December 24, 1943

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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TRIBUNAL
High Priest, called together founding fathers of our Repub- ligion and traditions; and there
his five brave sons, inspiring and lie waged war to establish free are many among our own peo-
ple today in the uninvaded lands
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instructing them to be steadfast and democratic governments. Es- who, like those rich Jews in the
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in their faith, to organize all sential as they were—they were days of Antiochus, are trying to Polish army. During the raid they
who were for God and the wars of conquest. These were ne-
discovered weapons which the col.
between such opposing forces ir. those
faith of their fathers and to cessa•y, but not necessarily in- destroy Judaism by a so-called onists kept for self-defense pur-
assimilationism. This, despite the
the Universe. Whereas, in all re•
ligions this struggle forms but fight, struggle and sacrifice for spirational to mark as festive fact that assimilationism failed poses.
The sentences are subject to
one of the many doctrines of its that heritage. Shortly after the celebration. It was otherwise in Germany. Although the Ger-
philosophy, there is one religion outbreak of the rebellion, the old with Chanukah — the festival man Jew sought to gain favor in approval by the General Officer
Priest asked his sons to whose motives, principles and
Command in Palestine. It is
based entirely upon this phase High
come near him, that he might purposes are akin to our pres- the eyes of the German people in
by becoming thoroughly assimi- expected that the attorneys for
of struggle. Zoroastrianism, the
war. Festival of Lights is more lated, even to the adoption of the sentenced defendants will ap-
religion of Persia, is founded on bless them before his death. The ent This
placed
upon but
the than a Jewish Holyday, it is of Christianity, he was dug up by peal the conviction to a higher
this principle of two opposing priest
head of
each his
of hands
his sons,
forces continually struggling for
Universal significance to all of the roots, slaughtered, sent to court.
supremacy. At daytime, light wins Judah he blessed the last and us—to all Faiths and Religions. concentration camps and into
over darkness, and at night, dark- charged him with the leadership For if the Maccabees had not slavery.
Our American assimilationists
ADLER
enss conquers the light. Evil and of his heroic group of fighters. fought against Antiochus Epi-
darkness strive against good light. Soon it became known that Judah phanes (surnamed Epimanes, or have failed to learn that the Jew
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Ahura-Mazda is the God of Light. the Maccabee, who was coin- the madman), Palestine would can never escape his heritage.
Ahri-Mazda is the God of Dark- mantling only a small garrison, have accepted the vices, the Today we have our Maccabees in Temple Emanu-El, Buffalo, N. Y.
had been achieving victories—ay, weaknesses, the yoke of spiritual the ghettos of Warsaw and the
ness.
He is a graduate with distinc-
Do you remember the mystic move than victories — miracles. slavery and political oppressions. underground movements of Eu- tion of the Jewish Theological
encounter between our Patriach But how was it possible? The Historians agree that under these rope, and they are looking with Seminary of America and of the
hope to the day when our
Jacob and a strange divine being? prayer of the day tells of it— conditions, neither Christianity great
campaign for righteousness and College of the City of New York,
"And Jacob was left alone and "Thou didst plead their cause, nor Mohamedanism could have for the revival of the spiritual He pursued graduate studies
at
there wrestled a man with him Thou didst judge their suit. Thou been nurtured and nourished in beliefs of the Jews will be ac- Columbia University. He has been
until the breaking of the day." didst avenge their wrong, Thou that land.
active in many phases of civic and
This Festival of Dedication is complished.
Angel ebgaged Jacob in phy- deliveredst the strong into the
The religious laborers of Pal-
sical combat. In the course ofhands of the weak, the many into of eternal significance. It has estine—the Hapoel Hamizrachi- communal life in Detroit. He is the
of
this struggle, Jacob was injured the hands of the few, the impure enduring validity to teach that have carved on their flag the slo- author of a two-volume study
any generation, at any time,
"Great Passages from the Torah,"
—"he halted upon his thigh." But into the hands of the pure, the faced with the enemies of the gan of the Maccabees, "All be-
widely used in adult
finally Jacob won. He put up a wicked into the hands of the God of Heaven and of the good lievers in God join our ranks," which is
better and longer fight and he righteous, and the arrogant into on earth, must fight to save their and today fight shoulder to shoul- Jewish institutes.
