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Page Four ___T_H_I!:_J E W ISH :P..:O::S:::...:T______• ___ '1'h_u_r_sda~y.:.., _De_·"-ce:::",::.be;.:.::.r..:.7!., .::19=4~ Page Five Thursday, December 7, 1944 THE JEWISH POST General Monash Branch . Plans Annual Chanukah YouthB~~~d~~stC~a:~~R.C. The Oldest Anglo-Jewish Weekly in Western Canada The· New Maccabean Spirit Dr. S. Wise Party For Servicemen (Isilued weekly in, the interesta of Jewish Community netivitie. in Winnipeg and Western Canada) ent at the meeting. A special Chanukah program, A k R t.·ons Propos~s Member of tbe Jewish Telegraphic Agenc~ General Monash Branch No. 115, sponsored by the Winnipeg Jewish S S epara ;. ~ By CARL ABRA,MSON have been the first to bring aid to liberated refu· To.Address Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L., announces Youth Council, w'ill be broadcast . . gees. This was the case'in Southern Italy where Published every Thursday by that its annual Chanukah affair for over Station CKRC, Thursday, Dec. i C t 1J "h R I" FB d EMPffiE PRESS LTD. ESISTANCE and rescue-these have been the Jewish soldiers from Palestine, advancing with members of the armed forces will 14 at8pm "n ra ~w.S "I~ 0 Y R twin aims of the modern Maccabeans-the Can. Cong. be held at the Hebrew Sick Benefit The pr~g;am will include the tra- ~ ~ ~ ~. Printers and Publishers the British Eighth Army, discovered the refugees hall on Saturday, Dec. 30. A cqrdial ditional ceremony of lighting the BEN M. COHEN, Business Manager Jews in the underground movements of Europe, interned at Ferramonti. Before Jewish relief invitation is extended to all service- candles, performed by a young Atlantic City (JTA) - A demand' Emergency Conference of the World Phone 54 400 Evenings 54 345 the pioneers and soldiers of Jewish Palestine. agencies reached the internees, the Palestine sol­ men and women to attend, and all cantor, and Hebrew and Jewish song. that the United Nations arrange for Jewish Congress. Head Office: 213 Selkirk Ave., Winnipeg, Canada Many acts of bravery and daring have been re­ diers, aided by the other Allied soldiers, had organizations are requested to keep by a mixed group of 60 voices under the payment of reparations by the The conference also adopted a Entered as Seeond Glasa Mail Ma.tter at vealed in recent months as the Allies have broken sought to help them through personal measures. this date open. . i the direction of Jack Garland, Syd defeated Axis countries to the Jews resolution appealing for the co­ through the walls of "Fortress Europe." Through _.-.-- ._.- _.. - I Sheps chairman of the Council will as a people, in addition to the in- ordination of the leaning bodies con­ H. SOKOLOV, LL.B., Contributing Editor They shared their food and clothing with the FI~ing Officer H. J. Ludman speak' on the. aims of the Co~ncil. demnities which are to be paid to cerned with Jewish post-war rellef them all runs the single thread of a two-fold ob· refugees. They set up classes for the children. individual Jews, and ·that these and rehabilitation, The resolution Thursday, December 7, 1944 PrISoner Of War In Hungary Monte Halparm, well known umver­ Vol.. XX-No. 49 jective: destruction of the enemy and escape and They ministered to many of the needs of their '. sity student and radio announcer, reparations be turned over to a calls upon the World Jewish Con­ rescue for his victims-the men, women and chil­ fellow-Jews until the Joint Distribution Commit­ Mr" and Mrs. J. H. Ludman have will be master of ceremonies. central Jewish body to be spent for gress "to make a maximum effort dren marked for death by Hitler in an extermi­ tee assumed responsibility for their relief. Sub· l'eceived personal word from their Miss Becky N. Cohen is in charge the development of a Jewish Pales- in order to secure this co-ordination W eizmann, The Lion-Hearted nation program whose incredible proportions are son, Flying Officer Herbert J. Lud- of arrangements. tine, was voted at the six-day War as quickly as possible." It empha- sequently, 571 of the refugees were settled in man, R.C.A.F., that he is a prisoner ------sizes that "the tr~mendous task in­ only now coming to light. Palestine with the help of the United Palestine of war in Hungary. FO, Ludman volved and the complexity of the A Jewish member of the Maquis in France Appeal. was reported missing