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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

Friday, December 5, 1917

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Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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SEYMOUR TILCHIN. President

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ROBERT KRAUSE, Business Manager

GEORGE WEISWASSER. Editor-in-Chief

Vol. 49, No. 49

Friday, December 5, 1947 (Kislev 22, 5708)

A State, a Home

World Jewry is now confronted with
its greatest challenge in 2,000 years.
That challenge is: Will we make the
new Jewish State work ?
It is a question that we must answer
before we can surrender ourselves to our
elation, to the supreme thrill of realizing
that at last, at last, Israel will have a home.
We deserve this exquisite bliss of sensing
that the dream, which Israel's poets and
scholars had visioned tragic century after
century, will finally be fulfilled.
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Our generation deserves this "Z'chus",
this privilege, for it was our generation,
too, that witnessed the greatest tragedy
that J,ewry has ever experienced. And to
soften our anguish, the. Almighty has
granted us the sublime merit of being ob-
servers of the creation of the Jewish State.
We witnessed civilization at its basest
and most bestial. We would now see it
atone with an act that would raise it closest
to the divine.
Yes, for this we should exult, sing hal-
leluyahs and make the vales resound. Along
with the Psalmist, we should cry out:
"Shout unto the Lord, all the earth;
Break forth and sing for joy, yea sing
praises .. .
With trumpets and sound of the horn.
Shout ye before the King, the 1,ord".
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But despite our happiness we must re-
strain ourselves until we have spoken this
vow, that the establishment of the Jewish
State shall not be the end of our labors
but that rather it shall be the inspiration
for nobler efforts on behalf of the Jewish
State.
For without the continued help of every-
one of us, tiny Eretz Israel will be unable
to carry out its first obligation, to make a
home for the hundreds bf thousands
scourged by the whip so brutally that only
one dream is yet left to them and that is
to live some day in peace in the Homeland.
Without the support of every Jew, the
Arab and the Briton will prevail, and out-
numbered Israel will again be enslaved and
the dream of a State will be a mockery.
Let us pledge our continued support
and we can then rejoice in the certain
knowledge that the State will grow into a
I tome.

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Jewish War Dead
Several more of Detroit's Jewish war
dead are being' returned for reburial in
their home soil.
These men are first of all Americans,
like all the other Americans who gave their
lives in their full measure of devotion to
the country that nurtured them.
But at the same time, their deeds and
their memories are particularly dear to the
Jewish community which knew them so
well as brothers and friends.
They are the indestructible proof, if any
madmen should ever require it, that Jew-
ish youths died, just like any other Ameri-
can youths, to preserve the land they cher-
ished. In their death, they live as symbols
of Jewish loyalty and of Jewish sacrifice
as Americans.
Because they mean so much, because
their memories are so sacred, the Jewish
community should pay the returning heroes
their fullest homage. We should pour out
by the thousands at the funeral rites to
speak our final words of tribute and of
thanks.
We suggest that the large Synagogues
be requested to open for these services.
Surely the war hero returning to his home
soil merits that the final rites of his re-
ligion be administered to him within the
walls of the Synagogue.
The funeral homes here have been co-
operating fully, but even the largest of
them has been too small to accommodate
the many hundreds who have come to

DETROIT 26, MICH.

honor the war dead. Many have been
forced to stand outside as the services pro-
ceeded within.
In view of the recent statement of the
Rabbinical Council urging all Detroiters to
participate in the rites, we urge that final
services be held in the main auditoriums
of Synagogues for these men who sym-
bolize so much to American Jews.

A Happy Chanukah

So many complain evasively that it is
"difficult" to observe Jewish festivals and
many of the traditions.

How can it be at all "difficult", however,
to observe Chanukah, colorful Feast of
Lights which opens Sunday evening?

Then why not make Chanukah have
some significance in your home and let the
candles' glow reflect joy for your blessings
in our land of plenty and of peace?

The Visiting Editor

Chanukah

Outwardly the struggle of the Maccabees
was one against barbaric oppression, against
a tyrant who indulged in massacre as if it
weitgoa play thing. But the core of the con-
flict, the inner and more important strife,
concerned itself with the opposition of two
powerful faiths, two 'cultures, two com-
pletely dissimilar ways of life—the Ilebrew
versus the Greek.
At the time when Mattathias called his
people to resistance, Hellenism had filtered
through the entire Middle East and even
Judea was beginning to fall to the influ-
ence of the Greeks.

Half of Judea spoke Greek, dressed
Greek, felt .Greek. It was when Antiochus
Epiphanes outlawed the Sabbath, built a
statue of Zeus in the center of the Temple
and sacrificed pigs on the sacred altar that
the true significance of Ilellenistic expan-
sion became apparent.

The revolt began and it had to end in
victory. The Jews could not sacrifice their
past. It had come with too much struggle
to be forfeited. The conception of one God
was too lofty a height to be replaced with
the diversities of pagan deities.

