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….” Documentary filmmaker Jacky Comforty explores this heartwarming story in The Stolen Narrative of the Bulgarian Jews and Holocaust, which he wrote with Michigan writer Martha Aladjem Bloomfield…
…APRIL 21 • 2022 | 57 C ompared with the fate of Jews in other European countries during the horrible years of Nazi conquest, a high percentage of the Jews of Bulgaria survived. The numbers of…
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… Bulgarian Jews? Various interested political interests have championed their favorite heroes in this story. In the immediate aftermath of the war, Bulgaria was a Communist state: school texts explained…
… that the Communist Party had protected the Jews. When the Communists lost power in 1989, nationalists lauded the wartime King of Bulgaria, Boris III, as having saved his Jewish subjects by…
…, recently published The Bulgarian Army and the Rescue of Bulgarian Jews — 1931-44,” touting the Bulgarian army as the heroes of this story. According to each variation of this heartwarming story, an Axis…
… power scored a victory in saving its Jews. Everyone claims a part of the victory. As President John Kennedy said, “There is an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan…
…, Comforty, Israeli-born son of Bulgarian immigrants, interviewed his own parents and 150 Bulgarian Jews and non-Jews for their personal recollections of Jewish life in Bulgaria before and during the rise…
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…looking back Temple Beth El, Michigan’s first Jewish congregation, dates to 1850. In 1856, the congregation adopted a new constitution that contained ideas of Reform Judaism, thus becoming Detroit…
… Temple Beth El. Historic photos are curated by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. From the DJN Davidson Digital Archive I t would be hard to ignore the bombastic headline for the Feb. 12, 1943…
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… historians and, indeed, for Poland today. However, the report from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that generated the headline Mike Smith is flawed. It stated that, of the 500,000 Jews con- Detroit Jewish News…
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… with another fact, the famous “Warsaw Uprising.” From April 19-May 16, 1943, the approximately 13,000 Jews still living in the ghetto, with nothing left to lose, rose up and fought against the full might…
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… like the Michigan Association for E- thiopian Jews. The group's goal is to bring attention to the plight of Ethiopian Jews. Elais also asked for finan- cial support. It costs about $3,000 to resettle one…
… Bought In Your Home lthough worldwide attention has been focused on bringing Soviet Jews to safety, an E- thiopian Jew who lives in Israel doesn't want Ameri- cans to forget his former countrymen. Matti…
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… after Operation Moses there is no problem with Ethio- pian Jews," Elias said. While Operation Moses succeeded in bringing 7,500 Ethiopian Jews from Sudan refugee camps into Israel in 1985, another 15…
…,000 Ethio- pian Jews remained behind in the war-torn and famine- filled country. For 15 years, a civil war between the Communist government and two guerilla rebel forces has been fought in the country…
…'s villages, he said. Now rebels control northern provinces including Gondar, where about 10,000 Jews live. Ethiopian Jews "are really in danger. It is not a ques- tion of the famine. It is a physical danger…
…," Elias said. Rebel military forces, sup- plied by Arab countries like Lybia and Iraq, have forced Jews to leave their homes and move to other provinces, he said. "The Ethiopian Jews are not farming, they…
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… CENTER 0 68 OAK PARK, MICHIGAN 48237 14000 WEST NINE MILE ROAD Friday, August 22, 1986 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS that is moderate despite its name, Argentina now has a Jewish planning secretary a…
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…-nationalists usually found in the military and in the right-wing of the Catholic Church. Most Argentine Jews have reacted by denying their Jewish identity, becoming secular and, eventually, assimilating. Only a small…
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… asphyxiated with outside the city. (Continued from Page 1) Iu Krupko the Germans shot three Jews in the typhus hospital. gases and their corpses then bu- about a thousand Jews, as far They went there and in the…
… along a ditch, stripped Only the Jew, Engineer Kissel- occupied by the Germans we leara them nude and killed them. Lit- man, survived in Kursk. He was from the few fortunate ones who tle children and old…
