A merica Pith Periodical Carter
CLIFTON AVENUE • CINCINNATI 30, OHIO
PAGE THREE
THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
Opinions of Some Leading Detroit Citizens on Patriotic Fund
HOW MUCH SHALL I GIVE?
RABBI A. M. HERSHMAN
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Vice-President, Detroit Patriotic Fund.
The appeal addressed to the community by the l'attiotic Fund
should evoke a generous and whole-hearted response from the
j cw ish section. The Jews of Detroit must maintain their repute
for open heart and open hand.
It goes without saving that we must furnish the is:f.' , 0.00o.on
appropriated by the Patriotic Fund to the Jewish tzar funds.
That sum represents the quota of Detroit Jewry for relict of our
stricken brethren in the war zones and fur welfare mirk in the
various camps. This :tumuli( we must give as
It goes iiithinit saving that tie must raise the , ! , :, :, . 1 1 , 1 1 1.1 1{1 1(1 he
turned over by the l'atriotie Fund to our local Jewish charities.
This we must do as Jett's.
lint We must do eVell inore. NVe must give 'mu only as Jew s
tot ;lisp as too and as .\•nericans. The Red Gro.s, iiItich
receive three million out of the seven millions to be raised, is
engaged in is irk of a humanitarian and patriotic nature. \\ e
must contribute to the Red Gross and similar agencies adequately
and generously. \Ve must pro ■ ii our patrioti, Li, demonstrate our
Americanism, our loyalty to the cause in which our country is
embarked and for which the gauge of battle has been thrown
That que , tion should be :111 , 11ereil b) another question- Ihp,
little shall I keep?
LEO M. BUTZEL
its old fascination, and is Iron uml upon lit decent men.
spect of the community.
The Plan does not afford a shadow
of excuse for anyone not measuring
tip to his responsibility.
The Plan has etsry good—and no
bad—feature; in its scope it is both
local and national.
For a citizen to refuse to subscribe
for national purposes. may well tin-
tify a suspicion of hi , loyalty. For
one affiliated tt ith Jewish interests to
withhold his fair share from local
charities, regardless of creed, is dis-
(iyer many is gradually being superseded by a newer and b e tter ideal,
that it ealth brings with it great obligations and the duty to render
service to mankind.
ize the age-long ideal of the Brother.
hood of NI an. The citizen. of Detroit
should feel proud that their ionlition.
ity is in the forefront in this great
and noble movement of giving gener-
ously to the Cause of Humanity. My
heart and soul is in the Detroit Pa-
triotic Fund. It is indeed a pleasure
to support such a magnanimous
mot meant.
When I first !want of the Patriotic
campaign of mercy o'er undertaken greatly impressed, and I consider it
in our city. I feel sure that every one of the best ways of raising money
They surprised me tenyears ago, had
a greater surprise for its two years
ago, and last year. and the greatest
surprise will come to us this year
when the returns are all in, and they
will be found to have done as they
always have done—more than their
bit. We can prove our true loyalty
and our true enthusiasm by aiding
and encouraging the occasion that
will give our executives an oppor-
tunity to do real executive ivork.
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CHARLES C. SIMONS
The Patriotic Fund should have
The Patriotic Fund is an enterprise
which should have the hearty support
of every loyal and liberty-loving
citizen.
Our young men are ready to offer
their lives for the humanitarian cause
for which our country .has entered
this contest. and we should feel proud
of the opportunity to contribute to
their comfort. It should also be a
pleasure to us to feel that by our lib-
eral contribution we relieve the needy
and worthy sufferers of this terrible
war.
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merely sectarian and clannish. It is
important, therefore. that the Jews
of Detroit put into the patriotic fund
considerably more than the strictly
Jewish relief agencies take out of it.
In addition to aiding the Jewish
Charities. the Jewish Welfare Work
and the Jewish War Sufferers' Fund.
the Jew should lie conscious that he
has contributed materially to the Red
Cross, the V. M. C. A. and the
Knights of Columbus Funds, and the
non-Jewish public should be made to
realize that he has.
President, Hebrew Free Loan
Association.
Treasurer Temple Beth El.
a practical inc.
takes care of his owns but he must
prove that his philanthropy is not
MORRIS FRIEDBERG
ISAAC GOLDBERG
has had to pool his charities With
general communal and patriotic relief,
prmal.
RABBI SAMUEL S.
MAYERBERG
Assistant Rabbi of Temple Beth El.
The organization of the l'atriotic
Fund is the ideal method for the col-
lection of funds to be used for patri-
otic and local relief. The task before
the organization is enormous; it
merits and requires the unqualified
and unstinted support of every per-
son in the community. It comes to
us With two appeals—the patriotic
and the charitable; it will find in our
hearts a twofold response.
