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April 16, 1943
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
OLDER MEN CAN ADJUST TO FARMING Home Relief Changes
SOME DO'S AND DONT'S FOR
Men of 40, 50 and 60 without brough+ over
b •
a brother-in-law
ate to
, a Meeti ng D
farm background, unacustome d to brother from India,
JEWISH TROOPS IN ENGLAND
another from
toil, have made the adjustm ents Palestine, his mother from War- Wednesday, April 28
to farm work and have mast erect saw via China—five closely re-
By EDWARD E. GRUSD
the techniques of farming, as- lated families now on four far
Due to the holidays, the gen -
s• eral meeting of the Home Relic f WASHINGTON, D. C.—If you this point."
serts Dr. Gabriel Davidson, m
Another refugee farmer h as is
aging director of the Jewish Ag- own formula for refining cod . Society will take place on Wed have a son with the American
In his article, Dr. Roth ex-
•icultural Society, in the an nual liver oil and tests indicate t hat nesday, April 28, instead of Mon armed forces in England, send plains that there has never been
his product possesses spec
day, at the conference room of him this article—for the sake of much social discrimination against
report of the Society just in ade merit.
Jews in England, which is one
public. "Farm settlement can-
ial the Jewish Community Center.
not embrace masses", continues h
The report also notes the gre at-
This meeting will be dedicated British-American Jewish amity! reason why British Jewry has
Writing in the April issue of failed to build a lot of expensive
report, and indiscriminate pl the iy increased volume of busin ess to a discussion on "How We Can
ment on farms would be cour ace- transacted by the farm coop er- Help the War Effort," and Mrs. The National Jewish Monthly, Jewish clubs, community centers,
disaster, but at a time w ting 'alive associations with which the Carl Schiller, of the office of the published by B'nai B'rith, Dr. etc. Nevertheless, "we should be
farmers are so vital to our co hen Jewish Agricultural Society is 0.C.D., will lead in the discus- Cecil Roth, distinguished Jewish ashamed," he adds, "of the pro-
un- concerned. Six of a group of sion.
historian of England, gives some vi.sion we are making, not only
try's welfare, our experience o ver
40 years, and especially in
eight cooperatives. for which f ig-
At the last board meeting Mrs. tips on how American Jewish for Americans, but for our own
last several years is assura the tires are available, did a busin s Ben Rudin was appointed as boys may improve relations and boys and girls."
that quick and effective cha nee of four and a half million doll: irs "Gallant" for the Second Victory avoid misunderstandings with
can be made to farm life by n age against two and a half milli OD Bond Drive and the members re- their English •oreligionists.
1. The American Jewish soldier
hitherto engaged in other act len a year ago and a million and a sponded immediately with sales
ivi - half in 1939.
ties.
amounting to over $11,000. Mrs. or sailor should remember that
A history of the Jewish Ag ri- Rudin will represent the home re- the Britisher—Jew as well as
Of unusual significance at
time when food is ammunit a cultural Society, of which t he lief in this drive and the general Gentile—has a different tempera.
and when older men are be ion Managing Director, Gabriel Da v _ membership is asked to call her ment from the American. lie likes
understatement, and takes a long
Buy an Additional
directed to farming as part ing idson, is the author, is schedul e d at To. 8-8673 and buy a bond.
the war effort, is the Societ of to appear early in 1943. T he
Other war effort projects were time to "thaw out." So if the
Bond Today
report that over 14,000 fa y's book, entitled "Our Jewish Far m _ discussed and Mrs. S. B. Danto American feels he is being given
tin ers", not only tells the story o
the
"cold
shoulder"
in
a
British
loans totalling nearly nine n:
f was appointed to head a special
the 42 years of the Society's a c . committee for the promotion of synagogue or other public place,
lion dollars which have been ma
de
tivity,
but
it
also
gives
a
graph
to farmers in 40 states since
is volunteer service for the O.C.D. he should not grow resentful but
its account of early Jewish coloniz a , and the members are urged to try to understand the English tem-
inception.
tion efforts in the United Stat es participate and call To. 8-2290 perament. They treat their own
A Joyous Pesach to All
The Society, founded in 19
people the same way until they
has been an important factor 00, and a panoramic view of th e for registration.
thaw
out!
in
present
scene.
the increase of Jewish farme rs
Mrs. Samuel Arkin, at Ho.
