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VOL. 46, NO. 26

Detroit ,and Jewish
Chronicle
The Legal Chronicle

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1944

Central Conference of Rabbis Reiterates
Its Position of Neutrality on Zionism

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Spiritual Reconstruction
Stressed At Convention

Dr. Solomon B. Freehof, Re-Elected President, Is Lauded for His Able
And Comprehensive Reply to Congregation Beth Israel of Houston

Rabbinical Assembly of America Hears
Nahum Goldmann Place Blame for Collapse

CINCINNATI, 0.—The Central Conference of American Rabbis concluded its 55th
LACKAWAXEN, Pa. (WNS). — The 44th annual
annual convention here Jun e
26, after reiterating its position of neutrality with re- convention of the Rabbinical Assembly of America, repre-
gard to Zionism and commending its president, Dr. Solomon B. Freehof, for his senting 350 rabbis of the Conservative wing of American
"very able and comprehensive reply to Congregation Beth Israel of Houston".
Judaism, meeting at Camp Delawaxen for a four day
The Conference's stand on Zionism was restated through acceptance of that session, heard Dr. Nahum Goldmann, of the World Jew-
section of the report of the Committee on the President's Message which declared : ish Congress, place the responsibility for "the tragedy

"With reference to the Ameri-
can Jewish Conference's resolu-
tion on Palestine, we beg to
state that the Central Conference
of American Rabbis' delegates
went to the American Jewish
Conference uninstructed and were
free to vote in accordance with
their individual convictions. They,
therefore, did not commit the
Past President of
CCAR to their point of view and
the CCAR's position on neutral-
Louis Marshall Lodge
ity adopted in 1935 remains un-
impaired. The committee on the
At its annual election held this
President's Message concurs in
the action of the CCAR execu- month, the Greater Detroit Bnai
tive board in ratifying the other Brith Council unanimously elect-
resolutions of the American Jew- ed David I. Rosin, past president
ish Conference for which our of the Detroit Louis Marshall
delegates voted."
Lodge, to succeed Louis H. Schos-
In an earlier session, the Con- tak as president of the group.
ference adopted a resolution Other officers elected by the
stating: "We feel that he (Dr. Council are: first vice president,
Freehof) has forcefully ex- Mary C. Silverman of the Busi-
pressed the present viewpoint of ness and Professional Women;
the CCAR and of Reform Juda- second vice president, Alfred
ism on the questions raised by Keats of the East Side Lodge;
the Houston Congregation and third vice president, Charles P.
we would recommend that the re- Nathanson of the Detroit Lodge;
ply, made by the president, con- recording secretary, Pauline Gold-
stitute the official response of our berg of the Pisgah Women; cor-
Conference to Congregation Beth responding secretary, Gertrude
Israel." In his letter, Dr. Freehof Pearl of Louis Marshall Women;
had pointed out that "the clear treasurer, Louis Eder, past presi-
purpose of your (Houston) by- dent of the Theodor Herzl Lodge.
laws is to keep from membership The Council is established for
in the congregation those indi- the purpose of integrating the
viduals who believe in a Jewish inter-lodge functions of the Bnai
state in Palestine."
Brith groups in the Detroit area,
Freehof Re-elected
and during its three-year his-
Dr. Freehof was re-elected tory has developed into what
president of the Conference. many believe to be a strong com-
Also renamed were Rabbi Abba munity enterprise. During the
Hillel Silver, Cleveland, vice past year, under the leadership
president; Rabbi Harry S. Mar- of Louis H. Schostak of Pisgah
golis, St. Paul, treasurer; Rabbi Lodge, the Council presented pro-
Sidney L. Regner, Reading, Pa., grams of city-wide interest,
financial secretary, and Rabbi among them the appearance of
Isaac E. Marcuson, Macon, Ga., Supreme Lodge President Henry
administrative secretary. The fol- Monsky, one of the organizers
lowing were chosen to the execu- and leaders of the American Jew-
five board of the CCAR to serve ish Conference, who spoke before
until 1946: Rabbi Stanley R. 1500 people in the city last win-
Bray, Vicksburg; Rabbi Abraham ter. Coordination of activities of
Feinstein, Chattanooga; Rabbi the constituent groups is a prime
Alan S. Green, Troy, N. Y.; Dr. function of the Council, which
Jacob R. Marcus, Cincinnati; now is the actual sponsor of 27
Rabbi Louis Witt, Dayton, and A. Z. A. chapters and aleph clubs,
Major Aryeh Lev, Washington, aside from its other youth and
D. C. community interests. The Council
See CENTRAL—Page 16
See ROSIN—Page 16

D. I. Rosin Elected Quota of Shaarey Vaad Ha-Rabonim
Head of Detroit
Zedek, $1,000,000 MerkazandKosher
Bnai Brith Council Is Over-subscribed Butchers Agree

Knollwood Country Club Expects
To Sell $4,000,000 in War Bonds

Judge Wm. Friedman
Opened Bond Drive

Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
The Merkaz Lichiziek Hatorah
several days prior to Q-Oay, filled Vyhadus of Detroit announces
that, together with the Vaad
Haraborim and Vaad Hakash-
ruth, an agreement was made
with the Kosher Butchers Asso-
ciation that hereafter Kashruth
signs for the butchers will be
issued by the Vaad Haraborim
and the Kashruth committee of
the Merkaz. The Kosher Butch-
ers Association agreed to cooper-
ate in the matter of control of

See VAAD—Page 16

Shaarey Zedek
Library to Remain
Open for Summer

JUDGE WM. FRIEDMAN

its quota by raising upwards of
$1,000,000 in the Fifth Was
Loan drive. Maurice Seligman,
delegated with the task, reached
the goal by sheer untiring efforts

See QUOTA—Page 16

Chas. L. Goldstein
Elected President
Of Temple Israel

Charles L. Goldstein was elect-
ed president of Temple Israel at ■
the fourth annual meeting of the
congregation held on Wednesday

.

