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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

September 11. 1942

SERVICE UNDER FIRE

the aegis of the National Jewi sh places where Jewish chaplains tion of delegating this task t
NVel f are Board. The a pproa eh have not beets assigned. During the Jewish Welfare Board. o
of the II igh Holy Days ( its a Passover, for example, rabbis was only a ftet• the enormity of It
By MILTON WEILL
wartime setting for the first tit no were sent to Cuba, Newfound-
undertaking
EDITOR'S NOTE: For the first time in 25 years. Rosh Hashonah in 25 years) finds Americans of land,
tkting dawned on the
Bermuda, Puerto Rico, delegates ertila
t
the need for cen-
will he, commemorated in a wartime setting. This year the High
Jewish Innis mobilized on ill Alaska and Trinidad to conduct tralization was realized. Ilay.
Holy Days find Americans of Jewish faith mobilized for total ft outs for total service in
is services its the absence of Jew- ing recognized the problem, it
service in a total war. Wherever these serviceme
n are stationed total war.
ish Army chaplains. More will remained only to place the col-
are found emissaries of the Jewish Welfare Board coordinating
I n such a situation, the Je Sc- be sent abroad for the High Holy lection of war data in the hands
all undertakings planned for the benefit of those soldiers both ish Welfare Board fulfills a ro l e Days.
of an organization whose tons.
here and abroad. Mr. Weill. of the executive committee of the
similar to that which it play e d
To draw the maxfinum war- plete and total contact with
Board described the war-role played by the J. W. B.
in the first World War. As t tt time effort from Jewish Centers Jewish life its America was be-
ei (uir, t (. ) sstt; it o ; t( s i
The Pearl Harbor attack was they have made towards coon parent organization of A m eric: I ' s throughout the country, the
the cue, for the speedy - unifica- plete mobilization for victory are 328 Jewish Comtnunity Cente r; Board organized a new Depart-
of Jewish heroe s
tion of American Jewry behind reflected in the insrease of local and I's, the Board not Only fee ;,4 ment of War Efforts Services compi le d,
still being com-
the
pulse
of
American
Jewr
less than a week after A mer- piled, by the Bureau
s •
the national war effort. Today, Army and Navy Service Commit-
of W ay
Jews on the home front, like tees throughout the United but is that pulse. As st 'numb er lea's entry into the war. The Records, is a cross-section of
the Jews in uniform, are at total States, from 180 at this time agency of the USO, the Boa rot new department stresses cooper- American heroism under tire.
war with the Axis. The strides last year to 325 today, all under is coordinating medium—local) y , at ion with federal and cousin
Jews were killed at Bich's' Field
nationally, and internationally
pity agencies already established trying to wheel exposed plane•
in all undertakings planned t's sy for civilian defense and war ef- into the safety of their hangar
s;
the benefit Of Jewish servicem t li forts, to avoid overlapping and it wan
a Jew, Meyer Levin, who
Isere and overseas.
insure the most effective results. was Colin
IRVING ADLER
Kelly's bombardier,
The
Board's emissaries to The Board's policy towards its and who launched the fatal pro-
centers
is
as
courageous
and
EXTENDS BEST WISHES TO THE ENTIRE
.A me ri ca's fighting men are i is
jectile the day Kelly gave his
field workers—men and we me farseeing today as it was ill the life to sink the Jap battleship,
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR
n.
years
of
the
depression.
There
of youth, vigor, imaginal io
Harms ; in the land fighting,
A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Found wherever servicemen a re must be no cutting down of the Lieut. Hank Mark was killed
v
stationed this civilian corps no v cultural, educational and recrea- r ushing across an open rice field
activities which have with a load of hand grenades
numbers snore than 200, assists tl
by a total staff of 6,000 volut proved the core of Jewish cons- intended for a machine-on
mu n ity life all these years. nest ; Corporal Theodore Lewis
teens. Last year at this tins
Thus, in the same structures was killed trying to save the
there were 78 field workers, 3
which are beehives of civilian men under his command from
000 volunteers.
defense activity, there is a con- machine-gun fire.
Bracketed with this progras
tinuous expansion of such enter-
of service for the servicemen
Ensign Stanley Caplan won a
is prises as art classes, concerts,
the equally vital project o
f lecture meetings and other social commendation from Secretary
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strengthening the lines bac
k and cultural activities. These Knox for the damage he dealt
home. America's Jewish con 1- activities help to form the basis Jap planes and submarines after
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munities prepared themselves fo 1
' of . sound citizenship and there assuming command of a destroy-
present-day contingencies bac
was never a time when such a er; Sergt. Mitchell Cohen earned
in the darkest days of the d e-
the Order of the Purple Heart
pression. Despite economic stres program was less indispensable. for bravery under fire ; Radio-
The machinery for determin-
and turmoil, not a single Jew
man David Goodman, recently
Heartiest Rosh Hashonah Greetings to All
ish community closed its door s, ing the extent of Jewish par-
listed as missing, received the
Today, those centers, ot•iginall ticipation in the military estab-
Silver Star and the Oak Leaf
maintained as educational an lishment was in the final stages Cluster for his part in operating
NORMAN A. GRAMS
ALI RED WARRING
cultural institutes for Jewis h of assembly when the Jap at-
youth now serve as headquarter •s tack on Pearl Harbor drew the the mosquito boat which carried
for air raid wardens ; they hous United States into the conflict. General MacArthur and Philip-
