April 5, 1942

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Two

Federation's Meeting Sounds
Initial Call for Allied Jewish Drive

Abraham Srere, In Annual Report, Points To Whole - Hearted
Endorsement Of Campaign's Aims By Our Government;
Inspiring Address By Dr. George N. Shuster

The initial signal to the community that the Allied
Jewish Campaign is about to begin was given at the 16th
annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federation of
Detroit, on Sunday evening, at Hotel Statler.
In his annual report, Abraham Srere, president,
sounded the first official call in behalf of the campaign

and revealed to the gathering

community leaders that a sum in Harry S. Grant, Mrs. Robert J.
excess of $1,000.000 is asked of De- Newman, Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, and
troit Jews by the 55 causes to be Mrs. Henry Wineman.
included in the drive. Final deci-
sionm on the goal for the campaign FRESH AIR SOCIETY
The Fresh Air Society. of which
will be made by the budget steering
Alexander Schreiber is president,
committee, Mr. Srere announced.
An analysis of the claims for elected the following new directors:
participation in the Allied Jewish Mrs. Louis Daniels, Herman Galan-
Campaign by the 55 local, national ty and Max Zivian. The following
and overseas causes was published were re-elected: Martin Butzel, Jo-
in last week's Jewish News). seph H. Davidson, Mrs. H. J. L.
Mr. Srere's report at Sunday's Frank Bet; ain Jaffe, Mrs. Hoke
meeting was supplemented by an Levin, Herman Osnos and Harry
address by one of the outstanding Raden.
Catholic lay leaders, Dr. George N.
Shuster, president of Hunter Col- SOCIAL SERVICE BUREAU
The Jewish Social Service Bureau
lege, who made a plea for the pres-
ervation of the Judeo-Christian elected the following members of
the board: For a three year term,
ideals.
Louis Blumberg, Nathan Milstein,
ELECT DR. GLAZER
Morris L. Schaver, Mrs. Isaac Gil-
Business meetings of the Jewish bert, Rabbi B. Benedict Glazer, Dr
Welfare Federation, the Jewish So- Lawrence Seltzer: for a one-year
1 ial Service Bureau.' the Jewish term, Dr. H. S. Mellen and Jacob
Children's Bureau and the Fresh Keidan.
Air Society preceded the presenta-
tion of Mr. Srere's report and the CHILDREN'S BUREAU
Directors elected by the Jewish
address by Dr. Shuster.
Julian H. Krolik presented the Children's Bureau follow: For a
report of the nominating commit- two-year term, Rabbi Morris Adler,
tee of the Federation, and the fol- Herman Cohen, Irwin I. Cohn, How-
lowing directors were eeicted for a ard A. Kaichen, Dr. David Kliger,
three-year term: Maurice Aronsson, Dr. A. Max Kohn, Daniel Mendel-
Leo M. Butzel. Abe Cooper. Mrs. sohn, Sydney Moss, Mrs. Robert J.
Aaron DeRoy, Rabbi Leon Pram, Newman, Louis A. Schostak, Dr.
Gus D. Newman, Theodore Levin, Louis A. Schwartz, Mrs. Harry M.
Dr. Harry C. Salt.zstein, and Nate Shulman, Moses Weiswasser, Mrs.
Melville S. Welt: for a one-year
S. Simper°.
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer. Rabbi of term. Maurice A. Aronsson, Fred
Temple Beth EL was elected to fill M. Butzel, Dr. Leo M. Franklin,
a vacancy for a- Wm expiring in Harvey H. Goldman, Morse Gold-
man, Nathaniel H. Goldstick, Dr.
1943.
A. N. Hershman. Saul R. Levin, Dr.
The following members of the
David J. Levy, Robert Marwil. Dr.
board of the Federation continue
Harry C. Metzger. Mrs. J. Victor
in office: For the term expiring in
Roemer, Mrs. Henry Wineman. and
1943, Dr. Leo M. Franklin, Dr.
Mrs. Carl S. Schiller.
Abraham M. Hershman, Israel Him-
elhoch, Judge Harry B. Keidan, MR. SRERE'S ADDRESS '
Highlights of Mr. Srere's annual
Henry Meyers, Judge Charles Rub-
lntr, Abraham Srere, Henry Wine- report as president of the Jewish
man. Jacob L. Keldan, Alex Schreib- Welfare Federation follow:
"American Jewry must devote all
er, David S. Zemon. Max N. Silver-
man, James I. Ellinann, Herman its resources and energies to our
Cohen, Myron A. Keys, Mrs. Mel- country's war efforts. and it is also
ville S. Welt, Mrs. Samuel R. Glo- our special, sacred task to sustain
gower, Rabbi Morris Adler, Fred M. our distressed brethren who are the
Putzel, Harry H. Goldman, Julian chief sufferers from tyranny wher-
H. Krolik, Louis Robinson, William ever they are.
"The work of the Joint Distribu-
Friedman: for the term expiring in
1944. Sidney J. Allen, Joseph Bern- tion Committee, the United Pales-
stein, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, Clar- tine Appeal, the National Refugee
(Continued on Page 17)
ence H. Enggass, Samuel Frank,

