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THE JEWISH NEWS
Page. Fifteen
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'acing Interfaith Action
Father Meets His Son's Liberator
VI's New Area Director.
ews Benefit of Agency
Service Organization, Originally Set Up to Provide
as Away From Home for Servicemen, Seen Aiding
Campaign Against Racial Intolerance
By SAMUEL KREITER
rea Director, USO National Jewish Welfare Board)
-
said that Jews alone are interested in establishing
cemented relationship between other faith groups
nselves. If that is true it is because Jews alone suf-
the ebb and flow of intergroup conflict. The truth
he cardinal ethics inherent in Judaism and Christian-
itially tend to unite rather than divide men in their
✓ godliness.
y recognition of its ensembles to all training centers
would greatly reduce the and occupation zones.
nsions that pull at the
Having served an army prepar-
f American life. An ing for combat, USO is busy gear-
wing number of church ing its resources and facilities
groups have started a to meet the needs of the return-
it in that direction. Led ing occupation and training
,ate of New York, other troupes and Veteran Hospitals.
e preparing to try to
JWB Organized in 1917
discrimination and pre-
Let us consider the National
)ut of our American Jewish Welfare Board. This
f things .
agency was organized in 1917 to,
serve all personnel of the Jewish
n Work Together
faith in the U.S. Armed Forces
► roof that all faith groups
together for the corn- and the. veterans. Now as then
-of humanity, is offered it enjoys , the unqualified support
bal scale by the USO. of top Jewish organizations, and
s the sole recognition in that
Red Cross, USO has be-
eld by the War and Navy De-
oasis in a savage age.
partments. Jewish applicants for
i lly set up merely for USO field work are interviewed
pse of providing service- by Frank L. Weil, National
the post with a "home N.J.W.B. president who is also
•ni home" by means of a USO Vice President, Louis
ial and escape programs, Kraft, executive director, with
aediately assumed vision Mrs. Samuel R. Glogowgr, or
ficance. Within its fluid other members of the Executive
k the member agencies Board, sitting in. If accepted
1 autonomy in caring for they are briefed at an inter'- .
fic religious and cultural agency orientation course. After-
their particular de- wards they are assigned to desig-
onal adherents.
nations by Benjamin Rabinowitz,
ans have taken USO recently succeeded by John Sills
hearts. They feed its as director of the J.W.B. Army
d take part in its func- and Navy Service Department, in
' hey have a controlling consultation with Samuel Pascoe,
its councils on a local, Samuel Josolowitz and Nathaniel
and national level. No Nason of the administrative staff.
Selects Chaplains
gram would be effective
The National Jewish Welfare
integrated community
Farflung. communities Board also bears the responsibil-
nay have never seen a ity for the appointment of Jew-
ddenly find themselves ish Army and Navy chaplains(
by the ceremonial cele- Its Committee on Army and
of the Jewish holidays Navy R eligio us Activities
re spearheaded by the (CANRA), whose executive di-
rector is Rabbi Philip S. Bern-
vish field workers.
stein, and administrator, Rabbi
USO - Units
Philip Graubart, has sponsored
are about 2,800 USO the commissioning of 266 chap-
nd units in continental lains of whom 150 are now serv-
id its Territories staffed ing abroad, and six have lost
workers, operating with their lives in line of duty.
JWB's services also extend to
xal fiscal budget of 61
dollars allocated by the 150 Colleges, 130 Military General
War .Fund which is cur- Hospitals, and 78 Veterans facil-
onducting another drive. ities. Its national Women's Divis-
million volunteer work- ion, headed administratively by
in all over the country. Mrs. Florence Herzog,. fosters 83
mp Shows, Inc., runs the Serve-a-Camp and Hospital pro-
live-talent circuit in our jects which 'are worked out by
history, sending our best women groups in the country's
:men, radio, concert and principal cities.
It is not infrequent that a
USO Club, which is visited daily
by thousands of troups and is
operated jointly by several agen-
cies, should experience a clash
'4
of personalities and philosophies
among the staff. Lurking , pre-
judices may surface to cast their
familiar shadow in grotesque.
than 2,000 . Jewish sol- While honest differences of view-
11 members of the 20th points are ever adjustable t6 the
e units on Guam, attend- . total effort, bigotry will tend to
Hashanah and Yom confuse it In such cases of de-
services in a mammoth fection affected agtricies, will re=
gar, according to S/Sgt call their embarrassing staff
ldsmith in a letter, ac- member from the' afflicted desig-
ed by photographs of the nations. USO is certainly no
, to his parents, Mr. and place for intolerance.
ank Goldsmith of 3841
t Goldsmith
of Services
fuam Hangar
ary Holy. Day services
ld in three other chapels
for enlisted men of the
arines and other units.
are plenty of Jewish boys
," he writes.
