T -H E
Friday, August 14, 1942
Our Own
QUIZ BOX
How Much Do You Know
About Palestine?
THE QUESTIONS
1. What is the area of Pal-
estine?
2. _What is its Jewish pop-'
ulation?
3. What is the Jewish
Agency - for Palestine?
4. Hoy many Jews in agri
ture?
5. What is the Vaad. Leu-
i?
6. How many Jews in in-
ustry?
Identify David ben Gu-
7.
on, Moshe Shertok, Arthur
uppin, Isaac ben
8. What land area is in
ewish possession?
9. Name 3 well - known
Americans in Palestine.
10. How many Jews in
ritish forces?
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For Answers See Page 12
Copyright 1942 by Independent .
Jewish Press Service)
henkerman
Here for
neyclopedia
odern Mendele Mocker
forim" Explains Decline
of Jewish Publishers
Joseph Schenkerman, one-
e newspaperman and educa-
, now known in many states
"the modern Menciele Mocher
orim," is in Detroit for a
week stay in the interests
the Universal Jewish Encyclo-
'a, seven volumes of which
already off the press. Three
ore volumes are due during
e coming few months.
Distribution of the Universal
ish Encyclopedia nationally
been taken over by the Uni-
PubliCSttion
*ty. Society
International
blishers of
rary of -Musk, Children's
k Shelf and other encyclo-
ias.
Mr. Schenkerman, 'cc-h.!) has as-
ed the post of national field
rk for the, distribution of the
wish Encyclopedia, stated that
wide popularity being gained
this historic 10-volume work
'sates the desirability of its
ing placed in every Jewish
e and library.
Well known here, Mr. Schenk-
an has made a host of
nds in Detroit as book-seller
as Zionist worker. He was
t brought to • Canada by the
to Zionist leader, J. Freeman.
Windsor he was principal of
Hebrew school and was ac-
ne in Detroit, organizing the
• e Zion branch here. He
also active as secretary of
Detroit teachers' organiza-
. Later he was a teacher in
Beth Medrash LeTorah in
sago, nd for some time was
fated with the Jewish Tele-
.
phic Agency.
Mr. Schenkerman's title of
odern Mendele Mocher Se-
" is derived from his wide
vela with his automobile
ugh many cities to distribute
• h books in Hebrew, Yid-
and English. He has sold
its to 1,400 rabbisln. America
Deeply moved by the fact
t literary centers in Europe
been destroyed and that
Palestinian publishing busi-
has been drastically cur-
ed, Mr. Schenkerman stated
t he IS anxious to sec the
ation of ,* strong literary
publishing center -- in this
ntry. He pointed .out • upon
arrival in Detroit that the
and Warsaw publishing
. have been ruined, that
Talmud
e Vilna-published
ich once sold at $60 is now
News Brevities
Compiled By Independent
Jewish Press Service
AMERICA: William Dudley
Pelley, anti-Semitic leader of the
Silver Shirts and editor of the
Jew-baiting Galilean, was con-
victed on 11 counts of sedition
in Federal Court, despite the
fact that Charles A. Lindbergh
and foriner Congressman Jacob
Thorkelson of Montana were
called in his defense . . . Rabbi
Ralph DeKoven was appointed
rabbi and spiritual adviser for
patients at the Mayo Clinic .
Both Arabs and Jews were laud-
ed in the Senate as Senator
Claude Pepper assured the Arabs
of independence after the war
and Senator Edwin Johnson
again made public his support of
a Jewish Army . . Secretary
of State Hull said that the ques-
tion of creating a Jewish Army
in Palestine must be left to the
British Government . . . Franz
Werfel, Jewish author of "The
Song of Bernadette," was prais-
ed at a solemn mass at St. Pat-
rick's Cathedral in New York
. . . The WPB gave an award
of Individual Production Merit
to Joseph Weiss of the Federal
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com-
pany .. . The FBI is investigat-
ing a copy of a "pro-Nazi" text-
book widely used in high schools
and colleges of the Middle West
.. . Bernard Baruch was named
by President Roosevelt as head
of a fact-finding committee to
investigate the rubber situation
. . . A new brochure, issued by
the Office of War Information,
stresses America's fight for the
Four Freedoms and interprets
those freedoms . . . The ques,
tior of "How could the law of
burning Sabbath candles be rec-
onciled with blackout regula-
tions?" was raised again in New
York when a surprise blackout
was marred by the burning of
Sabbath candles in many Ortho-
dox homes.
