Weekly Review of the News of the World

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AMERICA

A complete shakeup in the Boston po-
lice department because of what he called
"anti-Semitic lawlessness" which gave
"assistance to the enemies of the United
States," was demanded by Attorney Gen-
eral Robert T. Bushnell on the eve of the
expiration of the term of office of Police
Commissioner Joseph F. Timilty. Mr.
Bushnell's .demand was voiced in a letter
to Governor Leverett. Saltonstall on whose
desk lies the problem of the next Police
Commissioner.
The International Red Cross has de-
clared that it can assure the distribution
of food to Jews in some occupied terri-
tories, it was asserted by Dr. Isaac Levin,
leader of the Orthodox Agudath Israel,
writing in the Jewish Morning Journal.
Lt. Kenneth Schlasinger, of Streeter, N.
Dak., who with his Flying Fortress crew
made his way to friendly territory after
their plane had crashed in a Nazi-held
area, is one of the most decorated men of
the war, holding 13 awards: the Distin-
guished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, ten
Oak Leaf Clusters and the Purple Heart.
Now back in this country on leave, the
bombardier is awaiting. reassignment.
In the face of opposition from the Po-
lish and French delegations to anything
except outright expulsion of those Nazis
who now are occupying homes of "dis-
placed" Jews and Poles, the whole ques-
tion of repatriation is being held up at the
conference of the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration at At-
lantic City. Another proposal applies the
term "repatriation" to the Nazis as well as
to their victims.
Dr. Alfred Klee, leading German Zion-
ist, former members of the Board of the
Berlin Jewish Community and the Reich-

evertretung der Deutschen Juden, repre-
sentative body of German Jewry, died at
69 years of age in a concentration camp at
Westerbork, H011and, according to a report
that has reached Geneva.
Lorenz Hart, one of the ouist'nding
lyricists in America died in New York at
the age of 48. He was a member of the
team of Rodgers and Hart, sometimes call-
ed the "American Gilbert and Sullivan."
Dr. Curt Graser, director of the State
Art Library in Berlin from 1924 until the
advent of the Nazis to power in 1933, died
at the age of 64 at Lake Placid, New York.
He was an authority on Chinese and Jap-
anese art on which subjects he had written
several books.

Sabbath Hanukah will be ob-
served as JNF Sabbath in local
synagogues, W i 11 i a m Hordes,
president of the JNF Council,
announced this week. . Daniel
Temchin is chairman and Irving
Schlussel is co-chairman of the
JNF Synagogue Committee and
will have charge of arrange-
ments for the Sabbath Hanukah
observances.
Plans also are being made for
a Hamisha Asar b'Shvat celebra-
tion at the Jewish Community
Center on Feb. • 9. The latest
Palestinian. films will be shown,
there will be a musical program
lot and an address by a prominent
speaker.
New Golden Book
Mr. Hordes also announces
that a new Golden Book is being
introduced for children of the
age of 13, to be known as Sefer
Bar Mitzvah and Bas Mitzvah.
Inscriptions will cost $15 . and
certificates will be issued to
those whose names will be in-
scribed in this book.
All JNF Council meetings
henceforth will be held the first
and third Wednesday of each
month.
Rose Greeneald Fried, former
secretary of the JNF Council of
Detroit, was honored with a re-
ception after the Council meeting
last Tuesday, in honor of her re-
' cent marriage in Wilkes-Barre,
Pa. Mrs. Fried's name will be in-
scribed in the Golden Book of
the JNF in Jerusalem.
Mrs. Twersky Honored
In recognition of her services
as chairman of the box clearance
committee, the name- of Mrs. Ab-
-. rah- am Twersky also will be in-
scribed in the Golden Book.
Officers of the JNF Council
are: William Hordes, president;
. Nathan Spevakow and Benjamin
Laikin, vice - presidents; Nathan
Linden, treasurer; Michael Mich-
!' lin, financial secretary; Mrs.
Henri Goldberg, executive secre-
tary.

Boston Replaces
Chief of Police

BOSTON.—Joseph F. Timilty,
chief of police during whose term
of office the disturbances took
place during which Jews were
attacked by hoodlums, has been
replaced by Col. Thomas F. Sul-
livan.
Timilty's term expired on Nov.
25. Sullivan's nomination was
confirmed by the State Execu-
tive Council.

