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Friday, September 19, 1917
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
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ROBERT KRAUSE, Business Manager
SEYMOUR TILCHIN, President
GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-in-Chief
Vol. 49, No. 38
Friday, September 19, 1947 (Tisihrt 5, 5708)
Yom •ippur—Day of Gladness
On Yom Kippur, we walk to the Syna-
gogue with solemn mien and speak in whis-
pers. The Day of Atonement plumbs vast
emotional depth and we are deeply stirred,
pouring out our hearts in contrition and
self-searching.
But Yom Kippur is not a day of sad-
ness. In Temple days, it was observed with
much rejoicing. Young people danced and
made merry in their unquestioning faith in
God's mercy.
That should be the spirit of our observ-
ance of Yom Kippur today. No solemn
faces and hushed voices as if we were in a
house of mourning. Rather let there be
joy in our countenance and a song on our
lips in gratitude for the boon of Yom Kip-
pur. •
Let us rejoice that our tradition gives
us Ten Days of Penitence when we can
erase the memory of our guilt in our per-
sonal lives with confession, reparation for
our wrongs and a resolution not to sin again.
Happy will be the man who thus wipes
his slate clean and looks forward to a year
of comfort and blessings.
DETROIT 26,. MICH.
then be faithful in some measure to the
psalmist's adjuration: "If I forget thee,
Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its
cunning".
It seems altogether incongruous that
the 90,000 Jews of the capital should be
left out of a Jewish State. Certainly of
all the injustices in the proposal, this one
should be rectified by the Assembly.
Winterhalter Incident
It is one thing to nail aspersions at Jews
as a group the minute they are pronounced
but it is altogether a different thing to get
hysterical about imagined ones.
Oscar Cohen, 'executive director of the
Jewish Community Council, has made a
thorough investigation of the Winterhalter
School incident in which the principal, Miss
Evelyn Booth, was alleged to have made
derogatory remarks about the people in the
school neighborhood.
He finds a great deal of doubt that Miss
Booth made the statement attributed toiler .
at all Moreover, Miss Booth is known tO
be a considerate and fairminded person am)
has constantly promoted goodwill in het
school. In addition, Winterhalter is recog;-
nized as being a model in the school system
Churches' Greetings
for its intercultural programs.
At least two Detroit churches wished
It should not, therefore, be difficult
"our Jewish friends" a Happy New, Year to accept Miss Booth's word that she did
in greetings on announcement boards out- not make the remarks ascribed to her.
side the churches.
Arbitrary rejection of her denial by
One was the Church of Our Father, Uni- another newspaper was uncalled for, and
tarian-Universalist, 4605 Cass avenue, of the paper's frenzied demands for her dis-
which the Rev. Tracy M. Pullman is missal was not an act of self-control that
pastor, and the other was the Mayflower it listed as an attribute of responsibility.
Congregational Church, adjoining the North-
Meantime, the Jewish Community Coun-
west Synagogue on Curtis avenue, whose
cil
is
continuing its inquiry. With calm and
pastor is the Rev. Robert E. Burtt.
action, it can accomplish considerable
These were thoughtful and friendly ges- official
more
good
than hysterical editorials.
tures. They bespeak an intention to put
ideals of brotherhood into practice, to give
more than lip service to teachings of toler-
ance and concord.
The greetings were neighborly acts. It
would be regretful if they were not fol-
lowed by other measures promoting under-
standing and friendship between Jewish and
The Palestine Report
Gentile neighbors.
The report of the United Nations Special
Committeee on Palestine is an impressive
document, not so much for what it recom-
Partition Plan Changes
as for the long history behind it, the
The United Nations General Assembly mends
weight of international authority which it
will shortly weigh the recommendations of carries, the force of world opinion on which
its Palestine inquiry committee.
If we felt that it had any chance, we it can call.
There are limits to the capacities of
would again make a plea for a Jewish
human
wisdom. The Palestine problem,
State in all of Palestine under some formula,
perhaps a trusteeship, to be devised by the involving a violent conflict of legal rights
and passionately held convictions, defies any
Assembly.
But as long as partition seems to be the perfect or "just solution.
From the appointment of the committee
only solution the Assembly will seriously
consider, we would advise several important it was inconceivable that this body would
recommend either to restore Palestine to the
changes in the UNSCOP plan.
We suggest a transition period of no Arabs, as the Arab states demand, or to
more than one year instead of the two or award it to the Jews; dealing with an ex-
more suggested. There is danger if the in- tremely involved complex of historical facts,
terim period is not clearly defined. Officials it was obviously the commission's task to
in charge of the implementation of the plan recommend a compromise, and this it has
may procrastinate otherwise. Moreover, the done.
