Page Four THE JEWISH NEWS THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 15, 1943 "Der Plunderbund" Un-American Member of Independent Jewish Press Service, Jewish Tele- graphic Agency, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Religious News Service. Palcor News Agency, Bressler Cartoon Service, Wide World Photo Service. Published every Friday by Jewish News Publishing Co., 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Telephone, RAndolph 7956. Sub- scription rate, $3 a year; foreign, $4 a year. Club subscription of one issue a month, published every fourth Friday in the month, to all subscribers to Allied Jewish Campaign of Jewish Welfare Federa- tion of Detroit, at 50 cents a club subscription per year. Entered as second-class matter August 6, 1942, at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. How To Pray By RABBI FREDERIC A. DOPPELT Prayer seems to achieve per- sonal regeneration; and it is pre- cisely against this very aim of prayer that we fight. For it is part of human nature to resist what it resents. We resent the sugges,... ---, that we have sinned; therefore, N. resist the sugges- tion that we ought to change. We reject any thought of self- blame; hence, we object to the thought of self-criticism. As a result, when we pray, we engage in offstage soliloquies, much like those in Eugene O'Neill's drama, "Mourning Becomes Electra." MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ and PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Publishers BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAURICE ARONSSON PHILIP SLOMOVITZ FRED M. BUTZEL ISIDORE SOBELOFF THEODORE LEVIN ABRAHAM SRERE MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ HENRY WINEMAN PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor VOL. 2—NO. 13 The Weekly Sermonette JANUARY 15, 1943 This Week's Scriptural Portions: This Sabbath, the tenth day of Shevat, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Penta- teuchal portion, Ex. 10:1-13:16; Prophetical portion, Jer. 46:13-28. We pray: Guard my tongue from evil. But aside we say: Not my tongue, 0 God, needs guard- ing; it is my friend's tongue that needs it badly. We pray: Keep my lips from speaking guile. Aside we say: Not my lips, 0 God; it is the lips of my neigh- bor that speak guile. We pray: GUEST EDITORIAL I have dealt perversely. But aside we say: Not I, 0 God; it is "Victory for Brotherhood" is the slogan adopted by my competitor who deals per- the National Conference of Christians and Jews for the versely. In short, prayer speaks By RABBI LEON FRAM to us in the first person, and we observance of annual Brotherhood Week, which has this Temple Israel, Detroit pray in the third person. The year been set for the week of Washington's Birthday, It is Feb. 19 to 28. The slogan has been so well received that a relatively young organization—the National content of our prayers, there- has no point of contact President Roosevelt welcomes it in his statement which Council of Jewish Welfare Federations, meeting in Cleve- fore, with the intent of our hearts. reads: land this week-end—yet it has achieved an enormous The result is that most of our The perpetuation of democracy depends upon the prestige and it wields a powerful influence in every Jew- prayers go unprayed. We recog- practice of the brotherhood of man. The American con- nize the need of moral change viction in war and in peace has been that man finds his ish community in the United States. in others; but prayer bids us freedom only when he shares it with others. People of every Ostensibly its function is limited. It brings together commune with our own souls and nation, every race, every creed are able to live together as Americans on this basis. obligations from Jewish Funds and Chests and Federa- summons us to purify our hearts. The Editor Views the News - Annual Brotherhood Week The Prestige of Social Service We are fighting for the right of men to live together as members of one family rather than as masters and slaves. We are fighting that the spirit of brotherhood which we prize in this country may be practiced here and by free men everywhere. It is our promise to extend such brotherhood earthwide which gives hope to all the world. The war makes the appeal of Brotherhood Week stronger than ever. I commend to all our citizens the observance of Bro- therhood Week, February 19-28, 1943. I like the slogan "Victory for Brotherhood." I trust that the 'call of the National Conference of Christians and Jews to affirm anew the religious principles of understanding, justice, friendli- ness, and cooperation on which the realization of brother- hood rests will be heeded across the land by those of every occupation and religious allegiance. It is the application of these principles that makes our country united and strong. The nationwide character of the current celebration of Brotherhood Week is properly reflected in this cele- bration from the White House. Victory on the battlefields, on the seas and in the air will be ineffective unless there is victory also for brotherhood among all Americans and for the American ideal of justice for all. The National Conference of Christians and Jews qualifies the Presi- dent's statement with the declaration that among Americans "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." If observance of Brotherhood Week will contribute in some measure to the effort for the perpetuation of this Dream, then the ideals of the Christian-Jewish alliance for justice will be brought nearer to reality. It is to be hoped that all elements in our population will share in this great effort. The Late Dr. Arthur Ruppin Dr. Arthur Ruppin was the father of agricultural colonization in Palestine. He was the founder of the colony of Dagania and the collaborator with the late Menahem Ussishkin in the purchase of the Emek Jezreel. His will had provided that he be