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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
September I I. 1142
Mexico - Our 123,000 Neighbors
By DR. LOUIS FINKELSTEIN
or professional men in Europe, remarkable results. About
one
EDITOR'S NOTE: No longer refugees from the Past but rather have cultivated the fields, reared third of the refugee popul:
homes,
built
roads
and
estab-
or
sonic
4,000
people,
are
immigrants to the future, 123.000 Jews are building new
life and future in Latin America. Describing their resettle- fished a modern community in fully employed. What is
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ment and their contributions, Dr. Finkelstein asserts that much a region which had known only they have started some 801
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of the post-war Jewish future may be influenced by what is the primitive Indian. terprises, many of which arc
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Sometimes, special aid was re- to the country. Articles
now accomplished for Jewish immigrants in Latin America.
Bch
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had
formerly
been
imp,
quired. The J.D.C. made a grant
From the Rio Grande to Cape tions are that our immediate in- of $22,500 to supplement funds
See NEIGHBORS—Pa ge
Horn, across the pampas, hills terests are involved, that much raised by the Brazilian refugee
and cities of Central and South of the Jewish future which is aid committee to enable 5,000
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
America, there are 123,000 new of such poignant hopefullness refugees in that country to pay
neighbors o f ours—men, women this New Year, depends, after an government fees and taxes so
and children who have escaped Allied triumph, upon what we that they might change their
from war and persecution in the are now able to accomplish in status from that of "visitors"
Old World to freedom and op- Latin America for the Jewish to "residents" with the advan-
ROSH HASIIONAII GREETING •
portunity in the ew World. immigrants there. tage of the right to work and
It is important for us, as well
The events of the past few earn a living.
Detroit's Finest
as for them, that we be good years have taught realism--
What have been the outstand-
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and interested neighbors. Why sometimes bitter — to us as ing effects of relief work in 10
is the welfare of these people Americans and as Jews. They republics and three elonoies up
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so
important to us? Have we have taught us that anti-Semi- and down Central and South
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special considerations to bear :n tism is a peril not only to the America?
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mind other than mere good Jew, but to all civilization.
In Chile, where the Jewish
neighborliness?
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Anti-Semitism is an instrument population of 13,000 was doub-
The answers to these ques- used by ambitious and unscrupu- led within a few years by the
Ions men to direct the hostility arrival of refugees, the process
of the populace toward a special of speedy adjustment has had
group, while they carry out foul
plots to overthrow democratic
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governments, and enslave free
peoples. In the Americas, anti-
Semitism has furthermore be-
L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu!
BARBECUE and
come the instrument of Nazi
penetration. The Nazis and Fas-
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cists have long cast covetous
MAY THE NEW YEAR be one of great advance,
eyes
on
Latin
America,
and
have
witnessing decisive victories of good will over evil,
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used anti-Semitic propaganda and
nobility over meanness, wisdom over ignorance,
falsehoods to foster suspicion
not only of Jews, but of the
tolerance over bigotry, of justice and law
United States, in the countries
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over injustice and disrespect. May the
to the south of us. The pres-
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DR.
ence of large groups of impover-
New Year bring to every Jewish
ished refugees would undoubt-
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heart fulfillment of its de-
edly have played into the hands
of
these
anti-Semitic
and
anti-
sire and to every home
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American agitators.
—Happiness.
Realizing this danger and all
its implications, the Joint Dis-
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
tribution Committee has entered
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
upon a policy which combines
the virtues of high idealism and
practical statesmanship.
As early as 1935, the Joint
Distribution Committee recog-
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nized the capacity of Latin
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American countries to absorb
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the
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refugees fleeing from . Nazism.
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Wine and Liquor, Domestic
It sent representatives there to
and Imported, and Food of
stimulate the organization of
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Italian and American Dishes
committees, made up of local
Jews, which would look after
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the newcomers and help them
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become adjusted as quickly as
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possible. Four years later, the
effort proved justified when thou-
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
sands poured into Latin Amer-
ica from Europe following the
pogroms in Germany and the 5703 - HAPPY NEw YEAR - 1942
fall of Austria and Czechoslo-
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vakia under Nazi domination.
Mere emergency relief, while
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Mfgrs. of
in many cases an immediate
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Nut
Products
Solvent
Cleaning
Compounds
necessity, should not be an end
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in itself, with Latin America one
Wholesale Distributors
of the few areas in the world
offering a permanent haven for
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Men's Hosiery—Underwear
dispossessed Jews, it was indis-
6335
LYNDON
AVE.
Work Clothing—Knit Goods
974 SHERMAN AVE.
pensable to launch a simultan-
eous program of reconstructive
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170 W. JEFFERSON
assistance as well.
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CHerry 4475
Upon their arrival and dur-
Season's Greetings!
ing the period of their first ad-
justment, needy refugees were
L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu!
accordingly provided with food,
clothing and medical aid. Medi-
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
cal aid proved to he a rehabili-
tative measure also, for many
of the immigrants could not at
GENERAL CARTAGE
first endure the semi-tropical cli-
mate in certain parts of Latin
Factory Work a Specialty
Producers of
America and required medical
Bottles and Jars
attention to make ultimate ad-
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justment possible.
Quality Sausages and
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At the same time, funds were
Luncheon Meats
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advanced for the building of
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nurseries for children and homes
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for the aged. Parents, sons. TO. 8-5389
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rlauzhters could seek work or
learn a trade while their de-
pendents were cared for. A sne-
cial representative to Latin
ROSH HASHONAII GREETINGS
America helped launch credit
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cooneratives to supply loan cap-
ital for immigrant enterprises.
It also allotted funds for lan-
guage courses and vocational re-
training facilities.
"A Complete Line of Building Supplies"
One of the most important
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rehabilitative measures taken in
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HOgarth 2600
certain sections was the resettle-
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ment of refugees from the larg-
er. more competitive urban cen-
ters in provincial areas where
skilled workers and technicians
I.e Shono Tovo Tikosevu—A Happy New Year!
of all kinds were in demand.
Best Wishes for the New Year
Resettlement sometimes took the
form of colonization project.
In Bolivia, for instance, an agri-
cultural training farm, approp•i-
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ately named Buena Tierra (Good
Your Hosts—NATHAN FR1DSON - MAX MITTLER
Earth). has been established
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Formerly of the Manhattan Restaurant
high in the Andes Mountains.
At Buena Tierra Jewish pioneers,
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12647 DEXTER BLVD.. corner LESLIE
v•ho a few short years ago were
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merchants, white collar workers
A Happy New Year
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Lewis Artist
Supply Co.
EAGLE BAKING
CO., INC.
L'Shono Tovo Tikosevu!
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Marine Contractors
Mr. and Mrs. Nate Goldman
WINDSOR
HOTEL
GOLDMAN
E. E. ANDERSON
LUMBER CO.
FURNITURE CO.
9241 GRAND RIVER
Wolf Sanitary
Wiping Cloth Co.
Anchor Steel 8
M. JACOB 8 SONS
Great Lakes
Sausage Co.
C. t4 H. NIELSEN
CARTAGE CO.
Conveyor Co.
BUY
Standard Building Products Co.
C. A. Pfaffenberger, Inc.
QUEEN QUALITY LAUNDRY
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