• Page Fewr Frhiey, November $. Mb THE JEWISH NEWS As the Editor - - -, Views the News Chest Drive MUST Succeed Autumn 'Leaves' nswers to Readers' uestions Detroit's Red Feather Community Chest campaign is lagging in results, and all ele- ments in the community are challenged, during the concluding days left for solici- tations, to respond to the needs of the scores of important agencies which depend upon this fund for their sustenance. Interdenominational in scope, thii Com- munity Chest serves to unite all faiths and all, nationality groups in behalf of a single movement which cares for the social service, Are special sanetification eeressonies nommen to Jewish worship? Yes. Sabbath days and festivities are frequently ushered in by the "Kiddush," an ancient cere- mony proclaiming the holiness of such days. The Kiddush is performed by reciting a blessing over wine. In many homes the Kiddush is also re- peated before the Sabbath noon meal and in Orthodox and some Reform synagogues it . i chanted Friday night during the services. * FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THE JEWISH NEWS Member Jewish Telegraphic Agency Independent Jew ish css Sur, ice, Seven Arts Feature rui , cate. Religious NcV, s Set %Ace. Paleor News Agency. King Features .14 ), mil- '4 , 10 ra I Press Ser% ice. Internal tonal nd photos. Member American Association of En.g lish-Jewish News- papers and Nlicnigan Press Association. PublIsred every Friday by The Jewish News Publish- ing Co.. 211.1 Penobscot BItig., Detroit 26. RA. 7956 Sub:A-Tint ion. $.1 a y e ar; foreign. $4. Club ,ubsei iption. e‘ ery four; h 1, 1 iday of t he month. to all Sk11,(•111-1(,5 to Allied Jew ish Campaign of Jewish Welfare Federat ion ol pf •i, ()it 10 c- nts la ear . Cntet ed as s0cond-c1,,s matter Aug. 6. 1942. at Post Of- fice, Detroit. Mich.. under Act of Mt.irch 3. 1879. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maurice Aroncson Philip Slomovitz Fred M. Hutu' Isidore Sob?lor1 Judge Theodore Levin Abraham Srere Maurice H. Schwartz Henry Wineman PHILIP SLOMOVITZ. Editor VOL. 10—NO. 8 NOVEMBER 8, 1946 Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the fourteenth day of Heshvan, 5707, the following Scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues7 Pentauchal portion—Gen. 18:1-22:24. e Proph tical portion—II Kings 4:1-37. 1 Dear Boys and Girls: Last week marked an interesting anniver- sary—the 60th birthday of Lady Liberty, the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island, New York, which has been welcoming newcomers to the shores of the United States for six decades. 1 It was a great event when Jewish, Catholic and Protestant chil- ; i dren, who came to this country as a re- t suit of a directive is- .. sued by President Truman, gathered to celebrate Miss Lib- erty's 60th birthday. The youngsters, who are shown in this photograph, are among the survivors from the Nazi terror whose way to freedom was light- ed by t h e Statue whose tablet has in- scribed upon it the famous poem by the great Jewish poet, Emma Lazarus, "The New Colussus." Unit- ed Service for New Americans, formerly known as National Refugee Service, one Fai Employment Law Hitherto suppressed facts, just revealed in a dispatch from Rio de Janeiro, reveal that a series of riots was aimed at Jewish merchants and was chiefly anti-Semitic in character. Organized b', the Integralista Fascists in an attempt to prevent passage of a demo- cratic Assembly, these riots are disturbing and are indicative of the insecure position of our people in Latin American countries. It is encouraging to know that trade unions and other liberal groups organized a counter-drive to check the effects of the riots. In the meantime, however, it is un- fortunate that anti-Semitism should have gained a strong foothold in the Latin Americas. * The Great Bible was an English version of the Scriptures edited by Miles Coverdale at the order of Thomas Cromwell and published in 1539. It was so-called on account of the size of the vol- ume. Later editions were called Cranmer's Bible. 1i. Trouble in Brazil t What was the Great Bible? recreational and educational causes super- vised by Catholics, Jews and Protestants. While the Allied Jewish Campaign de- pends exclusively upon. Jewish supporters, since the War Chest was disbanded, six Jew- ish agencies—Fresh Air Camp, Hebrew Free Loan Association, Jewish Community Cen- ter, Jewish Social Service Bureau, Jewish Welfare Federation and North End Clinic— derive their incomes entirely from the Com- munity Chest. Thus, the Jewish community has an important direct stake in the fund, aside from. our obligations" to the over-all community needs represented in the present fund-raising campaign. Those who, thus far, have failed to con- tribute to the Community Chest owe an obligation' to themselves and to their neigh- bors to make liberal donations. If, by acci- dent, they have been overlooked