A literkair 'elvish Periodical easter CLIFTON AVENUE • CINCINNATI 20, 01110 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Friday, December 15, 1944 Anti-Defamation Commission of Bnai Brith Meets in Annual Session •,'STRICTLYCONFIDENTIAL e s ' by Phineas J. Biron fuchrer and fuehrer. LISTEN HERE: No. 1 East 65th St., New York JEWISH NEWS: We want to call your attention 'ty, is one of the most popular foicreational centers for soldiers to (....hd excellent work being Jews, done Union of Russian -- sailors on leave . . . It gives by the the them a club atmosphere plus Inc., with headquarters in New dormitory accommodations . : • York, toward bringing American But the most important thing Jews in contact with their rela- that 1 East 65th is accomplishing tives in Russia, so many of whom is this: It is helping to destro y have been beyond the reach of STANDING: L. to R.: Frank Horwitz, Oklahoma City; Benja- anti-Semitism . . . The place is ordinary communications channels Four-day annual meeting of min Samuels, Chicago; and Rich• run by volunteer director Mrs. since, the outbreak of the war. National Commission of Anti- Aranow, New York, alternate for and E. Gutstadt, Chicago, secre- Ely Jacques Kahn and 3,000 jun- . . . In the two years that the Defamation League of Bnai Brith Judge Meier S. Steinbrink; Max tary and director of the ADL. for hostesses in the basement of organization has been active some maps measures to deal with prej- Schneider, New York, treasurer; Not present when this picture Temple Emanu-El, with the help 5,000 families in this country udice and foster inter-faith un- Jacob Alson, New York; Edward was taken are: Philip W. Haber- Waterman, New York; Samuel have reestablished contact with of the Jewish Welfare Board .. . derstanding. SEATED: L. to R.: man, New York, honorary chair- Its non-sectarian character, plus their relatives in Russia . . . Judge David Rose, Boston; A. C. Sievers, St. Louis; Jesse Stein- man; Lawrence Stern, Chicago; hardt, San Francisco; Philip Fran- the wonderful spirit of the girls The Contemporary Jewish Record, Ballenger, Chicago; Harold Lach- Leo Lehman, Pittsburgh; Frank who are acting as hostesses there, published by the American Jew- man, Chicago, vice chairman; kel, Cleveland; Maurice N. Dan- R. S. Kaplan, Pittsburgh; Abra- does a lot to puncture the anti- ish Committee, is looking for an Henry Monsky, president of Bnai nenbaum, Houston; Mrs. Abram ham B e r k o wit z, Philadelphia; Jewish prejudices that some of editor to replace the late Adolph Brith; Sigmund Livingston, Chi- Orlow, Philadelphia; I. B. Ben- the boys bring there . . . Now S. Oko. cago, commission chairman; Sam- jamin, Los Angeles; Maurice Bis- Frank Garson, Atlanta; Barney they're saying that the Shakes- MUSICAL NOTES: uel Goodman, Chicago; A. C. gyer, Washington, D. C.; Jeffer- Balaban, New York; and Charles pearean play Paul Muni is plan- It is very fitting that the Vic- Horn, New York; and Joseph son Peyser, San Francisco; John W. Morris, Louisville. ning to appear in on Broadway tor people chose piano virtusoso Winer, Washington, D C. 1 this season is "The Merchant of Artur Rubinstein to make the Venice" . . . If true, this would record album "Piano Music of be unfortunate indeed . . . No Villa-Lobos," for it was Rubin- 4 acting triumph can compensate stein who, over a quarter of a for the revival of Shylock at a century ago, discovered and spon- time when anti-Semitism is be- sored the young and unknown ing fostered , for service after Villa-Lobos in Paris, where this Latin-American composer, now the war. called the Beethoven of Brazil, YOU SHOULD KNOW : The rumors that Governor was then struggling to make a Thomas E. Dewey is to replace name for himself . . . A brilliant the Rev. Everett Clinchy, who is musical debut took place at New a paid official, as president of the York's Town Hall theoother night, National Conference of Chris- when Mildred Waldman, who tians and Jews cannot be veri- hails from Cleveland and Chi- fied, but we have it on good auth- cago, showed the big town how ority that they are more than she can play the piano . . . We rumors . . . The Rev. Mr. Clin- predict that ere long Mildred will chy would, it is said, remain on be one of America's favorite re- 11- -4 as the executive chairman, and citalists . . . Metropolitan Opera Dewey would become the head tenor Jan Peerce is so nearsight- of the Conference—without pay, ed that he can't see a thing with- of course . . . The school agree- out his glasses . . . So what does ment under which Jewish children he do when singing those roman- residing in Outremont (Mon- tic tenor roles, when spectacles treal) are being educated in Pro- would clash horribly with the pic- testant schools may be termin- turesque Metropolitan costumes, ated on June 30, 1945 . . . This and falling over the scenery would confront the Outremont would spoil the mood of the pro- Jewish community with the prob- duction? . . . Answer: He wears Jewish contact lenses—you know, those establishing of lem schools, since in the Province of plastic lenses that are worn di- Quebec all public education is rectly over the eyeball. divided into Catholic and Pro- ABOUT PEOPLE: Washington rumors that Sec- testant panels, and the Jews have so far been a part of the Pro- rotary of the Treasury Morgen- than may resign after the Sixth testant division. War Loan Drive has been suc- WAR ECHOES: Watch out for a new book, cessfully concluded . . . But "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe," that's just the old anti-Morgen- by Raphael Lemkin . . . Pub- thau campaign, which won't suc- lished by the Carnegie Endow- coed . . . Life marches on item: ment for International Peace, French playwright Henri Bern- this is perhaps the most impor- stein, out of touch with his fam- tant document to reach the pub- ily since the fall of France, has lie at this time with authenic in- learned that not only are his wife buy an extra suit or dress occasionally. But this formation on what the "new or- and daughter safe, but his daugh- "Sorry, chum–no ringside seats. You sit in der" has done to Europe . . . If ter is now married and has made war still has a long way to go. 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