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THE JEWISH NEWS
As the Editor
Views the News - •• ••
Our National Conference
The American Jewish. Conference will
resume its session on Sunday in Pittsburgh,
and the entire Jewish community of America
will again await with anxiety the decisions
which must come from the most representa-
tive body created by our people.
Will it be a constructive gathering? Will
it act to establish a truly representative or-
gan to speak for the Jews of America? Or
will it permit vested interests to interfere
with unified efforts to protect the position
of Jews. everywhere?
The outlook for peace in Jewish ranks is
not good. The report submitted in Detroit,
at the meeting of the East Central States
Conference, by Sidney Hollander, of Balti-
more, was not an encouraging one. It re-
vealed again that "millions of dollars worth
of confusion" is the rule in Jewish life and
not a -real effort to eliminate duplication of
activities.
Too many national organizations are
doing identical work and appear to have
no-intentions of fusing their efforts with sim-
ilar organizations. This means not only a
waste of money and effort but the creation
of humilating situations, w it h varying
groups making identical appeals for Jewish
causes and for the defense of Jewish rights.
There should be an end to debates and
to differences, and the American Jewish
Conference is the only body that can unify
all Jewish activities. If it fails to accomplish
this, it may mean the end of what was ex-
pected to become the most important crea-
tion in American Jewish life for unified ac-
tion in behalf of Jewish rights everywhere.
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University Restrictions
An interesting thing happened in Montreal
a few days ago, when M. J, ColdWell,leader
of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federa-
tion, condemned race restrictions at McGill
University and criticized the university's
policy of requiring higher admittance marks
for Jewish students.
Mr. Coldwell, in reply to a question after
his address on the needs of Canadian educa-
tion, declared; "Any university that does that
kind of thing forfeits the right to be called
a university and would 'forfeit its right to
receive such educational grants as would be
made a C. C. F. government."
This is -a strong statement, and the un-
fOrtunate angle in the issue raised by the
C.C.F. leader is that most universities would
fall into the category of universities unde-
serving of support because of discrimination.
The existence of unwritten laws limiting at-
tendance of Jews in professional schools is
well known, but the policy remains in force.
It is a painful thing to admit—that Mr.
Coldwell's opinion remains a voice in the
wilderness.
The J.D.C. Sabbath
Emphasis on the important relief and
rescue work of the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee will serve as the
theme of the observance of the JDC Sab-
bath this Saturday by Jewish communities
throughout the land, including Detroit. •
Grave responsibilities face our people in
the years to come. When the war ends, the
JDC will be one of the great worldwide cen-
tral agencies that will be charged with the
duty of providing relief for the millions of
Jews rescued from Nazism.
The sacred Sabbath day is an ideal time
to remind our people of the tasks ahead of
us and to instruct them regarding the major
agencies serving the cause of mercy.
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VOL. 6—NO. 11
DECEMBER 1, 1944
This Sabbath, the sixteenth day of Kislev, the
following Scriptural selections will be read
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 32:4-36:43.
Prophetical portion — Hos. 12:13-14:10 or
4:7-12:12 or Obad. 1:1-21.
Patriots All In Step
Friday, December T, 1144
Facts You Should Knott)
Answers to Readers'
Questions About Jews
When was the festival of Hanukah first
initiated?
—L. L.
Hanukah was initiated in the year 165 before
the Christian era-2,109 years ago—by 'Judas
Maccabeus and his brothers of the Hasmonean .
dynasty, after they had scored victories over the
Syrians, recaptured Jerusalem and cleansed, the
Temple.
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Did Moses Mendelssohn's daughter abandon
Judaism?
4 —A. K.
Yes. Dorothea Mendelssohn, who was one of
the most charming hostesses to the great of her
time at the "Salon" at her home, became a
Protestant for the sake of her second husband,
the German writer Friedrich von Schlegel. Later,
she embraced Catholicism. She was a gifted
writer but most of her works were under her
husband's name.
Talmudic Tales
(Based upon the ancient legends and philosophy found in
the Talmud and folklore of the Jewish people dating hack
as far as 3,000 years.)
By DAVID MORANTZ
PEARLS OF WISDOM
Jewish Colonization Possibilities
The time is fast approaching when havens of refuge
will have to be found'for Jews.
Realistic men and women, and leaders in the U. S. War
Refugee Board, the UNRRA and other important govern-
mental agencies, as well as men like Dr. James G. McDonald,
chairman of the President's Advisory Committee on Political
Refugees, insist that knowledge of events has taught them
that only Palestine can be counted upon to rescue large
numbers of Jews. But the tragic restrictions upon Palestine's
resettlement work imposed upon Jews by the White Paper
and the continued interest in territorialist movements by
many Jews often bring to the forefront new proposals.
Kimberly Division of Northwestern Australia is such a
territory that has been "offered" for Jewish colonization.
Last week, a committee of Australian Commonwealth offi-
cials advised the government of Australia to refuse permis-
sion for the establishment of a Jewish Kimberly settlement.
ment.
