THE JEWISH NEWS

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Act Against Injustice!

A grave injustice threatens our position
in Palestine.
• Dr. Chaim Weizmann, moderate leader
who seldom resorts to exaggeration, has
found it necessary to refuse to deal with
.the British government, on the ground that
the White Paper is illegal.
Himself a loyal British citizen, this act
on his part, in cooperation with the Federa-
tion of English Zionists who are supporting
his stand as president of the Jewish • Agency
for Palestine, is a challenge to the. sense
of justice of the present British government.
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The protests now being registered by
non-Jews as well as Jews against the im-
paiding,tragedy, should the British authori-
ties remain stubborn in insisting upon .limit-
ing the number of Jewish immigrants to
Palestine, represent the unanimous voice
of all democratic forces in the world who
sincerely desire to see a just solution of the
problem of the unfortunate Jewish survivors
of - Nazism. • -
In his address at the opening of Hebrew
Union College last week, Dr. Julian Morgen
stern, who is not a Zionist, branded the
While Paper as being "abominable."
Others have used even stronger language,
and among them were men and women of
all faiths, and Jews belonging to all shades
of opinion on the Zionist issue.
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Authoritative sources predict that small
ships will be converging upon Palestine with
Jewish immigrants who have no other hope
but to settle in a land of their own.
Does the present stubborn action of the
British government mean that we shall
face a repetition of occurrences like the
sinking of the Patria and the Struma and
other ships which went down with many
hundreds of homeless Jews shortly after the
outbreak of the war?
If this is repeated, it will mean whole-
sale murder, and .ur own as well as the
British governmen,s must be warned to
avert the tragedy.
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It is painful to repeat the charge of Dr.
Weizmann that Palestine is today the only
country in the world that is enforcing anti-
Jewish laws, since the restrictions on Jew-
ish immigration are directed only against
the Jews.
Is it possible that the British govern-
ment, having just ended a war against
Nazism, will permit it that her administra-
tion should be branded with the charge of
enforcing Nazi ideology in Palestine, which
is not her territory but which has been en-
trusted to her only as mandatory power?
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An injustice MUST be averted.
If we fail in our present protests the
fight will have to be taken to the United
Nations Organization.
In the meantime, President Truman
should hear from every Jewish citizen of
this country, who should demand that our
government continue to intercede in, behalf
of the unfortunate survivors of Europe who
must be settled in Palestine at once.
The Detroit meeting on Monday in behalf
of this cause should be attended by every
Jewish man and woman who can possibly
arrange to Join in the demonstration in
support of Jewish rights.
Every one of us must act in averting
injustice.

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VOL. 8—No. 3

OCTOBER 5, 1945

The Week's Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath, the twenty-ninth day of Tishri,
5706, the following Scriptural selections will be
read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Lev. 9:1-11:47. •
Prophetical portion—II Sam. 6: 1 7: 17.
Num. 28:1 15 will be read on Monday, Rosh
Hodesh Heshvan,

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Ocfober 5, 1945

Horrors of Peace

Facts 'You Should Know

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Answers to Readers'
Questions About Jews

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What customs regulate decoration of the
Jewish Torah?—S. T. R.
Customarily the scroll of the Torah is not
ornamented except for limited elaboration of
capital letters. However, the pointer, the mantle,
and the rods on which the Torah is
i rolled are
usually richly decorated.
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Is it true that the first native Governor-
General of Australia was a Jew?
—U. B.
The first native. Governor-General of Aus-
tralia was the Jewish leader, Sir Isaac Isaacs.
who was born in Melbourne in 1855.
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Who invented the camera obscura and de-
scribed its physical laws?
—A. A.
The eminent Jewish • philosopher and Bible
exegete Gersonides. 1288-1344.

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).

PEARLS OF WISDOM

"Misfortune' is bad enough when it arrives,"
says the Talmud, "but why suffer in advance by
worrying about it."
"Not what you say _about yourself, but what
others say."
"The adornment of wisdom is modesty, and
the adornment of noble performance is secrecy."
"It is better to pass thru a fiery furnace, better
even to bear a false accusation in silence, than
to put a man to shame in public."
"The father who marries his daughter to an
old man, and the father who keeps his daughter
at home all her youth to do the housework are
alike guilty of a crime." ,

GUEST EDITORIAL

Detroit Jewry and the War Chest .

By WILLIAM FRIEDMAN

President, Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit

We're going into a campaign which seems to me to be
one of the most important drives in the history of the Jew-
ish community of Detroit. Our War Chest drive comes at
the most momentous hour in the history of the Jewish
people. The campaign of the War Chest of
Metropolitan Detroit must bring the widest
response on the part of every member of
the Jewish community; This is the only
way in which we will be able to do our full
share of the superhuman task of giving our
fellow-Jews who have survived more than
twelve years of wholesale persecution and
murder a new chance for life.
We in Detroit have always taken pride in
dime
Wm. Friednian our understanding of the problems confront-
ing the Jewish people. Surely all of us are
aware of the tremendous needs in lifting the Jewish sur-
vivors in Europe out of the wreckage of a continent dotted
with the graves of millions of their brothers. Surely all
of us are aware of the tragic problem of homelessness of the
great numbers who have no homes to go back to and - who
look to Palestine for a new life. These long-suffering Jews
are not knocking at our door for a hand-out. They are brave
men and women who have earned the right to live through
years of misery and 'sacrifice. Let us not forget that they
fought our battle and that we owe them a debt of gratitude
which can be repaid only in a small measure by whatever
we do to help them mow.