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… Conservative Jew, an every assimilated Jew, an every intermarried Jew, as well. However, we are not so per verse that we can respect flag rant violation of Jewish Law While we respect the Reforn Jew, as a person…
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… Democratic pres- idential primaries when the contest reaches Michigan March 10. The two men embody two whol- ly different visions for the nation. And, in good, old haimishe (famil- iar) fashion, Jews have…
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… this Michigan. With 50 member families and its country were Sephardic Jews. first rabbi, the congregation joins the swelling "Sephardim were the first Jews here," says ranks of more than 100 in this…
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… Mediterranean, uating the long-ago customs and traditions of if) Middle East, East and North Africa. their ancestors, but they are doing it with cen- "There was a time when Sephardic Jews turies of pride — always…
… present -- and now made up 90 percent of world Jewry," says steadily escalating. Belinfante. Last August, they dedicated Keter Torah While today most American Jews are Synagogue on the northwest corner of…
… Walnut Ashkenazic — Jews descending from areas Lake and Orchard Lake roads in West that include Eastern Europe, Russia and Bloomfield, the first Sephardic synagogue in Germany — at one point, all Jews in…
… country and Belinfante, who explains that the first American 300 worldwide. Jewish community arrived by accident. "The building of a synagogue is definitely a "A shipload of Jews traveling from South dream…
… Keter Torah on Sept. 5 "Jumping on the bandwagon of a resurgence lenient to Jews — when they were captured before Torah scrolls were brought inside the new synagogue. in religious awareness across the…
… board over the by pirates and brought to New York," he says: last 20 years in the United States, are the These Jews founded Congregation Shearith Sephardim, in full force." body for all Sephardic…
… International their synagogues going because [people] had to Other Sephardic Jews came to America from Arab Sephardic Festival began Dec. 10, with a week of work so hard`to make a living. lands. After Israel was…
…PAGE EIGHT THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Jew ish7Institute News, ,,,„„„,,„„„„„,„,, \ ( 16 .)1 I1111111 F1 77/- r7/ ( 11. NO. 12 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, OCTOBER, 1919. VOL. I. Editor's Note…
…: This month we disp)ace the usual information and news of the United Jewish Charities to make room for an appeal that should be of interest to every Jew. 1 ,17 . urge you to read it.—The Editor. Let Us…
… See if You are Proud To Be A Jew!" Remember when you were a kid---the battles you used to fight with the little urchins of the neighborhood? Remember how they teased you, and now and then someone…
… would speak in derision of your faith---called you a "Jew," most likely? And then, if you were a girl, you would start to cry---and if, you were a boy, you prepared to "clean up" on the crowd? But, in…
… either case, you threw out your little chest and answered: "I'm proud to be a Jew." The Jews are going to get a great deal from the Patriotic Fund. The Jewish sufferers from the war will get $350…
…'ve said it a good many times since then, In order that we Jews should justify the tre- mendous sums to be given us, we must "come across." Just because we are Jews it is up to us to be doubly generous with…
… our time and with our money. May no one say: "The Jews fell down!" too. You said it when Col. Cutler told you that we had furnished more than our share of soldiers for the army. You said it when you…
… whenever a Jew was crowned with honor or praised for service to mankind. "I'm proud to be a Jew." ili You've said it often enough. Now, inasmuch as money talks, let your money speak for you! "I'm proud to…
… be a Jew!" ili If you are proud to be a Jew, here's your chance to prove it--- Prove it by giving more than your share when the drive is on---November 3 to 8. Prove it by giving your time to the…
… teams of workers--- Prove it by volunteering your services right away! Then will men listen when you say: "I'm M. M. A. proud to be a Jew!" 0111…
…-born trader, came to Michigan in 1761. More Jews from Europe followed, gradually establishing themselves as peddlers and retailers in small towns dotting the Upper Peninsula. They catered to a rugged stock of…
…If The Trolls Only Knew What The JUPers Do ... By The S ore of Gitche Gurnee Forgotten communities, dotting Michigan's northern wilderness, keep the faith despite forces threatening their…
… extinction. THROUGH THE GOOD YEARS, MICHIGAN'S FIRST JEWISH SETTLER roasted fowl over campfires near Mackinaw City, but times of scarcity forced him to survive on cheap pork. Ezekiel Solomon, a German…
… of a bridge connecting the Lower and Upper Peninsulas. Nearly 80 years later, Jews named Leon Moisseiff and David Steinman drafted blueprints matching that vision. Another Jew, Lawrence Rubin, served…
