American 'apish Periodical eeitter - CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO 30th Year of Service to Detroit Jewry Detroit Jewish Chronicle and The Legal Chronicle VOL. 47, NO. 25 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1945 10c Single Copy, $3.00 Per Yea, Zionist Teams Charity Funds Perverted To Canvass All To Build the Jewish News Detroit Jewry Editorial Rabbi Fram Issues Call; Registration on July 1 Summoning the Jews of Detroit to register their will for the creation of a Jew- ish Commonwealth in Pal- estine, Rabbi Leon Fram, President of the Zionist Or- ganization of Detroit, has isued a call, designating Sunday, July 1, as Zionist Registration Day. A corps of workers will make a house-to-house canvass that day, inviting the Jewish people of the city to enroll as members of the Zionist Organization. The workers will meet at breakfast at 10 a.m., Sunday, July 1, in the Rose Sittig Cohen Building, at Lawton and Tyler, where they will receive instruc- tions. They will then break up into teams of two and three and spend the rest of the day in the work of Zionist registration. Membership Fee $5 Because of the difficulty of the task of reaching every Jewish home in Detroit, Rabbi Fram has asked that those who are not ap- proached by canvassers during the day take the initiative and send their enrollment check of 85 direct to the Zionist Organi- zation of Detroit, 1044 Penobscot Building. Fram in Ids call de- clared: • "The hour of decision has arrived. Our American govern- ment as well as the organiza- tion of the United Nations are about to pronounce a final ver- dict on the claim of the Jew• 'ish people to a homeland in Palestine. Their decision is bound to be influenced by one powerful consideration, name. ly, the will of the Jewish peo- ple itself. "The y would not undertake th e drastic action of establish. ice a Jewiih Commonwealth in Palestine unless the y defi- nitely knew that such action was desired by all the Jewish People of the word and espe- ciall y by the Jews of America, (Continued on Page 11) One of the great tenets of Judaism is charity. The giving of charity, the aiding of the hungry, the naked, the homeless, is incumbent upon every Jew. Because charity is such a great virtue, one of the Mitzvahs which will insure forgiveness, the misuse of charitable funds is considered one of the most heinous of sins. Such a sin is happening here in our Detroit Jewish community. Funds which are supposed to feed the hun- gry, to shelter the homeless, to clothe the naked, are in fact being "perverted" to subsidize a private profit- making corporation. Our Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation is guilty of this practice and the sooner the 24,000 Jewish contrib- utors to the Welfare Fund know about it, the quicker they can stop this practice. * * * Especially at this time, at this most tragic hour in the entire history of Jewry, such a perversion of charitable funds is deplorable. The wretched remnants of Euro- pean Jewry cry to us for help. The Jews who survived the persecutions of the Nazis, the horrors of Camp Mai- danek and Camp Treblinka, of Dachau and Buchen- wald, are unspeakably destitute. They need food, cloth- ing, shelter. They need medicines. They need schools. They are naked in this world of plenty with no one to help them but the Jews of America. Should we use the money to help these unfortunate ones or should a part of the charity funds which we raise here be employed to support a private money- making business? The Joint Distribution Committee asks for $46,000,000 to help these European Jews and we Detroit Jews are counted on to help. The United Palestine Appeal seeks $35,000,000 to help develop the Jewish Homeland in Palestine to bring in 200,000 Jewish war refugees during the next year. Palestine is the only hope for a great part of European Jewry and we are asked to help. But part of the funds which should go to Palestine are aiding a Detroit pri- vate enterprise. * * * What is this private business which Jewish charity is supporting? THIS BUSINESS IS THE JEWISH NEWS WHICH EVERY MONTH RECEIVES A CHECK FROM THE FEDERATION. The Jewish News is a private corporation organized for profit and deriving a profit from its advertisements. The Jewish News, while rattling a tincup for charity money, yet "modestly" boasts that it was "founded lilt (Continued on Page Two) $41,000Raised By Hadassah '45 Honor Roll Head of Zionists Speaks at Rally A p p roximately $41,000 was raised by the 18th an- nual Hadassah Honor Roll drive, Mrs. Sidney J. Allen, honor roll chairman re- ported at the rally Wednes- day night in the Detroit In- stitute of Arts. This was double the amount raised last year. There were more than 1,500 contributors to the fund. HANK GREENBERG Greenberg Lifts Pennant Hopes We haven't had such good news since VE Day," is the General Zeller, way Jack Manager of the Tigers put it. And the good news is simply that Capt. Hank Greenberg, bet- ter known as maestro of the swat, better, known us the home- run king ofthe Detroit "Tigers," is honorably discharged from the Army and will be in the Tigers' lineup by July 1st. The good news is that Hankus, Champeen-of-the-Swat, will be taking his turn at the bat with- in a fortnight. And Jack Zeller was not alone in his "delirium" out Trumbull way. "Watch our stuff with Hank in there," said Hal Newhouser, Tiger pitcher extraordinary. "Boy-o-boy-o-boy," interrupted big-Indian Chief Rudy York. It's impossible to quote all the Detroit players as we heard them in the club house. Hank Inspires Tigers Hank has been in Detroit since Wednesday. He's at Briggs stadi- um daily, getting batting practice, (Continued on Page 11) The contributions by districts were as follows: Huntington Woods group, $600; Russell Woods, $5,406; Central, $15,439 and University Gee_,,, $21,000. Detroit chapter of Hadassah is also planning to raise $25,000 to equip a children's ward in the new tuberculosis hospital in Jeru- salem. The main speaker at this honor roll rally was Dr. Israel Gold- stein, president of the Zionist organization o f America, a n d rabbi of Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, New York, one of the oldest congregations in America. Dr. Tells of Conference Goldstein, who was an ad- viser to the American delegation ut the United Nations Conferonce in San Francisco, declared that Jewry had le.st nothing- and gained nothing at the world con- ference. He praised the American delegation for protecting Jewish rights in the new trusteeship plan and declared that Commander Harold E. Stassen was especially vigilant to see that nothing was inserted in the trusteeship plan to impair the Jewish position in Palestine. Arab attempts to freeze out the Jews failed. (Continued on Page 2) $1,218,000 Bonds Sold By Beth El Leonard N. Simons and Samuel Rands, co-chairmen of the Temple Beth El 7th Wur Loan Committee, report sales of $1,218,075 in War Bonds, as of noon Monday, June 18. 