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THE JEWISH NEWS
incorporntivg The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951
Islember American Association of English—Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial
association.
Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit, Mich. 48235,
VE 8-9364. Subscription $7 a year. Foreign $8.
Second Class Postage Paid at Detroit, Michigan
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Editor and Publisher
CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ
Business Manager
SIDNEY SHMARAK
Advertising Manager
CHARLOTTE DUBIN
City Editor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
This Sabbath. the 20th day of lyar, 5728, the following scriptural selections
nytll be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portion, Lev. 21:1-24:23. Prophetical portion, Ezekiel 44:15-31.
Candle lighting, Friday, May 17, 8:29 p.m.
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'VOL. LIM No. 9
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May 1'7, 1968
Success of Dedicated Campaigners
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This
is not the first time that a dedicated
P r iar'4-
7troit e campaign organization has success-
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- .:,-.y conducted b a serious campaign to raise
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, 1, ,„ surds of money to meet emergencies.
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t the 1968 Allied Jewish Campaign,
'..ierged with the Israel Emergency Fund, has
:esulted in such impressive responses that
the campaigners, the dynamic chairmen and
the able executive director have earned - ap-
preciation and gratitude.
These are most serious times. While the
Israel Emergency Fund was started at a time
when the embattled people of Israel were
near their doom—it has been admitted that
destruction of Israel was possible only by
destroying the people of Israel—now it must
- be acknowledged that until peace comes on a
basis of area and international securities, the
:srael emergency will continue.
' It-.should not be necessary to state again
that Israel is not the only factor of importance
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in our campaign. It is the most important and
it receives the major income from the drive,
but there are dozens of other causes which
must be supported. There is a large item in
the allocations for educational purposes, and
without fulfilling that obligation we would be
subscribing to the collapse of our schools.
This is true of other movements — recrea-
tional, social service, health.
The fulfillment of the community obliga-
tions in the present drive therefore attests
to this community's understanding of basic
needs, and the result of the year's campaign
is justifiably considered a victory. It earns
special gratitude for their efforts to Alfred
Deutsch. Maxwell Jospey and William Avrun- The Tragic 1923-39 Rallies
in, and through them to the many hundreds of
volunteer workers. Having secured a hearty
response to their appeals, having enrolled
nearly 2,500 new contributors, their task was
a truly glorious one.
Awesome Aspects of Hitler Role
Revealed in Book on Nuremberg
. Hamilton T. Burden. in "The Nuremberg Party Rallies: 1923-1939,"
published by Frederick A. Praeger (111 4th, NY3), is much more than
a history of the rallies which had become the major means of Adolf
Hitler's propaganda among the Germans who enrolled en masse in his
path. The inherent American principles Nazi movement. It ,is a historic account of the dramatic occurrences
must lead to high goals of humanitarianism. which afflicted Jewry and other victims of Hitlerism.
A thorough study has been made by Burden of the rallies which
The hopes and prayers of all Americans assumed such a devastating role for Germany and for the entire world.
are that poverty will be abolished, that secur- His record of his research is replete with data, and it contains the de-
ity will be guaranteed and that the process tails about the Citizenship Law which was promulgated at Nuremberg
of striving for the highest American ideals in 1935. It giveS an account of all the anti-Jewish provisions in the law,
will be a peaceful one. There has been a declaring void marriages between Jews and "citizens of German or
spread of fear that the great march on Wash- related blood," prohibiting extra-marital relations between Jews and
ington will be marked by violence. The aim Germans thus designated, banning the hiring of German females by
for amity is attainable and so is the desire Jews and even prohibiting Jews from "hoisting the national colors."
The author points out in relation to these laws: "Violent anti-
for an end to suffering and to want in the
Semitism had been part of the National Socialist doctrine from the
richest land on the face of the earth.
very beginning of the (Nazi) movement, but with the proclamation
May the great march result in a new era of
of the Nuremberg Laws, which Hitler dictated to his congress and
which were enthusiastically approved by his supporters, the party
good will, devoid of fear and violence, reaf-
took its first decisive step against the Jews in Germany. This was
firming the great ideals of our Americanism.
to have far-reaching consequences. Only two years after having
attained supreme power in Germany, the Nazis used the state's
legislative machine to strip the Jews of their citizenship and thereby
of their civil rights. With this gross abuse of the legal apparatus,
the -Jews were ousted from the protection--and security of the society
they had lived in, and were exposed to any form of prosecution and
for "this our sweet land of liberty and democ-
harassment the state might see fit to choose."
racy" and invoked the traditional blessing in
World public opinion often was misled. For example, in 1936. when
Hebrew:
Hitler began his violent attacks on Bolshevism, the London Times was
iitten
quoted as saying that Jews would for some time be "no worse off." But
-pan 1 ,'7x ran r11.1 1 1X1 -
it was a pipe dream. Hitler's fuming speeches against "international
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Jewry" continued and -they are referred to in Burden's reports for 1938
and 1939. Jews were linked by Hitler with 'decadent intellectuals" and
May the Lord bless us and keep us,
among the most violent speeches by the fuehrer were those delivered
The Lord make His face to shine upon us,
at Nuremberg.
and be gracious unto us,
In his expose of the Hitler terror and the appeals to hatred by
The Lord lift up His countenance upon
Hitler and his cohorts, the author of "The Nuremberg Party Rallies"
us, and give us peace—
declares:
Now and forever more.
