Page Eight DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Refugee in U.S. Army Sends Gift Appeal NEW YORK — When young Manfred Philip fled from Ger- many in 1939, a refugee from Nazi persecution, he did not real- ize that the pendulum of history would bring him back as con- queror and guard over the very supermen who had destroyed Ger- man Jewry. Having reached the United States with the aid of the agen- cies of the United Jewish Ap- peal, he and his mother, Mrs. Dagobert Philip, settled at Eas- ton. Pa. Ten months later he enlisted in the U.S. Army and waited for the opportunity to meet his oppressors on the bat- tlefield. Soon he was en route to Europe—destination Germany. Pvt. Philip, in the course of official duty, has been to Da- chau, the most notorious of all the concentration camps. Philip, who is stationed near Munich with the Civil Affair Unit, wrote to his mother: ". . . I also was in Dachau the other day and although I have not seen the worst there, it was enough not to forget it all my life. I undersand that the United Jewish Appeal is going to start a tremendous drive for rehabili- tation and resettlement of in- mates of concentration camps." Then he asked that $50 be withdrawn from his bank account and sent to the United Jewish Appeal. Another contribution from oc- cupied Germany was received by the United Jewish Appeal from Pvt. Frederic Linder, who has made generous gifts to the cam- paign during the past several years. Vaad Hatzala Saves Sailor's Grandmother From Death Camp NEW YORK — F-le Jack E. Frei is Pitching into the war ef- fort with just a little extra vig- or. He has good reason for doing so. Five years ago his grand- mother disappeared from her home in Vienna. Her fate was obvious — deportation to a con- centration camp and the fatal processing operation which would inevitably lead to a crematorium in a Nazi murder factory. Imagine his joy when the mail- boat that hove to his battle fleet in the Pacific brought him a let- ter announcing that his grand- mother was alive and in Switzer- e se- land as her release had ben cured by the Vaad Hatzala. He wrote the following letter: "Gentlemen: "Let me congratulate you on the outstanding work you are do- ing and the excellent results you have obtained. "1 have a very personal reason for sending you this contribution. You have rescued my grandmoth- er, Mrs. Rosa Frei, from Therei- senstadt. Thanks to you she is now recuperating in Switzerland. "With the expression of sin- cere gratitude, I am "Very truly yours, "Jack E. Frei. "Enclosed is a postal money Buy A Unique Inter-Creedal Experiment By BERNARD POSTAL National Director of Bnai Brith Information This article, which appears in the summer issue of COMMON GROUND, tells of a number •of unique eexperiments by public schools in 15 cities in building inter-creedal understanding by the joint observance of Passover•Easter and Christmas.Hanukk a h. CHRISTMAS-HANUKKAH PAGEANT STAGED AT BROOKLINE SCHOOL" was the headline that appeared in Boston newspapers during the middle of Dcember, 1944. Simultaneously, the press of the country reported from Kingston, N. Y.: "RABBI PROTESTS PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHING OF CHRISTMAS STORY." RUSSELL ST. * * These two headlines point up a problem that comes to public notice only when it becomes a matter of protest, but they also point to a possible solution tried with no little success in the pub- lic schools of at least 15 cities. Notwithstanding t h e separa- ion of church and state in the United States, Christmas is an integral part of American life and mores. This is particularly true in the case of the public schools where the singing of Christmas carols, the lighting of Christmas trees, the distribution of Christmas gifs and the dra- matization of the Nativity story, make the Christmas period a par- ticularly happy one for children. Jewish children, obviously, can- not derive the same enjoyment from the Christmas festivities as their non-Jewish classmates, for the holiday is not their own. Since Christmas is a Christian religious holiday, the pre-Christ- mas festivities in the public schools confront Jewish children with two alternatives: to share fully in the joyous observances and run counter to their own re More than two hundred of the 982 on the executive committee of the Co. refugees being temporarily sheltered ordinating Committee for Fort On. by the government at the Emergency tario, arc shown observing the needle Refugee Shelter at Oswego participate work exhibited by some of the woman in Arts and Crafts Exhibit "dedicated refugees. (Top photo) Joseph Smart, to the authorities and private agencies Director of the Emergency Refugee as an expression of gratitude for the Shelter, stands alongside of a head of rare and constant interest they have himself done in wood by Mrs. Marian shown to us and to a fm orable devel• Sommerberg, sculptor formerly of opulent of spiritual and material ac• Hamburg, who is in this country with tivities at Fort Ontario." The exhibit, her three children, all of whom were Oredings permitted to contribute through their special gifts and talents to the benefit of the greater community." Lower pliotc't Mrs. Rubin Lavine of Syra• c•.ise and Mrs. Robert Ileilbrunn of Rochester, the two representatives of the National Council of Jewish Women order for $100." A few days later another let- ter was received by the Vaad Hatzala from an enlisted man serving in the same battle fleet. "Gentlemen," it read, "recent- ly one of my shipmates told me that your organization helped his grandmother out of Thereisen- stadt. "No doubt there are many other people you have saved and many more are waiting for your help. "I am sorry my contribution cannot be bigger at this time but ligious teachings, or to refrain from participation and set them- selves apart from their class- mates for the duration of the Christmas porgram, with a re- sultant feeling of being outsid- ers. Undesirable Choices Both choices are patently un- desirable. Certainly they arc not in keeping with the spirit of goodwill characteristic of the Christmas period. Progressive educators who rec- Le Show Tovo Tikosevu COLONIAL ART & FURNITURE SHOP 16826 Hamilton UN. 1.3705 //we It is a real pleasure for its to be able .1 o' to our mom .Jewish cus- tocners and friends our most sincere wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. the refugees hope, "will also demon. among the exhibitors at the show. skate the talents arid achievements of Mrs. Sommerburg, who was a student our residents who will he happy to be of Prifessor Zitkleh, 4s repretiented the Tel Aviv Museum with a series of twenty.four wood cuts entitled "The Other Way." The National Council of Jewish Women is one of a group of private welfare agencies supporting the supplementary program for the refugees at the Emergency Shelter.... it has to be adjusted to navy pay. "Respectfully yours, "Harry A. Rosenberg, S-1c. 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