Friday, November 20, 1942
Jewish Youth's
LISTENING
POST
By DANNY RASKIN
Sammy's in the Army—it's five
months since he went,
To "tip the Nips," he said to us,
and we knew what he meant.
His dad was in the Meuse-Argonne,
and Perhsing knew him well,
As "the kid whose guts led many
attacks, in driving the Huns to
Hell."
But Sammy had a little trouble—
he just couldn't understand,
Why Roosevelt and MacArthur
weren't there to greet him, along
with an Army band.
He couldn't realize that he was
one of many, with millions more
in sight,
And so he became the goat of the
camp, until he got into the fight.
Nobody knew where he was sent—
just that he went overseas.
Then his dad saw an item which
tickled his spine, and made him
weak in the knees.
MacArthur had told of the boys
who were fighting the battle at
Guadacanal,
And of "the kid whose guts led
many attacks, in driving the Japs
to Hell."
- —D. R.
ON THE BEAT . . . We like
the A. Z. A. Chapter 314 slogan
for their Thanksgiving Dance,
Wednesday, Nov. 25: "Go Buy
Bonds—Go By Bus" . . . Gas ra-
tioning was the thought behind
it . . . Lowry Clark's orchestra
will play and it'll be in the Gen-
eral Motors Ballroom . . . Bob
Brasch made his first solo flight
last week, while Bobby Shan
writes that he is now an aviation
cadet . . . That was Staff Sgt.
Dave Schwartz you saw standing
next to General MacArthur in
the picture taken at New Guinea,
Which appeared in a local news-
paper last week . . Remember
the Thanksgiving Dance at the
Jewish Center, Thursday, Nov.
26 . . . Sam Dictor tells us that
65 of his policy holders are in
the armed forces . . . Averages
15 a week from them and an-
swers all, consistently . . . Feels
that it is his duty . . . Faye Port-
ner is agog over the new USO
Center in the former American
Legion building . • . More plaud-
its to her for her great work
with the USO . . . It's a bit early
but the Jewish Center is already
taking reservations for a huge
New Year's Nite . . . Promises to
be the biggest thing of the year
. . . Pvt. Max Gronsky writes
from one of the battle zones .. .
A great many Jewish boys from
Detroit are in battle now, and
we're mighty proud of them. .. .
We will write and direct a big
musical comedy to be presented
by the A. Z. A. of Detroit . . .
The column thanks you, in be-
half of the workers and those
who will benefit, for your grand
cooperation in the War Chest
Drive.
WHERE THEY ARE . . . (New
Address) . . . Aviation Cadet
Bob Shan .. . Santa Ana Army
Base ... Squadron 4 . . . Santa
Ana, Calif.
THE JEWISH. NEWS
Page Thirteen
Jews in U. S. Jewish War Heroes' Exploits Our
War Service Recorded in 5703 Year Book CHILDREN'S
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shapiro of
Cortland Ave. have received
word of thte pro- ,
motion of their
son-in- 1 a w,
Capt.Michael
Alpern, to the
rank of Major.
A graduate of
the Ohio State
University Med-
ical. School, he
was in the Re-
serves for 10
years and has been on active
duty at Fort Bragg, N. C., since
April, 1941. At 35, he is the
youngest high-ranking officer at
the post. Major and Mrs. Alpern
(Lilyan Shapiro) are living in
Sanford, N. C., and recently be-
came the parents of a son.
News of the promotion of their
son, P. F. C. Ben Shapiro, to Cor-
poral, was . also received by Mr.
and Mrs. Shapiro. He is stationed
at the Las Vegas Gunnery
School, Las Vegas, Nev.
*
*
Dr. A. S. Rogoff, who has been
prominent in Maimonides, Zion-
ist Organization
a n d American
Jewish Congress
circles in De-
s troit, is n o w
serving in the
U. S. Army
Medical Corps
with the rank of
Captain. C a p t.
Rogoff is a na-
tive of V i ln a
and has resided in Detroit since
1916. He holds the degree of
B. S. and M. D. from the Univer-
sity of Michigan. Mrs. Rogoff is
the former Sarah Epstein. They
have one daughter and one son.
* * *
First Lieut. Louis L. Kazdan
and Mrs. Kazdan returned to
Camp Benjamin Harrison, Law-
rence, Ind., after a brief visit here
with their parents, relatives and
friends. Several dinner parties
were given in their honor. Lieut.
