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THE JEWISH NEWS

Local Brevities

By DR. A. M. HERSHMAN

Rabbi, Congregational Shaarey Zedek

Abstract from Rabbi Hershman's Address at Funeral of
Eminent Jurist and Jewish Leader

But the righteous shall live by his faith (Habakkuk, II, 4).

He, whom we mourn this day, answered the prophet's
description of the righteous. Harry Ben-Zion Keidan lived
by his faith. His was a profoundly spiritual nature. God
was a real and vivid presence in his life. Harry Ben-Zion
Keidan was an optimist; he radiated good cheer, which
heartened those who came under his influence. His opt-

Color Guard Corps, Depart-
ment of Michigan Jewish War
Veterans of the U. S., will par-.
ticipate in the installation of the
Down River Post No. 225, to be
held at the Jewish Community
Center, 48 Oak St., River Rouge,
Sunday evening, Aug. 29. De-
partment Commander Samuel J.
Rhodes will obligate the newly-
elected officers for the ensuing
year and install Commander-
elect Benjamin M. Rose. Captain
Roy C. Cohen of the CGC will
assist as Officer of the Day.
* * *
Win the War Council entered
the second phase of its Fighting
Ship Campaign, in cooperation
with the Dexter Merchants, and
staged an outdoor Navy Bond
Show on Thursday evening on
Dexter and Monterey. The guest
of honor was Commander Harry
Kipke. Councilman Billy Rogell
was master of ceremonies. The
entertainment program included
the Anchorettes and Progressive
Industries Quartette. A feature of
the evening was the presence of
Cunningham's "Voices for Vic-
tory" recording unit, which en-
abled bond purchasers to greet
a serviceman through a phono-
graph recording. With the invi-
tation to "Invest in Invasion" the
Win the War Council thus came
a step nearer to its goal of rais-
ing $500,000 in bonds to present
the Navy with a Fighting Ship.
*
*
Zhitomir Progressive Aid So-
ciety will have its annual picnic
this Sunday at Palmer Park.
There will be entertainment,
games and refreshments. Pro-
ceeds will be used for worthy
causes. In case of rain the affair
will be held at Assembly Hall,
12th near Clairmount. Members
are urged to bring their friends.

