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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
Congregational News
TEMPLE BETH EL NOTES.
1 SHAAREY ZEDEK NOTES -
Sabbath Services.
Sabbath services will be held as
usual this week, at 10 o'clock, Rabbi
Franklin officiating. The solo for
this week will be rendered by Miss
Myra Cohen. Services will be con-
ducted throughout the summer.
Red Cross Sewing.
The ladies of the congregation con-
tinue to meet in the parlors of the
Temple each Tuesday to sew for the
Red Cross Society. All are urged to
assist.
Saturday morning services begin at
9 o'clock. Rabbi A. M. Hershman will
deliver his weekly sermon, beginning at
10 o'clock.
WAR RELIEF COMMITTEE CO-
OPERATES WITH MISSION
TO EGYPT.
To Open Negotiations With Turkey
for Relief of Jews in Near East.
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FLINT B'NAI B'RITH RECEIVES
CONGRATULATIONS FROM
WAR COUNCIL FOR
RED CROSS GIFT.
Flint, Mich.—The local lodge of
B'nai B'rith honored itself and Flint
Jewry by setting a precedent and a
standard by coming forward as the
first of all fraternal organizations of
this city with its pledge of $500 to
the Red Cross fund. The following
telegram of congratulation from the
war council at Washington was sent:
"Benjamin F. Wiener, Flint, Mich.
—The members of the War Council
arc glad to accord special recognition
to the Independent Order B'nai B'rith
of Flint, Mich., for their patriotic and
generous spirit. We congratulate your
splendid society for its admirable spirit
of sacrifice and service.—Daniel A.
Reid, secretary of War Council."
The announcement by the State De-
partment of the purpose of the mis-
sion on which Ex-Ambasador to
Turkey Henry Morgenthau and Pro-
fessor Felix Frankfurter of the Har-
vard Law School, now assistant to
Secretary of War Baker, are about to
depart for Egypt, has occasioned great
stimulus to the work of Jewish war
relief. The fact that Mr. Morgenthau JEWISH JUDGE "TEMPERS JUS-
TICE WITH MERCY."
is actually to visit Egypt and will en-
deavor to establish direct communi-
Chicago, Ill.—Judge Joseph Sab-
cation with the Jews of Palestine,
caused the Joint Distribution Com- ath, who recently was compelled to
mittee of the Funds for Jewish War sentence a prisoner to hang, succeed-
Sufferers, representing all war relief ed in raising enough funds to allow
undertaken by the Jews of America, the man to carry his case to the Su-
to hold a conference with Mr. Mor- preme Court.
The story came out when the Su-
genthau, with the object of discussing
how best to alleviate the condition of preme Court handed down a decision
the 8,000 Jews, many of them Ameri- reversing Judge Sabath and granting
can citizens, expelled from Jaffa. The a new trial to the prisoner. •
"All my life," said the judge, "I had
Joint Distribution Committee in de-
ciding to give Mr. Morgenthau un- dreaded the prospect of being called
limited authority to act in behalf of upon to sentence a man to death. It
the War Relief Committees here, at was my first murder case. But under
the same time, determined to place the finding of the jury I had no alter-
at his disposal as large a sum as may native. I wanted him . to have -the
be required and which will be ex- benefit of a Supreme Court ruling. I
had the state's attorney's office fur
pended at his discretion.
The Joint Distribution Committee nish a certificate of the evidence and
has been sending $45,000 per month induced several friends to finance the
to Palestine for a very long time and appeal."
Judge Sabath favors a law provid-
recently' voted an extra appropriation
of $50,000 to be forwarded at once to ing for county or state aid for pen-
assist the people who had been ex- niless persons to make appeals where
capital punishment has been ordered.
pelled from their homes.
Felix M. Warburg, chairman of the
Joint Distribution Committee; Louis CHICAGO JEWS TO ENTER-
Marshall, chairman of the American
TAIN EMISSARIES OF REV-
Jewish Relief Committee; Jacob H.
OLUTIONARY RUSSIA.
Schiff; Judge Julian W. Mack, Dr.
Washington=Chicago will have the
Cyrus Adler; Rabbi M. Z. Margolies; opportunity of entertaining the Rus-
Rabbi Nathan Krass; Dr. Stephen S. sian Commission which is in this
\Vise; Miss Harriet B. Lowenstein; country bearing the new republic's
Leon Kamaiky, chairman of the Cen- war pledge to the United States.
tral Relief Committee; Alexander
The invitation was presented to
Kahn, chairman of the People's Relief Ambassador Boris Bakhmetieff and
Committee, and Albert Lucas, secre- the commissioners by a committee
tary of the Joint Distribution Com- from Chicago consisting of Judge
mittee, were among those who dis- Fisher, Dr. H. A. Frankel, I. T. Fein-
cussed the matter. with Mr. Morgen-
gold, Nathan N. 'Kaplan and Morris
than.
Berg. They went to the State De-
Explaining the situation at this time, partment on last Saturday morning,
Mr. Lucas, speaking for the committee accompanied by Congressman Adolph
yesterday, said:
J. Sabath of Chicago, by whom they
"It has been . impossible, since the were presented to Assistant Secretary
dispatch many months ago, of the Breckenridge Long. J. Caffery of the
cruiser De's Moines and collier Caesar State Department presented them to
with medicines and supplies for the
commission.
Jews of Syria and Palestine, and the Ambassador
Bakhmetieff expressed
which have never been delivered, due his appreciation of the invitation. He
to the international complications, to talked with the committee nearly an
provide the needed relief. It is be- hour on his delightful impression of
lieved that Mr. Morgenthau and Prof. the sentiment in this country toward
Frankfurther will be enabled, from the new-republic, .particularly of the
Egypt, to open negotiations with the Russian Jews. He was optimistic re-
Turkish government , which will result garding the future of Russia.
in securing permission to forward
food and : other supplies to the Jews
of Jaffa, Jerusalem and elsewhere. It ed steps will be taken at once to raise
is hoped that they will be able to re- it here. It is known that Jews through-
establish the Jews expelled from Jaffa out the United States will be impelled
and elsewhere in their homes, and to to give with greater alacrity because
accomplish this a very large sum will of the knowledge that Mr. Morgen-
be needed. This money will come than and Prof. Frankfurter are to go
from the $10,000,000 fund the Jews of to Egypt on-this mission. It is hoped -
America are now engaged in raising that permission may be granted them
as their contribution for 1917 toward to visit the stricken territories under
war relief, and if a larger sum is need- Turkish domination, in spite of the
fact that the United States is engaged
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