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Vol. 50, No. 14
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Friday, April 23, 1948
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4 Powers Condemn Trustee Plan
Passover
to Crowd
Synagogs
The Seder in All Its Splendor
Dctroit Synagogues are mak-
ing plans for capacity throngs at
Passover services this weekend.
The themes of many sermons
will be based on the General As-
sembly sessions framing a new
United Nations policy on Pales-
tine.
• • •
Bnai Moshe
Bnai Moshe will usher in
Passover with Sium B'Chorim
services at 7:15 a.m., Friday,
April 23. Evening services will
be at 7 and morning services,
Saturday and Sunday, at 9. They
will be conducted by Rabbi
Moses Fischer and Cantor David
Katzman.
Yizkor prayers will be recited
May 1, the last day of Passover.
Chol Hamoed services will be
held in accordance with the reg-
ular weekday schedule.
• • •
Temple Beth El
Temple Beth El will hold a
Vesper service from 6 to 6:30
p.m., Friday, April 23. Services
for the first day of Passover will
start at 10:30 a.m.
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer and
Rabbi Sidney Akselrad will of-
ficiate at the annual congrega-
tional Seder at 6:30 p.m., Sat-
urday. Services, April 30, will
begin at 10:30 a.m., with Rabbi
Akselrad delivering the sermon.
• • •
Downtown Synagogue
Passover services at the Down-
town Synagogue, 1205 Griswold
avenue, will be conducted as
follows:
Friday, April 23, 5:20 p.m.;
Saturday, 7:50 a.m.; Sunday, 9
a.m.; and Yizkor, May 1, from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rabbi Herman
Itosenwasser will officiate. The
Synagogue is sponsored by the
Isaac Agree Memorial Society.
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•
Northwest Hebrew
Services will be held at the
Northwest Hebrew Congregation
t 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 23;
:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Satur-
Jay; 8:45 a.m., Sunday; 6:30
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Jewish Cabinet
•
Minister Visits
Detroit Briefly
Rabbi Isaac Meyer Levin of
Jerusalem, member of the Pro-
visional Council and Minister of
Health des ignate of the
Jewish State, was the house-
guest last week of Rabbi Shlomo
Gliksman, of 2666 Tuxedo ave-
nue.
Son-In-law of the famous
Gerer Rabbi, Rabbi Levin was
accompanied by Rabbi Melech
Terebelo of New York, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Terebelo,
of 3736 Glendale avenue.
After a four-day visit, Rabbi
Levin left for Lake Success.
where he was to attend a United
Nations meeting. He is expected
1 4 alter Passover.
Devout Jews, dressed in their traditional robes, read the Haggadah during Seder services at
the Home of Old Israel in New York City.
Truman Denies Retreating
From Stand on Partition
WASHINGTON (WNS) — The
U.S. has "never retreated" from
its stand in favor of the Pales-
tine partition plan, President
Truman told two White House
callers this week, adding, how-
ever, that at the present mo-
ment the important thing "is to
establish the atmosphere of
peace in Palestine."
Senator Francis J. Meyers, of
Pennsylvania, and David L.
Lawrence, mayor of Pittsburgh,
following their interview with
the President, reported to the
press that the administration
was of the firm belief that the
institution of an international
trusteeship over Palestine should
be only a temporary measure to
insure immediate peace in the
Holy Land.
At the same time Acting Sec-
retary of State Robert A. Lov-
ett announced that the creation
of an Arab-Jewish truce in Pal-
estine is "of cardinal import-
ance" in solving the problem.
He pointed out that this
country "would be willing to
assume a fair share of the re-
sponsibility for maintaining
peace in Palestine" but refused
to comment on a report that
the U.S. would be willing to
send troops to Palestine if an
Arab-Jewish truce were achieved.
A "pilgrimage" to Washington
arranged for by the Emergency
Committee to Save the Jewish
State was disavowed in a state-
129 Jewish Children
Baptized in England
LONDON (WNS) — Of the
9,000 Jewish refugee children,
who found haven in Great
Britain since 1933, 129 have been
converted to Christianity. '
It was stated that the conver-
sions were a direct result of
British Jewry's half-hearted re-
sponse to appeals calling for the
placing of refugee children in
Jewish homes.
ment by the Jewish War Vet-
erans of America.
The statement pointed out
that "Communism, both foreign
and domestic, has been availing
itself of the Palestine crisis to
pose as the friend and defend-
ers of minority peoples."
It expressed the belief that
"the sponsors of the demon-
stration in Washington are not
primarily concerned either with
the interests of the United
States or the welfare and secur-
ity of the Jewish people in Pal-
estine."
lrgun Leader
Begs Detroit
to Send Arms
A desperate plea for help
from American Jewry by Men-
achem Beigin, commander of
the Irgun army, was heard by
a group of communal leaders
here who met Wednesday eve-
ning.