1 Pronounce "Cherem" List 2 Detroit Seek $250,000 Here On Jewish Dean Jewish Soldiers toFight Anti-Semitism The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada has issued a proclamation of excommunica- tion, the first in its 43-year history, against Dr. Mordecai M. Kaplan, dean of the Teachers' Institute of the Jewish Theo- logical Seminary, accusing him of expressing "atheism, heresy and disbelief in the basic tenets of Judaism" in the compilation of a recently published prayer book, it was learned last week. Rabbi Israel Rosenberg, presi- dent of the union, said the an- cient cherem, one of the severest forms of Jewish excommunica- tion, was invoked last week at a meeting of the members of the organization. After the edict was passed unanimously, Dr. Kaplan's ‘Y.ork," w the "Sabbath Prayer assembly, as burned before the Rabbi Rosenberg said state- ments in Dr. Kaplan's introduc- " lion m to the book outlining a odification of traditional doc- trine" were contrary to the spirit tand law of Judaism. He added .hat there was danger that the bk might be confused with th.' traditional volume of prayer, and h t i n at s the edict prohibited its use ynagogues. To All Jewry Although Dr. Kaplan is not a member of the union and is not € 111. orthodox rabbi, Rabbi Rosen- 6,.rg said the proclamation was al ected to "all Jewry." Dr. Kaplan, who is the founder of the Society for the Advance- ment of Judaism and head of the Jewish Reconstructionist Founda- tion, publishers of the book, said the charge that he was an atheist was "absurd." "How can any one who edits a prayer book be an atheist? he asked. The preparation of the book, Dr. Kaplan explained, was mo- tivated by a desire to develop a religious service that would give "modern-minded Jews a form of worship in which they could par- ticipate with devotion and sin- cerity." He said it was not intended for those Jews who were satisfied with the traditional prayers, and that the action against him raised the question of "freedom of wor- ship.' Dr. Kaplan characterized the proceedings as "barbarous." He said: "It is just too bad that men who call themselves rabbis should in this day and age resort to the barbarous practice of outlawing man without giving him a hear- ing God save us from such leadership and from the disgrace (Continued on Page 111 Killed In Action Two Detroit Jewish soldiers were listed as killed this week by the war department. Both heroes were officers. Two are reported as wounded. KILLED LT. DAVID BLUMENFIELD, husband of Mrs. Rhea G. Blumen- field, 3331 Fullerton. FIRST LT. RAYMOND BLOCK, husband of Mrs. Rhoda H. Block, 2628 Webb Ave. WOUNDED S/SERGT. ALEX K. GOOD- MAN, second time. son of Mrs. Anna Goodman, 3824 Tyler, PVT. MORRIS F INK, son of Mrs. Gussie Fink, 3346 Rochester. FREED WILLIAM M. HOFFMAN, son of Mrs. Anna Hoffman, 2231 La Salle Gardens, reported April 26, 1944 as captured in Italy. PVT. JEROME S. KRAUS, son of Mrs. Hanna Kraus, 9307 Broudstreet. LT. CHARLES A. EPSTEIN, 27, Marauder bombardier, navi- gator; captured during a Feb. 29, 1944, mission from Italy, son (Continued on Page 11) Quentin Reynolds, noted journalist, author and radio commentator, will be the speaker at a public report rally of the Special Defense Fund Campaign for civic-protec- tive work now being conducted by the Jewish Welfare Federa- the responsibility of a Jewish tion of Detroit.The rally will be ly held in the grand ballroom of fund." Hotel Staler at 8:15 p.m., Tues- $250,000 Budget The Jewish Welfare Federation day, June 26, with Judge William Friedman, president of the Fed- has set a quota of $250,000 for eration, serving as chairman, and the next two years for the na- Irving W. Blumberg, president tional and local civic-protective of the Detroit Service Group, also programs. The amounts to be al- located to each of the agencies on the program. will be decided later. The campaign to raise funds The Council of Jewish Federa- for the financing of national and tions and Welfare Funds is now local civic-protective services is studying on these matters, When intended to cover the two-year she report is ready the executive period from June 1, 1945 to May committee of the Federation, and 31, 1947. the boards of governors of the The major agencies engaged in Jewish Welfare Federation and civic-protective work are the the Detroit Service Group, sitting Atnetican Jewish Committee, the as a budget committee, will set American Jewish Congress, the the allocations. Anti-Defamation League of Bnui All the beneficiary agencies are Brith and the Jewish Labor Com- menlbcrs of the National Commu- mittee, all of which operate on nity R ,dations Advisory Council, a national scale. created in March, 1944, with a Or the local scene, the Jewish view to joint planning. and clea-- Community Council, which de- ance by national and local agen- rives support for its regular op- cies. The Federation statement erating budget and administra- declared: "Wp are &aline with a prob. tive costs from Allied Jewish lam that is beset with diffi- Campaign funds of the Wat• culties. In the fight on anti- Chest, also receives a grant from the special defense fund, outside I Semi.Ism even as in other fields of War Chest, for those parts of --one face is clears the Jewish its program which are "peculiar- i (Continued on Page 11)