From War to. Peace

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Vol. 51 — No. 42

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Thursday, November 10, 1939 10c a Copy — $3 Pet Y ear

Ben Gurion Lauds
Zionists, But Tells
Them Who's Boss

A woman soldier of the Israel Defense Army turns from the task
of war to the needs of peace as she helps a Jewish immigrant
build a new housing development out of the rubble of a battle-
starred village. This scene is repeated throughout Israel as
members of the Army's Youth Reserve Regiment, the , "Gadna,"
play their part in the immigration, resettlement and absorption of
homeless Jews brought to the new Jewish State with funds raised
by American Jewry through the Uunited Jewish Appeal.

Beth El Starts
Its 100th Year

The opening Sabbath Eve serv-
ices of Temple Beth El for the
1949-1950 season, the 100th an-
niversary year of the Temple, will
be held at 8:15 p.m. Friday.
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer will re-
view "Nineteen Eighty Four,"
George Orwell's recent novel. The
liturgical music will be rendered
by the. Temple choir under the
direction of Jason H. Tickton.
A reception for the new mem-
bers of the Temple will be held
during the social hour which will
follow the service.
The out-of-town delegates to
the national convention of the
Joint Defense Appeal will be the
guests of the Temple at the serv-
ices.
Sabbath morning worship will
he held at 11 a.m.

Seattle Jews Stick
to Sabbath Vow

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SEATTLE--Attundance at Fri-
day night services by members of
Herzl Congregation since last
Yom Kippur, when they took a
public vow - of Sabbath adherence,
has increased 100 per cent, the
National Jewish Post learned
from Rabbi Samuel Penner.
The 1,000 members of the con-
gregation pledged full observance
of the Sabbath, and eves since
Sabbath attendance has averaged
500.
He explained the vow of conse-
ation was the first step in an
periment "in setting standards
minimal Sabbath observance
for ourselves."

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Frisch Asks Central Body

Joins University

He Was Innocent

16-Year Nightmare Ends
In Justice for 'Murderer'

YEARS IN prison on getting ready to leave Detroit as a murderer, Gross is willing to
S IXTEEN
a false murder charge and and start a new life in New York. forget the past and begin life

Topics Listed
for Chronicle
Radio Hour

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Mrs. M. Nagel, president of the
central branch of the National
Women's League of the United
Synagogues of America, will be
the guest speaker at the all day
conference of the Michigan sec-
tion, Wednesday, Nov. 16 at
Northwest Hebrew.

TEL AVIV—(WNS)—Premier David Ben Gurion, in a
major talk here defining what was considered his views on
the relationship between Israel and world Jewry, urged
courageous and loyal cooperation between the new State and
the Zionist movement.

