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THE JEWISH NEWS

Give Him No Rest

THE JEWISH NEWS

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German Christian Leader

Editor's Note: Religious News
Service Informs The Jewish News,
en the basis of information from
London, that Arthur Cardinal I-Tins-
ley, Archbishop of Westminister,
has received a statement from a
highly-placed German, now a refu-
gee in this country, stating that
German Catholic leaders have de-
fended the Jews against persecu-
tion. The Cardinal has sent the
statement to Dr. William Temple,
Archbishop of Canterbury. The
"apparent failure" of German
Christians to condemn persecution
of the Jews and Poles was criti-
cized by the Archbishop of Canter-
bury in a recent address commem-
orating the birthday of Martin
Niemoeller, imprisoned German
Evangelical pastor. The German
ex-official' wrote:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
MAURICE ARONSSON
ISIDORE SOBELOFF
FRED M. BUTZEL
ABRAHAM SRERE
THEODORE LEVIN
HENRY WINEMAN
MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor

VOL. 2—NO. 19

FEBRUARY 26, 1943

This Week's Scriptural Portions:

I believe it is my duty to com-
municate the true facts. Not only
the Christians in France and
Holland, as Dr. Temple believes,
have condemned the treatment of
the Jews, but also the most emin-
ent Christians in Germany.

This Sabbath, the twenty-second day of Adar Rishon, the
following Scriptural selections will be read in our syna-
gogues: Pentateuchal portion, Ex. 30:11-34:35; Prophetical
portion, I Kings 18:1 (or 20) -39.

As the Editor
Views the News -

The Weekly
Sermonette

Protest Against Anti-Semitism By

MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ and PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Publishers

-

Friday, February 26, 1943

An Example Cited

IIIII

Sunday's Protest Rally

In the City of Peace

r
Detroit's protest against Nazi atrocities will not be a
one-sided demonstration. The rally called for this Sunday
afternoon at Cass Technical High School has been arranged
by Jews and Christians.
Joining with the Jewish Community Council in arrang-
ing the event are the Detroit Council of Churches, the Polish
Central Citizens' Committee, the Detroit Round Table of
Catholics, Jews and Protestants, the Greek War Relief Com-
mittee, the Czecho-Slovak National Alliance and the Detroit
Anti-Axis Council.
The speakers also represent a cross-section of this coun-
try. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, the president of the American
Jewish Congress and one of the leading Zionists in the world,
was responsible for mobilizing united action on the part, of
the most important American Jewish movements in pre-
senting the facts on Nazi atrocities against the Jews to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. As a recognized spokesman for the Jews of
America, his appearance at the meeting should give tone to
the gathering which will express its protest against the Hit-
lerite brutalities. The other speaker, Mr. Charles P. Taft, as a
member of the President's War Relief Board, may well be
said to represent the voice of Christian America in our
demonstration against the philosophy of the Axis.
All faiths are concerned that Detroit's protest should be
effective, as is indicated by the representative character of
the sponsoring organizations as well as by the fact that Fed-
eral Judge Ernest A. O'Brien is to be chairman of Sunday's
meeting.
The voice of cosmopolitan Detroit will let itself be heard
widely against Nazi brutalities. May the. answer be in the
form of victory for the United Nations in the war and for
the cause of equal rights for all at the peace conferences that
will follow the war.

Jerusalem, the City of Peace, numbers 100,000 Jews in a
total population of 155,000.
Daniel Auster, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, in making
public these figures, has pointed out that the Jews have
constituted a majority of Jerusalem's population during the
entire past century. In 1840, for example, when there were
only 5,000 Jews in Jerusalem, they also represented a ma-
jority.
These facts are of great interest in viewing the Jewish
position in Palestine. They are important because they reveal
that Jews are not only in the majority in Haifa but also in
Jerusalem. In addition, the populations of the more than 100
Jewish agricultural settlements in Palestine and the city of
Tel Aviv are 100 per cent Jewish.
The progress of Jewish colonization in Palestine is sym-
bolized in these figures. The fact that 'these achievements
did not necessitate the displacement of Arabs, and that the
creation of new centers merely added to Palestine's values
in the course of the growth of the Jewish settlement in Eretz
Israel, should help in dispelling ill will in Arab-Jewish rela-
tions.

Meyer Levin, Modern Maccabee

Two weeks before news had reached Samuel and Leah
Levin, in Brooklyn, N. Y., that their son, Sgt. Meyer Levin,
had died a hero's death, it became known that this brave
Jewish bombardier was the holder of three medals: Distin-
guished Service Cross, Silver Star and Oak Leaf Cluster, all
awarded him for bravery in action in the Southwest Pacific.
The bravery of this Brooklyn boy is symbolic of a new
spirit of heroism which is creating modern Maccabees in the
fight for freedom.
These Maccabees are to be found on the Russian front,
in Africa, in the Southwest Pacific. They are fighting side
by side with their non-Jewish fellow-citizens and allies to
restore sanity in the world and once again to establish the
principle that equality and justice are rights intended for
all peoples, regardless of race or creed.

