THE JEWISH

H 1RONICL

MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

DETROIT, MICH., FRIDAY, DECEMBER. 7, 1917

Vol. III. No. 1

LOCAL BOARD FOR JEWISH
SOLDIERS' WELFARE FORMED

Fred M. Butzel Elected Chairman at Meeting Wednesday
Noon—Will Raise $25,000, Michigan's Share of National
Fund, Through Community Union—$1,000 Contributed
for Preliminary Expenses.

Organization of a local branch of for funds, and while lie is very willing
the National Welfare Board for Jew- to do his due , he finds his time taken
ish Soldiers and Sailors was perfected up by the constant appeals. The
at a meeting of prominent members Commun . Union will make one ap-
of the community at the Phoenix Club peal to the individual on behalf of its
rooms on Weduesday noon, December constituent organizations or purposes,
5th. The meeting was presided over and from the common fund will dis-
by Mr. Adolph Finsterwald, who ex- tribute to the various bodies amounts
plained the purpose of the work nn- commensurate with their needs and
dertaken by the national body headed importance.
by Col. Harry Cutler, and supported
The Jewish Welfare Board having
by practically the same elements as received the sanction and support of
are active in the work of Jewish War President Wilson and other impor-
tant governmental officials, is an offi-
Relief.
A campaign for a .national fund of , cially reesgnized body and will re-
$1,000,0(X) is now under way. This ceive as gi'eat co-operation from the
money is needed to carry on welfare Community'Union as any other patri-
work in the many camps in the coun- otic purpo't-. The Jew in Michigan
try for the benefit of the Jewish boys will there ire be asked to contribute
for whom it has been found necessary to this ceqtral organization so that he
to extend distinctly Jewish support. • may at the same time give his aid to
The importance of this work is made all patriotic movements in return for
clear by the fact that the percentage which he is assured of like support
of Jewish boys in sonic camps is as from the general public for the Jew-
high as 40 per cent, as is the case in ish Welfare Board.
Camp Upton, drawing its quota main-I
The officers of the local Welfare
ly from the East Side of New York Board were elected as follows: Chair-
City. In all there are well over 50,000 man, Mr. Fred 51. Butzel; Treasurer,
Jews in the National Army. There is Rabbi Leo al. Franklin; Secretary, I.
no desire to segregate them from the \V. Jacobs.
non-Jews, but it is felt that these men
In order to meet certain prelimin-
are entitled to the opportunity for re- ary expenses of the organization nec-
ligious observance according to their essary for its establishment and ad-
faith and under Jewish auspices. It ministration the gentlemen present
is planned to have from one to ten contributed over $1,000. This contri-
workers in every camp to look after bution is separate and apart front the
every normal want of the boys. The campaign for funds which is planned
Welfare Board thus desires to relieve to begin in February, 1918. The fol-
the small Jewish communities adja- lowing contributions were made: Abe
cent to the camps of the tremendous Schiffman, $100; Adolph Finsterwald,
burdens they have been called upon $100; Frank Brothers, $100; B. Tan-
to bear in entertaining the boys of nenholz, $100; Fred M. Butzel, $100;
Henry Si. Butzel, $100; Julian Krolik.
their own faith.
The state of Michigan is asked to $511; IIenry A. Krolik, $50; Louis Rob-
contribute $25,000 as its share of the inson, $511; Temple Beth El Sabbath
national fund. The enthusiasm with School, $25; Simon Rosenzweig,
which the attendants at the Wednes- John A. Heavenrich, $25; A. 11,,Eollea,
day meeting supported every sugges- $25; Ben Ginsbur, $25; Jos. Keidaa,
tion of the splendid movement leaves $25; Louis \Vett, ,25; Le- O. M. Frank-
no doubt that this sum will he forth- lin. .difton Alexander, $25; Jos.
coming. Inasmuch as a Community L. Selling, $25; Sarasolin & Schetzer,
Union has keen formed in Detroit it $4 5.
is ttletid..d to-so-opeett tliTs
afilititafl' Niallicir eininibutions to
body in the raising of the Jewish this preliminary fund, the following
Welfare Fund, The Community Union gentlemen jointly subscribed to pur-
idea would eliminate a great deal of chase an automobile for Mr.,Edgar J.
duplicated effort on the part of the Drachman, who is in charge of the
various patriotic appeals for funds. It Jewish welfare at Camp Custer, the
includes such organizations as the Red distances between the various units at
Cross, the Y. W. C. A., the Knights the camp being so great that it has
of Columbus and other similar bodies been found almost impossible to do
who must appeal to the general pub- effective work without a machine:
lic for financial support of their wor- Adolph Finsterwald, Abe Schiffinan,
thy aims. The average business man Frank liros., B. Tannenholz and Fred
is approached too often these days Butzel.

