January 15, 1943

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DETROIT J2WISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

ON THE HOME FRONT

By BENJAMIN KAUFMAN

Congressional Medal of Honor
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Notional Commander
Jewish War Veterans of the U. S.

3' BEN KAUFMAN SAYS:

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La't week I had a grand ex-
perience.
Many of the Jewish War Vet-
erans must have had something
like it from time to time since
the last war, because there were
plenty of us who found them-
selves called upon to do similar
things.
I mean that I met a man who
came up to me with a big grin
on his blond face and a warm
look in his blue eyes and he held
out a big farmer's-paw and hol-
lered:
"Say Kaufman! Don't you re-
member me?"
Remember him? Well, at first
I didn't. He was a big Western
farmer type. and I couldn't place
him as a soldier.
"Well," I began, "I guess I
ought to know you—"
"Ought to know me!" he laugh-
ed. "Well, if it had not been for
you, I wouldn't be running a big
farm and harvesting bumper crops
for Uncle Sam today."
Then it flashed on my memory.
Twenty-four years ago • . . a
valley in France . . . near the
Argonne . . . trees and rocks
blasted with high explosives . . .
shells bursting and guns popping
all around . . . the garlic smell
of a mustard-gas barrage still
hanging in the air . . . and not
far from my fox-hole, a big blond
head almost buried in the dirt, a
big body in Uncle Sam's khaki
lying as if dead.

Was the man alive? Would
there be any use in me crawling
out of my cOmparatively safe shel-
ter to pull him in? Well, I
thought, war's lust one chance
after another; I'll take this chance
too . . . I crawled out between
the shell-bursts, got the soldier
on to my back, and crawled back
again.
He was alive all right; came
to, right there in my fox-hole
. . . And I looked out again and
first thing I saw, a shell burst
on the very spot where he had
been lying.
"Shucks, I didn't save your
life," I told the big farmer shak-
ing my hand." I just brought
you out of the sand-heap into my
fox-hole."
He roared, "Well, a lot of sol-
diers today are peeling potatoes
that wouldn't have been raised
if you had not done that little
moving job for me in 1918. I read
in the paper that you Jewish War
Vets were going to be around here
and I said, by heck, maybe my
Kaufman will be there, and I'm
going to town to tell him there's
one farmer who's never going to
forget him."
Yes, on the battlefield nobody
th'nks whether you're Jews or
Gentile, black or white, million-
aire or farmer. Just whether
you're dependable in a pinch.
You're fighting for the same coun-
try. You're an American, that's
all that counts!

M. William Weinberg
Elected Chairman of
Council and Guidance

Aaron Rosenberg to Be
Guest Speaker at Ladies
Yeshivah Meeting Jan. 20

M. William Weinberg, execu-
tive director of the Jewish Vo-
cational Service, was elected
chairman of the Metropolitan De-
troit Council of Guidance and
Placement Agencies which was
recently arranged to effect maxi-
mum efficiency and cooperation
in the training, guidance and job-
placement of individuals in the
community.
Among the member organiza-
tions are The United States Em-
ployment Service of the War
Manpower Commission; Guidance
and Placement Departments of
the Detroit, Hamtramck and
Highland Park Boards of Educa-
tion; Placement Departments of
University of Detroit and Wayne
University; Detroit Counselling
Service; Jewish Vocational Serv-
ice; League for the Handicapped;
Detroit Council of Social Agen-
cies; State Rehabilitation Serv-
ice; Masonic Employment Serv-
ice; Detroit Council for the Phy.
sirally Handicapped; Young Men's
Christian Association; Young Wo-
men's Christian Association; A. F.
of L.; C. I. 0.; Vocational Train-
ing of War Workers Program;
Detroit Urban League; League
for Catholic Women; Catholic
Youth Organization and the State
Welfare Commission.
Dr. Ruth Hubbard, of the Con-
sultation Bureau, was elected
vice-chairman and Don Palmer,
director of Placement for Wayne
University, was elected secretary
of the Council.

