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Periodical Colter

April 9, 1943





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CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNIT1 20, OHIO

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

American Jewish Assembly To Convene July I,
Elections To Be Held No Later Than June 14

NEW YORK—July 1 is the
tentative (late set for the con-
vening of the American Jewish
Assembly, it was decided this
week by the assembly's executive
committee at a meeting presided
over by its temporary chairman,
Henry Monsky, president of
B'nai B'•ith. It was Mr. Monsky
who called the Pittsburgh con-
ference at which representatives
of 32 national Jewish member-
ship organizations voted to con-
voke an American Jewish Assem-
bly, organized on democratic
lines, to provide a representative
forum for the unified expression
of the opinion of American Jews
with regard to the status of Jews
in the post-war world and the
implementation of the rights of
the Jewish people with respect
tc• . Palestine.
The executive committee also
decided that the election of the
:175 delegates to the American
Jewish Assembly to be chosen
from the Jewish communities by
democratically convened confer-
ences of representatives of or-
ganizations in communities and
regions, will take place no later
than June 14. The remaining 125
delegates will be chosen by the
national membership organiza-
tions participating in the Assem-
bly.
Simultaneously the executive
committee made public the names
of the following members of the
committee: Rabbi Eliezer Silver.
Agudas Israel of America; Louis
Lipsky, American Jewish Con-
gress; Mrs. Stephen S. Wise,
American Jewish Congress Worn-
en's Division; Henry Monsky,
B'nai B'rith; Herman Hoffman,
Independent Order Brith Abra-
ham; Alex F. Stanton. Inde-
pendent Order Brith Sholom:
Bernard Danzansky, Independent
Order Brith Sholom of Baltimore:
Rabbi James G. Heller, Central
Conference of American Rabbis;
Herman Stern, Free Sons of Is-
rael; Mrs. David deSola Pool.
Hadassah; Louis Segal, Jewish
National Workers Alliance;
Harry Shaffer, Jewish War Vet-
erans; Mrs. Rae K. Schoenberg
National Ladies' Auxiliary Jew-
ish War Veterans; Dr. Herman
Seidel, League for Labor Palos.
tine;Gedalia h Bublick, Mizrachi;
Mrs. Samuel Goldstein, Mizrachi
Women's Organization: Charles
P. Kramer, National Federation
Temple Brothers; Mrs. Hugo

Ilartmann, National Federation
Temple Sisterhoods; Harry A.
Pine, Order Sons of Zion; Miss
Dvorah Rothbard, Pioneer Wont.
en's Organization; Carl M. Du
binsky, Progressive Order of the
West; Dr. Louis M. Levitsky,
Rabbinical Assembly of America;
Adolph ITOsenberg, Union of Am.
erican Hebrew Congregations;
Samuel Nirenstein, Union of Or.
thodox Jewish Congregations;
Rabbi Jacob Hoffman, Union of
Orthodox Rabbis; Charles Son.
nenrei•h, United Roumanian ,iewt,
of America; Louis J. Moss, Unit•
ed Synagogue of America; Mrs
Samuel Spiegal, United Syna
vogue of American Women's
League; David Wertheim, United
Zionist Soc. Labor Party Pottle
Zion; Mrs. Maurice Turner, Wom-
en's Supreme Council, B'nai
B'rith; Judge Louis E. Levinthal,
Zionist Organization of Amer.
ica; Robert P. Goldman, Union
of American Hebrew Congregi•
tions; Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Am
erican Jewish Congress; Secre-
tariat: Miss Jane Evans, Na-
tional Federation Temple Sister-
hoods; Miss Lillie Shultz, Ameri-
can Jewish Congress; Mr. Maur-
ice Bisgyer, B'nai B'rith; Meyr
W. Weisgal, Zionist Organiza-
tions.
Ten additional o•ganizationt,
were admitted to the American
Jewish Assembly. They are the
Rabbinical Council of America,
National Council of Young Israel,
Hapoel Hamizrachi, Histadruth
Ivrith, Union of Sephardic Con-
gregations, Women's Branch of
the Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations, National Federa•
tion of Jewish Men's Clubs of
the United Synagogue of Amer-
ica, American Federation of
Polish Jews, the Federation of
Galican Jews and the Council of
Fraternal Federations.
The American Jewish Assent•
bly, when it meets, will (1) con•
eider and recommend action on
problems relating to the rights
and status of Jews in the post-
war world; (2) consider and rec-
ommend action upon all matters
looking to the implementation of
the rights of the Jewish people
with respect to Palestine; and

(3) elect a delegation to carry

out the program of the Ameri-
can Jewish Assembly in co-oper-
ation with the duly accredited
representatives of Jews through-
out the world.