MILTON M. ALEXANDER
HEADS STATE BOARD

Don't Forget A Anna! Subscrip-

tions to U lied Jewish
C' Irides

Governor Sleeper Appoints Detroit

Man to Chairmanship of Patriotic

The officers
Ilse United Jewish
Charities call
!ration of all annual
subscribers to
c fact that Mr fiscal
year, NO?,
' .1I on October 1.
1917. Sallie ..ki:altifiaS are still
■ nitstanding, .411 members are urged
to Send in their subscriptions Sore .
The fact that the public is being
caffed upon for many worthy patii.
°tic objects is understood, but it is
neeet.fary at the Sallie (lone 10 main-
tain the local charities as heretofore
The contributions for the fiscal year
1917 will be published in The Jewish
Chronicle in an early issue.

Advertising Commission.

The part that American Jews are
playing in the nation's crisis was '
again emphasized this week with ,,the
appointment by Governor Sleeper,
of Sir. Milton Si. Alexander, of De-
troit, as chairman of the newly creat-
ed State Board of Patriotic Adver-
tising.
The State of Michigan claims the
credit of being among the first, if not
the first, American commonwealth to
recognize the importance of advertis-

Zionists Plan $100,000,000
Liberty Loan for Palestine

Baltimore—At two great meetings
held here on December 2 under the
auspices of the Baltimore Conference
for Jewish National Restoration in
Palestine the declaration of the Brit-
ish Government, promulgated by Mr.
Balfour, favoring the establishment of
a Jewish national home in Palestine,
was unanimously and enthusiastically
approved.
Prior to the submission of the reso-
lution, Jacob De Haas, at one time
the secretary to Dr. Ilerzl, the found-
er of the Zionist movement, said in
the course of an address that in the
near future subscriptions would be
asked to a $1,000,000 fund to be used
. in the creation of the Government in
Palestine. and subsequently a $100,-
000,000 liberty loan would be issued
to provide for its maintenance.
citmo talbest:ie ea rl; s
1Vhile all
dwelt upon thte hebeiP ie riti n t

MILTON M. ALEXANDER.
ing as an aid to its patriotic enter-
prises, and the personnel of the new
board is an assurance of effective
work, all of the men being leaders in
the field of constructive publicity;
Mr. Alexander, who has-;etched
the recognition of...21e. : Jovernor, is