Kazdan is serving in the Medical
Corps and is stationed at Billings
General Hospital and as an in-
structor in the Medical Corps.
He and Mrs. Kazdan are living
in Indianapolis and are active in
Zionist and other Jewish com-
munal activities.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Werbe of
2074 Atkinson have received
word that their son, Bernard A.
Werbe, has been raised to the
rank of Sergeant. The address of
Sgt. Werbe, who enlisted in the
Air Corps last January, is 421st
Bomb. Sgdn. (H), Army Air
Base, Ephrata, Wash.
Pioneer Women Boost
J.N.F. Gift to $45,000
44th Volume Tells Part Our People Are Playing in Great
Struggle for World Freedom; Brandeis,
Stroock Extolled
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Reports of Jewish participa-
tion and distinction in the American armed forces and in
the war efforts of the United Nations are among the new
features of the 44th volume of the American Jewish Year
Book, just issued by Jewish Publication Society of
America.
A full list of Jewish men
the American Army and Navy
who received awards, citations,
letters of commendation and im-
portant promotions was com-
piled by the Bureau of War
Records of the Jewish Welfare
Board, especially for this volume
of the Year Book. This is fol-
lowed by listings of Jewish men
who distinguished themselves in
the armed forces of the United
Nations.
Edited by Harry Schneiderman,
assistant secretary of the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee and di-
rector of its Library of Jewish
Information, and Morris T. Fine,
assistant editor, the 5703 Jewish
Year Book reflects the war sit-
uation, especially in the Review
of the Year.
Jewish Chaplains Increased
Joshua L. Trachtenberg, rabbi
of Temple Covenant of Peace,
Easton, Pa., in his report on Jew-
ish Religious Activities in the
United States devotes a special
section to the religious work in
the Army and Navy conducted
by the Jewish Welfare Board.
From this report we learn that
by June, 1942, there were 58
Jewish chaplains on active duty
with the Army and six with the
Navy—more than twice as many
as were in active service during
the First World War. Also, be-
ti,veen September, 1941, and May,
1942, the Jewish Welfare Board
printed 200,000 Prayer Books for
the Jewish men in the armed
services.
The sections on Jewish educa-
tion, assistance to overseas com-
munities, pro-Palestine and Zion-
ist activities, social welfare ac-
tivities and inter-group relations
are covered by Ben Rosen, Ed-
ward Jelenko, Abraham Revus-
ky, Michael Freund and Lillian
Greenwald, respectively.
Jewish participation in the
common effort of all Soviet citi-
zens in resisting the Hitlerite
military might during the first
year of the Nazi-Soviet war is re-
ported at length in the section
on Eastern Europe written by
Simon Segal, author of "The New
Order in Poland and member of
the staff- of the American Jewish
Committee.
Tributes to Five Leaders
Of the five special articles in
this volume, two deal with.Amer-
ican Jews who died during the
year: Justice Louis D. Brandeis
and Sol M. Stroock. The evalu-
ation of Justice Brandeis' role as
leader in the Jewish community
and particularly in Zionist af-
fairs is written by Judge Louis
E. Levinthal, of Philadelphia,
president of the Zionist Organi-
zation of America. The apprecia-
tion of Sol M. Stroock, who was
president of the American Jew-
ish Committee and one of the
most prominent figures in Jewish
life, is written by James N. Ros-
enberg, a communal leader long
associated with Sol M. Stroock
in many Jewish institutions and
enterprises. The articles on Rabbi
Saadia Gaon, one of the great
Jewish thinkers of the Middle
Ages, Alexander Kohut, eminent
American Semitic philologist, and
Nachman Krochmal, pioneer in
During the last year the Pio-
neer Women's Organization has
sent $45,000 to Palestine for the
reclamation of land through the
Jewish National Fund, $20,000
in excess Of the quota adopted
Annual L. A. S. Bazaar
for the fiscal year, ending Sept.
Endorsed by Jeffries
30, 1942, it is reported by the
Detroit Auxiliary of Los An- chairman of the Jewish National
geles Sanatorium is in receipt of Fund Committee, Mrs. Dunia
a letter from Mayor Edward J. Margolis of New York.
