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Friday, October 6, 1944

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Page 10

THE SABBATH

By DR. AARON ROSMARIN

EDITOR'S NOTE:—Dr. Aaron Rosmarin, Director of Youth and

Dr. Tartakower Praises Attitude of British
Mrs. Frances L. Boddy
And
American Delegates at NRRA Conferenc e
To Address Local NHJC
NfW YORK (WNS) — Em- men." It was through the nego-
At Denver Oct. I I

Education Department of Mizrachi, is author of a scholarly
The first regular meeting of
work "Moses Im Litche der Agada," contributor to Encyclo-
the
Detroit League of the Na-
pedia Judaica, Encyclopedia of Jewish Knowledge and to var-
ious Hebrew, Yiddish, English and German scholarly and pop- tional Ilome for Jewish Children
ular periodicals. He is also a well-known lecturer and educator. at Denver will be held on Wed-
nesday, Oct. 11, at the home of
The history of Sabbath is as There is*also a rabbinic state-
Mrs. Sol Levy, 18975 Fairfield
old as Creation. God Himself ment to the effect that the ob-
servance of the Sabbath fore- Ave., at 12 noon. .A luncheonette
may be designated as a Sabbath stalls the threefold judgment:
observer. When God completed The Messianic sufferings, the wars will be served under the direc-
the creation of the world, He of Cog and Magog, and the final tion of Mrs. Maurice Schwartz.
rested on the seventh day, which day of retribution.,
All members and friends are in-
He blessed and hallowed as the
It is because of its importance vited to attend this "open meet-
Sabbath.. That God recognized in the preservation of Israel as
the Sabbath as a day of rest can a Jewish people, that throughout ing.
For this occasion Mrs. Fran-
be seen from the Biblical account the ages the Sabbath has been
that no manna descended on that subject to the severest persecu- ces Louise Boddy, well known
day. Instead, a double portion tions as Israel itself. 1‘1 , ;merous for her keen analysis of books,
was gathered on Friday, and the decrees had been issued by our will review "Strange Fruit," the
extra supply gathered for the enemies against the observance popular current novel by Lillian
consumption on the Sabbath did of Sabbath. Israel, however, rea- Smith.
not spoil.
Mrs. Leon Zechman. president
lizing that Judaism and the Sab-
The law of the Sabbath, which bath are closely interwoven, that of the Detroit League, announces
enjoys the appellations of there can be no Jewish people that plans have been completed
"Queen" and "Bride" was given without the Sabbath, have stub- for its annual major fund rais-
to Israel as a "precious gift" bornly observed this holy day at ing project for the benefit of
from on high. The Sabbath is the risk of the severest punish- underprivileged from all parts of
considered a precious pearl, and ment and not unfrequently at the the country cared for at the
the patriarchs are said to have risk of death. Suffice it to men- Home, which will take place on
kept it even prior to the revela- tion that during the Maccabean Tuesday, Nov. 7. at the Detroit
tion on Mount Sinai.
period thousands of Jews pre- Art Institute Auditorium. Mrs.
According to our • Sages the ferred to die rathet than to vio- Irving (Rpsella) Swaab has been
children of Israel observed the late the Sabbath.
appointed general chairman; Mrs.
Sabbath in Egypt. To alleviate
The Sabbath is the soul of the Samuel Schwartz and Mrs. Rob-
the burden thrust upon his breth- Jewish people. Even Ahad ha- ert S. Drews, chairmen of pro-
ren in Egypt, Moses utilized the A'am, who never claimed to be gram book; Mrs. Sidney Sherman,
royal favor, which Pharoah ac- religious in the traditional sense Mrs. Ray Smith and Mrs. Sidney
corded him in ever-increasing of the word, stated that "more Wallace, entertainment chairmen.
measure. He petitioned the king than the Jews preserved the Sab-
Appointments to the board for
to grant the Jews a slay of ces- bath, the Sabbath preserved the the 1944-1945 season are: Mes-
sation from work. Pharoah com- Jews."
dames Charles Agree, Walter
plied with his request and the
No religion on earth could ex-
day appointed by Moses was ist and keep its adherents under Aronoff, Oshei Baker, M. Ben
Berkman, Irwin Cohn, Harry Co-
Sabbath.
its spell without the ob3ervance
Moreover, a rabbinic statement of the customs and ceremonies hen, David Ebn•T, Charles Gold-
has it that the law of Sabbath prescribed by religion. For the stein, Arthur Gilbert, Sam Gor-
was enjoined upon Israel even observance of customs and cere- don, Al Koffman, Edward Krause,
prior to the giving of the Ten monies serve as a means to bring- Nathan Kanterman, J. J. Karbal,
Commandments. After the chil- ing the human soul nearer to Moe Leiter, Joseph Mellon, Jos-
dren of Israel crossed the Red God. Moreover, the common ob- eph Mazer, Alfred Meyers, Her-
Sra, marched three days in the servance of the religious cere- man Osnos, William Stark, Aaron
wilderness of Shur, and arrived monies unites the people of the Silberblatt, Nathan Scholnick,
Sidney Sherman, Sam Schwartz,
at Marah, the law of the Sabbath same religion together.
Joseph Slatkin, Irving Swaab,
'was incumbent upon them. The
This is particularly true in the
:ourth commandment of the Dec- case of our people. Other na- Philip Kanter. :Morey Scholnick,
alogue reads: "Remember the tions are united by bonds other Herman Schmier, and Maurice
Sabbath day, to keep it holy. than religion such as land, gov- Schwartz.
Standing committee appoint-
Six days shall thou labour, and ernment, language, etc. The Jew-
do all thy work; but the seventh ish people, dispersed all over the ments are: Happy day and memo-
day' is a Sabbath unto the Lord globe, everywhere a small minor- rial fund, Mrs. Samuel Schwartz,
thy God, in it thou shalt not do ity, are by circumstances and 18311 Cherrylawn; hospitality,
any manner of work, thou, nor conditions deprived of these Mrs. Walter Aronoff and Mrs.
Herman Schmier; house, Mrs.
thy son, nor thy daughter, nor means of union. The Jews
thy man-servant, nor thy maid- the various countries speak the Maurice Schwartz; membership,
servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy language of the country wherein Mrs. Philip Kanter; delinquent
stranger that is within thy gates." they live. They are not bound by dues, Mrs. Sam Marks; program,
The Bible prohibits work even geographical or linguistic links. Mrs. Morey Scholnick.
Mrs. Sam Gordon has been ap-
during harvest-time.
Religion is the only means that
The Sabbath is a sign between
. Jewry. But customs pointed corresponding secretary
God and Israel, an everlasting unites
world
and ceremonies
are the backbone to replace Mrs. Samuel Goldman,
covenant.
Like the Day of of religion. While the belief in who has moved out of the city.
tonement
it is called
Sab-
Atonement
ath
of Sabbaths.
In the the
Bible
God and the spiritual communing
b it
. heads the enumeration of the with Him is the soul of the Jews
appointed holy seasons. The roy- existence as such, the observance

