April 2, 1943

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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in the coming decision as to prac-
tical steps which may be taken
to supplement actual measures now
beingondertaken by the two gov-
ernments.
"Particular reference has been
made to the persecuted peoples of
Eastern Europe, for a number of
whom refuge in Palestine has al-
ready been offered, and to those
of Western Europe, for some of
whom actual arrangements for re-
lief and evacuation have already
been made and further arrange-
ments are under preparation.
"The two governments have
previously agreed by an exchange
of notes upon the necessity of
urgent immediate action and have
arrived at an aganda which they
intend to implement in their
forthcoming conversations.
"This program would have the
full support of the British and
United States Governments and,
no doubt, of other United Na-
tions and neutrals whose collabo-
ration it is hoped to secure. It
is expected that the place of the
meeting and the names of the
representatives of the two govern-
ments will be announced in the
near future."
Lord Cranborne said that it was
a mistake to place too much em-
phasis on the Jewish phase of
the tragedy which he described
as "a horrible feature of a much
larger problem." The Nazi atro-
cities against the peoples of the
occupied areas, he said, "make
the name of Germany stink in the
nostrils of the civilized world."

opening the afternoon session
which will start at 1:15 o'clock
promptly and is open to all mem-
bers of all organizations. All the
movies that will be shown have
just recently been released by the
Office of War Information who
have requested that organizations
incorporate them in their pro-
grams. A U. S. News Service
Review will next be shown after
which Miss Whalen will give the
main address for the afternoon,
"Merging Your Club Activities
with the War Needs."

literature including the poetry
and philosophy and the folk-lore
of the middle ages. We have rea-
son to be proud of our modern
contributions to world literature.
Jewish writers writing on Jewish
H
themes in Yiddish and in Hebrew
as well as in English, and in the
languages of Europe, have risen to
the highest rank of creative ar-
tists. I refer to Israel Zangwill,
Sholem Asch, Chayim Nachman
Bialik, Edmond Fleg and Lion
Feuchtwanger. No Jew may re-
gard himself as a truly cultured
man who is not acquainted with
the current contributions to civi-
lization of the creative Jewish
genius. That Jews are dying by
the millions because they are
Jews has rendered every value of
Jewish life extremely precious.
I believe that Jewish people now
recognize this rare preciousness
of the Jewish heritage and are
prepared to cultivate it and make
it their own.
I personally have the pleasure
to report on a highly popular school
of adult education which I con-
ducted for many years in De-
troit. I established a College of
Jewish Studies with a faculty of
rabbis who came in regularly
from towns and cities neighboring
Detroit. In this popular College
of Jewish Studies, we had classes
in the "Interpretation of the
Prophets" which attracted as
many as 50 students, classes in
comparative religion which at-
tracted 100 students, and classes
in Jewish history, past, modern
and current, which attracted stu-
dents by the several hundreds.
We discovered again and again
that if adult men and women
were given the opportunity to
study their Jewish heritage and
were provided with good teach-
ers, they came and they stayed
and were edified. Many a young
leader in the Jewish community
in Detroit today is the more
intelligent and capable a leader
because he learned, and received
stimulus for further learning of
the Jewish culture, by way of
the school of Jewish studies. Nor
was this school over which I
presided the only one in the field.
In several surveys I made, both
for the Central Conference of
American Rabbis and for the
Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations, I was able to record
the existence of a considerable
number of such institutes, both
large and small.
At its last meeting, the Corn-
mission on Jewish Education re-
solved to launch a movement for
adult education among our mem-
ber congregations on a national
scale. We have organized the
American Institute on Adult Jew-
ish Education. The idea is that
adult education needs central
planning, expert organization, and
scientifically tried techniques, as
w ell as does elementary educa-
tion. It is believed, too, that na-
tional recognition in the form
of the National Institute's certifi-
cate for standards met and work
(lone, will prove a wholesome
stimulus.
The Institute program has be-
gun with a series of syllabi on
some of the current problems of
Jewish life. It is believed that
the discussion of these immediate
problems of the Jewish people
will arouse curiosity, as to the
permanent character of the Jew-
ish tradition and the eternal as-
pects of the Jewish soul, which
constitute the abiding factor in
every Jewish problem. This will
lead to a study of Judaism as a
religion, as a philosophy, and
as a culture and a way of life.
An interest in Judaism as a way
e of life is bound to engender an
4 intellectual curiosity as to the
sources of this culture and its
reflection in literature. Thus,
Jewish men and women will con-
ceive a desire to know the Bible,
to taste of the Talmud and to
enjoy the modern literature cre-
ated by the Jewish spirit.
Every congregation in our
Union, large or small, should join
in this movement for adult edu-
cation and begin with the use of
these first outlines. Study or dis-
cussion groups should be organ-
ized, not just as groups, but as
branches of the American In-
stitute.

