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T•1-1-E JEW ISH
THE JEWISH NEWS
WS
Friday, Augusf 27, 1943
Right From Der Fuehrer's Face!
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By DAVID MORANTZ
(Based upon the ancient legends and
philosophy found in the Talmud and
folklore of the Jewish people.)
Be Moderate in All Things
A basket full of luscious dates
was once brought to Ulla as a
gift.
"How many such baskets of
dates," he asked, "could be
bought for one zuz?" (A zuz was
a unit of money).
"Three," they replied.
"What a big measure of honey
for one zuz!" he exclaimed.
However, the dates were so de-
licious he ate them all without
stopping and paid the penalty in
suffering from eating too much.
"Oh," he groaned in pain,
"what a big measure of poison for
one zuz."
Says the Talmud further on
the subject:
"Moderation in all things is
desirable."
"Too much of one thing is good
for nothing."
"Moderate your appetite so
with little you may be content."
"Happy is he who limits his
wants to his necessities."
BBOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAURICE ARONSSON
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
FRED M. BUTZEL
ISIDORE SOBELOFF
THEODORE LEVIN
ABRAHAM SRERE
MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ
HENRY WINEMAN
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
VOL. 3—NO. 23
AUGUST 27, 1943
As the Editor
Views the News - - -
The American Jewish Conference
The American Jewish Conference sessions, which will
open in New York on Sunday, are certain to be of historic
importance.
For the first time since 1918, when the American Jewish
Congress was convened in Philadelphia, all elements in Amer-
ican Jewry will be represented at a democratically-selected
assembly to map plans for the protection of Jewish rights
everywhere.
This Conference should, at the outset, be given the as-
surance that it will have the unanimous support of all Ameri-
can Jews in its deliberations.
The anouncement made last week that the Conference
will not limit its discussions to the consideration of post-war
problems, but that it will also deal with immediate efforts for
the relief of European Jews, should allay the fears of those
who feared that this great gathering will not concern itself
with the pressing question of rescuing suffering Jews wher-
ever they may be and wherever they may be saved.
This statement should serve to put an end to the inter-
ference of the Revisionist-controlled so-called Emergency
Committee to Save the Jews of Europe which has undertaken
action on its own behalf. It should also prevent the rise of
similar committees in the future, since only a united Jewish
front will be in position to render the services necessary for
the saving of millions of Jews.
American Jewry's outstanding and ablest leaders have
been selected to guide the destinies of the American Jewish
Conference. May their hands be strengthened and may their
efforts be blessed with success.
The Palestine Frame-Up
The gun-running trial still in progress in Palestine pro-
vides additional proof that British officials are set to utilize
every opportunity to discredit the Zionists and to undermine
Jewish efforts for Palestine's reconstruction.
A Jewish Agency official is quoted by Palcor News Agency
as charging that the trial "was deliberately designed to
undermine and defame the Jewish Agency. It is a continua-
tion of the fixed policy of the anti-Semitic group in this
country who consistently have been doing everything in
their power to slander the Jewish war effort and to bring
our soldiers into disrepute in the eyes of their British com-
rades and higher military authorities by spreading malicious
allegations questioning their loyalty."
The outrage lies in the fact that Brtish authorities have
prevented Jews from being fully prepared to defend them-
selves against attacks by Arab bandits, and have themselves
been reluctant to offer the proper protection to the Jewish
colonists.
It is not the Jewish Agency for Palestine who will bear
investigation, but those among the British authorities there
who have been motivated in everything they did by their
hatred for Jews and Jewish aspirations in Palestine.
Rabbi S. Z. Fineberg
Rabbi Samuel Z. Fineberg's selection for the rabbinical
post in Chicago is a mark of recognition of his ability and of
his devotion to service.
During the 11 years of his rabbinic duties in Flint, Rabbi
Fineberg gave proof of his consecration to service. He is an
ardent Zionist, is a devotee of all efforts to improve the status
of Jews, and is unswerving in his loyalty to the best Ameri-
can traditions and institutions.
The Flint Journal editorially stated that Rabbi Fineberg
"takes with him to Chicago congratulations and appreciation
as well as an excellent record." Detroit Jews who had Rabbi
Fineberg's co-operation in numerous projects can well appre-
ciate this sentiment.
Rabbi Fineberg was an active member of the Michigan
Advisory Committee of The Jewish News, and always showed
deep interest in our efforts to improve the status of Jewish
Talmudic Tales
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The Zionist movement faces its most crucial test with
the approach of peace-planning.
There are elements, in this country and in England, who
are conspiring to interfere with adherence to pledges made
to the Jewish people for the facilitation of the re-establish-
ment of Palestine as the Jewish National Home.
To effect the fullest cooperation of the United Nations
in Jewish post-war plans for the redemption of Eretz Israel
as well as the resettlement of millions of homeless Jews in
other lands, the ablest men in Jewry must be called upon to
direct Jewish affairs and to assume Jewish leadership.
The agreement reached in Zionist ranks to offer political
leadership to Dr. Abba Hillel Silver and the presidency to
Dr. Israel Goldstein should be hailed with satisfaction by all
elements in American Jewry.
