, May t, 1942 THE JEWISH NEWS Pals Twelve 20 Years Ago This Week As It Was Reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency — . Copyright, 1942. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc. KOVNO A storm of protest is sweeping over- Lithuania at the government's repudiation of the guarantee of national rights for minority groups. Meetings are being held in all parts of the country — demanding that Lithuania keep faith with the Jews. Jewish deputies in the Sejm have enforced an unof- ficial boycott and have not attended sessions of the parliament for several weeks . . . GENOA—Before leaving for London, Dr. Weiz- mann was received by Italian Foreign Minister Schan- zer who declared that his government would place no obstacles in the way of immediate registration of the Palestine Mandate . . . NEW YORK—A message received here from Rabbi N. Teluskin of Puchovichi in the Minsk dis- trict expresses fervent thanks for the matzohs which were sent to the Jewish people of his district by the American Relief Association . . . DANZIG—Tens of Jewish workmen were stab- bed and hundreds were cruelly beaten when anti- Semitic Polish rowdies attacked a May Day meeting of Jewish workers. Doctors who were hurriedly sum- moned remained on the scene for hours treating the wounded . . . The Senate unanimously WASHINGTON adopted the Lodge Resolution, declaring that the United States favors the establishment in Palestine of a National Home for the Jewish People. The For- eign Relations Committee of the House is expected to act on the resolution within the next two or three weeks ... .IERUSALEM — Dr. Josef Klausner has pub- lished a Hebrew book on the life of Jesus, entitled "Jesus Hanozri." It is the first authoritative volume n the subject ever written in Hebrew. Pioneer Women Plan Convention Pioneer Women's Organization of Detroit is preparing for the e ighth national convention to be held here June 10 to 14 at the Book Cadillac Hotel. A pre-convention rally will be held Tuesday, May 12, at 1:30 p . in. at the Book Cadillac. Rose Kaufman of Cleveland will be guest speaker. The following are convention officers: Channa Michlin and Ida Katz, secretarries; Sarah Sheraga, fi- nancial secretary; Edith Lipson, treasurer; souvenir book, Sarah Levine, chairman; Dora Reit- man, Dorothy Schecter, Rose Edelman, co-chairmen; registra- tion, Sophie Sislin, chairman; Miriam Rubinstein and L. Krav- it, co-chairmen; program com- mittee, Sophie Siegel, chairman; Emma Schreier, Z. Plafkin, Syl- via Stashefsky, co-chairmen; ar- rangements, M. Kramer, chair- man; F. Freedman, Yetta Kavat, Fannie Schreier, co-chairmen; publicity committee. Adelle Mon- dey, Yetta Landy, Reba Colman. — 10 ! . Between& You isand Me By Ben Copyright, 1942. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc. Jews on the land . . . Very few in America know that Dr. Rosen, Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, known I as one of the best American agro- as - the father of Jewish colonize- onomists, has developed a special tion in Soviet Russia," is return-, of wheat in the United ing to New-.York this week from 'kind States known as "Rosen Wheat" the Jewish settlement of Sosua • • . He is the man who brought in the Dominican Republic for . . I American relief to suffering peo- which he is responsible pie in Russia in the last World Upon Upon his return, he will discov- War as a member of the Ameri- er that, in his absence, he has i can Relief Administration .. . He been elected a member of the ! s the person who established the board of directors of Russian War i record or American con- Relief . The . . choice is ex-!highest workers !structive relief in Russia for the cellent, since no relief in America, whether Jew or non- Joint Distribution Committee . . . He, let us hope, will be the man Jew, is as well acquainted with I H jwho will head any American re- Russia as Dr. Rosen who did a lief mission that may proceed to wonderful piece of constructive i Soviet Russia during this war ... relief work there as director of the Agrojoint . . . One who CONGRESS IN MINIATURE: knows Soviet Russia, cannot im- The last World Zionist Con- agine any kind of worthwhile gress took place in Geneva in relief \cork done withialt the 1939 during the week before the guidance of Dr. Rosen . . . In present war broke out ... Under some of the Jewish collective , normal circumstances there farms in Russia the picture of have been a Congress Dr. Rosen still hangs in recogni- : should I held in 1941 . . . The occupation tam of his devoted work in est- , by the Nazis of a large part of ablishing some 180; 000 Russian ! Europe has made it impossible to hold any World Zionist Con- gress until the war is over and . won . . . . With Dr. Weizrnann's arrival in America a Zionist . gathering, which will resemble Morris D. Silver, 1633 a World Zionist Congress, will Dr. Longfellow Ave., died at Grace be held in New York . . . I am Hospital after a week's illness. referring to the three-day Zion- He had been a resident of Detroit ist conference which will open since 1905, coming het'e from on May 9th at the Waldorf- Sioux City, Iowa, and had been Astoria Hotel . . . This will not in active practice until four years be a conference of American