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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January I5, 1943
What's Happening in Detroit
O
BSERVANCE of annual Brotherhood Week, Feb. 19
to 28, is expected to occupy the most important
'place on the calendar of events in our community as
well as throughout the land. Jews and non-Jews are
collaborating in arranging programs for the advance-
ment of the cause of brotherhood and goodwill among
all elements in our population.
President Roosevelt's declaration endorsing Brother-
hood Week and commending to all Americans that they
observe it under the slogan, "Victory for Brotherhood,"
is giving impetus to the celebration.
Brotherhood Week will be observed for the tenth
consecutive year during the week of Washington's
Birthday in 1943. More than 2,000 communities partici-
pated in its observance in 3,942. It is expected that a
larger number will join in the coming celebrations,
The complete text of President Roosevelt's declara-
tion on Brotherhood Week is incorporated in an edi-
torial in this issue of The Jewish News.
An Element in National Morale
Everett R. Clinchy, president of the National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews, stated the most satisfac-
tory definition of Brotherhood to be, "Brotherhood is
giving to others the rights you want to keep yourself."
Dr. Clinchy explained that Brotherhood , Week is a
domestic program intended to strengthen the practice
of Brotherhood in America as an element in our na-
tional morale. In calling upon organizations and com-
munities throughout the country to plan for its observ-
ance, Dr. Clinchy said:
"It is essential that this tenth anniversary of Broth-
erhood Week be observed as part of our home front
program. We must strengthen the common sentiments
for American brotherhood from which our national
character derives. We must create a public conviction
that the American Idea is good enough to be shared
with the world.
"This Is the American Dream"
"The American Idea is of a nation embracing a
whole continent, 3,000 miles wide. It is that from more
than 40 Old World lands have come people who are de-
termined to make here of many nationalities one na-
tion. Sons and daughters of all the racial strains prom-
ise to live together as one human family. Worshippers
at many altars agree in this country that Protestants,
Catholics, Jews are separate in their religious faiths
and yet united as citizens, like the hands, feet, eyes and
ears of a single body. All of these Americans together
have agreed upon a constitution guaranteeing the free-
dom of the mind, and the freedom of the soul of man —
every man. Forms of abuse and quarreling which lead
to overt hostilities are ruled out because we are, and
must continue to be, 'one nation indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all.' This is the American Dream."
The Brotherhood Week celebration will be partici-
pated in by Army camps, Navy bases, Civilian Morale
Units, Schools and Colleges, Service Clubs, Churches,
Veterans Organizations and Youth Groups. National or-
ganizations are designating special committees to enlist
their units in the observance.. Local communities are
designating Brotherhood Week Committees to provide
the communal celebrations.
The Sponsors — Local and National
The National Conference of Christians and Jews,
Inc., was founded in 1928 on the initiative of Charles
Evans Hughes, Newton D. Baker, S. Parkes Cadman,
and other distinguished Americans.
Co-chairmen of the Board of Trustees are: Arthur
H.. Compton, Nobel Prize Winner of -the University of
Chicago: Carlton J. H. Hayes, Ambassador to Spain, and
Roger W. Straus, New York City.
Among those who sponsor Brotherhood Week na-
tionally are: Irving Berlin, Fannie Hurst, Albert D.
Lasker and Ex-Gov, Herbert H. Lehman.
In Detroit, the Brotherhood Week celebrations are
sponsored by the Round Table of Christians and Jews,
a branch of the National Conference of Christians and
Jews. Henry Wineman is the Jewish co-chairman of
the Detroit Round Table. John Q. Mayne is the Round
Table director.
Kahn Leaves $10,000 to Federation
Albert Kahn's will, filed for probate last week,
provides for a sum of $10,000 as a trust fund for the
Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit. The will estab-
lishes a $20,000 trust fund for the Community Fund.
Louis Kahn, the youngest of the Kahn brothers,
has been elected president of Albert Kahn Associated
Architects and Engineers, Inc. Saul Saulson was elect-
ed treasurer of the organization.
Coming Events
Jan. 16-17—Series of events in honor of visit in
Detroit of Benjamin Kaufman, national commander
of Jewish War Veterans of the United States.
