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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

lest their names be instantly included in the roster of Zionists and among
Issued Every Friday by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company
those pledged to support the creation of a Jewish state.
ANTON KAUFMAN
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President
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In this connection the Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia in its latest

issue, writing under the heading "New Zionists," says:

JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

Detroit Needs a "Federation
for the Support of Jewish
Philanthropic Societies"

"The fact that Jacob II. Schiff has made a very large contribution tm
the Zionist Fund. is taken IT the adherents of the movement as a definite
By Jacob Nathan.
acceptance of Zionism on his part and as a re-causation of his vigorous
opposition to the nationalist doctrine. It does not necessarily follow,
There
is
a
lesson
for
Detroit
in the and perhaps by the time this article
Offices 314 Peter Smith Bldg.
however, that this is the correct view, Mr. Schiff has shown in the course
simultaneous publication in the De- is published the 50,000 goal will have
of his career that he is interested in all things that help to promote the
Phone: Cherry 3381.
troit Jewish Chronicle of the list of been reached. Such is the reward of
cause of Judaism and to improve the condition of his fellow Jews. • • •
subscribers to the United Jewish a plan that lias everything to com-
These men are not converts to nationalism in the sense in which the term
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN,
Editorial Contributor
Charities, and the news articles on the mend it and nothing to condemn it.
is used by I/r. Lewin and his followers."
What does this mean to I)etroit?
Even the late 1)r. J. Leonard Levy, whose antagonism to pilitical inspiring campaign in New York for
All correspondence to insure publication must be sent in so as to reach this
the Federation for the Support of It points the way for a similar organ.
Zionism was expressed in the last pulpit address that he deliv ered a few
office Tuesday evening of each week.
ization in this city, though, of sours,.
Jewish Philanthropic Societies.
days before his (heath, was included among the Zionists by a recent
The former emphasizes Detroit's not on so large a scale. 1)oes not the
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of nterest to the
pitiful showing made by the report of
speaker, much to the displeasure of those who stood nearest lit Dr. Levy weakness.
Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the views
The latter emphasizes New York's the United Jewish Charities indicate
during his lifetime.
the necessity fur a more organized.
expressed by the writers.
greatness.
Methods such as these are reprehensible and they indicate on the
\Vitt' the campaign scarcely over more compact, central organization?
part of some of the leaders of the movement tendencies that cannot fail for the $5.000,000 1Var Sufferers' fund,
Many Detroit "Slackers."
Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1915, at the PosteflIce at Detroit,
\Vhile of course there are doubtless
to react upon Zionism to its own hurt. Coming from one who is in which David .\. Brown, of Detroit,
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
rendered invaluable assistance, New hundreds in Detroit who make animal
tisoN+ 011 • in opposition iii the Jewish stale idea and if , the nationalistic York immediately plunged into a new donations to charities and philanthro-
interpretation of Jewish history, these stricture's may not lie kindly campaign, this time for the support of pies other than the United Jewish
received Iiy Z
- ionists. lilt ill a time when as never before there is need its own home institutions, setting ('harities, yet even that does not ex-
cuse the ridiculously small number of
In the course of the dedicatory exercises at the Jewish Shelter I 10111 • for unity in Israel, honest criticism should be accepted in good spirit no $5,041.828.41 as the goal.
\\'ill New York accomplish this?
last Sunday, one of the speakers took occasion to emphasize the fact matter whence it emanates. .Niter all, there are interests which all Jews Most assuredly. The success of the subscribers to the present central or-
ganization. Nor does it excuse the
that while the need of organized charity is beyond question, there is hold in common that must take precedence to our minor differences,
W campaign was presaged by the exceedingly small sum total of the
likely to be lacking in it the personal touch which is the one thing to he and that these may be forwarded, each party in Judaism must bear initial meetings held in leading New subscriptions.
York hotels at which Jews of every
Lel ITS say that there were approv •
said in favor of the older method of alms-giving.
patiently with the others.
shade and division literally stormed in n ately 7111) subscribers to the Unio d
The close contact between rich and poor, which has been eliminated
the doors for admission.
lewi•11 Charities and the total of dim

Subscription In Advance

$1.50 per year

Unorganized Versus Organized Charity

by scientific charity, was, in the last analysis, of greater benefit to the

An Opportunity to Serve

The Federation Plan.