That it is a bad compromise goes with-
sooner Britain gets out, the greater are the
chances for the plan's success. The Colonial out saying. The Arabs are bitter and the
Office agents who have spread discord in Zionists are doubtful. But there is much
Palestine all through the years will hardly reason to believe that it is the best com-
sit by without making some attempt to promise which the wit and the institutions
of mankind are able to achieve.
sabotage the program.
* * *
The majority of the United Nations
We recommend a trade of metropolitan commission has recommended political par-
Jaffa, allotted to the Jews, for sparsely tition together with economic unification.
For this fiercely divided community oc-
populated western Galilee, a proposed Arab
cupying an area no larger than the State
domain.
Jaffa, which is a center of Moslem cul- of Vermont, the recommendation may seem
ture and contains 100,000 Arabs, will not fantastic. But it is less so than the minor-
be much missed by the Jews. On the other ity plan, advanced by the representatives
hand, western Galilee would provide a com- of India, Iran and Yugoslavia: it is the best
mon frontier with Lebanon which has a that the combined statemanship of the
large Christian population with whom there world, after excluding all the more inter-
is good prospect of continued friendly rela- ested portion, could do. And it has the
tions. The hilly area region would also be great difference over all previous findings
that it takes responsibility out of the hands
useful for strategic purposes.
By all means do we suggest that at of the British mandatory and vests it
least the modern quarter of Jerusalem be squarely upon all the nations. . . .
N.Y. Herald-Tribune.
placed in the Jewish State. Jewry could
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The Visiting Editor
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Letters to the Editor
HOUSING PROBLEM
Dear Editor:
It is with great pain that I
write this letter. Due to the in-
stability of Jews to keep a
neighborhood from changing ra-
cially, that is, to colored, much
hardship is caused Jewish rent-
ers as we'l as Gentile home-
owners znd renters who are be-
ing forced to move. . . .
Not all Jews can afford to buy
homes, but nothing will probably
be done for homeless Jews. The
rich Jews look down upon the
poor Jews of which I am one.
I say it is a curse to be
discriminated against by other
Jews. It is a fact a Jew would
rather hire a Negro or Gentile
than another Jew.
I am very unhappy to write
this letter but this is the way
I feel about it. Unless the Jews
of Detroit become civic-minded,
anti-Semitism will increase.
Probably it may be an idea
to cut down on births among
Jewish people. It would be bet-
ter for future Jews.
-ISRAEL COHEN.
Residence—a flophouse.
HIAS GREETINGS
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the board of
directors of HIAS, permit me
to extend to you warmest Rosh
Hashonah greetings and to ex-
press to you our profound gra-
titude for the efforts you made
during the past year to present
and clarify Jewish migration
li
problems to your many readers.
You have brought closer to
the American Jew the problems
of his brethren, here and over-
seas. You have brought before
the great American Jewish pub-
lic the questions of migration
and relief, and by your coopera-
tion have aroused in the public
a greater interest in these mat-
ters.
May the 41ew Year bring
peace and happiness to every-
one, and to you may the New
Year begin a year of fruitful
endeavor.
SAMUEL A. TELSEY,
President.
SEEKS SOL BROCK
Dear Editor:
Information is being sought
of the whereabouts of Sol Brock
on behalf of his wife who finds
herself in need of his financial
assistance. Mrs. Brock last re-
ceived support from her hus-
band in June 1946. Since then
no monies have been forthcom-
ing, so that she finds herself in
need.
Mr. Brock was born in Rus-
sia in Sept. 1894, is 5 ft. 7 in.
tall, weighs 170 pounds, has
brown hair, brown eyes. One
finger is bent on his right hand.
Anyone aware of his location
is requested to communicate
with the National Desertion
Bureau, 67 West 47 street, New
York 19, N.Y.
SAMUEL EDELSTEIN,
Assistant Secretary.
British Government Shut • Its Eyes
to Rioting, Legionnaire Says on Visit
NEW YORK (JTA)—The recent anti-Semitic outbreaks in
England "were not activated by the government, but they were
certainly permitted," Maj. Samuel Weiser, chairman of the Jew-
ish Legion in Britain, charged here.
The Legion is an organization of Jewish veterans who iden-
tify themselves with the resistance movement in Palestine.
Declaring that it was "open knowledge" that followers of
Sir Oswald Mosley, fascist leader in Britain, were preparing for
the anti-Semitic incidents, Maj. Weiser said that Mosley's publi-
cations are sold at all newsstands and that his "underground
movement, which is organized under the guise of "back clubs,"
has been steadily growing.
Weiser pointed out that, on the pretext of defending free
speech, the government does nothing to suppress anti-Semitic
leaders, many of whom were detained during the war as "sub-
versive elements" in the country. He said this was especially true
of leaders of the British League of Ex-Servicemen and Women.