Philomathic Oratorical
Contest at the Shaarey
Zedek on January 28

The 29th annual oratorical con-
test of the Philomathic Debating
Club will be held on Thursday
po evening, Jan. 28, at 8:30 o'clock,
at the Shaarey Zedek, Lawton
and Chicago Blvd. The contestants
are Lawrence J. Arden, Albert
A. Kramer, Irwin Shulman, George
Rembaum, Laurence R. Herzberg
and Myron Rosenthal. All are
cordially invited to attend.
At the meeting of Jan. 10, in
Room 202, in the Shaarey Zedek,
a discussion was held dealing with
the works of Socrates and Plato.
Leading the discussion were Mor-
ton Zeive, Sidney Zilbur, Jack
Oppenheim and probationer Harold
Berry. The critic's report was pre-
sented by honorary alumnus Ern-
est J. Schwarz, Philomathic's ex-
philosopher.

BUY WAR BONDS!

Mrs. H. Rottenberg, president
of the Ladies of the Yeshivah an-
nounces a Chamisho Ossor Party
to be held Saturday evening, Jan.

Bnai Brith Bowling
League Dance Jan. 17

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Mt. Sinai to Hold Night
Of Games at General
Motors Bldg. on Feb. 9

A War Bond rally will head-
line the 6th semi-annual dinner-
dance of the Pisgah Lodge No.
31, Bnai Brith, Bowling League,
to be held Sunday evening, Jan.

Mt. Sinai Hospital Association
has made arrangements for a
night of games to be held Tues-
day evening, Feb. 9, at 8 o'clock.
This event will take place in the
General Motors Bldg. auditorium.
Mrs. Jacob Ilarvith, president,
and Mrs. Charles Gitlin invite
all members, friends and the
community to come and spend a
pleasant evening.
At a committee meeting held
last Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Louis Goldfine of Clair-
mount Ave., Mrs. Jacob Levene,
general chairman, and her co-
chairman, Mrs. Harry Getter re-
ported that they and their com-
mittee have spared no effort to
make this event outstanding.
Mrs. Daniel Rachmiel reported
that she and her committee have
valuable and worthwhile prizes
and door prizes. Refreshments
will be served by the committee
in charge. Tickets may be had
by calling Mrs. Max Shubiner,
executive secretary, at the Fort
Wayne Hotel, Te. 1-8600 or Tr.
1-6044.
An open meeting of the Mt.
Sinai Hospital Association will
he held Monday afternoon, Jan.
MILTON M. WEINSTEIN
25, at the Bnai Moshe Auditor-
17 in the ballroom of Hotel Stat- ium, Lawrence at Dexter at 1:30
ler.
p. m. Bob Hall will be there to
Bowling President Milton M. entertain. Refreshments will be
Weinstein has appointed Max served.
Goldhoff, vice president and Sam
Maza, founder of the League, to WOMEN'S AID CARD PARTY
act in capacity of "war bond
The Women's Aid for Service
salesman" for the giant rally. A Men had a luncheon and card
goal of $100,000 in War Bonds party on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the
has been set by president Wein- Women's Guild, Metropolitan
stein for the evening. The Bowl- Bldg. Mrs. Hoffrichter, president
ing league bond sale will be a of the organization, gave a brief
pre-opening gun in the million report of the accomplishments in
dollar bond drive that the Great- the seven months of existence.
er Detroit Bnai Brith Council will New members were enrolled and
sponsor Jan. 24 through Feb. 21. more are welcome. For details
Something different in the way call Tyler 6-4782.
of entertainment will be provided
by the Pisgah Keglers "Cutie 85th anniversary last month.
Chorus." Written and directed by
Music for dancing will be fur-
Pisgah bowler, Jack Leeds, the nished by George Cavanaugh and
musical show will feature songs, his orchestrii. Harry Schwartz and
dances and novelty acts with a Al Sklare are in charge of ban-
cast that includes Albert Gloss- quet arrangements.
man, Ben Dolgin, Fred Gerson,
Officers who are in charge of
George Liss, Fred Binder, David the 19 , 42-43 howling program are
Saperstein, Morris Buch, Martin Milton M. Weinstein, president;
Sherman, Harry Thomas and Joe Max Goldhoff, vice-pees.; Elias
Levin.
Goldberg, treasurer; Al Tessler,
President Weinstein will present secretary and Phil Rothschild,
awards to five members of the Publicity and Information Serv-
Bowling League who secured the ice chairman. Members of the ad-
highest number of new members visory board are Sam Maza, Har-
in the recent drive sponsored by ry Schwartz, Al Sklare, Ben Dol-
the Lodge in connection with their gin, and Ira Kaufman.

