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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

VOL. 43. NO. 52

Dr. Weizmann
Sees Need for
J ewish State

and The Legal Chronicle_

l'HE UP-TO-THE-MINUTE MAN

One German-Controlled Daily Demands the
Abolition of Riga Ghetto; Anti-Jewish
Drive Is Launched by the Japs

NEW YORK (JPS) — The
establishment ,of a Jewish state
in Palestine as "a decisive step
towards normality and true
emancipation" for the Jewish
people is a basic postwar aim,
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president
of the Jewish Agency for Pales-
tine, asserts in one of the prin-
cipal articles in the January issue
of Foreign Affairs, edited by
Hamitlon Fish Armstrong.
In a comprehensive survey of
"Palestine's role in the solution
of the Jewish problem," the
Zionist leader declares that "the
experience of the past 20 years,
and the vexed problem of 'mi-
norities' which has caused so
much trouble in Europe, hardly
give much ground for hope of
a satisfactory solution on the
spot. No doubt many Jews will
return and re-adapt themselves
to the new conditions; but there
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will be vast masses which will
have to emigrate. It would prob-
ably be unduly optimistic to as-
sume that countries like the Uni-
ted States, Canada and some
of the South American republics
By HENRI BERNSTEIN
will radically change their immi-
Distinguished French Dramatist
gration policy after this war—
particularly in the strained eco- Editor's Note: Henri Bernstein has been honored by the nations
nomic conditions then to be ex-
of Europe for his greatness as a dramatist. Owner and pro-
pected."
. ducer of scores of theatrical productions, many of which he

LONDON (JPS) — One of the curious results of the
German defeat in Russia is the friendlier attitude of some
Germans toward the Jews in the Third Reich, the Swed-
ish Sozial Demokraten alleges.
Asserting that the Germans have never been more
depressed than they are now, the paper claims that many

No Temperate Land

Referring to the Intergovern-
mental Committee, Dr. Weizmann
says that the countries which
the various experts discussed
"had all to be admitted to be
either too hot or too cold; none
could be discovered in the tem-
perate zone. Curiously enough,
a mot d'ordre seemed to have
gone out to pass over in silence
the possibilities of Palestine. The
reason for this studied silence
was no doubt the British govern-
ment's desire not to emphasize
Palestine in the role of a coun-

See STATE—Page 8

J. D. C. Elects

Its Officers
Davies Cites the Impor-
tance of Its Work
in Wartime

The present officers of the
American Jewish Joint Distribu-
tion Committee, Inc., with one
exception, were re-elected at the
27th annual meeting of the com-
mittee at its offices at 100 E.
42nd St., New York City, Dec.
19.. The Joint Distribution Com-
mittee is the major American
agency for aid to distressed Jews
overseas.
Mrs. Felix M. Warburg and
Paul Baerwald were named again
to the posts of honorary chair-
men and Edward M. M. Warburg
was re-elected chairman, in which
position he succeeded Mr. Baer-
wald last February.

Other Officers

1

Say Nazi Defeat in Russia
Causes Friendlier Attitude of
Some Germans Toward Jews

Calls It "Decisive Step
Towards Nor-
mality"

Fighting Program for Jews

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James N. Rosenberg of New
York was continued as honorary
chairman of the executive com-
mittee and James H. Becker of
Chicago as chairman of the na-
tional council. The nine vice-
chairmen were likewise reelect-
ed: George Backer, David M.
Bressler, Alfred Jaretzki, Jr.,
Alexander Kahn, Gov. Herbert
H. Lehman, Harold F. Linder,
Solomon Lowenstein and Rabbi
Jonah B. Wise, all of New York;
William Rosenwald of Greenwich,
Conn., William J. Shroder of Cin-
cinnati and M. C. Sloss of Can
Francisco. I. Edwin Goldwasser
was re-elected treasurer. Alex-

See J. D. C.—Page 16

himself wrote, Bernstein is today in America—a living symbol
of what Nazism has meant to every type of Jew in Europe.
This program for Jews was formulated by Mr. Bernstein as
his contribution to the Jewish Section of the Interfaith Com-
mittee for Britain.

Because I have been known as
a fighter all my Ife, it is not
likely that I bring much comfort
to those who like soft words. I
saw Europe fall. You know what
that meant to the Jews . of the
continent — humiliation, confisca-
cation, torture and death. I re-
ceived a letter a few days ago
from a rich and influential French
Jew who is now living in a drab
hotel near Avignon and who
writes: "Will I be free a year
from now or will I be in a con-
centration camp? Will I be alive
or will I have been beaten and
killed?"
That man is nearly 70, and in
his days of glory he lavished his
fortune upon his country.
It is not the fault of the Jews
that the Nazis conquered country
after country. But if the policy
of the Jews had been sound—ra-
ther, if they had had a policy—
I strongly feel that Hitler could
not have sown his envenomed seeds
of anti-Semitism on such fertile
soil.
Like others, I have a program
in mind for the Jews, but it is a
fighting program. The time has
conic for us to stop complaining,
to stop asking for justice. Of
course, the situation of the Jews
is awful. Everyone knows it—
and very few people care. The
world has grown callous to suf-
fering. . And the Jews, after all,
are no more unhappy than the
Poles today, or the French will
be a year from now.

