Pate Four As the Editor Views the News - . Keep Him Up in the Air The civilized world has spoken, and the barbarians who rule Hungary, under Nazi tutelage, are yielding. Stoppage of deportations, the easing of some of the anti-Jewish laws and the plans now being formulated to permit the settle- ment of Hungarian Jews in Palestine are in- dications that the voices raised by the United States, Great Britain and the Vatican are bringing results. It is clear that a simple policy should be followed whenever injustice is practiced: for all decent peoples to raise their voices in protest against bigotry. Protests DO bring results. High Commissioner Gort Palestinian Jewry finds comfort in the knowledge that a military man has been appointed High Commissioner, since the pre- vious experiences with military men have been more pleasant than those with civil- ians. Beginning with and including the ill- fated administration of Viscount Samuel, only the military men — Sir Arthur Wau - chope, who served from Nov. 1, 1931, to March 1, 1938, and Lord Plumer, who served from 1925 to 1928—were able or willing to act firmly. - Announcement of the appointment of Field Marshal Viscount Gort as the new High Commissioner of Palestine therefore inspired the Tel Aviv. Hebrew daily Haaretz, to write editorially: "Lord Gort's appointment indicates that the government regards the, maintenance of order, in preparina the groundwork for the imminent political b decision regarding the fu- ture of the country, as its principal function in the near future. It is a great honor and responsibility to become the governor of Palestine because on the fate of this country depends the fate of the nation over whom the greatest tragedy of the war has come to pass." This is a very movina statement. It is a sincere expression of hope b that Viscount Gort will be as firm as Wauchope and Plum- er and will refuse to become as weak as Samuel and Chamberlain and MacMichael. Indeed, a great responsibility rests upon the shoulders of the new High Commission- er. May he' be worthy of the great task as- signed to MM. Myth of Arab Unity - A JTA_report from London reveals that the much-Postponed Cairo pan-Arab unity conference has again been delayed. Premier Riad al Sohl of Lebanon indicated that' only Lebanon and Transjordania had -agreed to send delegates to the conference whose mov- ing spirit is Egypt's Premier Nahas Pasha. Apparently, the much-heralded Arab unity movement is a myth. The proponents of the movement certainly do not have the backing of the masses of the Arab.. people on the Jewish question, since' so •many of ,them are anxious to settle in Palestine and to benefit from the prosperity brought to that oasis in. the Arab. desert by Jewish -pioneers. 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. Member, American Association of • English - Jewish Newspapers. . Published every Friday by Jewish News Publishing ' Co., 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26 Mich. Telephone RAndolph .7956. Subscription rate, $3.- a year; foreign, ;4 a . year. Club subscription of one • issue a mokth, 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. sub- scription per year. 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 ABRONSSON PHILIP SLOMOVITZ FRED M. BUTZEL ISIDORE SOBELOFF . THEODORE L,EVIN ABRAHAM SRERE MAURICE II. `W.CHWARTZ HENRY WINEMAN, , PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor A. R. BRASCH, Advertising Counsel AUGUST 4, 1944 The Week's Scriptural Selections This Sabbath—Sabbath Nahamu, or the Sabbath of Consolation—the sixteenth day of Ab, 5704, the following Scriptural selections will be •read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 3:23-7:11. Prophetical portion—Is. 40:1-26. Facts You Should Know Answers to Readers' Questions About Jews .• Protests Bring Results VOL. 5—NO. 20 Friday, Augusf 4, 1944 THE JEWISH NEWS What is the Jewish population of the world? How many Jews are there in the United States? Are figures available on the percentage of Jews who vote in elections? No, it Is impossible to obtain accurate figures on the number of Jews who vote, except by studying thickly populated Jewish neighborhoods. However, Time Magazine of July 10, in a report on U. S. citizens most likely to go to the polls on Nov. 7, states that based on the 1940 election 84 per cent of the Jewish voters will cast their ballots. This prediction was made by two Denver National Opinion Research Center pollsters, Gor- don M. Connelly and Harry H. Field, writing in the head of groups polled, Catholics following with 72 per cent and Protestants with 6'7 per cent. * a a What is the Jewish law affecting cremation? Is it permitted in accordance with Jewish prac- tice? While cremation was practiced in Biblican times, Jews did not burn human bodies after death. Cremation was generally considered a dis- grace. It is rigidly banned by orthodox -Jewry, burial being regarded as the required practice as an injunction in the Bible. The rule is based on Deut. XXI.23, according to Maimonides and the Shulhan Arukh. The exceptional cases when cre- mation was permitted were in order to protect population against infection or after the - Resigning as U. S. COmmissioner of Immigration and' the execution of a death sentence for blasphemy or Naturalization, Earl C. Harrison' issued a warning against a idolatry. In our own tithe, Liberal and Reform "closed door" immigration policy and made the accusation rabbis differ with the Orthodox and permit the that "the only other country that observes 'racial discrim-, practice of cremation. Our Bad Immigration Laws ination similar to that reflected in our laws in matters re- lating to 'naturalization is Nazi . Germany." All seriously-minded Americans should sit up and take notice of the indictment of alien-baiters contained in Mr. Harrison's report submitted to Attorney - General Francis Biddle. He opposed pending bills which - would further cur tail or completely suspend immigration and - endorsed legisla- tion to ease the educational requirements for 'citizenship for persons over 60, many of whom have lived here for years and have sons and daughters in the armed forces. Because they are unable to locate the records of their entry in this country, many of these aliens are unable to secure citizenship. A remedying bill has passed the House of Representatives, but it has been held up for months in the Senate through the interference of Oregon's Senator Holman, whose recent anti-Semitic addresrs was the most violent ever heard in the Upper House of Congress. Is it possible that Senator . Holman's marriage . . - to the widow of the late Senator Ernst. F. Lundeen has something to do with the interference with fair-play legislation affect- ing immigrants? Mrs. Holman is now campaigning in sup- port of Gerald L. K. Srriith's America Firsters. Will . she, her husband and other reactionaries continue to prevent legis- . lation that would remove immigration and naturalization barriers? The liberal elements should study Mr; Harrison's report and should make. every effort to encourage passage of laws he advocates, Ta I mudic Ta ies (Based upon the ancient legends and philosophy found is the.