Attending Council

TO SHOW FILMS

Showing how the enemy plan-
ned and executed, step by step,
the conquest of the world, anoth-
er feature, "The World at War"
will be shown and will be follow,
ed by a technicolor cartoon by
Walt Disney, "Out of the Frying
Pan Into the Firing Line." The
meeting will be concluded with
"Safeguarding Military Informa-
tion" which stresses the import-
ance of secrecy on the part of
workers engaged in defense ac-
tivities and shows the results of
careless talk.
''This meeting is an opportunity
for all members of all organiza-
tions to hear and see the facts as
presented by the Office of War
Information and the Office of Civ-
ilian Defense," states Mrs. Schil-
ler, chairman, who urges all or-
ganization heads to contact their
individual members for attend-
ance at this important session.

aforementioned areas is so vast
that many times over the number
of Jews still alive in Europe could
WASHINGTON (WNS)—Con- be housed if each country assum-
firming the London announcement ell its fair share of responsibility
that he had discussed the plight without affecting to any notice-
able extent the internal economy
of the Jews in Nazi-occupied coup- of any individual country. In fact,
tries with British Foreign Secre-
tary Anthony Eden, Secretary of most of the warring countries
State Cordell Hull gave assur- could well use these newcomers to
ances this week that the forth- relieve labor shortages on farms
coming Anglo-American confer- and elsewhere."
Mr. Barry suggested that after
ence on refugee problems would
be held at the earliest practicable the United Nations have agreed
date. among themselves on the number
Mr. Hull indicated that the of refugees each country would
American Government was con- accept, the President should re
e
Swi tze with Germany
tentim to the solution of the
refugee problem. The question of' for the release of the Jews from
the Jewish refugees, he said, had the occupied countries.
"With the speed of modern
been reviewed with Mr. Eden.
m
Mr. Hull made clear that the methods
of communication and
air transportation this meeting
refugee parley would not be de- could be called, held and its busi-
layer' because of difficulties in ness concluded within a matter of
finding an adequate meeting
place. The original announcement days, or at the most, of weeks, "
several weeks ago said that the Congressman Barry concluded.
meeting would be held in Ottawa
but this announcement was made,
according to Canadian sources,
without consulting the Canadian
Government. Canada has, how-
ever, expressed willingness to par-
ticipate in the conference if in-
vited.

PARLEY ON REFUGEES
WILL BE HELD SOON

JEWISH CONGRESSMEN
DISCUSS PLIGHT OF JEWS

WASHINGTON (WNS)—The
plight of the millions of Jews
facing death in Nazi-occupied
countries was discussed at a meet-
ing this week of Jewish mem-
bers of Congress. The meeting,
attended also by representatives
of national Jewish organizations,
was held in the office of Congress-
man Adolph Sabath of Chicago.
The Congiessman reviewed the
conditions confronting Jews in
the Nazi territories and discussed
methods of rescuing as many of
the Jews as possible. It was de-
cided to approach President Roose-
velt with a plan to do all in his
power to rescue the helpless Jew-
ish population of occupied Europe.
At the same time Representa-
tive William B. Barry of New
York urged in a letter to the
President that he "call immediate-
ly a meeting of representatives
of the United Nations for the
purpose of determining that per-
centage of European Jews who
might be rescued or released from
their Nazi captors should be ,given
a haven of refuge in the United
States, Canada, Great Britain,
Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa, the Latin-American coun-
tries and Palestine."
The New York Congressman
proposed that the various Allied
and neutral nations accept a spe-
cific number of refugees. "It
should not be difficult to work
out a formula that would be fair
to all countries concerned," Mr.
Barry stated.
'The available territory in the

