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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
January 14, 1944
Sol B. Edelman Active Community Council Conference To Discuss
In Mizrachi Membership Topic "Combatting Anti-Semitism" Jan 3.1
Drive for 100 Member.; "Combattin g Anti - Sentitkin" of reasons it was necessary
High Commissioner for Palestine Warns
Against Talk of Internal Danger in Palestine
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JERUSALEM (WNS). Sir liar- those content to carry out their
old McMichael, High Commission- duties in loyalty, and above all
The forthcoming Mizrachi ban- will be the principal item on the
er of Palestine, told the people for the fighting forces."
of Palestine in a New Year mes- The High Commissioner's radio quet promises to be an event of "g elid " " f the midwinter " nter-
sage broadcast here this week broadcast has created an unfa- natStanding importunes. It will ,ence of Detroit's Jewish C011111111-
not to indulge in what he called curable impression among. Pal- be held on Sunday, Jan. 16, in pity Council on Jan. 31, at 8:15
"too touch talk regarding dread- estine Jews. as reflected in infl
p. m., in the auditorium of the
ful dangers looming in Pales- ential sections of the Jewish the ShAarey Zedek social hail. Jewish Community Center, Wow:-
tine." press.
ward ft, Holbrook. For a number
Davar, largest Hebrew news-
Declaring• that he was not in-
•lincd to minimize any dangers, paper in the country, declared
the High Commissioner observed that "the High Commissioner
PORT HURON NEWS
that there was nothing to gain warned against an exaggeratel
"from exaggeration'. He appealed rush to fulfill political aspiration: , ,
mr, sun, Borock has been ap-
to the population to abstain from but we, the Yishuc and \coil.'
pointed to represent the Jewish
do-
that
we
Were
Jewry,
thought
sqUahhIcs
"narrow sectarianis111,
community in the city-wide
and demagogy" and c alled upop. ing very slowly toward solution
campaign for the Fourth Wa •
t he "profiteers of politics" not of our problem. We are request-
Bond drive. Mrs. Borock it presi-
to be blind to the needs of the ed to slow down the tempo of
dent of tile Bind Brith Ladies'
future. men, women and children. And
Auxiliary. Plans have been made
Asserting that the only way those who make this request have
by the Port Huron Huai Brit)
to obtain at proper perspective of not used their authority to save
Lodge to go over their quota in
the situation was to draw a dis- them. If half of it people are
the campaign. A special commit-
tinction between "household time" already destroyed and the second
tee has been set Up With Sala
and historical time," Sir Harold half are in imminent danger, how
AdinOff as chairman. Serving with
MacMichael declared: can that people console itself
him on the committee are Bey,
exclusiveness with historical philosophies?"
"Self-controlled
nerd Konop and Sam Young,
naturally induces a reciprocal at- Another leading newspaper,
president and vice president of
titude. The result is certainly Haaretz, declared editorially that
Port Huron Lodge.
dangerous for the prospects of "we do not think the Palestine
well-being and security. Is it problem is so complicated that
Mrs. S. S. Auerbach and Mrs.
too much to ask from any man no direct answer can be found—
Harry Gitelson are new members
to look ahead for a few genera- let us conclude with the English
On the faculty of the Sunday
tions instead of limiting his out- proverb: "Where there's a will
and Hebrew School. Mrs. Auer-
SOL B. EDELMAN
look and ambitions to his own there's a way'.'
bach will teach in the Hebrew
brief span of life? Any people
The current. Mizrachi member- department; Mrs Gitelson in the
is mistaken in claiming for itself
ship drive will be reported on primary department. Mrs. Gitel-
complete culture and unity and
at the banquet and it is hoped son was a former Sunday Scho rr
self-sufficiency. The same is true
I AM A WAC
that the campaign for 1,000 new teacher in Alexandria, Va.