CAPITOL LETTER

By CHARLES BENSON

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ANCHORETTES TO ENTERTAIN PISGAH AUXILIARY, APRIL 12

Commander Prudence Butterfield, well kn own radio entertainer, will present the United
States Navy Anchorettes to entertain members and their friends at an open meeting of the B'nai
B'rith Pisgah Auxiliary No. 122, on Monday, Ap ril 12, at 8:30 p. m. Originally organized in De-
troit, the Anchorettes have gained nation-wide recognition for their splendid work in assisting
recruiting fc• the Navy. They have also notably distinguished themselves by their successful cam-
paigns in the sale of war stamps and bonds.
Judging from the enthusiastic reception ac corded to the Anchorettes in their appearances at
various Navy Mothers' installations, the Marine and Dearborn veteran hospitals, the Ford Train-
ing Station and many other camps, members of the B'nai B'rith Pisgah Auxiliary are assured of
a highly entertaining evening. The Corps, which is limited to 100 girls between the ages of 18
and 30 years, has its own singing mascot, and pr esent various solo numbers, singing and dancing,
as well as several group numbers; and in addition, they also feature an excellent Precision Drill
Unit.
The meeting is to be held at B'nai Moshe Synagogue and will be concluded with refresh-
ments.

Yeshivath Honors
Mrs. Hyman Rottenberg
On Her 60th Birthday

Words and Music • • •

By DANIEL L. SCHORR

The board of directors and the CONTROVERSY
ladies of Yeshivath Beth Ye- OVER MODERNS
hudah invited members and
A perennial subject has come
friends of the organization last
Sunday afternoon to a tea party up for discussion again: the
given in honor of the 60th birth- place of new music on orchestral
day of Mrs. Hyman Rottenberg, programs.
president of the Ladies of the
In San Francisco, during the
first seven concerts of the sym-
Yeshivah.
Mrs. Rottenberg, who has held phony season, 11 of the total
the presidency for 13 years and of 31 selections played were to-
who has founded the ladies group, tally unfamiliar numbers. From
was honored by a joint resolu- some quarters there came objec-
tion of appreciation to be entered tions that this was excessive, to
in the Golden Book of the Yesh- which Alfred Frankenstein, music
critic of the San Francisco Chron-
ivah.
The ladies, who have embarked icle, replied that "neither on a
recently upon the project of numerical nor a time basis has
music played
founding a Beth Jacob School the amount of new
by (Pierre) Monteux been in ex-
for Girls, decided unanimously to
con-
open in honor of Mrs. Rottenbe.rg, cess of that presented by
in other cities," adding
after the Passover Holidays a ductors
Beth Jacob Nursery School for the accusation that those who
boys and girls between four and objected were motivated by "a
six years of age. The nursery secret sense of guilt at not hav-
ing comprehended."
school will be of great value to
In the New York Times, Olin
mothers forced to leave their
homes for long hours for defense Downes, advocating a middle
course, declared what is needed
work.
is "orchestral programs of worth-
Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter
while music, not confined to the
1resided at the function. Among
special interests of any group,
the speakers were Dr. Samson R.
clique or school . . . a prepon-
Weiss for the staff of the Yish-
derance of acknowledged master-
ivah ; Rabbi Isaac Stollman as pieces, as well as scores which
president of the Yeshivah; Charles

new work he wrote, when it was
recently played by the Washing-
ton Symphony Orchestra, because
he couldn't get permission to
leave camp. I omit his name
because I wouldn't want him to
get into trouble with his com-
manding officer.)' • •
While new music should be
played, conductors should exer-
cise discrimination in the music
they choose. One of the most
important factors in the growth
of resistance to new music is the
poor quality, often triviality, of
the new music that is played. I
admit that it is difficult to exer-
cise such discrimination; a con-
ductor cannot always foresee the
reaction to a selection. But Ar-
thur Rodzinski had indicated a
worthwhile procedure by setting
up in Cleveland a board of judges
to appraise new music before it
is selected for performance.
Let us, then, hear new music
—as much of it as merits a hear-
ing.

