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COMMENTARY

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

THE JEWISH NEWS

December I 1942

Rabbi Friedland H. Lapides Heads
To Speak at JNF House of Shelter Jewish Community Council
Henry Lapides was elected Meeting to Be Held Sunday
Auxiliary Event
president of the House of Shelt-

Rabbi Eric Friedland of Pon- er, at the annual dinner-meeting
E (Copyright 1942, Independent F 7 - . tiac will be the guest speaker at held Tuesday at the Home for
-
Jewish Press Service)
the annual paid=up membership Aged. He succeeds Max Silver-
6111111111111M111111111411111111111111111111#11141111M111011111111ffia luncheon of the Ladies' Auxili- man who has served as presi-
ary of the Jewish National Fund, dent of the House of Shelter for
Sarah Bernhardt, Emile Zola
next
Thursday noon, at the Jew- eight years.
and the Dreyfus Affair
ish
Community
Center.
Other officers were elected
Who induced Emile Zola to
Oscar Leonard, national field as follows. Dr. A. M. Hersh-
become the champion of justice
in the Dreyfus case?
worker who is in Detroit to make man, honorary president; Isaac
Louis Verneuil reopens the arrangements for the conference Rosenthal, Moses Levitt and Jer-
question in his very fascinating
of the J.N.F. to be held here ry Bielfreld, honorary vice-pres-
story, "The Fabulous Life of
Sarah Bernhardt," purported to Dec. 25=27, will greet the ladies idents; Milton M. Maddin, David
be the true life history of the in the name of the national or- Goldberg, Harry Davidson, Dr.
glamorous actress, which has just . ganization.
David Kliger and 'Aaron Weiss-
been .published by. Harper &
Mrs. William Klafer, chairman wasser, vice - Presidents; Mrs.
Bros.
of the membership committee, Gladys Croll, secretary; Louis
Verneuil claims that "Zola had
has issued a call to all members Dann, treasurer; Hyman Altman,
never paid any attention to the
chairman of house committee.
Dreyfus case." He maintains that to attend the luncheon and to
Mr. Silverman outlined ach-
"the clear, lucid and irrefutable bring new members.
ievements of the last eight years
manner in which Sarah expound-
Sponsors of the paid-up lunch- in his annual report. Mrs:' Hyman
ed the facts was a revelation to eon are Mesdames Benjamin Altman reported as president of
him. The very next day he saw Klein, Leo Gold; Samuel Hey- the Ladies' Auxiliary, whose
Scheurer-Kestner, and three days man, Harry Davis, Leon Kay and members made arrangements for
later his mind was made up."
Harry Schwartz.
the dinner.
Mrs. Benjamin Gordon, assisted
An interesting incident is re-
After Mr. Lapides accepted the
called by Verneuil. During a by Mesdames John Hayman, office of president in brief, re-
demonstration by the Anti- Drey- Harry Schwartz, Morritz Schub- marks, a social program was
fusards in front of the Zola home, iner and Harry Davis, are in held, with Mr. Maddin acting as
which was punctuated by shouts charge of arrangements.
toastmaster. Henry M. Rottman,
"Death to Zola," Sarah Bern-
In addition to Rabbi Friedland's who was. chairman of the nomin-
. hardt appeared before an opened address, the program of the ating committee, presented Mr.
window in the Zola house. The afternoon will include a Caval- Silverman with a gift. Among
next day the Anti-Dreyfusard cade of Hebrew and Jewish mu- those who spoke were Louis
papers informed their readers: sic, the participants being Mrs. Dann; Herman Pekarsky, who
"Sarah Bern)lardt at Zola's. The Edith Sauls, vocalist, Mrs. Sam- called attention to the fact that
great artist is with the Jews uel Schafiander, narrator, and the House of Shelter was found-
against the army!"
Rosa Bassin. Stein, accompanist.
ed in 1897, when Detroit's Jewish
Mrs. Philip Cutler is president population was less than 5,000;
Matthey Josephson's View •
An entirely different version is of the J.N.F. Auxiliary.
Hyman Altman, Philip Slomo-
given by Matthew Josephson in
vitz, Dr. Otto A. Hirsch and H.
his great work "Zola and his fus' son, Pierre, who collaborated Silver.
Time." Siosephson relates how
with his father in writing a book
Zola first became interested in on "The Dreyfus Case," increases
the affair in 1894, when Leon interest in the celebrated Affair.
Daudet gave him an account of
Pierre Dreyfus has come to
the ceremony during which the the defense of his father's name
Jewish army officer shouted his in an interview he granted re-
innocence while being degraded. cently in which he asserted that
The annual bazaar of the De-
"He must be innocent," Zola con- his father had not stayed aloof troit Auxiliary of the Los Angeles
cluded. But for three years he from Jewish interests, that he Sanatorium will open this Sat-
forgot about the case.
was concerned with the fate of urday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m., with a
In 1897, Bernard Lazare, Math- his people, that he was buried patriotic ceremony, in Jericho
ieu Dreyfus. and the Protestant
with full Jewish religious rites Temple. The colors will be pre-
statesman Seheurer-Kestner tried by the Chief Rabbi of France.
sented and. the Oath of Allegi-
to interest him in the case. But
Thisjaelies a charge made by ance will be given. The Boy
none "had certain proof of any-
Pierre 'Van Paassen that Dreyfus Scout band of Congregation Bnai
thing." But things began to move, had refused to receive Jewish David will play patriotic hymns.
and the revelations by the brave delegations and was indifferent There will be greetings from
Colonel Picquart at once pointed to his own people.
Mayor Jeffries.
to Esterhazy as the traitor. Zola
We should be more than will-
The bazaar will continue until
began to show his interest in ing to welcome Pierre Dreyfus' Sunday, Dec: 20.
the great Affair by writng a assertions. After all, he is one
An appeal is made to Detroit
series of articles, which were of us, and he is a sort of emis-
temperate and timid . at the sary to America, and to the Jews Jews and to those in the vicinity
outset, but which developed into of this country, from the decent to attend this bazaar. In addition
to the free admission, there will
positve assertions that Dreyfus elements of France.
be prizes.
was innocent. The climax was
reached when he wrote "J'Ac-
cuse," with the result that he
more than 'Dreyfus became the
From Scotland
object of persecution.

