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Friday, October
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
20, 1944
Maurice Samuel, Noted Writer, to Speak in
THE FIGHT FOR VICTORY AND A HOMELAND Contributions to the
Jewish Home for Aged Yiddish on "World of Sholem Aleichem" Oct. 22
By DAVID ZEITANI
Palestine Representative, League for Religious
Labor in Palestine, now touring the West Coast.
While our great Allied Nations
are "all out" for victory and we
are earnestly engaged in harness-
ing all man and machine power
for a speedy conclusion to the
war, we must not lose sight of
the direction in which we are
fighting and the goals we seek
to achieve. For if man focuses
all of his attention on the sub-
mission of the Axis and is blind-
ed from the vista beyond it, he
may win the war, but will un-
doubtedly lose the peace. Such
a lesson we have learned from
World War I. Let it not be said
of us as it was of the generation
preceding that their plans for
peace and their sense of values
were "born too late." We must
remember that man is more than
a machine of war or a shedder
of blood, but man is above other
animals for he is endowed with
a spirit.
That spiritual man, in and
after the war, must seek to ex-
press as the quality which makes
him a creature "in the image of
God." It must guide him toward
a lofty peace and victory, which
will establish brotherhood and
equ alit y, international under-
standing and cooperation, a king-
dom of God and earth crowned
by goodwill among men.
For the Jew, who has brought
the great message of the spirit
to mankind, there must also be
an area of expression. He must
find his rightful place among the
nations of the world where he
can live a normal life and pro-
duce creatively from the tilling
of the soil and from the effective
achievements of his intellect.
That place among the nations
is the historic land of Israel,
Palestine. The barometer of
world conditions will not regis-
ter bright days until the Jew is
restored to his homeland.
However, for the Jews to have
a land and till the soil is not to
have ft(lly realized the purpose
of today's war or of Israel's mis-
sion. In Palestine there must be
full expression of spiritual values
and spiritual growth. The type
of accomplishment which has
made Israel a molding-force in
civilization's development, must
be the sphere of its endeavor in
Palestine. Jewish living which
presents tradition as an actual
system of life must be the guid-
ing motif.
Twenty-five years ago, when
the idea of Zionism swept the
world and tens of thousands of
young Jewish pioneers streamed
into Palestine, there was among
them a group who brought with
them the spirit and the idealism
of the principles of the "Torah."
Their ideal was revealed in the
slogan of "Torah Va'Avodah,
T ah and labor, with which they
hitt the foundation of the up-
building of a Jewish Homeland
in Palestine based upon the re-
ligious, national, and social foun-
dations of traditional Judaism.
Today the Hapoel Hamizrachi,
the religious labor group in Pal-
estine, numbers upwards of 30
thousand members in its fold
with 40 different branches in the
cities and villages, 28 colonies,
nine kvutzot, 20 cooperatives,
and a national youth organiza-
tion, Bnai Akivah. This move-
ment seeks not only to influence
individual chalutzim and workers'
organizations, but hopes to act
as an exemplary form of Jewish
living to all the world.
Hapoel Hamizrachi has pro-
pounded new concepts in the soc-
ial life of a reborn people. It
has advanced its philosophy of
life on the foundation of Torah
Va'Avodah, greatly broadening
the horizons of Jewish religious
and social concepts. It has syn-
thesized the spiritual and mate-
rial elements Of life. It seeks
to effect the social reconstruction
of society and the establishment
of equality, justice and morality
as is expounded in the Torah and
the Prophets.
Hapoel Hamizrachi of Eretz Is-
rael, already established and rec-
ognized by all sections of the
Detroit's Newest and
Most Beautiful
Funeral Home
Yishuv as one of the constructive
forces in the restoration of the
Holy Land, has made fine prog-
ress (luring the past year. Three
new settlements have been estab-
lished and the various culutral
and economic institutions of
Hapoel Hamizrachi have been
straightened and enlarged. Hap-
oel Hamizrachi has also taken a
hand in the work of relief and
rescue of our brethren in Eur-
ope, which the Yishuv has car-
ried on so zealously and effec-
tively. Foremost in the service
to the war effort of Hapoel Ha-
mizrachi is its man power which
it has contributed so liberally.
At the beginning of the war a
special War Effort Committee
was established, carrying on a
campaign among orthodox Jewry
in Eretz Israel to volunteer for
the armed forces. The same com-
mittee also has tried, and in
ninny instances succeeded, to set
up kosher kitchens for the Jew-
ish soldiers. Special religious
military units were organized,
composed largely of members of
Hapoel Hamizrachi, enabling re-
ligious young men to live in a
congenial atmosphere and observe
their religious tenets as much as
is possible under given conditions.
