May IS. 1942

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Four-vin

A MESSAGE To MYSELF

rills is a good time for me to take stock of my'

I know this—and the Allies know this. Church

personal position. I do not know'how grim

ill has stated that the people of the con

the days ahead may yet be, but in the com-

quered countries are like brave soldiers o

parative security of America, there is a

the battlefield of democracy. I realize tha

special lift in my heart and a feeling of

in other countries, and particularly in th ,

thankfulness.

Palestine sector, Jewish - men are in th,

J can

count myself fortunate that I live in a

land where the poor and the weak and the

crippled are not doomed to hopelessness;

where man is still his brother's keeper.

It has always

been my great pride as an Amer-

ican and as a Jew that we have never failed

the social services of our community. Their

support has become as much a part of the

normal pattern of our lives as home, family

and business.

As an American, it is

thick of the battle. They, too, are fightinL.

for us. And President Roosevelt has de
Glared that a victory anywhere in the worl•

represents a victory for our own country

I submit

that this is more than our Jewis

duty. It is our American duty. The state

ments of President Roosevelt, Secretary o

the Navy Knox, Attorney General Biddle

and others make it amply clear that ou

Government expects us to meet our ow

obligations.

my willing duty to do

everything that is required of me, and more.

AS A JEW, it is my obligation to help hold

down our special sector in the world strug-

gle„ at home and abroad.

appreciate

that true patriotism means the corn

plete fulfillment of our duties. I feel tha

coming back again to our annual Allies

Jewish Campaign task is like coming horn;

to one of the things that are eternally fin;

must maintain the vital services

and decent and enduring in a world full o

that help make up the totality of America.

bitter change and disaster. I can give thank

In the process of war, I would not want to

that there are places left in the world whet.,

let rot away the things we are fighting for.

there can still bt Allied Jewish Campaigns

At home, I

Such a victory would be no victory at all.

abroad, I

must continue to sustain the victims

of Nazism and tbe enemies of Nazism when=

ever they can be helped. Wherever there are

Jews, there is still resistance to Flitter. The

countries in which they live may be tem-

porarily conquered by Hitler, but so long as

Jews remain, these lands will not be com-

pletely Nazi.

I appreciate

that our future is bound up with

In the light

contribute to this year's campaign? Shoul

been completely discredited in America, we
must not be guilty of isolationism at the

sacrifice of our fellow-Jews anywhere.

am.

.

I give more, and if so, how much more?

ask myself

these questions, knowing that th ,

answers do not depend entirely on an

financial statement, but rather on my fram:
of mind. I know that ultimately the caus

for which America and its allies are fight

ing will triumph.

the future of Jews everywhere. Hitler draws

no distinctions. Now that isolationism has

of all this, how much should

I gave

what I thought was a fair amount las

year. Now that the need is greater—and th.

goal is greater, I shall give more—and 13 ,

HAPPY that I am free to give more.