misin, however, did not spring€
from a one-sided view of life, Thither men and women came to
from refusal to face stern reali- him with their problems and dif-
ties, grim facts. Both as Assistant ficulties. He made their prob-
Prosecuting Attorney, Judge of lems his own. They called, he
the Recorder's Court, and Judge responded. He gave of his money
of the Circuit Court he could not liberally and lavishly. Aye, he
help seeing the dark and sordid gave himself freely, unreserved-
aspects of life. His optimism was ly, and unsparingly, heedless of
the outcome of a deep and abid- his strength and health. He did
ing faith, of the conviction that it unostentatiously. He sank self
this is God's world, that He in the causes he served. For par-
means well with it, that He has adoxical as it may seem, this
a great purpose which cannot be man, who through the greater
frustrated, that "there is a far- part of his life occupied public
off divine event towards which office, shunned publicity, shrank
all creation moves." He was pen- from applause, hated show and
etrated by the faith that "moves display. Humility was one of his
mountains," the faith that en- outstanding virtues. Harry Ben-
abled our people to survive all Zion Keidan was one of the
the changes and vicissitudes of meekest of men.
fortune.
Much that he did in a kindly,
He Lived by His Faith
generous spirit will never be
Harry Ben-Zion Keidan lived known to anyone. But far more
by his faith. It is well to bear in important than what he did is
mind, however, that the Hebrew what he was. Being is of infinite-
word emunah means faith and ly greater account than doing.
something more. It means firm-
Harry Ben-Zion Keidan "was
* * *
ness; steadfastness, fidelity, stick-
what he seemed," "golden within
to-it-iveness, the high resolve to
Ernest
Daniel
Bright, son of
as well as without," Tocho Keba-
live true to one's deepest con-
ro. Goodness was woven into the Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bright of
victions. The correct rendering of
Glendale Ave., returned home
our text, according to many com- very texture of his character. this week after having spent the
mentators, is: "But the righteous There were elements of saintli- summer at the National Music
ness in him. He was a great Jew.
shall live by his faithfulness."
Camp, Interlochen, Mich. Ernest
How well this describes the most He wore his Judaism with digni- was the recipient of a $100 schol-
ty
and
reflected
glory
upon
his
striking trait of the character
arship from the Michigan Feder-
and life-work of Harry-Zion Kei- religion and his people. The most ation of Music Club. While at
adequate
commentary
on
Juda-
dan. He lived by his faithfulness.
Interlochen he occupied the first
Loyalty was written on his ism is the living Jew, the life he chair in the clarinet section of
lives.
Harry
Ben-Zion
Keidan,
heart. Loyalty was his ruling pas-
the orchestra and appeared as
sion, the mainspring of his life. an exemplar of faith and faith- soloist during several broadcasts.
His enthusiasm for Judaism fulness, of selflessness and te- Ernest has won high praise from
knew no bounds. He knew the nacity to the ideals, sanctities, the faculty for his fine musician-
Bible and possessed a good deal a n d traditions o f Judaism, ship and a great career was pre-
of knowledge of the other sour- showed what a Jew at his best dicted for him.
ces of Judaism. He was wont to can be and should be. His public
* * *
draw upon Biblical incidents and career was an uninterrupted rec-
Mrs. Eugene Freund Cohane,
ord
of
Kiddush
Ha-Shem,
the
Rabbinic parables and saws to
President of the Women's Lawy-
point out a much-needed lesson Sanctification of the Name. No ers' Association of Michigan,
or moral. One of his chief wonder that this observant Jew,
headed the delegation of De-
thoughts was for the cause of punctilious in the discharge of
his
religious
duties,
enjoyed
the
Jewish religious education. Well
could he echo the words of the love and esteem of all, of Jew irreparable loss to us of Shaarey
Zedek. His inspiration, indefat-
Psalmist: "Oh, how love I Thy and non-Jew.
He Was a Great American
igable zeal and enthusiasm con-
law!" But he not only loved Ju-
The Hebrew word emunah tributed much to the erection of
daism, he lived it, translated it
into his daily life. He exerted his means faith and faithfulness. It our present Synagogue. He was a
utmost endeavors to keep the also means education, training. great spiritual force in our Con-
Sabbath day holy, devoting the Harry Ben-Zion Keidan came of gregational life. He will be sore-
greater part thereof to prayer a good family. He inherited some ly missed by the whole Jewish
and study. It was for him "the of his noble traits from a father, community. There is no phase or
desirable of days." He knew, to whom Judaism was the be-all- sphere, of Jewish life in which
however, that if the Sabbath is and-end-all of life, and from a he was not vitally interested and
to achieve its purpose, it must mother who was a "great wom- in which his influence was not
impart of the sacredness attach- an," "a woman that feared the felt. The larger community, Met-
ropolitan Detroit, has ample
ing to it to the so-called work-a- Lord."
Harry Ben-Zion Keidan lived a cause to mourn his loss. He was a
days. The Sabbath endowed him
with "an added soul" and stimu- rich life. His was a beautiful potent spiritual and humanitarian
lated him to keep all the days soul. We shall all be the poorer force in the civic and political
of the week holy. The Syna- for his loss. When shall we see life of the city. He was a great
gogue was dear to his heart. his like again? "Alas for them American.
His life was a blessing. May his
More than once he said to me: that are gone and cannot be re-
"I regard attendance at Divine placed." His passing away is an memory be for a blessing.
Services and the opportunity it
offers for communion with God
as the greatest of all privileges."
At school the kids all want to trade
He came to Synagogue not to say
prayers but to pray. His was a
For sandwiches our Mom has made!
deeply devout nature. Well might
he have said, in the words of
Heinz Mustard lends that extra zest
the Psalmist:
That makes our lunch-box meals taste best!
"My soul yearneth, yea, even
pineth for the courts of the
Lord:
"My heart and my flesh sing
for joy unto the living God."
But the Synagogue to him was
no more than a center of inspira-
tion. He carried the spirit there-
of whithersoever he went. He
carried it into the courtroom,
implementing religious truths in
decisions, which by common con-
sent, were marked by probity
Genuine Stone-Ground
and humaneness. He carried - the
spirit of the Synagogue into his
private court chamber. That
chamber, too, was a sanctuary.

