America Yewisk Periorileal eatia. CLIPTON AVENUE • CINCINNATI 10, 01110 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION VOL. 111. NO. 15. Dr. Friedlander Denies Rumors Of Resignation DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1918. Y. M. H. A. SPONSORS AT TEMPLE BETH EL SEDER FOR STRANGERS "Uncle Sam's Boss Buyer" SOLDIERS AND STUDENTS Annual "Students Day" Has Been Provides Opportunity to Young Meg and Women Without Homes to Changed to Include Soldiers— Special Service March 24. Says He Will Go to Palestine As Member of Jewish Com- mission Under Auspices of American Red Cross. To the annual Students' 1)ay pro- gram, at Temple Beth El, there will this year he joined proper provision for the brave boys who have donned the khaki. The name of the day which has been set aside for the en- tertainment of the young men will be known as Soldiers and Students' Day, and will be celebrated at the Temple on Sunday, March 24th. Since the last Student Day was The Joint Distribution Committee held many hundreds of the young of the American Funds for Jewish men, who otherwise would be stu- War Sufferers, which at the request dent guests or hosts, have joined the of the American Red Cross suggested colors, and today are serving their the name of Dr. Israel Friedlander of country in Prance, on battleships, the Faculty of the Jewish Theological and - in training camps throughout Seminary of America to be the Jew- the country. Not a few are sta- ish representative on the Commission tioned in close proximity to Detroit which the Red Cross is sending to —at Camp Custer, Selfridge Field, Palestine, met yesterday afternoon and fort Huron. and received the following communi. All Students Will be Present. BERNARD W. BARUCH. Cation front Dr. Friedlander: These soldiers, as well as all of Through his recent appointment as the Jewish students at Ann Arbor. Mr. Felix M. ‘Warburg, chairman of the \Var Industries Board, and in attendance at the Agricul- Chairman Joint Distributing arh becomes one of the most tural College at Lansing, have been Mr. Bm Committee powerful figures in carrying on the war invited to come to Detroit as the Dear Mr. Warburg: for the Coned States. He previously gusts of the Temple Beth El, and Yon have undoubtedly read certain statements in the pu bl ic pr ,„, toes _ had charge 1 of the purchase of the raw of its members on Soldier and Stu- Mining the propriety of sending me material for the United State, and den , ray. z and it is expcctl'd' that as a member of the Red Cross expo- Allied countries. The War Industries sev e ral hundred will avail thems e lves sition to Palestine on the ground that Huard ha, been reorganized and has the opportunity. service in Temple m y sympathies were not pro-British. been given vastly increased p o wers to A, the morning IS ELECTED MEMBER- AT-LARGE OF J. D. C. Celebrate Passover. The Young Nlen's Hebrew Associa- tion will again be host at a Seder tlie first evening of the Passover. This Seder is exclusively for Jewish young men and women who have no home of-1 libations in Detroit and who have no opportunity of attending the l'assover first evening feast. but year the Y. NI. A. Inid covers fin- nearly seventy persons and this year preparations are being made for about one hundred. The Seder follows the ritual in every detail and the repast this year will even surpass that of 1917. The Seder has become a function of vital importance to the Y. NI. 11. A. Its first attempt,along this line HIV: SO gen. entity commended that the tirst thought in connection with this season's event was to make it a still more useful one to the community. Per Year, $1.50; Copy, 5 Cents. WILL EAT MATZOS "OVER THERE" Pre, reports from France state that an order has been issued in the .knierican 1:xpeditionary Forces pro- viding that matzos shall be served to the Jewish soldiers from March 27 to April, coveting the Passover holydays. The matzo, will be served instead of the regular daily ration of sixteen ounces of bread. This is the first time in the history of the Am- erican Army that rations have been twiddled to permit individual denom- inations to observe their feast days. I nsgnficant i i efforts directed to their col tivatiou, rival the vineyards of