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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and
The Legal Chronicle

August 27, 1943

Rabbis In Uniform

Contributions to the
Jewish Home for Aged

witz; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gross,
in memory of David Sillman;
Mrs. Laura Seidner and daugh-
ter, in memory of David Sillman.
The following have made con-
Mr. and Mrs. Herman R. Sable,
Picture Story of the Experiences
in memory of Judge Harry
tributions to the Home:
of a Jewish Chaplain at the Front
B.
Keidan; in
Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Mrs. A. Kutinsky, in memory Gordon,
0 National Jewish Welfare hard
memory of Judge
of mother, Fannie Katz; Mrs. H. H
r arry B. Keid an an
The Jewish chaplains, along with their Chris-
avi d S.
S. Brown, in memory of grand- lemon; Mr.
nd arsrman
Md . DH e
lain colleagues, accompanied the American troops
and courageous comradeship to the men under
R.
Sable,
in
mother,
Dintzie;
Lt.
and
Mrs.
fi re. Chaplain Earl Stone, for instance, at Med*.
memory of David
down the cargo nets and onto the beaches in the
M. J. Donor, in memory of Mrs. 13. Sillman; Mrs. Louis Freed-
first.landings in North Africa and Continued with
al-Bab, in the early days of Ellie campaign, wa,
H. H. Weiss; Mrs. B. G. Arden, man, donation; Leon and
Rose
them through six months of bloody fighting to
under constant Fire in a slit trench for 49 (lays
donation;
in memory of mother, Ida Reu- Friedman,
Ben J. Goldman,
i M r. and Mrs.
final victory. They lived in the same muddy dug-
ben; Joseph Yolles, in memory
until his unit was relieved. Chaplain Irving Tep
n mem ory of
David Sillman;
outs, ate the same canned rations, and dodged the
of mother-in-law, Hannah Gar- memory
of Samuel AL
Ma Gallow, i n
per, whose unit was one of the first to land ar
finkel;
Mrs.
Dora
Brecner,
dons-
and
Mrs.
I.
L.
Zuiebacltzman;
All%
same bombs. Their steadfast devotion to duty was
the first infantry group to enter Bizerte, mailed
tion; Mrs. Sarah Funkenstein, To- ory of Judge v
k, in mem-
a constant source of comfort, spiritual influence
these pictures to the Jewish Welfare Boatel. All
ia l B. eidan; .
ledO, in memory of Mrs. Honora officers of Colonial Dept.
K Store,
captions are by Chaplain Tepper.
011esheimer; Henry Levitt, in in memory of
memory of parents; Mrs. Leah Keidan and D Judge Harry B.
Sill man; Ruth
Bieberstein and children, in mem- C. Cohen, in David
memory
ory of husband and father; Ms. Sillman; Louis Marks, .4 in of Da v id
and Mrs. Sidney J. Karbel, in ory of mother
mem-
memory of Minnie Talberg; Sam 11I and M. , Willi
Johannarks;
a M
Asherson, in memory of father, in memory rs
of Judge am
Harry
B.
Lester,
Abraham Asherson; Mr. and Mrs. Keidan; Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Sid
M. J. Greenberg, in memory of ney, in memory of David Sill
:
Mrs. Nettie Katz; Mrs. Bessie
m
an;
Lewinstein, in memory of
husband, Abraham .W. Lewin-
stein; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Green-
berg, in memory of father; Mrs. Foreign Policy Assn.
Louis Freedman—donation; Anne
H. Baron, in memory of Mr. Wit- Believes That Russia
father.
Will
Will Admit Many Jews
Mrs. C. Krause, in memory of
son, Jonas Krause; Mrs. L. Rose,
Soviets To Need
in memory of son; Mrs. Ida Ep-
stein,
stein, in memory of father, Wolf,
Workers
and mother, Rachel-Leah; Mrs.
.'e landed
Dora Baruch, in honor of son,
on Nov. 8, 1942 at Mehdia Piage, in Morocco,
NEW of
YORK.
(WNS)—In an
Leonard Baruch; Mr. and Mrs. analysis
the postw
seven miles from the fort—Kasbah de Mehdia. This fort
landing boats and several casualties were suffered.
ar resettl e-
Arthur A. Gottesman, in mem- ment problem in Europe
is five miles from the city of Port Lyiutey (ancient Ken-
The plan of attack on the fort was for my battalion to
the Fo r-
ory of Jacob Barnett; Mr. and sign Policy Association the
itra). I believe
I was one of the first chaplains to land as
make the frontal approach, with the other two battalions
Mrs. Herman R. Sable, in mem- the belief this week that, after
I
ory of David Zemon; Mrs. B. the
went down the net on an early "wave" and hit the beach
on the flank. We took the brunt of the battle, naturally.
war,
Russia
admit
large
early Sunday morning. The barrage from our battleship
Weisblum, in memory of mother, numbers
of will
Jews
from
ge
After capturing the fort, we moved into a cork forest in
rom the dev-
Ida Komer; Mr. and Mrs. Harry astated areas of Europe
and cruisers was terrific during our Higgins boatride to
the vicinity of Port Lyautey. This picture shows me (on
M. Selker, in memory of David
the beach that historic morning. But three French air-
Declaring that "publi
the leh) and mi assistant, Cpl. Morris Oleander in the
S. Zemon; the Finley family, in in the United States
c feeling
planes had succeeded in taking off despite the fact that
cork forest with bur office equipment and chaplain's ban-
appears to
memory
of
Jennie
Israly;
Max
have
been less strongl
ner
My
pup
tent
in
which
our destroyers had made their way past the fort and
I slept for three months on
y stirred
E. Sable, in memory of David than in Britain" towards the
Jew-
shelled the airport at close range. The planes attacked the
the same hard piece of ground is to the right, and my
S. Zemon; Leon and Rose Freed- ish tragedy in Europe and that,
.
veteran, battered typewriter is on the box.
man, donation; Mr. and Mrs. from present indications, there
.
Louis Schlussel, in memory of was no likelihood that the United
David S. Zemon; Mr. and Mrs. States would either liberalize, or
S. J. Schor, in memory of Jacob relax, its immigration laws, the
Barnett; Sidney Freedman, in report goes on to say:
memory of Ellis and Minnie
Friedman; Bessie M. Schools, in of "In
war Europe itself the ravages

