Friday, March 28, 1947

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Eighteen

Baratz, Samuel Explain Labor's Role
In 'Resistance by Colonization. ' in Zion

Passover Programs
Scheduled in Alt_
Classes of the -UHS

PassoVer programs, to be held
in all the branches of ,the United

-,-Photos by Paul 'Misch. Jewish News Photographer

After the impressive Histadrut event last Sunda y, left to right: DAN FROHMAN, director of the
Halevy choir; HARRY SCHUMER, chairman of the 1947 campaign; "MAURICE SAMUEL, noted
author, guest speaker; MORRIS L. SCHAVER, honorary chairman of Detroit Histadrut; MORRIS
LIEBERMAN, chairman of Histadrut executive committee; YOSEF BARATZ, Palestine leader - who
brought greetings from the Yishuv; GEORGE SEBASTIAN, who conducted the orchestra and choir,
and EMMA SCHAVER, who •resented the DP camp songs. •

Jewish Center
Activities

YOSEF BARATZ was presented with $218 in pennies by children
of the Farband schools as their contribution to the Detroit Histadrut
campaign. Left to right: ESTHER MENDELSON, ROBERT LEVIN-
SON, MR. BARATZ, IRVING TUKEL, who made the presentation
in a Yiddish speech at Sunday *eight's festival, ELAINE BLAKE
and LAWRENCE SKLAR.

By RUTH MIRIAM LEVINE

Jewish News Staff Writer

With $140,000 in cash and pledges already collected, the
1947 Histadrut (Gewerkshaften) campaign for $175,000 is
assured of success, Harry Schumer, campaign chairman, re-
ported at the annual labor Zionist festival March 23.
Hundreds of contributors, workers and organizational
representatives crowded Music Hall to hear Yosef Baratz,
Palestine Histadrut and Jew-
ish Agrffey leader, and politically and through defama-
Maurice Samuel, noted author tion of character—at assassina-

and translator of Yiddish and tion of the Zionist movement. He
Hebrew works, tell of the peace- charged the British with a "falsi-
ful resistance movement. led by fication of history" in denying the
the workers of Palestine. nationaliskic character of the Bal-
George Sebastian directed the four Declaration. Current Brit-
musical portion of the program, ish militaristic action is typical
featuring Emma L. Schaver in of the moral decline of the world
the world premiere of symphon- which led to the second World
is and vocal arrangements of the War," Samuel added.
He denounced any attempt at
sons of the DP camps. The songs,
including "Ani Maamin," "The creating_ panic among Zionists by
Partisan Song," and the Kaddish, emphasis on a "now or never"
attitude toward Jewish state-
were moving and effective.
hood. His emphatic statement
(Mrs. Schaver will appear on
"We are not a people of now or
a United Jewish Appeal radio
never—we are the people of
brOadcast from New York
ever!" brought loud applause.
Sunday night, on a program
Samuel reiterated Baratz' ern-
with Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- ,
phasis on the colonization method
velt).
The Halevy choir, under the of resistance to Britain. He de-
direction of Dan Frohman, also scribed the overnight "pressure"
participated, presenting a pro- method of establishing new
gram of familiar Jewish selec colonies, originated in 1938.
Congratulates Detroit
tions.
Speaking in Yiddish, Ba ratz Discussing the prospect of a
told the audience of the in- Jewish state in Palestine, Samuel
domitable spirit of the refugees explained the need for the sev-
now entering Palestine, of their eral departments of state, such
determination to continue the as commerce, finance and labor.
work of Palestinian Jewry in im- "If these add up to a Jewish
proving the country's natural state is it our fault?" he queried.
He congratulated the Detroit
resources.
Colonization Continues
Histadrut members on their
"Even as martial law was being campaign efforts, and pointed out
enforced in Tel Aviv and British that the laborers are the "moral
soldiers turned back shiploads of ballast" of Zionism and must
refugees from Haifa, the chalut- lead in the denial of Britain's
zizn, were founding new settle- treachery.
Ira I. Sonnenblick, new direc-
mehts on Mar Gilboa," Baratz
said . adding that the Jewish tor of the Jewish Home for the
Agency, the Histadrut and Hag- Aged also spoke briefly on be-
anah are not permitting the econ- half of the Allied Jewish Cam-
omic emergency brought on by paign.
martial law to stop their building
and colonization activity.
Shabbos Hagodal Sermon by
At the conclusion of his speech, Rabbi Wohlgelernter Saturday
Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter, of
a group of children from the
Farband Folk schools presented Congregation Beth Tefilo Em-
$218 in pennies, the children's manual will deliver the Shabbos
own contribution to the Gwerk- Hagodal sermon, including a Tal-
shaften drive, to Baratz. Irving mudical discourse and instruc-
Tukel made the presentation tion for the preparation.. of Pass-
over, Saturday morning, March
speech in. Yiddish.
Author 'Maurice Samuel critic- 29, at the synagogue, Taylor and
attempt both Woodrow Wilson.
the dual
ized

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Saturday Nite Dance
Scheduled This Week
Sylvia Weiss announces the
next Saturday Nite Dance to be
held in Butzel Hall of the Jew-
ish Community Center from 9:30
to 12:30 p. m. March 29. The
music of Freddie Warren and
his orchestra will be featured.
• • •
Rabbi Max Wohlgelernter
Addresses Discussion Group
The Wednesday Evening Dis-
cussion Group will present Rabbi
Max J. Wohlgelernter of Cong.
Beth Tefilo Emanuel, at 9 p. m.
Wednesday, April 2, in the
Ginsburg Lounge of the Center.
Rabbi Wohlgelernter who rec-
ently completed an overseas tour
has chosen as his topic, "What
I Saw in Europe and Palestine."
• • •
Mothers Clubs Study
Citizens' Housing Plans
Theme: At home in Detroit
with the Citizens' Housing and
Planning Council—shall we back
it?
Monday, March 31, 1;30 p.
President's Counc it meeting,
Room 202 of the Center.
Wednesday, April 2,"1:30 p. in.,
Woodward Study Club will meet
in the USO Lounge of the Center.
Thursday, April 3, 8 p. rn.,
Davison Mothers' Club will meet
at the' Workman's Circle.
Saturday, March 29, 1:30 p. in.,
Davison Mothers' Club will hold
its Oneg Shabbat at the Work-
man's Circle.

French Sentence Signer
Of Vichy Racial Laws
PARIS, (ETA)—Pierre Caziot,
former member of the Vichy
govrnment, who 'signed the ra-
cial laws promulgated by the Pe-
tain regime, was sentenced to
"national indignity" and loss of
civil rights and confiscation of
half of his property.

Hebrew Schools, will feature a
model Seder, Passover playlets,
brief 'talks , on the history and
significance of the holiday, read-
ings with interpretations from
the Hagadah and
The. following days have been
set for these Passover school pro-
grams by ' various branches of
the schools:
David VV. Simons—Wednes-
day, April 2, at 5 p. m.
Bagley Public School and
Parkside .Hebrew S c h o o I—
Thursday, April 3, at 5 p. m.
Rose Sittig Cohen Branch—
Tuesday, second day of Hol
Ha'Moed, April 8, at '7:30.
Philadelphia, Central and
Brady branches — Wednesday,

third day of Hol Ha'Moed,
April 9, 7:30 p. m.
The program of the Central
High Branch of the United He-
brew Schools will be given in
the auditorium of the Rose Sit-
tig Cohen Building. ,
The program for the Brady
Public Branch will be given in
the auditorium of the Philadel-
phia-Byron School jointly with
the Philadelphia school

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