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The report from Canberra, Australia, states that Prime
Minister John Curtin and other senior ministers are known
to disapprove of the formation of large foreign communities
anywhere in `:heir country, since they believe that it will tend
to create racial minorities. However, there will be no dis-
crimination against Jewish immigrants who will be expected
to merge with the native-born population.
Does this mean thaf large-scale colonization in Australia
is placed out of any range of possibility? There seems to be
3'10 doubt about it.
Simultaneous with this st4tement comes a Jewish Press
Service report from Biro-Bidjan to the effect that its secre-
tary of the Regional Committee of the Jewish Autonomous
Region, A. Bakhmutsky,. has declared that the Jews of the
USSR have "begun to build their own statehood" in Biro-
Bidjan. This, too, is utterly fantastic, since the total Jewish
population of Biro-Bidjan, after more than two decades of
talk about such a state, numbers less than 25,000, and since
Russia consistently has refused to admit Polish and other
Jews in that territory, Russian Jews preferred to retain their
iesidence in Russia proper.
"A fool is pleased if you speak to him," says the
Talmud, "although he does not understand you."
" 'Tis better to be the pursued than the pur-
suer."
"A toe once bruised is always in the way of
accidents."
"The very perSon you wish to avoid is the one
you are most likely to meet."
"Insult not the wretched."
"A word is like the bee. It has honey and a
sting."
"One man eats, another says grace."
"Intemperance is the grossest abuse of the gifts
of Providence."
"Care not for that which you can never pos-
sess."
"Covetous people always think themselves in
want."
"He who runs after fame will find that it flies
from him."
•_ (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, lare of The Jewish News, ox
phone PLaza 1048.
Children's Corner
Dear Boys and Girls:
Have you bought a war bond?
Are you selling bonds to boost your school
record?
Are you buying savings stamps regularly? And
if you are—have you bought
enough to convert them into
bonds?
Every boy and girl, and every
man and woman, .knows the im-
portance of bond-buying.
We must ALL give our com-
plete assistance to the govern-
ment in the program to win the
war.
If we all help, we can make it
possible for the war to end
and for our relatives and
fith WAR LOAN sooner
friends to come home from the
war fronts.
Let us all do our share NOW.
A pleasant Sabbath to all.
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BOOKS AND BONDS AS GIFTS
The season for gift-giving is approaching. With
Hanukah only a week off many of you will be
puzzled by what to select as gifts for your
relatives and friends.
Some of you will surely want to give gifts to
your non-Jewish friends fOr Christmas—a prac-
tice that does not have to be discouraged even
though we do not observe this religious festival
our neighbors.
This sad state of affairs is aggravated by the admissions of Books
always make a good gift. There are
now being made that repatriation of Jews in countries of their many good
Jewish books, and the Jewish pub-
former residence will be difficult. An outstanding authority lishers—Jewish Publication Society, Behrman's,
on the subject, Sir Herbert Emerson, director of the Inter- Bloch, Union of American Hebrew Congrega-
governmental Committee on Refugees, recently affirmed that tions—have good titles available.
There are a few suggestions of new books
"repatriation will not be a universal remedy."
with general themes. Here are four such good
books
published by the Viking Press, 18 E. 48th
This being the case, our responsibility is clear: Palestine St., New
York: -
being the major, perhaps the only place available for large-
THE ROOSTER CLUB by Valenti Angelo,
scale Jewish immigration, the battle for just rights for Jews with illustrations by the author. It is about 'Boy
in Palestine must be renewed and must be carried to the Scouts, _their hikes and plays, their adventures
and numerous experiences. It is a very fine
highest tribunals of humanity.
book for children of 10 to 12.
RABBIT HILL, a story and drawings by
Robert Lawson, who knows how to entertain
his readers with humor. It is lots of fun reading
this story about rabbits, field mice and other
There is nothing new about Jewish disavowal of terror- animals.
SUSAN, the heroine of the story by Robbie
ism. During the worst days of the Arab riots in Palestine, Trent, will surely become the favorite of those
responsible leaders refused to condone retaliation.
who will possess thiS splendid book for young
readers. The farm girl of Kentucky about whom
The outrageous acts of the Sternists have been and will the author has written this story is a • real
continue to be condemned, and, given an opportunity to act, heroine for young readers.
COPPER: THE RED METAL by June M.-Met-
the Jewish community of Palestine is certain to uproot this
calf is a book you never want to give away. It
evil.
is history and science combined. It will .teach
The unanimous voice of Jewry everywhere has been you how copper is secured, when it first began
to be used, how the Indians used it for hatchets
heard.
and utensils. You - -will learn _how ore is turned
Now, it is important that Jews should be encouraged to into copper, how the metal' is mined, how its
uses have been perfected. It is a truly great book
continue with peaCeful efforts in Palestine. Even a defeatist for
those who desire to learn about metals—and
statement like Moshe.Shertok's that "Jews may be transform- I am sure that you are all in this group of young
ed from plaintiffs to defendants" is utterly wrong, since the people who desire to learn things all the time.
But the best gifts of all are War Bonds and
Jewish people is not responsible for the wrongdoing of a
Terrorism and Its Aftereffects
handful of sinners and terrorists.
War Savings Stamps.
UNCLE DANIEL.