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THE JEWISH NEWS
THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 7, 194
The Silver Lining
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The Dream and the Deed
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By REV. JOSEPH Q. MAYNE
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TEXT: "Behold this dreamer!"
—Genesis 37:19.
' On this Sabbath, the twenty-fifth day of Ab, 5702, the following
Scriptural selections will be read during synagogue services: Penta-
teuchal portion, Dent. 11:26-16:17; Prophetical portion, Is. 54-11-
55:5. On Thursday and Friday, Rosh Chodesh Elul, Num. 28:1-15
will be read.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Christian
News has invited several
ristian
Clergymen
Clergymen to write guest sermon-
ettes. This is the first in the series.
't he author is a native of Ohio. son
of a clergyman. His brother and a
cousin are also Congregationai min-
isters. He received his A. B. at Ot-
terbein College in 1925 and was grad-
uated with honors from the Chicago
Theological Seminary in 1932. He
held pulpits in Indiana and Iowa be-
f ore assuming his important Detroit
post.
MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ and PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Publishers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Maurice Aronsson
Philip Slomovitz
Fred M. Butzel
Isidore Sobeloff
Theodore Levin
Abraham Srere
Maurice H. Schwartz
Henry Wineman
Joseph's 'brethren deemed
themselves to be hard-bitten
realists. They resented this
young man in his resplendent
VOL. 1—NO. 20
AUGUST 7, 1942 garments, their father's favorite.
They • detested his high-flown
ideas and ideals.
.So they sold
Pro-Axis groups are being rounded up speedily by the
him into slay-
ery. But when
FBI. It took a long time for our Government to act, but
the hour came
once having gotten into motion, the machinery--is grinding
for them to be
fast.
rescued from
There is much to be done, as is evidenced by the ex-
famine and dis-
pressions still rampant in anti-Semitic periodicals. The
tress it was up-
notorious National Workers League of Detroit, for in-
on this d e s-
stance, in its Newsletter early this month repeated the
pised "dreamer"
stupid charge of a "Jewish-Communist plan" to extermin-
Rev. Joseph that they call-
ate the white race, and resumed its policy of attacking
Q. Mayne ed.
the Jews and criticizing the British by stating: "From the
Fort the world is ever desper-
current picture it appears that unless the British overcome ; i tely in want of creative dream-
their inferiority complex ; namely, the belief that no man i ng. There is no necessary an-
without Jewish blood is capable of supreme leadership, I ithesis between the dreamer and
that the price of their ignorance will be the loss of the 1 he doer. We need both. Espec-
heart of the British Empire." . ally in this twentieth century
then modern technology has
It has already been established that anti-Semites are, 1 n ade of the world a neighbor-
in the main, pro-Axis. What we have just quoted is a 1 ood do we need the consecrated
Blear indication that much has yet to be done to eradicate 5 ocial imagination to make the
PHILIP SLOMOyITZ, Editor
Anti-Semites at Large
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The Revolt of the Oppressed
The comfort that comes to us from the c o u r a g
evinced by the nations suffering . indignities under th
heels of Nazism is most heartening. None of the, oppresse
peoples has given up hope, and all of them from time t
time provide evidence that they are prepared to act o
the day of reckoning.
Usually, evidences of revolt come when these peopl
have an opportunity to show their disapproval of ant'
Semitism. This has been true in Norway and in Beigi
and it is especially true in Holland. When Jews we
the menace of pro - Nazism in our ranks, and it would be I v orld a brotherhood, lest we ordered to wear the Yellow Badge, and the Magen David
erish.
well for the FBI to turn its attention to the National Work- r
the Dutch Christians helped the Jews to make them mark
..rs League and similar groups and to put an end to the
There are four things we of honor by displaying them prominently on their gar
must do: we must dream,
lestructive forces which continue to undermine our nation-
ments. The Amsterdam City Council allocated 282,011
we must work, we must
al morale and thus to interfere with establishing unity in
gilders for Jewish schools for the first half of 1942, b
fight, we must unite.
the present crisis.
the Nazis ordered the Jewish Council to refund the money
First we must dream. As
The following interesting facts are related to us b
a mericans we have a great con-
.., f v•T ,...
-
A Salute to Norway's
King
t ribution
to make the world we
ant to live in. It is the ap-
v
On the occasion of the 70th birthday of King Haakon ; >lication of "The American
Netherlands News, published in New York by the Nether
lands Information Bureau:
Information received from Holland through private sources
of Norway, on Aug. 3, the Royal Norwegian Government's r ) ream" of freedom, justice and
has indicated that the persistent ill-treatment of the Jews is
'nformation Office in London published an impressive and e quality on a world wide basis.
constantly arousing the indignation of all classes of gentiles,
)eautifully illustrated volume, "All for Norway," recount- ( ) n a continent 3,000 miles wide.
who never fail to do whatever they can to help the persecuted
people. When the Germans nailed up their notices "Jewish
ng the Norwegians' battle for liberty and against Nazism. r eople of 46 different national
rigins can live together at business" outside Jewish shops, Netherlanders began to pat-
It is a tribute that deserves to be echoed in non-Nor- ';
ronize those establishments more than ever. When Jews were
vegian quarters. King Haakon was the only monarch to , eace. They share these rights ordered to register during a three-week period, the Dutch
)e chosen by popular vote. Since his election in Novem- t, e ot alone because they are writ- registrars said to the first Jews arriving: "Why are you in such
n into the Constitution but be- a hurry? There is plenty of time." As a result, many Jews
)er, 1905, he continued to be a force for good in Norway c ause
they are natural rights
postponed registering until the last day, when they lined, up
ind outside his country's boundaries.
