Friday; December 17:1:941

THE JEWISH NEWS

ADC Method of Borrowing
For Relief Proves Effective

Page Severn

Dr. Grayzel Guest Speaker
At Shaarey Zedek Service

Jewish *Center
Activities

Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz Submits His Report on Activities,
Conducted • in Nazi-Held Territories; Five
Detroiters Re-elected to Board

Sidney J. Allen, Fred M. Butzel, Meyer L. Prentis, Abra-
ham Srere and Henry Wineman of Detroit were relected
to the national board of Directors of the American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee, major American agency for
aid to stricken Jews overseas, on Dec. 5, at the 29th annual
meeting of the committee in New York.'

Over 1,000 Jewish community,,
leaders representing 135 cities in the help of American Jews to
the United States and Canada hundreds of thousands of men,
who attended the meeting heard women and children each and
Paul Baerwald, newly elected every day all over the world."'
. chairman of the committee, set
A special activity of the J.D.C.
$16,000,000 as the minimum re-
ciuired to . carry out - `relief and since the Hitler era, he said, has
rescue plans for Jews in Europe been emigratiOn aid. Since Pearl
through the J.D.C. during - the Harbor, the J.D.C. has enabled
coming year, in comparison with 12,000-persons to emigrate to the
appropriations of $10,600,000 for Western Hemisphere and - Pales-
tine. In recent months, he added,
work- overseas-in 1943. -
the J.D.C. has been aiding groups
Arrangement With Russia .
of Jews who had escaped to
.. Simultaneously, Joseph C. Hy- Turkey and to Aden, to go to
man, executive vice-chairman, Palestine.
announced that the J.D.C. had
Work in " Shanghai
just completed'arrangeinents with
Miss . Margolis, who is the only.
the Soviet Union to send food ;
clothing and relief supplies into woman in the - J.D.C.'s Overseas
the U,SS:R:• -within the next • feW serVice, told•the -meeting that "the
`months for civilian distribution J.D.C. and the organization it set
on a non-sectarian basis in areas up in enemy-occupied Shanghai
of predominantly JewiSh popu- has meant. the difference between
life and death to thousands of
lation. •
Featured speakers at the meet- refugees there." Miss Margolis
ing, which was held in auditor- was sent to Shanghai by the
iums at the Commodore and Mur- J.D.C. in May, 1941, to supervise
ray Hill HOtels, were - two mem- its relief activities in behalf of
bers of the J.D.C:s overseas staff the 21,000 Jewish refugees there.
Di': Joseph J. Schwartz, 'its Even - after Pearl Harbor, she
European Director who has just pointed out, the J.D.C.. kitchen
2.1-rived from Lisbon on a short was feeding 5,000 persons each
leave; and Miss Laura Margolis, day and its five camps were hous-
.who last . week was repatriated ing many more. This post-Pearl
On the Gripsholm from Shanghai, Harbor activity was. made pos-
;where she spent over two years. sible by funds borrowed on the
J.D.C.'s credit under its arrange-
Dr. Schwartz's Report
ment. for occupied tertritories.
H In describing the widespread Since the Japanese - . allowed
her
perations of - the J.D.C., Dr.
and her American associate, who
chwartz emphasized that Jewish
remains in internment, to borrow
elfare committees in the occu-
only . from neutrals, they were
tied countries were continuing forced -
to limit themselves to feed.
(relief activities by borrowing 6-ash
only the most needy—children,
`:and foodstuffs on the basis of the
the aged and the ill.
k.D.C.'s promise to repay these
loans after the war. • •
Hermits Invite New Members
• "From undergrodnir and - diPlo-
The Hermits, a senior men's
'-i-natic sources, from letters which
.1 have personally seen in Europe, club of the Jewish Community
and from word-of-mouth mes- Center, has issued an invitation
sages," he declared, "I know that for nzw members. Men between
this arrangement is proving effec- 20 and 24, who are interested in
tive. Jewish community life, des- a social,, athletic and cultural pro-
pite the Nazi. policy of extermin- gram, are urged to contact Sid
ation, continues." Dr. Schwartz Silver, TY. 6-3405, or Hyman
paid tribute to those . community Drazin, TY. 4-7618.
leaders who, at great personal.
This is the fourth year in Her-
risk, remain at their posts.
mits' existence. Thirty members
- In the fifth year of war, Dr. are now in the armed forces. The.
Fpchwartsa,icl,;:the J.D..C. ,t`is un- . club meets every Sunday after-
interruptedly .continuing to ._bring noon at the Center.