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blood banks, war bond counter s , Out of a series of surveys and pines President Manual Quezon
from Corregidor to Australia.
and first aid classes ; they ar conferences beginning in the
Electrical Contractors and Engineers
And on the day that Corregi-
salvage centers and repair shop s. Fall of 1940, had emerged blue-
All this while thousands of Jew prints for the formation of a dor crumbled before the Jap on-
ish boys who benefitted fron Bureau of War Records of the slaught, a Jewish boy—Irving
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their peacetime programs ar National Jewish Welfare Board. Strobing—sat at a clattering
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now in the fighting lines strivin Dec. 7, 1941 found American telegraph set and with fingers
servicemen of Jewish faith ready weakened by days of short
to protect those benefits.
for action under fire ; it also rations and nights without sleep,
The Board is under particula
r found the working plans for the sent a final message to the world
pressure during Jewish holidays • Bureau virtually completed. Less
This year's Passover found thou than three months later, the task outside, a final accounting of
sands
of Jewish serviceme n of compiling a permanent ru- the heroism with which Ameri-
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS TO ALL
cans of all faiths were that day
overseas. Arrangements on
n ord of the Jewish role in the meeting the foe.
vast scale were made to assur e
For democratic peoples, the
a proper observance of the holi ; national war effort had begun.
That the Bureau should be past year was not a happy One.
day for them. Matzoth am
' an adjunct of the National Jew-
TERNES
haggadahs were sent to Arm y ish Welfare Board is a tribute Today, as the Jews of America
prepare for the year 5703 they
and Navy committees, Army ant I
both to the Board itself and look forward to more than a
Navy chaplains, field workers
COAL AND SUPPLY CO.
to the vision of these represen- mere New Year. They look for
and volunteers in remote cor ; tatives of the national Jewish
nets of the world. These am 1 societies affiliated with the Board a New Era of peace and happi-
ness for men of good will. They
other Passover supplies war
c who met for the first time near- seek harmony and understand-
shipped
to
troops
on
the
main
- ly two years ago to organize
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LA. 5800
ing among all nations—and by
land. In all, more than 50,000
a medium for the collection of doing their share at home and
pounds of matzoths found their
records. The early conferences in the arenas of war, they know
way to Army camps, acco
were not called with the inten- that they shall find it.
palsied by thousands of hagad _
dahs and other accountrements
of the holiday.
A BOND A DAY KEEPS THE AXIS AWAY
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS TO ALL
A companion project to this
great overseas undertaking was
the task which confronted and
is still confronting the Board in
Season's Greetings and Best Wishes to All
Hawaii. In the first months
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after the attack on Parl Has•-
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bar, civilian evacuation centers,
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emergency hospitals, and feed-
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ing centers were set up by de-
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fense authorities. Jewish Wel-
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Detroit, Mich
fare Board workers and volun-
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teers assisted in the erection
and operation of these shelters.
The Board instituted a mobile
A !happy and Prosperous New Year to All
canteen service for soldiers on
24-hour alert duty, expanded its
staff, and opened a new center
in Honolulu. Today, with evi-
dences of the attack still visible,
SEASON'S BEST WISHES
WM. DARKWOOD COMPANY
the Board offers all the com-
forts of USO—a home away
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from home—to all servicemen in
the Hawaiian Islands. Its work-
LAUCOMER & MANSER
(Ts are an integral part of the
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area's wartime way of life.
Intimately
bound
up
with
the
"Structural E.1 Industrial Engineers"
Phone Fitzroy 8450
Board's program for servicemen
is its function as the endorsing
agency for those rabbis who
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MAdison 2575
aspire to Army or Navy chap-
laincies. The Board's Army and
Navy Committee on Religious
Activities must grant its eccles-
SINCERE HOLIDAY GREETINGS
iastic approval to any applicant
before he is considered for a
A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALI.
post by the Corps of Chaplains
of the two services.
LITTMAN'S PEOPLE'S THEATRE
Today, there are 64 Jewish
8210-12th St.. near Seward Ave.—Phone TR. 2 - 0100
chaplains on active duty, 58 of
whom serve the Army. This is
Re-opens Sunday Motze Rosh Hashonah with the Yiddish
more than double the number
Talking Picture
ppointed during the first World
"THE SECOND MOTHER"
War. The rapid growth in the
ranks of Jewish chaplains is
ADDED ATTRACTION
indicative of the growing num-
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AARON LEBEDEFF IN PERSON
bers of Jews in uniform.
Noted Singing Comedian
In addition, scores of rabbis
in his inimitable repertoire
have volunteered and been ac-
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cepted for summer duty in can-
SUN.. AUG. 13-4 P. M. to 11:30
tonments in the United States
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where no Jewish chaplains are
Two Shows-7 P. M. to 11 P. M.
stationed. Other rabbis have
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made themselves available for
overseas duty during holidays in

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