° city's best-known JCR•S,
an n et e lle
°1 1 1 ile still a very young man, has

played an important part in all of De-
troit's Jewish enterprises. He L. a
founder and former president of the
Young People's -Society of Tr role
Path Et. 1.%,!c - P.i..—". - eilet tb•
ll'rith, and chairman of the Educa-
tional Committee of the United Jew-
ish Charities, in which pOsition he
succeeded the late Jacob Brown. Dm-
Mg the successful campaign for the
relief of Jewish War Sufferers he was
one of David A. Brown's right-hand
men, acting as chairman of Advertis-
ing and Publicity.
The work of the new board will be
to assist all patriotic enterprises, fur-
nishing to them the same highly-de-
veloped merchandising talent that is
now available to progressive business
firms. While it will co-operate with
existing advertising bodies it will also
seek to organize local advertising bu-
Flint, Mich.—More than 200 local Noted Jewish Editor and Correspon- reaus where such bureaus do not
already exist, and will make a survey
dent to Tell Story of the War
and visiting guests were in attendance
of the advertising situation of the
in
the
Holy
Land.
at the informal dedication and open-
state for the benefit of its various
ing of the Progress Club, a new Jew-
patriotic agencies.
Of unusual interest to all readers
The chairman is probably the
ish organization, last week at 421 liar-
of The Jewish Chronicle Is the an• youngest war executive in the country.
rison street.
nouncement made by The Detroit
An unexpected feature of the open-
ing of the club was the demonstration Times, that Ilerman Bernstein, of Nev:
given First Lieutenant Eli Rosen- York, will write a series of articles
blum, one of the first members of the In that paper detailing the events of
Progress Club, who arrived home on
the world war in Palestine. No other
a short furlough from the training
camp at Fort Sheridan, Ill., to spend public writer is better equipped to
a few days with his parents, Mr. and handle this Important subject than :s

Per Year, $1.50; Copy, 5 Cents

NEW YORK WAR RELIEF STARTS
WITH $1,000,000 THE FIRST DAY

Campaign for $5,000,000 Fund Begins with Big Dinner on
December 2—David A. Brown is General Director—Presi-
dent Wilson Sends Letter of Support—Two-Week Effort
to end December 15th.

New York—The campaign by which sion of encouragement and good wish-
$5.000,000 is to be raised in New York es which President Wilson sent in a
City by Dec. lb for the Jewish \Var letter to Mr. Schiff, It was read at
Relief Committee and the Jewish the beginning of the program follow-
Welfare Board, working among sol- ing the dinner, by Jacob Billikopf
Biers and sailors, was opened last who is in charge of the national cam.
Sunday with a dinner given at the paign, and is as follows:
Astor by Jacob 11. Schiff, the chair-
1 . 11E WH 1TE HOUSE.
man of the committee, to the cap-
Washington, Nov, 22, 1917,
tains and members of the 45 teams
Sly Dear Mr. Schiff: I under-
which still have in charge the raising
stand that a campaign for funds
of this SLIM in two weeks. In the
for Jewish welfare work among
campaign carried On the country over
American soldiers and sailors is
since :%toil 15 for the relief of Jews
shortly to be initiated in New
suffering in the war zones of Europe
York, under your leadership.
and Asia somewhat more than $6.000.-
From statements which I have
000 has 'teen raised so far, something
previously made, you know how
more than a million of which has
sincere my belief is that the ,
come from Now York.
American public, irrespective of'

The present drive is an effort not
only to raise in New York city alone
in the first two weeks a sum still).-
dent to carry the \\'ar Relief Con-
mittee's total tit er $10,090,000, but to
add to it a million dollars for the work
of the Jewish Welfare ikard, which
is co-ordinating the religious and so-
cial service for Jewish sailors and
soldiers.
The Director General of the New
York drive ispa...7e a
Browa, of
Detroit,wl e ' ^ : s e wonderful work in
the Mich(
campaigns attr:it 'ed the

Alton of Jewish, national lb.
Mr. Brown succeeded in raising ,e ver
.•
from nationalization, Mr. De -Naas $325,000 in Detroit last spring'. ."‘
devoted himself more partifniarly to sum $75,000 in excess of the quota's,
the political significance of the move- under the slogan "Give more than
ment. He made tl!, assertion that not your share," The efficient manner if
only were the mropean Allies hack which Mr. Brown systematized all the
of the t:tiaration, but that this Gov- details of the Michigan thrives made
el anent would in the very near fit- him the logical man for the biggest
"ore announce its endorsement and undertaking of New York Jewry,
vii',Iiiicol fi t illt e
concur in the establishment of a na- teams arc
tional Jewish home.
The speeches were delivered in Eng- work, the diners proceeded to open
lisp and in Yiddish, the great majority the campaign by pledging over a mil-
of the large audience evidently being lion dollars themselves. The list was
more responsive to addresses in their opened by Mr. Schiff with $200,000.
native language. 1 he meeting at the Jacob Wertheim pledged $20,000 if
Hippodrome opened with the sing- nine other gifts of the same amount
could be,„nlitainad,. and with's, a few
oat -0;•t! . 11, a Star. Si., v.:Jed
by Miss Rosenfeld, the large assemb- minutes there were mote than a dozen
lage joining in the chOrus. Sigmund to match his.

Flint Jews Dedicate New Herman Bernstein to Write for
Progress Club.
Local Newspaper.

Mr. Bernstein. Ile is one of the fore.

most Jewish editors and writers In

the country, being the founder of

"Der Tag," a Yiddish daily of New

A no •i \r letter, read by Mr. Billkopf

Sonneborn presided. He introduced
the subject and declared that accept-
ance of the national home did not de-
tract from the patriotism of the
American Jew whose loyalty was dem-
onstrated at this time when Ite offered
to his country his possessions and
even his life.
Ile was followed by Dr. Harry
Frieden•ald, President of the Jewish
President Gives Warm Support.
organization, who concluded by say-
The campaign starts with an expres-
ing: l'I have no doubt that the
prophecies will be fulfilled, and that
we shall again come into possession
of Palestine. We do not have to
prove ourselves patriots, we are First Hebrew Congregation in Dis-
trict Is Formed—To Hold
patriots."
Social December 9th,
Governor Harrington, of Maryland,
paid a warm tribute to the patriotism
Jewish residents of Delray have
of the Jews. Thomas W. Simmons,
Secretary of State for :Maryland, also formed an organization for the pur-
pose of establishing a synagogue in
spoke along the same lines.
that district. The number of Jewish
families in this part of Detroit is in-
creasing, and it is felt there are suffi-
cient families for the formation of a
congregation. The organization is
known as the First Hebrew Congre-
gation of Delray. The officers are:
President, Ignatz Gunsberg; Vice-
President, Jos. Kahn; Treasurer, Jo-
seph Braun; Secretary, A. I'ollak.
A banquet and dancing party will
of forced, haphazard migrations. The be held by the members of the con-
return to Zion will be a well-ordered, gregation on Sunday evening, Decem-
stately homecoming.
ber 9th, at Peninsular Hall, beginning
"The way is now open to a succes- at 7 p. tn. This social has been ar-
sion of practical steps leading to the ranged for the purpose of making all
resettlement of Palestine by the Jew- the members and their families ac-
ish people. Without delay prepara- quainted with one another and to dis-
tions must he initiated that every de- cuss plans for furthering the objects
velopment may be forced to yield its of the organization.
contribution to the national task. Not
the least of us may now be betrayed
into impatience. Events and circum-
stances nuts( be observed with watch-
A large class of candidates were in-
ful wisdom. Our man-power flutist he
assembled; our organization buttress- itiated into the Order of (Penh
ed; the whole sum of our spiritual and on November 27th by the local lodge
material resources made available. A at their meeting rooms in the Ganapol
self-disciplined host count hold itself School of Music. The initiation cere-
in readiness to pluck advantage from monies were conducted by the local
every turn in the course of events. degree team and was one of the most
The national purpose must lie estab- successful events of its kind in the
history of Pisgah Lodge.
lished as the supreme purpose.
Mr. Sam Klein, who acted in the
"The Provisional Zionist Committee
calls on all Jews to enroll themselves capacity of monitor, or head of cer-
in the Zionist organization. Now is emonies, performed his ditties in a
the decisive moment. Alen are need- most impressive manner. Assisting
ed to act; means are needed for effect- him were Charles Rosenthal, Presi-
ive action. All Jews, each according dent; Morris Garveit, Vice-President,
'to the measure of his ',maces, should and Harold Rosenthal, Assistant-
lo their share in the redemption of Monitor.
Israel and the restoration of Israel's
Preliminary work for the celebra-
land. The united effort of Jewry tion of the sixtieth anniversary of the
throughout the world will wrest from founding of the local lodge is well un-
the Goluth the New Zion of the der way. The members are beginning
Prophet's vision."
to take a more active interest in the
anniversary as the date for its cele-
At a dedication of the Community bration approaches.
Center and Ilebrew School of the Con-
gregation
atoi;%iv4
nsahaeShc
ou or of hChicago,
ha
The Boston papers report the sudden
Joseph
announced
caottiiit death of Rabbi Jacob Mendel of South
would
give $2,000 for the
nor ol deediw n i End, who dropped dead while leading
the auditorium
of the Community
y
C
en- the services at one of the minor syna-
gogues.