AN'llat is this wonderful New York
giver than to the recipient of the gift. Brought face to face with pov-
Many are the Jewish young men in this country who, exempt from plan that should mean so much to
•rty and suffering, the individual giver could sense in a way that to him
Detroit? Simply this:
now is utterly impossible the feelings of the poor man. Thus his sym- military service for one reason or another, would yet gladly serve their
Instead of a multitude of collec-
pathies would be awakened and his desire to help teas deepened.
country in such ways as may be open to them. One such opportunity tions for a multitude of charitable
While there can he no question as to all this, neither can it be doubted is offered by the Jewish Board for Welfare Work in the U. S. Army and philanthropic institutions, a Fed-

that the loss thus occasioned by the organization of charity and the

application to it of the scientific method is more than compensated by

erati.al is being formed which will

and Navy, in its search for young men to take up the supervison of ii ci- collect in one single campaign all the
fare work among the Jewish boys in the various camps and canton- money that the several scores of in-

the permanent and constructive results that are made possible under the ments throughout the country.

new order of things.
The Board has established a training school for those desirous of
Nor do we in saying this unqualifiedly concede that scientific charity taking up the work and an earnest appeal is made to young men here
as such of necessity relegates the personal clement into the background. and elsewhere to enroll themselves for this important and necessary

Quite the reverse. That philanthropy fails of its purpose which treats branch of service. In some sense, the work to be done by the Jewish
its subjects as so many cases to be carded and catalogued, the human \Velfare ‘Worker corresponds to that undertaken by the Voting Nlen's

factor being altogether forgotten. Nor is it likely that because a worker Christian Association, with which organization the Jewish worker always
is scientifically trained for social service that he or she shall, by that co-operates very closely.
token, lose any degree of human sympathy. Much depends upon the
The Jewish Board for Welfare Work is now so financed that it can

personality of the worker.
On the other hand, unscientific charity. dispensed without proper

undertake the work that needs to be done throughout the country upon

a fairly generous scale, but without workers it cannot succeed in carry-
investigation of all the circumstances of the beneficiary. and without the ing forward to realization its splendid purposes.
objective purpose of ultimately making the individual self-helping, while
In these days when service has become a sacramental term, no young
it may satisfy the vanity and still the conscience of the giver, may re-act
man who is at all physically fit should be content to be counted among
for evil and not for go o d upon him evil° receives the gift. Unquestion-
the shirkers or the stragglers. Some, because of minor physical defects
ably there are rare cases when a little immediate relief in the form of
or because of having dear ones dependent upon them, must claim exemp-
a
temporary
condition
of
food or shelter will tide a worthy person over
tion from military service as such. But the work tinder the Welfare
dependence. But such cases are not as frequent as many imagine. Nor
Board is of such character that they could serve there.
does scientific charity that is so frequently criticized for its lack of
el that volunteers for this work will be forthcoming.
t.,
,
ane•••,,
•
of service in these times that will count for
• itches
But it de•Coote'!' • !•
•!:
• , or Jewish boys at the front the comfort and help to
,
fegiiig them to IWS,Ci.,,!11t.
- Aled at the hands of their co religionists.
ant kggar by giving him c attlift,i.
:
otif
bi,••
-Isl. for t!'-•

stitutions will require in a twelve-
month period. These institutions
have declared that they will need $5,-
0.1,828.41 for the coining fiscal year's
operations. So a federation of 50,000
members is formed and this vast sum
will be collected and distributed to
the various organizations.
what does this mean to the Jew
who is charitably inclined? It means
that he can give once and not be mo-
lested fur the remainder of the year.
It means that under the Federation
plan he will not have a collector at
his door every few hours. It means
that instead of giving little because of
his impatience with the whole sys-
tem, he will give more in one lump
sum and he will give it with greater
cheer and satisfaction, at that.
\\lett does it mean to the institu-
tions themselves? It means that they
have the backing and sympathy of an
entire community. It raises many of
them to the dignity of recognized
charities and philanthropies. it gives
them prestige and it gives them cour-
age to work for still greater things.

•ol..eriptions was approximately $-1.;,-
000. THERE ARE NoT LEss
THAN T \\'ICE THAT 700 I1IENI-
11142S IN THE 'nvo LEADINt
IF. \VISH RELIGIOUS ()12GANIZA-
TIONS OF DETIZOIT. \Vlien I say
"members," I mean in a broad sense,
those who pay dues regularly, thus,.
who are "seat holders," and those
who are fairly regular in their at-
tendance without either of these con-
nections.
So what becomes of the thousands
of other Detroit Jews who 'give abso-
lutely nothing to the United Jewish
Charities? What becomes of the hun-
dreds of members of other religious
organizations in this city? Is it their
defense that they maintain and sus-
tain other charities and philanthro-
pies?

