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48, NO. 12
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A City-wide Rally of the Allied
yewish Appeal of Detroit will hear
two prominent experts on the em-
ergeney problems of Jewish sur-
vivors overseas when Rabbi Jo-
seph Lookstein, New York leader
who recently returned from Eu-
rope, and Louis Sobel, assistant
secretary of the Joint Distribution
Committee, just back from South
.
torney
minces
ces at
e will
:ice of
America, speak at 2 p.m., Sunday,
March 24, at Central High School,
Linwood and Tuxedo.
Rabbi Lookstein will make his
first public report at the rally
since his return from a seven-
month survey of conditions in Eu-
rope for the. Jewish Welfare
Board, according to David J. Co-
hen. president of Congregation
Beth David and chairman of the
praesidium of the Organizations
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4 11adassah's Gift
Thirds $250,000
NEW YORK (JTA)—A gift of
1250,000 was cabled this week by
Hadassah to the youth immigra-
hon department of the Jewish
Agency for the maintenance and
education of Jewish refugee chil-
dren being brought to Palestine
from various European countries.
The gift, made in honor of the
nation-wide Purim observance of
the 34th anniversary of the found-
ing of Hadassah, brings the or-
eization's contribution for child
sielfare in Palestine to a total of
1155.000 since the beginning of the
year. The society is pledged to do-
nate $1,000,000 for child rehabili-
tation in Palestine by the end of
this September.
1?ecord Omits
Alufti-Nazi Link
By Gerold Frank
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Wise Charges
Columbia U. as
Being Prejudiced
Division. Hyman J. Adler, cantor
of Congregation Beth David, will
take part in the program.
Rabbi Lookstein, distinguished
Orthodox Jewish leader, returned
recently from an extended inspec-
tion tour of the displaced persons
.enters in Germany and Austria.
There, with the cooperation of
high Army officers, he visited 15
camps, spoke to thousands of dis-
placed Jewish persons, officiated al -
a mass Bar-Mitzvah of fourteen
refugee children In Berlin and
officiated at the Brith of the first
male child born in Berlin since
the liberation.
A gifted preacher and orator, he
has been for the past sixteen
years spiritual leader of the prom-
inent Congregation Kehilath Jo-
shurun in New York' City and
Associate Professor of Homiletics
and Jewish Sociology at Yeshiva
College.
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NEW YORK (JTA)--Dr. Ste-
phen S. Wise, president of the
American Jewish Congress, has
charged Columbia University with
violation of the anti-descrimina-
tion clause of the state tax law in
an application filed with the New
York City Tax Commissioner to
camel the University's tax ex-
emption.
Dr. Wise, suing both as a tax-
payer and as chief executive of
the Congress, said, "an institution
claiming to be nonsectarian, whims
selects students not solely and ex-
clusively because of their intel-
lectual ability and moral charac-
ter, but for the avowed purpose
of serving racial or religious prej-
udices, does not devote its prop-
erty exclusively to educational
purposes and is not an educational
institution within the meaning of
the tax law."
JERUSALEM (JTA)---In an ap-
parent attempt to shield the ex-
alufti of Jerusalem, the steno-
Tari phic record of the Anglo-
American inquiry committee's
hearings has omitted a remark by
Atini Bey Abdul Hadi, Arab IIgh-
er rnmrnittee spokesman, to the
effect that the Mufti cooperated
with the Nazis because he thought
they might win. The omission was
noted when the official record of
last Tuesday's hearings was made
publit .
Towards the end of last Tues-
day's hearings, Richard Grossman,
one of the British members, con-
40.
id Abdul Hadi with a photo-
of the Mufti in the act of
" Moslem S. S. troops, and
, . him for some explanation
. comment. Abdul Hadi -said:
'The Mufti was only trying to
make a deal in case Germany won
the war."
Although this remark and a fur-
ther exchange between Abdul
Hadi and Grossman was passed by
the censor and published in the
local press. the record omits the
episode with the explanation: "At
this point the witness dispensed
with the services of the interpre-
ter and, unfortunately, the (court)
reporter could not make a con-
tinuous record."
Council Will Report on Conference;
Sobeloff to Discuss UJA Needs
In a final reminder to all organizational delegates,
Aaron Droock, president of the Jewish Community Coun-
cil, urged a maximum attendance at the ,,regular dele-
gates conferenc e this Monday evening, March 25 at the
Jewish Community Center Auditorium.
