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Labor Zionist
Leader to Launch
Drive in Detroit
(C, utinued from Page 41
other men because of God. He
"Deal Mr. Segal: I should like knew that the religions were only
to help officiate at your funeral,
in accordance with your desire different ways of looking at God.
expr 4sed in your recent coi- And why should he quarrel with
f think such a funeral might his neighbor because his neighbor
pa se to all the brethren saw God differently?
an so jealous of seeming
"As the last act of his life ho
religiou- differences. Your sin-
brought together men of various
cerely, - - ,'
religions to say these final words
Mr. Thirkettle went even far- over his remains. His ghost must
ther. IL enclosed a manuscript be laughing at the small jeal-
copy of the sermon he intended ousies of people, outside this fu-
to deliver at my funeral.
neral home, who are reviling each
In a postscript he said:
other on account of their differ-
"This is a copy of my ser- ences Over God.
mon. I think it's a good idea for
"in his dead presence we who
people to know in advance what's are assembled here can sense the
going to be said of them at their ultimate equality of all men be-
funerals, A man at his funeral fore God. Here, in these three
is absolutely helpless and can't ministers of varying faiths gath-
s ay a thing about the remarks ered around for this farewell to
that are made. Will you be so a fellowman, is the symbol of the
good as to go over this and make brotherhood. Where men gather
any deletions or amendations that in brotherhood is holy ground.
y ou think proper. I don't want We are on holy ground; not be-
to say anything that might give cause a dead man is among us
offense to your ideas.
but because the living here have
DR. S. SOKAL
"In any event, it should please joined in an assertion of brother.
Dr. S. Sokal, a leader in the
Sou that my remarks are brief." hood.
Poale Zion movement in this
"Let us pray, not for the dead country, will come to Detroit next
This is the sermon that the
Rev. Mr. Thirkettle has written —he is probably safe in the arms week on his nationwide
of a just God—but for the living campaign tour. On Tuesday eve-
for my funeral:
who
by their prejudices blas- ning, Oct. 30, he will address the
"We are assembled here today
for the final rites for a citizen pheme the God of love whom three Poale Zion branches of
who, though faithful to his own they profess to worship. In con- Detroit, at the Farband Folk
religion, felt he had no special clusion let us recite the prayer Shule, Taylor at 12th. The ad-
privilege before God on account of the Jews in which they glorify dress will open the membership
of it. Here, around this bier, have the majesty of God above all the drive.
meannesses of men."
On Friday, Nov. 2, an Oneg
gathered ministers of three reli-
A note at the bottom of the Shabat will be held for him to
gions in token of the unity of
mankind before the Fatherhood sermon inquires: "How am I do- which will be invited members of
all the Labor Zionist groups in
f God, in accordance with this ing, Mr. Segal?"
man's desire.
I have replied: "O.K. It's all in Detroit: Poale Zion, Farband, Pi-
oneer Women, League for Labor
"If his ghost is aware of these line with my ideas and my corpse
Palestine, and Habonim.
will
have
no
occasion
to
rise
up
proceedings, he must be enjoy-
Before the war, Dr. Sokal was
and kick. As you suggest, I
ing his funeral,
should enjoy my funeral. It a member of the bar in Vienna
"He was a man who never
should he a good lesson for a lot and a leading figure of the Poale
thought of God as divisible. God
of people. And thanks for making Zion in Austria. He was a mem-
had no Jewish part, no Protestant
it so short. People do like to get ber of the Community Council in
Part, no Catholic part. He was quickly away from funerals, back Vienna.
One God, the Father of all men, to their own businesses. We are
and why did the brothers strive
living in a quick time and a dead
with one another to tear Him man shouldn't be allowed to im-
Iliad, each for his own?
pede the hurried progress — or
"This man did not quarrel with is it progress?"
