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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

OVERCOMING ANTI-SEMITISM

By SOLOMON ANDHIL FINEBERG

EDITOR'S NOTE: The author of this work is community con.
sultant of the American Jewish Committee. (Harper & B1'03.,
225 pp., Price, $2.00.)

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It is refreshing to come upon ing the sources and causes of
a book on anti-Semitism which anti-Semitism. T h e r e are many
contains no trace of either hy- books which offer profound study
teria or apathy. Most re-
markable is the fact that Over- on the why's and wherefore's of
coming Anti-Semitism is a prac- anti-Semitism without recommend-
tical
down-to-earth discussion of ing any cure, except in a few
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what can be done, especially by generalized phrases. This author
Jews, to diminish the threat of recognizes the existence of anti-
this subversive influence within Semitism as a sorry fact and gets
the United States. Dr. Solomon down to brass tacks with the
Andhil Fineberg, Community Con- question, "What can we do about
He provides a twelve point
sultant of the American Jewish it?"
program which is so sound and
Committee, having been deeply reasonable that there should be
engaged in combatting this
scourge, faces it calmly and dis- no dissent from any source.
Among other recommendations
passionately. With the profession-
is
the advice to organize every
al air of a doctor writing out a Jewish
community along demo-
prescription, he states, "This,
cratic lines to provide organized
this and this are the things you opposition to anti-Semitism. See-
can do about it. Don't become ing that anti-Semites do organize
morbid or spend your time worry- their movements to create hos-
ing about the danger. Just go out tility toward the J e w s, it is
and do these helpful things now hardly conceivable that unorgan-
without fear or trepidation."
ized effort can successfully deal
In his own daily work Dr. with their threat.
Fineberg has been seeking and
Overcoming Anti - Semitism
finding antidotes against the vir- is a book to be read and reread.
us of anti-Semitism. He has had It is a pungen t, meaty and,
remarkable opportunity to see despite the subject, a pleasant
various possibilities and methods book, to be read at a single sit-
put into operation. Some, on the ting. But it contains many pages
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basis of experience, he rejects. which should be reread a number
Successful techniques he explains of times; pages which repay a
and recommends in a style that great deal of study. This is a new
is realistc, forthright and con- approach to an age old subject, a
vincing.
new way of looking at the sub-
The first chapter of the book, ject, a way which is probably
"The Theory of Attack," pre- well known by now to those who
sents in concise terms a long are professionally engaged, as is
range continuous pr o g r am of Dr. Fineberg, in the work of com-
mass education and the improve- batting anti-Semitism. Fortun-
ment of Christian-Jewish rela- ately this way is now made avail-
tions which will keep the anti- able to every Jew, as well as
Semite on the defensive instead Christian.
of letting the Jews remain the
The publicizing of this approach
unhappy defendants in the strug- to the task of combatting anti-
gle. The advice is "attack, coit- Semitism, based as it is upon a
al tinuous and unrelenting attack." far better strategy than the aver-
But attack must be made in the age Jew can ever discover for
right place, at the right time himself. has great possibilities of
and with the right amount of strengthening Jewish security in
force. It is a deplorable fact that the United States.
many Jews become as greatly
agitated by the trivial anti-Jew-
ish remark of a stranger as they
do about a nationally broadcast Mrs. B. J. Rudin of
tirade by a prominent personage. Home Relief Society
A sense of proportion and bal-
ance is needed. Hence one in- Sells $38,275 of Bonds
teresting chapter of the book,
Mrs. Benjamin J. Rudin, a Gal-
packed with appropriate illus-
trations and case-histories, is de- lant of the Home Relief Society,
.
voted to "The Importance of set a record by individually sell-
ing $38,275 worth of War Bonds.
Poise."
Patriotism shown by Mrs. Ru-
According to Dr. Fineberg, "a
minimum of distaste burns no din has stirred the membership
mosques, churches or syna- on to greater efforts in their
gogues." Were it not for the anti- various and important war activ-
Semite who deliberately fans ill ities. June 14 has been designat-
feeling into tornadoes of hatred, ed as Home Relief Day at the
there would be no shattering of USO and at that time the mem-
Jewish lives and careers nor Jew- bers will act as hostesses to the
ish exiles mercilessly driven from boys in service.
On Thursday, May 13, Mrs.
their native lands. A chapter of
the book provides a very clear Arthur .Gould of 2956 Calvert
personalized description of the was hostess to the members of
kind of creatures who deliberate- the Board at her home. Mrs.
ly create anti-Semitism. How to Irving Small presided and plans
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circumvent their malicious de- were made for the final meeting
signs and how to avoid the traps of the year to be held on Mon-
and pitfalls which anti-Semitic day, May 24, at the Jewish Com-
munity Center.
activity creates is a pr o b I e
which requires hard-headed un-
emotionalized thinking. It is en-
couraging to find that there are Nu Chapter of Iota
available procedures which meet Alpha Pi Entertains
the problem adequately and that
Nu chapter of Iota Alpha Pi,
there is no need for wild-eyed
national Jewish sorority of
alarm.
The keynote of Overcoming W a y n e University, entertained
Anti - Semitism is that "empha- last week-end on Saturday eve-
sis must be shifted to a long ning for the pledges and on Sun-
range program, an unceasing pro- day afternoon for their mothers.
On Saturday evening an in
gram of continuous constructive
effort." Anti-Semitism, according formal party was held for plug-
to Dr. Fineberg, is not like the ges, sorors and their dates at
hiccoughs, of which one takes the home of Joyce Sherega on
care after the diaphragm begins Parkside avenue.
The Mother's Day luncheon was
to heave, but rather like tubercu-
losis for which the best treat- held at the Hotel Wilshire in
ment is prevention, through prop- collaboration with the alumnae.
er sanitation applied while a per- The alumnae chapter presented
son is still well or has only an Bertha Robinson of the active
incipient attack. The most seri- chapter with the sorority gold
ous fallacy in reference to anti- cup for being the most deserving
Semitism of which Jews are guil- active member.
Mrs. Muriel Goodman, presi-
ty is a readiness to think only in
terms of overt "incidents," no- dent of the Alumnae and Miss
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glecting the ever present oppor- Evelyn Gross. president of the
tunities for favorable public edu- activities, conducted the program.
Entertainment was furnished by
cation.
Dr. Fineberg's contribution to the pledges, under the direction
the subject of combatting anti- of Lillian Schlesinger.
Semitism is quite unique in that
he devotes no space to philosoph-
izing on the subject nor to trac-

