DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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VULKE

August 13, 1943

ROMMEL

thought this a midwinter pilgrim-
a show of devotion to the demo-
age.
cratic cause and for so heroic and
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Only Jochanan the Cobbler was
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loyal, although unostentatiou sly
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became cobblers, tailors, shop elated. He had not slept all night, themselves the loyal allies of rendered a performance of ser
v- lam, Christian and Jewish refire-
had
busied
himself
with
everyone,
keepers, and smiths.
Britain and of the United States ice to the British Empire in t h h e s e tia m t i u vl
In the synagogue, during the as though- this were, not expul- after Rommel was beaten at the darkest hour of its history, t he
ta heously, it was reported
e8
sion
from
Vulke,
but
liberation
interval/ between the afternoon
gates of Alexandria, what their least that could be expected fro m here from Alexandria that Nuri
from
Egypt.•
Where
consolation
and evening prayers, they still
attitude was when Montgomery the British government even at Pasha, former Premier of Iraq,
this late date, one would thin k, has declared after a week-end
told tales about their grand- was needed, he consoled. Where
fathers and great-grandfathers, encouragement was needed, he himself said privately that only is a public recognition of Jewi sh meeting with the Egyptian Pre-
encouraged, promising that the a miracle could save him . . . valor and an acknoweldgement of mier that the "Jewish problem
although no one any longer re- aged,
"Jewish Palestine was part of Palestine's Jewry's share in th at in Palestine was the major ohs.
infirm, or ill would not be
membered whence the great- left behind. For the old, the sick, that miracle. Jewish Palestine was momentous victory which fru s- tacle to the plan of formin
grandfathers had come. The ar- and the young, Jochanan obtain- one of the imponderables that trated Germany's design to brea k confederation of Arab States. g a
tisans of Vulke were organized ed carts from the neighboring turned the tide against Hit'er at through to the sources of ra w
He told a press conference that
into two study-groups, 9.ne spe- peasants. The freight train that the moment when he and almost materials in Africa and Asia at I d Arab leaders were in "general
was to transport them all to the the whole world least expected link up with the Japanese.
agreement that the first essen-
cializing in the Mishnah, the Jewish Pale was waiting at Kan- it.
"Wendell Willkie said while o n tihl" was to "reunite" Palestine,
other, in the Scriptures. The opky five miles away. And the
"Besides the thirty odd thou- a visit to the Holy Land that th e Transjordan and Lebanon in a
Scripture study-group, or fellow- Jews had to walk that distance s . and Jews who were incorporated measure of freedom to be gaine d greater Syria. Declaring that the
ship, was led by Jochanan th e in the bitter frost.
the Eighth British Army, by the peoples of the Near Eas t, "Jewish problem in Palestine'•
Cobbler, a broad-shouldered fel -
German police, rifles slung Jewish industries and Jewish a g- in the post-war era—and the Jew 5 and the French mandate in Syria
low with a black beard tha t across treir shoulders, moved riculture in Palestine supplied are one of these peoples—will de _ were obstacles "which must first
grew into his eyes, into his ears • about in the crowd. They pre- General Montgomery with band- Pend on what contribution the y be settled by agreement with the
and hid his face. This Jochanan , tended not to notice the Polish ages, pharmaceutical articles, p r e_ made in the actul waging of th e United Nations," he said t
h at
who looked like a cutthroat bu t peasants and their wives who cision instruments (the Carl war. Willkie said that; not Chur - Arab
leaders were looking for-
was gentle as a lamb, was th e came to bid their Jewish neigh- Zeiss work of Jena having been chill or Eden or Lord Cranborn e,
ward to a "Syria as existed hi , -
first to begin agitating. Th e
farewell. It was almost a transferred to the Holy Land a the Colonial secretary. These me • fore the first World War."
Jews were being expelled fron silent farewell. Only the sorrow few years previously) shoes, to_ are silent. • The British press wa 5
Prior to the first World War,
the neighboring towns one afte ✓ spoke from their eyes:
bacco, fruit, vegetables, wheat, silent. Not a single British, o ✓ Palestine was a part of Syria. In
the other, and here in Vulke, a
"The God who freed us from wine, X-ray apparatus, cement, American newspaper for tha t 1916 Great Britain and France
Klondike, one could almost wal- the Russian Czar will free us soap, chocolate, spare parts for matter, gave
its readers the mer agreed, under the . Sykes-Picot
low in gold! Jochanan the Cob- from Hitler."
automobiles and trucks sandbags, est inkling of the material an Treaty, to partition Syria. The
bler couldn't stand it. As soon as
"How long is it since the Rus- timber, tents, linen, uniforms, strategic importance of Palestin e
he earned his quota for the week, sians drove us from Vulke?" in- trucks and buses (taken from the and the role it played in th e partition was effected in 1918
when British troops occupied
whatever the day, he closed his quired an elderly Jew, blue with Palestinian transportation sys- furious
battle for the domination southern Syria, or Palestine, and
shop and made his preparations cold
`em) laboratory equipment, eiee.. of the African an Asian market s French troops took possession of
for the Sabbath. He was off to
"A quarter of a century," re- I t ric appliances, meat, photograph that rag d for e better part o f northern Syria.
