Friday, February 23, 1945

THE JEWIS • H . NEWS

Cong. Shaar Hashomayim
To Celebrate Anniversary

JDC Praises Aid
To Europe's Jews
By the Red Cross

Windsor Synagogue to Mark 15 Years in Present Building;
A Dominant Force in Life of Jewish Community;
Close Co-operation Between
Officers, Program Listed
Agencies in Bringing. Relief
Cited ?by J. C. Hyman
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, which is the center of

Jewish activity in Windsor, will this year celebrate the 15th
anniversary of the erection of its present synagogue.
Under the leadership of Joshua Gitlin, president for the
past two years, and J. A. Glanz, president for the previous
12 years, the congregation has been a dominant force in the

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life of the Windsor Jewish com-
munity and has served as an
example to other such communi-
ties in Canada.
Among the goodwill activities
that they have originated is that
of sponso
Open House for
t h e Christians
of Windsor.- Last
May some 4,000
Christians came
to the synago-
g u e on invita-
tions to them
through their
churches, or-
ganized groups
and through the Rabbi Groner
press. Rabbi Benjamin Groner,
spiritual leader of the congrega-
tion; lectured on the synagogue,
its ceremonials and its symbo-
lisms.
Non-Jews Participants
Shaar Hashomayim also con-
ducts a Friday evening youth
forum in the synagogue which
involves the participation of non-
Jewish groups.
In addition to its regular Tal-
mud Torah, Sunday School and
adult education program, it has
been instrumental in effecting
the formation of a Youth Council,
and has this year contributed
more than $1,000 to the council
while simultaneously making its
facilities available to the group.
Included in the congregations
varied program of activities are
the Thursday night clubs which
offer Bible study, round table
discussions and social relaxation.
Friday evenings are devoted to
the Oneg Shabbat.
Synagogue Council
The congregation has also taken
the initiative in forming a Syna-
.gogue Council which administers
the needs of the Jewish commu-
nity such as Kashruth, the ceme-
tery and others of a similarly
religious nature.
A year ago Shaar Hashomayim
concluded a successful campaign
to pay for the mortgage on its
$225,000 building and is planning
to enlarge the edifice to provide
the necessary facilities for a
youth center, as soon as condi-
tions permit.
The congregation takes a vital
interest in all problems affecting
the general community and is af-
filiated with the Community
Council.
Regular Meetings Held
Regular meetings are held on
the last Monday of every month
and members are encouraged to
participate in the management of
the congregation. Young men are
frequently placed in positions of
responsibility.
Current officers are: President,
Joshua Gitlin; vice presidents, I.
Cohen, J. Orechkin, Bernard Kap-
lan, Harry Cherniak; secretary,
M. Schott; treasurer, M. Moss-

Accept Application
For Victory Gardens

Victory Garden applications
are being accepted by the De-
partment of Parks and Recrea-
tion. The need for more gardens
is emphasized by James Fisher,
garden adviser for the depart-
ment, . because of the many
vegetables now on the ration list.
Applicants will be assigned to
indivdual plots measuring 30x50
feet, as near to their homes as
possible.
Preparation of land for this
purpose is one of the services of
this city department. The only
charge is a $1 registration fee
which should accompany the ap-
plication. All applications should
be mailed to Victory Garden
Headquarters. Department of
Parks and Recreation, 504 Elm-
wood, Detroit 7.

man; financial secretary, M. Le-
vine; gabbai, M. Noble.

Chairman of the various com-
mittees are: Education, M. Sum-
ner; membership, L. Lutvak, en-
tertainment; W. Auerback; Kehil-
lah, R. G. Cohen; public relations,
. 0. Cherniak; property, J. A.
Glanz; youth activities, William
Hurwitz; seating and fees, Ben
Brody; religious activities, I. Mur-
off; building fund, M. C. Meret-
sky; building fund treasurer, M.
Kovinsky; ushers committee,
Sam Vexler; Irving S. Goldin is
auditor and A. D. Cherniak is
chairman of the board of direc-
tors.
Mrs. B. Meretsky is president
of the Sisterhood which includes
nearly 200 women in its member-
ship.
The Talmud Torah is under the
directorship of M. Tabachnick.

1,000 Jews Reported
Killed Daily in• Lodz

MOSCOW (JTA)—Eight-hun-
dred to 1,000 Jews were being
killed daily in the Lodz ghetto by
the Germans at one period, it is
reported in a dispatch from Lodz
appearing in Izvestia, official
newspaper of the Soviet Govern-
ment.
The Izvestia correspondent also
reports the indignation of a Red
Army unit in the province of
Poznan which discovered that the
streets of a small town it had
captured were paved with tomb-
atones taken from Jewish ceme-
teries.
The Lublin radio broadcast an
order by the Commander-in-Chief
of the Polish Army creating a
Jewish chaplains corps.