Money to purchase arms is
the first need, Beigin cabled. He
pointed out that Irgun fighters
as in the past, are prepared to
sacrifice their lives in the de-
fense of the Homeland.
Detroiters who wish to con-
tribute directly to Irgun can
call M. Manuel Merzon, Re-
visionist president here, at CA.
7853.
Arrangements are being com-
pleted for the Dov Gruner mem-
orial evening on the martyred
hero's first Yahrzeit, Tuesday,
May 4, at Bnai Moshe.
Dr. David Lifshitz, envoy from
the fighting front in Eretz Is-
rael, will deliver the principal
address. Cantor David Katz-
man will chant the Hazkarah for
Dov Gruner and his comrades
slain by the British last year.
Mobilization Day
Set by Zionists
May 16 Designated
for Member Canvass
May 16, the day the Jewish
State officially comes into exist-
ence, will be set aside as Zion-
ist Mobilization Day in Detroit,
Morris M. Jacobs, president of
the Zionist district, announced.
A house to house canvass will
be made and new adherents to
the Zionist program of State-
hood will be signed up.
Workers will meet for break-
fast in the morning at the Rose
Sittig Cohen Bldg. before start-
ing their visits. In the evening,
to climax the day's events,
Daniel Frisch, national Zionist
leader, will address a mass
meeting.
Harry Cohen, veteran leader
here, is honorary chairman.
Volunteers are asked to call the
Zionist office, WO. 5-1484.
British to Abandon
Postal Service to Zion
Nations
Refuse
Troops
LAKE SUCCESS (Special)—
Four nations strongly criticized
the trusteeship proposal for Pal-
estine as the United States sub-
mitted a suggested program to
the General Assembly.
New Zealand in biting, candid
words, and Australia, in milder
tones, reaffirmed their support
of partition. Russia in a speech
backing the original Assembly
decision assailed the United
States as the wrecker of parti-
tion.
Sweden pointed out that there
was little point in debating trus-
teeship if UN members do not
offer a guarantee of troops to
enforce it.
U. S. OFFERS TROOPS
Speaking for the United States,
Warren Austin offered to sup-
ply its share of troops to keep
order in Palestine provided oth-
er UN members cooperated. He
admitted that no nation has so
far agreed to help.
Delegates said that the
speeches indicated that the trus-
teeship plan would have rough
going. They pointed out, how-
ever, that there would also be
great difficulty in reaffirming
partition.
Several delegates were quoted
by the N. Y. Herald Tribune as
saying that the discussions seem-
ed unreal to them since partition
was proceeding automatically in
view of the Palestine warfare
and the decision of tl.e Yishuv
to proclaim the Jewish State on
May 16, no matter what the UN
decides.
PARTITION STILL GOOD
The New Zealand delegate in
his speech asserted that if par-
tition was correct in November
it was correct today. The UN's
fate may well rest on whether
it abandons partition in the face
of violence and warfare, he de-
clared.
Meantime, from Jerusalem
came the news that the World
Zionist Organization would take
_over the function of governing
the Jewish areas of Jerusalem
which will not be part of the
Jewish State. Mrs. Goldie Mey-
erson will be the "mayor" of
the 100,000 Jews there.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Postal
service will be suspended in
Palestine beginning this week
and concluding May 15, the post-
master general announced. He
disclosed that all air mail ser-
vice will be halted as of May
10; international telephone com-
munications, May 5; radio, cable
and wireless service, May 15.
BEN GURION SAFE
Life of Henry Monsky
on Air Program May 2
Rioters in Bogota
Raze Jewish Shops
WASHINGTON, D. C. — On
Sunday, May 2, the first Yahr-
zeit of the late Henry Monsky,
the life and activities of this
great leader of his people will
be the subject of a dramatiza-
tion on the Eternal Light pro-
gram.
Eternal Light is broadcast
over WWJ at 12:30 p.m., Sun-
days.
Mr. Monsky died on May 2,
1947, in the midst of a session
of the interim committee of the
American Jewish Conferenoa.
David Ben Gurion, premier-
designate, and other Jewish lead-
ers escaped death when a heav-
ily-armed 250-truck food con-
voy was attacked by Arabs on
the road from Tel Aviv.
Tiberias in Lower Galilee be-
came an all-Jewish city when
its Arab minority was evacuat-
ed under pressure of Haganah.
NEW YORK —(Special)—Vir-
tually all Jewish business es-
tablishments were wrecked dur-
ing the recent rioting in Bogota,
Colombia, and the Jewish com-
munity of that city Is utterly
devastated, according to the
American Jewish Committee.
"Jowish business has been de-
stroyed," Maximo Yagupsky,
AJC
representative, wrote.
"Everything was burned and
ransacked. It seems as though
the Jews have been ruined."