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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
RELIGION
ish Welfare Board provides a full due to the wide and unprece-
religious program through its dented distribution of hundreds
personnel, a number of whom are of thousands of books among
Continued from Page 8
rabbis, and through the cooper- members of the armed forces by
including in the limitless scope ation of rabbis from nearby com-
of their work the conduct of re- munities. Many civilian rabbis the Jewish Welfare Board, indi-
vidual Jews now possess more re-
ligious services, often at several are giving part time service at ligious literature than at any
places in the camp, hospital vis- various posts throughout the
other time in the history of this
iting, visits to the guard house, country and a number of rabbis country.
consultation with men on their are assigned to veterans' facili-
The distribution of phylact--
personal problems, relationships ties.
teries, prayer shawls, memorial
with nearby communities, and
The Jewish Welfare Board pub- lamps, Sifrei Torah and other
military duties which they have fishes and distributes material of
ritual articles for the observance
to perform in the same manner a religious nature prepared by of Jewish traditions has been
ac other chaplains.
the Committee on Army and undertaken. Many of these ar-
The number of chaplains avail- Navy Religious Activities. The
able for religious ministration to Army and Navy Prayer Book, ticles have been sent to the
the troops of Jewish faith is i in- originally prepared during the American prisoners in the hands
of the Japanese.
creasing steadily. Where there World War, has been revised and
are
The Board is continuing its
no Jewish chaplains the Jew- expanded. A similar revision of efforts to provide for the dietary
the Abridged Bible has been needs of the men through home
made, and has been officially ac- hospitality and assistance to com-
A Joyous Pesach to All
cepted by the United States gov- munities which are providing such
ernment for publication and dis- service. Assistance is given to
tribution to the men in the army. men and women who desire to
A special prayer book for the observe the laws of Kashrut.
High Holy Days, Elegies for Those unable to purchase such
Tisha B'av and a Haggadah for foods contact the adjacent Jew-
For your Holiday
Passover have also been issued. ish Welfare Board representative,
Baked Goods
Weekly religious messages, a who endeavors to serve each case
manuel entitled "Ministering to on an individual basis.
the Jews in the Armed Forces, '
12737 Linwood Aye.
The Jewish Welfare Board an-
and other materials are made nually requests the War and
Townsend 8-4664
available to Jewish and non-Jew- Navy Departments to grant fur-
ish chaplains, Jewish Welfare loughs for men of the Jewish
Board representatives, civilian faith to enable them to observe
rabbis, and soldiers who conduct the High Holy Days and Pass-
services.
A Jewish calendar- over. Due to the exegencies of
diary and New Year and festival war it has become impossible to
A Joyous Pesach to All
greeting cards are distributed. A excuse many Jewish men from
revised edition of Dr. J. H. duty.
To meet the needs of
Ilqrtz's "B o o k of Jewish those men, - the Jewish Welfare
Thoughts," with many additions Board assigns rabbis to many
of Americans, has just been pub- camps where there are no Jew-
fished. Although the Army and ish chaplains. Rabbis have also
Navy Hymnal contains a Jewish been sent to overseas posts. The
section, a book of Jewish songs Board conducts a full time pro-
has been prepared in conjunction gram of religious and morale ac-
Service on All Makes of Cars
with the American Association of tivities at Canal Zone, Alaska,
WE MAKE-EM NEW
Jewish Education. The first in a Trinidad, Hawaii, Puerto Rico,
series of pamphlets of Jewish Australia, Bermuda and New-
Collision Work Our Specialty
information has been issued with foundland.
the collaboration of the same
The extensive activities of the
organization.
518 BREWSTER
A basic Jewish Jewish Welfare Board have borne
reference library is supplied to fruit. Men who in civilian life
CLifford 2771
every Jewish chaplain and Jew- have been not only distant from
ish Welfare Board operation. traditional Judaism but from any
It is undoubtedly a fact that semblance of Jewish life, attend
Jewish services in camps in in-
creasing numbers. The chaplain
is looked upon by the Jewish
servicemen as a bulwark of moral
SINCERE PASSOVER GREETINGS
Pearlman's Bakery
April 16, 1943
strength and a source of spirit- Clear stated :
"I remember one time when
ual guidance. Through the chap-
lains and the large personnel I slipped into a foxhole during
provided by the Jewish Welfare one particularly heavy bomb-
Board, the religious and spiritual ing attack. There was a ser-
needs of the Jewish men in the geant in the foxhole, too, and
armed forces are being met with he squeezed to one side to
constantly increasing effective- make room for me and then
ness and success.
all hell broke loose, and I
We sincerely anticipate that wasn't surprised to find myself
peace will bring not only "free- praying out loud, as I did.
dom of worship," but, perhaps When the attack was over I
more important in this age, a turned to him and said, 'Ser-
desire for worship and a rebirth geant, I noticed you were
praying.' Sir,' he said, with-
of religious zeal and devotion.
In describing the epic defense out batting an eye, 'Sir, there
of Bataan, Lt. Col. Warren J. are no atheists in fox holes'."
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