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in the event Britain should decide to c ome
down from her arbitrary position of n oth-
l'ublished Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. ing to discuss.
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
There was still much to discuss an d if
President
JACOB MARGOLIS
Publisher-Editor
the Viceroy had again met Gandhi , a
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compromise may have been reached that
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A CH RI ST I A gen tleman called acter,
but none becaus, "f the
jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon• Japanese militarists. And we may be s
on me wi th a mos t unusu a l
ure
i
socal,
religious or raci.il facts
sibility for an endorsement of views expressed by its writers.
that the Hindu leaders have no illusi ons purpose. He said he wished to of
his birth.
become a Jew and should like to tage
Entered as Second•class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post- about these polite, gentle and chivalr ous know how to go about it.
the contrary, his lo•ing Gen.
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Japanese militarists and know w hat
tile and Christian wh . oa
"And why do you want to be Were
ul it.11et the
would be in store for India should the a Jew?"
him over othe 1 • peopl e ci va
Sabbath Readings of the Law
wh o '
Japanese
conquer
their
country.
not Gentil e • and Christi
l
(I had in mind the comfort-
Pentateuchal Portion—Deut. 21:10, 25:19.
a n,
such as Jews,
Prophetical Portion—Isaiah 54:1-10.
We are not parties to this troubleso me able status of a Christian who breaks. sorrow
ti.ying to
in
l
doesn't
't have to be always explain-
controversy and consequently should try
AUGUST 21. 1942
g himself. His being a Chris-
ELUL 8. 5702 to view the situation impartially, obj
he was
ec- tian is a matter which isn't con- share with the Jew,. in this sm.
tively and calmly.
tinually intruding upon him in the gArtie had to do only with a sly,
The Nazis Will Fail
, most un xpected places. As a cut
e traged y. Hadn't the life of
We must not forget that all oppress et,
Chri st ian he is a privileged char- the I J ew s b been
e
a continuing ba
According to the Inter-Allied Informa- and conquered peoples, since there ha y ': otte
r in a world which puts groups edy? Th's old man whose tra
tion Committee the Nazis are determined been oppressed and conquered peopl es, of people in pigeon-holes and was bent seemed to carry an int- e gl;
to abolish Christianity. To accomplish have sought their independence wh ea makes them "O.K." or otherwise, mense burden of his history,
this they are deliberately attacking Chris- their oppressors and conquerors we re You're O.K. in the Christian pig- These massacres were but an inei-
dent of that history
••
don churches and organizations in all beset with difficulties or engaged in wa rs. eon-hole.)
"Why do you want to be a
"We Christians," he thought,
the occupied countries. They have exe- It may be urged that British rule in In die
"feel horrified by the wholesale
cuted and imprisoned priests and clergy- is beneficient. That is really beside t he Jew?"
gentleman replied he want- slaughter of Jews in Europe, yet
men; have closed churches or converted point. The question is how do the peop le ed The
to be a Jew because he had aren't we acquiescing in the eon
them to other uses; have prevented the f India feel? How did we in the colon' es come to the conclusion that it all nued
aro campaign to degrade Jews
publication of religious periodicals; sup- feel when we declared our independent e? was his Christian duty to be one. tions und us. These di scrimina-
, thsedvertiseme
e
a
nts t that
pressed religious education, and limited And did we not take advantage of t he The idea came to him when he say 'Gentiles
Only," these restrie-
was
attending
a
memorial
service
ti
the activity of priests and clergymen plight of Britain?
on s. o
for the slaughtered Jews of
strictly to their churches.
The Congress Party did not call upo n Poland in one of the synagogues By these mediations he came at
last to the idea of wanting to be
The abolition of Judaism was one of the people to revolt. It merely asked f or of our town.
a Jew and carrying the pain in
He said he had
the original 24 points on the Nazi pro- non-violent, non-cooperation, the milde
memorial meeting because a a
gram. form of opposition yet devised by ma
From news reports coming from that va 11. human being and as a Christian the Jew and take the stones that
To accomplish this the Nazis not only country with its 400 million inhabitan St he believed he should share the fall on Jews. It would be one way
destroyed synagogues, killed rabbis and it would appear that the people war is sorrow of the Jews. He must take t o
make amends for the 2,000
the pain of the Jews to his own
confined them to concentration camps,
heart. There was a fried chicken years of Jewish affliction at the
closed religious schools, but have tried rallied for non-violent, non-cooperatio n, e dinner
in his church that
hands of the Gentiles. It might
to exterminate the whole people.
for if any secret orders had been give n but he went
to the Jewish evening
meet- seine as an inspiration for con.
the death
toll
would not be under a ing instead.
trit'on among the Gentiles: He,
If Judaeo Christianity were a matter of hundred
but
would
a Chr i sti an beco m ing
J ew in
by now have bee 11
As he sat there it occurred to order to ta
churches, synagogues, schools, periodicals in the tens of tho
ke upo n himself their
usands.
him that, despite the very good hate and spite.
and sermons only, the survival of Chris-
of his heart, he was
The argument that the Moslems, th e a intentions
tianity may be doubtful, but Judaeo-
He w said it wouldn't be a vie-
total stranger to the pain of lent
labor
groups,
Communists
and
untouc
Christianity is a way of life based upon ables are opposed to the Congress Part h _ being a Jew. He was more an traditionrenching o f his religious
s for him to take Juda-
ethical concepts and all Nazi suppression
observer of this sorrow than a
ism. He couldn't see a wide dif-
and cruelty cannot and will not succeed in program is not relevant. That is a matte • r T sharer.
