DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Friday, September 12, 1947
Pare Three
News Highlights of Year 5707 in Review
redemptioq of the ancestral
land, "Eretz Israel", and by
rescuing the remnants of Israel
from the hell of Europe. This
remnant is still being kept in
the same hellish places where
its dear ones were murdered by
the cruel hand of the enemy.
By MORDECAI RUDENSKY
A GAIN WE TURN a page in
' the history of our martyr-
dom and with bitterness in our
hearts but with hope in our
sours we ,call out, "Watchman
what of the year!"
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The number seven has a defi-
nite meaning in Jewish tradi-
tion; it stands for Sabbath—
rest. The departing Jewish
calendar year 5707 contains a
double seven, but during the
whole year it did not afford any
rest or comfort to the people of
Israel.
The merciless oppression of
previous years continued un-
abated. Our so-called friends
continued to observe silence and
instead of stopping the brutal
oppresSors, they strengthened
their hands through loans and
ABBA HILLEL SILVER
by supporting their policies in
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other spheres.
ing the Jewish people contin-
In the midst of great suffer- ued its fight for freedom through
More than two years have
passed since V-E Day but no
place has as yet been found ill
the world to accommodate the
greatest victims of the war. Is
it any wonder that their breth-
ren, especially those who rooted
themselves in the land of Is-
rael, are doing everything pos-
sible and even the impossible
to bring them home. No force
in the world can stop this
exodus.
Personal Problems
Eddie Cantor,
Humanitarian,
Is Paid Tribute
How to Study Well
Told in Basic Rules
Start Off With a Good Attitude,
Then Organize Work With Care
By W. A. GOLDBERG, Ph. D.
THE FOLLOWING RULES and suggestions for study are con-
densed from my course on "How to Study," especially prepared
for high school students.
Study habits are learned exactly as other habits—early and
by day-by-day application. Study habits form the foundation for
success or failure in school,
1. The will to study. The
best results follow an attitude
that study is a challenge to the
student's best
ability, with
study under-
taken with
self - confidence
sufficient to
master the
subject. This
job is not well
done if ap-
proached with
reservat i o n s
and fears as
Dr. Goldberg
something unpleasant.
2. The general approach. Just
as bread goes with cake, so
study goes with fun, A pupil
cannot say to himself that he
likes mathematics and will pre-
pare just that subject, that he
will let the other subjects go.
The school program, as the work
progrqn, requires completion of
many items, some liked and oth-
ers disliked.
All subjects must be pre-
pared. Toward that end, it is
well not to form major dis-
likes of any subject, since that
makes them harder to do.
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READ FAST OR SLOW
SPEED. Some people are
' verbally-minded, others me-
chanically-minded. Some work
best at high speed, others at
slow speed. Some are slow, de-
liberate, orderly, methodical.
Others grasp ideas and formulae
quickly.
The race, however, is not al-
) ways to the swift nor is accu-
racy always the result of de-
liberation. The plodder may de-
vote more ( -time than necessary
because he hasn't learned how
to study effectively. The speed
artist may give it too little, sac-
rificing accuracy to speed.
There is a method of read-
ing, for example, suited to
the purpose at hand, Mem-
orizing means reading each
word. So does reading for
criticism of style. But read-
ing for ideas, for differing
views of a subject, calls far
skimming. To read slowly
3
here or fast in memorizing
generally means failure.
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ATTACK LOGICALLY
4
DOING THE JOB. Each
piece of work can usually
be broken into its components.
Preparing a theme for an out-
line, reading, note-taking and
writing. The original assign-
ment may be long. But its for-
midability is reduced when at-
tacked logically and in order:
Outline, reading, notes, writing.
5. Ability. Individual prog-
ress, to a large degree, is deter-
mined by individual ability.
These abilities differ among peo-
ple. Therefore, the excellence
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taken on the threshhold of the
Promised Land.
We will now record the new
accomplishments during the re-
viewed period. At the begin-
ning of the year, a day after
Yom Kippur, we have for the
past few years been observing
an event in Eretz Israel, namely.
the anniversary of the death of
Menahem Ussishkin. This has
been celebrated in the form of
an annual pilgrimage to his
grave on Mt. Scopus, where the
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"call of the soil" is being pro-
nounced.
BRITISH NAVY ATTACKS
The leaders and the workers
EMANUEL NEUMANN
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THE BRAVE FLEET of his
of the Keren Kayemeth, for
Majesty's Government continued tacks on these helpless people,
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its shameful pursuit and at- and many innocent lives were
PHILADELPHIA—Eddie Can-
tor has received the 1947 award
presented by the United Jewish
Appeal "for outstanding hu-
manitarian service" in aiding
the Jewish survivors in Europe.
The presentation was made on
behalf of Henry Morgenthau,
Jr., by Barney Balaban, head
of the motion picture division
of the Appeal, at a dinner where
more than LON persons, includ-
ing many leading stage, screen
and radio personalities, assem-
bled to honor Canto;.,
"To many of us, Eddie Cantor
represents the name of a great
artist of the stage, radio and
screen,"
a a ar Bringing
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to the great masses of Americans
escape from the problem of day
to day existence and release
from the cares that make up
our daily lives is the profession
in which he has achieved na-
tionwide prominence. But Eddie
Cantor is not only a great ar-
tist—he is a great citizen—a
man whose heart is as great as
his talents, a symbol of human
understanding and compassion."
