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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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Britain. But we realize that with the
best intentions it is going to be a very
difficult matter to handle all the refugees
that would be available if some deal
should be made with the Romanian, Hun-
garian and Bulgarian governments.

July 2 1, 1944

Plain Talk...

b y Al Segal

•

Whether a deal is made or is not made
with the satellite governments the fact
still remains that the refugees would be
much happier if they could go to Pales- "
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tine rather than to Fort Oswego or to
HAVE just been reading the haven't a pot to cook in, and have ,
A. book "Dialog With God" by a hard time ia .
Libya.

Dialog with God

I

for
Rabbi Frederic A. Doppelt of the narrow space they the
oc rent
cupy in
Ft.
Wayne,
Ind.
the
world,
It does not require much understand- "Prayer is a dialog with the
Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
Another business
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. ing to realize that it would be so much Holy One, praised be He," it is also prays when he man I know
approach es
better for the mental health of the refu- said in one of the writings of important business transaction,
Pentateuch' Portion—Num. 25:10-30:1.
Hebrew mystic lore, and, that in but his prayer's theme
is different'
gees if they found themselves among mind, Rabbi Doppelt called his Skeptical readers may doubt
Prophetical pohtion—Jet. 1:1-2:3.
the
book
"Dialog
With
God".
It
is
real
existence
of
such
a
sympathetic
co-religionists
and
landsleit
business
JULY 21, 1944
all about praying: What people man but I am in a position to giv
AB. 1.5704
in Palestine, rather than in the Free pray. What good is it to pray? his name and address and t e
prayers answered. All that. present his angelic likeness in o
Ports, no matter how warm and sympa- Are
Rabbi Doppelt's answers lewu o h f o t ph j o ite ogh ri i i i sphi,i c vee n vin di(e mtt l e
Pressure Should Be Kept Up
thetic the officials of the ports may be.
satisfy a great many people
expect quick and substantial of his prayer, not at all in substance
vain.
According to a report from Berne.
The failure to abrogate of the White profits on their prayers. It cer- glory but as the outgvnitn:s
Switzerland, - the Hungarian government Paper is another tragedy among the many tainly
won't satisfy people like simple-hearted man who has noth•
is willing to make a deal with the Allied tragedies of the war. How poignant the the pagan gentleman I know who ing to conceal. He prays o tth a at
speaks to God on important bust- righteous dealing might be in his
governments, that if the Allies should tragedy really is may become increasingly ness matters. He doesn't bother hands, that the negotiation
s
Him with the smaller affairs of to a conclusion satisfactory to come
hi
cease bombing Hungarian cities, the Hun-
apparent as the number of entrance cer- his business. He leaves those conscience, that the result shall s
garian government would discontinue the tificates is reduced.
things to the lesser executives not be of the least injury
to the
and the clerks.
deportation of Hungarian Jews.
other man.
But
in
the
crisis
of
a
big
busi-
I
can't
say
that
his
most
tub
We do not believe the White Paper is
ness deal he takes himself aside usual business piety has made a
This proposed deal is allegedly the
the last word on the subject of Jewish in the sanctuary of his heart and millionaire out of him and, in
answer of the Hungarian Nazis to the
migration to Palestine. It is unreasonable prays for a successful result. . fact, he has never wanted to be
When he was a small boy his one. All I can say is that he hasn't
pleas made by Archbishop Spellman and
and illogical for the British government mother told him that he could get gone bankrupt on it, and at his
others. The Nazis know that the United
to close the doors permanently on a peo- anything he asked for if he pray- death all he will leave with his
ed for it with a sincere heart. widow are a pretty good house
Nations cannot and will not cease bomb-
ple which was Komised at least a status He had an opportunity to prove and adequate insurance which he
ing Hungarian cities as long as these
of equality with the Arabs by the manda- that not long after. A circus was regards as about enough, anyway,
coming to town and he p•.ayed to He feels his prayers have been
cities are considered military targets by tory power.
go, and, sure enough, he was fully answered and that there
the General Staff. The refusal of the
taken to the circus. has been profit enough in the fact
Whether
the
situation
in
the
Near
East
From that time on he remained that he has never done injury to
United Nations' General Staff to cease
that the way to get any man in any business deal.
bombings may be used by the Hungarians has eased or not, the British government convinced
things that looked hard to get was As I understand him, Rabbi
to show their good faith to their Catholic should be importuned and petitioned in to pray for them. He accounted Doppelt would regard this as the
his later success to the advice kind of praying worthy of an in-
citizens. These good Catholic citizens will season and out to abrogate the inequit- all
his good old mother gave him telligent citizen. It is like the pray.
when he was so young, ing of Mme. Chiang Kai Shek
not be taken in, for even the dimmest able and unjustifiable White Paper.
Re recalls the time when he whom he quotes.
witted peasant knows that in this war no
Britain cannot remain adamant to the didn't know whether to hold or In her "Confession of Faith"
airforce will forego the bombing of mili- appeals for decency and humanity to the to sell General Motors. The mat- she says: "I used to pray that
ter was heavily on his mind one God would do this or that. Now I
tary targets.
refugee Jews of Hitler Europe. Britain day
when he was attending con- pray that God will make his will
will change her policy if the pressure is gregational services. He departed known to me. Thus I entered into
We would like to believe and hope that strong enough.
from the formal prayers long the third period where I wanted
enough to inquire of God what to do, not my will, but God's."
this offer to stop deportations is evidence
He should do about General
1 I 1
that the Hungarian Nazis are willing to
Motors, conditions being what they
UR own ritual prayers are.
We
Are
Politically
Non-Partisan
were.
make some kind of an arrangement
UR a whole quite in line with
He says the answer came to this intelligent concept. In the
whereby the victimized and hopeless Jews
In the forthcoming election in Novem- him like a flash: He should hold prayers of the evening we say:
ber there may be some candidates who General Motors. He did and, he "Thou favorest man with knowl-
of Hungary may be rescued.
will be truthfully charged with being adds, everybody can remember how edge, understanding and discern-
We would also like to believe and hope anti-Semitic, and some who will be un- General Motors went up and up ment from Thee. Blessed art
after the six months' slump back Thou. 0 Lord, gracious Giver of
that the Hungarian Nazis are not so sure truthfully charged.
in 1921.
knowledge.

