Friday, August
fr, 1944
THE JEWISH NEWS
False Nazi Promises Lure Dr. S. S. Wise
Hungarian Jews to Death Denies Attack
Mass Deportations Continuing Despite the Government's
Suspension of Order, Polish Underground Aide
Reports; Deportations Carried on at Night
By OTTO SCHICK
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Correspondent)
1
LONDON (JTA)—Hungarian Jews still are being lured
to extermination camps in the Nazi-held part of Poland
under various pretexts, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was
informed here by an emissary of the Polish underground
who left occupied Poland only a week ago.
"Despite the impression that the Hungarian government
6
is trying to spread abroad, that
the m a ss-deportations of Jews
On Protestant
Congress Head Challenges
Jewish Committee; Says
Statement Misquoted
4
• Page
Nir,,a
Rabbi Kasle Gets Southern Post
Detroiter Will Replace
Famous Rabbi J. Raisin
Former Hillel Leader and Athletic Star at Michigan:
Selected as Spiritual Leader of 194-Year-Old
Synagogue in Charleston, S. Carolina
Rabbi Leonard S. Kasle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe Kasle
of Detroit, has accepted the call to become the spiritual
leader of Congregation Beth Elohim of Charleston, S. C. He
will assume his new rabbinical post the end of this month.
Rabbi Kasle will fill the post that was held for 29 years
by Rabbi' Jacob Raisin, one of the leading scholars iri this
Dr. Stephen S. Wise issued a
public statement in which he
termed the inclusion of the
American Jewish Congress in
the American Jewish Commit- country, author of "The Haskialah7
tee's attack against The Protest- Movement" and other important
.ant a "misinterpretation of the works. Rabbi Raisin was elected in 1938. He was active in the
have been . suspended, train loads
statement issued by the Ameri- Rabbi Emeritus of the congrega- Junior Congregation of Shaarey
of Hungarian Jews continued to
Zedek and was graduated from
tion.
can
Jewish Congress."
arrive at the Oswiecim extermi-
the Sharey Zedek Sunday School.
Charleston's
Beth
Elohim
was
Dr.
Wises
statement
refers
to
nation camp in Poland every day
During his student days at the
a story in the July issue of the organized in 1750 as a Sephardic
du ff ing the week before I left," he
University
of Michigan, he, was
American Jewish Committee Re-
said.
Wilt Seek to Locate Persons porter. under..a headline reading
president of the Bnai Brith Hillel
"The Jews are told that they
Foundation in 1936-37 and was
Who Were Displaced
"Jewish Agencies Warned
are being exchanged for German
the Jewish representative on the
Against
Support
of.
Protestant
civilians, or that they are being
By the War
University Student Council. In-
and Textbook Commission." This
taken to Switzerland, or that
tereSting himself in producing
they are being transported for • The establishment of the Cen- story was quoted in The Jewish
plays, he was awarded the intra-
internment on some island be- tral Location Index, Inc., as a News on July 28.
mural "M" for services in this
tween Britain and Germany for channel through which seven na-
Launched Campaign
field. He was reporter for the
the duration. Sorrie are even tionally known organizations will
The Committee's story stated
Michigan Daily for two years and
transported in sleeping cars in seek to locate persons displaced unequivocally that the American
was the . best all-around athlete
order to convince them that they by war and whose whereabouts Jewish Congress agreed "that it
on the campus. He was a mem-
are on their way to safety. But are unknown, was announced in is inadvisable - to foster the . ac-
ber of Sigma Alpha Mu Frater-
all the trains end up at the New York by Moses A. Leavitt, tivities" of • Mr. Leslie. Subse-
nity.
Oswiecim camp." president of the 'newly created quently,. the American Jewish
As a student at the Jewish In-
In view of the approach of the agency. The seven. organizations Committee launched a national
stitute of Religion, he was relig-
Russian armies, the mass-killing which have combined to estab- publicity c amp a i g n in the
ious counselor at the Free Syn-
of the Jews at Oswiecim is being lish this cooperative service are: Scripps-Howard papers and the
agogue and directed committee
expedited, the Polish representa=
American Committee for Chris- parochial press involving the
work in charge - oc-underpriv-
tive said. The Gestapo • has re=
American
Jewish
Congress
in
its
tian
Refugees,
139
Centre
. St.,
ileged children.
duced the execution time in the
renewed
attack
against
Mr.
Les-
.
gas chambers from 30 minutes to New York; American Friends
Won Many Awards
lie and The Protestant.
