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DETROIT, MICHIGAN,
54 Per Cent of Allied Campaign
Goal of $985,500 Reached
Women's Division Under Chairmanship of Mrs.
Hyman C. Broder Raises Quota of $95,000; Large
And Appreciative Audience Hears Norman Angell
The prediction that Detroit
will give a good account of it-
se lf gives promise of fulfillment
in the campaign to raise $985,-
000.00, which opened on Sunday
night. May 10, in the ballroom
of the Statler Hotel.
At the first report meeting
held at the Statler on May 12,
man accompanied James G. Mac-
Donald to Europe and advised
him in the organization of the
High Commission for German
Refugees set up by the League
of Nations. He represented the
J. D. C. at the Conference of
Constituents of the High Com-
mission in Lusanne. Since the
advent of Hitler, Mr. Hyman has
visited Germany and the refu-
gee countries to study Jewish
conditions and is one of the best-
informed men in the world today
on the status of the Jew. Other
offices held by Mr. Hyman in-
clude that of secretary to the
trustees of the Argo-Joint; sec-
retary of the Loan Bank, Ltd. of
Palestine, 1925-27; member of
Sec DRIVE—Page 10
Harris L. Selig to
Be Guest Speaker
At Yeshiva Dinner
DR. JAMES G. HELLER
Director of the United
Yeshivoth Foundations to
Be Here May 14 to 17
it was reported that $526,757.00
or 54 per cent of the quota had
Mrs. H. Rottenberg, president
already been raised.
of the Ladies of Yesivath Beth
Mrs. Hyman C. Broder, chair-
Yehudah, announces that Harris
man of the Women's Division of
the Allied Jewish Campaign, re- L. Selig, - executive director of
the United Yeshivos Foundation
(The full text of Sir Norman
will be the guest speaker at the
Angell's speech delivered at
the Allied Jewish Campaign fifteenth anniversary banquet of
banquet Sunday, May 10, ap- the ladies. ,
pears on Page 10 of this issue.)
The banquet will take place
Sunday,
May 17, at 6:30 p. m.
ported that the quota for the
Women's Division, of $95,000.00 in the Synagogue Auditorium of
had already been reached. Re-. the Yeshivath, Dexter and Cort-
port meetings will be held at the land.
Statler Hotel ballroom on the
Mr. Selig, who enjoys a great
following dates:
Reports meetings will be held name as a splendid orator and
author of widely read books, is
as follows:
organizer of the Yeshivos Foun-
Monday, May 18-12:30 p.
dation which represents more
Hotel Statler—Third luncheon
report meeting. Speaker of the than 50 Yeshivos from coast to
day will be Joseph C. Hyman, coast.
Cantor David Katzman, of
executive vice chairman of the
Joint Distribution Committee, Congregation B'nai Moshe, will
with which he has been associat- with his great art, read the mus-
ed sinch 1922. In 1929, as assis- ical program. David J. Cohen
tant to the chairman of the ad- will serve as toastmaster.
ministrative committee of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine, Mr. ON EASTERN TOUR
Hyman was the aide of Felix M.
On a tour of Jewish institu-
Warburg, serving in that capac-
See SELIG—Page 9
ity until 1931. In 1933 Mr. Hy-
Zionist Conference Demands
Jewish Home in Palestine
NEW YORK ( WNS ) —Calling
for the fulfillment of the "orig-
inal purpose" of the Balfour
Declaration and the Mandate to
found a Jewish Commonwealth
In Palestine, delegates attending
the three-day Extraordinary
Zionist Conference at the Bilt-
more Hotel, adopted a declara-
tion at the concluding session
urging free Jewish immigration
to Palestine under the authority
n,t the Jewish Agency.
The declaration, which was in-
! roduced by Judge Louis E.
Lovinthal, president of the Zion-
-t Organization of America, de-
nounced the White Paper of
19 39, which seeks to "nullify
Jewish rights to immigration and
•ettlement in Palestine" and as-
serted that the "new world order
:mnot be established on founda-
tIons of peace, juctice and equal-
' 1 Y unless the problem of Jewish
iiielessness is fully solved."
Reviewing the development of
Palestine under Jewish enter-
prise, the declaration welcomed
the "economic, agricultural and
national development of the Arab
peoples" and expressed readi-
ness and desire of the Jewish
people "for full co-operation
with their Arab neighbors."
On the question of the Jewish
army, the declaration stated that
"recognition must be given to
the right of the Jews of Pales-
tine" to take part in the war
effort and defend their country,
"through a Jewish military force
fighting under its own flag and
under the high command of the
United Nations."
