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As the Editor - .
Views the News

/ Marred by the uncertainties of world con-
ditions and by the unending tragedies to
which our people are exposed in Europe and
in Palestine, world Jewry is challenged by
the year 5707 to remain adamant in its faith
and not to lose courage.
Rosh Hashanah finds us seriously contem-
plating the fate of the displaced persons who
have survived the Nazi onslaughts. The New
Year begins amidst unpleasant uneasiness
over the situation in Palestine.
Nevertheless, Jews dare not lost faith. We
must adhere to hope that we shall overcome
all obstacles in finding homes for the dis-
possessed and that Eretz Israel will be re-
deemed with justice.
The survivors from Nazism, who have
managed to escape the crematoria and the
gas chambers, represent the miracle of our
age. Most of them have seen their entire
families slaughtered. They, in turn, continue
to subsist as symbols of the indestructibility
of Israel.
We must take the cue from these survivors
in continuing the tradition of our people
which teaches us not to despair but to retain
hope that Israel will live and that the sym-
bolism of our people's survival will inspire

mankind to strive for the end of bigotry and
the beginning of a true era of peace and good
will.

This is the spirit in which we extend the
best wishes for a Happy New Year to the
entire community of Israel.

Most

Sacred Task

Evaulations of the tasks that face the Joint
Distribution Committee in the months ahead,
presented by Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz in New
York, prior to his return to Europe, and by
Jewish leaders who participated in the East
Central Region conference here, placed em-
phasis on the most sacred work that must be
achieved by the Jews of America: the con-
tinuation of the rescue activities of JDC.

Previous commitments have already been
exceeded by the expenditure to date of $48,-
000,000 on JDC obligations, and the budget
for 1946 will exceed the $60,000,000 mark.
This is only the beginning. In the months
ahead it will be necessary to raise even
1ar4er amounts- to guarantee the upkeep of
the rescue activities. The creation of perma-
nent industrial units for future Allied Jewish
Campaigns in Detroit must be judged on the
basis of these obligations.

Read the Mandate

In order to put an end to the confusion
that exists over the situation in Palestine,
it is important that the Mandate for Pales-
tine should be read in its entirety.

The Mandate specifically assigns to Great
Britian the task of guiding the administra-
tion of Palestine to the end that the Jewish
National Home should be established there.
The mandatory power is obligated by under
the terms of Mandate to facilitate the settle-
ment of Jews—and its provisions in no sense
empower any one to restrict Jewish immi-
tration.

A careful reading of the Mandate by Jews
and non-Jews will create advocates for the
Jewish cause in Palestine.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Maurice Aronsson
Philip Slomovi4g
Fred M. Butzel
Isidore Sobeloff
Judge Theodore Levin Abraham Srere
Maurice II. Schwartz
Henry Wineman

PHILIP SIMMOVITZ. Editor

VOL. 10—NO. 2

SEPTEMBER 27. 1946

SABBATH SCRIPTURAL SELECTIONS
This Sabbath, the third day of Tishri, known as
Sabbath Shuvah, the Sabbath of Return or Re-
pentance. the following Scriptural selections will
be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 32.
Proohetical portions--Hos. 14:2-10; Joel 2:15-17
or -27.

The Saga of the Haganah

An Epic Poem Modeled After the Song of Deborah
By DR. NOAH E. ARONSTAM

'A Happy New Year

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Friday. September 27, 1946 •

THE JEWISH NEVI'S

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tooilepolphroi.?

"How long is it since you were liberated from Buchenwald?"

