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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and The Legal Chronicle
SECTION TWO
Vol. 48, No. 51
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1946
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Welfare Bodies
to Gather Jan. 31
South American
Havens Open Up
Federation Assembly
to Set 1947 Policies
Admission Prospects
of Many DP's Rises
NEW YORK. — Anti-Semitic
The 1947 general assembly of
the Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds will be held
from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 at the
Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic
City, Stanley C. Myers, council
president announced.
The general assembly, an out-
standing annual event in Ameri-
can Jewish affairs, is a delegate
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body of Jewish community lead-
ers selected by federations, wel-
fare funds, and community coun-
cils to represent their agencies in
the national Council and to de-
cide on its programs and policies.
In addition the assembly provides
for the exchange of views on
problems of major interest to Jew-
ish communities in the United
States and Canada.
Among the subjects which the
program committee has under con-
sideration are the basic problems,
purposes and structure of Jewish
community organization; a com-
prehensive analysis of Jewish
needs and programs in Europe
and Palestine; fund-raising and
budgeting for 1947 local, national
and overseas needs, both current
and capital; major trends in Jew-
ish cultural life; community rela-
tions and civic protection activi-
ties, national and local; proposals
for establishing colleges, univer-
sities and professional schools un-
der Jewish auspices, and current
trends in Jewish social services,
including programs for the aged,
youth, children, the needy and
the chronically ill.
"It is already clear that our
1947 meeting of community lead-
ers from every part of the United
States and Canada will be con-
fronted by domestic wid world
events of deep concern to all of
us," Myers said.
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"Therefore, a program is being
built upon the major interests of
our communities. It will deal with
the subjects they want to con-
sider, and there will be full oppor-
tunity for discussion by their re-
presentatives."
The Council of Jewish Feder-
ations and Welfare Funds is a
cooperative association of 266 fed-
erations, welfare funds and com-
munity councils in 236 cities
which account for over 90 per-
cent of the Jewish population of
the United States and Canada.
Bulgaria's Jews
Survive Nazis
SOFIA, Bulgaria (WINS) — The
only country in Europe where all
the Jews were saved and were
lucky enough to see final victory
was Bulgaria, it was revealed in
a memorandum prepared by the
Central Jewish Consistory.
This memorandum, dealing with
Bulgarian treatment of the Jews
was addressed to the Big Four
powers with the aim of influencing
them In their discussion of the
peace treaty with Bulgaria.
"Bulgaria was one of the first
countries in Europe where anti-
Semitism was declared a crime
under the laws of the country."
The memorandum stated. "All
property taken from the Jews
during the Fascist regime has•been
returned to the rightful owners.
Special loans have been granted
to the Jews who suffered under
the fascists.
"All Jews in Bulgaria enjoy the
help of the government. It is un-
true that the present government
Is making any difficulties for Jews
desiring to leave the country.
"Before the German occupation
of Bulgaria, the Jews in the coun-
try numbered 47,000," the memo-
randum stated. "Today there are
49,815 not counting the inflow
from abroad."
activity and sentiment in Latin
American countries have dimin-
ished recently and there is a dis-
tinct possibility that limited num-
bers of Jewish displaced persons
may gain admission into several
South American countries, accord-
ing to Maximo G. Yagupsky, re-
presentative of the foreign affairs
department of the American Jew-
ish Committee, recently returned
from a two-months tour of Cen-
tral and South America.
During his travels, he surveyed
the situation of Jewish communi-
ties, established contact with lead-
ing personalities, both Jewish and
non-Jewish, and conferred with
them about the best methods to
counteract anti-Jewish prejudices.
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`The Protecting Light', a Story
of Chanukah for Young and Old
Her childish brows creased in con- out of work. Summer came and
summer went, the gentle autumn
winds changed to biting, blistering
gales. Snow fell and covered the
countryside with its white, soft
and her shrill voice blurted out:
"Seide, why do you burn that blanket. I was hungry and cold,
so I set out to seek my fortune.
white candle too?"
The old man fumbled in the I wandered over hill and dale,
pocket of his black, silk kaftan, barren hamlets and little villages
pulled out a worn greyish hand- and nowhere could I find work.
kerchief and polished the glass of SNOW, HAIL FALL
"One night as I walked along
his gold-rimmed spectacles.
"That Mashele — that, kind the deserted country road the sky
meins, is a long, long story. Nu, began to darken. In a matter of
seconds the heavens broke apart
you want to hear?"
Marsha shook her head exuber- and with unceasing fury poured
antly up and down and nestled piercing hail, chilling snow upon
the unsuspecting earth.
back to better enjoy the tale.
"I began to run. But where?
"It happened many years ago,
in the old country, when I was a There wasn't a house for miles
young man. My parents were around. The snow kept getting
dead. My brothers and sisters had deeper. The air kept getting cold-
left for America. I was poor and er. I stumbled, fell, picked my-
self up and ran on. The sweat
trickled down my back. My weary
legs refused to budge. Night
came. I grew panicky, wander-
ed in circles.
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"Again I stumbled and the snow
felt like an eiderdown blanket. I
wrapped myself in it, buried my
face in it. I gave myself up to
the quieting, ,healing power of
rest.
