Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 2, 1941 Page: 2 of 6
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THE JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
January 2, 1941
AT N, HENRIETTA SZOLD. AMERICAN-BORN FOUNDER
Of HAD ASS AH, REMAINS AT HER WARTIME POST
By DOROTHY KAHN
r.IMTOK-- XOTK: Da SI. 8mM. rdocstor.
at rnmd fiMUMlrr of Hadwwh slUiinrd her 80th birthday.
____ mmm wtdeU celebrated la Paleatlae where iht la now
___ „ Jawtoh rMBaiaalUea la the l alted State*. A movement to
pa, her tribute bj dedlratlac to her a eeetloa of the Jewish National
raad’e I mlil— Booh—a trtbate dmllar to that recently paid by more
than l.aa* Amerlraa-Jewtah onraaisathMUt and group* to President
D. W-----«♦—be. been launched aa a method of marking
__„tl---V.H-, the Palestine Laad Pnad to acquire more
____far the embattled Jewish National Home.
The writer of this article, aa America* newspaperwoman who
fa now la Palestine, rices aa intimate pen-pint are of Mis* Bsold.
, .. Ik, ererat ir-1— of the Women's Centennial Congress de-
ns one of the notable women of the century .
CARNIVAL
Henrietta Szold, at the age of 80, may be considered among the
oldest members of the fighting forces. At three score years and twenty,
she deserves to sit quietly on the sidelines, viewing the fray from
a distance However, she finds herself in the front line trenches.
The dramatic rescues which Miss Szold conducted, as head of the
Youth Aliyah. are weU known. Just as the curtain of war was dra-
ping over Europe and even afterwards, children were rushed by
rasl plane and ships from battle-torn countries to Palestine. How-
ever Miss Szold rendered another service which is less well known.
Being an old soldier, she is accustomed to taking up her post without
comment Therefore, only a limited few know that, were it not for
the outbreak of war, she would probably have been in Baltimore,
Md.. her birthplace, before her 80th birthday.
In Palestine every possible honor will be heaped upon her on
this joyous occasion. For months ahead the youth in the settlements
have been cultivating the special flowers to be sent to Pension Romm,
Jerusalem on that day. Although winter, roses will come from
Ghlilee Were a novelist writing Miss Szold’s life, this celebration
the Holy City would be most fitting. But as Miss Szold’s life is
being lived rather than dramatized, the celebration in Baltimore
wtiuld have been more fitting. This celebration—and the quiet years
to she has sacrificed. This is her bit as a member of the
fighting ft****.
Mias Szold’s allegtamee to America is not a secret. She did not
migrate to Palestine in the 'teens as a Halutza, afire with the wish
to forge new paths of life for heraalf. She came here at the age of
0Q to forge new paths of life for others. In the back of her mind was
the belief that eventually, when her job was done, she would return
to her family and to the country whose culture and language she had
imbibed for sixty years of her life.
"I have been silent for twenty years,” said Miss Szold recently on
tin* anniversary of her arrival in Palestine. Despite her fluent com-
mand of Hebrew, she never leaves a public platform without an ache
in her heart, imagining how she might have made her point in English.
About ten years ago. Miss Szold was preparing to return to America.
At the last moment she was requested to join a committee in aid of
the German refugees. Her plans to return to America were delayed.
She had another task to do. Then she would return to Baltimore to
rest with her nieces, nephews and friends.
Her work with the refugees evolved into the Youth Aliyah of which
was appointed the head. Now there was no chance of returning,
rolled around. The Youth Aliyah was a well organized tmd
mg project which, she felt, could stand on its own feet Her
’* work which she had been arranging in volume form, were
I The arrangements for the disposal of her Foundation Fund,
about completed, after many delays. Now the time was nearing
lot her return and her rest.
Then came the outbreak of war. Visiting Americans began to leave
Palestine for home and family. Who knew when all connections
with America might be severed. It was time for “All aboard who
are going abroad." Miss Szold might have gone with them. But the
arrangements for the Foundation Fund were not entirely in order.
Besides, her departure might be misinterpreted by those in the Yishub
who did not know of her long considered plan to return eventually.
This was no time to give the impression of “running away," even if
it were a false impression.
