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THE JEWISH NEWS

`With Malice Toward None'

As the Editor
Views the News -

Honoring Our Heroes



The energetic group that is sponsoring
the successful campaign for a Jewish Hos-
pital in Detroit deserves highest commenda-
tions for the plan to perpetuate the names
of those of our men who have given their
lives in this way . by suitable memorials in
the hospital.
Regardless of contributions made by re-
latives and friends, the names of ALL who
have made the supreme sacrifice will thus
be memorialized on a thoroughly democratic
basis. .
The fact that an institution devoted to
the preservation of the health of the com-
munity remembers the men who fought for
the defense of human liberties adds to the
glory of the great movement which was a
community dream for 45 years and now
nears realization.
The latest appeal of the Jewish Hospi-
tal Association for prompt voluntary con-
tributions to the hospital fund should be
heeded by individuals as well as organiza-
tions. A prompt response will bring early
victory to the hospital movement.

The Human Spirit

Mrs. Max (Rose) Efros, of 4275 W. Grand
Ave., was deeply touched by the news that
Lt. Severyn Szudarek, son of her mailman,
Casmir Szudarek, Polish and Catholic, was
killed in action.
In triubte to the memory of Lt. Szudarek,
Mrs. Efros contributed $15 to the Catholic
parish, which the Szudarek family attends.
In further tribute to his memory, she con-
tributed $25 to the fund to fight infantile pa-
ralysis and with the aid of a neighbor, Mrs.
Dora Schpiece, collected an additional sum
from her neighbors for the anti-infantile pa-
ralysis fund.
Mr. and Mrs.. Efros' son, Pvt. Jerry Efros,
is stationed in Fort Lewis, Wash.
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This piece was originally written for a
news story. But the editor considers it of
sufficient importance for this brief comment:
Genuine good will can be created by the
natural reactions of the human spirit.
Mrs. Efros, an ordinary citizen, reflects
in her actions the sentiments of the average
American. Eliminate the seeds of hatred
which counteract the spirit of good will, and
you havet-D enuine Americanisin.
May this spirit survive , the prejudices
which germinated in hate-inspiring Nazi-
Fascist countries!

(Catholic and Polish newspapers—please copy!)

`The Ghetto Miracle'

'Detroit Jews have an opportunity to see
a magnificent spectacle which is at the same
time a great tribute to the heroes of the
Warsaw Ghetto, during the presentation of
H. Leivicks "The Miracle of the*Warsaw
Ghetto," on Sunday evening, at the Masonic
Temple.
This great production was brought here
after outstanding successes in the East and
unanimous acclamation by all critics. The
ablest actors on the Yiddish stage head a
cast of 60. It is a production not to be missed
and it deserves a capacity audience.



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 News-
papers and Michigan Press Association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publish-
ing Co., 2144 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26. Mich. Telephone
RAndolph 7956. Subscription rate, 83 a year; foreign.
84 a year. Club subscription of one issue a month.
published every fourth Friday in the month, to all
subscribers to Allied Jewish 'Cainpaign 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.

1-10 LORI)

MOST LOVE ThE
COM MON PEOPLE.
THAIS WHY
MAPS SO MANY

Friday, February 9, 1945'

