Friday, September 14, 1945 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle Pag• l'hraa Synagogues Join In Appeal for $ioo,000 Here History of Hebrew Union College And Development of Reform Movement By ALFRED SEGAL Jewish Survivors in Camps Complain They Are Not Aided through its frontiers and Jews CINCINNATI — Reform Juda- were going along. With them By NORMAN LOURIE, At a conference of synagogue ism, in its organized identity, is must. go American Jewish leaders ]isle Jews that have fled to Hun- presidents held Thursday at Shaa- coming to a stately birthday in to carry Wise' concept of Amer- Independent Jewish Press Service, gary and Austria told me that rey Zedek, a merger was effected October and this city, its cradle, ican Judaism to the new-born Palcor News Agency Corresp't pogroms and excesses, inspired between the Detroit appeals for is making quite an affair of it. and growing communities. Amer- SALZBURG — Jewish relief by the fascist Armja Krajowa, the Vaad Hatzala Emergency The matter is to be sacredly ob- ican-born, English-speaking rabbis organizations overseas draw noth- now working underground, have Committee and the American Re- served, too, in every city and were few if any. ing but scorn from the "liberat- raged without letup in the past ligious Palestine Fund for the so- town iu the country in which a So in 1875 Dr. Wise founded ed" Jews in the American, British few weeks. Polish Jews here dis- licitation of pledges among wor- Reform temple is served by an in Cincinnati, under the auspices and French occupied areas of pute official figures and claim shipers on the Day of Atonement alumnus of the Hebrew Union of the Union of American He- Austria. Four months after liber- that the maximum number of in all local congregations. College. brew Congregations, the Hebrew ation, at least 10,000 Jewish Jews in Poland now is 50,000, al- Yes, it's the Hebrew Union Col- Union College to train American "displaced persons," mostly of Po- though the number fluctuates, The agreement was negotiated by Isaac Meyer Lewin, represent- lege that will be seventy years Jewish youth for the rabbinate. lish, Romanian and Hungarian or- and some consider even this fig- ing the Agudath Israel coloniza- old on October 3 and looking igin, still live in approximately ure high. tion and child rescue efforts in back to the beginning you may AJC TO ESTABLSH twenty camps, where conditions Hungarian Jews are differently the Holy Land, and Rabbi Eliezer say it has made a great life of OFFICE IN EUROPE range from tolerably good to situated. According to present es- NEW YORK — The American thoroughly bad. I visited them, I timates there are sonic 200,000 Rabinowitz of Vaad Hatzala head- it. As a rabbinical seminary it quarters in New York, both of hasn't been a mausoleum of dead Jewish Committee will establish have been with these people; I Jews in Hungary, which provides whom are visiting here, for the letters standing on a remote peak permanent headquarters in Eu- 1 know. a one-in-four chance that some rope. Dr. Max Gottschalk, direc- At Camp Riedenberg, near Salz- kin of the "liberated" from con- purpose of avoiding duplication of history. and conflict, and was previously It has concerned itself with tor of the foreign affairs depart- burg, admittedly the worst of all centration camps may have sur- approved by the Detroit Council today's Jewish life, particularly ment of the AJC last week sailed spots, 23 persons sleep in 14 beds vived. Therefore many refugees of Orthodox Rabbis. The goal of American Jewish life, to make it for Europe. The AJC plans to aid without mattresses, with no light are returning to search for their the Yom Kippur appeals is $100,- effective and respected in the in the rehabilitation of European ing in their dormitories. In an- families. The younger elements, 000. American scene. Some 350 tem- Jewry and in the safeguarding of other room in that camp, 20 wo- by contrast, are almost all deter- At the meeting which was con- ples are being served by Hebrew the civil and religious rights of men sleep on the bare floor, with- mined to wait for the opportunity out any blankets. of reaching Palestine, but in many vened by William Sandler, presi- Union College rabbis who carry the Jews. At Camp Ebensee, where 400 cases there is a great inner con- dent, of Congregation Beth Tefilo the Jewish name in dignity in Polish Jews, mostly Orthodox, flict between the desire to return Enuinual; Joseph A. Block, presi- their communities. They serve the have been living for the past and the hope of building a new dent of Bnai David; Harry Ros- Jewish name and with men of three and a half months, I was life elsewhere. man, president of Bnai Moshe, other faiths go to serve the com- told: "Rosh Hashonah is almost The winter is approaching, and and Harry Cohen, head of Shaa- mon life as well. with us, and we haven't a single these men, women and children, PRIDE OF COLLEGE rey Zedek, quotas were aodpted machzor." face bitter, cold months ahead. The College has had the idea for all 40 houses of worship and In all these camps I have heard UNRRA representatives are on committees appointed to prepare that good lives are the best prod- the universal complaint about the the scene in Austria, scheduled to the appeals. uct of Judaism and counts its monotony and inadequacy of the take over the administration of It was also decided to send a success in the characters of the daily, official ration of 2,000 cal- the camps by October 1. Detroit representative to New members of the congregations led ories, which is quite insufficient York for a first hand report of by Hebrew Union College rabbis: for persons who have spent years BI-NATIONAL STATE Their ethical idealism, their so- the relief and rehabilitation ac- in concentration camps. Under- cial consciousness, the manful TEL AVIV (Palcor) — The tivities in European countries, nourishment is the chief source Palestine Communist Party which and Palestine. This report will be part they play as Jews and citi- of illness. Two thousand persons