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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Legal Chronicle, 1941-12-05

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

8

Habonim to Have
Dance on Dec. 20

On Saturday evening,• Dec. 20,
Habonim, labor Zionist youth
group, will have a dance and
Monte Carlo party at the Far-
band Folk Shule, Taylor and
12th.
Aleema, the oldest group in
the Habonim, is undertaking the

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ship of this affair. The group is
comprised of boys and girls be-
tween the ages of 17 and 20,
under the leadership of Jacob
Rycus.
Meetings take place Monday
nights at 8, at 13610 Linwood.
The cultural program at present
is the complete census of the
Jew in every phase of life.
All Jewish youth who are in-
terested are invited to meetings.
The money raised at the dance
will help send delegates to a
J. N; F. youth convention and
national moatzo in New York,
Dec. 25-28.
For additional information or
tickets call Ma. 6766.

Willkie to Defend Communist to
Test American Freedom
NEW YORK. (JPS)—Assert-
ins,: that the right of every Amer-
ican to free thought and action
is more important than the po-
litical convictions he holds and
the party in which he claims
membership, Wendell Willkie, re-
cent Republican presidential can-
didate, has agreed to argue as
counsel without fee the case of
William Schneiderman, secretary
of the California Communist Par-
try, whose citizenship the gov-
ernment is trying to revoke 13
years after it was granted to
him.

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British Woman
Leader to Address
Hadassah Dec. 9

The "V" Symbol

Isaac Bakst of Brooklyn points
out that in the morning prayers
the Jew repeats the V-symbol of
victory over Hitlerism-15 times

