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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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VOL. 46, NO.

I

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1944

Anti-Semitism in New York
Provokes Wave of Protests

Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith Reveals
Hoodlumism in Washington Heights Area

NEW YORK (WNS). — TheThe conference will be held some
t
revelation last week by the Anti- timethis
week, according to Wil-
lard Johnson, vice president, who
Defamation League of Bnai 13rith has just completed studies of
that the Washington Heights area similar outbreaks in Bridgeport,
of Manhattan was it nest of anti- Hartford, Boston and Chicago.
Semitic hoodlumism, that Jewish During the week, social, reli-
g and educational leaders in
boys in that section of the cityious
had been attacked by roving the areas where the vandalism
bands of juvenile marauders and took place held conferences on
that synagogues in that region how to stem the outbreaks, which
had been desecrated and smeared in many instances resulted in
with swastikas provoked a wave serious physical injury to Jewish
of protests here among Jews and ehildren •
Following the Anti-Defamation
non-Jews alike.
Documenting its charge with League's reports of continued
affidavits from Jewish children vandalism in the Heights and
who had been assaulted and
See NEW YORK—Page 12
from rabbis and ministers whose
synagogues and churches had
been desecrated, the Anti-Defa-
mation League issued a state-
ment calling upon the public of-
ficials to take immediate and
adequate action to eliminate the
deplorable situation.
The statement by the Anti-
Defamation League said: "The
assault incidents have a uniform
To Speak on Women
pattern. In each case the hood-
lum demands to know the religion
In Fight for Freedom
of his intended victim. If the vic-
tim admits he is Jewish, or if
"Women in the Fight for Free-
the hoodlum concludes that this
dom"
will be the subject of an
is the fact, an assault ensues. The
age range of the anti-Semitic address to be given by Mrs. Rob-
hoodlums is 10 to 14. They travel ert J. Samuels, national vice-
in groups of two to 10. They president and chairman of fund-
roam the streets looking for lit-
tle Jewish boys to assault and for raising, at the annual paid-up
Jewish property to desecrate. Be- membership luncheonette meeting
cause of the always present anti- of the Detroit Women's Division
Jewish element in the assault. of the American Jewish Congress,
tile' situation, reasonably, can- at the Art Institute, Wednesday.
not be described as ordinary ju- Jan. 12, at 12:30 p. m.
This meeting serves as an offi-
venile delinquency."
In the meantime Commissioner cial welcome to new members
of Investigation William B. Her- and members are urged to ac-
lands announced that a compre- company new members to this
hensive report of an investigation meeting.
Another highlight of this meet-
conducted by his department into
anti-American and anti-Semitic ing will be a "Congress Quiz,"
vandalism would soon be submit- a simulated radio quiz in which
ted to Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor questions and answers relating to
of the City of New York. He Congress activities and personali-
said the report would include ties m ill be featured under the
actual case histories for the pur- direction of Mrs. William Gottes-
pose of determining. the motives man, program chairman. Theater
underlying the acts of the of- tickets will be awarded to all
fenders.
participants.
In reply to questions submitted
Mrs. Sidney J. Sidell is in
to him on the basis of the Anti- charge of social arrangements for
Defamation League's charges, Po- the day.
lice Commissioner Lewis J. Val-
Mrs. Abe Katzman, vice presi-
entine declared that "anti-Semi- dent in charge of fund-raising,
tism is always a problem in a announces that five rally teas
large, heterogenous city such as honoring the "Five Freedoms"
New York."
will be held in connection with
Meanwhile, the National Con- the third annual Congress tea
ference of Christians and Jews party. The first tea, featuring
called a meeting here of Protest- "Freedom of Speech," will be
ant, Jewish and Catholic leader.; held at the home of Mrs. Arthur
to formulate plans how best to
combat the anti-Semitic scourge. Sec CONGRESS—Page 12

Name Participants
F or An mtal H alevy
Concert on Jan. 16

Detroit Soloists
To Be Featured

Jewish Conference Assails
Save-Jewish-People Comm.