al body-guard was changed every ishment
of the customs
and ceremonies
the body.
The abol-
Sabbath. This day (also the New constitutes
shment of the one of necessity
Moon) was a favorite occasion results in
i the disappearance of
for consulting the prophets. Al-
eady the prophet Isaiah condi- the It other.
is the observance of the cus-
t
tioned
ready
Israel's triumph on the toms and ceremonies more than
of the Sabbath, which . nything else that kept the Jew-
Jew-
may not be set aside for secular a i sh people alive as a Jewish peo-
pursuits. The Sabbath being the le throughout the ages in the
fundamental and the most fro- p ace
.
quently recurring institution of face
of the most cruel persecu-
Judaism, its observance in all its Dons.
of a wicked
royal When,
decree, because
a Jew observed
the
details is highly extolled in rab- Sabbath secretly a r the risk of
binic
literature.
And
since
the
Sabbath was intended to be a severe punishment br even death,
day of good cheer, our Sages he felt that this united him with
his fellow Jews who at that very
hold, that he who honors the time
Sabbath with the preparation of me
observed
in the
same man-
no the
very same
custom.
delightful things will receive all
The observance of the Sabbath
that his heart desires. While • in- i
dulging in good food on the Sab- is one of the most important Jew-
bath is encouraged, one should, ish commandments. In fact, in
however, devote some time to rabbinic opinion the law of the
Sabbath equals in importance all
study.
The Sabbath, which expresses other laws and commandments.
the intimacy between God and Or, to quote Maimonides: The
Israel, is considered equivalent to institution of the Sabbath and
the Abrahamitic covenant. Our
sages regard the observance of the prohibition against idolatry
Sabbath equivalent to having in- are each equal in importance to
stitutcd it. Of such vital import- all the 'zither laws of the Torah.
ance is the observance of Sab-
bath regarded in rabbinic liter-
ature, that there is even a state- Daniel J. Alpert
ment that: If all Israel were to
observe two successive Sabbaths Moves His Offices
as they should be observed, re-
Daniel J. Alpert, Attorney and
demption would ensue at once.
Counsellor-at-Law,
announces the
Moreover, if even one Sabbath
were rightly kept the Messiah removal of his law office from
would appear. And he who keeps 1237 Barium Tower to 535 Bar-
the Sabbath holy is protected
against the temptation of sin. ium Tower. Phone CA. 7669.

