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February 11, 1944 - Image 7

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1944-02-11

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.Friday, February 11;1944

T.HF :JEWISH NEWS •••••

Van Paassen Guest Speaker
At JNF Event Here Mar. 22

Recognized Authority on Palestinian Question, Famous
for His 'Forgotten Ally', He Will Address Annual
Fund-Raising Event at Masonic Temple

, Mrs. Philip Cutler, president water may come up to our very
of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the lips."
Jewish National Fund, an-
Noted correspondent, author
- pounced this week that the guest of several best-sellers and an
speaker at the 13th annual fund- able lecturer, Mr. Van Paassen
raising event, on March 22, at incorporated in his addresses a
the Masonic Temple, will be vast experience gathered from
many years of travel. He has
been to Palestine, had inter-
viewed the Mufti during the riots
of 1929 and is recognized as an
authority on the Palestinian
question.
-
Progress Reported
At a meeting of the board of
the JNF Auxiliary, held at the
home of Mrs. M. Cooper, divi-
sion chairmen reported progress
in their efforts to increase last
year's quota for the land-pur-
chasing_agency in Palestine.
William Hordes, guest speaker
at the last meeting, outlined lat-
est accomplishments in Palestine
and called for Untiring efforts
for the cause. Mr. Hordes is
president of the Jewish National
Fund Council of Detroit
A board meeting to continue
planning , for the fund - raising
PIERRE VAN PAASSEN
event will be held at noon next
Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Pierre Van Paassen, author of
Nathan Linden, 2097 Oakman
"The Forgotten Ally" and one Blvd.
of the outstanding Christian
friends of a Jewish Palestine.

Judge Rothenberg
Named J NF Head

Mr. Van PaaSsen, in an address
deliVered last week in New York
to the 1,200 delegates who at-
tended • the National Conference
of Orthodox Jewry for Palestine
and Rescue, urged American
NEW YORK (JPS) — Judge
Jews to .fight for a JeWish Coin- Morris Rothenberg was the
stionwealth now.
unanimous choice to succeed Dr.
Israel Goldstein to the presi-
Struggle Lies Ahead
dency of s the Jewish National
"Although. some progress has
Fund at the annual meeting of
been made in that direction," he
the representatives of the,Zionist
said, "Jews should. not feel smug
and self-satisfied and think . the
battle has been won, because the
struggle lies ahead. The days
that stand before us are not days
a quietude and peace; but they
are going to be days of hard,
cessant battle, of struggle. The

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Federation
Condemns
White Pape

Page Seven.

Bnai ' Brith Host at Third Annual
National. Brotherhood Week Dinner

THEATER

Kalmanovitz's
Comedy Staged
At Littman's

"Freidel Vert a Kale" ("Freidel
Becomes a Bride"), a comedy by
Kalmanovitz, featuring. Mischa
and Lucy Gehrman a nd the :en-
tire cast , of Littman's 'Theater,
will be presented this.;Sunday
matinee and evening and Tues-
day evening. •
The cast headed 'by 'the Gehr-
mans continues to attract wide
interest here and is receiving the
plaudits of large audiences. -
Tickets for this week's. per-
formances are now aVailable at
Littman's.

Bond Purchasers
To Get Tickets
To Variety Show

.

20-Act Performance Planned
at Littman's on Feb. 23
In District Drive

A special 20-act performance
at Littman's Yiddish People's
Theater, 12th and Seward, will
be staged on Wednesday evening,
Feb. 23; for War Bond purchasers
in the Linwood, Twelfth and
Dexter districts.
Reserved seats will be avail-
able for all who purchase bonds
and each purchaser will be pre-
sented with a ticket.
Tickets are now available at
the Shecter Furniture Co. on 12th
St. where bond purchasers may
apply for their seats.
The best available theatrical
and radio talent has been secur-
ed for this performance.
District - No. 33, composed of
Dexter, Linwood and Twelfth
streets, is headed by Leslie Ros-
enthal and Nathan Shecter, co-
chairmen sponsoring this affair.
Edward Elwes of the Shecter
Furniture Co. is chairman of the
program cominittee-. -
Those who have not received
their tickets for reserved seats
can obtain them by telephoning
Mr. Rosenthal, at TO. 8-1650;
Ella Blume, .TO. 5-5924; or the
Shecter Furniture Co., TR. 2-3636
and bonds as• well • as reserved
seats will be delivered.
The entire community is re-
quested to co-operate in this
great Victory show.