g iven by a Creator to be en- in such large numbers that only a fraction of them could be
yed by Catholic, Jew and Pro- registered, necessitating the issuance of a continuation order-
"All for Norway" is introduced with the statement i t, e stant.
with consequent trouble for the German authorities. Then, when
t hat-
the Jews ultimately registered, the German authorities found
1 REAM, WORK, FIGHT
that only a few of them had the required ".1" stamped on their
"It was not easy to be King in as stubbornly democratic
Now
is
the
time
for
spacious
identity
cards. For this the registrars excused themselves by
a country as Norway but by quiet tact and unfaltering loy-
d reaming. for the American
saying that "our rubber stamps mysteriously disappeared—and
alty to the spirit of the Norwegian constitution Haakon VII
d ream applied world wide. Noth- so we were unable to stamp the cards."
gradually won the affections and respect of his adopted
people. His decisive and courageous action at the time of
ii g is so powerful as an idea
Many Christian and other organizations have—moreover-
the German invasion, his utter disregard of kis personal
v hose time has come, and this voluntarily dissolved, rather than accede to Nazi orders to expel
safety during the fighting in Norway, and hisah.ly dignity
o
ne is 'long over-due. members of Jewish origin. These organizations include the
as the leader of his people in exile have today turned his
Second, we must work. We Ecumenical Association and the Netherlands Christian Students
affection and respect into a burning loyalty no king has
r ad a great deal about our city. Organization.
ever enjoyed in Norway's long and colorful history.'
b eing the arsenal of democracy,
is clear that the Dutch, and other peoples, are n
Jews in Norway will vouch for the truth of this state- 0 f the war being won on the only It
refusing to yield completely to Nazi oppression, bu
nent. King Haakon's courageous example inspired his p roduction lines of Detroit. It that they
displaying antagonism to Hitlerite barbaris
)eople to reject anti-Semitism and to defy Nazi tolerance, C. nnot be won here. But it can whenever are
opportunity presents itself, and especially dur
t o their own discomfort. b e lost here. The weapons
hick should have been in the ing Nazi enforcement of anti-Semitic decrees. W h i c
When victory is finally achieved, the Norwegians, and `'h̀ ands
of those who stood to should give us confidence to believe that the horrors o
t heir King, will have a great share of the success to their si ield us from disaster were not totalitarianism will be short-lived and that a better da
redit. And the Jews will be among those who will show ti ere because we had not pro- will certainly come for mankind in the not too distan
ratitude for a policy of decency which dominates Nor- d uced them.
future.
vegian thinking and acting.
This war is really two wars,
a war of weanons and a war of nificant statements at a luncheon ment for the individual and th
if eas. We cannot lose the first of the Washington, D. C., Round group, be they native or foreig
a. d win the second. We can Table: If Hitler wins, Catholic- born, rich or poor, black or
Poor Pettey.1
win the first and lost the second. ism in Germany, as well as Juda- white Protestant or Catholic
Therefore in the third place ism and Protestantism, is fin- gentile or Jew. We believe tha
Poor William Dudley Pelley!
w e must fight. We must fight ished. The German people, as cooperative living in a democra
He is being discriminated against!
ti is monstrous evil that has been well as the Nazi party, are res- is the only way to insure tha
Of course, he admits writing everything quoted in k t loose on the world. We must ponsible for the war. If there freedom. Its price is unendi
he charges against him, but claims "it is only politics."
fi, ht that brutal gangsterism had been such an organization struggle.
What a pity—that anyone should be prejudiced w ith the one force than can pre- as the National Conference of There is no necessary anti
v, it against it, the unbreakable Christians and Jews in Geimany, thesis between the dream an
,gainst such an innocent fellow !
lc rce and self-discipline of a free Hitler would never have risen and the deed. Joseph of of
Why, he is not any guiltier than one Adolf Hitler.
i ople.
to power.
proved that great dreamers c
Isn't it politics that motivate Adolf? And doesn't vi Pi E MUST UNITE
THE
UNENDING STRUGGLE also be great doers, the savio
Ldolf cry "prejudice"?
In the fourth place we must The real defeatists are those of their people. The Americ
Poor, poor Pelley! Uncle Sam suddenly got hard, u: te.
In union there is who say we cannot save our- dream is ours to proclaim: politi
a nd refused to overlook his "innocent tricks" as he had St rength. Had there been a un- selves, that too many errors have cal thinking that rises abov
ic n of the states of Europe the already been made, that our regionalism, breaking down a
or so many years?
And now—now a number of Pelley followers will PI wer-mad paperhanger could course is run. Their intentions barriers that keep men apar
ver have created his havoc of are not evil. They are wise and the brotherhood of man.
h ave to learn that you can't be tricky even under the nd: e solation.
cautious. But they are tired of taken up by a sufficient numbe
uise
of
politics.
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A high official of the Ameri- the struggle. We have but one of people, these, and not th
Poor Pelley ! It took a war created by his mentor, a n state department who served answer to give them. We believe brutalitarian ideologies, - shal
Ldolf Hitler of Berchtesgaden, to cause his Uncle Sam in Berlin up to the outbreak of in freedom, justice and equality; determine the course of the fu-
) catch up with him.
hi stilities made these three sig- in fair play and decent treat- ture.
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