A culture was at stake. Judaism held
the banner. It would not permit itself, nor
the world, to slip back. Zeus could not
triumph over Jehovah.

When the sons of Mattathias returned
victorious to a Temple no longer desecrated
by pagan deities, Hallel, the song of
Thanksgiving, was sung. Thus they
showed their gratitude to a God who al-
lowed Ilis children to struggle for the honor
of Ills name.

A single jar of oil was found undefiled
in the Temple sanctuary. It had escaped
the profanation of the heathens. It was lit
and the flame burned eight days, thus al-
lowing time for the preparation of new
oils, time for the ritual of the new dedi-
cation of the Temple.

Since then it has been a Jewish custom
during the eight-du Chanukah celebration
to set the Menorah at night-fall to burn
against the window so that a world whose
heaven is darkened may yet behold some
light.

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Is it "difficult" to introduce joy and fes-
tivity in one's home? To light a few tapers
and sing a song of rejoicing? To recount
again the heroic tale of the Maccabees and
glory in our past? To give and receive
gifts as tokens of our thankfulness?

No one will say that any of these are
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Letters to the Editor

SEEK ZION PEN PALS

Dear Editor:

As a means of bringing Jew-
ish children of Palestine and
abroad closer together, the Jew-
ish National Fund inaugurated
many years ago a service for
the interchange of correspon-
dence between Jewish children
in Palestine and abroad. This
service has gone a long way in
arousing interest in Palestine and
Jewish affairs in general.
In view of the rapidly grow-
ing demand for Pen-Pals, we
would greatly appreciate it if
through your columns you would
kindly bring to the notice of
your readers the existence of
this service, in the hope that
teachers and children will avail
themselves of it.
Those wishing to write to Pen-
Pals should address their re-
quests to Avi-Dan, Jewish Na-
tional Fund, P.O. Box 283, Je-
rusalem, stating the age and sex
of the correspondent desired and
giving any other relevant par-
ticulars. •
ZVI WINEBERG

Overseas Youth Department,
Jewish National Fund, Jerusalem

YOUNG ISRAEL THANKS

Dear Editor:

MOVIE ASSAILED

Dear Editor:

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On behalf of my entire com-
mittee, as well as the officers
and board of directors of Young
Israel, I wish to thank you for
cooperating with us in exten-
sively publicizing our concert at
Music Hall on Nov. 19.
This publicity, and especially
your editorial comment of Nov.
7, helped in a great measure to
bring this affair to the atten-
tion of the Detroit Jewish corn
munity.

ARTHUR GELLMAN,
Chairman.

The sHowing of the film
"Abie's Irish Rose", in neigh-
borhoods which are predomi-
nantly Jewish is an insult which
ought not to pass without pro-
test.
Because it portrays Jews in
unfavorable stereotyped rolls (
this movie has been widely de-
nounced as being fuel for anti-
semites by many Jewish organ-
izations, including the American
Brith.

LAWRENCE SILVERMAN,
4245 W. Buena Vista.

FROM ZEDAKAII CLUB

Dear Editor:

We want to take this oppor-
tunity to thank the Jewish
Chronicle for the publicity you
so generously gave us, which
was a contribut;ng factor for
the overwhelming success of our
donor luncheon Nov. 19, at the
Masonic Temple.

We also want to thank our
advertising friends and donors
for their part in contributing
to our efforts ;n raising the
funds necessary for 'our work.
It is fitting at this time to
explain that our major project
is primarily assisting or sup-
plementing assistance to the
aged. However we at no time
turn down worthycharity cases
of all 'kinds, when brought to
my attention at IlOgarth 7832
or that of the case worker, Mrs.
Max Coven, NOrthlawn 9021.
1.y.e
. , do not lose sight of the
fact that our less fortunate
people overseas need our as-
sistance, and of the donor lunch-
eon proceeds we have already
allocated $100 for the S.O.S.

ZEDAKAH CLUB,
Mrs. Henry Levett,
President.

PAIR SOUGHT
PISGAH GRATEFUL
Dear Editor:
Dear Editor:
May we ask your kind assist-
We are grateful to you for re-
ance in locating the following in
membering us on our 90th Anni-
your city:

Rosovsky—(no
first name
given), brothers of Jankel Ro-
sovsky of Bobruisk, sought by
their nephew, Joseph Rosofsky,
son of Yankel.
Bard or Byrd, Rose, born Ro-
sovsky, sought by her nephew,
Joseph Rosowsky..

UNION OF RUSSIAN JEWS
55 W. 42nd. Street,
New York, 18.

versary.
Your message of greetings and
best wishes was read at the ban-
quet and received with enthu-
siasm and sincere appreciation.
At this time, I also wish to
commend the Jewish Chronicle
on the fine publicity they gave
our 90th Anniversary Celebration
and Bnai Brith generally.

HERBERT S. ESKIN,
President, Pisgah Lodge.

