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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 Book-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 2,000,000 Jews slaughtered by the Nazis in their coldblooded
plan to exterminate all Jews in Nazi-occupied countries.
The conference 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 Billet Silver, national •hairmar
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, Intl not, for all of the
protests it has voiced, adequately
responded.
Report on Work
Reports of the Jewish National
Fund work of more than 1,000
communities 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, come 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
; .for the dead. A scene which set the fund. And thus democrati-
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
"Even 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.
in honor of the national presi-
With some of the sessions tak- dent f Bnai Brith, Henry Mon-
ing place on Christmas, Dr. Abba sky.

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

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, Ian. 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

Boresho and Turov

Are Prize Winners

One of the first in America Io
manifest enthusiasm for and in-
terest in Yiddish and Hebrew
literature was Louis LaMed of
Detroit.
This interest a nd 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

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 Sh.
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 MORITZEN

By SAMUEL McCREA CAVERT, General Secretary,

Editor's Note: Julius Moritzen, a writer on international affairs, it
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," and "George Brandes in Life and
Letters." The following article is based on authoritative in-
formation, some of it from underground sources.

Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America

Editor's Note—Dr. Cavert, who visited France shortly before it
was completely 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.

sides of the Fuehrer, there can
be no denying. That the Danish
ruler did hot wish to give special
affront is no doubt a fact. He
simply could not bring himself
to act other than as his con-
science dictated, whatever th?
consequences. He stood firm be-
tween the Nuremberg laws and
its application to his Danish sub-
ject, with a firmness that must
have given his Nazi "guests"
much food for thought.
The new Gestapo chief in
Denmark, Werner Best, brought
DANIEL TEMCHIN
with him a reputation for doing
Hitler's bidding that portends lit- religious Palestine by partici-
de good for the Danish Jews. pating in the celebration of the
Writing in the German monthly, 31st anniversary of the founding
"Zeitschrift for Politik" he ad- of the Mizrachi movement.
vances certain theories that no
Mr. Temchin stated: "The
doubt refer to the Jews of the strongest link in our chain of
conquered countries. He says that title to Palestine is our Torah;
"History teaches us that the de- and unless %•e build our land in
struction of an alien people is not accordance with the prescrip-
contra! y to the laws of life, pro- Lions set forth in our Torah,
viding the destruction is total." which is our deed of conveyance.
Is not this exactly Hitler's policy w e lose our right to that land.
as now given its brutal expres- The Mizrachi is the medium by
sion in Poland and elsewhere? which orthodox Jewry can help
That Best will go the limit in en- build Palestine in accordance
forcing Nazi rule in Denmark with the Torah." Mr. Temchin
may be taken for granted. Nor has for years been an active
need the Danish Jews look fOr worker in the Mizrachi Organin-

See DENMARK—Page 10

At its last meeting the Wom-
en's League for Sabbath Observ-
ance completed plans for an es-
:ay 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 the
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. m., at the Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek. An un-
usual program is planned.
The organization is still a•-
tively conducting a drive for
inembtes. Mrs. Abraham Caplan
is in charge. Mrs. J. Sperka is
chairman.

Louis LaMed fund
Makes Literature
Awards for 1942

Federation for Polish
Jews Meeting Jan. 7

Outlook for Denmark Jews

The recovery of King Christian
fd' Denmark from his recent ac-
cident is perhaps the one gleam
of light in the dark Danish-Ger-
man crisis. As against this, the
appointment of Erik Scavenius
as Prime Minister of Denmark
makes the situation as foreboding
as it has been since the Nazis
, by stealth overran the little
country on the Baltic and the
North Sea. If the Danish ruler
had (lied, there is no telling what
new oppressions the Hitlerite
might have cbncocted, and this
applies especially to the Jews. It
is true that Crown Prince Fred-
en
while acting Regent during
his father's illness had affirmed
that he would follow in the oth-
er's footsteps, so far as it con-
cerned upholding the democratic
principles of the country. But to
know Denmark skyou must also
understand that the affection of
the Danes for their King amounts
almost to worship. In the case of
Danish Jewry, Christian X has
more than once gone out of his
way to show that to him all the
citizens are alike, no matter what
their form of religion.
That King Christian's laconic
"Thank You" to HitleK's con-
gratulations on the former's
birthday has been a thorn in the

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See M1ZRACHI—Page

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The six weeks which I spent actual extermination comes soon-
on the Continent of Europe just er.
before Unoccupied France became
Up to the middle of September
occupied afforded an opportunity 10,000 had been deported from
to learn much about the refugees Unoccupied France; the total num-
from the Nazi terror. In all the her probably has reached at least
countries which I visited—France, 15,000.
Switzerland, Spain, Portugal—the
Most tragic of all was the fate
problem of the refugees was acute. of the children who were left be-
lt France it was at the boiling hind, about 5,000 of them.
A
point.
movement was under way to
It is difficult to describe calmly bring them to America and other
what happened to the foreign countries but the occupation of
Jews whose deportation from France by the Nazis has made
France was ordered by Laval at this impossible for the present.
The reaction of the French
the behest of his Nazi master.
The conditions under which they churches was at first one of in-
were deported beggar description. credulity that such a thing could
According to the reports of eye- happen and then of outspoken
witnesses the Jews were herded protest. Catholic and Protestant
into box-cars like cattle, about leaders cooperated in a common
thirty in a car, with no equip- plan which included official pro-
ment for the journey of a fort- tests to the Chief of State and
night except a bit of straw on pastoral letters, read in all the
the floor and an iron pail for churches, calling on Christians
toilet purposes. The destination, to give sympathy to the Jews.
though unannounced, was presum- Protestant pastors, some of whom
ably the Jewish reservation in I know personally, lent active as-
Nazi-occupied Poland, where they sistance to refugees in their ef-
would be put at forced labor. In- forts to avoid the clutches of the
cluded in the group were some police and to escape into Switzer-
Christians, both Protestant and land or Spain. Up to this time
Catholic. Their future existence the churches had been confused
will almost certainly be a pro- in their attitude toward the Vichy
cess of slow death from exhaus- Government, but now they felt
tion and semi-starvation — unless
See REFUGEES—Page 9