Goldsmith is married to
mer Arlene Gender. A
e of Central high, he at-
• ayne University at the
was inducted. He attend-
D. W. Simons branch of
'ted Schools for seven
so was active in various
youth groups. -
s four nephews in the
orces, Walter Goldsmith
avy; Thomas Goldsmith
army in Germany; Harry
'th with the navy and
her in the Pacific.
Zussman J.W.V. Vet
Installation Oct. 21
Lt. Raymond Zussman Post
333 of the Jewish War Veterans
will install officers on Sunday,
Oct. 21, at 8:30 p. m., at the
Jewish War 'Veterans Head-
quarters, 8212 Twelfth St. '
The Post was named after the
Detroit boy who was one of the
outstanding heroes of this war,
who was posthumously awarded
a Congressional Medal of Honor;
He lost his life in action in
Europe.
An extensive program for the
evening has been arranged. Archie
Greenber, national commander
of the Jewish War Veterans, will
be the main speaker.
The public is invited.
Nineteen-year-old Pfc. P a ul applied to the National Refugee
Rodda of 1260 E. 32nd St., Service. At the NRS, Miss
Brooklyn, N. Y., shows Frederick
Gladys Rubin, (shown above), a
E. Dessy of 222 E. •56th St., New
York, father of Andy Dersofi, research worker in the Location
the letter which will bring faier Service, remembered a friend of
and son together. Pfc. Rodda's the Dersofi family who had ar-
squad liberated Mr. Dessy's son, ranged for his migration to the
Andy, from a concentration camp United States. This brainstorm
in Germany near Dachau in resulted in the reunion of Pfc.
April, clothed him in a GI uni- Rodda and his buddy's father.
form and adopted him as a
The NRS has already cabled
member of their 'squad. They representatives in Europe to find
even got him on their steamship Andy and will attempt to bring
leaving for America, but the . him as an immigrant into this
MPs took him off. But Pfc. country. The' NRS receives -its
Rodda had written a letter to his funds from the United Jewish
mother, Mrs. Harriet Rodda, Appeal. It is one of the benefici-
asking her to find Andy's father. aries of the Allied Jewish Cam-
When government agencies paign of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
turned her down in her attempt eration, a beneficiary of the War
to locate the poy's father, shec hest.
Our Letter Box
Thanks for Cards
Editor, The Jewish News:
The gift of playing cards from
the Jewish News for our serve-
A-Camp project came at a most
opportune time since we are pre-
paring a Hanukah gift . package
which is being forwarded to
Hawaii.
The thoughtfulness and inter-
est' of The _Jewish News in the
welfare of our boys ovesreas de-
serves our approbation.
I know that our men will ap-
preciate your kindness and want
to thank you in their behalf.
Sincerely yours,
SAMUEL KURZON,
Former Area Director.
Pfc. Arthur L. Migdal
Teaching Spanish at
Biarritz J.J. in France
National. JWV Head
To Attend Detroit
Installation Oct. 22
Detroit Post 135 and Ladies'
Auxiliary of the Jewish War Vet-
erans of the U. S. announce joint
installation of officers for Mon-
day at Assembly hall, 8212 12th
street. The public is invited.
Archie Greenberg of New York,
national commander of the Jewish '
War Veterans, will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
Harry Madison, commander of
the Department of Michigan, will
be master of ceremonies. Birdie
Rosenberg, state department pres-
ident, will install the auxiliary.
The following post officers will
be installed:
Mayer D. Stein, commander;
DavirKay, senior vice command-
er; Max Rubins, junior vice com-
mander; Louis Weingarden. quar-
termaster; Harry Liebsen, ad-
jutant.
Ladies' Auxiliary officers are:
Esther Tenzer, president; Yetta
Sterns, senior vice president;
Lillian Sacks, junior vice presi-
dent; Hattie Cohen, chaplain;
Bell Bercowitz, treasurer; Rose
Kay, guard; Lillian Morris, Bea-
trice Madison, Johanna Goldman,
trustees.
Harry Israel has been appoint-
ed entertainment chairman for
this affair.
Pfc. Arthur L. Migdal, former-
ly instructor of Spanish at North-
western High in Detroit, is now
teaching Spanish at the Biarritz
American University in France.
Pfc. Migdal was attached to
the 9th U. S. Army in the field
artillery. He landed. in England,
then continued through France to
Belgium and Germany. When the
Biarritz American Universitywas
formed he was requisitioned as
Spanish instructor.
Jewish Groups Continue
He received his B.A. and Teach- Work on Behalf of USO
er's certificate from Michigan
State Normal College and his
The Detroit Jewish Welfare
M.A. from Wayne University.
