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VOL. 15 No. 35
Week In Review
By MILTON SHOWN. J.TA.
‘ ‘ ‘ -
HITLER OVER RUMANIA
Rumania has taken another
long step along the road to Naz
ism. A completely pro-German
and anti-Semitic cabinet was
formed by King Carol including
members of the short-lived Goga
governments of 1938, Cuzists,
Iron Guardists and a member of
the German minority, with lon
Gigurtu, a leading pro-Nazi, as
Premier.
The new cabinet immediately
began planning anti-Jewish mea
sures, including a decree exclud
ing Jews from the press. It was
evident that Rumania’s Jews were
in for their darkest days since—
and perhaps even darker than—
the period that the violently anti-
Jewish government of Octavian
Goga was in power in January,
1938.
Developments in Rumania pro
vided a classic example of the use
of innocent Jews as a scapegoat.
The feelings of the population ov
the Soviet occupation of Bess
arabia and North Bukowina were
turned against the Jews with a
systematic campaign of propagan
da blaming “the Jews and the
British” for Rumania’s troubles.
Anti-Semitic agitation was held
in rein only by the fear that wide
spread disorders might give Sovi
et Russia ail excuse for further
action against Rumania. Yet,
though reports of anti-Jewish ex
cesses last week turned out to be
exaggerated and the press was
curbed in anti-Semitic incitement,
there was no doubt that the new
Government would proceed with
a systematic attack on the Jew
ish position, already undermined
by years of anti-Semitic measures
and disenfranchisement of more
that 225,000 Jews.
Wild charges were being spread
against the Jews which turned out
to be false whenever they could
be checked. That the Jews had
aided, sought or welcomed the So
viet invasion was belled by the
fact that three times as many
Jews fled from Soviet-occupied
Bessarabia as emigrated there.
Two Government officials in Bess
arabia and Bukowina who had
been reported slain by “Jewish
terrorists” turned up in Rumania
alive and well.
German and Italian propaganda
agencies spread wild reports of
Rumanian massacres of Jews. The
official German News Bureau re
ported the massacre of 600 Jews
by Rumanian troops in Galati, but
there was no confirmation of the
Report. Italian papers reported the
ews were fomenting trouble with
the aim of destroying the Ruman
ian oilfields.
ANTI-SEMITISM IN HUNGARY
Meanwhile, Hungary, also un
er Nazi domination, also carried
urther its anti-Semitic program.
® Government planned new re*
“fictions on the Jews, but the
Hungarian Nazis, dissatisfied with
® Sco P© of the Government’s
asure, introduced their own
’ ea hing for unbelievably se
re restrictions on the Jews.
ri „ The bill would forbid Jews to
. IVe automobiles, become mid
wives, hoist the Hungarian flag,
uy an ything from a peasant or
®ign any legal document. Only el
est sons and daughters of Jew
*S families would be permitted
° marry. Jews would be permit
d to buy, sell or read only books
Writt en in Hebrew or Yiddish.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1940
228 Arrivals In
Month of June
In Palestine
Jerusalem Figures just
made public by the Jewish
Agency Immigration De
partment revealed 228 im
migrants arrived in Pales
tine during the month of
June.
France’s Refugees
Must Return To
Occupied Areas
LISBON (JTA) —It was relia
bly learned from Toulouse that the
Vichy Government, acting in com
pliance with article 16 of the
Franco-German armistice, is or
dering all refugees from occupied
France to return to their homes
there. Execution of the order will
mean deliverance to Nazi rule of
thousands of Jews who fled to es
cape the German invaders.
It was also learned that the
Mayor of Vichy, acting in a
friendly spirit, has advised Jews
to leave the city.
Meanwhile, Jewish relief bodies
here have received appeals to se
cure the maximum number of for
eign visas for Jews in France who
will be affected by the order and
for whom the revision of the
French Constitution, under direc
tion of Pierre Laval, bodes ill.
