Friday, December 29, 1944
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLt and The Lelel Chronicle
Is
who stand . at either extreme, re- the greatest total amount you
spond adequately to neither call; can give between now, and June
COMMONWEALTH
30, 1946. That will permit you
The demand of Zionists and of
while those whose humanitarian to spread your total gift over
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the great majority of Jews all
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interests lead them to give freely three different tax years, if you
over the world for the establish-
standing of a citizen's full re-
ish settlements now extend to the ment of Palestine as a Jewish sponsibilities. Campaign expert- to the causes with a special hold wish. If you find it more con-
northernmost points, and from Commonwealth is not only a ne- s ence over the years has shown on them, find it possible to join venient to pay your entire plediN
now, at the time you make
some of them one looks down cn cessity from the point of view of that, generally speaking, those in the general appeals, as well.
that certainly would be welconl
Syria and the Lebanon. These the situation of the Jews—the
but if you wish to space out ti,.
northern settlements also repre- unparalleled Jewish catastrophe
A Review . . . and the Task Ahead
payments otherwise, you will,
p and the imperative
sent a serious attempt to dea I i in Europe
naturally, be free to do so. The
with one of the most difficult need to solve, once and for all,
The community values of a tribution to our community and main point is that we need to
problems of colonization in Pal- the Jewish problem by eliminat-
estine, namely, hill colonization. ing the main source of this hospital are tremendous; their to our future, without impairing. secure the greatest possible
These are all mountainous set- problem—the demand for a home. magnitude is matched only by in the slightest way, our stabil- amount in pledges now, for the
tlements, and though most of The demand for a Jewish Com- the great social sweep, the grand iy or our security.
entire project, with the pay-
In fact, opportunity beckons to menu coming through as rapidly
them are only a few years old, monwealth is not less justified imagination and the new, high
they have demonstrated that Jew- from the point of view of the levels of generosity that will be us to symbolize our security by as possible, so that when the "go'
ish agriculturists can solve the growth and development of the required to bring success to this translating a small portion of it signal for construction is given
problem of farming on the hills. Jewish community in Palestine, undertaking. For many families into the communal security that we, shall be in position to mow
which in fact is already a Jew- this is the once-in-a-lifetime op- a hospital represents.
forward promptly.
Colonizing the Negev
For some people, the time h
The second area of Jewish col- ish Commonwealth—what it needs portunity to rise above the rou- Suggested Approaches
onization is southward, where for is recognition by the peoples of tine of annual maintenance sup-
Certainly, there are a number never opportune. For some, al
port of the regular, recurrent of families in Detroit who are times are opportune, except tin
the first time an attempt has the world.
During the weeks of my stay causes and to help build a living prepared at this time to assume present. For the vast majority o
been made to colonize parts of
the Negev, which represents in Palestine, I was constantly monument of humanitarian serv- ' the leadership in giving for this us. the time is NOW.
nearly a third of the area of reminded of one of the wisest ice of universal worth. It will be cause. To these leading families
Palestine and is partically unin- utterings of the late Justice a monument that will be more this message is being addressed.
habited by Arabs or anyone else, Brandeis just a few weeks before than brick and mortar, for it will Whether they turn to their current
SPLIT
save and prolong the lives of its income, or to their accumulated
and if open to colonization would his death.
He told me he had been read- patients, at the same time that wealth, or to both, is a matter
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fundamentally change the pros-
pects for the future. To see these ing Herzl's Judenstaat again and it will perpetuate the the
names
and for them to decide. Whether they
families
o
heroic settlers far away froin that his main reaction to it was the beneficience
gifts will of
make
construe- turn to their corporations, or to Dr. Silver immediately tendere
their personal income, or both, his resignation both as co-chair
any human settlement, working the conviction that it was infi- whose
at their outposts in the desert in niely more justified than it may tion obviously,
of the hospital
possible.
cannot
be done likewise is a matter for them to man and member of the Counci
ey give in- In the meantime it was disclose
h they
the Negev, surrounded by vast have been when it was written. This, obv i
gifts. It requires determine. Whether
dividually, or pool the participa- that Dr. Wise, too, had tendere
sand hills which they are convert- When Herzl conceived it, he said, with routine
ing into oases of fields and gar- one might have doubted whether giving in new terms.
tion of every member of the his resignation.
During the discussions, our in
family in a grand demonstration
dens, is one of the most impres- the Jews need to or are able to Our Status as a Community
sive experiences in Palestine, and build a State. Both have been
For many, it is fifteen years of total family generosity in this formula told us, the independ
another demonstration of the in- proved. Hitler has proved the since the turn of fortune in his- "once-in-a-lifetime appeal" for ents, the laborites and the Mil
domitahle courage and passionate Jews need it, and Palestine Jew tonic 1929. For some, this was heroic giving, they will know ra chi representatives unfmml
defended Dr. Silver's position
devotion of the youth of Pales- ry has !proved we can do it.
but a temporary interruption to best. It isn't often that an en- Voting with the pro-Silverites we
improved economic station. For tire community can rally around
tine Jewry, for whom no task is
Louis Lipsky, veteran Zionit
too difficult.
many more, the last ten or twelve a cause so universal in its hu- leader.
REFUGEES
years
have
been
good
years
in
manity
as
to
win
the
interest,
the
Jewish Palestine of today is a
The faction
prosperous community not only
material terms. Year after year, sympathy and the support o action argued that it was Mai
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self-supporting, but giving gen-
and since 1937 at an accelerated all-
Every person, every family, visable at this time to pursue
erously to poorer Jewish commu- _ Spain in 1492. As a result of pace, their income has been on a
course that might antagoni2
nities. No Jewish community, in intervention by the Jewish Agen- high level, in many cases on an knows best its own situation and American public opinion an
level.
