28th Year of Service to Our State and Nation

Detroit and Jewish
Chronicle
The Legal Chronicle

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1443

VOL. 45, NO. 12

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Detroit Refugees
B'nai B'rith Celebrates
Eden To Discuss Refugee To
Hold Victory
Problem While Here Rally on Sunday Bond Drive Success

Preliminary Exploration of Whole Situation
Is Likely, According to Sumner Welles

Adler, Kelly, Weiss To
Be Guest Speakers

Campaign Was First in City To Link Drive

A loyalty for victory rally will
With "Sponsor a Fighting Ship" Promotion
be held on Sunday, March 21.
WASHINGTON. (WNS)—Pos- at 2:15 p. nn., in the Social Hall
Last Monday night, at an open
slide joint action to save as many of Congregat on Shaarey Zedek, meeting of Pisgah Lodge, the
Chicago at Lawton, under the
as possible of the 5,000,000 Jews
Greater Detroit Bnai Brith Coun-
facing certain extinction in Nazi-
cil was complimented for its suc-
occupied Europe and agreement
cessful one-month War Bond
drive which sold over $1,490,000
On the post-war refugee problem
in bonds and sponsored two sub-
in Europe are among • the sub-
marine chasers.
jects to be discussed between
Noted Local Artists
Resolutions lauding the untiring
British Foreign Secretary An-
$500,000 Bond Sale
To Participate
efforts of Mrs. Lillian Aaron,
thony Eden and President Roose-
To Honor Rabbi Wise
president
of
Pisgah
Auxiliary,
and
velt and ..other Government offi-
The Zionist Organization of cials, authoritative sources here
Max Goldhoff, treasurer of Pisgah
Nathan Fishman has generous-
Ledge, were presented to them
Detroit will present a festival of stated this week.
by the Greater Detroit Bnai Brith ly consented to assist the Detroit
The arrival here of Mr. Eden
'Vewish music on Thursday, March
Council. Certificates of award Women's Division of the American
25, at 8:15 p. in., in the Social for conferences on war and post-
were
presented to the following Jewish Congress in the $500,000
war
problems
with
President
Hall of Congregation Shaarey
groups
which participated in this War Bond Drive to honor Dr.
Roosevelt
and
other
American
Zedek.
successful
drive: Pisgah Lodge,
leaders
was
linked
with
recent
The participating artists are:
Louis Marshall Lodge, Theodor
addresses by Under-Secretary of
Herzl Lodge, East Side Lodge,
State Sumner Welles advocating
Pisgah Auxiliary, Business and
joint conferences among the
Professional Auxiliary, Theodor
United Nations now for the solu-
Herzl Auxiliary, East Side Aux-
tion of problems arising out of
iliary, Louis Marshall Auxiliary,
the war.
A. Z. A., and junior Bnai Brith
Mr. Welles disclosed recently
Girls.
that the United States had sug-
It was cited at the meeting
gested to Great Britain that rep-
by Harry Yudkoff, president of
resentatives of these two major
RABBBI MORRIS ADLER
the Greater Detroit Bnai Brith
United Nations meet in Ottawa
for a "preliminary exploration" joint auspices of the American- Council that the local Bnai Brith
of the vast refugee problem which Austrian Social Club, the Chey- bond drive was the first in the
will beset Europe after the war rath Gmiluth Hassodim, and the city to link its drive to the Treas-
unless concrete plans are devised New Detroiters. The Rally will ury Department's newest promo-
now to con with the situation. celebrate the presentation of a tional venture to "Sponsor a
The American proposal was re- fighter plane to the U. S. Army Fighting Ship". Also this drive
ported to have the complete en- by a national loyalty committee, sold a larger percentage of Series
dorsement of Great Britain and representing refugees from Hit- E Bonds than is usually sold in
reports circulated in London this ler's reign of terror. The fighter this type of a drive.
Upon the launching of the two
week that Malcolm McDonald, plane will be presented this Sun-
British Ilig,h Commissioner to day. at LaGuardia Field in New submarine chasers made possible
Canada, will be one of the Brit- York, and a nat'onwide broad- by this drive, the vessel's prow
ish delegates to the forthcoming cast will carry -the presentation will bear a. large shield announc-
Ottawa conferences.
over the radio to the entire ing "This Fighting Ship is spon-
NATHAN FISHMAN
sored and made possible the War
Shortly before his departure country.
for the United States, Mr. Eden
Detroit's loyalty rally will be Bond and Stamp purchases of Stephen S. \Vise, which will be
