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GEORGE WEISWASSER; Editor-in-Chia
Vol. 48, No. 41
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AARON, Pub.' NATHAN KAUFMAN, Min, Ed.
'FRIDAY, DCTOBER11, 1946' (Tishri-16, 5707)
_Detroit 26, Michigan
FDR on Choosing Britain as Ally
An Encouraging Week
We recommend to the attention of our
readers Elliott Roosevelt's book, "As He
Saw It," in which he reports that his
father in measuring the war picture in
1942 held the highest hopes for victory
with the observation "God didn't intend
this world to be governed by the few."
FDR was determined to work toward
this goal in the postwar world, Elliott re-
veals in his book about the late President.
"When we've won the war," Roosevelt
told his son during the Casablanca Con-
ference, "I will work with all my might
and main to see to it that the United
States is not wheedled into the position of
accepting any plan that will further
France's imperialistic ambitions, or that
will aid or abet the British empire in its
imperial ambitions."
During this same meeting, Franklin D.
Roosevelt analyzed his views on the Brit-
ish for Elliott.
There have been three pieces of good
news on Palestine in the past week.
Far and away the most stirring was
that of the intrepid action of Chalutzim
bands who, under the very noses of the
British, occupied the Negev in one bold
stroke and set up 11 settlements.
"You see, what the British have done,
down through the centuries, historic-
ally, is the same thing. They've chosen
their allies wisely and well. They've
always been able to come out on top,
with the same reactionary grip on the
peoples of the world and' the markets
of the world, through every war they've
ever been in."
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Their courage and resourcefulness
brought a thrill of pride and admira-
tion to the whole Jewish world. The
operation can be compared only with
the magnificent spirit which spurred the
pioneers to conquer the American West.
The other two events were President
Truman's demand that Britain open Pal-
estine's doors and Gov. Dewey's unequi-
vocal support of the President.
Somehow, however, this does not ex-
cite us much. We shall wait to see
whether the President and Dewey mean
to implement their words with more
definite action after the November elec-
tions.
If the President is sincere, let him now
take strong diplomatic measures to force
Britain to live up to its treaty obligations
and to its promises before the world.
"Am I My Brother's Keeper?"
A recept news item on the Joint Dis-
"This time we're Britain's ally. And it's
right we should be." But the late Presi- tribution Committee has not been given
dent warned, "Great Britain signed the its due by the American Jewish Com-
Atlantic Charter. I hope they realize the munity.
United States Government means to make
The announcement said that the JDC,
them live ups to it."
in the first nine months of 1946, had ap-
propriated nearly $48,000,000 in helping
We had an example, last week, of Brit- . the
homeless and needy Jews who have
ain's reaction when FDR's successor asked
survived
Britain to live up to her pledged word the world. in war-stricken lands throughout
to the Jews on Palestine. Prime Minister
It is a commonplace that human dra-
Attlee almost had a fit and the British
press told President Truman "to mind ma and achievement often lie behind cold,
impersonal figures. Such is the case of this
his own business." '
item. For 31 years, the JDC has served
Britain is arrogant, selfish and• treach-
as the chief instrument of American
Jewry in bringing effective help to their
erous. She deserves the contempt of
distressed brothers overseas.
mankind because she is the kind of a
nation that would stab the United
States in the back if we were in her
way.
The United States cannot trust Britain.
Let us turn to other allies.
Slap Those 'Dialect Comics!'
So-called "dialectiticans" and Lapides
comics on the stage and over the radio
are not doing the Jewish people any
good. Let's not kid ourselves. When the
Gentile gets a good belly laugh out of a
Lapides joke, he isn't laughing WITH
Lapides, he is laughing AT him.
Every joke at the expense of the
Jew keeps anti-Semitism growing. A
broad-minded fellow who hates bigot-
ry, and discrimination gets a superiority
feeling despite himself, over a joke
about a Jew or a Negro or any other
minority
group which is the usual butt
•
of the joke.
On the next page, our columnist Phin-
eas Biron, points out a particularly ob-
noxious radio program which helps
spread a belief that all Jews speak with
accents and converse only on morrey_mat-
ters. It is "Can You Top This", which ap-
pears on Saturday nights and has, dis-
hearteningly enough, several Jews on the
program.
Get out your pens next Saturday night
and let the radio station now that you
object to the jokes and, what is better,
write to the spo'nsor that you' won't buy
a product boosted' by
program.
- Today, JDC is fulfillIni . the function
set for it by its founders, on a scale
, never before contemplated. Today, the
helping hand of the JDC reaches into
•practically every corner of Europe,
bringing assistance that spells the dif-
ference between despair and hope, be-
tween death and life.
The organization which American Jew-
ry has created is today the greatest volun-
teer relief body in the world. The amount
it has appropriated thus far in 1946 is
the greatest sum a voluntary agency has
provided in a similar period.
.In all this, American Jews can take
real pride. But they can be prouder still
that this organization, which receives its
help from every section of the Jewish
community, through the United Jewish
Appeal, in turn passes on help to every
section of the overseas Jewish community,
without partiality as to religious thinking
or political beliefs.
