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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
?`larch 27, 1942
PASSOVER --- The Eternal Challenge
American Jewry's Victory Task in a 3000-Year Struggle
By DR. STEPHEN S. WISE
Honorary Chairman, United Jewish
Appeal for Refugees. Overseas
Needs and Palestine
Home Relief Society to
Establish Beatrice Jacobs
Memorial Fund
To Our Many
The Executive Board of Home
Relief Society will meet at the
home of Mrs. Ben J. Rudin, 3233
Collingwood, on Friday, April
10, at 10:30 a. m. The regular
monthly board meeting will be
held on the same day, at the
home of Mrs. Harry Coggan,
17349 Wildemere, at 1 p. m.
Home Relief Society is mourn-
ing the premature passing of
Mrs. Joseph Jacobs, who was be-
loved by all who knew her. She
was a retiring soul, but her
greatness of character, tireless
efforts, and good deeds are well
remembered. Members and
friends of the organization have
established a fund, to be known
as "The Beatrice Jacobs Memo-
rial Fund," in her memory.
Mrs. Maxwell Emmet., presi-
dent of Home Relief Society,
urges all members to give as
much time as possible to the
Red Cross activities of the or-
ganization. Headquarters are at
the Boulevard Building, Wood-
ward and Grand Blvd., every
Tuesday and Wednesday from
9:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Mrs. Benj. Rudin is chairman
of the Hostess Committee.
Friends and Patrons
We Extend
Passover Greetings
flt agency of the U. J. A., the United Palestine
In the struggle for liberty and justice of the
Jewish people in ancient Egypt, the climax was
Appeal, is building a free and proud Jewish
the rolling back of the waters of the Red Sea c ommunity in the Jewish homeland in Palestine,
which is now serving as a great arsenal and
which made possible their escape from Pharaoh's
granary for the armies of the Allies in the
army. The consequences of that event have af-
Middle East.
fected all mankind and have been felt with ever-
increasing force down to the present day. The
Though the war has fringed its borders and
"congealing of the depths" permanently altered
t lies in a crucial theater of war, Palestine has
the aspect of the entire world.
hroughout the war period maintained its role
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is homeland and haven. Since the outbreak of
Our generation has seen all the seas made as
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dry land, for they no longer interpose barriers the conflict some 37,000 refugees have reached the
shores of Palestine with the help of the United
between continent and continent. In the struggle
Palestine Appeal. This has brought to more than
for liberty in which humanity is embroiled today,
300,000 the number of Jews who have found a
and in which the basic principles at stake are the
permanent home in the Jewish Homeland since the
same as in the days of the Exodus, this is a
beginning of the Nazi regime in Germany in
factor of decisive importance.
1933. In the three months ending March 31, 1942,
The issue in ancient Egypt was not only sur-
the British Government provided for the immigra-
vival of the Jews. They could have assured their
tion of an additional 3,000 refugees. They came
physical survival more easily and with less risk
from Russia, Turkey, Yemen, Iraq and other
by submission, by doing nothing. The Hebrew
countries.
tribes that crossed the Red Sea were pioneers in
Today Palestine is serving as a strategic base
mankind's long, uphill striving toward goals which
of operations and an increasingly important
today we call by such names as democracy, human
source of supplies for the armies of the United
rights, and freedom under God. The Jewish people
Nations in the Middle East. It has sent 15,000
have continued to move in that direction, and to
cherish these ideals, for 30 centuries. It is no of its young men to fight with the armies of the
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United Nations, and these Palestinian Jewish
coincidence that they are now in the thick of the
Two new Gemaran classes
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soldiers
have
made
their
name
synonymous
with
battle. It has become commonplace to say that
valor in the front lines from Greece to Libya. have been opened of late in two
the war began for the Jews in 1933, but it is
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Back of them and back of all the Allied forces of the branches of the United
a serious understatement. The Jews have been
Hebrew Schools, one in the
in
that
part
of
the
world,
is
the
productive
capac-
in the same war through the entire span of their
to 4 room suites,
ity of Palestine, which, stimulated and aided by Philadelphia-Byron, and the oth-
history.
• the U. P. A., has expanded the industrial and er in the David W. Simons. The
furnished or unfurnished,
total number of Gemarah classes
H ot•I service optional,
Today they do not stand alone. Three-fourths
agricultural output to meet rising war deeds.
dining room, garage in
of the human race is actively engaged in the de-
While carrying on its wartime duties, the at the present time is five, and
connection.
fense of liberty and democracy. This by no means U.P.A. must maintain the essential work of de- the number of children persuing
relieves the Jewish people of responsibility. On velopment and colonization to provide homes for this study is 36. Rabbi Leizer
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the contrary, it makes the task which they must
the newcomers and establish them in agriculture Levin is the instructor of Ge-
marah.
fulfill all the more clear-cut and challenging. It
or industry where they can do their part in the
is their solemn duty to assure the survival, in defense of freedom. Palestine must be made
body and spirit, of their fellow Jews who live
ready to receive a great influx of uprooted and
under the shadow of the Axis, to strengthen the homeless Jews tfrom Europe after the war and to
hands of the builders of and fighters for democ- consolidate and extend its upbuilding progress
racy in the Jewish Homeland in Palestine and to
for which its Jewish population is now making
help those who have escaped to rebuild their
an unstinted expenditure of blood and soil.
'ives in other lands.
The third sector of the Jewish humanitarian
The utmost care is exercised in planning our
American Jews, and they almost alone, are
front lies squarely on the doorstep of American
menus to insure sufficient variety to please the
in a position to carry out the task. The Jewish Jewry. In accordance with its tradition of be-
most exacting taste.
population of the United States is now charged
friending the oppressed, our country has been
with the historic duty of carrying through to
one of the principal havens for victims of Nazism.
