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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

THE FORGOTTEN JEW REMEMBERS

SILENCE

By RABBI JACOB J. NATHAN

October I, 1943

NEW YEAR'S GREETING

(Continued from Page 5)
.
By DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN
Rosh Hashonah, the day of Judgment, assumes uni- ory. Need
we sit by wh i le Mr.
Rabbi Emeritus. Temple Beth El
versa! proportions as the flames of war envelop the entire Hearst, now inspired by the An
ter-
worl. For today, amidst sword and fire, stand millions ican Jewish Conference, sugge sts
The new year 5704 dawns upon a world in chaos.
of men whose faith lay in the hands of Providence. a Zionist Government in Ex iie? Never in the course of human history have the memories
The prayer "On the First Day of the year it is inscribed, These demands are not made i n a of a dying year been so tragic or the promise which the
nor
va,
are
ntende to d
New Year holds been so uncertain as is momentarily the
and on the Fast Day of Atonement it is sealed and deter- be.cuum
They are mad they
e for i the wo rid case. To be sure, the victory of our arms, we believe,
mined, how many shall pass by, and how many be born,
is
to hear. And it does hear i Ln d
who shall live, and who die . . . " is not merely pious upon the basis of what it hears it not far distant, and we dare without over-optimism in-
dulge the hope that a better world is in the making.
utterings but descriptive of contemporary historical
formulate its estimates of
What holds true for all the
is notably true for
k phenomena.
Jewish life and character and t he the Jew. Words cannot describe world
the
atrocities
of which.
patterns of those estimates invo
Above the din of battle, the shout of warrior, the the life and destiny of every Je lye in every land dominated by.,the Nazis, he has been the
t y th e Zionis ts' own adrn w. victim. Millions of his people have been ruthlessly plun
clarion call of the Shofar is sounded, arousing the world
is " tiered, persecuted and destroyed. The treatment of
this
is is no l on
a questi o n
-
to sincere repentance,
of refuge. leis a question of t he Jews at the hands of Hitler and his ilk represents the
a
character
to
be
imposed
upon
Je
According to the words of the sage Maimonides, the
ws
unique
chapter
in
the
story
of
man's
inhumanity
to
man.
ThaelliJneowbsie—ministhneor a
ll Id.
Shofar calls "Uru Yishenim Meshenaschem Vinerdamin —
sts-simpler in
is The bitter experiences of our people constitute the only
Metardimaschem—"Awaken, 0 Ye sleepy —
Samuel naievely put it
possible explanation for the unreason which has pre-
ones, from Maurice
The
your slumber, ye that drows
American Mercui.y." It i s vailed in many areas of Jewish life and for the fact
drowse from

