Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-12-19

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Vol. 20, No. 52
COIil'MRUH, OHIO,  KllIDAV,  nKCKMBEK  III,  Iffir
SENATOR KING CALLS ON U. S. JEWS TO SUPPORT PALESTINE
AKnOfi, O.—Acldre.'ising him¬ .self to the fe.tr.'^ that Americnn Jews may have not to concern themselves at present with af¬ fairs outside of America, fornier Senator William H. King of Utah told a conference of the United Palestine Appeal here on Sunday that "it wa.s an act of the highest patriotism to main¬ tain our gallant Jewish Allies fighting the democratic fight on the Middle East front."
"Every Jew who ploughs a furrow, every Jew who fights In Libya, every Jew who turns a lathe in a Palestine factory is contributing to the defense of America." Senator King contin¬ ued. "I am an American, who traces his ancestry baclc to the founding fathers, but it would never for one moment occur to me that my Americanism might be tempered hy accelerating the rebuilding of Palestine—both be¬ cause of its contribution to the war effort and because it is a permanent solution to a world¬ wide problem."
"As an American Christian, he added, "I am asking Ameri¬ can Jews to manifest their pa trlotism at this hour and send filarger   grants   of assistance to
ISfwIde ^fR»nr^ ¥our pa«fct6E to America can be measured by the fatth that you have in final vie toiy That faith, in turn, will be measured by your continuous and large-scale assistance to our Jewish Allies fighting on the Middle East front."
Other speakers at the confer- ence, to which delegates came from Akron, Canton, Youngs- tovra. East Liverpool and other cities in Eastern and Central Ohio, included: Albert Schiff, of Columbus, Ohio, Chairman of the Ohio State United Palestine Ap¬ peal Council; Mr. Henry Montor, Executive Director of U. P. A. and Dr. Harucli Uraunstein. lec¬ turer and historian of New Vork. —Buy Defense Htanips—
Temple Sisterhoods Pledge Loyalty, Faith And Work To F. D. R.
Early Deadline!
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To President Fmnklin D Hnoscvelt. Mrs. Hu^o Hartmann President, nf l.he Nalinnal Feder¬ ation of Temi)]e Risterhoodf;, world's largest Jewish women's roliRious organization, has in the name of NFTS, pledged "ab¬ solute loyalty, boundless faith and  unceasing work."
"In the name of the National Federation of Temple Sister¬ hoods, an organization of Amer¬ ican Refonn Jewesses whose executive offices are in the Mer¬ chants Building, Cincinnati hut whose 55.000 members are spread throughout 382 units in cities, towns, villages in 45 of our 48 states. ( pledge to you as the frceiy chosen head of this great Republic and the Com¬ mander-in-Chief of our armed forces, absolutely, boundless faith and unceasing worlt," Mrs. Hartmann stated. "We face un¬ flinchingly the stern taslc before us, certain that the day will yet come when international order and security, justice, freedom and peace for all shall be estab¬ lished,
Tn a message to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the Office of Civil¬ ian Defense in Washington, Mrs. Hartmann said
For 55 000 women of the Na Uonal Federation of Temple SisterhoQds^'WhOBe^ executive of•
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cities/towns and villages''of 4d of our 48 states, I send to you and Mayor riorello La Guardia in this grave hour full assur- ancre that we stand prepared to give unstinting service to our beloved country and to the cause of democracy. Do command us."
To individual Sisterhood mem bers. the National President has written
"It ifl unnecessary for me to add that these messages are neither idle gestures nor empty words. Since democracy and re- litrion are inlimatelv intertwin¬ ed, all women in Sisterhood life have given in year.s of peace as well as in time of war a real and true service to the ideals of the Judaic-Christian tradition o n which the United States of America and the best of Wes¬ tern civilization are founded. In recent months, thousands of our members have devoted them' selves    specifically     to   defense
OUR  PI.KDGK  TO PRES,    ROOSKVKLT
In (hlH ronfllel the Aincr- Iran Jew of every group will rontritnite his full nieji.mire of snpport and Haeriflce.
Kvery man, woman and the yonth of u» will not wait lo be called hnt will voliintnrily Nuhmit our nil to the service of our coun¬ try.
We will take such action, not aN Jews, hnt as true lovers of liberty and for the preservation of tbe Amer¬ ican  way of life.