on operations problem of Jewish post-war relief At seventy, Chaim Weizmann is the most C.C.F. BACKS and rehabilitation require the full risks his life to bring a group of women and chil­ In observing the Feast of Lights this year, it August 8 His message, written on disillusioned but at the same time the most dren to a hiding plac.e where they will be safe Hungarian Red Cross stationery, read co-operation of all forces in Jewish is this new interpretation of the Maccabean spirit as follows: life," It also appealed to affiliated optimistic of world Jewish leaders. He has seen from the Gestapo. Emissaries from Palestine run , QUE. - The eighth national convention of the branches of the Congress to initiate so many pledges broken, he has experienced so the gauntlet of Nazi torture to organize rescue which has instilled new hope in the hearts of all "Dear Mom and Dad: I am a pris­ . Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, held in this city, unani­ Jews. Few holidays in the Jewish calendar more oner of war in Hungary. I am safe mously adopted a pro-Zionist resolution upon the motion of Stanley 8ction to secure for it the funds many. undeserved reverses, it is a miracle he has measures for Jews in the Balkans threatened with and sound. They treat us well. Don't Knowles, Winnipeg me,mber of the Federal parliament. Abraham· necessai'Y for work" in all fields of fittingly symbolize the spirit of liberation and lO1ctivity which look to Jewish re­ not given way to despair. A lesser man would deportation to mass execution centers. On every worry. Your loving son, Herbie." M. Klein, editor of the Canadian Jewish Chronicle and candidate fOl' have thrown up the sponge long ago. After the renewal than the Chanukah festival. Few more birth." Allied battlefront, from Leyte to Aachen, Jewish the federal seat of Montreal-Cartiel', seconded the motion. Alter prolonged deliberations the· cogently reflect the fundamental purposes of the "The ·convention strongly urges upon the govenunent of this triumphs of the Balfour Declaration and the soldiers, many of them former refugees, spontan­ Conference voted to proclaim a Mandate, when the whole aim of the Jewish eously offer contributions to refugee aid funds. organizations which Jews of the United States country and of Great Bl'itain, which has special 1'csponsibility, 10 $10,000,000 world-wide campaign lor National movement seemed on the verge of accom­ As liberators, a great many of our boys have seen and Canada have established to reha:bilitate and Welfare Fund rescind and revoke the apeasemcnt-tainted British White Paper of l'elief. and rehabilitation, of which rebuild Jewish life. 1939 which closed the doors of Palestine to Jewish immigrants seek· plishment, what a catastrophe it must have been at first hand the destitution and the distress of Stephen S. Wise, newly­ ing a home and refuge, and also. restricted the pm·chase of land· by $4,000,000 is to be raised in the United The liberation of the conquered countries and Holds Annual States. to him, personally, to realize that the MacDonald the Jews freed from Axis oppression, !lnd they elected president of the World Jew­ Jews, it being clearlY recognized that this papel' is a repudiation of Thc $10,000,000 is to bc placed at White Paper actually was the adopted policy of know that the reconstruction of their fellow-Jews the collapse of the vassal states of Nazi Germany ish Congress, will be on.e'of the guest internationally recognized obligations and a flagrant breach of trust speakers at the plenary session of the disposal of the co-ordinating Great Britain! Though there was a steady whittl­ is part of the job of winning the peace. have greatly broadened the horizon of activity of to tbe Jewish people. We urge the government to implement fully committee of the three major Jewish (Cont. on Page 40) the Canadian Jewish Congress which Meet Dec. 11 tbe Balfour Declaration of 1917 which was solemnly made by Great ing down of Jewish rights and Jewish aspirations, In some cases Jewish soldiers in the front"lines meets in Toronto,· January 13-15, Britaiu and endorsed by the League of Nations to facilitate the organizations - Jewish Agency, the White Paper of 1939 must have come as a Mr. A. B. Bennett, president of the Henry S. Rosenberg will address Joint Distribution Committee and establishment of Palestine as a Jewi,h