A message of "hope and en-
couragement" to enslaved Jewry
in Hitler-dominated Europe was
embodied in the declaration.
The conference included "warm-
est greetings" to the Jews of
Palestine, expressing "admiration
for their steadfastness and
achievements in the face of
peril and great difficulties."
"This conference," the declar-
ation concluded, "urges that the
gates I of Palestine be opened ;
that the Jewish Agency be vest-
ed with control of immigration
into Palestine and with the nec-
essary authority for upbuilding
See ZIONISTS—Page 12
FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1942
Temple Beth El
Commencement
Is Impressive
Impressive commencement ex-
ercises of the high school de-
partment of Temple Beth El
were held on Friday evening,
May 15, at 8 p. in., in the pres-
ence of a large congregation.
Rabbi Eric Friedland of Pon-
tiac, Mich., delivered the com-
mencement address on Jewish
Youth at the • Crossroads. Dr.
B. Benedict Glazer extended
greetings, Joseph M. Welt, presi-
dent of the congregation, pre-
sented the diplomas; Dr. Her-
bert I. Kallet, president of the
religious school board, presented
the awards, and Dr. Leo M.
Franklin delivered the benedic-
tion.
The following graduates par-
ticipated: Invocation, Maerit B.
Kallet; reading of the service,
Sylvia Lehrman, Leah Davidson,
Ned Chalet ; reading of Scrip-
tures, Harriet German, Cecilia
Cowan, Madeleine Levenberg;
valedictory, Martin Kaatz ; clos-
ing prayer, Jane Sull.
The following graduates re-
ceived awards: winners of schol-
arship medals : Harriet German,
John Neufeld, Jane Sull; hon-
orable mention: Cecilia Cowan,
Leah Hope Davidson. Felix Win-
sen Medal winner, Ned Ira Cha-
lat. Activities key winners: Ned
Ira Chalat, Maert B. Kallet,
Richard Liss
The officers of the 1942 class
are: Martin R. Kautz, president;
Robert N. Canvasser, vice-presi-
dent; Maerit B. Kallet, treas-
See
BETH EL—Page 12
Jewish Education
Lay Leaders Meet
In Baltimore, Md.
The American Association for
Jewish Education, the national
organization of lay leaders in
Jewish Education will hold its
third annual meeting in Balti-
more, Md., on Saturday night
DR. ABRAM L. SACHAR
and Sunday, May 16 and 17.
Dr. Abram L. Sachar, national
director of the B'nai Brith Hillel
Foundation and author of a
"History of the Jews" and
"Sufferance Is the Badge" will
deliver the keynote address on
Saturday night at the Lord Bal-
timore Hotel. The theme of his
address is "Jewish Education in
the World Struggle for Sur-
vival."
The conference, which will
continue with a rich and varied
program of addresses and dis-
cussion throughout Sunday, May
17, will bring together some of
the outstanding lay leaders in
Jewish educational endeavor
throughout the country.
Among those participating in
this conference will be Hon.
Mark Eisner, president of the
American Association for Jewish
Education, and for many years
chairman of the Board of Higher
Education of the City of New
York; Dr. Israel Goldstein, presi-
dent of the Synagogue Council
of America; Sidney Hollander,
president of the Council of
Jewish Federations and Welfare
See EDUCATION—Page 12
10c Single Copy; $3.00 Per Yes
3,000,000 Jews Will Be Uprooted
Says Weizmann; Fate Up to Allies
Pictures Palestine as the Sole Solution to Post-War
European Problem at Zionist Conference at the
Biltmore Hotel
NEW YOYRK. ( WNS) —Esti-
mating that there will be at
least 3,000,000 Jews among the
10,000,000 "uprooted people"
who will constitute a migratory
population after the war, Dr.
Chaim Weizmann, president of
the World Zionist Organization
and of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine, picture Palestine as
the sole solution to the post-
war European Jewish problem,
at the opening session of the
three-day extraordinary Zionist
conference held at the Biltmore
Hotel.
The Zionist conference, first
of its kind in America since
1914, was attended by 550 dele-
gates from American Zionist
groups and 100 Zionist leaders
Temple Israel, Detroit's new
Reform Jewish congregation,
will celebrate first Confirmation
service on the Eve of the Feast
of Shabuot next Thursday night,
May 21, at 8 o'clock. The serv-
ice will be held in the auditorium
of the Detroit Institute of Arts
at John R. and Farnsworth.
