I6

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICILE and The Ls el Chronicle

PAPERS

land to waste. In accordance with
Biblical prophecy, the land re-
stained waste until its children
(Continued from Page 1)
returned to rebuild it. It is all
also when ye defile it, as it common knowledge today that
hath vomited out the nations our pioneers fulfilled that proph-
that were before you." ecy to make out of the desert
The Israelites were not to at- and waste—land a veritable gar-
tain this destined goal with ease. den of the Lord.
They were to fight and clear
This miracle recurred since
the land of its defilement and 1917 when the Balfour Declara-
idolatry and conquer it in the tion was proclaimed and accepted
name of God. Joshua was ap- by Jews, Christians and Moham-
pointed to this high mission, to medans, not only without protest
lead the Jews to the land con- but with a feeling of a prophecy
corning which God had said to fulfilled. It declared "the estab-
Abraham, "And I will give unto lishment in Palestine of a na-
thee and unto thy seed after thee tional home for the Jewish peo-
the land wherein thou sojournest ple". In 1920 the principal M-
all the land of Canaan for an lied powers endorsed the Bal-
everlasting possession and I will four Declaration. In 1922 (July
be their God". From Joshua to 24) the Supreme Council of the
Samuel, a period of about 300 League of Nations established
years, the 12 tribes lacked a fed- Palestine as a Jewish National
crated unity even as our original Home and then our own govern-
colonies before Washington. ment, among 52 governments of
The prophet Samuel, King the world, endorsed Palestine as
Saul, and more so King David, a Jewish Homeland by official
fashioned Israel into one united action in their parliaments.
nation. For about 12 centuries As Jewish Palestine prospered
our people lived in their land despite official and non-official
with occasional wars, victories hindrances, so European Jewry
and defeats, but no one would witnessed a most inhuman deg-
dare defy God's record in the radation. In this dark era a
Bible, dispute Joshua's conquest white paper was issued by Brit-
or deny the living actuality that aim on May 17, 1939. From that
the Holy Land—Palestine—was infamous period of appeasement
the land of Israel. Here the Chamberlain left this shocking
Kingdom of Judah and Israel and cruel document. The White
existed; here the Chosen Sane- Paper declares that Jews must
tuaries of God stood; here Da- forever remain a fixed minority
vid sang his Psalms; here the in their own land; that no fur-
priests served and the Levites ther Jewish immigration will be
sang; here Amos, Hosea and permitted into their homeland;
Isaiah spoke their admonitions; and forbids Jewish citizens of
here were uttered the visions of Palestine from buying land in
the end of days when war will 95 per cent of the area of their
be no more. No stronger bond mother country.
ever existed between a people
No wonder that the present
and its land as that between the Prime Minister of England said
Holy Land and Israel. After six in Parliament in 1939: "as one
to seven centuries of national in- intimately and responsibly con-
dependence, Babylonia conquered corned in the earlier stages of
Palestine and the poetic elo- our Palestine policy( as Colonial
quence of the Psalmist still moves Secretary in 1922), I could not
us to the depth of our souls. "By stand by to see solemn engage-
the rivers of Babylon there we ment into which Britain has en-
sat, Yea, we wept, when we re- tered before the world set aside
membered Zion. We hung our for reason of administrative con-
harps upon the willows in the venience". And Leopold Amery,
midst thereof. For there they member of British War Cabinet,
that carried us away captive re- said then, "Jews were to be in
quired of us a song, and they Palestine as of right and not on
that wasted us required of us sufferance and no other consid-
mirth, saying, sing us one of the eration was to be allowed to
songs of Zion. How shall we sing prevent their free entry and
the Lord's song in a strange free settlement". These British
land? If I forget thee, 0 Jeru- statesmen saw then in the White
salem, let my right hand fail. If Paper a violation of Britain's
