ef:i4Sr4er 5, 1944
THE JEWISH NEWS
Jewis ongress' Program
Given UNRRA Conference
Oscoda Serviceman
To Attend Holyday
Services at Alpena
.
Demand Jewish Problem Be Treated as Distinctive of All.
ALPENA—Arrangements have
Others; Ask Representation on United Nations
been made for Jewish men sta-
tioned at the Army Air Base at
Relief Staffs to Work in Jewish Areas
r
.
NEW YORK (JPS) — The following demands with re-
gards to Jewish postwar rehabilitation in Europe are being
presented by the World Jewish Congress at the Montreal"
session of UNRRA, it was announced here by Di-. Maurice
Perlzweig, head of the Political Department of the World
Jewish Congress.
L—That the Jewish problem be
treated as distinctive of all oth-
ers, since the slews were singled
out as victims of brutality every-
where in Nazi dominated Eu-
rope, and. since the number of
displaCed - Jews • is five times
larger than . that of Poles,. 11
times that of Belgians, 13% times
that of: the French, 30 times that
of the - Greeks and 140 times
larger than the number of dis-
placed
Approxiin-
ately 90 , :pei, cent o the Jewish
survivors of Europe are .displaced
persons. .
2.—That •:the JeWs should be
represented at the UNRRA
Councils as observers and should
attend the meetings of the stand-
ing committees on Displaced
.
Orthodox Rabbis'
Proclamation on
Enforcing Kashruth
V a ad Harabonim Outlines
Program. of Action for
Jewish Community
The Vaad Harabonim of De-
troit, the council of orthodox rab-
bis, has issued a proclamation in
Which a program of action is out-
lined for the community as fol-
lows:
Give your children a Torah
education!
Observe the holy Sabbath!
Keep pure your family life!
Observe Kashruth!
Save our brethren in Europe!
Contribute generouSly to Vaad
• aHatzala!
Support Yeshivos and institu-
tions!
•
Become members of syna-
gogues.
Build Eretz Yisroel!
Unite with Israel!
The rabbis' call urges Detroit
Jews to cooperate with the Mer-
kaz in enforcing kashruth.
Avoid `Trefe' Food
An appeal is made to all local
and national organizations not to
sponsor banquets, Bar Mitzvah
parties, weddings, etc., for which
trefe food.preparations are made.
The statement also warns
against patronizing stores which
advertise "kosher style" food and
and declares that such food is
trefe. Meats, tongues and other
foods without the kosher stamp
are trefe, the warning states.
It is announced that the Vaad
Harabonim is conducting a re-
ligious campaign for observance
of the Sabbath, kashruth, Torah
education, and - the Merkaz is cre-
ating facilities for such work.
Vaad Harabonim meets at 11
a. m. on Mondays to plan its
activities.
,
Further • information is obtain-
able from Rabbi Isaac Stollman,
TY. 4-7781 or Rabbi Joseph
Thumin, TO. 8-4582.
Persons, Health and Welfare.
That UNRRA "should have Jews
on its staff to perform the relief
work in Jewish communities.
Non-Disctimination
3. — Non-discrimination:
UNRRA has adopted the prin-
ciple of non-discrimination on
the basis of race, religion and
political belief in extending re-
lief.
4.—That the principle of priori-
ties established by UNRRA in
the field of relief, distribution of
medical aid, shelter, repatriation
and re-settlement be organized so
that those whose need is greatest
receive the priority.
5.—That the displaced persons
of enemy or- ex-enemy nationali-
ty who were victims of the Nazis
because of racial, religious or
political persecutions should be
taken care of by UNRRA and
assistedin their return, repatria-
tion or re-settlement, even if
their forced displacement oc-
curred before the formal out-
break of the war.
4,100,000 Displaced
6.—Re-settlement: The total
number of displaced Jews in Eu-
rope is estimated at 4,100,000—
approximately 2,100,000 f r o m
Nazi dominated areas, and about
2,000,000 from territories under
the control of the United Nations
or neutral countries. It is urged
.
Oscoda, their wives and their
friends, to attend Friday evening
and Holyday services: at "Temple
Beth El in Alpena, it was an-
nounced by Robert Bergman, He-
brew Union College student serv-
ing as minister here.
The Temple switched its Fri-
day evening services to Green-
bush Inn social hall in order that
servicemen from the OsCoda base
could be guests of the inn's man-
agement- for a Shabbos supper.
The visitors will be transported
to. Alpena every week in army
trucks and the Jewish community
will act as host at services and in
their homes.
Mr. Bergman has been con-
ducting services on Sunday even-
ings for guestsof : Greenbush Inn
the past six weeks, and the past
three weeks men from Oscoda
have been the guests of the man-
agement at the services.
Jewish Victims Attack
Warders At Paris Trial _
PARIS (JPS)—Court attaches
intervened and held off Jewish
witnesses for the prosecution
who lunged at the. defendants at
a trial of French wardens of con-
centration camps which has just
opened here. Seventy-six persons
are on trial. The assault attempts
were made by the witnesses in
the course of their testimony re-
garding the torture inflicted on
them and the death caused to
their kin by the defendants.
that UNRRA, include the settle-
ment of these persons' in a suit-
able place, preferably Palestine,
as a regular part of its program.
Page Fifty-nine
Hillel, Ann Arbor Congregation
To hold Joint Holyday Services
ANN ARBOR — Arrangements Chaplain at the University of
have been made for joint High Michigan.
Holyday services at the Beth ' Arrangements for the services
Israel Center, 538 N. Division St., on behalf of Bnai Brith Hillel
Ann Arbor, under the auspices of Foundation at the University of
the Beth Israel Congregation of Michigan are in the charge of
Ann Arbor, and the Bnai Brith Netta Siegel, of Cleveland, stu-
Hillel Foundation of the Univer- dent -director..
sity of Michigan, it was an-
nounced by Osias Zwerdling,
president of the congregation and OSE Resumes Work
of the Michigan Bnai Brith Foun- in Paris, Bucharest
dations, Inc.
The services are tobe conduct-
ed by the Rev. Isaac Goldman of
Beth Israel Congregation and
Cantor Jacob Skolnick of De-
troit.
Rabbi Jehudah .M. Cohen, di-
rector of Hillel, will deliver the
sermons:
•
There will be evening services
for the High Holydays on Sept.
17,- 18 and 26, and morning serv-
ices on Sept. 18, 19 and 27. Eve-
ning services, will begin at 7:30
p. m., except Kol Nidre, on Sept.
26, which is to start at '7 p. m.
Morning services commence at
8 a. m.
Capt. R. P. Cassidy, command-
ant of navy personnel on the
campus, and Col. R. E. Smith,
cornmanding officer • of Army
personnel on the campus, have
granted servicemen permission to
attend services and, where pos
sible, passes to attend religious
services in their home cities, if
they are nearby. Permission for
this was arranged by Rabbi Co-
hen, who ' serves as the Jewish
.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
American Committee of OSE,
Jewish Health Society this week
received a cable from its repre-
sentative - in . Switzerland stating
that - OSE offices have resumed
their activities in Paris and in
Bucharest. The Paris office is
headed by Dr. Minkovsky. •,
The office.of the OSE in Buchar-
est,' the cable said, is now en-
gaged in placing '1,400 Jewish
orphans in children's homes. The
children were . returned from
Transnistria and are to proceed
to Palestine at the first opportun-
ity. Dr. Jancu, president of the
"Save the Children" organization,
is head of the OSE office in Bu-
charest.
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