Friday, July 9, 1943

THE JEWISH NEWS

'Zionists to Elect Officers,
'Delegates to ZOA. Parley

Philip Gilbert Heads Nominating Committee Preparing
Slate for Election on July 15 at Shaarey Zedek;
Local Membership Drive Continues

Officers and members of the board of directors of the
Zionist Organization of Detroit, as well as delegates to the
46th annual convention of the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica, will be elected at a meeting of the local organization at
the Shaarey Zedek, on Thursday evening, July 15, Abraham
Cooper, president, announced this week.

Philip Gilbert is chairman of
the nominating committee that
is selecting a slate of officers.
The 46th annual ZOA conven-
tion will be held Sept. 11 through
Sept. 13 at the Dehler-Wallick
Hotel, Columbus, 0.

Based on Membership
The number of delegates cho-
sen by each community will be
based upon the total membership
in good standing as of Aug. 31,
and a renewed effort is being
made by the membership com-
mittee, headed by Harry Cohen,
to boost the total of new members
to 1,000 and the total local mem
bership to more than 2,000.
The significance of the pro-
ceedings of the forthcoming Zion-
ist Convention in relation to Pal-
estine is stressed in a communi-
cation by Simon Shetzer, execu-
tive director of the ZOA, calling
upon all district officers to con-
centrate during July and August
upon the task of enrolling the
largest possible number of new
members.

Momentous Decisions
"Coming together in this fate-
ful hour in the history of our
people," reads the communica-
tion, "the delegates will be ex-
pected to make momentous deci-
sions affecting the post-war sta-
tus of .Palestine as the Jewish
commonwealth and the fate and
destiny of . our sorely oppressed
people in Nazi dominated coun-
tries."
With three more months re-
maining to the end of its fiscal
year, the national membership
of the Z. 0. A. has already
reached the 60,000 mark, repre-
senting the largest membership
gain in the history of the organi-
zation.

American Jewry
Creating New
Phenomena

Zachariah Shuster Describes
Difference Between U. S.,
European Customs

The American Jewish com-
munity is a new phenomenon in
history; it cannot be measured
by the yardsticks applied to Ger-
man, Polish or Russian Jewry,
says Zachariah Shuster in his
new article, "Whither American
Jewry?" in the June issue of
the Contemporary Jewish . Rec-
ord.
This great community is diff-
erent because the United States
is different for "Americanism
does not require the acceptance
of a definite set of customs
which is peculiar only to the
majority group." Because of this
difference, many of the current
Jewish ideologies which had
their origins in other lands and
under different conditions can-
not be applied fully to condi-
tions in this country, he says.
In the same issue are several
articles which parallel Shuster's
inquiries. In "A Common Sense
View of Anti-Semitism," Ralph
E. Samuel distinguishes between
causes and pretexts and de-
scribes the connection of anti-
Semitism with general reaction-
ary trends. "The Yiddish School
Movement" is surveyed by
Melech Epstein.
Mme. Rachel Bespaloff probes
"The Twofold Relationship" of
the Jew to his own and other
cultures. From North Africa,
Chaplain Irving Tepper sends
amusing and informative letters
about his army experiences and
the old Jewish communities
which he has visited.

Zionists Near
Goal of 1,000
New Members

music

Rosina Betman,

Margaret Graves
In Center Concert

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LONDON (JTA)—A report
reaching here . from the under-
ground movement in Poland
states that a majority of the sur-
vivors of the Warsaw ghetto are
now confined in the Trawniki
concentration camp where the
Nazi administration has estab-
lished leather and shoe factories
to make use of the Jewish arti-
sans and the skilled Jewish shoe-
makers,

Palestine Jews Send Aid to .Victims of Quake in Turkey

MISS ROSINA BETMAN

tions for young artists, sponsored
by the National Federation of
Music Clubs, will play Lalo's
"Symphonie Espagnole" and "In-
troduction and Rondo Capriocio-
so" by Saint-Saens, as well as
other pieces by Kreisler and
Simonetti.
Lauradell Peppard will be the
accompanist. There will be no
charge for admission.

Franzblau Elected
President of Halevy
For Coming Season

Signifying the close of its 18th
year of activity, Detroit Halevy
Singing Society held annual
election of officers recently with
the following results:
President, Eugene Franzblau;
vice-president, Julius Chafetz;
treasurer, Morris Shatzen; finan-
cial secretary, Edith Reznick; re-
cording secretary, Minnie Lak-
ritz; corresponding secretary,
Mamie Freeman.
Other members of the execu-
tive board are Jack Rosberg,
chairman of activities commit-
tee; Max Levy, chairman of mu-
sical committee; Nathan Ben-
nish, librarian; Bella Goldberg,
hospitaler; Harry Resnick and
David Goldberg.
Dan Frohman continues as
musical director and conductor
of the Halevy chorus, with Wil-
liam Gayman as assistant con-
ductor.
Halevy may take only a brief
recess during the summer in an-
ticipation of making an appear-
ance in the early winter.

