'Earth and High Heaven'

Seaman I erman Describes
Sinking of U.S. Warship

Seaman Daniel D. Berman, 3702
Longfellow Ave., - was a survivor
of .the USS Warrington which
sank during the recent hurricane
along the Atlan-
tic coast. In de-
scribing the ca-
tastrophe to his
wife, he said that
he held the end
of a rope tied to
a raft for two
days and finally
crawled aboard
the raft.
Berman, a sea-
. S 1/c Berman man first class,
. was one of the 70 surviYors, 261
having gone down at sea. - The
survivors were rescued • by a de-
--stroyer and then were transferred

JWV Convention
Urges Continued
U. S. Immigration

NEW. YORK, (JTA)—Continu-
ance of "the traditional American
policy of offering haven to new-
corners from foreign lands" was
urged at the annual encampment
-. of the Jewish War Veterans of
the United States at the Hotel
Commodore, which is being at-
. tended by delegates from 46
- states.
- The resolution reviewed the
contribution that i m in i g r. ants
have made to the development of
America and the role being
. played by immigrants - in the
armed forces, as well as the more
- recent contributions of refugees
who have come here in the past
decade.
Passage of the resolution was
seen as a reply to the American
Legion, which urged, at its Chi-
- cago convention last month, • that
all immigration be stopped and
that refugees be returned to their
lands of origin after the war. The
opening session of the encamp-
ment was addressed. by Borough
President. Edgar J. Nathan of
Manhattan.
- Highlights of the four - day
meeting will be panel discussions
on "Native Fascism and Subver-
sive Activities in the U. S." and
'Veterans' Rehabilitation."

to an aircraft carrier. A veteran
of three major South Pacific, cam-
paigns, he lost 25 pounds during
this ordeal.
Seaman Berman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Berman of New
Brunswick, N. J., attended Rut-
gers and is a graduate of the He-
brew Schools of New Brunswick.
Inducted into the navy on Aug.
4, 1943, he was assigned to a ship
immediately upon: completing his
boot training at Great Lakes.
Seaman Berman is the father
of two children, Linda Carole; 2,
and. Sandra Joy, 5 months old.
Formerly the manager of the Van
Upholstering Co., he was married
to Violet Silberstein on Nov. 16,
1940.

Pvt. S. Faigenbaum
Fighting in France
With Ranger Group

His Brother, Sgt. Dave, Visits
Family Here Enroute to
School in W. Va.

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Servicemen Greet
Pfc. A. Riemer on
Birth. of His Son

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Pfc. Arthur Riemer,
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lipschutz
of Santa Rosa Drive, who has
I been stationed 1fl1 New Guinea
for four months, is receiving the
congratulations of his associates
on the medical corps newspaper
he is editing at his base on two
counts:
On the birth of his son, five
weeks ago, and on the honor ac-
corded the infant, Robert Leslie,
when the grandparents inscribed
•his name in the Golden Book of
. the Jewish National Fund.
Pfc. Riemer, son of Mr. and
- Mrs. Elick Riemer of Jersey City,
N. J., has been in active service a
year and a half. He is a graduate
of the school of journalism of the
University of Michigan.
Robert Leslie's inscription in
the Golden Book was announced
-at the Pidyon HaBen a week ago.
The speakers at the ceremony
. were Rabbi Leizer Levine and
William Hordes, president of the
.Jewish National Fund. Council of
Detroit.

V.

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7,600 Greek Jews
Reported Safe

Pvt. Sam Faigenbaum, 20, who
is fighting with the famous 5th
Ranger Battalion somewhere in
France, is .t h e
son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Fai-
genbaum bfV 2012
Pingree Ave., it
was announced
this week.
A graduate of
Central: high
school, where he
was a member
swim-
4 of the
S. Faigenbaum ming and diving
teams, he was attending Wayne
University as an engineering
student at the time of his enlist-
ment in February, 1943. First sta-
tioned at Camp Clairborne, La.,
he was sent overseas in Decem-
ber of the same year. He par-
ticipated in the invasion of Nor-
mandy on D-Day.
Pvt. Faigenbaum has indicated
to his family that he would wel-
come correspondence from his
Detroit friends. His present ad-
dress is Pvt. Sam Faigenbaum
36572627, Co. F., 5th Ranger
Post-
Battalion, APO 339,
master, N. Y.
Pvt. Faigenbaum, a subscriber
to The Jewish News, welcomes
the contact .which • the paper af-
fords him with the activities in
his home town.
A brother, S/Sgt. Dave Faig-
enbaum, 23, who is visiting his
family while enroute to Wash-
ington and Lee University, Lex-
ington, W. Va., has been as-
signed to take a course in edu-
cation and informational morale
services. A graduate of Wayne
University where he majored in
psychology, he was inducted on
Oct. 7, 1942. With the 2nd Air
Force, he has been stationed at
various camps throughout the
country.
Mrs. I. Levin, a sister of the
servicemen, lives at 2010 Pingree
Ave.

