Ex-Detroiter Warns of Fascism
Practiced by Jewish -Extremists

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, November 7, 1947.

' (The following excerpts are from "An Open Letter to All Ameri-
can Zionists," written by Yirmiyahu Haggai, published in the Octo-
ber issue of "Youth and Nation," the Hashomer Hatzair publication.
Haggai, a member of 'the Ein Hashofet (Well of the Judge) settle-
ment in Palestine, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Haggai of
3375 Collingwood.) • C>
"It's no secret that a serious sdbering-up set in. But to
division • of opinion now exists and to the Stern gang we don't
within the Yishuv on the issue of talk. We don't talk to fascists.
terrorism. Reduced to its sim- And the emotional satisfaction at
plest terms, the question is: Do seeing Jews. fight back should not
the Irgun Zvai Leumi and the blind people in America to the
Stern gang really represent the fact that one of the waste-prod-
bona fide resistance movement?
ucts of Jewish national revival in
"It's no secret in Palestine that the 20th century IS Jewish fas-
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for
and
chalutziut, the training
cism. There is such a thing, and
traveling to Palestine to work like all brands of fascism every-
there, has become declasse among where, its power is destructive
Jewish Zionists. ..
and no more. The Chetniks didn't
"The two problems are inter- liberate Yugoslavia, the Calli-
related. If more American cha- gards didn't liberate France, and
lutzim had gone to Palestine the wards of Peter Bergson, Sen-
within the last decade or two, ator Baldwin, and pen-prostitute
there would be less support today Hecht won't liberate Jewish Pal-
in the United States, material or estine. If Rabbi Abba Hillel Sil-
spiritual, for the so-called dissi- ver hasn't the moral integrity to
dent groups. And conversely, if acknowledge t h a t, American
there were greater insight in the Zionists and American Jews
United States into the "value' should. •
and significance to the Jewish
"Will American Jews display
rebirth of these 'dissident' groups, that moral integrity, and will they
chalutziut would be flourishing
display it in time? Things are
among American Jews.
"The 'dissidents' don't like tobe moving ahead at a rapid pace and
called fascists. Good-hearted peo- the showdown isn't far off."

Sislin and Schubiner

Prepare Anniversary
Book for JNWA Unit

Plans for the publication of a
special anniversary book honor-
ing the 13th birthday of Arlazar-
off Branch of the JewiSh National
Workers' Alliance- are progress-
ing under the direction of David
Sislin, editor,
a n d his assist-
ant, Morris
Schubiner.
- The book will
be distributed at
a n anniversary.
dinner, schedul-
ed for Sunday
evening, Nov.
30, at Lachar
Hall. Louis Se-
gal, national M. Schubiner
JNWA. secretary, will be guest
speaker at the dinner.
In connection with the celebra-
tion, Arlazaroff Branch is con-
ducting a drive to enroll 50 new
members, and to increase insur-
ance of members by $50,000, ac-
cording to Harry Schumer, branch
president.
Harry Mondry is in charge of
the insurance increases; Philip
Imber heads the membership
drive, and Mrs. Mondry is hand-
ling publicity. Reservations for
the dinner may be made by phon-
ing the Mondrys, TY. 6-7589, or
from Imber, TO. 6-0494.
A series of cultural programs is
being sponsored by Arlazaroff
branch on alternate Wednesday
evenings at the Labor Zionist
Institute. The speaker next Wed=
nesday will - be Philip Slomovitz. ,

Program Arranged for Pisgah's
90th Anniversary Banquet Nov. 18

With an impressive program
marking the event, Pisgah Lodge
No. 34 Bnai Brith will celebrate
its 90th anniversary on Tuesday
night, Nov. 18, at a banquet in
the • Fountain Room of the Ma-
sonic Temple.
The principal address at the
banquet will be delivered by
Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld, of New
York, who will enter upon his
duties as national director of
Bnai ,Brith Hillel Foundations on
Jan. 1, when Dr. Sachar's resig-
nation becomes effective. During
the past year Rabbi Lelyveld has
served as associate national di-
rector of Hillel Foundations.
Rabbi Lelyveld was born in
New York City in 1913, was
graduated from Columbia Uni-
versity with Phi Beta Kappa hon-
Ors in 1933, and was ordained
Rabbi by the Hebrew Union Col-
lege in 1939. As an Edward L.
Heinscheimer teaching fellow at
Hebrew Union - College, he also
served as rabbi of Congregation
Bene Israel in Hamilton, 0. For
several years he occupied the
pulpit of Temple Israel, Omaha,
where he was active in Jewish
and general community affairs.
For two years . he served as di-
rector of the Committee on Unity
for Palestine and is now national
vice chairman i of that agency.
He is also a member of the
Commission on Justice and Peace
of the C e n t r al Conference of
American Rabbis, was one of the
founders of the National Federa-
tion of Temple Youth, and is a
former editor of the Youth Lead-