„Talmud - and folklore of the Jewish people dating back as far as 3,000 years.) By DAVID MORANTZ PEARLS OF WISDOM "That which we ardently wish," says the Tal- - mud, "we soon believe." "When the shepherd strays, the sheep stray . -after him." ,"Not only the fruitful trees but the barren. ones as well perform 'a useful function." "For _the blind in mind there is no physician.! "Strive 'to lead not a shining, but a useful life. Think oftener and more of your weakness and imperfections, than of any advantages you may possess." "At the gate which suspicion enters, love goes out." "Time assuages grief." "Companionship and good fellowship must not be - mistaken for.. true friendship." - "The rose grows among thorns." (Copyright by David Morantz) For a handsome 195 page, autographed gift volume con- taining 128 of these tales and 500 Pearls of Wisdom, send $1.50 to 'David Morantz, care of The Jewish News, oir phone PLaza 1048. Children's Corner Boys and Girli: This Sabbath is one of the most interesting • in. our calendar. Is is known as the Sabbath of Consolation—Sabbath Nahamu—from the first word of the Prophetical portion to be read in our sYnagoguesNahamu, Nahanni Ami—the fortieth chapter of Isaiah. - Occurring immediately after Tisha b'Ab, the anniversary ot, the destruttion of the Temple, it serves to console us that better 'days are certain to come and that we . should never lose faith. The Jewish people has learned the truth of the -lesson taught us by this Sabbath. We have had sad days, but there is always a better day. The last 12 years have been most tragic for 'our people, but we have faith that in the, days to come 'there will be joy for Israel and 'that Jews will not always be homeless. Our leaders are confident that out of this war will come great haPpenings, that _Palestine ' will become the Homeland for Jews and that Eretz Israel will--indeed be the Land of Israel. I- hope, that we shall all- learn the great lesion , of Sabbath Nahamu and. that we shall find con- solation in the faith of our people. UNCLE DANIEL * s References to Palestine_ in. the Midrash "God said 'to Moses: "PaleStine is dear to me, and - so is Israel. I will - take the people that is dear to me to the land that is dear to me." ' "There are comely,men in 'ugly garb, and ugly men in beautiful raiment. But Israel' is fit for Palestine and Palestine is fit - for Israel:" "Whoever lives in Palestine lives free of sin." "He who., walks four ellS on Palestinian soil is - assured of life hereafter." "'It is better to dwell in the deserts of Palestine than in the palaces Of Hutz La-eretz." God said: "A little group of disciples in Pales- tine is more dear to me than a great Sanhedrin in Ilittz La-Aretz." "The atmosphere of Palestine maketh wise." Blear Habit-Forming . An editorial in the Florida Catholic, official publication of the Diocese of St. Augustine, under the title "Anti-Semit- ism: Our Problem," makes some very interesting' points. Declaring that "no person 'professing to be a Christian, certainly no Catholic, should need the reminder that anti- Semitism violates the basic tenets of our religion," this editorial refers to the address that was delivered in Detroit by Archbishop Mooney in tribute to the heroes of the War- saw Ghetto and states: "We all' knoW in our hearts that hatred and open or' hidden persecution of Jews is just as wrong as hatred and persecution of other religious and racial min- orities." The points of greatest importance in this editorial are:. That it is disquieting to find people at social gatherings contrituting to a free exchange of so-called Jewish "jokes" thereby "aiding and abetting the spreading of the evil." That "the most insidious feature of anti-Semitism is that it sb easily becomes habit-forming." ThuS, by' emphasizing that "in the 'last analysis anti- Sem. itism by and large is OUR problem as Christians and Americana," the Florida Catholic renders an important serv- .ice to the cause of decency: "It cannot be solved for us," the editorial states. "You and I :must tackle it ourselves. And we should start today." • May the beginning of the fight against "habit-forming" prejudices start very soon—this very day—for the sake of speedy realization. of the Ideal so brilliantly outlined by the Florida. Catholic. The Ham. Fish Incidents Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Wendell L. Willkie have again registered their opposition to the, candidacy for re-elec- Hebrew—For Children and Adults Palestinian children are -brought up to speak tion of Rep. Hamilton Fish. While' the New. York Congressman's greatest sin lies in Hebiew-Lit is their • native tongue. The new German children who are coming in great num- his isolationism and in his reactionary stand on domestic as bers to the Homeland are sent to schools so well as foreign issues, the major reason for Gov. Dewey's that they can learn the language right away.. A little German girl of five learned a good deal opposition is the "un-American" utterance of Rep. Fish that of Hebrew in the short time she attended the Jews are all for the New Deal. "Gan Yeladim" (Kindergarten). The -irony of this ,,political issue is that Rep. Fish has She asked her father, who had fled with her spoken on numerous occasions in defense of Jewish rights from Germany, "Why don't you speak Hebrew?" "Because I don't know any." and that he was the author, in the House of Representatives, "If that is so, why do you ..send me to the of the Palestine Resolution of 1921. Gan? Why dori't you go yourself?" * a That's politics for you—especially when a man, who by The Arithmetic Test tradition and family background is a hater of anti-Semitism, Teacher: "If father, mother and baby go out has become so entrenched in his own district that he feels he for a Valk, how many is that? can continue to thrive on reactionary social views. Solly: "Two and carry one."