50 YEARS AGO...

Land Redemption
New Year Project

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Tans for "the great-
est land reclama-
tion effort of all
time" were the
immediate result of the
JNF conference. As a
first step, it was decided
to establish a colony
named "Am Israel Chai."
A letter from Dr. Chaim
Weizmann said in part,
"Far from injuring our
neighbors, the redemp-
tion of vast stretches of
uncultivated land will be
of enormous benefit to all
.the inhabitants of Pale-
stine, both Jews and
Arabs." The motto for
1943 was to be Prepare
ye the way.
On the European front,
the news was bleak. The
Warsaw ghetto was the
only ghetto left in central
Poland; the ghettos in
Radom and Lublin were
abolished because not a
single Jew remained in
those cities. The Minister
of Agriculture in Prague
announced that Jews in
the Czech protectorate
could not buy and must
not be given fruits, veg-
etables, fish and poultry;
this was to forestall
Christians using the
occasion of Christmas to
present food to their
Jewish friends. One posi-
tive note was seen in a
message of encourage-
ment to the Jews of
Switzerland which
appeared in the press
there signed by Professor
Karl Barth, Protestant
theologian, and 25 other
prominent Swiss citi-
zens.
As always, there were
proud reports of local
men and women who
were serving" in the
armed services. One
family was able to boast
of two sergeants: Sgt.
Helen Goodman was with
the WACs in Bangor,
Maine, while her broth-
er, Sgt. Irving Goodman,
was in the medical corps
in Arizona.
Bar mitzvah boys were
in the news for events
that were tied to their
rite of passage. Donald
Goldberg had his name
inscribed in the Sefer
Hayeled, the Children's
Golden Book of the JNF

in Jerusalem, by Mr. and
Mrs. William Hordes;
Israel Jacob Trumpka
had $250 donated in his
name to the JNF rather
than receiving personal
gifts.
Other youth were
making news with their
personal protest of Nazi
atrocities and in loyalty
to the persecuted Jews
of Europe. These teens
were distributing and
wearing arm bands with
a yellow Magen David,
emulating the example
set by the Dutch. Sora
Levine was in charge of
the distribution.
Talented literary
members of the commu-
nity were awarded
prizes by the LaMed
Literary Foundation.
Menachem Boraisha won
for a poem, "Der Gaier";
Dr. Nissim Turoff, for
his Hebrew book Mass
Psychology;
Daniel
Charney, for his Yiddish
book of memoirs; Gabriel
Prayl, for a volume of
Hebrew poems.
There were digni
taries aplenty visiting
our community at this
time. Rabbi Samuel
Brodt, former chief rabbi
of Antwerp, was the
guest speaker at the
31st anniversary of the
Mizrachi Organization.
Baroness Yvonne de
Gunzberg addressed a
tea at the Detroit chap-
ter of ORT.
For those who were
interested in classes to
sharpen their skills,
there were several choic-
es. Elementary and
advanced classes in
rhumba, fox trot and
waltz were being taught
at the JCC by Jimmy
Murphy. First aid and
war effort classes were
being offered at the JCC
with home nursing class-
es soon to follow.
And what would a
new year be without
sales? Some of the bar-
gains were a dinner
cloth of satin damask,
52x70, with six large
napkins for $4.95 at Ben
Pupko's; and suits and
overcoats reduced to
$35.75 and $44.75 at
Scholnick's£1

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