Page Four THE JEWISH NEWS As the Editor Views the News - A World Atonement Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath's proposal that Yom Kippur should be made a Day of Atonement for the entire world has great merit. - The most solmen day of the Jewish cal- endar calls for meditation and for self-ex- amination. We live in a world that has been made sick by bigotry, injustice and intolerance. - The world we live in can be made a just world. Life can be made happy for all, re-. gardless of race or creed. Perpetuation of atonement for sins by all peoples and determination to give all a chance to live free lives, can help heal the wounds from which humanity suffers. Yom Kippur, unfortunately, is observed only by Jews who are encircled by an en- vironment which breeds \distrust. . But the existing distrust should and could be eliminated, and the leaders of the United Nations have the great responsibility of making the aims of the democratic peoples a reality. May the hopes contained in the Yom Kippur prayers be realized and may all hu- manity begin to breathe freely, without fear. Waiting for Hitler s Last Words Record of Germany's Crimes In an editorial comment on the recent- ly revealed horrors of the mass murders.per- petrated by the Germans in the death camp at Majdanek near Lublin, London News- Chronicle proposed that a film be made of the camp under Allied supervision and that it should be shown compulsorily in every cinema in Germany after the war. The edi- torial declared: "The whole German nation stands con- victed of acquiescence in these crimes against civilization. After the war their guilt 'must be brought 'home to them;" We agree. But we believe that the filming of the evidence of German crimes should extend to the entire area of Germany's barbarism _. The record should be preserved as _ a warning for generations to come that civil- ized peoples will not tolerate wholeiale mas- sacres of innocent peoples. Victims of Own Weapons Lt. Gen. Kurk Dittmar, a spokesman for the Nazis, told the German people in a radio broadcast that "we are beaten by the weap- ons we have forged." Many centuries ago; the Hebrew Psalm- ist issued a warning that "he who digs a ditch for others - falls therein." The Nazis are falling into the ditch they have dug for others. • The Jews were their first victims. The Jewish people will live to see the realization of the. Psalmist's Warning to des- pots and tyrants. 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 month, 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 ARONSSON PHILIP SLOMOVITZ . FRED M. BUTZEL ISIDORE SOBELOFF THEODORE LEVIN ABRAHAM SRERE MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ HENRY WINEMAN PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor A. B. BRASCH, Advertising Counsel VOL. 6—NO. 1 SEPTEMBER 22, 1944 The Week's Scriptural Selections This Saturday, Sabbath Shuvah, the sixth day of Tishri, 5705, the following Scriptural selec- tiOns will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal Portion—Deut. 32. Prophetical portions--Hos. 14:2-10; Joel 2:15- 1.7.or 27, On Wednesday, Yom Kippur, the following Scriptural selections will be read during ,syna- gogue services: Pentateuchal portions Morning, Lev, 16, Num. 29:7-11; Afternoon, Lev. 18. Prophetical portions — Morning, I. 57:14- 58-14; Afternoon, Jonah. - What Jewish festivals are known as the "Pil- —T• S. grimage Festivals"? The feasts of Passover, Shevuoth and Succoth are thus spoken of. During the- time of the. Tem- ple, the Jews carne on those occasions from many parts to offer sacrifices in the Temple at Jeru- salem. * * Does Jewish law prohibit use of cosmetics? —E. G. G. No. Mairrionides sums up legislation pertaining to this matter as follows: 'And so it is obligatory for a Jewish husband to provide his wife with beautifying objects, for example, colorful ker- chiefs to wear on her head, and over her fore- head, with henna and rouge, and with similar things, in order to prevent that she: become un- attractive to him." (Hilchoth Ishuth 13, 4). * ▪ * —A. A. What is the Shulhan Much? A compendium of Jewish law according to which Orthodox Jews regulate their lives. * * * Are there any Karaite Jews remaining in the —B. L.' world today? The 1926 census of the Soviet Union reported that there were approximately 8,000 Karaites' residing there at that time. * * * What were George Eliot's principle works dealing with Jews and the Jewish question? —T• M. George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda" is one of the outstanding. novels in- the' English language deal- ing with the Zionist ideal. The eminent author of the 19th century is therefore considered one of the great Christian 2ionists. Here essay "Hep! In connection with current observance of Education- Hep!" was a sharp reply to anti-Semites. The Month the annual event instituted by the United Hebrew two words stem from the first letters of the "Hierosolyma est perdita," the Latin for Schools of Detroit, a most important call to. Jewish parents words "Jerusalem is lost," which was the cry of the anti- throughout the land has been released by the heads of na- Semites of the Middle ages. Enroll Children in a Jewish School • . Facts You Should Know Answers to Readers' Questions About Jpws r - Friday, September 22, 1944 tional organizations. The text of this call, which appears elsewhere in this issue of The Jewish News, should be read with the utmost care by all parents. It is a call that is directed to all elements in the com- munity. It is a challenge to parents to enroll their children in Jewish schools and to guarantee