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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

June

2, 1944

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programs and dedicate at least a created such a shortage of arti- the city will urge members of
that the incident "gives
part of their activities for the sans of all sorts that many towns their congregations to attend the additional proof that Hitler has
po of res cu in g our peo p le. in Hungary are competing with meeting. In some parts of the too many disciples ri ght h ere
purse
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Pract ically none of them ha ve each other for Aryans to take city Jewish-owned stores will in Canada." He expressed the
and most probably have made done so. The Zionist Organization the place of the banished Jews. close early to enable employees hope that Cardinal Villeneuve
head of the Catholic Church in'
some quiet efforts to reach Amer- of America, including the Hades- Another newspaper, Fueggetlen- to attend.
sah, as well as the Zionist Labor seg, organ of the Hungarian gov-
The planning committee is con- the province of Quebec would
ican authorities with whom they Movement, are normally going on ernment, carried an article justi- fident that the Jewish commu- issue a forceful denunciation of
have, through. letters, discussed with their work raising funds for fying the burning of books by nity will respond to this call of o anti-Semitic
f vaaiis a activities, . the
T hes ylalaof.
this urgent problem. But is it not Palestine, educating the people in Jewish authors. Hungarian litera- the Community Council and will
vandalism
then a fact that these quiet meas- regard to a Jewish commonwealth, ture not written by Jews, the assemble to pay honor to those gogue is the logical sequence
(wh'iteich
ures and behind-the-door meetings and the abolishment of the White newspaper said, does not repre- Jews who fought and died heroi-
hautr- g cheedzT:ia
move
cally in defense of Jewish honor noifentthe
have not helped until now, to save Paper, which in itself is a high sent "our culture".
w boycott
bo s' ov of
A report reaching here from and tradition.
our people? purpose and deserves the support
Jewish shops), the bitter anti.
Those who will attend are Semitic propaganda before the
At this late hour there is only of every good-minded Jew. How- Budapest disclosed that Lazio
one thing to do. Namely, the ever, part of their program should Endre, Hungarian Commissioner urged to come on time. The war and the un-Christian petitions
circulated by French Canadian
establishment of a gigantc
ro- be • an enormous propaganda cam- for Jewish Affairs, had announced doors will open at 7:15 p. m.
organizations against allowing
p aganda apparatus, which, in paign to counteract the menace of that Jewish ghettos had already
been set up in 34 Hungarian cl-
any Jewish refugees to enter
fact, should have been started the Hitlerites who are carrying
BELKIN
i
ng
ut their promises, and destroy . ties, exclusive of Budapest, and
Canada," Dr. Silcox 'aid.
three years ago. But it seems tha
The influential Montreal Star,
our recognized leaders have not t. he roots of our people in Europe. that Jews in towns and cities
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labelling the incident as obvious
the confidence in such a meas- This goes as well for the Bnai where there are no Jewish ghet-
ure, the only weapon left us to Brith and hundreds of other or- tos yet would either be trans- lating for the postwar era would arson, writes: "Incidents of this
counteract our enemy, who, be- p anizations established to help our ferred to the 34 ghettos or to "in themselves put an end to kind have a Nazi odor about
ones that may still be estab- the periodic slaughter of inno- them, and it is regrettable that
sides using his sword, is beating e eople in peacetime. The exigen- new
us with his poisonous propaganda, 0 ies of war demanded a revision lished.
cent men and women." To attain they should occur in a province
At the same time the Hun- a lasting peace, he asserted, "we like Quebec where freedom of
Furthermore, what is more dan- f their programs, and this they
gerous for our cause, American u tubbornly refused to do. If a garian newspapers disclosed that must rededicate ourselves to the religion is not only an honored
Jewish leaders have not the con- b nited propaganda machine had Jewish leaders in Budapest have spiritual interpretation of history tradition but a hard-won fight.
faience in the Jewish masses, and een established three years ago, submitted a plan to the Hun- and to the belief in the divine All right-thinking persons in the
do not feel that they are ready b he writer of this article firmly garian government under which origin of mankind."
province, Catholic, Protestant
and willing to help in the accom- R elieves that the President's War Jews in Hungary would be ex-
Dr. Belkin, who is only 33 and Jewish, will deplor e the in•
efugee
Board,
set
up
only
three
changed
for
Hungarian
war
pris-
plishment of such a propaganda m
old and one of the young- cident and extend sympathy to
onths ago, would have come into oners in Allied countries. The years
scheme.
est presidents of an institution the congregation who have so
eing
much
sooner.
