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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-18
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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-18
In Defense Of German Jews
BY DIR. MARTIN ROSENBLUTH

fashionable, quarters especially
since the debacIe of German JeVr emphasize alleged
superiority complex German Eastern
European Jews minimize the German
Jews to Jewish life In this article a former O
German Jewry rapidly making for himself in
American JewTy by the force of his intellectual gifts
examines the allegations and deals with them vigorously
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-18
What About Tomorrow
DOWNRIGHT, 1912, Jewish Telegraphic Agency Inc
Nv DAVID SCHWARTZ

the Zionist leader, Robert g..
and he said that using the ~.
spent in one day during the u
ent war, all Of the Near Ea.tr
only Palestine, could be r.h.,.
itated. The vast areas Of tha
ert could be made to blossom !.
the rose, and the vast st,...s
would literally be Begging
settlers.
Shortly after that, vice.p,.
ident Wallace spoke and bs
ferred to something like an
ternational T. v. A. which a..
! accomplish just such things \
many areas of the world NJ,
are practical things and MI
they require vast sums, thew !
pay for themselves. That thi,
so IS demonstrated by some h,
which the Jewish National NJ
bought at Haifa harbor. il !,
fact that this one purchase l
Melted the Jewish National mi
as much as all the money cOus
ed by the JNF in America
Milo Perkins writing not 50 /,
ago in the New Republica. n
mated that if we could raise !
wages of the common peOuh
Asia just a penny a day, Amer
could count on millions of adm
iOnal customers for her own nj,
ducts.
And so it goes. That is VII
Utopians, though defeated
many times, go on hoping Al
proposing because they know I'd
they are talking common sen,
You remember that after Theodu
Herzl finished writing Der jude
staat," he gave it to a friend
read and this friend, after readh
it, looked at Herzl sadly and sail
II think you have lost your mind
Shortly after, it CHANGED the
was a simple problem in aria
metic that somehow developed d
to a discussion. The friend add
the sum and HerZI added it. Her
answer proved right and the 9th
fellow wrong. So Herzl felt n
assured, maybe it was the 9TH
fellow whose processes were Nd
functiOning correctly.
Pardon fort the long letter, b
what I really wanted to say w
that we are with you in your pla
ming for peace and after, and it
good that you are planning.
need more and more of it, and
is not wasted labor. The won
must adopt new things mo-
whether it wants to or not. N
cessity is the mother of inventd
but it is the mother of many 9TH
things-and necessity now vi
force us to do many things WIFI
in days gone by would have be
derided as Utopian.
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Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman
Cincinnati, Ohio


Cincinnati, Ohio
Dear Rabbi ISSerman:
see by the papers that you
will preside at an American IN
stitute called by the Central Con-
ference of American Rabbis; to be
held at the Hebrew Union College,
which is "tO prepare statement
on sThe Basis of a Just and En-
during Peace in the Light OF the
Teachings of Judaism" Such state
ments, it is pointed out, have al
ready been prepared by the Prot
estant and Catholic Churches.
There are many plans being
drawn up for the postwar world
Just now, Rabbi Issehman, as you
know. Recently, it was disclosed
that no less than one hundred in
stitutes of various sorts are busy
researching in order to formulate
such plans. These plans, and I am
sure the plans to be formulated at
the Hebrew Union College meet
ing, will go beyond mere technical
peace. For there can be such a
thing as what the Hebrew prophets
called peace, peace, when there
is no peace" We have begun to
see that peace is more than the
mere cessation of fighting, that
peace without justice is no peace.
So we are planning and plann-
ing now. The Atlantic Charter,
the Beveridge report and so on
and so forth. Man has done a Let
of this planning in the past too.
You remember EmerSOn'S state
ment in the fifties of the last CEN
fury about everyone carrying the
draught of a new society in his
pocket" Then we had the FOuer-
lists, the Brook Farmers, the Rap
pistS, the Shakers and hundreds
of other proposals and projects for
the better world in America. A
broad, these proposals took a more
violent pattern. 1t was then that
Marx and Engels, you recall, is
sued the Communist Manifesto and
Engles was so certain that the
world revolution was right around
the corner, that he took up the
study of military tactics.
Many of these plans died aborn-
ing. Why? There are probably
many reasons but one important
one. think, is the fact that there
was America. America was a
Promised Land then, a sort of
Utopia. If things didn't go so we'll,
why wait for the Revolution, Just
pack up your kit and off for the
Statue of Liberty! America acted
as a sort of sedative upon revol-
ltionary movements abroad and
even the Socialists after living in
America for a decade generally
began to vote the Democratic or
Republican ticket. For the front
Ter was yet with us, the land not
yet monopolized and Americas
name for all OF the hardships here
and there, still spelled opportunity.
But today there is no America
to run to, and that is why think
there is some chance of something
resulting from the plans being
made today.
I think too that we may hope
for more, because all the talk and
of the past have made
us more sensible. We are no more
Utopians. We are pro-
fessionals.
We have learned that MANY
things can be done fairly easily.
1 was talking not so long ago to
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-18

