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Friday, November 24, 1944

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NOVEMBER 24, 1944

KISLEV 8, 5705

Enough Drama

ence during the regime of Mussolini, could
not have held any position of trust had
they declared themselves as anti-Fascists.
The cry of collaborationist will be
raised in all lands that were once under
the Nazi heel. In some cases the charges
will be true that we can expect that power
seeking, mendacious individuals will not
hesitate to use this weapon if they think
that by so doing they can advance their
own interests and defeat their opponents.
It may be properly asked why some
suitable anti-Fascist cannot be found in I HAVE been asked to report
Rome, who could be made the head of what I said in the Sunday ser-
mon I gave recently in the
the Jewish community.
Methodist Church. (In a recent
One has but to remember that for more column I discoursed on the brev-
than 20 years the Mussolini dictatorship ity of this sermon which lasted
ruled all of Italy. The anti-Fascists either scarcely more than 18 minutes—
a happy example to rabbis and
left the country or became obscure per- all
other clergymen who like to
sons who sought to lose their identity by make their sermons 30 or 35
abstaining from all political activity. To minutes long—or even longer.)
An Indianapolis gen t l e m a n
find men with administrative ability and writes:
short sermon is al-
executive experience among the anti-Fas- ways to "A
be commended but then
cists is no simple matter.
even a short sermon may be too
The present state of affairs is the result long if it contains nothing worth
to. Just what did you
of more than two decades of Fascism. It listening
say in your sermon?"
is annoying, if not alarming. However,
Well, I spoke on what Jesus
as time goes on, more and more compe- means to a Jew. I said that He
tent and experienced non-Fascists will was not only biologically related
to me but was also a spiritual
take over.
kinsman of mine. (I think spir-

Plain Talk...

