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February 12, 1943

AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RELIGION
HOLDS WAR-TIME COMMENCEMENT

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"In a world in which the Jew-
ish people finds itself the object
of three-fold warfare, the Rabbis
of Israel must, in the words of
Scripture, be 'able men, such as
fear God, men of truth, hating
unjust gain'," declared Dr. Ste-
phen S. Wise in his charge to the
class of 1943 at the first mid-year
Commencement Exercises of the
Jewish Institute of Religion,
which were held Sunday after-
noon, Feb. 7, at the Institute,
West 67th St. near Central Park,
in New York.
Seven graduating students were
ordained as rabbis at this special
war-time Commencement, occa-
sioned in part by pulpit vacancies
which have resulted from enlist-
ment by 20 per cent of the Insti-
tute's alumni a§ chaplains in ac-
tive military service.
In his Commencement Address,
Dr. Wise, president and founder
of the Institute, asserted that the
American Jew today finds him-
self involved in three wars.
"There is, first of all, the war
in which our beloved nation is en-
gaged; the greatest conflict of
men and ideas in the history of
mankind," Dr. Wise declared. "It
is a war in which American Jew-
ry, together with their fellow citi-
zens of all classes, creeds and
colors, are passionately dedicated
to victory and to peace with jus.
tice. Alumni of the Jewish Insti-
tute of Religion in considerable
numbers have taken temporary
leaves from their congregations to
serve American military estab-
lishments in the various theatres
of the war. I have no doubt that
if present prerequisites be modi-
fied, many of the young men who
today are being ordained will be-
fore long be ministering to the
needs of the armed forces as
chaplains."
The second war against the
Jew, Dr. Wise asserted, is that of
Nazism to accomplish the com-
plete extermination of the Jewish
people.
"It is a process of calculated
annihilation which already has
resulted in the martyrdom of hun-
dreds of thousands of our Jewish
brethren in Europe for Kiddush
Ha-Shem, for the sanctification of
the holy name of God," Dr. Wise
stated. "But we are confident that
under God, and by the arms of
the United Nations, this evil aim
will not be consummated."
Dr. Wise described the third
war as one in which a minority
element of pseudo-"Messiahnists"
and victims of fear have sought
to undermine the concept of the
peoplehood of Israel and the"ma-
jestic adventure of the rebuilding
of Palestine." He cautioned the
graduates against compromise and
appeasement, and concluded with
the charge given by Jethro to
Moses when the latter was about
to select judges for the Israelites
in the wilderness:—"Thou shalt
provide out of all the people able
men, such as fear God, men of
truth, hating unjust gain." This
verse, Exodus 18.21, is part of
the Portion of the Week which
was read in synagogues on a re-
cent Sabbath.
The following men were or-
dained and the congregations to

which they are ministering:
Zev Bloom —Temple B'nai Abra.
ham, Newark, N. J.
Alfred Leo Friedman--Baisley
Park Jewish Center, New York.
Horace Edmund Manacher —
Temple B'rith Kodesh, Rochester,
N. Y.
Harold Rosenman—United He-
brew Congregation, Fort Smith,
Ark.
Albert G. Silverman — Jewish
Center, Floral Park, N. Y.
Seymour Stern—B'nai Abra-
ham Congregation, Hagerstown,
Md.
Albert N. Troy—Y. M. H. A,
Temple, Aurora, Ill.
Two men received Ordination
extra ordinem. They are Isaac Ed-
ward Kiev, assistant librarian of
the Jewish Institute of Religion,
and Irving M. Melamed, Jewish
chaplain for public welfare insti-
tutions in the State of Illinois.
The degrees of Doctor of He.
brew Letters honoris causa were
granted in absentia to Ernest
Bloch, distinguished composer, and
Saul Tchernikowsky, foremost liv-
ing Hebrew poet, who resides in
Palestine.
Commissioner Joseph M. Levine,
vice-chairman of the board of
trustees, presided at the exercises.
The invocation was given by Rab•
bi David W. Pearlman, '33, who
is spiritual leader of Temple Beth
El, Stamford, Conn. Prof. H
Slonimsky, dean of the faculty,
presented the candidates for Or
dination. The choir of the Free
Synagogue rendered the musical
portion of the exercises, directed
by Prof. A. W. Binder of the In.
stitute faculty.
The Jewish Institute of Religion
was founded in 1922 in the con-
viction that the large Jewish
population of America required
additional institutions for the
training of men for the Jewish
ministry, research, religious edu•
cation and community service. A
total of 139 rabbis have been or
dained by the Institute and are
now serving Reform, Conservative
and Orthodox congregations
throughout the country.
The following Institute alumni
are chaplains on active military
duty:
In the United States Army—
Captains Charles Freedman, Jacob
Honig, Aryeh Lev, Emanuel
Schenk and Samuel Teitelbaum;
and Lieutenants Arthur Brodey,
Abraham Dubin, Joseph Freed.
man, Abraham Haselkorn, Mau-
rice Hirshberg, Emanuel Honig,
Samuel Horowitz, Meyer Miller,
Martin Perley, Abraham Ruder•
man, Samson A. Shain and Earl
Stone.
In the U. S. Naval Reserve—
Lieutenants Senior Grade Joshua
Goldberg and Jacob Rudin, and
Lt. J. G. Selig Miller.
The following Institute alumni
have received ecclesiastical en-
dorsement and are completing
formalities preliminary to being
commissioned as officers in the
Chaplains' Corps of the armed
forces: Rabbis Albert Baum, Solo-
mon Cherniak, Marcus Kramer,
Augustus Loeb and Albert Mich-
els.
To meet the increasing demand

