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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 22, 1942
Strictly
Confidential
By PRINEAS J. BIRON
Roosevelt OK's
Our
$56,000 for Bnai
CHILDREN'S
Brith Hospital
CORNER
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (JPS)—
Page Thirteen
Veterans to Hold State
Convention Next Sunday
U. S. District Attorney Lehr, James I. Ellmann and Heads
FIRST-TIMERS
of Veterans' Groups to Address Sessions
Rabbi Isaac Landman, • editor- Setting a precedent, President
in-chief of the Universal Jewish Franklin D. Roosevelt has ap- Dear Boys and Girls:
The annual convention of the Michigan department
Encyclopedia, holds the distinc- proved a grant of $56,000 to the
Today and tomorrow we re- of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States will be
! ton of having been the first Jew-- Bnai Brith Leo N. Levi Mem-
joice
in
the
Torah
and
celebrate
ish chaplain in the United States orial Hospital here, which is
held Sunday at Webster Hall, Cass and Putnam. A new
Army on American soil, we see supported largely by Bnai Brith the great festival of Shovuoth administration will be elected and the
sessions will wind
about
which
II
already
spoke
to
by the newly published Volume and other Jewish federations
up with a banquet at 6:30 p. m.
Six of that Encyclopedia .,., . . and welfare funds and other you last week.
At the afternoon session,
There are some very interest-
This bit of "news" harks back community agencies.
erans' groups will address the.) spokesmen for various vet-
to 1916, when Rabbi Landman
The President approved the ing Talmudic legends in con- delegates and the prncipal
match to be held in Wyan-
served in Mexico with General grant so as to enable the Hospi- nection with this festival, and
4. John J. Pershing's forces . . . tal to enlarge its facilities and I am going to relate to you a speaker will be United States dotte, June 12, in conjunction
District Attorney John Lehr. His with the Purple Heart War Vet-
t. From the Encyclopedia we also thus furnish more effective ser- few of them.
I hope you will all have a subject will be "What Is Trea- eran Association. Commander
learn that William Leidesdorff, vice to the Hot Springs war
son?
Danny Cohen and a representa-
i a Hungarian Jew who pioneered area in the vicinity of which a very pleasant holiday, and I
James I. Ellmann, president tive group of his Post are ac-
in California over a hundred huge aluminum plant is being eFpecially greet those of you
• years ago, organized that first- built, according to an announce- who are being confirmed this of the Jewish Community Coun- tively engaged in this function,
' American public school . . . This ment by Judge A. B. Frey of month.
cil of Detroit, will speak at the funds of which will be turn-
—UNCLE DANIEL.
ed over to U. S. Arms' and
was in San Francisco .. • Volume St. Louis, president of the Hosp-
that
session on "Victory Through Navy Relief.
a
•
Six tells us, too, that the first ital Association.
Unity."
POST 135
TALMUDIC LEGENDS
I Jewish child born west of the
MEMORIAL SERVICE
.• Alleghany Mountains was Henry countries, to Palestine. We have ABOUT SHOVUOTH
On Monday, May 25, the Post
David Johnson, who made his been able to rescue them by tak-
On May 31, the Department will celebrate its sixth anniver-
',bow at Connellsville, Ind., back ing over whole boats. We have WHY THE TORAH WAS
Chaplain, Adrian A. Tobias, will sary at the Bnai Boshe, Dexter
;lin 1819, where his father, David spent a million dollars on trans- REVEALED IN THE
be in charge of the J.W.V. and Lawrence. Junior Vice-
4; Israel, founder of the Cincinnati portation, and this sum is addi- WILDERNESS
annual Memorial Day service at Commander, Ellis Goldberg, is
'Johnson family, was living at the tional to the amounts of money
The Torah was revealed in the the Jewish War Veterans Burial in charge of this affair.
• time . . . And that the first syna-
In June the Post will present
spent by relatives who helped wilderness to leach that unless Plot, Machpelah Cemetery,
gogue in New Mexico was or- their kin to be rescued."
man is open-minded like the Woodward Ave. between Eight an American Flag to the Purple
' ganized in 1897 by Henry N.
open
wilderness
he
is
not
worthy
and Nine Mile Roads. On the Heart Organization. American-
Mr. Hyman reported that an
` Jaffa, who some years earlier, in agreement has been entered with of the Torah commandments. same afternoon, the Jewish War ism officer, Ben Davidson. is
• 1885, had served the then newly
Moreover,
just-
as
the
desert
is
Veterans will participate in the arranging the program.
the Polish Government-in-Exile
incorporated city of Albuquerque to help save Polish Jews now in without end, so is also the Torah 21st annual Memorial Day serv-
as its first mayor.
without
end,
and
so
is
the
re-
ices jointly sponsored by the Alpha Neo Art Ball
dangerous ports, who are to be
(Albert Friedeberg, 115 Wor- brought to Russia and then ward for keeping all its com- Clover Hill Cemetery Associa-
Set For Scarab Club
cester Place, TO. 9-2963, is the taken to Palestine.
mandments. .•
tion, Congregation Shaarey Ze-
etroit representative of the
WHY THERE ARE
dek Synagogue and the Julius
The Alpha Neo Art Society of
Showing
how
gifts
of
American
niversal Jewish Encylopedia.)
Rosenwald Post No. 218 of the Wayne University will hold its
Jews are paltry dollars compar- 613 COMMANDMENTS
Copyright 1942 by
The Torah contains 613 com- American Legion, at Clover Hill annual "Beaux Arts Bal Fan-
ed with the misery encountered
Seven Arts Feature Syndicate
by Jews overseas, Mr. Hyman mandments; 248 positive com- Cemetery, 14 Mile Road east of tastique" Saturday night, May
23, at the Scarab Club. Hary
showed how the work is carried mandments and 365 prohibitions. Woodward.