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victory the struggle that began on the banks of It has opened its doors to more than 200,000
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refugees. This immigration is continuing in spite
the Nile, 3,000 years ago.
of our entry into the war; about 2,000 refugees
It is as the medium through which American
have immigrated here from Europe and northern
Jews may achieve this end, that the United
Africa since Pearl Harbor and more are on their
Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and
way, while consulates in neutral territories con-
Palestine occupies a position of major signifi-
tinue to issue visas.
cance. The 1942 campaign of the United Jewish
Here is an immediate and critical responsibility
Appeal is sustaining the work of the three great
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agencies which serve as instruments for meeting for American Jews, which they are called upon
the American Jewish responsibility: the Joint to meet through U.J.A. support of the National
Distribution Committee, bringing life and hope Refugee Service. The N.R.S. is fulfilling a patri-
otic Jewish duty by speeding the incorporation
to the victims of Nazism overseas; the United
of the newcomers into American life and econ-
Palestine Appeal, supporting the 550,000 Jewish
omy so that they can contribute their services in
allies of democracy in the fighting Jewish home-
the present emergency, as they are all anxious
land: and the National Refugee Service, carrying
on the work of integrating into American life
to do.
200.000 liberty-loving newcomers to this country.
At the same time, the N.R.S. must aid refugees
in meeting the special obligations imposed on
The wartime tasks that confront these three
aliens by wartime conditions, such as restrictions
agencies are vast and complex, but they can and
of residence and travel. Besides the normal bur-
will be performed if American Jewry will supply
den of relief, retraining and employment service
the necessary resources through the United Jew-
for newly arrived refugees while they are finding
ish Appeal.
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The Joint Distribution Committee is maintain- their places in American life, the N.R.S. must
now
assist
refugees
displaced
economically
due
It will receive our careful considera-
ing its life-giving programs of ,aid for Jews in
to war priorities and the anti-alien prejudice of
neutral and Allied territory in the Old World
tion from inception to completion.
and refugees scattered over the four corners of some employers.
Underlying all the wartime operations of the
the earth.
National Refugee Service are two major con-
In Russia, 600,000 Polish Jews who fled from
their native land before the Nazi war machine siderations:
First: that no refugee shall be allowed to be-
are being supplied by the J. D. C. with food,
come a public charge; the nation expects as much
clothing, medicine and other necessities.
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of its Jewish citizens.
In France, the J. D. C. is continuing its assist-
Second, that the speedy integration of the
ance to 50,000 refugees, thousands of them still newcomers in the life of the country is more
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confined in the notorious interment camps. Hein than ever essential, because unity among all
must also be provided for 100,000 native French
Americans, "old" and "new", is vital for victory.
Jews impoverished by anti-Semitic laws.
In this Passover, the Jewish people faces a
In Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Tur-
crisis as profound as that which confronted it in
key. Iraq, Morocco, Algiers and many other
Egypt. The world is now at war to determine
lands, the J. D. C. extends a helping hand to Jew- whether the scientific and technical achievements
PASSOVER GREETINGS
ish populaces and refugees.
that have, for practical purposes, banished seas
For the 113,000 refugees in Ceneral and South and oceans, shall result in weal or woe for
and Best Wishes to the En tire Jewish Community!
A merica, it has intensified its programs of relief mankind ; whether all peoples have been made
and rehabilitation and it is in this way making neighbors in order that men may more ruthlessly
oppress and exploit their fellow men or in order
a direct contribution to the success of the Amer-
that they may live in brotherhood and enjoy the
can Government's policy of hemispheric unity.
riches of the earth as never before. In this
Prior to our entry into the war, the J. D. C.
Famous for "CHICKEN IN THE ROUGH"
assured the continuation of essential relief pro- struggle every Jewish man, woman and child is
grams in Axis-occupied territories by a method enlisted—the oppressed inhabitant of the ghetto,
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some
towns
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row locally to maintain their work, with the
but American Jews, above all, hold the key to
J. D. C. guaranteeing repayment as soon as that
victory on the humanitarian front. If they prove
can be done without aiding the enemy.
With a considerable amount of emigration still equal to their task, some of the most important
going on. despite the war, the J. D. C. is con- problems of post-war reconstruction will be
largely solved in advance; we will be well on
tinuing its work in this field. In the first three
SINCERE PASSOVER GREETINGS
our way to winning the peace. In the hour when
months of 1942 it aided more than 3,000 refu-
we recall the old story of the struggle of our
gees to sail from the Old World to new homes
forefathers for liberty, we realize that history
in free lands.
While the J. D. C. is helping those who are now turns its gaze upon us, and will record
inexorably whether we bear ourselves worthily
enslaved and those who are fleeing from enslave-
ment in European lands, another great constitu- in the fight.
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Rabbis Fisher, Nathan to
Deliver Passover Sermons
Sium Bechorim services Wed-
nesday morning at 7 will mark
the beginning of Passover ob-
servance by Congregation Bnai
Moshe. Evening and morning
prayers Thursday and Friday
will begin at 7 and 8:30 respec-
tively and will be conducted by
Cantor David Katzman.
Rabbi Moses Fischer will de-
liver the sermon Thursday morn-
ing and he selected as his topic
"The. Duties of Present Day as
Reflected in the Laws and Cus-
toms of Passover."
Rabbi Jacob J. Nathan will
deliver the address Friday morn-
ing and his topic will be, "Let
Freedom Ring."
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