said in the house of Commons of significance because Detroit the people of the Greater De- concluded April 1. An army bomb-
JULIUS CHAJES
that "the massacres of Jews in refugees contributed a substantial troit Bnai Brith Council". When er with the name American Jew-
Marguerite Kozenn, soprano; Ju- Poland are continuing," and that sum of money toward the cost of these ships are commissioned, a ish Congress, Detroit, will be
lius Chajes, composer - pianist; the British Government was con- the plane. This is one of the suitable plaque bearing the above purchased at the conclusion of
Cantor Jacob Sonenklar, tenor; sidering the selection of repro- many ways in which these victims wording will be placed on the the drive.
Cantor Robert Tulman, tenor: sentatives to the Ottawa confer- of Nazi and Fascist oppression ships in an appropriate and prom-
Mr. Fishman achieved a repu-
Morris Hochberg, violin, and Ru- Nice. Ile voiced the hope of the have demonstrated their love for inent place.
Richard E. Gutstadt of Chi- tation as a super War Bond sales-
dolph Kramer, 'cello. Following British Government that the
See REFUGEES—Page 12
cago, national executive director man for Uncle Sam through his
is the program:
Ottawa talks would be wide in
efforts during the million dollar
of the Anti-Defamation League War Fund Drive of Knollwood
(1) Traditional Music:
scope.
of
Bind.
Brith,
was
the
principal
Rachel Weeps for Her Chil-
Country Club, which was largely
speaker of the evening, and pre- over subscribed last year.
Roitman-Bender
dren
CONGRESS CONDEMNS
sented
a
comprehensive
picture
Song of Prayer..Schorr-Sonenklar
The Women's Division of the
NAZI MASS-MURDER
show to that anti-Semitism is Congress is confident that with
Jacob Sonenklar
still prevalent and forces are the assistance of Mr. Fishman,
WASHINGTON. (WNS)—The
Prayer
Julius Chajes
intact for post-war activity.
United States Senate unanimous-
Morris Hochberg
the present drive will establish
The entertainment program in-
b' Sni'ma Yisroel
Max Heitman ly adopted a resolution this week
Saturday evening, April 3, has cluded vocal selections by Sally a similar record.
condemning "the mass murder
tihabbes Noch Minch(' (by
An office has been opened at
A. W. Binder of Jewish own, women and chil- been set aside by the Kvutzah Johnson of the Detroit Civic 527 Barium Tower, telephone
request)
Opera
Company,
and
violin
selec-
dren"
as
"a
brutal
and
inde-
Marguerite Kozenn
Ivrith as Fichman evening, Jacob
See DRIVE—Page 12
Fichman, one of the leading He-
See BNAI BRITH—Page 10
See EDEN—Page 12
See MUSIC—Page 12
brew literati, has now reached
his sixtieth year, and his anni-
versary is being celebrated wher-
s
•s
•
ever
ever Hebrew is recognized as a
M
By A. ALMI
living tongue.
Jacob Fichman is a versatile
The Persian Empire, as the otbeism, evidently feeling that his
Before an essemblage of more ;ince nut rks the opening of a
Book of Esther tells us, extended people's position in Egypt would writer. lie began as a poet. Poe-
-
than
300 delegates and officers of month of such observance in the
from India to Ethiopia over 127 be aggravated if the Ten Com- try still marks his main literrry constituent organizations, the Jewish community of Detroit. In
irrovinces in which lived many mandments were given in a land
the name of the Community
races and nationalities. They dif- teeming with thousands of deities. achievement. He has also con- Jewish Community Council of De- Council, he urged all constituent
tributed
very
much
to
the
Ile_
troit
initiated
a
month
of
Tribtfte
fered from each other in religion When the Jews attained po-
organizations with active mem-
and in ways of life and made up litical independence the pagan brew textbook literature. He is pressive
to Jewish
Martyrs,
at was
an im-
ceremony
which
part berships to plan similar programs.
a veritable babel of languages, empires of Assyria and Babylonia the arthur of a complete series of the program of the Commun- The office of the Council will
gods, customs and ideas. Many of —and • later of Rome—vented
help in planning of these observ-
of Hebrew textbooks for ele- ity Council conference on March ances, and will secure speakers,
the subject nations of the Per- their main fury on the monotei-
11. Participation in the Memor- readers, and musical talent for
sian Empire settled in Persia site principle of Judaism, and in mentary and intermediate Hebrew ial