homeland and which should World Jewish Congress - if such a terrific shock It looked like the end of the road Central Division. Canadian Jewish the annual meeting of the Jewish lead to the development of a Jewish commonwealth, with the clear Congress, announced yesterday, welfare fund of Winnipeg at the committee is formed. Should the upon which he had set forth so hopefully in 1917 Wlderstanding that the religions, econ~mic, political, and language J.D.C, reject the proposal for the when Balfour, :Lloyd George and Smuts collabor­ Mr. Bennett, who has just returned Marlborough hotel on Monday, Dec. rights of all sections of the population be safeguarded and guaranteed." (Cant. on Page 24a) . from Atlantic City where he attend­ 11. at 8 p.m. ated with him in the. famoils declaration of Jewish ed the Emergency Conference of the Mr. Rosenberg is a prominent rights. But he recovered as he had done so -many .... The Jew And His· Books J. B Salsberg To A:ddress World Jewish Congress, also an­ barrister of Toronto, and at prese!'~ . Winnipeg Open Meeting times before aIjd he set to work again, patiently, nounced a partial list of other speak­ is Deputy Administrator in the Use:· ers and guests who will'attend the industriously and hopefJlllY to rebuild his shat­ By Dr. SOLOMON FRANK heavy obligations to bring their loved ones to Goods Administration of the War­ J. B. Salsberg, member of the tered world. His· great courage has kept alive session of the Canadian Jewish Con­ time Prices and Tarde Board. He i' legislature, will be in Win­ $25,000 Objective Set For ECAUSE the Jewish faith was originally these shores, had the patternof their lives cut out gress. Among these are: Dr. NahmTI one of the founders and a past presi­ nipeg for one day only to address the faith of the Jewish people in the cause of for. them. The making of a livelihood came first. - Goldmann, chafrman of the adminis­ dent of the United Jewish Welfal'e B founded on a Book, the Jews have ever been a public meeting in , Tues­ justice. ~emg strangers in a strange land this was nO trative committee of the World Jew­ Fund of Toronto; vice-president, day, Dec. 19, at 8.30 p.m. in the largr Winnipeg Geverkshaften Drive Weizmann is a man of contradictions. By na­ a people of books. Because our first teacher laid Simple task. Hence learning was pushed into the ish Congress, and Mrs. Goldmann; S. Central Division) Canadian lJ ewish Taimud Torah. Mr. Salsberg will down the fundamental principle "Thou shalt teach Silverman, M.P., member of the Congress, and chairman of the post­ turehe is impatient and temperamental, but by ?ackgrou~d. Here the sociological reason entered speak on liThe present national crisis action he is a model of patient steadfastness. Who this law to thy children," the making of books British gelegation to the Emergency war planning committee of the Cana­ and our struggle against reaction and An objective of $25,000 has been for Canada are cleared through the m~o !he pICture. The older people could only read Conference of the World Jewish dian Jewish Congress. Mr, Rosen­ anti-Semitism" . but he could have persisted so arduously, so tem­ and the love of books have constituted an essen­ Congress; B. Easterman, political set for the 1945 Geverkshaften cam- United Zionist council at Montreal Yiddish and Hebrew. Nothing of importance has berg is also an active Zionist, being paign in Winnipeg which will... com- which is representative of all the perately towards a goal which always seemed to tial part of Jewish life. When Jewish life began as yet appeared in those languages in America. secretary of the British delegation a former president for Ontario of the to the Emergency Conference of the mence early in January. In an- leading Zionist organizations. The recede farther and farther away? He has been in America, the emphasis on books and Jewish Zionist Organization of Canada, and nouncing the new goal which is an: Geverkshaften objective for the The younger people, those who came o.ver as in­ World Jewish Congress; Dr. and a members of the executive of the Maurice Samuel criticized time and again by the American Zionists, learning seemed for the moment to have been increase of $5,000 over the 1944 I whole Dominion has· been set for submerged. The reasons were partly economic fants and those bOl:"n here, became rapidly assimi­ Mrs. Moshe