There are three such units, two
in the coast guard and one in
the army. •
Again, as in the (lays of Tirath
Zvi, the historic honor of extend-
ing the frontiers of Eretz. Israel
has fallen to Hapoel Hamizrachi,
for our new colonies find them-
selves at the very fringe of the
Jewish colonization. Ramath Has-
homron, in the southernmost
mountains of Judea, constitutes
the farthest Jewish penetration
in the south, while the coloniza-
tion of Irgun Yerushalaim in the
Huleh district is at the northern
tip of the land.
Study of Bible, Talmud, and
codes is organized in every col-
ony and branch of Hapoel Hami-
zrachi. At least once during the
year all study-circles convene to
discuss their subjects. The min-
utes of these gatherings, verit-
able scholarly volumes, are then
published for the benefit of all
members throughout the country.
An outstanding service to the
cause of traditional Judaism has
been performed by Hapoel Hami-
zrachi of Eretz Israel in the field
of absorbing the refugee chil-
dren who have come to the Holy
Land through Teheran. The col-
onies and kvutzoth of Hapoel
Hamizrachi did their utmost to
provide not only food and shelter
for those unfortunate young ref-
ugees, but also sympathetic home
and parental atmosphere. The
Youth Aliyah Committee of Hap-
oel Hamizrachi is actively par-
ticipating in the efforts of the
Yishuv to save as many children
as possible from the Nazi in-
ferno of Europe. Special youth
instructors are being trained, and
some of them have already en-
gaged in leading youth groups
of the refugee children during
their stay in Teheran. At the
present time more than one thou-
sand children are receiving a
traditional education in Judaism.
To serve the needs of the re-
ligious woman pioneer, such as
providing work and the proper
living facilities, a Chalutzot
Council, aiding the religious girl
to find work and settle in Pales-
tine, and a girls' farm near Hag-
ed, were established. To enable
the settlement of the religious
craftsman and artisan in their
respective trades, a Central Co-
operative Bureau and 20 cooper-
atives were organized, employ-
ing a great many members in
various trades. The movement
has also built special workers'
houses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
Haif, Petach Tikvah, Bnai Brak,
Rechovot, and Iledera, which
serve as social and cultural cen-
ters for the workers. In these
centers there are synagogues,
clubs, libraries, reading rooms
and lecture halls. To provide and
conduct athletic activities among
the religious laborers, a special
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The following have made con-
tributions to the Home:
Max Fried, donation; Bertha
Klein, donation; children of Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Morris, in mem-
ory of their parents; Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Baron, in memory
of Daniel Fidler; M. Rabinowitz,
Traverse City, Mich., in memory
of brother, Aaron Rabinowitz;
Mrs. B. Harris. in memory of
Mrs. Lena Diamond and Milton
Gray; Arthur Cutler, in memory
of Mrs. Freda Velick; R. Wal-
lach, in memory of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Morris; Mrs. Lakritz, dona-
tion; Mrs. Grace Steinberger, do-
nation; Mrs. May Broad, in mem-
ory of Mrs. Esther Schlesinger;
Ada Sider, in memory of mother,
Rebecca; Mrs. Albert L. Ham-
burg, Marion, 0., in memory of
Mrs. Goldie Dubav; Esther Pc-
tashnik, donation; Ella Dushkin,
donation; Leon Friedman and
Mrs. Rose Friedman-Weider, do-
nation; Mrs. Mark Hirshfeld, in
memory of parents; Miss Mollie
Horwitch, Frankfort, Mich., in
memory of mother, Ethel Hor-
witch; Mrs. G. Feldman, in mem-
ory of husband, George Feldman;
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Cohen and
(laughter, Mignon, in memory of
Mrs. Anna Schiller and Mrs.
Adele Siegel Mayer; M. H. Cohen,
in memory of Mrs. Adele Siegel
Mayer; William A. Goldberg, in
memory of Henrietta Hecht;
Mrs. Louis J. Kraus, in memory
of Mrs. Willard Mayer; Miss F.
Rothenberg, in memory of moth-
er, llaye-Miriam.
Mr. and Mrs. Jules LeBost, in
memory of Mrs. Minnie Green-
berg; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Cole,
in memory of Mrs. Minnie Green-
berg; Mr. and Mrs. Myron Pere-
ira, in memory of Mrs. Minnie
Greenberg; Mrs. Golde Stark, in
memory of Mrs. Minnie Green-
berg; Mrs. Joseph Frenkel, in
memory of husband, Dov Fren-
kel; S. Finsilver, in memory of
father, Harris Finsilver; J. W.
