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Pisgah's 85th Anniversary
November 20, 1942
AL SEGAL
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Letter to Hitler
by
Herr Hltier . . . But first, and their chariots . . ,
the;, glit-
perhaps, I should explain tering, swift swords . . . the
that I am writing a letter to fearful shout of their
voices ...
Hitler. I have just read what he the agony of their slaves . .
said about you and me in a and, after everything, the comic.
recent speech. lie has said a rubble of their towers, fort! essea
great deal about you and me castles and chariots fallen in
in the past and concerning these heap. A heap of dust in the a
utterances
esIheirs:vaw
mad
dog? I wouldn't bother to ,%IT
osfasIt1h' h pi h
passerby
who said
saw
ch art
a h oe w pas serbv
write him. Who barks back at a
NO,
Pisgah Lodge No. 34, Bnai Brith, is
celebrating its 85th anniversary.
Pentateuchal Portion—Genesis 28.10-32.3.
Has and is Pisgah keeping the cove-
Prophetical Portion—Hosea 11.7-12.12.
nant it made when it became a member
th is
lodge of Bnai Brith?
o h t h dust
o d a ht
But what he recently said had t the
heap a o i n t t h he
NOVEMBER 20. 1942
a t 1( kl , a ( , s: r once
KISLEV 11, 5703
a ; c o f
The archives of the lodge tell the story to do with laughter and was a who was long ago the slave came.
serious reflection on the capacity
dust
of its many activities and accomplish- of Jews to keep on laughing. He
master and I said: "This was
Thanksgiving
ments but Pisgah is not satisfied to rest said that Jews would forget how my
Pharaoh," and I laughed.
to laugh. He meant that the few
on its laurels of past activities and ac- to
I laughed with no pride of
We are thankful that in the year 1942 complishments.
It knows that it must who were left when he was vain-glory or pride of privilege.
through
with
Jews
would
never
s I taln ae ue ghte h d at al, who
we live in the United States of America. meet the challenge of today if it wants
thheo cuo,ansiicthecit
laugh again.
We are thankful because on this day to continue to keep the covenant.
.
No, Herr Hitler! You may and had no weapon hod in the
of Thanksgiving, despite the fact that
Pisgah knows it is not enough to de- say that I, the Jew, seek to con- fullness of time come upon the
we are at war, our civil authorities are fend and protect the Jewish people of quer the earth and that I, the dust of the arrogance
of my
g
functioning as in times of peace.
Detroit against the malice and anti- Jew, am the blood-thirsty man master who had the thousand
who started this unspeakable chariots and the thousand horses
We are thankful because we enjoy the Semitic discrimination in our social, cul- slaughter
called World War II and the thousand swords.
freedom of speech, press, assemblage and total, religious and economic life.
and that I, the Jew, hold the
I l aughed with deep laughter
worship, and because we may continue
the world. From all which thewind took k y u
When Pisgah discovers any discrimi- this I of turn
snipe as I y
our cultural activities even though these nation or defamation it does not beg for would from with
11):e and mif
y
the guttee who laughter in the roar of the wind
activities are carried on in a foreign lan- redress but demands as a matter of right blew a spitball
at me. Shall I when it blows this (lust in the
gunge.
that these conditions be corrected, and go to quarrel with the gutter- desert.
and descend into the gutter
I remember laughin
We are thankful because there is less because of its dignified and forthright
v i Ili
hunger, want and nakedness, and we stand many of the wrongs have been snipe him, ?
gnsoitgiijilltautgohh:
g loating
But when you say, that I, the
are thankful because it is the concern of righted.
Jew, will forget how to laugh H a man on the gallows; I have a
men and women of good will that there
The educational work of Pisgah is not you deny my philosophy and dictate for the sight of violent
be no hunger, want and nakedness,
the least of its activities. Through it, misunderstand my history. I must death and compassion for human
We are thankful because there are many of its members have become better take issue with you in this mat- error when it comes to its ex-
ter as a man to whose abdomen tremity by reason of its own
imaginative, alert and dynamic men and Jews, better Americans, better men.
laughter is an ancient experience. faults.
women who are vigilant and determined
Pisgah is a pioneer in Hillel Founda- 1, the Jew, have found laughter
/ 1 1
to oppose despotism, inequality and dis- tion work. The house at Ann Arbor bears in my abdomen even when there
laughed not at Haman dying
was no food in it.
crimination.
witness to its devotion and untiring efforts
but at the cosmic humor that
I, the Jew, forg et how to
We are thankful because we are not in behalf of the Jewish young men and laugh? I have laughed these even in a few days turns the
satisfied with our achievements but are young women of the University of Mich- thousands of years. Laughed at transgressors
'
plot against him
seeking to extend the areas of equality igan.
the wind blew, dust of I laughed at the swift lightning
and freedom and because we will not be
Only a carping critic could say that that
pomp, circumstance and power of justice that in the hour takes
satisfied until we enjoy economic equality Pisgah has not and is not keeping the blowing
in the wind. I have seen the arrogant and reduces his
and freedom as well as the other free- covenant.
this dust and laughed as a man pride to self-pity and his cruelty
doms we now enjoy.
mercy.
whimpering
May it continue to be a beneficent and laughs who looks at divine corn- to I a the
Jew, old old man that
We are thankful because our people helpful force in the Jewish community edy and understands it .
