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Problem of Aged

Friday, Novernbei 27, 1942

THE JEWISH NEWS

'age Fourfeen

Your Jewish ' Community Council

tory as one of America's greatest
war heroes, though few will re-
member that he is a Jew .. Just
By ISAAC FRANCK
as few remember today that
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Executive Director, Jewish Community Council of Detroit
John Ordronaux, the famous
ning Nov. 1, 1941, the Federa-
privateer captain of the War of
Detroit's Jewish Community and other educational institu-
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
tion appropriated a special grant
1812, was a Jew . . . We are re-
Couneil
is a democratically elect- tions; placing speakers on Jewish
$1,000
salary
for
a
case
worker
of
minded of Ordronaux by Fletch-
(Copyright, 1942,
ed, policy-making body, repre- subjects; furnishing educational
for an experimental period of
er
Pratt,
the
military
expert
and
Seven Arts Feature Syndicate)
six months. For the fiscal year
commentator, who calls our at- senting 190 Jewish organizations material to labor groups and na-
and agencies, and embracing all tionality groups—these are some
1942-43 Federation has set aside
• tention to the fact that the de-
Jewish Hero
$2,700 for the use of the Old
stroyer Ordronaux was launched tendencies and directions in Jew- of the avenues through which
your Community Council op-
Corporal Bernard J. Kessel of at Quincey, Mass., on Novem- ish group life.
Age Bureau. The professional
Whether or not, in speaking for erates.
supervision and direction of the the U. S. Army, thp Brooklynite ber 9th, and adds that to the
In the field of internal Jewish
OAB program is entrusted to the who hit the front page last week best of his knowledge this is the the Jewish community of Detroit,
when he practically captured first U. S. naval vessel to be the Community Council ade- relations, the Community Coun-
JSSB.
Oran single-handed in a General named after a Jewish officer.
quately represents you or your cil has brought the different ele-
Old Age Fund Helps
Grant, was always considered
organization, mechanism for ments in the community into
For The Record
In addition to initial investi- something of a shlemiehl by his
closer contact by serving as a
John Howard Payne, composer democratic control is there.
gitions, the JSSB, as agent for family and friends when it came of "Home, Sweet Home," served
The Community Council's pro- platform for the interchange of
the Old Age Bureau, also has the to anything mechanical . . . In as the American Consul at Tunis
gram can be divided into two ma- opinion, and as an instrument for
task of providing casework ser- Brooklyn, indeed, the tank ace just a hundred years ago . . . He jor areas. First, the Council is joint action. It has achieved a
vice to residents to the Home. was known as so clumsy that held that post twice, and it was the community's agency for com- measure of co-operation and re-
During the summer of 1941, resi- he couldn't even learn to drive in Tunis that he died during his batting anti-Semitism and for ciprocal responsibility among the
dents eligible for Old Age As- a car, and his assignment to the second tenure of office .. . But, developing better understanding organizations through the com-
sistance grants were qualified, tank corps was greeted with a then, Payne was only half Jew- between the Jewish and non- munity calendar which it con-
resulting in a sizeable increase mixture of horselaughs and ish . . . We mention this because
ducts. It has acted as the coord-
Bronx cheers by all who knew we've just remembered that it Jewish community. This is known inating body and the liaison for
in income to the Home.
as
the
program
of
'Community
The Old Age Bureau has dis- him . . . Only his fiancee. Miss was at Tunis that Mordecai M. Relations." Secondly, the Council the Jewish community in the
cussed a number of general prob- Rita Weinberg, had faith in him Noah was serving as American deals with problems of "Internal field of Civilian Defense. It has
and kept insisting that he would Consul when he was recalled
lems in the field, especially the
make good . . And now Kessel from his post by means of a let- Jewish Relations." This involves maintained an Arbitration Court,
care, of chronic sick which was
will most likely go down in his- ter that James Monroe, then the effort to develop internal in which civil litigation is settled
felt to be most pressing both
Jewish discipline, to enrich the quietly and with dignity in ac-
Secretary of State, sent him by
from the point of view of space
cultural life of our community, cordance with the Jewish tradi-
Stephen
Decatur
to
the
effect
which
depends
on
local
tradition
and medical facilities. In Sept-
and to maintain the dignity and tion of the "Beth Din."
that Presiderit Madison had
ember, 1942, Federation publish- and practice.
tone of individual and group life
Cultural Program
In some communities it may "deemed it expedient" to revoke
ed a study on dependent Jewish
among Detroit Jewry.
Community Council has
The
,
Noah's
commission,
on
the
be
advisable
and
desirable
to
aged 'and chronic sick. This study
The Fight Against Bigotry
served as a , program resource
was made under the auspices meet the budget of the central grounds that his religion formed
body for constituent organiza-
an obstacle to the exercise of his
The
fight
against
anti-Semitism
bureau
through
the
joint
effort
the
Old
Age
Bureau.
of
Consular functions.
is an every-du, year-'round pro- tions. It has helped them in the
of
the
participating
agencies.
In
There is no one standard pat-
This and That
