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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
VOL•
NO. 19
and The Legal Chronicle
DETROIT,
War Emergency Session of Jewish
Congress to Be Held May 16.18
Twenty-Seven States Elect Representatives
to Conference at Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Ill.
YORK.—Jewish commu-
1! ■ ;
nitie!! is 27 states representing
the rth, East, South and Mid-
west. !lave already been elected
to m! !iei pate in the War Emer-
gent} Session of the American
Jewish Congress May 16-17-18 at
the Sherman Hotel in Chicago.
These will be poined by represen-
tatives of 30 national organiza-
tions. Among the states to be
represented in Chicago are:
After the appointment of the
various convention committees
'the session will adjourn.
The Sunday morning will be
devoted to a series of round-
table discussions on economic
discrimination, law and legisla-
tion, the strengthening of de-
mocracy against un - American
movements, post-war reconstruc-
tion, inter-American Jewish un-
ity, the organization of the
America n-Jewish community,
youth activities, and American-
Jewish war effort.
The Sunday sessions will he
featured by two programs: (1)
on Sunday afternoon devoted to
See SESSION—Page 12
DroocktIns tall s
Officers of New
lanai Brill' Lodge
Rabbi Adler Delivers
Address at Organization
Fete at Mt. Clemens
At an impressive ceremony at
the New Glenwood Hotel in Mt.
Clemens, on Wednesday, Aped
29, the newly organized David
Yeddin Lodge No. 1489 of Boai
Brith of Mt. Clemens, was
granted its charter from the
grand lodge. More than 100 per-
sons, including the initiates were
present at the initiation of mem-
bers which was performed by the
degree team from the Pisgah
Lodge of Bnai Brith, Detroit,
composed of Samuel W. Leib,
Joseph L. Staub, Clement J.
Weitzman, Aaron Rosenberg and
Isadore Starr.
Alabama, California, Connec-
ticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana,
Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mas-
sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Rhode Island, Tennessee,
Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Okla-
homa, New York, District of
Columbia.
The sessions will be preceded
by a meeting of the National Ad-
ministrative Committee of the
Congress to be held May 15.
On Saturday afternoon the
Chicago Council of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress has arrang-
ed for a reception to the dele-
gates in the form of an Oneg
Shabat.
The sessions will be formally
opened on Saturday evening at
the Sherman Hotel with the wel-
coming addresses of the repre-
sentatives of the Chicago Coun-
cil, the mayor of Chicago, and
the governor of Illinois. At this
session, Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
president of the Congress, will
deliver the keynote address,
which will be followed by the
comment of the representatives
of various leading organizations.
MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 8,
DR. STEPHEN S. WISE
Weizmann to Make
First Broadcast in
U. S. on May 14
A banquet followed at which
representatives of all the serv-
ice clubs in Mt. Clemens, judges
of the Circuit Court and other
invited guests were in attend-
ance. The installation of officers
was made by Aaron Droock of
Detroit Pisgah Lodge and Sam-
uel W. Leib, president of the
Michigan Council of Bnai Brith.
The principal address was
given by Rabbi Morris Adler, of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek of
Detroit, who outlined the con-
tributions of the Jew to this
world and the aims and pur-
poses as he saw it of Bnai Brith
in the community.
NEW YORK ( WNS) — In the
As a project of the newly or-
first radio address he has ever ganized chapter, a drive was
made in America, Dr. Chaim made to sell war bonds and
stamps during the ceremonies
Weizrnann, president of the
and the total of $2722.50 of
Jewish Agency for Palestine, bonds and stamps were sold pri-
will speak on behalf of the Uni- marily to members. The response
ted Jewish Appeal in a nation- of those in attendance to the
wide broadcast over the National sale elicited the admiration of
Broadcasting Company (Red) the local authorities in charge,
network on Thursday, May 14, of the sale or bonds and stamps.
at 6:30 p. m. (Eastern War It was the express purpose of
the newly organized lodge to
Time).
have the sale of bonds as a defin-
The world Zionist leader, re-
cently arrived from Britain by ite project, continuing for the
Clipper, will speak on the sub- duration.
ject "On the Road to Victory."
