-Friday, May 5, 1944

THE JEWISH NEWS

Jewish Publishers Plan Code
Of High Journalistic Ethics

Page Five

Shaarey Zedek Men,
Sisterhood to Meet
Jointly Wednesday

Community Council Honors
Warsaw Ghetto Heroes Here

The Detroit Jewish News Policy of Community Cooperation Cantor Sonenklar on Program
Gains National Recognition at First Annual Convention
While Rabbi Fram Reviews
of English-Jewish Publishers at Indianapolis
Lowdermilk's "Palestine"
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Publishers of 25 English-Jew-
Lag b'Omer Eve, Wednesday,
ish newspapers representing all sections of the country, meet- May 10—beginning at 8:30 p. m.,
ing here in first annual convention on April 29 and 30, went has been chosen for the final pro-
on record favoring the formation of a permanent English- gram of the sea-
Jewish Publishers' Association and selected a steering com- son of the Men's
Club 'of Congre-
mittee to set up the machinery for the organization.

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Community-Wide Mass Meeting to Be Held in Memory of.
Fallen Jews in June; Nationally Prominent Speakers
Coming; Exact Date, Site of Affair to Be Set Soon

A community-wide mass meeting to honor the memory
of thousands of Jews who carried on the revolt against the
Nazis in. the Warsaw Ghetto will be conducted in Detroit
early in June under the auspices 'of the Jewish Community
Council.
A 'decision to undertake this project was adopted at the