Many To Participate in
Sabbath Observance
League Essay Contest

At the last meeting of the
Women's League for Sabbath Ob-
servance, Mrs. Abraham Caplan
reported that all of Detroit's He-
brew and Religious Schools had
enthusiastically accepted the in-
vitation to participate in the
essay contest sponsored by the
organization among Detroit's
school children on the subject
"What the Sabbath Means to a
Jewish Child."
Rabbi Jacob Nathan was guest
speaker. Rabbi Jacob Margolis
of Jacksonville, Fla., was a guest
at the meeting and eulogized the
Jewish victims of Hitler terror
in Europe.
Mrs. A. 0. Barsky is chairman
of the newly established "Sab-
bath Fund" and announces the
following contributions:
Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Niska-
min, in honor of Pvt. C. Herbert
Cohen; Mr. and Mrs. H. Glen
Johnston, in honor of Cadet M.

I,. Hutton and Corp. Gerald Bar-
sky; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rubin,
in honor of Cadet M. L. Hutton
and Corp. Gerald Barsky; Mr.
and Mrs. Manuel Wold, in honor

of Sergt. Harry Milgrom; Mrs.
Fannie Rodin, in honor of Linda

Rae Bates and Janice Helene
Bard; Mrs. J. Sperka, in honor
of Diana Cohen and in memory
of parents; Mrs. A. 0. Barsky,
in memory of father, Abraham
Rodin.

Dr. Beryl D. Orris at
Cass Town Hall Jan. 22

Dr. Beryl D. Orris, brilliant
American psychiatrist and lead-
ing authority in the field of com-
parative religion, is the speaker
for the Detroit Town Hall in the
Cass Theater, Friday morning,

Jan. 22, at 11 o'clock.
Dr. Orris holds doctorates from
Berlin and Vienna; he has had
30 years experience in caring for
the mentally sick; he has an ap-
preciation of the problems con-
fronting religion in the modern
world through experiments and
theories concerning the combina-
tion and co-ordination of psychia-
try and religion.
Dr. Orris' extraordinary under-
standing of the international
scene will be found in his lec-
ture "An American Refugee
Comes Home" next Friday morn-
ing.

T hanks

AARON ROSENBERG

23, 1943, at 830 in the Yeshivah
Bldg., Dexter at Cortland.
At this occasion the Ladies will
present a new school bus to the
Yeshivah. The increased enroll-
ment made it necessary to require
a larger vehicle for the transpor-
tation of the students to and from
the Yeshivah.
Special honors will be given at
this function to Mrs. Yetta Levine,
at the occasion of her 81st birth-
day. Mrs. Levine for long years
a member of the organization en-
joys a remarkable health and
freshness of spirit.
Aaron Rosenberg, well known
Detroit attorney and Yiddish
writer, will be the guest speaker
of the evening. A musical pro-
gram will be presented. There
will be no admission charge. The
public is invited.

Music Study Club Was
Addressed by H. Herman

Henry B. Hermann was the
guest speaker at the last meet-
ing of the Music Study Club, held
at the home of Miss Florence
Weintraub, 2990 Webb. The topic
of the evening was Frederick Cho-
pin and illustrations were played
by Bernard Katz, Muriel Mosco-
•itz, Lawrence Rosenthal and
Eva Shapen.
A miscellaneous program fol-
lowed, during which Dorothy Pic-
ard and Joanne Seitz played a
flute duet and Florence Wein-
traub, Leah Crohn and Sheldon
Rosenberg sang vocal selections.

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