Board continues to participate in
USO-JWB activities with un-
abated energy at the downtown
P/O Art Kollins Home
USO, the Jewish Center, the Bel-
After 3 1/2 Yrs. in Navy
crest, Selfridge Field and Romu-
Petty Officer Arthur W.'Kol- lus Air Base.
Temple Israel Red Cross unit,
lins has returned to his home in
Pontiac, Mich., after three and a of which Mrs. Harry Fisher is
half years in the Navy. For 18 chairman, served at the down-
months P/O Kollins was stationed town USO on JWB Monday, Oct.
in North Ireland, and his last as- 1, and the National Council of
signment was instructor at the Jewish Women under the chair-
Sound School in San Diego, Calif. manship of Mrs. H. J. L. Frank,
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. took over the following Monday.
The Wednesday night festivi-
Morey Kollins, 41 Dwight.
ties at the Belcrest, Oct. 3 and 10,
were looked after by Infants
Thousands of Needed Garments Service Group, headed by Mrs.
to
Holland
Sent by JDC
H. Levin, and Young Women's
NEW YORK — Thousands Of Mizrachi, headed by Mrs. Philip
men's, women's 'and children's Schreiber.
garments were shipped recently
The Sunday Brunches at the
to JDC's representative in Hol- Jewish Center were assigned on
land for distribution among Oct. 7 and 14 to Zedakah Club,
needy Jews in the Netherlands. with Hattie Goldberg as chair-
These include women's sweaters, man, and Youth Education
stockings, shoes, anklets, men's League, under the leadership of
Mrs. Eli Gross.
shoes, hosiery and underwear.
Cantor Triplets
In Reunion With
Return of 2 Boys
The Cantor triplets last week
held a reunion for the first time
in almost a year with the return
home on furlough of Edward and
his brother, Clive. The other
third of the triplet children of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cantor of
2233 Oakman is Ruth.
The brothers, both. privates,
were fortunate enough to go into
service together and to remain
in the same division, the 8th
Armored, until Clive was wound-
ed in the leg by a German bullet.
He was blown off a tank in Ger-
many and ‘ was hospitalized in a
French hospital before being sent
back to Billings General Hos-
pital at Indianapolis.
Clive, scheduled to return to
the - hispital, and Edward back
to Camp Grant, Ill., left for over-
seas late in 1944 and fought al-
most side by side in Holland,
France and- Germany.
Both hold the Purple Heart for
wounds and Clive boc ► sts the
Bronze Star and other decora-
tions.
They are graduates of High-
land Park high.
Sgt. Rosenman Here On
Furlough; Is Promoted;
Instructor In Florida
Sgt. Sol I. Rosenman, who is
stationed at Boca Raton Army
Air Feld, Florida, and is an in-
structor in radar, was promoted
from corporal on Sept. 30.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Rosenman of 2628 Webb Ave.,
Sgt. Rosenman has been in ser-
vice 20 months. Last June he was
the victim of an explosion that
occured during class instruction.
He was confined to the station
hospital for two months. Upon
his release, after a convalescent
furlough _ , was reassigned to his
post as instructor. He is on fur-
lough starting Oct. 5, and drove
with his wife, Bess, and their
twp children to Detroit to resume
their residence here after a 10-
month stay in Florida.
During Sgt. Rosenrnan's con-
valescent furlough, he and his
wife visited Detroit at which time
the y celebrated their 15th
wedding anniversary. Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Feiler of 16183 Baylis.
were hosts to 50 guests at their
home in honor of Sgt. and Mrs.
Rosenman.
Sgt. Roseninan will report
back to Boca Raton on Oct. 23.
Pfc. Frank Schumer
Finds Anti-Semitism
Rampant in Slovakia
, Anti-Semitism is rampant in,
Czechoslovakia, writes. Pfc. Frank
Schumer, in a letter to his uncle,
Harry Schumer.
Pfc. Schumer who 'writes that
he has been in Europe "from one
end to the other", states that
after "three months in Czecho-
slovakia I_ find that it is the worst
anti-Semitic country I have ever
seen. They just hate the Jews.
All American soldiers agree
with me."
Young Schumer tells of meet-
ing several Palestinian soldiers
(probably members of the Jew-
ish Brigade) who were on their
way to occupy Germany, and of
meeting a Jewish couple who
were freed from a concentration
camp.
"I ran across quite a few Jews
and the stories I can tell you
can set you to wondering why
they pick on the Jews."
In the service three years and
overseas 18 months, Pfc. Schu-
mer has more than enough points
for discharge, but he was left
behind wen his division left for
the States.
His wife, Sylvia, resides on
Elmhurst Ave.
Junior Hadassah Chooses
New York For Convention
More than 1,000 young women,
representing 265 branches of
Junior Hadassah, throughout the
country, will gather for the first
post-war convention of the young
women's Zionist organization.,
Nov. 22-24, at the Hotel New
Yorker, New York City.