Holiday lPrectings

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1." fter the war," Dr. Tarta-

kower continued, "Germany, her
allies and satellites, will .be forced
to pay indemnity to the hundreds
of thousands of Jews whom they
wrested from their homes and
sent to forced labor battalions,
and will also have to pension the
widows and orphans of these

Terrorists Strike
Again in Palestine

JERUSALEM (WNS)—Armed
men, believed to be members of
the notorious Jewish political ex-
tremist group named Irgun Zvai
Leumi which has been directing
terrorist assaults against the Pal-
estine police since the beginning
of this year, again struck at sev-
eral police stations, inflicting cas-
ualties on the police and suffering
casualties themselves.
A police station on the main
highway between Jerusalem and
Jaffa was stormed by a large
party of armed men, who poured
a volley of shots at it and caused
about 14 bomb explosions near
by. Later the police found the
body of an Arab villager, who
probably had run into the firing
zone.
At the same'time a police sta-
tion in central Palestine was at-
tacked by 20 men dressed in
khaki uniforms with military web-
bing equipment similar to the
British Army's Middle East kit.
They threw bombs that caused
only slight damage and the polic?
beat off the attack.
The Haifa police station was
raided at midnight by 25 men,
mostly armed with automatic
weapons. Explosives with warn-
ing notices bearing the Irgun
Zvai Leumi (National Military
Organization) sign were placed
around the station and damaged
two passing military vehicles.
The police, in repulsing the at-
tack, inflicted casualties and two
arrests were made. In this en-
gagement one Palestinian con-
stable was fatally wounded, a
British constable suffered a con-
cussion and a passer-by was
wounded.
A fourth attack occurred in
southern Palestine, where a num-
ber of armed men blasted their
way into a police station, stole
arms and killed a Palestinian
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constable and an army corpOral
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phasizing that delegates to the
UNRRA session in Montreal re-
acted coldly when confronted by
representatives of Jewish organi-
zations, Dr. Arieh Tartakower,
addressing a press conference
here. expressed satisfaction at
the fact that the British and
American delegations incorporat-
ed the majority of the Jewish
demands in resolutions which
they presented to the UNRRA
conference. "This," he said,
"will prove an opening wedge
for relief work by the UNRRA
among hundreds of thousands of
Jewish victims of Nazi persecu•

tiations of the World Jewish
Congress with the leaders of
the International Labor Offic e,
whose representatives also p ar-
ticipated in the UNRRA Confer-
ence, that this suggestion • a,
adopted, he said.
Jews who were forcibly taken
from their homes by the Nazis
and their collaborators will, with-
in the framework of the 11.0 in-
ternational agreements, be giv en
recognition as laborers for whoa:
the German government and the
governments of her allies and
satellites will have to pay social
insurance in accordance with the
prescriptions of social se , •rity•
Details of this resolution will I R,
determined by a special commis-
sion of the ILO, to which a rep-
resentative of the World Jewish
COngress will be invited, Dr. Tar-
takower stated. The pt . ( ss con-
ference at which Dr. Tartiiko•e r
spoke was arranged jointly by
the World Jels, 1 Cote2r.• • • and -
the American J vish C,,I.!. ,nee.