Need of Federation in Detroit.
\Vhatever their answer may be,
there is not a single valid argument
against combining all giving for chari-
ties and philanthropies into a single
unit. The United Jewish Charities
needs far more than $45,000 a year to
adequately perform its functions.
\Vere the mark to be set at $100,000,
and were we M add to this the needs
of all other charitable and philan-
thropic institutions in our Jewish
community, the sum total could he
raised as easily as the much larger
total is being raised in New York.
All this, of course, provided we had a
central federation that would devote
its energies to the collection and fair
distribution of funds rather than
bickering and quarreling over the
•
value of certain organizations (la the
community.
Detroit has demonstrated that it
has Jewish leaders sufficiently big and
alert and liberal-minded to inaugurate
and carry through such an organiza-
tion in this city. Let its be through
with the repeated solicitations for the
constantly growing number of insti-
tutions. all of which doubtless deserve
support. If Detroit will be asked to
give once each year, it will give more
liberally and our institutions will re-
flect a real Jewish Communal life.

All Jews Unite in Work.
This Federation movement has
united the Jews of New York as noth-
ing ever has tended to unite them be-
fore. Under the able leadership of
Felix M. \Varburg, president of the
Federation, and men of the stamp of
Abram Elkus. Jacob 11. Schiff and
their manhood and to regain for them their self-resf s'
others of national renown, Jews of
It is not intended by all this, however, to imply that some )17;aniza-
every shade—orthodox, reform, rad-
Military Laws Concerning the Needs of Jewish Soldiers
tions not conducted along scientific lines do not fulfill a useful function
ical, conservative, non-observing-
have flocked to the meeting places
in the community. Take fur instance the Jewish Shelter Iltime which
(Continued From Page One.)
and cheered the workers on with their
this week dedicated its splendid edifice in this city. This institution,
ed. The law had previously, September of the five who are kook% II to have memberships, their money and their
among the oldest of Detroit's Jewish charities, extol a hzal of help 29, 1859, exempted rabbis and candidates reached this rank. In this respect Aus- enthusiasm.
In one single year the Federation
to many a poor wayfarer stranded and suffering, and by giving him food for the ministry from regular army tria, while reactionary in many other
and shelter for a day or two, it frequently gives hill the courage to go service. and only afterwards assigned ways, was far more liberal. The Jew grew from 9,000 to 21,000 members,
a
them
to
chaplain
duty.
The
famous
Hoenig was made lieutenant on the bat-
out and seek for a means of livelihood. Utterly discouraged, many
scholar William Bailer, whose prema- tlefield of Aspern in 1809. 111aPie Simon
He then
British army. The first general, II. Sel- break of the great war.
man enters the doors of this institution who goes forth with a renewed ture death occurred December 25, 1913,
Brisker was as early as 1849 ranking
igman, attained his rank in 1916. Yet went to France, where he edited an
courage and with an earnest desire to make a man of himself.
served in this capacity (luring the war officer of the garrison of Venice. Ed-
the British community provid61 for a anti-war paper in Russian. Finally
While not affiliated directly with the Unite:I ley. ilzh Charities, the in Bosnia, 1878. Attempts made in Prus- ward von Schweitzer rose from the regular army service held on Hanukkah he was expelled and came to this
sia in 1866 to have Jewish army chap- ranks and was appointed major general
Shelter Home co-operates closely with the officers of this organization,
for years. These services Were under country by way of Spain and Cuba.
lains appointed was turned down by the in 1904, being the first Austrian Jew to
the direction of a voluntary army chap- In New York he lived for a few
and so far as it consistently can, acts upon their suggestions. The war department.
reach this rank in active service, :and
lain, Michael Adler, who since this out- months as a poor exile, do rag sonic
Situation in France.
Adolph Von Kornhaber, was during the
officers of the Jewish Shelter Home are to be congratulated upon the
break of the present war, ubtaiued a journalistic work and lecturing, until
France svas after Austria the first present war appointed lieutenant tield
regular army commission, and was the Revolution of March called hint
progress indicated by the dedication of their new building:. They should country to order the Jews to do mili-
marshal]. There is no doulA that at
joined by some assistants.
Lack. the is a brilliant writer, a man
have the support of the generously inclined Jews of the community.
tary service. 'heir rise was quite rapid. great number of promotions to high
For soldiers in the field service can- of broad education and culture. He
The consistory ascertained in 1797 Jew- rank took place in Austria and Ger-