Mizrachi Drive

Gains Momentum

Reports received from captains
in charge of the local Mizrachi
membership drive indicate thit
new members are joining the
ranks daily. Prospects are that
the goal of 1,000 new members
will be fulfilled.
Congregation Bnai Zion, Con-
gregation Bnai Israel and Con-
gregation Bnai Jacob have
signed up as Mizrachi syna-
gogues. Isadore Sosnick, Jacob
Nosanchuk and Max Kaminsky,
the presidents, have promised to
enroll their entire memberships
in the Mizrachi ranks. Daniel
Temchin is signing up life mem-
bers in the 'organization.
This membership drive also
includes an educational program,
and many who knew little about
Mizrachi and the Zionist move-
ment in general are being taught
the importance of the religious
Zionist movement.
Mizrachi is making elaborate
plans to celebrate the completion
of the membership drive at the
32nd anniversary dinner, to take
place at the Shaarey Zedek on
Jan. 16. The induction of the
new members will take place at
that time. An outstanding per-
sonality in the movement is ex-
pected to address the, gathering.

Christian Community Repairs
Desecrated Tombstones
MELROSE, Mass. (JTA) — A
tangible manifestation of the
living reality of the true spirit
of Thanksgiving and the deter-
mination of the citizens of Mel-
OVERSEAS
rose, Mass., to continue to dwell
Australian Jewry went on record at a together in amity and unity was
mass meeting at the Melbourne Town Hall given this week by a group of
recently as determined to continue its fight Catholic and Protestant leaders,
for the abrogation of the White Paper and under the leadership of Mayor
appealing to the Australian government to Carl A. Raymond of Melrose.
intervene with the British government to
On Oct. 28, it was reported
scrap the document which is impeding the that tombstones and monuments
development of the Jewish National in the cemetery of the Jewish
Homeland, and to bring about the fulfill- Netherland Society of Melrose
ment of the Balfour Declaration and the had been desecrated. On Nov.
10, Mayor Raymond addressed a
Mandate. This action was taken in repudi- letter
to Victor A. Friend of Mel-
ation of an appeal from Sir Isaac Isaacs, rose, chairman of the Massachu-
former Governor General of Australia, setts Committee of Christians
published in the Australian press this and Jews, which advised that a
morning, that the fight against the White group of representative Catholic
Paper be abandoned for the moment.
and Protestant residents of Mel- Form Jr. Congregation
The High Tribunal of the Danish anti- rose desired to rectify the "des- At Beth Tefilo Emanuel
Nazi underground has imposed death picable piece of business which
With most of its members"
sentences on two Danes who aided in the has brough a blot on the fair
claimed by the armed forces, the
deportation of Danish Jews and in the name of the city."
Young Israel Minyon which had
looting of their property.
been meeting at the Taylor-Wil-
The Vichy Minister of Jewish Affairs, J.N.F. Synagogue Group son Synagogue for a number of
Darquier de la Pellepoix, speaking in Plans Hanukah Sabbath
years, had disbanded during the
Paris, at the opening of a new. Aryan club
latter part of 5703. A new and
At a meeting of the Jewish younger group of boys, several
in the presence of the local Nazi big-wigs,
urged the formation of an anti-Jewish National Fund Synagogue corn- of whom are students at Yeshi-
mittee held in the JNF office, vath Beth Yehudah, were organ-
world alliance.
a resolution was adopted to ar- ized during the holidays and re-
range an appeal in local syna- sumed the young men's services
gogues on Sabbath Hanukah for on Shabbos B'reishis. They are
the Geulath Jerusalem Project now meeting regularly on Satur-
of the National Fund.
day mornings.
Geulath Sevivoth Jerusalem
Guided by Rabbi M. J. Wohl-
Project of the National Fund gelernter, the new affiliate of
was instituted in accordance the Young Israel intermediate or-
with a plan brought from Jeru-
Four Gifts of $250 Each Blue Network to • Feature salem by Rabbi Meyer Berlin, a ganization has a membership of
more than 15 boys between the
Series Over 'Message
Are Awarded by Fund
member of the presidium of the ages of 13 and 18. Rev. David
Keren Kayemeth in Jerusalem, Zwick, instructor of the Yeshi-
of Israel' Programs
Established by Detroiter
unanimously adopted by the con- vath Beth Yehudah branch which
The "Message of Israel" pro- vention of American Mizrachi was also launched at Congrega-
The Louis LaMed Literary
