Aimericim ,ctvish Periodical Cotter
CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
28th Year of Service to Our State and Nation
VOL. 45, NO. 33
Detroit
Jewish
Chronicle
_ _ and The Legal Chronicle.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1943
0.4 Board of Education 'rakes
Over Jewish Children's Home
Fully Equipped Building Accepted from
Herman Cohen for the Duration of War
10e Single Copy; $3.00 Per Yee!
David S. Zemon
• • Building Fund Campaign
Well Known Civic 1-1
Leader Dies at 67 F or Temple Israel Opened
Was Active in
Local Charities
Executive Board Has Set Goal of $350,000,
Declares Ellis Thal, Chairman of Drive
Most recent addition to the at 50 cents per child which will
board of education's rapidly ex- cover the period from 8 p. n). to
At a meeting of key membersare being invested in U. S. Gov-
Detroit lost one of its ,pioneer
winding child care ptogram is 8 a. tn. This newer around the leaders in the death of David S. of Temple Israel held at the of- eminent War Bonds, our mem-
fices of the Temple, campaign hers' dollars do double duty—
the Jewish Children's Home, lo-, clock service for children of Zemon, who was accorded the
committees were appointed and they support the war effort and
high
honor
of
being
buried
from
sated at Burlingame and Petos- mothers employed in furthering
captains selected for the purpose the government's anti-inflationary
of soliciting subscriptions to the savings policy at the same time."
the war effort will accommodate
key Ayes. Representin
g an initial the needs of women working on
building fund. Mr. Thal stated that while it
The members were addressed was impossible to determine ac-
investment of $150,000, use of any of the three war plant shifts.
by Morris Garvett and Ellis M. tual building costs after victory
the fully equipped Home has
Parents may register for either
Thal, the president and vice presi- has been achieved, the executive
been accepted for the duration the day service or the night
dent respectively of the congrega- board of the Temple had set a
tion. Mr. Thal is also acting as goal
service by calling at the center,
of $350,000 for the building
by the board of education from or they may obtain informat
chairman of the building fund fund. Mr. Thal added that the
driver
ion
Herman Cohen, president of the through the Child Care Cen
campaign was really stimulated
Mr. Garvett said, "Obviously by
Home's board of directors •
ter
requests from the membership
of
the
board
of
education,
Ran-
it would be neither possible nor that action be taken now for the
The new child center will be
in good taste to undertake con- purchase of the site and the cre-
the first to operate in the city dolph 8426.
struction now. However, our rea- ation of a building trust fund,
In accepting this offer of the
on a 24-hour around the clock
sons for a buildifig fund cam- and that the early indications
schedule. The board of education board of directors of the Jewish
paign at this time are two-fold. clearly, demonstrated that the
First, by raising our funds now members were eager to support
is introducing a program of day Children's Home the board of
during war time, we will be pre- the building program generously.
care in the center for children education. has expressed sincere
pared to help peace time projects Questioned about the character
of 2 to 5 inclusive and a can- thanks for the patriotic contribu-
by beginning building operations of the proposed temple building,
teen service for children of 6 to tion in an effort to more ade-
shortly after victory. Secondly, Rabbi Leon Fram said, "Our new
14 years inclusive.
quately meet a serious need de-
since all moneys collected over Temple will be a structure of
and above the cost of the land grace and dignity, and will en-
Built in 1930, the Home for veloping through wartime con-
a number of years operated as ditions,
hance the beauty of the entire
Palmer Park section. Remember,
a beneficiary agency of the De-
we have over two acres of land
troit Community Fund and as a /
in our site which nature has al-
LATE DAVID S. ZEMON
member of the Jewish Welfare
ready adorned with numerous
Detroit
Jewish
Hero
Federation. The brick structure
the Congregation Shaarey Zedek
magnificent trees. Picture a state-
on Sunday, Aug. 8.
has modern conveniences includ- Greeted by Palestine
ly building in the center of this
The death of Mr. Zemon on
ing a full-size gymnasium, play For Attack on Ploesti
large area, surrounded by we ll
Aug. 6 marked the passing of
looms, and ample recreational
planned landscaping and contain-
Jerusalem To Be
a man who has been identified
facilities. A laundry room with TEL AVIV (WNS),— The with Detroit's civic and charitable
ing a large auditorium of wor-
Capital of Union
complete equipment is also avail- crew of an American Liberator enterprises for nearly half a
ship, a chapel, school rooms, ad-
participated
in
the
at-
a bl e
century. He was 67 years old.
