Friday, June 5, 1942
THE JEWISH NEWS
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THE JEWISH NEWS
THE MAN OF THE HOUR
The Weekly
Sermonette
Published every Friday by the Jewish News Publishing Co.,
Inc., 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Telephone RAndolph 7956.
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Member of Independent Jewish Press Service, Jewish Tele-
ISRAEL AND TORAH
graphic Agency, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Religious News
Service, Palcor News Agency, Bressler Cartoon Service, Wide By RABBI NAHUM SCHULMAN
World Photo Service.
Rabbi, Jewish Community of
Windsor
MAURICE II. SCHWARTZ and PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Publishers
"According unto the pat-
tern which the Lord had
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
shewed Moses, so he made
yrflio`I
Philip Slomovitz
Maurice Aronsson
the Menorah". — Numbers
Isidore Sobeloff
Fred M. Butzel
VIII,
4.
Abraham Srere
Theodore Levin
PIA
Henry Wineman
In a world where the light of
Maurice H. Schwartz
civilization has been extin-
4/4 fr
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
guished, where blackouts are
common practice, in such a world
This Sabbath, the twenty-first day of Sivan, 5702, the fol-
of stygian dark-
ness it is en-
lowing selections from the Torah will be read in our synagogues:
couraging to
Pentateuchal portion, Num. 8:1-12:16; Prophetical portion, Zech.
read once again
2:14-4:7.
the opening
JUNE 5, 1942
verses of the
VOL. 1—NO. 11
Sedrah of this
week which give
an account of
the lighting of
The 1942 Allied Jewish Campaign may well be called
the lamps of the
a most successful drive marked by powerful spiritual
Menorah. "Speak
► It t4 ,e/ N
values.
Rabbi Nahum unto Aaron, and
While the complete quota was not attained, the large
Schulman say unto him,
sum raised, setting an all-time record in fund-raising in when thou lightest the lamps."
I
this city, is a credit to the campaign leaders and directors. It has always been the function
The drive was significant because men and women of the Aarons of Israel to light
in all walks of life, rabbis and laymen, professional the lamps of civilization, to dis-
people and artisans, have joined hands to provide the pel darkness and to remove fear
President Roosevelt's Committee on Fair Employme
from the heart of man. The Men-
necessary manpower for the great community effort orah
has always been the sym- Practice has ordered eight concerns in the New Y
and to aid the 55 causes included in the campaign quota. bol of Torah, spiritual light and and New Jersey area to stop discriminating aga'
There has been a fine inter-relationship in the drive, cultural illumination.
potential workers because of their race or religion. Th
under the able chairmanship of Fred M. Butzel. There
Today, there is great need for firms hold large war contracts. The charges against th
can be no service without spiritual values, and spiritual the lights of the Menorah to shine are that they refused to employ qualified persons w
values are in turn built on service. Thus, a rabbi headed for us again. Today, the Jew were Negroes, Jews or nationals of enemy countries.
the speakers' bureau. Rabbis were among the solicitors needs know himself more than
While it is saddening to know that industrial f"
and aided in drives in other cities as speakers. By the ever before. Now, in order to continue along bigoted lines in selecting employees, th
same token, lay leaders shared the spiritual platforms understand and appreciate a is an element of encouragement in the consistent acts"
people one must know its pat-
in the drive with men of the pulpit.
pursued by our government in carrying out the establish
It was a great campaign which does credit to estab- tern of life, its design for living, policy of erasing prejudice. If people are unable to 1
its
literature.
For
the
literature
lished traditions for liberality in the Jewish community
of a people is not only,,its record the tenets of justice and decency from their churc
of Detroit.
of the past, but also its mirror and whatever other agencies are engaged in encourag .
of living and thinking and feel- ethical living, it becomes necessary for government
ing. With this in mind, it is self- act and to prevent injustice.
evident.that to know the Jew one
It has taken a terrible war to force action on t
must know Judaism. And to score. The reason is obvious. In democratic countri
In one of the most recent issues of his magazine "The know
Judaism one must know individuals may continue to discriminate against ce
Cross and the Flag," Gerald L. K. Smith, in an article en-
titled "My Hat's In the Ring," makes this statement: "I Torah.
races and creeds, but bigotry is proscribed in governor
shall defend the right of free speech and free press for "ISRAEL AND TORAH
circles. Since war contracts involve -governmental - tide
Father Charles E. Coughlin. The treatment that this min- ARE ONE"
the outlawing of prejudice is becoming effective. If
ister of Christ is receiving at the hands of the blood-thirsty
Now, Israel is an ancient peo- can be made universal, then one of the undeclared obj
ple not an old people. Torah is tives of the present war—that of striving for a peopl
Reds is unbelievable."
This is something for our Government to look into. an ancient Book, not an old book. peace to include the elimination of hatred and bigotry ,
Either Coughlin's "Social Justice" was subversive and Through the decades and centur- will be realized.
there was ground • for suppressing it, or "bloodthirsty ies of time our hearts and souls,
Reds" have ganged up on the Royal Oak priest to mis- our motives and deeds, have been
moulded and shaped on the anvil
treat him.
of Judaism. Down through the
The true condition being obvious, by Coughlin's own ages, in the shadow of tragedy
The Jewish News desires to extend its greetings to
acts which have motivated his withdrawal from the and catastrophe we have lived, contemporary, the Boston Jewish Advocate, on its 4
publishing field, we believe that the time has arrived for our lives illumined only by the anniversary, and to the Advocate's editor, Alexan
his apologist, Gerald L. K. Smith, to be investigated, and light of the Menorah of Israel. Brin, on the 25th anniversary of his service with this ne
for his magazine "The Flag and the Cross" to be sup- In all the dark and long hours paper.
of our misery we carried aloft
pressed as a destructive influence in the present crisis.