National Defense Book Campaign To Start Jan. 12, 1942
noolts by the million will change liamis in the National Defen.se Book Campaign start¬ ing IVIonday, Jan. 12, 11)42, when readers in homes throughout the land will .share (he hoolc.s they have enjoyed with our soldiers, sailors, antl marines.
The Campaign, sponsored hy the American Library Ass'n., American Red Cross, and United Service Organizations, seeics ten million boolcs for U. S. O. houses Army "dayrooms" ships Naval bases etc Books should be taken to libraries, where they win be ijorted, repaired If neces
AMERICAN-JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS PLEDGE ALL AID FOR ALLIED WAR FRONT
Hadassah's 100,000 Members To Register For Defense
NEW YORK, N. V Hadassah,
the Women's Zionist Organlza- llon of America and .Junior Ha¬ dassah, Its youth group. Inform¬ ed President Roosevelt hy wire (Dec. II) that their 100,0(10 mem- tiers have been asked to f^ive "<'iII-oiit to America" hy regis¬ tering en masse for locil civil¬ ian defense work on vlonday, Dereml")er 22.
Accorfling (o Mrs. David de Sola Pool, sehior president, and Miss Sylvia Rrody, junior presi¬ dent, both of this city, who sign¬ ed the telegram, ^r.^da.ssall has more than 800 chapters and tmlts in -10 states.
IMrs. Pool was appointed hy Mayor I,a Ouarrila last month as one of fifty-three women lead¬ ers to serve on Ihe New York City Defense Council. She sta¬ ted that though several fens of thousands of Hadassah's mem¬ bers have already entered de¬ fense activities, Dec. 22 was set as a special Hadassah Registrn tion Day to honoi Miss Henrietta S/old Hadassah s foundci who will reach her eighty first blrth- day^fln Suhday, .O^e 2u»^ .Miss
W.ASHINCTON (.IPS I—From atl .fpws and their organizations, .'IS from Amerir.'i as a whole, there c.'inie lo President Roose- velt in the d.-iys after the dec¬ laration of war offers of un¬ limited service In the cause of American \'ictoiy. There were no distinctions l)Otween Ameri¬ can .lews in Iherr immediate and luianimous desire to place them¬ selves completely at the di.spos- al of the war effort.
.Spe.TkIng "on liehalf of the entire .lewish community of the United States," the .Jewish Wel¬ fare lio.ird offered the President and tlie nation "the complete facilities and entire resources, imlldlngs and InstitutlotLS of our affiliiated .¦!2.'') .lewish Centers, YMllAS and our 202 Army and Navy  Committees."
Tito .Synagogue Council of Aiiierica, representing the or¬ ganized lay and rabbinical for¬ ces nf .Judaism in the United States, railed on all synagogues "to offer prayer for a speedy victory."
The full manpower and re .sources of the iS'nai n'rilh were offered by Henry Monsky its President, who pledged fiom th< nitlonal tieibUi-y and from locU fundiaising efforts a total of S50 000 to the Red Cross $50,- 000000 call    A member of the
other convenlfently located places I "SSFAr"* ,„ ,?» vl*£?Ti< ? will be designated as colliction| addition to its Youth Allyah centers.     Unbound   magazines  iretugee) program.
SECOND TEB.M COIAEOE OP JB'iVISH STUDIES
Tile sei'ond term of the Col¬ lege of Jewish Studies will be¬ gin on Wednesday, Jan. II, at 8 P. M. The class In Hebrew, however is to begin one week earlier on Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 7:30 P. M.
Registration for all classes may be made at the Center or by calling AD. 3329. The Col¬ lege Is Ijeing conducted under the auspices of the Jewish Com munlty Council of Columbus.
and newspapers will not be handled.
Although the Government pro¬ vides libraries in the larger camps, the smaller units have no library at all, and even in most camps where libraries do exist, the demand for recreation¬ al reading Is u.sually far greater tlian the supply. Hooks provid¬ ed through the Hook Campaign will thus supplement the Cov- ernment's existing library facili¬ ties. Men on leave—and In "off hours"—depend on the (l;iyj-t;oi]i of their company and tlieir U. S. O. house for their leisure- time reading.