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of their ground and would like to make
Before the advent of the Nazis many
some kind of a deal that would help them candidates paid little attention to charges
get better terms than the Hitler gang has of being anti-Semitic, but since Adolf
Hitler came to power the charge of anti-
been offered. ,
Semitism is tantamount to a charge of
The record has been so uniformly de- pro-Nazism and there are few Americans
pressing and black, that when there is who relish the idea of being thought pro-
even the slightest indication that a Nazi- Nazi.
controlled government will negotiate any
It is rather important, therefore, wheth-
matter touching the Jews, we are ready er the anti-Semitic charge be true or
to interpret it as something hopeful and untrue. If a candidate is an anti-Semite
we shall pillory such candidate, no matter
encouraging.
to what party he belongs, but if a candi-
Whether or not there is a crack in the date is falsely charged with being an anti-
Nazi dam of cruelty and viciousness, we Semite we shall give such a candidate
must continue to bear down on those sat- an opportunity to be heard and to state
ellites where large numbers of unfortun- his case and we shall espouse his cause.
ate Jews still reside. Hungary, Romania,
We believe that it is the function of
Bulgaria may not be able to act with the Anglo Jewish press to expose the
complete independence, but at the pres- anti-Semite wherever and whenever the
disseminators of hatred, divisiveness and
ent time the Nazis are hardly able to prejudice show themselves. And it is
threaten them with reprisals if they do equally the function of the Anglo Jewish
not enforce the Nuremberg laws as the press to defend and vindicate those who
Nazis would like to have them enforced. are falsely accused of being anti-Semitic.

Asylum in Palestine

Twelve hundred and eight Romanian
Jews are settled in Palestine. They are
rapidly being absorbed in the economic
and social life of the community. Thus
runs the story of rescue and rehabilita-
tion of a small portion of the unfortun-
ates of the Hitler Gehenna. The tragic
fact is that soon the unfilled quota under
the White Paper will be filled and then
where shall they go? We are not un-
mindful of the fact that free ports have
been established by the United States and

The Anglo Jewish press is non-partisan
in politics. This must be obvious to our
readers, inasmuch as there are Demo-
crats, Republicans, Socialists and perhaps
a few Prohibitionists among the Jewish
electorate and consequently the Anglo
Jewish press cannot and in fact does not
depart from the non-partisan position in
local. state or national elections.

We trust that this explanation of our
position will clear up much of the mis-
understanding that has recently arisen.
We are and expect to continue to be a
free forum, giving all sides an opportun-
ity to be heard on any and all contro-
versial questions affecting the Jewish peo-
ple of our community. Nevertheless, we
shall continue to remain non-partisan.

F

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I UNDERSTAND Rabbi
Doppelt's thesis, this gentleman
and all his pagan kind insult the
might and majesty of God by
taking Him in as an agent to get
for them what they want. God is
no entrepreneur wh , fixes up busi-
ness deals for the right people. In
fact, it seems to me that it must
he quite offensive to God to hear
a citizen asking for success in a
big real estate deal when there
are so many other people who

"Cause us to return, 0 our Fa-
ther, unto Thy law; draw us near.
0 our King, unto Thy service.
and bring us back into Thy pres-
ence."
This is a civilized man's ap-
proach to God. He doesn't ask for
special favors. He asks only for
understanding- enough to know
what is required of him. He hopes
by prayer to get close enough to
something; of the divine vision to

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Rome Synagogue Broadcast
Sunday to Mark Liberation

This is the interior of the famed synagogue of Rome. Tempi°
Israelitico, from which a special thanksgiving service will be broad-
cast to the United States over
a National Broadcasting Company network
on Sunday, July 23rd; in a program presented by the American Jewish
Committee. The program will be the first Jewish broadcast from an
Allied liberated territory.

The Chief Rabbi of Italy, Anton Zolli, will conduct the sTrlice•
Rabbi Zolli, despite his age — he is 73 years old — outwitted the
Gestapo and remained in hiding for the nine months during which
the Germans directly controlled Rome.
The synagogue is a modern structure built at the turn of thi• ten•
fury. It stands on the site of an ancient synagogue, for the Jewi •sh
community of Rome is one of the oldest in the world.