Barnett and his orchestra will
on in the West Indies, in Jamaica, The 248 commandments corres- FLINT POST
in Bombay, in Rangoon,—where- pond to the 248 members of the
Commander Ben Krezner and provide the music for dancing.
ever the. J.D.C. arm can reach human body, each of which Adjutant Cohen of the Flint
(Continued from Page 1)
those in need. He lauded the ef- pleads: - Please, perform this Post, with other representatives Jack Benny has added 45 min-
"'Jews, ranks as the only free forts of communities like Switz- commandment with me." And
are formulating a program withlutes to his regular air show. The
*Jewish community in the world erland, which, numbering only the 365 prohibitions correspond to the Genessee
is stricy off the air a nd
War Veteran
an Coun-1 ( !g
e p ilog
• of any comparable size on the
e exclusiv e delectation of
25,000 Jews, had at one time as the 365 days of the year, each cil for their annual Memorial for
other side of the water."
of which begs' man: "Please, do Day Service to be held Satur- khaki-clads and bluejackets.
many as 40,000 refugees.
4 . Outlining the activities of the
The luncheon meeting last Fri- not commit this sin on me. -
day, May 30, at Flint.
`National Refugee Service, Mr. day was addressed by S. Bert-
POST 225, WYANDOTTE
WHY THE TORAH WAS
OAKLAND GLASS CO.
man said that this organizes- rand Jacobson, director of the
A flag will be presented as
•• ion is saving thousands from National Coordinating Committee GIVEN TO ISRAEL
Specializing in
When
The
Holy
One,
Blessed part of the Post's annual Flag
• - oming public charges in the
MIRRORS and MANTELS
Fund, who described his experi- be He, contemplated giving the Day celebration in June to the
Made to Any Size
nited States and is readlust-
Glass Tops for Furniture
',lug and retraining them. The ences with a boatload of refugees Torah to mankind, he went to River Rouge Jewish Club and
whom he had brought from the descendants of Esau, saying: Synagogue. The Post is also as-
TY. 5-9262
NRS, he stated, is preventing the Portugal. Irving W. Blumberg
8619 Grand River
"Do you want the Torah?" They sisting in the Down River boxing
•ormation of ghettoes by provid-
,g for the settlement of refugees presided at the luncheon. Henry asked: "Master of the Universe,
Meyers presided at the portion of what is written in it?"
various parts of the country.
the meeting during which work-
"Thou shalt not kill."
"The establishment of the NRS
They replied: The sword is
a contribution to our public ers submitted their reports. They
- lations with our fellow Am- announced a total of $619,435, or our livelihood; so how can we
63 per cent of the quota on a 58 accept the Torah?"
To let human machinery wear out from lack of attention
ricans," Mr. Hyman stated.
per cent coverage of slips.
Then God went to the Isrnael-
is as costly and unpatriotic as sabotage! Take "time-our
."HOLE WORLD COVERED
Mr. Jacobson quoted the ap- ites. When they heard that the
for a "tune-up - that will give you new efficiency, in-
His description of the work ac-
peals of various European lead- Torah contains the command-
creased vigor . . . do it BEFORE you're worn too much
complished by the Joint Dis-
ers, some of them now dead, who ment "Thou shalt not steal" they
for repair. It pays!
ribution Committee
indicated pleaded, "do not forget us." He
the manner in which the entire told how boats are being taken refused to accept it, because
Golf, Fish, Play in this delightful recreation retreat,
their livelihood was stealing.
orld scene is covered by this
where every facility is planned to give you needed
over
by
the
Joint
Distribution
Thus
God
went
from
nation
great relief agency.
change and restoration. Mineral baths under the same
1-4 . Mr. Hyman showed in his Committee, how they are being to nation, but no one wanted the
roof from our famous Mineral Springs, Sun Bathing on
sent to South and Central Am- Torah. At last He came to Israel,
':graphic report how millions of
our Roof Top Solarium.
erican countries and how they and they without asking what
Sensible Rates • always.
ews are reached by the J. D. C.
are brought to freedom. He des- the Torah contains, called out:
Write for them today.
peaking of the leaders of Euro-
•-aean Jewries who chose to re- cribed the touching scene of fe- "Let us do and hear all the
The
fugws arriving in Jamaica and words of the Torah." They
imain in their communities and
being
addressed
by
British
of-
pledged
themselves
to
"do"
the
• carry on their own work, he
-, 'd "we owe a debt of gratitude ficials for the first time as human Torah before they had even
beings.
HOTEL and MINERAL BATHS
heard its commandments.
•• those who elected to stay—
MAX ELKIN, Managing Ilirect•,
hen they might have escaped-
Open May First Tiroogh Labor Day
.. hold the onerous task of lead-
#
hip." He referred to the mar-
e dom of Julius Seligsohn, Prof.
oses Schorr and Otto Hirsch,
o d declared that "they are im-
Iortals who gave more than
4. ;
•oney, prestige or service—be-
-use they gave everything, in-
uding their lives, to the Jewish
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. MORE BOATS ON WAY
Mr. Hyman reported that two
.ore boats are on the way from HEALTH IS MORALE
• ope with 1,500 more refugees,
d stated: "I don't know_ how
g we may be able to continue
•"-
:cork, but as long as
e war permits we will snatch
.ese people from the European
and will bring theM to this
Mount Clemens
ountry, to South American
Michigan
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