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VOL. 45, NO. I

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY I, 1943

Jewish National Fund Conference Plans Vast
Project In Memory Of Jewish Victims Of Nazis

Women's Sabbath
Observance League
Sponsors Contest

For Jewish, Hebrew
And Religious Schools

Dr. Chaim Weizmann Hails Gathering; Senators Barkley, Ferguson
Address Audience of 1,000 at Banquet Honoring Dr. Israel Goldstein

The sessions of the -Jewish. National Fund, at its biennial conference held
here Dec. 25-27, in the B6ok-Cadillac Hotel, decided to undertake the reclamation
of 2,000,000 dunams of Palestine land. This was the answer given by American
Jewry to the Nazi slaughter of 2,000,000 Jews. A dunam of land to be reclaimed
for everyone of the 2,00Q,000 Jews slaughtered by the Nazis in their coldblooded
plan to exterminate. all Jews in 'Nazi-occupied countries.
The confeience had many dramatic moments, but none exceeded in color

that of the memorial service
staged for the 2,000,000 Jewish
victims of Nazism. The service Ilillel 'Silver, national chairmar
Was marked by the chanting of • of • the United Palestine Appeal,
the traditional Hebrew prayers took occasion to connect the sym-
bolism of that holiday with "the
crucifixion of two million Jews"
in Europe; to which the world, he
declared, had not, for all of the
protests it has voiced, adequately
responded.
Report on Work
,
Reports of the Jewish National
und . work of more than 1,000
leommunities were presented at
the conference presided over by
Dr. Israel Goldstein who was
honored on the occasion of his
entering upon the 10th year of
service as president of the J.N.F.
Dr. Goldstein declared that the
Jewish National Fund counted a
larger, number of contributors
than any other organization in
America, except the Red Cross.
The funds which it raises, Dr.
Goldstein declared, conic from
large masses in small sums for
the most part. The manner in
which this is gathered, he de-
clared, is but one feature of the
DR. NAHUM GOLDMAN
:democracy which characterizes
the fund. And thus democrati-
for the dead. A scene which sot
cally gathered, these sums, said
the whole conference in tears Dr. Goldstein, are playing a
was the re-enactment of the paramount part in the creation
Scriptural chapter describing the of a Jewish democracy in Pal-
vision of Ezekiel in the Valley estine by its principle "that the
of the Dead, culminating in the land belongs to the people".
rising of the dead bones, taking "Everi death," said Dr. Goldstein,
on new flesh and new life. To
"cannot us part" for the land
those present, the resurrection bought by the Jewish National
of "the dead bones" was' sYm- , Fund becomes an eternal pos-
bolic of the J. N. F. plan to session of the Jewish people.
resurrect the martyred Jews slain
Sidney Kusworm, representing
by Nazism by establishing land the Bnai Brith, announced that
settlements commemorating the it had decided to contribute
two million fallen. The scriptural $100,000 to the Jewish National
excerpts were read by M. Ruden-
Fund for the beginning of a
sky. Cantor Sonenklar chanted new land settlement in Palestine
the Haskarah.
honor'. .of the national presi-
With some of the sessions tak- dent of Bnai Brith, Henry Mon-
ing place on Christmas, Dr. Abba sky. :

Outlook for Denmark Jews

Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who wef-
prevented from attending by pow
health, sent an inspiring message
declaring that there are "today
in Palestine hundreds of thou-

At its last meeting the Wom-
en's League for Sabbath Observ•
once completed plans for an es-
say contest to be held among the
pupils of the various Jewish, He-
brew and religious schools of
Detroit on the subject "What the
Sabbath Means to a Jewish
Child".
Four prizes will be offered as
follows: Best essay in English,
250 words long, by any child
10 to 14 years; best essay in
English, 250 words, by any child
14-18 years; best essay in He-
brew; best essay in Yiddish.
Invitations have gone out to
all Detroit's Hebrew, Yiddish and
religious schools, and rules, par-
ticipants and judges will be an-
nounced in the next issue of th,
Detroit Jewish Chronicle.
The next public meeting of the
Women's League for Sabbath Ob-
servance will be held Monday,
Jan. 4, at 2 p. at the Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek. An un-
usual program is planned.
The organization is still ac-
lively conducting a drive for
members. Mrs. Abraham Caplan
is in charge. Mrs. J. Sperka is
chairman.