The problem of Jewish refugees
from France is becoming increas
ingly serious. The principal diffi
culty is the finding of outlets for
emigration, but there are also dif
ficulties in arranging transit
through Spain and temporary res
idence in Portugal, and in find
ing overseas transportation.
Emphasizing that thousands of
Jews in occupied France could en
ter Portugal if entry visas for
Latin American countries were
secured, the HIAS-ICA Emigra
tion Association has sent an ap
peal to its branches in South and
Central America to advise wheth
er these countries would relax im
migration restrictions for refugees
in view of the new situation.
“It is not necessary to tell you
with what anxiety we await your
immediate —and, let us hope, pos
itive reply,” said the appeal,
which pointed out that the HIAS
ICA itself requires refuge.
Barney Cohen To
Talk to B’nai B’rith
At St. Augustine
Using as his subject “B’nai
B’rith and the Present Crisis,”
Mr. Barney Cohen, of Orlando,
president of the Florida Federa
tion of B’nai B’rith Lodges, will
address an open meeting of the
St. Augustine B’nai B’rith Lodge
Monday, July 15th, at 8:15 P.M.
in the Synagogue Hall.
The meeting will be attended by
members, their wives and friends
and the local Jewish community
in general.
The Lodge is extending a cor
dial invitation to Ben B’rith’s
wives and friends from surround
communities to attend this affair.
Sees Wider Public
Interest in Jewish
Musical Selections
NEW YORK. N. Y. (Special)—
The first records of Jewish mu
sic to be made for the Victor Red
Seal Classical Albums since the
late Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt,
were released this week, featur
ing “Songs of Palestine” and
“Songs of the Synagogue.” The
music is recorded by Cantor Rob
ert H. Segal of Temple Ohabei
Shalom, Boston, with choral and
organ accompaniment.
W
i wSm
CANTOR ROBERT H. SEGAL
Public relations officials of the
Victor Company declared that the
records are being issued as a re
sult of a marked increase in pub
lic interest in Jewish music caused
by a broader program of Jewish
education in this country and the
activities of the Zionist move
ment, both here and in Palestine.
Included in the album of “Pal
estine Songs” are some of the
most popular of the melodies
which have been brought to this
country by recent visitors from
the Holy Land. Among them are
“Ba-ah Menucha,” the “Nigun Bi
alik,” “Shir Eres,” a Cradle Song,
“Pakad Adonay,” “Emathay” and
“Yerushalayim.” There are ten
songs in all.
The album of “Synagogue
Songs” includes “Kol Nidre,”
“Kiddush,” “V’hakohanim,” a tra
ditional rendition of the “Kad
dish” and two others. “Tov L’ho
Atlanta Boy Heads National
Order of Aleph Zadik Aleph
Convention Supports Defense Program
PENINSULA, Ohio—A pledge of full assistance to and
wholehearted cooperation with the agencies of the United
States Government “engaged in preparing our defenses
against the insidious influences which threaten the exist
ence of our democratic institutions” was given by the Aleph
Zadik Aleph, B’nai B’rith’s youth organization, in a resolu
tion adopted at the closing session of its 17th annual con
vention. Speaking for its more than 10,000 members or
ganized in 394 chapters in over 200 communities, A.Z.A.,
largest Jewish boys’ organization in the country, declared
that “while it still hopes for our country as we have prayed
for peace in the world, current events force upon us the prac
tical realization of threats to democracy and to peace. In
the light of these considerations we are compelled to realize
that adequate preparation for effective defense of our coun
try and all that it stands for is imperative.”
Irving Kaler, member of the Gate City Chapter, Atlan
ta, Ga., was elected grand aleph godol (president), defeating
Leon Simmons of the Highland Park Chapter, Los Angeles.
The third Easterner to win the highest office in A.Z.A.,
Kaler is president of the Southern Region of A.Z.A. and a
past aleph godol (president) of his chapter. He is a stu
dent at Emory University.