That
the
plan
also
calls
on
the
Hungarian
Let me cite. one instance. On the it
of higher learning, came to the persistently and valiantly assert.
19th of April, the memorial day a oard has already saved thou- government to permit the emi- Yeshiva in September, 1935, as ed a right accruing to them by
of our unfortunate breth- gration of Jews who could he instructor of Greek. Prior to his virtue of the very fact that
wfien the Jewish heroes of the e ands
rn is now an open fact.
admitted to neutral countries
they are Canadians."
Warsaw Ghetto fell in battle de-
If American Jewish leadership where they would be supported appointment to the post left va-
fending their lives against the
cant
by
the
death
of
Dr.
Ber-
huge armed might of the Nazis, t would have vision and fortitude, by relatives in foreign countries. nard Revel, first president of the Rabbi Wohlgelernter
one group, namely the association a hey would follow, just or ex-
Yeshiva, h d as P rofessor
of Jewish Refugees and Immi- u mple, the military leaders of the
of Talmud in the seminary, pro- To Be Women's Sabbath
nited
Nations,
and
establish
a
VOTERS
grants from Poland, decided to
fessor of e enistic Literature
,"
consisting
of
t
march in the streets of New York m ost capable and efficient lead he
in the Graduate School, chairman Guest Speaker June 6
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from the Warsaw Synagogue in i n this country, whose only bu ers
of the executive committee of
The next regular monthly
the lower East Side to City Hall, n ess would be to map out pla sr- as to how anyone votes, but it the college and as a member of
a distance of thirty or forty d ay by day, hour by hour, ns, believes strongly that everyone the executive board of Yeshiva meeting of the Women's League
blocks. The American Jewish Con- h ow to save our people in Euro on should vote.
and Yeshiva College. He received for Sabbath Observance, 12th St,
ference, which also arranged a T hey could give directions to t Pe . "With this in mind, we should his early talmudic training in the branch, will be held Tuesday,
mass meeting the same evening, es tablished organizations in t he like to urge you, as a leader of Chofetz Chaim and Mir Yeshivos June 6, at Taylor and Woodrow
in Carnegie Hall, knew of the c ountry, on how to effective his your organi zation , to focus the in Poland and Lithuania, where Wilson Shule, at 1:30 p. in. The
arrangements for such a mass ca rry on the prapaganda to c ly - attention of your members on he was ordained at an early age. guest speaker of the afternoon
meeting on the Streets of New a to the desired public opinion re- the urgency of registering before He came here in 1929 and re- will be Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelern•
York. They knew that the Mayor fa vor of those unfortunate inn in June 21, and of voting in the ceived his Ph.D. degree at Brown ter of Congregation Beth Tefilo
o-
would receive a delegation of Po- ce nt victims. Men like Dr. Ste-
primary on July 11. We suggest University in 1935.
Emanuel. There will be enter.
lish leaders on the steps of C'ty p hen S. Wise, president of the that you refer to this at all your
tainment and refreshments will
Hall. But, probably not believing A merican Jewish Congress; Henry meetings between now and June
be served. Installation of the
QUEBEC
that New York Jewry would be M onsky, president of the Bnai 21, and that you send a special
new officers for the ensuing term
on the streets in the tens of B rith;
letter
about
this
to
your
mem-
Hayim Greenberg, the spir-
elected at the . last meeting will
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thousands, ready to march with it ual leader
of the Peale Zione- bers. The Community Council of-
take place at this meeting.
bowed heads in memory of our Z
fice is prepared to assist you in curred here Sunday are con-
The officers elected were: Mrs.
heroes, left the entire arrange- eire Zion; Dr. Israel Goldstein, getting such a letter to your demned by all citizens who have
ments of the street demonstration president of the Zionist Organiza- members on the stationery of respect for the rights of all Isadore Levin, re-elected presi.
