America yetvislt Periodical Carter
CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
April 7, 1944
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
WITHIN FREEDOM'S GATES
Three Vignettes of Modern Palestine
By SOLOMON HERSCHEL
THEY SAVED THEIR SHIP
"Fire! Fire!" The crowded
t ransport carrying Royal Engi-
eel's of the British Eighth Army
.:rocs the Mediterraneon belched
sheet of fire and smoke. Lt.
Rosser dashed forward into the
flames. "Get the extinguishers
and follow me," he called to the
men beside him as he made his
way down the smoking hatch.
The ship captain who had hur-
ried to the scene gave a grim
order. "Put out the fire before it
spreads to the danger zone."
Then as he watched a group
follow Lt. Rosser, he added in
a tense voice, "Look out below!"
There were many who despaired
of the lives of the men who had
plunged into the midst of smoke
and fire.
The next 15 minutes were
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PASSOVER
GREETINGS . . .
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filled with anxious waiting. There
was nothing any of the troops
lined up on both sides of the
transport could do—except offer
a silent prayer for the safety of
the men. Then with burned hands
and smarting eyes, the men
wearily climbed up again to the
deck . . . one . . . two . . .
four . . . six . . . seven—yes,
all safe. A cheer went up from
the troops. Major Silberman,
Corp. Fillar, Lance-Corps Reiser
and Kilotri and Sappers Trebich
and Gesundheit accepted the
tribute in silence. They weren't
thinking of their own skins when
they leaped into the smoke-filled
hold. These Palestinian Jewish
soldiers had only one concern—
to see that all their comrades
and the precious war cargo were
delivered to the battlefronts.
A citation for gallantry for the
Jewish officer and six others serv-
ing in a Port Operating Com-
pany of the Royal Engineers ap-
peared recently in the British
Eighth Army Force Orders. The
order commended Major Silber-
man and Corp. Fillar for "show-
ing a very fine example". Special
mention was also made of Lt.
Rosser who "by his example en-
couraged his men to follow him
into a most hazardous enterprise,
and by so doing helped in getting
the fire under control."
This was just one incident in
the day-to-day battle of the 50,-
000 Palestinian Jews attached to
the British Army and Palestine
Home Guard. These men, recruit-
ed by the Jewish Agency through
the financial assistance of the
United Palestine Appeal carryon
the fight against our enemies.
Through the United Jewish Ap-
peal for Refugees, Overseas
Needs and Palestine, funds are
raised for the upbuilding of the
Jewish National Home, for over-
seas war relief and rehabilitation
and for aid to newcomers in the
United States.
vegetable section and then stop-
ped. There was something on
that leaf. She bent down to ex-
amine it. Yes, it was the same
blackish-brown blotches on the
fruit. Disturbed, she ran to Kap-
lan and breathlessly told him
what had happened.
The elderly colonist was full
of admiration for the former
school teacher who had volun-
teered to assist him in training
the newcomers from Hitler's oc-
cupied Europe. In another mo-
ment, they were hurrying through
a narrow by-path together and
examining the vegetable fields.
Kaplan spoke up in a vigorous
voice. "Those plants will have
to be sprayed right away. Thank
God, you discovered it in time."
The early hours of the morn-
ing found Belle, Kaplan and a
few of the younger settlers put-
ting away their tools for the
night. None of them had thought
of the time or their aching mus-
cles, for the value of the crop
and what it meant in terms of
food for soldiers and civilians
was paramount in everyone's
mind.
Belle's heart beat heavily as
she returned to the barracks.
There was someone waiting for
her . . . it was the familiar fig-
ure . . . Aaron . . . in the uni-
form of the British Royal Navy.
What a surprise for Passover!
Aaron stood there and proudly
looked over the fertile land in the
bright warm sunlight of the new
morning.
"There are our fruits of vic-
tory," Belle added simply. That
was what everyone in the settle-
ment was working for—that was
what the United Palestine Ap-
peal was making possible with
the funds it received from the
United Jewish Appeal for Refu-
gees, Overseas Needs and Pal-
estine.