In keeping with a Policy of
long standing, the Shaarey
Zedek Library will remain
open throughout the summer.
The library hours for July
and August, however, will be
as follows: 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.
and 6 p. m. to 8 p. m., Mon-
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, and 10 a. in. to 1
p. m. Friday.
The library now has avail-
able a large assortment of
books in Hebrew, English and
Yiddish and an equally large
collection of pamphlets and
magazines for summer reading.
Certain publications will cir-
culate for an extended vaca-
tion period.
Maurice H. Zackheim, chair-
man of the Shaarey Zedek Li-
brary board, invites the entire
community to make use of the
library's facilities.

Sea SPIRITUAL—Page 16

Harold Weiss Appointed Center
Unit Extension Director

The Knollwood Country Club
undertook to sell $1,750,000 in
war bonds for the Fifth War
Loan. It not only filled its quota,

paign is over on July 8, expects
to sell a total of $4,000,000.
The ace salesman of the Coun-
try Club is the genial, dynamic
Nate Bonin, who has sold $1,000.-
000 worth of bonds.
Louis Berry and his David Stott
team made up of Henry Alper,
George Seyburn, Max Handler
and Sanford Adler, accounted
for $750,000 in bond sales.
Max Kogan, another ace sales-
man, has already reached the
$500,000 mark in sales.
All of these members of the
Knollwood Country Club are men
of affairs, but they feel that
the need is so great that they
have given of their time and
energy to put the Fifth War
Loan drive over the top.
Harry Grossman, chairman of
the bond thrive, stated that al-
though there are those who de-
serve special mention for their
efforts, yet the entire membership
has responded to the call and
they have all done their share in
making the drive such an out-
standing success.
Lou Luckoff of Bass Luckoff
LOUIS BERRY
Co. is the publicity director. The
but has
already sold $3,000,000 splendid publicity has helped to
in bonds
and, before the cam- put the drive over.

Poultry Shochtin
To Be Examined

of this war" to a collapse of
"the spiritual ideals of our civi-
lization." A spiritual renaissance,
he declared, "is a matter of
paramount importance to all the
people of the world." To the
Jew, he said, the cultivation of
spiritual ideals is even more in-
dispensable for his survival more
than that of any other group, is
spiritually rooted. The speaker
expressed the conviction that
"schooled in these terrible years
of suffering, a new, heroic gen-
eration of Jews is growing up
whose Judaism has taken on a
new meaning, who are ready to
make every sacrifice and die if
necessary for their ideals."
The problem of general Jewish
reconstruction after the war, Dr.
Goldmann said, is totally unlike
that of the first World War and
its solution can only be encom-
passed with the aid of the great
nations. "During the war, the
larger part of European Jewry
has been wiped out, all important
Jewish communities in Europe
annihilated. Not only will we
have lost millions of Jews, but all
the great centers of Jewish life
and learning, the basis of Jewish
tradition and civilization, will
have been wiped out. This is n
colossal problem which can only
be dealt with through interna-
tional assistance."
It will not be possible, Dr.
Goldmann continued, to repatri-
ate all of the refugees to their
original homelands. While a num-
ber of Jews will return to their
old countries "and we will have
to see to it that their rights are
restored and as far as possible
their property given back to
them and. economic places found
for their existence, a large num-
ber will refuse to return to
countries in which they have lived
through such terrifying experi-
ences." "The latter," he said,
"must be given a chance to go
to Palestine and and for this, we
will need not only favorable po-
litical conditions, Jewish control
of immigration and establishment
of a Jewish Commonwealth, but
also large scale economic help of

CHARLES L. GOLDSTEIN

night, June 14. He succeeds Mor-
ris Garvett, who was the found-
ing president of the new Temple,
and who guided the congrega-
tion through the period of its
organization. Temple Israel was
founded in the summer of 1941.
Mr. Goldstein, an attorney,
served for three years as presi-
dent of the Men's Club of Tern-

See GOLDSTEIN—Page 16

The appointment of Harold by H. C. Broder, president of
Weiss as extension director for the Center.
the new unit to be operated by
Mr. Weiss is a native Detroiter.
the Jewish Community Center in
He is married and has an in-
fant son, Mark. He was educated
in local schools and at Wayne
University, from which he holds
a B. A. with a major in sociology
and the degree of Master of So-
cial Work granted in June, 1943,
by the School of Public Affairs
and Social Work.
Mr. Weiss has just returned to
Detroit to start upon his new
duties after having served on the
staff of the Jewish Board of
Guardians in New York City. Hi:
functions in that agency were
in the field of psychiatric case
work in addition to which he was
employed in the Group Therapy
department under S. R. Slayson.
He also served as. a "counselor"
in the community YNIIIA in
Brownsville.
Previous to taking the appoint-
ment with the Jewish Board of
Guardians, Mr. Weiss served on
the staff of the Detroit Jewish
_Social Service Bureau as case
worker. While there he developed
HAROLD WEISS
a liaison program between the
cooperation with the Detroit Sec- Bureau and the Wayne County
Juvenile Court. In this connec-
tion of the National Council of
Jewish Women was announced
See WEISS—Page 16