We can use our money in no better
way than by giving it to the l'atriotic
Fund. We can show our appreciation
to God for His blessing's in no finer
manner than by helping to "fill the
tlag." We will tint lie approached
again this year; we must give most
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community service are, in themselves, subscription the fullest amount pos•
p so doing, The
thai t
Lu n n, and it is difficult to forecast sh ield:.
a M
I . I . •Ii:eitt results that are bound
largest part of the Fund will be de-
a ccrue therefrom.
t
President, Shaarey Zedek Congrega-
non.
voted to the Red Cross and other war
It is the duty for everyone to to his
Detroit Patriotic Fund, a ,. wonder-
fol movement for d entoc ,,, an d nu .
wor th y
A
selfishness.
11411140d ill help along the good work camp activities. This includes the Y.
NI. C. A., Knights of Columbus and
to d o more than his share, and then
the Jewish Camp \Velfare work. To
contribute to the relief and comfort
ag
h e an iet eist it 1 ,1-tesj eu ril,irce, 1:itlienleius,tsitpetr.isittiituii,,,,i,,
still more.
astic support of all classes. \\bile
I a m aware that many of our people
i ust continue to aid our communal
m
nstitutions that are not affiliated with
President, United Jewish Charities.
JOSEPH L. SELLING
of those who are fighting our battles
is an obligation which we should
meet :mist wiffingly. \\Awn we think
that the soldiers ars risking every-
thing and possibly sacrificing all, we
should be willing to sacrifice not only
the small percentar
our incomes
that the committee
as prescribed,
\londay next marks the start of
or provided for by this ideal move-
mein, yet it must not be an excuse the drive of the Patriotic Fund.
In addition to the war needs of the
for the hearty support of this unique,
Cross, Jewish AVar Relief, V. NI.
patriotic and humane movement. The , Red
the requirements of
most important point that I wish to C. A., K. of C.,
urge is that the teams of Committees the (•nited Jewish Children's Fresh
fully taken care of.
composed of men who contribute Air Society are
Do your duty to all
their means, time and energy to this
Don't specify what institutions
noble movement, should be well re-
ceived and promptly encouraged.
part' of our principal.
The call on our local charities will
lie larger than ever on account of the
war, and we should also include in
our subscriptions at least the amount
I should receive the benefit of your
DAY KROLIK
i'lVery In 1 , 71 um
but many times that amount. If this
is insullicieni, we should give a good
Detroit should
consider it a privilege to contribute
every dollar that lie can possibly
spare to the Detroit Patriotic Fund.
and should forget all previous stand-
ards of giving.
Every ounce of energy available is
needed for the great task of \ruining
the war. There must be no wasted
effort.
Complete unity is absolutely neces-
sary. and there can be uo More effect-
:\e way of bringing about and estab-
lishing this unity than to combine all
our civilian trod: and sacrifice for hu-
manity under one leadership which
levels all distinctions of race and
creed in a united service.
LOUIS DANN
Treasurer House of Shelter.
The Pan odic Fund standardizes
Irate of country and of fellowman. It
tells how much Ui gate. to what to
It lilac,
give, and how to give it.
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patriotism upon a practical plane.
subscription.
Let's he broad and give liberally
that we have heretofore been accus-
tomed to give. A very large sum has
been set aside for the various Jewish
and without restriction.
We have a right to be proud of our
Jewish iancestry. . May tar descend-
Charities and philanthropies. \Ve
have heretofore taken care of sante
without the assistance of others. Let
us in this great undertaking not only
contribute our full share to the ‘Var
Relief and Camp 1Velfare work, but
ants be equally proud of theirs!
ADOLPH SLOMAN
We do not all ays discriminate be- also let our contribution include more
tween what is our duty and what is .than the amount we have heretofore
subscribed
p a t r i o tism? \Alie
s"'cribed
given to our local charities and phil-
1,0, e rtv Bonds ice , ud dled °Hrselves anthropies. Let us feel that we are
in the belief that we were patriotic-- also contributing something to other
performed
that is a mistake. \Ve
charities and philanthropies that we
merely a duty in part return for the hat e heretofore neglected.
many blessings we enjoy in a free
.:e wire loaning off money
country. kk
DAVID ROBINSON
t7 the Coo eminent at a higher rate of
of interest
than any of the Savings
Banks would pay
Trustee Beth Jacob Synagogue.
with the best se-
curity in the world back of it--the
The Patriotic Fund, while intent,-
multinational in character, is Jewish
in thought and impulse. It does my
If in buying Liberty Bonds we
bought more than one means would heart good, in these days when we are
permit. whereto to had to make sac- looking forward to the re-establish-
rifices or suffer great financial em- ment of our Jewish home-land, to
barrassment 4 4r hiss—to that extent think that our people are being rec.
only, in my UnIginent, were we patri- ognizeil on an equal basis, not only
in giving but in receiving help.
,
otic.
Every Jew, who has a spark of re-
In contributing to the Patriotic
curity in the world back of it—the
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STATES.
entreat every Jew in
Detroit to give
Fund which we will be called upon
to the Fund in greater measure than
J. H, GOLDBERG
J. H. EHRLICH
WILLIAM FRIEDMAN
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SAMUEL SARASOHN
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the week beginning Max' 211th.