and approved by the board of tion Beth Tefilo Emanuel this
Foundation announced here this grams, heard weekly over the
directors of the Jewish Na- fall, supervises a group of young-
Blue
Network,
will
be
devoted
week the four winners of the
tional Fund of America. An er boys who attend the services
during
the
month
of
December
third annual awards • for the
area of 6,000 dunams of land in
best works in Yiddish and He- to a series of four Naval broad- the vicinity of Jerusalem is to every Shabbos morning, and acts
as Baal Koreh.
casts, with Jewish Naval chap-
brew literature during 1942.
be redeemed. On the historic
Officers of the group are
The winners, each of whom re- lains appearing as guest speak- road from Jerusalem, past the
Frank Leider man, president;
ceived awards of $250, were: B. ers.
Tomb of Rachel, to Hebron, this
Glazman, Yiddish novelist and
The series will be sponsored strip of land is to become the Solomon Goldberg, vice - presi-
short story writer, for his manu- - jointly. by the National Jewish site of a forest of 250,000 trees dent; Radph Levy, secretary;
script of short stories "Fugitive Welfare Board and the United and three or four agricultural Lawrence Chadwick, treasurer.
and Wanderer"; I. J. Schwartz, Jewish Laymen's Committee, of colonies which are to be settled
Yiddish poet and translator, for which Dr. Jonah B. Wise is chair- by religious Jews.
his "Anthology of Hebrew Poet- man. They will be heard at 10
The synagogue committee
ry"; Isaac Silberschlag, He,brew a. m. on Sundays.
elected Daniel Temchin chair-
Chaplain. Roland B. Gittlesohn, man, with Irving W. Schlussel
of Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif., and Isadore Sosnick assisting
first Jewish chaplain assigned to him.
duty with the Marine Corps, will
All synagogues who have as
take over the radio pulpit on yet not joined this committee
FOOT OF SECOND
Dec. 5. The Dec. 12 program will are asked to call the Jewish
At the River
feature a sermon by Chaplain National Fund office, TO. 8-8658,
Philip Lipis, attached to the Man- or contact Mr. Temchin.
The Only Natural
hattan Beach Coast Guard Train-
ing Station, Brooklyn, and the Chomsky to Address
SULPHUR MINERAL
Dec. 19 broadcast will have as
HaPoel HaMizrachi
guest speaker Chaplain Henry J.
BATHS
HaPoel HaMizrachi will have
Berkowitz, of the Sampson Naval
its
monthly
meeting
Monday
In
the
City of Detroit
Training Station, Sampson, N. Y.
The concluding program on Dec. evening at the home of Miss
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Esther
Edelman,
2696
Webb
Ave.
26 will bring to the air Chaplain
The meeting will be addressed
Turkish and
Charles E. Shulman, N. S. Naval
Reducing Baths
Training Station, Newport, R. I. by Max Chomsky who will dis-
cuss the traditional British at-
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titude towards a Jewish Pales-
Poale Zion-Zeire No. 2
tine and will enlighten the
LOUIS LaMED
Separate Departments
membership on the background
For Men and Women
Holds Social This Sunday
poet, for his manuscript of en-
of the White Paper. This is an
Poale Zion-Zeire Zion Branch open meeting to which are in-
titled poems "Rise World in
Song"; Menachem Ribalov, He- 2 will hold its annual social and vited all persons interested in
brew essayist and literary critic, cultural affair this Sunday eve- the fate of Palestine.
for his book of essays "Letters ning at the Rose Sittig Cohen
Bldg.
and Serolls."
M. Dombey—known as Moshe
The jury which made the
awards consisted of H. Leiviek, ben Moyshe—will read excerpts
Dr. A. Mennes, H. Sackler, Aaron from the writings of Sholem
Zeitlin and H. Rogoff. The offi- Aleichem. Miss Shirley Fleisher
cial award of the prizes will be will give recitations. Mrs. Avi-
made on Dec. 26, at Hotel Penn- son, soprano, will sing Yiddish
and English songs. A supper will
sylvania, New York City.
Hitherto it had been the cus- be served. Mrs. Aaron A. Kut-
tom of the Louis Lamed Literary nick is social chairman of the
Foundation to award first and group.
second prizes. This year the jury
decided to distribute the prizes courage Yiddish and Hebrew lit-
equally among the four winners. erature in America and to estab-
The Louis Lamed Literary lish closer ties between the
Foundation was established here writers and readers of both lan-
in 1939 by Louis LaMed to en- guages.

JNF Sabbath La Med Fund
Planned in Prize Winners
Synagogues

Hordes Announces Special
Golden Book to List
Names of Children

Friday, December 3, 1943

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