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PHILADELPHIA — Startling
changes in Jewish life the world
over resulting from the war,
continue to be reflected in the
45th volume of the American
Jewish Year Book, to be pub-
lished this month by the Jewish
Publication Society of America.
Summarizing all significant
events affecting Jews through-
lout the world, the American
Jewish Year Book is edited by
Harry Schneiderman, assistant
secretary of the American Jew-
ish Committee and director of
its Library of Jewish Informa-
tion. The Year Book's most im-
portant feature, the "Review of
the Year," constitutes the most
comprehensive annual report of
"Jewish affairs published any-
where in the world.
Mr. Schneiderman has been
the editor of the Year Book for
25 years.
Special Articles
The American Jewish Year
Book contains a series of special
articles, directories of Jewish
organizations, and statistics of
Jewish population and immigra-
tion.
Four important anniversaries
in the life of the Jewish com-
munity in the U. S. are com-
memorated in this issue. The
100th anniversary of the birth
of Kaufmann Kohler, unique
and outsanding figure in Jewish
scholarship, provides the occa-
sion for the article, "American
Jewish Scholarship: A Survey",
Kvutzah Ivrith
Meets Saturday
by the late Dr. Ismar Elbogen,
whose untimely • death occurred
only a few weeks after the
completion of this article.
Upon the occasion of the 25th
anniversary of the founding of
the New York Federation for
the Support of Jewish Philan-
thropic Societies, the Year Book
presents an article by George
Z. Medalie, the President of
Federation, reviewing its history.
Bernard Postal contributes an
article in commemoration of the
100th anniversary of Bnai Brith.
This article was summarized in
the New Year issue of The Jew-
ish News.
Of Special Interest
Of special interest is an essay
on Jewish book collections in
the U. S. prepared by Dr. A. S.
Oko, formerly librarian of the
Hebrew Union College Library,
Cincinnati.
Another article in this issue
is a biographical sketch written+
by Dr. Ben H. Selekman of the
late Louis E. Kirstein, who, in
his lifetime, was a co-worker
as well as a leader in many
good causes in the general life
of his city, state and nation, and
in the development of the Jew-
ish community.
The American Jewish Year
Book, Volume 45, well printed
and strongly bound, 720 pages
and three full page illustrations,
retails for $3. It can' be secured
as one of the membership books
of The Jewish Publication So-
ciety.
Hillel Director
on Duke Faculty
Kvutzah Irvith is starting its
activities for the new year with
a celebration this Saturday eve-
ning, at the Rose Sittig Cohen
Bldg. This is the annual elec-
tion meeting of the Kvutzah.
Reports of activities of the
year will be submitted by chair-
men of committees and the
president.
The second half of the eve-
ning will be given to brief
holiday talks, mass singing and
refreshments. This year the
main feature of the festive part
of the evening will be readings
by the guest artist, Noah Nach-
bush.
Officers and chairmen of
committees are: Aaron Teitel-
baum, president; I. Katz, Dr.
Aaron Dubnove, vice-presidents;
Samuel Lehrman, treasurer;
Herman D. Boraks, chairman
executive committee; Morris
Lachover, chairman literary
committee; Michael Michlin,
chairman book committee; Meyer
Mathis, editor Hed Ha-Kvutsah;
•-4111•• Mrs. A. D. Markson, president
of Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Kvutzah.
Our Film Folk
By HELEN ZIGMOND
(Copyright, 1943,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
SO,
Berle's latest axiom is: "If we
`Back the Attack,' we'll never
again be attacked in the back!"
* *
Al Shean is cooking up a plan
to revive his old vaudeville act
—"Oh, Mr. Gallagher-Oh, Mr.
Shean." He'll choose a new
partner for the late Mr. Galla-
gher, and tour the Army camps.
* * 4,
Research revealed that George
Gershwin was extremely fond of
clothes, so his filmbiog calls for
40 costume changes.
* *
Lt. Sidney Frankel—one time
clerk at Columbia Broadcasting
—sent a card to his friends. It
read: "The little Son of Heaven
that I got this card from needs
it no longer."
* * *
Georgie Jessel has promised
Eddie Cantor to impersonate
himself in Cantor's epic. "Show
Business" . . and Cantor is
committed to characterize him-
self in Jessel's flicker, "The
Dolly Sisters."