I am, have seen this in all my
I wh was weak and
recognize and appreciate all the blessings of Detroit for many years to come.
swo rd oo r chariot raised m had no times and have laughed. Not
that they enjoy.
Y head that in laughing I have felt bet-
out of the darkness and in the ter than other men; for I have
We are thankful on this Thanksgiving
light of another dawn always my sins. I have wondered as I
Day that the horrors of war have not
Churchill's Position
have beheld the dust of my op- laughed : By what have I
lived
reached our shores.
pressor blowing in the wind. It even unto this time, though the
was
no
more
than
the
dust
that
pomp
Wendell L. Willkie took Winston
and
are thankful because there is a
ower f
the housewife brushes with a rag cutors is onply
Churchill to task at the Tribune Forum from
this o dust?
m What
What
genuine desire to achieve a just and Churchill
her window sill.
is my virtue that I merit this
I have seen this comedy over life?
meeting in New York on Nov. 16. He
enduring peace for the entire world.
Why have I
lived to laugh
severely criticized Churchill's imperialism and over and I have laughed but at the ancient dust
heap in the
and called particular attention to the not with the laughter of the desert? Why have I not perished
I, the Jew, have under the swords which all my
, Poll Tax Law
statement made by Churchill at the vengeful.
laughed with the deep laughter enemies have thrust at nay heart?
mayor's dinner when Churchill said, "Let of one who has been the ever- I, who ad
h no weapons but
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi threatens me, however, make this clear, in case lasting witness to the comic art only
a shie
ld which I call the
to filibuster until Christmas to prevent there should be any mistake about it in of God's ironic justice.
Law of God, written on parch-
, f
scrolls, and which, at times
the passage of the Federal poll tax law. any quarter, we mean to hold our own. YES,
Herr Hittler, I have an
The existing poll tax laws in many of I did not become the King's first minister
ethical ideals, my awareness of
h- I have had in my heart—my
the Southern States practically disenfran- in order to preside over the liquidation L old, old experience of laugh-
frith
ing. The most exquisite pleasure : in
chise millions of Negro voters and the of the British Empire."
(it the
'll Y
ultrmyt e o fjustice
ultimate
iif
that
of laughing is only for those who
present bill before the Senate, if passed,
i
msed.
Does the Prime Minister mean that by have lived a long time like me be en
no t pretend to be sure
would correct this deplorable condition. "holding our own" that the status of aml have seen and h eard the I dpo ro secret
of my lon veg life
comedy. I have seen and
The Senator from Mississippi and many India is to be unchanged? If such is the whole
nor
am
I lf-rig
seht
heard
it
all
in
the
thousands
of
of
the
eve
that
I h eous enoug
of his Southern colleagues are racists. case then the Mahatma can hardly be years . . . The pomp and terror o beli
av e lid b v
but they are not the only ones in our blamed for insisting upon India's inde- of the mighty . ..their
their horses t
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land. Many in the North and, for that pendence NOW.
matter, many of our own people, have
If Mr. Churchill means by "holding our
distorted unreasoning and unscientific own" that the balance of power politics
views on race.
that has been employed by Britain for
Racism is an ancient prejudice to which 300 years is to continue, then we may
we have paid but scant attention in the reasonably expect that the conditions
past. It was the Nazis who brought it that obtained in Europe before the war
sharply to our attention with their Aryan will again become the order of the day,
superiority dogmas, which have caused and Europe will again begin to prepare
is
untold suffering and dislocation to a feverishly for another total war.
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whole people.
Despite Churchill's statement, we are
ye,
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Racism is the very negation of democ- persuaded that the old order of "number
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racy. Democracy means free and equal one boy,” of colonial tutelage in Asia, has
r
participation by every member of the passed. The Asiatic peoples cannot be
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community in all communal matters. treated as inferiors when they learn the
Racism means that only those of the mysteries of modern technologies and ap-
superior race have a right to free and ply them. This they are doing under the
equal participation. Germany and the impact of the war.
conquered countries show to what limits
Mr. Churchill's forthrightness and can-
racism can be carried. We are in no dan- dor should be appreciated. If it does
ger at present from our native racists, nothing else it tells us that the rulers of
but that is cold consolation. We are corn- Britain want only a return to the status
mitted to democracy as a way of life, and quo ante, despite all the brave pro-
millions are fighting, sacrificing and work- nouncements of Eden, Cripps, the Arch-
ing to perpetuate that way of life. bishop of Canterbury and others. How-
The bill to repeal the discriminating ever, his views may not prevail. He may
Poll tax requirement is just another of be speaking for the die-hards only.
those crusades that have been carried on
However, the final decisions will he
in the south to make the Thirteenth and made at the peace conference. But it is
Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitu- well to be forewarned, and Churchill has
tion realities. We have learned that em- done that in unequivocal and unambig-
bittered, resentful, defeated men will al- uous language.
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