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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Jewish Participation in Brotherhood Week
February 19, 19
INTER-FAITH COMMITTEE FOR BROTHERHOOD WEEK
(February 19-28)
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EDITOR'S NOTE: An important message on the significance of
Brotherhood Week.
The 1943 Brotherhood Week ob-
Many Jewish organizations have
servance has aroused an interest cooperated in the fashion which
in many quarters and has received we have grown to expect—such as
a degree of cooperation in very The American Jewish Committee,
many influential elements in the The B'nai B'rith. National Coun-
population that is unprecedented cil of Jewish Women, and the
during the ten years since it was various rabbinical bodies.
inaugurated.
Important new forms of coop-
Not least has been the cooper- e•ation have emerged during the
ation rendered by Jewish indi- past few years. A. Z. A. has
viduals and organizations. Upon taken the initiat've in organiz'ng
this we have always leaned heav- numerous local Youth and De-
ily and it was never more fully inocrary Rallies. In these it has
given than this year. All over the sought and secured the sponso-
country rabbis and prominent rship of all the youth organiza-
laymen are serving as members of tions in the community. These
Brotherhood Week committees, and rallies are held in the neighbor-
participating in their activities.
hood of Washington's Birthday
A considerable number of Jew- and are devoted to a ensiderstion
ish journals are either issuing of what youth can contribute to
editorials entirely devoted to democracy and wholesome human
Brotherhood Week or pub'ishing re'ations. Naturally, they are suc-
pictures, editorials and special ar- cessful in the pronort'on that care
ticles. It is difficult to name them is taken to include all participat-
since Brotherhood Week is pro- ing youth groups in the prepara-
moted through the twelve regional tion and program making of such
offices of the National Conference rallies.
and in many instances journals
Growing more common and
have sought materials from them
rather than from the national popular are "Invite Your Neigh-
office. But we may mention a few bor." or "Fellowship services in
such as The American Jewish Jewish synagogues. Members of
Times, of Greensboro, N. C.; The congregations invite non-Jew'sh
Contemporary Jewish Record, of friends to a synagogue service in
New York; the East Boston the interest of understanding and
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Leader, of Boston, Mass., the friedship. This is a happy idea
Left to right: Eugene Fisher, Harry Yudkoff, William Newton. Seated: James E. Frazer
Jewish Advocate, Boston, Mass.; which has been reversed in a few
The Jewish Journal of Shreve- instances. Christians inviting their
port, La.; The Detroit Jewish Jewish friends to a Christian
Chronicle, Detroit, Michigan; The service with the same object in opinion which will assure the con-
tinuing cooperation among re-
Jewish Review, New York City; mind.
groups so essential to a
Consistently with the program ligious
The Modern View, St. Louis, Mis-
stable
post-war
world.
Policy
of
the
National
Conference
souri and Nailebn of New York
City.
Brotherhood,
long a religious
it is, urged that organizations of
all kinds, clubs. vocational groups, principle, is now a fact, a hard
schools. and religious societies in- fact necessary to the survival of
clude the Brotherhood idea in their the human race. It is the cohesive
February meetings. Working in agent of democray.
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek
Brotherhood means respect, un-
this manner the Conference mes-
sage reaches a cross section of derstanding and cooperation
GURSTON S. ALLEN
MAXWELL M. HOFFMAN
the American people as well as among those who differ racially
12-MONTH DRESS . .
HAROLD C. ALLEN
JOHN B. HOROWITZ
those who are already commit- and religiously. It means fighting
HARRY E. AUGUST
our rayon gabardine
ERNEST L. JAY
ted to the ideas who might at- prejudice and bigotry and think-
ALEX S. BARUCH
ing of people as individuals rather
MARVIN W. KAHN
tend
special
meetings.
Each
per-
classic, in the Sports Shop.
JEROLD J. BENAVIE
ARNOLD KASS
son who reads this message is in- than as a group. It means intelli-
REYNOLD BENNETT
SOL R. KATZ
vited to ask all organizations of gent and informed good will.
Fly-front or button-thru
DAVIS
A.
BENSON
Without good will democracy
HERBERT S. KEIDAN
which he is a member to include
MANDELL
L.
BERMAN
style; in lovely pastels,
EMANUEL KOENIGSBERG
such a program in one of the will collapse and the world go
JERRY BIELFIELD
back to barbarism. With it, men
NORMAN KOHLENBERG
February. meetings.
LEONARD I. BIELFIELD
19.95
HOWARD F. KOPEL
The Conference is defining can live as a family and by giving
HERBERT G. BLUMBERG
DENNIS KOVAN
Brotherhood as giving to others it to each other so all can have
LEONARD BORIN
HANNAN KRAFT
the rights you want for yourself. it. will build a world where men
MILTON J. BOSLEY
OSCAR M. KRAMER
Such a practical definition applied of all races, nations and creeds
PERRY P. BURNSTINE
can be free.
JOSEPH KUTZEN
in
all
situations
of
life
will
add
WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
NEWTON
BURROWS
Our Prejudices developed, large-
PHILIP E. LACHMAN
materially to the unity of our
I. M. BURSTEIN
HILLIE LAPIDES
nation now and to the climate of ly. in the pre-scientific ages. It is
only within the last few gener-
CHARLES CANVASSER
MAX LAPIDES
ations that anthropologists, social
DEL CANVASSER
BURTON J. LEMBERG
scientists, historians and other
SEYMOUR CAPLAN
JOSEPH H. LEVIN
educators have given us knowl-
SIDNEY L. CAPLAN
LEON H. LEWIS
edge about the nature of group
HARRY CARNICK
MAX L. LICHTER
relations, and the principles that
ABRAHAM COHEN
MORTON D. LIEBERMAN
govern them. We are beginning to
ARTHUR G. COHEN
ARNOLD B. LONDON
see that the idea of racial superi-
MORTON COHEN
THEODORE L. LONDON
ority is nonsense, that groups are
DANIEL COHN
SEYMOUR J. LOEWENBERG
mutually interdependent, that the
DONALD M. COHN
BENTON I. MARKS
well-being of one group is depend-
DONALD MEYER COHN
MILTON S. MARWIL
ent upon the health of every
LESLIE E. COLBURN
THOMAS MARWIL
group and that social hostility can
LAWRENCE R. COVILLE
in going "OVER THE TOP"
MAURICE MEYERS
be analyzed and reduced to pro-
WARREN W. COWAN
SOL MEYERS
portions of minor consequence.
