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THE JEWISH NEWS
A Weekly Review
VOL. 4—NO. 22
2114 Penobscot Bldg.
RA. 7956
of Jewish Events
. Detroit 26, Michigan, February 18, 1944
34 cikay. 22
$3.00 Per Year; Single Copy 10c
Roosevelt Lashes Anti-Semites
As Tools of Hitler in America
—Page 3
35,000 Detroit Messages Are Sent to Congress
To Speed the Passage of Palestine Resolutions
—Page 6
ewish Community is Mobilized
To Assist Red Cross Campaign
To Get Underway Here March 1
—Page 5
Zionists Intensify Drive Here;
Id
Hall Meet - Sunday
—Pagg
Other News
_ Highlights
All Faiths Honor
BrotherhoodWeek
In This
The Detroit Round Table of Catholic Jews
and Protestants will present a good will
team of speakers before the USO in Ann
Arbor on Sunday at 3 p.m. as a part of the
activity of Brotherhood Week. Osias Zwerd-
ling is chairman of t h e committee. Dr.
Edward Blakeman will preside.
The Kodachrome slide lecture entitled
"Getting Acquainted with Jewish Neigh-
bors," prepared by the National Conference
of Christians and Jews, parent organization
of the Detroit Round Table, will be shown
before the church school of the Grandale
Presbyterian Church Sunday.
Film slides will also be shown on Feb.
27 at Bethel Evangelical Reform Church.
The Rev. Joseph Q. Mayne, executive
secretary of the Detroit Round Table, will
be guest speaker before the school and
service clubs in Benton Harbor on Monday.
A Grand Rapids Round Table has been
organized and the co-chairmen are John
Collins, H. J. Bylan and John Hekman. The
first program will take place at the Lions
Club, Grand Rapids, Tuesday. Speakers
will be Rev. Fr. Bukowski of Aquinas Col-
lege; Rabbi Jerome Folkman of Temple
Emanuel and Rev.. Edward Mohns of West-
minster Presbyterian Church.
The good will team which appeared at
Fort Knox will be presented at two meet-
inks and one radio broadcast. The team
consists of Dr. Alvin D. Hersch of the faculty
of the University of Detroit law school, Dr.
Edgar DeWitt Jones of Woodward Christian
Church and Judge Joseph A. Moynihan of
the Circuit Court, -vice-president of the Na-
tional Council of Catholic Men. The speakers
will be introduced by Rev. Mayne.
This good-will team will also address the
Brotherhood Week banquet of Perfection
Lodge No. 486, F.&A.M., at the. Masonic
Temple, on Wednesday evening.
They will appear Wednesday evening at
the Perfection Lodge dinner meeting; Thurs-
day in Mt. Clemens before a meeting of the
David Yellin Lodge of the Bnai Brith in the
Beth Tephilath Moses Synagogue, and on
Station WWJ from 6:15 to 6:30 Friday eve-
.
ning, Feb. 25.
Issue:
Between You and Me
Refugees Rcach Palestine on the Nyassa
Center News
9
Children's Corner
4
Classified
15
Editorials
4
Feature Page
2
Film Folk
7
Heard in Lobbies
2
Humor Column
14
Jews in Uniform
14
Local Brevities
.12
Music
13
News Review
Obituaries
.
This group of refugees is part of the 754 Jewish men, women
and children from almost every country in Europe, including the
liberated areas of Morocco and Algeria, who were brought from
Portugal to Palestine on the Nyassa last week. Some had wandered
for more than 10 years across Europe before their embarkation for
Eretz Israel.
Personality Sketch
Rescue operations were made possible. with funds provided by
American Jews to the United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas
Needs and Palestine. Transportation was provided by the Joint
Distribution Committee. The new arrivals are being established in
agricultural and urban centers in Palestine by the United Palestine
Appeal.
Society
The Nyassa was the first refugee ship to cross the Mediterranean
since Italy entered the war. An additional 3,500 homeless men,
women and children are - now on their way to Palestine, with funds
to be provided by the 1944 U. J. A. campaign for $32,000,000. The
National Refugee Service is the third agency in the U. J. A.
Poetry
Purely Commentary
School News
Strictly Confidential
Synagogue News
Talmudic Tales
Theater
Women's Clubs
Youth Listening Post
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