Jeffries congratulating the local
group for its efforts in behalf of
Michael (Marathon) Curtiz has
indigent consumptives, and lauds
been at the same job at the same
the sanatorium for its services as
a free, non-sectarian institution. studio for fifteen years. During
He urges support for the annual that time he directed half a hun-
bazaar, to be held at Jericho dred important features .. . and
Temple, 2705 Joy Road, from Sat- mangled more syntax than any-
urday evening, Dec. 12, through one in town except the great
Sunday, Dec. 20.
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the Philosophy of Jewish history,
whose anniversaries were recent-
ly celebrated, are written by
Robert Gordis, Ismar Elbogen,
and Max Nussbaum, respectively,
each one an authority in his field.
In addition to the monthly
Jewish calendars, this volume
contains a brief description of the
Jewish Holy Days, Festivals and
Feasts, as well as tables of
abridged calendars for 50 years,
prepared by Dr. Julius H. Green-
stone of Philadelphia.
A bibliography, classified and
annotated, of books in English of
interest to Jews, published in the
U. S. from July, 1941, to June,
1942, is printed as part of the
supplements to the Review of
the Year.
Immigration off 50 Per Cent
The Year Book republishes the
statistical material on the Jew-
ish population of the United
States for 1937, based on the fig-
ures compiled at that time for
the U. S. Bureau of the Census
by Dr. H. S. Linfield, director of
the Statistical Bureau of the
Synagogue Council of America.
An almost 50 per cent decline in
the general and Jewish immigra-
tion for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1942, is revealed in the
latest table which appears in the
immigration section of the Sta-
tistics of Jews.
The American Jewish Year
Book is available under the mem-
bership plan of the Jewish Pub-
lication Society of America.
Membership in the Society is
available for as low as $5 per
year, for which members re-
ceive any three cloth-bound books
published by the society.
Full details on the membership
plan may be obtained by writing
to the executive director, Mau-
rice Jacobs, 320 Tower Bldg.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
CORNER
"The Wandering Beggar"
Has your Sunday School
teacher told you about the very
entertaining story, "The Wander-
ing Beggar, or the Adventures of
Simple Shmerel?"
If you want real entertain-
ment, you must read this book.
It is a continuous stream of fun
and adventure and you must not
miss it.
The story is told by Solomon
Simon, and the excellent illus-0
trations are by Lillian FischeL
Behrman's Jewish Book House,
1261 Broadway, New York, pub-
lished the book.
In the course of his adven-
tures, Simple Shmerel helps in
the capture of thieves, is highly
rewarded and is hailed as a Holy
Man. Therefore, everyone fears
and reveres him. But the mere
fact that he does the opposite of
what is usually expected, - helps
him attain fame and escape
death at the same time.
The very last episode in the
book is indicative of .this power
he attains. He goes to a prince to
intercede in behalf of the Jews
who are persecuted. The prince
laughs at him and challenges him
to escape a pack of hounds he
unleashed to devour him. But
Shmerel defiantly leans on his
cane and stares at the dogs who
were taught to destroy anyone
but not to touch scarecrows. To
the dogs Shmerel turns out to be
a scarecrow, but to the prince
his escape is a miracle. As a re-
sult, the Jews are freed and
Shmerel accomplishes another
miracle.
And so, this story is full of
fun, it is entertaining and adven-
turous. You must read it. Your
parents will also enjoy the hu-
mor of it. Be sure you get the -
book and tell you friends about it.
CARVETH WELLS TO. SPEAK
AT CASS TOWN HALL
"Africa and the Battle for
Strategic Materials" is the timely,
subject of the lecture by Carveth
Wells, the distinguished engineer
and explorer, for the Detroit
Town Hall in the Cass Theater,
next Friday morning, Nov. 27.
Junior Hadassah to Hold AL MILLER
7720 McNICHOLS ROAD,
N. Y. Convention Nov. 26
Near Santa Barbara
What promises to be the larg-
est convention in its history will
be held by Junior Hadassah, the
young women's Zionist organiza-
tion of America, Nov. 26 to 29,
in the Plaza, New York. More
than 500 delegates and an equal
number of alternates from 36
states already have made reser-
vations for the four-day sessions.
The urgency of wartime prob-
lems and the need of planning
for the extension of the organi-
zation's program of service to
America-and to Palestine are the
impetus behind the exceptional
interest in the 19th annual con-
vention, the chairman said.
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