Dr. Silver has not been given the opportunity that should
have been accorded him to assist in political negotiations in
behalf of a Jewish Palestine. He is American Jewry's most
brilliant of the younger leaders, and to have failed to utilize
his efforts in the Zionist movement was an injustice which
must be corrected at the Zionist convention to be held in
Columbus in September.
A Man of Good Will
Judge Harry B. Keidan, to whose memory The Jewish
News has already paid tribute in last week's issue, will long
be remembered as a man of good will and as one of the out-
standing personalities whose efforts helped cement friend-
ships among Christians and Jews.
The editorial tributes in all Detroit newspapers, the ex-
pressions of admiration for the eminent jurist by Detroit's
columnists—Malcolm W. Bingay and H. C. L. Jackson—and
the resolution adopted by the Detroit Common Council at-
tested to the esteem in which he was held.
"A judge who never condemned; a counselor who never
berated; a critic who never scorned," is the manner in which
he was adequately described in the Common Council's reso-
lution.
The adjournment of all courts in Wayne County and of
the Circuit Courts in adjoining counties in the State was
added tribute to a great man.
Dr. A. M. Hershman's tribute to Judge Keidan in this
issue of The Jewish News is a splendid evaluation of a great
friendship which existed between the two men.
Judge Keidan's memory will be a blessing for all genera-
tions to come in our community.
Refugees and the War Effort
From Melbourne, Australia, comes an interesting story.
Dr. Y. Clynes, a Jewish refugee from Hungary who
came to Australia five years ago, has invented a revolu-
tionary cutting device which makes it possible to quartz
crystals in 32 minutes instead of the three days that were
previously required for the same process.
It is stated that Dr. Clynes' machine will speed the
production of radios needed for the war effort. The United
States and Great Britain are expected to order these
machines for use in factories for the manufacture of radios
for the armed forces. Some time ago, Dr. Clynes designed
an aeronautical testing laboratory which proved so success-
ful that it was ordered by U. S. aircraft firms.
journalism.
The Australian Minister of Munitions, Norman Makin,
We join with his many friends in wishing him and his
family well in their new home and their new associations. has visited Dr. Clynes' workshop and praised him for "the
contributions to Australia being made by this type of future
citizen."
This Week's Scriptural Portions:
Such contributions are being duplicated by refugees in
This Sabbath, the twenty-seventh day of Ab, the following
all democratic countries. Only the imaginations of the per-
vertive anti-Semitic minds paint refugees as liabilities to
Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
the lands of their adoption. In reality, Germany has en-
Pentateuchal portion: Deut. 11:26-16:17.
riched the Ur ited States, Great Britain and other democratic
Prophetical portion: Is. 54:11-55:5.
countries by exiling men like Albert Einstein, Thomas
Reading of the Law on Rosh Hodesh Elul, Tuesday and
Mann, Dr. Clynes and thousands of others like them. Ger-
Wednesday: Num. 28:1-15.
many's loss in their emigration and expulsion is our gain.
Our
CHILDREN'S
CORNER
Jewish Authority in England
On Synagogal Lines
There is no central authority
in Anglo-Jewry, the community
being organized on synagogal
rather than communal lines. Each
synagogue is autonomous, al-
though most of the important
synagogues belong to one or an-
other of several large alliances,
or unions. The principal alliances
include the United Synagogue,
the Spanish and Portuguese Con-
gregation, and the Federation of
Synagogues. The principal eccles-
iastical authority of the Anglo-
Jewish community is the Chief
Rabbi. He exercises authority
over virtually all bodies.
* * *
Different Kinds of Sacrifices
Listed in Old Testament
The generic term is not "sacri-
fice" in Hebrew, but "offering."
There were cereal (Meal), fish,
and fruit offerings for the farmer,
and lamb and other animal offer-
ings for the shepherds. Some
were for the maintenance of the
priests of the Temple, such as
tithes, fish, fruits, etc. Only a
very few were atonement off-
erings. The burnt offerings, meal
offerings, peace offerings, thanks
offerings and free will offerings
had no connection with sin. The
differences in the offerings for sin
were due to differences of ability
to make gifts—a little flour for
the poorest, two doves for the
poor, etc. (Lev. 5:11-13).
* * *
Sanctification Ceremonies
Common to Jewish Worship
Sabbath days and festivals are
frequently ushered in by the
"Kiddush," an ancient ceremony
proclaiming the holiness of such
days. The Kiddush is performed
by reciting a blessing over wine.
In many homes, the Kiddush is
also repeated before the Sabbath
noon meal, and in Orthodox syn-
agogues it is chanted Friday
night during the service.
Pope Thanked for
Aid by Chief Rabbi
LONDON (JPS)—Chief Rabbi
Ascoli of Italy had an audience
with Pope Pius XII to thank the
Pontiff on behalf of Italian Jew-
ry for his efforts on their part,
according to reports reaching
here. The statement of apprecia-
tion was said to have covered
the Pope's sympathetic interest
in the Jewish plight from the be-
ginning of the anti-Semitic legis-
lation in Italy.