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October 31, 1941

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Shetzer Is Feted by 325 on Eve
of Departure for Z. 0. A. Position

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Approximately 325 men and
women, forming a cross-section
of all elements in the Jewish
community of Detroit, joined in
honoring Simon Shetzer on Tues-
day evening, at a dinner at Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek, on the
eve of his departure for Wash-
ington to assume the post of
national executive director of the
Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica.
Speakers at the dinner included
the following: Rabbi Leon Fram,
Philip S 1 omovit z, Lawrence
Crohn, Isidore Sobeloff, Joseph
Bernstein, Isaac Franck, Fred M.
Butzel, Mrs. J. H. Ehrlich, James
I. Ellmann, Dr. A. M. Hersh-
man, Abraham Srere, Dr. Leo
M. Franklin, Rabbi Morris Adler
and Aaron Rosenberg. Charles
Rubiner was toastmaster.
Cantor J. H. Sonenklar recited
the prayers and led in the sing-
ing of "God Bless American"
and "Hatikvah." He was accom-
panied by his daughter.
Mr. Crohn, in the course of
his remarks, read the text of a
resolution of praise and appre-
ciation for Mr. Shetzer adopted
by the Zionist Organization of
Detroit, Mr. Ellmann read the
resolution adopted by the Jew-
ish Community Council.
Mr. Rosenberg presented Mr.
Shetzer with a set of book ends
carrying the seal of the Jewish
Community Council, as a token
of esteem from the Yiddish Cul-

tural Section of the Council.
Rabbi Adler presented Mr. Shet-
zer with a set of the Universal
Jewish Encyclopedia in behalf of
the gathering at the dinner.
The speakers outlined Mr. Shet-
zer's activities for Zionism„ the
United Hebrew Schools, the Jew-
ish Community Council, the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation and De-
troit Service Group, the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress and a score
of other movements he has been
affliated with. They reviewed his
efforts in the community, and his
rise to fame and national recog-
nition was traced by Dr. Hersh-
man from the time he partici-
pated in a Purim play as a little
boy down to his present rise to
success as a national leader.
Responding to the addresses by
the 15 spokesmen, Mr. Shetzer
expresed gratitude for the en-
couragement given him by his
Detroit friends. He admonished
the audience not to be over-opti-
mistic in the present crisis and
not to assume that Jews will not
have to battle for their rights
even after this war is over.
Many messages of greetings
were received at the dinner from
national leaders, past presidents
of the Zionist Organization of
America and local organizations.
It was announced that Hadas-
sah of Detroit had inscribed Mr.
Shetzer's name in the Golden
Book of the Jewish National
Fund.

Fresh Air Society
Dr. Sibley to Speak
Re-Elects Schreiber
at Women's Council
Meeting on Monday 1941 Season Successful, Director

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Dr. Carroll Sibley, author and
lecturer, will speak on "The
World of Tomorrow," at the
meeting of the Detroit Section,
National Council of Jewish Wom-
en, on Monday, Nov. 3, at 12:30
o'clock, at Temple Beth El.
A graduate of Harvard Uni-
versity, and alumnus of the uni-
versities of Paris, Heidelberg and
Berlin, Dr. Sibley is affiliated
with numerous learned societies
throughout the world. His work
in the cause of world peace
brought him decorations from
four foreign governments, and
he serves as president of the Na-
tional Crime Prevention Council
and the American Society of
World Culture. He is dean of
the Los Angeles College of Arts
and Letters.
Dessert luncheon and a busi-
ness meeting will preceed Dr.
Sibley's talk. The meeting is open
to members and prospective mem-
bers of Council.

Reports; 751 Children
Enjoyed Camp

Alex Schreiber was elected
president of the Fresh Air Soci-
ety for a second term at its
meeting on Oct. 22. Other officers
elected were Harry Raden, vice
president; Mrs. I. Irving Bittker,

Final Registration
for Adult School

Monday evening, Nov. 3, will
be the last date for enrollment
in the Adult School of Jewish Ed-
ucation, sponsored by the Michi-
gan Synagogue Conference and
Young Israel of Detroit at Cen-
tral High School in rooms 226,
228, 230.
In response to heavy registra-
tion for Elementary Hebrew,
taught by Dr. Hugo Mandelbaum,
the class will be given from 8 to
9 and from 9 to 10 p. m. Other
subjects on the curriculum are:
Judaism in Theory and Practice,
taught by Rabbi Joshua S. Sper-
ka; the prayer book, Rabbi M. J.
Wohlgelernter; Advanced He-
brew, Abraham Twersky; Moses,
the father of Prophecy, Dr. Sam-
;on R. Weiss.

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Party Arranged by Ladies
of Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah

The Ladies' of Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah invite members and
friends to attend a tea party
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1:30 p. in., in
the hall of Congregation Bnai
David, 14th and Elmhurst. Mrs.
Joshua S. Sperka will preside. An
excellent program has been pre-
pared. Admission is free and no
solicitations will be made.

Yeshivah Expresses Sympa-
thy to Rabbi Stollman
on Brother's Death

The board of directors and the
staff of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah
issued a statement extending
sympathy to Rabbi Isaac Stoll-
man, president of Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah, on the death of his
brother, Abraham Stollman, who
died in Los Angeles at the age of
10 years after a long illness.