IV

Collier's Serializes Book
Against Anti-Semitism

Gwethalyn-Graham, the Author, Depicts Suffering of Jews;
Now. Addressing Audiences in Canada in
Fight, on Bigotry

S- Sgt.
Killed in Action

Pfc. Alvin Kurz. Frances Kurz
..Mr. and Mrs. Gus Kurz of
11695 Yellowstone Ave. have
been notified that their son, Al-
yin, a priyate first class in the
army,- has been seriously wound-
ed in France and at present is
confined to a hospital in England.
Pfc-. Kurz, a graduate of Cen-
tral High School
attended Wayne
University at
the tin-le' of his
induction
on
Nov. - 1,
1943.
he 19-year-old
serviceman, who
was -graduated
from the United
Hebrew Schools,
was an active
Eft. Weisman member of
Hashomer Hatzair.
After a 17-week basic training
period at Camp Blanding, Fla.,
Pfc. Kurz was sent directly to
England and from there to
France where he participated in
the campaign of northern France.
First wounded on July 16,
he recuperated at a field hos-
pital in France and was returned
to his unit. On Aug. 27, he was
seriously wounded and was
transferred to an arniy hospital
in England, 'where, according to
war department reports, he is
progressing as expected.
Pfc. Kurz, who was previous-.
ly awarded the Purple Heart, is
now in line for the two Oak Leaf
Clusters.
A brother-in-law of Pfc. Kurz;
Pfs. Meyer Weisman, husband
of his sister, Evelyn, is tempor-
arily stationed at Ft. Custer. An-
other sister, Frances, is a cadet
nurse in training at Highland
Park General Hospital.
Pfc. Kurz's parents recently
made a contribution to the Uni-
ted Hebrew Schools in his honor.
The family of 'Pfc. Kurz was
thrilled this week to receive a
letter from him informing them
that he had met his uncle, Pvt.
Philip Zanville of Toledo, in a
hospital in England. Pvt. Zan-
vine is serving in the medical
corps.

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Chaplain Gordon
Holds Services for
Men in N. Guinea

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NEW YORK (JPS) — Seven
thousand Greek . Jews have been
found safe in liberated Greek
territory, according ,to- a Cairo
dispatch la the National Greek
Herald, a Greek-lanuage daily
Falk.
herft:

Describes Services
Calcutta, India

Dr. A. M. Kohn
Becomes Major

eaders Answering Call
or Cards for Servicemen

Michigan Servicemen
Gwen Hospitality
During. the Holydays

Residents of Battle Creek, Kal-
amazoo and Detroit provided
hospitality for Jewish seryice,
ment during the holydays.
Fort Custer servicemen . and
patients at Percy Jones Hospital
were among those who w er e
given hospitality. Among the pa-
tients who were taken _ to Battle
Creek homes were those who had
recovered and who are waiting
for artificial linibs.
- Religious services at Fort Cus-
ter were conductedby Chaplain
Martin M. Perley. 'At Battle
Creek, religious services .w e re
conducted. by Rabbi Randall M.