Jan. 17—"A Night in Tel Aviv" Holiday Hop a t
Jewish Community Center.
Jan. 19—Ezra Sisterhood Luncheon.
Jan. 20—Program of dances at Jewish Com-
munity Center by Jane Dudley, Sophie Maslow and
William Bales.
Jan, 20—Address by Dr. W. R. Lemon of Ann
Arbor, before Men's Club of Shaarey Zedek.
Jan. 21—Annual meeting of Jewish Community
Center.
Jan. 24—Gewerkshaften rally at Shaarey Zedek.
Jan., 27—Annual donor luncheon of Women's
Auxiliary of United Hebrew Schools, at the Shaarey
Zedek,
Feb. 8—Meeting of League of Jewish Women's
Organizations in Brown Memorial Chapel of Tem-
ple Beth El. Speaker, Prof. Francis A. Arlinghaus
of University of Detroit.
Rabbi Glazer, Dr. Niebuhr to Address
Round Table Functions Here
The Detroit Round Table has assisted the University
of Detroit in arranging a panel discussion on "Religion
and Reconstruction" at the Michigan Pastor's Confer-
ence, at the Rackham Building on Monday evening.
Those from Detroit who will appear on the program
are Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, rabbi of Temple Beth El;
Dr. Francis J. Donohue, professor of education, Univer-
sity of Michigan.
The January luncheon meeting of the Detroit Round
Table will be held next Wednesday at the Detroit Le-
land Hotel. The guest speaker will be Dr. Reinhold
Niebuhr, professor of Applied Christianity at Union
Theological Seminary of New York, whose subject will
be "The Harmony of Races and Religions in a Democ-
racy."
Weinberg Heads Detroit Council of
Guidance and Placement Agencies
M. William Weinberg, executive director of the Jew-
ish Vocational Service, was elected chairman of the
Metropolitan Detroit Council of Guidance and Place-
ment Agencies which was recently arranged to effect
maximum efficiency and cooperation in the training,
guidance and job-placement of individuals in the com-
munity.
Among the member organizations are the United
States Employment Service of the War Manpower Com-
mission; Guidance and Placement Departments of the
Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park Boards of Edu-
cation; Placement Departments of University of Detroit
and Wayne University; Detroit Counselling Service;
Jewish Vocational Service; League for the Handicap-
ped; Detroit Council of Social Agencies; State Rehabili-
tation. Service; Masonic Employment Service; Detroit
Council for the Physically Handicapped; Young Men's
Christian Association; Young Women's Christian Asso;.
ciation; A.F.L.; C.I.O.; Vocational Training for War
Workers Program; Detroit Urban League; League for
Catholic Women; Catholic Youth Organization and the
State Welfare Commission.
Dr. Ruth Hubbard, of the Consultation Bureau, was
elected vice-chairman, and Don Palmer, director of
Placement for Wayne University, secretary of the
Council.
Bnai Brith Start War Bond Drive
Progress is reported by Harry Yudkoff, newly
elected president of Greater Detroit Bnai Brith Coun-
cil, in the drive inaugurated for the sale of $1,000,000
in War Bonds. Mrs. Lillian Aaron and Max Goldhoff
are co-chairmen of the War Bond drive, in which
all Detroit Bnai Brith groups are participating. Mr.
Yudkoff is assisted by the following - other officers
in the Bnai Brith Council: Dr. Albert Prussin, Miss
Charlotte Gant and Dr. Robert Coggan, vice-
presidents; Louis Rosenzweig, secretary; Harry Golden,
treasurer.
The War Bond drive will commence at a rally at
Temple Beth El on Sunday, Jan. 24.
The following have been appointed chairmen of
their respective Bnai Brith groups for the War Bond
drive: Max Goldhoff, Pisgah Lodge; David I. Rosin,
Louis Marshall Lodge; Harry Paskowitz, Theodor Herzl
Lodge; Sam Hersch and A. W. Keats, East Side Lodge;
Mrs. Max Madorsky and Mrs. Jerome Helfman, Pisgah
Auxiliary; Miss Zena Faxstein, Business and Profes-
sional Auxiliary; Mrs. Lebowitz, Theodor Herzl Aux-
iliary; Mrs. A. W. Keats, East Side Auxiliary, and Mrs.
