'42
27th Year of Service to State and Country
I; VICTORY
w in
I.A.
on•
on.
Bill
ker
illy
the
last
%t-
ad-
ing
and
itts
inl-
de-
Nil]
list
An
ion
of
lay
sill
uel
?an
ies,
led
Ind
its
to
on-
tii
Illy
ore
vill
ion
Di-
or
ish
tee
ne,
E.
Dr-
ad-
ion
Iat
Ely-
hat
e'll
41.1
, BUY
VNITID
STAIN,
i DI SSSSS
s BONDS
AND
41 PS
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and The Legal Chronicle_
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2, 1942
VOL. 44, No.
10e Single Copy; $3.00 Per Yea
french Pro-Jewish Demonstrations CA"dads:esi t s atimWeinl: Abraham Srere Sends War-Time
Message to the Jews of Detroit
Continue; Bishop Wears Mogen David
Sabbath League
Laval Planning Censorship of Sermons
Of Catholic and Protestant Clergymen
BERNE (WNS)-Hundreds of
patriotic French citizens were ar-
rested this week in both occupied
and unoccupied France for or-
ganizing mass demonstrations
against Pierre Laval's program
o f deporting. Jewish refugees as
slave laborers to Nazi-ruled east-
ern Europe.
The new demonstrations oc-
cured throughout the country in
the face of an official announce-
ment over the Vichy radio that
further resistance to Laval's
anti-Jewish program is useless
and that pro-Jewish demonstra-
tors would be severly punished
In Paris the Nazi-controlled
press accused the United States
Embassy in Vichy of organizing
and promoting the anti-collabo•a-
tionist and pro-Jewish outbreaks
which were reported to have
taken place in Nice, Lyons, Toul-
ouse, Montpellier and Villefrance.
Catholic leaders in France con-
tinued to spark the popular move-
ment against the anti-Jewish de-
crees. Dispatches from Paris re-
ported that Mgr. Chaptal, Bishop
of Paris, appeared in public
wearing a yellow "Mogen David"
in defiance of the Nazi authori-
ties. Catholic priests and laymen
in Paris immediately followed
their Bishop's example.
The resistance of Catholic
leaders to the deportations has
reached such a point that the
Vichy radio this week warned
Archbishop Sallege of Toulouse
either to halt his pro-Jewish
activities or leave the country.
The Archbishop has been one of
the bulwarks against enforcement
of the anti-Jewish program. Last
week the Laval regime ordered
the arrest and internment of
Father Chaillet, another Catholic
leader.
Plans Censorship
Meanwhile, Laval was reported
to be planning censorship of ser-
mons delivered by Catholic and
Protestant clergymen. Through
their sermons the clergymen of
France have voiced their con-
demnation of the wholesale de-
NOTE: ThIN IM the lir%t in
it series of art ivies, summarizing
the place of itniti Willi in Jen ish
lift - . as a prelude to the sat It mini-
% ersitr) of Pisgah 14alge No. 31,
Bind Brit ll to be celebrated Nos 1. 111 -
III'r
22.)
:The forthcoming year, will be
an epic year in Bnai Brith his-
t-01 'V. On Oct. 13, Bnai Brith will
enter its 100th year of service
to Jewry and mankind. Locally
Pisgah Lodge is rounding out its
85th year and the following mes-
sage has just been received from
Henry Monsky, president of Su-
preme Lodge, Bnai Brith.
As Bnai Brith approaches its
100th anniversary, it becomes in-
vreasingly apparent how wisely
and how well its founders built.
T' '.y designed a program which
successive generations of Bnai
Brith leadership have followed
with incalculable benefit to the
people of Israel. Created as On
agency for the unification and cul-
tural development of the Ameyi-
•.in Jewish community, Bnai Brith
ii , efulness has been extended im-
measurably as the year rolled into
.:..cades and the decades into a
-ntury.
- Though rooted in a fundamen-
tal policy. Bnai 11r . th has been
' 11 1liciently flexible to make its
, regram conform to the changing
reeds of the times. Because this
ell controlled, though unfettered
”proach and its foresight, the
Ilnai Brith program remains as
timely as the latest headline.
