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No Place to Hide

Talmudic Tales

By DAVID MORANTZ

(Based upon the ancient legends and
philosophy found in the Talmud and
folklore of the Jewish people.)

The Palestinian Troubles

The distressing events in Palestine prove that the warn-
ings some of us had issued several months ago against
implementation of the White Paper were valid.
Official Zionists and Jewish leaders generally have con-
demned and continue to condemn violence and rioting.
Irgunist activities, which were severely condemned last week
by Pierre Van Paassen, are thoroughly discredited.
But those who are concerned that there should be peace
in Zion must take this into consideration:
Great Britain, having issued the Balfour Declaration
and having been entrusted with the Mandate for Palestine,
had committed the serious blunder of adopting a Middle
Eastern Munich appeasement policy by issuing the White
Paper.

A GUILTY CONSCIENCE

Great Britain, being pledged to facilitate the establish-
ment of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, has fallen
into the grave error of threatening to hang up a sign at the
ports of Palestine threatening that no Jews will be admitted
there.

Jews everywhere have protested against such a cruel
and unjust policy, but the appeals for justice have fallen on
deaf ears.

Is it any wonder that some Jews are expressing their
resentment in the form of violence? They had come to Zion,
after suffering persecution and humiliation and they object
to attempts at introducing Nuremberg laws in Palestine.
The terriorism in Palestine must end, and Jewish leader-
ship will do everything possible to end it. But it can not be
completely uprooted until Great Britain reaffirms her tra-
ditional policy of rendering justice to the Jewish people. The
The tragedy of European Jewry, whose last free remnant,
first step in such a policy must be the immediate tearing to
residing in Hungary, is now under the heels of the Nazi
bits of the White Paper.
terrorists, calls for speedier action in rescue efforts.
May England see the light, for the sake of herself, for
Tension created by the latest Nazi atrocities in the Balk-
the sake of the Jew, for the sake of the cause of the United
ans is slightly eased by the fact that President Roosevelt is
Nations in which we are partners.
taking firm steps to speed the rescue work.

More Energy Behind Rescue Work

Appointment of John W. Pehle as executive director
of the War Refugee Board, and pledges to facilitate ,rescue
work, place our country in a leading role as the prime mover
The Jewish community of Detroit, having earned a posi- in mercy efforts in behalf of the sufferers.
tion of leadership in the contributions our people have made
It is unfortunate that such efforts could not have been
and are making towards constructive Jewish efforts, is now
taking its place alongside other cities and several states in instituted when it was still time to save nearly a million
setting up special settlements — known as Nachlahs — in Jews, in Hungary and in the Balkans, who could have been
settled in Palestine and in other countries.
Palestine. -

A Detroit Nachlah in Palestine

King Solomon, whose fame at
chess was known far and wide,
loved to play that game with
Benaiah, the commanding officer
of his army.
One day while thus occupied,
he was called away from the
game for a moment and, in his
absence, Benaiah took one of the
king's knights from the board,
which deception enabled him to
win the game upon the king's
return.
Solomon, who had never be-
fore been beaten at chess, sur-
mised what Benaiah had done
in his absence, but said nothing.
Several days later, while sit-
ting at h i s window, Solomon
noticed two evil looking char-
acters outside his castle acting
v e r y suspiciously. Disguising
himself as a vagabond, Solomon
left his castle through a back
door and approached these men
indicating that he would like to
join with them and 4 intimatin.g
that he would not be above rob-
bery, if necessary.
The strangers, deceived by his
appearance, confided to him that
they understood that there were
vast stores of jewels in the king's
treasure vault and their aim was
to gain access to this vault and
steal them.
Solomon told them that he had
the keys to that vault and they
planned' to commit the robbery
that night.
With his keys he let them into
the vault and eagerly they began
filling their bags with the jewels
stored there. While they were
thus busily engaged, Solomon
silently slipped out of the room
and locked the door, imprison-
ing • the robbers.
Replacing his regal garments,
he called an immediate meeting
of his council, including Benaiah,
and when they had assembled he
asked:

Thanks to the splendid record established by the Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Jewish National Fund, a Nachlah, honoring
this women's organization and the Detroit Jewish commu-
nity, is to be established in Eretz Israel.

The mistakes of the past should serve to teach the
lesson that delay in action will cost more lives and that all
"What in your estimation,
the energy at the disposal of the United Nations must' be
should be done to persons guilty
utilized to facilitate the rescue efforts.

The splendid event held last week at which this news
was made known, and at which the eminent author and philo-
Semite, Pierre Van Paassen was the guest speaker, served as
an encouragement to the builders of Zion that Detroit Jewry
will not falter in whatever efforts we may be called upon to
make for the redemption of the Land of Israel, where sanc-
tuary is to be provided for hundreds of thousands of homeless
Jews.