… for more than three decades as chief of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. He lives in St. Ignace today. Elsewhere in the Upper Peninsula, Jews won civic elections, owned banks and taught public school…
…. Their spiritual life sometimes included trips to the mikvah, studies at cheder and weekly Torah read- ings. Suburban Detroiters generally respond with shock: Jews lived in the UP? They did and they still…
… do. Their existence, fraught with challenges, runs deep like the Big-Sea waters. Their history tells the story of Michigan's northernmost industries, and their future, typical of most lost tribes…
…r ' -i? 51 TERRORISTS t that a "get tough"policy on the part the United States toward Israel would proVe prospects for reduced terrorism. ly six percent of the Jews agreed. ounger respondents…
…, both Jew and n-Jew, were less militant than their ers and more supportive of a "get gh" policy toward Israel. hile half of the non-Jews 45 years old older agreed strongly that Israel should e military…
… action against terrorists, 38 rcent under 45 held the same view. Sim- ly, 59 percent of older Jews strongly or Israeli military action, while only 44 rcent of younger Jews agreed. ounger non-Jews were also…
… than older Jews to or American military action against untries that support terrorists. Twenty rcent of the Jewish respondents under e age of 45 felt that the U.S. ought to e military force, while .27…
… percent of ose 45 and over agreed. The widest gap between older and unger Jews opened in response to the ue of whether a U.S. "get tough" policy ward Israel would help reduce terrorism. ly three percent of…
… older Jews agreed th that approach, which implies eco- mic and political pressure on Israel to more conciliatory toward the PLO. enty-six percent of younger Jews felt at it would help. American Jewish…
… leaders have expressed ncern over whether younger Jews are ss supportive of Israel than previous nerations and whether an erosion of in- rest in the Jewish state might translate to apathy during a time of…
… special need. But according to the survey, younger .d older Jews shared similar views con- rning Israeli negotiations with the PLO. bout a fifth of each group felt that a ore accommodating posture on the…
… part Israel would help reduce terrorism. Poll results suggested that younger ws would be "tougher" on Israel if and d not the PLO, was the party ing the prodding. The question is how ese younger Jews…
… would react if the U.S. as pushing Israel to be more accommo- ating toward the PLO. - Non-Jews who responded to the survey ere much more likely than Jews to agree at if America "got tough" on Israel and…
…Anc BUY VICTORY THE JEWISH NEWS VOL. 7—NO. 26 of Jewish Events A Weekly Review BONDS 2114 Penobscot Bldg. RA. 7956 Detroit, 26, Michigan, September 14, 1945 34 coies 22 BUY VICTORY BONDS…
… $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10ei GangsinPoland. Slay 128 Jews In City of Lodz A note .of sadness marred the opening of the year 5706, when reports were received from Geneva that the wave of…
… terrorism against the Jews in Poland is spreading. In Lodz alone, reports from reliable sources re- veal, 128 Jews were slain during the month of July. In the small towns of Poland, where there are only few…
… Jewish survivors, the situation is even worse, the re- port dislosed. Many Jews who only recently returned to their home towns are reported fleeing pen well" in the hope of finding shelter. (International…
… Reserve University, Clevelan d. Left to right, other winners are: WILLIAM DINWOODI, Cleveland,•second prize; and LT. (j.g) PHILLIP EWALD, Washington, fourth prize. Terrorists Rounding Alp Jews Bands of…
… organized terrorists, often stronger than the local -police authorities, are rounding up Jews, ter- rorizing them, beating them and stealing their. property. In some towns the terrorists were reported to have…
… issued ultimatums to the Jewish residents, warning them that unless they leave they would be • killed. In several towns the terrorists are reported to have slain the surviving Jews who failed to heed the…
… warning. In Radom, a comparatively large city, the Polish *terrorists posted notices that unless the Jews leave • the city within 24 hours they would wipe out the entire Jewish population. Most Jews took…
… the warning at its value and fled.. The plight of the Jews throughout Poland, the re- port states, is. desperate. Jews are afraid to speak Yiddish in public for fear of being attacked by the ter…
…- rorists. Many Jews, particularly women, are using spurious documents to conceal their identity, as was the case during the Hitler regime. Jewish returnees who lingered in concentration camps before Poland…
… architectur- al firm Neumann/Smith, which designed Michigan’ s Labor of Love and Remembrance A monument now marks a mass grave of Ukrainian Jews murdered during the Holocaust. BARBARA LEWIS…
…20 | JANUARY 23 • 2020 Jews in the D ANDREY MARUSHCHAK A lex Goldis remembers going on field trips as a student in Zhitomir, Ukraine, where he was born. He didn’ t realize then that his…
… grandparents, along with thousands of other Jews killed during the Holocaust, were buried just across the road. In December, Goldis, 69, of Bloomfield Hills traveled to Zhitomir for a religious cer- emony…
… to unveil a memorial to those murdered Jews — a memorial he and his family designed and funded. The unveiling was attended by four rabbis from Jerusalem, the chief rabbi of Europe, Zhitomir’ s…
… the city’ s 40,000 Jews were exterminated by the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators between 1941 and 1943. More Jews left starting in the late 1970s, when the Soviet Union allowed Jews to…
… CONTRIBUTING WRITER “Now, 78 years aft er the Nazis marched thousands of Zhitomir Jews into the forest to be murdered, I am proud the memorial honors their memories and ensures that their fi nal resting…
… thousands of Jews, including his grandparents, mur- dered in mass graves in his hometown of Zhitomir, Ukraine. …
…Negroes' Animosity Towards Jews Traced to Many Roots Negroes and they are therefore By STEVEN PRYSTOWSKY identified with oppression and are (Copyright, 1964, JTA, Inc.) Anti-Semitism among Negroes…
… hated for it. I remember meeting in the United States is principally no Negro in the years of growing an urban phenomenon. As an ac- up who would really trust a Jew, tive element -it is virtually un- and…
… that especially in economic matters, the Jews killed Jesus is another that spawn Negro anti-Semitism. contributor to anti-Jewish feeling. These ties include: 1. landlord- "All of us black people," states…
… tenant; 2. merchant-consumer; 3. Richard Wright, "who lived in the professional competition; and 4. neighborhood, hated Jews, not be- competitiOn between Negro and cause they exploited us, but be- Jewish…
… businessmen. cause we had been taught in Sun- The closest relationship found day School that Jews were 'Christ between Negroes and Jews in Ne- Killers' . . . To hold an attitude gro communities and a main cause…
… of antagonism towards Jews was of anti-Jewish feeling is that of bred in us from childhood, it was not merely racial prejudice, it was landlord to tenant. Houses in Negro neighborhoods part of our…
… for Jews Jelif who is blamed. Because these but in that their hatred is being communities were formerly Jew- spewed forth by thousands of Ne- ish neighborhoods plus the fact groes not associated with…
… the that many apartment houses are movement. Should the Muslims be- owned by Jews, Negroes tend to come a major force there is no identify all landlords as Jewish doubt that anti-Semitism will in- and…
… attribute all housing ills to crease greatly. the "gouging Jewish landlord." The reasons for Negro anti- Many Negroes state that they Semitism are paradoxical; they are anti-Semitic because "Jews . are the…
…American Jews And Politics LEONARD FEIN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS Now and then we encounter illu- minating data on just where America's Jews locate themselves politically as compared to the rest…
… still more recent poll by the New York Times and "CBS News." Specifically, the IPF poll, based on an unusually large sample of American Jews, asks people their political affiliation, and offers them al…
… percent of Jew- ish women, a 14 point difference; in the,nation at large, the gender gap is 13 points. The gender gap on the Republican dimension is six points among the Jews, and eight points among the…
… general population. These numbers mirror the ac- tual voting behavior of Jews, al- though they fail to capture the generally Democratic bias of those who describe themselves as Inde- pendents. By and large…
…- dents vote, at least in presidential elections, for the Democrat. Across denominational lines. 65 percent of Reform Jews, 57 per- cent of Conservative Jews, and 50 percent of Orthodox Jews are De- mocrats…
… Automotive Group Ltd. Gratiot Ave. at 12 Mile Road, Roseville, Michigan Just 25 minutes from the Birmingham/Bloomfield area off of 1-696" ■ MERCURY LINCOLN 445-6000 …
…"Jews for A flyer from the Jewish Community Council to counter the Jews for Jesus Jesus" is forge firlci o Detroit's Jews for KS for Cnversion this Septet-nber ,lexu,s is one of hu est…
… ofgonebfions spend fro6ns of of Jews lot Jesu.i misuse evangekert Chrktion missionary datlers hopes al Jewish wards. yrnboli, each year to convert...Jews. hmi clayr,, Misleading, Confusing, and even Decelv ond…
… address said. "It's not something we did Michigan's "same-sex marriage" con- lightly. It was a very hard decision." stitutional amendment that will be Asked how he represents himself on the November ballot…
…. He says it when he speaks at such forums, was because he "suddenly became Jacobs replied, "I speak as a Jew and too controversial." He claimed the a Christian. Jesus' perspective is a League had been…
… to the Jews. "It is a misun- derstanding of Paul that has all these evangelicals going after the Jews." For Blewett, Jesus' message is clearly Jewish. He likens it to the message of Rabbi Hillel just…
… one or two centuries before the birth of Jesus. In contrast to his contemporary Rabbi Shammai, who took a strict legalistic approach, Rabbi Hillel "told the Jews not to get hung up on the letter of the…
… model, so they practiced their religion as Jews practiced Judaism. "It wasn't until the end of the first century that a truly gentile relation- ship with God was developed," he says. Groups like Jews for…
… Jesus ignore the changes in the relationship and are wrong in "trying to fit today's Christianity into the world of first century Judaism." Blewett fears that Jews for Jesus' misrepresentations of Judaism…
… use Hebrew terms to appear authentic. Rubbing Shoulders The High Holidays in southeast Michigan will compete with confrontation-minded Jews for Jesus believers eyeing Jewish young professionals…
… and the University of Michigan's 6,000 Jewish students. It also will appeal to metro Detroit's 125,000 people with Arab ancestry. "We will have a one-of-a-kind opportunity," espouses the Jews for Jesus…
…) 737-9059 avid Weinberg says Jews who live in suburban Detroit still have deep roots within the city, they just don't realize it. "It might be direct, having grown up in the city, or more general with…
… perspective, the Cohn- Haddow Center organized "Jews and the Urban Experience: A Historical Assessment," a conference from March 7-8, which kicks off with a bus tour of Jewish Detroit, visiting synagogues and…
… Historical Perspective," at the opening session on Sunday evening, March 7 at Temple Beth El. The bus tour, co-sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, will be 2:15-4 p.m. that afternoon. To…
… Glazer, Detroit is far from anomalous in Jewish flight from the city. "I'm not surprised that it sort of fits into the history of a lot of other com- munities," he said. "The movement of Jews out of the…
… city of Detroit in corn- parison with Cleveland was a little slower, because I suppose they hit the edge of the city moving northwest later in Detroit than the Jews in Cleveland moving southeast." He…
… said he is thinking his speech's major theme might contrast the age of Jewish urbanism and the "city without Jews" issue. "Most Jews lived in the city as politically defined, the central cities as…
… State University campus will feature eight speakers in three sessions, comparing Jewish urban life in Europe, Israel and New York City, dis- cussing Jews in Greater Detroit, and relating how the urban…
… Jewish experience has been represented in arts and architecture. The speakers include Sidney Bolkosky of the University of Michigan- Dearborn ("Holocaust David Weinberg Survivors - in Detroit") and Kenneth…
… manifesting itself. Defiantly Zionistic Youth. in Stockholm. He wrote his mem- FLINT, MICHIGAN Rabbi Dr. Marcus Ephrenpreis, Plumbing and Heating bers, and left to Swedish Jews u niversally known as an ardent…
…PE &TROT EWISA ROPIlair SWEDEN, A NORDIC COUNTRY WHERE THE JEWS ARE AS GOOD NORDICS AS THE SWEDES THEMSELVES The Merchants of Flint greet You With a Happy and Prosperous New Year who were not…
… included in this cen- I the Jewish youth with a love for sus. Some of the leading Jews in Zionism. I got a peculiar thrill, Sweden today trace their ancestry almost a shock, when I walked to the Jews who…
… were enrolled in through the halls of the Hebrew that census. school and heard the youngsters Impoevrished Jews. singing Chalutzim songs. White During the first decade of the hair, pink cheeks and blue…
… rulers. She extended an in- Sweden, many of them were pov- ism, or shall I say Zionism, is be- Jews within its borders than • good- st.(' street to New York, Sweden h.. vitation to men of science and let…
…. .' burgher.. Ina country of Nordica in. edictus de Castro (Baruch call in Sweden. Swedish people ow..,... re els Nordic ali their neighbor+. While the Jews were permitted This rticle traces the origin of the…
… miss, 1597-1684) of Hamburg, a brought complaints against them, to remain in Sweden because of Jews in Sweden and give+ +mite interest. man well known as a scientist, was claiming that they were…
… rtmoorsry importance. tablishing himself Dr. De Castro of the Jews were so impoverished that they are distinguishing them- Although Jews were said to have entered into communication with they depended on the…
… evidence the possibilities of the land for his bread. So that Parliament voted a • sources, even far out of proportion to substantiate this belief. ugo H co-religionists. A few Jews re- law which decreed…
… that Jews must t o their small numbers. Oscar • the sponded to his invitation. Before sign an affidavit as to their finan- Levertin, poet, is revered by the Valentin in his "History of I Jews in Sweden…
