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VOL. 27 NO. 31
PLAIN TALK
By ALFRED SEGAL
LETTER FOR A LADY
Dear Mrs. Gardner ...
But before going on with my
letter, to her I should explain how
I happen to be writing to Mrs. E.
Gardner of 1710 East Laurale
Street, Baltimore, Maryland.
Mrs. Gardner is troubled on ac
count of my eternal soul and its
salvation. She has written me
with quotations from Scripture
which, she says, clearly "show us
the way of salvation through the
blood of His dear Son, Our Lord
Jesus and it is his wish that all
should be saved."
In the Jewish Times of Balti
more Mrs. Gardner read a recent
column of mine about converts
and felt constrained to send me
some Bible references that might
serve to' bring me around to un
derstand my need for salvation
through Jesus.
Dear Mrs. Gardner: Thank you
ever so much. I really must feel
grateful to any one who troubles
about my poor soul which in
these times is horribly confused.
It is like a child lost in a dense,
dark wood and which is the right
way to get back to papa and
mama?
I must confess it would comfort
my soul to feel safe in the arms
of someone like Jesus, nobler
than I who am an aimless wand
erer in such a v time as this.
Nothing more to worry about
then, since my own soul will have
* been saved. My soul would be
enjoying itself in the delights of
salvation. All my friends remain
unsaved, like drowning people.
Only I!
But, Mrs. Gardner, the trouble
is that I am a Jew and scarcely
has my soul come to nestle safely
in the arms of a savior, than it
speaks up to me: "Segal, is that
away? Is this away for a Jew?
“What’s wrong?” I inquire.
“It’s really very nice to be rest
ing this way in the arms of sal
vation?”
"As a Jew should you be happy
in your individual salvation?
There's a world to save but you
are worried about your own sal
vation and are out to find a soft
spot for yourself? That's not the
way of a Jew. As a Jew you
should be hot and bothered on
account of all mankind but you
are satisfied to have just your
own soul saved. Let's get going,
Segal. Over there I see a slum
and a lot of kids to be rescued
from it."
You see, Mrs. Gardner, instead
of waiting patiently for Messiah
to pick him up toward salvation,
a Jew thinks of himself as a
sort of Messiah. Instead of let
ting himself be saved he reaches
out to help save the world.
He hears of injustice being
done and he feels called to save
somebody from the infliction of
that wrong. He must do some
thing about the slum that festers
beneath the mansions, he walks
in the picket-line in a strike in
which he himself is not ui the
least involved; it's a social duty
with him.
If he were a guy who minded
his own business you could bring
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Jewish Broadcast
Slated for Sunday
On Sunday, August 27th, the
Eternal Light (NBC Network,
12:30-1:00 P.M., WNBC 1:30-2:00
P.M., DST), will present the tenth
in its special summer series en
titled “The Words We Live By,”
a panel discussion program based
upon selected passages from the
Bible, Dr. Gene Weltfish, member
of The Department of Anthropo
logy at Columbia University wjll
be heard as the guest participant
on this program.
“The Words We Live By,” pre
sented by the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, under
whose auspices the Eternal Light
is conducted, is offered as a pub
lic service of the National Broad
casting Company. Theme of the
current series is “Eternal Ques
tions” with the topic for this pro
gram drawn from the fifth chap
ter of Exodus: “Who is the Lord
that I should hearken unto His
voice?”
U. S. Authorities in Germany
Announce Release of Eioht
Convicted War Criminals
“ MUNICH, (JTA)—The imme
diate release from prison of eight
convicted German war criminals
“for good behavior” was an
nounced this week by U.S. occu
pation authorities. The Germans
include Otto Dietrich, former
Nazi press chief; Friedriclc Flick,
one of the top Nazi industrialists;
and Richard Darre, former Nazi
Minister of Agriculture.
Convicted by war crimes tri-
The JW B and the Korean War
By Estelle Brand
The Korean war has made Philip Schiff one of
the busiest men in Washington. Schiff has been
Washington representative of Jewish Welfare
Board since 1942. Within hours after American
forces went into action, the JWB offices here be
came the scene of activity reminiscent of the early
days of World War 11.
As training camps throughout the country were
being re-opened and hundreds of thousands called
to the colors, Schiff and the JWB apparatus began
preparations to take care of the religious, morale,
and welfare needs of Jewish servicemen. Machin
ery developed during World War Two, when 550,-
000 American Jews performed military service, is
being dusted off. JWB is aware of the needs of the
thousands of Jewish selectees and reservists who
have already been mobilized in the current crisis.
Irving Edison, JWB national president and ten
leaders from various sections of the'U.S. have con
ferred with Defense Secretary Louis Johnson at
the Pentagon. Johnson told of the need for. the
Associated Services for the Armed Forces. This
organization is the successor to the familiar
“USO”—United Service Organizations—of World
War 11. Its participants include the JWB, Young
Mens Christian Association, and National Catholic
Community Service. The present ASAF program
includes 80 service clubs in communities near con
tinental armed forces concentrations and 12 over
seas clubs.
A nationwide campaign to recruit additional
Jewish chaplains for all branches of the armed
services has been launched. JWB’s Division of Re
ligious Activities, in cooperation with the national
rabbinical organizations, is recruiting Conserva
tive, Orthodox and Reform rabbis. During World
War II the division enrolled 311 Jewish chaplains.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1950
First Kiss In 40 Years
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Samuel Kanter, 56, of Brooklyn,
greets his sister, Fanny Kanter,
62, whom he has not seen for 40
years, upon her arrival in New
York. Fanny, whose immigration
was aided by HIAS, the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society, lost more
than 200 relatives at the hands of
the Nazis. Her son and daughter,
who also survived, are waiting in
a German DP camp until they can
immigrate to the United States.
Her husband was murdered by
the Nazis, and she Was hidden
throughout the occupation by
Christian friends. She and her
brother last saw each other in
1910 when he left their home in
Poland to come to the United.
States. She will stay at the HIAS
Shelter in New York until ar
rangements are completed for
her resettlement. v
bunals to seven-year jail terms,
the eight included also Fritz Ter
meer, Rudolph Lehmann and Curt
Rothenberger, who were found
guilty of crimes against humanity.
Darre, who is now 55, was respon
sible for the rounding up of thou
sands of Jewish and other work
ers for slave labor.
At the close of 1949, 28 Jewish chaplain? were
on duty with American forces. With the assistance
of 163 part-time chaplains, they covered 520 mili
tary installations. The Jewish air force chaplain
in Japan covered not only all of that country but
also Okinawa, Guam, and the Philippines—a mat
ter of 8,000,000 square miles! In Europe, the need
for Jewish chaplains to work among Displaced
Persons practically ended in 1949, because of the
movement of DPs to Israel. Just two chaplains
continued that activity.
The transitional National Guard situation in 1949
found Jewish chaplains active in New York and
New Jersey guard units. Many World War II Jew
ish chaplains retained membership in the Active
Reserve. There are 61 in the Army reserve, 11 in
the air force, and 40 in the naval reserve.
When the Korean war broke out, only two Jew
ish chaplains were on duty in Japan. They were
Air Force Meyer Goldman at Tokyo and Army
Chaplain Joseph B. Messing at Kobe. Chaplain
Oscar M. Lifshutz was designated assistant divi
sional chaplain of the Second Infantry Division
and sailed for Korea in July. Front-line press dis
patches have reported that Jewish chaplains, along
with chaplains of other faiths, are working to
boost morale and are aiding the wounded and
dying in the actual zones of combat. Two Chris
tian chaplains have been listed as missing in ac
tion.
Special supplies of religious articles and kosher
food have arrived in Korea and Japan. These sup
plies were rushed to Pacific ports in July by JWB.
Milton Weill, chairman of JHJVB’s armed services
division, has reported that the demand for JWB
services—in camps, embarkation centers, and the
Far East—is tremendous. His trained staff of work
ers and local community-wide armed services com
mittees are again on the job.
V. S. ACTION IN KOREA
AVOIDED NEW WORLD WAR.
REN GDRION SAYS
BY. A. SCHWARTZ
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Correspondent)
TEL AVIV (JTA) —Although the danger of a new world war has
been averted through the action of the United Nations and the
United States in Korea, there is still the possibility of a major con
flict between the United States and the Soviet Union, where most
of the Jews of the world live today.
This opinion was expressed
here this week by Premier David
Ben Gurion addressing the four
day conference of the Mapai, Is
rael’s Labor Party, of which he is
the leader. It is for this reason,
he pointed out, that the people of
Israel owe double allegiance—to
the state of Israel and to the
Jewish people abroad.
The Israel Premier estimated
that intensive immigration of
Jews from various countries to
Israel within the next three years
and the absorption of the immi
grants, will cost about $1,500,000,-
000. To this sum the Israel Gov
ernment is prepared to contribute
one-third, while one billion dol-
Hungary Permits Fifth
Transport of Jews to
- Go to Israel
BUDAPEST, (JTA) A fifth
transport of 362 Jews permitted
to leave for Israel left Hungary
this week. The group includes 89
former officials of Zionist institu
tion and their dependents. They
will sail from an Italian port on
an Israel ship which will bring
them to Haifa.
lars must be raised by world
Jewry through a huge loan out
side of United Jewish Appeal
contributions.
“The state of Israel,” Mr. Ben
Gurion said, “and the people of
Israel are pledged to the supreme
task of receiving and settling dur
ing the coming years the remain
der of the Jews from the Levant
and from East European countries
as long as the frontiers of ftiese
countries are open. This target
calls for a speedy and planned
development of the country on
the basis of maintaining the in
dependence of Israel and Social
ist-Zionist hegemony in the state
and within the nation.”
Scores Left-Wing Group; Says
Population Increase Is Ess'ential
The Israel Premier branded the
left-wing Socialist Hashomer Hat
zair as a dissident group hesitat
ing between socialism and sover
eignty of another motherland.
He warned that Israel is still in
danger, with enemy countries
controlling an area 200 times and
a population 45 times larger than
that of the Jewish state. The
security of Israel, he declared,
must therefore be safeguarded
not only by strengthening the
country’s defenses and by arma
ment, but by an increase in popu
lation. The government’s pledge
to double the population is being
fulfilled in a manner unpreced
ented in Jewish history, he point
ed out.
Finance Minister Eliezer Kap
lan told the conference that two
alternatives are now available to
Israel—restriction of immigration
or rationing of civilian require
ments. He appealed to workers
in the Jewish state to "produce
better and cheaper" goods. He
also warned that the Israel Gov
ernment is considering the frees
ing of all dividends, intensifica
tion of economic controls and
curtailing of imports.
Finance Minister Eliezer Kap
lan told the Mapai conference
that “our main problems are in
tensified production, since, de
spite the growth in population,
output has increased only 16 per
cent. The Israel Government, he
stated, urges manufacturers to
assist in creation of efficiency
factory committees and “will
even resort to legislation for its
implementation, if necessary.
A total of $196,000,000 was in
vested in Israel enterprises in one
year and the investment rate is
gradually increasing, Mr. Kaplan
disclosed. By the end of July,
1950, he said the government's
investment center approved the
formation of 102 new business
enterprises involving* a total in
vestment of $33,600,000, half of
which was contributed by Israel
business men.
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