Observance were Rabbi Mor-
Proper, some of them in the Per- their attacks on the Jewish state Schools. He is also an essayist ids Adler, of Congregation Shaa- the organizations which request
sought
first
of
all
the
profanation
sian capital. And yet the chron-
rey Zedek, who gave a fitting ad- them.
and critic.
During the business meeting.
iclers of these (lays fail to record and the destruction of the Tem-
Many years Mr. Fichman was dress and Abraham Meyerowitz, reports were presented on behalf
ple
at
Jerusalem.
Unable
to
think
any riot by the indegenous Per-
director of the Farband Schools,
in abstract terms, the pagans the editor of the most outstand- who delivered a moving address of the arbitration, admissions, dis
sions against the "aliens".
Haman, the Prime Minister of thought that by destroying the ing Hebrew Palestinian monthly, i n Y iddish.
Cantors Jacob H. eliminations, education, commun•
Persia, incidentally himself not a phyysical home of Jewish religion "Moznayim," which is still being s onneki ar and Robert Tulman ity relations, and inter-group
they would also destroy its spiri-
committees of the Community
ilfaire Persian, charged the Jews
•
published in spite of the many furnished the chanting of the Council. The business meeting
with being different from the tual essence. They could not con-
23rd Psalm and of the El Molei
ethers, with obeying peculiar ceive of a people living in a hardships encountered.
Rachamin, Aaron Rosenberg read was made brief and discussion
laws and practicing peculiar cus- mere idea, a principle devoid of
Fichman has also left his mark selections from the Yiddish yen- eliminated, in order to give tim$
toms. It was a political rather any physical embodiment. They in the realm of short story writ- sion of Bialik's "City of Slaugh- for the memorial program.
Four arbitration cases were rc
than a religious accusation. Re- could not believe that a faith ing. In short, he is one of the ter," and Rabbi Jacob .1. Nathan
ported on. In one of thnse a hear-
ligious antagonism to the Jews could outlive its physical center
-
of
Congregation
Bnai
Moshe
con-
H eb rew per
would be more conceivable in or that a nationality could sur- outstanding literary
cluded the program with the read- ing was held and an award made.
view of the basic conflict be- vive the destruction of its po- sonages in Palestine today.
ing of Chapter XXXVII from the It involved a dispute between a
tween the monotheism proclaimed litical state.
The speakers for the evening Book of Ezekiel. Memorial can- Congregation and a theatre in
In the Persian Empire, as in are A. Twersky, a member of the dies were lit, and the Kaddish the matter of a purchase of seats.
by Judaism and the polytheism
of the pagan religions. Moses un- Egypt before, the Jews found staff of the United Hebrew was recited from the millions of Two other cases are in the process
derstood it and refrained from themselves surrounded by polythe- Schools, and a close friend of the Jews who perished at the hands of negotiations, and a hearing
for a third is scheduled for next
proclaiming the Ten Command- istic and pluralistic faiths and jubilarian, Mr. Fichman and him- of the Nazi hordes.
ments in Egypt, although he lived concepts. -True enough, by that self a Hebrew poet; Bernard
Morris Gravett, vice president week. The latter case involves
many generations after Abraham time there had already crystal- Isaacs and S. Kasdan. Readings of the Jewish Community Coun- four shochtim and the terms of
first attained the knowledge of lized itself in Persia the religion from Fichman's poetry will be cif, presided in the absence of their partnership agreethent.
The discrimination committee re-
the One God. Moses waited until of Zorcaster which believed in rendered by members of the He- _ James I. Ellmann. Mr. Garvett
the Hebrews left Egypt before two powers in the universe—the brew high School of the United stressed in his introductory corn- port describes the cooperation of
issuing the Tablets which gave
ments that the March 11 observ-
Hebrew Schools.
•
See TRIBUTE—Page 10
See PURIM—Page 10
substance to the principle of mon-

• etroit Zionists
To Hold Jewish
Music Festival

Nathan. Fishman
To Head Congress
Women In Drive

Kvutzah Ivrith to
Ho nor J. Fichman
On 60th Birthday

The Lesson Of Purim

Month of Tribute Initiated at

Lommuutty Council

eeting