Though guided by tradition, tra-
dition has been no restraint in
discarding activities that have
A Call for United Service in Behalf of Our
Allies, Our Armed Forces and Our Neighbors
Rabbi Solomon P. Wohlgelern-
ter, distinguished spiritual leader
The greatest campaign in the history of Detroit is
portation of Jewish refugees and of Seattle, Washington, will be
have kept the French people in- the guest speaker at the first about to be launched and the Jews of Detroit have an
formed of the anti-Jewish perse- membership rally of the Detroit important stake in its success.
cutions. The French press has
The War Crest of Metropolitan Detroit, with a goal
been forbidden to publish news
of $5,800,000, will conduct a unified fund-raising drive,
of the deportations.
from October 26 to November 12, for eleven major cen-
Laval indicated that he would
tral agencies, each of them a combination of a number of
not back down from his anti-
Jewish stand despite world-wide
services in itself.
protests and the mounting indig-
The Allied Jewish Campaign, our responsibility for the United
nation of the French people when
instead
of waging its usual cam- Jewish Appeal (Joint Distribution
an official of the Commissariate
Committee, United Palestine Ap-
paign next May, as in past years, nea! and National Refugee Serv-
for Jewish Affairs declared over
will be a part of the War Chest. ice) ; HIAS, Ort, Hebrew Uni-
See FRENCH-Page 10
This means that we shall continue versity, University in Exile, Jew-
ish ionic. for Aged and all the
other Allied Jewish Campaign
Knollwood Million
causes-local, regional, national
Large Delegation
and overseas, with this modifica-
Dollar Bond Drive
of Mieh. JWV Will tion : that the pledges for 1943
Going Over the Top
be added to our pledges for
Go To Convention will
all the other causes campaigning
Nate Fishman, Maurice
together this fall through the
National Meet to be
War Chest.
Aronsson Out in Front
At Scranton, Oct. 9-11
It means that when we pledge
The committee of the Knoll-
to the War Chest we shall take
The
Department
of
Michigan
wood Million Dollar Bond Drive
Jewish War Veterans will send into account our past giving and
met at the Standard Club in the
a large delegation to the forty- the future needs of:
Book-Cadillac Hotel to hear re-
(1) Allied Jewish Campaign,
ports of the workers.
RABBI S. WOHLGELERNTER seventh national convention, to including the United Jewish Ap-
be held in Scranton, Penn., Oct.
Irving Blumberg, chairman of
peal and the other of our fifty-
Jewish Women's League for Sab- 9-11.
the campaign urged the men and
Department commander, Dr. five causes at home and abroad
bath Observance, to be held
women who are working energeti-
Thursday, Oct. 8, at 1:30 P. M. Perry Burnstine, will lead the that we always have maintained
ally and enthusiastically to con- in the hall of Congregation department delegation, and the as our special Jewish obligation.
tinue their splendid efforts and Shaarey Zedek, Chicago boule- following commanders will be in
(2) The major, foreign relief
to go way over the top.
vard and Lawton. Arrangements charge of their respective post appeals to help our brothers-in-
The amount sold and purchased for the meeting, which will launch delegations:
arms across the seas and their
is now past the half way mark. the activities of the organization
Harry Leibson, Post 135; Jack civilian families:
Thanks to the splendid effort of
Ta•noff, Down Riven Post, 225;
British War Relief Society,
See RABBI-Page 2
Nate Fishman who leads the par-
David Wrubel, Post 230; Dr. Na- Greek War Relief Association,
ade followed by Maurice Aron
than Goldberg, Post 190; Ben Maple Leaf Fund, Polish Ameri
sson, George Seyburn and Wil-
Krasner, Flint Post 231; Mrs. can Council, Queen Wilhelmina
liam Tana.
Rose Cowan, department presi- Fund, Russian War Relief, Inc.,
dent of the ladies' auxiliary ; United China Relief and War
Mrs. Sam Saffrin, chairman
Mrs. Wallace, Auxiliary 190; Mrs. Prisoners' Aid.
of the Women's division reported
Rose Cantor, Auxiliary 230; Mrs.
that her workers are doing their
(3) Detroit Community Fund,
Mae Ginsburg, Auxiliary 135, and which maintained all-time service
bit.
Mrs. Rosenbloom, Auxiliary 231 of eighty Catholic, Protestant,
According to Louis Luckoff,
will lead the ladies to the Con- Jewish and non-sectarian agen-
publicity chairman the entertain-
vention.
cies in Detroit for the sick, the
ment for the party on Oct. 12
The convention is expected to orphaned, the aged poor and de-
will be full of surprises.
be stream-lined with memorial pendent and neglected children.
Frank Isbey, chairman of the
services held on Friday, Oct. 9
(4) U. S. 0. (United Service
War Savings Committee praised
at one of Scranton's largest syn- Organizations), which serves the
the drive leaders for the high
Next Rally to Be Given ogogues. The banquet will he soldiers, sailors and marines of
and enthusiastic plane on which
held at the Jeryme Hotel, and our armed forces on leave.
the campaign is being conducted.