In the recent marking of the
fourth anniversary of Novem-
Der 10, 1888 in Germany, some
observers took the opportunity of
commenting sharply on some of
the alleged intellectual peculiari-
ties of German Jews. It is true
that unfortunate advice was given
to German Jews by some of their
leaders inside and by Jewish
leaders outside, even after the MI
remberg laws. to stay on in Ger
many as long as they were able
to make a living. They embell-
ished that shameful advice with
some wishy-washy nonsence about
a moral obligation to preserve the
Jewish position" in Germany. 1t
is sad to realize that tens of thou
sands of Jewish families had am
pie opportunity during the five
year period from 1888 to 1887 to
leave Germany in an orderly con-
Quoted emigration. It is tragic to
realize today that these opportuni-
ties were forfeited. The "celebra-
ton" of an anniversary which eff
fectually ended all the day.
dreaming and illusions which
many German Jews may have
nourished as to the transitory
character of their misfortune was
made the occasion, however, for
some astringent remarks on the
whole psychological and intellect
ual makeup of German Jewry.
1t is one thing to criticize the
shortsightedness of individual
Jewish leaders. It is another
thing to make generalized accu-
cations against the German Jew
ish community as a whole as has
happened recently in Jewish news
papers in this country. German
Jews are criticized for always
having been patriotic Germans"
If that means that they were, up
to 1888, loyal citizens owing and
feeling allegiance to their coun-
try, which they loved and for
which they were prepared to fight
and to die, there is nothing wrong
with that: and there is no point
in trying to differentiate between
them and Jewish communities in
any other country where Jews en-
joycd equality Of rights. Ger
many, after all, bat for her imper-
alistic tendencies and her mill
tary ambitions, was country
which had contributed great
deal, in the field of economics,
science and art, to the promotion
of civilization and culture;
country which, not only in the
DAYS of the Weimar Republic,
had a most democratic regime,
but had, long before the first
World War, introduced system
of social services and social Sc
curity for it's working population
thereto unequalled in most other
countries.
If, on the other hand, German
Jewry is criticised for having
identified itself completely with
the Gentle population of the
country, then there is no reason to
single it out for a criticism which
applies in the same way to the
Jewish communities in other coun-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-18