ago. when he retired because of Zionists only . . . In America to- ill health. Dr. Silver was grad- day are many European Zionist wiled from University of Wiscon- leaders who are members of the sin and received his medical edu- Zionist Actions Committee and cation at College of Physicians even of the World Zionist Execu- of five . . . There are Zionist lead- University Surgeons, and Maryland. He leaves his wife, ers here from Poland, Germany, Lillian Lachman, whom he mar- Belgium, France, who have been ried in 1907; two sons. Russell delegates to the World Zionist Gordon, who is in the army sig- Congresses for many years . . . nal corps at Bowling Field, Wash- Palestine is represented in Amer- ington, D. C., and Marshall Ar- ica through Ben-Gurion, Mere- thur, and a sister, Mrs. J. E. minsky . and others . . . With Dr. Wcizmann here ; there is no rea- Cooper of Cleveland, Ohio. THE MAN WHO KNOWS: I OBITUARY Detroit's Finest Jewish Funeral Home sti mots c vmoi...1 Aitaa„ NO CHARGE FOR USE OF OUR CHAPEL 7739 JOHN R. STREET TRinity 2-2114 U SMITH PROTESTS NEWSPAPER REPORT HE ATTACKED JEWS Coughlin Defender, in Letter Addressed to Publisher Knight, , Accuses Free Press of Libel Gerald L. K. Smith, who defended Father Coughlin last Friday night in an address to 1,000 of his followers in the Maccabees Auditorium, protested vigorously on Monday that he is not anti-Semitic. Mr. Smith took exception to a report in the Detroit Free Press on Saturday by Ralph Goll, who reported the meeting and who interpreted Mr. Smith's attitude as being that "Reds and Jews are trying to jail the Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin." "This is an absolute fabrica- tion," Smith wrote in a letter to John S. Knight, publisher of the Free Press, a copy of which was sent to The Jewish News. His letter to the Free Press stated: "At no time during my address did I even use the word 'Jew.' Neither did I intimate by in- nuendo that I had in mind the word 'Jew.' Even the Coughlin issue was approached from the I not mention the world `Jew' dur- ing my entire address. "Such fabrications and such libelous statements do a great injustice to my people, as well as the Jews. - "I have been on the radio near- ly four years. I now edit a maga- zine. I have mailed out literally millions of circulars. Not once have I ever raised the Jewish issue or uttered or written an anti-Semitic sentence." According to an authoritative report, Mr. Smith in his address to his followers last Friday, re- standpoint of freedom of the ferred to "Christ-killers" and press. I can furnish you 100 affi- "Communists." He proposed con- davits to the effect that I did vening a large rally in the Olym- pia with Coughlin as speaker, a plea which his audience appar- ently approved. . . CHILDREN'S C O RNER Next Tuesday we will celebrate one of the minor holidays. It is known as Lag b'Omer, and is sometimes referred to as the Scholar's Festival. Here is how the holiday had its origin : A terrible plague raged in Palestine, and we are told that on this day, the thirty-third day of the period of the counting of the Omer, which starts on the second night of Passover, the prayers of the pupils of the venerable Rabbi Akiba put an end to the sufferings of the students. Therefore, the holiday was named the Scholar's Festival. A portion of this column is devoted to the question of Hebrew studies, in honor of the Lag b'Omer Festival. I hope you will all try to enjoy next Tuesday in the spirit of Lag b'Omer. UNCLE DANIEL. WHY STUDY HEBREW? Lag b'Omer is an ideal time to ask: Why study Hebrew. I A number of children in the 1 Winterhalter branch of the United Hebrew Schools were asked this question, and some gave their answers. Mr. Bernard Isaacs, the superintendent of the Hebrew Schools, was kind enough to send me some of these answers. Here are excerpts of what some of the boys and girls wrote in answer to this question why they study Hebrew: Irving Goren, age 10: "Hebrew is our language. It makes me happier to know Hebrew. It's so much fun to read when you know what the words mean. We also need Hebrew for Bar-Mit- zvah." Ruth Schwartz, age 10: "I like to go to Hebrew because I am a Jew and want to know more about it. You can get extra credit for Hebrew in college. I would like to know all the stories of Jewish life. I am proud I can go to Hebrew, for children in Ger- many cannot." Marion Sanders, age 9: "It is nice to discuss the history of the Jewish. people." Charlottee Friedman, age 10: ‘`. . . . because we can learn the customs and ceremonies of the Jewish people." Everard Taylor, age 9: "It is son why a "Congress in Minia- nice to be with Jewish boys and ture" should not be held on girls." American soil . . . This has long been demanded by European members of the Zionist Actions Committee who came to this All copy for insertion in The country .. . They somehow feel Jewish News must be in the out of place here as Zionists, and hands of the Editor before 5 are considered as "outsiders" in p. m. on Tuesdays. the American Zionist movement Our Deadline • CLASSIFIED FOR RENT—K. of P. Building. With kitchen facilities. For weddings • par- ties. meetings. etc. 114 Erskine, cor- ner of John R. HOga•th 4995. 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