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Gentlemen:
Permit me to express my appreciation, as a member of the Exec-
utive Committee of the Jewish Community Council, for the exhaustive
accounts of its history and activities you have published in your issues
during the last two weeks. A representative community body of this
nature can grow and develop only to the degree that the Jewish pub,
lie in our city is acquainted with its purpose and operation. The arti-
des written by Aaron Droock and Rabbi Fram have added materially
to a clear understanding of the central position the Council occupies
in the life of Detroit Jewry, and thus constitute a concrete service to
the CRIISC of a democratic and unified community.
Very truly yours.
(Signed) RABBI M. J. WOHLGELERNTER.
Render Service
Dear Editor:
I have been following with interest the series of articles Brills far
appearing in the Detroit Jewish Chronicle with relation to the Jewish
Community Council of Detroit.
I take this opportunity of commending you for rendering a very
worthwhile community service in connection with publicizing the Jew-
ish Community Council program and activities. If your newspaper
continues to publicize other civic and community enterprises in like
manner, you will not only render the Jewish community of Detroit a
distinct service but merit the support and cooperation of the entire
community.
(Signed) AARON DROOCK.
Likes Council Stories
Dear Editor:
I have read with considerable interest the informative articles ap-
pearing in the last two issues of your paper with reference to the pro-
gram and aims of the Detroit Jewish Community Council.
I have long considered it desirable that Jewry in this community
be more fully apprised of the invaluable services that are being ren-
dered by this important local agency. The Chronicle is to be com-
mended for this series of articles and for the service that it is render-
ing the community by making this information available.
It is my opinion that every Jew in Detroit should not only learn
of the activities of the Detroit Jewish Community Council, but should
likewise take a more active interest in its program.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) HARRY YUDKOFF.
Splendid Service
Dear Editor:
I want to tell you what a splendid service you are rendering the
Jewish people of Detroit through your series of articles on the work
of the Jewisib Community Council.
Because It is a body which democratically represents and serves
the entire Jewish community, it is absolutely necessary that every
Jew in Detroit should know about it and should know how the Coun-
cil works for him, and what he can do for the Council.
The series of articles that you have been publishing serves this
purpose magnificently. I want to congratulate you upon your initia-
five! and enterprise in planning and achieving this essential commun-
ity service.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) RABBI LEON FRAM.
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Party Sunday
On Wednesday, March 20, the
Detroit League of the National
}ionic for Jewish Children at Den-
ver will meet at the home of Mrs.
Oscar F. Grey„ 15484 Pennington
Drive at 1 p.m. Luncheon will be
served.
The University Group of the
Detroit Chapter of Hadassah Is
sponsoring a Sunday afternoon
Children's party for mothers and
their children at Webster Hall
at 1 p.m. Mr. Lou Handler will
act as master of ceremonies.
Dances, magician acts, prizes
and favors will comprise the en-
tertainment. Admission is $1.25 per
person, including lunch. Mrs. L.
Millman, UN. 1-4591, or Mrs. I
flaimi, UN. 1-55M, may be called
for reservations and tickets.
Mrs. Alfred Meyers and Mrs.
David Cooper declared that all
proceeds will go towards the Child
Welfare Fund.
Mrs. Louis P. Miller, a member
of the teaching staff of the De-
troit Public Schools, will be the
guest speaker.
Mrs. Leon M. Zechman, will
give a detailed report of the re-
cent convention of Auxiliaries af-
filiated with the National Home
at Denver, which was held in New
York City.
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Page Twenty-One
Yeshivath Chachmey Lublin Lives
As a Symol of Jewish, Faith
Food Committee
Seeks Quarters
The Yeshivath Chachmey Lub-
lin was formerly one of the out-
standing Seminaries of higher
Jewish learning in Europe, dis-
tinguished both by the number and
caliber of its student body and by
its brilliant direction under the
leadership of Rabbi Meyer Sha
piro, assisted by a faculty of out-
standing scholars. The founder of
this Rabbinical College, Rabbi
Shapiro, was an outstanding rab-
binical authority and his saintly
personality was recognized and
adored by the masses of European
Jewry. He was able in the short
span of ten years of existence of
the Seminary, to produce many of
the most talented and capable
leaders in Jewish life — whose
fame spread throughout all Eu-
rope.
When the European catastrophe
fell upon Poland and on the Sem-.
'nary the "Sturmer," a Nazi news-
paper read: "The Yeshivath Chach-
saes, Lublin, the fortress of inter-
national Jewry, has to be de-
stroyed by any means, and as
soon as possible." Der Faits her
Beaubachter of 'Sept. 18, 1939, re-
lates: "Finally we succeeded in
destroying the greatest Jewish
strategic position of international
value, the Rabbinical College of
Lublin in Lublin." An official state-
ment of the German Government
of June 5, 1943, tells us with sa-
distic joy that the big Jewish
library of Yeshivath Chachmey
Lublin was set afire publicly at
the market square of Lublin, in
the presence of high Nazi offi-
cials and a large crowd who en-
joyed heartily the destruction of
this great Jewish center, as well
as the Jewish bloodshed and tears
which followed the auto-de-fe pro-
cession. The building was subse-
quently occupied and became the
Gestapo headquarters and the fac-
ulty and students were driven
hundreds of miles from their
homes, being tortured and shot on
the way — so that many of them
perished and died the death of
martyrs. The city of Lublin itself
was made by the Nazis into a
Jewish settlement and then by a
process of systematic murder and
starvation, they transformed this
great spiritual metropolis into a
valley of tears.
