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By DAVID MORANTZ
(Based upon the ancient legends and
philosophy found in the Talmud and
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A Good Wife Is Priceless
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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FRED M. BUTZEL
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HENRY WINEMAN
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
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VOL. 4—NO. 19
JANUARY 28, 1944
As the Editor
Views the News
The Record of Our Servicemen
This issue of The Jewish News is dedicated to the men
and women in the armed forces of our country.
The appeals incorporated in this issue for the speedy
gathering of all available data regarding the thousands of
men and women in service should receive the earnest atten-
tion of all Detroit Jews.
All the necessary facts about more than 2,000 men and
women in service have already been compiled. But the
record of twice as many more servicemen is incomplete.
Their names are published in this issue for the express pur-
pose of encouraging the speedy assembling of date about
them.
The appeal for the desired facts is addressed to relatives
and friends of the 4,000 people listed in this issue. A question-
naire is printed in this issue for the convenience of those
having facts about the men and women in service. Additional
questionnaires are available at the office of the Detroit Army
Committee of the Jewish Welfare Board, at the Jewish Com-
munity Center. -
It is important that the record should be complete, and
those possessing the desired facts should send them in at
once.
The War Refugee Board
Establishment by President Roosevelt of the War Refu-
gee Board—composed of Secretary . of State Hull, Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau and Secretary of War Stimson
—marks one of the most significant steps in the direction
of rescuing those who can still be saved from Nazi savagery.
For many months, Jews and non-Jews, liberals in this
country and abroad, have been demanding action from our
government and the United Nations to facilitate the work
of rescuing refugees from Hitlerism. The hearings before
It is estimated that . in excess of 10 per cent of the Jewish Congressional committees have only complicated matters.
population of the world—more than a million and a half The President's latest move, in establishing the new board,
Jews—are wearing the uniforms of the United Nations.
should go a far way in assuring the taking of proper steps
Nearly half a million American Jews are in active serv-
in the direction of saving the lives of hundreds of thousands
ice of our country.
This is an imposing record. Let it be made complete of sufferers.
through an accurate compilation of Jews in the service of
It is to be hoped that the new board will have learned
the countries that are fighting the Nazi terror.
from the failures of the past—from the inactivities of the
Intergovernmental Commission on Refugees and the Ber-
muda Conference—that the proper action calls for firmness
Henryk Korbowski, 17, son of poor Polish Jews, victims and determination, and that appeasement must always be
of the Nazis, is the youngest soldier in the Polish army in rejected.
Scotland. Like so many thousands of boys and girls, he has
May the new board fulfill the prayers of the sufferers
experienced terrible sufferings at the hands of the Nazis, and the highest aspirations of those who strive to save them.
but the cruelty of the Germans has not broken his spirit.
He was 14 when he and his parents and five of his sisters
and brothers were locked up in the ghetto of Baluty. This
is part of Henryk's epic story:
"I have seen what the Germans have done to the Jews. I
Touching stories are related by the National Refugee
have seen how they killed Jews in the streets. I myself have
Service concerning the reunion of refugee children with their
suffered hunger and seen people die of starvation. Outside the
families in this country.
ghetto, I thought, outside Poland, there exists liberty. I fled
without saying good-bye to my parents, who I have now learned
are dead."
When more than 200 Jewish refugees arrived in this
country about two weeks ago, there were among them child-
Because blond Henryk didn't look like a Jew, he succeeded
in escaping to Warsaw and then to Cracow.
ren who had not seen their parents, who preceded them to
"In Cracow I was arrested by the Gestapo and together
America,
for five years. Some of them failed to recognize
with many others was deported to Germany for forced labor.
their parents, and there were instances of parents who did
"One day I became ill and was brought to a hospital for an
not recognize their children.
operation. I thought now all would be finished. I wasn't afraid
of the operation, but of being discovered as a Jew and delivered
They were tragic moments, indicative of the hurt that
to the Gestapo. But to my luck I found friends and I succeeded
in escaping to France.
has been caused by Nazi brutality which broke up families,
"I decided to reach Spain. I had neither a map, nor a
compelling some to go to England, some to the U. S., others
compass and my knowledge of languages was only a few French
to
Latin American countries. But the fact that a great Am-
words. But I succeeded in reaching the Pyrennees. Here, after
erican agency is in position to reunite these families is some-
three terrible nights of hunger, cold and wanderings, I met a
thing to be greeted with satisfaction.
