THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company.
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Michigan's Only Jewish Publication.
Editor
SAMUEL J. RHODES
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sympathy with those Jews who try to force themselves into places
where they know in advance that they are not wanted. \Vc are es-
pecially disgusted with that group of our co-religionists, to be found
everywhere, who Ilattct themselves that they are sufficiently unJewish
in appearance and manners to be admitted even where their fellow
Jews are not acceptable. But with such people no advantage is gained
through argument or through an appeal to self-respect. The very fact
that they are willing to go where they are tolerated and not welcome
indicates a basic lack of self-respect.
And so, in planning for their vacation, Jews and Jewesses should
be warned in advance that there are some places where people of the
Jewish faith are not wanted, and they should give such places a wide
berth. in nine cases out of ten, they are not resorts which Jews,
accustomed to live in cleanliness and comfort, would care very much
to patronize.
The Lure of the Open
It is one of the signs of the times for which we are deeply grate-
ful, that more and more, in common with his neighbors, the Jew is
becoming a follower of outdoor sports. The country club, in prac-
tically all the larger communities of the country, is gradually displac-
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1916.
ing the city club where, with the exception of those rare occasions
when the women were invited, the chief pastime of the men members
was at cards and other games of chance. We say this not in criticism
Exploiting the Jew
of the ordinary social club, though we feel that most Jews join in the
It has been one of the elements of tragedy in the history of the sentiment that it is a good thing that the Jew is spending more and
Jew that he has been exploited in every country and in every century more time in the open, and is finding his pleasure in such games as
by those. with whom he came into contact. In antiquity, history tells golf, tennis and the like, rather than at the gaming table. In these
us, he was compelled to build treasure cities for his masters who days especially, when the speculative instinct is abnormally developed
whipped him for his pains. The labor of his hands they set up as in the business world, it is highly desirable that men should turn to
monuments to their own greatness. In the Middle Ages, when the games involving physical alertness rather than to those which have in
Jew was excluded from all the trades and professions, and when he them a large measure of the speculative element. Let us yield to
was literally compelled to follow the single trade of money-lending the lure of the open. It will help.us physically, mentally and morally.
as a means of gaining his livelihood, petty princes and impecunious
aristocrats delved into his purse in order to keep up their own ap-
pearances, and then damned him for the aid he gave them.
In our own time, Jewish trade is eagerly sought after by those
A Striking Letter to the Editor
who are leaders in the business world, but though taef trade and
barter with the Jew to their advantage, they exclude him frequently
The following letter received by the Jewish Chronicle is printed
from social intercourse with• their wives and daughters. Indeed, it is without comment :
an unpleasant fact that there has never been a time when in some "Samuel J. Rhodes, Esq.,
Editor, Jewish Chronicle :
fashion and by some group, the Jew has not been used for purposes
of exploitation by those who were unwilling to grant him even a
"A volume under the title 'The Detroit Jewish Society Book' has
recently made its appearance, having been distributed to advertisers
modicum of fair treatment.
However, in our own time, a new species of exploitation has therein. Its publisher, according to the title page, is Mr. A. Pouts
shown itself. In this instance the offender ,comes not from without, chek. Typographically the volume is exceedingly creditable. How-
but from within the ranks of Jewry. All sorts of schemes are devised ever, beyond this nothing may be said in favor of the volume. A very
to enrich individuals at the cost of the Jewish community as a whole. superficial glance at its pages reveals several striking facts. In the
One of the most usual of these is the solicitation of advertising for first place, though- purporting to contain a directory of all Jewish
publications supposedly representative of the Jewish life of a com- organizations in the city, it is noteworthy that the hook contains no
munity, but in which in fact the Jewish community as such has abso- directory of such organizations as the United Jewish Charities, Con-
lutely no interest. Solicitors for advertising in publications of this gregation Shaarey Zedek and Temple Beth El, as well as all organi-
sort resort to all sorts of schemes to gain their ends. They tell pros- zations affiliated with the Temple.
Moreover, in the reading matter there is a hopeless confusion and
pective advertisers that unless they support the publication in whose
many
absolute misstatements of facts. The English is in many in-
behalf they are soliciting, the Jewish people of the community will
stances
written without regard to grammar or rhetoric, but this is a
boycOtt them. These and similar stories are frequently heard.
For the protection alike of the Jewish community and of the minor matter, of course. A number of biographies of more or less
advertising public we warn advertisers generally to look carefully into prominent Jews—most of them less prominent—is included, but the
the character of any publication for which their support is asked, on selection was haphazard, as may be instanced by the fact that at least
the ground that such publication reflects officially or unofficially the One former citizen of Detroit is included among the active men of the
sentiments of the Jewish community, and that its support or non-sup- city, though he has been dead for a considerable period of time. The
port will be pleasing or displeasing to the Jewish community gen- title page and the introduction to the volume is taken bodily, with the
erally. The form of exploitation of the Jew referred to, is becoming change of the word Cleveland to Detroit, from the Cleveland Jewish
Society Book, a very creditable publication that was gotten out in the
all too frequent. It should be stopped at once and for all time.
city of Cleveland last December by the Jewish Independent Publish-
ing Company and copyrighted by them.
"However, the promoters of the Detroit volume have been ex-
ceedingly successful in their advertising campaign, and if the adver-
Planning for Vacation
tisers are satisfied with results, the rest of us can certainly afford
This is the season of the year when people begin looking forward to be."
A. J. LEVY, 'fuller Hotel.
to the leisure four or six weeks which the summer shall bring, when
they will be, able to put aside their daily cares and occupations and
give themselves over to rest and recreation! Correspondingly the
Hyphenated Judaism is as objectionable as hyphenated American-
time is almost upon .us when rabbis and editors of Jewish papers will
be deluged with letters of protest because this or that summer hotel ism. Leti lis hear less of Reform Judaism and Orthodox Judaism and
has replied to applicants for accommodations, (in polite terms, of a great de7I more of plain, unqualified, unadjectived Judaism.
course), that no Jews arc welcome.
It goes without saying that the editors of the Jewish Chronicle
A magnificent synagogue without worshippers is a body without a
are as heartily disgusted with the resort proprietors who are so
bigoted and narrowminded, as anyone can possible be. But nonethe- soul. We lay too much stress upon fine buildings and too little upon
less they wish also to say with some emphasis that they are not in the uses to which they are put.
at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of
Entered as second class matter March 3, 1916,
March 3, 1879
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