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THE JEWISH NEWS
Mikhoels, Feffer Ask Unity
Between Soviet, U.S. Jews
aussian
Blumenfield
Cites Shortage
Of Educators
Jewish Delegation in Plea for Unified Action
Appeals to American Youth
Against Axis; USSR Cited as Only Nation
To Pursue Career as
Where Anti-Semitism is Outlawed
Hebrew Teachers
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Unifying the activities of the Jews
in the United States and those in the USSR in the war against
the Axis is an immediate and urgent problem of the Jewish
people today, Solomon Mikhoels, president of the Jewish
Anti-Fascist Committee in Russia, declared here at a recep-
tion at the Soviet Consulate, attended by leaders of various
Jewish groups, including Zionists.
The reception was arranged in honor of Mr. Mikhoels and
Itzik Feffer who came here as a Jewish cultural delegation
ITZIK FEFFER
SOLOMON MIKHOELS
. . . Plead for Unity among U. S. Jews ...
from Russia. "Only the urgency of this problem of coordinat-
Ing the efforts of Jews of our two countries could have im-
)elled m_e to leave the USSR at so crucial a time," Mikhoels
paid.
Mr. Feffer, speaking of the Jewish contribution to the
7ussian war effort, pointed out that Russia today is the
only country in the world where anti-Semitism is outlawed.
The war, he said, has brought all nationalities in Russia even
closer together.
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Thousands Removed from War Zones
While on the battlefront, as a high ranking officer of the Rus-
Eian Army, Feffer says Jews protect non-Jewish soldiers by throw-
:rig themselves in front of the enemy's fire; also how non-Jewish
Loldiers risked their lives to protect Jews.
The noted Jewish soldier-poet also described how the Soviet
.uthorities, although in need of trains for military purposes, man-
eged to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Jews from the front
_ine zones in order to prevent them from falling into the hands
f the Nazis.
The delegation was received by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who
welcomed them in the name of New York City. Mikhoels, a member
t.f the municipal administration in Moscow, and Feffer, who held
similar post in Nazi-occupied Kiev, greeted the mayor in behalf
cf their respective cities.
1,600,000 Evacuated from Poland
"Russia has saved 10 times as many Jews from Nazis extermina-
f On as all the rest of the world put together," James N. Rosenberg,
_ _merican Jewish leader, declared at a reception given at the Astor
>fotel to Mikhoels and Feffer.
Emphasizing that he based his estimate of those saved on facts
Fathered by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Ro-
. anberg quoted the organization's journal as reported that ''of
,750,000 Jews who succeeded in escaping the Axis since the out-
reak of hostilities, 1,600,000 were evacuated by Russia from
. 'astern Poland and subsequently occupied Soviet territory and
• .- ansported into the Russian interior. About 150,000 others managed
reach Palestine, the United States, and other countries.
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Commenting on Jewish life in Russia in 1926, when, as chairman
E the Agro-Joint, he visited the Jewish colonies there, Rosenberg
lid that "a world which prays for a just and durable peace has a
ig lesson to learn from Russia's treatment of minorities."
"Let us take a global glimpse," he continued. "Palestine's low
r ailing for Jewish immigration must and will be lifted. To that end
le Jews must strive. But even so, Palestine cannot alone solve the
- roblem of the Jews of Europe. As for the rest of the world, when
: 2 nations were convened at Evian by President Roosevelt, to give
- alp to refugees, only that generous little nation, the Dominican
apublic, offered asylum for a substantial number. Nevertheless we
: :ill look to the Western Hemisphere, many of whose lands are
i_Indernopulated. The after war world will tell a new story."
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At an extraordinary meeting
of the executive committee of
the National Council for Jewish
Education, held in New York
over the weekend of June 20,
convened in place of the annual
conference, Rabbi Samuel M.
Blumenfield, president of the
Council, called attention to the
shortage of Hebrew teachers,
principals, and educational dir-
ectors, in many communities in
America.
"This shortage," Rabbi Blum-
enfield said, "is not due to much
to war conditions as to the fact
that American young Jews and
Jewesses have for some time
shunned Jewish education as a
profession."
Rabbi Blumenfield pointed out
that at one time American Jewry
relied upon the European Rab-
binate to meet its spiritual and
religious needs. However, in
more recent years the Jews in
America have learned that they
must provide the means for the
training and placing of their
own Rabbis.
In the . case of the Hebrew
teacher, Rabbi Blumenfield
pointed out, American Jewry has
not as yet learned to proVide 'any
incentive that would encourage
able young men and women to
choose Jewish education as their
life work.
"As long as such conditions
prevail," Rabbi Blumenfield
warned, "there is no hope for
the Jewish education profession
in this country, and much sooner
than we realize, Jewish commun-
ities will revert back to the
practices of a half a century ago
when the untrained, inexper-
ienced, and 'unsuccessful' were
engaged in Jewish education."
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Meal Tickets to be Issued Homeless and Transient Men
Except on Holidays When Food Will Be
Furnished by Institution
In line with changing conditions brought about by the
war, the Jewish Hous.-? of Shelter (Hachnosas Orchim), at a
recent meeting of its board of directors, modified its program
without diminishing its traditional services to homeless and
transient men, it was announced by Henry Lapides, presi-
dent.