the synagogue to take up his plied another. "I remember it as c material, waterpipes, station- - two
two years in
Lybian desert.
a g ttatton
hough it were yesterday. It was e ty, typewriters, glassware and
"Never once was a case of •Jew-
"They're driving the Jews from n of lopg after the High Holy c rockery, bedding,
i
mattresses,
Mlava, from Tchekhanova, from D ays.' Through field and forest maps sheet metal, parachutes, sh heroism mentioned. Not a
word leaked out of that numer-
Rippin! They're hounding the hey drove us to Warsaw. We d isinfectants, shovels, water
pails, ically small Jewish community
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Jews out of Khorzhel! But the d ragged along in the rain. Moses c utlery, hammers, saws, nails, standing
there like a rock in the
Jews of Vulke have dumb luck. t he Sexton, peace unto his soul, s crews, saddles, camels, mules, smouldering
hostile
Arab
world
since
its reorganization in 1925.
They're not hounded. No, they're erode at the head, clasping the •
raking in money. Be it known, S acred Scrolls in his arms. Be- s orses, railway equipment and at the back of the British army. and it was largely through his ef-
then, Jews of Vulke, that your h ind us came Adolph the Ger- teal. As little as possible was said of forts that this institution has
gold is the bread out of Jewish m an, the Shabos goy (Sabbath m "All that material and equip- Jewish soldiers standing side by set an example of service to the
ent, as necessary to an army as side with Englishmen, Australians community. Every Sunday found
mouths. It is Jewish blood spilt ervant), leading a milking goat b ullets
and bread, did not need to and South Africans facing the Mr. Zemon at the Hebrew Free
by the tyrant. And Jewish blood b y a rope. When a child fell by b
e
transported
through submar- fearful odds presented by Rom- Loan, interviewing applicants,
is like a burnt offering to the t he road from fatigue, the Ger-
Lord. It myst be consumed en- m an caught it up as a shepherd c' ne infested oceans. It was there, mel's overwhelming superiority. many of whom benefitted through
tirely for God. Yet along come d oes a tired lamb, and gave it n in the spot, at the moment it was And yet the Near East swarmed his wise counsel and sympathetic
most. with foreign correspondents from understanding. At his death, he
you sinners to stuff and gorge g oat's milk to drink. And today? ceded
"Palestinian Jews lugged the oil the beginning of the campaign to was also president of the Clover
your pockets."
T oday it's the German who's a nd gasoline from Haifa and Mo- the end.
Hill Park Cemetery. Along with
After such haranguing the at- d riving us."
ul across the Syrian and the
"Palestine Jewry's effort in the others, he pioneered the work at
mosphere of the synagogue be-
"His account will yet be set- S inaian deserts to Montgomery's war must be considered the best the cemetery, whose beauty and
came strained and tense. At the tl ed!"
echanized forces. guarded military secret of all !" simplicity give symbolic charac-
session of the Scripture fellow-
When the carts packed with
"Palestine furnished to the
ter to his resting place. He was
ship, half the members were miss- th e young and aged arrived, the B ritish
armies in Lybia, Eritrea,
on the board of the Congregation
ing.
p 0 lice began to issue orders: E thiopia and Somaliland, thou-
When the holidays had come 11 Three abreast! Three in a row, s a nds of doctors, nurses and den- CANTOR TULMAN RETURNS Shaarey Zedek for many years,
and founded the present Shaarey
and gone, when autumn had th ere!"
.ti sts.
passed, and still no Jew had
Cantor Robert S. Tulman, can- Zedek library. Mr. Zemon was
In the first row stood the rabbi
been molested, people seemed of Vulke, flanked by his two sex- ,a2 "It placed the great Hadassah for of Temple Israel, has re- also on the Jewish Welfare
edical center of Jerusalem at turned from his vacation and Board, an efficient worker on the
outwardly to rejoice. Deep down, tons.
All three were clasping
however, they were troubled that Sacred Scrolls of the Torah. he disposal of the Empire. will chant the Sabbath Eve Serv- Community Fund drives, a men:-
Vulke was an exception. They Pinchus shouldered his grand- V- "At the same time Palestine ices of Temple Israel next Fri- ben of the Hebrew schools, and
began to realize that "queer" father's tombstone. And when , , 1 rnished the Turkish army with day night, Aug. 20, at 8:30, at a member of the Masonic order.
He is survived by his widow,
-` " 0,000 pairs of boots and all No. 14 Boulevard Bldg., 3076 E.