their receiving a Jewish ed- ucation. The various ideologies which have made necessary the formation of all types of schools—Hebrew, Yiddish, Yeshi- voth and folk schools—provide; facilities for a Jewish educa- tion for all elements in the community. The responsibility devolving upon parents is to guarantee -their children's en- rollment in one of the numerous schools functioning in De- troit. There should be no delay in enrolling the children,. This imperative duty is necessitated by tradition, by our cultural background and standards, by our obligations to America to protect the spiritual needs of the youth. Parents should read the calls appearing in this issue and should proceed immediately to enroll their children in one of our schools. # Religious Issues in Politics The statements issued on the eve of Rosh Hashanah by the Democratic and- Republican national chairmen, Her- bert, Brownell and Robert E. Hannegan, giving assurances that racial and religious questions will be barred as, issues in the political campaigns, are heartening•to American Jews. There is no place for bias in America's political life: Nevertheless there have been rumors — and threats — that Jewish, Catholic, Negro and other issues will play a role in the battle for votes. The Sidney Hilman bogey; the sign displayed in Pitts- burgh reading: "This is your country. Why let Sidney Hillman run it? Vote for Dewey and Bricker"; the attempts to becloud issues by injecting prejudice — these are mani,' festations of dark ages. The condemnation and disapproval of such tactics' is a welcome sign that the leaders of the two major parties i n American politics are above petty tactics, and their state- ments deserve highest commendations. Beware of Inhuman Friends The most indecent statement to come from a source that claims to be pro-United Nations was reported this week from Jerusalem. Saut Alahali, a Bagdad newspaper edited by the former Premier of Iran,- Nuri es-Said Pasha, author of the Greater Syria plan andmenerny of Jewish aspirations in Palestine; has issued a call for the deportation of all Jews who settled in Palestine in the past 25 years. This irresponsible statement is made in spite of the fact that little Palestine is only 10,000 square miles in size, com- pared with the more than a million square miles of territory- held by Arab states. Even the Mufti's followers have not gone to such tremes. Nevertheless, the author of this heartless and in- human proposal poses as a friend of the Allies. The United_ Nations have an obligation to beware of such friends, and the democratic powers, who are pledged to the establishment of the Jewish National Home in Pales- tine, 'should repudiate such irresponsible utterances by giv- ing assurances of the speedy establishment of the Jewish C ommonwealth. 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 MORL-...NTZ "An empty purse and a new house," says the Talmud, "make a wise •man too late." "He that is surety for another, is never sure himself." sure index of an • "Unchaste language is impure heart." "Unenviable is the state of the wicked, however prosperous they may appear." "He that lives upon hopes will die fasting." "Sleeping away the morning, carousing at noon- day, childish trifling and the company of the vulgar, waste a man's life away." "So many men,• so many minds." "Beware of enemies reconciled, and meat twice boiled." "'Tis the second blow that makes the fray." "Tho the wolf may lose his teeth, he never loses his inclination." "The enemy of the bride never speaks well of the wedding." (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, -are of The Jewish News, or phone PLaza 1048. Children's Corner "Dear Boys and Girls: This Saturday, occurring between Rosh Hash- anah and Yom; Kippur, is known as Sabbath Shuvah, or The Sabbath of Repentance. It is known by this name because the Prophetic portion read on during. synagogue services, taken from Hosea, begins with. the word "Shuvah." It contains an exhortation to Israel to return to God. Yom Kippur, the day of - fasting,.known as Day of Atonement, commences with a solemn service the evening before -during which the Kol Nidre prayer is recited. The eve of Yom Kippur is there- fore known as Kol Nidre Night. Kol Nidre asks for nullification of unfulfilled vows. But in order that there should not be any confusion it is important that it be known that Kol Nidre applies only to vows in the relationship of man to God, and not of man to man. The entire Yom Kippur day is spent in prayer and fasting. Again, I wish you all a Happy New Year. and I hope that those of you who are old enough to fast will have an easy fast day on Yom Kippur. UNCLE DANIEL , a a * - Yom Kippur Thoughts God alone can judge. In the hour when the Judge sits in judgment over his fellow men, he shall - feel, as it were, a sword pointed at his own heart. Have a soft reply to turn away anger, and let thy peace be abundant with thy brother, with thy friend, and with everybody, including the Gentile in the street, that thou shalt be beloved and esteemed below. The Day of Atonement is given for the expiation of sins committed against God; but the Day of Atopement will not expiate sins committed against a fellow man, unless the offender has - asked pardon of the offended. * * * One day I 'saw a grey hair in my head; I plucked it out, when to me it said, "Think if you wilt, that thou art rid of me, I've twenty friends who soon will .mock at thee." —Jehuda Halevi. * Jewish literature derives its character from the religious ideal which the Jewish race was ap- pointed to promulgate to the world. —Dr, S. A. Hirsch. ,