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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

friday, December 3, 1948 '

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Entered as Second-clan matter March 3. 1916, at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act
of March 3, 1879
SEYMOUR TILCHIN, President
GEORGE WEISWASSER, Editor-m-Chief

Vol. 50, No. 46

Friday, December 3, 1948 Kislev 1, 5109)

DETROIT 26, Mich.

Nov. 29, 1947

With regard to Jewish responsibility for
the
destru'ction of religious shrines in Jeru-
Nov. 29, 1947 will go down in Jewish
history as the day on which organized salem, we quote without comment from
W. L. Hull, British missionary in the Holy
world opinion recognized the claim of the City,
in a letter June 1, .19.18 to the Man-
J s to Statehood. This week Jews all over chester
Guardian:
t e world observed the first anniversary of
"Day
after day shells are being pmired
t iis day. And there is much to be ob-
into Jerusalem by Arab Legion troops. The
served and remembered.
There is hardly another year in modern arms, unifornr and wages of this force are
Jewish history in which so many epoch- paid for by British taxpayers, and no one
acquainted with the situation in Palestine
making events were packed into a short 12 doubts
that these troops are , there by the
months: The decision of the UN Assem-
tacit
consent
of the British government,
bly, the proclamation of the Jewish State;
The
shells
from
these British 25-pound
the invasion of Palestine by the Arab
states; the victories of the Jewish army; guns and mortars are devastating the city
bringing ruin to places both holy and
the consolidation of the Jewish position; and
unholy. . . .
the recognition of the Jew'sh State by the
"Is the British public aware that the
U. S., Soviet Russia and 15 other states;
the assassination of Count Bernadotte; and guns, firing British shells, paid for by
above all, the almost incredible mass trans- British taxpayers, are dug in on the Mount
migration of Jews from Europe and 'the of Olives by the very spot which our Lord
ascended to Heaven? Is the British public
Arab countries into Israel.
aware
that those shellS fired from the
The mere enumeration of the historic
events of this historic first year is enough Mount of Olives are passing directly over
the spot where Jesus knelt in agony of
to stagger the imagination.
prayer that fateful night before Calvary?" THANKS FROM HADASSAH contact her husband in order to
The future historian will have much to
Dear Editor:
ascertain his future intentions
In -a dispatch from Jerusalem dated
Please accept my deep grati- regarding her.
tell about this first anniversary of Nov. 29,
June
7,
the
following
report
appeared
in
tude and sincere thanks for the
1947. But the most important thing that the New York Times:
Jacob or Nat Metelitz was born
splendid cooperation which you in Brooklyn, New York on June
he will mention and stress is the fact that
"Twenty-two of the 27 Synagogues in have given the Detroit Chapter !. 0 7, 1888. He is 5 6" tall, weighs
in all of these historic events it was Israel
Hadassah. It was your assist- 180-185 pounds, has light brows
herself who played the leading role. Apart the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem's Old City of
ance which made it possible for hair, blue eyes, scar on head.
were
destroyed
before
the
community
sur-
from the first aid given her by the decision
that splendid group of workers
SAMUEL EDELSTEIN,
of the UN Assembly she had no help from rendered to Arab forces May 28. . . . More to tell our story to the Detroit
Assistant Secretary,
than
500
Torahs
(Holy
Scrolls)
..
.
were
anyone and accomplished everything alone. destroyed."
population and to achieve an out-
National Desertion Bureau
standing record in fund-raising
105 Nassau street,
If there is anything worth observing on
Christian churches and religious founda-
New York, 7
this anniversary of the historic day it is tions in Palestine have been widely used by even so early in the year.
hope that from time to time,
the independence of Israel, the maturity of the Arabs as military headquarters and as as I they
merit news coverage, you
its people and their ability to cope with /fortified positions. To cite only one of over will continue to accord to them
EXPLAINS REVISIONISA1
their political, economic, military and cul- 15 incidents available to us, on May 14, the courtesy of space in your pa- Dear Editor:
tural problems all by themselves.
the Armenian Orthodox Cathedral of St. per. I want you to know that at An irate correspondent chalet
For Nov. 29, 1947 was not a gift, but an James in Jerusalem was occupied by Iraqi the national office where we you for sounding more like a' Re
opportunity, as was the Balcour Declara- troops, who plundered the church and the watch these things carefully, we visionist than a Zionist.
tion. Israel has merely made good this op- Armenian Quarter around it. A strong pro- are aware the Detroit Chapter is It should be pointed out that
lucky to have such understand- Revisionism derives its origir
portunity.
test on the part of His Beatitude, the Ar- ing friends as yourselves.
from its advocacy of a revision in
This is the surest sign of good character, menian Patriarch, was of no avail."
the policy of official Zionism to
MINA BROWNSTONE,
.in an individual and in a group. Israel has
The Pd. Rev. Western Henry Stewart,
National Publicity Director. Great Britain as the mandatory
demonstrated that she possesses this qual- Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, declared
power. Seeing that the change -
ity in full measure. She has not disap- that while the Arabs had intentionally de-
has happily been effected, it
BNAI DAVID DONOR
should not at all be amiss to hold
pointed the world and herself. This is the stroyed Synagogues, the Arab mosques Dear Editor:
real significance of the anniversary.
The Bnai David Sisterhood that all real Zionists are now Re-
were respected by the Jewish -forces.
wishes to thank you for the very visionisti.
"After Haganah had captured the north- interesting articles you published Menachem Beigin, formerly