ish soldiers in a impulation of less than many during the last two years, since not be held regularly, nor can they be is a Jess-.
The head of the Russian delegation
80,000. Euchel Nordmann of Metz en- mail from these countries was given kosher food, or leave of absence
for holidays. It is, ho•evr, a general to Brest-Litovsk is another Jew', NI.
tered the army as volunteer in 1788, be- stopped.
rule
that
on
the
high
holidays
and
on
were
made
citizens,
rose
Joffe,
concerning WI10111 we know
At a recent Zionistic meeting held in the City of Washington, Mr. fore the Jews
Attitude of Germany.
Passover soldiers are given furlough nothing more. Another member of
The religious life of Jewish soldiers
Simon Wolf was declared by one of the speakers to have become a Zion- to the rank of captain and was decorat-
ed with the legion of honor in 1793. was no concern of the liennan war ad- and on Passover the opportunity to pro- that delegation is Michael Pavlovitch,
ist, and the declaration was heralded by the public and secular press as In 1800 he was wounded seriously and ministration until 1870, when three chap- vide themselves with Mazzot. In time s a deep and versatile student of inter-
proof that even those Jews who had consistently stood in opposition to invalided. In 1871 Leopo!il See rose to lains were appointed. Adolph Lewin, of peace states allow to Jewish soldier ' national affairs, an authority on affairs
the rank of genera], being the first Jew, afterwards rabbi of Freiburg I.11.. Isaac a certain equivalent for their rations, i f in the Near and Far East. \Ve under-
political Zionism were turning en muse to the movement.
probably in any artily to attain such Illumenstein,*afterwards rabbi of Lux- they eat kosher. None of these rules stand that he took part as a volunteer
the
land
to
another
as
Mr. Simon Wolf is known from one end of
rank. In 1906 four Jews served as gen- emberg, and Herz Elwin:inn, subse- are fixed by law. The well-known pic- in the Persian Revolution, some ten
the Chairman of the Board of Civil and Religious Rights of the Union erals, not including five others who had quently rabbi of Baden, Switzerland. ture of Jewish soldiers worshiping on years ago. For several years past he
died or were retired. While so many They were not salaried and had no rank, Yom Kippur before Metz is fiction, but lived in Paris, earning his livelihood
of American Hebrew Congregations, and as one who, perhaps more than
Jews had risen to high rank in the army but were given the privilege of chap- the last three years of war will un- as an industrious and versatile con-
any other single individual, has for the past quarter century and more, the first notice of any provision for lains in ministering to Jewish soldiers. doubtedly, when their history comes to
tributor to Socialist periodicals in va•
through his influence at Washington, safe-guarded the rights of the Jews their religious rip•'s, is reported in 1870, !hiring the present war both Austria be written, and let us hope it will be nous countries. Ile also is a Jew, but
when three caj..ains were appointed. and Germany had a large number of soon, furnish us many noble manifesta-
not a Bolshevik.
throughout the world.
They served evidently only (luring the Jewish chaplains who ranked like Chris- tions of religion, the most heroic of
Another man connected with the
Standing as lie has always stood in uncompromising oppositon to the war, but in 1878 a regular chaplain was tian chaplains, were salaried and ob- which is the death of two French chap-
lains in the performance of their duty. Bolshevik Ministry of Foreign Affairs
creation of a Jewish political state, this declaration of his change of appointed for the garrison in Paris, and tained all the privileges of other chap-
in 18111 the law provided a Jewish chap-
(Copyrighted by "The Jewish Corre- is Karl Radek, who was reported as
:latitude was very embarrassing to \1r. Wolf and compelled him to issue lain for every garrison. numbering 30,- lains at the front, when they arranged
irking a prominent part in the discus-
spondent.")
for services.
sions with the Anstro-German delega-
a statement in the public press once more defining his position. His (X)0 soldiers or more.
The most phenomenal rise in army
tion in Petrograd. Mr. Arthur Ran-
The present German empire dates service occurred in Italy. In 1860, when
communication to the press reads as follows:
some, the English cm - respondent, de-
from 1871. The various states which the kingdom of Italy was formed, there
"1 exceedingly regret that the article in last evening's Times (Wash-
Some
Bolsheviki.
scribes him as "a little, light-haired,
formed the present empire introduced was only one Jewish lieutenant who had
ington) credits me with being a Zionist. I am today, as I have been in
spectacled goblin or brownie, with
military service at different times. Prus- won his commission by his conduct in
the past, and as I expect to be in the future, an American citizen of Jewish
sia. the largest of all, subjected the Jews the war of 1859, in which Jews distin-
incredible intelligence and vivacity."
faith, who looks upon the United States as the Palestine of his people,
