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VOL. 46, NO. 44
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29th Year of Service to Jewry
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and The Legal Chronicle
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1944
Sobeloff to Address Opening
Session ofRegionalConference
Fred Butzel, Julian Krolik, Isaac Franck to
Speak at SesSions to be Held Nov. 11-12
Local Artists on
Pisgah Cultural
Program Nov. 20
Chafes, Kozenn and
Adams to Perform
Isidore Sobeloff of Detroit, president of the National
Conference of Jewish Social Welfare and executive di-
Illustrating a lecture on Jew-
rector of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, will ish and Hebraic Music, Julius
address the opening session of the East Central States Chajes, Marguerite Kozenn and
Regional Conference at Detroit, Nov. 11 and 12. Other Emily Mutter Adams will appear
Detroiters participating are Fred Butzel, who will wel-
come the delegates. Julian Kro-
lik will chair a Round Table on
War Chest discussions and Har-
old Silver will participate in a
Round Table on Care of the
Aged on Saturday, Nov. 11. Clar-
ence H. Enggass, M. Williath
Weinberg and Herman Jacobs
will report on Detroit develop-
ments at a special meeting of
large cities on Sunday morning,
Nov. 12. ,Isaac Franck will dis-
cuss internal Jewish relations at
a session of Civic Protective ac-
tivities on Sunday afternoon.
Ephraim Gomberg, director of
Public Relations of the National
Refugee Service, will report for
the United Jewish Appeal on lat-
est developments on the overseas
scene, the place of the Jewish
agencies in relation to UNRRA,
prospects for increased Jewish
programs, and postwar possibili-
ties in this country. This report
will be given at a luncheon on
Sunday, Nov. 12. Other sessions
will discuss problems of return-
ing service men and war work-
ers; care of the aged; programs
to combat bigotry and intoler-
ance. There will be a special
report on the program of the
National Community Relations
Advisory Council. Israel Rappa-
port, secretary of the committee
on new approaches to Jewish ed-
ucation of New York, and direct-
or of the Detroit Jewish Edu-
cation Survey, and Azriel Eisen-
berg, director of the Bureau for
Jewish Education of Cleveland,
and secretary of the American
Association for Jewish Education
East Central States Section, will
discuss education for Jewish Edu-
cation and New Approaches to
Jewish Education. Jerome Cur-
tis, chairman of Social Agencies
Committee, Cleveland, is presi-
dent of the region. Judge M.
Bernon, vice president of the
Cleveland Jewish Welfare Feder-
ation, is chairman of the program
committee. Martin M. Cohn is
secretary and field representative.
Nazi Artillery
Fire Punctuates
Jewish Broadcast
See SOBELOFF—Page 20
See AACHEN—Page 20
Morris Waldman Reports on Jewish
Situation in Latin-America
NEW YORK (WNS) — A pre-
diction that Latin American
countries will adopt a postwar
P'Aicy of selective immigration
for Jews in Europe was made
by Morris D. Waldmn, vice-chair-
roan of the executive committee
of the American Jewish Commit-
tee, who has just returned from
a three-months' tour of the
Southern Continent. Mr. Wald-
man, whose trip took him to
Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina,
Uruguay. Brazil, and Cuba, had
conferred with Jewish leaders
there on the education, religious
and philanthropic needs of their
communities, and, in turn, ac-
quainted them with the activities
and policies of the American
Jewish Committee.
Declaring that "there is a
growing awareness that just as
mass immigration to the United
See WALDMAN—Page 20
Palestine Council in Active
Campaign Against Terrorists
Resolution Denounces Violence, Sabotage
and Blackmail by Extremist Groups
JERUSALEM (WNS)—A decision on "the necessity
of mobilizing public opinion immediately for an active
and systematic campaign to root out the terrorist plague
from among the Jews of Palestine" was reached this
week at a special meeting of the Jewish National Coun-
cil of Palestine at which, also, opposition was expressed
to the action of the Palestine
Government in deporting alleged
terrorist suspects to detention
camps outside the country.
The decision was reached af-
ter an all-day debate, during
which the question was discussed
whether the adoption of active
measures by the Jewish commun-
ity might provoke strife within
Second Event of
its ranks. At the end of the
a statement was issued
Culture Series Nov. 19 meeting
to the effect that all parties were
agreed that stamping out of ter-
The second event in the series
of eight Yiddish cultural pro- rorism was necessary because it
constituted a danger to Pales-
grams, planned by the Joint Yid- tine Jewry and the Zionist cause.
dish Culture Committee of the The Council's statement read:
Jewish Community Center and
"At the plenary session of the
Jewish Community Council, will
Council,
at an all-day closed
be a concert of Jewish music on
Sunday evening, Nov. 19. The meeting devoted to tht problem
of the fight of Palestine Jewry
concert will be given in the audi-
torium of the Jewish Community against terrorist bands, repre-
Center, beginning promptly at sentatives of all parties spoke
of the danger for the Jews and
9 p.
