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THE . JEWISH' NEWS
Friday, NOvernber 7, 1947
Zion Is 'Beachhead of Progress, Center Appoints JWV Will Hold Parley in Flint
A Council of Administration
Neuschatz to Lead meeting
Herman Cohen,. commander of
Cassidy Tells Balfour Meeting
of the Jewish War Vet- Eli Rosenblum Post, has been ap-
Dexter Program erans of the U. S. will be held pointed grand marshal of the
Dr. Wolfsberg Confident of Triumph for Jewish Cause;
Ideals of Palestine Religious Labor Outlined
by Rabbi Wohlgelernter
Confidence in the impending homes. He praised the activities
realization of age-old Jewish of the Jewish labor movement as
dreams for the re-establishment being in the vanguard of creative.
of the Jewish National Home efforts in Palestine.
were expressed at the 30th anni-
"Despite all obstacles," he said,
versary celebration of the Bal- "the Jewish pioneers went on
four Declaration, held Sunday building. They held to their
afternoon at Central High School, dreams. In Palestine I saw the
under joint auspices of the labor movement create farms and
League for Religious Labor in industries, enhance religious life,
Palestine and the Zionist Council establish values that are _hard 'to
of Detroit.
find anywhere. In Palestine I saw
Two eminent speakers—Dr. ()S- the only place in the Middle East
car Wolfsberg of Palestine and where life approximated western
George Cassidy, N. Y. Post editor civilization. In Palestine I found
—outlined current events affect- the beachhead of progress and
ing Palestine and called for ac- civilization. This is something too
tion by American Jews to imple- rare and too precious to be al-
ment the UN decisions.
lowed to be lost for a return to
Commencing his address in He- the desert. Thus, the Zionist ideal
brew, Dr. Wolfsberg, who is here seemed to me a dream that can
to assist the advisory Zionist com- be realized."
SAMUEL NEUSCHATZ
mittee at the UN, spoke mainly in
Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter, who
To implement an intensified
Yiddish. He outlined the history presided at the meeting, told of
of past events leading up to the his meetings with both speakers activities program for the Jewish
UNSCOP. report and urged the while he was in Palestine a year community in the Dexter area,
audience not to be disturbed by ago. He described the work of the Samuel Neuschatz has been ap
the smallness of the proposed
League for Religious Labor, told pointed director of the Dexter
Jewish state. He expressed the of its cooperation with the Ha- Extension Program of the Jewish
view that even the small state ganah and its educational and Community Center. Samuel Rub-
holds out great promise and has colonization efforts, and revealed iner, president of the Center
tremendous possibilities.
that 700 of the 4,500 Exodus pas-. made the appointment.
Tribute to Balfour
At present a program for teen-
sengers come from this group and
Paying tribute to the late Lord
agers is being conducted at the
from Hapoel Hamizrachi.
Balfour, Dr. Wolfsberg said that
Rabbi J. S. Sperka greeted the D. W. Simons Hebrew School
Balfour can not be-forgotten, just
gathering as chairman of the De- under Neuschatz's direction. Ac-
as Herzl will not be forgotten.
tivities are held from 8 to 10:30
The Jewish leaders at the UN troit chapter of the League for
p.m. Tuesday and Wednesdays.
Religious
-Labor
in
Palestine.
are working harmoniously for the
Samuel Bernstein, Detroit art
best interests of the entire people, Philip Slomovitz spoke briefly in
Dr. Wolfsberg stated. He ex- the name of the Zionist Council. teacher, has been appointed as-
pressed the hope that an inter- Rabbi Mordecai Paretsky, direc- sistant to Neuschatz. Meeting
national loan will facilitate the tor of the LRLP, was introduced room space and leaders for clubs
are available. A lounge program of
creation of the Jewish state. He to the gathering.
table tennis, games and dancing
also emphasized that idealistic
is held in the school auditorium.
and healthy young men from free
A gym program for members is
countries are needed to supple-
conducted from 8 to 10 p. m.
ment the pioneers who come from
every Monday at the Winter-
European countries for Palestine's
halter school. Special interest
upbuilding.
programs including arts and
Cassidy opened and closed his
address with the word "Shalom,"
crafts, dancing and dramatics are
About 300 persons attended a being considered for members of
and his interesting analysis of his
impressions of Palestine included meeting Oct. 30, in the Jewish the Simons' group.
a tribute to the Jewish pioneers Community Center„,to hear three
Boys 14 to 17 and girls 13 to 16
who, in spite of the militaristic speakers consider educational who wish to join a club or to or-
conditions imposed upon Pales- problems facing Detroit Jewry.
ganize one of their own in co-
tine, have made "shalom"—peace
The panel consisted of Rabbi operation with the D. W. Simons
—the chief objective of their re- Max J. Wohlgelernter, Wolf group should contact Netischati
construction efforts.
Snyder and Rabbi Leon Fram. or Bernstein.