AZA LABOR DAY DANCE MONDAY
Masonic Temple, Sept. 6, 9:30 to 1 p.m.

Friday, August 27, 1943

Postwar Refugee Settlement
Survey by 2 Groups Revealed

International Agreements and Large Scale Financing
Important Factors in Carrying Out Proposals;
.
Pre-war Establishments Cited

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Concluding that international agree-
ments and large-scale financing will be essential in translating
plans of the Agro-Joint and the Refugee Economic Corp. for
post-war settlement of European Jews in overseas countries,
the Foreign Policy Association reveals that since the outbreak
of the war these two organization have explored many proposed
places of haven, including Alaska, Angola, Australia, Brazil, II
Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Lower California, New Zealand and I'
Peru.
"Although the mass resettlement of refugees in specially )
created colonies never has been attempted, certain efforts have
been successfully made by the Jewish Colonization Association,"
the review points out. "By 1939 this organization, which was
endowed in 1891 by a wealthy Jewish philanthropist of German
descent, Baron de Hirsch, had established over 500 settlements in
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Palestine, Poland, Turkey, Rumania, ,
and the U.S.S.R.; and had 18,400 families on its more than two i
million acres of "land."
In accordance with its founder's conviction that migrations to
cities would create tensions between Jewish immigrants and native!
populations, the Association stresses the training of colonists for
agricultural life and aids the colonists to buy their own land by 1
arranging long-term credits for those who lack capital.
"On the eve of World War II several investigations of pros- ;
pective resettlement sites were made by governments and private 1
organizations. Similarly, Mindanao, southermost island of the I
Philippine group, was investigated by a group of American experts
in the summer of 1939, after the Philippine government had
agreed to admit 10,000 refugees for a colony. The Refugee
Economic Corp. secured options on 12,500 acres of land for a large
ranch and selected 800 settlers, but the war interrupted their !
transportation," the review says.

Conference in Geneva Discusses Adjustment Plan for European
Jews
GENEVA, (JTA)—A 25-year plan for proportional distribution
after the war of all the Jews in Europe among all branches of na-
tional economy in various countries was presented here by Dr.
Aaron Syngalowski, leader of the world Ort, at a conference of
representatives of Jewish organizations in Switzerland.
The plan, which attracted attention in non-Jewish circles in
Switzerland, as well as in the Jewish circles of the country, is based
on the theory that Jewish political security is dependent on eco-
nomic assimilation of the Jew.

troit women attorneys who at-
tended the three-day conven-
tion of the National Association
of Women Lawyers in Chicago
last week.
* * *
Miss Betty Dvorman of the
Metropolitan Detroit Youth
Council, one of three delegates
who attended a Western Hemis-
phere Youth for Victory Confer-
ence in Mexico City, gave a
report on her experiences at a
conference of 200 people at the
Central YWCA Sunday evening.
Miss Dvorman states: "The Jew-
ish delegates at the conference
realized too well the need for
all minorities cooperating to
their fullest extent in the war
effort. So, with representatives
from South America, the United
States, and Canada, we formed
a committee to try to increase

the good work that has already
been done by Jewish communi-
ties in both North and South
America, and to counter-act the
fascist propaganda which is espe-
cially prevalent in Mexico and
South America."
* *

Detroit Round Table of Cath-
olics, Jews and Protestants pre-
sented the film "The World We
Want to Live In" and a good
will team of speakers, before the
Army A i r Forces Technical
Training Command in the Mason-
ic Temple on Thursday evening.
The speakers were Dr. Alvin D.
Hersch of the faculty at the Uni-
versity of Detroit, Rev. Irwin C.
Johnson, of St. John's Episcopal!
Church, and Rev. Henry Thiefels
of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church.

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