Friday, October 15, 1943
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Twelve
Molly Pic on
To Entertain
Mt. Sinai Group
LONDON, (JTA)—The entire Treblinka "death camp" in Po-
Will Appear at Annual land has been burned down by revolting Jews, according to la-
Donor Event Oct. 27; Night test reports of the uprising broadcast this week by the under-
ground Polish radio SWIT. Earlier this week, _ the ,Polish Govern-
of Games Tuesday
ment was informed that a revolt had broken out in the camp
Molly Picon, one of the great-
est actresses of our time, and
her star cast, will be featured
at the fifth annual donor event
of the Mt. Sinai HoSpital Asso-
,--7 =--- -----3ciation, at the
Scottish Rite
Cathedral of the
Masonic Tem-
ple, on Wed-
nesday, Oct. 27.
1 A supplement-
ary program is
'being arranged
by Dave Dia-
mond and his
-.31§ orchestra.
Molly Picon The success of
the drive for reservations was
reported at a meeting at the
home of Mrs. Joshua Karbal.
The general chairman, Mrs. Saul
Katz, urged that reservations be
made by calling Mrs. Max Schu-
biner, who is in charge of pledg-
es and reservations, TR. 1-6044.
Announcement was made this
week by Mrs. Jacob Harvith,
president, that the annual night
of games will be held next
Tuesday evening at the Fort
Wayne Hotel.
Further information may be
secured by calling Mrs. Jack
Nadler, chairman of the souvenir
program, TY. 6-2625.
Information regarding the
night of games is available from
Mrs. Daniel Rachmiel, TO.
8-7582; Mrs. Joshua Karbal, TO.
8-8485; Mrs. Jacob Levine, UN.
4-3671; Mrs. Max Schubiner,
TR. 1-6044.
Members are urged to pur-
chase their War Bonds by call-
ing Mrs. Charles Gitlin, TO.
8-4568, or Mrs. Louis Goldfine,
TY. 4-5904.
Local Brevities
DR. JUDAH I. GOLDIN
Dr. Judah I. Goldin, for the
past four years director of the
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at
the University of Illinois, who
has been named the first occu-
pant of the newly-established
Chair in Jewish Studies at the
Graduate School of Duke Uni-
versity. The Chair of Jewish
Studies was established primar-
ily to encourage a better under-
standing of the rabbinic period
during which Christianity grew
out of Judaism.
Home Relief Plans
For Oct. 31 Event
Home Relief Society's annual
fund-raising event, in the form
of a dance and Bond rally, at the
Statler Hotel, on Sunday, Oct.
31, will be featured by card
games. Refreshments will be
served. Proceeds will be used for
emergency relief work and for
war projects.
At a board meeting at the home
of Mrs. Maurice Garelik held
Thursday, members enthusiastic-
ally acclaimed the report of Mrs.
Arthur Gould, chairman of the
war project. Mrs. Irving H. Small
presided.
Theodor Herzl Lodge No. 1377
of Bnai Brith observed the cen-
tennial of Bnai Brith at a meet-
ing on Tuesday evening at the
River Rouge Jewish Men's Club.
Abe Glick of Wyandotte was the
principal speaker. Michel. Gib-
son of the Jewish Art Theater of
New York was presented in a
program of Jewish folksongs.
* * *
Habonim, having completed a
successful membership drive,
will have a Succoth celebration
this Friday night at the Ulam,
1912 Taylor, in honor of new
members. The induction cere-
mony will include the recount-
ing of the aims of the move-
ment. There will be singing and
dancing. Esther Zeitak and
Aaron Schulsinger arranged the
program.
and many buildings were set afire, but no further details were
available at that time.
Copenhagen Jews Ordered to Pay $20,000 Fine to Nazis
STOCKHOLM, (JTA)—The Jewish population of Copenhagen
has been ordered to contribute 100,000 kronen (approximately
$20,000) to the 500,000 kronen fine which has been levied on the
Danish capital in reprisal for the assassination of a German cor-
poral, it is reported here by refugees who succeeded in evading
the Nazis and reaching Sweden.
They state that the German military authorities have arrested
Jews in the cities of Odense, Aalborg, Helsinger and Svendborg,
and are continuing to round up Jews in Copenhagen. The Nazis
have published a list of 16 Copenhagen Jews whose property they
ordered confiscated on charges that they had engaged in sabotage
against the Germans.
Liberation of Jews Near, Says Australian Premier
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (JTA)—As the United Nations
enter the fifth year of the war, the defeat of the Axis powers and the
liberation of the oppressed peoples, including millions of Jews,
looms on the horizon, Prime Minister John Curtin stated this
week in a message issued to the Jewish community on the oc-
casion of Rosh Hashanah.