by solici- tors, they should make voluntary gifts with- out waiting to be asked to give to our all- important community needs. Detroit's Jewish Community Council has undertaken an important project to en- list Jewish community support in the move- ment to secure passage of a state Fair Employment Practice law. While Jewish leadership has been in the forefront for several ■ ears in behalf of the national FEPC efforts as well as state movements in support of fair employment practices, the latest undertaking is sponsored in a spirit of greater optimism in view of the adoption of similar measures by the states of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, and because of the interest that has been aroused in behalf of the proposal among all elements in the state. public meeting arranged for this Sund\ay afternoon, at the Jewish Center, by the J\ewish. Community Council, deserves more than passing interest. It should be at- tended not only by Council delegates but also by a large and representative audience of Detroit Jews who should indicate deep interest in securing passage of the proposed measure. The leaders in the movement have earned the entire community's encourage- ment in their activities. – - Facts You Shosela Know Palestine and the State Department Dr. James G. McDonald's charge that the U. S. envoy ter plenopotentiary at Damascus, plenipotentiary and r George Wadsworth, 'Is so pro-Arab that in comparison the Grand Mufti is a Zionist" should serve to awaken further concern in Washington to assure justice for the Jewish position in Palestine. Dr. McDonald's charge, made at the meeting sponsored by the Men's Club of Congregation Bnai Moshe last week, was offered as proof that President Truman's good intentions are nullified by unfriendly officials of the State Department at home and abroad. At the same time, at the convention of the Zionist Organization of America, Bartley C. Crum, an associate of Dr. McDonald on the Anglo-American Com- mittee of Inquiry on Palestine, urged the overhauling of the Middle East Division of the State Department and the removal of Loy Henderson, this division's head, as important steps towards effecting an honest solution of the issue in Palestine. • * * of the agencies of the United Jewish Appeal, made possible the settlement in this country of these refugees and their families. While on the subject of European children, I am sure yon will be interested in these photo- graphs of Jewish boys and girls who were treated to a circus in Berlin by the Joint Distribution Meanwhile, however, Secretary of State James F. Byrnes has given assurance, in a letter to Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Committee. that the State Department is in accord with President Tru- man's policies on Palestine; and the President's letter to King lbn Saud rejects the Arab protests vis-a-vis American commitments to the Jewish people. The latter occurrences provide the necessary encourage- ment that our government is on the right track; that our President's sincerity is proven by his acts and that there is new hope for an early and favorable solution of the prob- lem as a result of the policy of firmness adopted by our President, with the support of the Secretary of State. * * * From all indications, the basis for an approach to proferred solutions to the problem is the proposal of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, as adopted at the Paris meet- ings. It is a compromise proposal which would yield to the partitioning of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states, pro- vided that the territory which includes all the present Jewish settlements, with the addition of the Negev, would be included in the .Jewish State. Adopted reluctantly by the overwhelming majority of the members of the Jewish Agency Executive, this decision awaits approval of the World Zionist Congress. In spite of the objections of the conven- tion of the Zionist Organization of America, there appears no other alternative, especially since our Government's approach to a solution to the problem hinges upon the Jew- ish Agency's compromise partition plan for the establishment of a Jewish State in 65 per cent of the mandated territory of Palestine. There is ground for feeling confident that we are on the eve of seeing an end to controversy and struggle over Palestine. The firmness displayed in President Truman's latest declarations on Palestine provides grealest assurance that a fairly satisfactory solution is imminent. What we need primarily today is agreement on the issue among Jews -them- selves and united action in support of major points of agree- ment which have the endorsement of our Government. I am sure you are happy to know that these children were given a bit of joy with the con- tributions you and I made to the Allied Jewish Campaign of the Detroit Jewish Welfare Fed- eration. - A pleasant Sabbath to all. • UNCLE DANIEL