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Vol. 48, No. 25
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1946 (SIVAN, 22, 57961
Detroit 26, Michigan
Where Is the Orach?
Well Done
The Fifth Annual Dinner and Meeting
of Temple Israel which celebrated the
Jubilee Year of Rabbi Leon Fram was an
expression of felicitation and congratu-
lation to a preacher and teacher who is
well deserving of the plaudits and grati-
tude of his community.
Religion is divided into three separate
and distinct parts. There is the part de-
voted to ritual, prayers, services, holidays,
customs and the like. Then there is the
part devoted to philosophy, the relation-
ship between human beings and the One
they worship, the tie between man and
his God. Last but definitely not least,
there is the field of ethics, the science of
moral duty, the science of the ideal hu-
man character, the understanding and
practice of how to live a good life.
Ritual and philosophy have long been
left alone in the hands of religious lead-
ers. They are too abstruse for the ordin-
ary layman and, important as these are,
they are well left alone to the preacher.
In the field of human practice, how-
ever, it is of the utmost importance that
all the forces of religion be turned in the
direction of the better life, the finer life,
the life that leads ultimately to the bro-
therhood of man.
It is here that Rabbi Fram has given
of his very best to the community and
the community is grateful. His work on
the Community Relations Committee of
a l
the Community Council, the presidency
of the Zionist Organization of Detroit,
the Committee on Schools of the Na-
tional Commission on Jewish Education
and his eminence in the work of the
Detroit Round Table of Catholics, Jews
and Protestants need not be further
outlined.
In the name of the entire community,
outlined. This work is too well known
we felicitate Rabbi Fram and accord him
deserved honor. To him we say, "Well
done, thou true and faithful servant. Well
(lone."
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Editor-in-Chief, LOUIS W. ENFIELD
Seemingy lost to the Jewish home is the
lovely custom of bringing home an
"Orach," a Sabbath guest, from the syna-
gogue on Friday night. A generation ago
in this country and from time immemorial
in Europe, it was the custom of those who
went to the synagogue to welcome any
stranger to the city into ther homes.
Hospitality of this sort was so com-
mon that a Jew had no worries if he
should be alone in a strange city for
the weekend. Most people in this city,
particularly the families of pious Jews,
can well remember how the head of the
family brought the Orach home for the-
Sabbath meals.
The custom is gone 110W. In the syna-
gogue, attendance is so light that no one
knows who the stranger is. Pedple who
travel today are people of at least some
means and do not have to rely on chance
charity, however warmhearted.
It is unfortunate that the custom has
died out. It was a real training in hos-
pitality for the children of the family. It
gave all Jews a sense of responsibility for
each other. A new generation is growing
up to whom the Orach, the Sabbath guest
is a complete stranger. And one more
function of the synagogue is no more.
And The Time Is Now
Eliezer Shostak who spoke here some
days ago under the auspices of the New
Zionist Organization, put matters very
bluntly in evaluating the position of the
Jews in Palestine and the kind of aid they
might expect from the British. •
"On one side of us," he said, "there is
the sea. On the other side are the Arabs.
We could cope with the Arabs were it not
for the constant interference of the Brit-
ish who egg the Arabs on. Those Arabs
who are enemies are not Palestinians.
The British are our enemies. It is time for
Jews to fight back, not attempt to ap 7
pease England."
Shostak puts the matter bluntly but the
time calls for bluntness. All these dreary
months have dragged by since the Anglo-
American Inquiry Commission was called
into being. Jews everywhere charged that
this was merely another delaying tactic
and how right they were.
Only the Jew can help his people. If
he will not do it, then nobody will. Six
million Jews were slaughtered and the
world looked on. The war is long over
but no attempt is being made to restore
to the pitiful remnant of Jewry any
part of what is rightfully theirs.
Confronted with the horror of what
happened to the Jews, the world chick::
sympathetically—and remains silent. In
the face of imperialist British foreign
policy, Jewry can expect nothing. Liter-
ally nothing.
There is only one solution. Britain
We
must get out of Palestine. Out!
no
more
appeasing.
We
attempt
must
must make no more glean. The time has
come for demands, fighting demands.
And the place is not in the councils of
Britain but in the halls of the United
Nations.