During the war years "Joint" spelled
hope to the Jews of Europe cut off from
all other help. In Poland for example,
JDC provided more than 2,500,000 pounds
of needed supplies this year alone.
As Poland typifies the tragic side of
Jewish life in Europe, France is an ex-
am'ple of a - Country on the road to re-
covery. Here Jews are picking up the
threads of normal living with help from
JDC in 'the form of loans, vocational
training and aid to community institutions.
Nearly a million - distressed Jews have
benefited from JDC activities. To those
who are being helped, the letters JDC
signify that the 'Jews of America have
not forgotten them. They answer "yes"
to the Biblical question, "Am I my bro-
ther's keeper?"
Friday, October 11, 1946
ORCHIDS TO ROTHSCHILD
has struck me quite differently,
however, when I read about it
here, in Rome.
Having to do• with the educa-
tional program of the AJDC in
Italy, I have a new and more di-
rect appreciation of the meaning
of Jewish education. Back home
there still was some sense to the t
discussion of the pros and cons
of Jewish education. Here, for the ,
thousands of refugees, Jews with.
out hyphenation, Jewish education
is a primary need.
Food, shelter, clothing, emigra-
tion—all these problems they share
with the thousands of other dis-
placed persons. But the need for
psychological rehabilitation and re-
acquisition of human dignity is In.
extricably bound up with the pro-
gram of a fundamental Jewish
education.
I wish I could somehow trans-
mit to our people back home the
urgent sense of priority with
which, I feel, the question of
Jewish education should be ap.
proached by everyone who has the
future of our children at heart.
I hope that the efforts on the
part of our professional and lay
leaders to arouse American Jewry
to the requirements of Jewish
training will meet with the re•
sponse they deserve.
Dear Editor:
Phil Rothschild's scintillating
column is the finest way I can
think of to keep us apprised of
the activities of the younger set.
Orchids to a fine columnist and
to a fine paper.
GABE GLANTZ
LIKED PAGES
Dear Editor:
Our lodge greatly enjoyed the
Bnai Brith pages of the holiday
edition of your paper. You are to
be commended for your interest
in our organization, and we are
gratefAl for your cooperation with
Bnal Brith.
Nettie Sherman Warshawsky
Corresponding Secretary
Detroit Lodge, Bnai Brith
EDUCATION IN ROME
Dear Editor:
I have just read about the in-
auguration of Jewish Education
Month. Similar periods, intended
to stimulate interest in Jewish
education at the beginning of the
school year, have been a familiar
pattern in Jewish community life
for the past few years. The thing
GERSHON GELBART,
JDC Representative in Rome
Food Customs Help to Unite Us,
Defense of Iiaygel a nd Lox Jews Says
(Continued x rom Page 3)
mon goal—their love for lox and
baygel?
1Vhere else, Mr. Editor, would
you find a common garb among
these divergent ideas and pro-
fessions and affiliations—all gen-
tlemen in baygel coats, all with-
out a shave, all without ties?
Lest there be any attempt to
invade this territory, I remind the
ladies that the institution of lox
and baygel is strictly a man's
field, not to be defiled by a mere
woman. Men and men only buy
the baygel and lox.
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A UNITING FORCE
AM PROUD TO BE a "lox
I and baygel" Jew. In fun and
seriously, foods play a uniting part
in all our lives. Not only do we
seek to marry people with back_
grounds like ours, we also seek
to marry men and women who
have always eaten the same foods.
I know a fine girl, a former
neighbor. My folks knew hers. We
went to school together. She is
now a matron, with two fine sons,
upstanding members of a junior
congregation. But I know now
why we didn't marry each other.
She liked corn meal and I hate
the stuff.
Mr. Editor, when you speak
of lox and baygel, you speak
also of herring with borsht,
kreplach, tzsimes, sponge cake,
Passover knedlach (small ones
and cannonballs), Salami and
eggs, gefilte fish, chopped her-
ring (with -of without apples),
chopped liver.
These things are part of my
heritage and yours too. These
things help tie me to the rest
of the Jews.
If you charge me with being a
belly Jew, I agree with you. Much
is needed beyond this—education,
religion, customs, language, goals.
But there is little that unites all
of us as do food customs. Don't
laugh at them; sing their praises.
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NARROW THINKING
A
BOYHOOD CHUM took me to
task the other day because my
son attends a reform Sunday
School. To my friend, there can
be no religious education other
than his, conservatism.
My friend is not an ignoramus.
He is a distinguished teacher. But
he reminds me of small town
Baptists in their narrowness. I can
start a fight very quickly between
"total" and "partial" immersion-
ists of that denomination, each
of whom believes the other has
no religion.
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My teacher friend thinks the
same of me. On that basic is-
sue, we are miles apart. But
when I meet him in the bakery
and delicatessen each Sunday
morning, each of us buying lox
and baygel, we are part of
common heritage.
So, Mr. Editor, as the son of a
baygel bender and a respected
bender to be sure, be careful what
you say about "lox and baygel" as
a force in Jewish life. Else Mr.
Mushkin, Mr. Mishkin, Dr. Shmu-
el Rasfinsky, Mr. George Bade
and I will fight you a baygel duel.
This is The Way to Look at It
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