December 5, 1941

Temple Israel's
Sisterhood to Meet
On Monday, Dec. 8

There will be a meeting
Emeth (Truth) the following ap- the Temple Israel Sisterhood t
the small lecture hall at the At
pears:
"V'yatziv, V'nochoin, V'kayom, Institute, on Monday, Dec. 8, :t.
V'yoshor, V'nehemon, V'ohoov, 2 p. m.
V'hoviv, V'nachmod, V'noheem, " This meeting will be for th
V'msookon, purpose of the election of of-
V'addir,
V'nohro,
V'mkoobol, V'tov, V'yoffeh ..." ficers of the Sisterhood. There
The English translation of these will be a report of the nomi-
words, supplied by Mr. Bakst: ratingcommittee.
Mrs. Jerome Grossman is in
"True and firm, established and
. , enduring, right and faithful, be- charge of the planned program.
Mrs. Reuben Levine will give a
loved and precious, desirable and
t on Chanukah, its customs
pleasant, revered and mighty, talk
well-ordered and acceptable, good and significance, and Mrs. David
and beautiful is Thy word unto Goldberg will give several vocal
t us for ever and ever." selections.
All members are urged to
_
make a special effort to be pres-
Moishe Oysher
ent at this important event.
MRS. GERALD JACKSON
Dues are payable at this
In Concert Here
meeting.
The annual paid-up member-
ship luncheon and meeting of the
On December 17
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah will
HEROES
be held Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 12:30 Noted Singer's Appearance Here
Sponaored
by
Federation
of
o'clock, at Temple Beth El. All
;Continued from Page I )
Polish Jews
members in good standing are
de•ux Armistice. Itwas the 300
invited to participate in the corn-
Regarded as the foremost can- soldiers of these squads who
Alimentary luncheon and the
meeting
meeting following. Mrs. Al Weis- for of our time, and made fam- distinguished themselves particu-
a radio, concert and movie !tidy in the capture of Keren in
man and Mrs. Harry Jones are star as for
his great successes in Eritrea. They covered the left
membership chairmen.
Yiddish talking films, Moishe flank of the advance on Keren
Mrs. Gerald Jackson of Man- Oysher, who has won a large and cut off the Italians on a
chester, England, will be the
guest speaker. Mrs. Jackson, following: the past few years on ridge to the left of the main
the concert stage and with his offensive force, thus helping to
who is spending the duration of recordings,
will definitely make take 2,000 prisoners and to
the war with her young (laugh-
personal
appearance in a bring an extremely difficult oper-
ter in Canada, is making a tour a
for Hadassah of Canada. She is Chanukah
and grand concert re- ation to a successful conclus-
cital at the Masonic Temple ion.
also
actively
connected Zionist
with the Cathedral on Wednesday evening,
Women's
International
An example of individual val-
Dec. 17, at 8:15, under the spoil- o r on this front was the case
Organization.
Mrs. Max Frank, president, sorship of the Federation of Po- of Shmaryahu Weinstein who
and lish Jews in Detroit.
saved his unit by sacrificing his
will conduct the meeting
program will consist in own life. While storming an
will introduce the program in t wo The
parts :is follows:
Italian hill post, he rallied his
which is included a number of
Moishe Oysher, assisted by machine-gun troops from a peri-
selections by the Hadassah Cho-
ral group under the direction of Dave Shkolnik's quartet and ac- lous position. The Italians de-
Julius Chajes. Mrs. Royal Maas companied by Avuah Kagan, will livered a counter-attack in the
is chairman of the group which bless the Chanukah candles, and course of which he was killed.
Chanukah litur- After the Eritrean battles, Jew-..
includes Mesdames Thomas Mai.- g sing
ical traditional
music.
i
ish soldiers were dispatched to
wit, Hy Jacob, Louis Glasier,
Second part of the concert Abyssinia where they engaged in
Fred Bond, S. G. Meyers, Louis
will consist of original traditional raids against enemy outposts.
Panush and Maurice Siden.
Mrs. J. E. Gould, University liturgical music, Yiddish and He- After serving valiantly in Greece,
2-02 70, and Mrs. Chas Harris, brew folk songs, and other Oy - they performed miracles to trans-
port other soldiers to the Greek
Ty. 6-7791, are taking reserva- sher specialties.
Tickets for the last concert t
for evacuation.
hems for the luncheon.
which had to be postponed are
One incident from this front
good for this coming concert.
was related recently by Andre
Tickets, 50c, 75c and $1, plus Glarner correspondent of the
BRANDEIS
tax, are now on sale at Grin-
Exchange Telegraph,
nett s, Ra. 1124; at Chesluk's during.
London
a broadcast from Cairo.
(Continued from Page 1)
Book
ook Store, 8663 12th St.; at "This story concerns a Jew-
Views on the Jews
Dexter Book Shop, 11649 Dexter ish soldier," he said. "It is a
Of course, there is a collec- Blvd., and at Littman's Theater. story of heroism. A battalion of
tion of excerpts from his views,
Palestinians was encircled by the
opinions and writings on Jews,
enemy after a terrible carnage.
November Bride
Palestine and Zionism. A little Australians came to their aid.
more than two pages are devoted
The battle was ' murderous. In
to this subject. It is little corn-
retreating, the .Jewish soldiers
s:
pared with the proportional in-
fired until they had not a shot
terest of the great jurist in the
left. One of them said: "They
subject of Jewish national re- won't get us alive.' Few escaped
demption; but Mr. Lief's seine-
from this slaughter; and those
lions do justice to Justice Bran-
who stayed had kept. their pledge
deis' views.
not to be taken alive."
In an appendix containing ref-
On all of these fronts, of
erence notes, Mr. Lief lists the
course, Palestinians in the H.
source of every quoted view con-
A. F. have been doing their bit.
t ained in "The Brandeis Guide
They, too, were stationed in
to the Modern World." These
Egypt, in the Western Desert, in
notes show that the views on
the Sudan, in Eritrea and in
Jews and Zionism are taken from
Greece. One Jewish airman raced
Mr.
r. Brandeis' address to the
about his airdrome one night
Menorah societies at a conference
under a hail of machine-gun fire
held at Columbia University on
from enemy raiders, snuffing out
Nov. 8, 1914; . from an article
incendiaries and saving at least
the Menorah Journal on Janu-
two big bombers. "This magni-
ary, 1915; from a letter ad-
ficent display of courage," as the
dressed to Dr. Stephen S. Wise
official statement described it,
and from an address delivered
:
was and is typical of the spirit
before the Eastern Council of of those men who are sharing
the Central Conference of Re-
i I.
ill the work of victory. Wher-
form Rabbis, at New York, on
ever there is an R. A. F. sta-
April 25, 1915.
MRS. LOUIS FREEMAN
Pal-
tion in the Middle East, a Pal-
It is regrettable that Mr. Lief
(Miss Elizabeth Levine)
contingent is active
did not quote from Mr. Bran-
Miss Elizabeth Levine, daugh. estinian
deis' famous addresses on the
chine shops
and aircraft.
hangars,
barracks, ma-
American Jewish Congress, in ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Le- about
These men have acquired a
the formation of which he played vine of Webb Ave., spoke her reputation as hard and willing
marriage of vows
to Louis
Free-
a leading role, since these con- Freeman
Clairmount
Ave.,
on workers even under difficult con-
son evening,
of Mr. and
Mrs.
tain some of his most important man,
Sunday
Nov.
23. Alex
The ditions. "They are keen to sur-
to Jewish rights and
mount language hurdles and quick
democratic thought.
ception following, took place in to learn matters of routine," one
ceremony, with a dinner and re- R. A. F. officer in charge of 30
The Sources
Letters to Jewish and non-
Palestinians said. "I find them a
Jewish leaders, legal opinions, the Michigan Room of the Hotel
magazine articles, addresses he Statler. Their knowledge of Arabic has
The couple left for Florida, great
help."
delivered before his appointment
enabled
them to render valu-
to the U. S. Supreme Court, ad- where they will honeymoon for able service in charge of local
dresses he delivered prior to 1916 the ensuing month.
labor and in the thousand odd
—these and other sources are
a bAs. of
t thhee Arabs
iduties
nto
w hi c h
quoted in the text.
dispute and for devising a per-
contact with the
Mr. Lief, whose "Brandeis: manent board of adjustment; for the desert.
Mr.
The Personal History of an short term franchises and sliding-
There are at present more
American Ideal" (Stackpole Sons, scale dividends for utilities; for than 10,500 Jewish volunteers
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biography of the jurist up to ment in place of higher rates; is best typified in the words of
the present time, evidences re- against corruption of public ofli- the Exchange Telegraph corres-
markable ability in the field of dais and dismissal of loyal ones; pondent in his Cairo broadcast
research in the finished work of etc . . . And on the Supreme on the Crete battle:
ehraevne,
his present book.
battalions
a
Court of the United States he
"T
h Palestinian
e be e n i
l io n Keren,
In his preface, Mr. Lief makes continued the cause of social already
n battle at
the interesting observation that justice within the limits and on in Greece and in Crete. You can
"taking the world as he found the scale of his office."
the joy tuh:heicthimwill find
it, Brandeis labored along the "The Brandeis Guide to the imagine men when
lines each situation required: for Modern World" is a magnificent for them to take part in digging
settlement of a specifific labor book from many points of view. Hitler's grave."

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