21, 1946
Personal Problems
Detroit Jewish Chronicle
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Friday, June
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
The Mental Condition of the Returning
Veteran
husband
has
been
overseas
for two years. Ile expects to
"my
be discharged soon. Ile was home when the baby was born. NVe
missed him very much but his letters made up for some of our
months there seems to be a change
loneliness. In the past several
I have read that
in him, his letters sound restless and doubtful:
many of the servicemen are coming home nervous and shaky.
I am really worried about isim."-111rs. II.E.
The professional gloom-spreaders have had a field (lay these past
several years talking about "nervous veterans." They have pictured
every serviceman as jumpy, irresponsible and some large number as
insane.
Nothing is further from the truth, nothing more libellous. A small
number of the returning servicemen may be so afflicted but they are
few and far between. Most of the men will come back and have come
back generally the same individuals who left their homes.
Perhaps it would be helpful to understanding what has happened
if We trace back the mobilization period, when the boys left civilian
life for the training camps. A few men spent their last civilian hours
in wild parties. Most men did otherwise. They spent these hours with
their families in serious discussion, They spent time in prayer.
A few men, When they received induction notices, sold their busi-
nesses, gave up their jobs and their homes. Most men waited until
after the examination before taking any drastic action. Some of the
hasty men had to backwater on the job, or the apartment.
The Training Period
Every serviceman fought his way through a strenuous period of
physical training. They were subjected to the same discomforts of
mud, rain, heat as they might expect in battle. They were hardened to
combat duty, to the exclusion of everything else.
During combat, during overseas duty, under battle, throughout
the total army experience up to the end of the war, the only thought
was to win the war. The successful soldier or sailor was geared to a
single aim.
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Keeping the Faith
In a nearby town, a movement is going
on to remove from office a minister who
preached a sermon calling for an end to
racial discrimination. The board of trus-
tees of the church have voted over-
whelmingly for a change.
What a travesty on religion is indicated
here! If a church has one function before
all others, it is to teach kindliness and
love for all human beings. Yet the trus-
tees are demanding a philosophy of
hatred in their religion.
It would have been far better if those
trustees had voted to burn down their
church and cut themselves off from
worship altogether. They are blind to
the fundamental dictates of their reli-
gion. They have lost their way and
have gone far afield.
Fortunate it is that the bishop who has
the final decision has rebuked these infi-
dels with all the strength in his power.
That the trustees should have succeeded
in their evil would have been monstrous.
Appearance Is Important
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EMERGENCY FOOD COLLECTION
Dear Editor:
In accepting Secretary Henry Wallace's appointment as Chair-
man of the Foreign Language Press Division of the Emergency Food
Collection, I said: "Millions of our fellow human beings overseas are
desperately hungry. Food was very scarce in every war-ravaged lan , l
even before the drought and crop failures throughout Europe and Asia.
But now the shortages are far worse. Thousands are dying every day.
but many can he saved if every American helps all he possibly c ar,
in this critical time of need."
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For years and years we have heard the
charge that when Jews "invade" a neigh-
borhood it straightway becomes run
down. The charge is not true. For every
neighborhood where Jews formerly lived
which is now a slum area, half a dozen
can be found in which Jews never lived
which is in equally bad condition.
Neighborhoods run down because they
get old. As the houses begin to decay, a
type of population enters which is in a
lower economic level. The new people
are not, as a rule, owners and as renters,
do not take the same pride as owners in
the appearance of their homes. The whole
area then begins to sag.
It is important then that Jewish neigh-
borhoods be particularly bright. Lawns
must be kept up. Repairs must be made
in time. Painting must be done and, above
all, each place must be clean.
Leatiers in each neighborhood must
take upon themselves the enforcement of
such a campaign. Every block should have
its own committee to handle the appear-
ance of the properties therein. Owners
who are neglectful should be reminded.
Sums of money, perhaps only pennies
from each households should be gathered.
From these sums, men should be hired
to water lawns and trim the grass and
I do minor repairs where the householders
cannot give the time themselves.
In Jewish neighborhoods, this is an ab-
I
solute necessity. So look about you. If
you are an offender, reform your neigh-
, bor to set the proper pattern.
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