Friday, Jane 1,
1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
Young Israel's Proposed New Center Hem
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—Louis G. Redstone, Architect
ARCHITECT'S DESIGN FOR PROPOS ED NEW YOUNG ISRAEL BUILDING
Details of design and facilities for the proposed
effort and campaigning, progress has been made
toward its realization.
new building of Young Israel of Detroit announc-
In addition to $20,000 pledged so far by Young
ed this week have elicited an enthusiastic response
Islael members, substantial sums have been pledg-
from many who are interested in.seeking the con-
ed outside the organization, coupled with offers
struction of an orthodox center in! Detroit, it was
of assistance in the campaign.
stated • this week. The center will be located on
While sponsored by Young Israel, the Center
Dexter near Fullerton.
has been designed to serve the needs in the entire
Support of the project is coming from many
community campaign leaders state.
quarters, it is stated by Yothig Israel leaders.
The center will contain meeting and recreation
They stated that while the goal of $100,000- which
rooms for youth and adults clubs, a gymnasium,
was announced as the minimum amount necessary
social hall, a ritualarium, synagogue and other
for the Center's erection, will require additional
features to fulfill its purpose.
80,000 Jews Rescued
From Nazi Camps by
Soviets, Official Says
MOSCOW, (JTA)—About 80,-
000 Jews have been liberated by
the Red Army from different
concentration camps in Germany
and German-held - countries, it
was reported here from Warsaw.
A larke number of them are
Polish Jews, the report said.
The Central Committee of
Polish Jews in Lublin dispatched
a number of its members to
meet the returning Jews. As-
sisted by Polish authorities, the
committee organized receiving
stations to which the liberated
Jews are delivered by the Red
Army.
Dr. S. Sfard, representative of
the Association of Polish Jews
in the USSR, told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that in-
creased aid from American Jew-
ry is needed.
"Up to today," Dr. Sfard
stated, "we have received four
transpOrts of clothing and medi-
caments from the Joint Distri-
bution Committee and other re-
lief groups."
Dr. Sfard regretted the fact
that the Jews of Poland are not
as yet in a position to send a
delegation to the U. S. to report
their situation. He estimated
that there are, at present, 50,000
Jews in Poland.
The majority of the repatriated
Polish Jews, Dr. Sfard stated,
have no relatives left alive in
Poland. They believe that the
Polish Government in Warsaw
will provide them with passports'
to enable, their emigration to the
U. S., Palestine and othei coun-
tries where they have friends
willing to aid them.
Book on Refugees
NEW YORK — Analyzing the
position of the surviving Jews
of Europe, Dr. George Stefan-
sky, author of the new book,
"Does the Refugee Have a Fu-
- DR. GEORGE STEFANSKY
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
Luxembourg Radio said this
week that "the famous Rothschild
library in Frankfurt-on-the-Main
is almost undamaged." The Ger=
man-language broadcast, reported
by the Office of War information,
added that "employes of Frank-
tuft's public libraries are now en-
gaged in .repairing damage and in
tore?", sounds • the warning that
humanitarianism will not solve
the Jewish problem and that the
future security of the remnants
of European Jewry can be as-
sured only through full nation-
hood for the Jewish people in
their ancient Jewish homeland.
Dr. Stefansky, an outstanding
authority in the field of social
and political science; is a mem-
ber of the faculty of New York
University and director of re-
search of -the United Palestine
Appeal.
Deserves Wide • Attention
In a preface written by James
G. McDonald, chairman of the
President's Advisory Committee
on Political Refugees, and for-
mer Lelgue of . Nations High
Commissioner for • Refugees Corn-
ing from Germany, Dr. Stefan-
sky's book is described as - an
"admirable sociological study
which deserves wide attention
and which contains a provoca-
tive challenge' to misconceptions
regarding the problem of refug-
ees." 's
Reviewing the Jewish position
since 1933, Dr. Stefansky esti,-
mates that of the total Jewish
population. of 8,200,000 in Europe
(exclusive of Soviet Russia), 75
per cent have perished as , a re-
sult of the Nazi program of ex-
termination, and that less than
2,000,000 have survived during
12 years of mass persecution.
Political Action Cited
In dealing with the problem
of the displaced :and upr6oted
Jews who have survived the Hit-
ler era, the author stresses the
fact that the world is • now be-
ing ,reorganized on the basis of
concerted political action by so-
vereign states, and that the es-
tablishment of strong national
structures 'in the post-war world
will doom to failure any attempt
to solve the Jewish problem ex-
cept on the basis of national re-
surrection and national self-rep-
resentation of the Jews through
the creation of an a , i+-nomous
weeding out Nazi literature."
state in Palestine.
Veteran JDC Official .
Goes to London Post
NEW YORK — Continuing 26
,years of uninterrupted service
with the Joint Distribution. Com-
mittee, Noel Aronovici left this
week for-London, where he will
assist in the JDC program of
relief and rehabilitation in be-
half of more Tian a million Jews,
Dr. Joseph C. Hyman, execu-
tive vice-chairman of the JDC,
announced.
JDC already has started its
comprehensive economic aid
work in Europe. Tools in the
value of $300,000 are en route
to Poland where they will make
possible the beginning of a new
life for hundreds Of • tailors,
masons, plumbers, shoemakers
and other artisans.
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Rothschild's Library
Undamaged in Reich
,
M'Donald Lauds
Dr. Stefansky's
.