LONDON (JTA) — The Daily
Herald, official organ of the La-
bor Party, said this week that a
(Continued from Page 4)
usalem placed on trial as a war statement on Palestine will be
made by the Government next
ewish delegation from America criminal, .Walter also confirmed week. The paper's political cor-
our
story
that
the
ex-Mufti
lives
to the Soviet Union. . . . The oc-
respondent predicts that Prime
c asion will be provided by the scot free in France and that the
Minister Attlee will suggest that
publication of the Jewish Black British Colonial Office is seriously the problem is one that the Unit-
Book some time in December of considering to use him once more ed Nations will have to solve as
his year. . • , The name of the politically. . . . What's the an- part of the general peace settle-
ment.
ergeant who escorted Bundist swer?
rita Kuhn back to Germany is
The Herald devoted five col-
ubeski. • . Fritz promised Lu-
umns to a debate on Palestine
eski that he would return to Dean of Telshe
between Labor members of Par-
liament Barbara Gould and Rich-
he States but did not explain
ard Stokes, with Miss Gould sup-
w. • . The widow of Leslie To Speak Nov. 13
porting the immediate admission
award is coming to America to At Beth Yehudah
of 100,000 Jews and Stokes op-
upervise a movie dealing with
Rabbi Mordecai H. Gifter, dean posing immigration.
award's life story. . . , We won-
Dr. Godfrey Driver, professor
r whether the Hollywood story of men at the Telshe Yeshivah
11 tell of Leslie's Hungarian in Cleveland, and executive di- of Hebrew at Oxford, writing in
ewish parents, . . . Harold Laski rector of the Young Israel in that the Spectator, proposes a parti-
'11 take the lead of the anti- city, will be the guest speaker at tion plan for Palestine which
tlee forces on the Palestine is- the semi-annual general member- would allocate the plains to the
ship meeting of Yeshivath Beth Jews, the hill country to the
ring . Laski is determined to Yehudah, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, Arabs and leave Jerusalem and
a showdown. . . • Louise
other reserved areas under the
ainer, the stage and screen star, at 9 p.m.
re fusing alluring offers be-
At this meeting, which will be authority of the High Commis-
sione•. The Jews would also be
use of impmdeing motherhood. held in the Yeshivah Building on
allowed to develop the Negev, the
Dexter
and
Cortland,
detailed
re-
IlESTION PERIOD .. •
arid southern section of Pales-
ports will be given of the cur-
Why was t
he daughter of Nazi ricula, finances, and other as- tine, and other state lands, while
leilsministor Frank, infamous
the ports of Jaffa, Haifa and Tel
pects of Beth Yehudah.
Aviv would be made available to
cher of Fdand and one of the
ghest 'tar My;
The Yeshivah now has 505 both Jews and Arabs.
war criminals,
A pronouncement by the Beth
veil a sec; anal position with students, and its membership list
Din, the rabbinical court, signed
e America iuthorities in Wies- has passed the 800 mark.
Rabbi Gifter was born in Bal- by Chief Rabbi Joseph Herzog,
den, ern y? . • • How come
t theZir, . 't scribes neglected timore, Md. He received his early and other prominent British rab-
sorer R ';bi Lazaron's recent training at the Chofetz Chaim bis, takes issue with a recent let-
k .agai; -t Zionism in the Yeshivah in Baltimore, afterward ter sent to constituents of the
ri?
more . . • Sholem at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Ye- United Synagogue by Sir Robert
cifa book One Destiny" which shivah in New York. From there, Waley-Cohen, president, in which
ea to int. Tret his conception he proceeded to Lithuania, where congregations were urged to re-
a
Jewish- Kristian civilization he studied at the Yeshivah of quest their rabbis not to inject
selling to the chagrin of the Telshe. The war broke out, and the Palestine issue into the Syna-
gogue. The rabbis say that the
at
• Rutin... Isn't it strange? together with some other stu- Palestine problem is definitely a
Credit ; due to the sponsors dents, Rabbi Gifter succeeded in
religious issue since the White
urganiz,
of the School of returning to America by way of Paper is in conflict with the di-
rib
Stuii es in New York Siberia. Here, he was for some
vine promise and the development
ch °Pell e
l its first 12 weeks time a member of the faculty of of Palestine is a fundamental re-
r'ses last week..
the
Rabbi
Isaac
Elchanan
Yeshi-
. The cours-
sill
ligious duty of Jews.
a scientific funda- vah. He subsequently occupied
.ntal
analysis of the history, rabbinical positions in Baltimore
4
Ire, and life of the Jewish and Waterbury, Conn.