… Center Dr., Suite 240, Southfield, Michigan 48076 Telephone (313) 354-6060 OP-ED One Personal Dilemma Over 'Who Is A Jew?' BY FLORA L. CASTLEMAN Special to The Jewish News PUBLISHER: Charles A…
… Wolfe PRODUCTION: Donald Cheshure Cathy Ciccone Curtis Deloye Ralph Orme Lc) 1985 by The Dettoit Jewish News (US PS 275-520) Second Class postage paid at Southfield, Michigan and additional mailing…
… health, but he will be remembered as being in'power when Soviet Jewish emigration dipped drastically, and repression and harrassment of Soviet Jews increased dramatically. So Jewish officials are anxiously…
… softened, more polished veneer but the true gauge will be to see if the doors of emigration are allowed to open and if treatment of Soviet Jews improves. If Gorbachev truly represents what is being called a…
… asks to take advantage of "equal access" legislation? Are those undesirables cult groups, followers of Rev. Moon, Catholics, or Jews? We certainly do not advocate the Nazis' confrontational tactics, nor…
…? What is a Jew? Who is a Jew and who is not? Which Jew is more religious, the Chasidic or the non-practicing Jew? Who, what, and why? All that was lacking in my thought process was when and where. That I…
… at me and said my husband was a product of "in-breeding." His medical problems were inherited because his family has been "pure" Jews. I was shocked. Right away I thought, "Anti-Semite!" I was mad. But…
… the doc- tor was correct. So, what is a Jew? If he is "pure," he carries not only the reli- gion but the complete medical history of the Jewish people, the good and the bad genes. Who is a Jew? Am I a…
… Jew? It de- pends on which rabbi one talks to. My mother was a non-Jew. She passed away when I was four years old. I was raised as a Jew, with many years of religious training (Temple Beth-El, Adas…
… Torah. Our chil- dren are not considered Jewish accord- ing to these laws. Would Hitler have decided I am a Jew or would he have spared my life, considering me a non- Jew? So who is a Jew? If a person…
…4 | JUNE 9 • 2022 PURELY COMMENTARY essay ‘Never Again’ For Jews O ne Sunday morning when I was about 9 years old, my Hebrew school class was ushered into a large room to watch a film about…
… few walking dead, a British soldier sat on a bulldozer shoving naked dead Jews into a mass grave. I thought about this for a considerable time. But rather than rage at the Nazis, my anger was at…
… assimilate or ignore their background, they were never considered to be native citizens. The Nazis taught me that being a Jew was based on blood, not on reli- gious observance. There was no escape from…
… CARTOoN HISTORY This Michigan connec- tion comes toward the end of Gantz's book, which starts out in England in 1189 and con- cludes with contemporary problems facing Jews in America. The author "Comics…
… Jewish life in 18th-century America, demonstrating the commitment of early American Jews to their religious tradition and their increasing comfort in a religiously mixed society; Charles M. Strauss and son…
…, c. 1886: Strauss was gaRGENCE oto,VicousNOWSTCREarYpe 1 elected mayor of Tucson, Ariz., in 1883; The Warner brothers — Sam, Harry, Jack and Albert, 1920s: This Yiddish- speaking family of Polish Jews…
… JEWS HAP BECOME THE lABOEST JEW:SH COMMUNITY eT THE WOMO AMY THE RESTRZTAta915.RE BECOMING MORE FEARFUL OF THEM ORDWINO 1.4ABER-5 THEIR OLD 5IF.REOTYBE OF THE JEW A5 A FIBANCIAT SHYLOCK MOAN TO O. WAY…
… TO A NEW 5 TEBEOB , E, IN 1903,A BBFEBENT BREED OF JEW (EYEN OF-FE/CENT IT. THEW. EASTERN EMMY. PREDECESSOE5) WAS EMU... THEY WERE THE JE ✓ WHO HAD LEFT THE 5sEE TO SETTLE IN THE 6W EITIES OF EUP…
….OPE ar.PCOL EM OSCATING—ARP ITIEY Wen IMMED WITH THE CONCEPTS SOCIAUST MIANCEI.0.1. THEY 04CLUCTED SCEM OF THE FOR= LEA*. OF THE AMERICAN U5.7R. MBYEMENT. 0 THE OtO POPULIST STEREOTYFE OF THE JEW A$ A…
… FINANCIAL 3HYLOCK GAPE WAY TO THE NEW STEREOTYPE OF THE EATAGRANT. JEW A5 A DOME, THROWING 5 OLSHEYX 1. car icon's acceptance of the Grand Cross of the JEWS German Eagle from lin AMERICA Adolf Hitler. A…
… Rudolph Giuliani. Gantz, a children's book author, started Jews in America at the suggestion of editor Bruce Black. He took the material to an adult level at the sug- gestion of another editor, Ellen…
… calls himself a "Rosh Hashanah Jew" and recalls being very active with B'nai B'rith. "The use of a picture can eliminate a lot of description in the writing, and comics are almost a medium between the…
… interested in forwarding this medium, and I think there'll be a lot more books like Jews in America." The Jews of Britain: 1656 to 2000' he years between 1759 and 1840, at the cen- ter of Todd Endelman…
… had 100 years ago," he says. lb date, about 70,000 Americans have made aliyah, including 1,000 Michigan natives. Ozery estimates that of the 14 million Jews in the world, roughly 3.6 million live in…
… council to help Michigan Jews who wish to make a move to Israel. It's the first time ever that' the Federation has offered financial support for olim. "Federations, and ours in par- ticular, will be more in…
… Israel. It signifies a moral and spiritual elevation. Yet such staunch Zionists as the Mermells who believe all Jews must support Israel and make aliyah — are only a minority in the United States. Zionism…
… and the expected "Ingathering of the Exiles" to Israel, says Yefet Ozery, Detroit's community shaliach, have not materialized as Theodor Herzl and other founding fathers intended. Today, some Jews in…
… the Diaspora have redefined Zionism to mean work- ing for the State of Israel's continued existence. Most Jews today, Ozery explains, don't feel the need to make aliyah because they are prosperous and…
… don't confront persecution and discrimina- tion as Jews did when the modern Zionist movement began in the 1880s. "Most Jewish communities throughout the world are not facing the kinds of troubles they…
… Israel. About 5.5 million Jews live in the United States. As Jews around the world begin celebrating the 40th anniversary of Israel's independence, some are ques- tioning the success of the Zionist…
… movement. While immigration to Israel re- mains at a steady trickle, more Jews are leaving the Jewish state each year. An estimated half-million Israelis have opted for life in the Diaspora. "You can't judge…
… whether aliyah succeeded or failed by 40 years," Ozery explains. "We still hope that in the corn- ing generation, most Jews will gather in Israel." The concept of Zionism to many Jews, he says, is as an…
…, adding that the Israeli government provides incentives to at- tract more olim. Some incentives are: • Any Jew moving to Israel is entitl- ed to automatic citizenship • Tax breaks for three years • Moving…
… troubles they had 100 years ago," he says. To date, about 70,000 Americans have made aliyah, including 1,000 Michigan natives. Ozery estimates that of the 14 million Jews in the world, roughly 3.6 million…
… council to help Michigan Jews who wish to make a move to Israel. It's the first time ever that the Federation has offered financial support for olim. "Federations, and ours in par- ticular, will be more in…
… immigrating to Israel. It signifies a moral and spiritual elevation. Yet such- staunch Zionists as the Mermells — who believe all Jews must support Israel and make aliyah — are only a minority in the United…
…, some Jews in the Diaspora have redefined Zionism to mean work- ing for the State of Israel's continued existence. Most Jews today, Ozery explains, don't feel the need to make aliyah because they are…
… prosperous and don't confront persecution and discrimina- tion as Jews did when the modern Zionist movement began in the 1880s. "Most Jewish communities throughout the world are not facing the kinds of…
… live in Israel. About 5.5 million Jews live in the United States. As Jews around the world begin celebrating the 40th anniversary of Israel's independence, some are ques- tioning the success of the…
… Zionist movement. While immigration to Israel re- mains at a steady trickle, more Jews are leaving the Jewish state each year. An estimated half-million Israelis have opted for life in the Diaspora. "You…
… can't judge whether aliyah succeeded or failed by 40 years," Ozery explains. "We still hope that in the com- ing generation, most Jews will gather in Israel." The concept of Zionism to many Jews, he…
…," Ozery says, adding that the Israeli government provides incentives to at- tract more olim. Some incentives are: • Any Jew moving to Israel is entitl- ed to automatic citizenship • Tax breaks for three…
… emancipation of Jews in the modern era has led to an increase in intermarriage and assimilation into a secular society. They say entire generations of Jews eventually will disappear, and that someday, all Jewish…
…THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE PAGE EIGHT SOUTH AFRICA IS HAVEN FOR JEWS The Flavor of Good Tobacco Place of Refuge for Many Who Grow Rich and Prosperous. South Africa is a comparatively new land…
… to the immigrant Jew. Jew- ish immigration to that continent be- gan about thirty years ago. Until then there were but a few English Jews in South Africa. In the nineties a handful of Lithuanian…
… Jews hap- pened to stray into that region, and the money drafts which they shortly eifiarettes ficult time. When they first came to Sweet Tips are made from the tender portions of carefully selected…
… Kentucky tobacco leaves. No better tobacco is grown; no better cigarettes are made than Sweet Tips. Sold All Over Town John J. Bagley & Company ITInufacturera Since 1850 Michigan 1371 \\ , Pq,\\ . g X̀…
… f .,so . ... . o \ 1 1 1 \ W nw F \ k'k ; r I V \\\k` \ as\ -°1TV m l At present there are about 250,000 Jews in the Transvaal and the Orange Lithuania. In the early days of their settlement…
… the Jews had a rather dif- Tobacco used in making cigarettes needs be aged, sometimes for as long as three years. It needs to be cured, stripped of stems, carefully treated. But the first requisite is…
