America,/ "(wish Periodical Cotter CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO 9 42 N 'miser 13, 1942 KNOW BNAI BLUTH in- tie ;vt ire tit he ne to 411 sh sh ba n- rl ..12; 1.1 mg n- ig With the announcement that Robert Lurie, national director of linai Brith war activities, will be the principal speaker at the $5111 anniversary of Pisgah Lodge banquet on Nov. 22, a portion of the chapter service— Boa i Brith in Washington, which will be published in a book, "This Is Bnai Brith," is being released at this time. national defense re- When quired the enactment of Amer- ica's first peace-time conscrip- tion act, President Monsky pro- •laimed Bind Brith's official po- sit ion in a statement in which he said : "America must build its mili- tary defenses strong :end uncon- querable, free from partisanship ;u,d personal considerations, so to discourage any hope on part of the dictatorships that t, is, the greatest democracy of all. may he vulnerable. Our elected leaders must be given assurance that back of them stands a united people of free own and women, who are de- te to remain free and %rho c ount no sacrifice too dear and to service tun great to preserve the American way. "The road to peace lies in strengthening our defense's. The security of the nation is para- mount and supreme responsibil- ity that rests equally upon all who are privileged to call them- selves Americans. Some Of us will be called upon to protect that security in the armed forces of our nation. Others will be asked to give of their technical and professional talents. Still others will be looked to give of their material resources. Bat in whatever way WC may be able to serve, serve we must. Service to the country in this hour is all unprecedented opportunity for patriotism in action." This utterance was followed by an announcement that dues were being waived for all Bnai Brith members in the armed service of the United States. Bnai Brith's Vocational Guidance Service Bureau \vas the onl Jewish agency represented •et o Iii ion al conference on defense and jobs held in Washington un der the auspices of the United States Office of E, lucat ion and the National Vocational Guil - ance Associat ion On Nov. 18. 1940. Official recognition from the White House was once again ac- corded Bind Brith when Presi- dent Roosevelt appointed Bnai Brith President Henry M onsky to the National Participation Committee of the Office of Civ- ilian Defense. Other national ex- 3 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle (Editor's Note—This is the fifth in a series of articles sum- ma•izing the place of Bnai Brith in Jewish life, as a solute to the 85th anniversary o f Pi sga h Lod ge No. 31 Bnai Brith to be celebrated Stur- dily, Nov. 22 at the Stotler :co tives were recognized and served on national defense com- missions. limn Brith's service's in the national defense program cre- ated a valuable machinery which was quickly converted for all- out war effort immediately after Pearl Harbor. The dedication f every ounce of Bnui Brith en- ergy a nd strength was made by President :11 onsky when he said on Dec. 9, 1941: "As president of the Suprenu Lodge of Bran Brith and on be- half of its vast membership, men and women, living in every sec- t ion of the country, permit no. to say that in this hour of na- tional peril we stand ready for any and all sacrifices of blood, treasu•e, talent and toil in de- fense of our country. We pledge you and the government of I'u iteiI States all our re so u rc• .s a nd ail our organizational faciii- t ies and machinery. Our entire membership, as well as the ninny thousands of our youth organized in the linai Britt) Aleph Zadik Aleph and the Bnai Brit im Billet Foundations, many of whom are already in the armed services M. otherwise engaged in defense activities, recognize it as their sacred privi • lege to perform every duty and to make every sacrifice that may be required in the common struggle against the enemies of freedom." Almost immediately thereafter, upon the announcement of the Red Cross $50,000,000 war re- lief campaign, President 'Monsky pledged $50,000 from the Bnai Brith units which \vas over-sub- scribed by April 1, 1942. This act made Bnai Brith the first or- ganization to contribute to the ca mpaign. Norman H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross said in part in a state- ment, "Again Bnai Brith is among the very first to rally to an appeal of the American Red Cross." With the necessity for identi- fication of the individual in the organized giving of service, and with the need for fulfilling that pledge enunciated by President Monsky, a War Service Depart- ment of Bnai Brith was estab- lished. A special War Service Fund equal to $1 for each mem- ber in each of the District Grand Lodges and Women's District Grand Lodges was created, in or- der to make available sufficient funds to carry on effectively this vital service. A complete seven point