gram, and cannot be geared to planning of their cultural pro-
tern for a central bureau. There others it may be best to provide.
Laugh of the week: Harry emergency situations alone. Here grams, and has attempted to ele-
a
separate
budget.
Where
some
are, however, some basic prin-
Hershfield's cartoon .showing Ad- the Community Council employs vate their cultural standards.
ciples. The central birreau should of the agencies in the central dled Adolf talking into the tele-
well-developed techniques, which Some beginnings have been made
bureau
are
financed
by
the
Com-
include all agencies dealing with
phone and saying: "Sorry, Herr have been evolved on the basis of toward centralizing and coordi-
the various aspects of aged care. munity Chest and others by the Rommel—all I can send you is
continuous consultation with nating the community's program
Among these are: homes for aged Jewish Welfare Fund, the prob- snowballs." . . . Feminine readers
other communities, and with na- of adult education. Under the
lem
is
different.
My
own
feeling
and for the chronic sick, the
who are wondering what they
Community Council's leadership,
Jewish hospital and clinic, the is that it would be to the best can do to aid the war effort tional defense agencies.
Probably the greatest evil in several centrally-planned festival
family agency, Federation. Spec- advantage of the central bureau might follow the example of
celebrations and other, similar
ialized agencies operating in to be financed entirely by the Mrs. Ben Hecht, who has been the fight against anti-Semitism
programs have been held.
is
undisciplined,
individual
ac-
central
fund-disbursing
agency,
such fields as occupational ther-
taking a course in airplane mech-
These are the outlines of the
apy and recreation also should resulting in the recognition of anics and is nearly ready to take tion. In most cases, the individual
general direction of your Corn-
be included. The public agencies, the central bureau by the ,com- a job in a war plant • . . Then or the individual group fails,
munity Council's present work
such as those administering old- munity.
there's a Mrs. Milton Erlanger, where the organized community,
These, and many more ques- who just landed a job with the with its studied technique, has and future program. To do ade-
age assistance, general relief, as
quately the job with which the
well as the public institution tions require an answer, which Army, said job being the train- some chance of succeeding. , *
community has entrusted it, your
Internal Relations
should be represented in an ad- in most cases will come through ing of dogs for military service
Community Council needs all the
More
embracing
and
more
experience.
But
we
must
ex-
. . . All of you who ,moan about
visory capacity. If the local coun-
cial of social agencies has a de- periment—we must do the job. the rationing of sugar, the cur- difficult, is the extensive pro- assistance that can come to it
Effect of War
tailment of your coffee consump- gram of public education through through wide participation of
partment on problems of the
There is one more point. None tion and the institution of meat- the dissemination of literature, laymen, and requires the addi-
aged there should be a close re-
lationship with that service. Such of us knows yet what will be the less Tuesdays are cordially in- and the building of better inter- tional staff to do the 'research,
matters as structrue, size and effect of the war on all social vited to hop over to Jerusalem group relations through • contacts handle the administrative detail
method of representation, and work programs and, especially, and get the experience of having with pro-Democracy organiza- and build the contacts and strong
other details of central bureau on the care of the aged. Already to adhere to rationing of a real tions and other instrumentalities. ties which will make its program
organization have to be worked we find that the war is affect- essential of life . . . For in the Cooperation with liberals, schools more permanently effective.
out according to the needs and ing the boarding-out programs in Holy City they are now ration-
ing water.
relationships of each community. defense areas.
The entrance of more and
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Some Local Questions
more individuals into the armed
Detroit's Albert Kahn, who is
There • are a few questions services May mean that more known as the father of modern
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A
recent
arrival
on
our
_shores
ment of standards and promotion There will be more dependent
of special projects. In this area, aged — there will be more is Sophie Freud, granddaughter
of the late Prof. Sigmund Freud.
the central bureau on care of the chronic sick—who will need the
Lucy Monroe is famous for her
community's
help.
Let's
plan
for
aged would be exercising func-
rendition of "The Star-Spangled
tions similar to those of a well- them now.
The central bureau for the Banner," but she can sing "Ha-
organized bureau of Jewish ed-
aged
may not be the perfect tikvah" in Hebrew too, as the
ucation.
plan, but it is a step in the audience at the United Palestine,
There is also some question as right direction, a sign of for- Appeal's annual "Night of Stars"
to whether the responsibility for ward thinking.
learned to its delight last week.
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family agency, or by the bureau
itself. In most communities, the
current practice is for the family
agency to investigate all applica-
tions and to report to the intake
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