OVERSEAS — AND PALES-
TINE: The marriage of labor and
science to improve Palestine
Jetfr7:$ ?agricultural production
foe war was marked by a visit
of more than 150 representatives
of villages engaged in all types
of Jewish colonization and of
the central agricultural institu-
tions to Farmers' Day ceremonies
at the Hebrew University . . .
1,850 more Belgian Jews were
shipped to the ghetto in Cracow
. . . Axis propagandists asked
Arabs not to join the Arab regi-
ment created by the British, and
called the British plan a "Brit-
ish-Jewish trick" . . . Soviet
newspapers reported that Jewish
composers have created war op-
eras, ballets and tone poems pic-
turing the heroism of Jewish
fighters . . . The far-fetched
story that 500 Jewish refugees
in Japanese-held Shanghai have
been converted to Shintoism or
Buddhism to escape persecution
as Jews has been given a wide
play by the Nazi Beobachter im
Asien, published in Shanghai.
(Copyright JPS)
Camp Mehia Raises
Sum for the U.S.O.
$72.39 Realized at Circus
Arranged by Children
The entire "population" of
Camp Mehia—campers, staff-
members, and the administra-
tion—recently presented a circus
for the benefit of the U. S. 0.,
raising the sum of $78.39 for that
worthy service organization:
The suggestion that the camp
present a circus for the U. S.
O. came from - the camp "govern-
ment," which consists of repre-
sentatives from each cabin in
camp.
The circus took a week of in-
tensive preparation in which the
children enthusiastically partici-
pated. They prepared colorful
ued at $200, and he expressed costumes, acrobatic and tumbling
-
.
hope that through coord- acts, group dances, stunts, and
ted efforts the situation can animal acts.
relieved by American Jewish
ucators.
Mrs. Schenkerman and their
sons accompanied Mr.
erman on his visit to t)e-
The circus was given in the
open, on the campus. It 'began
with the presentation of the Col-
or Guard and the singing of
"The Star-Spangled Banner,"
Page Seven
JEWISH NEWS
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Between You
and Me
By Ben Lewis
Copyright, 1942,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.
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BEHIND THE SCENE _ :
'•=aion't be surprised •to learn
One of these day-s- that the U.S.
Government - is 'about - to assign
Lease-Lend ./no.ney for Jewish
self-defense _Palestine . . .-
Negotiations on this -subject are
now being conducted with good
chancet for: a successful conclu-
sion .
President' Roosevelt,
it is understood; has taken a
personal interest in the question
of whether . a Jewish Army
should be established in Pale-
stine . .• After listening to Dr.
Weizmann that the British ar-
guments merit-consideration . . .
At the same time, the American
Consul-General in Jerusalem,
Mr. Pinkerton, asked the Jewish
Agency office in Palestine this
week to submit to him all avail-
able data on the participation
of Palestine Jews in the British
war effort . . . Mr. Pinkerton's
report on this subject is expect-
ed in Washington in connection
with the possibility of assigning
the Lease-Lend funds . .. While
sentiments in Washington are
divided on the question of the
creation of a Jewish Army in
Palestine, there seems to be no
opposition to the demand to
have Jews' in Palestine armed
for self-defense . . . The gravity
of the Jewish position in case
of Axis attack on Palestine is
well realized by all who have
something to say in Washington
. . . Somebody ought to inform
the Committee for a Jewish
Army that the word "Palestine"
is misspelled on the beautiful
and expensive bronze sign hang-
ing on the door of its Washing-
ton office . . . The sign reads:
"Committee for a Jewish Army
of Palistenian and Stateless
Jews" . . .