Rabbi Leon Frans, Morris Gar-
vctt, Harry C. Grossman, Benja-
min E. Jaffee, Miss Anna Oxen-
handler, Mrs. Maurice Fainman,
Arthur J. Hass, Murry J. Sutkin
are attending the 38th council of
the Union of American Hebrew
Self-improvement
and
good
Congregations which is being held deeds are better than all sacri-
at the New Yorker Hotel, New fices.
York City, April 2-4.

Before God a good intention
Don't try to pray without care-
counts as highly as the good deed. ful and pious reflection.

dis poets by the following: Anna
Baschin, Raymond Zweig, Rachel
The last rally of the Detroit Rosenstein, Eugene Mondry, Han-
Palestine Histadruth campaign nah Cohen, Judith Pregerson,
will be held Thursday, April 8, at Rachel Schulman, Sabra Prag and
Ethel Katzman.
A letter from the Jewish chil-
dren to Franklin D. Roosevelt,
President of the United States
will be read during the services
by Herman N. Robinson.
Other participants in the pro-
griim are Rabbi Morris Adler of
Congregation Shaarey Zedek and
Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple Is-
rael, who will read the message
from the Mayor of Detroit and
will also address the children;
Bernard Isaacs of the United He-
brew Schools; Rabbi Samson
Weiss of the Yeshivath Beth Ye-
huda; Rabbi Joshua Sperka of
Congregation Bnai David. The
program will also include the
reading of a declaration of Sor-
row, Faith and Hope by Samuel
Schwartz of the A. Z. A., and
will finally close with a silent
prayer.
The Mayor's letter was address-
ed to Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple
Israel. The text of the letter fol-
RABBI SOLOMON GOLDMAN lows:
Lachar's, 8933 12th St., at 9 "Dear Rabbi Frain:
p. In. All workers, organizations
'The observance of Children's
and delegates are urgently re- Day of Mourning by the Jewish
quested to wind up their work, Community of Detroit will have
cards and pledges and bring in wholesome effects. Obedience to
their monies. A prominent speak- sympathetic impulses is far from
er is expected at the rally.
weakness. It will lead to acts
On Thursday, March 25, a of kindness which can cross boun-
rally was held, presided over by daries and make impressions that
Harry Schumer, treasurer of the dictators cannot suppress.
campaign. Over $7000 was
"During the years ahead, the
brought in by to delegates and world will stand in need of a vast
workers.
program of reconstruction and re-
All present honored the mem• habilitation. This task will fall
ory of Corporal Max Bernstein largely upon the rising genera-
who fell in battle on Dec. 2, tion.
1942, somewhere in North Africa.
"By meetings such as 'Chil-
Corp. Bernstein, a Detroiter, was dren's Day of Mourning,' the
33 years old. In his • memory a foundations for cooperative ef-
check for $50 was presented by fort are being laid. I commend
J. Bernstein and family. A suit- the sponsors and participants who
able scroll is being inscribed by in this dark hour stress life's
the national headquarters of the three ultimates—truth, beauty,
campaign and will be presented and goodness.
to the family at a later date.
Sincerely yours,
WAR BRIDES
Edward J. Jeffries, Jr."

entertainment and music.

Last Rally April 8

The War Bride's will have Mrs.
Rae Barnhardt, librarian of the
Lothrop Branch, as their speaker
on Tuesday, March 30, at 8:30
p. m. Her topic will be "So Your
Husband Has Gone to War". Card
playing and refreshments will
follow.

Cooperating organizations are:
United Hebrew Schools, Shaarey
Zedek Religious School, ,Sholem
Aleichim Schools, Arbeiterring
Schools, Yeshivah Beth Yehuda,
Private Schools, Intermediate
Youth Groups of the Jewish Com-
munity Center, A. Z. A. (Junior
Bnai Brith), Young Judeans,
The wise man counts more than Zionist Youth Council, and Young
the prophet.
Israel Youth Groups.

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