It is not age alone that counts in this instance.
the torch of Torah. When our
enemies sought to assail and an- matters is that the Boston Jewish Advocate has b
nihilate us by might and violence ready, since its founding in 1902 by the late Jacob
we stood our ground and de- Haas, eminent leader who brought the late Justice Lo
The miseries of the first World War, great as they fended and protected ourselves D. Brandeis to the Zionist fold, to render service to t
were, were trifling compared with the horrors inflicted with the greater power of our communities where it is circulating.
moral and spiritual weapons.
upon mankind in the present conflagration.
For the services it is rendering, the Boston Je
George Stark's interesting column in the Detroit Thus, through the long and the Advocate has merited the appreciation of its constitue
weary
centuries,
Israel
and
Tor-
News a few days ago carried an item about Jewish war ah have become indissoluble en- May it continue to grow from strength to strength and,
relief in 1917 which suggests an interesting contrast with tities, inseparable eternal veri- earn increased support from those who need this notew
efforts carried on now. The item in Stark's column, ties.
thy periodical—its readers and the communities in Ma
reprinted from the Detroit News of May 27, 1917, read
The saying of our sages that chusetts where they reside.
as follows:
The success of the Boston Jewish Advocate is regr
"Israel and Torah are one" was
no mere consoling adage to a ably the exception to the rule. The Yiddish press is
"Give more than your share' is the war cry of the 250
sorely afflicted people. It was the clining. The English-Jewish press is in a bad way. As
workers who are canvassing the city this week for funds
basic truth .of Jewish experience. go to press we learn of the cessation of publication of t
for the relief of Jewish war sufferers. Judging from the
For Israel, despite its moving
generous response that has greeted the efforts of the
Jewish Transcript of Seattle, Wash., which made a serio
history and despite its amazing
workers, Detroit Jews are subscribing generously to this
effort to serve its community.
career
among
the
nations
of
the
sentiment. There now remains $133,000 of the $250,000
Since the need for a strong Jewish press is appare
world, has little of physical ac-
fund to be realized by June 3, when the campaign closes.
complishments and achievements it becomes necessary to encourage the formation of a po
The canvassers reported today that their efforts for the
to its credit. Our annals tell us erful organ for American Jewry. The advent of The Je
previous 24 hours had netted them $11,708.50. This sum,
that we conquered no wide and ish News of Detroit has aroused nationwide interest
added to the previous amount subscribed, brings the grand
vast stretches of land except a this very reason. The editorial comment in the curr
4. total to $117,000:
small strip of soil on the shores issue of the Reconstructionist, berating the English-Je
of the Mediterranean, for the re-
But on the same day 25 years later, Detroit Jews tention of which we had to strug- press as it functions today, is proof of the prevailing a
were campaigning for a quota four-times as large and had gle during the entire period of tude.
succeeded in raising three times the complete quota of our national existence. We built
It becomes an obligation on the part of Americ
the previous war, with indications that the entire million no pyramids, obelisks and pal- Jewish comunities to strive to improve their internal sta
may be secured. The reason for the larger quota is obvious. aces which withstood the ravages by encouraging a press which will be dignified, which
There is not a sector in Europe that is not affected by the of time. Of all our monuments in not capitalize on the woes or the sentiments of non-Je
war. The Centtal and South American countries and the stone there remains but one—a for whom service to the community will be the major o
Wall. All of Israel's
United States are charged with responsibilities towards Wailing
achievements, our indestructible gation.
refugees. Local needs are greater.
Our credo, published in early _ .issues of th.e Jew
monuments, were in the realm of
Although our current Allied Jewish Campaign has spirit. And all its life is stored News, sums up the principles to which we aspire a
officially come to a close, it is well that we should all and reflected and mirrored in the which we advocate as the basic ideals for a good Jew'
look into these comparative figures for the sake of com- one word Torah.
press.
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P IR O
co ca
A Spiritual Drive
ie
Race Discrimination Must End
Gerald L. K. Smith's Credo
Status of the Jewish Press
A Contrast in Tragedies
pleting our understanding of Jewry's vital needs. No one
is exempt from responsibility to our people, wherever
they may be, and our current record-breaking campaign
must not be lo ked upon as the final word in practicing
justice toward our kinsmen. When the v.'ar cemes to an
end, our peacetime obligations may be far greater than
our wartime duties. We should be prepared for such
emergenc:C3.
PATTERN OF JEWISH LIFE
Torah is the pattern of Jewish
life. Without inner strength, res-
olution,- Will and purpose there
te no organized disciplingd
and dignified - Jewish communal
life. To regain and recapture that
inner strength which makes Jew-
We reaffirm these principles and we call upon t
Jewish communities of America to back them up w
all the power at their command.
ish life wholesome we must light pie once again."
the lamps of our Menorah and It must be "according to
translate its symbolism into a pattern which the Lord
living force in the life of our peo- sheaved Moses."