Official Czech circles here con-
sider it unlikely that 50,000 Jews
have been deported by the Nazi
authorities from the fortress
town of Therezin, in the Czech
Protectorate, to "death camps"
in occupied Poland in reprisal
for the British bombing of the
Ruhr dams, as reported this Archbishop Reminds
week by the Swedish newspaper Critics of Jews' Plight
LONDON, (JTA) — "Those
Aftontidningen.
writing me in impassioned terms
They admit, however, that re- of the sufferings of the Germans
prisals against Jews may have in bombed cities forgot the pro-
been taken by the Nazis as a re- longed and sufferings of Jews,
sult of the report that the Ruhr Poles and Czechs under the
dams were bombed at the sug- Nazis," the Archbishop of York
gestion of a Jewish refugee from is reported to have written to
Germany now in London.
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Inmates of Nazi Refugee Camps Return to Their Homes

regime at Bizerte. The OFRRO made special arrangements
through local leaders and social agencies to provide for food
and clothing, as well as shelter with friends or relatives.
The four centers in Tunis furnish health inspections, as
well as milk, sugar, rice and clothing for children and the
sick. Under Administrator Lehman, the OFRRO also is help-
ing the Jewish community return native refugees to their
homes, and it is expected that the special services for them
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for inmates of refugee camps. Some are being cared for in
rest camps where they can get proper food and treatment.
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gees are being accommodated in private homes in the Oran,
Algiers and Casablanca areas.

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A musical evening, held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Cohen, 2014 Calvert Ave., marked
the closing membership enroll-
ment gathering of the Zionist
Organization of Detroit, for the
Summer months.

Warsaw Ghetto
Survivors Make
Shoes for Nazis

Lehman Establishes Relief
Centers for Jews in Tunis

Rosina Betman, Detroit so-
To Find Food, Clothing and Medical Care Already
prano, and Margaret Graves, De-
Arranged by Office of Foreign Relief
troit violinist, will be guest art-
ists at the third in a series of
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Four separate centers have
open-air concerts at the Jewish
Community Center, next Wed- been set up by the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilita-
nesday evening.
tion Operations to aid Jewish refugees in Tunis, the State
Miss Betman will sing Ameri-
can music and two Hebrew Department announced this week.
songs by Julius Chajes. Miss
About 1,500 Jews fled to Tunis from the Nazi military
Graves, winner of the state audi-

Musical Evening Features
Enrollment Gathering;
Cohen Thanks Aides

Mr. Cohen, as chairman of the
Zionist membership drive, re-
ported that 740 new members
already had been enrolled and
that efforts will continue to
reach the current goal of 1,000.
Expressing thanks to his co-
workers for their co-operation,
Mr. Cohen announced that Philip
Cutler this 'year heads the list
of workers with the largest num-
ber of new members enrolled.
In addition to Cantor J. H.
Sonenklar of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, who directed the
musical portion of the program,
soloists on the program included
Mme. Marguerite Kozenn and
Mrs. Abraham Cooper, who were
accompanied by Julius Chajes.
Miss Florence Kutzen, who ac-
companied Cantor Sonanklar,
also accompanied Hershel Leib,
who gave two violin solos.
Mr. Cohen also sang several
solos.

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JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The Red Mogen Dovid, which is
the Jewish Red Cross of Palestine, this week presented a
check for $400 to the Turkish Consulate here as the first
donation from Palestine Jews for the relief of victims of the
recent earthquake in Turkey. The Turkish consul general
pointed out that Palestine is the first country to respond to
the emergency call issued by Turkey.
The Agudath Israel, extreme orthodox organization, this
week announced the establishment of a separate Community
Council in Tel Aviv with Rabbi Karelitz as Chief Rabbi.

Spellman Asked Turkey to Admit Jews to Asia Minor
BERN (JTA)—A report that Archbishop Spellman of New
York, who visited various parts of the world on a special mission,
utilized his stay in Turkey to sound out the Turkish government on
settling European Jews in Asia Minor, was disseminated by Trans-
ocean, a Nazi news agency.
Simultaneously, the Axis radio, broadcasting in Arabic, attacked
the Turkish government last week for ordering its consulates in
the Balkan countries to issue transit visas to Jews who can prove
that they will be admitted to Palestine.

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`Human Persons Union'
Ask Aid to Persecuted

•NEW YORK, (JTA)—An ap-
peal to the British and American
governments to act immediate-
ly to save the Jews and other
persecuted peoples in Europe—
especially in Poland—has been
issued here jointly by the Union
for the - Protection of the Hu-
man Persons and the Committee
for the Defense of the Rights of
Jews in Central and Eastern
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