He will discuss war and post-
war problems with special ref-
erence to the fate and future of
minorities in Europe, the Jew-
ish position in Palestine and the
present world problem of aiding
millions of democratic-minded
people now living under the sha-
dow of the Axis.
As the .man largely responsible
for the issuance of the Balfour
See WEIZMANN—Page
10
Mich. Synagogue Conference
Becomes Part of Union of
Orthodox Cong. of U. S.
Mrs. Hyman C. Broder Reports Women's Division
Goal Assured; Luncheon Report Meetings at Statler
Beginning May 12
S. BERTRAND JACOBSON
Nila Magidoff to
Address Russian
War Belief Meeting
Mme. Nila Magidoff, wife of
the A. P. correspondent, Robert
Magidoff, who has covered Rus-
sia for the past six years, will
be the speaker in Detroit at a
number of important meetings
the week of May 7.
Dr. J. Seligsohn
Jewish Leader
Dead In Germany
dead, it has just been learned
by the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee. Dr. Seligsohn died in a
concentration camp. He was im-
prisoned in the fall of 1940 for
having proclaimed a fast day
111(. JULIUS L. SLI.IGSOHN
for the Jews of Germany on the
occasion of the expulsion of all
Jews from Baden and the Pala-
tinate at that time. He was
about 55 years old.
A patent lawyer of
interns-
See SELIGSOHN—Page
10
10c Single Copy; $3.00 Per Yea
Sir Norman Angell, Fred M. Butzel
Speakers; Henry M. Wineman to Be
Chairman at Allied Dinner May 10
Mme. Magidoff herself saw
and took active part in the
great Russian stand against the
Nazi invasion. She will tell about
her experiences, including wield-
ing a spade along with other
women as barricades were thrown
up last summer and fall around
Moscow, to members and guests
of the Caravan Shrine Club in
the Book-Cadillac Hotel at a
J. D. C. Announces the luncheon meeting May 7; to the
Passing of President of Folks Committee in the Hebrew
School at Lawton and Tyler
Hilfsverein in Germany Ayes., that night; to the Inter-
national Affairs Class conducted
NEW YORK. — Dr. Julius L. by Mrs. Ruth Shain in the Bir-
Seligsohn, president of the Hilfs-
See MAGIDOFF—Page 10
verein der Deutschen Juden, is
This Action Taken After Talk on Unity by Rabbi
Dr. Isidore Goodman, Guest Speaker at Luncheon;
Officers Elected for the Coming Year
Two hundred representatives guest at the luncheon in honor
of 22 congregations heard the of Dr. Goodman, called the at-
tention of the assembly to the
inspiring address of Dr. Isadore
immediate need for air raid pre-
Goodman, assistant to the chief cautions, and warned heads of
rabbi of the British Empire, who synagogues of their grave re-
was the guest of honor at the sponsibility for life and prop-
semi-annual convention of the erty. Six rabbis, he revealed, are
Michigan Synagogue Conference now undergoing intensive train-
held Sunday, May 3, at Cong. ing as instructors of air raid
Roth Tefilo Emanuel. Dr. Good- wardens.
man recently arrived from Eng-
The wide scope of the con-
land, pictured the horrors of the ference's activities was empha-
bl itz, and pointed with pride to
sized by Rabbi Max J. Wohl-
the magnificent fortitude of Eng- gelernter, of Cong. Beth Tefilo,
11 =ii Jewry and its ability to
in his report on the work of
"talc is" because of its excel- the religious and educational
lent organization and unification committee. Special stress was
0! its ranks. As an immediate laid on Sabbath observance work,
, ult of Dr. Goodman's plea for
which has culminated recently in
inlay came the decision of the the formation of the Women's
Michigan Synagogue Conference League for Sabbath Observance.
to integrate itself with the Union Important preliminary confer-
(!.1. Orthodox Synagogue of Amer-
ences between conference offi-
ica, country-wide federation of cials and the Jewish Vocational
tr:!ditional synagogues, and par- Service have resulted in a prac-
ticipation in the Union's national tical plan for the coordination
convention in New York on June of all efforts on behalf of the
2g and 29.
economic adjustment of Sabbath
Dr. A. M. Hershman, of Con-
observers to the war economy.