| more 6SSlInlIdteu Jews
meet people, especially in France
but also in other countries, who
behaved, in their dealings with
Jewish refugees from Germany
just as miserably as some German
Jews had behaved when dealing
with refugees from Eastern Eu-
rope. think ono can meet such
people in this country too. Their
attitude, an odd mixture of super
iority, pity and condescension,
wrong as it was in the case of
Eastern European Jews, is equal
ly wrong when displayed toward
German JeWry, a Jewish commun-
ity which once played so import
ant a role in Jewish life.
The more assimilated German
Jews, like the assimilationists in
every Jewish community. are con-
cerned with the contributions of
individual Jews to the culture of
the country where they live and to
the progress of mankind as a
whole. There is indeed a long list
of German-JeWish scholars and
scientists, artists and writer's, bus
lnessmen and industrialists. econ
omists and politicians, who not
only distinguished themselves in
the various fields of their activi-
ties, but by their work and their
achievements earned immortality.
What we are here concerned with
is the role of German Jewry in
the field of Jewish activities.
where, with all it's shortcomings.
it has made conspicuous and last
ing contributions.
It was German Jewry which
by creating modern Jewish histor-
Biography (Heinrich Graetz), by
applying modern scientific meth
DDS of research to the whole field
of Jewish culture, embracing re-
ligion, customs, literature, folk
lore (although often misrepre-
senting the results of their work
by adding apologize notes)-pre-
served at time of fading and van
ishing Judaism great heritage
for generations to come.
When Judaism, after the eman-
cipation, faced complete dissolu-
ton in a large part of the world,
German Jews by developing Jew
ish liberalism abraham Geiger)
and Jewish fundamentalism (Sam-
son Raphael Hirsch), created a
barrier against wholesale baptism,
thus enabling Judaism to survive
in the midst of the modern Christ
ianized world. German Jews, or
Jews belonging to the German
Kultur-Kreis, such as Moses Hess
Theodor Herzl, Max Nodrau, in
reviving Jewish nationalism, be-
came the great moral educators
of modern Jewry to which they
gave back it's pride and self-con-
fidence. It is interesting to note
that even Leo Pinsker, a Russian
Jew living in Odessa, wrote anC
issued his famous "Auto-emanci.
patton" in German.
It is a good thing to fight out
any legitimate struggle within
the Jewish ranks; but we SHOULD
put an end, once and for all, tt
struggles based on geographical
borderlines which are not of oul
making and do not constitute {
legitimate basis for Jewish con
troversies.
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AAOAA liz 1OAASAAC POPuAdL1OII Oll1y
by their creed, they made no less
a mistake-if it was a mistake
then the Jews in France, Belgium
Italy, Holland and England who
with similar intentions, called
themselves French, Belgian, Ital-
ian, Dutch and English.
There is another and more Sc
rious accusation-that German
Jews, while identifying themselves
completely with their fellow Ger
man citizens, developed a feeling
of superiority or even hostility to-
ward their less fortunate Co
religionists" and particularly their
Jewish neighbors in Eastern Eu-
rope and that today when all Eu-
ropean Jewry is in the same boat
certain groups continue to show
similar attitude. even in the
ghettos of Poland There is nc
denying that this attitude existed
and that the majority of German
Jews were guilty in this respect
But here again, it is wrong to
single out and to limit this criti-
cism to the borderlines of Ger
many. What is really involved is
an unpleasant phenomenon ex-
planned, although not excused, by
the dispersion of the Jews all
over the world, resulting in a diff
ferent development of the Jewish
communities in the various coun-
tries and in the gradual lessening
of their consciousness of the one
ness and entity of the Jewish peo-
pie.
Superiority And Arrogance
AS to the accusation that Ger
tain groups of German Jews, even
in the circumstances in which
they find themselves now, con-
tinue in their attitude of arrog-
ance and superiority to the Ost-
juden, I have no doubt that such
people exist, but doubt that they
groups" of any sig
There will always be
people, In the Jewish community
as well as in any other, who do
not learn from history and who
cling to their prejudices up to the
very end. In the relations be-
tween German Jews and Eastern
Jews, prejudices are to
be found not only on the side of
the former. If Eastern European
Jews referred and still refer to
German Jews as "Jeckes," this is
not meant as a compliment and
has nothing to do with the atti-
tude of the German Jews toward
them. It expresses similar feel
ing of superiority, only in other
fields. If the German Jew felt
himself superior because of his
advanced position in social life
and his closer connection with
world civilization, the Eastern Eu-
ropean Jew felt himself superior
because of his closer connection
with Jewish life and Jewish Gull
ture. However loose for many
Eastern Jews this connection may
have become in the course of time,
(often in fact, down to the zero
point) and how much, on the other
hand, a very substantial part of
German Jews may have intensi-
fled in the meantime their connec-
ton with Jewish life and jewish
culture, the prejudice against the
"Jeckes" survives and plays its
role in internal Jewish relations.
When German Jews became
during the recent
catastrophe, and were thrown
from the position they had held in
Jewish life, they Immediately be-
came the "Ostjuden" for quite a
of people outside of Ger
many. Having been rather close
to the refugee problem in France,
Belgium, Holland and England, I
found it not a rare experience to
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-04-18
MONROE NEWS
by MRS. HAYWOOD coyIyGroS

