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November 19, 1943

N AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chroniel.

RADIO ADDRESS DELIVERED BY RABBI M. J.
WOHLGELERNTER ON WJLB, NOV. 13

B & P Bnai Brith Women War Veterans Appoint Legal Committee
To Hold Donor Lunch at To Consider Anti-Hate Legislation
NEW YORK.—A special legal that the distribution of slander-
Book-Cadillac on Dec. 5

During the last few weeks, you sacred law. It will be easier to
commiaee charged with drafting ous anti-Semitic doggerel seemed
have been hearing very much of teach the Bible, Talmudic and
Miss Feinstein heads the donor a memorandum on the subject to be the result of organized ef-
campaign talk. There was the Hebrew literature, the history of committee for the Business and
local election on Nov. 2, and the our people, when large segments Professional Women of Bnai Brith, of race libel and anti-propaganda fort. "As Americans," he said,
War Chest Drive is now in prog- of the Jon,:sh poulation—house- which is sponsoring its fourth legislation was appointed this "w must make every effort to
week by Archie H. Greenberg, halt such anti-Semitism, which is
ress. In both instances, the radio wives and their husbands, as well
listeners were appealed to for as adolescent youth—will experi-
National Commander, Jewish War just the first step in the propa-
maximum support of u r g e n t ence the joys of Shmiras Shabbos
Veterans of U. S. Composed of ganda free and unopposed except
causes. Even tonight you will, no at home and in the street. Our
35 outstanding jurists and law- quer. Americans must remember
doubt, hear or have already heard neighbors will respect us more
yens throughout the country, the
a talk in behalf of the great readily when—adhering to our
committee will consider the pros that anti-Semitism is just an en-
charitable effort in which we age-old heritage — we shall re-
and cons of such legislation in tering wedge for anti-Catholi•
must share as citizens of De- frain from work on the Sabbath
accordance with the resolution eis,„, anti-Protestantism, anti-
troit and as members of the and keep that day holy in ac-
adopted at the recent encamp-
Jewish group. cordance with the commandment
ment calling for the passage of demeerne Y1
"Education has its place in
laws to combat the forces of big-
I want to talk to you of another of God.
What we ask of you, ladies and
coping with the problem of anti.
otry and intolerance,
campaign, which is of as much
importance to us in this con- gentlemen of the radio audience,
In announcing the appointment Semitic propaganda, but it is not
munity as the choice of a first is to refrain from shopping on
of this committee, Commander the only answer. We must not
magistrate and the raising of ade- the Shabbos and to talk to your
Greenberg point(' out that the leave everything to the gradual,
d grocerymen and other Jewish busi-
quate funds for war reli ef an
proposal "does not mean that we tile painfully slow process of edu-
for the maintenance of home front nessmen, assuring them of your
. abandon hope in the process of cation. We have a right to turn
agencies. I wish to solicit your continued patronage and urging
counter - propaganda, education to our legislators for there is no
them to close their stores on Sat-
participation in the Sabbath Ob- urdays. Five groceries on Twelfth
and democratic understanding, reason why we should leave this
nor does it mean that we put all destructive power of hate propa-
servance effort.
Street and several others on Lin-
Last Tuesday evening a meet- wood and Dexter, have already
our faith in the passage of a ganda fre and unopposed except
ing of the United Grocers' Asso- joined the army of loyal Jewish
law without the backing of pub, by the opposition of gradual en-
lie opinion to sustain that law. lightenmen L.
ciation was held at Jericho Tem- shop-keepers and many more will