There was a scramble for ships, for trains, for planes, as the last
tourists sought accommodation to bring them home. Some of them
called to bid Mias Szold goodbye; they explained the complicated
routes which would bring them eventually to New York or San Fran-
clsco She listened; asked questions. She wished them a happy
journey. And she sent regards. She stood behind her desk, straight
a* a soldier, just sending regards, but inwardly thinking—who knows
when and how the present conflagration which separates continent
from continent and sister from sister, will end?
And so she gave a parting wish and sent regards. Her visitors left
:n a flutter of nervousness about tickets and accommodations and
luggage. Yes. they would bring her regards to America.
The last ship was leaving. The last plane. Miss Szold’s friends
gathered in cliques to talk behind her back. How might they persuade
hek to return? If Palestine became an active theatre of war, she should
etiyoy the safety of America, and she deserved the re-union with
her family which had been so long delayed. If she did not leave
n«w. who knew when it would be possible to return? They used every
ptxwer of persuasion, but to no avail. She had taken her decision.
The mails deteriorated. Months elapsed between one and the next
letters. "That's how I feel now when I send letters to America.”
Miss Szold has another job to finish before she can return to Balti-
more to rest; to see the war through. On the night of her eightieth
birthday she will be sitting in the “black-out” which characterizes
war But those who know are warmed by the light of the courage
wtyich prompted her voluntarily to miss the last ship from Palestine.
Hebrew Free ...
(Continued from page I)
Lotus Goldberg. L Shapiro, Dr.
M Levinson. Louis Bale. Morris
Catchman. Sam Freedman. J. B.
Greenfield. Pine us Juran. Harry
Mgltz. A. Peters. Ben Proler, Mor-
ris Rauch. Harry Pulaski, Sam
Rosenberg. Abe Sampson. J. L.
Sandier. Alex Schwartz. H. Ved-
liti. D. Bialkewitz. H. Evans. S.
Juran. B. Klein. Cantor M. Land-
m4n, N. Ulman, Zalmon Lewis. S.
Rottenzweig. Rabbis Max Geller
anti Sanders A Tofield."
The annual meeting, announced
Ms Rosenberg, is open to the
public and all interested in this
type of philanthropic endeavor
Step this way, ladies and gen-
tlemen! Let the dark-eyed lady
predict your future! Is It fame
that awaits you? Perhaps Holly-
wood is knocking at your door! or
maybe you will learn whether
your fate is blond, brunette, or
both.
All this information is yours
for the asking at the CARNIVAL
and BAZAAR to be held in Mon-
tefiore Hall on Sunday, Jan. l»th
from 4 p. m. until ? sponsored
by the Women’s League of Tem-
ple Beth El. Ticket books are now
on sale.
Bring out the whole family for
a solid evening of good fun. There
will be games for young and old,
games to test your skill, stunts
galore, and prizes and surprises
by the dozen. You can get every-
thing from “Nasherie” to supper,
and we guarantee to remove your
troubles and cares, moles, warts,
and fallen arches due to over-
eating.
BETH JACOB NEWS
122,000 JEWS EMIGRATE FROM
AUSTRIA SINCE ANSCHLUSS
are invited to be present. The
meeting will open promptly at
2:00 p. m.
Cichy—Oscar Gruesenberg, who
gained international renown as
chief of counsel in the famous
Mandel Beiliss ritual murder trial
in Kiev, has died in Nice, it was
reported here today.
Gruesenberg also represented
such famous figures as Maxim
Gorky, Milyukov and Leon Trot-
sky in political cases and repres-
ented Jewish interests before the
Senate Tribunal on the Kishineff
pogrom. While a resident of Lat-
via, where he moved after the
Bolshevist revolution, he was a
member of the Jewish Agency
Council He had been a member
of the Senate in the Kerensky
Government in 1917.
Beth Jacob Congregation held
a successful Chanukah program
for the children of the Sunday
and Hebrew Schools on Sunday,
December 29th, 4:00 o’clock in
the afternoon in the Synagogue
Auditorium. An interesting pro-
gram was arranged with all of
the children of the classes parti-
cipating. Officers of the Congre-
gation and the Sisterhood and the
Rabbi extended greetings to the
children, their parents and visit-
ors.