by

Al

Segal

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That Sermon

Prime Minister Winston Churchill,
speaking before the House of Commons
on the recent terrorist outbreaks in Pal-
estine and the Near East, and especially
on the assassination of Lord Moyne,
itual kinship is closer relationship
warned that he would have to reconsider
than mere consanguinity.)
Fact or Myth?
I told the Methodists that I
his position on a Jewish Palestine should
The airwaves and the newspapers have didn't think there are enough
the terror there continue.
been filled with stories of the fate and Christians in the world . . . "I
During his speech he declared that whereabouts of Adolf Hitler. Some of know, of course, there are sta-
the government has the right to demand the stories seem reasonable, but most of tistics that show astronomical
and receive the whole-hearted co-opera- them are fantastic and absurd. We feel, numbers of church members, and
steeples fill the air in all
tion of the entire community in tracking however, that entirely too much space church
the large cities. Yet it remains
down the terrorists. He went on to say, and attention has been devoted to a sin- desperately true that Christian-
"This shameful crime has shocked the gle individual, even though that individual ity is not being honored in the
of nations and of men.
world and has affected none more strong- was, and may still be, the Fuehrer of affairs
I mean Christianity as a good
ly than those like myself who, in the Nazi Germany; who not long ago had way
of life, as a light by which
past, have been consistent friends of the greater power than any individual in the men know their brothers. as a
feeling of the heart, as compas-
Jews and constant architect of their world.
sion, justice and loving-kindness."
future. If our dreams of Zionism are to
Even at the time of his greatest power I asked them why Jesus hasn't
end in the smoke of an assassin's pistol there was an over-emphasis on the indi-
and the labors for its future produce a vidual. We did not properly evaluate the
new set of gangsters worthy of Nazi Ger- Nazi organization in our over-valuation
many, many, like myself, would have to of the Fuehrer. Too many of us believed
reconsider the position we have main- that the death, disappearance or emas-
tained so consistently and so long in the culation of the Fuehrer would end the
past."
Nazi power. The end of Hitler does not
The Prime Minister told Commons, "I mean the end of the Gestapo, the S. S.
received a letter from Dr. Chaim Weiz- formations, the Nazi party. Millions of
mann, president of the World Zionist Or- men and women have been integrated
ganization, a very old friend of mine— into this vast ubiquitous organization.
who arrived in Palestine, in which he
They have risen to positions of power
assures me that Palestine Jewry will go and authority ; have grown rich ; have
to the utmost limit of its powers to cut advanced their children and relatives
out this evil from its midst."
through the organization. They will con-
Undoubtedly Palestine Jewry will do tinue to fight to retain the prerogatives,
its utmost to eradicate the terrorist or- privileges and benefits they have derived
ganizations. The overwhelming majority from their favored positions. Then, too,
of the Jews of Palestine know that they many of the members of these organiza-
cannot compel Britain to grant their de- tions face trial as war criminals. They
mands if they resort to terrorist means. will sell their lives as dearly as possible.
They know they must have the good will
This is the tough core that must be
of Britain if Zionism is to achieve .its liquidated before the Nazi power disinte-
aims. Aside from the sharp denunciation grates. It is not a Hitler, or even Hitler,
of the terror, the significant Minister in Himmler, Goebbels, Goering and the rest
the speech of the Prime M inister . is his of the top flight Nazis who hold the rav-
reference to his consistent friendship for aged, hungry, apathetic Reich together.
the Jews. This unequivocal statement It is the aforementioned millions who
should put to rest the doubts and sus- make up the ruling, governing group.
picions as to Britain's friendliness. We have not believed that the people
The failure of Britain to issue any would revolt. Nothing has happened to
statement on the White Paper aroused cause us to change our opinion on that
these doubts and suspicions, and little was score. In fact, we think there is less likeli-
done to dispel them. Many had come to hood of revolt as deeper penetrations of
believe that the British had embarked the Reich are made by the United Armies.
upon a policy of a closed door in Pales- From the meager reports that come from
tine for an indefinite period. This feeling occupied Germany we get the impression
has been responsible for much of the that the people are sullen and dejected.
unrest and dissatisfaction among those They are not at all friendly with our sol-
who have been, and are now, opposed to diers. They could hardly be expected to
terrorist methods.
be, after the five-year diet of lies and
The assurance of the Prime Minister, distortions. The masses of Germans do
together with the presence of D . r. Weiz- not know that their soldiers, airmen and
mann, should be very helpful in ending Gestapo have laid waste millions of
the critical situation that has been getting square miles of Europe, and have killed
worse for some time now.
unnumbered innocent men, women and
We have had enough drama in Pales- children. They know that the Allied air-
tine. The terror may have made some men have destroyed their cities, and now
people aware that Palestine exists, and the soldiers of these barbaric nations are
that it has problems; but the press has overrunning their country. If there were
been a bad one and has done the cause any who thought otherwise, they dared
of Jewry much harm.
not express these traitorous opinions, be-
cause they knew the cruel and ubiquitous
Cannot Hold Elections
Gestapo would put an end to their talk
Word comes from Rome that the Jew- and to their lives.
We would like to believe that the death
ish Community elections had to be post-
poned because of the inability of Hugo or emasculation of Hitler would bring an
Fao and Silvi Ottolenghi, the leaders of end to the European war. As we see it,
two opposing groups, to settle their dif- the end will come when the last German
ferences. They accuse each other of aid- soldier has been killed or has surrend-
ered; the last worker falls at his bench ;
ing the Fascist cause.
It is understandable that these two and the Gestapo and S. S. formations are
Italian Jews, who were of some promin- shorn of all their power and authority.

been brought down from ;he
Cross to which He has been kept
firmly nailed these 2,01)0 years—
brought down so that He may
walk among men.

HAD

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looked at Him on the
Cross. In the agony of His
countenance I had seen the re,
flection of the pain of mank H1,1;
of the child sickened in the
slums; of the pain of degrading
poverty in a world so rich \vith
the goodness of things within the
earth and upon the earth and
that which has been created out
of the mind of man ; the gain
of the crucified men on the bat-
tlefields all around the world;
the pain of the brotherhood cut
up and scattered by racial and
religious hate prejudice; the pain
of the persecuted ; the pain of
men who because of the condi-
tion of their birth are denied
their simplest rights of decent
livelihood and the simplest re-
spect that is due to every man
who tries to do his little part
in his brief time. All this is His
pain.
"When will He be released to
walk among men, to sit at the
council table of peacemakers, to
govern the hearts of men by
justice, to give light to their
eyes that they may discern false-
hood when it is uttered against
their brethren, to guard their
hearts against malice and their

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