For
how
it
wants
to
play
its
role
in
eluding the much richer Jewish
200 Greek Jews who were increasingly high
President Roosevelt personall:
community of the United States, _ cY,
interned in refugee camps in three years or more now, de- community life.
This group was said to have fe
e
has
more
to the Eu-
r Palestine under military auspices fense orders and then war or- A Plan for Giving
lief contributed
and rescue of
suffering
the situation must be hal
The campaign leaders have rec- that
ropean Jewry than little Pales- have now been permitted by the dens have contributed still fur-
Bled with skill and tact and thI
Palestine Government to remain ther toward raising their cur- ommended a plan of giving, which there must be an avoidance
rent income and adding to their will make it convenient for those any move that might hurt tl
tine.
One of the most surprising as- permanently
in the of country.
Citing the flow
immigration wealth. Others, while not directly who wish to share their good Zionist cause or alienate i
pects
of the is new
development
Palestine
the cultural
life. in
Not which started when the British in the line of war production, fortune, to aim their sights high friends and sympathizers.
Government issued to the Jewish have nonetheless benefited from and to give in amounts commen-
Zionist leaders whose mum
only
is there
vast network
schools
of all a kinds
from the of Agency for Palestine 10,300 im- the thicker pay envelope of a surate with a $2,000,000 need.
cannot
be divulged hit ,
A total pledge at this time privately now
kindergarten to the Hebrew Uni- migration certificates for the six community swelled by several
expressed the fear th.
. months starting Oct. 1, 1944, as hundred thousand additional war from all possible sources within unless the rift is healed it mig .
a family group—with due re- seriously hurt the Zionist mov
ty so that no child is with
versi
out a sound education, but the "a powerful incentive for mo- workers,
To be sure, taxes have been gard, of course, for the benefits ment in this country. Sonie sal
bilization of far greater re-
literary
and without
journalistic
output
is
perhaps
parallel.
There sources by American Jewry to high, by former standards, very of tax deductions—should be the possibility of an adjustme
support the one land which is high; contracts have been re-ne- made when your friend and fel- in the fact that the Council lu
are a great number of daily and today offering more rescue and gotiated, excess profits have been low-citizen will discuss the mat- voted to postpone action on f
weekly
newspapers
Hebrew. resettlement opportunities than reduced—but for all that, wheth- ter with you, at your conveni- resignation.
and a very
intensive in production
of books, both original and trans- any other land in the world," Dr. er we deal in hard goods or soft ence. In advance of that time,
goods, whether we be engaged in perhaps with the advice of your
A creditor who know
lations. The Jews are still
still t e Heller a
the Jewish commerce or industry, our per- tax consultant, perhaps also after debtor cannot pay him, shou
1944
"During
Agency has expended some $4,- sonal resources are, generally talking it over with your friend
people of the Book.
000,000 for immigration par- speaking, at a level that makes to whom your name will be as- avoid meeting him too often,
leishum's War Effort
out what is as not to embarrass I.im.
sibl a great material con- signed please figure
To complete the picture there poses, including relief to and pose
— _
must be added the tremendous rescue of refugees; but the ex-
war effort of Jewish Palestine. penditure does not stop there. •
More than 30,000 young men and In addition, every item on its
women have volunteered for the budget has increased and every
British Army, despite artificial aspect of its program has ex-
difficulties put in the way of panded to meet the needs of the
their enlistment by a misguided steady stream of immigrants
British policy in the beginning of reaching the shores of Palestine.
the war, which was afraid to Every activity designed to in-
antagonize the Arabs by enlsiting crease the absorptive capacity of
too many Jews. Jews from Pal- the Yishuv has been nourished
o,
011
estine have fought and are fight- with funds received from Amer-
ing in all the battles in North ican Jews through the United
Africa, Greece, and Italy. Dozens Palestine Appeal."
and dozens of them undertook
most dangerous missions in Nazi-
occupied countries trying to save
SYMPHONY
Jews, and assisting the United
Nations.
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The establishment of the Jew-
ish Brigade, although late is no plative in character. The author
less significant as recognition of describes is as "a serene kind
the outstanding contribution to of prayer, in the desert, per-
the war effort of Palestine Jew- haps."
ry, as for the fact that for the
first time in thousands of years
JUDAISM
the Jewish flag has been recog-
nized as a symbol of the Jewish
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people—this is one of the histor-
ical achievements of Jewish Pal- who attend the courses are teach-
estine in this war period.
ers in the religious schools of
All these aspects and develop- various Protestant churches in
ments of Jewish Palestint make Detroit.
it understandable that Palestin-
The Community Relations Com-
ian Jewry has reached a stage, mittee of the Council, to whom
economically, socially, politically, this project was reported, was
and morally where it regards it- pleased to hear that it had been
self as an autonomous state, able arranged and regards the course
to run its own affairs. This is the as another valuable opportunity
sharpest impression for one who for bringing correct information
visits Palestine today. He finds and proper attitudes about Jews
himself in a Jewish state de fac- to the attention of non-Jews who
to, fully developed in all the are in an excellent position to
aspects and expressions of a transmit this information and at-
state, but without status and in- titudes to children, youth and
ternational recognition. This ex- adults in the 'non-Jedish com-
plains the anomaly of the politi- munity.
cal situation in Palestine. It ex-
plains many of the conflicts be-
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