g a ti on Shaarey.
The steering committee in
meeting of the executive com-
Zedek, in the
eludes Philip Slomovitz, The
the papers and in drives to reach social hall of
mittee of the Council. on Wednes-
Jewish News, Detroit; Dr. Joseph
the peak in circulation.
day, April 26, and a. planning
Shaarey Zedek.
G. Brin, Jewish Advocate, Bos-
committee has met to decide
Check On Facts
This meeting is
ton; Irving Rhodes, Wisconsin
upon the most fitting way of ob-
Jewish Chronicle, Milwaukee; Mr. Segal, speaking for the Na- being arranged
serving the historic uprising.
Jack Fishbein, the Sentinel, Chi- tional Community Relations Ad- jointly by the
Efforts are being made to se-.
cago; L. M. Frisch, American visory Council, invited the coop- Men's Club and
cure the participation of nation-
Jewish World, Minneapolis. Ex- eration • of newspapers in the Chaarey Zedek
ally prominent speakers. Date
officio members are Gabriel N. Council's program, encouraged Sisterhood.
Rabbi Fram - Yudkoff, Droock, Schostak, for the meeting will be an-.
Maurice Selig-
Cohen, who was chairman of the newspapers to discuss and crit-
nounced as soon as arrangements
Leib, Rabbi Folkman and
convention sessions, and Samuel cize its work but urged that be- man, president of the Men's Club,
have been completed. It is • ex-
Neusner, Jewish Ledger, Hart- fore publishing anything they go announces that the program,
Rabinowitch Delegates
pected that the meeting will
ford, Conn.; who was secretary of to headquarters and check up on which will be devoted to Zionist
take place in the auditorium of
the convention. their facts.
and Palestinian subjects, will be
Harry Yudkoff, vice-president Cass Technical High School.
replete with cultural and musical
Resolutions Adopted
Mr. Smolar spoke at the lunch- numbers.
In addition to the speakers
of Bnai Brith District Grand
A series of resolutions adopted eon arranged by the Indianapolis
who will address the gathering,
Lodge
No.
6;
Aaron
Droock,
for-
by the convention included the Federation and held at Columbia
Rabbi Fram will review "Pales-
there will be an appropriate
mer district president; Louis
following:
service dedicated to the memory
Club. The Federation 'president, tine: Land of Promise" by Dr.
A pledge to President Roose- Ernest Cohn, in his introduCtory Walter C. Loldermilk. Harry Schostak, president of the Great- of all those who fell in the battle
yelt to place the services of the remarks, expressed general ap- Siegel, 'cellist, accompanied by er Detroit Council of Bnai Brith, against the Nazis, -
Jewish press in all efforts neces- preciation for the work of the Lillian Robbins, will play Ban- and Samuel Leib, former presi-
Reports from the underground
sary to .. win the war; to help in Jewish press in building strong tock's Hamavdil, Squire's Taran-
have revealed that, after weeks
dent
of
the
Michigan
Bnai
Brith
the success of the Fifth War Loan community feeling in Jewish tele and Weiner's Hebrew Song.
of preparation, the entire popu-
to commence on June 5; continue matters. %, •
Cantor J. H. Sonenklar, who Council, will be the Detroit dele- lation rose to resist the efforts of
to render service to the Jewish
Outlining the growth of the also will be accompanied by Miss gates at the Bnai Brith national the Nazis to deport the Jews of
communities and to establish a Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Robbins, will sing Sisu v'Simchu, war service convention in New Warsaw to extermination cen-
code of ethics which should guide its services, Mr. Smolar discussed Havu L'Veinim, Bin Ich 'a Chosi- York, May 6 to 9.
ters. The battle lasted 42 days,
publishers and editors in achiev- numerous problems facing the del and Gar Far Vos Shtrofstil
Other Michigan delegates will during which the Germans had
ing the highest standard _ s of Jewish press. He opposed the use Deine Kinder.
be Jack Rabinowitch. of Flint to use tanks, artillery and planes
journalism; a demand for abro- of canned editorials, urged edit-
The National Anthems will be and Rabbi Jerome D. Folkman to subdue the defenders, and
gation of the White Paper and ors to express their own views on sung at the opening and closing of Grand Rapids.
wipe out the entire ghetto. The
for restoration of all rights , to Jewish issues and declared that a of the meeting. Refreshments
Rabbi Folkman will give the toll of Germans ran into the
Jews to rebuild a free . Eretz newspaper is judged by the- man- will be served, the Sisterhood invocation at the public meeting hundreds.
Israel; a protest against the prac- ner in which it covers the local members acting as hostesses.
at Carnegie Hall on Monday eve-
The battle of the Warsaw
tice of anti-Semitism in the Pol- scene.
Of interest in connection with ning, when Supreme Court Jus- ghetto was the signal for addi-
ish army; an expression of sor-
this meeting is the fact that Harry tice Frank Murphy will be the tional revolts in other cities in
Commends Jewish News
row on the passing of Secretary
Cohen, newly-eleCted president of principal speaker. Justice Mur- Poland. Latest reports indicate'
of the Navy Frank Knox;' a vote
phy will be introduced by Henry that Jewish fighters are still ac-'
Speaking of community coop- Shaarey Zedek, will preside.
-of thanks to Gabriel Cohen, for eration, Mr. Smolar commended
Monsky, president of Bnai Brith. Live throughout Poland.
his efforts in bringing the con- The Jewish News of Detroit as
Justice Murphy's address will
vention to Indianapolis and to the the outstanding example of col-
be broadcast by 125 radio sta- 12th St. Sabbath League
Indianapolis Jewish Welfare Fed- laboration in building a good
tions in 47 states and the District
eration for its hospitality.
newspaper and securing as near-
of Columbia. In New York it will Holds Anniversary Fete
ly complete circulation as pos-
be broadcast over Station
Convention Speakers
The Union of -Russian Jews is WMCA.
Commemorating the beginning
The convention was addressed sible.
In Michigan, Justice Murphy's of the second year of its activi-
by Boris Smolar, editor of the
Speaking in behalf of the Bnai in regular cable communication
Jewish Telegraphic Agency; J. L. Brith, Mr. Postal announced that with the Moscow Jewish com- address will be heard over the ties, 12th St. Branch of Women's
Teller, editor of Jewish Press a permanent trophy will be of- munity which has a special bu- following stations: CKLW, De- League for Sabbath Observance
Service; Bernard Postal, Bnai fered through the National Eng- reau for the purpose of establish= troit, 9:15 p. , m.; WFDF, Flint, will hold its first anniversary
Brith national public relations di- lish-Jewish Publishers' Associa- ifig contact between Jews in Rus- 10:30 p. m.; WKBZ, Muskegon, complimentary luncheon at 1
rector; Robert E. Segal of Cincin- tion to the weekly newspaper sia and their relatives in the U. 10 p. m.; WKAR, East Lansing, p.m. next Tuesday at Beth Tefilo
nati, member of the executive selected for outstanding commun- S. The New York office of the after 8 p. m. WKZO, Grand Rap- Emanuel Hall, Taylor and Wood-
committee of the recently formed ity service, the first award to be Union of Russian Jews has been ids will broadcast - the address row Wilson.
Rabbi Jacob Ungar of Yeshi-
National Public Relations Ad- made next year at the associa- unable to locate the following after May 8.
voth Beth Yehudah will be
persons in Detroit, for whom
visory Council; Dr. Brin; Mr. tion's annual convention,
guest speaker. Mrs. Isadore
messages have been received:
Slomovitz; Nathan Saidman of
Levin will preside. Officers will
Shatchen, Charles — message
New York, head of the Inter-
be elected.
from son Joseph Chechick.
Racial Press of America; Dr.
Mrs.
Smith
—
message
from
Louis D. Gross, Jewish Examiner,
neice Anna Burviatovskaya.
Brooklyn; Joseph H. Biben, Jew-
For further- . information ad -
ish Ledger, Rochester, N. Y.; Mr.
dress the 'Union of ,RuSsian Jews,
Rhodes; Ernest Cohn, president
55 W. 42nd St., room 849, New
of the Indianapolis Jewish Wel-
The Primaries are set for July
fare Federation, who presided at 11, and it is of the utmost im- York City.
the luncheon at which the Fec1. 7 portance . that every citizen Eye-Glasses for Soviet Russia
Soviet Russia desperately needs
eration was. host to the publish- should register to vote on that
ers; Stephen Schiffer of Atlanta, day, and at the November elec- eye-glasses. All types of glasses
are needed, including safety-
Ga.; Ben Neustatt, Columbus, 0. tion_
glasses for workers.
and M. Gamsey, Denver, Colo.
The right to vote is the most
The Union of Russian Jews has
Mr. Smolar is the author of blessed privilege we possess as
the- column "Between You and Americans, and it is our duty started a campaign to" collect
glasses for immediate shipment
Me," which appears regularly on to make use of this right.
t _ o Russia.
page 2 of The Jewish News.
Be sure to register—else you
Bring us or send, by mail all
Giving a resume of the rise of
lose your rights as a citizen!
glasses with or without frames.
the Jewish press in America, Dr.
Brin severely criticized commun-
ity leaders who failed . to give
:adequate support to the estab-
lished newspapers. • He called for
yigorous , action to enlist such sup-
port.
Community Co-operation
ILLUSTRATING
Outlining forms, _of community
cooperation with the Jewish
The most gorgeous
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press, Mr. Slomovitz explained
year. Decorator's hand
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