It is important that we achieve our full quota for the
Allied Jewish Campaign this year, through the War Chest,
so that the agencies of the United Jewish Appeal may 'do a
complete job in overseas relief and rehabilitation and Pal-
estine settlement and so that adequate provision may also
be made for the other beneficiary agencies included in our
campaign.

Immediate Relief Is...Imperative

A J.T.A. report from London reveals that a leading
UNRRA official has warned' after his visit iii Germany that
a wave of suicides will occur among displaced Jews still
held in Anglo-American zones if they are not removed from
those camps.

"Most terrible" is the way he described the condition
of tile Jews in these camps, whose food, the UNRRA official
said, is inadequate, hygienic conditions bad and morale
"shockingly low." On top of it, anti-Semitism is rampant
and hardly describable in Polish camps where the slogans
of Jew-baiters include these remarks: "We want a democratic
Poland without Jews" and "there wasn't enough fire to
burn all the Jews in German concentration camps."

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Children's Corner

Dear Boys and Girls:
A great relief drive will start Monday. You
and I, all our relatives, our parents, our friends,
our neighbors, will be called upon to help our
unfortunate people overseas, our neighbors who
are in need and the men in the service.
This year, more than ever before, we should
give to the limit of our abilities. Men and
women are starving and without clothes . and
homes. Children are begging for food.
Many of the sufferers must be given a home,
and we are full of hope that Palestine's doors
will be opened for them.
We must throw in all our forces to make a
success of the War Chest for the sake of our
conscience which should not permit us to let
people starve.'
I am certain that you will all help and that
you will be liberal. There is great satisfaction
in the knowledge that even a child's nickel helps.
But there is greater satisfaction for the boy and
girl who gives a nickel or a dime or a au. ter—
or more—because it helps us feel that we have
not failed the needy.
I wish you all a very pleasant Sabbp'' .
UNCLE DANIEL.

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SELECT BOOKS AS GIFTS

All of us should at all times be interested in
books, and we should learn to make our libraries
our prized possessions.
At this time of the year, we should especially
be interested in selecting the best available books
as gifts. Hanukah is approaching, and 'books
should make the best gifts on that occasion.
One of the best books we have seen in a long
time is Dorothy F. Zeligs' new edition of "The
Story of Modern Palestine." It was published
by Bloch.
Bloch Publiching Co. also announces the early
publication of Levy's "Mother Goose Rhymes for
Jewish Children" and Levinger;s "The Beautiful
Garden", a series of delightful new Bible stories.
I would suggest that you or your parents
should write to Bloch Publishing Co., 31 W.
31st St., New York 1, N. Y., for information re-
garding 'these and their other very important
books. By all means, start selecting -books as
gifts on Hanukah and on all happy occasions.
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STORY OF MODERN PALESTINE

Miss Zelig's volume is a splendid work. Its 330
pages, and the illustrations, tell in brief form the
complete story of Palestine's development.
This book relates nearly everything that is
to be known about Palestine. It begins with a
tour of the land, takes the •reader through the
colonies and the Holy places, introduces him to
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and our flourishing colonies,
and proceeds to tell the, story of the land itself,
the history and advancement of the Zionist
This being the situation, it-is imperative that something movement,
and all the aspects related to Palestine
be done at once' to solve the terrible problem. The 101D,000 and Zionism.
displaced Jews must be rescued immediately. All of the
The lives of the great leaders in Zionism are
United Nations, the United States included, are responsible described interestingly. The various parties in
the
movement are explained and :there are out-
for these unfortunate people, but the chief duty is that of lines
of projects like Dr. Walter Clay Lowder-
Great- Britain in whose hands lies the immediate opening of milk's "Jordan Valley Administration" for the
Palestine's. doors for the speedly settlement of a minimum of development of the land.
The important section "For Those Who Like
100,000 Jews in Eretz Israel.
Facts and Figures," dealing with increase in Pal-
The special envoys selected by the American Jewish estine's population, the population of Arabic
Conference and the American Jewish Committee to work countries, land purchases, exports, etc., add great
to the book.
with relief organizations in the American Zone of Occupa- value
The book is made exceptionally readable by
tion in Germany will have the serious responsibility of the splendid collection of pictures which were
studying the existing situation and of using their influence secured by the author from the l''alestine Econ-
in securing a speedy change in the present intolerable status omic Corporation, Jewish National Fund, United
Appeal and American Friends of the
Of the survivors from Nazism. Quick action and a firm stand Jewish
Hebrew University.
are needed.
Don't fail to get this book and to ,read it.
enjoy it immensely and you will acquire
And the report presented to President Truman by Earl You'll
much knowledge about the great Jewish achieve-
G. Harrison should spur all concerned to speedy action.
ments in Eretz Israel.

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