Willkie To Opp ose
Anti - Semitism In His
Acceptance Speech
By DANIEL L. SCHORR
NEW YORK (JTA)—Wendell L. Willkie, Republican
presidential nominee, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
this week he will include a strong statement against anti-
Semitism in his acceptance speech to be made in Elwood,
Ind., on or about Aug. 1.-- , - ■■■■?&
Willkie also indicated he was
interested in legislation to check
racial agitation, but said he did
not wish to commit himself to
any specific measure before he
had an opportunity to give the
matter complete study.
The brief interview with Will
kie, held at his office at 20 Pine
Street a few minutes before he
left to catch a plane for Wash
ington, followed his statement to
Tiie Day in which he termed an
ti-Semitism “a possible criminal
move me n t,” warned that the
spread o f anti-Jewish feeling
would be a “calamity” and ap
pealed for “tolerance and religious
liberty.”
“I was very glad to make that
statement,” Willkie said. “Since
then, I have received a large num
ber of telegrams from various
kinds of pressure groups.” He took
from his pocket a telegram from
St. Louis signed “Social Justice
News,” which demanded that Will
kie, in view of his denunciation of
anti-Semitism, also make a state
ment against “anti-Christianity.”
The Republican nominee was
asked what measures he would
take to check anti-Semitism agi
tation. He was asked specifically
about Senator W. Warren Bar
bour’s bill which would ban ma
terial inciting racial and religious
hatred from the mails.
“I would like very much to see
a copy of that statute,” Willkie
said. “I wouldn't like to just make
a hurried statement without giv
ing full consideration. But I am
going to give the question study,
and I’ll be able to make a com
plete statement when I get back
dos,” composed by the noted
Franz Schubert, is the only com
position by the master of Jewish
liturgy.
$2.00 A YEAR
from my vacation in Colorado.
You can say that I intend to in
clude a very strong statement on
anti-Semitism in my acceptance
speech.”
In the interview with The Day,
Willkie said: “I consider anti-
Semitism in America as a possible
criminal movement and every an
ti-Semite as a possible traitor to
America —that America which is
so beloved and so dear to me, that
America which has always sym
bolized liberty, equality and bro
therly love among its inhabitants.
If anti-Semitism should spread its
roots in the United States as it
has done in most of the countries
of Europe, then it would definite
ly be a calamity for the United
States. It would mean that the
main foundations on which our
country has been built are begin
ning to shake. There might even
be fear that the principles for
which our forefathers fought and
bled are in actual danger.
“What man with a conscience,
what man who knows the suffer
ing of Israel and what “•ael has
tried to accomplish and has ac
complished in the march of hu
manity cannot be tolerant toward
Israel? I have spoken on the ra
dio and clearly asserted my posi
tion against race hatred, bigotry
and Hitlerism. I did this long be
fore I even thought of being a
presidential candidate. I did it
solely because I wanted to express
my protest against Hitlerism and
against all fascistic persecution
methods.
“We in America must all stand
shoulder to shoulder for tolerance
and religious liberty. We must all
of us work for the interest of our
country. We must think only of
what is important for the welfare
of the United States. Those who
are trying to bring to our shobes
from Hitler Germany or from
similar countries their race ha
tred, their hate of liberty and de
mocracy—such people are not in
terested in the welfare of the Uni
ted States but are serving the
dictates of other countries.”
Jewish Calendar
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1940—5700
Fast of Tamaz. July 23
Brev Rosh Hashonah 5701 Oct.?
1940—570*
First Day of New Year ..Oct. 3
Fast of Gedaliah Oct. 5
Yom Kippur Oct. 12
First Day of Tabernacle Oct. 17
Hoshanah Rabbah Oct. 23
Sh’mini Atseres Oct. 24
Simchas-Torah Oct. 25
Rosh- Chodesh „.Nov. 1-2
Rosh-Chodesh Dec. 1
First Day of Chanukah Dec. 25
Rosh-Chodesh Dec. 30-31
•Observed previous day as
well. All holidays begin at sun
down of day preceding that
listed above.