He held the following positions:
survived by struggle. Had he the hands of them that occupied faith and their freedom.
der with the forces of the Al- Member board of governors of
given in, had he bowed and weak- themselves with Thy law. For
This festival is of Theological lied nations, not only to defeat
ened, had ,he presented less de- Thyself, Thou didst make a great significance to all of us. For here Hitlerism but to restore the spirit Jewish Welfare Federation; mem-
executive board of Jewish
termination, less faith, less of a and holy name in Thy world and we see miracles have occurred and the ideals of the prophets of ber
Community Council; former pres-
struggle against this mystic on- for Thy people, Israel, Thou didst and will reoccur whenever the our people and to make this a
ident, Zionist Organization of
slaught, he would have perished work a great deliverance and re- foundations of civilizations are better world for all mankind and Detroit; member national board
as tragically as the sparrow in demption on this day. And there- threatened and when elements of to •e-establish Palestine as the of governors, Academy of Jewish
the park. upon, Thy children came into the true destiny of mankind are in- home of the Jews, as did our an- Studies; delegate to the American
On the 25th of this current oracle of Thy House, cleansed volved.
cestors over two thousand years
Jewish Conference; member board
Jewish month of Kislev, we, the Thy Temple, purified Thy Sane-
This observance is of immedi- ago when led by the great fam- of Detroit Round Table; member
Jewish people shall celebrate tuary, kindled lights in Thy Holy ate significance to our bereaved ily of the Mascabees. Over twen-
Chanukah, our Feast of Lights. Courts and appointed these eight people and to all grieved minori- ty-five thousand Hapoel Hamiz- administrative council of the Zion-
Chanukah honors the Maccabees days of Chanukah in order to ties in the world. It teaches us rachi of Palestine carry on this ist Organization of America;
chairman Jewish Education Month,
—the small group of Jewish war- give praise and thanks unto Thy that mere numbers of multitudes fight and will not lay down their
He has frequently spoken for
and larger physical strength is arms until victory has been won.
riors whose decision to fight for
the National Conference of Chris-
meaningless.
Even
as
an
unjust
their faith saved not only the great
name."
tians and Jews, and spent a week
. Following their glorious and angel is defeated by a just man,
Jewish religion, but Christianity mig
mighty victory, a more obvious like Jacob, the Maccabees, few
at Scott Field as member of a
200 years after the Maccabees
trio sent to address all the men
and Mohamedanism, nearly 1,000 miracle occurred. To reinaugurate in number, weak in physical
REPEAL
of the field.
years after Chanukah, were made the Services at the Temple, pure strength, unequipped with mili-
The congregation is sponsoring
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u
possible because the Maccabees uncontaminated
oil was needed. tary might, are victorious over
and the many, the superior physical
a reception in honor of Rabbi Ad-
bravely fought against paganism During the years of struggle an
of Israel, America's oldest fra-
and dictatorship for the freedom defeat, the heathens desocrated and military power of an iniqui- ternal Jewish organization, this ler on Monday evening, Dec. 27,
from 8 to 10:30 p. m., in the
and defiled the oil for the Mono- tous kingdom.
of faith for all time.
week urged President Roosevelt
If life is a struggle, why not and Secretary of State Cordell synagogue,
A truer and more genuine fight rah of the Temple. To complete
t marvelous spiritual victory, fight for that element in human
for faith than that made by these this
Hull to use their influence to help
heroic Maccabees, the world will a miracle occurred — a sealed, living which is the foundation the Jewish people "in their aspir-
small flask of oil was found with and the inspiration of life transi-
Neugarten Medical Aid To
never know. Greater daring, tour- sufficient oil to last one night
ations and just demands."
