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Vol. II. No.

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DETROIT, MICH., OCTOBER 12, 1917

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United Jewish Charities Holds Shaarey - Zedek Congregation Makes
Great. Progreis in Past Year
Eighteenth Annual Meeting

All Officers Re-elected—Loss of Jacob G. Brown and Abraham D. W. Simons Re-elected President For Tenth Time—Tribute
Paid Rabbi Hershman, Who Will Celebrate His Tenth
Benjamin Mourned—Clinic Report of Low Infant
Year With Congregation Soon. Fifty New
Mortality a Feature—Progress in All
Members Added During Year
Departments Reported

The annual meeting of the members efforts the Congregation had grown
President's Message.
The annual meeting of the United
Joseph
L.
Selling,
President
of
the
of
the Shaarey Zedek Congregation in numbers and influence.
Jewish Charities held on Wednesday
Rabbi Htrshman will shortly round
Charities, delivered an interesting re- held last week was one of the largest
evening, October 10th, at the Hannah
out his tenth year of service, and the
Schloss Memorial Building, marked port on the general work of the year. and most enthusiastic in its history.
Over 150 members were in attendance anniversary of his installation will be
Pie eighteenth year of communal ac- He said:
fittingly celebrated, a committee for
We have concluded a successful and heard of the wonderful progreis
tivity of this worthy institution. The
that I urpose being appointed.
year
if
we
measure
our
success
by
made
during
the
past
year,
the
most
reports of the officers and heads of
.
The report of the financial status
the various departments disclosed a our means. Had we more funds at successful so far.
For the tenth time Mr. D. W. Si-
of the Congregation was very satis-
most satisfactory progress in the field our disposal we could have done big-
yf social service, and emphasized the ger, better things. Our collections for irons was elected to guide the Con- . factory. Receipts during the year to-
gregation through another year as tailed $29,000, the disbursements •be-
'peed of greater co-operation on the the year were about $40,000.00.
het me call your attention to the president. In spite of his protests ing $28,000, $5,000 of which was paid
part of the public in helping the or-
ganization widen its spheres of in- amount raised for organized charities that the responsibilities of this hon- on the mortgage principal. •
ored office be transferred to a younger
I e reports of the activities of the
fluence, consistent with the growth of of Jewish communition in other cities;
man, the members were unanimous in Hebrew and Sunday schools were ex-
000
Pittsburgh
collections
the city.
their praise of his administration, and ceptionally encouraging, The increase
' All officers were
were re-elected unani- Cincinnati collections
90,000
voted
to retain him as the head•of the
in membership of the Congregation
mously for the ensuing year, and few Cleveland collections
96,000 Congregation. Responding to the hon- necessitates the creation of more
St. Louis collections
changes were made in the Board of
You will observe that we received or bestowed upon him, Mr. Simons classes and increasing the present
Directors. The untimely and tragic
death of Jacob G. Brown, Vice-Presi- much less than any other city of traced the development of the Con- ones.
'tient, was the subject of deep regret about equal size. This, despite the gregation through the ten years of his
Plan ,, for improvements on the new
by all who spoke. The death of Abra- fact that we live in the most rapidly tenure of office, and expressed his gra-
of the Congregation, located
barn Benjamin, Secretary of the or- growing and prosperous city in this titude to those members who worked
with him from the time that the Con- out Woodward Avenue were made.
ganization, was also lamented. The blessed United States.
In conformance to the decision of
Services of these departed workers
As matters stand, we have been able gregation
claimed
but
160 members
to the Union of Orthodox Congregations
the
present,
when,
according
to
the
re-
‘vere of inestimable value, and the loss
to relieve poverty, but not to cure it. port of the secretary, the names of of America, a uniform prayer book
of their personal influence in the or- This
can only be done with two tools:
ganization and their capacity for ad- Money and Effort. Effort has not 420 families arc enrolled on the mem- will be used in the Shaarey Zedek ser-
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ininistrative detail leaves a void that been lacking, but money has. I look berships lists, 50 new members having vices.,
Reports
of
the
activities
of the La.,
will not be filled for a long time.
forward with much hope to our new joined
the tribute
year. Mr.
Simons
paid a during
glowing
to the
splen- dies' Auxiliary Society, the Young
board
of officers
and create
directors.
I ex-
Clinic Reduces Mortality.
pect that
they will
an era
of did work of Rabbi A. M. Hershman, People's Society and kindred auxilia-
The most interesting feature of the
who also had served ten years with ries of the Congregation showed a
meeting was the report of Dr. J. Ros-
the Congregation and through whose wonderful increase. The co-operation
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enthal, head of the free clinic. His
of the administration was pledged to
further the work and influence of the
statement that the mortality rate of lb