"Earth and High Heaven" by Gwethalyn Graham, published by
J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, is an important novel that has ac-
quired fame as a result of the acceptance of the Canadian author's
manuscript for serialization by a
Geo. Levin national magazine, Collier's.
It deals with intermarriage,
with the difficulties encountered
by a Jewish lawyer and a Chris-
tian newspaperwoman because of
Abe Levin' of 2457 Taylor Ave. the prejudice that exists in Xon-
has received word of the death treal and the antagonism of her
of his son, George, 39, a staff father to her Jewish lover.
sergeant in t h
It is an excellently written
army.. He was3,
novel—but it ,does not touch much
killed • in action
on the problem of anti-Semitism,
in. Prance on..
other than mentioning. the basic
June 25.
troubles which Jews suffer
A graduate -
everywhere in the social and eco-
Cass TechnicalD
nomic spheres.
High School, he
But the novel seriously con-
w a s employed tgt
demns bigotry; it exposes the
by the Pullman:-
baselessness . of grievances held
Railroad Co. be-
against Jew's who are not -known
fore his induc-
by. those who hate them. There-
tion into the S/Sgt. Levin
fore, Jews and non-Jews, who
armed forces two years ago.
will enjoy reading a 'splendidly
S/Sgt. Levin was sent to Eng- written book, will be impressed.
last
April,
and
was
with
the
land
Miss Graham has rendered a
troops whioh • invaded the Nor- great service with this volume, in
mandy Coast.
spite of,
V its being a sort of an
"Abie's Irish Rose" Canadian
version.
American Jews have reason to
feel grateful to Miss Graham for
In
her excellent job. At present she
is addressing audiences in Can-
Mrs. Fannie Strauss has re- ada in condemnation of anti-
ceived a letter from her nephew, Semitism. More power to Gwe-
S/Sgt. Bernard Lawrence ,Lovit- thalyn Graham — and many
ky, who describes the Rosh thanks to her.
Hashanah serv-
ices which he
attended in Cal
cutta, India
Holyday m e a ls
and sleeping ac-
'c ommo dations ,-
Dr. A. M. Kohn, formerly a
were provided...
pediatrician with offices in the
for all service-
Maccabee Bldg., has been pro-
men at the Jew-
moted to the rank of major. He
ish Boys' School,p...,
recently return-
he wrote.
ed from his sey-
S / Sgt. Lovit- Sgt. Lovitky
ky , 21 was born in Detroit but enth trip over-
spent the last three years of his seas .
$
Major K o h n,
civilian life in Flint, where he
was graduated from the Flint who was active
high school. He was with the in various Je'w-
Woodmere Scrap Iron Metal Co. ish 'Social Serv-
ice Agencies, is
until enlisting in the army.
S/Sgt. Lovitky is the son of now visiting with
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lovitky of his wife, Rose, a
Flint. His mother is the former radio script
Maj. Kohn
Belle Freedman of Detroit. His writer in New
brother-in-law, Harmon Harris, is York City. Their present address
serving with the army air forces. is 17 W: 67th St.
* * *
A graduate of the Detroit Med-
Staff Sgt. CHARLOTTE ical College, Major Kohn has two
•FRIEDMAN of 205 N. Lincoln brothers who are physicians in
Ave., Bay City, Mich., was this city—Dr. M. E. Kohn and Dr.
among the WACs who observed Harry Kohn.
Major and Mrs. Kohn are
the Holydays in Italy.. Miss
Friedman kindled the lights on anxious to hear from their Many
Detroit friends.
Rosh. Hashanah.

Among ,:the numerous Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur ser-
vices conducted for servicemen.
on all fronts overseas were the
the services somewhere in' New
Guinea which were conducted
by a Detroiter—Chaplain- Albert
A. Gordon.
Capt. Gordon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Abe Gordon of 265R Webb
Ave., is shown here conducting
the services in an improvised
synagogue. On his right is. Cpl.
S. Yarkovi of New 'York. On his
left is Cpl. Abe Shindler of Rox-
burY; Mass., who is blowing the
Shofar. More than. 800 attended
the services.
Capt. Gordon has been in ac-
tive service more than twO
years. He has served overseas

for the last .10 montio:

The call that comes from servicemen—SEND US PLAY-
ING CARDS—is being answered by readers of The Jewish
News and listeners to the Altman Jewish Hours on Station
WJLB.
A number of replies have come to last week's call, in
sums of 30 cents to $2.
Among the week's contributors are: Mrs. L. Levy, 1923
W. Euclid; L Losh, 3909 McQuade; S. Wasserman, Mrs. Pevin,
Mrs. Honigman, Irving L. Hirschman, Mrs. 'Doris Grober,
Bertha Cahn and Mamie Freeman.
For each gift of 30 cents, a deck of cards is sent to a perv-
iceman overseas through Ports of Embarkation.
Those desiring to assist this project should make their
_contributions by returning this coupon: