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On this Sabbath, the 23rd day of Nisan, 5702, the following portions
of the . Torah will be read during Synagogue cervices: Pentateuchal
portion. Lev. 9: 1-11:41; Prophetical portion, II Sam. 6:1-7:17.

VOL 1

NO. ::

APRIL 10. 1932

The War and Internal Dangers

'The critical ~(ages; of the war fur the democratic forces
compel us to think again in terms of our faith and our
morale, and to take into consideration the Nveapons-on
the military as Well as civil fronts- that are necessary to
vein this supreme test bet ween t he destructive and the con-
structive elements in the wwid.

Experience teaches us that without internal confidence
and courage, without inner strength, Nye are helpless.
Therefore we must all strive to increase faith in the demo-
cratic ideals, to ke .p up the people's morale, to carry on
the battle to the end that there should be no doubt as to
the potency of the idealism of the decent elements in our

population.

There is another angle in the search for weapons in the
present struggle. There is need for eliminating every pos-
sible attempt on the part of fifth-column or subversive
groups to destroy the morale that we plead for. The
slightest dent in the war machinery—moral or physical
—will not only undermine the spirit of the fighting forces
but will also destroy the constructive efforts of the makers
of war materials that are necessary for an effective mili-
tary struggle.

The Weekly
Sernionette

Danger of Population

after the war. He made a strong case for his point of
view, and coupled with the presentation made by Prof.
Davis his attitude points to the possible adoption of a
more sane view towards immigration by our legislators.
Less witch-hunting and more humane application of our
principles to newcomers to these shores will solve the
problem now being raised anew by historians and sociolo-
gists.

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WHAT MAKES THE SPARKS FLY!

THE PASSOVER HOPE

This is the message which the
Passover, now drawing to a close,
conveys to us. It is a cheering and
reassuring message, a message of
which Isarel and mankind at large
are in sore need. We are celebrat-
ing the Feast of Freedom in cir-
cumstances of peculiarly tragic sign-
! ificance. We look out upon the
world, and what do we see? The
spectacle that meets our gaze is
one that is calculated to plunge us
into despair. Tyranny and oppres-
sion are the order
of the day: brute
; force holds sway
land reigns sup-
1 reme. The Angel
o f Death i s
abroad, doing his
grim work of de-
struction on a
scale unprece-
dented in the an-
nals of mankind.
It would seem as
•if the prophecy of doom pronounced
by Ezekiel were being fulfilled in
all its literal horror. "I lay all in
ruins, ruins. ruins. everything shall
be overturned." The world is in a
bad way.
With eternal tinvAiness comes to
Ili the sustaining and heartening
message of this day. It says: "Not
forever will wrong be on the throne
and right on the scaffold." "The
'Holy One. blessed be He. will come."
The Angel of Death and all the
powers of evil will ba destroyed.
Rectitude will triumph. God's eter-
nal justice will vindicate

• • •

Decline

of a declining population in the United States.
Dr. Davis judged by the 1940 figures and pointed out
that the American population is not reproducingitself at a
rate sufficient to replace itself. "When a nation's popula-
tion declines," he stated, "it may lose the political or mili-
tary strength necssary to maintain its economic ad-
vantages.
Therefore, Dr. Davis suggests the likelihood of control
measures that were employed in Germany, Sweden and
France.
Since this problem has been raised, it is proper to renew
the proposal that America's strength lies in its ability to
absorb new elements in the population, and that our pres-
ent strength is traceable directly to those periods when
millions of people came here from foreign lar0s, were as-
similated into our population even though many of them
retained their cultural ideas, and helped build a strong
Ration.
This great land needs immigrants as much as we needed
them in the 1880's and in the first decade of this century.
The immigrants have made great contributions to America
and their cultural values have enriched this land as much
as their numbers have helped to increase the numerical
strength of the United States.
In his address at the sminar conducted by the Univer-
sity of Michigan chapter of Avukah, the student Zionist
organization, a short time ago, Prof. Preston Slosson ad-
vocated the lifting of immigration barriers as necessities
for the solution of the world's refugee problem and as a
means of solving the resettlement issues that will arise

10, 1942

THE HOLY ONE, BLESSED BE
HE, WILL COME * AND SLAY
THE ANGEL OF DEATH.—( Pass-
over Haggadah ).

The Passover is essentially a Feast
It is important that the elements opposing the policies of of Hope. It bids Israel remember
our t;overnment and those sympathizing with the Axis be the day when we came forth from
Egypt all the days of our life
prevented from spreading their venom. that those who, "All the days," says the rabbi, "in-
like the ('oughlinites, continue to incite group against ; eludes the nights." A signifi-
group in this country, be exposed, and that a solid Amer- cant comment this We are to
ican front be established in the interests of national de- keep the memory of the Exodus
f•nse. unless this is clone, the War will not only be pro- ' green and fresh even when all is
longed un-riecesarily, but the victory Nvill be harder to dark and gloomy, when the skies
are charged with elements of de-
achieve.
struction and all seems to be lost.
Encouraging news came from Washington in the past The Passover is the lodestar which
week. indicating the Department of Justice is taking steps has guided Israel through the ter-
to put an end to pro-Axis activity in this country. The ror and anguish of the centuries. It
More hrITI Attorney (;ene•al Biddle and his associates are, is the perennial source from which
the Jew has drawn courage.
the better for this great land and for our allies.
strength. comfort. the undying hope
May the leaders of our great Republic be guided to that God. Who championed the
cause of the oppressed and per-
speedy success in this supreme test in our history.
secuted in Egypt, will once more
champion their cause. He has read
into the ('had Gadya his people's
life-story and destiny. I say - he
Dr. Kingsley Davis, associate professor of sociology at has read into it" advisedly. It is
Pennsylvania State College, recently advocated the inau- quite likely, as some critics main-
guration of a government policy to counteract the threat , tain, that this folk-song is a foreign
importation, borrowed and adapted