Facts You Moeda Know

Answers to Readers'
Questions About Jews

Are there any of the Jewish festivals that are
not referred to in the Bible? Where does the
Shema appear? —M. M.
lor Hall
Hanukah is not referred to in the Bible, but
will be found in Apocrypha. in the Book of
Maccabees. The Shema is in Chapter 6 of Deu-
\
teronomy.
* * *
Longfellow quotes a line from the Bible in
his poem "Psalm of Life." Where is it to be
Lo
found?
The line, "Dust thou art and unto dust shalt
thou return" is to be. found in Gen. 3:19.
* * *
What were the principal Jewish sects at the
time of Christ?
The Scribes, versed in, and teachers of; the
Law; the Pharisees, or Separatists, who rejected
any innovation or deviation from the ancient laws
of Moses; the Sadducees, a politico-religious sect
representing the aristocratic priestly families;
the Essenes, a mysterious sect living celibate and
semi-monastic lives and claiming the gift of
prophecy and the performing of miracles; Zealots,
a nationalistic party combining intense patriotism
with a fervent zeal for the law; the Nazarites,
who either in infancy or voluntarily were vowed
to God.
* * *
When was the American Bible Society organ-
—A. M.
ized?
The British Bible Society was founded in 1804.
Courtesy AppreCiate America. Inc.
In 1809, there was an. American Bible Society, but
there were also over 100 Bible societies in the
different states. In 1816, these all united in the
"In Peace As in War—Teamwork" is the interesting slo- American Bible Society.

`In Peace As In War—Teamwork

gan selected for this year's observance of Brotherhood Week,
set for Feb. 18 to 25.
This motto sums up the basic need of our time—the
necessity for co-operation among all elements in the Ameri-
can community.
The plans for the 1945 observance of this week, intended
to promote good will among all faiths, indicate in • advance
that a genuine spirit of inter-faith co-operation may be ex-
pected from all elements. Synagogues and churches have
arranged special services and programs which should lend
reality to the Brotherhood Day . declaration by President
Roosevelt.
The President's important statement from which the,
National Conference of Jews and Christians, sponsor of
Brotherhood Week, borrowed the theme and the slogan for
this year's observance, declares:
It is highly fitting that in the midst of the world's struggle

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for liberty we should remind ourselves of the spiritual realities
by which the ideals of freedom are nourished. The principle
of human brotherhood is the source of our political democracy
and this principle is rooted in the faith which our Fathers knew
and which we have lived by. One God is our father and all of
us are brothers and sisters in his family. We worship at differ-
ent altars and express this faith in many ways. But deeper than
the differences is the spiritual unity that makes us one people.
"On battlefields throughout the world, Americans of many
cultural backgrounds stand together in one fighting force that
presents an unbroken front against the enemies of freedom. We
move. forward to victory—one people dedicated to one flag in
the service of justice and peace for all. As :these men and
women of the fighting forces carry on their struggle against
tyranny overseas. they dream of the homeland in which equal
opportunity for the good life is open to all. It is,• therefore, a
solemn duty for us who live and work in the United States to
keep our country free of prejudice and bigotry so that when our
fighting men return they may find us living by the freedom for
which they _are ready to give the full measure of devotion.
"The United States is the greatest team of free men and
women, that the world has ever seen. This is the hour for us to
decide that our determination shall be in peace, as in war—
teamwork. I am happy, therefore, to welcome the twelfth an-
niversary of Brotherhood Week, February 18-24, 1945, under the
auspices of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. I
hope that our people will come .together this week to renew
and strengthen their determinations to serve the high principles
of liberty through spiritual unity."

Americans of all creeds, all races, all nationality back-
grounds should take these assertions to heart. We should
make them dominant principles of our lives, for the sake of
a better future for our children. By seeking justice through
teamwork we can best "serve the high principles of liberty
through spiritual unity."