Mrs. Rose Ruben, first vice
to these newcomers in this coun- tion of America; Mrs. Edward your organization. If you will minorities who respect the laws dent;
president; Mrs. Grace Pomer-
try, who did their very best under Jacobs, the leading spirit of the call the office, such help will be of the province." The police are antz,
second vice president; Mrs.
the circumstances to make it suc- Hadassah, and ten or twelve oth- given to you at once."
investigating the case and police L. Kortun, re-elected secretary,
cessful. How much larger and ers of their calibre, should shake
officers
will
continue
to
guard
and Mrs. Jean Gilbert, treasurer.
stronger would it have been if, in- off whatever responsibilities they
the synagogue building, he in- Mrs. F. Komorn, membership
WARSAW
stead • of twenty-five thousand have in their organizations and
formed the delegation.
chairman; hostesses, Mrs. Nelson
Jews. one hundred thousand had dedicate their entire energies for
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Hitler Influence Seen
and Mrs. Nusbaum.
purpose. Even at this late
marched? How much stronger this
The Rev. Dr. C. E. Silcox, di-
hour,
it
is
not
too
late
to
do
so.
A yearly report will be given
lead
ers
in
the
civic
and
relig
would it have been if, instead of
ious rector of the Canadian Confer- by the president. All member: ,
In talking of the irresponsibil-
of s Detroit.
All the of
rabbi
three signs appealing to the con-
life
in
ence
Christians
and
Jews,
de-
and their friends arc invited.
science of America to save the ity of American Jewish leader-
remnants of Polish Jewry. thou- ship, irresponsible because they
sands had been carried by the gave so little assistance to our
marchers. Even as it was, most People in Europe, the attitude of
of the newspapers in New York the Polish Jewish organizations
gave this event first-page prefer- in this country, and even of those
ence, and editorial comments ap- organized Polish Jewish groups
peared in the New York Times who came at the beginning of the
and other papers, which surely war to these shores, is the same.
If the Polish government in
helped to remind the world, from
the White House down, that we in London is guilty of not bringing
America had not done our share. enough pressure on the United
On that day, however, street Nations to try to stop the blood-
marches should have been ar- shed of their innocent citizens of
ranged simultaneously in the Jewish faith, it is also the fault
large cities all over the United rf our Polish Jewish leaders here.
States, dedicated to honoring the For the last several years they
heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto, so have been playing into the hands
the Polish government, even to
that, in memorializing them, we
should help save those who vet the extent of accepting subsidies
remain alive. It was not so done to publish books and magazines.
because established American- Among those who have done this
Jewish
organizations had not the are a collective group of the most
. .
outstanding Jewish iournalists
vision nor the courage to do it.
Recently, Mr. John W. Pehle, ii fro
s m Poland, and established Po-
the Executive Director of the of h Jewish organizations. Some
President's War Refugee Board, ,, ta those who are representing out-
at a gathering arranged by the do nding world-known organiza-
Emergency Committee to Save the me ns even sought for appoint-
Jewish People in Europe, made a ter nts as ministers or vice-minis-
statement that it was due to the -rn s of the present Polish gov-
pressure of public opinion that the ment. I am not now discussing
the Board was created. This state- sac wickedness or the virtue of
Buy mare
ment is a shocking accusation file h a procedure. The cold, naked
War Bonds
than you.
against the hush-hush politics thi t is, however, that all these
think you
prevailing among our Jews in tud ngs led to the hush-hush atti-
can afford!
America, although it was not in- me c towards the Polish govern-
nt. This was also a factor in
tended as such.
not organizing themselves to fight
Let me make the following corn- m0
parison. When America entered ties re effectively against the cruel-
the second World War, we here in perpetrated against the Jews
were not ready for the enormous / Poland.
undertaking. America was never nv, n summing up the tragic events
ntioned above, I ask from the
a military country. Its industry
was established for peaceful times bet
tin
i m of my heart, Has the
But how quickly the masses of at . d of American Jewry become
oph'ed?
our people and the industries were
turned to military needs. There
is not one important industry
NAZIS
which has not given a part of its
establishment and achievement to-
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wards the necessary equipment to
fight our enemies. To us, as Jews, ernment to apply for the acquisi
Hitler has declared war independ- tion of business enterprises that
ently, stating forth his program
to annihilate us from the surface were taken away from Jews. In
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of Europe. We certainly were not one town alone, Kosico, more
you want it fresh! Apple "Honey" helps
prepared to fight this slaughter, than 6,000 people applied for
hold in the natural freshness of Ohl Gold's
which has no equal in the annals the several hundred Jewish stores
flue tobaccos ..."Something new has been
of human history. It was, there- that the local authorities liqui-
added" to these tobaccos. It's Latakia, a
fore, expected that all established dated under the general anti-
Jewish organizations, for what- Jewish laws. The newspaper also
costly imported leaf that gives richer
ever aims they were set up, would, carried a report that the segre-
flavor. Try Old Golds.
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