The agenda for this meeting will include a report on
the recent sessions of the
American Jewish Confer- an appeal from the Jewish Peo-
ples Fraternal Order of the Inter-
ence which were held in national
Workers Order, whose
Cleveland in the middle of Feb-
ruary. Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich,
Rabbi Leon Fram, Judge Charles
Rubiner, Mr.„Irving Schlussel and
Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter, who
attended the Conference sessions
as Detroit's delegates, have been
invited to give brief reports on
the discussions and decisions of
the Conference. The Community
Council delegates will be asked to
take action upon the recommen-
dations which were adopted by the
Conference concerning the future
organization of American-Jewish
life.
Part of the evening's meeting
will be made available to the
1946 Allied Jewish Campaign. Isi-
dore Sobeloff, executive director
of the Campaign, will discuss the
needs to be covered by the United
Jewish Appeal in 1946. He will
outline the manner in which indi-
viduals and organizations will be
called upon to help with their time
and money in this emergency
campaign.
In addition to these items, the
Council delegates will also discuss
application for membership in the
Community Council has been re-
jected by the Executive Commit-
tee. Delegates will vote on sustain-
ing or rejecting the action of the
Executive Committee.
Delegates will be required to
show their Delegates' Cards in or-
der to qualify for voting which
will be by secret ballot.
In his final reminder of the
meeting, Mr. Droock emphasizes
that the meeting will begin at 8:30
p.m., and that there will be no
attempt to wait for latecomers.
Delegates particularly are urged
to come on time in order to be
seated. The community at large is )
invited to hear the report on the
American Jewish Conference.
Three Testify in
Syria; Present
Non-Zionist View
DAMASCUS (JTA) — Amid re-
ports that a high Syrian Govern-
ment official met with Jewish
community leaders last week and
instructed them as to what they
might and might not say, three
Jewish representatives testified
FRANKFURT (JTA ) -Celebrat- here before the Anglo-American
of Inquiry on Pales-
ing their first Purim -since libera- Committee
tine.
tion, the Jews of Germany at-
tended the rending of the Megillah
Each made a hasty one-minute
in Jewish DP centers and in the speech, the substance of which
few remaining synagogues.
was that "We are Syrians, like
At the Zeilsheim DP camp near every other Syrian. We enjoy fu:1
here the ceremony was held in freedom. We are prosperous and
the camp's public square, in front well treated. We have no relation-
of the brick monument commem- ship whatsoever with the Zionist
orating the 6,000,000 murdered movement."
Jetalf of Europe. with floodlights
Chairman Joseph Hutcheson re-
illuminating the scene.
marked admiringly: "You Syrians
A series of parties and dances certainly are brief. Thank you. Is
also marked the holiday. Sidney there anything else you would
Flatow', welfare director at Zell- like to say?" The three Jewish
sheina who was formerly the ex-
spokesmen—David Totah, Sabri
ecutive director of a Jewish cen-
ter in New York, organized a chil- Kignado and Dr. David Pinto--
dren's party, and a dinner-dance :.hook their heads negatively and,
at which children presented the obviously relieved, hurried back to
story of Esther. Hawn Taschen, their seats.
candy and almonds were distrib-
It is quite apparent that Jewish
uted. The Jewish community leaders here are so fearful of the
councils of Frankfurt and Berlin
position of the Jews and so
also had children's parties.
frightened regarding reactions to
The Berlin community arranged
a reception attended by 2.000 per- anything they might say or do,
sons, Including representatives of that they are unwilling even to
the four occupation powers. Here, be seen in the presence of mem-
also, children depicted the story bers of the inquiry committee or
of Esther.
representatives of the press.
German Jews
Celebrate Purim
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Zionists Open Drive for
Members, Hear Journalist
Dr. Frank D. Fackenthal, acting
He is a founder and principal president of Columbia University,
of the Hebrew Teachers Training asked to comment on Dr. Wise's
School for Girls and the organizer charges, said: "There is no such
discriminatory practice at the
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university."
RABBI JOSEPH LOOKSTEIN
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and The Legal Chronicle
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1946
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Lookstein, Sobel March 24
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CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
At a great meeting held in th 3
Synagogue auditorium of Shaare y
Zedek Thursday night, March 14
the Zionist Organization of De
troit opened a great drive for Zi
onist membership. The drive i ;
nation-wide, and is aimed at a
goal of a half million members
for the Zionist Organization of
America.
The objectives of the drive were
stated in the opening remarks of
Rabbi Leon Fram, President of
the Zionist Organization of De-
troit. "The British Government,"
said Rabbi Fram, "has, publicly
and deliberately sought to create
the impression that there is a dis-
tinction between Zionists and
Jews. The enemies of a Jewish
Commonwealth in Palestine are
making the claim that the Jewish
people as a whole is 'Indifferent
to a Jewish Homeland and that
'the Zionists are merely a vocif-
erous minority. This is untrue and
it must be proven untrue. 'rho
only way to prove that a Jewish
State in Palestine is the expres-
sion of the will of the Jewish peo-
ple as a whole Is to be able to
show an overwhelmingly large
membership In the Zionist Or-
ganization."