e regation Shaarey Zedek, mem- A survey of Sabbath observing
Ic
of the Church and Syna- job seekers and employment op-
gogue Protection Council of the
See SYNAGOGUE—Page 12
Office of Civilian Defense, a
1942
The Jewish community of De-
troit has completed its prelimi-
nary organizational work and is
now prepared, through an army
of 3,500 volunteer workers, to
discharge its communal obliga-
tions to 55 great, humanitarian
services at home and abroad,
through prticipation in the an-
nual Allied Jewish Campaign,
which will be opened formally
on Sunday evening, May 10. Sir
Norman Angell, noted economist,
journalist, author and lecturer,
will be the guest of honor at
the formal launching of the cam-
paign at the dinner-meeting at
the Hotel Statler, with Henry
Wineman, chairman of the cam-
paign executive committee pre-
siding, and Fred M. Butzel, cam-
paign
also listed as a
speaker.
In advance of the opening of
the men's campaign, the Wo-
men's Division, under the chair-
manship of Mrs. Hyman C. Bro-
der, conducted a special fund-
raising effort to enroll the wo-
men of the community in their
own names in behalf of the
causes embodied in the drive,
and
celebrated the victorious
completion of its task at a vic-
tory luncheon-meeting on Friday,
May 8, at the Hotel Statler,
where it was reported that the
$95,000 goal which the women
set for themselves was assured.
Final reports showed more than
$92,000 already secured and a
balance of considerably more
than $3,000 in renewable contri-
butions based on last year's giv-
ing, to be followed up within
the next few days.
The major events of the formal
campaign will include the fol-
lowing report luncheons:
Tuesday, May 12-12:30 p. m.
Hotel
Statler—Initial reports,
with Harold J. Goldenberg,
chairman of the 1942 Minneapo-
lis Welfare Fund Campaign, as
the speaker of the day. Although
only 34 years of age, Mr. Gold-
enberg already has won for him-
self a place of national stand-
ing as a communal worker. He is
a graduate of the University of
See SPEAKERS—Page 12
"Social Justice" Ends
Archbishop "Gratified"
WASIIINGTON (WNS) — Fa-
ther Coughlin's anti-democratic
and anti-Semitic weekly, "Social
Justice," which recently threat-
ened the Jews in America that
bloody pogroms would take place
in the United States if it dis-
continued publication, this week
ended its pro-Axis existence.
The first inkling that Father
Coughlin's mouthpiece had sus-
pended publication came when
representatives of the weekly
failed to appear at a hearing
here to show cause why "Social
Justice" should not be banned
permanently from the mails for
sedition.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, who had temporarily
banned "Social Justice from the
mails pending a hearing, imme-
diately revoked the weekly's sec-
ond-class mail license. E. Perrin
Schwartz, president and editor
of "Social Justice," said that
the paper would "not hereafter
be published" in a letter to the
Postmaster Genera 1. Father
Coughlin wired Mr. Walker, ex-
pressing approval of Mr.
Schwartz's action.
In Detroit the Most Rev. Ed-
ward Mooney, archbishop of De-
troit, expressed gratification that
the issue had been settled. The
archbishop said:
"I am gratified to learn that
the question between the Post-
office Department and Social Jus-
tice magazine, involving a priest
of this diocese, has been dis-
posed of as reported in today's
paper.
"Regardless, however, of how
the matter might have been dis-
posed of, I had a definite and
explicit commitment from Fa-
ther Coughlin on May 1 that,
from that date forward, his sev-
erance of all connection, whether
direct or indirect, with the maga-
zine would be absolute and com-
plete.
"My understanding with him
is sufficiently broad and firm to
exclude effectively the recurrence
of any such unpleasant situa-
tion."
Shortly before the scheduled
hearing, Father Coughlin did a
remarkable flipfiop, admitting
full responsibility for the edi-
torial policy of "Social Justice"
after he had for years denied
both to his church and to the
people any connection with the
publication.
Since 1933, "Social Justice"
has ardently followed the Nazi
line, publishing Nazi propaganda
as factual material. Even after
Pearl Harbor it clung to its
Nazi ideology, blaming President
Roosevelt, the New Deal and the
Jews for America's entering into
the war.