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Smith—Like Adolf Hitler
Gerald L. K. Smith, demagogue, leader of
the crack-pot 'elements who have named him
as, their candidate for president, has received
the proper kind of rebuke when Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, Republican nominee for
president, referred to him as "one of those
rabble-rousers who, like Adolf Hitler, makes
racial prejudice his stock in trade."
America Firster Smith has placed Wendell
L. Willkie, Thomas E. Dewey and President
Roosevelt "in the same bed together."
But he is in a class all his own as the man
who is completely disCredited by all parties
and by all elements in American life.
By repudiating him, the people of America
place in disrepute any attempt to inject
racial or religious issues in American po-
litical and social life.
Who were the presidents of Bnai Brith. pre-
ceding Henry Monsky?
—N. 0.
The heads of Bnai Brith were first known as
Grand Saars. Those who held that office were
Isaac Dittenhofer, Henry Jones (founder of Bnai
Brith), Joseph Ochs, Julius Bien and Benjamin
F. Peizotto. Mr. Bien was the first one to hold
the office under the title of president, until 1900.
His successors were: Leo N. Levi, 1900-1904;
Simon Wolf, 1904-1905; Adolph Kraus, 1905-1925;
Adolph M. Cohen, 1925-1938. Mr. Monsky suc-
ceeded Mr. Cohen to the presidency in 1938.
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What does the "Ner Tamid," or Perpetual
Lamp, in Jewish synagogues symbolize? —It B.
According to tradition, the light symbolizes the
invisible presence of the Eternal, and its ignition
is an important ceremony in the dedication of a
synagogue. The perpetual lamp is also regarded-
as a memorial for the unmourned- dead, all those
for whom no anniversary light is lit.
A Humane Gesture
Dillon S. Myer, director of the War Reloca-
tion Authority at Fort Ontario, Oswego,
N. Y., has announced that the Army will not
police the- emergency refugee shelter estab-
lished there for 1,000 expatriates from Ger-
man-dominated territories.
This is a most humane gesture, and the
refugees, Christians as well as Jews, who
are beina given temporary refuge at Fort
Ontario, 6 have reason to be proud of the
haven over which flies the Stars and Stripes.
This humane act helps to strengthen the
A poll taken by the National Opinion Research Center
confidence that our free people have in our shows that 65 per cent of the public opinion in this country
form of government.
is in favor of lenient treatment for Germany after the war.
It is clear that only a handful of our people realize the
severity of the terror which has been unleashed upon the
world by the Nazis. But the great American people, nourish-
Philadelphia's citizens' Committee ed on democratic ideals, insists upon differentiating between
warned last week, just before the Presi- Germans and Nazis, without taking into account the fact that
dent ordered the seizure of the city's trans- the brutal murders of millions of people were committed in
, portation system that if "intolerance and re- Germany's name.
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action" are not checked they will be "the
The
attitude
of
the
65
per cent of our people may lead
beginning of the spread of reaction against
to
a
sort
of
negotiated
peace
which may threaten to . under-
other minority people, • especially Catholics
mine the program for a lasting peace.
and Jews."
If only the 65 per- tent were to realize that the victims of
The Philadelphia experience is akin to
the sorrowful events in Detroit in June, 1943. Nazism are not. Jews alone; that millions - of other peoples
Here, too, it was charged that the KKK and have been .murdered and that tens of millions are today suf-
G. L. K. Smith propaganda had led to the fering at the hands of the Nazis.
But suppose- the 4,000,000 Jewish victims alone were to
outrages.
Unless American leaders act to preserve be the accusers of Hitler, his cohorts and his supporting
order and to put an end to the activities of people? The.fact remains that there must be a day of reckon-
crack-pots, we will be losing our internal ing, and the punishment to Nazism must be an act in the
war for decency and tolerance while we are name of justice for the sake of the world's future peace.
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winning the struggle against Nazi-Fascism.
Recently,
Dr.
James
G.
McDonald,
former High Com-
America, awake!
missioner for Refugees, in a letter to the editor of the New
York Times, recalled his interview with Hitler three months
before he - became Chancellor and of the constant threats
A statement issued by the Washington issued to the Jewish people that the 'Nazi policy is to ex-
Office of War Information has revealed that terminate Jews who are, under Nazi domination.
Dr. McDonald pointed out that thiS policy has been car-
a new catnpaign for anti-Nazis has been in-
augurated by the British radio in Austria. ried out and that "wherever the swastika has gone, even in
This campaign uses a sentence from Hit- Italy, this spoilation and murder of the Jews. have been en-
ler's "Mein Kampf": "Whenever a nation is forced. This part of his awful program Hitler has largely,.
led to disaster by abuses of the government, achieved.?'
"This terrible fact," Dr. McDonald added, "so illustrative
revolt by every member of that government
of the true Nazi spirit, and the failure of the German people
is not a privilege but a duty."
Austrian anti-Nazis are advised by the —save for a few exceptional leaders and a small minority
BBC to copy this sentence, to send it to their of . the masses—to make any effective protest against Hitler's
acquaintances and to the "Nazi big wigs in murder of millions of innocent men; women and children
order to increase their jitters," and to write should not be forgotten as the day for a reckoning with the
on every wall the reminder: "Mein Kampf, enemy approaches. Their slaughter of the Jews shows what
the Nazis really are."