this world. The possibility 14 a tremen proven over duos export trade has been been prOVe :mil over again in the last decide by the exportation of large shipments of or- anges from the plantations of several Jewish colonies, under the name of the Jaffa orange, .Nceording to all indications, therefore, Palestine is primarily a land of :igricul- off the west WII0 view' that MM. country through the eyes of descriptive matter, and have studied deep into the potentialities of Palestine from the farm- er's viewpoint. have come to look upon it as a large iiiituresque garden, fanned by comparaioely equable temperature. wonderfully adapted by numberless na- tural advantages to the very best kind of intensive farming. The inhabitant must speak Arabian. Hebrew is next in A charge of one dollar per plate is made to those attending. Thk, how- ever. does not COyer co-t. I.a.t year the deficit was made up by is single in- dividual who realized the genuine good of a Seder to so many young men and wometi without home environment. A higher charge per plafe j. not made, be- cause upon many, a chargeni: more than a dollar would prove a hardslol' '‘' RP l I must indignantly repudiate this control the output of American Indus- Beth El, 1)r. Franklin will preach a an actual liar to their attendance. Nli. ce, then Yiddish and French. allegation. As a self-respecting man tries during the tear. special sermon fur the e young men, Nathan, ',resident of the Y. M. H. A., miportan of fact, we i an readily ap- As a lif„t:rr Nlr. Baruch is a big man mentally and and in the evening a reception and states that the iwganization itself will prec,,,,,, . I should never hate dreamt of ac- s linguistic require- what' 'site , six feet three en lie Stand Public Physically. cepting the task of acting :t tertainent m will be provided by finance the Seder thi- year out of its toots should be v: 'en tut remember in a capacity in a land subject to British inches in height. He has a fondness for the Young Peoples' Society. I'resi- meager treasury unless a volunteer offer what a cosmopolitan tiopulation exists athletic -port, std excels in several , of ride were this, even in the remotest Y ,, ,leaf d Frank of the Young Peoples' "f ass istance is made. there. degree, to conflict with my innermost them , Ili' re'""'k"I'le career iii \‘'au Society, has announced the person- Place tickets will lie sold Sunday From a historical, cultural ,and an _reet teas i essentially a selling career ni,i of a committee to arrange for morning, at II o'c l oc k at Shaarey Zr'- idealistic standpoint, the cities Ito l,f1 and sentiments. As a matter of fact, I Street w as one o f th os e w h o welcomed with marked all through its course by his the affair, the chairman being Muss. lick synagogue. As mum as the limited colt all that can be desired. 'I here intense and unqualified joy the progi accurate analysis of market. and his 1 Dorothy NVeinstein, number is disposed of, the sale will close. is something strangely convening, etei' - . mar k e t, would ress of British arms in Palestine. In judgment of 'what those 'hi lly g ii enduring, and persistently appeal- an article which appeared in the New do ill certain given circuit-lances. In M : the mental atmosphere of J eru- York Evening fast on December 12, this way he attained is technical know I- .,l nt. To the casual observer, the nar- 1912, and was written several wee k s edge that is most remarkable. He is' tour and none too clean streets of the earlier, I gave full utterance to three ably fitted for his great list. Holy City mean little more than what sentiments, dwelling in particular it strikes the physical eye. The popular, BY nR. hi. BENNIOSCH E. the extraordinary significance of JEWISH SOLDIERS MAY meaningless descriptions of Jerusalem the British occupation for the Jewish 012 are already somewhat ac- struggle for emancipation of the whole are all t,,,, summon. To the student, the GO HOME FOR SEDER people. I therefore did not hesitate quainted with Palestine Iron' human race from its dawn to the mes- philosopher, the idealist, the lover 1 of his- ___ •-• to accept the honorable and difficult a geographical and, partly cut era. These generalizations can be torical research with its profound