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.1,1111
children under one year of age treated 1.24/,/
auxiliary
societies.
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by the clinic reached the extremely 14-1 11 .
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The election of officers for the con-
fel
low rate of 3.07 per thousand, while
ing year resulted as follows: Presi-
the mortality for the same class of
dent, D. W. Simons; vice-president, A.
infants in the city was 112.8, astounded
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Jacobs; secretary, Moses Steinberg;
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all those who heard it, and has al-
r1. 2 treasurer, Isaac Shetzer.• Trustees,.
By MOSES JOSEPH
;ready created widespread discussion
(new), David Stocker, Samuel Frank,
',among physicians and laymen. The
Robcrt Lowenberg, Louis Cohen, Jo-
work of Dr. Robinson and his asso-
When reason surrenders to passion
seph Ehrlich. The holdoVer trustees
ciates, Drs. Metzner, Schiller and
ar, Harry B. Keidan, Max Lieberman,
And hatred encircles the earth;
Levy, in charge of hospital work, is
Aaron Klein, A. Jacob; Louis Granet,
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a glowing tribute to the high cffii-
When men sow the seed of waste and of greed,
William Friedman and Louis Wein.
fel
ciency of the free clinic. The report
And
wickedness
sees
a
new
birth;
ve■
was all the more remarkable in con-
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When justice, it seems, is forgotten,
sideration of the fact that the cases
BRANDEIS TO HEAD PEACE
.brought tinder its observation -are
Shall I, then, forget its worth, too?
BOARD?
those from the congested districts.
Oh
God!
By
thy
Might
thou
must
lead
me
aright,
where infant mortality is usually high-
Rumored That Distinguished Justice
est. Most of these cases, however,
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Will Be Appointed Soon.
came to the clinic suffering from
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NIL/
some ailment, and thus represent the
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very poorest material from which to
Shall murder be ever exalted?
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Washington—On the theory that in
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draw any general conclusion. The
time of war a nation should prepare for
Shall
rapine
be
ever
judged
right?
clinic has exerted a tremendous in-
peace, the administration is grooming
fluence for raising the professional
Shall power to kill control human will?
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two distinguished Americans to sit at
re
treatment of sickness on the East
the peace table as experts.
Must
man
be
ruled
ever
by
fright?
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Side. The practice of vaccination to
fe •
One is Justice Louis Brandeis of the
Shall honest thoughts be still unspoken?
prevent whooping cough has become
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United
States supreme court, and the
re
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practically universal through the
Shall
I
to
myself
be
untrue?
other
is
Colonel E. M. House, of Texas,
work of the clinic, The thoroughness
I e
friend to the administration. Appoint-
No! Rather to die than to live and to lie,
and close attention of the physicians
ment of Mr. House already has been
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in the clinic is attested to by the fact
Because I am a Jew.
announced and it is reported in well in-
that out of 3,286 cases treated during
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formed circles that Brandeis will be
MLA
the past year, there were only 10
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publicly
named soon.
deaths reported.
The ages have brought me their message;
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According
to this report, Brandeis cut
rilf
Financial Report:
The God- of my- Fathers still reigns,
short his vacation in the Adirondacks
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The financial report - read
and came to Washington at the sugges-
The pains and the tears of hundreds of years
Fred M, : Butzcl shoWed• the receipts
tion of the president. He began equip-
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for the year to be $45.478.06 and the
Are gone, but their message remains.
ping a library in an apartment at Stone-
disbursements,'.$45;377.71, $4,650 was.
leigh Court with all data available on the
For
Israel,
is
still
God's
own
people,
-
contributed.. to charities" outside -the
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Balkans,- Austria, Prussia, Poland, Fin-
Though Time and its setting is new;
:city, such _.as .-the.. Hebrew -Orphan
land and Russia. •
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Asylum':".ttiberrulosis -•hoSpitalS, -
better
day
nears;,
I
will
east
out
my
fears,
A
In other wOrdS; the eastern section of
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Mr. birtief :errrphasized' the :: need' of
the
map -has been assigned to Jus.,
Because
I
am
a
Jew.
The institirtionlor more funds; antlex.:
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Brandeis as a subject on which to
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pressed the hope that the corrinirinitY•_
make himself an :expert. The western
respond to any appeal that the
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