Under the new policies, meals
no longer are served at the insti-
tution. Instead, meal tickets are
issued to the men for use at a
Jewish restaurant. Lodging con-
tinues to be available at the
House of Shelter on Taylor St.,
the same as previously.
During the Passover week and
the High Holiday period, the
House of Shelter will continue
its program of feeding and hous-
ing homeless men as well as pro-
viding meals to Jewish prisoners.
Care for Transients
In cases of transients who must
have kosher food, special ar-
rangements will be made in pri-
vate. homes observing the dietary
laws.
The modification in program
was adopted because the im-
proved employment conditions
and severe restrictions on travel
have reduced the clientele of the
institution to negligible propor-
tions. There will be a saving of
more than 50 per cent in budget
as a result.
The committee which studied
the situation and recommended
the new program to the board
consisted of Milton M. Maddin,
chairman; Hyman Altman, Harry
Davidson, Henry Lapides, Her-
man M. Pekarksy, Harold Silver,
Max M. Silverman and Isidore
Sobeloff.
Refugee Graduates
'Summa Cum Laude'
At the recent commencement
exercises of Brooklyn College
in New York City three students
out of more than 1,000 were
graduated "summa cum laude."
One of them was Susanne Maria
Biberstein, a refugee from Bres-
lau, Germany. In addition to this
Says Paper Should Be 'Must' high honor, she was awarded
On List of Things to
the graduate scholarship which
is conferred annually by the col-
Send Servicemen
lege on the student outstanding
in the arts.
"It is with keen delight that I
look forward to each issue of the
Jewish News, which brings me
closer to my family, friends and
happenings in Detroit," writes
Theodore Brown, an .Air Corps
sergeant based at the Fort Meyer
Army Air Field, Ft. Myers, Fla.
Sgt. Brown is the recipient of
a gift subscription from his uncle-
in-law, Harry Schumer. In his
letter to The Jewish News, Sgt.
Brown adds:
"I wish to say that if more
parents and friends of Jewish
boys in the service would ap-
preciate the morale building ef-
fects of your paper, and under-
stand what it means to the boys
to read about friends and home,
I am sure they would make THE
JEWISH NEWS a 'must' on the
list of things they send the boys."
Lt. Turick Gets
Medals for Action
In Bismark Sea
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Board Modifies Services
At Jewish Home of Shelter
Sgt. Brown Writes
Of Keen Interest
In Jewish News
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Jewish Workers in USSR Industries Praised
WASHINGTON (JPS)—"With all fields of Soviet enterprise
pen to them, Jews in the USSR are working hard and fighting
and for victory side-by-side with all other Soviet nationalities,"
, was declared by M. Lapidus in an article in the Information
Julletin published here by the Embassy of the USSR.
For shooting doWn one of the
Lapidus names outstanding Jewish men and women in the
r -ietallurgical industry, in the mining and oil industry, in machine- protecting umbrella of Zero
" uilding plants, in automobile and aircraft factories and various planes in the Battle of Bis-
Cher war enterprises.
marck Sea last March 3, LC
Henry H. Turick, 30, whose
Yugoslav Government Will Scrap Anti-Jewish Measures
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hyman
LONDON (JTA)—The Yugoslav government-in-exile repud- Turick, live at 17329 Brush St.,
f Ited all the anti-Semitic measures adopted by pre-war regimes and
• !edged- that such legislation will be barred in post-war Yugoslavia. was awarded the Silver Star
he pledge was made in a letter to the World Jewish Congress and Air Medal.
Lt. Turick, recently listed with
7 Prime Minister Slobodan Yonaovitch, in which these measures
- - ere described as "contrary to the liberal traditions of our a group of American fighter
ountry."
heroes : who had completed a
year of action in New Guinea,
Axis Journalists Adopt Anti-Jewish Pledges
had taken part • in 25 sorties in
ZURICH (JTA)—The German radio this week announced that
t'le so-called "International Congress" of Axis-controlled journalists, a period of six weeks.
A graduate of Cass Tech high
hick has been meeting in Vienna, concluded after voting to aid
*Dy pen and sword" in the annihilation of the Jews and in the and Wayne University, he joined
the RCAF in 1941 and was a
Liberation of the world from Anglo-American imperialism."
More than 350 journalists and writers from 20 European flying instructor in Canada until
)unti'les, including neutrals like Turkey and Switzerland, at- April, 1942, when he trans-
mded the congress, the Berlin radio reported.
ferred to the U. S. Air Corps.
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Friday, July 9, 1943
'twin Sisters Arrested
As Hitler Sympathizers
NEW YORK, (JPS)—Among
16 enemy aliens arrested in New
York by the FBI were two 21-
year-old girls, twins, who freely
admitted their sympathy for Hit-
ler and the Nazis. E. E. Conroy,
agent in charge reported. In ad-
dition to the twins, three other
members of the German family
were arrested.
"Anyway, the Jews got what
they had coming to them," Mr.
Conroy reported the girls as hav-
ing said in releasing their re-
marks after arrest. The girls said
they approved of race riots in
the United States. "Fine; they
help Germany," they said.
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