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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 1, 1943
to Tour
War Areas for J.WE
Community Council to Hold !Brickner
Annual Institute on Oct. 24 Cleveland Rabbi, Zionist
Views, Attitudes of Jewish Problems to Be Discussed
at All Day Sessions at the Center; Theme of
Parley to Be Determined Next Week
Leader, to Visit Various
Theaters of War
NEW YORK (JPS)—Dr. Bar-
: nett R. Brickner, one of Amer-
The Jewish Com- munity Council of Detroit will conduct ica's leading Zionists, has accept-
its annual All Day Institute on Sunday, Oct. 24, at the Jew- ed the invitation of the Jewish
ish Community Center, Woodward at Holbrook. Sessions Welfare Board to tour various
will be held both during the afternoon and evening.
In announcing the All Day Institute, James I. Ellmann,
president of the Council, stated:
"The annual Institute con->
ducted by the Jewish Community tive of other doctrinal differ-
Council of Detroit is one of the ences.
devices through which we
"We look forward to a large
strengthen and make more real attendance of both delegates and
the democratic structure and individuals from the community
practice of this community body. at large. The fullest participa-
Through it we furnish the vari- tion by the audience, as well as
ous segments in the community the discussants, is urgently de-
an opportunity for airing views sired. 'Only through such an ex-
and attitudes, representative of change of opinion can the Com-
the different trends in community munity Council be a truly demo-
thinking.
cratic instrument."
Actual Programs
The theme of the Institute, to
"All year round it is the elected be determined next week, will
Community Council delegates, concern the re-evaluation of
the Executive Committee, and community programs and their
the various committees under re-interpretation as a result of
their chairmen that determine the American Jewish Conference.
policy and carry out actual pro-
grams. However, in addition to The changing patterns of com-
the body of democratically- munal activity which are emerg-
elected delegates, there are large ing from the Conference will be
memberships in the organized reflected in both the scope and
Jewish groups to whom the Com- contents of the Institute.
munity Council must submit its
work for appraisal and criticism.
The Institute furnishes the occa-
sion for such appraisal.
"Through such assemblies the
Community Council, as the
democratically-constituted, pol-
icy-making body, is enabled to
keep its finger on the pulse of
community needs. Under the
The first Jewish chaplain to
impact of honest criticism, con- serve with the United States
structive suggestions and de- Marine Corps, Chaplain Leon
mands, and indications of needs, Wolf Rosenberg, this week re-
the Community Council becomes ported for duty at a West Coast
compelled to retain its dynamism
station, according to the Jewish
and prevent obsolescence in its Welfare Board.
ideas and programs.
Heretofore, Jewish servicemen
Jewish Dignity
in the Marines have been served
"Thus, the creation of a richer by either Navy chaplains or
community life, the preservation civilian rabbis in communities
of Jewish values, and the de- adjacent to Marine Corps bases.
fense of Jewish dignity can be-
Prior to entering naval serv-
come truly an expression of the
community as a whole, irrespec- ice, Chaplain Rosenberg was
student counsellor of the acl.
visory board of Jewish students
at the University of Pennsyl-
vania. Until 1939, he held a
rabbinical post in Bay City,
Mich:
Chaplain Rosenberg's appoint-
ment brings the number of
Israel Himelhoch will observe rabbis serving with the armed
forces to 189, of whom 25 are
his birthday on Oct. 2.
Others having their birthdays in the Navy. A Jewish chap-
in October include the follow- lain also is on duty with the
Merchant Marine.
ing:
The new Marine Corps chap-
Louis Berry, Oct. 10; Mrs. lain left the Sons of Israel
Eugene J. Arnfeld, Oct. 27; Congregation in Cliffside Park,
Nathan W. Lurie, Oct. 1.
N. J., to volunteer for service.
Readers of The Jewish News He is a graduate of the Navy
are asked to submit dates of Training School for Chaplains
birthdays for publication in at the College of William and
forthcoming issues, by months. Mary.
Former Bay City
Rabbi Chaplain
In Marine Corps
Birthdays
Of the Month
Judaism Council
Launches Drive
Against Zionism
Membership Campaign
Aimed to Fight Jews' Hopes
of Recognition
PHILADELPHIA (JPS) — A
nation - wide membership cam-
paign to enlist forces for the
anti-Zionist organization was an-
nounced here by Rabbi Elmer
Berger, formerly of Flint, execu-
tive director of the American
Council for Judaism, Inc., who
warned that the Council intends
to speak up to the American and
British governments against
Zionist demands. Membership
dues for anti-Zionists were fixed
at $2 a year.
In appealing to prospective
members, Rabbi Berger wrote:
"It is imperative, in view of
the present lengths to which the
nationalists of Jewish life have
gone, pressuring both our own
and the British governments,
that some effective voice be
raised to make it evident that
not all Jews subscribe to a pro-
gram which would reduce Jew-
ish life to the bartering of poli-
ticians.
"The Council maintains that
Jews are essentially a religious
group and have no political as-
pirations as Jews either now, or
for the postwar world."
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Best Wishes
for
A Happy and Prosperous
New Year
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For
all the many kind-
nesses you have shown
us in the past year ...
for the many oppor-
tunities you have given
us to serve ... We ex-
tend our +ii.nks and the
Season's Greetings.
DR. BARNETT R. BRICKNER
theaters of the war in order to
visit Jewish chaplains and serv-
icemen, it was announced here
by the Jewish Welfare Board, of
whose Committee on Army and
Navy Religious Activities he is
administrative chairman.
Rabbi Brickner will do for the
Jewish community an arduous
tour of duty similar to that un-
dertaken some time ago by Arch-
bishop Spellman of New York
for those of the Catholic faith.
O.K.'d By War Dept.
Designation of Dr. Brickrier
followed an invitation from the
Government to the National
Jewish Welfare Board, it was
stated by Frank L. Weil, presi-
dent of the organization. His trip
will be made with the official
authorization of the War Depart-
ment and the approval of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Brigadier
General William R. Arnold, Chief
of Chaplains of the War Depart-
ment. He Will be accompanied
by a military aide.
Born in New York City, Rabbi
Brickner was graduated from
Columbia University in 1913; at-
tended Teacher's College and the
School for Jewish Social Service.
Headed JWB Schools
He served in the First World
War as director of the Jewish
Welfare Board schools which
trained Jewish welfare workers
for service in military camps
here and abroad. He received
his rabbinical diploma at He-
brew Union College, Cincinnati,
in 1919, and a year later took his
Ph.D. at the University of Cin-
cinnati.
He served as president of the
Cleveland Bureau of Jewish Edu-
cation and was chairman of the
Social Justice Commission of the
Central Conference of American
Rabbis. He is now chairman of
the Jewish Welfare Fund of
Cleveland, national vice - chair-
man of the United Palestine Ap-
peal and a member of the execu-
tive board of the Union of Amer-
ican Hebrew Congregations.
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