About the kinds of books lo be collected—well, what kinds of books do you like? Our soldiers and sailors have a wide range of reading interest and like those very titles, too!   They are
Pointing otjt Ihat Hadassah has already "given every sup¬ port to the Allied war effort through its work in Palestine and through Its active program of protection for the American way of life in our own country," the telegram pledges the organi¬ zation's "rededlratlon to safe¬ guard (he ftmdamental truths" ivliich President Roosevelt has cnunclaled. Answering the call to assume "the privilege of ser¬ vice," Hadassah wired, "We are grateful for the encouragement yovi have steadfastly given our efforts and vve stand firm today In our determination to do the utmost in prosecuting this war for freedom and justice for all nations everywhere, be they large or small.   We are c-alm and
ent and toll In defense of our • '    ' coimtry."
projects   while   maintaining   atj particularly eager for up-to-date
the .same time cultural and spir Itual activities vvilhout which a democratic defense is incom¬ plete. Now that the United States of America too has been forced to Join the ranks of bellig- erants in what Is another link in the worldwide crisis, each of us is under a new and still great¬ er dual responsibility. We must continue and Increase our ser¬ vices to democracy while re¬ maining aware of spiritual as well   as     material     obligations
technical material to help with their problems, as well as books on current affairs and plenty of good fiction.
Put your name and address in the boolcs you give—the boys will be .so interested to know "who gave what"!
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From a  wire  received yester¬ day,   Pvt.   Leonard   York   is   re- Sisterhood life must and should ported as making rapid recovery
be intensified in the very hours in which—through Sisterhood— we meet the national and inter¬ national  emergency.
"For more than two years members of the National Federa¬ tion of Temple Sisterlioods throughout the British Empire have known war. Now we in the United States, Panama, and Cuba join with them in fact as well as in spirit. With thought¬ ful, prayerful, resolve we dedi¬ cate ourselves to the achieve¬ ment of a world In which free
tie suffero<i injuries during tlie Japanese attack on Pearl Har- lior. He Is the son ot Mr. Philip York of the Nell House.
Pi'tvate Robert F. Gorey, son of Mr. Albert S. Gorey, 228 Lear St., is second cla.ss seaman in the United States Navy, Mobile Hospital, Unit No. 2, at Pearl Harbor, territory of Hawaii. No word has as yet been received from Gorey by his father.
men will know justice and se¬ curity."
J. W. B. Sends Funds To Hawaii And Philippines
NEW VORK (JPS)—Emer¬ gency funds have lieen sent by the .Jewish Welfare Board to its representatives In the danger zones of Hawaii and the Philip¬ pines. After three days of con¬ tinuous attempts to establish contact with JWB representa¬ tives, an urgent message was re¬ ceived to "send  funds quickly."
The appeal for funds was sent i)y the organization's Honolulu representative, Israel Weinsteln. No    word    was    received    from.
confident, trusting in your lead-| Morton   I.   Netzorg,   lUs   PhJIip-
ership and in your guidance of the destiny of our country and of   civilization   itself."
In a letter to Hada.ssah chap¬ ters and units informing them of this action, the senior and junior presidents pointed out that as Zionist liodles they must assume two responsibilities—to aid America and to continue the expansion of Zionist work both here and in Palestine.
"We must implement at once with unity of actlcm and with un.stinted energy the resolutions which the nallonni conventions of senior and Junior Hadassah unanimously ado|)ted. reaffirm¬ ing our unity and sense of soli¬ darity with the entire nation In support of the President's policy and taking our place In the people of Euro|)e after this war, strengthening of our defense audi and  which  stands today In the
|)ines' worker, during the first week of the war in the Pacific.
'i'he .lewish Welfare Board an¬ nounced that two Jewish chap¬ lains are .serving with the U. S. armed forces in the Pacific. Tliey are l.ieulenanl Herbert C. Straus, stationed with the Navy at Pearl Harlxir, and Harry Rich¬ mond, Army Chaplain at Hono¬ lulu, who also acted as a chap¬ lain in the First World War.
Since the last war the Jewish Welfare Board has maintained a center in Honolulu tor the use of soldiers and sailors serving wilh the permanent military esiaiillshmcnt there.
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in the education of our citizens for the safeguarding of the ideals and principles of Ameri¬ can democracy.
"At the same time let us in¬ tensify our work for Palestine, to help defend the Jewish Home¬ land which is still the greatest hope  for  the   harassed  Jewish
midst of the war as Great Brit¬ ain's bastion in the Near Bast,"
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