Four Classes ay Hebrew Detroit Symphony to be
Schools to be Graduated On Air Coast to Coast

Four classes in four difiereid
branches of the United Hebrew
Schools will be graduated during
the month of November.
The following is a list of the
officers and graduates:
David W. Simons Branch: Jean
Baschin, president; Sander Sing-
er, vice-president; Charlotte Lehr-
man, secretary; Sally A. Hecht-
man, financial secretary; Itta
Levin, treasurer; Gerald Higer,
Aaron Kraft, Noa Mandelbaum,
Rosalind Ribiat, Dick Sanders,
Bertrand Sandweiss, Aaron Sch-
reier, Aaron Sheldon, Judith M.
Starr, Edward Stern, Jacqueline
Levin, Gerald Agranove.
Parkside Branch: Ralph E.
Levy, president; Ilene Weisner,
vice president; Rachel Schulman,
secretary; Alfred Hyams, treas-
urer; Jack Trombka, Sheldon
Bross, Eleanor Clayton, David
Hyams.
Rose Sittig Cohen lilranch:
Sidney Katz, president; Anna Ze-
lonka, secretary, Jerome Kutin-
sky, treasurer; Sarah Selesny,
Eleanor Betman, Harold Shapiro.
Philadelphia-Byron Branch: Is-
rael Kroll, president; Joseph Se-
gel, vice president; Eva Zaretzky,
secretary; Marvin Spevakow,
treasurer; Leo Stein, chairman
pin co. unittee; Bernard Hammer,
chairman picture committee; Sol
Cicurel, Lela King, Esther Marks.

Donald Dickson to
Open Fisher Town
Hall Wed., Oct. II

The Detroit Symphony Orches-
tra's Saturday night broadcasts.
beginning Oct. 21, will have an
eventual hook-up of 100
of the Mutual Networls • .e."..d-
ing to terms signed this weal; Inc
J. E. Campeau, managing direei-
or of Station CKLW, and Henry
11. Reichhold, presider of the
symphony.
The orchestra's a niazint erow;i 1
since its reorganizatiod
may be attributed directly t., it,
immediate acceptance by the De-
troit public, Reichhold pointed
out. The broadcasts, set for a
half-hour beginning at 8:30 p.
01., will employ the talents of
some of the noted guest artist:
scheduled to appear.
With the program of rand-
ings, young people's Saturd:ky
concerts and the post-se. ■ . ,!.
series of Mozart-Beethoven-
Brahms music, the orchestra is
now in a position to challenge
the Big Three--NBC, New Yori,
Philharmonic and Boston Sym-
phonies—Reichhold said

The Symphons Season
Opens October 12

Imminent is the opening of
the Symphony season. The first
concert will be Thursday evening,
Oct. 12, with Karl Krueger on
the stand, and the place, of
course, the Masonic Auditorium.
Today we can tell you the pro-
gram: The Third Symphony of
Brahms, the "Don Juan" of
Strauss, a modern arrangement
of old tunes by Raspighi, and
Ravel's "Daphnis and Chloe."
It's also announced, as part
of the orchestra's vast expansion
program, that a contract has been
signed for a coast-to-coast broad-
cast of the Saturday evening con-
certs, which will begin Oct. 21.
The broadcasts will be over the
Mutual network, and each twill
be a substantial part of the pro-
gram. Also, the orchestra will
begin making Red Seal records
early in the autumn. Its person-
nel will be 110.
This is a far, far cry from
two years ago when the Detroit
Symphony came as close to ex-
piring as ever a major orchestra
did in American history.

Donald Dickson, sensational
young baritone of opera, con-
cert and radio renown, will open
the Detroit Town Hall season at
the Fisher Theater Wednesday
morning, Oct. 11, at 11 o'clock.
A prodigy of Rodzinski, Dick-
son made his debut with the
Cleveland Symphony Orchestra,
later singing with the Metropoli-
tan and Chicago Operas. He
divides his time now between
concert tours, and regular ap-
pearances on national radio hook-
ups.
Reservations for the Dickson
If a man thus walks in the
concert may be made at Grin-
nell's Music Shop, or for the en- ways of compassion, is it possi-
tire Town Hall Series at Detroit ble that he should hurt anything
Town Hall, Room' 220, Hotel intentionally?
—Sha-mi-lu-i-yao -li o.
Statler, Cherry 5617.

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In Masonic Temple

SUNDAY EVENING, OCT. 8 — ALL DAY

The Great Yiddish Stars:

MICHAEL MICHAELESKO, CELIA ADLER and MAX B071IYK

"My Wife In Russia"

Picture of Life, in Two Acts with Musical Numbers

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Included in the cast: Razal Bozhyk, Leon Schecter and Anne I e‘Ine.
Ben Bonus, Ann Siegel, Sylvia Fishman, Rosa Schecter, Sam Sandy
and others.
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$2.50, $2.00, $1.50 and 60c, plus tax.
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as Daily Forward, 9124 Linwood, Tel. TY. 7.9654.

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