John wright and daughters, Mar
jorie and Dorothy spent the week
end In Newton Falls. Ohio with his
mother and father. Mr.. and Mrs.
Marshall Wright.
Because OF conditions beyond our
control the officers and Building
Committee OF Tucson lodge No. 27.
was forced 10 postpone the date OF
the drawing from April ~, 10 May
2. II. c. Game. WIN.
Mrs. Jessie Hauck. the sister OF
Leonard Game. concluded q stay OF
two weeks in the home OF Elder and
Mrs. Isaac Rivers. Mrs. Hauck had
been preaching at the Bethlehem
Temple OF Monroe. A luncheon at
the home OF the Leonard Gaines In
honor OF Mrs. Hauck was recently
served. Among the guests were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Rivers. OF Mon
roe and Mrs. Randolph OF Detroit.
Mrs. Hauck returned 10 Indiana
polls, Ind. Tuesday.
Mrs. Leonard Game was appoint
ed TO serve as q member OF the
Council Board OF the Community
Center.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-04-18

Doctrine OF Atonement" will be
the subject OF the lesson-sermon In
all Christian Science churches
throughout the world on Sunday.
April 10.
The golden text (Hebrews 9:24)
Is: Christ Is not entered into the
holy places made with hands, which
are the figures OF the true: but in
to heaven itself. now to appear In
the presence OF God for u.s."
Among the Bible citations is this
passage (Romans 5:S-1D: God
commended his love toward us, In
that. while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us. Much more then,
being now justified by his blood. we
shall be saved from wrath through
him. For II. when we were enemies.
we were reconciled 10 God by the
death OF his Son, much more. being
reconciled. we shall be saved by his
life. And not only so. but we also
Joy In God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom we have now re-
ceiyed the atonement."
correlative passages to be read
from the Christian Science text
book, Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mary
Baker Eddy. include the following
tp. 23): THE atonement Is a hard
problem in theology, but its scien-
tiic explanation is. that suffering
Is an error OF sinful sense which
Truth destroys, and that eventually
both sin and suffering will fall at
the feet OF everlasting Love-"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-04-18
rcuIcAN GOSPEL
,"u0RAL UNION

The monthly inspiratlonai meet
- ~ the Gospel Choral union Will
~ ,ns ssld sunday. April 10 at $3.50
=. AZ Everybody's Tabernacle OF
RPr m The congregation Is holding
i i in the newly purchased
s.,ldInr on the corner OF Willis and
p p,Ssrd streets. The Rev. Mrs.
Hooks is pastor.
THE East Side Inspirational sing
.rs one OF the pioneer groups will
~ ., The Chapel Hill Baptist church
Thursday night. April l6.
Mrs. A. Hutchins. state president
=, The choral work and vice presi-
Ssut OF the national body. will
leave for the coast on May 6 where
,shs expects to enroll more than
seven new choral groups. She will
No assisted by her friend, Miss
Mary Ruth Banks OF Los Angeles.
The Michigan Gospel Choral sing
ers will be at Fews CME church
the entire week OF April II.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-04-18
which will begin April 20.
Bethel Baptist Church

1
Sunday School at $3.50. YOUNG
folks church service. IL: regular
church service 1880. and BYPU al
6 pm.
The pastor. Rev. Mr.. Steele, choir
and congregation were guests al
Second Baptist church. Battle
Greek Easter Sunday. April s. at
8 pm, to participate in the seven
teenth anniversary OF the Rev. Z. L.
Todd, pastor OF Second Baptist.
The Rev. Mr.. Steele was speaker
OF the afternoon.
Bethel Baptist Sunday School
Supt. w: L. Berk and members
OF the teachers staff rendered their
Easter program Sunday evening.
the program consisted OF readings,
trumpet selections. group singing,
and religious plays.
Sick List
James Wilson. OF 1915 Third, who
has been confined 10 bed some
weeks Is improving. John Albion,
OF South Albion street who was in
jured In an auto accident, Is In the
hospital In Battle Creek. Mr.. VIII
liams. on Malery street, is still on
the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivory Lee enter
tanned rs friends OF their daughter.
Constance Yvonne, to celebrate her
sixth birthday last Monday after
noon. The gaily dressed group en-
joyed a pleasant afternoon of
games and refreshments OF ice
cream and cake. The dining room
table was centered with a green.
white and yellow cake. a gift OF
Constance's grand parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Nose Union. Constance was
presented with many lovely and en-
joyable gifts.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-04-18
Rev. Copeland
|Feted On Tenth
Anniversary
3O-Day Revival
Aided BY Two
Week Observance

