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April 16, 1943 - Image 36

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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Legal Chronicle, 1943-04-16

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

PASSOVER 1943

Moses to take risks which ult.'
mately led to the desired eman
cipation.
By JUDGE LOUIS E. LEVINTHAL
Yet emancipation alone was
President, Zionist Organization of America
rot enough, it must be recalled.
The first great mass move- the helpless Jewish worker, he Freedom from the slavery of
ment for freedom, led by Moses, was giving expression to righteous Egypt, assurance that they wouli1
and recorded for all time in the indignation at what we have no longer be a subservient peo-
Jewish festival of Passover, cer- since come to call denial of hu- ple, was not enough to guarantee
tainly has its significance at a man equality. And when he happiness and security to the
time when all of civilization is dared to confront the ruler of Jewish people; the Exodus had
arrayed against a foe of freedom. the land, and to present his ap- merely removed them from the
Nor can it be denied that certain parently impertinent demands for grasp of exterior influences. They
elements of that early struggle the release of the Children of had yet to find themselves. The
against the tyranny of the Pha- Israel, he was uttering in prin- first step in such self-realiza-
roah, which have been recurrent ciple a Declaration of Independ- tion, hagehama atzmit we call it
in every effort by men to main- ence. Might and power seemed today, came at Sinai; the sec-
taro their inherent rights, are to be arrayed against the advo- ond and final step came with the
obvious today as well. rates of freedom, but confidence occupation of the Promised Land.
Once again we are engaged in
When Moses struck the Egyp- in the justice of the cause, and
tian taskmaster who had flogged in the inevitability of victory led a struggle against a Pharoah.
Once again we must take risks,
and pay the costs of a victory
which will inevitably be ours. But
for our people emancipation alone
will not be enough. The defeat
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of Hitler and the dissolution of
the last vestige of Nazi influence
in Europe will not solve our prob-
lem any more than the drowning
of the Egyptian legions in the
Red Sea solved the problems of
the tribes of Israel. Post-war
Europe will be a desolate eco-
nomic waste, a. wilderness in
which psychological abnormalities
engendered by the war W ill still
menace our people.
There must first come a clear
and unequivocal statement from
1627 W. Fort St.
CAdillac 8810
the United Nations recognizing
the status of the Jews as a peo-
ple and the authority of the Jew-
ish Agency as the representa-
tive of the Jewish people. There
must be equality of rights for all
men everywhere, regardless of
GREETINGS
race or creed, and there must
also be international reaffirma-
To our host of Jewish friends we ex-
tion of the right of the Jewish
people to reestablish the Jewish
tend our sincerest wishes for a Joyous
Commonwealth in Palestine.
Holiday — May your holiday fes-
Passover, 1943, must not be
tivities and services attain the success
followed by forty years of wan-
dering in the desert. Those who
and beauty for which you have so
long for the fleshpots of slavery
diligently planned.
—for we have these among us
today, too—may again don the
spiritual chains if they wish. But
we who are confident and deter-
mined, we who not only sing
Hatikvah but have an unshakable
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hope that Zion shall be rebuilt
in our own day, we know that the
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people of Israel will find eman-
cipation and redemption in Eretz
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America will become better Jews
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of the 'ennobling influence of the
Zionist cause. L'shanah Habaah

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April 16, 1943

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241 MICHIGAN AVE.

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NORMAN COTTLER - HARRY LEVIANT
GROCERIES

Dexter•Davison
Market

13310 DEXTER
GROCERIES, FANCY FRUITS E3 VEUETABLES,
APPETIZERS t4 DAIRY PRODUCTS

•REL DELIVERIES

Grocery Dept. - - - Phone Townsend 8-1382 - 3

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William Elson's

National Baking Co.

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT

7706 W. McNichols Road

Between Woodingham and Santa Barbara



12312 Dexter Blvd.

B'Yrushalayim !

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A Joyous Pesach to All

GRAND RIVER.
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DISTRIBUTORS

1336 Napoleon

Cadillac 6781

DETROIT CITY ICE 8 FUEL CO. '

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Samuels Bros.
Restaurant

Clifford 3686

SALES
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6247 GRAND RIVER AVE.

TYLER 4-5300

SEASON'S GREETINGS

NORMANDIE GRILL

OUR BEST WISHES TO THE ENTIRE

(Across from Fisher and

JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR A

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JOYOUS PASSOVER!

Mr. and Mrs. Nate Goldman

GOLDMAN

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9241 ::-..;RAND RIVER Opp. Riviera Theater

TYler 6-9300

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3006 WEST GRAND BLVD.

HOGARTH 5908

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2493 Russell St.

LOUIS SULTAN

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PARTS

Standard Fish Co.

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Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning

HOTEL S

ROOSEVELT

2250 I 4TH ST.
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Industrial Piping - Welding

*
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4020 W. LAFAYETTE

Near Ambassador Bridge

REX

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120 W. MONTCALM

Downtown Detroit

WILLARD

448 HENRY
Between Cass and Second
Conveniently
Reasonable
Located
Rates

Power Piping

Detroit, Michigan

1718-1720 Brush St.



RA..2800

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