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THE JEWISH NEWS

THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, November 27,.1 942

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A Good Start on Thanksgiving Week

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PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor

NOVEMBER 27, 1942

RUSSIA'S HEROIC
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This Week's Scriptural Portions:

An Analysis of Community Needs

On the eve of the War Chest campaign, the Jewish
community of Detroit was advised that the time conserved
from efforts normally utilized for the Spring Allied Jewish
Campaign, whose causes are provided for by the large
metropolitan fund, would be devoted to educational
efforts.
Mr. Abraham Srere's statement on the first page of
this issue of The Jewish News points to the specific needs
for the perpetuation of our community causes and to the
necessity for expanded educational efforts. This state-
ment serves as an introduction to the several articles
which analyze the position of the Jewish social services
in the present crisis and invite the community's interest in
the basic agencies which serve our needs.
Vitally affected by the world crisis, our social serv-
ices must be carried on for the sake of the protection of
our normal activities. It is important, therefore, that the
Jews of this community should understand the extent of
the services rendered and should appreciate the handi-
caps created by the war. The presentation of these
analyses is intended as a service to the community and as
part of the extensive educational program planned for
Detroit Jewry. The authors of the descriptive articles
are all experts in their respective fields, and their discus-
sions should be studied seriously by the more than 23,000
Participants in the Allied Jewish Campaign and Jewish
Welfare Federation programs. In order to create a think-
ing Jewish community, it is important that the contribu-
tors whose financial assistance ,makes the functioning of
these social services possible, should be fully informed on
the causes they support and the increasing demands
that must be made upon the generosity of Jews as time
goes on.
It is imperative that these analyses of the Jewish
community agencies should not only be studied but that
they should be discussed as widely as possible. We invite
our readers' comments upon them.

Governor Lehman's New Post

President Roosevelt could not have made a better
choice in - his selection of Governor Herbert H. Lehman
for the position of supervising the feeding of the peoples
in the countries now occupied and to be occupied as time
goes on by the United- Nations.
A great humanitarian, a man with wide organiza-
tional experience, a leader whose background includes
participation in the vital efforts that have been carried
on for more than a quarter of a century by the American
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Governor Lehman
is one of the world's ablest men in the field of social
service.
The appointment of .Governor Lehman to this im-
portant post contributes to the sense of confidence which
we gain, as the war progresses, that the objectives of this
conflict must lead to solution of the problems of human
sufferings.

Detroit's Jewish Federation Called 'Most
Intelligently' Administered in Country

In an analysis of War Chest campaigns in which Jewish
communities participated, the Independent Jewish Press Serv-
ice pays the following tribute to the Detroit Jewish commun-
ity's vision: •
"It is interesting • to note that in each of the three cities in-
volved, the Jewish Welfare Fund had a different arrangement
with the war chest for the sharing of proceeds. The formula
that seems to give the Jewish community the fairest relation-
ship to a war chest was that worked out in Detroit, which has
developed in the past few years as one of the most active and
intelligently administered Jewish communities in America. The
Detroit Jewish Welfare Fund receives a lump sum from the
war chest and distributes these funds, as in the past, after
carefully examining the needs of all the Jewish local, national
and overseas agencies. Moreover, the Welfare Fund, together
with every other participant in the War Chest, shares fully
in the results of the campaign. The phenomenal additional
income will also accrue in proportionate measure to the Jew-
ish causes. Having made the decision to merge its Welfare
Fund with the War Chest, the Detroit Jewish leadership is to
be complimented for its vigorous efforts to ensure the success
of the drive and for its militant 'protection of vital Jewish
interests."

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAURICE ARONSSON
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
FRED M. BUTZEL
ISIDORE SOBELOFF
THEODORE LEVIN
ABRAHAM SRERE
MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ
HENRY WINEMAN

On the Sabbath of this week, the nineteenth day of
Kislev, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our
synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Gen. 32:4-36:43; Prophetical
portion, Hos. 12:13-14:10, or 11:7-12:12; or Obad. 1:1-21.

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MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ and PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Publishers

VOL. 2—NO. 6

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PEAK WAR PRODUCTION

AMERICA'S
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Period of Liberation Begins

The era of liberation of the oppressed peoples of the
world has begun with the military successes of the United
Nations on the North African battlefront.
Last week President Roosevelt informed his press con-
ference that he had ordered the abrogation of the Vichy
anti-Jewish laws and the freeing of political prisoners,
and issued the following prepared statement:
"I have requested the liberation of all persons in

Northern Africa who have been imprisoned because
they opposed the efforts of the Nazis to dominate the
world, and I have asked for the abrogation of all laws
and decrees inspired by Nazi governments or Nazi
ideologists."

This is, in effect, the beginning of the end of the Nazi
rule of terror throughout the world. It is an .act of poetic
justice that the Nazi campaigns of human enslavement
which first affected the Jews and were later applied to all
peoples of the world should begin to decline with the
abrogation of regulations directed at Jews.
President Roosevelt's declaration justifies great re-
joicing on Thanksgiving Day of 1942 by the 130,000,000
who are privileged to be Americans, whose sacred ideals
for justice and freedom, we pray and hope, will soon be-
come the privileges of all humanity.

