…N _ F.D.R. and Alfred Dreyfus: A Review' of Roosevelt's Letters S HE JEWISH E A Weekly Review - —Page 4 01 of Jewish Events Illustrated Life Story of Moshe Shertok, Political Head of Jewish Agency ---Page 14 _ VOLUME 12—NO. 16 2114 Penobscot Bldg., 1948--Year of Hope Hope sustains the surviving Jews of Europe. They are ushering in the New Year 1948 with new vigor, tackling the "hardy perennial" tree of hope with confidence that t...…
…Page Tivo THE JEWISH NEWS Eight States Need Farm Workers; Will Push DP Entry Legislation NEW YORK (JPS)—With the Iowa, Secretary of State Rollo International Refugee • Organiza- Ecrgeson appointed a committee tion struggling, on a limited budg- to study resettlement of DPs in et and with strict immigration that state. laws in most countries, to accom- Meanwhile, only 11 of the 21 plish the resettlement of more member nations of IRO have pai...…
…Page Three THE.JE.WISH NEWS Friday, January Z. 1948 Sneh's Resignation Fails to Disturb Agency Circles `Illegal' Immigration Ban Prompts Member's Move (Continued from Page 1) of the unit was wounded, but the Jews succeeded in driving off the Arabs, inflicting heavy casualties in the process. The total number of casualties now exceeds 450. Dispute Sneh's Charges LONDON (JTA) - Jewish Agency circles here are not in- clined to attach too m...…
…Page Four THE JEWISH NEWS As the Editor Views the News ... A New •.Leaf Roosevelt and Dreyfus FDR's Letters Reveal He Wrote Essay on 'Affair' Pre !Lidice Is Curable Bruce Bliven, in his significant expose of anti-Semitism in a series of articles in the New Republic, contends that prejudice against- Jews begins among children during the ages of 12 and 13. He asserts that the most important single element in the creation of anti-Semitism ...…
…Friday, January 2, 1948 6 Service Group Divisions to Meet Jan. 11, 13 Harry Weinsaft, Exodus '47 Crew Member, to Be Speaker Harry Weinsaft, an Exodus crew member and an 'author- ity on the situation of the Jews of. Europe and Palestine, will address the Trade and Professional Divisions of the Detroit Service Group of the Jewish Welfare Federation when they convene for their initial 1948 meetings on Jan. 11 and 13 at the Jewish Community Ce...…
…Page Six THE JEWISH NEWS Detroit Histadrut Campaign To Open on Sunday Evening Histadrut to Hear Abba Hushi, Jan. 8 Isaac Hamlin and Helen Waren to Be Guest Speakers a Conference at Temple Beth El; Harry Schumer Heads Drive; Goal Expected to Be Set at $250;000 Detroit'S Palestine Histadrut (Geverkshaften) Campaign will . be formally launched at the city- wide conference and demonstra- •ton this Sunday, Jan. 4, at 8 p. ISAAC HAMLIN in the...…
…. Historic Justice! German Colony of Sarona Bought by JNF, Tel Aviv Torczyner to Speak At ZOD Rally Jan. 12 Dr. Avram Menes To Speak Jan. 11 In Yiddish Series The T.-text event in the Yiddish Culture Series for the current season will be a lecture by Dr. Avram Menes, Jewish scholar and author, entitled "What :3 Juda!sin?" Sunday, Jan. 11, at 3:15 p. m. at the Jewish Commun- ity Center. Admission will be by season ticket or a charge at th...…
…Page Eight • THE JEWISH NEWS Heard in the Lobbies By ARNOLD LEVIN (Copyright, 1947, Independent Jewish Press Service, Inc.) Washington Note Jamal el Husseini is a busy beaver these days. The Saudi Arabian and Iraqi legations have sponsored several gatherings addressed by Jamal at which funds were raised for the Crescent, Moslem equiv- alent of the Red Cross. Gullible Americans might be deceived into supporting the Crescent for purely hum...…
…Congr,:gational News `Aufbau' Editor To Speak Here Dr. Manfred George, chief ed- itor of the New York Jewish weekly "Aufbau — Reconstruc- tion," will speak in Detroit at the Jewish Cultural Center, 2705 Joy R -1, at 8 p.m. Jan. 11, Alex- ander Roberg, executive director of Cong. Gemiluth Chassodirn, an- nounces. The topic of his speech will be Re-Birth of Palestine. Dr. George was born in 189::°. in Berlin, where he studied law. He has been ...…
…Page Ten THE JEWISH NEWS Adiviiie3 in Society Honor Betrothed Pair At Dinner This Sunday . Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Michel and daughter, ,Julie, of Boston Blvd. are spending a month in California. Miss Laura Lowell of New York is the guest of her sister, Mrs Harry Newman of Lawrence Ave. Maurice Enggass and son, Peter, of Cumberland Way are spend ing a few weeks in Los Angeles. Mrs. Milton S. Marwil, her small daughter and son, of Northlawn...…
…Friday, January 2, 1948 Adivitiei THE JEWISH NEWS Janet Fish Is Bride Of Walter Salzberg -S)ociety Mrs. Maurice Harris and daughter, Rayetta, of Webb Ave. left on Sunday to spend a few days in Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Cohn of Kentucky Ave. have as their guest her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Harris of Miami Beach. Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Danto of Chicago Blvd. are expected home on Sunday from a South American cruise. Asher Weisman of Collingwood Av...…
…Illarnage3 Friday, January 2, 1948 THE JEWISH NEWS Page Twelve Engaged Women's Clubs Flint Girl Betrothed Beth Yehudah Year Book To Be Dedicated to,Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelernter Purity Chapter No. 359, O.E.S., In recogntion to his years of will have a games party Monday, service to the cause of Jewish at 7:45, sponsored by Past Ma- -education in Detroit, the 1948 year trons Club. Admission and re- book of Yeshivath Beth Yehudah freshments ...…
…▪ Friday, January 2, 1948 • Page Thirteen THE JEWISH NEWS National Council to Greet Presidents Of Local Organizations at Tea Jan. 5 PEARL DEVENOW, MRS. PHILIP BROWN (seated) and MRS. LEONARD H. WEINER (standing) are assisting in plans for the annual President's Day Tea to be given by the Detroit Section, National Council of Jewish Women, Jan. 5. Detroit Section, National Council of Jewish Women, will fete heads of contemporary organizati...…
…Jewish Center Activities Friday, January 2, 1948 THE JEWISH NEWS Page Fourteen AFTER STUDYING LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1913, NE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE TURKISH ARMY AT THE OUTBREAK Of WORLD WAR I. HOWEVER, HE RISKED HIS LIFE WORKING UNDER COVER TO CREATE THE JEWISH LEGION WHICH FOUGHT WITH BRITAIN'S GENERAL ALLENBY TO LIBERATE PALESTINE. BORN IN RUSSIA IN 1895, SHERTOK 'Ob,WHERE MOVED TO PALE' .,LATED HE WAS RAISED ARAB VIL...…
…Friday, January 2, 1948 THE JEWISH Npvis 411 1 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111E11111111116MumNIMIIIIIMED01111111111111M1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111iiim F_- - . Youth Hi-Cites army Raskm's LISTENING • By Alice Jean T 6111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111...…
…Page Sixteen Friday, January 2, 1948 THE JEWISH NEWS Miraculous escapes from the clutches of the Nazis, participa- tion in the battles against Fasc- ism with the Italian partisans, work with the U. S. army and his experiences with the Italian people were described last week by Leo Smulevich, who visited in Detroit for a few days on a transit visa. • Smulevich was the guest, here, of his cousin, Harry Schumer of Pennington Dr., before leavin...…
…Friday, January 2, 1948 THE JEWISH NEWS Hadassah B & P 'New Look In Community Affairs' Plans Honor Roll Women's Division Topic Jan. 29 Segregation, Restrictive Covenants Condemned by Community Council A statement released by Oscar Cohen, executive director- of the Jewish Community Council, clar- ifies the Council's position on the situation in the 12th St. area and declares: "The Jewish Community Coun- cil believes in American demo- cracy ...…
…Page Eighteen* Rabbis Outline Plan To Strengthen Jewish Education in U.S, Friday, January 2, 1948 THE JEWISH NEWS Shirley Katz Gets Prize for Oration Segregation Is Harmful To All, Scientists Find NEW YORK.—American psy- Shirley Katz, 17, was the win- chologists, sociologists and an- NEW YORK, Dec. 23. (JTA)— ner of the . Intermediate Oratori- thropologists over -' whelmingly cal Contest held at the 14th an- A series of resolutions aimed...…
…Page Nineteen THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 2, '1948 Obituaries BARBARA SELTZER, 2 2 8 7 LOT_IIS SOLAI, 70, of 3311 Tux- edo, died Dec. 26. Funeral ser- Richton, died Dec. 16 at the age vices were held at Chesed Shel of 13. Services were held at the Ernes Sunday. Burial was in Ira Kaufman Chapel with Rabbi Machpelah Cemetery. He was J. S. Sperka officiating. She widely known in congregational leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. circles. His...…
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