Left to right: Louis H. Schostak, general chairman of
Inter-fraternal Dinner, representative of Bnai Brith; Ross
Fife, president, Masonic Masters Association- Miss Dorothy
Leland, Red Cross staff worker; Vincent O'Mara, chairman
for Knights of Columbus.

The third annual Inter-Frater-
nal Brotherhood Dinner, in cele-
bration of national Brotherhood
Week, will be held- the evening
of Feb. 16 in. Temple Beth El,
with Bnai Brith as host.

ton Applebaum of Temple Beth
El of Flint speak for the
Jews and Rev. W. E. Harrison
of the Court Street Methodist
Church of Flint 'will represent
the
Protestants. M. E. Coyle,
Louis H. Schostak is general
chairman of the event, with the president of Chevrolet Motor Car
following co-chairmen: Ross Fife, Co., will be toastmaster.
president of the Masonic MasterS
Chairmen of the Inter-frater-
Association; Saul J. Rosenman,
chairman for Bnai With; Vincent nal Brotherhood Dinner met at
O'Mara, chairman for the Kilights the Red Cross Blood Bank to
discuss plans for the combined
of Columbus.
observance of Brotherhood Week,
Thr e e out-of-town speakers and to take the lead in the Red
have been secured for the dinner. Cross drive for blood donors-
Representing the Cdholics will among church groups. The Inter-
be George Hanrahan., past deputy fraternal Dinner was inaugurat-
of the Ontario Knights of Co- ed three years ago by the Detroit
lumbus, and chainnan of -Wind- Round Table for Catholics, Jews
sor Public. Utilities; Rabbi Mor- and Protestants,

Announcing. The Opening

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Organization of America and is
co-chairman of the International
Roosevelt, Hull are Asked
Council of the Jewish Agency
to Influence Britain
and co-chairman of the United
Jewish Appeal.
to Abrogate It
JUDGE MORRIS. ROTHENBERG
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, Dr.
The board of governors of the Organization of America, Hadas- Stephen S. Wise, Robert Szold,
Jewish --Welfare Federation of sah, the Women's Zionist Organ- Judge Louis E. Levinthal, Louis
Detroit, at a rceent meeting ization of America, the Zionist Lipsky, Dr. James G. Heller,
, ' adopted a resolution condemn- Labor Party, and other groups Rabbi Wolf Gold, Mrs. Moses P.
ing the White Paper. President which are extending their sup- Epstein and David Pinski were
chosen honorary chairmen; Louis
Roosevelt and Secretary of State port for the Fund.
Segal, honorary secretary; Rabbi
:Hull are urged to use their good
Dr. Israel Goldstein, who re- I. M. KoWalsky and Jacob Sin-
offices to influence Great Brit : tired because of his recent elec-
:bin to abrogate the discriminat,- tion as president of the Zionist coff, treasurers, and Mendel N.
Ing paper. The ,resolution fol- 0 rgan zation of America, was Fisher, executive director.
chosen honorary president. Judge
•• "WHEREAS the .right of the Rothenberg had served four
Jewish people to establish a times as president of the Zionist
homeland in Palestine was sol-
.emnly and publicly recognized
by a "unanimous resolution in
both Houses of Congress of these
United States of America and in"
themandate ..by which the.
League of Nations entrusted the
carrying out of these fights to
the Government of Great Brit-
ain and

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• "WHEREAS t h e Palestine
-White Paper of .May, 1939, is a
decided violation of the will and
intent of the mandate
"BE IT RESOLVED that the
Board of Governors of the -JeW-
ish Welfare Federation of De-
troit, representing men and wo-
men of all shades of political af-
filiation, urgently appeals to the
President and Secretary of State
of our beloved country, to use
their good offices to have the
Government of Great Britain
abandon the disastrous policy
embodied in the aforeMentioned
White Paper and to influence
that Government of Great Brit-
ain to carry out the original in-
tent of the mandate, namely, to
facilitate the establishment of a
Jewish homeland in Palestine."

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