ministrative offices and the usual
able for use. A small protected tack on the Roumanian oil
Mr. Zemon was born in Lithu•
(WNS)—Dr.
playground for pre-school chit- fields at Ploesti was given a
L. LONDON.
Magnes, president
of the Judah
He- social facilities. When this dream
ania,
Poland,
and
migrated
to
dren . and a larger playground for t•f."12ndous reception here
this country at the age of 16. brew University in Palestine, has of our temple-to-be is realized,
children of the canteen service when the pilot, Lieutenant He settled in northern Michigan, met with a group of Arab, lead- the entire Jewish community of
Sternfeld of Detroit, brought but shortly thereafter moved to 6rs to discuss the contemplated — Detroit w-
will adeqdately care for the out- the plane down for repairs be-
ill • arii.e the pride of
Detroit, where he founded the formation of a federation of our achievement."
door recreational program. for proceeding to his undis-
firm of David S. Zemon and Arab States, it was disclosed
The Night Care Center is un- closed destination. One of the
Pending the erection of the
Company which was engaged in here by well informed circles.
der the supervision of Dr. Edna members of the crew was Bom-
the manufacture of women's The same sources also revealed new house of worship, Temple
bardier Harry Rifkin of the suits and cloaks. In 1916 he re- that Arab leaders had been boast- Israel will continue to hold its
Noble White's State Day Care Bronx, New York City, who
tired from the manufacturing ing that Dr. Magnes's position services in the Detroit Institute
Committee. Parents living in the said that the severity and
business to devote himself to his was supported by certain persons
northwest Detroit area extending bkoroughness of the attack on
connected with the American Ha- of Arts and to conduct its reli-
real estate interests.
as far as the Puritan-Schaeffer Ploesti was such that it might
Many institutions benefited by dassah organization. It was be- gious school at the Hampton
Rd. area will be able to use conceivably shorten the war by
Mr. Zemon's devoted and tire- lieved here that Dr. Magnes Public School, 18460 Warring-
would be invited to attend an ton Drive.
less efforts in their behalf.
this newer center inasmuch as many months. Declaring the
crew which had been chosen
He had been president of the Arab conference to discuss the
it is available so that parents and trained for the attack had
Jewish problems arising from the
can have their children picked up admirably carried out its bomb- Hebrew Free Loan Association proposed formation of an Arab
1,
Federation.
See ZEMON—Page 12
from a point on their own line ing mission, the New York
A person considered friendly NOTICE
of travel to their places of em- Jewish hero said: "We flew so
to the Arab cause declared here
low that the flames actually
ployment, according to Dr. H. L. licked our wings. But there
this week that Arab leaders were
All copy must be in not
Harrington, assistant superintend- was no time for fear. Our only
determined to make Jerusalem the
ent of schools in charge of nur- thought after releasing the
capital of the proposed Pan Arab later than Wednesday, 3
sery schools,
bomb load was to gain alti-
Federation. According to this
tude. For a distance of about
Da y nurseries and canteen serv- one
hundred miles we flew at
source, the Jews of Palestine p.m. It must be written
ice will opeprate on the same a height of approximately fifty
would receive a "degree of au• - ,on one side of paper onl?
fee basis as will earlier board feet in order not to give the
tonomy" and Jewish immigration
Dr.
Israel
Goldstein
and where possible should
of education child centers. The [ German
erman dive bombers a chance
to Palestine would be controlled
swoop down on us.
night care rates have been set
To Be Nominated
by a joint commission of Mus- be typewritten.
r
Dr, Magnus Favor s
Pan-Arab Union
Say Arab Leaders
Dr. Wise Reveals
Agreement on
ZOA Presidency
— NEW YORK. (WNS) — Dr.
Stephen S. Wise announced in a
Palestine Jewry Helped Defeat Rommel special
statement this week that
See MAGNES—Pag e 12
■ .
EXPULSION FROM VULKE
an agreement had been reached
to nominate Dr. Israel Goldstein
as president of the Zionist Or-
By JOSEPH OPATOSHU
ganization of America at its
forthcoming
convention
in
Sep-
That Jewish Palestine played
tember. He declared that Dr. Editor's Note: A masterful depiction of the awesome concept of
an important role in the defeat of which future chroniclers will Abba
God's grace manifested through failure to impose punishment.