Never Apologetic

stance, chief of the p•o-Germans
—attacked him publicly in 1914
in a court of justice before the
press and the most distinguished
men of France. And I won my
point,
I have had disputes with many
others, the leading anti-Semites
of France, and I fought duels
with them, absurd as that may
seem to you Americans, and I
have learned that the only strong
man is the man who is not afraid,
and that power without courage
cannot stand before courage with-
out power.
I firmly believe in God, but not
in any specific God. I believe in
a God who dictates my mission

See ACTION—Page 16

Rout of Nazis
Called Miracle
Compared by Russians
With the Story of
Chanukah

LONON (JPS).—In a series
of remarkable radio broadcasts
from Mose o w, the Russians
stressed that the Russian victory
over the Germans in the Donets
Basin can be compared with the
miracle of Chanukah.
The Moscow radio repeated the
broadcast six times in the Ger-
man language, emphasizing that
the defeated Nazi division came
from Nuremberg, the capital of
German anti-Semitism. The Rus-
sian statement exhorted the
Jews not to despair because "the
days of miracles are not yet
over." The broadcast was sent
out from Moscow over the Polish
radio and was addressed in Po-
lish to the people of Poland, Jews
and non-Jews alike. The German
language addresses followed the
Polish talk.

People have no time to listen
to the laments of the Jews, and
the Jews have no excuse to lift
their voices in complaints. It is
not the sole business of the
world to protect the Jews. It is
high time that the Jew sets to
work constructively to show the
things that he is instead of the
things he is not. Let's drop for-
ever that eternal position of de-
fendant at the bar of human
justice. We do not want to be
Inspire Jews
acquitted. We want to live!
The Soviet announcer told of
I am a Jew—but I have never
been apologetic. In fact, my nose the great victory of General M.
would have stopped any tendency Gordiansky in the Donets Basin
of that kind. I attacked power- area, where the legions of the
ful men in France—Joseph Cail-
See MIRACLE—Page 8
laux, the prime minister, for in-

A Star Is Born

Interview with America's
Greatest Tenor

By HAROLD U. RIBALOW

EDITOR'S NOTE; AVhen Kurt Haunt
mule his debut in the :Metropolitan
Opera Company performance of
Der Rosenknotlier, the audience
sensed that it lieu' star had arisen.
What his background Is, what he
thinks, bow he came to the "Met"
Is told in this interview with the
new Jewish star, Will) Joins 11 other
Jewish singers at the "Met".

Germans, particularly those who
are not members of the Nazi
Party and who were not pleased
with the Nazi persecution of the
Jews, believe that the Germans
are being punished, by the de-
feats in Russia, for the nation's
Jew-hating.
Openly protesting against bar-
barites against the Jews, these
Germans are said to show friend-
ship and sympathy for the Jews.
Similar reports are also carried
by other Swedish newspapers,
which explain the increased
friendliness toward the Jews on
the part of some Germans as be-
ing caused by a desire to gain
Jews as friends in case of a
Nazi defeat Such pro-Jewish
sentiments, the Swedish press de-
clares, are quite common when
Nazi prestige is at a low ebb.

The glamor of grand opera, its
lavish color, heavy melodrama,
rich, sensuous music and lilting
arias, its bellowing orchestration
and vocal beauty make of the
Angriff Makes Admission
Met•olopitan Opera Company one
The Angriff, organ of Paul
of the most artistic, satisfying, Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Prop-
legendary group of entertainers aganda, admitted in a remark-
able article that Germans are
displaying increasing friendship
toward Jews and that this tend-
ency is a sign of German defeat-
ism.
The paper calls the attitude typi-
cal of the German "traitors" who
want the friendship of Jews in
case Germany is defeated.
"Germany is engaged in a
struggle of life and death," the
Nazi paper asserts. "If Germany
is defeated the Nazis will ex-
terminate all Jews in Nazi-occu-
pied countries first. We will not
allow the 'Jews to inherit Ger-
many.' "
Authoritative circles here point
to the threat to the Jews and

See WAR—Page 12

KURT BAUM

in the world. To "make the Met"
is for a singer as significant as
for a politician to become presi-
dent of the United States or for
a writer to win the Nobel Prize
for Literature.
Kurt Baum, tall, stalwart Jew-
ish tenor from Czechoslovakia,
"made the Met" a few weeks ago
Ile made it with a sensational
five-minute performance which
prompted music critics to call him
the most valuable tenor acquired
by the "Met" in many years. As
the singer in Richard Strauss'
Der Rosenkavalier, Baum estab-
lished himself as one of the prime
tenors of his age. Thus another
great Jewish singer added his
name to the ever growing list
of Jewish artists who have made
good in the most important opera
company in the world.
When Kurt Baum joined the
"Met" his fellow Jewish sineers

See BAUM—Page 12

Earlier Deadline
For the Next Issue

On account of New Year"s
Day occurring on Thursday,
there will be an earlier dead-
line for the Jan. 2 issue of
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle.
All copy for that issue must
reach the editor before 10 a. m.
on Tuesday, Dec. 30. Copy
arriving after that hour will be
retained for insertion in the
following week's issue.

Show Need for
More Chaplains
Necessitated by Increase
of Jews in the
Armed Forces

Citing the increasing number
of Jewish men enlisting in the
armed forces of the nation and
the consequent need for a greater
number of Jewish chaplains in
the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, leaders of all national
rabbinical bodies, Jewish congre-
gational organizations and theo-
logical seminaries issued a joint
call to Jewish congregations to
grant leaves of absence for the
duration of the war to rabbis
who can qualify for commissions
as chaplains under the regulations
of the War and Navy Depart-
ments.
The call was made public by
Frank L. Weil, president of the
National Jewish Welfare Board,
which represents the Jewish com-
munity in religious matters in
connection with the Army and
Navy. Jewish candidates for
chaplaincy commissions, in ac-
cordance with the regulations of
the War and Navy Departments,
must receive the ecclesiastical en-
dorsement of the Board's Com-
mittee on Chaplains and Religious
Activities.

Leaders Support Call

Subscribing to the call were
the leaders of the Orthodox, Con-
servative and Reform rabbinate,
congregations, theological insti-
tutions and alumni associations,

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