December 3, 1943 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle 4 Detroit Jewish Chronicle and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE Published Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. JACOB H. SCHAKNE JACOB MARGOLIS CHARLES TAUB Pres.-Gen. Mgr. Editor Advertising Mgr. General OfRees and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave. Telephone: CAdillac 1040 Cable Address: Chronicle $3.00 Per Year Subscription in Advance To insure publication, all correspondence and news mattes must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. When mailing notices, kindly use one side of paper only, The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub- jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon- sibility for an endorsement of views expressed by its writers problems will have been solved by the return of order. In our opinion the whole question should be re-examined by realistic and calm men and women who are not par- ticularly noted for eloquent speeches and literary denunciations, but rather by those who qualify becauSkof their sound judg- ment and expert knowledge. If it is true that the British Palestine administration wants to reduce the Jew- ish National Home to a ghetto in an Arab state, then it is apparent that the policy of the Agency and the Zionist Organiza- tion has been faulty. It is a far cry from a Jewish ghetto in an Arab state to that of Jewish Common- wealth status. It is as difficult to believe that Britain wants to create an Arab state as it is to believe that Britain would grant the Jews of Palestine commonwealth status at this time. We do believe that Britain hopes that a modus vivendi, be- tween Arabs and Jews, can be found. A modus vivendi can hardly be found if Arab extremists and Jewish extremists are to continue to dominate their respective groups. Plain Talk... by Ai Segal • IN OKLAHOMA ___1 HEAR it reported that the ate of the Hebrew Union College Congregation on High, as the in Cincinnati. I rabbis "If you had come to our serv- like to call it, very re- costly was stirred by a certai,s ice on Yom Kippur afternoon incident in Israel on the earth. around Torah reading time, you You might call it a climactic mo- might have been surprised to see ment in Israel. a Protestant chaplain holding the Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post- I am told that the celestial Torah," Chaplain Lymon wrote. office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. congregation always has taken "This honor was accorded to upon it s If to follow closely the him for his interest and concern Sabbath Readings of the Law progress bf Jewish life on the for the little Jewish flock of 25 ted rabbi feels or more men at Altus Army Air earth. Every Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 28 :10 - 32.3. sure he was ordained for eter- Field about 60 miles from here. Prophetical portion—Hos. 12:13 - 14:10. pity and must keep on looking "He brought our men in con- after Israel forever. Every proph- voy both on Rosh Hashonah and et forever has had his eyes fixed Yom Kippur so that they could KISLEV 5, 5704 DECEMBER 3. 1943 on the earth, hopeful to discover participate in the proper manner a vision of his becoming real. in their High Holy Day observ- Our Isaiah listens for swords ance. Yes, Chaplain Lawrence Let's Face the Facts being converted into plowshares. Boy• conducts Friday evening So you can't really say that I service for his Jewish men with The American Zionist Emergency Coun- ant taking a round-about way to a conscientiousness and regularity report this incident on earth that would do any good rabbi cil charges the Palestine administration through the minds and eyes of justice. "Since I have known him, I with responsibility for the death of Sam- the congregation on High. , It was last Yom Kippur, a holy have never heard him talk the uel Wolinetz, who was killed in Ramat day which you should know is not conventional phrases of brother- observed in the Congregation on hood and tolerance and good will, Hakovesh. High as it is down here. The but I have seen him practice There are times when maximal de- souls of the Congregation have brotherhood, tolerance and good- A more serious charge than even this been cleansed of all their will in his everyday life. one is the charge that from the beginning mands are unwise, and we believe that long this is the time for minimal demands. sins and stand gleaming before "And that is why the entire of the war the administration of Pal- The immediate and acute problem right the Lord; so they have no sins congregation concurred in the to confess—not even a sin of honor bestowed upon Chaplains estine was animated by one desire—to now is the abrogation of the White Paper. mind or heart or utterance. Boyll. Even the strong Orthodox clamp down on the Jews of Palestine the Can this be achieved by demonstrations They give the day to joyous contingent considered it fitting contemplation of affairs among and seemly for a minister not of infamous policy of the Chamberlain White and by making maximal demands? We the Jews on earth. On this day our faith to hold our sacred To- Paper, which seeks to put an end to think not. Can we persuade the Arabs Yom Kippur they were exultant, rah on our most holy of days!" 1 1 that more Jews should be permitted to Despite their immense Jewish immigration into Palestine and to enter Palestine by insisting upon maximal indeed: suffering the faith of Jews seemed rrHIS is what they had seen no less and the multitudes of A: from the Congregation on reduce the Jewish National Home to a demands? We think not. them were in the synagogue. (It High. The whole Congregation ghetto in an Arab state. may be said by some—and in- gathered around to look. Such a There is a theory current that if you deed, some have ,said it—that re- thing never had been seen before The Council calls upon the British Gov- make greater demands than you expect ligious faith among the Jews is in all the long time of Israel's ernment to put an end to its arms searches will be granted, that you may get the nothing to be happy about. I am life: A Christian embracing the not here to argue the matter; I Scroll of the Holy Law on the in Jewish settlements. It declares that lesser demands that you really want. am only a reporter writing what holiest of the days in the syna- these searches and persecutions were