DETROIT JEWISH . CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle POW' Detroit Jewish Chropicle:. ER0 LOX Arty ~ he LEdAL CHRONICLE published Weekly by Jewish Chuinicle ni Co., Inc., 525Woodward Ave., Detroit 26, Mich., CA 1040 SUBSCRIPTION: 0.00 Per Year, Single Copies, 10c; Foreign, $5.00 Per Year Post office at Detiolt, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879 '7 ntered as Second•clau matter March 3, 1916, at the GEORGE WEISWASSER; Editor-in-Chia Vol. 48, No. 41 A. W. &HAFER; Cr 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." . 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. • • 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. • • • 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. 111 - 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 `eN X.:--: SHUCK;;;; N OT A BURDEN v.. ."` Courtesy Aporociate Americo, h.