Music of Ernest Bloch
Discussed at Center •
The music department of the
Jewish Community center an-
nounces that Julius Chajes, di-
rector of music, will :discuss the
music of the outstanding Jewish
composer, ErneSt Bloch, 'oti. Mon-
day, at 8:15 p. rn., at the Center.
The following records Will'be
played: ``donter t o Go,sso",
"Shelorno" and Con-
certo." . Admission is free.

B. & P. Group Meets Monday
The Business and Professional
Group of the .Jewish Community
Center will meet Monday night.
Albert Cohen of the Jewish Vo-
cational Service will lead the dis-
cusSion on "Post-War Ethploy-
ment."

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New Women's Organization
• • A new women's organization of
the Jewish Community Center,.
the Center 'Service Club, met
Wednesday. Mrs. Sarah Cohen,
who has just completed . teaching
tier tenth First Aid Codrse at the
Center, 'called the group together
in order to 'Continue • War efforts
activities. The wafflen are plan-
ning a home nursing • course_, to
be •giVen in the afternoon. At
least 30 registrations are neces-
sary before the course can be
started. Those interested should
contact the Center . immediately.
The group will make Hanukah
packages for servicemen.

Editor of Jewish Publication Society to Deliver Sermori
Tonight on Jewish Book Month; Rabbi Hershman
to be Honored on Appearance of His Book

Dr. A. M. Hershman's scholarly study of "Rabbi Isaa4
Perfet and His Times," which came off the press last week,
will be given formal welcome tonight, at the late Friday eve-
fling services of Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
With Dr. Solomon Grayzel, editor of the Jewish Publi-
cation Society of America, as guest speaker on the occasion

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of annual Jewish Book Month ∎%
now being observed, the services
will be utilized in part to wel- York in 1917 and his Master of
Arts degree from Columbia Uni-
versity in 1920. He was ordained
at the - Jewish Theological Semi-
nary of. America in 1921 and for
five years afterwards' officiated
•aS Rabbi of -Congregation Beth El
in Camden, N. J. In 1927 he re-
ceived the degree. of DoCtor of
Philosophy from Dropsie College
in Philadelphia. •
•
. •• He spent a number of years
abroad in study and' research.
Since 1929 he haS been Professor
of History and Registrar Of Gratz
College in Philadelphia. He has
been Editor of the Jewish Pub-,
lication Society of America since
1939, for the past two years has
been Editor of the "Jewish Book
Annual," and has contributed to
DR. SOLOMON GRAZEL
the "Universal Jewish Encyclo-
come Dr. Hershman's book.
pedia." His publications include
The community at large is in- a volume on "The Church and
vited to these services.
the Jews in the XIIIth Century,"
The guest speaker at tonight'S a. considerable number of articles
'services, Dr. Grayzel, received on the history of the Jews and
his Bachelor of Arts degree froin several translations from German
the College of the City of New into English.

Mandel Bernstein
to Be Toastmaster
at Yeshivah Dinner

MASONIC AUDITORIUM

Mandel Bernstein, attorney and
news • commentator, member. of
the finante committee of Yeshi
vath Chachmey Lublin, will be
toastmaster at the Yeshivah ban-
quet on Sunday, Jan. 2, at the
_Jewish Community Center.

Tickets 83c to $3.30

NEW YEAR'S EVE, DEC. 31st -
NEW YEAR'S NITE, JAN. 1st

BALLET Russe de MONTE CARLO

Grinnell's—TE. 2-7100

• Dr; Leo Jung of New York Will
be the guest speaker.

Rabbi Leizer Levine, chairman
of the ticket committee, an-
nounces that: a . large attendance
is expected at the .dinner. Reser-
vations may be made by calling
the Yeshivah, TO. 7-5438.
The fourth in the series of Sab-
bath eve gatherings will. be held
at the . Yeshivah this Friday.
Ladies' Auxiliary of Chachmey
Lublin will sponsor a -Hanukah
gathering. next Wednesday at the
Yeshivah building. Proceeds will
go to. finance the Yeshivah cafe-
teria.

The Immortal

HAND OPERA

EL & GRETEL

fo.be-scfrig in English by a brilliant cast of

NEW - YORK AND CHICAGO OPERA STARS

MARIA MATYAS

MAY BARRON

(Hansel)

(The Witch)

LOUISA 'HOE MOLLER

RHEINHOLD SCHMIDT

(Gretel ) .

(The Father)

.

KARL KRUEGER

and the DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Karl Krueger, Musica' Director
Philip Fein, Stage Director •

2 DAYS

3 PERFORMANCES

MASONIC TEMPLE AUDITORIUM

Fri., Dec. .17—Evening only.

Sat., Dec. 18—Mat. and Eve.

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