son, b

your deep dreams". taaoctsionmliewthse b`a'bnedse(viild e t
c
The Shofar must awaken us to a profunder conscience- tacle of
emotion rather than treason has controlled mu - '
together
in a" t _ that
ch
of
our
thinking and conduct.
ness of our faith in God, it must make Gs proud of our e Prevent
o
other
t
s
t
i
hi
Jews from i s nii ae (cival i :
ns _ _ nae . , ajtc
*-
n
s Homeland in p 1-
name as Jews and make us feel worthy of our destin y
Battling as we are for the rights of
Jews as
s
nationalism
as that historic people that has carried the banner of all
minority
group, it is a strange anamoly that many among
of Israel a "homeless people.
the Torah, the Divine Law, down through the ages.
Itd es o t eLnot wa sn ay t that theJ7
0: o f ,, our peOple who represent what by force of circumstances
A Jew who has forgotten his origi s and what his Palestine
n superficially seems to be a majority opinion, characterize
responsibilities are, must, if he still possesses a spark of homeland; or even that the Jew a a seeming minority among us as traitors to the Jewish
e r a o T l
wu
self-respect and dignity, again draw closer to the tradi-
. so. I tcause. This I regard as one of the most unfortunate occur-
r
t
ageir)eeetit - rences so far as the possibility of establishing unity among
Lions and the religious ideals of his people. For in its declares,awithuroll:is
tion that ALL Jews are l
hour of crisis Israel needs the sustaining faith and reli- that Palestine shall be the Jew- i the Jews of this country is concerned that could possibly
gious fervor of all its sons and daughters, if it is not to ish f National State.
have taken place. The condemnation of the American
succumb to the ravages of the re-born barbarism WhiChtJewri hs address o t th e Ameica
Abbar
n
Council
for Judalistfi at the recent American Jewish Con-
ishi Conference, Dr.
seeks to uproot it.
,
ilfi,i , eara iCal a e v e A liar n d aw ma u Hil- ference was less an attack upon the organization spon-
se li . n u p eih.
The Shofar must remind not only the Jew who has ', mo
le l!) re
kof than
sored by representative rabbis and laymen thaA' it
forgotten but will also challenge the democratic civilized ,n il wads
was
s clear and unequivocat- upon all who consider themselves Americans of Jewish
world to remember the "Forg
t illog
ied, a. that o Jewish na- faith. It is•a new thing in Jewish life that the right
tten Jew". No people has i i. laiH ise m
been so mercilessly persecuted by the enemy as the Jew. asserted thast th
of
any group to express its opinions just because it hap-
a eBal f e o a urg
la . Y D'e ' clin
u e
No people has been lashed with greater fury and terror anon was unnecessary
on the ba: pens to be a minority is denied. Let it be
than Israel. We, of all nations, have been singled out for sis of need for places for Jews
remembered,
total destruct on by the enemy. Our name he repeatedly
i however, that in Jewish history and in world history
1211oltgrate. "The Balfour Dec- it has been the few who
have dared to swim
mentions in scathing denunciation and condemnations.
the tide who in the end have left an influence against
act designed to Preabliutiichal l-nhational
t
It is we who stand in his way to world domination, tional
t
,
upon
life of the Jewish levona- human thinking and doing.
therefore have we been singled out for complete anni- einiariet(si. h,rmile,lanid!". s D iirv. eiSil
i ve si i . s J el( e i- ,
All this is said with due appreciation of the impli-
hilation. By starvation, torture and horror does he seek to
cations
of that democracy to the maintenance of which
a"k
.
the ..only
. point" h e a wished
crush our spirits. Yet the Jew is forgotten. He remains
ins t w o asm
anon m
we
are
unchangeably
committed. But democracy is a
s
address.
, s
in the MI lic pronunciamentos of the Allied surrender our national
.
term that like charity
covers a multitude of sinsThemoc-
spokesmen.
•
"If
idhistor-
V
"
Not one word of comfort is directed towards ic claim to Palestine ala and
h•
racy does not mean the rule of the mob mind. It does
No M
mention
is made of his heroic sacrifices and solely on the refugee philantlit.eiro! not mean that the opinion of an illiterate,
Intl.] suffering.
wpp
, we shall lose our case
No single measure has yet been adopted ass
irresponsible
assa
o alleviate his g. unique
es do violence 'to the fellow without social understanding is entitled to speak
as
to
tragedy. The "suffering sere a nt hi storic leal
hopes
h
"
over r whose hoary head the waves of d
in the same representative capacity as may the intelligent
ocuereprople."
Very well, Nka'e a
scrimination and
N red
D Si- i man who is ready to sacrifice what seems to be his
have dashed, stands alone, friendless and helple
er's definition of Zionist I:.
a personal interests to the good of mankind as a
bons. Th
e n it is time and "pirlv-
No one to plead his special case, no one to bring balms.
All this is
whole.
more
s
to Ilis festering wound,
time swed trh e atquti h c o k se to
said because of a deep conviction that if
b have said that they weij
the
Jew
is
to
play
his
appointed
part
in
the
life
of
today
.eeaw(Zhtiontwihshotast
and through the coming years with dignity and power,
its homelessness, remains unrectifi h spirit of ap-
a Jewish eNt.h e establishment of there must be established a more wholesome relationship
peasement still plagues the statesmen of the democratic
at lonai State, to see
that they Ir t e no longer welcome between Jew and Jew and a finer appreciation of the
world. The Jew still remains the "Forgotten Jew",
I b
in the
Za ''
Le
contribution which every Jewish group, large or
they
s and the weird blast of the Shofar
6 t e th
can make to the general well being of our people small,
a r eminder
both
to the Jew who has
t the Holy
Dayo
.
forgotten
That this may come to pass
in the coming year is
remember the "Forgotten Jew". Perhaps te
tas then it is a disse e icd e our ardent hope and prayer.
o at tro u tht
and conviction to be si-
b former and the latter are -interrelated. They are the l a a r sti
be counted as neutral 1
opposite
face
of
the
same
coin.
Let
the
Jew
first
remem-
for
question
er and
i
profoundly a f-
.:
c
nto
i
ntg
he
will
not
be
forgotten.
The
Jew
who
of
o so ur
f ge t his
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS TO ALL
ph
s true self must remain anonymous in the eyes it
throp motilvaaatielo
o
ilically
is motiva
ted by the desire t l
the world. Let him remind himself who he is, a
.
reconstitute Jews as a natiortar
ARTHUR MURRAY
people whose faith has revolutionized the cosmos—a group.
faith that has overcome steel and iron. "Put not your
It is a fantastic proposal. By
DANCE STUDIO
trust in Princes, in men in whom there is no salvation." the Zionists' own figure there may
be
Let
us put our faith in God, the God 'in whom our fore-
fathers
HOTEL STATLER
the world after the war.
trusted. It is He who redeems them in their hour Nearl ia v five
million
h o l o m e le, i , e s ; Amer_
Second Floor
ica.
Are
they
tion a l religious
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igious spirit of the Torah that has distin u
to be reconstituted as
ish d H a tion?
sh
as a people. "Back to thy tents, 0
ear ly ano therfiv e e. a v
g nO g
Jacob—thy
T
g U es, thy sanctuaries, thy yeshivos
i syna-
e li io on
Are they
and houses of l earn- homeless? in Do Russia.
T
wish to be
herein lay your strength. Therein will you find reconstituted as they
a separate na-
your true self. Therein will humanity rediscover you. Lion Do
D I ) the Jews of Holland,
Therein lay. victory."
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American nations, South Afr ica,
the British Empire feel home-
less? Do they want to be recon-
stituted as a nation? Or are these
people satisfied with their nation-
al allegiances and prayerfully
hoping with other men for the
speedy destruction of tyranny and
the "application of democratic
principles" to their lives again?
And even for the three million
Jews of Central Europe who may
still survive the war, will all of
them want to be reconstituted as
a nation and go to Palestine? And
even if Palestine could absorb
them, would we then have Is.
rael reconstituted as a nation, in
its own state, with the majority
of Jews still living outside of
Palestine? There is no precedent
in history for such a demand. No
other people has ever asked for a
state for itself when most of its
members had no intention of ever
living in such a state.
And in that aspect of the Pal-
estinian question in which there
is unity; the immigration poi-
bilities, there is moreover, much
to be said for the American Coun-
cil of Judaism's assertion "that
the intrusion of Jewish National
Statehood has been a deterrent in
Palestine's ability to play an even

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