Goldman, of Argentina; Zionist Organization of Canada. by the Labor Zionists and by his own colleagues Baruch Zukerman. Palestine Labor objective, Labor Zionist officiah $150,000 of which $50,000 is expected lated to the American scene. English was their Welfare Fund officials, in making To Lecture Here point to the greatly increased pros- to be raised in the territory from in the General Zionist group for being too meek and partly sociological. The incoming immi­ leader, and Dr. Wallace, principal of his announcement, stress the import­ grants, for the greatest part poor and laden with language. But Anglo~Jewish literature was as yet pects for a large immigration t Fort William to Vancouver, includ­ and mild with the Mandatory authorities and al­ excee~ingl! Victoria College, Toronto. (Cont. on Page 24a) "The Jew and the World of Tomor­ limited in scope. Hence during the It is also expected that members Palestine next year from the Bal- ing the Winnipeg quota of $25,000 ways he has denied himself the solace of pub­ early Immigrant days, the Jews of the New World row" will be the topic of the lecture kans. Mr. Ben Gurion, chairman of Last ye31' Oyer $17,000 was obtained licly explaining that it was not he who could not of the South African delegation to which will be given by Maurice Jews to emigrate? t~nded to depart from the historic bookish tradi- the Emergency Conference of the the Zionist executive, already has in Winnipeg. afford the luxury of anger but that the Jewish World Jewish Congress will be pres- Samuel, at the Winnipeg auditorium arrived in Bulgaria for the purpose people would be impoverished if he gave way . The question is a disturbing one, not because tlOn. .. December 17, at 8.30 p.m. of accelerating the flow of Jewish . to his real feelings. He remained as the Presi- it is difficult, but because it has a hidden conno- Fortunately t~s pictll:re rapidly changed for Mr. Samuel is one of the outstand~ refugees to Palestine. tation. A straight and simple answer founded on the better. Incommg JeWish scholars and writers ing lecturers and authors of today. The campaign will start officially dent of the Jewish Agency not because he liked Davies Asks His most recent publication j1Harvest conclusion of political observers is that most of wJ:Io made Am.erica the~r new home, laid the found~ in the Desert" is a brilliant history at the conference called for J anU31'y the honor or enjoyed the treatment accorded by 7 at the Talmud Torah assembly hall. the Colonial Office to the incumbent of this posi­ Europe will be barred for the Jews; The Nazis atlOns of JeWish learmng and literature in North World Help For of Zionism, and his earlier book, "The World of Sholem Aleichem" Zionist and other interested or.gani­ tion, but because he knew that there was no other have done their foul work too well.· Even where America. Rabbinical seminaries Jewish schools zations have been requested to send the people were at one time inclined to be toler- o~ higher learning and magnific~nt Jewish libra­ Jews In Poland has been acclaimed a noteworthy who. could do as much as he did. Another would contribution to Jewish letters, delegates to this meeting. D. Wer­ have yielded to his critics and watched with cyni­ ant, the post~war poverty and the curtailments rIes have been established. A fine daily Yiddish Mr. Samuel is coming to Winnipeg theim, of New York. the general of . economic opportunity will make a marginal press was foun~ed c,!nsisting in the main of daiiy "Every Jewish person alive in under the auspices of the Winnipeg secretary of the Po ale Zion organiza-. cism the downfall of his successors But though tion, is now in Winnipeg to make the temptation of retirement appealed to him, people like the Jews intolerable intruders. Then newspapers which stIll compare favorably in news Poland today is alive by a miracle. Hadassah council. The community at They need our help--not only our large as well as Hadassah is looking all advance arrangements but he I though the life a scientific investigation oeck­ there are the mutual hates' and distrusts which coverage. an editorial co~tent with the metropoli­ will not remain for the January con­ will take generations of goodwill to dissipate. In tan English press. JeWIsh books in Hebrew Yid­ Jewish help, but Canadian help and forward to Mr. Samuel's visit with a oned, he has