The featured artist on the pro- for Zionism arising from terror-
ists. They emphasized the neces-
gram will be Edgar Mills, bari- sity of mobilizing public opinion
tone of Newark. N. J. Mr. Mills immediately for an active and
is a cantor in that city and was
formerly associated with the systematic campaign to root out
Vienna Folk Opera. He has ap- the terrorist plague from among
the Jews of Palestine."
peared twice on the Festival of
Jewish Art programs at Town Resolution on Terrorists
After reaching an agreement
Hall, New York, under the direc-
tion of the noted composer, Jacob on principles, the Council adopt-
Weinberg, and with the Work- ed a resolution denouncing the
men's Circle Chorus in the chor- "violence, sabotage and black-
al ballet "Fight for Freedom." mail committed by groups which
He has an extensive repertoire have split off from the Yishuv."
of Yiddish and Hebrew folk music The resolution stated that if the
from which he will select his pro- violence, "from whatever quar-
gram for this concert.
ter," did not cease the Yishuv
Sharing the program with Mr. would "immediately do every-
Mills will be an instrumental thing in its power to put an end
trio made up of Julius Chajes, to it." The full text of the reso-
pianist, Bernard Argiewicz, cell- lution follows.
ist, and Arthur Grossman, violin-
"The Jewish National Council
ist. Mr. Chajes is music director states with anxiety that the acts
of the Jewish Community Center of murder and violence, sabotage
and has a long list of original and blackmail committed by
compositions to his credit. Mr. groups which have split off from
Argiewicz and Mr. Grossman are the Yishuv constitute a grave
members of the Detroit Sym- danger to the Yishuv's safety
phony Orchestra. They are plan- and the inner freedom of the
ning a program of distinctive Zionist struggle. These acts,
Jewish compositions.
which are hostile to the spirit
Tickets for this concert are of our nation, give a pretext to
available at the Jewish Commun- the enemies of the Jewish peo-
ity Center, Jewish Community ple and Zionism to besmirch our
Council, and through delegates fighting and building achieve-
of the Yiddish-speaking organi- ments and to arouse the world
zations affiliated with the Com- against us.
munity Council. Organizations
"The Jewish National Council
may receive blocks of tickets at records with anxiety that all ef-
forts of persuasion and moral
reduced prices.
pressure exercised by the Zion-
(
-. ist movement's institutions, the
Chief Rabbinical Council, and
other public bodies and the Heb-
NOTICE
rew press have failed to halt the
terror. The council pro-
All copy must be in not wild
claims, with its full responsibility
prerogatives, that if the ter-
later than Wednesday, 3 and
ror, from whatever quarter, does
cease, the Yishuv will im-
p. m. It must be written not
mediately do everything in its
on one side of paper only power to put an end to it."
The Council also 'strongly
and where possible should protested the proclamation is-
sued recently by British Com-
be typewritten.
mander-in-Chief in the Middle
Concert of Jewish
Music to Feature
Council Program
Services Sent From
Aachen Over Radio
NEW YORK — While German
artillery shells exploded 200 yards
away, a group of 50 Jewish GI's
near Aachen held the first Jewish
religious services to be broadcast
from Nazi soil to the United
States in a dramatic program pre-
sented Sunday by the American
Jewish Committee over the coast-
to-coast network of the National
Broadcasting Company. The
ceremonies, held in the open air
in a sector of the American
First Army's front, emphasized
the ideological struggle against
Hitlerism by the participation of
Catholic and Protestant chaplains
in what was probably the first
inter-faith demonstration held on
German soil since the Nazis came
to power.
Capping the historic occasion
was the ironic fact that the pro-
gram was short-waved from a
spot near the scene where the
Nazis, six years ago, destroyed
the only synagogue in Aachen
during the pogroms which swept
Germany following the assassir-
ation of Ernst von Rath in Paris
by a Polish Jewish youngster,
Herschel Grynszpan.
Conducting the services was
Chaplain Sidney M. Lefkowitz,
formerly rabbi of Congregation
Beth-Hahavah in Richmond, Va..
Catholic Chaplain Edward J.