Following the program a chili
supper was served by the ladies
of the Sisterhood, under the sup-
ervision of Mesdames Morris Nel-
kin and Dave Steinberg. The
evening was concluded with the
playing of Chanukah games and
a cake walk.
• * *
Beth Jacob services: Friday,
Jan. 3 at Sunset and at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, January 4, 8:30 a. m.
and at 5:00 p. m.
FRENCH SCIENCE BODY
VOTES TO CONTINUE AID
TO JEWISH SCHOLARS;
NEW BANS BY NAZIS
Vichy—An important scientific
body in occupied France has vot-
ed to continue support to Jewish
scholars, it was reported here to-
Nday, as the Nazi authorities took
further action to oust Jews from
the fields of science, entertain-
ment and commerce.
Scientific Scholarships in France
voted, 29 to 1, to maintain all
scholarships held by Jews for
the next year.
This action came as the Ger-
man authorities forbade Jewish
scholars to publish articles sum-
marizing their research in scien-
tific periodicals and books in oc-
cupied France. The periodical
Ann ales de Physique, which was
suspended for publishing articles
signed by Jews, was authorized to
resume on the condition that there
be no Jewish collaborators.
Meanwhile, all cinema and
stage actors in the occupied zone
were ordered to prove their
“Aryan” origin. Jewish and
half-Jewish actors will be elim-
inated.
“Aryanization" of Jewish busi-
ness enterprises was also begun
in the occupied zone. “Aryan”
supervisors were appointed for
the more important Jewish en-
terprises.
London—Jews have been for-
bidden to enter non-Jewish busi-
nesses in the Turek district or to
walk on Lublin's principal street,
according to the Litzmannstaedter
(Lodz) Zeitung, Nazi organ in
Poland.
THE JEWISH
HERALD-VOICE
Houston, Texas
Published Every Thursday
1414 McKinney Are. Fx. MSI
D. H. White___President & Editor
W. M. White______Business Mgr.
Lazar Goldberg___Asst Bus. Mgr.
Subscription Two Dollars Per Yr.
Entered as second class matter at
the Post Office at Houston, Texas,
under the Act of March S, 1B7».
New York—A city without Jews is the grim reality which is
rapidly overtaking Vienna, with only some 48,000 Jews remaining
in the city since Austria was incorporated into the Third Reich in
1938, Joseph C. Hyman, Executive Vice Chairman of the Joint
Distribution Committee, disclosed today. A report received by the
J. D. C. from the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, central Austrian
Jewish welfare organization.
vealed that during the first year
of warfare (September, 1939-
August, 1940) over 16,000 Jews had
left Austria. Of the original
Austrian Jewish population of
180,000, about 122,000 Jews have
emigrated since the Anschluss.
Excess of deaths over births ac-
counted for the remaining popula-
tion shrinkage.
Of the Jews remaining in Vien-
na, nearly two-thirds are women,
Mr. Hyman further indicated, and
a little over 3,000 are children
under 18. Over 10,000 men and
women are within the age limits
suitable for emigration.
Analyzing the destinations of
those already emigrated, the re-
port showed that 28,000 went to
the United States, about 8,000 to
Palestine, over 11,000 to Central
and South American countries
and over 20,000 to other overseas
lands. More than 54,000 Austrian
refugees sought asylum in various
countries throughout Europe,
where large numbers of them
still remain.
With the application of the Nur-
emberg laws in Austria, confisca-
tion of Jewish wealth and prop-
erty and the total absence of
economic possibilities for Jews, it
fell to the Kultusgemeinde to or-
ganize programs of relief, emi-
gration and social welfare. During
August, 1940, the last month re-
ported on 30,600 needy Jews re-
ceived cash support from the
Kultusbemeinde, while soup kit-
chens served close to 400,000
meals. In the same month, 6,400
people were given medical aid,
while an additional 500 were sup-
plied with clothing and furni-
ture. Nearly 3,300 children were
cared for in orphanages, nurseries,
boys’ and girls’ homes or through
assistance to children still living
with parents; 840 aged people and
741 invalids were cared for in
institutions. Thousands of adults
and children participated in vo-
cational retraining courses sup-
ported by the Kultusgemeinde,
including agricultural reorienta-
tion.
