Friday, March 30, 1945

THE

C 'Americas All'

Oscar Leonard's Fine Book
Abont U. S. Jewish Heroes

There are many histories of the
Jews in America, written for
young as well as adult readers.
For the younger reader, how-
ever, there are few works that
surpass in fascination Oscar
Leonard's "Americans All: Jews
in the •Making of Glorious Amer-
ica," which was published by
Behrman House, Inc., 1261 Broad-
way, New York.
Mr. Leonard is a pioneer social
worker and is known as. a "cam-
paigner". At present he is associ-
ated with the Jewish National
Fund. His latest achievement re-
veali that he can tell as good a
story in relating history as he
can in his appeals for funds.
* * *
"Americans All", a 256-page
book which has been ably illus-
trated by Ellen Simon, is un-

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Synagogue Gets
Candelabra From
Methodist Group

BOSTON (Religious News
Service)—Two candelabra, pre-
sented to Temple Sinai by a
Methodist layman, Alfred H.
Avery, were dedicated at a spe-
cial interfaith service in the syn-
agogue here.
Dr. Daniel L. Marsh, president
of Boston University, was the
preacher. Greetings were deliv-
ered by Dr. Frank Jennings, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Massa-
chusetts Council of Churches: Dr.
Phillips Endicott Osgood, Rector
of Emmanuel Church, and chair-
man of the Interfaith Fellowship
of Ministers and Rabbis; Dr. J.
L. McCorison, Jr., director of the
National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews, New England
Region; and Judge A. K. Cohen.
The candelabra bear the fol-
.lowing dedication:
"Let there be light
Dedicated to better understanding
Between Judaism and Christi-
anity
OSCAR LEONARD
Mother and daughter faiths.
Have we not all one Father
find a haven of refuge. The young Hath not one God created us all?"
reader—and his parents will
profit from reading the book—
meets the new Americans, since author to the young readers.
the beginning of the history of Hardly a Jewish character of im-
this great land, who came from portance among the builders of
many countries in search of the America is omitted.
one thing they craved for and
Outstanding Heroes
loved the most: T.TRERTY.
Jews
who were with Colum-
These heroes of Leonard's
"Americans All" came to find bus when he discovered Amer-
freedom and they helped to build ica; those who helped Washing-
ton and Lincoln; Aaron Lopez,
America.
The fact that the chapters in the merchant prince; Mordecai
"Americans All" run in length Manuel Noah, who outsmarted
from two to nine pages is proof the Sultan and sought to estab-
of the splendid approach of the lish a state for Jews on this con-
tinent; Commodore Uriah P.
Levy, who was in danger of be-
ing captured by pirates; David
de Leon, the fighting doctor;
Benjamin Nones, the Jewish La-
fayette; Abe Krotoshinsky, who
saved the Lost Battalion in the
last war—these and many more
are among the heroes in this
book.
Fighters for liberty and those
who, like Judah P. Benjamin, be-
longed to the Confederacy; the
champion of labor Samuel Gom-
pers; the great champion of the
rights of children Sophie Irene
Loeb; the great lawyers who be-
came Supreme Court justices,
Louis D. Brandeis and Benjamin
Cardozo; the great social worker,
heroine of the Henry Street Set-
tlement, Lillian Wald—these, too.
are among the book's heroes and
heroines.
* * *
"Americans All" will thrill the
Jewish readers, young and old.
It would be well, as Pierre Van
Paassen suggests, that it be
placed in the hands of many non-
Jews so that they may become
acquainted with the Jewish
builders of America.

usual from many points of view.
It is noteworthy for its selection
of historical material about the
Jews in America, for its sim-
plicity, for its weaving of facts
into the type of literature that
reads like a fairy tale and yet is
so definitely true to historical
happenings.
Book to Interest All
The book begins with an
introduction of the reader to the
pioneers who came to America to