Louis LaMed Fund
Makes literature
Awards for 1942

Boresho and Turov
Are Prize Winners

One of the first in America to
manifest enthusiasm for and in-
terest in Yiddish and Hebrew
literature was Lou is LaMed of
Detroit.
This interest and enthusiasm
took concrete form when Mr.
LaMed established a fund which
awards a few thousands dollars
each year to the best in Yiddish
and Hebrew literature. Apart

Federation for Polish
Jews Meeting Jan. 7

SENATOR 'FERGUSON

sands of dunams of land unoccu-
pied, untilled and undeveloped,
waiting for the fructifying touch
of the anxious tens of thousands
who are ready to give to the soil
of Palestine their life blood, the

See J. N. F.—Page 12

Rabbi Samuel Brodt
Principal Speaker at
Mizrachi Event Jan. 10

Daniel Temchin, regional presi-
dent of the Mid-western Mizrachi,
and general chairman of the 31st
anniversary banquet, to be held
Sunday, lan. 10, at the Jericho
Temple, issued a plea to Detroit
orthodox Jewry to show its soli-
darity behind the only militant
movement for the building of a

An open meeting of the Fed-
eration for Polish Jews, Ezra
Sisterhood, and representatives of
landsmanschaften, will take place
at the Federation headquarters on
Thursday, Jan. 7. Benjamin Grau-
bart, executive director announces
that the agenda for the evening
will include a report of the ac-
tivities of the War Prisoners Aid
Committee. This committee has
been soliciting the aid of the
Detroit Jewish community to send
packages of food and clothing to
Jewish prisoners interned in Ger-
man prison camps. Many details
referring to special licenses and
permits will be reported at this
meeting. Also included on the
agenda will be a report on the
Ezra Women's Division annual
donor luncheon scheduled for .Jan.
19, a report from the committee
for the yearbook, and a resume
of the political activity of the
Federation.

LOUIS LaMED

from awarding prizes, the LaMed
Fund published a book by Sit.
Niger and is now publishing a
collection of Hebrew works by
Sh. Niger and Menachem Riba-
low. A translation of Hebrew
literature into Yiddish by A.
Regelson is also being published
through the LaMed fund.
The first prizes for this year
of $200 each were awarded to
Menahem Boresho for his Yid-
dish poem, "Der Gaier," and to
Dr. Nissen Turov for his book
in Hebrew, "Mass Psychology".
The second prizes of $150 each

See LaMED—Page 3

Refugees From Nazi Terror

By JULIUS' MORITT.EN

By SAMUEL McCREA CAVERT, General Secretary,
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America

Editor's Note: Julius Moritzen, a writer on international affairs, i.-
of Danish nationality, and has traveled widely in Europe, tit,
Far East and Latin America. He is the author of "The Peace
Movement of America,". apd "Gebrge Brandes in Life and
Letters." The following article is based on authoritative in-
formation, some of it from underground sources.