of claiming its own particular
members in this city will be suc-
A bingo benefit party was held
share in the formation of tradi- By LT. FREDDIE BOYLE, Wac cessfully concluded by then.
tions and standards accepted by
Sol B. Edelman, who heads the on Tuesday, Jan. 11, with Mes-
"Thank you for a glorious synagogue committee of the or- dames Louis C. Bergstnan and
civilized people, as an exclusively
original achievement owing noth- misery." Those are words spoken ganization, has been making the Sam Borock as hostesses. The
ing to the rest. This leads us to by Thomas Jefferson in Sidney rounds of most of the local proceeds went to the synagogu.
nothing but glorified parochial- Kingsleys play "The Patriots". houses of worship speaking in fund.
These words expressed Jefferson'.; behalf of the banquet and mem-
ism.
"But the day of perpetuation sentiments when he was trutdo bership drive. When interviewed
of this misconception is surely President of the United States-- on Mizrachi activities and on the
past, the new generation must a job which he did not want, but banquet in particular, he said:
look ahead as well as backwards. one which he felt obligated to do. "The I1lizrachi is not an exclu-
I wonder how many of our sol- sive club. As a matter of fact, it
It must cease to incessantly
harp upon sorrows or glories of diers feel the same way about prides itself in being the one
yesterday. While preserving the the glory . they receive on the Zionist group where all the di-
best of its own traditions, it battlefield. For war is misery. versified elements in the move-
must remember the foundations No man enjoys lying in a cold, ment can cooperate and work
common to all civilization and damp foxhole, crawling through together. This is so because it
set itself to the noble work of mud or fording streams, with th(.• constitutes the section in the
good citizenship and friendliness water up to his arm pits. No Zionism which, as Dr. Weizmann,
for whatever the future of the man wants to risk his life in a the president of the Jewish
Mid-East be, if it isn't to be strategic attack on the enemy, Agency, termed it at a New
either. But thousands of Ameri-
chaos permeated by animosity.
York gathering, prior to his leav-
"Narrow sectarianism. squab- can soldiers do just that every ing the country, "is ft fortified
day
because
it
is
their
obligation
bles and demagogy will lead to
Zionism". Mizrachi is not flushed
nothing but to demorialization. ---and they reap glory for the with success, nor is it downcast
misery
of
war.
retardation of weak hopes, fu-
by temporary set-back or failure.
But with us Wars it is dif-
tile rivalries and economic ruin.
But it stands four-square upon
ferent.
We
are
soldiers,
true,
"The conception of self-sufficien-
the abstract of title to Palestine
cy is narrow, and barren and but we see little of the misery which shows that we, Jews, claim
foolish. I realize that this warn- of war. Our jobs are not in fox- the country by virtue of war-
ing is inappropriate for many holes or on the firing line. We ranty deed issued on the author-
of my hearers—for the decent, do the behind-the-line work that ity of the Most High, as set forth
honest citizens of every race and is so necessary to keep our in the Bible. That deed will not
American Army functioning. We
be denied by our enemies from
are proud of American fighting
or from without."
men and delighted to give them Within
Recalling the assurances of the
BAY CITY NOTES
glory for their bravery. And we
British government to facilitate
are thankful that we have a
Miss Betty Goodgall, daughter
the establishment of the Home-
chance as members of the Wom-
of Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Goodgall, en's Army Corps to help win the land, Mr. Edelman stated: "Let
left on Sunday for California to war sooner, and thus shorten the us not forget that, while we
must fight with might and main
make her future home.
"glorious misery" of our soldiers
to overthrow the White Paper, it
in
battle.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldberg
is equally important that we per-
have left. fur New York to spend
form our positive duty by the
at week.
Homeland, and that is to render
ourselves worthy of Divine re-
Ens. Robert Hirschfield, who Bronislaw Huberman
demption. It will be remembered
has been stationed at Chicago, is
in that connection that when
home on a three-week furlough Shaarey Zedek Men's
Chief Rabbi Herzog of Palestine
with his father, Joseph C. Hirsch-
was first called to assume his
Club
Artist
on
Feb.