sig- Custer Boys Given Special Leave r ----D71 mission entrusted to me, which was Camp front a geological outlool:,' carried through illimitable stages ,and nif cance, Jerusalem is a storehouse of for Passover Holidays—Menorah so thoroughly in harmony with my lour mental picture may be exaggerated phases, but it will be preferable, having p gems. riiceless in 85th thoughts and feelings. Society is Formed im insignificant in comparison with the in mind the purpose of this Culture, paper, to Division. A Seat of However, the cause which is ill- actual layout of the land. A mere de- confine ourselves to present conditions It would be superfluous to enumerate --__. volved is so item- to me, that I should scription of climatic conditions, must and possibilities that Palestine offers us, the historical l andks that reveal not like to see it in any way jeopar- C.NNIP CUSTER.—Thianigh an ordet necessarily appeal to our imagination as students of the Zionistic question. nook and 0 , 1- 1111 ill themselves in every mar , , \\ma , better ilized because of any aspersions cast of General c lui „, . v.a,. Kennedy, corns for its understanding, and our idea•. f at Thefirst impression we gel ill •IlIlly- labs c i ty of Some Fragmentary Viewpoints in Favor of the Rehabilitation of Palestine. ill Russian Refugees, Stranded, Aided By Local Jews $2,000 Is Contributed to He- brew Sheltering and Immi- grant Aid Society for Relief in Japan and Seattle. FOUR CONGREGATIONS HOLD MASS MEETING The Jews of Detroit tire responding nobly to every appeal for material aid fur those unfortunate co-religionists who have suffered because of the war. The latest contribution fur this cause was made at a mass meeting of four local congregations at the Beth Jacob synagogue last Sunday night. Over $2,- OIX) was offered to Hebrew Shelter- ing and Immigrant Aid Society for the relief of Jewish refugees who have started on the terrible and long journey from Russia by way of Siberia and Japan to this country to join their rela- tives here. Many of these unfortunates arc 110W stranded in Japan, their plight having received the attention of our own State Department. Rev. R. Kornblith, district secretary the id A malt Society, the principal address at the mass meeting. Ile read a telegram from Yokulmina which had been received by Secretary of State Robert -.Lansing, which said: "Condi- tions appalling. Sickness, want, heavy demands. Organizing relief." He said that the funds new being collected are being used for the immediate transport of the refugees to this country. The first transport, carrying 500 of these people landed in Seattle last week. The t society is receiving daily lists of names LA' stranded immigrants who are seek- 3 their relatives and friends in this emitli sg, These lists are published as soon as : ry are received and the office of the si,j r , IS besieged by people who com e i t, re ,poo ns go the call of their Tit:11:e 3 1; o tr1i re n ,l (i aa)ttni errif s. rnsgs 1.f ■ i se meeting were Rabbi Judah L. Levin,. Ifeytnan Goldman, D. Robinson, and Louis ,,I)US 'e cod. The committer assisting the d:1- trict secretary in the campaign for funds is composed of Mrs. Julius Ginsburg, Rabbi A. NI. Hershman, Louis Duscoff, I). Robinson, Ileyman Goldman, A. Got- tesman, Rev. J. Rutinati, A. Moskowitz, our Nlax Rosinsky, 111. Herman and Meyer "" me, however unfounded and cation- mandinz officer of Camp Custer. all naturally, must refer to comparative ex- in Palestine. with regard to its habit- laboratory of historical research could I ant Jewish boys who desire to go to their imrience, so that a true realization iii ability, is a distinct sense of cosmic se- we rind so magnificently' adapted to har- Davis. are. pious these aspersion step dB therefore perfectl y w-s ---" t° Seismic are un- 'Elie contributions made at the mass homes for the celebration of the Pass- tiature . state in any part of the globe, . tiu, b or our Jewish cente wiii.ii curity. know., there. lite disturbances „ties as,. ,tupent centre of learning, and aside and make room for any one 1 our centers of Jewish learning? Where meeting represent the congregations 55 in, will serve the cause more cif,. ,o , er Holyda) s w ill be permitted t o do cannot