Delusion vs. Practical Rehabilitation

Responsible Jewish and non-Jewish leaders and the cor-
respondents for leading publications throughout the world
are unanimous in their judgment that Jews must leave
Poland to escape from the rising tide of anti-Semitism. The

exodus of tens of thousands of Polish Jews is a tragic indica-
tion that Poland remains one of the countries in the world
whose people have not learned the lessons of the last two
world wars and continue to pursue bigoted practices.
There are, however, Jews who persist in believing that
Poland needs them and that better days are ahead for those
who remain there. As a contrast to the nearly unanimous
viewpoint that Jews must leave Poland in search for safer
abodes, the folowing Jewish Telegraphic Agency cable from
Rome, under date of Sept. 17, comes as an amzing revelation:

ROME, Sept. 17 (JTA)—The first Jewish repatriation move-
ment in reverse—a large group of Jews returned to Poland from
Palestine—passed through Italy today as part of a group of 500
Polish displaced persons traveling homeward aboard an UNRRA
boxcar train.

Four hundred of the refugees, including 120 Jews, arived in
Naples from Palestine earlier this week. and were joined in Rome
by 70 other Poles who have also decided upon repatriation.

"We are very determined to make a go of it," a spokesman,
for the Jewish repatriates said. He added that the group had de-
cided against remaining in Palestine despite the reports of wide-
spread, anti-Semitic persecution in Poland, because the "new
Poland needs strong people with strong ideals and the determi-
nation to fight for those ideals."

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Facts must, however, speak for themselves. On the sarn ~
day as the above dispatch was broadcast to the world, th
JTA correspondent in Warsaw cabled the following report:

WARSAW, Sept. 17 (JTA)—As a result of continued anti-
Jewish terrorismjn Poland, several hundred Polish Jews who were
repatriated from the USSR have applied to the Soviet consulate
in Warsaw for re-admission to Russia, it was learned here today.
The Soviet consulate has so far granted only a very limited
number of visas to these applicants, the majority of whom are
told that it will take several months before their applications are
approved by central authorities in Moscow.

Some of applicants, unwilling to wait several months, are
trying to find their way back to Soviet territory illegally. This
led to the killing of four Jews this week at the Polish-Soviet

border at Przemysl by a group of armed men who first under-
took to smuggle the Jews across the frontier. Other Jews in
the party succeeded in escaping, after they realized that the
smugglers intended to rob and kill them.
It is believed in Jewish circles here that the four Jews were

not the first to be murdered by smugglers who have been luring
Polish Jews to the Soviet frontier under promises to get them
into Russia for a small fee. Several groups of Jews are known to
have made arrangements to cross into Soviet territory and have
not been heard from since they left Warsaw some time ago.

This, however, does not tell the entire story with relation
to the Jewish conditions affecting Polish Jews. A day prior
to the release of the report from Rome relative to the repatri
ation of Polish Jews to Poland, the JTA revealed the follow-.
ing:

ROME, Sept_ 16 (JTA)—Polish hooligans assaulted Jewish
refugees at one of the international DP camps in Italy, it was
learned here today. The attack took place when the Jews ar-
ranged a dance and refused to permit Poles to take part. The
Poles threatened that their "next attack would be better or-
ganize,' "

Based on established facts and on authoritative exposes
by persons who have made a thorough study of the problem,

the position of the Jews in Poland remains intolerable, and
it is a matter for sincere regret that the handful of survivors
must continue to seek new homes. Men like Dr. Joseph J.
Schwartz, European director of the Joint Distribution Corn-
mittee, and correspondents with established reputations are
not inclined to exaggerations when they speak of the imper-
ative need of wholesale emigration of Jews from that land.
Under these circumstances, the established procedure
pursued by JDC in affording relief for the escapees from
Poland and the efforts that are being made to find homes for
those in flight from Poland, whether in Palestine or else-
where, must be continued at great pace.

