Friday, September 27, 1946
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Page Fifteen
which found no substantiation of
the welder's charges to the union.
branch had reachod Santo Do- walked through a forest of
Other Jewish employees in the
mingo.
crosses and reached the extrema
plant were interviewed, None
Suddenly Mr. Lopez interrupted western end. "Here It is," my
ENRIQUE
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could recall a single instance of
somewhat confused because of the himself. "Come along," he said, guide said. "See the crumbling old
discrimination or prejudice of any
The writer is serving as rabbi many pictures of the Virgin and and took his hat. Then he led me wall? This was the border of the
kind. Next, the Commission's rep_ in Ciudad Trujillo, San Domin- Jesus on the walls. His face grew to the Municipal Cemetery. We ancient Jewish cemetery. Now pay
resentative talked to the man's go. In the following article he solemn, the fine, wise smile dis-
foreman, his shop steward, and reveals the interesting and little appeared; with infinite pride he
fellow employees in the same de- known story of what happened said: 'Si, senor, soy hebreo."
partment. All testified that his to the early Sephardic settlers (Yes, sir, I am Hebrew).
Le Shono Tovo Tikosevu—A Happy New Year
work had been careless and that in that island.
This was indeed different from
a number of his jobs had had to
what we were accustomed to. In
be re.welded because of poor
Europe our people were mention.
It was In a refresco—a cafe— ed only in an insulting manner.
•sorkmanship.
in Ciudad Trujillo. The year was Here things were changed, these
, Before the claim was finally
1940. My wife and I, both German people were proud of belonging
jismissed the investigator had
made 18 interviews and, in each Jews, had just escaped the Nazi to the Hebrew "race," and al-
Instance, reported his findings to hangman and come to the hospi- though converted, they didn't try
table Dominican Republic. We to conceal it. My curiosity as a
the commissioner in charge. The
were sipping champola, a Domini- historian awoke, and my new Do-
employer had been protected, his
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name as a man fair to labor was
European-looking gentleman ad- satisfy it. He began to rummage
unblemished by the attempt of
dressed us: "You are Jews, aren't in the drawers of his desk, look
one who had been legitimately
you?" We were startled and ing for family docunfents. There
dismissed.
looked at him suspiciously. Was were chronicl e s, geneological
But these are just individual he going to insult us, would the
charts, photostats, all showing his
cases and, although they help In attacks nowhere come to an paternal branch
as an authenti-
a small way to rid the state of end? "I would like to know if you
cally Sephardic family. The docu-
discriminatory employment prac- are Jews," he insisted. Well, we ments traced the
long migration
tices, they do not cover a sufli- were in a free country, with noth-
of the Spanish Jews, from Spain
s deafly broad field to spread thor- ing to fear. "Yes, why?" I snap-
to Portugal, from Portugal to
oughly the doctrine of anti-dis- ped. And he, with a proud ges. Turkey or France, then to the
crimination to everyone. The ture, said: "I am a Jew; si, se- Netherlands, from there to the
present law forbids us to delve nor, I am a Jew, too."
West Indian colonies, mostly to
into or prosecute cases involving
Curacao, from where a small
He
invited
us
to
have
another
social clubs, fraternal, charitable,
educational, or religious organiza- drink. So we sat down and he be-
tions not organized for private gan to talk. "We are Cathorres
profit. Yet, in looking into certain now, but in my home every Fri- GREETINGS
complaints, we have found preju- day evening there are Sabbath
dicial practices in some such in- candles and Sabbath breads on
CONTINENTAL
the table. Naturally, my family
stitutions.
doesn't
know
exactly
why,
but
I
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established educational systems, was interesting indeed. I had al-
any legitimate means of publicity ready seen such Jewish names as
Season's Greetings and
and propaganda, and our own lo- Cohen or Leon on the signs in
Best Wishes
the
streets,
but
I
thought
these
cal councils to bring to the peo-
ple of New York State a knowl- were maranos, converted Jews
CITY
edge of the problems of discrimi- from Columbus' time. "How are
nation and how they are to be things with the Jews here?" I
MESSENGER
asked. "You should go and see
dealt with.
Mr.
Lopez,"
our
new
friend
told
Until the day arrives when dis-
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