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VOL. 3—NO. 7

For Victory

THE JEWISH NEWS

A Weekly Review

of Jewish Events

RA. 7956 Detroit, Michigan, May 7, 1943

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U. S. Is Urged to Ask Britain
To Abrogate the White Paper

—Page 14

Ruth Bryan Owen Addresses
Jewish Forum on Wednesday

United States expected to play important role in solving Jew-
ish problems, leaders of three great national movements agree
in symposium on post-war problems, held before large
audience at the Center last Sunday . . . White Paper held
main obstacle in settlement of refugees.

Page 5

Bermuda Refugee Parley
Report Eagerly Awaited
By Emergency Committee

—Page 15

Shaarey Zedek's Membership
'Pledged to Cause of Zionism

With 600 of Congregation's 812 members already belonging
to Zionist organizations, with others joining right along,
directois plan to make it a requisite for membership in
Shaarey Zedek .. . Morris H. Blumberg re-elected president
at annual meeting.

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Welfare Federation Re-Elects
Abraham Srere as President

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—Page 11

Jews of Poland Ask Arms and
Food to Resist Nazi Hordes

Message from Warsaw ghetto informs World Zionist Execu-
tive in London and labor movement in Palestine that remain-
ing Jews carry on vigorous fight against Hitlerites.

Jewish Community Council Sets
Organizational Pe'ction Month

—Page 10

—Page 3

Sobeloff Gets Year's Leave Here
To Help Form N. Y. War Fund

Executive Director of the Jewish Welfare Federation
Of Detroit for the Past Six Years Will Assist Dodge;
Pekarsky to Be Acting Director Here in His Absence

Isidore Sobeloff, for the past
six years executive director of
the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion of Detroit, has been grant-
ed a year's leave of absence,
effective June 1, to help or-
ganize a National War Fund
in New York City, it was an-
nounced this week by Abra-
ham Srere, president of the
Federation.

The New York Committee
of the National War Fund will
conduct a united drive for
USO; United Nations war re-.
lief appeals and other war-re-
lated causes, in line with Pres-
ident Roosevelt's recommend-
ation that all such campaigns
be consolidated. Mr. Sobeloff
will be associated with Perci-
val Dodge, former director of
the Detroit War Chest, who
has been appointed executive
director of the New York

ISIDORE SOBELOFF

Other News In This Issue

Between You and Me.. 2
Book Review
4
Center Notes
14
Coming Events
12
Congregational News 13
Detroit Happenings
12
Deutsch's Column
2
Editorials
4
Feature of the. Week 6
Jews in Uniform
11

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Local Brevities
5
News Review
3
Obituaries
15
Purely Commentary 2
Quotation of the Week 2
Society News
8, 9
Strictly Confidential
2
Tadmudic Tales
• 4
Women's Clubs
8
Youth Listening Post 15

Committee.

HERMAN M. PEKARSKY

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