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And it came to pass when Britain ruled'
In the days of Attlee and Bevin,
In the days of many trials and tribulations:
When the highways and high seas were forbidden.
And the dwellers of the cities
Passed stealthily through byways,
The inhabitants of the valleys ceased in. lame„
As captives they were led
With neither trial nor cause
To the dark towns of Eitrea,
To the dungeons of Bethlehem
And the barren rocks of Cyprus,
And their arms and weapons
Fell into the hands of the oppressor
Who sold them to roving bands of Isrnaelites:
Then—the Haganah arose,
The Paladin of Israeli
My heart is toward the Defender,
Toward the men that offer themselves
Willingly among the people.
Bless ye the Lord!
Speak ye who ride in battleships,
In aerial craft that rule the skies.
Speak ye that sit in judgment
And walk by the way
To Harrass the fleeing thousands,
Who flock to their ancestral domain!
Awake, awake, Haganah
Arise and clothe thyself with valor!
Arise and lead they captives
Back to their abode and home!
Rise Haganah, thou seed of Maccabees
Against another Syrian host,
A modern Amalekite!
For the princes of thy people
Are with thee;
Even the stars in their courses
Are with thee.
Thy very soul has trodden down
The ursurper's tyranny.
The waters of the Middle Sea
Which kiss the slopes of Carmel,
Benignly smile at they endeavors;
Thou bast not failed,
Thou bast discomfited the despots.
Let all thine enemies perish, 0 Lord!
But let them that love Israel
As a shield and armot.
Be as the sun when he goeth forth

In his might!
Cease not thy efforts, Haganah,

Unfurl thy standards
Paladin undaunted!
And may peace and surcease descend on Israeli

Facts You Should know

Answers to Readers
Questions .. .

Who was Maimonides?
Maimonides, or Moses Ben Maimon (1135-1204).
was the foremost Jewish Talmudist, philosopher
and physician of the Middle Ages. His most im-
portant works were the Sleet a commentary on
the Mishna; his comprehensive code of Jewish
law, entitled Yad Hahazakah (The Strong Hand):
and his philosophical work, "The Guide to the

Perplexed," which attempted to harmonize rab-
binic Judaism with Aristotelian philosophy.

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Was Judaism ever a missionary religion?
Yes. During pre-Christian centuries the mis-
sionary spirit was highly developed among the
Jews. With the advent of Christianity, however,
the whole movement collapsed and with but few
exceptions was never reborn.

Talmudic Tales

By DAVID MORANTZ

(Based upon the ancient legends and philosophy found 1
the Talmud and folklore of the Jewish people dating back
as far as 3.000 years)

THE STRATEGY OF ALEXANDER
When Alexander, king of Macedonia, prepared
to wage war against India, he learned that the
fighting forces of that country consisted not only
of immense numbers of warriors with brilliant
records of heroic victories, but also of hosts of
elephants and other wild beasts specially trained
for warfare.
These later concerned him very much as he

had only had experience in fighting human war-

riors.

Accordingly, he dressed himself as one of the
soldiers of his armies and walked boldly into the

camp of the enemy representing himself as one

of Alexander's soldiers, who was surrendering to
them and offering his services because, he claimed,
he had been mistreated by the officers of Alexander.
When called before the king, he repeated his
story and exhibited such a familiarity with the
science of warfare that the Indian king made him
an officer in his army.
He soon won the confidence of his fellow officers
and one evening, among a group of them sitting
about the camp fire, he said:
"It gives me pleasure to see these ferocious
beasts in the army, because I know that Alexander
does not know how to fight them. However, he
is so clever he may even be able to overcome thern.
I fear."
"Do not worry about that," replied one of the
men. "These animals are so brave, that even
Alexander cannot frighten or conquer them. There
is only one thing they fear and that is fire. That
secret is unknown to Alexander and accordingly
we have nothing to fear."
This was exactly what Alexander wanted to know
and that night he stole back to his own army.

Disclosing this secret to his officers, they imme-
diately made plans to combat the combined forces
of the Indian army.
Making copper images resembling men with
torches, he had them placed in front of his troops;
and when the two armies met in combat the wild
beasts, upon charging the copper images, were
burned and terrified. Turning about they fled in
confusion and 'terror.
And thus did Alexander win a decisive victory
over the forces of the king of India.

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