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THE JEWISH NEWS

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Friday, line 20, 1945

`This Crop Won't Fail Me'

Facts You Should Know

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Answers to Readers'
Questions About Jews

The Oswego Internees

It is contended in Washington that pro-
visions will be made within a short time to
permit the refugees now interned in Oswego
to remain in this country under the quota
system.

When this is done, the good name of this
country will be saved and a grave wrong
will finally be corrected.
The 969 internees remaining in Fort On-
tario, at Oswego, N. Y. are living symbols
of the major tragedy afflicting the world to-
day; that of the despair and homelessness of
dispossessed men, women and children who
have no place to turn to after they had been
robbed of their rights as human beings, their
homes and their worldly goods.
It is generally believed that these refugees
would have been happier had they remained
in Italy whence they came—since the in-
ternees in Italian refugee camps are being
given the right to go wherever they please.
But the laws of this country have caused
them to be hemmed in without the right
either to work for their livelihood or to
move about as free people.
While there is talk of impending freedom
for these internees, new measures are being
introduced in Congress further to curb im-
migration to this country. Instead, therefore,
of strengthening the hopes that this land
will once again become the haven of re-
fuge for the oppressed, the situation is be-
coming increasingly worse.
When entertaining hopes for a better
future for the unfortunates at Oswego, we
also pray that those who would block the
entrance of newcomers to this land may
realize that in extending a welcome to new
immigrants we would not merely be living
up to a great American tradition but would
also bring new glory and new prosperity
to America.

May those who are blinded by prejudices
learn to see the light!

Be Sure to Vote!

This heading may cause surprise—because
so few expect to be told of an election at this
time of the year.

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But is is written in all seriousness.
A Primary election is approaching. It will
take place on Aug. 6—and the reason for
this appeal to citizens is because this elec-
tion will take place during the heat of the
summer, and when many people are away
on their vacations.

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Most American citizens have gotten into
the habit of voting only when there are very
serious issues, and during Presidential
elections.
The result is that a very small minority
usually selects the most important public
officials.
This is a sad condition, and it should be
corrected.
All citizens should make it a point to vote
at all elections. When absent from the city,
they should make use of the privileges ac-
corded them under the absentee voters' law.
This is a reminder, therefore, that the
Primaries take place on Aug. 6, and that
absentees may arrange to vote in advance.
Be sure to vote on Aug. 6—if you are to
have a voice in the selection of the next
Mayor of Detroit, and if you are to honor
the obligations of citizenship.

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VOL. 7—NO. 18

JULY 20, 1945

This Week's Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the eleventh day of Ab, 5705,
the following Scriptural selections will be read
in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 3:23-7:11.

Prophetical portion—Is. 40:1-26.

The Meeting of the Big Three

It is assumed that the Big Three--President Truman,
Marshal Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill—will include
the problem of rehabilitating the surviving Jews of Europe
in their discussions at the Berlin meeting.
Laden with memoranda setting forth the major deeds of
the remnant of Israel that has escaped death at the hands of
the Nazis, the Big Three will be faced with the challenge
of providing relief for the first_ victims of Hitlerism, of re-
moving the difficulties that go with statelessness, of putting
an end to homelessness.
The Big Three MUST solve the problem that was
created in Palestine.
We are in agreement with the statement addressed to
President Truman by the International Worker's' Order—
over the signatures of Albert E. Kahn and Rubin Saltzman—
declaring that

"We consider it of the utmost importance, Mr. Presi-
dent, to draw your attention to the tragic suffering of
our brethren in Europe, so that in your forthcoming
meeting you, alone,- with the other leaders of the United
Nations, may find s the solution and the means to recon-
struct the ruined life of the Jewish people in Europe; to
help shape national and international laws to outlaw
anti-Semitism, to help secure the rights of the Jewish
people for the development of a free democratic national
Jewish home in Palestine."

What is the function of the National
Council of Jewish Women?
—L. L.
The oldest American Jewish women's group,
having been founded in 1893, the Council seeks
to promote the study of Judaism and Jewish his-
tory and culture and to give members an oppor-
tunity to fulfill in action their sense of social
responsibility.
What is the Targum?
—A. B.
The Targum is a translation or paraphrase of
some portion of the Old Testament in the Ara-
maic common in Judea. The Taragum of Onkelos
is a Babylonian Targum of the Pentateuch.
Does any aid go to Jews in Poland? How
much is being sent there?
—R. P.
Dr. Judah Magnes, chairman of our European
Advisory Council in Jerusalem, advises that per-
mission has been received from the Soviet au-
thorities to ship an additional 250 tons of food
and clothing from Teheran into Lublin. The first
two shipments of 50 tons each have already been
sent, and arrangements have been completed to
ship 30 to 50 tons weekly with the full coopera-
tion and assistance of the Soviet authorities. Dis-
tribution is being supervised by Dr. Emil Som-
merstein, head of the Jewish Relief Committee
in Lublin and member of the provisional Polish.
Government, who has been the JDC representa-
tive in Poland for many years. Here in the U. S.
and Canada (with the cooperation of the UJR and
WRA), JDC is in the process of purchasing about
$250,000 worth of food and clothing for Poland.
Individuals in Poland are receiving JDC packages
from JDC Teheran stockpiles. The announcement
that UNRRA has received permission to ship re-
lief supplies into Poland is encouraging, although
it is not expected that any substantial amounts
will be sent in the near future because of lack
of adequate shipping space.