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

ALEX SCHREIBER

recording secretary; Mrs. Harry
E. August, corresponding secre-
tary, and Benjamain E. Jaffe,
treasurer. Irwin Shaw, director
of the Fresh Air Camp, presented
his final report of the 1941 sea-
son.
The camp provided a total of
22334 camper weeks to 751 dif-
ferent children. Most children re-
mained for a two-week period,
but many children who required
more time for health and other
special reasons were permitted to
stay longer. In addition to chil-
dren who register directly at the
camp office, a great number are
accepted from such agencies as
the Jewish Children's Bureau, the
Social Service Bureau, the North
End Clinic, the Department of
Public Welfare and the Wayne
County Bureau of Social Welfare.
Special Gifts Acknowledged
During 1941 the camp was the
recipient of many gifts and do-
nations. The campers and coun-
selors of Camp Sherbrooke do-
nated $200, the proceeds of their
carnival, to the Fresh Air Camp
for the purpose of providing
camperships to indigent children.
Mrs. H. J. L. Frank presented
the camp with two canaoes; Har-
ry Jacobson gave a canoe and a
Goal-Hi Basketball Standard; Mr.
William Gershonson gave a re-
frigerator for the camp clinic;
Lou Hamburger gave some camp
furniture and Manny Smerling
covered the cost of providing mo-
vies at the camp. Many smaller
gifts were given, particularly
during the confirmation and con-
secration season, and these helped

LAVAL

ROOSEVELT

memory. Will you be good enough
to thank the board for this very
fine gift, which has pleased Mrs.
Roosevelt and me very much?"

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gade, a wire-puller. With Laval,
business is always business, and
his wealth is pointed to as an
attestation of this charge.
"Jews," Torres writes, "con-
tributed to his earnings." The
names of Jews who helped Laval
get rich are mentioned by Torres
who adds: "At that time (in the
early '20s) he was not an anti-
Semite and did not dream of
promulgating racial laws."
Kindred Spirit of II Duce
Torres' biography of Laval is
the picture of a very dreadful
man, of a greedy person who is
described as being a kindred
spirit with II Duce.
Laval, still a friend of Abete,
is pictured as leading a life
which is tantamount to "a road
to treason."
Here is a biography which is
history-making in the light of
what has happened to France at
the hands of Laval and his fel-
low-lackeys.
Nazi "Education for Death'
To combat the crazed and fan-
atical cry of young Nazis who
are shouting that they desire to
"die for Hitler" the slogan in
America must be "Let me live
for America."
This is the appeal sounded by
Dr. Gregor Ziemer after he de-
scribes "the making of the Nazi"
in his book "Education for
Death." This illuminating book,
published Thursday by Oxford
University Press, concludes with
this declaration:
"Young Germany is awake and
ready to die. Let young America
and its parents, its instructors,
and advisers be awake and ready
to live. For the day will come
soon when we will have to prove
to a waiting world that our edu-
cation can not only prepare for
life, but can combat death."
Sadism and Perversion
There is justification for, this
warning in the text of Dr. Zie-
mer's very illuminating book.
Having made a thorough study
of the textbooks, the songs, the
life of the Nazi youth, having
followed them in Germany on
their hikes, having witnessed
their activities, having visited
clinics and hospitals and class-
rooms, Dr. Ziemer, as an eye-
witness, is qualified to point to
the following facts:
The demoralization of the
youth in Germany, the suppres-
sion of human instincts, the sub-
ordination of everything to loy-
alty to Hitler, the teaching of
unwed girls to become mothers in
order that the fuehrer may have
more soldiers.
Sadism and perversion, brutal-
ity and the degradation of every
human instinct, are the guiding
features of the German educa-
tional system which aspires only
to make Nazis and followers of
Hitler.
Dr. Ziemer quotes a poem sung
in Germany, which calls Amer-
ica, "the Jewish land," which
speaks of "Rosenfeldt, the Yid-
dish sow."
Careful study of this book,
which should be made compul-
sory reading for an understand.
ing of the Nazi mind, will cause
people to realize the menace of
Nazism to the world and the de-
sirability of uprooting this evil
quickly. Dr. Ziemer is right in
his conclusion, and he renders s
service with it, as he does with
his entire significantly revealing
book.

burg, chairman of the Hospital's
New York Committee, said : "I
have been deeply touched by your
letter about my mother. I know
how happy it would have made
her to know that you are en-
dowing a children's room in her

the camp materially to provide
more camping for needy children
who otherwise would not have
been able to enjoy this type of
vacation.
Fresh Air Society Office in Center
During the winter the Fresh
Air Society office is located in
Room 205 of the Jewish Commu-
nity Center, Holbrook at Wood-
ward. The society, which is a
member of the Jewish Welfare
Federation and the Detroit Com-
munity Fund, operates the Fresh
Air Camp at Brighton, Mich. The
camp occupies 95 acres of land, 21
buildings, and has a capacity of
100 girls, 130 boys and a staff
of 45. The camp has just com-
pleted its 39th season, the last
13 of which have been at the
Brighton location.

Attend the historic Balfour Day
observance and Brandeis Me-
morial Meeting at the Shaarey
Zedek—Sunday, Nov. 2, 2:30
p. m. Principal speakers, U. S.
Senator Prentiss M. Brown and
Dean William Krichbaum of
Detroit College of Law.

CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Benja-
min Jacobs of 4066 Webb Ave.,
wish to thank their relatives and
friends for the kindness and sym-
pathy extended them in their
recent bereavement.

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