pro- gram of operation was mapped out, consisting of : contributions to the American Red Cross; the 111-Caffill And Hospital program ; special activities in behalf of the med forces; War relief ; special projects, including civilian de- fense, youth training and hos- pitality programs ; war efforts of Bnai Britt in aid of the armed forces of United Nations ; ro- se. arch : collection of war service data and coordination of :II- f ()lima ion. In accordance with its policy 4 cooperation with but not en- croaching upon the work of exist- ing agencies specially created for services in the field of in o- ale work, Bnai Brith has con- tinuously cooperated with the US() and with the Jewish Wel- fare Board's Army and Nav e' committee, on which Preside'. t Monsky serves as Boni Brith's official representative. To meet the spiritual need: of Jewish men in the armcd services, the Bnai Brith \V ag Service. Committee completed an a! rangement With Rabbi Dr. D.!- vid deSola Pool, chairman of time Committee on Religious A 0- t ivities of the Jewish Welfare Board. by a•hich Bnai B rith ar- ranged, through its constituent It•dges, to supply Si fre Torah for a rmy chapels. To date, 137 Sif.1 Torah have been secured. Through the efforts of Con- gressman Samuel A. Weiss of the War Service Comm itte-, hundreds of miniature football games were distributed to Army and Navy camps. In accordance with the com- mitment of the Supreme Lodge, and in response to urgent ap- peals received from war-torn areas, Bnai Brith has responded promptly and generously to all recognized and worthy war relief funds. On January 26, 1942, still a o oth e r and highly important plan of cooperation was consummated between the American Red Cross and the then newly created Bnai Brith War Service. Department, which provided for Bnai Brith assistance in rendering service and supplying equipment and needs for hospitalized and able- bodies service men within army camps. This plan gave Bred Brith the status of being the only Jewish organization privi- Marshall Lodge and Aux.. To Hear Rabbi Leon Frain Kozenn and Chajes On Hillel Program Marguerite Kozenn, dramatic dramatic soprano and Julius Chajes, composer pianist have been invited to appear for the Bnai Brith HMO Extension at the Michigan State College in Lansing on Sunday, Nov. 15. The concert will be devoted to traditional, ChassAic and Pales- tinian music. The following Jew- ish composers a re listed on the program : Jacob Weinberg, Leo Low, A. \V. Binder, Lazar Wein- er; .1 Halvey, Julius Chajes, Verdina Shlonsky. Rabbi Morton Applebaum is in charge of the program. leged to supply such service in- side army camps. This is in addi- tion to the Home Service pro- gram of cooperation with the American Red Cross : (1 ) plan- ning and providing helpful advice. on welfare matters for families of men in service ; ( 2) assisting it locating service men or fam- ilies of service. Wren; (3 ) helping it obtaining employment for members of families of men in service ; (4 ) aiding families of men in service to solve business problems; 5) furnishing partic- ulars of the government's de- fense . program to families of men in service and assisting them in obtaining benefits and legal rights to which they are entitled under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civm1 Relief Ace: ( 6) heliiing men discharged front the. service to re-establish themselves in civl life. Just as we go to press, paral- leling. its In-Camp program of furnishing company day rooms at Army posts throughout the country, Bnai Stith has added another major national war serv- ice project, the "Adopt a Ship" Man through which lodges and auxiliaries will be given an op- portunity of "adopting" ships of the U. S. Navy by providing their officers and crew with such items of comfort, entertainment and recreation as are not •l- ready specifically furnished by the Navy itself, thereby making a vital contribution to their mor- ale at sea and on shore. Another news bulletin 'states the Treasury Department hails Bnai Brith's great War Bond record as sales pass the $19,000,- 000 mark. An official Treasury Department certificate "for dis- lint • 'oished services" was pre- sented to Mr. Monsky, president of Bnai Brit h. Bond and stamps are sold by ail Bnai Brith lodges ;Ind they arc on sale at every meeting of Pisgah Lodge.. Following their usual custom of separate business meetings and joint social and cultural gather- ings, the Bind Brith Louis Mar- shall Lodge and the Women's Aux- ilia•y will meet on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 8:30 p. m., at the Rose Sittig Memorial Center, Lawton, at Tyler rive. Upon conclusion of their in- dividual meetings, the two groups will join to hear an address by Rabbi Leon Franc. Rabbi Adler To Open Series, "Crucial Places Of Our Day," Nov. 20 Rabbi Morris Adler will inau- gurate a series of lectures on "Crucial Places of Our Day" at the late Friday evening, services, Nov. 