RECEPTACLES
the world over. . . . Why
Garbage, Ash and Rubbish
When the Roshei Yeshivah of
Reinforced, Concrete. Fully
let this be the beginning of Telshe reopened their famous Ye-
Guaranteed. Priced Slight.
!al Jewish University? • •
shivah in Cleveland, Rabbi Gifter
AMERICAN
trr Winchell has finally taken joined the staff as dean of men.
RECEPTACLE
CO.
out
to
second
our
motion
to
He has recently accepted the di-
the
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Rabbi Saul Teplitz
Conducts Services at
Northwest Synagogue
The Northwest Hebrew Con-
gregation and Center is having
as its guest rabbi this weekend
Rabbi Saul Teplitz. Rabbi Tep-
litz is a graduate of the Jewish
Theological Seminary, and an
honor graduate of the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh and the He-
brew Institute of Pittsburgh. He
has officiated in Laurelton, Long
Island.
The building committee of the
congregation, under the chair-
manship of J. Maurice Karo, and
composed of members Philip Helf-
man, D. M. LeVine, Chas. Char-
lip and David Safran, has receiv-
ed bids from contractors for the
building of the first wing of the
Synagogue.
The president of the syna-
gogue, Ira G. Kaufman, has met
with the Junior Congregation and
Youth Group leaders, Robert Hai-
dy, Morry Fineman, Marty Fine-
man and Sidney Lutz, who laid
plans for the operation of the
Youth Group and the Junior Con-
gregation. Bernard Jaffe is the
youth leader. Max H. Goldsmith,
1st vice president of the syna-
gogue, will lead the Junior Con-
gregation services.
Mr. Kaufman also has sched-
uled meetings with the fund rais-
ing committee, under the co-
chairmanship of Nathan Epstein
and Adolph H. Lichter, as well
as with the various other com-
mittees of the synagogue.
The Sabbath services of the
synagogue held at the Bagley
School, Curtis and Roselawn,
have shown such an increase in
attendance that it will be neces-
sary for the Congregation to hold
services in the auditorium,
The Sunday School has more
than 200 pupils. The Religious
School is composed of Max H.
Goldsmith, Allan L. Waller, Ben-
jamin Brodman and Chas. Char-
lip. The staff of teachers is under
the directorship of Allen A. War-
sen.
Rosenwald Post
Installation and Dance
Saturday Night Feature
The Rosenwald Post 218, Am-
erican Legion, will hold its Vic-
tory installation and dance at the
Bnai Moshe Hall, Dexter at Law-
rence, at 8:30 p.m., this Satur-
day.
World War H Veterans elect-
ed were: Max Ornstein, com-
mander, 2nd term; Bernard Zip-
se•, senior vice-president, 2nd
term; Edward Hoffman, junior
vice, and Nathan Minkoff, adju-
tant.
World War I veterans elected
were: Irving Cohen, finance of-
ficer; Dr. R. R. Goldstone, chap-
lain; Albert Curtis, historian, and
David Goldberg, sergeant-at-arms.
The 40 and 8 ritual team of
the American Legion will install
the officers. The guest speaker
will be Dr. B. Benedict Glazer,
rabbi of Temple Beth El.
Commander Max Ornstein in-
vites all discharged veterans, men
and women to be the guests of
the Rosenwald Post at the in-
stallation.
Joseph Shapiro, Americaniza-
tion officer, is in charge of in-
stallation arrangements. Follow-
ing the installation, refreshments
will be served and there will be
dancing.
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