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Jewish Soldiers, WAACs
Attend Fort Brady Seder
Gen. Lawton, Commander of Sault Ste. Marie Area, Recalls
Part He Had in Services During Last World;
Butzel Speaks; Other Sedorim Held
More than 400 Jewish Service men and women joined
in celebration of the Passover holiday in a unique and im-
pressive Seder service in the Drill Hall at Fort Brady in
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. on Monday, April 19.
Maj. Gen. Samuel T. Lawton, commander of the Sault
Ste. Marie district, was the guest of honor. Gen. Lawton re-
called that 25 years ago in World
War I he acted as military ad-
visor to the Chief Rabbi of the
Duchy of Luxembourg at a sim-
, liar occasion, and found history
repeating itself, for the Rabbi of-
ficiating at this Seder was a sold-
ier under his command and once
again Gen. Lawton was acting
as military advisor.
Distinguished Guests
Seated at the head table with
Gen. Lawton was Col. Ardrey,
Col. Bechtold, Maj. Baron, Maj.
Winterfield, Maj. H a r r y M.
Booth of the Salvation Army, Lt.
Berg, Commanding Officer of the
WAACs, stationed at Fort Brady;
Fred M. Butzel, Chairman, State
JWB, Army and Navy Commit-
' .tee; Max Barish, chairman of the
JWB Army and Navy Committee
of Sault Ste. Marie and Jack
Spencer, Director of. Detroit JWB .
activities.
An interesting address was de-
livered by Mr. Butzel.
Pvt. Albert Sperka, an ordained
Rabbi, conducted the Seder Ser-
vices, assisted by Pvt. Abraham
Zolt, a professional Cantor.
Members of the local Sault. Ste.
Marie Jewish Community, who
have not had the opportunity to
participate in a community Seder,
also attended.
Event a Success
The success of the event was
due to the complete cooperation
of army officials who turned over
the field hospital kitchen for the
preparation of the Seder food.
Rabbi Sperka kashered the kitch-
en equipment which, along with
food, was shipped from Detroit.
The Bnai Brith Pisgah Aux-
iliary's War Efforts Committee
under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Harry Singer and the, Zedakah's
War Efforts Committee under the
Chairmanship of Mrs. S. Korn-
field, sent Passover delicacies in
lieu of the usual food packages.
AWVS Members. Aid
Members of the AWVS led by
Mrs. Ralph Wiggin of Sault Ste.
Marie served and helped in the
kitchen.
The . entire Seder was planned
in cooperation with the military
authorities by the National JWB,
the Detroit Army and Navy Com-
mittee of the JWB, headed by
Samuel H. Rubiner, and the Sault
Ste. Marie Army and Navy Com-
mittee under the chairmanship
of Max Barish.
Seder in Detroit
Congregation Beth Abraham, in
conjunction with the Jewish War
Veterans Eli Levin Post and
working through the Detroit
JWB, held Sedorim on Monday
and Tuesday, April 19 and 20,
at Congregation Beth Abraham.
Capt. Ira V. Fischer and Chap-
lain Elliott V. Fleckless of the
Air Force Headquarters Detach-
ment in Detroit were guests.
More than 100 servicemen at-
tended. Rabbi Harold N. Rosen-
thal officiated.
Passover Food Sent
The Food Committee, of the
Detroit JWB Army and Navy
Committee, headed by Mrs. Harry
L. Jackson, arranged to send
Passover food packages to Battle
Creek for Passover week.
Arrangements also were made
through the Detroit Army and
Navy Committee to accommodate
all Jewish boys who requested
Sedorim in private homes as well
as meals during Passoyer. -
The Battle Creek Seder
More than 200 soldiers station-
ed at Fort Custer, Kellogg Field
and Percy Jones General Hospital
attended the Seder arranged by
the Jewish community of Battle
Creek, at the Masonic Temple in
Battle Creek. Rabbi William B.
Silverman conducted the Seder
and was assisted by the Army
personnel of the Jewish faith.
Irwin Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Smith, asked the Four
Questions.
Assisting Rabbi Silverman in
the services were Lt. Howard
Richard of Kellogg Field, Sgt.
Sam Halpert, Cpl. Adolph Lerner
and Cpl. Irving Brand. Taking
the part of the four sons were,
Pvt. Joe Davis, Pvt. Paul Sheri-
zen, Pvt. Sheldon Bernstein and
Sgt. Levinson.
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Backer, Bloom and British
Officials at Bermuda Seder
HAMILTON, Bermuda, (JTA)
—George Backer, American Jew-
ish leader, Congressman Sol
Bloom, one of the three-man
United States delegation to the
refugee conference and several
British delegates, advisers and
high American and British mili-
tary officials, attended the seder
arranged here by the Jewish Wel-
fare Board for American Jewish
soldiers stationed in Bermuda.
Congressman Bloom took the
names, addresses and telephone
numbers of scores of the soldiers,
promising to write to their fam-
ilies when he returned to the
United States.