The "Confirmation class, which
is composed of 39 boys and
girls, has been designated as the
charter class, because the par-
ents of the confirmants are
charter members of Temple
Israel.
Rabbi Leon Fram has written
a special service for the occasion
based on the biblical text, "Hear,
0 Israel, the Lord our God, the
Lord is one.", In the course of
the service the story of the
founding of Temple Israel will
be told.
Cantor Robert S. Tillman will
chant the Shabuot and Confir-
mation service, assisted by a
double quartet under the baton
of William Gayman. Karl Haas
will render the musical accom-
paniment on the grand organ of
the auditorium.
Rabbi Frain will address the
confirmants and their parents
and bestow an individual bless-
ing upon each members of the
class.
from 17 foreign countries, in-
cluding a number from Nazi-
occupied countries. Held under
the auspices of the American
Emergency Committee for Zion-
ist Affairs, the three-day con-
clave, addressed by Zionism's
most distinguished spokesmen,
was called in place of the World
Zionist Congress.
"A calm, statistical estimate
has been made of the chances
of physical survival of the vast
mass of European Jewry," Dr.
Weizmann said. "It is estimated
that 25 per cent of central Eu-
ropean Jewry will be physically
destroyed. Cold-blooded murder,
sta'rvation, systematic over-ex-
ploitation will account for this
proportion, and who can tell
in these ghastly times, whether
their lot is not the more merci-
ful one. Thus Jewry will con-
tribute time greatest number of
passive casualties to the holo-
caust, without withholding those
active sacrifices in the field of
battle which are taken as a mat-
ter of course."
Predicting an Allied victory,
Dr. Weizmann warned, however,
that "on that day the victors
will be confronted with a task
compared with which even the
winning of the war will seem
Wiling. And there is grave dan-
ger that the failure to realize
this sequence of events will en-
danger the peace and render
sacrifices meaningless."
The world Zionist leader de-
clared that at the end of the
conflict between mine and ten
million people — Poles, Czechs,
Jugo-Slays and Jews — will be
uprooted and constitute a float-
ing. population. "For the float-
ing populations of the various
countries there will be—and I
do not underestimate the gravity
of their light—a comparatively
simple process of reabsorption.
"For the 3,000,000 Jews who
will be stateless and homeless,"
Dr. Weizmann continued, "the
task will be infinitely more dif-
ficult. For we must hear in
mind that even such Jewries as
have not been geographically
displaced, will have been eco-
nomically dislodged; and they
will emerge as a great, unad-
justed mass of millions whose
past ties with their surronnd-
ings have been deliberately and
systematically destroyed."
Asserting that "large-scale mi-
gration to the New World, in
the period following this war,
See ISRAEL—Page 8
See JEWS—Page 12
Temple Israel
Confirmation on
Shevuoth Eve
Mich. Jewish War Veterans
Convention on May 24
United States District Attorney John Lehr to Be
Speaker; His Subject Will Be "What is Treason?"
The Department of Michigan James Ellmann, president of the
Jewish War Veterans of the Detroit Jewish Community Coun-
United States has issued an ur- cil, will talk on the subject of
gent call to all its members to "Victory Through Unity."
double their efforts in the "All
On May 31st the Department
Chaplain, Adrian A. Tobias, will
Out War Program."
The Department will hold its b be in charge of the J. W. V.
annual convention on Sunday, annual memorial Day Service at
the Jewish War Veterans Burial
May 24, at the Webster Hall,
Cass and Putnam Ayes. Resolu- plot, Machpelah Cemetery, Wood-
tions of far-reaching importance ward Ave., between Eight and
will high-light the business ses- Nine Mile Roads. On the same
sions. Election of the new ad- afternoon, the Jewish War Vet-
ministration will take place, and erans will be present at the
the convention will wind up with 21st annual Memorial Day Serv-
a banquet, open to the general ices jointly sponsored by the
public, to be held at the Web- Clover Hill Cemetery Association,
ster Hall at 6:30 p. m. In the Congregation Shaarey Zedek
afternoon', the convention will Synagogue, and the Julius Ro-
be addressed by representatives senwald Post, No. 218 of the
of the various War Veteran or- American Legion at Clover Hill
ganizations, as well as, civic and Cemetery, 14 Mile Road, east of
governmental agencies. T h e Woodward.
The 5th Regional District Con-
principal address at the ban -
quet will be delivered by. Michi- ference will be held May 16 and
gan United States District At- 17 at the Congress Hotel, Chi-
The Department of
torney John Lehr. His subject cago, III.
will be "What Is Treason?"
See VETERANS—Page 12