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field.
distinguished office he had a talk
Maurice Seligman, chairman of with the then Colonial Secretary.
Obituary—Mrs. Jennie Schiller
of 2001 Eleventh St. died of the Men's Club of Congregation Ormsby-Gore, who is reputed to
pneumonia Tuesday afternoon at Shaarey Zedek, announces the have told Rabbi Herzog tit!.
General hospital where she had engagement of Bronislaw Huber- Britain will be faithful to the
been ill for 10 days. She was 75 man, world renowned concert vi- mandate if the Jews will do their
yea•s of age and had been a resi- olinist, who will appear in the share in the matter of devotion
(lent here for the past six years. social hall on Wednesday, Feb. 9. to the faith of their fathers and
She was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Final arrangements for the to Gulath Haarez, the redemption
on Oct. 21, 1 868. Surviving are evening's entertainment will be of the Holy Land. Let us, then,
it niece, 'Mrs. Regina Levy of announced at a later date. Mr. do our share. Then it is certain
Bay City, and a nephew, Samuel Seligman also announces that II. that the White Paper will be de-
Kahn of New York. The body was C. Knickerbocker, slated to be stroyed."
Mr. Edelman continued, "The
at the Trahan Funeral Chapel the next speaker on the program,
until Dec. 30, when it was ship- cannot appear due to special as- Mizrachi program stresses religion
because to the extent that
pill to Brooklyn for burial. signments abroad.
remain loyal to our traditions
and steadfast in our faith in
4th WAR LOAN
God, to that extent are we en-
abled to integrate ourselves with
For BULLETS Now and BREAD Later
the Divine process of our libera-
let's back the attack to bring the boys back!
tion from the Galuth. If we fad
our religion, we fail also our
people. And the reverse. if we
fail our people it is the same
as failure to the God of our
Fathers. These two omissions
are indistinguishable. It is for
that reason that the Prophet.
Representing
Isaiah thundered, 'Zion shall be
redeemed through justice and her
converts through righteousness'
(Isaiah 1-27). and the Prophet
Insurance Company of New York
uses the Hebrew term, 'Tzedkar
which is commonly taken to mean
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'charity', but that is a miscon-
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ception. the true translation be-
ing the one given. 'righteousness'.
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Let us be true to the principles
and ideals of the Prophet and
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we shall surely have our Zion."
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Mr. Edelman concluded.
All are urged to attend.
Louis J. Goodman
THE MUTUAL LIFE
1843 "
t o
change the conference from its
original date of Feb. 14 to Jan.
31.
The discussion of "Combatting
Anti-Semitism" Will
take th ,.i
form of a symposium by a nun -
bet. of leaders in Detroit ,Jew"
wit h have been active partici-
pants in the community's pr,
gran) of defending the Jewish po
sition. The symposium will b ■
followed by a report find fifthly-
sis Of Detroit's program of com-
batting anti-Semitism. This in
turn will be followed by a dis-
cussion and questions and sug-
gestions from the floor. The par•
ticipants in the program will b e
announced shortly.
Ai the business portion of the
conference, the delegates will
be electing two new members o
the Community Council's execu-
tive committee to fill the vacan-
cies created by the resignation
of Mrs. Samuel Mendelsohn and
Rabbi :11o•ris Adler who entered
the chaplaincy of the U. S. Army.
In announcing the subject of
the January 31st conference,
James I. Ellmann, president of
the Jewish Community Council,
stated: "The problem of anti-
Semitism is uppermost in the
minds of most American Jews
today. The use of this hateful
phenomenon as a tool of Fascism
is well known. This is an appro-
priate time to examine and re-
evaluate our program in till:
field, in the light of new events,
and of the various opinions which
a symposium of this sort will no
doubt bring forward."
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