west sector of the New City, i saw a mosque on the coming Donor Luncheon, commander in chief of the Irgun
Desecration of Shrines
marked in Hebrew letters, 'This is a Holy Dec. 7, and for all the publicity now merged with the artily of
Place,'",the bishop reported.
Israel, is visiting the U.S. lie is
sent in at all times.
A Detroit attorney writes us:
We are sure this publicity has here in the interest of the Tenaut
In wartime, there must be some destruc-
"I am a Roman Catholic and one of the
the Freedom Party of
directors of the Detroit Conference of tion, and the Jews were not wholly inno- been and will be a great help to Hacherut,
cent, but-,the charges of wholesale desecra- us in putting over our Luncheon Israel, which he heads. It is, to be
Christians and Jews.
as a financial success. The pro- hoped that Detroit Jews will find
"I enclose clippings from the two most tion have been generally refuted by Jews ceeds will go towards the main- occasion to play host to him.
and
Christians
alike.
popular Catholic weekly papers with an
M. MANUEL MERZON.
tenance of the Bnai David relig-
•
approximate three million readers.
ious school which we so proudly
sponsor. •
"If the reports relating to desecration
PWO THANKS
Judaism in the Home
MRS. HYMAN MILLER,
of Christian shrines in the Holy Land are
Dear Editor:
true it is most unfortunate. If not true,
In the name of the Pioneet
It has become increasingly clear that the
METELITZ SOUGHT
that is, if Jews are not responsible, this failures of Jewish education are due, in
Women, I wish to thank you for
Dear
Editor:
your splendid co-operation it
fact should be made known.
large part, to the apathy of American par:
is being sought of compiling our pre-donor public
"If a small group of Jewish extremists ents. The father is too occupied in earn- the Information
whereabouts of Jacob or Nat
are responsible that should be made known." ing a munificent living and the mother in Metelitz on behalf of his wife, ity. It has been a pleasure to
One of the clippings reports that Arch- promoting her social status to pay much Augusta. Mrs. Metelitz wishes to work under such easy conditions
RISA MARIN.
bishop Arthur Hughes, apostolic internuncio attention to the Jewish educational needs
to Egypt, "has stormed against the Jews of their children.
charging them with a 'deliberate effort to
At the recent biennial convention of the
decimate the Arabs and destroy Christian- National Women's League of the United
ity in Palestine.'"
Synagogue, the speakers emphasized a
The other clipping, an editorial, aserts: them that needs repeating and repeating;
"We are certain that Jews in this country namely, that if Judaism -is to be perpetu-
will not be in sympathy with the conduct ated in a hectic America, the Jewish mother What was meant to be a con- transition, and, little by little.
of those in the Israel State, who, according had better get busy in introducing some gregation ended up all the Riv- Jewish families left the area and
to newspapers reports, have desecrated cer- Judaism in the home life of her children. kin Fa -mily Club.
the Synagogue disappeared. Mr.
tain Christian Shrines in Jerusalem."
Rivkin's years of service went
Dr. Abraham E. Millgram, educational The story goes like this:
Many years ago, Hyman with it.
Our reply to the archbishop is simply director of the United Synagogue of Amer-
this: "Your excellency is patently biased ica, warned the mothers that their chil- (Chaim) Rivkin moved to Ham- NAME WILL LIVE
But his name- will not be for-
and misinformed." Naturally, the legate in dren would need a thorough Jewish educa- tramck from Linwood, Mich.
Egypt would side with the Arabs, and as tion not only that they may be informed Being a devout man with a gotten. Late last month, some
keen sense of community re- 80 direct descendants of Hyman
for his statement that the Jews are at- members of their people but also, and there sponsibility, he built a Syna-
tempting to "destroy Christianity" in Pal- is a tendency to overlook this, that they gogue in Hamtramck, where he and Lottie Rivkin got together
formed a club, which is a
estine, doesn't that sound absurd, on the may achieve a foundation for emotional taught Hebrew to young boys of and
far cry • from a congregation,
face of it, even to a good Catholic?
the congregation with hope that but still the next best thirig.
security and personal happiness.
As for the editorial clipping, we agree
Paraphrased, Dr. Millgram means that a the Synagogue, which bore his They elected Malcolm L. Riv-
that American Jews are not in sympathy Jewish child may lead a miserable life be- name, would thrive and expand. kin, president; Isadore A. Berger
with the desecration of Holy Places in Is- cause of his conflicts with anti-Semitism FAMILIES MOVE
and Mrs. Aaron Samuels, vice-
rael, whether by Jews, Arabs or Christians. unless he has been forearmed with a good The youngsters, he believed, presidents; Benjamin Jaffe,
The .reports that Jews are responsible Jewish education.
would continue their affiliation treasurer; William Cohen, pro-
chairman; and Mrs. Harry
have been deliberately exaggerated by
That education, Dr. Millgram was quick with this house of worship and gram
clerics who look with dismay on the pros- to emphasize, "will have little meaning or that it would grow with future Starter and Mrs. Barnett Dick-
man, secretaries.
pect that an orderly government will hence- effect upon the character of the growing generations.
And when they meet again
forth be supervising holy Places which child unless it begins in the home and un- It was his cherished dream' Dec.
12 at the home of the Wil-
they have been allowed to believe is their less the genuinely Jewish atmosphere of the that his name might be kept liam Cohens, 2265 Chicago
alive
and
his
presence
felt
after
exclusive domain and source of revenue, in home continues to be its major source and
boulevard, you can be sure that
his death.
many cases.
the esteemed t atriarch's pres-
inspiration."
However, this was a period of

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