Webber, donation; I. Swaab, in
memory of mother. Lillie Swaab;
S. L. Goodman, in memory of
Hyman and Rachel Goodman;
Alfred A. Busch, Lansing, Mich.,
in memory of brother, Hershel-
Tzevy; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Sel-
ker, in memory of Usher H. Kolo-
inei•; Mr. and Mrs Marvin Arons-
son, in memory of Emanuel Rice;
The William Bliznik Family, do-
nation; Louis Corman and Fam-
ily, in memory of mother, Rose
Corman; Mrs. Rachel Cohen, Port
Huron, Mich., in memory of hus-
band, Bennett Cohen; Roy Chat-
lin, in memory of mother, Bessie-
Fayge Chaffin; Mr. and Mrs.
Morry M. Fenton, in memory of
Samuel Schnabel and Mrs. Minnie
Greenberg; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Hyman, in memory of Mrs. Lilly
Berman and Mrs. Schiller; Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Gendelman, in mem-
ory of Jacob Bernstein and Mimi
Labawitch; Mr. and Mrs. H. Sie-
gel, in memory of Mrs. Rose Gar-
field, Mrs. Lena Diamond and
Milton Gray; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Abram, in memory of Jacob Bern-
stein; Leo Burke, in memory of
Jacob Bernstein; Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Schaefer, in memory of
Samuel Schnabel; Mrs. Sarah
Wolf, donation; Mrs. Anna Roth,
donation; Mrs. Anna Moss, in
memory of husband, David Moss;
Mr. and Mrs. Yale Weinstein, in
memory of Lillian Danto-Berman.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Jordan, in
honor of Martin August and Sally
Prince; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Gor-
don, in memory of father, Jacob
Jordan, and aunt, Sarah Shidlov-
sky; Joe Chapman and Mac Gor-
don, in memory of Mrs. Adele
Mayer and Fred Klein; Mrs. H.
E. Rafelson, in memory of Sam-
uel Sherman; Mr. and Mrs. Mor-.
ris Baron, in memory of Jack
Bernstein; Mrs. Harry H. and
Marjorie Elbinger, Brookline,
Mass., in memory of husband
and father. Harry H. Elbinger;
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Meyers, in
memory of Samuel Schnabel and
Fred II. Kline; Mr. and Mrs. Abe
Siegel, in memory of Mrs. Adele
Siegel Mayer; Dr. and Mrs. M.
Hirshfeld, donation; Mrs. I. Lich-
organization, called
"Elitzur,"
has been established which is also
participating in the Jewish de-
fense system.
Thousands of the religious pio-
neers in Eretz Israel are fighting
anew with gun and spade not
only to build the land and repel
the common enemy of all man-
kind, but more particularly to
make the new Jewish Palestine a
place fit for the ideals and prac-
tices of our prophets and sages.
Jewish youth will restore Israel
b. the ancient homeland and tra-
ditional life.
Maurice Samuel, noted Jewish
writer, lecturer, translator and
publicist, will open the Yiddish
Cultural Programs Series this
Sunday evening, Oct. 22, at 9
p. m, at the Jewish Community
Center auditorium. He will speak
in Yiddish on "The World of
Sholem Aleichem."
This is the first in this year's
series of eight outstanding Yid-
dish cultural events arranged by
the joint Yiddish culture com-
mittee of the Community Center
and Jewish Community Council.
The committee aims to offer to
the city through these programs
the best talents available in the
tenstein, New York, in memory
of Mrs. Adele Mayer; Dr. Wil-
lard D. Mayer, in memory of
Mrs. Sophia Blum and Fred
Schram; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
M. Canvasser, in memory of Mey-
er Agree; Mr. and Mrs. II. K.
Mendlsohn, in memory of Mrs.
Sally Pianko; Mrs. Sidney Frank,
in memory of Samuel Sherman;
Mr. and Mrs. E. Spilker and Mrs.
Ruth K. Ross, in memory of Ab-
ner Shannon 00(1 Mrs. Green-
berg; Airs. Eva Jackson, in mem-
ory of Emanuel Rice; Mrs. June
B. Rose, in memory of father,
M. A. Cohen, Sam Sherman and
Mrs. Walgin; Dr. S. T Win-
shall, in memory of parents, Mr.
and Airs. Wolf Winshall; Mrs.
Bessie Schooler, in memory of
parents, Bessie and Molly Wis-
ner and brother, Benjamin Meis-
ner; Mrs. A. E. Kantor, Jackson,
Mich., in memory of father; Ber-
nice Polasky, in memory of moth-
er, Teme-Leah Polasky; Mrs. Lil-
lian Alurch, New Baltimore,
Mich., in memory of father,
Moyshe-Abraham; Mrs. M. A. Co-
hen, Jackson, Mich., in memory
of husband, Moyshe-Abraham Co-
hen; M. H. Krawitz, in memory
of daughter, Dina.
