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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
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JACOB MARGOLIS
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fellow rabbis. This lack of esprit de corps
is rather depressing.
Sabbath Readines of the Law
July
PLAIN TALK
by AL SEGAL
"On Vacation"
A GENTLEMAN who has just an ( I th ese are only a frae tion
read that '700,00 0 Jews wee
slaughtered by the Nazis in Pol
itsidGil(i
ds
and alone asked: "Where is our allHethirse?p'i'ied simply
Cod
God of justice? Where is
who promised to bring the trans-
in the hearts of all moral me
gressors down to the dust?"
He is the courage of men who nil ,
The gentleman was thinking of look at the wicked and are a
Pentateuchal portion.—Deut. 3.23-7.11.
the transgressors marching on in
Prophetical portion.—Isaiah 40.1-26.
afraid of them. He is the valor
triumph, no end.
of men who lay down their bodi ° t
es
JULY 24, 1942
He recalled what was written against the 11111 rch
Contrasts
AB 10, 5702
of transgress°rs
in Psalms: "'In the secret places and do not let then
pass. H
e
the wicked (loth murder the inno-
spirit of all men of all tim is
World War No. 2 has now gone on cent • .. He lieth in wait secretly the
who have gone without fear es
Will the French be Logical?
for almost three years. Some st
to
as a lion in his den; he (loth catch
th r. , poor when he draweth him battle for such things as justice
b
s s t between
the methods, proce- g into
All the Jews in occupied France must contra
and liberty and to put down the
his net."
pretensions of the arrogant and
henceforth stay away from practically dures, aims and objectives of the Oppos-
The
gentleman remembered also the evil power of persecutors.
all public places. The oft repeated Nazi ing forces have been made clear.
promise of retribution: "His
r, NV h0 ha himmoo
pattern of insult, humiliation and dis-
Both sides want a military v ictorY, mischief shall return upon his see ah ces o f to it,
fell intodthe seld f
n
crimination against a helpless people.
That is about all they have in co moon. owead,
and his onent
ioleal-
d
of
history:
He
recalled
the al.
ing s hall come down y
his own mighty power of moral valor
What will be the reaction of.the French The Axis is not at all concerned what pate."
all the times. Had not all the in
people in the occupied area? Under con- brutalities and atrocities are corn milted
Mankind, he said, waits dis- progress of man been made by
ditions not differing much from those that against its own or the conquered pe
for a sign of the truth the brave hearts of little people
will from now on obtain in occupied In short they are definitely corn oples, tressfully
of this. Mankind looks hopefully setting themselves without fear
miffed
i
to the heavens and finds Hitler e against
the power and the prin.
France, the Dutch and Belgians flouted to the philosophy that the end sane tifies there.
Bombs fall. The gentle- iples of the a•rog,ant?
the
means.
They
hold
that
history
the Nazi order and put on Mogen Dovids
w ill man asked: "What answer have
when the Jewish population was ordered justify them if they are successful and the rabbis, the minister and the a "This was the unconquerable
uthority of God in the heart of
to wear them.
that posterity will forgive them for every priests?"
men," he said.
I
barbarity
and
cruelty
committed
by
them
Had not little people by the
A people with the fine sence of humor,
light of their hearts broken
I CONSULTED no rabbi, n
the logic and sense of fitness of the if only they are victorious.
through immense darknesses and
ter or priest for the sins
The Allied powers on the other hand
French can turn this order into a boom-
wer, found their way to the mountain-
but
I
did
take
the
matter
erang. If they would stay away en masse are very much concerned about the with my well-known ancestor up top and stood at last where they
(he could see the dawn?
from all public places from which Jews means and methods employed to achieve has
been previously mentie
on d in "This," he said, "was the
are excluded they would in a short time military victory. As matured peoples they this column) who is the sham
i inex-
tinguishable light of God n the
make the vicious Nazi authorities realize s hold that to win the world and lose your in the heavenly congregation mos
of hearts of men."
that such orders are bad business, and soul means utter failure in the long run. Israel on high.
He remembered the story of the
He was a pious man on
despite all the idealistic rot of race and j They have learned that history does not
the Jews. By what had they lived
earth
and
a
wise
one,
too;
fos
ustify
barbarity
and
cruelty
and
that
blood the Nazis are always on the look- p
• e%:en unto now without arrows and
his great piety he was alto we
without guns? The bodies of Jews
out for a good return in the investment h osterity will not forgive if your victory to
on
ctinu
e in hi s function o d f had
been destroyed many times
which others made and they enjoy.
as been achieved by foul and ruthless sham mos after he arrived in pa ra
_ the 700,000 ho have perished in
ethods.
dise.
For
his
wisdom
he
rema
i ns Poland, but Jewish life had kept
Will the. logical French carry this
respected even in heaven wh
through to its logical conclusion. Let us v The Axis powers assume that military the
ere on living by the vital principle
wisest
spirits
of
all
the
ti
hope so.
of God which the dying handed
ictory is all that is needed to insure a have been assembled, though saes
his down to their generations—this
ust and lasting peace. Their attitude is, opinions are not always in I i sle moral
valor, this light of their
xpressed in the formulas of a new order with conservative doctrine.
Facing Facts
hearts which showed the way in
r co- prosperity sphere which simply
He is one of those who do not the
dark, this will of righteous-
blame everything on God a „d ness to live and to conquer.
Dr. David Philipson and the other b means the suppression of all opponents upon
Him
set all th respons ib il-
And what had become of the
anti-Zionist or non-Zionist rabbis should D y the dominant Nazis and Japanese. ity for the affairs of f man.