(Front
°"' Editorial
in America " lielirew)
to conscription in 1812, when they were guished themselves on all battlefields.
he told the correspondent "with
or any other country where equal rights arc accorded, not only to the
now that the democracies of w ee ,.
made citizens. During the war of 1813, Garabaldi's famous "1000 of Marasla"
how discomfited the Germans
Jew but to every limnan being. I sincerely hope that the German methods
of propaganda are not being used to bolster any cause, no matter how
the first in which Jews served, several numbered three Venetian Jews, one of the \Vest :ire ready to enter into were when they learned that the Rus-
friendly relations with the Itolslieviki, stall delegates had protocols not only
were
given
commissions,
but
only
one,
whom Enrico Gusstalla, ranked as col-
meritorious.
may not
stated to the party who called on me that if to be a good
"" 6 " l 0 " p " few of the Reichstag proceedings, but also
Mom Burg, remained in the army, ris- onel. Still the military academies were.
"I distinctly
S i i t n
Y regarding some of the Russians
Jew, who had for seventy years worked for humanity and notably for his
ing to the rank of major, being the first closed to them until 1861.
of the secret sitting of the Budget
Nleantime
one, but not otherwise. 1 have
who
have
had
a
hand in the Brest• Committee. Before the war Radek
own people, was to be a Zionist, then 1 was
and remaining the only staff officer who one Jew, and an observant Jew at that,
always permitted each human being to have his own conviction, and
was a professing Jew. In 1878 condi- Giuseppe Ottolenghi, was minister of Litovsk negotiations. And we hope worked in Germany as a journalist.
claimed for myself the same privilege. I am opposed to a Jewish state
tions were similar but not a single Jew war, the only known case of this kind. it will be understood that we neither An amusing thing about him is that
in Palestine. The Jew, according to my conception, is the gulf stream,
Was an officer in the regular army. For religious services Italy did not pro- praise nor blame, but are merely re- he is not even a IZussan citizen, but
coursing through all the nations, and to establish a separate autonomy
a few facts concerning the
From 1883 until the outbreak of the vide until she entered in the present war, cording
would in my judgment be a calamity. Agriculture and economic colonies,
representatives of a party which is an Austrian subject. In fact, lie is a
present war Jews were not even pro- when four chaplains were appointed
learning, and all that appertains to happiness, are all no doubt
Galician Jew.
Bolshevik
schools of
no
w
regarded'
as a pouter
w
in the world.
moted
to
the
rank
of
officers
in
the
re-
desirable, but not a political state. I regret exceedingly to be compelled
which, considering the small number of
T
j oai ;
unconventional
tic v ti r g
Concerning Leon Trotzky all sorts institution!
serve. In this respect Bavaria formed Jewish soldiers, hardly more than 1,500,
to make this statement, but my well-known position makes it imperative
of strange stories have been afloat.
an exception. The rank of officer in the is very liberal.
_
to do so."
Andn
try to see with your
'Set he should have been tolerably well Office
is now
obviously
It is, we believe, an unfortunate mistake on the part of the enthusi- reserves was always open to them, and
England had until thirty years ago so
mind's
eye
Count
Czernin,
the
great
astic leaders of Zionism to attempt to read into their ranks for propa- one, Carl Ilenie, reached even the rank few Jews, and in addition, not having known. He was mu leader in the Reno•
o s t ay w ith ou t. of colonel in the regular army, although conscription, there was little to lie done tuition in 1905. In fact, he was then Austrian magnate, and Baron von
ganda purposes those who of their own choice w ish t
it is sail to state, he converted to Chris- for the welfare of Jewish soldiers. President of the Council of Labor Kuhlmann, the haughty Prussian
Many men of influence and leadership there are who sympathize with tianity. after his retirement. In the Joshua ISIontetiore (1762-1841) was the Deputies, which for a time controlled d:ploniat, facing these men at the con•
one phase or another of the Zionistic program, but %elm, knowing what medical sersice, where Prussia also had first Jew to win a commission in the Petrograd and considerable sections Terence of Brest-Litovsk—revolution•
some Jews, Bavaria allowed them to
of Russia. When the counter-revohu- fists, liolsheviki, Jewsl Truly, the
has happened to their colleagues who have expressed the slightest sym- , each the highest rank Surgeon-General
Isaac Illumengtein, referred to by
Dr. Deutsch, was the brother of the Inc Mrs. tion triumphed. lie escaped and lived great war has turned this world topsy.
Julius
Stein,
who
died
in
19(15,
is
rine
pathy with any phase of the movement, hesitate to express themselves
Jacob Siegel, of nctroit. — H.
in Germany and Austria until the out- turvy!

Mr. Simon Wolf Declares Himself

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