Addressing the opening session State and that it was an equal er-
of the convention of the Keren
Ilayesod at the Ilabimah Theater. rot' to think that the Zionist Or-
the Israeli premier cautioned that ganization can preserve the same
it would be a fallacy to believe methods of activity as before the
rise of Israel.
that the Zionist movement 'and
Zionist funds were no longer BALKS AT PRESSURE
needed now that there is a Jewish
No Zionist, Ben Gurion warn-
ed, can direct the path Israel is to
follow unless he leaves the Dia-
Democratic Unity for Jewry
spora, becomes a citizen of the
country and asiumes all the dut-
ies and rights of Israel citizen-
ship. •
He declared any attempted
pressure on the Israeli govern-
EW YORK — A plan for the p•inaiSsle rather than on •ompul- succeeded in large measure where ment through funds of the Zionist
democratization of the Amer- sion, cannot be governed by the great central bodies have Organization would be considered
ican Jewish community through democsatie procedure. This view, failed, Frisch ascribes their suc- a disavmwel of the State of Israel
the creation of an "over-all, su- he says, ''has been largely re- cess to the fact that they "grew and "in direct contradiction to
preme, authoritative body, com- sponSible for the fragmentization out of the grass roots of Ameri- the new basic principle on which
—from now on—the Zionist move-
prised of democratically elected of American-Jewish life as well as can Jewish community life.
representatives of Jewish Com- the lack of authority and order
The fact that within a decade ment rests: the free, independent,
munity Councils throughout the in the American Jewish com- the local community organization sovereign State of Israel."
country" was proposed by Daniel munity." ••, '
Referring to the position of•the
became the leading body in many
Frisch, president of the Zionist Pointing out that "Jewish corn- Je wish communities proves, Zionist organization and the Jew-
Organization of America.
•
munitics throughout the world Frisch points out, that in the ish Agency during the period of
Outlined in a 12-page brochure, have learned through the ages to Jewish Community Council the British mandate, Ben Gurion
entitled "Democratization of the substitute moral compulsion for American Jewry has finally found stressed that "there can be no
American Jewish Community," force," Frisch adds, "there is no that long-sought de mocratic state within the State of Israel,
just published by the ZOA, the reason why the Jewish commun- method of organizing Jewish life, no government within the gov-
proposal is the outgrowth of a ity of America should not recog- more suitable to American condi- ernment of Israel."
program presented by the ZOA nize that moral power and be tions than its predecessors."
NEED OUTSIDE HELP
president and adopted al the last governed by it."
Disclosihg that Israel's popula-
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meeting of the ZOA Administra-
tion was rapidly reaching the
Looking toward the Jewish INTEGRATED FUNDS
million mark, the premier stress-
live Council. This plan embodied Community Councils as having
THE PLAN FURTHER pro-
ed that the figure represented
a proposal for ZOA to work to-
poses the integration of the Jew-
mly ten percent of world Jewry
ward the democratization of the
.
.
ish
federations
and
welfare
funds
a nd that, while Israel is the chief
American Jewish community . t,, - Zlomsts Plan Meeting
within the framework of the
in the ingathering of the
conform to the standards of
on Jerusalem Proposal democratic community in order e orce
xiles, the new State will not be
American democracy."
Sidney M. Shevitz, president to bring about "community re- ible to achieve that purpose with-
Frisch's plan envisions a con-
sponsibility for Jewish needs out assistance from the Jewish
clave of Jewish Community of the Zionist Council of Detroit,
coupled with a community-wide p eople.
Councils from all over the coun- has announced that a meeting
unified system of fund-raising."
Levi Eshkol, treasurer of the
try which would lay the founda- will be held at 8:30 p.m., Monday.
However, the Zionist leader j ewish Agency, reported that
Nov.
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in
Central
High
School.
tion for an American Jewish rep-
The recommendations by the UN stresses that the welfare funds Keren Ilayesod's agricultural
resentative body.
Commission for the international- must be democratized if they are plans alone involved some 84
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ization of Jerusalem and action to function properly. To my nillion dollars.
PROPOSAL PRACTICAL
mind," he adds, "it is not casting
He said he was glad to report
FRISCH SHARPLY attacks the that should be undertaken by
any aspersions on the integrity or that in recent days thousands of
contention of those who hold that American Jewish communities
will be discussed. Speakers will ability of those who compose the reception camp inmates had de-
American-Jewish life, being be announced later.
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based entirely on the voluntary

19,345 IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE
TEL AVIV—OSI 1—During the
month of October, 19.345 immi-
grants and almost 2,000 tourists
arrived in Israel.

The Chronicle Hour which
is broadcast every Sunday
from 10:45 until 11:30 a.m.
over Station WKMH, will, in
the next weeks, have the fol-
lowing topics as its main
themes:
Nov. 13: Bnai Brith Women.
Nov. 20: Temple Israel.
Nov. 27: United Hebrew
Schools.
Dec. 11: American Jewish
Congress.

Synagogue Women
Slate Mrs. Nagel

DR. KURT PEISER, who will
be director of development at
the University of Pennsyl-
vania, will be given a testi-
monial dinner by the Train-
ing Bureau for Jewish Com-
munal Service at its meeting
in Cincinnati on Dec. 8. Peiser
was formerly director of the
Detroit Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration.

final rehabilitation through the
efforts of a Rabbi and a national
magazine—this is the story of
Louis Gross. The nightmares he
had to go through seemed as end-
less as the tortures in Dante's
inferno,
Back in 1932, Mortado Abra-
ham, a member of the Syrian col-
ony in Highland Park, was mur-
dered, and a friend of the Abra-
ham family accused Gross of be-
Mg hired by the victim's es-
tranged wife to do the job.
Gross. stood trial in 1933, and
the accuser told the court that
Gross had confessed the murder
to him. On the strength of this
testimony, Gross was convicted of
first degree murder and sentenced
to prison for life.
Last Thursday, Gross eras

A free man, no longer branded all over again.
Rabbi Joshua Sperka, chaplain
of Jackson Prison, was instru-
mental in returning Gross to free-
dom. Rabbi Sperka heard Gross'
story and became convinced he
MOSCOW — (WNS) — Adop- was innocent. Since the courts
tion of a resolution by the Israel refused to grant Gross a retrial,
Communist party charging Pre- Sperka wrote a letter to Erle
mier David Ben Gurion with Stanley Gardner, special writer
having "gone over to the anti- for "Argosy" magazine, who took
Soviet camp of American war- an interest in the case and came
mongers" •55 reported here by twice from California *As Jack-
Tass, official Soviet news agency, son in order to investigate the
in a dispatch from Tel Aviv.
circumstances.
The publicity given Gross in
The news agency also reported
that the Communists in Israel "Argosy" caused the Detroit
demanded formation of a united "Times" to do some investiga-
front between Mapam and the tion of its own. Ballistic tests had
Communist Party in Israel with a to be made in England by Dr.
view toward combating "the fas- Robert Britton, one of the world's
cization of the State of IsraeL"
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Bell Gurion Stirs
War, Reds Claim