10. Some rare pushed into crema- Service -Committee, 20 S. 12th
The Institute of Religion gave
St.,
Philadelphia;
American
JeW-
Dr.
Wise's
statement
challeng-
.oria - while still alive. •
RABBI LEONARD S. KASLE him the following awards for
. Among those executed recently ish Joint Distribution Commit- ing the committee document as
distinguished scholarship: Leo-
tee,
270
Madison
:
Ave.,
New
synagogue
and . later became the pold Michaels Prize .in Hebrew,
a falsification of facts, reads as
were 100 English Jews who had
first R e f or in congregation in Stephen Wise Fellowship - Prize,
been - interned in Hungary since York; Hebrew Sheltering and follows:
the outbreak of the war. Many Immigrant Aid Society, 425 Laf-
"In the World-Telegram of America.
Sidney Goldstein Prize in social.
of them were well known in ayette St., New York; Interna- July 19, in an article captioned
Quits Hillel POst
service, the Louis Marshall Prize
tional
Migration
Service,
122
E.
British and Hungarian financial
To assume his new Post, Rabbi in education for two successive
`Repudiate Leslie Activities . . .
22nd St., New York; National Jewish Groups Oppose Maga- Kasle resigned as director of the years and the John Palmer Prize
circles.
Council of Jewish Women, 1819 zine," Frederick Woltman lists Hillel Foundation at the Univer- as the most meritorious student,
Broadway, New York; National the American Jewish Congress sity of Virginia in Charlottes-
.Demonstrations Mark
Rabbi Kasle was married in
Refuee Service, 139 'Centre St., among the Jewish. organizations ville, Va., a post -he has held for
Deportations of Jews
1938
to the former Gertrude
New
York.
GENEVA, (JTA)—Clashes be-
which "have issued statements two and a half years. He also Klepper of New York. They have
tween the Hu
ngarian population
Central Location Index will advising Jews not to support the resigned as rabbi of Charlottes- two children,
with
and the police were reported here not undertake . any personal mes- so-called Protestant Magazine ed- ville's Congregation Beth Israel. whom they are together
spending the
from a number of towns in Hun- sage service to persons in occu- ited by Kenneth Leslie, or its
Rabbi Kasle, a Koduct of the month of August with their par- ,
gary as result of mass-demon- pied countries. This service . is affiliated Commission to• Elimi- Detroit p u b l i c and Hebrew ents at their farm, 2021 Scott '
strations held there - against the being given by the American Red nate Anti-Semitic Statements in schools and a graduate of • the Lake Road, Pontiac.
deportations of Jews.
Cross.
University of Michigan, was pre-,
American Textbooks."
Rabbi .Kasleis, brother, Theo-
The demonstrations, w h i c h . Here is an example of how Cen-
vailed upon by Dr. Stephen S. dore Benjamin. Kasle, Seaman
Called Misinterpretation
Wise and Dr. : A: L. - Sachar to
broke out in various parts of tral Location Index will work:
"I desire to point out that this assume the 'directorship first class, is now serving on the
Hungary in the vicinity- of Jew- John Doe seeks his brother-in-
is a misinterpretation of the six months before he was or- U. S. S. Houston in the South'
ish ghettos and concentration law, who, when last' heard 'from, statement issued by
the Ameri- dained Rabbi by the Jewish In- Pacific.
camps, are believed here to have was a resident of Naples. He
can
Jewish
Congress
which is as stitute of Religion- in New York.
been inspired by important- Hun- makes his application in-'the com-
BUY WAR BONDS NOW!
garian personalities in Budapest. munity where he lives and is follows:
Central High Graduate
":In
response
to
inquiries
con-
Born
in
Toledo,
Aug.
10,
1917,
asked to give detailed informa-
Deportations Continue
tion about • the relative.' His ap- cerning solicitation . of support he came to Detroit as a young NONE
at Night, Report
plication is - forlarded to one of from Jews by The Protestant and boy with his family, attended the
BERNE, (JTA)—The deporta- the member agencies which com- its Textbook Commission, the public schools here and was
tion of Jews from 'Hungary is still
municates with the Central Lo- American Jewish Congress wish- graduated froni Central High
continuing on an unprecedented
es to _state, without 'undertaking' School and the United Hebrew
scale despite Regent Horthy's re- cation Index. If there is informa-1 to pass upon the merits of these Schools. He received his B.A.