Plain Talk
Yon,' Kippur Jew's
Chances in Paradise
Will Heavenly Doors Open at All
If He Worships But 3 Days a Year?
By ALFRED SEGAL
MR. ZILCH, T14 widely known citizen of this column, had died
and in the course of celestial events he had come to judg-
ment. Mr. Zilch had ascended to Paradise, there to give an ac-
counting of his conduct on earth.
He wasn't feeling too sure about the eternal fate that was
awaiting him, for, religiously, he never had been one of the active
Jews.
At this moment he was trou-
bled by an embarrassing com- of Orthodoxy. When a Jew
parison in the presence of the found Rabbi Pfeiffer's name af-
great Rabbi
fixed to a salami he could feel
Gadaliah Pfeif-
sure it was safe to eat.
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fer, who h a d
died the same
FEARED A MISTAKE
day as Mr.
RABBI PFEIFFER was a proud
Zilch and was
spirit as he stood in the long
just ahead of
line at the Everlasting Gates, If
him in the
only one of this vast possession
long line that
of the newly dead were admit-
was waiting to
ted into heaven, he knew he
be admitted in-
would be 'the one.
to the Ever-
Al Segal
lasting Gates.
He was conscious of such an
I need say nothing by way of eminence that he could look
introducing Rabbi Pfeiffer to the down at all the waiting spirits
intelligent readers of this col- in front of him and behind.
umn. For, as everybody should They were all kinds and Rah:-
know, Rabbi Pfeiffer was wide- bi Pfeiffer pondered on the
ly acclaimed as the Grand Rabbi abhorrent fact that even to
heaven mistakes may be made.
MAN OF THE TIMES
Phil0 Perlman first Jew to Hold
the Post of U. S. Solicitor - Georg
DAVID D. SPIGLER
SENATOR HOMER FERGU-
SON of Michigan, of the ju-
diciary committee of the Senate,
made every attempt to prevent
the appointment of Philip Perl-
man, to the post of solicitor gen-
eral of the USA, because of an
all too-apparent anti-Semitic
bias.
nevertheless, Perlman, one of
the country's ablest lawyers and
legislative experts, was con-
firmed by the Senate to the post
to which he was named over six
months ago by President Tru-
man.
Senator Ferguson suffered
the ignominy of having his
entire sub-committee vote
against him. The only thing
the senator succeeded in doing
was to deprive the country of
the services of an able solici-
tor-general for six months.
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FORWARD THINKING
PHILIP PERLMAN comes to
the post with wide experience
in legislative matters, gained
fast as assistant attorney-general
and later city solicitor of Balti-
more, his home town.
He played an important role
in the passage of a number of
progressive measures by the
Maryland state legislature in-
cluding the improvement of the
workmen's compensation act in
the state, and the winning of
better wages for Maryland
teachers and policemen. A lead-
er of the Democratic party in
Maryland, Perlman was active
in the campaigns to reelect
Roosevelt in 1936 and 1940.
the founder and
the Baltimore Symphony Or-
chestra and an active member
of the board of directors of
the Museum of Art. Ile is
also a member of the mayor's
committee on art and educa-
tion and a member of the
board of directors of the Jew-
ish Charities.
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The Rabbi, however, felt some-
how ar home when he noticed
Mr, Zilch immediately behind
him.
"A Jew, I presume?" he said.
Mr. Zilch acknowledged the
identification , , "And, on my
part," he said, "I shall presume
that you are one also."
"He presumes!" exclaimed
Rabbi Pfeiffer. He proceeded
with a recitation of all the Jew-
ish honors he had gathered on
the earth. He was the one, he
said, who was called Grand Rab-
bi. Hadn't Mr. Zilch heard? He
was the one whose signaturn
appeared in approval of all the
best kosher foodstuffs . . . "And
he presumes I am a Jew!"
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RABBI TYPES HIM
HE ADDRESSED himself di-
rectly to Mr. Zilch: "As
IN THE BITTER DISPUTE Rabbi it is my privilege to ask
BEGINS LAW CAREER
that arose over his appointment yoll what kind of Jew you are
WHILE ATTENDING law
as solicitor-general, Perlman en- and how you expect to get
school and for a few years after
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WELL SUPPORTED
joyed the support of a wide sec-
graduation Perlman continued
tion of the press, particularly
his journalistic work, switching
to the Baltimore Star and later in his home state, as well as of
the Bar Association, many top
to the Evening Sun.
ranking personalities in the ju-
It was not until 1917 that diciary, and every party and
Philip Perlman left the news- political group in Maryland.
paper field to begin his career
Perlman is the first Jew to
in politics and law.
hold the position of solicitor-
Aside from his professional general of the United States, a
work, Perlman has been active post that is a stepping stone to
for many years in cultural and the Attorney - Generalship and
philanthropic activities. He is the U.S. Supreme Court.
in here? I must presume that
you were no more than what we
call a Rosh Hashonah or Yam
Kippur Jew?"
At this Mr. Zilch fell into deep
troubling. He had tried all his
life to be a decent man, had
done all the ethical things that
the Laws and Prophets require
of a man in the way of being
righteous, but he had to admit
it was quite true that his Syna-
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