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from a non-Jewish source. Certain
' it is. however, that the Jew has
: given to it a Jewish interpretation
and application. He has regarded
I it as a summary of his fate and
faith. Israel is the kid, living in a
world of brute force, where the
strong feed upon the weak, where
might is right. By the accepted law
of the jungle, he should have long
ago made his exit from the historic
stage. But marvel of marvels! His
persecutors—Assyria, Babylon, Per-
sia, Rome and others, symbolized by

the various destructive agencies en-
umerated in the Chad Gadya alle-
gory—have disappeared. He, the

weakest and to all indications the
most helpless, has survived. He saw
the finger of God in his history. He
read into the fate of the nations
of antiquity the fate cf all his per-
secutors and would-be destroyers.
Confidently he looked forward to
the time when "the Holy one, bles-
sed be He, will come" and a new
era will dawn for him and for
humanity at large. He regarded
"the Passover that was" as a sym-
bol and pledge of "a Passover to
come," the glory cf which will
eclipse that of the Passover that
was. He envisaged a golden age
when the work of redemption be-
gun on Israel's memorable watch-
night will have attained its frui-
tion, "when the earth shall be full
of the knowledge of the Lord, as
the waters cover the sea."
The Passover bids us hope, ad-
ding, however, a word of admonition
and warning. If the glorious vision
which it holds out to us is ever to
be realized, we must strain every

A Round-Up

of Anti-Semites

William Dudley Pelley, organizer of the "Silver Shirts,"
is tinder arrest.
Social Justice, founded by Fr. Charles E. Coughlin of
Royal Oak, is being watched by U. S. Postal authorities for
seditious articles.
Anti-Semites and pro-Nazis are finally being placed
under the watchful eye of Uncle Sam's authorities.
There has been too much delay in this respect, and
there is no reason why transfer of ownership of Social
Justice from Fr. Coughlin to his parents should in any
sense weaken the case against the destructive magazine
which originated in the Shrine of the Little Flower.
There must be no let-down in action against those who
give comfort to our enemies. And in the front ranks of
the pro-Nazis are always to be found those who fashion
their hatreds after the patterns of the German anti-
Semites. Americans must not forget this even for a single
moment.

The Weizmann Saga

Dr. and Mrs. Chaim Weizmann will soon be our guests
again in this country. They were to have come here from

Lisbon with Dr. Abba Hillel Silver but the necessity for
waiting for priorities compelled them to wait for another
Clipper.
Those of our people who are reluctant to be as liberal
as they are expected to be in giving to our major overseas
as well as local and national causes in the present crisis
should look into the Weizmann record for an appreciation
of what actual sacrifices mean.
They traveled to Lisbon via a route which had led to
the early grave of their young.son who was in the service
of the RAF. Suppressing their personal pains, they are
nevertheless crossing the Atlantic to continue their efforts

for their people's redemption and to strive to achieve
unity in the ranks of American Jewry.
Their lives are dedicated to the cause of the redemption
of Zion and the saving of the millions of Jews who are to-
day homeless on the face of the earth. The least that the
people they speak for can do is to provide the means nec-
essary for such redemption. No matter how much we

give, or how much we do, we do not begin to equal the
sacrifices made by the eminent leader of the Jewish
people, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, and by Mrs. Weizmann who
has gained a place of leadership in her own right among
the Jewish women of the world.

effort to make its realization Possi-
ble. "The Holy One, blessed be He,
will come." When?. You and I must
answer that question. "Hark! my
beloved! behold, He cometh . . .
He standeth behind our wall." Are
we prepared to welcome him? Say
the rabbis: Israel addressed to God
the question, " When wilt Thou re-
deem us?" Mark God's answer:
"That depends upon you and upon
you only." The Messiah, according
to the popular belief will arrive on
a donkey—a slow-moving Animal.
Is it the slow means cf transporta-
tion that retards his coming? No!
Not even a plane of the latest and
most approved fashion will bring
him any sooner. The advent of the
Messiah is not a matter of trans-
portation, but of transformation.
Once—so runs a Talmudic legend
—a well-known rabbi, meeting
Elijah, asked: "When will the Mes-
siah come?" "Go to RoRie where the
Messiah finds himself and put to
him this question," said Elijah.
The rabbi following this advice was
told by the Messiah that he would

appear on that very day. Days glided
into weeks, weeks into months, and
the Messiah did not come. Keenly
disappointed, the rabbi, on meeting
Elijah the next time, bitterly com-
plained: "The Messiah has deceived
me. He has failed to keep his pro-
mise." "You are mistaken," re-
plied Elijah, "The Messiah was pre-
pared to come on the day announc-
ed by him. But you did not make
ready for his coming. You would
not received him." He will come "to-
day," as the psalmist says. "if you
will hearken unto God's voice." The
crying need of mankind at large
and of Israel in particular is a re-
birth, a regeneration, a consuming
passion for the best, the highest
and the noblest in life, an unceas-
ing effort to hasten the advent of
the day when "the Holy One, bles-
sed be Him, will come."
* The literal rendering is: "The
Holy One, blessed be He, came." the
author or adaptor of the "Chad
Gadya" allegory visualizing the ad-
vent of God as an accomplished
fact,