FROM MOROCCO TO TUNISIA

As my battalion

captured the fort and orders came to
establish our cemetery on the battlefield, it was my job.
Censorship regulations at the time forbade it, but
I can
now reveal that this was the cemetery at which President
Roosevelt laid a wreath during the famous "Unconditional
Surrender" conference in Casablanca. The French—th
e
very
lads who shot at us with all they had—were soon our
solid friends. The guard saluting me above was one of the
first prisoners we took. He
belongs to the Marine Nationale

with the conspicuous red tassel on top of his sailor's cap.
The inikeriptiim at the entrance to the cemetery is in three
languages, English, French and Arabic, symbolizing the
international aspect of our military operations.

may that
create
labor short-
memory of father, B. Meisner; ages so acute
countries
may
H. H. Warner, in memory of be eager to receive immigrants—
mother, Esther Warner; Mr. and as France was after 1919—al-
Mrs. Samuel Harris, in memory though it can hardly be expected
of David S. Zemon; Mr. and Mrs. that all national political and
Chester Tuschman, in memory racial groups will
equally
of Ben L. Goldberg; Mr. and come. The extent to be
which
Europe
wel-
Mrs. Louis Goorman, in memory is able tolraersgeetlty
le die.epfeungdeeso,nhotw
of David S. Zemon; Mrs. Minnie ever,
ne-
will
Fisher,
in memory of Isaac
the United
Fisher.
rehabi
n
t Nations'
a t c
i oonns:
efforts to ot.
Mr. Klegov, in memory of Mrs. tinent. But, even under the most
After three months
Rose Cohen; M. L. Solvick, in favorable conditions, it seems
we pushed on into Algiers and--
memory of father, Louis Solo- that Western European countries
Tunisia. This picture was taken near Oran
on hospital
vich; Mr. and Mrs. 'Harold Biller, will be able and
grounds. Dr. Cutler (right)
in memory of birthday of Mrs. only
willing to absorb
supervised Friday evening
services for the Jewish patients. A
numbers
new sug-
resi-
nurse, who never misses
Mary Weingarden; Rose Korin- dents, limited
whereas
it has of
been
a Friday evening service, blesses the candles before each
sky, in memory of son, Saul Kor- Bested that the U. S. S. R. may
insky; Mrs. Leah Bieberstein, in admit immigrants on
service. The prominent figure in the center is Rabbi David
memory of David S. Zemon; Dior-
it much larg-
Askenazi, Chief Rabbi of the Department of Oran. At his
or- er scale. In the vast areas on
ris
Netzorg
and
family,
in
mem-
Soviet
Asia,
where
natural re-
invitation, I held a very large service in the Grand Syna•
ory . of D a vid S. Zem on; Mr.
Mrs Na th an Lurie, in memory f sources are today being exploited
gogue of Oran on Friday evening, February 12. The Chief
a nd on an und
p
Rabbi receives a stipend, I
David S. Zemon; Mayorie Elbin- is an acut rece ente d scale, there
believe, from the government,
e lack of
just as the Catholic hierarchy does. His apparel is ide•
skilled
labor
ger-Weisberg, Brookline, Mass., that suggests great
population
tical to the Catholic one and he reserves it for official calls
in memory of birthday of aunt, capacity. Moreover, in the west-
Lillian Elbinger, and uncle, Alga- ern regions serious depletion of
and ceremonies. He wore it that day to please pie.
ham M. Koploy; Eva K. Elbinger, manpower as a result of the war
Brookline, Mass. in memory of may make the Russians reverse
birthday of
Lillian
'
Elbinger; their pre-war exclusionist policy
Etta E. Cohn, Brookline, Mass., and accept specially skilled refu-
in memory of sister's, Lillian El- gees
binger's, b irthday; Mrs.
from Europe. The U. S.
Elsa S. R.'s postwar immigration pol-
Hoc
ti