WASHINGTON.—Two motives, Maybe the admission of several
not quite apparent on the surface. thousand refugees to Palestine
seem to lie behind Under-Secre- would be accepted quietly by
tary of State Sumner Welles'• de- the Arabs. But the first thing
fense of Jewish denaturalization a military commander asks is:
Is there any chance of trouble?
in North Africa.
The most important has little If he is told that there is, he
to do, directly, with the question advises against the policy as
at issue. The State Department strongly as lie can. If he is
is anxious to strengthen Gen. overruled, he must make military
Henri Giraud's hand in his nego- provisions to deal with all event-
tiations with Fighting French ualities, and those provisions
leader Gen. Charles de Gaulle. weaken us in the front lines.
So Welles' only choice was to T. Gellman as president o of Young have novelty and challenge for
De Gaulle stands for full res-
toration of the laws of the defend the abrogation of the israe); Louis Solai as president us today."
Let me add my observations:
French Republic, including the Cremieux decree, though he was of Congregation Mogen Abra-
In the first place, from a real-
Cremieux decree that naturalizied disappointed that Giraud failedh
eiswasser and Isaac
as "Old Timers," con- istic point of view it is evident
am;
the native Jews of Algeria. Gi- to raise the status of the Arabs Rosenthal
that the listening public for un-
raud, while willing to restore instead of kwering the Jews'.
nected with Mrs. Rottenberg in
most republican laws, wants to made his defense in a letter to more than three decades of fruit- familiar music is very small. The
retain ultimate authority to re- Baron Edouard de Rothschild, ful communal activity; Mrs. public as a whole approaches mu-
sic in a desire for pleasure, not
store or reject them as he president of the Central Consis- Joshua S. Sperka
Con re
'
chooses, for the duration. So tory of French and Algerian Is- tion B'nai David; Mrs. Hubert, instruction. It is axiomatic that
the music which is familiar af-
raelites.
Baron
de
Rothschild
had
when Giraud abrogates the Cre-
Malinskv fords the greatest enjoyment.
Mrs. Lansky and
of Mrs.
the Yeshivah.•
mieux decree, Welles naturally protested in strong language fo or r the
e L a d' ies
Thus, if an orchestra wishes pop-
falls in with the explanation that against Giraud's action. Welles
plar support—and such support is
this measure, too, removes dis- cabled a summary of the protest
the primary reason for existence
to North Africa and communi- points
crimination.
—it must perforce offer new
The other motive reflects the cated the reply he received to the
1. Jewish public officials are numbers in limited doses, sugar-
policy of appeasing the Moslems. baron and to the press.
ordered reinstated, and there will
The State Department has two be no separate designation of coated with familiar classics.
American authorities have been
Why, then, should one bother
told, and probably believe that high-ranking representatives in Jews on official records.
to offer new music at all? Be-
restoration of Jewish citizenship North Africa. Robert D. Mur-
2. Jews are to be readmitted to cause this is a duty to music as
in North Africa would evoke dis- phy is chief civil affairs officer
a continuing institution. Obvi-
content among the hundreds of on the staff of General Dwight schools of all grades.
3. Forced sales of Jewish prop- ously. music will never become
thousands of Arabs whom Gen. D. Eisenhower, with the personal
Giraud wants to forge into an rank of minister. He outranks erty are declared void, and se- familiar unless it is played. A
army. Samuel Reber, former head of the questered Jewish property is to new piece of music, if good, will
be heard first with tolerance, a
When confronted with criticism "French desk" at the State De- be returned.
4. Jews born in Frano and second time with some recogni-
of his political policy, Secretary nartment here. It is said that
of State Cordell Hull likes to re- Reber went to Algiers not many their descendants retain their cit- tion, a third time with interest
and perhaps the fourth time with
mind people that we are fighting weeks ago, was charged with ob- izenship.
These points remain in doubt: pleasure. This is the only way
a war, and ought to keep our taining the revocation of the
1. Can native Jews, deprived of the repertory can be enlarged
minds on it. Although some pen- anti-Jewish laws Murphy's cable
plc in Washington like to point nrecediog Giraud's speech gave citizenship, attain commissioned and musical tastes developed.
rank in the French army.
It is more important than ever
out that it is Hull's business to Welles his false expectations, so
2. Will the procedure for in- at this moment to give encour-
fight the nolitical side of the he may have turned to Reber to
dividual naturalization a 11 o w agement to new music b ,!cause
war, and that his campaigns are clear up the situation.
open to criticism, no one ques- Whether he did or not, the scope for anti-Jewish French offi- there are so ninny circumstances
tions that the first duty of any North African "comment (on cials to deny Jews citizenship oneratine' to inhibit musical cre-
ation. Many composers are mo-
belligerent government is to keep Rothschild's protest), prepared in arbitrarily?
And a very big
mentarily stilled by being in the
order in the rear of its armies. consultation with an unbiased
3. If Giraud can abrogate one army. (One young composer—
Maybe restoration of the Crc- specialist familiar with the va-
legal decree of the Republic, are one of the best known—was un-
mieux decree would he received rious legal points involved,"
able to hear the premiere of a
unmurmuringly by the Algerians. served to clear several obscure any of the others safe?

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