2. Don't express disgust with
The Jewish Agricultural S 0 . 0-2213, is heading the sewing
in America from less than 10
ciety was founded in 1900. Fro m project for the American Red the lack of Jewish communal
in 1900 to more than 100,000
1942. "Loans", the report e in the beginning it was devoted t o Cross and neighboring units have equipment in English cities, in.
555 Farnsworth
London. Dr. Roth admits
plains, "are made which cann x- assisting Jews already on farm • been established to meet at va- cluding
th
at
even
that
great
Jewish
cen-
ut
and
those
desiring
to
take
u
p
ordinarily be obtaned throu
rious times.
COlumbia 2256
ter "lacks such amenities as I
farming as an occupation. I t
other channels" . . . "The adeq gh
The officers and board mem- recall
u
-
in a little place like Easton,
has
not
confined
its
aid
to
indi
acy of the security is gaug
bers
have
undertaken
to
enlist
not alone by tangible values, b ed vidual Jewish farmers alone, bu t the aid of all members to par- Pa." Outside of London, only
also-and often more so—by t ut has benefited whole agricultura 1 ticipate in these war effort ac- Manchester and Leeds have Jew-
personal equation—the borrower e communities because of its tech - tivities and want each member to ish populations of more than 25,-
ability and integrity." In 194 2, s niques and practices—many o f consider the call as a command 000, Birmingham has only 6,000
A Joyous Pesach to All
and such world-famous places as
302 loans in 11 states we which have been adopted by othe ✓ to duty.
Bath and York each had only 40
farm organizations, includin g
approved, totaling $242,527.18 re
Mrs. Wm. Gordon and her com- Jews, all told, before the war.
in state and federal agencies.
cash and in mortgages take n
RIDAL'S SERVICE
Officers and Board Member mittee have arranged for refresh- Obviously, such communities can-
back in sales of farms.
s ments and social hour after the not afford marble-pillared Jewish
of
the
Society
are:
Richard
S
An educational service by ma ii
STATION
. meeting. In order to facilitite
and personal visits is carried o n Goldman, President; Wolfgang S • matters, as to time saving, the centers or fine synagogues.
"It
is
my
dream,"
writes
Dr.
Schwabacher,
Vice-President
to supplement governmental e x-
"That Good Gulf Gas"
; meeting will start promptly at 2 Roth, "that the American Jewish
tension work. Farm-minded cit Y Reuben Arkush, Secretary; Har - p. m. and adjourn at
Brakes Lined and Adjusted
4
p.
m.
community
will
before
long
open
people attended night courses giv ry H. Cohen, Treasurer, Gabrie
If you have a watch or a a YMHA on the American plan
Cars Washed
en by TheJewish Agricultura - Davidson, Managing Director , clock
can he put to use, over here, and leave it behind
Society in New York City an Philip R. Strisik, Assistant Man - please that
Cor.
Milwaukee
bring it to this meeting when your lads have gone home.
and John R.
Chicago classrooms.
Sanitatio d ager. Commander Lewis L •
services are also noted as part o n Strauss is Honorary President o and help the doctors and nurses That would provide us with a new
PETER RIDAL
the Society. The Directors are f to care for our Russian soldiers. model for Anglo-Jewry to follow,
the Society's program.
and it might bring a welcome
TRINITY 2.9698
In normal times there are moi Reuben Arkush, Alexander S•
new spirit into our entire con-
applicants for farm jobs tha 'e Bing, Harry H. Cohen, Gabriel
•
ception of communal life."
jobs to be filled. This, accordin Davidson, Richard S. Goldman, Passover Service at
3. Lean over backwards to re-
to the report, was reversed i n Ghorgc W. Naumburg, Alfred
spect the religious principles of
1942, when farmers made desper Rheinstein, Francis F. Rosen- Downtown Synagogue
British Jewry, which is almost
ate efforts to produce more i - baum, Wolfgang S. Schwabacher,
Passover services will be con- wholly Conservative. They observe
Passover Greetings to All
the face of acute shortage o n Lewis L. Strauss, Harold) Szold. ducted
at the Downtown Syna- the Sabbath and holidays very
farm labor.
