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Thursday, March 23, 1950

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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The Chronicle Was There

1950 Allied Jewish Drive
Makes Its First Appeal

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A stark and depressing picture' in isolation, he said, but must do
of the needs of Jews all over the ! our part in building a better
world was painted at a mass world.
meeting at Temple Beth El last
BASIC ATTITUDES
Monday, the first in a series of i Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman
meetings opening the 1950 Allied of the American section of the
Jewish Campaign. I Jewish Agency, said that the suc-
Two outstanding speakers had cess or failure of a campaign
been brought to -Detroit for this depended upon the psychological
purpose. The meeting was under attitude of the people. Last year,
the chairmanship of Judge Theo- he stated, American Jews corn-
dore Levin who expressed the mitted an error in judgment:
hope that this year's drive will they believed that the state of
be a full success. Israel was established and noth-
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, rabbi of ing else remained to be done.
Temple Beth El, said that we no We have to realize the facts,
longer live in a period of emer- Goldmann said. Israel's accom-
gency but of permanent crisis. lishments are tremendous. The
The Jewish problem, he said, is creation of the state, the success-
none of our makings but, never- ful completion of the war and
theless, we share in the respon- the handling of the immigration
sibility of seeking a solution. problem are feats which are al-
Such campaigns as the present most unparalleled in history.
drive, Glazer said, are not mere On the other hand, the Jewish
charity appeals. On the con- state is far from being solidly
trary, we are taxing ourselves established. It is threatened by
voluntarily in order to cope with its neighbors who are ,rearming
the problems which face Jewry. in order to get better peace terms.
JDC's EFFORTS
The Arab refugee problem is
Edward M. Warburg, chairman another disturbing factor that
of the Joint Distribution Corn- keeps peace out of the Middle
mittee, described the work of East.
JDC in the last years. He pointed
ISRAEL'S BURDEN
out that Jews in countries under Most of all, the financial bur-
Soviet domination can no longer dens which rest upon Israel are
be saved. From all countries be- too heavy to be borne by the
hind the Iron Curtain, with the 320,000 taxpayers in Israel. Im-
exception of Hungary, JDC had migration is a necessity not only
been expelled, and it must be for Israel but for the Jews whose
feared that the Jews left there , lives are in danger.
will die of hunger or will be
All these considerations, Gold-
squeezed out of their trades.
mann said, make it imperative
In western Europe, JDC's work that we do our utmost to give as
is almost completed; a relatively 'ouch as we can to make this
small number of DPs in Germany ! great cause of brotherly help a
and Austria remains to be taken success.
care of.
I Isidore Subeloff, executive di-
Most
Most urgent at the present is rector of the Jewish Welfare
rescue of Jews in Moslem Federation, closed the meeting by
lands who ate faced with exter- pointing to the local needs taken
mination. Israel is willing to give care of by the Allied Jewish
them homes, but it can do so only Campaign and by urging his
with the financial assistance of listeners to volunteer their serv-
America's Jews. ices in the drive. (A call to WO.
Warburg urged his listeners-not 5-3939 will do.)
to stand idly by. We cannot live I
G.N.

Library Founder

Town. Meeting of Air Marks
75th Year of Hebrew College

America's Town Meeting of the duct of the puritan democracy of
Air honored the 75th anniversary England, which is based upon the
of the Hebrew Union College prophets of the Old Testament.
with a broadcast from its cam- Dr. Nelson Glueck stated his
pus in Cincinnati on the Topic belief that science cannot save
"How Can Organized Religion civilization if it is not used along
Advance American Democracy." the lines of religious principles.
Speakers were Dr. Nelson
"The founding fathers of our
Glueck, president of the College; country," he said, "saw this coun-
Dr. George N. Shuster, president try as the 'New Jerusalem'."
of Hunter College; and Charles
The absolute separation of
P. Taft, former president of the church and state is essential to
Federal Council of Churches.
our democracy, he added.
Shuster, a Catholic layman, We must organize for peace as
noted that democracy began with we organized for war, he said.
the religious concept that all men He called for a drive for equal-
are equal in that they are all ity of opportunities for educa-
children of God. lion and work. Without organized
Charles P. Taft noted that our religion there can be no democ-
democracy is essentially the pro- racy, he concluded.
H. C.

DR. HENRY Z1RNDORF, who
served as rabbi of Temple
Beth El from 1876 to 1881, es-
tablished the Temple library,
one of the oldest Jewish con-
gregational libraries in the
United States

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RABBI FOLKMAN
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perience, he means just that. Re- derstood as needs. What is last-
Rabbi Jerome D. Folkman of
ligious experience, to his mind, is ing is not his desire but his an- Temple Israel, Columbus, Ohio,
no theoretical discussion but the swer to the divine will.
will be the guest of Detroit's
sort of experience which goes to
Religion, in Heschel's theory, is Bnai Brith at the ninth annual
the roots of our existence.
the awareness of God's interest interfraternal dinner on April 13
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whereas the emotions are at dents assembled to have a word
home in it," Heschel said. Man, or two with the young but gray- eral chairman, is a member of
therefore, is not made for neu- ing scholar who fled Hitler's ter- Bnai Brith, which is host for this
trality; he is susceptible to evil. ror in 1939 after several years of year's event. Chris Schneider is
Thus, needs have almost be- teaching in Berlin and Frankfurt. chairman for the Knights of Co-
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