Withdrawal of "Hussies" Points
To Palestine Recruiting Needs

Urge Setting Up Of Parliamentary Commission To
Investigate Struma Disaster

TEL AVIV (JPS-Palcor) — That withdrawal from
Palestine and the Middle East sector of large numbers of
Australian soldiers, who have now reached their homeland
under command of General Sir Thomas Blarney—who,
now in command of all Allied land forces in Australia
under the supreme authority of General Douglas Mas-

Jewish Soldiers
Observe Holidays

Wishing to provide facilities for
the numerous Jewish boys in the
armed services, various Detroit Jew-
ish organizations invited soldiers
from Fort Wayne army post to ob-
serve the Passover holidays with

them.
According to Col. Edward H.
Besse, commanding offiCer at the

Group Gives
Pass Over
$10,000 for
Your Fears
Russian Aid

Franklin' Deism; Roosevelt in
the Role of a Modern Moses

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

(Copyright, 1942, Independent
Jewish Press Service, Inc.)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt resur-
rected an ancient theme when he
proposed his four freedoms as a so-
lution for the ills of our wartorn
world. He must have read the
Hagaddah, which contains all the

admonitions for freedoms.
But the most signifficant call, de-
rived from the ancient story, was

Quartermaster Motor depot, the the most important element in the
army has made a practice of grant- Passover story: the appeal for free-
ing three-day passes to soldiers of dom from fear.
Fear was the motivating factor
the Jewish faith for the holidays.
which beckoned the Jews of Egypt
The American Jewish Congress,
to the fleshpots of the heathens.
the Jewish War Veterans, the Bnai
They were frightened by everything
Brith, and numerous synagogue
under the sun—by economic fears,

sisterhoods arranged programs so
that the soldiers who were unable
to get to their hown homes were
among Jewish friends over Pass-
over.

Essay Contest of
Young Circle League

The Young Circle League of De-
troit, the youth branch of the
Workmen's Circle, announces an es-
say contest on the subjects: "What
Kind of Peace Shall There Be After
the War," "My Creed As a Jew in
the Present Crisis" and "Who Is the
Greatest Living Person?"
This contest will be for Jewish
boys and girls, 14 to 18. The essays
must be submitted to Young Circle

League Essay Contest, W. C. Edu-
cational Center, 11529 Linwood, De-
troit, by May 20.
Essays may be written in Yiddish
or English. Yiddish judges are Jo-

by social scares, by religious bogeys.
Is. it any different today? Not in
the least. Jews are a bit frightened.

They are afraid to undertake new
things, or to carry on the old ones.
They seem to be looking back over
their own shoulders, fearing that
some one is following them, that
people suspect them, that they are

pursued.
There is pursuit everywhere. We

are hounded. We are threatened
by a return to terrible dangers.
But it is not as bad as fear itself.
Compare our situation today
with the situation in the days of
the first Passover, and you find

that we can take comfort in

many things. We have friends—

they are all on the democratic
front. We have friends even
under Nazi rule—in Norway, in
Belgium, in Holland, among the
Czechs, even among the Ger-
mans.

The Czechs like to tell the story

seph Bernstein, Chaim Rodin and that between Jews and Czechs
Dr. Shmarya Kleinman. English there is a difference of one day:
judges are Solomon W. Schkloven. The Jews are persecuted first, the
Louis Rosenzweig and Aaron Gorn- next day the fury of the Nazis is
upon the Czechs. When such stor-
bein.

Blue-and-White
Box Clearance

The semi-annual Blue and White
Box clearance work, the traditional
method of raising money for the
Jewish National Fund, will be con-
ducted beginning April 12 and end-

ing April 26, when volunteers will
call at homes of boxholders.

TO PUNISH NAZIS FOR
ATROCITIES ON JEWS

Moscow (JTA)—With the Soviet

Army at the gates of Kharkov, the
GPU was reported here this week
as having completed preparations
for the arrest and punishment of
all those in the city who are re-
sponsible for the killing of Jews and
for terror against the local popula-
tion during the months of Nazi
occupation.
Leaflets have been dropped over
Kharkov during the last few days
urging the people to keep an eye
on the terrorists and to prevent
their escape.

ies are related, they indicate that
there is a sense of understanding
and an attitude of sympathy for us.
Or take the latest story to

come from Berlin:, A maid ap-
plies for a job and instead of the
usual 40 marks she asks a salary
of 60—an extra 10 for not re-
porting the people to the author-
ities for listening to foreign
broadcasts and another *10 marks
for not reporting them for buy-
ing on the forbidden food mar-
ket. When she is told that they
do not resort to illegal practices,
she replies: "Then I cannot work
for you. I refuse to work for
people who not only starve but
are stupid on top of it."
This indicates that decency and
a sense of common justice are not
Furthermore, it indicates
dead.

that all is not motivated by fear.
President Roosevelt assumes the
role of a modern Moses when he
appeals to reason against fear.
Nothing can hurt us more than
fear. Fear will cause us to tighten
the pursestrings and to refuse help
for important causes. Free people
dare not yield to such tactics, and
speak in terms of danger for the

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A Modern Synagogue In The Jewish Homeland