Two-week services in honor OF
the tenth anniversary of the Rev
<. c. Copeland, pastor OF Union
Second Baptist church, River
Rouge, were climaxed Monday
evening, March 20 at a banquet in
the basement OF the church.
Several visiting ministers and
many friends and members OF the
church were present and enjoyed
an elaborate turkey dinner prepar-
ed by a group OF the congregation's
best cooks.
The pastor was the recipient OF
several gifts and many fluctuations
and congratulations for the great
service he has rendered the church
and community during his pastor
ate.
The anniversary which concur
rently was also part OF the 30-day
revival service sponsored by the
Metropolitan Detroit Baptist Minis
ters' conference was indeed a
great success. Many persons were
converted and the church member
ship greatly increased. Four hun
dred dollars was raised.
The following ministers served
during the services: The Revs. r.
Z. Tate, G. A. Stephenson. w. c.
Simmons, c. NJ. Newton. C. p. Heath
g. Robinson. L. B. Campbell. A. M,
Martin. A. d. Boone. ]. d. Davis
M. L. Franklin and A. Merritt.
The pastor, the Rev. Mr.. Cope
land wishes 10 express through
these columns his heartfelt thanks
and deepest gratitude to all who
had part in making the anniver-
sary the greatest one ever celebrat-
al
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-04-18
RIVER ROUGE NEWS
By BENNIE CASWELL, JR.

The Georgia Peach club held
their meeting recently at the home
OF Mrs. Bradley. 40 Polk street.
The next meeting will be held at
the home OF Mrs. Rowley OF 324
Bsechwood. Mrs. Matte Warren 10
president: Mrs. Ada Ruth James.
secretary: Mrs. Bertha Nelson,
treasurer.
Fews Memorial CINE
The Rev. +. L. Gibson preached
Sunday from Hebrew 2:1 on the
subject Danger Of Drifting" The
Senior choir sang. In the after
noon the choir worshipped with
the Rev. Mr.. McClain OF st. John
CM- church. Detroit.
Union BAPTIST
The Rev. r. c. Copeland preach
ed from 81. Luke 10:17-24. Five
were added TO the church. The In
termediate choir rendered the mu-
sic.
The Junior Usher board render
ed a successful program Sunday
afternoon the following choir
and usher boards were present;
Tabernacle Baptist. First Baptist,
Inkster; ST. Peters AME Zion.
Hamtramck, and the Junior choir
and chorus OF Union Baptist church.
Beechwood Center News
The Red Gross First Aid class
that meets at the Beechwood cen
ter every Tuesday evening will be-
gin the last half OF the course at
its next meeting. Henry Pollard.
former local recreation leader. and
now an officially authorized first
aid instructor who teaches first aid
in several negihboring cities Is in
structor OF the class. Mr.. Pollard
Is TO be commended for his willing
ness to give OF his time and energy
TO assist our community in being
better prepared for any future
emergency. Twenty ladies are en-
rolled 1 nthis class. They are as
follows: Mesdames Eliz b e I h
Boone, MARCEL Daniel, Melissa
Day. Nella Edwards. Alvana How
ard. Maggie Kilgore. Ethel Lamar
Kitty Mae Pollard, Dorsie Pollard,
Anna Morris, Martha Quinn. Vim
delta Roscoe. Doris Shorey. Maude
Smith. verna Stephenson. Geral-
dine Williams. Loella Wourman,
Louise Wyche. Susan Yates and
Ophela Thomas.
A group OF ladies under the di-
rection OF Mrs Edith Johnson has
been busily working on an elab-
crate quilt that Is TO be ratified on
April % at the community center
This Community Quilt raffle is be-
ing sponsored by the board OF di-
rectors Of the Beechwood center.
The quilt will be on display at the
center the week preceding the
drawing. Purchas several tickets,
it's a good investment, for you may
be the winner and at the same time
contribute TO worthy cause.
Tickets are ten cents each.
Because OF her extreme interest
In the welfare of our community,