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AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY SERVING AMERICAN CITIZENS OF JEWISH FAITH
Jfr THE OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED JEWISH PUBLICATION IN THIS TERRITORY
r O l. 16 No. 18
Week In Reviewi
By MILTON MOWN. J.T.A.
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ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE
SENATE
A new and dangerous note has
een introduced Into the contro
ersy over the lend-lease bill. For
ie first time responsible leaders
f the opposition have dragged in
erms like “international bankers”
nd emphasis on Jewish names—
maneuver reminiscent of Ger
ian propaganda and Father
oughlin’s speches.
Less than a month ago, Senator
[urton K. Wheeler, chief of the
in the Senate to the
id-to-Britain bill, gave a firm
ebuke to followers of Joe Mc
rilliams when they attempted to
ivade an anti-lend-lease rally in
ew York and convert it into an
nti-Jewish demonstration. "I ab
or intolerance, whether it be
redicated upon color, race or re
gion,” the Montana senator de
ared.
Yet, last week, Senator Wheeler
id in a nation-wide radio broad
ist, “Now we find these same
temational bankers with their
lends, the royal refugees, and
ith the Sessoons of the Orient
id with the Rothschilds and the
brburgs of Europe in another
eme song ... 'Our investments
India, Africa and Europe must
) saved. Save democracy.’ ”
On „the Senate floor, Senator
ofus Holman next day went so
r as to assert: *T have always
eplored Hitler’s ambitions as a
mqueror. But he broke the con
'd of these internationalists over
ie common people of Germany.
would be a good idea if the
introl of the international bank
s over the common people of
ngland was broken, and good if
was broken over the wages and
vings of the common people of
e United States.”
If these two speeches marked
turning point in the present con
oversy and the beginning of an
fort to inject anti-Semitism in
the question, then the consc
iences may be momentous.
The danger involved in such
leeches was immediately recog
zed by the American press. The
ew York newspaper PM featured
comparison of the Wheeler and
olman quotations with similar
terances by German Nazi lead
s' PM headlined the story: “Foes
Aid to Britain Parrot Hitler’s
nti-Jewish Talk.”
The New York Post warned
itorially: “That beginning was
the approved pattern set by Fa
er Coughlin as he worked up to
s outspoken anti-Semitism.” The
Bwark Star-Ledger said: “They
Hieeler and Holman) have giv
voice to Nazi propaganda slo
®s and have sought to inflame
'-American passions. The Phila-
Iphia Record spoke of “Hitler’s
doubted gratitude for Wheel
s help.”
Further confirmation of“ Hi
t's gratitude” was given by the
ficial German radio, which ap
ovingly quoted Senator Hol
m’s speech in a broadcast to
)r th America.
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY MARCH 14, 1941
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Edward M. M. Warburg, of New York,
Chairman of the American Jewish Joint Dis
tribution Committee, Inc., (left) and Dr. Abba
Hillel Silver, of Cleveland, National Chairman
of the United -Palestine Appeal, are shown
after signing an agreement reconstituting the
United Jewish Appeal as the fund-raising instru
ment for the Joint Distribution Committee, the
United Palestine Appeal, and the National Ref
ugee Service, Inc., for the year 1941. The uniting
Young Judaeans
Meet This Weekend
NEW YORK CITY Keeping
pace with the rapidly changing
world scene, Young Judaea, the
junior affiliate of the Zionist Or
ganization of America, will re
evaluate its cultural and educa
tional program to meet the cur
rent needs of American-Jewish
youth at a national leaders’ con
ference-seminar over the weekend
of March 14 to 16 in the River
side Plaza Hotel. ,
Anti-Semitism Can
Destroy U. S. Says
Colonel Roosevelt
NEW YORK (JTA)— Americans
must “keep their eyes open” and
fight anti-Semitism because it is
one of the things that can “de
stroy this country,” Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt, chairman of the
Citizenship Educational Service,
warned last week in a broadcast
on the Columbia Broadcasting
System’s “People’s Platform.”
Col. Roosevelt said: ‘Tve belted
the anti-Semites, all around the
country, here, now, and any of
you folks who have been around
know, like myself, riding on sub
ways and the street cars, talking
to people, you find it all around.
Now we’ve got to keep our eyes
open and fight it because that’s
another thing that will destroy
this country anti-Semitism, or
anti-anything of that kind, anti
any religion.”
' Rabbi Samuel M.
