...i. mrsYves.mrevrelrara rr iat tte .: S7S I DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Jewish Participation in Brotherhood Week February 19, 19 INTER-FAITH COMMITTEE FOR BROTHERHOOD WEEK (February 19-28) By ROBERT A. ASHWORTH WE' 1V1 eri ed the servi than pope Trer ulati amp arm' cent men miss spoil miss aPP(, ord shoo ish I mot, capt read, Am( itsel rea Am eno JEV fast; tore groi brot lie Ital pre' the Je' she tim, ans' for, . . reel ist; de Rel hii ery th, to4 Chi Hit E ► .0 frO pee Ica cht tno YC WI th( . . th( th( ovi res %IA ocI wi g0 ha tie st( of Pt let th P( Pi A' W w , a b( to T tl 1 N 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 • 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. Honor Roll tr : fri Nic4 e_ref Xel4 i CONGRATULATIONS.,. Greater Detroit B'nai B'rith Council Aaron B. Margolis