I do not remember thee, let my honor and her pledge, making of
tongue cleave to the roof of my a solemn covenant another scrap
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusa- of paper. They saw the cruelty,
lem above my chief joy".
that of all the people on earth,
About 50 years was Israel Jews will be barred from their
away from its land. Cyrus, King own homeland. They saw the re-
of Persia, was God's Messiah flection of Nazi laws that Jews
to bring Israel back to its own alone will not be free to pur-
chase land in Palestine except in
land.
Again the song of the Lord five per cent of the total area.
was heard in the land. The Holy To realize the outrageous injus-
Sanctuary of God, the Temple, tice of it all! Do you know that
was rebuilt with great skill and Palestine has now only an area
greater glory. Priests and poets, of 10,429 square miles? Do you
prophets and peasants all re- know that originally Palestine
turned with a holy zeal to re- had over 45,000 square miles
build, to recreate and revivify and Britain chopped off three-
the temporary waste of Exile. quarters of the land to create an
For nearly 500 years thereafter Arabian Kingdom? Do you
the period of the 2nd Common- know that in addition to this
wealth, Jews tilled the land and vast land of Transjordania there
toiled with their hands as a na- is Iraq, "the earthly paradise"
tion united geographically, po- of the Arabs, with 116,600 square
litically, culturally, and linguis- miles? Do you know that in ad-
tically. And when threatened by dition to these there is Arabia
other nations they went to war, with an area of 1,200,000 square
defended their national independ- miles? Do you know that in the
ence and fought heroically and larger new land of Transjor-
bravely to protect their land dania created by Britain with . an
from all enemies. Where on God's area of 34,740 square miles,
earth have the antagonists to there are 300,000 Arabs, and in
the Jewish Commonwealth in the small Palestine of 10,429 square
Holy Land found the perverse miles there are 925,000 Arabs?
justification to defy God's record Do you know that prior to re-
in the Bible and deny prophecy? cent Jewish rebuilding of Pal-
True, it is that the Jews were in estine there were in Palestine
the course of a war with Rome only 400,000 Arabs, one-half of
driven out of their land. Jews whom were nomads with no
did not choose to leave it no settled residence and since in-
more then than the French and creased to more than double? Do
the Poles and the Czechoslovaks you know that in Iraq where
left their lands today. Should there are now settled only 3,000,-
the length of the period we were 000 Arabs, there is a capacity
forced to stay from our land be for 30,000,000 colonization? Do
a reason against our return? you know that the present popu-
That seems most unjust. Did lation of Arabia is only 10,000,-
Jews at any time give up their 000 with a capacity of 100,-
hope for return? Did Jews at 000,000?
Is it honestly to make room
any time renounce their claim?
Did God alter his covenant? Did for the Arabs who have Arabia,
the Bible lose its efficacy and its with 1,200,000 square miles;
potency? Did we not pray thrice Iraq, with 116,600 square miles,
daily since that day of destruc- and Transjordania with 34,740
tion "and to Jerusalem the city square miles, that the British
return in mercy and dwell there- are forbidding further Jewish im-
in as Thou has spoken, rebuild migration and land purchase in
it soon in our days as an ever- little Palestine except in five
lasting building . . . and let our per cent of this small area of
eyes behold Thy return in mercy 10,000 square miles? Just think
to Zion, Blessed art Thou, 0 of it! In a total area of 1,351,-
Lord, who restorest Thy presence 340 square miles, Jews have to
unto Zion". Is God's word to be be squeezed into five per cent
invalidated for political reasons? of about 10,000 square miles!
Are historical facts to be erased How can we remain silent in the
for economical reasons?
face of such global tragedy for
The mystical bond between Is- our persecuted people—at a time
rael and his land remained alive when Jews are being extermin-
even though our enemies laid the ated and slaughtered without

