THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, October 23, 1942

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?age Three

What's Happening in Detroit

ETROPOLITAN DETROIT'S WAR CHEST
is the most important humanitarian under-
taking in Detroit's history. Every element in the city,
Jew and Christian, white and colored, is affected by
this drive. Every cause of value in the war effort is
included in the $5,800,000 quota, and represents a
challenge to all loyal citizens to work for the drive
and to help to reach the goal.
It is encouraging to know that the Jewish com-
munity is so well organized for the drive. Two Jewish
buildings—the Jewish Center and the Shaarey Zedek
Synagogue—serve as district headquarters in the drive.
The Allied Jewish Campaign machinery is in motion
to help make the drive a success. Isidore Sobeloff is
one of the - guiding spirits of the drive. Miss Esther R.
Prussian, Herman M. Pekarsky and the Federation
staff are throwing all their energies into the campaign.
May it achieve the success it deserves.

Congressman Dingell's Aid to Refugees

The important news of the last few days that 5,000
refugee children are to be brought here from France
has thrilled all who have hoped for some agreement
between our government and the Vichy authorities in
behalf of the youngsters who are suffering. from the
Nazi plague. There will be a large number of Jewish
children among those to be brought to this country.
Action by our State Department in behalf of the
children in France serves to remind us of efforts in
behalf of refugees by one of our own Congressmen—
John D. Dingell. Only a few days ago we received
word from Congressthan Dingell that he was successful
in efforts to secure visas for relatives of several De-
troiters. Within a short • time, these people will be
on the way to this country from Marseilles.
. Congressman Dingell has established an unblemish-
ed record by his devotion to duty and his interest
in humanitarian • causes.
U. S. Senator Prentiss M. Brown has similarly been
helpful in presenting petitions for visas for considera-
tion by the State Department.

Knollwood's Thrilling Bond Story

Knoll wood Country Club's War Bond party held
last week was a thrilling event. The original quota of
$1,000,000 was oversubscribed by $564,000. The women's
group sold' $187.000 of Bonds-e-Mrs. Samuel Sofferin
having $78,000 of this sum to her credit.
Nathan Fishman was the outstanding salesman,
with $508,000 in Bond sales to his credit.
Irving Blumberg was an excellent toastmaster, and
Fred M. Butzel's speech was one of the outstanding
achievements of his career. Mr. Butzel gave a brilliant
interpretation of the Jewish position in the war and
showed how bigotry is first practiced against Jews and
is then used as a weapon against all freedom-loving
elements. His plea for the War Chest campaign was
convincing and impressive.
Frank Isbey concluded his address at the memorable
dinner by presenting War Bond insignia for distin-

Jews of Detroit Respond
Wholeheartedly to War Chest;
Rep. Dingell Aids Refugees;
Jews Admonished for Failure
To Study and Know the Bible

Winners of Fellowships for Inter-Group
Problem Study are Honored

guished services to Irving W. Blumberg, chairman of
Knollwood's campaign, Irving Dworin, president of the
club, and Lou Luckoff, who was in charge of the pub-
licity. Mr. Isbey also took occasion to commend Leonard
Simons and Lawrence Michelson, who were chosen by
the U. S. Treasury Department to handle publicity for
the War Bond campaigns in Michigan.

Under the joint auspices of the Jewish Community
Council of Detroit and the Detroit Chapter of the
National _Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, Wayne University has established two Fellow-
ships for the study of problems of inter-group rela-
tions. The first research project, during the academic
year of 1942-43, will be devoted to a study of Negro-
Jewish relations in Detroit.
The recipients of the two Fellowships furnished
jointly by the two cooperating agencies are Mrs:
Eleanor Paperno Wolf and. Alvin D. Loving. A lunch-
eon in honor of the recipients of the Fellowships was
given on Oct. 16, in the Lucy Thurman YWCA, 569
E. Elizabeth.

Do Jews Read the Bible?

Detroit Firms Honored for Bond Sales

Dr. Noah E. Aronstam, one of the most cultured
Jews in Detroit, raises again the question whether
Jews read the Bible. Commenting on the Purely
Commentary column which was entitled "Do Jews
Read" Dr. Aronstam writes as follows:
"I must confess that I meet with many non-Jews
who have a fair if not intimate knowledge of the
Bible. Then again I come in contact with many of
my coreligionists, members of synagogues and con-
gregations, who have a distant, a meager acquaintance
with the Book of Books. I have heard many a non-
Jew freely quoting from the Psalms and expressing
the greatest admiration and love for its beautiful and
exalted poetry. Unfortunately, our younger genera-
tion, our men and women of culture and university
graduates, display a most deplorable ignorance of their
own literary gem. They quote outstanding classics.
Yet, I fail to find that any great number of them are
conversant with the Bible, their own treasures of an
idyll like Ruth, of the lyric poem Song of Songs, of
the philosophical creation of Job.
"The confirnant or consecrant is presented with
a Bible which, in the course of time, finds refuge in
the farthest recesses of the home library. With Bar
Mitzvah the Jewish boy's duty is a fait accompli—
`Baruch Shepatrani'—and the Bible becomes a shad-
owy memory of a ceremony of the remote past.
"It is sad commentary on JewiSh education. We
may 'rejoice in the Law' at the appointed festival,
but we may also deplore the lack of continuity in its
perpetuation."
Dr. Aronstam's argument is a continuation of a
similar point we made some weeks ago. We welcome
his admonitions. If the Bible is not read widely by
Jews, we become impoverished spiritually and weak-
ened as a religiotis entity.
The Jewish Publication Society's translation of the
Bible is, incidentally, the most popular in general use.
It is used by our boys in the U. S. service, through
the courtesy of the Jewish Welfare Board, and in our
schools.

The sale of War Bonds is gaining impetus. Last
week, Max and Herman Osnos, president and vice-
president of Sam's Cut Rate, were presented with the
Bull's Eye Flag by William W. Stillson, deputy state
administrator of the War Savings Staff, in recognition
of the 100 per cent participation in the purchase of
War Bonds by the department store's 1,350 employes.
Aronsson Printing Co. has been awarded the coveted
"E" for the record the firm established in the sale of
Bonds among its workers. Maurice Aronsson, head of
the company, states that some employes have invested
as much as 30 per cent of their earnings in War Bonds.

Coming Events

Oct. 25—Annual dinner-dance of Home Relief
Society at Book-Cadillac Hotel.
Oct. 26-27—Institute meetings of Junior HadaSsah
at Jewish Center.
Nov. 1—Dedication of new Hillel Foundation at
Ann Arbor.
Nov. 3.—Donor Luncheon of Pisgah Auxiliary at
Masonic Temple.
Nov. 6-7—Young Israel's 20th anniversary celebra-
tion. Religious services Friday at Beth Tefilo Ema-
nuel, Saturday at Bnai Moshe.
Nov. 14—Annual Balfour Ball of Zionist Organi-
zation of Detroit, at Hotel Statler.
Nov. 15—Young Israel 20th anniversary banquet,
at Shaarey Zedek. Speaker, Dr. H. Raphael Gold of
Dallas, Tex.
Nov. 15—Community Council Institute at Jewish

Center.
Nov. 22-85th anniversary celebration of Pisgah
Lodge of Bnai Brith, at Hotel Statler.
Nov. 29—Jewish National Workers' Alliance con-
cert at Masonic Temple featuring Bronislaw Huber-
man, world-famed violinist, and Emma Shever, pop-
ular Detroit soprano.

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