Friday, OcfoVer
I, 1943
THE JEWISH NEWS
GUEST EDITORIAL
The Great Human Salvage Effort
Conducted by Detroit War Chest
Orthodox Rabbis
Make Bond Plea
In a special appeal issued to
The grim businesS of war is to take life . . . with guns,
tanks, bombers, battleships. The humanitarian business of
democratic civilians is to salvage life and hope . . . with
foods, clothing, medical supplies, training,
morale, advice and financial assistance.
The greatest human salvage attempts
are 'being made unitedly by many forces
for good organized into the National War
Fund with which the War Chest of Met-
ropolitan Detroit is affiliated.
If we are to win the peace, it is es-
sential that we continue to serve our
fighting men, our allies and our neigh-
bors. This is the task of the War Chest.
Mr. Eaman
Included among the. benificiaries of
Detroit's War Chest are 17. agencies which serve Belgian,
British, French, Greek, Polish, Czechoslovak, Yugoslav,
Dutch, Norwegian, Chinese, Russian and Jewish peoples. All
•of these huge masses have knoWn what it is to have their
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homelands devastated by total war.
These stricken folk look for help to their ally . . the
only land capable of making help possible—America.
We cannot _let these allies of ours down. .
On the home front, the social agencies affiliated with
the Detroit Community Fund and- the local agencies of the
Allied Jewish Campaign are doing the usual job of caring for
needy Detroiters. • .
For our fighting: men fhe U:S.O. is providing recreational Appeals to Be Made During
and spiritual. service to the soldiers, sailers and Marines of
Holy Days in Local
our own country as well as those of our allies.
Synagogues
The War Prisoners'. Aid is helping our men unfortunate
enough to be confined in war prisons in foreign nations.
The United Seamen's Service provides rest homes and - More than $8,000—a third of
other aids for the Merchant seamen who are braving the Detroit's $25,000 goal—I-has been
torpedoes of the U-boats . as an everyday thina in order that raised for the Vaad Hahatzala
campaign in the first two weeks
the lifelines of our far-flung conflict may be 6 kept intact.
of solicitations, it was announced
The War Chest campaign is a unified method of giving, by Irwin I. • Cohn, chairrhan of
making for efficiency in the raising and spending of the the local committee.
funds for these purposes. By _ raising funds for this huge
Appeals in behalf of Vaad Ha-
number of causes, the War Chest is sparing the leisure time hatzala will be made .in. local
of busy Detroit men and women and protecting contributors synagogues during Rosh Hash-
from being overburdened by many war appeals. And out anah and Yom Kippur. It is ex-
pected that another $7,000 will
of all this what can we conclude?
raised as a result of these
Merely this—the War Chest campaign is the efficient, be
appeals. Organizations and in-
business-like way to raise funds for humanitarian purposes; dividual donors are expected to
it is the way in which we, as allies of war torn nations, can provide the balance of the quota.
let them know that we are standing behind them; it is the
David I. Berris, treasurer of
way in which we may discharge our responsibility to our the drive, has announced that
armed forces and to the needy at home. It is the cause to three contributions of $500 each
which all Detroiters should give—to serve all humanity. were received from David Edel-
Vaad Hahatzala
Raises $8,000 in
Drive. fo- $25,000
Jewish Servicemen
at Custer Given
Holy Day Furlougns
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Col. Ralph Wiltamuth, post
commander at Fort Custer, an-
nounces that Jewish servicemen
will be granted passes or fur-
loughs for the observance of
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Unit commanders have been
ordered to issue passes for the
High Holy Days to those of the
Jewish faith.
Col. Wiltamuth states that spe-
cial religious services will be
Dr. Baron's three volumes on held at the post chapel for per-
"The Jewish Community" were sonnel unable to leave for their
published by the Jewish Publi- homes.
cation Society of America in De-
cember. "Memoirs of My People"
is a joint publication of Jewish
Publication Society and Farrar
& Rinehart.
Earlier in the year, during Re-
ligious Book Week, the National
Conference of Ci. ..tians and
Jews selected 50 outstanding
Jewish books, of which 19 were
publications of the Society.
The American Library Asso-
ciation, in selecting the 50 best
religious books of the year, for
the period May 1, 1942, to May
1, 1943, has chosen Dr. Salo W.
Baron's three volumes on "The
Jewish Community" and Leo W.
Schwarz's "Memoirs of My
People" as two of the outstand-
ing titles. Only three Jewish
titles were selected.