By Mrs. J. H. Ehrlich the
elections to be held on Sun-
As Detroiters, as Jews, as
Ile has recommended the plan
and method to other local organi-
See VETERANS-Page 12
"We cannot engage in the ac-
See MESSAGE-Page 12
zations.
tivities of Hadassah, with its
motto for the healing of my
people, with its pioneering spirit 25 Per Cent or Jews Over 60 In
of self sacrifice for the destiny
of the Jewish people, without Detroit Depend on Social Agencies
outlived their usefulness. Avoiding enriching our own lives and
The following is a summary of cent were citizens.
the pursuit of activities already broadening our own horizon,"
effectively executed by other declared Mrs. Morris Adler, guest the report on Detroit's Jewish
8. Of the 1,092 individuals
agencies, Bnai Brith has re- speaker at the roll of honor rally Aged, compiled by Herman Peke- 893 lived outside of an institu-
mained dynamic by meeting the of the Detroit Chapter of Had- •sky, general administrative as- tion. Of the 893 individuals liv-
needs of the Jewish people as they assah held at the home of Mr:. sistant of the Jewish Welfare ing outside of an institution, 755
Federation.
a rose.
lived in some kind of family
"Factionalism, dissension and Abraham Srere, Sept. 29. Mrs.
The full report was recently group, while 138 lived alone.
Adler urged the workers to re-
double their efforts for the Roll presented at a meeting of the Nearly one-half of those living
as members of a family group
of Honor Campaign. Money Jewish Old Age Bureau.
lived together with their spouses,
raised through this campaign sup-
SUMMARY
167 lived with spouses and chil-
ports Hadassith's health program
1. It is estimated that there dren, and 151 lived alone with
in Palestine, the Rothschild Had-
are 4,140 Jewish persons, 60 their children.
assah University Hospital, Jewish
years of age and over in Detroit,
National Fund and Youth Aliyah
9. Medical
information
is
constituting 4.6 per cent of the
projects. Hadassah's activities in total Jewish population of 90,000. available for 903 of the 1,092
Palestine have been recognized
separate individuals included in
2. The study considered 1,092 the study. Complete diagnostic in-
by the United Nations and serve
separate
individuals
known
to
as an integral part of the war
formation is available for 619 of
effort. Hadassah hospitals have three Jewish and three public the 903 individuals. For 284 in-
been made available to and have agencies. Of the 1,092 individ- dividuals a complete medical
been given priority rights by the uals, 1,038 were sixty years of diagnosis was not available, but
British government for the ship- age and over, constituting 25 in many cases, the information
ment of medical supplies to per cent of the total Jewish pop- was recorded by the case worker
Palestine, which may develop into ulation in this age group.
who had direct contact with the
3. Of the 1,092 individuals, Physician or clinic, and in some
a prime Middle East front. Pales-
tine at the present time is an 572 were male ttilti 520 female. cases, only the client's own state-
4. The average age of tli? ment was available.
important arsenal for the United
Nations, supplying men, food, 1,092 individuals was 66.5 years.
10. The 619 individuals for
5. Of the 1,092 individuals, whom an actual medical diag-
and manufacturing munitions and
2.6
per
cent
were
single,
53.8
war supplies.
nosis was available suffered from
The next rally will be given per cent married, 34.2 per cent 1,425 diseases, the 284 individuals
HENRY MONSKY
by Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich in widowed, 3. 2 per cent divorced, for whom other information was
provincialism in Jewish life have honor of the workers and pros- 4.9 per cent separated, 1.5 per available suffered from 463 dis-
eases. The entire group of 903
left the Bnai Brith untouched. pective donors at the Belcrest cent not known.
6. Of the 1,092 individuals,
True to its fundamental purpose lintel, Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 6, 1,044 or 95.6 per cent were for- individuals showed a total of 1,-
to unite Israelites in the pro- Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich will be eign-born and only 28 or 2.5 per 888 diseases.
11. Diseases of the circula-
motion of their highest interests assisted by the past honor roll cent were born in the United
tory system prevailed in 682
and those of humanity, it has chairman who will act as hostes-
States. No information was avail- cases, the group of general dis-
always been in the vanguard of SeSSi
Mr s. Lewis B. Daniels is chair- able for 20 individuals.
eases of the nervous system and
the struggle for unity. Kept free
7. Of the 1,044 foreign-born
See HADASSAH-Page 9
individuals only 472 or 43.3 per
See BNA1 BRITH-Page 10
See JEWS-Page 10
Know Bnai Brith • • •
(•uron's
S. P. Wohlgelernter of
Seattle to Speak Oct. 8
Hadassah Roll of
Honor Event at Art
Institute Oct. 20
1