DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

Thursday, February II, 1950

Americans Heed Freedom's Call

Events
of the Week

Israel's Plight
Stirred Hearts
of Valiant

The monthly meeting of the
Jacob Sklar. Family Club was
held at the home of Mr. and Mr's.
Max Bronstein. A social meeting
By HAROLD S. COHEN
followed business.
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VOUR men—four typical Amer-
Durfee
Chapter,
Better Schools
ican Jewish young men, sud-
Association, will meet at 1:30 pm.
denly picked themselves up and
in room 324. Mrs. Emily Persons,
went to Israel h fight in a war in
vice-president of the association,
which they didn't have to fight.
will speak on the groups policy
Or did they? .
and aims.
It is in the motivation of these
es
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four that one begins to fathom
The
Shaarcy
7"dek Young Peo.
the real Israel and the relations
p'e's Society w !. hold its Queen
of that country with the Ameri-
Esther Dance Saturday evening
can Jewish community,
Feb. 25. A ,queen will be chosen 1
Ben Fingeroot, 35, a heavy-set,
from the girls present Sol Glos-
balding, man with a feeling for
sa:, chairman, announced.
machinery, served 40 months in
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the United States airforce as a
The Sinai Family Club elected
mechanic.
Israeli Army Photo Service
the following officers: Mrs. Joe
When the war ended he thought
Simai, presiders' Mrs. Arnold Sil-
that he would never want to look
Typical scenes taken 'during berstein, secretary; Mrs. Abe
at another airplane. But when Is-
rael was invaded in May of 1948,
the Israeli war. Upper left Kushner, treasurer; and Mr. and
he , suddenly felt that his place
Mrs. P. Sinai. hospitality com-
• shows soldiers of an Anglo- mittee. The next meeting will
was over there in that fight. He
Saxon company telling stor- be at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
tries to explain his feeling on the
basis Of a sympathy for the un 7
ies during a lull in the A. Kushner. • s •
derdog..But it doesn't quite come
Negev campaign. Upper
The Baal Moshe Young Peo-
off. . •
right an American scout ple's Club will meet at 8:30 p.m.
He really cannot say why he
program.
volunteered, he just felt that he
peers out at Arab positions Monday for a • social
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must.
from an advanced point in
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The Northwest Congregation
the Israeli lines. Lower left Young People's Club will hold a
AND SO IN MAY, he flew to
Switzerland as a tourist and from
shows a sailor on guard sweater party at 8:30 pin., Feb.
28. Everyone should come dressed
there to Czechoslovakia.
duty at a 'port with an Is- in their most appealing sweater
There he joined the Israeli air
raeli ship at anchor near by. and a prize will be given to the
force and remained for a month
boy and girl who look best. For
working on airlift planes.
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information, call Dorothy Bea-
Israel's fate looked dark in
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man, TO. 7-2341, or Hal Shapiro,
those early days of the war. The an ideal and each of them has the
"They were hot heroic in their
Arab countries were massing feeling that he is building his life self appraisals," he recalled, "they a company of Jews from Anglo- UN, 3-5557.
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Saxon counties, a Sternist com-
„ large armies with the latest equip- and his future as well as that of
were just doing a necessary job
The Hollywood Teleoove Club
ment and plunging deep into the the nation." "I feel that a little that would aid in the rebuilding pany and one of llaganah men.
The attack was launched at will hold a pre-Purim dance at
country,
bit of me was in that activity of the country. They were creat-
dawn and the town fell in a half- 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at
'Hut, Ben said. "with due re- and I wa.- .1 to go back to find ing something out of nothing."
hour with the loss of one man, the Center. A Purim Queen will
spect to the army and navy, the that satisfaction again," Sam
"It was their maturity and an American from California.
be chosen. Proceeds go to the
stated.
air force turned the tide."
sense of responsibility that im-
The enemy lost 200 dead. As Jerusalem "Y."
Sam, who is an engineer, join- pressed me most" he added. "They
"One, night, Ben recalls, 'one
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of our planes landed in the Hegel, ed tke Israeli navy as soon as he ► knew what they were doing 'and the bullets whizzed by the funda-
mental courage of the Israeli ! The United Hebrew Schools
close to the Arab lines.' We had finished studying at King's Point why they were there."
fighters and f +their willingness to PTO will meet at 1 p.m. at the
to go out to repair it before it was Academy in New York, lie spe-
Sam, who is 23 years old, is
captured and so volunteers were cialized in naval engines and his working dismantling of sacrifice their lives for their coun- Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. Guest
try became apparent.
speaker will be Mrs. B. Kriecha-
asked for'."
services were needed in 1948.
steel rolling mill bought by His-
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man who will speak on Purim. A
Ile went to Cuba and worked on tadrut. He intends to go to Israel
A gentile boy from the States
.
"IT WAS THEN that I fully dessert luncheon will be served.
and I volunteered to drive out former U.S. naval vessels which with the
equipment to reassemble realized the real qualities of the'
A Purim workshop will be held
there and we arrived late at were sold to Israel. From Cuba it there. He wants to settle there
night," he continued.
the small fleet moved to Marseille to continue his work. "Besides," people and I decided to return at 8 p.m. Thursday. Feb. 23, at
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for brief repairs and then they he says, "there is a girl there on there eventually," Jack declared. the school.