be truth fully estimated by presmit as follows: Mogen Abraham, sufficient exten- of mouth. This is an axiom, and is true structures, thousands of years old—con- so and will be g r anted can I , niel's • ideals lie better preserved - ' ' , t re' softy than I can. crcte evidence , o f n !Li ature's and developed, and from what more Sa- 5600; Beth Jacob, $500; Beth David, s t un of leave to allow for the titne it of all word descr iptions. I 5 5t4hiht s' , , I only wish to add that I appre- laKeS 10f troweling purposes. It is yen- Sanitary Conditions. creel scat can those ideals be dissemi- $100, and Beth Abraham, $100. Several Speak to the Arabian. born and reared ciate most gratefully the unfailin ct tail) that practically every Jewish boy in hundred dollars were raised from indi- in an average temperature of 65 to 71) It is interesting to note that the mor- nated throughout the world? kindness and courtesy which through- camp will take advantage of this allow- At this juncture we are led to think viduals unattached to any of these COII- tality rate, particularly among the Jews IlleIll- out has been shown to me by greRations. Among the larger individual ance. \1r. Edgar J. Drachman, repre- in Palestine, is much below that of any how. in general, truth is evolved from ,,','','',',', ,,..,„ ee Hoard , , ,, bers of the Red Cross both in Wash- sidiscriptMns were I). Robinson, $50; the other country, with the exception of universal experiences and not from nar- ,''' ' , ':---- --- " ' ington and in this city and that I at 1 ' tha row, isolated or segregated centers. The Frank & Davidson, $50; Sarasohn & at GIMP Custer has sent out circulars England, and here the mortality rate is deeply sensitive of the confidenc e ' for the purpose of learning whether whole world must always constitute the Shetzer, $50; S. Grant, $50; B. If, a fraction less than 2 per 1.000. These placed in me by your organization, there Manure, $50; N. Lenzer, $30; Max Lie- . niercan Jews of , ere will be iiiy. Jewish boys who will re- great school, the fountain source of all figures are quite surprising ashen we 1 berman, $25; which cunt ing .x Cohen, $25; Louis Dann, remain in camp over the holyda ■ s for sanitation in Palestine human knowledge. but it is entirely prac- member that (Ile all shades of opinion and belief, has I some reason. These will he taken care tical that Jewish philosophy, with its all- $25; Gallow & Greenbaum, $25; R. Mil- has heretofore been as bad as the ex- considered me worthy to act in a embracing code of morality, for which ler, $.25; J. Friedberg, $25; Louis Dtis- of in Battle Creek Jewish homes or a isting conditions could make them. Nfod- representative capacity on the Red public Seder service will be held tinder o civilization is in debt, should be brought con, $25; M. Rosinsky, $25; G ldman ern preventative medicine would trans- Cross exposition. tits auspices of the NVelfare Board. from all the four corners of the earth Bros., $25; S. Reichstein, $25; I. Kap- form the country within a comparative- Yours sincerely, lan, $25; I. & N. Ogooshevitz, $25. Menorah Society Organized. by its thinking scouts, heaped into the ly short time and render it the health- Among the recent arrivals at Seattle (Signed) A Menorah Society of the 85th Divi- crucible of Zion's intellectual cauldron, resort and garden-spot of the earth. ISRAEL FRIEDLANDER. sion was organized some time ago, and as scintillating gems of are four immigrants whose destination There are a number of grave diseases and turned Out is Detroit. They are, Esther Weiss, Thereupon this resolution was at the present time there are two which infest our western civilization, mind matter for the edification of all wife of Isaac Weiss, 86 Sherman St.; branches, each of which meets one branches, mankind. adopted: such as typhoid fever, scarlet fever, It has been stated time out of number, Minnie Linder and two children, wife "The Joint Distribution Committee evening a week. .kt these meetings, diphtheria, rickets and that great scourge that the Jew would be a hopeless failure of S. Linder, care of M. Schechter, 475 records its approizal of the action of after a short reading from the Bible of the white man—tuberculosis, which as an