HERE AND THERE:
It was quite a startling dis-
covery for the FBI to find lists
of names of Jewish officials in
the hands of arrested Nazi spies
in New York . . . It seems that
one of the minions of Nazi
agents in America is to compile
a card system of Jews serving
in government offices and to
transmit their names to the Ges-
tapo in Germany . . . Some
six years ago, when I had
trouble with the Gestapo in Ber-
lin, I noticed that the Nazi se-
cret police were compiling
names of Jewish leaders abroad
.. .. That was when I was sum-
moned to the Gestapo head-
quarters to give "explanations"
about my anti-Nazi despatches
to America . . . Accompanied
by the American Consul, Ray-
mond H. Geist, I appeared in
the office of the recently-assas-
sinated Gestapo leader Heyd-
rich for questioning during
which it became obvious that
the Gestapo keeps a record of
Jewish - leaders in America and
England . . No one, however,
suspected that the Gestapo was
also going out of its way to
compile lists of Jews in the
service of Government institu-
tions in America . . . One can
easily imagine the extent of the
"Jewish Who's Who" compiled
by the Gestapo during the years
of the existence of the Nazi
regime, if, as established now
by the FBI, the compilation of
JeWish names in America is still
patt-and-pareel of the Nazi es-
pionage work in the United
States at present . . .
pated. Next came tumbling
acts, strong-men stunts, may-
pole dancing, acrobatics, South
Sea dances and musical numbers.
The program was concluded with
the singing of "God Bless - Am-
erica" and the serving of refresh-
ments.
The sum of $72.39 was raised
through admission charges, the
sale of lemonade, and from ad-
mission to side-shows.
Camp Mehia is a camp for
boys and girls, located in the
Irish Hills. Its director is Edith
B. Bercovich, formerly the direc-
tor of the Jewish, Child Place-
t They are staying at the followed by the grand march, in
ment Bureau.
which the entire camp partici-
troiter Hotel.
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Carload of
$7,000 for
Lettuce Nets
War Prisoners
Harry Becker Tops Purchasers With $1,200 for Crate:
Herman Franzblau Supervises Sale at Detroit
Produce Terminal
A carload of head lettuce, val-
ued at $1,800, was sold at auction
for $7,000 on Aug. 6, by Herman
Franzblau, at the Union Produce
Terminal.
Proceeds of this sale will be
used for American soldiers who
are prisoners at Bataan, and the
money will be transmitted
through the International Red
Cross, according to Mr. Franz-
blau. The carload of lettuce was
donated by H. P. Garin of Sa-
linas, Calif.
Lieut.-Gov. Frank Murphy sold
the first crate to Harry Becker
for $1,200. Other purchases were
made by the following:
Charles Grossberg of Packers
Outlet, $500; Wrigley Bros., $300;
Abner Wolf, $200; Charles Gins-
berg, $200; Shoppers Service,
$159; Sam Frankel and Ben
Mossman, $125. In addition,
purchases were made by dealers
at the Eastern and Western
Markets and the Produce Termi-
nal,
Lettuce purchased by Nathan
Gilbert for $100 and Sam Rosen-
gard . for $25 was donated to
Fresh Air Camp. Purchases by
Berkman and Chodoroff for $100
and Morris Kramer for $15 were
turned over to the Jewish Com-
munity Center Play School.
Heads Fla. Hillel
Kreisler to Appear
In Detroit Oct. 27
RABBI AMRAM PRERO,
graduate of the Hebrew Theo-
logical Seminary in Chicago,
who has been appointed di-
rector of the Bnai Brith Hillel
Foundation at the University
of Florida.
A WAR BOND IS A
BIG STAMP FOR VICTORY
Fritz Kreisler, world famous
violinist who was injured in a
traffic accident a little more
thin a year ago, is his old self
again and his 1942-43 concert
tour has been completely book-
ed.
Among the many cities Mr.
Kreisler will visit this coming
season is Detroit where he will
appear at the Masonic Auditor-
ium on Tuesday evening, Oc-
tober 27.
Season ticket holders will
have the choice of attending
either the concert by Mr. Kreis-
ler, or a concert by Serge Each-
maninoff on October 12.
Other outsanding attractions
on this series are: Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra, Nov. 3;
Dec. 15, General Platoff Don
Cossack Chorus; Richard Crooks,
tenor of the Metropolitan Opera
Association, Jan. 8; Feb. 4, Bal-
let Russe de Monte Carlo; March
22, Marian Anderson, contralto.
Season tickets are now on sale
at the Masonic Temple and the
downtown box office at Grinnell
Brothers Music Store will open
shortly.
SHIRT SALE
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