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Passover Services
In North Africa
SOMEWHERE IN NORTH
AFRICA (JPS — via American
Red Cross)—In the first of the
lands liberated from the Axis by
the United Nations forces, the
Passover holiday was celebrated
with special fervor in Algiers as
the Jewish community presented
two Torahs to Rabbi Ferdinand
M. Isserman, spiritual leader of
Temple Israel in St. Louis, for
the use of Jewish soldiers in
American and Allied armies.
Dr. Isserman, who recently ar-
rived in North Africa, is here on
a mission for the American Red
Cross, having taken a leave of
absence for special club and field
work.
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Sgt. Barney Ross
At Passover Services
Sgt. Barney Ross, speaking by
radio from Cleveland to 2,000
navy men attending Passover
services on April 19, at the Samp-
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Brady Children,
Parents , 'Teachers
Give Minyon Party
Detroit Jewry Prepares
For National Conference
A Minyon party was given by
the children and Parent-Teach-
ers' group of the Brady Hebrew
School April 17, at the Mishkan
Israel Synagogue, Blaine and
Linwood.
The children conducted the
Sabbath services; the Chumosh
class presented a program of
Passover songs and stories.
J. Joyrich and M. Merzon of
the Parent-Teachers' Group and
Bernard Isaacs, superintendent
of the United Hebrew Schools,
greeted the children. Refresh-
ments were served by a com-
mittee consisting of Mesdames
H. Nathan, L. Baker, A. Arnold,
E. Blum and 0. Keer.
Student cantors and officers of
the Minyon are: Ray Arnold,
Myron Joyrich and Melvin Mer-
zon; Zola Tepperman, president;
Eugene Baker, vice-president.
Representatives of 35 Organizations Here Await Call to
Set Program to Elect Delegates For All-
Important Meeting On July I
.
Beth Yitzchock Gets
Flag From Auxiliary
Julius Rosenwald Ladies Aux-
iliary No. 218 of the American
Legion presented an American
flag to the Beth Yitzchock Syn- •
agogue. Mrs. Eve Zussman, Am-
ericanism chairman, introduced
the following • speakers: Rabbi'
Groner of Windsor, who brought
a message of faith; Rabbi Hober-
man of the Synagogue who ac-
cepted the flag for the syna-
gogue, and Rabbi Herman Rosen-
wasser of the Downtown Syna-
gogue, the principal speaker.
Edwin Lewinson, young mem-
ber of the Synagogue, reading
from the Braille, offered prayers
in Hebrew for the President and
Vice-President of our country.
Detroit Jewish organizations have commenced to study
the problems that will face the National Jewish Conference
which will be held on July 1.
The American Jewish Congress, the Zionist groups, Bnai
Brith and other organizations have made the Conference
problems a part of their agenda, and during the coming
weeks special meetings will aq,
held to discuss the issues.
co-operation with ' the duly ac-
Abraham Srere, president of credited representatives of Jews
the Jewish Welfare Federation of throughout the world.
Detroit, who has been named
One for Every 10,006
Conference Convenor in Detroit,
The
executive committee an-
is expected to call the first meet-
ing of local representatives of the nounced that a National Board
35 national organizations repre- of Elections has been set up and
sented in the Conference within the following rules of election
adopted and issued with elections
a short time.
to be completed by June 14:
1—All Jewish communities
Vote on 3-R-int Plan
shall be divided into election dis-
NEW YORK (JPS)—The Jews- tricts. Each community shall be
of America have been called up- entitled to one delegate for every
on to speed preparations for elec- 10,000 of Jewish population, or
tions for the American Jewish major fraction thereof.
Conference to be held July 1.
2—Communities of less than
Its program is as follows:
5,000 shall be combined into elec-
1—To consider and recommend tion regions of 5,000 or more.
action on problems relating_ to
3—The City of New York shall
the rights and status of Jews in, be entitled to 100 delegates di-
Vided among the five boroughs."
the post-war world.
2--To consider . the recommend
WISE TALMUDIC SAYINGS
action upon all matters looking
to the implementation , of the
Man was created on the sixth
rights of the Jewish people with day; therefore he should not feel
respect to Palestine.
too exalted and proud, for the
3—To elect a delegation to gnat was created before him.
Silence becomes a wise man
carry out the program of the
American Jewish 'Conference in better than it becomes a fool.
son Naval Training Station, de-
clared that "the Marines who
fought on Guadalcanal had one
thing in common with the Israel-
ites who crossed the desert. They
didn't get an opportunity to go
to a synagogue or church or even
hold services very often, but they
were on good terms with the
Lord and in close contact with
him in their fox-holes. There
wasn't a doubt in their minds that
He was going to come through
for them and as all of us know,
as far as Guadalcanal is con-
cerned, He did."
HELP WANTED
to build the most all-inclusive list of
Jewish men and women in the
armed forces of the United States.
It is essential that every Jew in
America makes himself a commit-
tee of one to transmit information
on those who have been decorated,
are missing in action, wounded, or
who have given their lives in serv-
ice. By doing this you will be aid-
ing in the authentic recording of
Jewish participation in this war—
now being compiled by the
BUREAU of WAR RECORDS
Army-Navy Committee, JWB
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