Page .Four THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, jaiivary.211,:1944 4Ie BACK TH E ATTACK • O 0 1140 0y 9 7 . This Advertisement Sponsored By TEMPLE ISRAEL And Affiliated Organizations THE JEWISH NEWS Member of Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Independent Jewish Press Service, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, Religious News Service, Palcor News Agency, Bressler Cartoon Service, Wide World Photo Service, Acme Newsphoto Service. Off to a Good Start By DAVID MORANTZ (Based upon the ancient legends and philosophy found in the Talmud and folklore of the Jewish people.) Published every Friday by Jewish News Publishing Co., 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, 26, Mich. Telephone RAndolph 7956, Sub- scription rate, $3 a year; foreign, $4 a year. Club subscription of one issue a month, published every fourth Friday in the month, to all subscribers to Allied Jewish Campaign of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, at 40 cents a club subscription per year. A Good Wife Is Priceless Entered as second-class matter August 6, 1942, at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAURICE ARONSSON PHILIP SLOMOVITZ FRED M. BUTZEL ISIDORE SOBELOFF THEODORE LEVIN ABRAHAM SRERE MAURICE IL SCHWARTZ HENRY WINEMAN PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor law 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. (Copyright by David Morantz) For a handsome 195 page, auto- graphed gift volume containing 12S of these tales and 500 Pearls of Wis- dom. send $1.50 to David Morantz, care of The Jewish News, or phone PLaza 1048. 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