A I ib- evil
of the darkness
realize that the majority of Jews who tr espite all historical proof to the con- eral mind, he is, indeed, one of against powers
which the little people of
the
leaders
of
the
celestial
pas
ary
they
are
persuaded
that
the
"in-
are interested in Jewish problems kind fe
that, were it an earthly organiz ty the world set the light and the
the fate of the Jewish people are defin- be rior" races will gladly accept their tion,
might be called the Justic a- might of their hearts. Truly, my
e. ancestor said, their violent deal-
itely in favor of either a Jewish Home- to nign overlordship. To win the war for-God party.
ings have come down on their
land or a bi-National State in Palestine.
them means the winning of the peace. This party takes the stand th at own
heads, as the Psalms said.
The minimum requirement is that Pales- di s The Allied powers know from hard, God has done enough for peopl e, Yes,
he concluded, when men
like
a
father
for
his
childre
become
tine be always open and available as a th illusioning and bitter experience that And what more is to be expecte n.
afraid and timid and ask
place of refuge.
is God?” forgetting He
winning of the war does not neces- of a father after he has broug h d t is "Where
sar e ily
to be found in their own hearts,
mean that the peace too will be up his children in the ways the then
Dr. Philipson asks the Jews of Amer- wo
they are lost. Then they are
do and has endowed the
ica to abandon all hope of establishing lie n, consequently the leaders of the Al- should
with riches even beyond thei weak for they do not know the
a Jewish nation and regard the United the d powers insist that the winning of merits? What more can such a almighty strength of their hearts,
nor do they know their own light
States as "The Promised Land."
peace is almost as important as a father do for his children?
that can conquer the darkness,
Though in this opini
There are few Jews in the United mil itary victory.
y
an
_ nor the divine and unconquerable
estor is in the min ority
on mamon g spirit which is of themselves. They
States who do not consider this country o f T here was one incident in the history he
dwellers in Paradise, he con
over whom the
as The Promised Land, but they are mis National Socialism that indicated un- 1 inues
to enjoy the highest esteem „ are the defeated
-
march to victory.
faced with the hard reality of immigra- Naz takably and definitely the road the t t never has been even suggested arrogant
My ancestor said this was his
tion laws that exclude millions of Jews inf a is would take. That incident was the t hat he be removed from his p osi answer
to the gentleman. He
ion
as
shammos
on
high
of Europe from these shores.
mous burning of the books.
use hoped that now that he knows
f his heterodox belief; for in
If the fate of these millions of Jews boll he burning of the Books was sy
heaven people have come at last where God is he will not be afraid.
The victory over the arrogant
of Europe do not concern you, you shrug to 1 c. It meant that the Nazis had nothin m- to tolerance.
transgressors is in the hearts of
your shoulders; make a despairing ges- and earn from the accumulated wisdo g Isr I n the eayenly congregation of people
that are strong with the
ael there is only the friendliest
ture or a wry grimace and proceed to
divine spirit that has been given
experience
of
scientists,
historian
debate
on
the
duties
of
God.
One
forget about it or talk about the op- phil osophers, poets and novelists.
to show them the way.
Sp side quietly argues that God them
"The gentleman," he said,
pressive heat. But many American Jews
should
take
a
decisive
hand
in
the
G
"
s
oh
dou
il s d.,, not look to the skies but
have acted as though they ha d sorry affairs of men while the
are deeply concerned about the millions neve hey
to his own heart. That's where
r
heard
nor
read
of
the
exper
other,
led
by
my
ancestor,
insists,
of Jews of Europe because they are re- ante of other peoples. The slate of his t - just as quietly, that God has more
lated by blood and marriage to this vic- tory s was
- than fulfilled his duty to man.
tims of hatred, cruelty and malice. And the Nazis. wiped clean. History began wit h "It is enough," he always con-
cludes, "that God has given man
those who have no such close ties still On the
other hand the Allied power S a mind and a heart which are
have a fellow feeling for their co-religion• know
wrapped in a portion of His
ists and would help them to the extent the that they are but another link i n spirit."
of their ability.
and long chain of history. They hono r
f f
Whether one believes that the sole losop revere the scientists, historians phi THIS WAS the thesis of my
mission of the Jew is to spread toler- and hers, poets and novelists of the pas t ancestor's speech when
ante, social justice and righteousness and of our own day. They would learn brought him the gentleman's I
among the peoples of the earth; or that peopl profit from the experiences of other question. My ancestor's ghost
so as to avoid the mistakes their had seemed to issue from th e
the mission of the Jews is to create a prede es
cessors made.
vapor of my pipe, as he always
Jewish State in Palestine where Jewish
does when I take up abstrac-
culture, religion and ethics will flourish
The Axis powers manifest all the short- tions
of theology.
H e stroked his beard which was
the grim fact still remains that mission , comings of uncontrolled emotonalism,
or no mission, millions face the pressing immaturity, perversion and ignorance. as long as the plume of my smoke
• . . "It is true," he beg
problem of survival.
They call it revolutionary.
an, "that
the mischief of the wic ked shall
And when people are faced with the
The
Allied
powers
to
date
have
shown
return
to
his
own
head
and his
problem of survival . they can hardly be resourcefulness, maturity, historic knowl- violent dealings shall conic
down
expected to make extended inquiries on edge and appreciation of the problems upon his own pate."
"But when?" inquired. "The
the question of what is the real mission of the future. They call it evolutionary.
righteous are cut down like wheat.
of the Jew. They will answer you that
There have been no social revolutions They are thrown together like
in a happier and more secure day they to date. There has been only evolution, offal, in one grave and there is no
will discuss this with you.
e chil-
and it is safe to say that evoution will merc even for ther littl
There is one aspect of the discussion continue to operate as long as there are dren. y Why does not e the mischief
of the wicked return on their own
living creatures upon this planet.
heads, as was written. Seven hun-
dred thousand Jews have perished
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