"Neither does it mean," con-
ple, with the participation of the do so as the movement spreads.
"It is my hope that the legal
Detroit Rabbinate W o m e n's Give us your whole-hearted sup-
tinued Commander Greenberg, committee of the Jewish War
League for Sabbath Observance. port in this drive for Jewish self-
"that a perfect piece of legisla- Veterans, in cooperation with
A momentous decision was made
— tion has been found; it does not other Jewish agencies and dis-
rt,spect.
that evening by this important
mean that all problems of- con- tinguished lawyers and public
RUTH LYNN FEINSTEIN stitutionality have been solved;
,
group of Jewish shop-keepers in
will citizens,
will give deep and sod-
our city. They went on record fa-
a does not mean that there NNIA ous consideration to the problem
donor
affair
in
the
form
of
a
Gifts
to
North
End
Clinic
voring, in principle, the observ-
luncheon on Dec. 5 in the Crystal be no period of trial and error, of anti-hate legislation to the
ance of the Sabbath as a day of
nor correctives of inadequacies end that in our joint wisdom we
In memory of Sol Berman, by Ballroom of the Book-Cadillac Ho-
rest by Jewish businessmen in the
i such laws. may devise a technique of fight-
that may be found in
Twelfth Street, Linwood, and Dex- Mr. and Mrs. Max Green, Mr. and tel at 1:00 p. m.
In
short,
it
does
not
mean the ing such hate propaganda that is
The committee has been work-
Mrs. Emanuel G. Klein, Mr. and
quest for the perfect solution
ter sections.
both constitutional and adequate."
In order to carry out this deci- Mrs. Alec H. Harrison; in mem- ing. diligently for many weeks to
i
"The proposal means one thing
The men appointed to the legal
sion in a practical manner, the my of Abel Bernstein, The Finley make this affair a success. A and one thing only: that the time committee of the Jewish War Vet-
splendid
program
has
been
ar-
U. G. A. will have a referendum family, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Sa-
has come when our democracy, in erans by Commander Greenberg
o
vote among their membership, fol- Piro, Mr. and Mrs. Max Smitt, ranged f r the afternoon. The its own enlightened self-interest
follow: Judge David Berman,
guest
speaker
will
be
Mrs.
Charles
lowed by a general meeting to Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel G. Klein,
and
for
the
preservation
of
our
Bayonne,
N.
J.;
Judge
Joseph
devise detailed plans for the clos- Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Neiman ; in niem- Solovich, of Detroit, who is Dis- country and our heritage, must Greenberg, Hoboken, N. J.; Har-
ing on Shabbos of the eighty gro- my of Harry Newman, Mr. and trict President of Women's Grand study and evolve appropriate leg -
Ili Mendell, Camden, N. J.; Henry
eery stores included in the asso- Mrs. Philip Marcuse; in memory Lodge No. 6, of Bnai Brith.
islation to deal with a new prob.. Albert,
:
Long Island; Joseph F.
The proceeds from the donor
ciation. Previous reports had of Emanuel L. Miller, by Mr. and
lent in society. . Barr Washington, D. C.; Dave
shown that 85 per cent of the Mrs. N. E. Soloman, Mr. and Mrs. are allocated to the various Bnai
"For the situation that has Ledernmn Cleveland, 0.; Hon.
groceries were in favor of observ- Sylvan Grosner; in memory of Brith projects, chief among which brought about this demand for a Barney
,
Austin,
Brooklyn, N. Y.;
is
its
War
Service
Program.
Last
ing the sacred day of rest, while Mrs. Viola M. Wolf, by Mr. and year the B. & P. Women donated legislative remedy cuts across all Harold Seidenberg, Assistant At-
a small minority of ten or fifteen Mrs. Grover C. Wolf; in memory
of the country, touches torney General of Massachusetts;
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anc I .ections
I I ll
insisted on keeping their stores of Mrs. Allah Norman, by Mrs. almost . a th ousan«oars,
Joseph Cinamon, Boston, Mass.;