There is danger in this procedure, for I hear from the Congregation gogue! I am told that if at that hour you may arouse such hostility and oppo- on High.) started by the government to create an sition that those who have the power Yes, the ancient words were you looked toward the skies— then you couldn't have been atmosphere in Palestine which was cal- may refuse to listen to anything you have being spoken all over again this but Yom Kippur. The Congregation looking to the skies at that hour, culated to provoke the Jews and ulti- to say. It seems that we have done just sehsed the continuity of Israel since your nose was deep in the in every familiar word of the prayer book. But if you had mately to prejudice the cause of the Jew this. ritual. Their eyes roamed pleas- looked toward the skies at that Let us do first things first. The first urably over the far-flung scene— hour you could have beheld a ish National HoMe. from England, to Australia, to sudden light as amazing as it was bright in the blue sky of that The Council says further in its state- thing is the abrogation of the White Africa, to India, to America. Paper. The British Government will not day. Suddenly the startled voice of ment that it is true that throughout the be adamant if we present our case prop- Rabbi Jehudi ben Gamaliel ex- October I myself didn't see it, but I well know all about it: It was a war period there has been a considerable erly, but it may be if we make unreason- claimed : "Do you see?" bright gleam from the eyes of Rabbi Shlomo ben Jacob re- traffic in military arms throughout the able demands and use methods which plied : "To be sure I see. I see the the Congregation as it looked Middle East, that is, not only in Palestine, they consider coercive. multitude of Israel that has not hopefully at mankind giving a sign of brotherhood. The eyes of forgotten its heritage." but also in Transjordan, Syria, Egypt and "That I see, too," Gamiliel the rabbis had become magnified Iraq. Large quantities of military arms said, "but look—there!" He was in the immense vistas of eternity Repatriating Exiles pointing to a spot which he right- and their vision no longer was hands of have found their way into thee c ly guessed to be America . . . held fast within the walls of Their eyes could em- Arabs in Palestine and Transjordan. In The United Nations Relief and Rehabili- "Look there! That man holding synagogues. Torah ! It is a Chrstian hold- brace mankind at one glance view of the previous attacks by armed tation Administration promises to cooper- the ing the Torah on Yom Kippur in and comprehend the brotherhood. Yes, they exulted as they Arabs on Jewish settlements, it is not ate with the Intergovernmental Commit- the synagogue!" looked at the Christian minister tee on Refugees in the repatriation of surprising if, in self protection, the Jews exiled Jews. According to Sir George FEEL I should igive a direct embracing the Torah on Yom A report what the two rabbis Kippur in the synagogue and the are storing away arms in case of too Rendel, a member of the British delega- saw from of the Congregation on Jews bowing with him before the need. The government is fully aware of tion, 4,000,000 Jews have been uprooted High, since there are skeptics One God who is proclaimed in who may doubt evidence that the Sh'ma. the fact that it has in the past been un- since September, 1939. "Malachi!" cried Rabbi Jehudi comes from the distance of Para- able to give the Jewish colonies adequate The problem of repatriation of 4,000,- dise. I have it in written form ben Gamaliel. Malachi was the protection and that Jewish arms have 000 men, women and children is such a in a letter from one who par- one who was the renowned ticipated in the incident and, in been used in the past, as they will in the colossal task that all the energies and in- fact, was responsible for it— prophet and had waited three future, for self-defense and not for ag- genuity of many organizations will be Chaplain Herschel Lyomon of thousand years for fulfillment on 7 s• : gression. The Council demands the removal of the British officials responsible for the demonstrations and riots. The charges made by the Council are grave and resolutions alone will not change an already tense and dangerous situation. We believe that the correct approach to the problem is suggested by the Man- chester Guardian in a recent editorial wherein the Guardian urges the Jews in Palestine not to resort to violence and thus play into the hands of those who are opposed to Jewish aspirations. Those who have authority in Palestine should heed the advice of the Manchester Guardian, for it is the advice of an old friend of Zionism. We are hopeful that the demonstrations and searches will soon come to an end, but even though quiet is restored it does not mean that the difficult and perplexing taxed to the utmost. The job of repatriation could be helped materially if the Joint resolution now be- fore Congress were enacted into law. The resolution provides for the setting up of a commission of diplomatic, economic and military experts to work with neutral countries bordering the occupied countries of Europe, so as to enable the Jews of the occupied countries to escape to the neutral countries. In the chaos that will no doubt obtain, if and when the war is over, it will be very difficult for the rescue agencies to decide, with dispatch, where to repatriate the unfortunate exiles. If, however, any large number should be placed in reservation camps in neutral countries the experts would have the col- lected data that would enable them to repatriate with comparative ease. If you have not already written or wired your Senator or Representative urging him to vote for the Joint Resolu- tion to rescue the Jews of Europe, do so at once. See SEGAL--Page 9 Fort Sill, Okla., a rabbi, a grade- PONDS OVER AMERICA * Children play in Esther Short Park of Van- couver, Washington, beneath a heroic statue dedicated to the pioneer women who came with their husbands and chil- dren into the North- west country, newly opened after the Lewis and Clark expedition. Pioneer Woman 1 .41 • Prepare for Peace; Bay War Bonds iiere is little cause 'or mirth in occupied -irope and even the have little stomach for play. Mil- lions lions have been or- phaned by Nazi guns or labor camps; all are undernourished a n d will bear the scars of this war to their dying day.