continued to resist. His unequalled world help," said Raymond Arthur great deal of enthusiasm. ference. Other prominent Labor services to the Jewish people remain constant at the meantime, whatare the Jews to do and where dish and English began to appear before th~end Davies, speaking at the public meet­ Zionist leaders now are being· con­ seventy and will continue as.long as he has life are they to go? If they cannot immigrate to . o~ the .19th century. The Jew of the New World ing sponsored by the Canadian Jew- . HEBREW UNIVERSITY tacted for the purpose of addressing 1 the United States, Canada, Australia, South Amer- bIds faIr to the traditions of his fathers. ish Congress and held in the Play­ SETS UP "WEIZMANN the conference here and for a tour and strength in him. Weizmann, the lion-hearted, ~ r~turn of Western Canada, keeps on fighting for his people. ica or other uncrowded countries, surely they will . He m!!y ~n tIme become a person to. whom the house theatre Monday, Dec. 4. SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY" want to go to Palestine! Britain does not have book IS hIS great treasllre. . A. E. Freeman, chairman of the The campaign chairman for Win­ Winnipeg Congress Council, presided. Jerusalem - The chemistry de­ nipeg is A. I. Slotin with J. Kurt­ to wait for the ~ar's .eIld ~o a~certain the ob~ous .' All t~is is introductory ~ a consideration· of zer as co-chairman, and for Western Other speakers were M. Averbach, partments and laboratories of the fac~s of, t~e JewI~h sItuatIon'lll ~urope. BeSides th~ J~wIsh Bo'!kAnnunl WhICh has just appeared. Canada, M. A. Gray, M.L.A. executive secretary of the Canadian Hebrew University have been org­ Danger Ahead 'YhlCh, .IS It poSSIble and does anyone really be- ThiS IS the thIrd annual volume to be published Jewish Congress, western division, An unofficial beginning of the heve that true democracy has taken root and will (Cont. on Page 39) and N. J. Weidman, former president anized into a single unit which will drive was made this week at a meet­ flower' all over Europe and all over the world of the Winnipeg Jewish Welfare fund, be known as the uChaim Weizmann ing of Branch 220 of the National which contrihutes through tbe U.J.R. School of Chemistry," it was an­ Workers' Alliance at the home of G. Richard Mowrer, writing from Jerusalem, sug­ as soon as the war is over? When that state of Greenberg, 326 College avenue. With to the relief and maintenance of the nounced here. The school has been A. 1. SLOTIN gests that there will be no change in the White perfection is reached it will be time make new fewer than 25 present, approximately to ·Jews in the liberated countries. HENRY S. ROSENBERG. established to mark the 70th birthday Paper policy until after the war, when it can be plans. .The J~h Calendar Mr. Davies displayed the objects of Toronto; guest speaker at Welfare $2,000 was raised. chaitman of the 1945 Geverkshaften seen whether or not large numbers of Jews will What then lies behind the question? Mr. Mow. (Cont. on Page 24a) meeting. o£ the Zionist leader. Major Zionist campaign objectives campaign in Winnipeg. 5705 .. 19(4 want to settle in Palestine. To those who pre­ rer .is too good a journalist to waste his time on n e ft.ft._o.oo.oo-•••••-.------.-._'------.--_·-.··.-.--ft-_ _- • dict that Jews will be anxious to. leave the coun­ O?VlOUS conundrums. He seems to be giving a g~:~~~:~. ~~~ ~Y ....- ...... : ...... Mon.• Dee. 11 • nosh Chode.3h T b'y.ii...... Tuea •• Dec. 12 tries of their origin and go to Palestine, Mr. hmt to the Jews to get .busy while there is still Chanultah. 8th De et ...... ~ ..... SUl1 •• Dee._ 17 Mowrer poses this question: Is it not possible Fast of T b ay······· .. _······ ...... Mon .• Dec. 18 lNELFARE FUND Harry Rosenberg tim~ ... Apparently there i~ a move to coun.ter the e eth ...... ·...... " ...... Tues .• Dec. 26 Marlborough Hotel that with true democracy in Europe and the rest antlclp~te? c~ange of polIcy for Palestine. How • AlBo observed previous day. of the world after the war, anti-Semitism will str?ng It 1~, IS not known, but Mr. Mowrer gives Dec. l1th,.8 p.m. . ANNUAL MEETING ~~~:P~~~ evaporate and with it most of the incentive for plam warnmg that something is afoot. . - ...... _ .... _. __ .... _....•...... __ ..... _- .... -_.-

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