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At last, the democratic powers have
Is it possible that the democratic _peoples will overlook
learned the full value of effective propa-
ganda. The most powerful weapon against these facts when the hour of reckoning - arrives?
Hitlerism, after all, may be Hitler's own
- Dr. McDonald's" warning,• supplemented by factual data
words; Hitler has doomed himself.
and by the evidence of the sufferers from Nazism in Poland, ,
Russia, Belgium, H011and and England, should be flashed
throughout the world as a warning that there will be' no
negotiated peace which may continue to threaten the security
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VOL. 5—NO. 21
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AUGUST 11, 1944
The Week's Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the twenty-third day of Ab,
5704, the following Scriptural selections will
be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 7:12-11:25.
Prophetical portion—Is. 49:14-51:3.
An Old Trick 'of Coercion
Palcor reports from Jerusalem that the Palestinian Arab
newspaper Al 'Abram, which circulates throughout the Mid-
dle East, has issued a warning to Jews in Arabic. that they
will face difficult times if they not only declare themselves
against Zionism but also back Arabic demands in Palestine.
This is an old trick of coercion. The Nazis used it to
force the Jews of Germany to issue statements condemning
the boycott movement of American Jewry. The anti-Semites
in Poland and Romania used it to give the world at large the
ir-ipsion that they were dealing humanely with their Jew-
Talmudic Tales
(Based upon the ancient legends and philosophy found in
the Talmud and folklore of the Jewish people dating back
as far as 3,000 years.)
By DAVID A1ORANTZ
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GREED
Mar Ukba was a very kind and charitable man.
In his neighborhood was a poor man whom he
wished to help but he desired to do so. in such a
manner that the poor man would not know who
his benefactor was, because it is written in the
Talmud that, "He who gives. charity in secret is
greater Alan Moses."
Very, early each morning.Mar Wcba would go
to the poor man's. home, slide four coins under
his door, and leave stealthily before anyone could
see him.
The poor man one day said to himself. "I' will
arise early and see who it is that is so kind to
me and perhaps I can induce him to give me.
More." . . .
The next day when Mar Ukba approached the
house, the poor man opened the door.
Mar Ukb-a, rather than put the man to shame
by dispensing charity to him in public, turned
and ran and never did he approach that house
again. Hence was the poor man punished because
he was not content to accept what was given him.
Says the Talmud further. on the subject of
greed:
"Crave not for the crown of kings for thy
Crown may be greater than their crown." .
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(Copyright by David Morantz)
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Children's Corner
Dear Boys and Girls:
All Jews—young and old—often ask: "How can
we defend ourselves when we are attacked?" -
One of the .greatest Jews of all time, the late
Dr. Max Nordau, believed in what he called
"muscular Judaism." He believed that all Jews
should train physically so that they should know
how to meet offenders.
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But there is an older Jewish tradition which is
told in • the following story:
"Do you think it would be wrong of me to
. learn the art of self-defense?" a young man
inqhired of an old Rabbi.
"Certainly not," was the answer. "I learned
it myself in my youth, and I have found it •
of great value during my life."
"Indeed, Rabbi, what system did you learn?"
"I learned Solomon's system."
"Solomon's system?"
"Yes, you will find .it laid down in the first
verse 'of the fifteenth chapter of Proverbs: 'A .
soft answer turneth away •wrath.' It is the best
'system of aself-defense of which I have ever.
• heard."
This story incorporates the truest ideal of Juda-
ism.
But Judaism- also teaches that the youth should
know how to defend themselves physically. There
is a law for Jews that every child should be
taught three. things: how- to ride a horse, how to
shoot a gun
a
nd how to ,swim.
Jewish folklore is rich in stories and in fas-:
cinating tales that teach the lessons of life. I
hope that all of you will try to pursue your
Jewish studies at all times.
A pleasant Sabbath . to all of you.
UNCLE DANIEL,
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The Big Commentary
The story is told of a very 'ignorant man who
had a valuable prayerbook with a. big corhmen- •
tarY around the margin explaining every point
Af interest in the prayers. But the man could
not understand a word.
One day he was visited by a scholar who hap-.
pened to see the prayer Book, and was surprised
to find such a . volume in the -possession of an
ignoramus. He appreciated its value and asked •
the owner if he would sell it.
"Not for any money," the man replied.
"But of what use is the commentary to you?"
asked the scholar. "I don't suppose you under- •
stand a word of it."
"That's true,". admitted the other, "brit I'll tell
you .why I .keep it."
"Why?"
"Well, we have a lot of bookworms -arid 'pre
viously they have always eaten :Into the text' so •
that I couldn't say my prayers properly because
my siddurim alWays had holes. in them.- —But
this siddur has such a big commentary. - .1;opricl.o•
the margin that the. worms never reach, : . the,
ish citizens.
Will Jews in Arabic countries fall for th.e latest trick of
the anti-2ionist propagandists? Anything is possible when a
dagger _accompanies a threat.
text at all,"
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