Hope for Refugee Physicians

As a result of the efforts of the National Committee
for Resettlement of Foreign Physicians, there is hope that
all of the 6,000 refugee physicians who are now in this
country may soon be placed in active practice and in
hospitals. -
Controversies that recently raged over the position
of these doctors who were fortunate enough to escape
from the Nazi reign of terror revealed that the medical
groups in this country were not prepared to encourage
their acceptance into active practice. But the fact that
there will soon be only eight practicing physicians for
every 10,000 civilians, compared with 12 in peace time, is
providing opportunities for these refugees which should
also serve to avoid a critical situation for the people of
this country.
The explanation has been offered that the Army and
Navy can not grant commissions to men who are not citi-
zens. The alternative has therefore been arrived at that
refugee doctors should be invited to serve in hospitals, in
public health services and medical schools and to enter
private practice. As a result of the efforts of the National
Committee for Resettlement of Refugee Physicians, more
than 1,500 of these doctors have already been placed as
internes, as laboratory technicians and as resident hos-
pital physicians.
It is to be hoped that the movement inaugurated by
this committee will find the response it deserves in all of
our 48 states, in order that what some considered a wrong
committed against refugee physicians may be righted
speedily.

Stalin and the Torah

An unusually interesting story is released by the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency from Moscow. The J. T. A.
correspondent tells about the text of a message sent by
the Moscow religious Jewish community to Josef Stalin,
offering prayers for his health and for Russian victory
"with the Torah in our hands."
Coming from what has been branded as the most
irreligeous community in the world, this news story in-
dicates a complete about-face in Russia's attitude on
religious questions. It heralds a message of good tidings
to those who have been concerned lest Communism should
undermine friendly relationship among the peoples of the
world, and it encourages us in our confidence that the era
of good will among men and cooperation among all faiths
is certain to be one of the results of the present war.

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A Lesson in Politics
The Nov. 3 election had an
interesting lesson for us. Too
many people—non-Jews as well
as Jews—are inclined to call can-
didates "anti-Semitic" simply be-
cause they mention certain names
or are in a camp that is disliked
by those passing judgment.
It is a mistake to be avoided.
Some politicians have blundered
in their campaign talks, but that
does not make them anti-Semites.
There is nothing new in the
charge that Jews do not vote as
a group, and the 1942 election
proved it. New York's vote
proved • it. The debates over
Coudert and the withdrawal of
names like Dorothy Thompson
from opposition to him is fur-
ther proof that sometimes per-
sons are branded anti-Semites
When they are merely partisan in
politics.
Let this be a lesson to us in
the future.
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The Jewish Army Issue
Withdrawal of Samuel Harden
Church from honorary chairman-
ship of the Committee for a
Jewish Army may complicate de-
bates over the Jewish Army is-
sue.
Arrival of a large American
contingent on the Mediterranean
front may be interpreted as ex-
cellent argument against the
making of a distinct Palestinian
Jewish force, but the principle
in favor of a Jewish Army re-
mains. We are entitled to a
recognition on a par with the
Free French, the Free Poles, the
Free Greeks, etc.
Unfortunately, the appearance
upon the scene of an independent
committee created internal dis-
sension in Zionist ranks. In real-
ity, the Jewish Agency for Pal-
estine, the official spokesman for
world Jewry on the Zionist ques-
tion, went the limit in its de-
mands for a distinct Jewish mili-
tary force. In truth, with the
establishment of a Palestine
Jewish Regiment and the active
service of 47,000 Palestinian
Jews in their own divisions, in
addition to the hundreds of thous-
ands who are fighting in the
armies of the United Nations, we
are a recognized factor in the
ranks of the United' Nations.
It would be well for those who
were anxious to see Jews in their
own distinctive uniform to strive
for the redemption of more land
in Palestine so that Jews will
have a place to go to for re-
settlement as productive human
beings.
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"Some Chicken!"
This is the heading the Jewish
Chronicle of London, England,
giNies the following story:
"The Dutch Quisling press is
indignant over the fact that the
Dutch Nazi Burgomaster of the
town of Apeldoorn, and his wife,
recently dined at the home of a
local Jewish family. When mem-
bers of the Nazi organization
learned of the visit while dinner
was still in progress, they dem-
onstrated outside the house. When
a deputation forced an entry,
they found the Burgomaster hid-
ing in a hen-house in the back-
yard."
Most of the Dutch and Nor-
wegian and Belgian anti-Nazis,
however, know how to stand
their ground. Theirs will be a
heroic story when it is finally
recorded in history for future
generations to read.

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U. S. Jew Excuted
In Berlin Identified

GENEVA (JPS)—The name of
the American Jew recently exe-
cuted in Berlin, as revealed by
the Voelkische Beobaehter, was
Julius Breyer. He had been ac-
cused of "sabotage."