Friday, October 2, 1942

THE JEWISH NEWS

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COMMENTARY

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(Copyright, 1942, Independent
Jewish Press Service)

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Do Jews Read?
Catholics of America annually
issue an official statement to in-
`dicate the number of newspapers
and periodicals published in this
•country for members of the
'church and the number of their
'readers.

Pac, Five

Knollwood Already Half Way
o W ar Bond Goal of Million

Members Redouble Efforts With 10 Days Left Until Victory
Banquet; High Ranking Army, Navy Officers
to Be Guests at Unique Event

Knollwood Speaker

Knollwood Country Club's Million Dollar War Bond
Drive gained new impetus this week with the announce-
ment that more than half the goal has been reached by
the working committees representing the club.
With only 10 days left for the completion of the
drive, which will culminate with the Million Dollar War

Bond Banquet at the Book-Cad-
illac Hotel on the night of Colum-
!had an idea of the strength of bus Day, Monday, Oct. 12, mem-
the Jewish reading public. Now, bers are redoubling their efforts
to reach the accepted quota.
it is anybody's guess.
Under the guidance of Irving
The reason for it is quite
obviOus. Jews are calloused and Blumberg, chairman of the com-
uninterested in their people's mittee in charge of the drive,
fate. Only a handful have hither- with Louis Luckoff supervising
' to enrolled as subscribers of an the publicity, the Knollwood
English language press that has campaign is considered one of the
not been a credit to the Amer-- most unusual of its kind in the
can Jewish community. Because country. Frank N. Isbey, chair-
this press became impoverished man of the War Savings Com-
;during the past decade, with the mittee for the State of Michigan,
decline of automobile and other expressed deep satisfaction with
national advertising, many of the the results of the drive to date,
newspapers were unable to place and praised the Knollwood com-
efficient editors on their payrolls. mittee for its energetic efforts.
The result is equally obvious.
Mr. Isbey will be a speaker at
Detroit has a community-spon-
sored Jewish newspaper. Seattle's the Knollwood War Bond Ban-
Jewish weekly had to fold up, quet which will be attended by
and now the community is spon- high ranking Army and Navy
soring a periodical of its own in officers. There will be novel en-
MAX J. KOGAN
the state of Washington. A num- tertainment, including nationally
ber of other communities are famous stars.
Max J. Kogan and Fred F.
planning similar action.
Something good should come Simmons are among the active
out of it all—provided that the leaders in the Knollwood drive.
Harry H. Grossman is chair-
communally - minded men and
women who take such revolu- man of the entertainment corn-
tionary steps are determined to mittee.
give the Jewish reading public
Nathan Fishman is doing such
!the best there is in features.
an excellent job in this campaign,
What Do Jews Read?
already having sold more than a
It is not untimely to ask: What quarter of a million dollars' -
worth
of Bonds. that he has been •,
DO Jews read? Are they dis-
criminating in their choice of named the "One Man War
Drive."
literature?
One would 'lave to be very un-
Mrs. Sam Sofferin heads the
fair to maintain that all Jews do women's division in this drive,
not read at all; or that they do and Mrs. Max Kerner is leading
not choose the best printed mat- the women in results attained
ter. Certainly, Jews read the thus far.
daily newspapers.; they buy
• The slogan of the drive is: "The
books; they read magazines.
Eyes of the Axis Are Upon us—
But if we are to judge by We Dare Not Fail."
Jewish experiences, the record is
FRED F. SIMMONS
not a good one.
The Jewish Publication Soci- 1.7
ety, to our knowledge, never had
more than 12,000 members. That's
not to the credit of American
Jewry. The better periodicals
had limited circulations. Further-
Kvutzah Ivrith, jointly with
, more—and this is directly to the the staff of the United Hebrew
Center members and their
discredit of large Jewish com- Schools, will sponsor a Hebrew friends are offered a short unit
munities—it is the yellow press program over station WJLB, on course in public speaking. The
that for years drew the largest Hyman Altman's Hour, Saturday, first meeting of this Talkers'
following among Jews, in New Oct. 10, 9 to 10 p. m.
Group which will be held Thurs-
York and Chicago and Milwau-
This Hebrew Hour is featured day, Oct. 8, 8:30 p. m., in the
kee.
in connection with Yom Ivri, the music room of the Center. Ed
The Turn of The Tide
Emerich will lead the group.
We are now at the turn of the Hebrew Day being observed na-
tide. A new generation is rising tionally by all Hebraists and sym-
ROTHERS
to assume control of Jewish life. pathizers of the Hebrew lan-
The influences of the old world guage, and is sponsored by the
SHIRT MAKERS
are gone. and new ideas are dom- national organization, the Histad-
NEW FALL SKIRTINGS
inating the scene. A generation ruth Ivrith headed by Dr. Israel
Made to Measure or Bead}- to Wear
that knew not the peddler's pack Efros.
$2.50 and up
or the cossack's whip has reached
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its majority. What will be its Finally, the constituency will
reactions to Jewish needs?
know how to choose leadership
Mark this augury: something —provided we have, as we must
good will come in the end. There have, peace through complete
will have to be a less comprom- victory.
ising Judaism and a more virile
leadership. And it will have to
be a constituency and a leader-
ship better versed in Jewish
affairs.
The beginning will be in the
press. Soon, there will be a bet-
iter set of Jewish newspapers.
HUNDREDS OF YEARS
There will be a better and more
of medical experience
!discriminating reading public.
and the latest develop-
ments of modern re-
search are combined in
the capable judgment
of your druggist. Doctors
trust Schettler's judg-
ment. They know that
we are well informed.

Youth Party Wins
Praise from USO

Ninety-six servicemen, front
every branch of the U. S. forces
as well as the British services,
were guests of the Army and
Navy Committee of the League
of Detroit Jewish Youth at a
party given Sept. 22. in the Jew-
ish Community Center. They
were entertained by 50 hostesses
under the direction of Gertrude
Leve, with Pvt. John J. Barba-
kos acting as emsee.
Lee Johnson. USO representa-
tive, was highly pleased with the
affair, and expressed the appre-
ciation of his organization.

1 .! When Jews were, in the main,

readers of the Yiddish press, we

om Ivri Program

Planned on WJLB

Education Group
To Meet in Ohio

FRANK N. ISBEY

DAVID HORODOCKER IRS.
David Horodocker Jrs., will
install the following officers at

a meeting at the home of Mrs.
J. M. Davidson, 2974 Calvert

Ave., on Tuesday evening: Mrs.
Ben Hyman, president; Mrs. Dav-
idson, vice-president; M. Fried-

man, recording secretary; Mrs.
Phil Lewis, financial secretary;
Mrs. A. Spillburg, treasurer.

The eighth conference of the
East Central States Region of
the Council of Jewish Federa-
tions and Welfare Funds which
will be held in Cleveland. Sat-
urday and Sunday. Oct. 10 and
11, will be preceded by a Con-
ference on Jewish Education
sponsored by the Midwestern
Group of American Association
of Jewish Education.
The first session will be held
Friday afternoon, Oct. 9. The dis-
cussion will concern the situa-
tion of Hebrew education in mid-
western communities.
Friday evening, at an Oneg
Shabbath, brief lectures will be
given on the famous author. edi-
tor and educator, Jacob Fishman.

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