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NEW YORK—Reports reaching
the American Jewish Joint Dis-
tribution Committee from Europe
unanimously hail the Interna-
tional Red Cross for its out-
standing role in- the rescue and
maintenance of persecuted Euro-
pean Jewry.
"Thousands of Jews in newly
liberated lands and in German
concentration camps," announces
Joseph C. Hyman, executive vice-
chairman of the JDC, "owe their
lives to the sanctuary and the
help given them by the Inter-
national Red Cross."
Work of the International Red
Cross in Europe in behalf of
Jews may be divided into four
categories: the shipment of re-
lief (food, clothing and medi-
cines) from Geneva to occupied
countries or camps in Germany;
shipment of relief from other
areas to camps in Germany;
transmission of funds for the
purchase of food and clothing,
and the creation of children's
homes, hospitals and soup
kitchens.
In all instances, precautions
have been and are being taken
to prevent supplies from being'
diverted from the persons for
whom they are intended. The In-
ternational Red cross and the
JDC operate only where con-
trol can be exercised and where
sufficient guarantee can be fur-
nished to the authoritieS re-
sponsible for the blockage.
"In those parts of the world
where J1JC, major American
agency for the rescue and relief
of distressed Jews overseas, can-
not itself work directly," added
Mr. HYman, "we know we • can
count on the International Red
Cross, as well as the govern-
mental agencies, to act 'for us in
bringing aid to suffering Jewry."

Rabbinical Assembly
Calls Off Convention

Dr. Robert Gordis, president of
the Rabbinical Assembly of
America, announces that in de-
Anti-Jewish Remarks
ference to the request of the Of-
fice of Defense Transportation,
By Rankin Assailed
the Executive Council of the As-
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Speak- sembly has voted to forego its
ing on the floor of the House annual convention scheduled in
this week, Rep. Adam C. Powell June.
Jr., Dem., New York, attacked
the anti-Jewish remarks made in
the House last week by Rep.
John Rankin, (D.) Mississippi.
"Racial bigotry_has no place in
this nation and least of all in
the House of Representatives,"
Rep. Powell said.
Victor and
"Last week, democracy was
Columbia
shamed by the uncalled for and
Recordings
unfounded condemnation . of one
of America's great minorities,"
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member of that minority, but I
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Of Jewish Culture

JERUSALEM (JTA)—A mu-
seum of the Jewish cultural
treasures of Europe will be
established at the Hebrew Uni-
versity. Profs. Martin Buber,
Nachum Torchiner and Fishel
ShreierSon disclosed at a press
conference, that the university
was planning to erect a special
building to house the museum
and archives.
It was announced that the uni-
versity is. .planning to build a
student's hostel which will wel-
come the remnants of the Jev'ish
students in Europe.

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Herzl's Successor

Zionist Organization Issues
David 'Wolffsohn's Biography

David Wolffsohn's•name is not
mentioned often among the
founders of the Zionist move-
ment. This is one of the ano-
malies of human nature—that
leaders are often forgotten and
that they must be resurrected
from among dusty pages of his-
tory to be given credit for
creative achievements.
As the successor of Dr. Theodor
Herzl to the leadership of the
World Zionist Organization,
David Wolffsohn ranks among
the very great men in Zionist
history. He was a practical
Zionist who may be credited with
having established the founda-
tion for the Hebrew University
to which he gave the first large
contribution.
But he was much more than
that. He was a Westernized Jew
to whom Zionism meant his very
life, and he devoted his best
energies towards creating a
strong foundation for the Jewish
national movement.
A Complete Record
Emil Bernhard Cohn's biog-
raphy of Wolffsohn, published by
the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica, fills a long-felt need. Only
occasional articles have referred
to Herzl's successor. Only those
fully steeped in Zionist history
knew anything about him. Now,
we have a nearly-complete record
of the great man's accomplish-
ments.
Wolffsohn was a very rich man.
But his great love in life was
the cause of Palestine's redemp-
tion.
The biography of the Zionist
leader reveals some of the con-
flicts that existed in the move-
ment. Apparently no political
movement can be without its in-
ternal strife.. There were differ-
ences of opinion between Wolff-.
sohn and the Russian Zionists.
But he came through the battles
with vindication, and his name
looms large in Jewish history.
In the biography under review,

the great names in Zionism pass
in review—Weizmann, Sokolow,
Ussishkin, Tchlenov, Nordau and
scores of others.
Most of them were involved
in internal conflicts, and there
will be consolation for those now
taking sides in an internal Zionist
battle that the founders of Zion-
ism also took sides in political
squabbles. But the cause of.
Zionism always stood above per-
sonalities, and this was especial-
ly true of Wolffsohn for whom
the movement came first.
It is regrettable that the ZOA-
published Wolffsohn biography
was not edited b e t t e r. The
volume has too many typograph-
ical errors and there are por-
tions of the book which call for
literary revision.
But taken as a whole it is a
good contribution to Zionist lit-
erature. - _

Kingdom of Yemen Lifts
Ban on Alien Jews

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JERUSALEM (JTA)—For the
first time in centuries foreign
Jews will be permitted to enter
the small Arab kingdom of Ye-
men, the Jewish Agency an-
nounced. •
The Agency has been inform-
ed that King Iman Yehie has
agreed to the admission of four
Jewish physicians, two of . whom
will be women; on condition that
they do not come as representa-
tives of any organization and
agree. to accept directions from
the Yemen, Government.

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