• The recovery of King Christian 'sides of the Fueh•er, there can
of Denmark from his recent ac- be no .dehying. That the Danish
rident is perhaps the one glenni ruler-did hot wish to give special
of light in the dark Danish-Ger- affront is no doubt a fact. He
man crisis. As against this, tih*: simply could not bring himself
appointment of Erik Scavenius to act other than as his con-
as Prime Minister of Denmark science dictated, whatever thr2
makes the situation as foreboding - consequences. He stood firm be-
as it has been since the Nazis tween the Nuremberg laws and
by stealth overran the , little its application to his Danish sub-
country on the Baltic and the ject, with
firmness that must
North Sea. If the Danish ruler have given his Nazi "guests"
had died, there is no telling' what, much food for thought.
new oppressions the Hitlerites
The
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Gestapo chief in
might have concocted, and this Denmark, Werner Best, brought
applies especially to the Jews. It with him a reputation for doing
is true that Crown Prince Fred- Hitler's bidding that portends lit-
erik while acting Regent during tle good for the Danish Jews.
his father's illness had affirmed Writing in th e German monthly,
that he would follow in the oth- "Zeitschrift fur Politik" he ad-
er's footsteps, so far as it con - vances ceriain theories that no
cerned upholding the democratic doubt refer to the Jews of the
principles of the country. But to conquered countries. He says that
know Denmark you must also "History teaches us that the de-
understand that the affection of struction of an alien people is not
the Danes for their King amounts contrary to the laws of life, pro-
almost to worship. In the case.of viding the destruction is total."
Danish Jewry, Christian X has Is not this exactly Hitler's policy
more than once gone out of his as now given its brutal expres-
way to show that to him all the sion in' .Poland and elsewhere?
citizens are alike, no matter what That Best will go the limit in en-
their form of religion.
That King Christian's laconic forcing Nazi rule in Denmark
may • be taken for granted. Nor
"Thank You" to Hitler's con- need the .Danish Jews look for
gratulations on the former's
birthday has been a thorn in the
See DENMARK—Page 10

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Editor's Note—Dr. Cavert, who visited France shortly before it
was ccmpletely occupied by the Nazis, reports on the plight
of the refugees there, and the efforts of the French churches
to aid the innocent victims of Ilitlerism.

The six weeks which I spent
on the Continent of Europe just
before Unoccupied France became
occupied afforded an opportunity
to learn much about the refugees
from the Nazi terror. In all the
countries which I visited—France,
Switzerland, Spain, Portugal—the
problem of the refugees was acute.
It France it was at the boiling
point.

DANIEL TEMCHIN

religious Palestine by partici-
pating in the celebration of the
31st anniversary of the founding
of the Mizrachi movement.
Mr. Temchin stated: "The
strongest link in our chain of
title to Palestine is our Torah;
and unless we build our land in
accordance with the prescrip-
tions set forth in our Torah,
which is our deed of conveyance,
we lose our right to that land.
The Mizrachi is the medium by
which orthodox Jewry can help
build Palestine in accordance
with the Torah." Mr. Temchin
has for years been an active
worker in the Mizrachi Organiza-

See MIZRACHI—Page 10

It is difficult to describe calmly
what happened to the foreign
Jews whose deportat'on from
France was ordered by Laval at
the behest of his Nazi master.
The conditions under which they
were deported beggar description.
According to the reports of eve-
witnesses the Jews were herded
into box-cars like cattle, about
thirty in a car, with no equip-
ment for the journey of a fort-
night except a bit of straw on
the floor and an iron pail for
toilet purposes. The destination,
though unannounced, was presum-
ably the Jewish reservation in
Nazi-occupied Poland, where they
would be put at forced labor. In-
cluded in the group were some
Christians, both Protestant and
Catholic. Their future existence
will almost certainly be a pro-
cess of slow death from exhaus-
tion and semi-starvation — unless

actual extermination conies soon-
er.
Up to the middle of September
10,000 had been deported from
Unoccupied France; the total num-
ber probably has reached at least
15,000.
Most tragic of all was the fate
of the children who were left be-
hind, about 5,000 of them. A
movement was under way to
bring them to America and other
countries but the occupation of
France by the Nazis has made
this impossible for the present.
The reaction of the French
churches was at first one of in-
credulity that such a thing could
happen and then of outspoken
pr otest. Catholic • and Protestant
leaders cooperated in a common
plan which included official pro-
tests to the Chief of State and
pastoral letters, read in all the
churches, calling on Christians
to give sympathy to the Jews.
Protestant pastors, some of whom
I know personally, lent active as-
sistance to refugees in their ef-
forts to avoid the clutches of the
police and to escape into Switzer-
land or Spain. Up to this time
the churches had been confused
in their attitude toward the Vichy
Government, but now they felt

See REFUGEES—Page 9