Spanish guard and was arrested. Put in chains, I was dragged
A 17-Year-Old Fighter for Freedom
from prison to prison until I came to Miranda. I was freed in
January."
Korbowski and thousands like him have suffered. . .
When Abraham brought Sarah
into Egypt he is said to have put
her in a box in order that no
one should see her beauty.
When toll was demanded by
the customs officer at the boun-
dary line, Abraham said he was
ready to pay.
"Thou bringest clothes?" asked
the custom house officer.
"I will pay for clothes," re-
plied Abraham.
"Thou bringest gold?" asked
the officer.
"I will pay for gold," returned
Abraham.
"Thou bringest silk?" they
then asked.
"I will pay for silk," he said.
"Thou bringest pearls?" they
asked.
"I will pay for pearls," replied
Abraham.
A good wife is more precious
than silk, pearls or gold.
Says the • Talmud further on
the subject of a good wife:
"All the blessings of a house-
hold come thru the wife, there-
fore should her husband honor
her."
"He who loves his wife as
himself and honors her more
than himself, will train his chil-
dren properly."
"Everyone who has a hundred
vineyards and a hundred fields
and a hundred slaves to labor
therein," said Rabbi Tarphon,
but said Rabbi Akiba, "He is
richest of all who has a wife
that is becoming in all her acts."
"Who is to be considered rich?
`Everyone who enjoys his riches',
said Rabbi Meier.
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In Lighter Vein
The Week's Best Stories
Einstein Anecdotes
Albert -• Einstein and Abraham
Flexner of the Institute for Ad-
vance Studies at Princeton,
found themselves walking across
the campus at Princeton Univer-
sity one day. As they walked,
Flexner kept talking, and Ein-
stein maintained his usual si-
lence. Finally, Einstein stopped.
"Do you know," he said, "I
have an idea that may be even
more revolutionary than the rel-
ativity theory "
Flexner kept quiet, waiting
for the revelation. But Einstein
said nothing further.
A year later, both gentlemen
again found themselves on the
same campus, again walking to-
gether.
"Do you remember," said Ein-
stein, "that last year we were
right here? And that I said I had
an idea that might prove even
more important than the relativ-
ity theory?"
"Indeed I do," murmured Flex-
ner, excitedly.
Einstein paused for a moment,
The need for carrying on refugee aid activities continues. and puffed at his famous pipe.
It may increase as time goes on. The hour of total rehabilita-
"There was nothing to it," he
tion for the unfortunates who were compelled to leave their said.
* * *
native countries has not yet arrived, and all Jews must be
A
story
is
current
about - Prof.
ready to provide all the necessary relief whenever calls come
Einstein's new job at the Ordi-
from the refugee service movement.
nance Department of the U.S.A.
Navy.
•They say that in accordance
This Week's Scriptural Selections:
with the laws of . relativity he is
This Sabbath, the fourth day of Shevat, 5704, the following
producing a bomb which when
Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
dropped on Wednesday explodes
Pentateuchal portion: Ex. 10:1-13:16.
the previous Saturday!
Nothing to it, retorts Dr. Flex-
Prophetical portion: Jer. 46:13-28.
ner.
The Reunion of Refugees
• Now, as already stated, Henryk is serving with the
Polish army in Scotiand.
His fellow-Jews are serving with the Polish forces in
England and in Palestine. They are fighting for the freedoM
of the democratic countries.
All they ask for is equality and the liberty that is
pledged all human beings after the war.
The charges of anti-Semitism in the Polish army, re-
peated at a cabinet meeting of the Polish government-in-
exile last week, in London, is an indictment of Polish
attitudes and is an abuse of principles for which Henryk
Talmudic Tales