autonomous nation; that econom- Hastings St.; Brodie Avruk and two its Sub-Committee in the selection of and another reading from contemporary are quite rare in Palestine, and when ically and politically they are a self- children, wife of Max Rae, 56 Napoleon Prof. Israel Friedlander as a member literature. a talk is then given upon some they do manifest themselves are of so disintegrating body, requiring the cement St., and Droschi I.ober and two children, of the Commission which the Ameri- topic 1.4 Jewish interest, followed by mild a type as to be often overlooked of extraneous influences to preserve its wife of Abraham Lober, 187 Illinois St. can Red Cross is sending to Palestine general discussion. On Nlonday night, or ignored. Malaria, the one prevalent integrity. The day has come when these and regrets that unfounded rumors March 11, the Menorah Society was disease in Palestine, is far less common false opinions will receive their certain MORE TO JOIN JEWISH BATTALION have led to his voluntary withdrawal addressed by Rabbi C. J. Freund of and less severe in Palestine than it is in death blow. Heretofore, arguments were from the Commission. It expresses ; Grand Rapids, Mich., on the topic of many sections of our own southern states. experiments minor and The Jewish battalion which left New its confidence in his loyalty and pa- ''Self Determination of Petmles, a Page and sanitation will readily remedy even advanced launched to prove the utter falsity of 'York on February 28th on its way to triotism as an American citizen and f rom J ew ish History:' this apparent disadvantage. these statements, but today, the Jew as England to join the other Jewish regi- assures hint of the unqualified respect , DR. M. BENNIOSCHE. One especially valuable feature, par- a nation, is going to denounce its inter- ments for service in Palestine, was only of every member of tae Committee, 1 CLEVELAND JEWS RAISE -- . w est hustling titularly from a health point, is the es- nal strife-producers, its traitors, its the first contingent and will soon be gotten degrees, of our in token whereof he is hereby elected , pr $15,000 AT RESTORA- istence of a number of hot sings, molly'-cuddles, and to expose the ignor- followed by thousands of other Jewish Willi ice myriads of people; tell him of a member-at-large of the Joint Dis- TION MASS MEETING its rigorous winters with its below 7,11 found principally in • the region of the ant and malicious barnacles of its over- young men who are anxious to go and tribution Committee." s, and in it artificial finer temperatures. of the intense burdened body, toy the final crowning Little for their people and their land. Those who were present at the who ' Cleveland, 0.—The Jews of Cleve- heat that must be employed to keep the of the Dead Sea, which rival any of the it . experiment of all time—the reliabilita- On March 14th another contingent will meeting were: Louis Marshall, ( 0 CS- land launched their campaign for the lives of these people from becoming Palestine, Pale presided: Cyrus Adler, Sholom i' as a self "g""Tnin g leave New York. are rich in sodium chloride, alkaline ti" reli- people, economically, Paul Haerwald, Meyer Berlin, Stan- Palestine Restoration Fund on Febru- tinct. and your Arabian will have a pie• tore either grossly exaggerated or great. earth, and sulphur. giously, and idealistically free. Bere, Beris I). Bogen, David M. ary 27, with an unusual mass meeting ley The climate in and around the moon- It k impossible to cover even the To hearts of men throughout the reach Bressler, Abram I. Elkus. Morris En- preceded I ■ y a banquet at lintel Holten- ly at variance with the facts, and he tattoos regions is particularly mild and of time, stretch of ground embracing gelman, I.ee K. Frankel, Meyer Gillis.. den. The mass meeting was held in will not conceive of the possibility 14 ills the scenery extraordinarily the subject. One can merely touch its Heedless of earthly gain, yet draws the Alexander Kahn, Leon Kamaiky, E. Gray's Armory, and was attended by an life under those conditions, or his dread salubrious; . soul u • ' outermost fringe. I think I can best ewin-1,:pstein, Harriet B. Lov‘'en- overflow crowd numbering more than of such a country will be greater than picturesque and ieall I 1911 \V point out that The statistics of conclude by reading a beautiful verse. Through want and hardship, to what posed of the best the truth should warrant. Nlan is ad- stein. Albert Lucas, Phan NV . Mack.' three thousand, composed mighty goal? osta bl e to the laws o f „ atom. w e h ave a family consisting of " 1" . wile and 1,, I.uis Eederleicht: i Judah L. Magnet, M. Z. Margolies, 1 elements of the Cleveland Jewish com- , t 011 Morris Rothenberg. Aaron Teitel• I moony. I proved that the tropics can he made two children can support themselves ZION. This war and hygienically habitable.. an average of $16 a month. It has been i the ancient home of Israel; Iu„itardy The speakers at the mass meeting l balm, Marion H. Travis, Felix M. 1 i Peter, were Judge Hugo Pam, lttamar lien The same is true of the arctic region , - l iointed out that such fittnille s . "1"'`e on b wel dwellings fall the fervid rays, Here lived our fathers fearless and free; W'arburg, Jacob Wertheim, Here lives a glory and a memory; Hardships and endurance are incidental male head is a laborer, can add to their I The naked rocks lift high their heads Wiernik. Stephen S. Wise and Baruch Avi, John J. Sullivan, "Tay Pay" 0 Con- H And we His chosen ones, once more In air. nor, the well-known Irish patriot, and to such adjustments to nature. You income through poultry raising, cow Zuckerman. t shall dwell, Rabbi A. H. Silver of Cleveland. Judge have learned that Asia was the birth- keeping and vegetable growing, such as Dust-covered stones fling back the noon-; . ce of the human race and. the cradle tomatoes, cauliflower, onions. etc. An' Majestic, jubilant, invincible, day's glare A delegation conferred witk Food Manuel Levine presided. There were pla . tool strange old ruins tell of ancient : la this, our heritage; our o eyes shall see I also present Capt. Latham of the British of civilization—be that as it may. we' exceptionally good cow will cost there! Administrator Hoover last .al lc at o 1 The long-ago that is again to be; days Mission in Cleveland. and Dr. know-, beyond all contradiction, that a ab ut $50 and could be made to yield, Washington, D. C., relative ,Sociesiing ' Military great people in countless numbers for a prom of about $3 a month through i A motley throng creeps through the nar• The peace that has no ending shall dis- permits to Matzoh bakers.:erneathe 1 Nicholas Card. the Italian consul. • pet row ways. In response to the appeal made by ages and ages were inhabitants of that' the sale of milk, butter and cheese At ! , rote! be ' coming Passover. Rabbi Silver for the Palestine Restora- eastern country in spite of its terrific present the principal cereal-growing col-' Pilgrims from fat off lands whose faces The dreaming and the doubt, the hopes 1 to I, bear Galilee am Jo, ea - and fears, Sinn Fund there were received in cash heat, its incessant rains, its deser ts, . its Ekron, inaccessible mountains and its phenom- ,' Chederali. iinte5 are those in Artuf. Katra, and The look that tells of by-gone toil and With love and longing we await that day and pledges $15,000. Whose dawn beholds the yearning of the care, coal lowlands. This brings us to his- Kasti " ie. Agricultural Possibilities. years Of weary journeys and of long delays. A service flag with 135 stars. each ,tort, which is the key that unlocks the date an d cit - what magic is there in this torrid clime? Fulfilled at last, and, while we waiting, i d o f P as- k countries, an Th e orange. fi g, ol ve. Special Communteatio • tina member now in the treasures of f a ll tin pray, What fascination in these hoary walls?' March 20. 1 p. in., ht. rliSh ited States service, has been un- , tine, its history is a golden key, and its rotas plantations have exceptional pow- of Palestine in What charm dwells here that sovereign. i A newer life in Mount Moriah wakes, (Piet. 6:30 p. m. at 11 1 reed by the Young Men's Hebrew treasures can only be reckoned by the bilitjea The vineyards ly calls ' All over Olivet the morning breaks. Visiting brothers welem I gigantic progress—the ever upward! spite of the comparatively erratic and kociation of Pittsburgh, Pa. Perfection Lodge, F. & A. MI r W an ca 1 r CHARLES SAtO