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Rabbi Morris Adler
ro Address Detroit
Histadruth Drive Rally

Rabbi Morris Adler of Congre-
gation Shaarey edek will be the
guest speaker at the third rally
of the Detroit Palestine Histadrut
campaign (Gewerkshaften), on
Thursday evening, Feb. 18, at
Lacher's, 8933 12th St., at 8:30
p.
Last Thursday night the sec-
ond rally of the Detroit Palestine
Histadrut campaign was held at
Lachar's. Enthusiastic reports
were given by many delegates
and workers. Most of the con-
tributors are responding gener-
ously, substantially increasing
their contributions. Joseph Hag-
gai, vice chairman and former
chairman of the Gewerkshaften
campaign, was the guest speaker.
HALF-HOUR PALESTINE
PROGRAM ON RADIO
The Detroit Palestine Histadrut
campaign (Gewerkshaften) an-
nounces that on Saturday, Feb.
13, from 9 to 930 p. m. on the
Altman Jewish Hour, Station
WJLB, a full half-hour Pales-
tinian program will be given.
"Habonim," the youth division
of the Palestine Labor movement
in Detroit, will present a timely
sketch of life in Palestine, with
Palestinian songs. Philip Slomo-
vitz, chairmen of the Council of
Zionist Organization, will be the
speaker. Morris L. Schaver, chari-
man of the campaign, will act as
chairman of the program.

Wachs in Race for
Common Pleas Judge

Barry II. Wachs announces his
candidacy for Common Pleas
Court for the coming Primaries
on Feb. 15.
He has been in active practice
of law in Detroit for the past
15 years.
He is endorsed by leading
church, fraternal, labor and busi-
ness groups.
Wachs is 39 years old, a tax-
payer, married and living with
his wife and two children at
3314 W. Buena Vista Ave.

for rabbis resulting from war-
time conditions, an entering class
was admitted for the first time
in the history of the Institute at
the opening of the Spring Term
this month. Entering students in-
clude Seymour Baumrind, Marnin
Feinstein, Sidney Kaye and Sey-
mour Wadler, all of New York;
and Martin Zion of Reading, Pa.

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Jerusalem Sounds the Call for a Jewish Army

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In spite of the censorship and intimidations on behalf of the
Colonial Administration in Palestine, the Jews do not give up their
demand for a Jewish Army. They express this demand through
many channels and manifestatiosn.
This photograph shows the slogan for a Jewish Army painted
clandestinely on the wall of a Jerusalem movie house. The photo-
graph was presented to the Committee for a Jewish Army of
Stateless and Palestinian Jews, 535 Fifth Ave., New York City,
by Croswell Bowen, an officially accredited photographer who re-
cently returned to the United States.
The leader of the religious community in Palestine, Rabbi
Meyer Berlin, who came by clipper from Palestine a few days ago,
declared to the press on his arrival that all the Jews of Palestine
are united in a demand for a Jewish Army, 200,000 strong.

N. Woodward JWEWO
To Hold Tea Feb. 16

The Jewish European Welfare
Organization, North Woodward
Branch, announces that Mrs. Ar-
nold A. Kosarin, will be hostess
at a tea to be held at her home,
17181 Ponchartrain Drive, on
Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 1 o'clock.
Members and friends are invited.
Tea will be poured by Mrs. J.
Zuckerman, chairman of the af-
ternoon.
The tea is being sponsored to
swell the fund of the bond do-
nated by Mrs. Sam Shorr, and
will be raffled at their next ac-
tivity, the event being a home-
cooked luncheon and card party
to be held at the Bnai Moshe
on the afternoon of March 9.
The mezzuza fund is making
progress. Mrs. Ida Schultz is
chairman. Names of boys in serv-
ice should be called in to Mrs.
Schultz, Townsend 8-0394. Mem-
bers as well as non-members are
welcome for this service.
Mrs. Anna Goldberg, Tyler
7-6410, is president of the branch.

Rabbi Adler To Speak
On "Prophets of Israel"

At the late Friday Evening
Service of Feb. 19 Rabbi Adler
will inaugurate a series of lec-
tures on the Prophets of Israel.
The first will deal with the
origins and backgrounds of that
remarkable and unique phenom-
ena known as Prophecy. No other
manifestation of the religious
spirit has as much relevance and
significance for our day as the
inspired words of the seers of
old.
Cantor Jacob H. Sonenklar
will lead in the service.

METROPOLITAN CLUB
The Jewish Metropolitan Club
will hold a flag dance on Satur-
day evening, Feb. 20, at 9:30,
at their club room, 8923 12th
St. Admission is 55 cents; music
from 9:30 p. m. to 1:30 a. m.

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College, Cincinnati, on Saturday, January 16. These men were to
have graduated in June of 1943, but their course of study was
accelerated so they could occupy pulpits to release men for chap-
laincy service, and themselves be eligible a year earlier for war
service. Three members of this class returned from pulpits they
•p occupy as replacement for chaplains in the Army and Navy, for
the graduation exercises.
Reading from left to right they are, top row: Alvin I. Fine,
Portland, Ore.; Julian F. Fleg, University City, Mo.; Robert L.
Katz, Aurora, Ill.; bottom row: Abraham Klausner, Denver, Col.;
Bertram W. Korn, Philadelphia, Pa.; Joseph M. Strauss, Pontiac,
Mich.

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