Talmudic Tales

By DAVID MORANTZ

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

LABOR'S REWARD

"What do I profit by studying," asked an in-
dolent student of Rabbi Levi, "when I must ever
continue to study or else forget what I have
learned?"
"You will be rewarded for the will you dis-
play," answered the wise Rabbi, "even though you
do forget."
He then illustrated his point with the following
parable:
"A man once employed two workmen to fill
a basket with water. Of course, the water would
run out as soon as it was poured in so one of
the workmen said: 'Why should I continue this
useless labor? As quickly as I put the water
in one side, it leaks out of the other. What profit
is it?'
"His fellow workman who was a hit wiser re-
plied: 'We have the profit of the reward which
we receive for our labor, do we not? Why should
we complain?' ".

(Copyright 1945 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, care of The Jewish News, or
Phone PLaza 1048.

These proposals correspond with the appeals that have
been sent to President Truman by other organizations. Non-
Jews as well as Jews have pleaded the cause of the home-
less, the persecuted, the disinherited.
The eyes and ears of world Jewry are directed at Berlin,
in the hope that the heads of the great democratic powers
will make it part of the order of their present conference to
put an end to misery and to restore sanity in the world in Dear Boys and Girls:
all matters relating to the Jewish people.
This Sabbath is known as Sabbath Nahamu. It

Children's Corner

is the Sabbath of Consolation. It assumes this title
because it follows the period of mourning over
the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem on
Tisha b'Ab.
It is most interesting that our people do
From London comes an interesting pamphlet. It is by lose faith. After many crises, we picked not
up
the eminent English-Jewish publisher, Victor Gollancz, and courage again and consoled ourselves with the
is entitled "Nowhere to Lay Their– Heads: The Jewish knowledge that faith will strengthen us and that
we shall survive all tribulations.
Tragedy in Europe and Its Solution."
May it ever be so!
Mr. Gollancz reviews the tragedy of Israel, presents
One of the most interesting little essays I have
factual data regarding the terrific losses suffered by the ever read is entitled "The Beggar." It was written
by
the Russian writer Ivan Turgenief. I consid-
Jewish people, shows bby numerical recapitaluation that 1,-
er it so soul-stirring that I am sharing it with
242,500 Jews have survived in Europe, and directs some you in this column.
pointed remarks at the leaders of the United Nations.
I hope all of you are enjoying your vacations.
A pleasant Sabbath to all.
He refers to the stirring statement that was made in
UNCLE DANIEL

When Does 'News Value' End?

the House of Commons by Anthony Eden on Dec. 17, 1942,
in condemnation of the anti-Jewish Nazi program, and goes
on to show that shortly thereafter the newspapers, after
having shown their indignation, stopped talking about it.
Here is his indictment:
"For a few days the press described these extermina-
tion camps in all their awful detail; no circumstance of hor-
ror or shame was omitted. For a few days, also, the general
public seemed not unmoved. But interest very rapidly de-
clined, and was soon more or less to vanish. Suggestions to
the press that a sustained campaign should be conducted,
both to maintain the public attention and to speed up gov-
ernment action, were met with the reply 'It's no longer
news.' There were honorable exceptions, but this was the
general formula. 'News value,' apparently, is of very short
duration: hardly longer than it takes to gas a man to death.
And, after all, one gassing is just the same as another; and
if men continue to be gassed day after day and year after
year, well 'that's just too bad,' as our American friends say,
but it isn't news."
We have had these experiences in this country, and
wherever attempts have been made to rouse public opinion.
And the problem remains serious.
The situation is grave, and our chief hope today is that
the Big Three, at their meeting in Berlin, will act with de-
termination to ease the pent-up feelings that prevail in
Jewish communities everywhere.

THE BEGGAR

By IVAN TURGENIEF
I was walking along the street . . . I was stop-
ped by a decrepit old beggar.
Bloodshot, tearful eyes, blue lips, coarse rags,
festering wounds. . . . Oh! how hideously poverty
had eaten into this miserable creature!
He held out to me a red, swollen, filthy hand.
He groaned, he mumbled for help.
I began feeling in all my pockets . . . No purse,
no watch, not even a handkerchief. . . . I had
taken nothing with me. And the beggar was
still waiting • . . and his outstretched hand feebly
shook and trembled.
Confused, abashed, I warmly clasped the filthy,
shaking hand . . . "Don't be' angry, brother; I
have nothing, brother."

The beggar stared at me with bloodshot eyes;
his blue lips smiled; and he- in his turn gripped
my, chilly fingers.
"What of it, brother?" he mumbled. "Thanks
for this, too. That is a gift, too, brother:"
I knew that I, also, had received a gift from
my brother,

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LOVE AND DUTY

By JESSIE SAMPTER
Duty ever pays its debt
And gives as much as it did get;
Duty always earns its living;
But love contracts a debt by giving,
Neither rule <_,I• measure knows:
The more it gives, the more it owes.

