny that there
is any disagreement between then:
regarding the establishment of a
permanent United Jewish Appeal
for New York. It may interest
the two gentlemen to know that
the information which they tern:
"false" came from sources close
to both of them.
YOM KIPPUR AND MR. ICKES
When Secretary Ickes went be-
fore the Maloney Committee in-
vestigating the oil shortage on
Yom Kippur, his press depart-
ment was late with its news re-
leases on the Secretary's report
to the Senate body. A member of
the Interior Department finally
showed up with the press stories,
but by that time an entire edi-
tion of the afternoon papers had
gone to press without the Ickes
statement. The reason for the
delay was the fact that most of
the members of the mimeograph-
ing department were in Washing-
ton synagogues, observing the Day
of Atonement.
Of the numerous compilations published
in an effort to expose subversive activi-
ties in this country, the brochure "Fifth
Column Facts" published by the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars of the U. S., with
national headquarters at Kansas City,
Mo., is most significant. Presented as a
handbook of information on Nazi, Fascist
and Communist activities in this country,
this pamphlet does more : it makes
scatching denunciation of these move=
ments and warns the country against
them.
!TIME TO CLEAN OUT THE CELLAR
In the foreword, the Veterans of For-
eign Wars point out frankly that while
the nation's most urgent need is an ade-
quate - national defense, "What most con-
cerns every one of us today, apart from
arms and armaments, is protection against
the mental and spiritual inroads of Fifth
Column propaganda." The editors of the
pamphlet declare : "We must be on the
alert, like sentries peering into the dark
night, prepared for the next move of the
enemy."
Who is the enemy? "Fifth Column
Facts" does not mince words or hide
facts. It exposes the Communist, Nazi
and Fascist groups, it mentions the cul-
prits by name, it links Charles E. Cough-
lin with Germany's Goering, it includes
facts about Fritz Kuhn (now in jail),
"Handsome" Joe McWilliams, Gerald
Winrod, William Dudley Pelley and their
k.
Here is a pamphlet which should be
circulated among all American citizens
as ammunition against the further spread
of bigotry which is a weapon in the hands
of totalitarians to destroy the unity of
this land. The pamphlet can be secured
from the Department of Americanism of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washing-
ton, D. C. The more Americans who read
it, the less the danger from the Nazi-
Fascist-Communist front.
by BRESSLER