Biographical Zionist
Dictionary Planned
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TEL AVIV (Palcor) — Th?.
Brith Rishonim Union of Zionist
Veterans, together with other
bodies, has decided to perpetu-
ate the names of Zionists who
have given their lives to the
service of the movement and will
publish a biographical dictionary
of men and women who have
been active in Zionism since it
was established in 1897. More
than 6,000 names already have
been listed for various countries.
Information can be sent to Post
Office Box 1473, Tel Aviv, by all
wishing to record the names and
curriculae vitae of Zionist work-
er.
Third War Loan Must Not Fail!
The Third War Loan has had a slow start in Detroit.
During the concluding days of this drive, there must be
sufficient encouragement from all groups in the community
to guarantee its complete success.
Appeals for the sale of War Bonds will be made in our
synagogues during Rosh Hashanah.
Let there be an unprecedented response from all wor-
shipers on these sacred days.
The Council of Orthodox Rabbis, the Michigan Syna-
gogue Conference, the Bnai Brith Council and other groups
are cooperating in a special issued by the Fraternal and
Religious Department of the Treasury Department.
Let us all help to push the drive- over the topin Detroit.
Back the Attack with War Bonds—for the sake of a
speedy Victory which must precede a lasting peace.
Lipsky to Speak
Here on Oct. 26
elude Rabbi Irving Miller, who
recently returned from a speak-
ing tour in England in behalf of
the Keren Hayesod, and Dr.
Maurice L. Perlzweig, formerly
of London, who has inspired au-
diences in Detroit in the past few
Included In Series
years.
Further details regarding this
Leon Kay, president of the De-. lecture series will be announced.
troit chapter of the American nextx week.
Jewish Congress, announced this
week that a series of public Jews Revolt in Polish
meetings, arranged for the pur- Concentration Camp
pose of presenting to the Jewish
community of Detroit the objec-
LONDON (JPS) — The Treb-
tives of the American Jewish linka concentration camp was
Congress, will be held beginning the scene of an uprising in which
with Wednesday, Oct. 27.
Jews being led to execution re•
The guest speaker on Oct. 27, volted against their Nazi guards
Mr. Kay announces, will be Louis and set fire to the barracks and
Lipsky, chairman of the Congress the slaughter chambers, accord-
Governing Council.
ing to the Stockholm Social Dem-
Other speakers who are sched- okraten. The Nazis machine-gun-
uled to appear in this series in- ned the rebels, it was- stated.
man, Morris Fisher and Louis
Solai. Gifts are being accepted
at the office of Vaad Hahatzala,
12219 Dexter:
INTERNATIONAL LAWYER,
WACHTELL, DIES IN N. Y.
NEW YORK (JPS)—Samuel
R. Wachtell, international law-
yer, died here at 57. Born in
Austria-Poland, he came to this
country at the age of 10. Until
Hitler came to power, he rep-
resented governmental interests
and leading banking and com-
mercial firms in Austria and
Czechoslovakia: During the pres-
ent war he was active in ref-
ugee rescue work. He served
as trustee of the Federation for
the Support of Jewish Charities
and was president of the Jewish
Braille Institute of America.
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In the goodwill list, "Candles
in the Night: Jewish Tales by
Gentile Authors," compiled and
edited by Joseph L. Baron, also
was selected.
EDITORIAL
the Jews of Detroit, urging large-
scale buying of War Bonds, the
Council . of Orthodox Rabbis
points to "the law of the Torah"
that 'Thou shalt not stand idly
by the blood of thy neighbor,' as
demanding complete adherence
to the current drive.
This appeal is signed by Rabbi
Joseph Thumim, president of the
Council of Orthodox Rabbis, and
by Rabbi Moses Fischer,. Coun-
selor to the Council.
Their appeal points out that
"for the Orthodox and law-abid-
ing Jew the buying of more War
Bonds especially during the Yo-
mim
constitutes religious
obligations beyond the common
duty to our country."
The Rabbinical statement
quotes from Leviticus and the
Talmud to support this interest- To Address Congress Meet-
ing; Other Speakers Are
ing appeal.
By FRANK D. EAMAN
President, War Chest of Metropolitan Detroit
Publication Society
Books Are Selected
Among Best Titles
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The New Year
Brings with it the promise of
Victory for the United Nations
let us pledge each other our un-
daunted faith that Libery is worth
any price. And with this firm
resolve, do all that we can . . . in
every way we can to make the
year 5704 the year of triumph
for Justice . .
A Happy
New Year
To All Our Friends and Customers
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