open seven days a week. Two or Lillian Stern; in memory of Lt. this year they hope to go well all stability
citizens of
and
the
the affects
nation.
It basic
is not Major William Berman, Bangor,
three had been contemplating Victor H. Weil, by Mr. and Mrs. over On
that
mark.
Nov. 30 the Dramatics a matter of only Jewish interests;
Fred S. Harris, Meriden,
e. ;
closing their shops on Friday or Irving L. Hirschman, Mrs. Max
Conn.; major Milton Richman,
Fruhauf,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Sylvan
Group
will
present
a
comedy
at
it
is
not
merely
a
form
of
strik-
M
other week-days.
m eeting, to be iros. hack at detractors and bigots. Hartford Conn.; Judge Jacob .1.
a
The matter has now been placed Grosner; in memory of Mrs. Fan- th e fin l pre-donor
" If anything has been clearly i t Schwartzwald, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
in our lap. It is your obligation nie Teller, by Miss Sadie Hirsch- held in the Rose Sittig Cohen
Murray Alpert, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
and mine to see to it that public man, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Hirsch- Memorial Hall, Tyler and Lawton demonstrated in recent years,
opinion expresses itself in no un- man, Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Myers, Ayes., at 8:30. All members are has been this: that a new social Lt. Comm. Abraham Kraditor,
certain terms, thus helping bring 1N1r. and Mrs. Milton Gordon, Mr. urged to bring in their pledges force has come into being. a Brooklyn, N. Y.; Alex Kanter,
Minneapolis, Minn.; Harry Wen-
about speedy realization of the and Mrs. Edwin A. Wolf, Mr, and by that time. Members and friends force
of propaganda,
whispering,
smearing
and innuendo
against
which no present
law affords
ads_ grow, Atlanta, G.; Judge Matthew
project which has kieen before the Mrs. Emanuel G. Klein, Mr. and are welcome to this meeting.
Levy New York City; Judge Ben
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community for three years and Alrs. A. W. Sloman, Mr. and Mrs.
quote protection
and m • lc car-
tial
sue-
Meyer
L.
Prentis,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
r
ries with it a serious threat to Shalleck, New York; Judge
Ben
which has achieved pa
cess through the closing of the Wallace Jossman; in memory of
our
society.
Left
unchecked,
this
Rosenthal,
Hartford;
Judge Sol
Neugarten
Medical
Aid
Abrams,
Baltimore,
Md.;
Judge
majority of Jewish bakeries on Mrs. Mary Gordon, by Mr. and
new force, which has been so
ably manipulated by Dr. Goeb- Harry Stackell, Bronx, N. Y.; Na-
the seventh day. Mrs. Alec H. Harrison; in mem- To Hold Rally Nov. 23
thaniel , Kaplan, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
The return of Sabbath Observ- ory of Samuel Feinberg, by Mr.
bels from Berlin and his satellites
s, Detroit, Mich.; Sam
ance in strictly Jewish neighbor- and Mrs. Douglas Brown; in mem-
Mrs. Lester S. Smith is program in our own country, can tear our . Sam Rhode
F
hoods is bound to have its effect ory of Mrs. Toby Freidman, by chairman of the tenth annual country apart and create on this Friedman,
Akron, 0.; Jack Spiro,
upon internal Jewish moral as Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Selker; donor luncheon, to be held at the side of the Atlantic a balkaniza- New York City; Judge Sol Rubin,
well as upon our relationship with in memory of Mrs. Helen Higgins, Book-Cadillac Hotel on Dec. 1.
tion of the United States with New Rochelle, N. Y.; Justice
all its attendant discords and Meier Steinbrink, Brooklyn, N.Y.;
non-Jews. Our growing genera- by Mrs. Lida B. Broad; In mem-
tion of boys and girls will be ory of Mrs. Esther Katz, by Mr.
civil wars. Thre was no such or- David Cohn, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.;
reared in an atmosphere saturated and Mrs. Max Smitt; in memory
ganized power and momentum at Abner Goldstone, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.; Seymour M. Heilbron,