"When I penned a message to the Jewish community a year
ago, the cause of the United Nations had experienced three years
of setbacks as a result of which many peoples were enslaved and
among them many of the Jewish faith," the Prime Minister's
message states. The liberation of the oppressed people is near. To
all of you I say: Face the future with confidence and determina-
tion."
In Lighter Vein
The Week's Best Stories
Latest Hair-do
Madame: I want a Rommel
haircut.
Operator: You mean a Ru-
manian?
Madame: No, a Rommel cut.
Operator: I'm sorry; I've never
heard of it.
Madame: Oh, you know! Noth-
ing in the front, everything be-
hind.
—From the underground newspaper
La Belgique Nouvelle, Jan. 13, 1943.
* * *
Playing Safe
Charles P. Steinmetz, the elec-
trical genius, made exhaustive
tests.
One day he invited several
friends to dinner at his mountain
camp near Schenectady. He had
just built an overhanging porch,
high above the ground, and was
anxious to show it off. After
dinner, he led the way. He step-
ped aside to permit his guests to
enter. One by one they filed
onto the porch, until a half
dozen had gathered there.
His friends were inhaling the
river breezes when one of them
noticed that Steinmetz was
standing in the adjoining room.
"Why don't you come out on
the porch?" asked the friend.
"I will in a little while," said
Steinmetz thoughtfully. "But
first I want to find out if it is
safe. This is the first time I've
had any weight on it."
Sam Reiner Tells
of Rescue at Sect
Relating experiences in help-
ing survivors of ship wrecks
while enemy submarines lurked
nearby, Sam Reiner, 25, of 8838
Linwood Ave., returned home on
a medical discharge from the
Army.
He tells of how the subs
would surface, advance to the
drifting lifeboats and start ask-
ing information with threats of
machine gun fire unless the y
talked. Survivors reached a
nearby island.
When the first USO show came
to the island, he says, the fel
lows were so elated that they
washed their faces. Included in
the show were Kay Francis, Mit-
zi Mayfair and Carole Landis.
Before leaving for service,
two and a half years ago, Sam
was a member of the Jewish
Center. He attended Northwest-
ern High. He served at Camp
Wallace, Tex., El Paso, Tex.,
New Mexico and Camp Hulen,
Tex. and was stationed in Ber-
muda 17 months.
TO FIND YAHRZEIT DATES
AND BAR MITZVAH DATES
Heinz 24-year Hebrew-English
Calendar still offered free
to our readers.
Hias-Ica Aide to Discuss
Immigration Problems on Italians Defy Nazis'
Trip to London, Palestine Anti-Jewish Decrees
NEW YORK, (JTA)—urgent
questions concerning migration
of Jewish refugees will be dis-
cussed with important Jewish
and governmental bodies in Eng-
land and Palestine by David J.
Schweitzer, new appointed
representative-at-large of t h e
Hias-Ica Emigration Association,
it was announced by Max Gotts-
chalk, president of the organi-
zation, prior to Mr. Schweitzer's
departure.
In London Mr. Schweitzer will
discuss these questions with the
reorganized Intergovernmental
Committee for Refugees, with a
number of Governments-in-Ex-
ile, with leaders of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine, with the
Board of Directors of the Jew-
ish Colonization Association and
with leaders of British Jewry.
Mrs. Ben J. Rudin, in charge
of arrangements for the Oct.
31 event, announces that Dave
Diamond and his orchestra will
provide the music, and that the AL MILLER
Statler Ivory Room has been re-
7720 McNICHOLS ROAD,
served for card games.
Near Santa Barbara
Tickets and information are
available from Mrs. Gould, TO.
8-6370, or Mrs. Garelik, TO.
5-3048.
Revolting Jews Raze Entire
`Death Camp' in Treblinka
Delicatessen, Appetizers and
Dairy Products
IINiversity 2-9781
We Deliver
GENEVA (JPS)—The Italian
people and even some fascist of-
ficials in those parts of Italy
which are now under German
occupation have refused to co-
operate with the Nazi authorities
in carrying out the anti-Jewish
measures they demand, accord-
ing to messages reaching this
city. The anti-Nazi Stampa Libra,
published in Switzerland, reports
open defiance by Italian news-
papers in Italy of Nazi orders to
conduct an anti-Jewish campaign.
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Jewish holidays to 1964.
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