Jews in the Armed Forces

In Manistique, Mich., as readers of The Jewish News
already have been informed, seven sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Max Lieberman are serving in the U. S. Army. Another
son is under age.
In Philadelphia, Harry Podolsky was given an award
by the Army and Navy Committee of the Jewish Welfare
Board because his six sons, who are serving in the armed
forces of our country, represent the largest family con-
tingent from the Philadelphia area in the service of the
United States.
These are not isolated instances. In every city in the
land where there are Jews similar representation is on
record of Jewish families doing their full share as partici-
pants in the battle for freedom.
What Jews are doing in the war effort is representative
of participation by all Americans in the war against tyranny.
This is America's war. It is humanity's war.
The selection of Jewish names for emphasis in perio-
dicals like ours is necessary only in order to put to shame
those who are either anti- S emitic or give too ready an ear
to the propaganda of anti-Semites.

A Civilization Re-Created

For more than a hundred years, Eastern European Jewry
had created a civilization which managed to thrive on the
spirit of learning and love of the Torah.
The present generation of American Jews can not pos-
sibly understand the full significance of the sacrifices and the
martyrdom of the Jews of Russia and Poland who struggled
against poverty and persecution, unless they are able to read
the works of Sholom Aleichem, J. L. Peretz, Hayyim Nah-
man Bialik, Mendele Mocher Seforim, Simeon Frug and
other great writers who interpreted the spirit of their people
in Yiddish and in Hebrew.
Fortunately for the present generation, a brilliant Jew-
ish author, who is equally the master in Yiddish, Hebrew and
English, has just re-created Sholom Aleichem for the Amer-
ican Jews. Maurice Samuel, author of 11 books and trans-
lator of the best works of Sholom Asch, I. J. Singer and
Kaiserling, renders an invaluable service with his "The
World or Sholom Aleichem," which will be published by
Alfred A. Knopf next week.
It is a masterful biography of the cities and characters
in the works of Sholom Aleichem. It is a deep psychological
study which helps this generation of Jews to understand
their kinsmen of the last three generations in Europe and
their problems.
"The World of Sholom Aleichem" undoubtedly will go
down on record as one of the very best works created by
Maurice Samuel. In this fascinating study this masterful
writer has re-created a nearly-forgotten civilization. He
has restored the great humorist Sholom Aleichem to his
rightful place in Jewish literature before a generation that
knew him not was given a chance to forget him completely.

For example, Cardinal von
Faulhaber, Archbishop of Mu-
nich Freising, not only con-
demned the treatment of the
Jews but helped the Chief Rabbi
of Bavaria to save the most valu-
able objects of the synagogue in
Munich which was pulled down
by the Nazis in October 1938.

The Chief Rabbi was advised
by the police to clear out all
religious objects from the syna-
gogue in six hours as the Nazi
party would take over the build-
ing. In the meantime no lorry
proprietor in Munich was al-
lowed to take away any objects.

Asks Cardinal's Help

In his desperation the Chief
Rabbi asked the Cardinal if he
could help him to save these holy
objects. The Cardinal agreed -and
sent a lorry from. Freising to
bring them away from the Mu-
nich Synagogue. They were
deposited in the archiepiscopal
palace at Freising.

Some days later I saw posters
everywhere in Munich "Away
with Faulhaber, the friend of
the Jews."

In November, 1938, the Car-
dinal preached in the Munich
Cathedral some days after the
destruction of all Jewish shops
and property in Munich. About
15,000 people filled the Cathe-
dral and the Cathedral square.
The Cardinal said:

"You can see in this town of
Munich with your own eyes de-
struction which blind racial hate
has caused. We Christians must
love every race, as Christian love
and charity are fundamental
commandments of our Lord Je-
sus Christ. What must the whole
world think of us, of Catholic
Bavaria? Let us pray to remain
always good Christians."

Nazis' Answer

The answer of the Nazis came
the next day. Wagner, the
Reichsgauleiter of Bavaria, insti-
gated the Nazi party to demon-
strate against the "Archbishop of
the Jews." In the evening the
archiepiscopal palace at Munich
was attacked and all the wiri-
dows, some of great artistic
value, were destroyed.

The demonstrators shouted to
"bring the traitor of his race to
the concentration camp
at
Dachau." No arrests were made
by the Nazi police notwithstand-
ing that the Archbishop of Mu-
During the last two weeks, Christian leaders repre- nich and Prince Bishop of Freis=
senting all denominations have expressed their horror ing is the first dignitary of the
over the atrocities perpetrated against the Jews and have Bavarian State.

The Christians Are Aroused

joined in demanding that the United Nations undertake
to save those who remain under Nazi rule.
To these declarations has been added the voice of
Pope Pius who personally replied to an appeal by Chief
Rabbi Herzog of Palestine assuring him that he is doing
his "utmost for the persecuted Jews."
It is clear that the Christians of the world are arous-
ed. Let us hope that they will translate their indignation
into action and that they will help in evolving a program
which will deal justly with the millions of unfortunate
Jews who are enslaved by Nazism and who must be given
their freedom, unless we make a mockery of the ideals
for which the democratic powers of the world are fighting
today.

2,896 in Service,
AZA Age Limit Cut

WASHINGTON—Reduction of
the age limit in Aleph Zadik .
Aleph, Bnai Brith youth organi-;
zation, from 15 to 14 because
2,896 members 18- and over have
gone into the armed forces, was
voted by the annual meeting of
AZA's Supreme Advisory Coun-
cil.