Charges Activities Have Resulted Often
In Disservice to Cause They Represent

NEW YORK ( WNS). — The
When the Halevy Singing So- Aillerican ,Jewish Conference last
ciety takes the stage in the Scot- week issued a statement assailing
tish Rite Cathedral of Masonic the Emergency Committee to
Temple on Sunday evening, Jan. Save the Jewish People of Europe
as one of a series of fronts"
whose leaders had "constantly as-
sumed to speak for the Jewish
people in this country without
having or endeavoring to secure
a mandate from any constituen-
cy" and whose activities had
caused "discord, resulting fre-
quently in a disservice to the
cause they had assumed to rep-
resent."
The conference's statement wt:;
made through its interim com-

Congress Women
To Hear Mrs.
R. J. Samuels

Men's Club of
Temple Israel to
Present Artists

Concert To Be Held
On Tuesday, Jan. 18

BELLA GOLDBERG

16, for its 19th annual concert,
the chorus will consist of the
following members, barring ill-
ness or other unavoidable cause:
Sopranos, Rose Berghoff, Shirley
Berghoff, Sonia Bussell, Lena
Chafetz, Grace Cutler, Florence
Figot, Rose Golden, Evelyn Krie-
ger, Minnie Lakritz. Celia Plat-
kin, Edith Reznick, Edith Ros-
berg, Ethel Schreiber, Mary Schu-
mann, Jeanette Serling, Ruth
Soifer, Dora Tonkell and Anna
Warren.
Other members are: Altos, An-
na Bobbin, Mamie Freeman, Es-
ther Friedman, Eva Glassgold,
Bella Goldberg, Tillie Hecker,

See HALEVY—Page 12

Dr. M. L. Perlzweig
Pioneer Women
Luncheon Speaker

Dr. Maurice L. Perlzweig,
chairman of the British Section
of the World Jewish Congress,
and who has been in this country

mittee in the form of a memo-
randum issued in response to in-
quiries from delegates represent-
ing 64 affiliated national member-
ship organizations.
Tracing the history of the
"American Friends of Jewish Pal-
estine," the Committee for an
Army of Stateless and Palestin-
ian Jews," the current "Emer-
gency Committee" and the
American League for a Free Pal-
estine," the memorandum de-
clared that these "several mani-
festations have common features
which reveal their character as
being one and the same".
The leadership includes mem-
bers of a small political party
which has been in conflict with
constituted Jewish leadership, the
conference said. In Palestine, this
party fought the Jewish Agency
for Palestine when the Agency
called on the colonists to exercise
disciplined restraint at the time
of the Arab riots, the statement
said.
"Instead of cooperating with
established and recognized na-
tional Jewish agencies, they have
entered into competition and
sought to undermine them," the
memorandum said. "They have
conjured up the illusion of ac-
tivity by press agentry, financed
by the appeals for contributions
invariably accompanying their ad-
vertisments".
The statement described the
Emergency Committee as an out-
growth of the Committee for a
Jewish Army. which had gone
into the field for rescue "in spo-
radic and sensational activities,"
notwithstanding the existence of
all-inclusive Jewish agencies which
had pressed persistently for the
execution of active measures to
effect the rescue of the remaining
Jews in Europe.
The memorandum recalled the
advertisement published by the

The Men's Club of Temple Is-
rael announces a concert, to be
given in the Lecture. Hall of the.
Detroit Institute of Arts, on Tues-
day, Jan. 18, at 8 p. in. The fol-
lowing artists will participate:
Robert Tulman, distinguished
operatic tenor, cantor at Temple
Israel. Mr. Tulman will sing a
group Of selections from his Ital-
ian, ,Zussian and French reper-
toire'
Haas, noted pianist and
lecturer, member of the faculty
of the Netzorg School of Piano,
and organist at Temple Israel.
Mr. Haas will play works by
Schumann, Chopin and Gershwin.
Rebecca Frohman, well known
Detroit pianist and teacher, also
a member of the faculty of the
See CONFERENCE—Page 12
Netzorg School of Piano. Mrs.
Frohman will be at the piano r
for Mr. Siegl and Mr. Frohman.
Henry Siegl, popular violinist,
member of the Detroit Symphony NOTICE
Orchestra, concertmaster at Sta-
tion WJR. Mr. Siegl's group in-
All copy must be in not
cludes works by Kreisler, Bloch
and others.
later than Wednesday, 3
Dan Frohman, 'cellist, well
known choral director and com-
p. m. It must be written
poser, choir director at Temple
Israel. He will play selections by
on one side of paper only
Golterman, Squire, in addition to
one of his own compositions.
and where possible should
As a special feature, the Siegl
Quartet with Karl Haas at the
be typewritten.