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of March 27.
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Val Clair will be the guest
speaker at the April 12 meeting
of the Women's Division of the
American Jewish Congress, to
be held at the Congregation
Shaarey Zedek. Mr. Clair, a re-
serve officer in the Essex Scot.
tish Regiment, is a well known
Canadian, and a news commenta-
tor on radio station CKLW. His
subject will be "Global Glances,"
or "History in the Making".
Mrs. David Bernstein, chairman
of the newly formed study group,
will give a brief resume of the
latest achievements of the World
Jewish Congress.
The war bond drive, honoring
the 70th birthday of Rabbi Ste-
phen S. Wise, is well under way.
Members and friends are urged
to pay tribute to our honored
leader by participating in this
project. Bonds may be purchased
at the next meeting, or through
the mail. Mrs. M. Saidman of
3317 Grand Ave., chairman, and
Mrs. Sam Katkin of 19330 War-
rington Drive, co-chairman, will
mail bonds on receipt of checks
made payable to the "Federal
Reserve Bank".
Due to the Passover holidays,
the next meeting of the Study
Group, under the leadership of
Mrs. Nathan Spevakow, will take
place on April 20 at the home
of the chairman, Mrs. David
Bernstein.
Food Packages Sent to
Fort Brady, Camp Custer
FREEDOM TO FIGHT
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Cleaners
Owried.
Val Clair to Be Guest
Speaker at Congress
Women's Meet April 12
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"Look, there's land! We're
home!" The hundreds of passen-
gers lined up on the deck of the
S.S. Nyassa looked into the dis-
tance with eager and joyful
There's one in your
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faces and strained their eyes to
get the first glimpse of land after
neighborhood.
THE FRUITS OF VICTORY
(lays of sailing through the Medi-
"Aaron would be so proud!" terranean. The ship steamed cou-
That was the thought that ran tiously into the port of Haifa.
through Belle Mendoza's mind as
"I've waited for this moment
'she finished repairing the old for years," Lebel exclaimed. His
tractor. She had to do the job companion looked up at him and
alone, for her husband, like most said, "Yes, Lebel, we have a job
of the young men at the settle- to do. It'll be good to get a gun
men, had joined the British in our hands and fight the beasts
Forces, and the women had to with the only weapons they re-
carry on as best they could.
spect."
She took a last look at the
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A few moments later, the first
tractor. She was grateful to the passengers alighted from the
and Branches
Jewish Agency and the United S.S. Nyassa to face the represent-
Palestine Appeal which had had atives of the United Palestine
the foresight to grant them credit Appeal who were waiting to take
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to purchase such labor-saving ma- them to the Immigration Recep-
chines.
tion Center. There were scenes
She hurried through the long of wild joy as the refugees, many
of whom had been wanderers
without homes for more than 10
years first set foot on the soil of
the Jewish National Home. Many
WOODWARD
wept, others danced and some
fell on the ground and embraced
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HELD OVER 2ND BIG WEEKI
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Mother Russia with a gun in her
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Jacob Levy immediately round-
hand!
.6.4, this Illet
ed up a few of the other men.
Is the Grower.
First Russian picture spoken com-
He had a special reason to con-
pletely in English.
tinue the fight—for he remem-
bered his pledge that kept him
alive in nameless detention cen-
ters of Hitler's Europe—the de-
termination to meet his tormen-
tors on the field of battle.
Strangely enough, the day that
the ship reached Haifa on Feb.
7, 1944, was the same day on
which the "Master Race" had
started its private war against
him 10 years before.
Several days later Jacob and
Lebel, along with 10 others, left
the immigration reception center
at Athlit for the military recep-
tion camp somewhere in Pales-
tine. The hour had struck. They
were getting their opportunity to
engage the enemy by joining the
British Army. They were joining
the thousands of men and women
who had been recruited for de-
mocracy through the help of the
United Palestine Appeal. The
United Jewish Appeal has set for
itself the task of raising $32,000,-
000 in 1944 for the programs of
the United Palestine Appeal, the
Joint Distribution Committee, and
the National Refugee Service.
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