Delay spells death. The mass extermination of Jews in are guilty of robbing the king?"
Europe should challenge all civilized peoples not to pro-
Benaiah, upon hearing these
crastinate and to do whatever is necessary to save the humil- words, became alarmed, inter-
iated and the disinherited.
preting them to mean that they

Mr. Lydgate on Anti-Semitism

Mr. William A. Lydgate's address at the annual meeting

of the Jewish Welfare Federation served to relieve anxiety
in Jewish ranks over the fear that anti-Semitism is on the

increase. His opinion that prejudice against Jews in this
country has not increased comes as a source of encourage-
ment over the future security of American ideals.

But his views must not mislead us. His admission that

13 per cent of the American people are anti-Semitic is proof

that we must remain on guard and that we must not be-
come too complacent about existing situations.

Mr. Lydgate's views should serve to encourage increased
efforts to educate the masses against prejudice and to guide
the people of this country in the direction of upholding the
ideals of our land against the possible rise of bigotry.

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of robbery, especially those who

referred to the deception he had

Even today, it is possible to rescue tens of thousands of recently practiced in his game
Jews. President Roosevelt has taken the lead to make such of chess with the king.
rescue activities possible. The responsibility rests with all the
Feeling that it would be best
Allied powers.
to confess at once and thus re-

Community Council Month

Designation of the month of April as Jewish Community
Council Month affords the Jewish organizations an opportu-
nity to review our communal responsibilities and to mobilize
their forces to make positive contributions to Jewish life.
The work of the Council will be reviewed, during this
month, and the Jewish constituency of Detroit will have an
opportunity to discuss the major problems affecting our in-
ternal relationships.
It is a tribute to the Council's leadership that the discus-
sions planned for this month are intended to include consid-
eration of our cultural problems.
If we ever reach a point of concentrating all our interests
on negative problems and on anti-Semitism, we shall be the
poorer as an organized community. By emphasizing the con-
tributions we are in position to make to Israel and humanity,
based on traditional Jewish lines, we are better Jews and
better Americans.
By steering observance of Council Month in positive di-
rections, the community is certain to gain in stature.

(Copyright by David Morantz)

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MAURICE ARONSSON
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
FRED M. BUTZEL
ISIDORE SOBELOFF
THEODORE LEVIN
ABRAHAM SRERE
MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ
HENRY WINEMAN

PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor

VOL. 5—NO. 2

MARCH 31, 1944

This Week's Scriptural Selections:

This Sabbath, the eighth day of Nisan, 5704, the following
scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion: Lev. 6:1-8:36.
Prophetical portion: Mal. 3:4-24; or Jer. 7:21-8:3; 9:22, 23.

main in the king's favor, he did
so .and pleaded 'for his mercy.
The wise king smiled' to him-
self but to Benaiah he said sol-
emnly:
"My good friend, I summoned
this council to decide the fate of
two robbers who are at the mo-
ment in my treasure vault filling
their bags, as yet unconscious
that they are prisoners.
"If you are guilty of robbery,
let this be a lesson to you and
remember. that a guilty consci-
ence will never allow you to
enjoy anything acquired dis-
honorably. Your action in con-
fessing is commendable and I
shall not hold this deed of yours
against you this time."
Says the Talmud further on
the subject of guilt:
"If any blame be attached to
thee, be thou the first to dis-
close it."

acknowledgment of this message in the form of renewed
pledges to continue to render service to the community and to
strive to make constant improvements in our paper.
We are here to serve and to live up to the pledge con-
tained in our original credo which was reprinted in our last
week's issue.
Only by rendering service and by striving to create a
thinking and well-inlormed Jewish community shall we be
able to mobilize public opinion towards constructive and posi-
tive Jewish attainments.
We invite the continued and uninterrupted co-operation
of the entire community in achieving the ends we have set
out to accomplish. A wholesome community organ is the
yardstick by which Detroit Jewry will be able to measure its
gifts to our own people and to our neighbors.

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Birthdays of
Next Month

Judge William Friedman of
the Way-ile County Circuit Court
will observe his 64th birthday
on April 1.
Other birthdays occurring in
April are:
Julian H. Krolik, April 9; Fred
A. Ginsburg, April 10; J o e
Schwartz, April 12; Harold B.
Desenberg, April 17; Charles N. -
Agree, April 18; Emil T. Stern,
April 20; Abraham Cooper, April
25; Milton J. Doner, April 25;
Walter H. Blucher, April 28;
Mrs. Harry L. Jackson, April 30.