A Most Serious Offense

A wireless story from London to Religious News Service
quotes the Roman Catholic Bishop of Aachen as having told
two American Catholic chaplains:
"Any Catholic priest who is pro-Nazi- needs to see a
psychitarist."
This statement is applicable to all sorts of collabora-
tionists. It can be applied to the person who justifies Hitler
on the Jewish question. It is true in the case of those who
give credence to the outrageous charge that "this is a Jewish
war." It is applicable to the bigots who wave the flag of de-
mocracy in one hand but use it to destroy the causes they
hate.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
We wonder what the Catholic Bishop of Aachen would
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
MAURICE ARONSSON
say to Colonel Patterson whose New York Daily News had
ISIDORE SOBELOFF
FRED M. BUTZEL
ABRAHAM SRERE
THEODORE LEVIN
the audacity to. state editorially as follows:
MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ HENRY WINEMAN
"Undoubtedly, the Jewish question was a factor in our
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
unofficial entry into World War II long before Pearl Harbor.
A. R. BRASCH, Advertising Counsel
Hitler, a fanatic, persecuted the Jews from the time he came
FEBRUARY 9, 1945
VOL. 6—NO. 21
to power in 1933. That naturally stirred up resentment
The Week's Scriptural Selections
among Jews and many Gentiles in other countries, including
This Sabbath, the twenty-seventh day- of She- the United States."
Is it conceivable that the author of this statement has
vat, the following Scriptural selections will be
forgotten
the background of the present war, the threats to
read in our synagogues:
human
liberties
that emanated from Germany, the dangers
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 21:1-24:18; 30:11-
that faced the entire civilized world at the time the British
16.
Isles were threatened by the Hun invaders?
Prophetical portion—II Kings 12:1-17.
To blame the Jews for the war in the present crucial
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Rosh Hodesh- period of the world conflict is to be guilty of -a most serious
Adar, Num. 28:1-15 will be read during morn- offense against the people that has lost a third of its world
population.
ing services.

Talmudic Tales

(Bases upon the ancient legends and philosophy found lig
Jewish people dating back
the Talmud and folklore of
as far as 3,000 years).

By DAVID MORANTZ

PAY WHAT YOU OWE

"Pay what you owe," says the Talmud, "and
you will know what you are worth." -
"Out of debt, out of danger."
"Pay as you go, and keep from small scores."
"Lying rides on debt's back."
"Say nothing of my debts unless you mean
to pay them."
"He who bath good health is young, and he is
rich who owes nothing."
"Sleep without supping, and wake without
ow"
b. t is the worst kind of poverty."

(Copyright by David Morantz)
For a handsome 195 page, autographed gift volume con-
taining 128 of these tales and 500 Pearls of Wisdom, send
81.50 to David Morantz, care of The Jewish News, or
phone PLaza 1048.

Children's Corner

Dear Boys and Girls:
Our next festival—Purim—is more than two
weeks off.
Purim will be observed on Monday night and
Tuesday, Feb. and 27.
Since we should have time to _prepare for the
festivities—in the schools, at home and through
our clubs—I have decided to publish for the.
benefit of all my readers a very interesting
operetta which was published in the January
1945 issue of The Jewish Teacher, a quarterly
magazine for Jewish schools published by the
Union of AmeriCan Hebrew Congregation, Cin-
cinnati, 0.
I recommend very highly a great book,
"Americans All: Jews in the Making of Glorious
America" by Oscar Leonard. It was published by
Behrman House, Inc., 1261 Broadway, New York.
There will be a lengthy review of the_ book in.
The Jewish News. I recommend this book for
young readers and their parents. Don't miss it.
A pleasant Sabbath to
UNCLE DANIEL.

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A PURIM MELODY

A Tiny Operetta for Tiny Tots to the Tune of
"Farmer in the Dell"

(From The Jewish Teacher)

By MILDRED W. KREI1IER
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: There are four
children in this piece. They skip out from the
side; three join hands, forming a circle around
on in the center. This center child stands very
straight and still. He is holding something be-
hind his back.
ALL CHILDREN (Three are circling around
center child.)
A Purim Melody!
A Purim Melody!
We are a homontasch,
And we have corners three!
(One "corner" skips to the side.)
ALL CHILDREN (Two are still circling
around the center child.)
You've only begun!
You've only begun!
Bite off another side
And still there is one!
("Another side" skips to the side.)
(The third "side" now faces the
audience, standing beside the cen-
ter child.) .
ALL CHILDREN . (Except the center child.)
And now we suggest—
You eat up the rest (They point lo the
center child.)
He is the middle part
And he is the best!
CENTER CHILD (Repeating the melody.)
I am the middle part—
And I am the best!
(The "middle part" produces a
three-cornered paper hat from be-
hind his back, places it on his
head with a grand flourish, and
takes a proud bow.)

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