interred either in Jerusalem or in Dagania, and history will record with pride the fact that his family had selected the latter be- cause he had helped create this important Jewish, colony. Detroiters who knew him well cherish his memory because he had led them to deeper devotion to Palestine and to an appreciation of the great values inherent in the establishment of a Jewish National Home in Eretz Israel. His friends admired him for his learning, for his efficiency and courage. He was one of the great men of our time. Tel Aviv's Miraculous Growth When the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv was founded in 1909, it comprised 150 dunams—approximately 40 acres of land. Today its size is 6,300 dunams and the city has a population of nearly 200,000 Jews. Last week Mayor Israel Rokach made known the significant news that by order of the High Commissioner of Palestine, following many years of effort by the municipality, Tel Aviv's size will be doubled to a new area of 12,650 dunams. This is encouraging news pointing to uninterrupted expansion of Jewish land-holdings in Eretz Israel. tions throughout the country for an exchange of ideas on fund-raising. Actually, however, it is capable of making weighty decisions afecting every phase of Jewish life. The fact is that ultimately every expression, every movement, every aspiration of Jewish life must resort to fund raising. Religion, social service, Zionism, overseas relief, culture, defense work, and educa- tion, must all seek financial support. The Federation way has proven to be the best way of raising funds. Consequently, this National Council as well as the local Fed- erations, have evolved into a remarkably unifying force in Jewry. This power for good which the Fed- eration group now exercises would be con- Rabbi Fram siderably enhanced if its members could avoid overspecialization. In a business civilization so much prestige can attach to the sheer "business end" of the community life that a group of Jews may be developed who set high standards of giving but who do not otherwise participate in Jewish life. Perhaps we ought to welcome such a specialized group as a blessing. We are all psycho- logists enough to know, however, that unless the act of giving is rooted in an emotional self-identification with the cause for which the gift is offered, the act of giving itself is bound to wither away. The men and women of the Federation groups must meet squarely the responsibility which the prestige of their organization entails. They ought not to be satisfied with being mere fund raisers. They should become personally involved in the "why"•as well as in the "how" of Jewish community life. The "why" is the Jewish spirit—the Jew- ish faith as expressed in the synagogue, Jewish culture as nourished by the Jewish school, the Jewish will-to-survive which must motivate the community organization as a whole. The Labor Zionist Effort Labor Zionists have earned a position of first rank in the movement for Palestine's redemption. The Histadruth, the Jewish Federation of Labor, having enrolled a mem- bership far in excess of 100,000, is today the strongest single group in the Jewish Natipnal Home. The work of the National Labor Committee for Palestine in this country, also known as the Gewerkshaften, has therefore rightfully earned the wide support it is receiving from the masses of the Jews of America. Detroit has acquired an outstanding position in Gewerkshaften efforts in this country. The opening of the current drive, on Jan. 24, will be an occasion for renewed educational activities to enlighten our community on the achievements of the labor group in Palestine. Especially now, - with the Histadruth playing an important role in the war effort in the Middle and Near East, the work made possible with funds raised by the Gewerkshaften is of great significance in effecting proper support for the United Nations as well as in guaranteeing uninterrupted activities in the upbuilding of Eretz Israel. We are con- fident that Detroit's response to the Gewerkshaften drive will be as liberal this year as it has been in the past. Military Record Of Jews in U. S. Revealed in Book The U. S. Destroyer John Ord- roneaux which slid down the ways at San Diego, Calif., last week bears a Jewish name. This and other little known facts, con- cerning the contribution of Jews to American military history, are revealed in a new book, "Jews in American Wars" by J. George Fredman and Louis A. Falk, pub- lished by the Jewish War Vet- erans of the U. S. Commander Ordroneau was a Jew of French descent who served in the American Navy during the War of 1812. The reputation for fearlessness and bravery which he established made him one of the most popu- lar heroes of his day—a popular- ity which he shared with his co- religionist a n d contemporary, Commodore Uriah P. Levy. The military record of Jews has kept pace with the growth of the United States, according to "Jews in American Wars." At the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, though there were less than 3,000 Jews in the colonies, more than 300 or ten per cent served in Washington's armies. In the first World War, though Jews constituted approximately 3 per cent of the American popula- tion, about 41/2 per cent of the men in the army and the navy were Jewish. Nearly 250,000 men of the Jewish faith served in World War I. In World War II, though it is far too early to estab- lish any statistics, there is every indication that this high ratio is being maintained. There were two generals and one admiral of the Jewish faith in the last war. Today there are at least five generals and one ad- miral. The generals are Maj.- Gen. Irving J. Phillipson, Maj.- Gen. Samuel Lawton, Brig.-Gen. Julius Ochs Adler, Brig.-Gen. Lubonoff and Brig.-Gen. John B. Rose. The admiral is Ben Moreel, cis ief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards.