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No. 6
■ Week In Reviewl
■ Bv MILTON SHOWN, J.TA. |
| WAR!
I There was only one topic which
Heople could think of this week—
Mar.
I xhe war with Japan, Germany
■nd Italy united America over-
Hjght. It did the same thing of
Bourse to the Jews. Rabbi Stephen
Bl’ise of the American Jewish Con-
Hress. Frank Weil of the Jewish
Welfare Board, the B’nai B’rith
Baders of the ultra-orthodox
Bgudas Israel, and many other
Broups all joined in messages to
Roosevelt expressing unstinted
Support.
hank joins up AGAIN
H Hank Greenberg, the famous
Hewish ball player of Detroit said
Hhe same thing, but not with
Bords. It will be recalled that
Breenberg- was released last week
Srmn the trainees camp under the
Buling freeing those over 28. Hank
B 31.
I When Hank left the camp it
Heemed that it would be some
lime before the draft army would
He needed. And Hank could scarce
ly be blamed for obtaining his re-
Hease when a $50,000 a year job
Hn baseball was dangled before
Him as against the s2l a month
Baid by the Government to the
Soldiers.
I Hank had only been in civilian
Bniform for a few days when the
Bearl Harbor incident shocked the
Ration and the next day, Hank
Bas off to the recruiting office of
His own free will and is in the
Brniy again.
THE MUFTI AND HITLER
I Reports from abroad this week
Hold of Hitler receiving the Mufti
lin conference and New York
Hewspapers transmitted by the
H\.ssoeiated Press radio photo ser-
Hice showing Hitler talking to the
Blufti. What were they talking
Bbout ?
I With Hitler abandoning the plan'
Bo take Moscow this winter, he
Bust use a greater portion of his
Broops elsewhere. Will he strike
Bgainst the Suez and Near East
Brea or will he make another at-
Bempt against England?
I JEWISH BRAVERY
■ Reports this week of the Jewish
Bgh ting in the Near East told of
Hhe heroism of Jewish soldiers. So;
Hctive are the Jewish soldiers in
Hhe Tobruk area, it is reported
Hhat one of the streets in Tobruk
Has been renamed “Dr. Theodore
Hlerzl St.,” while the remnants of
Hhe Italian Nationale Case is now
Hailed “Zion Case”. The reports
Horn Tobruk single out for special
Mention the heroism of Leo Gut
■reund, a Jewish refugee from
■Czechoslovakia, a former inmate
i a German concentration camp.
I* n s Pite of the acknowledged
Hots of Jewish bravery on the
H lbyan front, Zionist quarters
|f’ ere informed that the Palestine
It ministration issued an order
(forbidding any outward designa-
B on °T the Jewish units as dis
mct from the British and also
orbade the display of the Zionist
a S> which some of the Jewish
“nits flew.
** is interesting in connection
nh last week’s developments to
Peculate as to what will now hap
en to the Jewish Army plan. A
-w days before the outbreak of
e Ja Panese war, a Committee
or a Jewish Army was officially
punched with Pierre Van Passen,
. head. There has been no
forthcoming from Mr.
an Passen as to whether the en
ance of America in the war will
First Photos Os Dutch Refugees
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•• . HIGH SEAS DRAMA These are the first photos showing
the 80 refugee passengers of the S. S. “Cabo de Homos”, who were
saved at the last minute from returning to Europe by the Joint
Distribution Committee, disembarking in the Island of Curacao,
Netherlands West Indies. In the top picture the refugees are
leaving the boat for the temporary shelters set up for.them
(bottom picture). Admission of the refugees to Curacao was
achieved through an agreement between (he J.D.C. and the
Netherlands Govemment-in-Exile. Under the agreement the
J.D.C. guarantees their maintenance and has undertaken to find
a permanent asylum for them within the next three months.
Twelve have already received visas for the United States. 12541
Jewish Malayan
Minister Praised
London (JPS)—Highy praising
Hyman Weisberg, Minister of Fi
nance of the Malayan Government,
as a capable official, the London
press declared that Minister Weis
berg is very helpful to the cause
of the democracies. One of the
leading members of the Malayan
Government, the Jewish minister
was called pro-democratic and a
man with “great abilities” by the
press here.
“Yellow Aryans”
Geneva (JPS)—The principle of
“Aryanism” was slightly expanded
by Italian apologists of the Rome-
Tckyo alliance when a Rome com
mentator called the Japanese
“yellow Aryans.” Claiming that
Italy’s alliance with the Nippon
ese did not violate the “Aryan”
principle, the announcer asserted
that both parties are “pure” races.
automatically put an end to this
plan. However, Col. Patterson,
commander of the Jewish Legion,
has indicated that the entrance of
America into the war should fa
cilitate rather than retard the
creation of a Jewish Army. He
argues that the creation of a Jew
ish Army of 200,000 will release
that many Allied soldiers who are
needed in other regions, notably
in the Orient. What the war may
bring forth, we cannot tell. We
may yet see the Stars and Stripes
floating over American conting
ents in the Holy Land.
JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1941
Fraternities Elect
Maurice Jacobs
Treasurer
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MAURICE JACOBS
Philadelphia, Pa.—At its thirty
third annual meeting, held in New
York on November 28 and 29, Mr.
Maurice Jacobs, Executive Direc
tor of The Jewish Publication So
ciety of America, was elected
Treasurer of the National Inter
fraternity Conference, which is
composed of the 59 national Greek
letter college fraternities, non-
Jewish and Jewish. Mr. Jacobs’
election was the second time in
the Conference’s history that a
member of a Jewish college fra
ternity was honored by election to
office. Mr. Jacobs had previously
served on the Executive Commit
tee for four years.
Jewish Groups Pledge
Support Against Japan
NEW YORK (JTA) —Unqualified Jewish support to
President Roosevelt in the war with Japan was pledged this
week by the Jewish War Veterans, the American Jewish
Congress, the Z. O. A. and B’nai B’rith and by numerous
Jewish bodies! all over the country.
Every American Jew and espe
cially the ex-servicemen were ask
ed to immediately embark on some
activity demanded by the present
national emergency, in a call is
sued by Benjamin Kaufman, Nat
ional Commander of the Jewish
War Veterans.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president
of the American Jewish Congress,
in behalf of that organization sent
a message to President Roosevelt
saying: “The American Jewish
Congress, including a number of
nationwide Jewish organizations,
that is hundreds of thousands of
American Jews, desires you to
know that its membership and
leadership alike are eager to give
fullest support in every sense to
our government and to you, its
leader."
The 32nd annual convention of
the Middle-Atlantic section of the
Jewish Welfare Board adopted a
resolution in Baltimore reading:
“Having learned of the unprovok-
Fla. To Dedicate ?
Monument To
Judah P. Benjamin
Sarasota, Fla.—Florida, through
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy, will dedicate a monu
ment here on January 22nd to Ju
dah P. Benjamin, holder of three
Confederate cabinet offices who
fled through Florida after the fall
of Richmond, it was announced by
Mrs. Mary Brownell, chairman in
charge of arrangements. Schools
and business establishments are
planning to close that day while
Gov. Spessard L. Holland comes
here to officiate at the ceremonies
for the distinguished Jewish states
man.
The Florida State Federation of
B’nai B’rith, which is contributing
S2OO toward the cost of the mem
orial, will participate in the exer
cises on January 22nd while B’nai
B’rith lodges and auxiliaries
throughout the state will devote
their January cultural programs
to a study of Benjamin’s life.
When members of the fleeing
Confederate cabinet and President
Jefferson Davis separated near
Washington, Ga., on May 3rd, 1865,
Benjamin continued down through
Georgia and the west coast of
Florida disguised as a farmer in
search of land on which to settle,
riding in a buggy. Meanwhile,
Davis headed for Texas.
Eventually, Benjamin, who had
been successively attorney-general,
secretary of war and secretary of
state to Davis, found a welcome
and temporary refuge at the Gam
ble mansion near Bradenton until
arrangements could be made for
him to sail from Sarasota to Bim
ini, then Cuba and finally, Eng
land. The mark6r to be unveiled
here in January will designate the
point near which Benjamin nar
rowly escaped capture at the
hands of pursuing Federal troops
and set sail for foreign shores.
ed attacks upon the United States
by Japan, the convention pledges
its whole-hearted and unqualified
support to the President of the
United States and the Govern
mental departments thereby, in
any manner in which the organi
zaion or its members may be call
ed upon to render service in this
emergency.”
A prayer for the safety of the
American people in the present
state of war with Japan was of
fered by Rabbi Joseph Konovitz,
honorary president of the Union
of Orthodox Rabbis of the United
States and Canada.
Z. O. A. PLEDGES UNLIMITED
SUPPORT TO ROOSEVELT
IN WAR
New York —By a rising vote
the National Administrative Coun
cil of the Zionist Organization of
America, the supreme body of the
Organization between conventions,
meeting in an all day emergency
session at the Hotel Astor, on
Sunday, December 14th, unani
mously approved a message to
President Roosevelt, pledging him
“as the leader of our united
American nation, in this hour of
crisis, the unlimited devotion, sup
port and fealty of the hundreds
of thousands of men and women
enrolled in the Zionist movement.”
Hebrew U. Hailed
As Leading School
London (JPS-Palcor) That
“Jews have every reason to be
proud” of the Hebrew University,
which he had visited and “which
is becoming one of the leading
scientific and cultural institutions
in the whole world,” was the tenor
of an address delivered by Sir
Richard Gregory, editor of the
scientific journal “Nature” and
Chairman of the International
Conference of Scientists held here
recently.
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