Arthur. has been succeeded in the=y
Middle East past by Major Gebel al some weeks ago the Jewish agency
Morshead, recently and the Vaad Leumi jointly called
Sir Leslie
knighted for his brilliant defense for augmented enlistment. Although
of Tobruk—has made all the more at the time, for obvious military
urgent maximum enlistment of the reasons, it was not possible to men-
Yishuv's manpower was made tion in cables abroad the departure
abundantly clear by Moshe Shertok, of the "Aussies", now needed on
political chief of the Jewish Agency. their own home front to meet the
East post by Major General Sir imminent threat of Japanese in-
Leidie Morshead, recently knighted vasion, the urgency of the situa-
for his brilliant defense of Tobruk, tion was well understood by the
has made all the more urgent max- Yishuv's leaders, he pointed out.
imum enlistment of the Yishuv's
Auxiliary nurses are now being
manpower was made abundantly lined up in the Tel Aviv area to

clear by Moshe Shertok, political
chief of the Jewish agency.
Speaking to a gathering of press
representatives in this city, Mr.
Shertok declared urgent the need
to interudfy both recruiting and the
entire war effort of the Yishuv, as
Well as to assure the support of
the families of volunteers in accord-
ance with the manifesto in which

assist the registered nurses in at-
tending the injured and other
tients in the reserve hospitals, in'
which 1,000 reserve beds have been
provided for emergencies, it was an-
nounced. A reserve hospital of sim-
ilar type was started in the Petach
Tikvah district in January. A nine-
week course for volunteer auxiliary
nurses is now in progress here.

Committee Presents Largest
Individual Sum at Olympia
Relief Rally

It fell to the lot of Henry M.
Abramovitz, chairman of the Folks'
Committee for the Russian Relief
Fund, to present the largest indi-
vidual sum for Russian relief, at the
rally held at the Olympia last Sat-
urday night.
Mr. Abramovitz presented a check
for $10,000 and an additional check
for $1,000 came from the Maimon-
ides Medical society. There were
other contributions from Jewish
groups and individuals.
Principal speakers at the rally
were Mme. Maxim Litvinoff, wife
of the Russian ambassador to the
United States, and the Hon. Joseph
E. Davis, former U. S. Ambassador
to Russia.
Mr. Davis took occasion to con-
demn pro-Axis propaganda in this
country. He lauded the heroism of
the Russian people and pleaded for
undivided support of the Russian
cause which, as he emphasized, is
now our cause.
The Liberty (Freiheit) Singing
Society sang a group of Yiddish
songs.

Issue Passover

Instructions

for
The Detroit Committee
Kashruth and the local Vaad Ha-

Rabbonim issued an announcement
relative to Passover foods. in which
they urge Jewish consumers to be-
ware of Chometz (leavened) on the
Festival. They ask that only such
products as are certified "kosher

!'Pesach" by a recognized rabbinical
authority be taken into the home.
Information on all questions re-

lating to Kashruth on Passover and
the year-around will be supplied by

the office of the Detroit Committee
for Kashruth, 8917 Twelfth St. TY.
7-7585.

KVUTZAH
IVRITil

Kvutzah Ivrith, the Hebrew cul-
tural group, which has been func-
tioning in Detroit since the found-
ing of the United Hebrew Schools,
has for its object the promotion of
Hebrew culture. Lecturers are in-
vited and Hebrew forums are con-
ducted. In addition there are ad-
dresses by members of the local
group.
In cooperation with the Kvutzah,
there are the several Chugim Ivrim,
Hebrew circles, which consist main-
ly of young men and women. some
of them Palestinian born, to whom
the Hebrew language is the mother
tongue. These groups meet and dis-
cuss literary and other topics. gen-
erally on Friday evenings or Satur-
day afternoons.
The president of the Kvutzah Iv-
rith is Herman D. Boraks. The
chairmen of the cultural group are
Abraham
Morris Lachover and
Twersky,
The Kvutzah issues a bulletin in
Hebrew entitled "lied Hakvutzah."
"The Echo of the Kvutzah. - The
editor is J. M. Mathis. He is assist-
ed by Miss Rifka Pitkowsky, the

secretary, and Samuel Lehrman. the
business manager.

Wherever possible, the Jewish pioneers in Palestine have tried VD
The photograph
make permanent structures of their Synagogues.
shows the synagogue in the Children's Village at. Kfar Teladias,
which was assigned by one of the foremost architects is Paloatias.

An affiliate of the Kvutzah is the
Ladies' Auxiliary, headed by Mrs.
Aaron D. Markson. The Auxiliary
meets once a month for discussion
of educational topics. The Auxiliary
also has one or two money raising
functions during the year. The
monies are used mainly towards
the support of Hebrew literature.
They contribute to the Hadoar, the
Hebrew weekly; subscribe to the
Hadoar Lanoar, the Hebrew bi-
weekly for children; support the
"Bitzaron," Hebrew monthly, and
Keren Hatarbut, Palestine Hebrew
Culture Fund, assist in the pur-
chase of books for children of the
Hebrew schools and contribute lib-

erally to the Allied Jewish Cam-
Magri.