In communications addressed to Elect Officers on Dec. 27
age and faith than had this lit- only. Anxiously the priests ac- ent and life eternal?
the Persident and Mr. Hull, Her-
tle group of pious Jewish war- cepted this in order to rekindle
Election of officers will be held
man Stern, grand master of the
riosr, the world will rarely ex- the Light which had been dark
ZEITANI
organization, declared that the at the Detroit Federation of Worn-
perience. Greater deliverance, for three years, knowing full
implementation of the British en's Club on Dec. 27. The board
mightier acts were never wrought well that it would take eight days
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White Paper of 1939, under of directors will meet at 11 a. m.
to any group as came to the before pure oil could be pro-
which
all new Jewish immigra- and dessert luncheon will b.•
is
history
of
the
Jews,
today
it
handful of Hasmoneans who duced. However, God wished to
the
waged war to defend their faith. reward these warriors with a very even darker, with millions of our tion into Palestine will be pro- served at 1:30, preceding
business
meeting.
hibited
after
March
31,
1944,
will
Two thousand one hundred five revealing act of providence— people being killed in cold blood,
All members are urged to at-
years ago (about 162 B. C. E.) the little flask of oil lasted for placed in concentration camps have "ominous consequences for tenil.
The executive board met
and in ghettos and stripped of all the Jewish community in Pales-
the Greek Empire was deterior- eight days.
at the home of Mrs. Samuel
That is the reason why on their worldly goods, solely be- tine and for the Jewish people Blocher on Dec. 21. Mrs. Morris
ating. Antiochus Epiphanes, who
ruled one portion of that empire Chanukah we kindle one light on cause they are Jews and because
Bergstein acted as co-hostess.
which included the little land of the first night, increasing one of their adherence to their re- throughout the world."
Israel—that land which was des- more light on each consecutive
tined to provide not only the night until the eighth night, on
graves for the slain Jews fight- whit we kindle eight lights. Then,
ing for their faith, but was also too, that is the reason why we
destined to become the cradle for often call Chanukah the Festival
the other major religions of our of Lights.
The Maccabees were now ready
present civilized world. This land
to
rededicate the Holy Sanctuary
of Israel and the pious people
Temple of Jerusalem.
of this land had to be prepared —the
Therefore, we frequently refer
by Providence to value soul more to Chanukah as the Feast of Dedi-
than body, spiritual possessions cation.
more than material possessions.
Has this momentous event any
This glorious destiny imposed meaning to us today? Has this
grave duties upon the Maccabees Festival of Dedication any de-
who dared defy the iniquitous cisive, directive power for us to-
power of a cruel and crumbling day? Has this Festival of Lights
dictatorship. Antiochus had an any living, latent, lasting lesson
ambition to destroy the Jewish for us today?
religion. Antiochus wanted to
We, who are waging war, we,
make Jews forgetful of God's who are engaged in a global com-
law. He forced Jews to tarnsgress bat, we, who are called upon to
and violate the Commandments make similar supreme sacrifices,
of God regarding idolatry, Sab- may well ponder the potency of
our people to celebrate a festival
bath and dietary laws.
Hannah, the mother, and her commemorating a war, a strug-
seven sons were summoned in gle, a fight, a military and physi-
order to publicly deny God and cal victory.
Moses, and more so Joshua,
bow to the King and his idols.
But every one of the sons from 1,200 years before these Macca-
the oldest to the youngest, openly bees, Gideon and more so Deb-
declared their faith in the God orah 1,100 years before these
of their fathers. The youngest of Hasmoneans, Saul and more so
the seven was asked merely to David 900 years before these
fighting priests, had engaged in
pretend to bow, but in reality very decisive wars, but tradition
he was to pick up a ring the has not elevated any of those
King would drop to the floor— significant events to an observ-
even that, the young boy refused ance for posterity. On the con-
to do. All seven were killed in trary, The Jewish religion looks
the presence of their mother. The down upon and shuns victories
mother rejoiced in the decision gained through combat. The in-
of her children, ending her life spiration for the Song of Moses
on that very day.
came to the prophet, not at the
Eleazor, 80 years old, refused time of the miracle, say the Rab-
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Thus, we turn to Chanukah to
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was killed by a zealot of the true today, it was a war in defense of
faith. their faith and their freedom.
This was the signal for open The founding fathers of our peo-
ple once waged war to establish
revolution.
Mathatias, son of Yochanon just and Theocratic, as the

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