LEO J. CROLL
IN YOUR
NATHAN MILSTEIN
If we apply our knowledge, coop-
ALVIN A. DANN
SAM MINUS
eration can be achieved. We are
GERALD J. DAVIDSON
ROBERT S. MORRISON
MILLION DOLLAR WAR BOND DRIVE
seeing that democracy means unity
MORRIS DIAMOND
MELVIN S. MOSS
without uniformity, that men do
ARTHUR DOCTOR
that sponsors 2 Submarine Chasers to defeat
MARTIN NADLER
not need to be alike to produce a
SYDNEY
J.
DUNITZ
RAYMOND NEWMAN
Axis U-boat menace.
strong, united, cooperative nation
ABNER DUNN
BERNARD D. OSNOS
and world. We know that inter-
LEROY DUNN
LEO PAPP
AMERICAN BROACH SALES MADISON ELECTRIC CO.
national law and order, with all
DAVID EDELMAN
ROY D. PAUL
WM. PFEIL, Pres.
nations participating, is the sine
MORRIS H. BLUMBERG
JOSEPH EDELMAN
EDWARD PERLMUTTER
qua non of a just and durable
JOSEPH R. EDER
ROBERT F. PHILLIPS
NOTE: For additional sponsors of "Bnai Brith Million
peace.
HENRY N. EHRLICH
ROY RADNER
Dollar War Bond Drive" see pages 8 and 9.
Colleges,
universities,
high
LEONARD
ELK
MAURICE A. RICE
schools, elementary schools,
HAROLD
ELLIAS
BEROL B. ROBINSON
churches, adult education agen-
MORRIS EPSTEIN
DONALD II. ROBERTS
cies, and community organizations
S. JOSEPH FAUMAN
BERNARD A. ROSENTHAL
are accepting their new responsi-
HERMAN C. FEIGENSON
ALVIN N. SARASOHN
bilities for educating people to
MORTON FEIGENSON
If You Are Interested In Quality Meat, Call at
WILLIAM SAULSON
realize their duties in a demo-
CLIFFORD FELDMAN
ABRAHAM SCHILLER
cratic society. That is an en-
EDGAR M. FENTON
couraging sign.
STANLEY R. SCHILLER
11632 Dexter Blvd.
MERYL M. FENTON
HENRY SCHLESINGER
We cannot exhibit the spirit of
(Between Burlingame and Webb)
PHILIP
FINE
SYDNEY C. SCHOR
brotherhood toward other peoples
BERNARD FINEMAN
BARNEY J. SCHWARTZ
unless we have it here at home.
SOL FINK
"To win the war," writes Herbert
HENRY SELIGMAN
MILTON N. FISHMAN
Agar in "A Time For Greatness,"
MARSHALL D. SHULMAN
LEONARD V. FRANK
means not only to overcome the
HUBERT SIDLOW
Kosher Meat El Poultry Market
LOUIS S. FREEDMAN
virulent corruption which has as-
JERRY SILBERBLATT
ABNER
FRIEDMAN
sailed us from without, but to be
0. G. SIMMONS
tHXH:1-0-0 -0-ettiWtitHii
H. HARVEY GASS
healed of the weakness and folly
ARTHUR D. SIMON
JOSEPH
G.
GILBERT
which has betrayed us from with-
SAMUEL B. SIMON
SAMUEL M. GINGOLD
in; it means to bring a technical
H. SAUL SINGAR
ALFRED M. GLAZER
civilization under the domination
EUGENE SLOAN
MARVIN GOLDMAN
of brotherhood, thus harnessing
MARTIN SMILAY
ALBERT A. GORDON
our resources for creative tasks."
JOSEPH W. SOLOMON
LOUIS J. GORDON
The strength and unity of our
EDWARD H. STEIN
JOSEPH GRANT
national life is proportionate to
ROBERT A. TUCKER
the degree of brotherhood that is
ERVIN GREENBAUM
MELVIN WALLACE
practiced here.
MAURICE GREENBERG
WILLIAM
WETSMAN
We have been sufficiently warn-
SIDNEY GROSSMAN
eel and are probably aware that
MARVIN R. WINKELMAN
MARTIN GURWIN
the agents of the totalitarian pow-
MORTON HELPER
ALAN H. WOLFSON
ers are constantly at work among
RALPH E. HELPER
JACOB YORK
us spreading false rumors and
DAVID S. HERSHMAN
MANUEL ZECHMAN
suspicion, setting Catholic against
STANLEY HITSKY
SHELDON L. ZUIEBACK
Protestant and Protestant against
Catholic and Christian against
Jew. It is the application of the against the United States but ember of hostility and racial
and
proven policy, divide and con- only to take advantage of the religious prejudice.
quer. We have been often re- complexity of our population and
minded of Hitler's confidence that foment every occasion presented
Satisfaction is better than all
it was not necessary to use armies by our differences and fan every
riches.
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CONGRATULATIONS.,.
Greater Detroit
B'nai B'rith Council
Aaron B. Margolis