Pav Sixfeen t's Ha ETROIT JEWS, deeply stirred by the appalling re- Ports of the martyrdom of more than 2,000,000 Jews in Nazi-held Europe, are clamoring for an oppor- tunity to express their indignation against the atroci- ties and to express their sympathies to the victims. Interest is being shown in the special session of the Jewish National Fund conference, on Sunday, which will be set aside as a period of mourning for the dead. The tragedy of European Jewry is believed to have influenced Jewish organizations not to pursue previous practices of sponsoring New Year eve celebrations. It is generally felt that this is no time for hilarity. Recommendation From Mr. Zwerdling Osias Zwerdling of Ann Arbor, one of the most re- vered Jewish leaders in Michigan, writes us his com- ments on our editorial regarding the new Jewish group which was formed to fight Zionism. Mr. Zwerdling suggests to the rabbis and laymen in this group that they read the new book published by the Zionism Or- ganization of America, "Brandeis on Zionism." Mr. Z1,verdling, who will be a delegate to the Jewish National Fund conference here this week-end, writes: "If one is too busy to read the entire book, which is not at all large, but very interesting and educational, he will benefit by even the one article, pages 12 to 35, `The Jewish Problem and How to Solve It.' As far as new organizations are concerned, it seems to me that we Jews have too many such organizations, which accounts for oui,, lack of ACHDUS or unity." nine in Detroit Protests Against Nazi Atrocities to Be Voiced at JNF Memorial on Sunday; Committee Named for Dinner Honoring 50th Birthday of Dr. Schmarya Kleinman; Dr. Leon A .KatzinRe-elected President of Hospital Group; 15-year-old Musician Honored 7 •FILM FOLK By HELEN ZIGMOND Copyright, 1942, Jewish. Telegraphic Agency, Inc. HOLLYWOOD.—Disney's car- toon, "Education for Death," adaptation from the book of the same title, could have been .a powerful document, revealing Nazi methods of distorting edu- cation and crippling the youth- ful mind. But somehow . , af- ter an auspicious beginning, the theme gets tangled in over-cari- cature . ...and - winds up abruptly without saying enough. "Der Fuehrer's Face," another Disney creation just finished, Seymour Lipkin, 15-year-old Detroit pianist, has been selected for this year's honors of the Music Study Club of Detroit. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Ezra Lipkin of Webb Ave. This Detroit musical society annually sponsors a debut for a local young musician, and Seymour Lipkin will be presented in concert in the auditorium of the Detroit Institute of Atts, Sunday evening, Jan. 3. A student of the Curtis Institute of Music in Phila- delphia and now a pupil of Rudolph Serkin, Seymour won the first Curtis Alumni Award for excellence in his studies in 1941. He already has appeared as guest artist with Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Victor Kolar conducting, and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormondy conducting. Last summer, Seymour was enrolled as a member of the Berkshire Music Colony, playing in the advanced orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky. Proceeds from the Music Study Club concert will be used for scholarships and philanthropic purposes. One of the recent scholarship recipients, Max Weiner, just has been engaged as violinist by the Pittsburgh Sym- phony Orchestra. Men in uniform • are invited to attend the concert Jan. 3 as guests of the Music Study Club. . A large number of patrons has been enlisted to sup- port the event. The Detroit Hebrew Hospital Association, at a board meeting held on Dec. 17 at the home of its secretary, William Buchlater, re-elected the following officers: Dr. Leon A. Katzin, president; H. T. Glickman, vice- president; Marcus Kates, treasurer; Mr. Buchhalter, secretary. Other members of the board are: Michael R. Bagdade, Joseph - Camiener, Maurice Floch, David Oppenheim, Isaac Rosenthal, Manuel Rosenthal and Philip Slomovitz. - Compiled From the Records of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency MOSCOW—Upder an agreement concluded be- tween the Joint Distribution Committee and the Soviet Government the JDC will receive 1,600 tons of coal to heat institutions maintained by the JDC in the Ukraine, in return for which it will establish a credit of $200,000 for the RusSian Government in New York, which will be used to purchase American mining machinery. At the same time it was an- nounced that the .JDC has been given the right to carry its relief program into any part of Russia. BUENOS AIRES—The new president of the Ar- gentine Republic, Dr. Alvear, received a Jewish delegation led by the Chief Rabbi of the Jewish community here. The president expressed his in- terest in the progress of the Jewish community which. he stated, he was confident would prove an important factor in the development of the country. JERUSALEM—A report covering the eighteen- month period, ending December, 1921, during which Sir Herbert Samuel was High Commissioner for Palestine, has been issued showing that there were marked advances in the development of public works, utilities, education, industry and commerce in the country during that time. .WASHINGTON—David - Brown of Detroit, chair- man of the recent American Jewish Relief Drive, who was received by President Harding in connec- tion with the possibility of a United States loan to Russia, disclosed that the President was greatly in- terested in the treatment of Jews in Russia. Mr. Brown assured him that Jevrs enjoyed the same political eauality as all other nations. Music Study Club Honors Young Musician Hospital Committee Re-Electi Dr. Katzin Twenty Years Ago This Week Our .vv Friday, December 25, 1942 THE JEWISH NEWS Senator-Elect Ferguson Honored DR. SHMARYA KLEINMAN The Kleinman Testimonial Committee Joseph Bernstein is honorary chairman of .the com- mittee which is planning the dinner in honor of the 50th birthday of Dr. Schmarya Kleinman. The dinner will be held Jan. 3 at the Workmen's Circle Hall. James I. Ellmann is chairman of the committee. Mrs. Julius Feigelman, 3293 Clements, is