SAW LIGHT OF HOPE
"But something within me warn-
ed me, urged me to keep moving.
To lie there meant to die. IIeav-
ily I managed to drag myself out
of this enticing warmth, to crawl
slowly on and on. . . .
"Then out of the darkness I
saw the faint flickering of a light.
With renewed courage and added
vigor I managed to stand up. I
half ran, half walked toward the
light. The light grew brighter. I
could discern the black outline of
a house. Ten more steps and I
Above Is Lt. Frances V. Stanger, could see the gate. Five more
Boston Jewish girl and the first steps .. . three . .. one . . . I
U. S. nurse killed in the Eu- slumped against the oak door with
centration. Her trusting eyes ac-
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LIBBY LAZARSON ZARITSKY quired a questioning look. Her
YOM TOV," Marsha full lips contracted in amazement
" squealed as she bounded
through the open door into the
arms of her grandfather. The
rest of the family, more reticent
in expressing their holiday spirits,
trooped gaily into the small,
cramped apartment.
The greeting over, the over-
coats put away, the family settled
back comfortably to enjoy the
Chanukah celebration together.
From the kitchen came the frag-
rant aroma of frying latkes. From
the bedroom came the .pleasant
click-click of spinning dreidlach.
And in the living room the eight
golden candles of the Menorah
burned crisply and cast shimmer-
ing reflections on the faces of the
old man and the little Marsha,
who lay curled up in his lap.
Marsha squirmed. She put her
chubby arms about his neck, cud-
dled up a little closer.
"Grandpa, tell me a story."
STORY OF CHANUKAH
The old man raised his head
and looked lovingly into her ocean-
blue eyes. "Mashinka, the story
of Chanukah?" Without waiting
for a reply his tired voice droned
out the story of the Maccabees,
the struggle of the Jewish people,
the victory over the Syrians and
the reconquest of the Temple.
—"And when the Jews re-enter-
er the Temple they sought to re-
light the 'ner tomid', whose flame
should never be extinguished. But
they found only enough oil to last
one day. God, blessed be his
name, did not desert his chosen
people even in time of success and
the holy light burned for eight
days and nights. That's why we
burn the eight candles of the
Menorah on Chanukah, one for
each day of the miracle."
BURNS WHITE CANDLE
Marsha looked at the small,
golden, flickering candles. Then
her gaze- fell upon the white, un-
shapely mass of tallow glimmer-
ing dimly in front of the window.
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has contributed $2,000 to the na- was dragged inside.
"The innkeeper, for it was an
tionwide campaign for the erec-
tion of a national Nurses Me- inn that God had sent me to, and
morial Home In Washington.
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migration on a large scale are not
too bright, some countries, par-
ticularly Brazil, may very likely
become a haven for a portion of
the refugees. Argentina, how-
ever, remains a .stronghold of anti-
Semitism and its present director
of immigration, Dr. Santiago Per-
alta, with avowed Nazi sympa-
thies, has committed himself to a
policy which bars Jews from the
country.
While political and social anti-
Semitism has decreased generally
in Latin American countries, there
are still strong anti-Jewish cur-
rents rooted in religious preju-
dice which find their most forc-
ible expression among writers and
university students in Argentina
and in Central America, notably
Costa Rica.
PRESIDENT FRIENDLY
In the latter country, these
found expression in physical as-
saults and the publication of a
newspaper, edited by Atilio Ulate,
professional hate-monger and per-
petrator of race dissension. How-
ever, Teodoro Picado, president of
Costa Rica, in a personal inter-
view with the American Jewish
Committee representative, denoun-
ced anti-Semitism and requested
the aid of the Committee in
stamping out the movement in his
country.
While making numerous public
appearances throughout Latin
America to acquaint audiences
with the work of the American
Jewish Committee, Yagupsky
found everywhere thriving, heal-
thy and alert Jewish communities
and great sympathy with Ameri-
can Jewish Committee activities
and policies, particularly its posi-
tion on Palestine as enunciated by
Judge Joseph M. Proskauer in his
testimony before the Anglo-Amer-
ican Committee of Inquiry.
4,000 Refugees Seek
to Enter Australia
SIIANGHAIL, China—The HIAS
(Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid Society) in this city has com-
pleted registration of some 4,000
Jewish refugees who hope to im-
migrate to Australia.
In the last eight months, HIAS
was able to obtain 500 Austrian
permits, as well as 78 permits for
South American countries for Jews
in Shanghai. In the same period,
HIAS here handled $112,058 trans-
mitted from BIAS world head-
quarters in New York for over
3,000 Jewish persons in the Far
East, in addition to distributing
monetary help received from their
Jewish relatives in Switzerland,
Sweden and other countries.
Ecuador to Permit
More DP's to Enter
QUITO, Ecuador—Enlarged Jew-
ish immigration possibiltiles are
seen In this South American coun-
try in the issuance of 129 visas
.in October to the Hebrew Shelter-
ing and Immigrant Aid Society.
Compared with 76 visas and 73
visas issued in August and Sep-
tember, respectively, the October
quota represents new hope for
many displaced Jewish survivors
in Europe.