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See ISRAEL—Page 12

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Philip Adler and Baruch Zuckerman
Geverkshaften Drive Guest Speakers

At the Crossroads of the World

By RABBI BARNETT R. BRICKNER

Editor's Note: Accompanied by Chaplain Aryeh Lev, Rabbi Barnett

Judging by the reports received
at the office headquarters, this
year's annual conference of the
Detroit Palestine Histadrut Cam-

R. Brickner. Administrative Chairman of the Committee on
Army and Navy Religious Activities of the Jewish Welfare
Board, is touring all war theaters by request of President
Roosevelt, as a representative of the Jewish faith, "to see
what is being done and what can be done further for tha
spiritual and moral welfare of the men in the armed forces."
In these columns, he will report the overall impressions of his
trip. The following dispatch on the f'n•st leg of his world tour
was received by airmail from Brazil.

We arrived on the great airfield
at Natal after several stops in the
Caribbean and Canal Zone, in
time for breakfast. This is one
of the hugest airports in this
hemisphere and is .one of the im-
portant crossroads of the world.
The faces Of the important mili-
tary and civilian officials of the
United Nations are as familiar
herr as your next door neighbor.
Tee trip so far has been ex-
hilirating and inspiring. The only
thing we lack is sleep. Pilots seem
to have a mania for leaving early
in the morning. The usual time
is 5:3 a. m., which means that
you have to get up at 3:30 in
order to shave, breakfast. drive
out to the field and go through
the inspection and checkup.

10c Single Copy; $3.00 Per Yee,

This morning was something
special. We were awakened at 2
a. m. and took off at 3:45 a. in.
We are riding Air Transport
command planes and sitting on
bucket seats with our feet prop-
ped up against the freight in the
middle. Sleep is impossible, be-
cause there's 110 place to lay your
head. But that only increases tie
delight of landing and stretching
your legs.
On the Natal airfield were two
Christian chaplains to greet us, a
Baptist and a Catholic, fine men
both. It is always so comforting
to be met by chaplains in a
strange land. They know all the
ropes. are respected by the com-
manding officers, and can arrange

for the past few year:, will be
the guest speaker at the 13th
annual donor luncheon of the
Pioneer Women's Organization to
be held on Jan. 18, at the Book-
Cadillac Hotel.
Dr. Perizweig is one of the most
active leaders in Jewish life in
England, and as the head of the
World Jewish Congress movement
in England he has served as its
political representative in import-
ant consultations not only with

See CROSSROADS—Page 12

See PERLZWEIG—Page 12

DR. M. L. PERLZWEIG

paign known as the Geverkshai-
ten campaign will exceed all pre-
vious opening conferences. Over
100 organizations which have
supported this campaign in previ-
ous years have already elected
their delegates to the conference,
which will be held Sunday, Jan.
9, at 1:30 p. m., at Shaarey
Zedek Social Hall. The arrange-
ments committee urge that all
organizations which have not as
yet elected their delegates, to do
so at once, or be represented at
the conference by their presi-
dents and officers.
This conference will deal with
the urgent problems concerning
Palestine and it is therefore the
duty of every Jewish organization
in the community to participate
in the conference.
An interesting program has
been arranged, consisting of the
following speakers and artists:

Baruch Zuckerman, one of the
founders of the World Labor
Zionist Actions Committee: Philip
A. Adler, member of the .editorial
staff of the Detroit News and

PHILIP ADLER

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