secretary. Members of the committee include Rabbi Morris Adler, Schloime Bercovich, Fred M. Butzel, Aaron. Droock, Rabbi Leon Fram, Isaac Franck, Herman Ja- cobs, Max Holtzman, Alex Levitt, David Lipnitz, Harry Lipsitz, Dr. Edward Robbins, Aaron Rosenberg, Dr. I. W. Ruskin, Meyer Schneider, Isidore Sobeloff, Jacob H. Sonenklar, Ben Shifrin, Saul Waxman, S. D. Weinberg. Women Gather Funds for Yeshivoth Through the efforts of Mrs. Ida Baker, Mrs. Sarah Goldman and Mrs. Miriam Shelovsky, the sum of $1,710 was collected for European and Palestinian Yeshivoth. The sum of $1,290 was sent to 19 Palestinian schools and $525 to Yeshivoth now functioning in Siberia. Jacob Baker advanced the balance to complete the sum. treats of Donald Duck in NIzi- dumb. It is filled with clever digs and subtle comedy every- foot of the reel. Yet • . as thoughts of the millions of Jews, Russians, Greeks, tortured, mu- tila.ted, starved, go through one's mind . . . it isn't comical. The laugh sticks in one's throat. Brilliant animating cannot make the Nazis funny! * * * It was no surprise to • his close associates when Melvyn Douglas this week enlisted in the Army. He has been working in the Of- fice of Civilian Defense in Wash- ington, but on hearing the pro- posal to close the ranks to vol- untary enlistments, he rushed out to enroll as : a buck private. Actor is 41 .. . will be inducted at Fort Meade, . .. will undergo the same basic training as other Privates. An interesting party was arranged at noon on,Tues- day by the Jewish and non-Jewish friends of U. S. Senator-Elect Homer Ferguson at luncheon at the Club Madrid. Irving Small, one of the members of the commit- tee which arranged the party, presided at the gather-, ing. Corporation Counsel Nathaniel H. Goldstick de- livered an address and presented Judge Ferguson with a desk set as the gift of his friends. . After the response by Judge Ferguson, brief ad- dresses were delivered by William Friedman and Joseph Kamil. Among those who arranged the affair, which was attended by about 60 men, were Sidney Alexander, Douglas Mode, Julius Pliskow, Ben Burdick, Charles Lasky, David Miro and others who are prominent in the community. Coming Events Dec. 26-27—National conference of Jewish Na- tional Fund of America, at Book Cadillac Hotel. Jan. 6—Annual donor luncheon of Pioneer Wo men's Organization of Detroit, at Masonic Temple. Jan. 10—Donor event of Reading Circles of Sholom Aleichem Schools. Jan. 10—Detroit Mizrachi's 31st anniversary ban- quet, at Jericho Temple. Jan. 19—Ezra Sisterhood Luncheon. Jan. 27—Annual donor luncheon of Women's Auxiliary of United Hebrew Schools, at the Shaarey Zedek. Retraining of Jews for Constructive Efforts One of Vital War-Time Tasks Preparation of Refugees and Other Jewish Groups for Industrial and Agricultural Work Is Aim of ORT, Supported by War Chest Before a lathe in a factory in Manchester, England, fashioning equipment for bombers, fighters and other war aircraft, stands Saul Grossman, 18, late of Vienna, Austria. Eager and intense, Saul watches his machine move, anxious to avoid mistakes that will retard the production of war weapons. Behind, his gaze • burns a rage that will not abate until the scourge of 4) Nazism is wiped out. They escaped on a transport. The rage is fed by memories which took nine months for a —memories of a lost home, wan- week-long journey. Since per- dering, pre-maturely aged par- mission had been granted them ents and sister, a ruined career. as through passengers only, they But bitter though he is, Saul is were placed in an internment also happy because every day of camp at the Slovakian border. his life is devoted to a task—a Things Needed to Beat Nazis task greater than the career he It was not until a year later once dreamed of; with. his own hands he is making the tools that they were able to leave the necessary for the destruction of internment camp on the way to the madmen who are responsible Palestine, by way of the Danube, the Black Sea and along the for the world's plight today. shore of Asia Minor. Again, a Finds Haven in England Saul is one of the many refu- three-week trip - turned into a gees who fled before Hitler's three-month agony. It was here armies and found a haven in that the family was separated England. It might be added that and miraculously enough, a year this haven was found in a some- later he was in England. In- formation that came to him in- what roundabout way. Born in Kozawa, Poland, his dicated that his father is some- family established itself in Vi- where in Madagascar and the enna where his father became a mother and sister in Poland. prosperous merchant and a lead- Today, Saul is one of the hull- er in the Jewish community. dreds of German, Austrian and Hitler's occupation of Austria put Polish refugees who, since their an end to all that. The family arrival in England, have learned was deprived of its possessions to do the immediate, practical and with nothing but their bare things needed to defeat the Nazis lives they escaped from Vienna. and at the same time making tt possible for them to support themselves. ORT is in War Chest They learned it in the ORT school at Leeds—a commodious brick building full of machines and tools, supervised by expert teachers—some of them refugees —who teach Hitler's - first victims the skills with which -to make War material to wipe out Hitler- ism. The ORT is one of the 55 Jew- ish causes included in the War Chest of Metropolitan Detroit. Origin of ORT The war work of ORT is a far cry from the peaceful program envisioned 62 years ago by a group of Jewish leaders in St. Petersburg, Russia. The winds of Western European liberalism were blowing East and these men took advantage. of the relaxation of anti-Jewish restrictions under Alexander II to launch a long- dreamed-of movement designed to alleviate economic distress among Eastern . European Jews. This was ORT — Organization for Rehabilitation through Train- ing—dedicated to training Jews. for industry arid agriculture, for productive work that would both provide them with a livelihood and make them a useful integral part of - their country's economic system.