Milton Cross, Louis Marshall Auxiliary.
Pisgah Lodge of Bnai Brith is planning a series
of events as part of the 85th anniversary celebration.
A special program is planned for next Monday.
Annual Father and Son night will be observed Feb. 1.
Rabbi Morton Applebaum of Lansing conducted an
adult religious program at the joint meeting of Bnai
Brith East Side Lodge and its women's auxiliary on
Tuesday.
Zionist Youth Hamisha Asar Celebration
The Zionist Youth Council will sponsor a Hamisha
Asar b'Shevat celebration on Friday evening, Jan. 22,
at the Shaarey Zedek, in the form of a social to follow
the late Friday evening services. There will be a pro-
gram of community singing and readings, and refresh-
ments will be served. The Shaarey Zedek Sisterhood is
cooperating in the arrangements. All are welcome.
The Council has a well-functioning Jewish National
Fund committee. Plans are being made for a Spring
conference.
Membership in the Council has been extended to in-
clude Avukah, Habonim, Hashomer Hatzair, Jr. Ha-
dassah, Little Women of Hadassah, Migdal Young
Adult Labor Zionists, Shifra Chapter of Jr. Mizrachi.
Young Judaea Leaders' Council, Agudath Hanoar
Haivri. Other pro-Zionist youth groups are invited to
join the Council by calling Shirley Subar, TY. 4-4829.
Thelma Jaffin, president of the Jewish National
Fund Youth Committee, is making a tour of midwest-
ern cities in an effort to organize similar committees in
other cities. Plans are being made by this committee
for a Purim affair for all Zionist youth groups.
Other Hamisha Asar Events
Hamishah Asar b'Shevat will be observed by the
Kvutzah Ivrith on Saturday evening, Jan. 23, in the au-
ditorium of the Rose Sittig Cohen Building.
The prograM has been arranged by the Chug Ivri,
the Hebrew speaking club organized by Norman Rut-
tenberg and Miss Faye Shuldman. The following mem-
bers of the Chug will participate: Norman Katz, Mor-
dechai Grossman, Faye Shuldman, Murray Segelbaum,
Chana Brown and Drora Selesney, Norman Ruttenberg,
presiding. Hamishah Asar refreshments will be served.
The Parent-Teachers' Association of the Parkside
Branch of the United Hebrew Schools will meet next
Thursday at 9 p. m., for a Hamishah Asar b'Shevat
celebration. B. Isaacs, A. J. Lachover and M. Michlin
will be the speakers. Morris Dombey will give humor-
ous readings. Several students of the school will par-
ticipate in the program.
Hamisha Asar b'Shevat is being observed in our lo-
cal schools and by numerous organizations.
Next Wednesday at 9 p. m., Hamisha Asar will be
observed by Young Israel of Detroit. at the Yeshivah
Bldg., on Dexter and Cortland. Dr. Hugo Mandelbaum
will show slides of pictures he took while on a visit in
Palestine. The two senior groups will participate in the
program.
The junior and intermediate groups will hold a spe-
cial celebration of Hamisha Asar on Jan. 24, at the Joy
Road synagogue.
Bordelove Heads Jericho Lodge Again
For the second time in 20 years, Maurice Bordelove
eras elected noble grand of Jericho Lodge No. 490,
I.O.O.F. He is now representative of his lodge to the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows in Michigan. In 1935 he
was chosen grand patriarch of the Michigan Encamp-
ment, and later served as representative to the Sov-
ereign Grand Lodge.
Other Jericho Lodge officers are: Louis Langwald,
vice-grand; George N. Smith, recording secretary; Leo
B. Furst, financial secretary; Nathan Katchman, treas-
urer; Michael Weiner, warden; Sherman Porvin, con-
ductor; Edward Swartz, right supporter to noble grand;
N. Julius Wagman, left supporter to noble grand; Aaron
Eckshtat, right scene -supporter; Harry Nesoff, left scene
supporter; Jack Spring, chaplain; Gabriel Seffinger, in-
side guardian; Meyer Levine, outside guardian; Nathan
Geer, right supporter to vice-grand; Louis Shiell, left
supporter to vice-grand.
