America feat* Periodical eater Friday, March 15, 1946 945 CLIFTON AMU* - (Continued from Page 5) Expresses Appreciation Your " he fusee p Is ation Rose cling Mn.s Mrs, the pear nsor 'day, Bnai ikoff and 1 20, 01110 • DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle LETTER BOX wag New laded as a rascarnum 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. Home League To Hear Miller Sponsors Charity 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. The American Express Can Aid You With Your Special Passover Remittances Areas to which money can be sent have increased greatly in number and American Express serves them all. 29 of our pre-war offices are already in operation abroad. You can remit by mail, air-mail, or cable, at mod- erate cost and with the knowledge that American Express is reliable always and everywhere. This remittance service can be obtained at any American Express office, Railway Express offices and thousands of Sub-Agencies and Banks through- out the United States. Alum EXPRESS Foreign Remittances 1227 WASHINGTON BLVD. Detroit 26, Mich. 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. 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