ferenct• between Judai i e and
abolishing this age-old way of life. for discussion and agreement among al
Beside him sat a bearded old Christianity anyway. l
e had
the parties concerned. Assuredly the I gentleman who looked like a never made much of the ile'ty
Judaeo Christianity as a way of life and can and no doubt would call a conven y prophet. What, he asked himself, of Jesus. He had been thinking
ethics means universality, equality, respect tion of all the religious, racial, economi
had he in common with this man's of .Jesus as a great and good
tragedy. The old man's tragedy man whose example human beings
for human dignity and personality; the and political groups and would arrive a
definite realization that the state is made some definite understanding and agree I was not just something of this could follow, since He was human.
hour. He had been carrying it "Now what must I In to be-
for man and not that man is made for upon a constitution. Other peoples have a thousand years. It was a pain come a J ew ?" h e asked in
eon.
the state. All this the Nazis would abol- done, it before and there is no good rea woven into his being. The old elusion.
wept and wiped his eyes.
ish and in its place offer the Nazi creed son why intelligent, responsible, pacific _ man The
f f I
Christian felt that he was
of tribalism, inequality, disrespect for men of good will, courage and determin• fic
only
a
spectator.
A
fellow-man
rr
HE
MAN
was
about 40 years
human dignity and personality; and the
ation cannot iron out any internal di(il- • was horrbly hurt and all he could I old. Ile looked normal enough.
fundamental Nazi dogma: That man is culti
do about it was to look on and Nothing crack-pot in his looks.
es they may have.
made for the state and that the party is
feel sorry. It was like the time lie was one of the many you
supreme.
Many of our people believe that Presi- he witnessed an accident in which pass on the streets with nothing
dent Roosevelt should intervene in the people were hurt. He was full more than a glance. since their
At a time when men
sympathy for the injured but appearance Offers nothing
world federation even en talk about a matter. That is a delicate matter. The of
different
he didn't feel their pain.
from the run of the human kind.
though they may matter of sovereignty is still a diplomatic
I
f
f
not clearly envisage such a federation; taboo. The internal affairs of another
I guessed he was a white collar
FTER this meeting he could worker. He said afterwards that
when the areas of equality are being ex- government are the special province of
he
works for one of the railroads
go his way and enjoy all
the office.
tended; when
human as dignity
and per-
the particular government concerned, even
The way
life
sonality
are exalted
never before
and
the privileges and easements of followed the American
h
though we are tightly bound to that gov- being Christian. His way in the w as
g for a h ouse in one
when there is a clearer understanding ernment by reason of a war that affects world would be wide, long and of payin
that the state is the creature of man and both equally.
unimpeded. His feet might find d m., the subu rbs. He was putting a
not his creator; such a time is not aus-
ghter through college. He had
obstacles by reason of his own
celebrated
his friends
20th wedding
`picious for the acceptance of the Nazi
The problem of India is still soluable personal deficiencies, such as phys- just
anniversary.
Many
called.
ideology in place of the Judaeo-Christian, and men of understanding and good will ical weaknesses or mental inca-
Do the Rosenbergs expect the mar- on both sides can find a formula for its pacity or weakness of his char-
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tyred people of the conquered countries (10
settlement
if they earnestly desire to
so.
to accept the arrogant, brutal, maniacal
Hitler as a savior and to follow his dis-
ciples, Himmler, Heydrich, Goering, Goeb- Civil Rights Federation
bels, Ley, Rust, Streicher, Rosenberg,
The Civil Rights Federation of Michi-
Haushofer, Frank, Schirach and Funk?
gar held a one-day convention at the
For in
thousands
of years
has Book Cadillac Hotel on Saturday, Aug. 15.
been
the direction
of the
the trend
gospel of
This organization is an active, alert
the Prophets and the founder of Chris-
tianity and not even the Nazis, their body that is on watch all the time to dis-
cover any violation of the civil rights of
armies and Gestapo can reverse it.
Judaeo Christianity will not be abol- minority and labor groups in our com-
ished by the ideology of Nazism. Crude munity.
and cruel methods have been used before
It has championed the cause of the
by other believers in naked violence and Negro in the noisome Hudson Motor Co.
suppression, but they have all failed be- strike involving the discrimination against
cause they did not understand that a two Negro metal polishers; and its work
new way of life will be accepted by man- hi the Sojourner Truth episode was of the
kind only if it is a nobler ethic and better utmost importanc e and effectiveness.
way.
There are still Nazis and Fascists and
their sympathizers in our midst who will
India
do everything within their power to sow
dird
]ygot and encourage strife among our
The situation in India is still confused 1)0 sco
population.
pulation,
and unsettled and will probably remain
As long as the Federation continues to
that way until some formula is found that function as it has in the past there is the
will enable the parties to sit down and assurance that discrimination because of
discuss the
matter without heat, passion race, creed or color will be reduced to
and recrimination.
a minimum.
The refusal of the Viceroy to meet with
( The National Jewish 3lonthly, It'nai It nth
This organization should be encour-
representatives of the Congress Party was aged and helped in the vital and neces-
" The American people . . . will hold the perpetrator -3. of
not calculated to make discussion easier
these crimes to
sary work it is doing.
strict accountability in a day of reckorur.,
which will surely come." President Roosevelt.

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