The few students who managed
to escape fled surreptitiously
through woods and forests until
they succeeded to reach Vilna,
Lithuania. In spite of unbelievable
hardships JInd sufferings they re-
opened the Yeshivah Chachmey
Lublin. But this haven proved to
be temporary. The Nazi hordes
moved swiftly and the harassed
remnants of the students were
again forced to flee from the in-
vaders to Russia and from there
they managed to arrive in Kobe,
Japan. But here again they were
compelled to take the "wander-
staff" dile to the hostile attitude
of the Japanese government. Fi-
nally, they reached Shanghai, Chi-
na, where they reopened for the
second time, the gates of the To-
rah under the name of Yeshivath
Chachmey Lublin. To this very
day, the students have been ab-
sorbing Talmudic knowledge con-
tinuously in the sacred walls of
their Beth-Mcdresh, in this for-
saken corner of the world, even
though they were and still are
under indescribable ghastly condi-
tions.
Seeking new quarters from
which to carry on its project of
packing food and clothing for
overseas shipment, the Women's
Emergency Food Committee de-
clared recently that unless a place
was found within the month the
organization would be forced to
discontinue its activities. Persons
who might have a solution to this
problem are requested to call eith-
er Mrs. A. Weisberg, TO. 8-4421,
or Mrs. J. Brindze, TO. 6-6800.
The committee is planning a
shower and card party for March
31 at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg.
One of the more fortunate mem-
bers of this group of Bnai Torah
was Rabbi Moses Rothenberg. He
was one of the chosen students
of Rabbi M. Shapiro. At the age
of 17 he had already published his
first treatise on Talmud "Bicurai
Aviv." Rabbi El Silver, at that
time Pr'esident of the Union of
Orthodox Rabbis of the United
States and Canada, succeeded in
bringing Rabbi Moses Rothenberg
to America.
Shortly after Rabbi Rothen-
berg's arrival he began to fulfill
the everlasting sacred desire of
each of Rabbi Shapiro's students.
The revival of the Yeshivah In
its old glory as a permanent spir-
itual center of Jewish culture.
Today, after the help received by
the great , philanthropists, the late
Mr. and Mrs. S. Bookstein who
donated the generous sum of $25,-
000, the Board of Sponsors with
Mr. J. Soberman as president, the
Ladies Auxiliary, the Parochial
School Sisterhood, and many other
devoted friends, the quarter mil-
lion dollar building was acquired
for the rehabilitation of a Sem-
inary and began to function im-
mediately in complete accordance
with the spiritual standards of
the former Yeshivath Chachmey
Lublin, In Lublin.
The most important factors per-
taining to the great success of the
Seminary in Detroit, even In Its
short existence of four years, are
self-evident with the following
facts. Immediately upon the open-
ing of the Yeshivah, Rabbi Roth-
enberg, the Dean, and his faculty
perceived and recognized the im-
portance of a Parochial School
which would assure the future ex-
istence of our nation. Consequent-
ly, they organized the first char-
tered Hebrew Parochial School in
the State of Michigan with all
grades from the first year public
school up to and including the
graduating class of high school.
The students are provided with a
complete Hebrew and Secular ed-
ucation. The English curriculum
is identical to that of the city's
elementary and high school pro-
gram. All the subjects necessary
for entry to college are taught.
(Continued next week)
The Congregation Bnai Israel of
Pontiac, Mich., will hold its an-
nual Purim dinner dance, Sunday
evening, March 17, in the social
hall of the congregation.
Jewish Course
Attracts Many
Mishkan Israel Boys
Conduct Services
Under the sponsorship of Rabbi
Isaac Stollman, the Congregation
Mishkan Israel is maintaining a
congregation for boys of Bar
Mitzvah age and over, with reg-
ular Sabbath morning services.
The committee in charge of the
group consists of Messrs. Phillip
Stollman, Asher Berlin and M.
Manuel Merzon. With the excep-
tion of the Reader of the weekly
portion of the Torah, Isaac M.
Bronstein, the cantors, leaders and
gabbais are the boys.
The underlying purpose of this
project is to enable Bar Mitzvah
boys to continue contact with
their religious training so they
may more easily negotiate the
transition period leading to par-
ticipation in adult services.
A Purim party will be staged by
the group at the synagogue on
Saturday night, March 16, at
which time Sabbath Mincha serv-
ices, followed by the traditional
Third Meal, and the reading of
the Megillah will take place.
Founded at the beginning of this
year, the courses offered by the
Council of Jewish Schools for
youth who could not get a Jewish
education earlier in life have
found many enthusiasts in the De-
troit community„ and are still open
for persons over 15 years of age
who might want to join. Classes
are held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
every Sunday, at 1912 Taylor Ave.
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