ple wax indignant at the idea the
Jews should so much as be sus- Judaism Council to Hold
pected of harboring fascist ideas. Parley in St. Louis Jan. 17
'If the I.Z.L. and the Stern gang
NEW YORK, (JTA)- — T h e
could assert unchallengeably that American Council for Judaism
they and their organizational an- will hold its fourth annual con-
tecedents had taken a hand ference in St. Louis, Jan. 17-19.
throughout the years in building
up what they now claim to be
defending, then they might be
accused of aberration, but spirit-
ually they would be akin to what ;
is still the backbone of the Yishuv
—the General Federation of Jew-
ish Labor, the Histadrut. But they
are not sniritiially akin to the His-
tadrut. The founded of the Re-
visionist movement, Vladimir Ja-
botinsky, was a bitter enemy of
the Histadrut, and for years con-
ducted an unabated struggle
against this 'red menace.' His '
party set up the so-called `Na-
tional Labor Organization' to
compete with the Histadrut and
in practice succeeds in supplying
a certain class of employer in
Jewish Palestine with an ideal
scab union. . . .
"In Palestine they were known
then (up to World War II) for
what they were, and were iso-
lated. Now they expediently de-
vote their major efforts to con-
ducting 'war' against the British
and-thus succeed in distracting
the attention and comprehension
of well-intentioned but undis-
criminating individuals from their
real intend. Their real in-
tent is to dominate the Yishuv
and strike a bargain with (today
they claim it-is the U.S.A.) Great
Britain! They have said it in the
past. They would be prepared to
renew their offer in the future.
"It is emotionally satisfying,
we know, fOr American Jews and
Christians to hear that Jews in
Palestine are fighting back. Very
well. We in Palestine knew that
Jews here were capable of fight-
ing and did fight back when the I
occasion required it, long before
I.Z.L. seceded from the Hagana
because the Hagana wouldn't de-
liberately murder innocent Arabs
in retaliation for the murder of
Jews by Arab terrorists.
"To lay a mine on a road and
blow up a jeep also requires
courage, true 'enough. Depravity
serves as a good substitute for
courage, though. To capture host-
ages and hang them requires guts.
Sadism, however, will do where
there are no guts. And when
you've detonated your mine or
strung up your British sergeant
you can steal back to Tel Aviv
. . . and have no fears, worries,
responsibilities or anxieties until
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If they weren't reactionaries we
could reason with them, argue
with them. Thus we have
talked to people within the ranks.
Had they only listened to us then,
a good deal could have been
avoided that only led to confusion
and disappointment when the
Amy

er, published by the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations.
During the past year, as associ-
ate director of Bnai Brith Hillel
Foundations, he organized and
served as counselor to the new
Hillel Foundation at Princeton
University.
Herbert Eskin, president of Pis-
gah Lodge, urges the members of
the lodge and their friends to
make their reservations for the
banquet by Nov. 10 at the lodge
office, 712 Farwell Bldg.
Prominent personalities in the
community will-grace the speak-
ers' table at the banquet, accord-
ing to Harry Yudkoff, general
chairman of -the 90th anniversary
committee. Representatives of
other faiths, the city and- state
will extend greetings to Pisgah.

G. E. President Named
Conference Co-Chairman

Charles E. Wilson, president
of the General Electric Company,
was elected Protestant co-chair-
man of the National Conference
of Christians and Jews to suc-
ceed Dr. Arthur H. Compton,
chancellor of Washington Uni-
versity, it was announced by
Rev. Joseph Q. Mayne, director
of the Detroit office of the Na-
tional Conference of Christians
and Jews.
Wilson will serve as co-chair-
man with Thomas E. Braniff and
Roger W. Straus, Catholic and
Jewish co-chairmen. Dr. Comp-
ton retires from this post after
serving since November, 1938.

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