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"I feel that there is opportunity
fleet to Haifa. a Kibbutz and well . . "
"WE WORKED feverishly try- raced the Egyptian
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for me there in the motion picture
Thr Beth Abraham Men's Club
. .
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ing to complete the job before
industry and if I ! fail, at least I will hold a business meeting at
SAM HAD THE opportunity. to
daylight revealed what we, were
JACK ERINGER,' 28, is a .New won't be able to blame prejudice
8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Movies on
doing to the Arabs two miles see a great deal of . Israel. He .Yorker who Was a cameraman
finds the best, illustration!of his with the- services of .maps and against my race," he concluded. the "History of Jews in America"
away," he added.
These three men are among will be shown with a March of
Just as dawn was breaking we feeling toward the country in a 'photography of the Israeli . army.
those who have formed a veterans Time issue entitled "Israel."
finished and the pilot quickly visit -he paid to an experimental While he did not take part in
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organization consisting of the 40
warmed up the engines and we Kibbutz in the . Negev.
combat, he accompanied the
At - the - last meeting of the
The group there consisted of troops into battle and photo- veterans in Detroit-Windsor area.
took off as the sun started to rise."
The purpose of the organiza- American Haven Club, held at
"The Arabs spotted us but it was boys - and girls about 17 or 18 graphed the action.
tion which is called the Ameri- the home of Mrs. Fred Katz, it
too late," he said, " two bullets years old. In conjunction with
Ile was present at the last bat-
ripped into the plane but we the HeliCew University they were tle of the war,.the taking of the can Veterans of Israel, is to aid in was decided to postpone the an-
the settlement and improvement
planting
various
plants
to
deter-
made it back to our base safely."
town of El Auja in the Negev of the conditions of life in Israel, nual donor luncheon from March
as originally scheduled, to Oc-
Ben, who manufactures bus and mine which would thrive on the near the Egyptian border.
to combat anti-Semitism, and to tober since so many- of the mem-
automobile heaters in Detroit, in- desert.
The Israeli forces consisted of assist immigration to Israel.
bers are vacationing at this date.
tends to return to Israel to do
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engineering work. He does not
The Henry Cohen Family Cir-
intend to give up his U. S. citi-
Young Adults Plan
cle has installed Mrs. Bessie Lewis
zenship.
as the new president. Other new
Dance for Purim
Why he wants to return is as
are: Mrs. Gertrude Cross,
hard for him to say as why he
Ptirim will be celebrated by officers
M
rs. Ethel Cohen and Madeline
went to fight.
the
Jewish
Young
Adult
Coun-
C
ohen.
BOSTON — (WNS) — Rabbi Is- of such marriages, Dr. Tabak
"I like the country and I like
its people," he says. "I like the rael Tabak, president of the Rab- stressed that "intermarriage tends cil with a dance Feb. 26 at the I
social life, you don't just go out binical Council of America, de- to weaken the stamina" of the Jewish Community Center. Tra-
Saturday night but every night Glared at the organization's con- Jewish population apart from be- ditional refreshments, including
in the week when you see crowds ferenee that more 'than 90 per ing against the "most hallowed Hamentashen and Taglich will
•
out in the streets there Ls dancing cent of mixed marriage have principles of the Jewish faith." be served.
and the cafes are crowded with turned out to be unsuccessful. "You can love 'your neighbor
A dramatic skit will be pre-
Calling on American Jewry to without marrying his daughter,"
people in khaki shorts and shirts,
Named as one of the "10 Best
sented based on the Purim story Foreign Films" by New York
be on the alert against the spread Rabbi Tabak added.
open at the throat• " he said.
with participants appropriately film critics, "The Affair Blum"
•
"I respect and admire the peo-
dressed.
ple," he continued," they have
had its Detroit premiere showing
men of the 28 af i filiated youth
Decorations and murals of last Wednesday at the Cinema
courage and a sense of mission.
organizations,
will
be
held
at
2
Purim Scenes have been prepared theatre.
They feel that they are working
p.m., Sunday, at the Woodward by the Young Peoples Club of
....constructively and not competing
The "Affair Blum" is a re-crea-
Temple Beth El.
with others for wages."
The Jewish Young Adult Coun- Center.
tion of a famous murder case
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which occurred in GerMany 20
cil of Detroit, in cooperation with
JEWISH SONGBOOK
years ago.
"I WANT TO BE a part of that its community service committee,
WEDNESDAY GROUP
Harry
D.
Katz,
supervisor
of
feeling of self expression and ac-
The film depicts intolerance and
The Wednesday Evening Dis- the Department of Adult Educa-
is sponsoring its Second Annual
complishment,' he concluded.
cussion Group of the Jewish tion at the Jewish Community has been recommended by the
"That's how I feel," chimed in Workshop on the Allied Jewish Center will present Mrs, Ger-
National Community Relations
Center, announced that individ-
Sam Saferstein, another of the Campaign.
aldine Bledsoe, who will speak uals and groups may purchase the Advisory Council.
four.
This Workshop, designed for on the subject of Brotherhood
new "Jewish Center Songster"
"They are working to realize presidents and program chair- Week at 9 -p.m.- Wednesday.
The deadline of the Jewish
through the Center.
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Chronicle is noon on Mondays.

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Intermarriage Against Tenets
of Ions
' h Faith, Rabbi Says

Cinema Shows
air urn'

JY AC Schedules
A IC Workman

THURSDAY
23 FEB.
8:30 P. M.

HEAR DR. ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN

Congregation
SHAAREY
ZEDEK