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— By Danny Raskin

For a moment there is no battle—
The bombs have ceased to fall.
The war's at an end as thoughts home-
ward wend.
Today there is mail-call.
Whatever t h e scene — muddy o r
bloody—
There's joy reigning high for some
guy.
His name has been called. His
thoughts have been walled.
For a moment his spirits are high.
The letter is from a friend— -
Just someone who thought of writ-
ing.
Someone who remembered that
Out there, a boy is fighting!
But what of the fellow who didn't
get any mail?
The one whose name wasn't read?
He'll be lonely that day while others
are gay
And wish to hell he was dead!
Shame does befall on those who
"forgot"
Or those who "can't find the time."
For what they're not doing—small as
it seems,
Is truly a horrible crime!
"Sorry, buddy, nothing for you, today."
They dread to hear that said
And hard as they are—tough as they
look—
Many a tear they have shed.
Just a small letter can make them
feel better.
What wonders a few words can do
To stop the war and bring home a
boy,
If but for a moment or two.

* • *
JOTTINGS . . Capt. Howard
Gaba, local MD now in the
Phillipines, has been awarded
the Bronze Medal for heroism
under fire . . . Matilda Siegal
Rubin, former assistant director
at the Jewish Center, is on the
staff at the University of Mich-
igan in the Adult Education
department . . . Being groomed
as an expert on returning ser-
vicemen's problems . . . Drapery
man Shim Tessler is nearing a
curtain-call with Ethel Austria
. . . Dr. Morton Schwartz, the
"eye to eye" gent, is back in
civies.
* • *
SECOND LOOKERS . . . The
worded card atop three Jap in-
vasion bills in Jerry Blum's hos-
iery spot window, which reads:
"This money not accepted here."
. . . and the one in the check-
room in Windsor's Shaar Hash-
omayim synagogue . . . "good
checking .10, excellent checking,
.15 and up."
* * *
THE LARGEST donation of
old clothes for overseas relief,
collected by Bernice Gerstein be-
fore she left for the New York
dancing post, last week, was by
a woman with three sons in ser-
vice . . . or, rather, only one .. .
two have been killed in action
. . The lady was telling Ber-
nice about the bedroom where

U.S. Officials Assist
French Emigrants
Going to Palestine

PARIS, (JTA)—American of-
ficials here have been most help-
ful in arranging for the trans-
portation of the first contingent
of 200 Jewish children and 50
adults who are emigrating from
France to Palestine, it was re-
vealed by David Sealtiel, repre-
sentative of the Jewish Agency.
The emigrants were expected
to leave France before the end
of the month. The Joint Dis-
tribution Committee is financing
the transportation. The 200 chil-
dren are orphans or have rela-
tives in Palestine. The Youth
Aliyah has arranged for their
reception and maintenance in
Palestine.
A Palestine immigration office
was opened here and also an
office for child and youth emig-
ration, Mr. Sealtiel announced.
These offices will closely co-
operate with the Hias-Ica Emi-
gration Association, which is
handling Jewish emigration af-
fairs.

Swedish Ship Offered
For Transportation of
Children to Palestine

STOCKHOLM, (JTA) — The
Swedish press reports that the
Swedish ship "Werna" will be
offered to American Jewish re-
lief organizations to transport
Jewish children from France „to
Palestine. '
The children could embark" in
Lisbon. The trip would take
three weeks and the vessel could
carry 500 children on each
voyage.

Jap Legation Financed
Bulgarian Anti-Semitism

SOFIA, (JTA)—The Japanese
legation in Sofia had huge funds
at its disposal for anti-Semitic
propaganda, it was revealed
here by Menahem Fayonoff,
Chief Secretary of the Ministry
of Propaganda, testifying at the
trial of former officials charged
with persecution of Jews.
Fayonoff said that anti-Jewish
activities in Bulgaria were in-
spired by the Gestapo and were
strongly opposed by the majority
of the Bulgarian people.

both boys slept together, saying
that as long as she lived, no one
would ever use it again . . . when
her husband came in—wearing a
disabled veterans pin and minus
a left arm!
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