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Dreyfus' Jewish Interests

The degradation of France un-
der Laval is not unrelated to
the events more than 40 years
ago when La Belle France be-
came a house divded against
itself as a result of the disgrace
into which the land of Liberte,
Egalite, Fraternite was thrown by
her treacherous leaders during
the Affaire Dreyfus. Present-day
events inspire revival of interest
in the great case. Besides, the
presence in this country of Drey-

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Reports to Be Submitted by James I. Ellmann, Isaac Franck
and Gerson B. Chertoff; Need of Protest Against
Nazism Will Be Discussed

The next quarterly conference of the Community
Council delegates will be held on Sunday. at 8:15 p. m.,
in the auditorium of the Jewish Community Center, Wood-
ward at Holbrook.
Unlike the Nov. 15 Institute, which was open to the
public, and whose emphasis was on information of. self-

appraisal, the Dec. 13 conference 0
will be one of the four business
Gerson E. Chertoff, research di-
meeting for this season, and will
be devoted to reports of program rector of the Community Coun-
cil. This survey will then be the
and discussion of policy.
Instead of the_usual committee subject of discussion, and action
reports by committee 'chairmen, by the delegates will follow.
the work of the Community
There will be a discussion of
Council since the last quarterly
conference will be surveyed by the proposal that a mass meeting
James I. Ellmann, president, be held to protest against the
Isaac Franck, executive director, massacres of hundreds of thou-
sands of Jews in Nazi-occupied
Europe.
Attendance will be recorded,
and organizations not represented
will be advised of the failure of
their delegates to attend. Mr.
- Harry Zausmer has been elect- Ellmann will preside.
ed worshipful master of Perfec-
tion Lodge No. 486, & A. M.
Other officers were elected as
follows:
Charles. Lippert, ' senior war-
den; Arthur Gould, junior war-
den; Joseph M. Sisler, senior
deacon; Sam Mann, junior dea-
con; David Colman, secretary; A.
J. Blumenau, treasurer.
Formal installation will be held
Dec. 16 in Perfection Lodge's
meeting room in the Masonic
Temple.
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Savarine Hotel. Hary Komer has
planned the program. Refresh-
ments will be served. Guests are
invited.
Over 52 Years of Service
In response to an appeal by
Detroit
Sam Hirsch, $10,000 worth of
Birmingham
Grosse Pointe
War Bonds were bought by mem-
bers at the last meeting.

Zausmer to Head
Perfe"ction Lodge

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