Waters of Rochester, N. Y., and
Protestant Chaplain Bernard F.
Henry of Chambersbridge,
made brief talks after the serv-
ices.
As Chaplain Lefkowitz led the
SIDNEY HOLLANDER TO
Jewish soldiers in the chant, "Ein
PRESENT REPORT
Keholeinu," German artillery fire
Sidney Hollander, national pres- could distinctly be heard over
ident of the Council of Jewish the air in sharp punctuation.
Federation and Welfare Funds James Cassidy, NBC war corre-
will present a special report on 4 spondent who arranged the
the National Community Rela- broadcast, later revealed in a
tions Advisory Council to the trans-Atlantic telephone call to
East Central States Conference New York that the program was
to be held in Detroit Nov. 11 almost called off because of the
and 12, it was announced by disconcerting proximity of Nazi
Judge Maurice Bernon, Cleveland shells.
chairman of the program com-
"We observe here not merely
mittee. "Mr. Hollander will pre- a religious .service," Chaplain
sent to the delegates at our Con- Lefkowitz declared. "It is far
Terence the latest information on more than that. It is a proclama-
the efforts of the NCRAC to tion that the days of darkness
britig about coordination in the are passing, that the bastions
program of the Civic Protective from which they have moved
Agencies," stated Judge Bernon. forward have been beseiged and
The NCRAC grew out of the soon will be destroyed, that wor-
discussions at the last general ship of God is again restored in
assembly of the Council of Jew- this part of the world."
ish Federations when the dele-
He pointed out that the service
gates demanded that some such was not the first to be held in
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JULIUS CHAJES
on the Pisgah Lodge No. 34 Bnai
Brith cultural program scheduled
for Monday, Nov. 20, 8:30 p. m.,
at the Jewish Community Center
Auditorium.
Isadore Starr, chairman of the
cultural committee of Pisgah
Lodge, announced that in this un-
usual addition to the year's out-
standing cultural events, Mr.
Chajes, internationally recognized
authority on Jewish and Hebrew
music, will explain its history, de-
velopment, and modern signifi-
cance. Various choice composi-
tions, including some of his own
brilliant works, will be inter-
spersed with his commentary.
Marguerite Kozenn, eminent
dramatic soprano, will be called
upon for vocal interpretations,
while Emily Mutter Adams, first
violinist with the Detroit Sym-
phony Orchestra, will present se-
lections for the violin.
The
presentation
of
this
See PISGAH—Page 20
Vaad Horabonim,
Merkaz to Hold •
ConferenceNciv.26
The Vaad Horabonim and the
Merkaz announce that a confer-
ence of Synagogues, religious in-
stitutions and organizations, is
called for Sunday, Nov. 26, at
2 p. in. at the Bnai Moshe Syna-
gogue, Dexter and Lawrence.
At this conference a detailed
report will be heard of alf fife -
accomplishments of the Merkaz,
which collaborated with the Vaad
Horabonim in behalf of Kash-
ruth, and other work of the
Jewish faith, also a report on
the problems in Judaism, which
are awaiting solution. A com-
plete program will be adopted for
carrying on these activities.
A banquet will be held follow-
ing the conference.
The Vaad Horabonim, which
is the body of the Council of Or-
thodox Rabbis, is in charge of the
work of establishing order in the
activities of Jewish faith.
The conference and banquet
are under the supervision of the
Vaad Horabonim and Merkaz.
All Jewish organizations in
The Kosher Butchers' Associa-
tion is cooperating in the under- Detroit are called upon to voice
their demands for the enactment
takings.
Members of the conference and by Congress of a permanent Fair
banquet committee are the fol- Employment Practice law.
This is the substance of a reso-
lowing: Isadore Sosnick, chair-
man; Aaron B. Margolis, co- lution adopted unanimously at
chairman; Morris Snow, treas- the conference of Jewish Com-
urer; Phillip Stollman, secretary; munity Council delegates which
Ben Eiselman, D. Kraus, Charles was held last Sunday, Oct. 29.
Vickser, II. Friedman, Aaron Til- Miss Goldie Levinstein, acting
for the discrimination committee
See VAAD—Page 20
of the Community Council, moved
See TERRORISTS—Page 20
Jewish Community Council
Favors Permanent FEPC
the adopton of the resolution
which had previously been passed
unanimously by the executive
committee.
In passing this resolution the
delegates authorized the execu-
tive committee to implement the
decision with any practical meas-
ures which may be necessary,
such as sending a delegation to
Washington to appear before
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