with respect to Jewish traditions of Mrs. Etta Jacobs, by Mr. and
the time our Constitutional Fa-
thers met. There was no such Philadelphia, Pa.: Isador Worth,
and the eternal values of our Mrs. Emanuel G. Klein; in mem-
ory of Mrs. Pauline Ra ffman, by
gravity in past years as there is Camden, N. J.; Sam Caplan, Al-
now." bany, N. Y.; John Ruppa, Mil-
• Mr. • and Mrs. EmOnuel G. Klein;
in memory of Jacob Reich, by Mr.
Pointine. to the recent Boston waukee, Wis.; Frank Bayer, Co-
and Mrs. Albert Weisman, in mem-
anti-Semitic outbreaks, Command- lumbus, 0.; Judge Paul Scharf-
ory of Abraham Kellman, by Mr.
er Greenberg called attention to fin, Indianapolis, Ind.
and Mrs. Philip Marcuse; in mem-
the report of the Massachusetts
ory of Mrs. Hannah Hirschman,
Commissioner of Public Safety.
by Miss Sadie H. Hirschman; in
John F. Stokes, which declared
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memory of Juda Isenberg, by Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Conheim; in mem-
I
ory of Louis Baron, by Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Neiman; in 'memory
Remembrance Advertising
of Mrs. Lizzie Ellis, by Mr. and
5. pat.
Mrs. J. B. Neiman, Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Gordon; in memory of Mrs.
GREETING CARDS Helen Enggass, by Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Weisman; in memory of
Herman Resovsky, by Mr. and
CALENDARS
Mrs. Louis Siegel and family; in
honor of the 25th anniversary of
MISSION LEATHER Mr. and Mrs. Max Behrendt, by
CHICAGO BOULEVARD AT LAWTON
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Grosner; in
honor
of
the
llt.h
anniversary
of
NOVELTIES
MRS. LESTER S. SMITH
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Jacobs, by
Dr. A. M. Hershman, Rabbi
Dr. and Mrs. Louis Zlatkin.
On Nov. 23, a rally will be
Rabbi
Morris Adler, Associate Rabbi
DIRECT MAIL
held at the Book-Cadillac Hotel,
at which time tickets for the donor
Rabbi Morris Adler To
luncheon will be distributed. Paid
ETCHINGS
Address Kvutzah Ivrith up pledge is ticket of admission
to the rally.
Largest Manufacturers of
Mrs. Smith announces that
The Kvutzah Ivrith, the He-
brew Cultural Group of Detroit Mary West Jorgensen will review
Calendars in the World
has invited the Hebrew speaking John P. Marquard's "So Little
public to a lecture by Rabbi Mor- Time."
The executive board met at the
ris Adler on Saturday evening,
Due to present conditions
November 25, 1943 — 11 A. M.
Nov. 20 at 9 o'clock, in the audi- home of Mrs. Irving Pomerantz
we ask you to order early
on
Nov.
15.
Mrs.
Leo
Alexander
torium of the Rose Sittig Cohen
acted as co-hostess. Final plans
Building.
to insure deliveries.
Adler Will Preach on
The topic of Rabbi Adler's lec- for the donor luncheon were dis-
ture is "The Roots of Democracy cussed.
All members and friends are
in Judaism." The lecturer will
trace some of the basic ideas and cordially invited to attend the
Represented by
philosophical concepts of democ- rally on Nov. 23, which will take
racy back to Biblical, Talmudic the place of the regular monthly
and post-Talmudic literatures. The meeting.
Proceeds derived from the lunch-
lecture will be followed by a dis-
Cantor Jacob H. Sonenklar Will Officiate.
eon are essential to carry on the
cussion.
club's
work
for
the
coming
year.
Mr. Max Gordon will be chair-
Service will be concluded at 12:10 p. m.
RA 6900
man of the evening; B. Isaacs, namely, to supply the needy with
president of the Kvutzah; Herman medical aid and surgical appli-
All are welcome!
D. Boraks, chairman executive ances.
UN 3-9054
A most enjoyable afternoon is
committee; Morris Lachover chair-
assured all those who attend.
, man cultural committee.

BROWN &
BIGELOW

BUY WAR BONDS

Congregation
Shaarey Zedek

THANKSGIVING DAY
SERVICE

Rabbi

"TAKING A CENSUS OF OUR
BLESSINGS"

Max N. Haidy

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