''The Chicago office of the
Placements wer e
Tuesday and Wednesday, strictly, and are quick to resent
made by the Society of worker Jewish Agricultural Society has gogue,
it when their visitors do not show
in seven states—including colleg completed thirty-one years of April 20 and 21. Morning serv- the
same respect.
students and high school boy e service to Jewish farming in the ices will begin at 8 o'clock and
4. When you accept an invi-
recommended by NYC publi s middle west. The territory un- afternoon services at 5:30. Rabbi
from a Jewish family in
schools, boys needed training t der the jurisdiction of the Wes- Herman Rosenwasser, in charge tation
Apparently
enter or continue in agricultura tern covers eight mid-western of this tabernacle, will deliver a England—keep it!
institutions, and refugees. Farm states and has been carrying on series of discourses on the theme some American Jewish doughboys
PETER THURBIS
"Democracy and World Eman- have forgotten about such invita-
placements since the establishmcm these years all the departmental cipation".
tions,
because
Dr.
Roth
writes,
activities
of
the
national
office
of the farm employment depart
7452 WOODWARD AVE.
Special memorial services will with restraint: "We feel it is
ment in 1908 now reach a tots 1 in New York.
be
held Tuesday, April 27, 8th bad form if he simply doesn't
of 19,450.
For the last five years, the
MAdison 1211
"Refugee farmers have been Chicago office has been conduc- day of Passover, from 9 a. In. to turn up. Some of the lads, I am
afraid, don't agree with us on
outstandingly successful, and it ting a night school in agriculture 12:30 p. m.
may be conservatively estimated during the winter months, the
that altogether more than 3000 only night school in agriculture
of these once forlorn and helpless in the middle west.
SEGAL
During the last few years the
wanderers are now happily an-
PASSOVER GREETINGS
(Continued from Page 4)
chored on American soil," the Chicago offices' like the national
report states. Typical of their office, has served the refugee ele-
Best Wishes to My Many
progress is the report on one ment in Chicago and other mid- ingly for the remainder of his
refugee farmer who after a single western states in farming prob- life, some 12 years or more, he
persisted in his prophetic mission.
year paid back to the Society lems.
Friends and Patrons!
Elijah troubled himself against
$500 of a $2,000 loan, and wrote
This year the Western office
the
false
gods
of
his
time
who,
recently 'through the concentra- has campaigned for production
•
ted training we got on your train- for food for freedom, and helped if you care to rationalize, were
the
same
false
gods
who
have
ing farm and the help of your in the planning of better produc-
been worshipped in this, our own
institution, I was enabled to rise tion in the territory.
from a helpless refugee to be-
The office is located at 130 N. hour . . . The bloody god Hate
and the insatiable god Greed . . .
come a farmer, confident that in Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois.
the ruthless god Power and the
due time I will make my farm
vain god Prestige . . . They are
productive . . . to help in the
all old, old gods of mankind who
war.'
Infants
Service
Group
in all the time has fallen into
1 ' Other refugees take high place
Good
trouble from worshipping them.
in farm fields. One farmer in To Present Check for
8945-47 TWELFTH ST.
Elijah died a tired and dis-
Delaware County, N. Y., owns $470 To Waacs April 19
couraged old man; for the false
a herd of more than 50 purebred
Guernseys and Holsteins, with an
A check for $470 will be pre- gods were pretty much running
annual output of over a half sented Monday, April 19, by the the country and the worship of
million pounds. He ranks first Infants Service Group to the Jehovah was in decline. It was
in the county's Dairy Herd Im- Women's Army Auxiliary Corps said of him, as of other prophets
provement Association. A Polish of Fort Custer, to equip a com- who from time to time brought
lumber merchant and a partner, plete WAAC day room. The com- hope to the eyes of men, that he
have after three years in this manding officer and three of her ascended alive to heaven in a
country a laying flock of 7,000 lieutenants will be the guests of chariot of fire, that in due course
chickens. They have also devel- Mrs. S. G. Bank, president, and he would return to herald the
oped a high class breeding stock her three vice presidents, at a coming of the Messiah.
When we open our doors to
and sell 100,000 chicks yearly to luncheon at the Book-Cadillac
him at Seder, we assert our faith
Ifoard Omen/
tpoeltry farmers. This refugee Hotel.
in the Messianic ideal of a world
made good by peace and justice.
Yes, here enters Elijah who car-
ries the timeless light that men
of good will today call the Four
Freedoms or the Atlantic Char-
ter or the brotherhood.
I think there should be more
appropriate words to say to him
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when he enters the house. The
rabbis who have to do with get-
ting up the Union Hagaddah
In These Pleasant, Restful Surroundings
(Reform) might prepare a dra-
matic ritual for the accasion; so
REV. SAMUEL GLANTZ, of Detroit,
that the children may know pre-
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Anyway, let this serve as an
introduction to Elijah to whom
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