Jericho Lodge. meets every Tuesday night at Jericho
Temple.
Twenty Years Ago This Week
Pisgah Movie Night Monday; Will Collect
Cigarettes for USO
Compiled From the Records of the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Pisgah Lodge has arranged another movie night for
next Monday, in the auditorium of the Jewish Commu-
nity Center, for members and their male friends. The
price of admission to this meeting will be a package of
cigarettes, which will be turned over to the USO for
our boys in service.
Max Blumenthal, chairman of the lodge's entertain-
ment committee, has arranged for the showing of the
movies, including a surprise feature and shorts.
BERLIN—Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of
the Zionist Organization, addressing the Greater
Actions Committee of the group, denied recent re-
ports that he had resigned or planned to resign.
Dr. Weizmann stated that the Zionist position in
Palestine at present was "not unfavorable, but added
that the financial position of the ZioniSt Organiza-
tion is "unbearable." During the subsequent discus-
sion Vladimir Jabotinsky accused Dr. Weizmann of
excessive "leniency" in presenting the Zionist posi-
tion to the British Government.
LONDON—Despite the rebuff administered to
the Arab delegation here when it went to protest
against Zionism to the Duke of Devonshire, Secret-
ary of State for Colonies, the Arabs still entertain
some hope that the Government will alter its Pales-
tine policy, one member of the delegation stated.
The London Times, commenting on the Duke of
Devonshire's statement to the Arabs, declared that
it was time that the Government issued a clear-cut
statement concerning its policy in Palestine.
MUNICH—Adolph Hitler, leader of the National
Socialists, the nucleus of the Bavarian Fascisti or-
ganization, announced that he will review 200,000
armed Fascists, armed to resist French occupation.
Jewish circles here fear that a National Socialist
uprising in Bavaria will result in anti-Semitic at-
tacks. Groups similar to Hitler's are reported form-
ing in Upper Silesia.
LONDON—Lucien Wolf- has been told by M.
Klishko, the Russian representative here, that the
prohibition of all kinds of religious teachings in
schools has greatly aided the Jewish people who
for the first time are immune from persecution
fostered by anti-Semitic religious groups. The Rus-
sian statement was in reply to a protest by Mr.
Wolf on behalf of the Joint Foreign Committee
here.
PARIS—Max Nordau, famous author and Zion-
ist leader,- is seriously ill at his home. Friends are
anxious concerning the turn in Mr. Nordau's health.
He is 75 years old.
Music Critic Commends Osnos Family
The public-spirited action of the Osnos Family in as-
suring the continued functioning of the Detroit
Orchestra was praised this week by Russell Mc-
Lauchlin, music critic of the Detroit News. Mr. Mc-
Lauchlin wrote:
"Of course, the Detroit Orchestra has never been de-
funct. Every Sunday evening, under the sponsorship of
Sam's Cut-Rate, Inc., it pursues as lively a schedule as
ever in its history and it is the sane, old, familiar and
beloved personnel that sat on the stage on innumerable
Thursday nights. NO orchestra ever came nearer to dis-
solution than ours did last autumn and the fact that it
did not expire is entirely due to the benevolence of a
public-minded Detroit merchant."
A Miscellany of Local Activities
Gamma Kappa Chi Fraternity of Wayne University
purchased $200 of War Bonds with proceeds of the an-
nual dance. Chuck Kruger will be chairman of the
Feb. 8 induction dinner. Ralph Gross has been named
treasurer to succeed Leo Berg who has joined the U. S.
armed forces. Pvt. Sidney Chafetz and Al Seigel of the
U. S. Signal Corps are here on furlough.
A War Bond rally will headline the semi-annual
dinner-dance of the Pisgah Lodge Bowling League at
Hotel Statler on Sunday evening. The president, Milt-
on M. Weinstein, has appointed Max Goldhoff and Sam
Maza to act as Bond salesmen. Entertainment at the
dinner will be provided by Pisgah Kegglers' Chorus.
Mr. Weinstein will make awards to members who
brought in the largest number of members in Pisgah's
membership drive.