SYNAGOGUE IN DELRAY

activities."

(Continued on Page 2.)

RUFUS ISAACS BECOMES EARL

Lord Chief Justice of England Re.
ceives Greater Honors From
King.

LONDON—Viscount Reading Lord
Chief Justice, has been created an
Earl according to an official state-
ment.
The Right Hon. Rufus Daniel
Isaacs was created Viscount Reading
of Erleigh in 1916; he had already
been raised to the Peerage in j914
with the title of Baron Reading, and

Calls On All Jews to Support Restoration of Israel's
Homeland.

At a meeting of the Provisional

Zionist Committee held on Sunday,

York City, and the editor of The November 25th, the following minnte
American Hebrew, a national Jewish was adopted as a statement to the
Jews of the United States:
weekly.

Mr. Bernstein has already won fame
as a war correspondent, having been
sent to Europe by the New York
Herald recently to handle the Russian
situation, His disclosures of the no-
torious "Willy Nicky" telegrams which
passed between the ex-Czar and the
"ex-to-be' Kaiser created an Interna-
tional sensation and became the news
beat of the war. Ile has also reported
the Russian revolution and has writ•
ten many articles dealing with the if
fects of the various cbane,s of gov.
ernment in the "freest republic."
Mr. Bernstein's articles on the tea ,
In the Holy Land begin in The Times
next Monday and will continue during
the week. In view of the retest
British SUCCOSSOS in Palestine and the
consequent
declaration of the govern.
COMMITTEE OF TEN SEES
ment famous as the "Balfour state
PRESIDENT.
ment," the articles should be of Ines
Washington, D. C.—President Wil- timable interest to Zionists and all
son received on Wednesday last week Jews regardless of their nationalist
the Committee of Ten, appointed at views.
the recent national assembly of the
three Jewish Nor relief committees. WELL-KNOWN LOCAL BOYS
The Committee of Ten is composed
ENLIST IN NAVY.
of Jacob II. Schiff, Louis Marshall,
A party of well-known young men
Alexander Kahn, Henry Morgenthau,
Abram L Elkus. Oscar S. Straus, Ju- of the Detroit Jewish community left
lius Rosenwald, Judge Julian \V. during the week for the Great Lakes
Mack, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr. Cyrus Naval Training Station near Chicago,
Adler and Felix M. Warburg, ex-of- Ill., where they will enlist in the Radio
ficio. Its omission was to acquaint the Reserve Corps. The party consisted
president with the crying need of food
of Harold Lipsitz, Norman Sillman,
and raiment for the civilian population
of Poland, Lithuania and other coun- Fred Decker, Dave Wilkus and Sher-
ley J. Weinberg.
tries in the war zone.

sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON.

D. Baker to Colonel Ilarry
y Cutler ,
head of the Jewish Welfare Board,
\Vith big banners on the walls car- in which the Secretary quoted the
eying the mottoes of "Five million dol- praise given by Raymond B. Fosdick,
lars and over the top,' "New York head of the welfare and recreation
will do its duty," and "The country work in minty', camps, to the activi-
asks what New York has done; they ties of the Jewish Welfare Board, and
will receive our answer Dec. 16," the adding: "1
y.umc:n
a onl w y too gladto con- .
nine hundred men and women at last
te
ac-
night's dinner gave the campaign a complished, and to wish. you every
splendid running start.
success in the co-ordination of Jewish