Rae Klein, in memory of par-
ents, Max and Edith Waxman;
Mrs. S. Freedman, in memory of
father, Zalmen; Mrs. Eva Ciral-
sky, Toledo, 0., in memory of
husband; Mrs. S. Schnabel, in
memory of husband, Samuel
Schnabel; Mrs. I. Lowenstein, in
memory of husband, Isidor Low-
enstein; J. L. Goodman, in mem-
ory of Adolph Kellner; J. L.
Goodman, in memory of wife,
Evelyn Rebecca Goodman; Mrs.
Joseph J. Wilber, in memory of
Mrs. I. Karp; Mrs. Aaron Sak-
son, in memory of Mrs. Grace
Walgin; Mrs. David Wallace, in
memory of Mrs. Grace Walgin;
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Touff, in
memory of Aaron Kahn; Mr. and
Mrs. David Kahn, in memory of
Samuel Schnabel; Mr. and Mrs
L. C. Touff, in memory of Sam-
uel Schnabel; Mrs. J. Sherman,
in memory of husband, Joe Sher-
man; Mrs. D. Galin, in memory
of mother, Rebecca, and brother,
Daniel Pullberg; Irving Schneider,
Flint, Mich., in memory of Shep-
sey Schneider; Esther W. Solo-
mon and Freda and Sadie Wein-
stein, in memory of Mrs. M. H.
Zackheim's father; Mrs. M. Kauf-
man, in memory of father, Jacob
Mayer; Mrs. B. Singer, Grand
Rapids, Mich., in memory of
father, Hyman Goodman; Mr. and
M.s. N. Schooler, in memory of
grandnephew, Allan Good; Oscar
J. Mead, donation; Mrs. Anna
Lee, in memory of parents, Fy-
vel-Tzaddik and Tzippe-Bashe;
Mr. and Mrs. Berger, in memory
of Mrs. Ruth Levine and father
of Mr. Miller; Mr. and Mrs. II.
M. Selker, in memory of Sole-
mn Kreinson; Isaac Barnett,
Mt. Clemens, Mich., in memory
of father; The Finley Family, in
memory of Solomon Kreinson;
Mrs. Louis A. Cohen, in memory
of mother, Lena Kaplan; Wom-
en's Auxiliary of the Jewish
Home for Aged, in memory of
Mrs. Phillip Gorelick.
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various fields of Yiddish culture
and folk arts.
Moshe Dombey, who l, well
known in Detroit as an inter-
preter of Sholem Aleichem and
other Yiddish writers, will ap-
pear with Mr. Samuel. Ile will
read selections from the ritings
of Sholem Aleichem which will
illustrate the points made by
Samuel in his critical analysis.
Mr. Samuel has been best
known as the translator of nu-
merous best-selling novels an d
biographies, and as the author
of several stimulating books on
Zionism and other aspect , of con-
temporary Jewish life. In 1943
he published "The World of Sho-
lem Aleichem" in which h e re-
creates for the English reader the
spirit and color of the life of
the Jews about whom Sholem
Aleichem wrote. His treatment
of this subject was such that
it was widely acclaimed through.
out the country and won for Mr.
Samuel the annual Anisfield
award of the Saturday Review of
Literature for the best work on
cultural traits published in 1943.
Air. Samuel's latest book, "Har-
vest in the Desert," has also had
a warm critical and popular re-
ception, and has added to his
stature as one of the best ex-
nonents of Zionism in the coun-
try.
The program will begin prompt-
ly at 9 p. m. Tickets have been
distributed among organizations
affiliated with the Community
Council and will also be available
at the door.
Rabbi Oschry to Be
Lunch Speaker Oct. 31
Josef Gingold to Be
Rabbi Leonard Oschry, a na-
tive of Johannisburg, South Af-
rica, and at present member of
the faculty of Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah, will address the an-
nual donor luncheon of the
Ladies of Yeshivath Beth Yehu-
dah, Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 12:30
p. in. in the main auditorium
of the Yeshivah, corner Dexter
and Cortland.
Rabbi Oschry, who received
his rabbinical education at the
Hebrew Theological Seminary in
Chicago, Ill., through a scholar-
ship awarded to him by the
Johannisburg Jewish Community,
has established a reputation as
a brilliant speaker in both Eng-
lish and Yiddish and an out-
standing educator. Cantor Dav-
id Katzman of Congregation Bnai
Moshe will also appear on the
program with a selection of can-
toral and other appropriate num-
bers.
All Detroit Jewish organiza-
tions and societies are asked to
delegate their representatives to
this annual affair. Reservations
for the luncheon can be made by
calling the president, Mrs. Rot-
tenherg, TO. 5-1171, or the of-
fice. HO. 7990. The price of one
plate is $5.50.
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