/Describing the horrors he wit-
In addition to scheduling pro-
Rabbi Morris Adler acted as
nessed in Warsaw two years ago
grams for the teen-age groups,
as the background for his visit in moderator. Aaron Droock, presi- plans are under way to organize
Palestine, Cassidy told how, after dent of the Community Council,
activities for juniors, under 14,
the King. David Hotel explosion, presided.
Rabbi- Wohlgelernter noted that and adult educational and recrea-
in which the N. Y. Post- corre-
spondent, Richard Mowrer, was we are beginning to place more tional programs.
Headquarters for the Dexter
injured, he was asked to go to' einPhasis upon the value of Jew-
Palestine for his paper. He said ish life in -the Diaspora. Jewish Extension Program will be trans-
that he studied- conditions among communities always established ferred to the northwest neigh-
all elements of the _population,. some basis for central communal borhood in the near future.
Arabs and Jews, and, having life: This Jewish• environment
learned the • truth, became biased was in a sense a substitute for
in favor of the Jewish position; the autonomous state. But since
"Beachhead - of Progress"
we do not - actually have a state
In his description of British We must create the kind of en-
Vandalism, Cassidy said he could vironment • in which desirable Reader Praises Levin's
not understand why the military types of education are demanded. Novel, "My Father's House"s
always insisted upon smashing
Editor, Jewish News:
Snyder showed that only 30
sewing machines in Jewish per cent of Jewish children in
Meyer Levin's stirring novel,
America receive some form of "My Father's House," (Viking
Jewish education. Of this num- Press, New York)—which was al-
ber, by far the largest portion ready reviewed in The Jewish
attend only Sunday school.• There News-deserves another mention.
is a considerably smaller number It is Levin's second novel about
of children who attend classes Palestinian life and was produced
five days a week after the public as a movie in Palestine under
school sessions. A small group the author's direction. New York
SiiZ programs of. cultural content attends full-time day school. It critics acclaim the film heartily.
and entertainment are scheduled is necessary to carry on such
The novel begins with a dra-
by ',the Joint Yiddith Culture activities as the introduction of matic description of a night land-
Committee of the Jewish COM-. Hebrew into the public schools ing of a refugee ship, the Hannah
Szenesch, on the shores of Pales-
munity Center, and the Jewish and colleges, he said.
tine, bringing immigrants of Aly-
Community Council. The series
Rabbi Fram maintained that
opener,. Nov. 16, will feature S. the Jewish community will al- iah Beth (the so-called '"illegal"
Niger, noted author and critic, ways be essentially a religious immigration) to the land 'of prom-
who will speak on "50 Years of community. American Jews want ise. The landing is accomplished
quickly, for the Jews on the shore
Jewish Literature".
to be Americans. But, at the.same
Other programs will feature time, we must maintain our indi- were well prepared for the ar-
Jewish music, dancing, humor vidual culture as Jews. We can rival.
a
Among those landed
and holiday celebrations.
educate our children on the basis
Niger's talk also will mark the of a supreme confidence in the young survivor of Hitler's death
opening of the celebration of Jew- stability of our position in Amen- chambers, David. His family was
ish Book Month. The speaker' ca. .We will not educate for isola- killed. Now, after many lonely
years of flight, David begins a
has -achieved 'international repu--- tion and segregation.
search for his father.
tation as an authority on both.
A lively discussion ensued in
The story of the . boy's search,
Hebrew and Yiddish literature. which various aspects oaf, Jewish
his despair and his mental break-
Niger's talk will be followed by education were taken fip by the
down after his discovery that his
two seminar sessions, Nov. 20. delegates.
family had perished, and his subr
and 27, which will emphasize the.
sequent recovery and adjustment
role of the common man) and the Jews of Bohemia, Moravia
brought about by the love of his
revival of Yiddish literature in To Join. World Jewish . Congress
companions • and his adopted par-
modern times.
PRAGUE, (JTA)—The Council enth, and through the building
Season tickets for the entire of Jewish Communities in Bohem- of a new settlement in the Negev
series may be purchased through, ia and -Moravia, at its first post- is moving and makes very inter-
organizations or at the Center, war conference, voted to affiliate esting reading.
for X2.50
Speakers Agree
On Jew's Need
For Education
Our Letter Box
Literary Lecture
Nov.16 will Open
Cultural Series
.
next Sunday, 12:30 p. m., at the
Durant Hotel, Flint, Mich.
A report of the national en-
campment held recently in St.
Paul will be given. Plans will be
made for a committee to arrange
services for ' returned bodies of
World War II. Reports will be
heard on progress of the JWV
annual ball and distribution of
World War II Victory' and Amer-
ican Defense Medals.
In the evening, officers of Eli
Rosenblum Post 231 of Flint Will
be installed.
annual Armistice day parade for
the Genesseee County Veterans
organizations.
DETROIT POST 135 will hold
its annual past commanders' and
past presidents' dinner, Nov. 11
at the Whittier Hotel.
LT. ELI LEVIN POST 230 and
CHARLES and AARON KOGAN
POST 510 will sponsor a games
night Dec. 6 at JWV auditorium,
8212 12th St.
LT. RAYMOND ZUSSMAN
333 will hold a membership social
Wednesday evening, at JWV
Auditorium.
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