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"All right, Bessie," said the boss
of the little factory which was mak-
ing jackets for soldiers. "Did you
want to see me about something?"
The thin middle-aged woman stood
up from the chair in the outer of-
fice and looked earnestly at the boss
with her huge, grave gray eyes.
"It's about this ten percent
pledge," she began.
"Oh, that's all right, Bessie," the
boss said. "I'd been meaning to
speak to you about that. We don't
expect you to
pledge ten per-
(;\
cent of your pay
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for War Bonds
like the others are
doing. We know
you have a hard
time making ends
meet since Jake
died. Eleven kids,.
isn't it? That's
quite a lot of mouths to feed. Let's
see, you make $25.50 a week includ-
ing overtime, don't you?"
"Yes, sir, but . . ."
The boss smiled.
"Don't give it another thought,
Bessie. You've got your hands full
now. Uncle Sam knows you haven't
got a penny to spare. Don't let it
worry you. We understand."
The boss turned to go back into
his private office.
"But what I wanted to say was
. ." Bessie raised her voice and
the boss looked around. "I wanted
to say, would a dollar a week be too
little? You see, after we get the
living expenses paid, there's Just
about a dollar a week left. Would
they be willing to accept a dollar
a week?"
"They'd be more than willing,"
the boss said quietly.. "They'd be
proud."
Bessie looked relieved.
"All we have to do is scrimp a
little," she said. "I'd feel just ter-
rible if we couldn't give something."
Back in the boss' office a repre-
sentative of the Treasury Depart-
ment was waiting. The boss shut
the door and sat down.
"I've just seen the greatest single
sacrifice I know of," the boss said.
"Listen, if you want to hear what
American women are made of . . ."
(Story from an actual report in
the files of the Treasury Depart-
ment.)
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Are you making a sacrifice? Are
you buying War Bonds, People's
Bonds? Join a payroll savings plan.

at your office or factory.

U. J. Treasury Derartfacur

New Citizens will remember "I Am An American Day"

Ladies' Auxiliary JNF
To Elect Officers

The Temple Israel debating
team of Roy Somlyo, Allan Levy
and James Lipton returned from
Cleveland on May 2, after having
spent a week-end there as guests
of Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver's
Temple. The subject was : "Re-
solved, That Religious. Education
Be Introduced into the Public
School Systems of the United
States." Temple Israel upheld the
affirmative, and the Temple of
Cleveland the negative. The Tem-
ple Israel team was accompanied
by its coach, Manuel S. Simon.
On May 9, the Cleveland team
came to Detroit, where they de-
bated the Temple Israel team at
the high school assembly, held at
the Hampton School.

The annual election of officers
of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Jew-
ish National Fund will take place
at an open meeting on Tuesday,
May 18, 1:30 p. m., at the Rose
Sittig Cohn Bldg., Tyler and
Lawton.
Mrs. Morris Adler will review
the book "The World of Silo-
lom Aleichem" by Maurice Sam-
uels. Miss Bella Ritten Goldberg
will entertain with vocal selec-
tions, accompanied by Miss Re-
becca Frohman.
Mrs. John Hayman was hostess
to the board of directors meeting
on May 4 at her home on Pin-
gree Ave.
Mrs. Philip J. Cutler, president
presided.

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