STATEMENT OF THE PROVISIONAL ZIONIST
COMMITTEE ON THE BRITISH
DECLARATION

Mrs. Muni-, Rosenblum.
The dedication and opening services
were presided over by Otto Klem-
perer, President of the Progress Club.
Other speakers were Ed Lichtig. of
Bay City, and Ben F. Weiner, Vice-
President of the Progress Club
and Presiilent of the local B'nai B'rith
Society, who told of the beginning of
the club and the B'nai B'ritli Society.
The club rooms, which were
equipped at an expense of over $1,000,
consist of a large rest room and par-
lor, smoking room, dance hall, shower
baths, small kitchen and other con-
veniences.
The officers are: President, Otto
Klemperer; Vice-President, lien F.
Weiner; Treasurer, Morris Rosen-
blum; Secretary. S. S. Pearlstine. The
nine members of the Board of Direc-
tors are Otto Klemperer, II. F. Wei-
ner, M. Rosenblum, L. Lehster, Phil
E. Goodman, Hyman \Vinegarden,
Nathan Chino's itz, 11.G. Diamant and
S. S. Pearlstine

race or creed, should respond lib-
erally to the call for help from
stricken Europe, and I feel confi-
dent that the needs of the Jewish
people in the war zones will fund a
ready response from their co-
religionists in this country.
No less important, in my opin-
ion, is the work of the Jewish
Welfare Board,
Mr, Fosdick,
chairman of the commission on
u
training camp activities, has told
me of its service to soldiers and r
sailors in our training cente,
centers, and
I earnestly hope that you will be,.
successful in your endeavor to
•
raise the necessary money for its
work. The spirit with which our,
,,zoldiers leave America, and their
e •t iciency on the battle fronts of
Eu spa, will be vitally affected by
the I Itaracter of the environment
of ot,t. military training camps„,___. —
amid b the moral stimulus which
they ve received while there.
Assuting you and your associ-
ates of ray warm support of what
e in mind to accomplish,
you

"The declaration of the British Gov-

ernment favoring the establishment in

Palestine of a national home for the

Jewish people marks an epoch in Jew-

ish history. 'File wise and magnan-

imous purpose of His Majesty's Gov-

ernment to use its best endeavors to

facilitate the achievement of the Zion-

ist aim is in consonance With the pol-

icy of the British nation respecting the

Jews. It is in consonance with the
policy of the liberation and protection
of small nationalities, which the En-

tente Powers, including our own Gov-

ernment, have determined shall pre-

vail throughout the world.

'The British declaration is a public

recognition of what the Jewish peo-

ple has ever proclaimed as its historic

task. Israel's perennial aspiration to
re-establish himself in his homeland
is approaching reality before our very
eyes. But only through Jewish valor
and Jewish sacrifice can complete re-
alization be attained. The New Zion
must be built by Jews. And by Jews
it will be built. For from of old the
Jewish people has had a large capacity
for sacrifice, and the vision of the New
Zion will rekindle the ancient courage
and spirit. Every individual interest
will be sunk in the interest of the
nation. The Goluth has been a record

1

Successful B'Nai B'rith
Initiation

■

EARL READING.

made a Knight in 1910. He was horn
in 11100, second son of the late Joseph
St. Isaacs, a merchant in the city
of London. Because of his emin-
ence as a jurist and financier he was
appointed Chairman of the Allies' Fi-
nancial Commission front Great Bri-
tain and France which negotiated a
$500,000,000 loan in the United States
in the fall of 1916. In September,
1917, he returned to the United States
on a special mission from the Brit-
ish War Cabinet to convey informa-
tion, particularly regarding financial
affairs, to the Washington govern-
ment.

The Workmen and Soldiers' Com-
mittees and their organs are calling
attention to the growing agitation of
the Black Hundreds against the Jews.
They appeal to revolutionary Russia
to destroy the anti-Semitic plots and
to remember the part the Jews played
in the fight for freedom.

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