“The equivalent of $598,000 was
appropriated by the J. D. C. for
the work of the Kultusgemeinde
during the first twelve months of
warfare,” Mr. Hyman said. “None
of this money was remitted to
Austria in the form of American
dollars, however. As in the case
of all German territories, the J.
D. C. expends its funds through
a financial clearance arrangement
so as not to aid the German econ-
omy. Through this arrangement,
J. D. C. dollars remain outside
German lands and are employed
to pay transportation costs of
emigrating refugees. The pros-
pective emigrants deposit equiv-
alent amounts in Reichsmarks
with the central Jewish welfare
organization in their homelands—
in the case of Austria, the Kul-
tusgemeinde. The Reichsmarks
thus obtained help to finance in-
ternal programs of relief and wel-
fare.
“The J. D. C. is called upon
today to supply an increasing
share of the internal requirements
through this clearance method.
Before the outbreak of the war,
assistance was also rendered to
Austrian Jews by British Jewish
organizations who are today na-
turally unable and unwilling to
lend aid to the enemy. The or-
ganized local Jewish community,
too, was at one time able to supply
a large part of the needs. This
is no longer true. Those indi-
viduals who still possess modest
means must stretch them out to
cover an indefinite period. Only
when they are ready to emigrate
will Austrian Jews, deprived of
any possibility of earning a liveli-
hood, give up their funds to the
Kultusgemeinde.”
Mr. Hyman pointed to the rap-
id diminution of local resources
as indicated through a comparison
of the number of needy Jews in
August, 1939, and a year later in
August, 1940. “In 1939, when
Austria had a Jewish population
of about 67,000, the Kultusgeme-
inde granted cash support to
31,364 persons, or about 47 per
cent of the population. A year
later, when the Jewish popula-
tion had been reduced by more
than 18,000, it would seem logical
that the number of needy people
would be substantially reduced.
Nevertheless, the number of per-
sons requiring cash support was
substantially the same, and their
percentage rose to over 63 per
cent”
Z. O. A. ISSUES NEW
INFORMATIVE MATERIAL
Washington, D. C.—The publi-
cation of new and revised propa-
ganda material in conjunction
with the nationwide membership
drive launched by the Zionist Or-
ganization of America for use by
Districts in furtherance of their
enrollment efforts is announced
by Rabbi Isadore Breslau, Z. O.
A. Executive Director.
This material, which has been
prepared under the direction of
the Membership Department, of
which Mr. Morris Margulies is
National Director, includes pam-
phlets containing articles on vital
Zionist and general Jewish prob-
lems by Justice Louis D. Brandeis,
Dr. Solomon Goldman, Pierre van
Paassen and Ludwig Lewisohn.
Another pamphlet of considerable
informative value is one con-
taining the texts of statements
made by five consecutive Ameri-
can Presidents—from Woodrow
Wilson to Franklin D. Roosevelt
—endorsing Zionism; a Zionist
manuel of special interest to new
members has also been issued.
Many community centers and
congregations throughout the
country will display an attractive-
ly designed poster appealing to
American Jews to join the ranks
of the Zionist Organization. Cop-
ies of these posters are being for-
warded by the national office to
Zionist Districts as well as to all
Executive Directors of commun-
ity centers and Y’s everywhere.
A large number of Directors of
centers and other social and com-
munity institutions have warmly
responded to the personal appeal
which Mr. Edmund I. Kaufman,
Z. O. A. President, has recently
addressed to them, soliciting their
cooperation in the effort of the
respective Zionist Districts in
their localities to augment the
numerical strength of the Zionist
Organization. In many congre-
gations too, the Rabbis have nam-
ed members as “minute men,” to
work in close harmony with the
local Zionist leadership.
The new pamphlets and other
propaganda material issued will
serve to supplement the cultural
and educational material that is
being published by the Z. O. A.
Department of Youth and Edu-
cation headed by Dr. Samuel
Blumenfield. It is in keeping
with the program of the Zionist
Organization to conduct an in-
tensive propaganda and educa-
tion activity to the end that the
message of Zion reach every Jew-
ish home and to make Palestine
the concern of every American
Jew.
Ambition, like a torret, ne'er
looks back—
And is a swelling and the last
affection
A high mind can put off; being
both a rebel
Unto the soul and reason, and
enforceth
All laws, all conscience, treads
upon religion.
And offereth violence to nature’s
self.
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