Hillel Silver will be "sum-
declare
that
it
was
decisive
of
of Marshal Rommel is revealed the world's destiny. Of course, moned to leadership in the sphere
Reprinted from July issue of
by Pierre van Paassen in an ar-
Liberal Judaism
of political affairs" as co-chair-
ticle in the current issue of The everybody knew tha( Palestine man of the American Emergency
The
Jews
had
already
been
ex-
only
from
Russian Poland, but
existed
and
what
its
resources
Protestant. Mr. Van Paassen, in
Committee for Zionist Affairs. pelled from the neighboring towns also from Lithuania and from
his article "Best Kept Secret of were. But it was not realized Dr. Wise's statement reads:
of Mlava, Khorzhel, Rippin and the Ukraine. Their language was
the War," states that "Jewish Pal- what Palestine meant: a powerful
"In the midst of the serious Tchekhanova. Still no one mo- a jargon of the different dialect3
estine was one of the imponder- instrument of victory in the hands problems facing the Zionist lected
border town of Vulke of Yiddish spoken in the regions
ables that turned the tide against of that Jewish community, which movement at this time and on with its the
hundred Jewish families. from which they hailed.
threw itself into the struggle
Hitler at the moment when he with
Quite
the
contrary:
in the year
a whole heartedness and zeal the eve of the forthcoming con-
The
and almost the whole world least
1940,
Vulke
struck
it
rich. The of Vulkes
at-great grandfathers
vention
of
the
Zionist
Organiza-
that multiplied the country's in-
expected it."
gr'e inhabitants
had been
tion
of
America,
I
felt
it
incum-
dustrial
effectiveness
a
hundred
town
waxed
wealthy
on
the
con-
stool-pigeons,
counterfeiters,
in-
t
stanea
of
G
stredm
The article says in part:
erman
rs
fold. It's the spirit of the Jews bent upon me to do what lay in that pass
"In the fateful hour when that counted!
through it. The tail- cendiaries; the great- grandfathers
my power toward achieving the
Britain's fate hung in the bal-
—smugglers who bootlegged silk,
maximum degree of unity joined
"1Vhile certain politicians in with the maximum effectiveness ors, cobblers locksmiths, black- tobacco, whiskey across the bor-
ance and when Rommel boasted
smiths
were
hardly
able
to
finish
der;
whose brawls were notorious
that insofar as he was concerned neighboring Arab countries stood in the conduct of Zionist affairs.
the work
was and
heaped
upon
The that
stores
shops
not throughout the region of Plotsk.
it was all over but the shouting, aside and sulked and in some Having conferred at length with them.
the little land of Palestine placed cases gave unmistakable signs of my colleagues in the leadership only did a thriving business; they when
After
the First
the border
was World
moved War.
away
at the disposal of the British joy over what they thought to be and the representatives of vari- made money hand over fist.
the
imminent
British
debacle,
Empire and its armies in the
ous groups in the Zionist Or-
from Vulke, the town's luster
Vulke
was surprised,
wondered
ancestral
virtue was
pro- tarnished. Jews lost their liveli-
Near East an industrial appar- the Jews of Palestine stepped for- ganization of America. it is a what
ward
as
a
man,
voluntarily,
not
atus of seven thousand factories,
source of deepest satisfaction to tecting it. Vulke could not boast hood. They strolled across the
waiting for army call . . .
of learned scholars or famed idle market-place, a straw be-
large and small.
me
to be able to announce that rabbis. It had been a town of tween
"The world will learn some
the teeth, a bamboo rod
"It may sound fantastic, but
it must be said for it is the day and it will remember at the we now find it ourselves in com- exile even in Czarist days. Jews in hand. They wore down their
truth: nobody, neither the British Peace Conference what certain plete accord on the following who had transgressed against the heels but still found nothing at
government were banished to which to turn an honest penny.
high command nor Marshal Rom- Arab chieftain; in Irak, Egypt program.
mel had counted on Palestine to and Saoudia, who proclaimed
"By general agreement among Vulke. Some had been exiled for Some left for parts unknown;
five years, others for ten, still and those that remained, descend-
Play the role it did in that battle
See ROMMEL--Pag e 12
others for life. These outcasts ants of the original "aristocracy,"
See WISE—Page 9
had converged on the town not
Pierre van Paassen Reveals "The
Best Kept Secret of the War"
See VULKE—Pag e 12