"The Nuremberg rallies will probably remain one of the most
startling chapters of 20th Century history. They are a frightening
In the responses, expressed in impressive
example of the awesome power of modern propaganda techniques.
speeches of appreciation, were recorded the
Borrowing from pagan cults, church rituals and Wagnerian theater,
sentiments of America's friendship for Israel.
and other ways of reaching the thoughts and dreams of the masses,
It was, indeed, a day "which the Lord hath
-the absolute state perfected, in Nuremberg, its ability to dominate
made" and on which to "rejoice and be glad."
man's mind."
Hitler's "vigorous attacks on Jews" reveal, in Burden's volume. the
Nazi leader's charge that Jews never produced art, that even the temple
in Jerusalem was built by non-Jews. There is the reiterated accusation
Michigan Week, set for observance May that "Bolshevism was led by international Judaism"—Something the
present-day.Communist anti-Semites must love.
19-25, emphasizes several factors.
Burden tells about an exhibition that was arranged by Eher Verla
This year's theme is "Michigan—Land of
Hospitality." It represents a call to citizens in 1934 and it relates the following:
"A pamphlet written in 1519 by Martin Luther, 'Jews and The
from all states to enjoy this state's great of-
--
Lies,' was exhibited in a glass case. To further emphasize their
fers as a major vacationland in the nation.
with
German
tradition,
the
National
Socialists
had
brought
Michigan Week calls attention to the in-
copies of the imperial insignia of Charlemagne whic• nad been
dustrial progress attained here, to the eco- berg
∎ bringing
made by order of Emperor Wilhelm II . . . Hitler's reason or
nomic opportunities.
these medieval symbols of imperial authority was to demonstrate the
It draws attention to the vast educational historical bond between the First Empire of the 9th Cenufy and what
benefits to be derived from higher schools of he called the Third Reich, `Das Dritte Reich.' "
learning and from centers of research.
That's how Hitler's anti-Semitism also was linked pith the bitter
It's a pity that so important a celebration hatred for Jews of Martin Luther.
must have its limitations in the presentation
Throughout this .work we have the evidence of .litler's plans to
of facts to all citizens due to an inexcusable persecute Jews, and the Nuremberg rallies, chronagically described
newspaper strike. But those- of us who are in by Burden, give an account of the hatred that wa inspired
. . in
. Nazi
position to do so should interpret Michigan's scheming that eventually led to the program for ► ital annihilation of
glories and explain the great opportunities Jewry. Burden's work on the Nuremberg rallies additional evidence
provided by the state's agencies. That's how of the insane Nazi idea which was a threat not Jewry alone but to
An End to Poverty in an Area of Peace
National Jewish organizations have given
strong endorsement of the march of the
poor which is currently under way and have
joined in appeals to Congress to provide
means of relieving want—seeking ways of
providing work for the unemployed and legis-
lating in a fashion to end want in this country.
Americans of all faiths are united on this
theme. People of all faiths support the aim of
making this "land of the free and home of the
brave" a secure place to live in with guaran-
tees that suffering stemming from poverty
will be eased and ultimately abolished.
No one with a heart for America and for
human needs could possibly pursue any other
This Country's Kinship With Israel
If ever there was a doubt regarding the
strong friendship between this country and
Israel, it was dissipated on May 2, when both
Houses of Congress adopted resolutions of
greeting to Israel and when the most distin-
guished personalities in the Senate and House
of Representatives appended their names to
the bipartisan resolutions and expressed their
admiration for Israel.
Sponsorship of the U.S. Senate resolution
had the distinction of being led by Senator
Everett Dirksen of Illinois, who had the co-
operation of a number of the most distin-
guished Senatorial leaders, including Robert
Griffin of Michigan.
Senator Dirksen took occasion during the
week of Israel's celebration also to urge
speedy fulfillment of the pledge to provide
Israel with American-made planes.
Of special interest on the day of the Con-
gressional tributes to Israel were the prayers
before the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives by Rabbis Morris Landes of Pitts-
burgh and Saul Israel Wisemon of Springfield,
Pa. For the third time in the history of the
Congressional Record, the Hebrew quotations
used by Rabbi Wisemon were inserted in the
text of his prayer, on the first page of the May
2 Congressional Record.
Rabbi Wisemon opened by quoting from
the Psalm of Rejoicing:
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This is the Lord's doing; It is marvel-
MIS in our eyes. This is the day which
the Lord hath made; We will rejoice and
be glad in it.—Psalm 118, verses 23-24.
He concluded with a prayer for the peace
of Jerusalem and with thanks to the Almighty
Michigan Week
,
we can best celebrate Michigan Week.
the entire worhi.