: Blumenfield Will
: Speak At Temple
r
r Rabbi Samuel Blumen
f field, noted educator, Zion
r ist, and orator, will be the
' guest speaker at joint serv
r ices being sponsored by the
\ Jacksonville Jewish Center
r and the Temple Ahavath
r r Chesed. The combined ses
r sion will convene on Friday,
\ March 21st, at the Temple.
r Rabbi Blumenfield is a
r r leading writer whose mod
r em ideas for the solving of
r current Jewish problems
f f place him in the forefront
r among outstanding men of
f f Israel. The public is cordial
r ly invited.
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Who Are We of the United States?
The American Dream is that the many national, racial
and religious subgroups shall blend to produce like sym
phonic music the most civilized ensemble in the history of
human relations.
WE OF THE UNITED STATES ARE:
One-third of a million, Indian;
One-third of a million Oriental, Filipino and Mexican;
60 million, Anglo-Saxon; 10 million, Irish;
15 million, Teutonic; 9 million, Slavic;
5 million, Italian; 4 million, Scandanavian;
2 million, French; 13 million, Negro;
1 million each, Finn, Lithuanian, Greek.
In addition, we are:
2 million, Anglican Episcopalian;
40 million, Evangelical Protestant;
1 million, Greek Catholic;
41/2 million, Jewish;
Two-thirds of a million, Mormon;
One-tenth of a million, Quaker;
22 million, Roman Catholic;
One-half million, Christian Scientists.
of forces, motivated by the widely-expressed
desire of American Jews, will result in a unified
fund-raising effort for Jewish victims of war
and persecution abroad, for the upbuilding of
the Jewish homeland in Palestine, and for the
program for immigrants coming to the United
States. The agreement was signed at the office
of the United Jewish Appeal, 342 Madison
Avenue. New York Citv.
Local B’nai B’riths
To Sponsor Dance
Tuesday, March 18
What is expected to be the out
standing social affair sponsored by
a group of Jewish men during the
entire year is the annual scholar
ship dance to be held by the lo
cal A. B. Weil chapter of B’nai
B’rith at the Roosevelt Hotel ball
room on Tuesday evening, March
18th.
The entire proceeds of this
event will be contributed to the
scholarship fund and student
union activities at the University
of Florida and at the State Col
lege for Women through their Hil
lel groups.
During the past 18 years the
Jacksonville order has assisted a
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$2.00 a Year
Jewish Units
See Action
In Africa
NEW YORK (JTA)—Troop con
tingents formed entirely of Jews
went into action for the first time
in the war during the British
campaign in North Africa, Raoul
Aglion, who participated in the
drive as a Free French observer,
disclosed in an interview here.
Aglion, former member of the
French Legation at Cairo, said the
units gave an excellent account of
themselves, fighting under the
blue-white flag of Palestine and
officered by Jews. Jewish fliers
bombed the fleeing Italians and
ably cooperated with the British
in other flying operations, he
said. The Jewish contingents by
now probably have clashed with
the German units sent hastily to
Africa to bolster the badly-shaken
Italians, he stated.
The French observer, who
reached here via the Cape of Good
Hope recently, said many Foreign
Legionaires stationed in Syria es
caped into Palestine when the
Franco - German armistice was
signed to fight for the British.
Many of these men—including a
number of German Jews—fought
at Dema and Sidi Barrani.
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Center Purim Fete
To be Held Sunday
Rabbi William Drazin of Sa
vannah will deliver the main ad
dress at the annual Center Purim
Seudah Sunday night, March 16,
at 7:00 P.M. He is the spiritual
leader of congregation B. B. Ja
cob in that city and widely known
for his scholarship and eloquence.
The committee under the chair
manship of Hyman Selber is mak
ing elaborate preparations for a
program of varied entertainment.
Mrs. Alice Biscow Sager will give
several violin selections and there
will be community singing, hum
orous talks and lots of fun. Other
speakers for the evening will be
Abe Newman, president of the
Center, and Rev. B. Safer, who
will give an old-fashioned Purim
“drosho.” Philip Selber will act
as toastmaster and Rabbi Margo
lis will give the invocation and in
troduce the speaker.
In order to give all the mem
bers a chance to attend, the charge
has been nominal. Reservations
may be made by calling the Cen
ter office, 3-0611, or Hyman Sel
ber, 5-3885.
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1940 5701 1941
Fast of Esther. March 12
Purim March 18
Rosh Chodesh Nison Mar. 29
First Day Passover. April 12
Rosh Chodesh Iyar .April 28
Lag B’Omer. .May 15
Rosh Chodesh Sivan. May 27
First Day Shavuoth. June 1
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz-June 1
Fast of Tammuz July 18
Rosh Chodeeh Ab. July 25
Fast of Ab Aug. 8
Rosh Chodesh Elul Aug. 24
•Observed previous flay as
well. AH hohdays begin at sun
down 0 1 day preceding that
listed above.