Jochanan the Cobbler was some- the entire congregation of Vulke th
how right. And when Jochanan had settled into line lenghtwise P e pharmaceutical articles and Grand Blvd. The services will be Augusta; a daughter, Mrs. Harvey
the Cobbler learned of the ex- across the market-place, Joch- re recision instruments Ankhara read by Charles Goldstein, presi- Gass; two sons, Julian and Oscar,
quired . . . dent of Temple Israel Men's all of Detroit, and a brother, Dr.
pulsion of the Jews from Kutz- anan the Cobbler pushed forward,
"For so remarkable and felling Club.
Moses Zemon, of Tel-a-viv, Pal-
barg, which lay only three -mils followed by Yankel the Drummer
estine.
from Vulke, he rent his gar- and Pinchus the Trumpeter car-
ments before the assembled fel- I wing their instruments. Jocha-
lowship. He arose and leaned nan swept his hand across his p.
his frame across the study table: broad beard as though it were
"Hear ye, Jews! The fact that a shield, and in a voice filled
the tyrant does not lay hands with the awesome tones of the
on us is the clearest sign that High Holy Days, he began:
we have sinned. In the Proverbs
"Have faith, Jews, have faith!
it is written, 'Whomso God loves The
Shevat Yehuda, that ancient
He punishes.' Great was the t ext, tells us that at the time
fame of Mlava for her scholars o f the Expulsion from Spain,
and rabbis! Reb Levi Yitzchuck d rum and flute eased the heavy
of Berditchev himself held court b urden on the road of wander."
there for a time. Great was the And Jochanan raised his hands
fame of Tchekhanova! Who has a loft to the frosty heavens. "0
not., heard of Reb Avremel of L ord of heaven and earth! Sure-
Tchekhanova? They were Gods y Thou seest how we are &-
chosen, and now He demands v mired by trouble and woe! Our
REAL SMOKING PLEASURE'
FRESHNESS PROTECTED'
payment for all sins! But Vulke? e nemies seek to uproot the last
\-Ve're confident you'll
is
a
new
Of what lineage can Vulke boast? 0
Apple "Honey
the seed of Jacob. Desolate
agree with the army of
They say that my grandfather, b f lackness
conditioning agent that
surrounds us. Extin-
l mois-
Gld Gold smokers who
Jochanan the Outcast, was con- g uished is the last spark. Our
guards the natura blend,
have discovered how well
victed of arson. Solomon the I ast ounce of strength is ebbing
ture of our choke
r otectsthc
Tailor's was a stool-pigeon. Such a way. God in heaven, see how
App/e"Iloney " p Gold's
including
delightful
is our nobility."
freshness
of
Old
our souls tremble in the balance.
Latakia —helps keep 01(1
"I don't have to teach you, You have plunged us into expul-
and
fresh, pliable
Jochanan," interrupted one of the sion
Buy a pack today.
Golds
after
expulsion.
We
said,
moist
on
their
way
to
you
old men who was habitually
'This
is
punishment
for
our
sins;
lent, pounding on the table, 'Do soon the Lord will liberate us.'
not open thy mouth unto evil.' But, see—fresh woes are heaped
Disturb not the sleep of our an- upon
us. We prayed dor dawn,
cestors, I assure you the tyrant
but still we grope in the night!"
will yet turn to us, too."
Jochanan did not hear the
And the tyrant did assail the
of the congregation of
Jews of Vulke. Their patience sobbing
Vulke. He raised his fists to
bore fruit. It was January, 1941. heaven
and died : "Wild beasts
For a month winter had held of prey surround
us on all sides.
everything in its grip. And a
hard winter it was—snqw, frost Wolves and leopards pursue us.
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and blizzard. On such a- winter Almighty God, see how all have
against us. Even the stars
day the Germans drove the hun- risen
of heaven make war upon us.
dred Jewish families forth from The
earth trembles beneath our
Vulke. They left everything be- tread.
0 God -f mercy and pity
hind, their homes, their shops,
how canst Thou witness the an•
their accumulated wealth.
At the first Glimpse of (lawn, guish of Thy people? Send Thy
when the entire town was sheath- sacred peace to us in our dire
ed in ice, the flock of Vulke be- distress. Spread over us the
gan foregathering in the market- cloak of Thy compassion. Help
*This new moistening agent wasfirst developed by scientists th Eastern Regional
place; fathers, mothers, sons, us, 0 God! The time for Thy
Research Laboratory of the U. S. Dept. of
Agriculture. We name it Apple "Honey."
daughters, some whose eyes were redemption has long been ripe!"
A tender distant weeping min-
red with weeping, some whose
eyes were dry as fire. They came gled with Jochanan's words. It
was the flute. The drum caught
leading children by
hand, ,
carrying infants in their arms. up the beat. The congregation
They came with bundles and of Vulke, three abreast, swayed
valises. The congregation assem- forward, moved on its journey.
A cold, remote sun rose over
bled around the Polish church
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that stood in the middle of the the snow-covered roofs.
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