20, at 8:15 o'clock, at Congregation Shaarey Zedek. This series will discuss the unique place in the war, and in the peace to follow the war, pos- sessed by several key places on the globe, which have been highlighted into a new promi- nence in our time. The first lec- ture ins' series will deal with China. In other addresses, India, ussia and Palestine will be dis- cussed. These places represent not only significant battlefronts in the present conflict but are also symbolic of trends and prin- ciples with which any attem'ted reconstruction of society will have to reckon. Cantor Jacob Sonenklar, assisted by a choir of male voices, will officiate at the. service. J. N. F. Tag Day To Be Held Nov. 28-29 On Nov. 28-29 the Jewish Na- tional Fund tag day will take place throughout the country. In Detroit the J. N. F. Youth Committee under the sponsorship of the Zionist Youth Council and the Jewish National Fund council of Detroit, are planning for a very successful tag day. At a meeting of this commit- tee held at the home of William Hordes, president of the J. N. F. council plans were formed. All Zionist Youth are invited to a Mass Rally at tht Rose Sit- tig Cohen Center, Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 8:30. A very interesting program is planned depicting epi- sodes in J. N. F. history. Final plans for the tag day will be made. Chairman for the tag day will be Thelma Jaflin and assisting co- chairmen are Joseph Rosenburg and Sora Levine. Fall Convention of Michigan Synagogue Conference Held at Yeshivah Sunday, Nov. 8 The fall convention of the Michigan Synagogue Conference took place last Sunday, Nov. 8. at Yeshivah Beth Y ehu doh, Cortland and Dexter, and was attended by delegates of 20 De- troit synagogues and representa- tives of outstate congregations. Th e convention was preced-d by a meeting of the board of directors of the Vaad Ila-Yeshi- vath. The meeting heard a re- port of the activities for the last three months during Which th e regulated collections amount- ed to a total of $12,125.87, of which $6,556.56 went to Pales- tine institutions (one-third to yeshivahs, one-third to religious, labor, and one-third to chari- table institutions) ; $2,310.01 to American institutions, and $3.- 59.30 to the Vaad Hat zala I Emergency Committee for 'War Stranded in Siberia ). The board of directors added to the execu- committee the following hulls: Mr. Dubrinsky. Mr. I.. Soiai, president Congregation ogen Abraham, William Sa ntl- ler. president Congregation Beth Tefilo Emanuel. Mr. Mohr of Congregation . Beth Abraham, president of the NI higan Synagogue Conference. w•eomed the delegates and guests and called upon Rabbi Moses Fischer, as the representa- ive of the Vaad Horabonim. to (Jett the convention. The guest sneaker was Rabbi S. P. Wohl- 12.4 , 1 (Toter of Seattle, Wash., who eloquently analyzed the pressing Problems of the Jewish commu- nity in war time, and who pre- sented a challenge to synagogues in Michigan to cooperate with the Michigan Synagogue Confer- (Tee towards the solution of the Mengency problems which con- front us. The business session of the convention discussed the reports and recommendations of the fol lowing standing committees.: Vaad Ha-Yeshivoth, Rabbi L. Levin, as chairman of the Vaad Ila-Yeshivat hs, gave a brief re- view of t h e activities and ac- complishments of his committee, introducing Rabbi M. Levi, time new executive director, to read 1 more detailed report. Rabbi Wohlgelernter, chairman of the religious mumd educatiowd committee, reported on activitie of the Sabbath League, on defer- ment of induction of Jewish boys during the Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur season, on ef- forts for accommodation of war workers on High Holy Days ; .mn the need for participation of laymen of all constituent syna- gogues in the distribution of religious material provided by the Jewish Welfare Board to Jewish inductees. A significant recom- mendation was Made to the con- vention to establish a regional rabbinate in the Upper Penin- sula. The delegates accepted the plan most enthusiastically, hop- ing that it will lead to a greater appreciation of traditions and Jewish observances in the smaller communities in our state. The committee on finance and budget reported on the need of raising funds to maintain the conference program and in order to extend activities. .Joe Block, president of Congregation Bnai David, was appointed to head a special committee with J. Shevitz, vice president of Beth Tefilo Emanuel. and Daniel Team chin of Congregation Bnai Jacob, for this purpose. Rabbi Meir Levi. executive di- rector of the Michigan Syna- gogue Conference appealed to all delegates to support the confer- ence and cooperate with the pro- gram of activities as it will he presented during' the ensuing season. Rabbi Joshua Sperka served as secretary of the con- vention. 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