met in Tel Aviv during Rosh Ha- submitted to another meeting of zens in the affairs of their com- munities. confined to the camps' hospitals shonah adopted a resolution sup- local synagogue representatives to are victims of starvation. porting the establishment of a bi- That is the greater pride of the be held Thursday night, Hoshana There is hardly a Hebrew book national state of Arabs and Jews Hebrew Union College in its sev- Rabba, Sept. 27. All monies in any of these camps. Many of in Palestine. pledged during the Yom Kippur entieth year, though it possesses the children are completely illit- a group of stately buildings and appeals are to be collected be- erate. And only education, reli- fore that time and turned in at a library of Judaica unsurpassed gious education, can break down and its renown for scholarship is the Sept. 27 meeting. the "lager psychologie," fear and world-wide. hopelessness, which has possessed It's all in line with the teach- these people. ing of old Dr. Isaac Mayer Wise who came here from Bohemia 100 FROM POLAND years ago and preached a Juda- An exhaustive tour of these The opening meeting of the ism liberated from ghettoes self- camps has convinced me that, as Men's Club of Temple Beth El, made and ghettoes imposed by en- regards the Polish Jews, theirs is set for 6:30 p.m, Wednesday, emies. It was called Reform Juda- a one-way traffic only — escape Oct. 3, will be a stag dinner par- ism but nowadays it is more often HARRY M. KAMINER from Poland, no repatriation. Po- ty open to all male members of spoken of as liberal and pro- The weekly Saturday night ra- samswcwomismcwacwoc Temple Beth El and their guests. gressive Judaism. (Reform may dio programs sponsored by the Principal speakers will be Clif- become static but a religion that Detroit Section of the American RECEPTACLES ford Epstein, foreign correspond- is liberal and progressive may Jewish Congress will be resumed Garbage, Ash and Rubbish Reinforced, Concrete. Fully ent of the Detroit News, who will advance to new revelations.) this Saturday at 9:45 p.m. over Guaranteed. Priced Right. give his eye-witness report on station WJLB. These broadcasts REVISED SERVICE AMERICAN conditions in Europe, and Tony Dr. Wise came to the Congre- were inaugurated in Detroit last CLOTHES RECEPTACLE CO. Weitzel, columnist of the Detroit gation Bnai Jeshurun in Cincin- spring and were discontinued dur- 579 Kenilworth News. TO. 84819 nati. He revised the service, ex- ing the summer. • The American Jewish Congress, A turkey dinner will be serv- cising from it those portions that ed. Reservations may be made by could have no meaning to a 19th through these broadcasts, brings C I UPHOLSTERED phoning Mr. Katz at MA. 8530. Century Jew, such as references to the Detroit public its three- FURNITURE DR. BENJAMIN R. LEVY to burnt offerings. He established fold program: democratic unity, • CHIROPRACTIC TIIERAPY equal rights, and a Jewish com- the equality of women in his 11011 Washburn Ave. temple. He preached prophetic Ju- monwealth. Weekly news bulle- 13136 Fenkell 1 TACKED-DOWN daism — a Judaism that calls on tins of local, national, and world- 110aarth 4060 - UNiverelty 3-1551 CARPETS wide scope are a regular feature. By Appointment Only Sessions have now been resum- Jews to take up the good lights Explanations of liberal legislation Cleaned right in your their prophets gave them and ed in all branches of the United home, on the floor join in the march with all other problems are given. Important Hebrew Schools. men of good-will toward a world Jewish campaigns are publicized. The two pre-school classes, For the opening broadcast of more just and lovely. Phone COlUmbia ,:42.00 which meet from 10 - 12:30 in He announced a Judaism "with- this season, Morris Lieberman, • the morning, have also been re- president of Detroit Section of out mysteries," rational, a voice opened — one is located at the for brotherhood and justice in American Jewish Congress, will Rose Sittig Cohen, with Miss Mir- open the membership drive; Har- the world. Mm Gold as instructor; the other Specializing in ry M. Kaminer, in charge of the His preaching was taken up in at the David W. Simons (Tuxedo radio programs and vice president SEA FOOD DINNERS and Holmer), with Miss Fannie congregations in the larger cities of the Detroit section, will give and in 1873 Dr. Wise took steps Kaplan as instructor. Finest Lobsters, Fish, Oysters the news and various announce- Clams, Prime Meats 533-547 E. FORESTAVE. '.5; Regular sessions are held from to bring these scattered voices of ments; Miss Eve Neidelman, sec- 4 p.m. on. The high school depart- Reform together. He organized retary of the Detroit section, and EY(ivintown Branch:. Complete Carry-Out Service ment begins its sessions at 7:00 the Union of American Hebrew administrative secretary of the • LI-JUDSON CO. in the evening, and the post- Congregations. Wayne County CIO, will speak 16805 LIVERNOIS, opp. U. D. 31, , t1 nos: Fortner Street Building FOUNDED IN 1875 graduate at 8:00 in the evening. UN. 2-9866 on "Employment and Anti-Semi- The country was breaking tism." =OM , - Jewish Congress Resumes Weekly Radio Program Beth El Men's Club Plans Dinner Oct. 3 Hebrew Schools Resume Sessions AL BAKER The Lobster King CLE . Zion Solution Seen Imminent Its"--dlto". ••ittv.wativ"..-4 1-wolivft.."1/04:3 In These Days of Stress, It Is Very Important To Take Care of Your Health. Let Us Help You. (Continued from Page 1) neve that the London conference Will avoid direct talks on the Pal- estine question. These sources base their opinion on the fact that Lord Gort, High Commissioner for Palestine, is not to participate in the discussions. A prediction that Britain will announce its decision on the Pal- estine question "before the end of the year" was made last week by the official French news agency. The agency's report said that be- fore announcing its decision the British government will hold a Joint conference of Arab and Jew- ish leaders. 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