THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
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Vol. II. No. 12
DETROIT, MICH., MAY 18, 1917
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Detroit Responds to Call For Help
JEWISH WAR SUFFER-
ERS' RELIEF WORKERS.
Sunday, May 20, there will
be held the first big meeting of
those who are going to work
during the campaign to collect
funds.
There are many men who
want to join us in this work
and we sincerely hope they will
accept this notice as an invita-
tion.
Sunday afternoon, 3 o'clock,
Temple Beth El.
Detroit Committee for Relief
of Jewish War Sufferers,
DAVID A. BROWN,
General Director.
When the several hundred
workers start out next Wednes-
day, May 23, to secure funds for
the Jewish War Relief, they are
going to find a very receptive at-
titude on the part of the Jewish
public.
Ever since the announcement
of the campaign was made, there
has been a constant stream of
calls from people all over the city.
There's a spirit of readiness to
give, that should gladden the
hearts of both the giver and the
worker.
Detroit's action of subscribing
$100,000 in less than thirty min-
utes has traveled around the
country like wild fire ; letters of
congratulation have poured in
from all over the country.
From May 23 to June 3 is go-
ing to be red letter days in the
history of Detroit's Jewry; for in
these few days we are going to
place ourselves on record as never
before as a generous community,
ready to respond to the cry of
the suffering, as a community
whose heart is a Jewish heart,
anxious to respond to a Jewish
call.
We are glad to announce the
names of the executive committee
who will be in actual charge of
the campaign, and we hope next
week to publish the name of every
worker.
Executive Committee.
Rabbi Aishiskin
Milton Alexander
David A. Brown
Mrs. David A. Brown
Capt. Julius Berman
Fred M. Butzel
Henry M. Butzel •
Campaign For $ 2 5 0,0 0 0
Fund For War Sufferers
Begins Wednesday, May 23
Executive Committee For "Big Drive"
Represents All Jewish Elements
"Give MORE than your Share
Leo M. Butzel
Louis Cohen
Israel Cohen
Louis Dann
N. Davies
L. Duscoff
Rabbi Eisman
Clarence H. Engass
George Epstein
Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich
Mrs. Henry M. Fechimer
Henry Fechimer
Adolph Finsterwald
Dr. Leo NI. Franklin
Mrs. Leo M. Franklin
William Friedman
M orris Friedberg
Jacob Friedberg
Harry Frank
Samuel Frank
Walter M. Fuchs
J ulius Freud
Hugo A. Freund
Boris L. Ganapol
Bernard Ginsburg
Sol Gittletnan
Mrs. Flora Goodman
1 saac Goldberg
Mrs. Isaac Goldberg
iriani Goldman
I. Goldman
(Continued on page 7)
An Appeal To the Jewish Women
of Detroit
The campaign for the collection of $10,000,000 for our
needy and suffering co-religionists in the war zone is on, and
as you doubtless know, Detroit's quota to this sum has been
placed at $250,000.
Of this amount, the Jewish women of our city have been
asked to collect $25,000, and we feel, although the sum is large,
we must make a concerted effort to fulfill these expectations.
Within a very short time, every Jewish woman of Detroit
will be called upon to do her share ; many of them to help in
the collecting, all of them to give.
Are you ready ?
At the luncheon given at the Statler Hotel on Tuesday
last, with only a small percentage of our Jewish community
present, $100,000 was subscribed ; $8,500 of this amount was
given by women and the liberality of both men and women
on this occasion will serve as an incentive to others to do
likewise.
Regardless of the fact, however, that your husbands, fath-
ers or brothers have given, or may give munificently, we know
that at such a time as this, every woman will want to donate
something in her own name, or that of her children, or perhaps
of some beloved departed one, to relieve the dire want of our
suffering brethren.
Be ready, then, to answer the call!
Give freely of your time, your services, your money, to
this cause, so that we, the Jewish women of Detroit, may have
reason to be proud of each other and the community in which
we live.
FLORA GOODMAN,
Vice-Chairman, Jewish Women's Collection Committee.
The Charity That Knows
No Creed
The wide appeal to help the starv-
ing Jews in blood-drenched Europe
has touched the hearts not only of
the Jews of America but also people
of every creed and race
The following letter was received
by Herbert H. Lehman, treasurer of
the American Jewish Relief Com.
mittee, and deserves particular men-
tion because of its source:
J. S. MURROW
Missionary Among Indians 60
Years-82 Years Old
Under God's Direction Founder
of
Murrow Indian Orphans' Home
Bacone, Oklahoma
Atoka, Oklahoma,
April 20th, 1917.
Mr. Herbert H. Lehman,
Treasurer.
• Dear Sir:
_1 am not a Jew. I am an old
worn out Christian-Indian mis-
sionary—a Baptist.
Your God is my God. Your
Father, my Father. Your peo-
ple arc my Master's people.
Your brethren are my brethren.
My means are small but my
heart greatly rejoices because
of this privilege of sending the
enclosed one hundred dollars
for the relief of the suffering
and starving Jews in Europe.
Sincerely,
J. S. MURROW,
Atoka, Okla.
THE AMERICAN JEWISH
RELIEF COMMITTEE .
For Sufferers From the War
42nd Street Building
30-42 East 42nd Street, N. Y.
Room 304-5
April 30, 1917.
Dear and Reverend Sir:
With all my heart I give you
thanks on behalf of millions of
suffering and starving fellow
Jews in European war countries
to some of whom your gener-
osity will bring help—to all of
whom your message will bring
the balm of healing.
You write that your means
are small—so much the greater
your gift and new meaning to
the Fatherhood of God and the
spirit of human brotherhood,
which have moved you to per-
from this act of brotherly sym-
pathy and love. Your word and
your work, alike, have so heart-
ened my associates and myself
that, acting in your spirit, we
shall arouse our people through-
out the land eagerly and re-
joicingly to serve their suffer-
ing brothers and for them to
sacrifice even as you have made
a sacrifice.
With deep appreciation of
your gift and gratitude for the
spirit that has moved you to
serve- my people as your people
and my brothers as your broth-
ers, believe me
Faithfully yours,
HENRY MORGENTHAU,
Chairman.
Mr. J. S. Murrow,
Otoka, Oklahoma.