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 (Continued from Page 1) the great majority of Jews all (Continued from Page 1) 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 (Continued hum Page 1) 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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. (Continued from Page 1) 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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- tween the British Administration Detroit Lodge 1374 Apple "Honey" helps guard O.Gs. and Palestine Jewry. The reason Bnai Brith Sells is not that this Administration is $30,500 at Bond Auction British—it would be no different from Cigarette Dryness A meeting of Bnai Brith, De- under any other non-Jewish Ad- ministration. What is decisive is troit Lodge 1374, was held Tues- Old Gold's superb blend of many fine tobaccos . L . the fact that it is a foreign ad- day, Dec. 26. A War Bond auc- ministration, ruling a people tion was held and $30,500 was with its touch of rare, extra flavorful Latakia leaf which has grown to full maturity raised among the members. This BUY AP! kW:. is sprayed with Apple "Honey"... to help gi l ard and believes itself to be not less idea originated with Max Ros- 5100 WAR BO!.3 ner, financial secretary of the able to rule itself than any other against cigarette dryness. Try a pack! people in the world and certain- Lodge. Fred Epps was the auc- tioneer and Joe Bing chairman ly not less than the surrounding COMEDY THEATRE Sunda) peoples and countries in the Near of the War Bond Drive for De- LISTEN TO wuIcu is wince Wednesday Evenings CBS4ufl Lot troit Lodge 1374 was in charge. East. Recognition Needed HOSPITAL . , Why be Irritated? 6gy Light an Old Gold!