100,000 Dutch Jews
Believed Massacred
During Occupation
UTRECHT, Holland (JTA) —
About 25,000 Jews remain in
Holland, according to the best
information available here. Of
these, about 9,000 were spared
because they were 'married to
noniJews, while the others went
into hiding. This means that
about 100,000 Jews were exter-
minated.
The apparent contradiction be-
iween the large loss of life and
the almost unanimous testimony
concerning the assistance given
Jews by the non-Jewish popula-
tion, can be explained by the
fact that the Germans succeeded
in luring many Jews to their
death by the creation of a "Jew-
ish Council," the members of
which, the Nazis promised, would
not be deported.
The council, at first, was en-
trusted with organizing Jewish
life, including schools, theaters,
hospitals and similar institutions.
Soon, the organization was ob-
liged to handle the deportation
'of thousands of Jews. At one
time, 17,000 Jews were on the
staff of the council, hoping that
they would thus evade deporta-
tion. Eventually, however, when
it was no longer useful to them,
the Nazis disbanded the council
and deported its membership. •
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Palestine Film Company
OrganizeAd in Nathania
JERUSALEM (ZOA)—A film
company is being fotinded_in the
American Jewish colony, Nath-
ania, with a capital of $400,000,
according to . an announcement
by OVed Ben-Ami, mayor of
the colony. Complete films will
be "shot" in Hebrew, Arabic
and English. The company plans
to engage 'Jewish film artists
who h6ve been driven out of Eu-
rope and could not be absorbed
in the .•film industry elsewhere.
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Anti-Semitism: How to Fight It;
Young Children Agitated by Doctrines
By ARNOLD A. WEITZMAN
Jews and Gentiles alike treat the words of both are that of the
anti-Semitism as if it would be a "Living God." There are expres-
force in nature which at best sions of anti "Ovdei Cochovim"
can be mastered but not eradi- (Star Worshipers) and "Goyim"
cated. The subject is also -treated (Gentiles) in Talmudic litera-
like a mysterious phenomenon ture which, of course, manifest
in human behavior.
a natural reaction to the terrible
"It is human nature," many persecutions that those pagans
learned doctors say, "to dis- have meted out fo the Jews, and
criminate against,. even hate, this could well be understood in
minority groups." This is a posi- itself. Yet, it has been amply
tiv e falsehood. Observations ,and emphatically explained by
prove that the opposite is true. later commentaries, that those
It can be seen that young, naive expressions refer to paganS only
children, before being agitated and do not in any way apply to
by doctrines, are warmly asso- Christians or Mohamedans.
, A Condemned People
ciating with other children, re-
On the other hand, early and
gardless of the religion into
later "Church Fathers" have ela-
which they have been born.
As they grow Older these an- borated and amplified on how
.gelic little innocent human be- the Jews are a condemned peo-
ings learn in the Sunday Schools ple to be hated by believers!
from "God's Word" that Jews_ John Chrysostom, Justinian; Am-
are a wicked people. That they brosisus of the dubious Epistles,
have forever connived and con- ascribed to Bar Nabos, the right
spired against Jesus and the hand man of the apostle . Paul,
Apostles. Out of "God's Word" are examples to be cited.
Let us hope that ministers of
is also read to them that the
Jewish rabbis are hypocrites all Christian denominations will
and from some pulpits 11 preach- finally follow a more Christian
rl that the Jewish people are way of teaching and explain to
"the Congregation of Satan." their people that the discussions
This explains why so many very and disputes recorded in the
pious Christians are Jew haters. New Testament have been car-
ried on by two groups in which
Stories of Hypocrite's
each was sincere in and zealous
The best and easiest way to of their beliefs. They should tell
combat anti-Semitism and dis- the_ truth about the Pharisees—
crimination between members of that they have been martyrs for
various faiths would be to cease their faith, not hypocrites.
creating it in the religious
schools and in the homes. One First Passenger Ship
only has to listen to conserva- Since V-E Day Arrives
tive and -evangelizing ministers
The first passenger ship to
especially priests who spread arrive in port _since V-E day
stories of the "foxy hypocrates," brought 102 Jewish refugees
'the Pharisees always beguiling, from various . parts of Europe to
tempting and trying to, ensnare join relatives already-in the U.
Jesus. Dictionaries of every S., according to the Hebrew
European language define the Sheltering and Immigrant Aid
word "Pharisee" meaning a hy- Society (HIAS). The -name of
pocritical person. All of this the vessel cannot be revealed for
contributes much to ' inculcate security reasons.
anti-Semitism within the child's
mind and heart and to keep it
alive with the grown-ups.
one recalls how, as chil-
dren, we have sympathized with
the sufferings and triumphs of
Old Testament heroes, we shall
not wonder why children with
normal, loving, human senti-
ments are influenced by 'such
teaching and become hopelessly
The United Hebrew 'Schools
permeated with prejudice against
of Detroit
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Jews. For the fact that the very
gratefu/ly
acknowledge
receipt of one
religious books are saturated
scholarship from
with anti-Jewish teaching, the
MR.- AND MRS.- IRVING BECK
task of liberal Christians to
of Buena Vista Aye.
combat anti-Semitism is very and the receipt
of one scholarship from
hard, if not impossible.
Mr. and Mrs. Sol .Gura of Monterey
Ave., in honor of the sixteenth birthday
Conflicting Schools .
of their son
In the Talmud. we have the
LEON, GURA
record' of sharply conflicting
receipt of one half Scholarship
schools, especially the "House of and
from Mrs. I. Stone, of N. Martindale,
-Hiller and "Sharnmai," yet it
in honor, of her son
is said in this same book that
SEYMOUR STONE
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