…. After the Anglo-Boer war, however, the 'situation changed entirely. Under the new English rule the country and with it the Jews began to grow pros- perous. The Jews in South Africa nnw arc very much…
… respected by the entire population. There is not an industry or business in the country where the Jews are not represented. In finance, the mines, the manufacture and sale of clothing, shoes, construction ma…
…- terials, furniture and jewelry the Jews play an especially important part. 'lucre is, of course, a large profes- sional class among the Jews. Most of the Jews live in the larger cities. There is, however…
…, hardly a town left in South .Africa where one fails to find a Jewish family or two. In all the larger centers the Jews have synagogs, schools, lodges, fra- ternities, free loan associations, etc…
… Names on World Maps ° Commentary Page 2 of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Printed in a 100% Uni on Shop American Translation of…
… Rule By MILTON FRIEDMAN Vital Reports from Moscow Jews'Marked'Citizens in USSR (Copyright, 1959, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) (Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of articles from the…
… from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has made a thorough study of Jewish life in the Soviet Union. His first article describes how the Soviet Government has separated the Jew from…
… other citizens in the Soviet Republics by marking their identity cards with the word "Jew.") MOSCOW — Flung across 7,000 miles of the cities, farms, mountains, lakes and deserts of the Soviet Union, the…
… second largest Jewish community in the world today lives a restless, uncertain existence. The millions of Jews in the largest nation on earth live under circumstances that almost defy description and…
… certainly would not be duplicated outside the tight ring of the USSR and its satellites. Even the exact number of Jews in the Soviet Union is unknown. Estimates range from 2,500,000 to nearly 4…
…,000,000, although every Jew in the Soviet Union carries an identity card neatly marked "Jew." Well-informed Soviet sources told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the new . census of the Soviet Union's more than 200…
… about 3,000,000, with the bulk in Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev and in the Ukraine and Byelorussia. If a figure near 4,000,000 is correct, the increase in Jews would represent the largest- population growth…
… of any of the 170 distinct national groups that make up the 15 Republics of the USSR. It would also increase sharply the contrast between the numerical importance of Jews and the steadily decreasing…
… role they play in national and community life. The census, completed several weeks ago, is expected to show 'vast increases of Jews. According to estimates, Moscow will show a Jewish population of 400…
…THE JEWISH NEWS A VOL. 5—NO. 2 of Jewish Events Weekly Review Detroit 26, Michigan: March 31, 1944 RA. 7956 2114 Penobscot Bldg. 34 For Victory Buy U. S. War Savings Stamps and Bonds 22 $3…
….00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c Roosevelt Acts t •Avert Murder Of Jews as Nazis Seize Hungary World Jewry Assails New Violence in Palestine Srere Views Community's Postwar Responsibilities President of…
… occurring in Nazi- held Europe and disturbances that have recurred in Palestine. With nearly a million additional Jews •1.0.W under the heel of Nazism, as a result of German control of Hungary-, Rumania and…
… Bulgaria, the Jews of this country were encouraged by the message of President Roosevelt who has warned Germany that the guilty ones will be held responsible for the persecution of the Jews, and who has…
… _appealed to the remaining neutral countries to welcome and to rescue as many Jews as can be saved. The disturbances in Palestine, which have re- sulted in the death. of nine policemen, have added to the…
… existing tension. JeWs in Palestine and in this country have condemned the terrorists and hue dissociated, themselves from -responsibility for the new outrages. Imposition of rigid curfews on all of Tel Aviv…
… and -on Jewish sections of Haifa and Jerusalem have added to the spirit of gloom through the Jew- ish settlements in Palestine where there has been sadness bordering on indignation over the ap…
… London, declaring that "we will have to pay for them, although we abhor them." President Roosevelt acted to lessen the peril for close to 1,000,000 Jews facing extermination at the hands of the Nazis in…
… Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria, by directing a last-minute appeal to the neutrals and to the populace of Europe, including the Germans, that they assist the U. S. in rescuing the Jews from Hitler's reach…
…. Reports Tell of Violence to . Jews With reports' filtering in from Rumania and Hun- gary of violence unloosed against the Jews as the Nazis marched in, the President called upon neutral coun- tries to open…