IP II 1Fit IV
tion
in
the
files
of
the
Central
cent promise to the • Red Cross
bodies, that such support should from the University of Michigan
World's Largest Seller at
that no more Jews would be de- Location Index on the where- come largely from the Christian
abouts of Mr. Doe's brother-in-
ported, it was reliably learned
law,
the Index will send this data groups for whom The Protestant
here this week. Letters reaching
to
the
member agency so that and its Textbook Commission
Coolest Spot in Michigan
Switzerland from Hungary writ-
purport to speak.'
John
Doe
can be notified. If there
ten during the last days of July
"The above statement explicit-
support this report, adding that is nothing in the files, Central ly declined ,to pass upon the
the moving-of Jews by Hungarian Location Index will use all avail- merits of The Protestant and the
officials is now being accom- able overseas facilities to try to Textbook Commission, " and ac-
North Shore Drive
locate Mr. Doe's brother-in-law.
South— Haven, Mich.
plished at night.
Location service will also be cordingly does not justify the
Complete Acco noda-
available to relative's and friends conclusion cited by Mr. Wolt-
Crisis Develops Within
man's article, that the American
tions for a fine Vacation
abroad
who
give
.names
of
per-
Hungarian Government
sons in this 'country whom they Jewish - Congress agrees that it
of Leisure or Activity!
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The Seek.
is inadvisable to foster these ac-
ROOMS AVAILABLE
Write for
Office . of War Information •e-
You need not drive
tivities of Mr..Leslie."
Illustrated
your own auto. Our
ceived a report from Switzerland
Folder
bus and private cars
a
or Phone
stating that an "acute crisis" has Detroiters .Sought by
available at all hours.
We meet our guests
developed within the pro-Nazi
Relatives
in
Russia
at nearest bus and
Hungarian Government as result
train
depot s. Come
F. SAMSON, Prop.
prepared for the per-
of the Jewish deportations and
Messages
have
been
received
fect
vacation
. You
specifically, the protests made
South Haven, Mich.
can fill every minute
from relatives in Russia for the
against them.
of the day, or take
f ollo w i n g. Detroiters whose
your ease in restful
Phone 379 or 443
relaxation.
whereabouts are being sought:
Berdichever Society
Grisha Gordon. (mechanic).
from sister-in-law, Celia Sarak-
Will Honor Memory
OUR WELL EQUIP-
hovich.
Make Reservations Now
PED laboratory, long
Of Lt. Jack Winokur -
- Henry oC Genrick Makovsky
For Aug. 15 to Sept. 15
training. and constant
from mother, •Stanislava Makov-
effort to keep abreast
Berdichever Aid Society of De- skaya.
of science and re-
troit will pay tribute to the mem-
search have enabled
Jack Ogul, working at Ford's,
Formerly Stein's
ory of Lt. Jack Winokur, son of from brother, Rafail Abramovich'
us to fill your pre-
scriptions with un-
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Winokur of Ogulnik, (Saul Hirsch).
failing accuracy for
LaSalle Blvd., at a public meet-
Natural Beauty of Northern Michigan
Khaim Ginzberg and Victor
over 53 years. Every
ing at' the Beth 'Tefilo Emanuel Shabshevich, a message from
day doctors show their,
1P
Synagogue,- Taylor and WoodroW Nukhim Leinovich Petrushka.
• confidence in
General Hospitality
Wilson, next Thursday evening.
Shiema, Moisha, Sarra, Khana
Schettler's! .
• The Only Jewish ReSort in the Pine Forests of garthern Michigan
Lt. Winokur, 22, Was killed in Taralshovsky. from b r o ther
• 1600-ft. Above Sea Level-Michigan's ',Healthiest • Section
action in the Southwest Pacific Shloma Tarakhovsky,
•
• Balf-Mile Private . Bathing Beach—Tennis—Golf—Boating—Fishing
on Aug. 17, 1943.
AnYone knowing of 'these peo-
• Private Playgrounds and Counsellor for Children
Speakers at . t h e memorial nle should communicate with
• Transportation b'y Michigan Central Lines or Greyhound Bus.
meeting will be Rabbi Johua S. Henry Feinberg., 5737 Second
Over 53 Years of Service
Sperka and Samuel. Rhodes, past Ave., TR. .24080.
president of the Michigan depart-.
Detroit
ment of Jewish War , Veterans of The legal cleaving of Joan
Grosse
Pointe
the United 'States. Cantor Hyman Plon.(1 ; ,n's matrimonial
,
hark
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Molei Racharnim.
IDA KAMAROFF
of her two' children:
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Index Is Formed
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&bottler Drug Co.
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