mercy at the hands of our com-
mon enemy—there is no one—no
one to hells them to experience
and Exodus. But even if some
are escaping out of Hitler's Hell
there is no one—no one to wel-
come them to a land.. But God
of Mercy—for us to witness the
shutting of the doors of Pales-
tine, chasing them into the sea,
driving them back from their
homeland—surely this is the
height of human indecency, trag-
edy and degradation.
Friday, March 31, 1944, was
the ominous day for civilizations.
A Forgiving God will in time
even erase the black stain of
this White Paper.
It is for us not to delude our-
selves that because the boat is
very large the leak on the other
side of the boat will not drown
us. It is for us to know that in
fighting for a larger freedom
and justice the leak of injustice
will not save us. This is not the
way to salvation.

Passover Prayer:

Our ancestors languished in
Egyptian slavery; they ate the
bread of affliction; the lash of
the taskmaster drove them to
their daily toil; but Thou vast
mindful of the descendants of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Thy
faithful servants. In the full-
ness of time Thou didst raise up
a deliverer who, in Thy name,
brought the message of redemp-
tion to the enslaved. Thou didst
lead Israel from bondage to free-
dom, from darkness to light,
from despair to hope. As on
eagle's pinions, Thou didst bear
him and bring him night unto
Thee. From beneath the yoke of
ignorance and false worship
Thou didst redeem him and bring

April 7. 1944

hint forth into the full light of
Thy truth to be unto Thee a
kingdom of priests and a holy
people. And in thankful memory
of Thy wondrous deliverance and
of the consecration of our fa-
thers and ourselves unto Thy
service, we celebrate this joyous
feast of Passover.
Ofttimes since that early day
has Israel been oppressed by
kings unfeeling as Pharaoh, and
trampled upon by men and na-
tions as cruel as the Egyptians.
But, ever mindful of that first
deliverance, Thy people never
again lost hope. Their trust in
Thee, so firm and strong, buoyed
them up. Not was their trust
misplaced. Ever and again Thy
protecting love manifested itself,
and they were saved from im-
pending destruction. And so we
pray unto Thee on this day of
our feast that, as Thou bast
vouchsafed Thy protection to the
children of Israel throughout the
past, Thou mayest be with them
now and in the future. Deliver
them wherever they are still
bowed beneath the oppressor's
yoke. May all persecution cease,
and every trace of bondage dis-
appear from among men, so that
at least a universal feast of free-
dom shall be celebrated in Thy
name, God of freedom, Father
of mankind. Amen.

Emergency Crops
Among the crops that make good
emergency pasture for dairy cattle
are oats, oats and peas, oats and

sweet clover, rye, Sudan grass, Su-
dan grass mixed with soybeans and
sorghum mixed with soybeans. Mix-
tures of oats with a number of leg-
umes and grasses are also suitable.

CONFERENCE

(Continued fro m Page 11

Sam Goodman; registration, Ruth
Applebaum, Frances Cohn;
din
ner, Marion Apple, Ruth Drazin
artwork, Lillian Rubin, Cl an
Leach; publicity, Mildred Altman

Shirley Golieb; panel planning

Nettie Seligson, Celia \Val
stein, Harold Noveck, Bet
Well and Bertha Belkin.
The League of Detroit Jewis
Youth is a delegate body co m,
prised of representatives float 22
Jewish youth groups. Organize d
in February, 1941, in response
to the demand of the young peu.
ple in the community, it serve
as a central body to coordinate
Jewish youth activities in De.
troit.

Philomathic Hears
U. of M. Contestants

Since five out of the six rep.
resenting Central High School
in the annual University of Mich.
igan Forensics Contest are Philo.
mathic Debating Club members,
Speaker Morton Zieve announced
that the regular program of the
afternoon would be postponed,
and that the contestants would
deliver their speeches instead.
Maynard Gordon and Raymond
I. Zweig delivered extempore
speeches; Morris Peltz and Hy.
ram M. Zeldis presented dramatic
declamations, and Sherwin Wine
delivered an oration. Critic for
the afternoon was alumnus Philip
Neusholdtz, attorney.
Elections for the two alter.
mites for the forthcoming model
meeting debate were held and
those elected were Karl J. Lewis
ind Morris Peltz.

ra

Ce

I

Best Wishes

for

A Happy and Joyous
Passover

32 Convenient Offices

THE DETROIT BANK

Commercial and Savings Banking

Main °Me•— Griswold at State

Member of Federal Deposit Inauranee Corporation