Rabbi Fram then introduced
the new chairman of the mem-
bership campaign, Dr. Philip E.
Lachman, a returned veteran. Dr.
Lachman described his compre-
hensive plans for enrolling 10,000
Detroit Jews as members of the
Zionist Organization. He appealed
especially to other returning vet-
erans to conic to the aid of their
people.
ing with the Zionist Office 1044
I‘enobscot Bldg., CHerry 6559.
The principal speaker of the
evening was the famous journal-
ist and author, Pierre Van Paas-
sen, who delivered a stirring ad-
dress on the situation in Pales-
tine. "As a Christian," he said, "I
endorse Rabbi Fram's statement
that it is absolutely necessary for
the Jews of America to demon-
strate that the Zionists and the
Jewish people are one and insep-
arable. Every American Jew must
register his demand that the
White Paper be rescinded, un-
linfited immigration be allowed,
and a Jewish Commonwealth be
established in Palestine. Member-
ship in the Zionist Organization Is
the only way in which you can
register your will so that it is un-
derstood by the British Govern-
ment in London, by the State De-
partment in Washington and by
Dr. Lachman appealed for work-
ers to cover every Jewish meet-
ing, to appeal for enrollments over
the telephone and to go from
house to house asking Jews of De-
troit to register In behalf of a
refuge and a home for their strick-
en brethren. He asked workers to
enroll themselves by communicat-
PIERRE VAN PAASSEN
the United Nations Organization
in New York."
Two thousand ' people filled the
Shaarey Zedek Synagogue and
many enrolled as members
of the Zionist Organization before
they left the auditorium.
Herzog Confers
With Vatican
Germans Incite
Czech Outbursts
ROME (JTA) -- Chief Rabbi
Isaac Herzog of Palestine called
on the Vatican for the second
time this week, to discuss the
problem of Jewish children wno
are still in the custody of Catholic
institutions, where they were
placed for shelter during the Nazi
occupation. Rabbi Herzog saw
Luigi Cardinal Maglione, Papal
Secretary of State.
Later, he left for British mili-
tary headquarters at Caserta
where he will visit Jewish units
from Palestine. He will also tour
refugee camps in southern Italy.
He was accompanied by four
American and British chaplains.
PRAGUE, (JTA) —Posters de-
manding "Jews, Get Out" and
"Jews, Go to Palestine," appeared
this week In the Kesmarok dis-
trict of Slovakia.
Police, who removed the posters,
were told that several weeks ago
Germans living in the district at-
tempted to incite reactionary Slo-
vaks to attack Jews. Their plot
was thwarted by Czech soldiers
who notified the local Jewish com-
munity council. Most of the Kea-
marok Jews wish to emigrate, be-
cause of the anti-Semitic agitation
in the area.
Will Maintain
Jewish Centers
.
Herzog, Heller
Laud Hamizrachi
Chief Rabbi Herzog, of Pales-
tine, and Dr. James G. Heller,
who recently visited Palestine, re-
ported recently that the work
being done by the Hapoel Hamiz-
rachi has been instrumental in re-
habilitating the homeless and des-
titute orphans in that country.
Contributions made lately to the
organization include Samuel Fox,
Lansing, $800: Myron Stein, $300;
David Iloradoker Juniors, $24):
Friendly Circle, $240 and Friend-
ly Unit, $240.
Members of the Child Rescue
Fund' are preparing for a Purim
Party to be held at 8:30 pin
Saturday, March 23, at the home
of Mrs. Hy Cohen and Mrs. Lee
Gladstone, 4045 Buena Vista.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Al-
though most displaced persons
camps in the United States zones
in Germany and Austria will be
closed some time between August
1 and September 1, the centers for
the 8,000 to 100,000 "persecuted
persons" will be maintained, See-
retary of State Byrnes announced
at his press conference.
Face Food Cut
LONDON (JTA)--The Briti35
section of the Allied Control Com-
mission for Germany has an-
nounced a cut in food rations for
displaced persons in the British
zone.
The annpuncement declared that
displaced persons, however, would
continue to receive larger rations
than the Germans. A twelve per-
cent reduction in the amount if
bread, flour, and potatoes supplied
to the camps will be put Into ef-
fect
shortly. The military govern-
JERUSALEM (JTA) The Pal-
estine Government has announced ment said that the measure was
the allocation of 1.600 immigra- taken "reluctantly."
tion certificates for the period
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