in honor of the golden wedding sis o
the last
h confidence the analy-
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. S. government
may who
feel want
the to
loyalty
Balantzon; Mrs. M. Waterstone, of foreigners
settle
in honor of
the golden wedding in its territory."
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. S.
Balantzon; Mrs. Rose Kroll, in
memory of Mrs. Mary Friedman;
CHAPLAIN STRAUS
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Simons, in
memory of David Zemon, and in
memory of Mrs. Soss' mother;
I. Mahler, in memory of
aunt,
Dvoyre; Mrs. H. L. Abrahams,
in memory of mother, Katie
Levitt; Max E. Sable, in memory
My battalion
of Judge Harry B. Keidan; Mr.
was the first infantry group to enter
Bizerte
and Mrs. Herbert M. Mayer, in
on Sunday, May 9, just six months and a day after we
we started back over the same road, to a great extent, up
memory of David Oppenheim, and
landed on the Moroccan coast. We did guard duty in the
which we fought for three months in the great push which
in memory of David S. Zemon.
city for over a
ended in the victory at Bizerte. The picture above
Mrs. J. W. Allen, donation;
week until the British relieved us. Then
was
taken during a
Caroline Fischer, in memory of
Friday evening service on the road back.
parents, sister and brother; Airs.
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M. Kirschbaum and family, in
—
Convicted British Soldier in Palestine "Arms"
pemory
of Abraham-Israel Kir-
married in accordance with the
Jewish ritual, that she subse t- Achbaum ; Mrs. M. . Rosenfield, in
Thal Fails To Identify Jewish Defendant
quently was divorced, that she memory of husband, Morris Ros-
enfield; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
ham a friend of the two convicted N.
JERUSALEM.
Simons, in memory of Judge
vale
Charles A. (WNS)
Stoner, —psi_
one of whether Sirkis was a passenger in British soldiers and that Abra-
the taxi or merely one of the by- defendants,
ham Rachlin, .one of the Jewish Harry B. Keidan; Lora and Les-
the two British soldiers convicted standers•
ter
Greenberg, in
visited her home
memory of
last week before a military court
ome wh.e i n
The prosecution also met with he discussed with the Brit's 1 Isidore Cohen; Morton Sillman.
for smuggling arms into Pales- a rebutf when it tried to bolster • oldiers plans of smuggling arms in memory of brother, David
tine, admitted under cross-exa m its c
Hn
•
P alestine
Sillman; Ben and Lou Cohen i
wi
the testimony of a
a ion by the attorneys for the
An interest
from Cairo.
, n
memory of David Sillman; the
Dutch-born woman, Heintje Hen-
interesting
sidelight
on
the
Finley family, in memory of
Jewish civilians charged with questioned by the police, Mrs. trial was thrown

by

the revels- Judge Harry B. Keidan; Mrs.
complicity
in the
that
the woman
Marx said
only
occasion
on crime,
which he
met
but that she was a Jewish held, that before it even became Nellie Goldstick, in memory of
when she was asked known that such a trial would be Mrs. Rachel Goldberg; Roslyn
Leib Sirkis, one of the Jewish to take the oath at the trial she
, several foreign correspond- and Mark Goldstick, in memory
defendants, was when the taxi repudiated that statement.
in which he was deliverin g the
ants in Cairo were tipped off by of Albert Slmem
arm s was involved
onim;
the
British
administration in Pal-
Mrs.
Marx
testified
that
she
olved in an accident,
l- Simons,
o Mrs. D. W.
admitted
dent. a came to Palestine several years "aorta to come to Jerusalem Harry B. Keidan and
ry David
he did not know
of Judg
S. e
go with a
a huge sensation is about Zemon; in
man whom she later
to break".
te "where
Florence Horwitz, in
memory of mother, Bessie Hor-

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Having beet; In the rabbinate for
years and on active duty with
the U. S. Navy for nearly three
years, Chaplain H.
Cerf Straus re-
cently appeared as a guest speaker
on
• "Home-Front iteporter," CBS
,ntIon-wide radio program.

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