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December 17, 1943

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Silence of State Dept. Delays
Rescue Resolution in Congress

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age 5

5 Detroiters Re-Elected
To JDC Directors' Board

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Butzel, Wineman, Prentis, Srere and Allen renamed at
annual meeting of Joint Distribution Committee .. .
Method of borrowing funds within Nazi-held territories
to assist Jewish sufferers proves success, according to
report of Dr. J. J. Schwartz, European director ..
$16,000,000 needed next year,

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Local Organizations Planning
Festivals Honoring. Hanukah

All departments of Jewish Community Center to stage gala events all next
week ... Synagogues prepare special services . Social groups announce
programs ... Community Council and Center to sponsor festival on Dec. 25.

—Pages 10, 12, 13

—Page 7

(Chemistry Plays Important
Role in Palestine's Cause

Sieff Research Institute makes vital discoveries of war-
time needs and for future of colonization and reconstruc-
tion of Jewish Homeland, according to Dr. Bergmann,
chief chemist of Rehovoth laboratories . Tells Detroit
group of needs for funds to enlarge and support work
of noted scientists.

Yishuv's Suffering from Arab
Terror Told at New Arms Trial

How terrorists razed Jewish settlement of Hulda in 1929 and 1936-39 -cited
in letter read before British military court trying seven settlers for alleged
illegal possession of arms . . . Two plead guilty but tribunal refuses to
dismiss charges against others, and finds them guilty.

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—Page 6

Palestine Friends to Hear
Judge Anna M. Kross of N. V,

Judge Picard to preside at meeting of Michigan Branch
of American Palestine Committee at Book Cadillac next
Tuesday . . . Prominent public officials and clergymen
to attend luncheon.

UNRRA Will Accept Funds
To Ald Jewish Victims of W;ar

Assistant Secretary of State Acheson, U. S. member of United 1\t‘tioivit
Relief Council, tells House Foreign Affairs Committee of plan to let Jewish
welfare agencies specify that their relief funds be • used to assist • ow*
people in Europe ... Non-governmental sources to be allowed to. earmark
contributions.

—Page 11

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Highlights
in This
Issue

Between You and Me .2
Book Reviews
2, 16
Center News .
• 7
Children's Corner
11
Classified
15
Editorials
4
Feature Pages .
2, 16
Heard in Lobbies
2
Humor
4
Jews in Uniform
15
Local Brevities
9
Music
12
News Review
3
Obituaries
15
Purely Commentary
2
Quotation of Week
2
Society News
8, 9
Strictly Confidential 2
Synagogue News -13, 14
Talmudic Tales
4
Women's Clubs
8
Youth Listening Post 15

Noted Exiles Serving on H. U. C. Faculty

Some of Europe's distinguished former savants are shown
here with DR. JULIAN MORGENSTERN, president of
Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. In exile from their native
lands, these men are members of the HUC faculty. Left to
right: DR. SAMUEL ATLAS, DR. ABRAHAM HESCHEL,

DR. MICHAEL WILENSKY, DR. EUGENE TAUBLER, DR.
JULIUS LEWY, Dr. Morgenstern, DR. ALEXANDER GUTT-
MANN, DR. ISAIAH SONNE, DR. ERIC WERNER, DR.
FRANZ LANDSBERGER and DR. FRANZ ROSENTHAL,
the latter now in the U. S. armed forces

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