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500,000 Jews Fall Prey
To Nazis in Warsaw Area
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Doing
Utmost
to Aid Jews, Pope Declares
Page 5
Roosevelt Finds Giraud
Statement Satisfactory
President indicates satisfaction with progress made in solving Jewish
problem in North Africa . . . Commissioner quoted as saying " . .
and I know that too swift reversals mean trouble." . . . London News
Chronicle assails him in editorial. . . . New statement by Giraud re-
pudiates accusations leveled at him and reveals amelior,ation of Jew-
ish conditions..
Charge Dies Committee
Shielding Axis Cohorts
Noted Rabbis join fight against congressional investigating group
... 1,250 sign appeal charging committee has "become a forum for
the proponents of intolerance and hatred" and "has undermined the
very foundation of national unity." . . . Editorial in this issue
of The Jewish News expresses belief fight against continuation of
the Dies Committee is hopeless.
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BULLETIN
GUEST EDITORIAL
Bnai Brith Backs
Call for Assembly
Lincoln—We Stand
In Need of Him
By DR. B. BENEDICT GLAZER
Rabbi, Temple Beth El
NEW YORK, (JTA) —
The three-day conference
of the executive committee
of the Bnai Brith, marking
the 100th annual meeting
of that body, concluded
this week by voting its ap-
proval of and adherence to
the proposals adopted last
month at the Pittsburgh
conference of representa-
tives of Jewish organiza-
tions who recorded them-
selves as favoring the call-
ing of an American Jewish
Assembly. The proposed
Assembly is to provide a
representative forum for
the unified expression of the
opinion of American Jews
with regard to action on the
status of Jews in the post-
war world and the imple-
mentation of the rights of
the Jewish people with res-
pect to Palestine.
On February 12,
the American
people again pay
reverent homage
to the memory of
Abraham Lincoln.
No statesman in
American history
has been enshrin-
ed more securely
in the mind and Dr. Glazer
heart of this great
nation than Lincoln.
Other News In
This Issue
Between You and Me
2
Center News
8
10
Children's Corner
Congregational News .... 14
Detroit Happenings
12
Deutsch's Column
2
4
Editorials
15
Film Folk
10
Humor Column
11
Jews In Uniform
3, 15
News Review
2
Purely Commentary
Quotation of the Week.... 2
4
Sermonette
6
Soviet Feature
8, 9
Society News
2
Strictly Confidential
8
Women's Clubs
16
War Honor Roll
2
Weizmann Article
13
Youth Listening Post
• Born
February 12
809
It is rather for us
to be here dedicated
to the great task
remaining before us,
that from these honored
dead we take increased
devotion to that cause
for which they here
gave the last full
measure of devotion"
Front the attysbut liddieSS
Died
April 15
1865
He has been made the subject
of innumerable studies and bio-
graphies. His private life as well
as his record of public service
has been subjected to an almost
incredible amount of scrutiny
and analysis. The folklore and
legends which now surround the
authentic facts of his personal
history have elevated him to the
status of a semi-mythical per-
sonality. And yet, he has sur-
vived the effects of both criti-
cism and idolatry.
His immortality has become
an assured reality of American
history. On the anniversary of
his birth, we can no longer add
to, or even subtract from, the
majesty of his character. He no
nonger requires our adulation,
but in this hour of national crisis,
we stand in need of him.
We need something of his
strength and vision to preserve
the great American heritage
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