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Friday, December I, 1944

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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ing around the clock in 52 countries.
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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
Time too often means the difference be-
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
by Al Sega!
PuYished Weekly by Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. tween life and death for the persecuted,
so J.D.C. does not stop for a moment's
Pres.-Gon. Mgr.
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
pause in its tremendous undertakings.
Editor
JACOB MARGOLIS
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It is appropriate today, however, that
Advertising Mgr.
CHARLES TAUS
we, the American Jews who support
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J.D.C. and who are J.D.C., pause to con-
Henry
Gel aral Offices and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave. sider what has been done in these three
Cable Address: Chronicle
Telephone: CAdillac 1040
crowded decades and what problems lie
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Sub•cription in Advance
ahead.
In 1914, American Jewry answered the A T THIS moment of history I philosophically celebrating the
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To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter
must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. anguished cries of their brethren in Pal- C7 think it is about time to restoration of the old temple just
same.
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of paper only. estne and Europe by forming the Joint celebrate a prophet who to fame the In
accordance with ancient
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is quite forgotten. Yes, an auth-
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
entic
prophet
shouldn't
be
allow-
practice
the members of Henry's
jests of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims respon- Distribution Committee to transmit aid
sibility for an endorsement of views expressed by its writers. overseas. It began, as it has continued, cd to fall into oblivion, and this family had exchanged gifts and
Henry himself had received a
with no political boundaries or limits- one certainly has been proved by nice,
new necktie. In henry's
events.
Into ed as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
tions of country or idea. Its only aim
Yet as I apply my fingers to house there was a festal air which
off :e at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
was to feed the hungry, shelter the needy, this typewriter in order to tole- was provided by sonic of the few
the prophet's memory in gastronomic luxuries still par-
protect
the weak and rebuild that which brute
Sabbath Reading. of The Law
this literate way, I feel ember- chaseable by Jews. This is to
was destroyed.
,
rassed: I don't know the proph- say, figs, dates, nuts and candy.
Pentateuchal Portion—Gen. 32:4-38:43.
Immediately following World War I, et 's name! On my first day as (The sweetness of a fig, eaten
ro, I learned to celebrate the end of an an-
:7- J.D.C. bent its efforts to the rehabilita- a reporter long
Prophetical Portion—os. 12:13-14:10 or 11:7-
always to dent persecution back in Anti-
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it is '
12:12 or Osad 1:1-21.
tion of Europe's devastated Jewish pop- that
have the name ofthe person you ochus' time, caused Henry's filth-
ulation. Through the postwar depression, are writing about. Prophets es- er t6 smack his lips in a Phil-
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DECEMBER 1. 1944
the years of reconstruction, famine and pecially are ,supposed to have osophical way and to remark on
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i n g 1 that finally
disaster, during the Hitler scourge—for names by which to be properly the happy ending
Pr with
30 crowded years J.D.C. has served the catalogued in their due order; catches
Co-operation Needed
Well, it was the evening
id gof the
like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel,
Jews of the world.
candle that Henry went for
fifth,. itk
Micah, Habakkuk, Zephenia.
The Detroit delegates to the American
When war again engulfed them, J.D.C.
So I must give my prophet . a a N‘a in Berlin. He was wear-
necktie proudly. lie
Jewish Conference, which convenes in committees all over the world continued name f or thheallcohnvernil • e ince of lus- ing his new
st it l i it lelre(l dco.nn .. the grand boulevard
u
a i (enroyi
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called
He
Dec.
3,
are
uninstructed.
The
their
work
in
the
occupied
countries
Pittsbur gh
L
e tn, attuarnn edd into
native
en
s ing been
though, e hay
probabilities are that many of the dele- through use of J.D.C.'s credit in the sep- Germany, he was more than like- this street an ' (I h
gations will have the same freedom as arate lands. The method succeeded. The ly Heinrich. Anyway, he shall be finally to the Sportspalast. 11 11 1C:
from now on. was not molested all the way,
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does the one from here. We believe that Jews of Italy, of Belgium, France and Henry
e coz1
N tr. a . r y t(;
e h e beard-
r iie since orh(ei was e st a bolfo nt(h1contrary
none
s I roefnitehm
Henry
proph was l A
n
ancing Allaied
this is a good sign. Men and women not Poland—now freed by advancing
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the Nazi anth-
the ordinances
prophets.
ed
committed to a particular position or armies—were aided throughout the occu- was,
as in his time, identified as ropologists who said that only
' no more than a mere kid Aryans could be blondes. There-
point of view can, and often do, arrive pation during all the dark days of Nazi be i • ng
about 18 years old. Nor was he fore, he was allowed to walk all
sounder
conclusions
after
thorough
dis-
oppression.
Today
they
are
being
assist-
at
rophet in the oh- the way to the Sportspalast s
i o useiii prophet
cussion of the problems with which they ed by large grants to alleviate the acute an o x intolerable
those who go one who looked like a ' privileged
rivc i ' lt
class
distress which engulfs them. Packages of about with acid countenances, Aryan who could walk anywhere
p
are faced.
One of the criticisms leveled against food and clothing valued at $250,000 like the i one who set the bears without being bashed on the
o! Henry head.
lad wh 0 No!
a snl illeing children.
the convention held in New York Aug. 29- have been ordered dispatched from Teh- was nsti
could wise-
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Sept. 2, was that the decisions were made eran to Poland, the first aid to reach the v crack as smartly as any one in LIE ENTERED 1 the Sportspalast
before the convention was held. Accord- remnants of Polish Jewry since the libera- accordance with the manners of L I into the midst of a great
t. youth of his clay and gener- Hitler rally. Hitler himself was
ing- to observers it was a steam-rollered tion of their land. Another $250,000 a the
speaking. Citizen may at this
ion.
affair, and those who may have wanted worth of supplies are now being pur- mouth
was
current
from
Ills leg
to end
mouth
among
Jews
all point recall the events that tr.in-
en
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to express dissident opinions were pre- chased to augment the first . shipmt.
spired after Henry had settled
the
ft world in or about hi mse lf pretty well up in front
vented from doing so by those who had To give additional relief to liberated h
• Hi tler r w took _over in the Sportspalast: How he
French Jews, J.D.C. has made emergency the y e ar
worked out the convention agenda.
were look- smiled disrespectfully even at the
el
in Germany.
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If these charges are true, then it is to grants of $100,000 over and above the ing awfully
rnay. bad in the world
rld . i nu moment when every other mind
be hoped that the same procedures will enlarged monthly appropriations. $11,000,- Henry's prophecy was unction for had turned avidly upon Jews,
h
It warmed Hitler having just said, "Now
not be followed at the forthcoming gath- 000 has been appropriated to assist the every distressed soul.
sd
shivered
in the let us consider the Jewish prob-
150,000 destitute among the 290,000 Ro- every heart
ering.
pe o p l e turn lent;" how Henry burst into un-
dreadful chill an
Despite the inability of the Conference manian Jews who survived the Nazi occu-
t everything's go iints;o
urn restrained laughter when Hitler
,
achieve unity upon these matters where pation ; they look to American Jewry, out
gutteralled : "Perish Judea;" how
o u all right, after all.
to
,
at this an omious silence fell
unity is possible, we are still persuaded acting through J.D.C., for this vitally
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boy in upon the whole S Sportspalast;
orts al. st; hoN,v,
was
that the Conference, or, as Dr. Trachten- needed assistance. Within the past year HENRY
Germany who so far had a compin , f St alinc-i ti . t • o ofoet is
berg would have it, the Assembly, can, 8,000 men, women and children from the escaped
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the demoniac wrath that marched c (Lil o, the or
and should, find a basis for united action. Balkans were emigrated to the safety of Nfo
v s for boys in Germany whose Henry by the neck and ''carri o e(1
re Jew- him off to the police station.
thewrse,m
Men should not compromise basic prin- Palestine in cooperation with the War f athers d and
There Hitler himself came later
and
ciples for mere expediency. We would Refugee Board and the Jewish Agency. ors
ish. Some four years were still to observe the interrogation :
not ask anybody to do so, but men can, These are only a few of the dramatic to pass before the full, hot flame And why, they asked, did Hen-
ry laugh when Hitler was sen-
and should, postpone their demands if episodes in the J.D.C. program within would consume all Jews.
It was Chanukah time and in tensing Judea to death? Henry's
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the time is not opportune. This is the recent months.
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In 30 years J.D.C. has spent vast sums Henry's house the occasion was answer
time for all sections of American Jewry
being observed in the ancient
Well i i ne ‘evigl e l i ;II , tthhei s j Ni:NIN1 s cCilli e i l :
to agree upon a definitive program that to aid suffering Jews abroad. We cannot way, just as if the fact of Hitler nukah , time
rib
impinged it- brute the i finish
of one of their
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will rescue the refugees; rehabilitate the count the lives it has saved, the millions h lfIn't 53 horribly
life
ewis ife
in Germany. prosecutors n a m e d Antiochus.
Jewish
despoiled and ruined remnants of Euro- of Jews who were given aid before World self y on ere
the
ere lighting
every w
evening
during
the candles
eight Yes, he was another one of those
peen Jewry. There is no elected repro- War II. We do know that since Pearl 'The
Jays. A new gang of pagans had but he came to his finish and in
sentative body in America, other than Harbor alone over 80,000 Jews have been
the American Jewish Conference, that physically rescued from destruction, and taken over the temple, you might the end everything turned out all
See SEGAL—Page 13
can really speak for all American Jews. multitudes kept alive during the Axis oc-
v but Henry's people were
sa-
It must, however, become all inclusive, cupation. J.D.C.'s 1944 appropriation of
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with a broad base and clear perspectives. over $20,000,000 is greater than that of
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We certainly wish them success, for any other year, but even such a sum
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we believe that a little co-operation and will only begin to meet the urgent needs
a little tolerance will go far in helping and enormous requirements of Jews still
us to solve the pressing and acute prob- alive in Europe.
All during the war, we in America
lems that endanger the lives and threaten
the future of millions of survivors of the have been hopeful that the stories of
horror and devastation which seeped out
Nazi hell.
of Axis-Europe would prove exaggera-
tions. We prayed that the needs would
not be so great as we feared, but our
Joint Distribution Sabbath
fears never equalled the grim realities
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In recognition of 30 years of re scue, whichU.S. correspondents and J.D.C.
relief and rehabilitation to suffering Jewry representatives are now cabling us.
overseas, the Synagogue Council of Amer-
The rehabilitation of these tortured sur-
ica has proclaimed Saturday, Dec. 2, as vivors of a great European Jewry will be
J.D.C. Sabbath in honor of the American an undertaking far greater than Amer-
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. To- ican Jewry has ever before faced. Most
day, the organization is not only carry- Jews still alive in liberated Europe are
ing on its activities in every corner of the broken in body and spirit; to help them
world, but is preparing to meet the post- regain their health is our first problem.
Decesukr SocovA
war problems it will face in the years We must help them achieve economic
ahead. In the words of Rabbi Jonah B. security, re-educate their children, rebuild
92 in Ain atljunt‘yet1 fortti
Wise, vice chairman, "We are going into their communal organizations of self help.
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a new decade. It will be a decade of Secure in the knowledge of its experi-
or observance as
hope, of the rebuilding of Judaism in the ence, American Jews look to the J.D.C.
new commonwealth of the world." to continue its world-wide assignment of
Without pause for festivities or gaudy relief, rescue and rehabilitation. We all
resumes of its past accomplishments, know the scope of the task. We know,
J.D.C. continues its work of rescue. The too, that the responsibility is ours. In our
feeding of the hungry has never stopped constant support of this efficient instru-
since J.D.C. first began to bring relief to ment of help and hope, we play our part
European Jews three decades ago. Help
for victims of anti-Semitic persecution has in bringiiig salvation to our brethren.

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