There can be no question as to the
noble purpose for which this is in-
tended: on this as on other similar
occasions it behooves, therefore. all
Jews to give liberally of their time
and money for this most worthy
of pain issuing from battle-torn charity.
I sincerely hope that within the
Europe, to the piteous plea of our
suffering brethren, and then we must year we may have the co-operation
give—give more—give until we know of all other charitable organizations.
in our inmost heart that we , can't including the Old Folks' Home and
the Free Sheltering Society.
give more.
liberally now When we have given
all we think we can spare We must
open our ears and hearts to the cries
titled to the support of Detroit's men avoidance of a multiplicity of collec•
ss omen. Community action and lions. It enables 011e ill give in one
ligion in his heart, should prove hit
for. we V4111 hat 44 all 01417ortunity to Judaism by giving to the Patriotic
This fund is Fund, generously and is hole-heart-
the stated minimum.
show our patriotism.
single patriotic appeals of It year.
principal!). for "war activities." for eilly.
It will eliminate all useless
which the Government has made no
lion with its enormous in erhead ex-
provision and which must be cared
pense. It will systematize and co.
Trassurar B'Nei Israel Synagogue.
for by the citizens of this country.
ordniate all fund campaigns and re-
President of Kadimah Zion Society.
In a smaller measure it cares for the
.111 elements oi our large lot ish
sult in adding to the real work of re-
local charities and philanthrophies.
lief many thousands of dollars which community should unite Wholeheart -
\Ve may differ as to the ways and
In co-operation there is assured
would otherwise be used up in cam- edly with their Christian neighbors in
means, and perhaps to some of the success. The gentleman that brought
paign expense. The Patriotic Fund the Detroit Patriotic Fund. I sin
local activities we are called upon to this about thus far deserves the
will allow every business man the merely hope that every Jew ish citizen
contribute for, but this is not a time greatest amount of credit.
It is
privilege of giving more at one time will do more than his share.
, to quibble or to argue—it is a time to going to solve the largest problem
in consideration of the relief from
For for the
et, e—to show our patriotism.
various institutions in seven
constant appeals. Besides its obvious
what we give 110W IlleaSlleeS our patri- days,
where heretofore it vvas a 12
practical nature. the I)etroit Patriotic
"tic spirit towards our Country. It is months' task.
Fond is in my opinion a movement
The Detroit Patriotic Fund affords giving without expectation of person
The Committees that will
soon
of Indy purpose. It should, be sup
a splendid opportunity for the Jews al return save as our consciences
are start out should be cordially received
ported and encouraged with religious of this city to demonstrate what they
-
.atished.
and,
above
all,
promptly
waited on
fervor by Jew and Christian alike.
are capable of doing. and to slimes
We are expected and should given with sufficient contributions to
Help
that they are in the forefront when to the full measure of our means. Fill
the Flag.
it comes to a matter of giving for our patriotism is ten fold more rug-
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worthy and charitable purposes. The gel when we give beyond our means
whole- Jews have always set a high stand- —as that is self-sacrifice.
Pererdi one 10 express Ill
ard
in matters of this sort, and have
hearted approval of the Patriotic
Fund movement proposed for Detroit been esteemed because of their uni-
1 he 1)etroit Patriotic Fund is a
Welcome relief from the numerous
It will be a glorious
success and it bears my heartiest ap-
urgently needed, a movement trill be or creed. It is distinctly American.
DAVID 14f. Si'MONS
WELT
President, Temple Beth El.
tile should be the very lowest amount the amount of their sub , criptions to
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\\'e must not think their °'‘.••
one can give.
liar' trunk
ii charities s and
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these days in terms of minimums. \Ve .
are concerned, but, pos,ably, in even
must put forth our maximum etfort .
greater degree to what they will 410
in et •ry field in our holy purpose' 14
for all of the many war actit ities in-
making the world a site place for us
chided in the Patriotic Fund, notably
and (uteri' generations to lit• in
.
the .American Red Cross and the V.
.
.
hays
Ill
the
gne
as
our
\\ e lutist
NI. C. A., all of whom in their splen-
trenches are giving—to the point of
did work make no discrimination as
sacrifice. The man who gives only
to class or creed.
what public opinion compels hint to
The Jewish Iffganization, will se-
git e is a slacker.
cure some $450,0011 front the Patriotic
I ilesini.to express my satisfaction
Fund if its quota is reached. as it
at the manner in which the Jewish
surely will he. It is not enough that
citiiens of Detroit have responded so
the aggregate subscriptions of the
stilt mlidly to the call for service, If
Jews of Detroit cover this amount
the spirit -of these noble men and
duly- -they should at least double it.
women is indicative of the spirit of
and on that basis, if our sub•criptinns
the entire Jewish community. I ha,:
to the Detroit Patriotic Fund all
no fear that the Jew will have dim:
short of $1.000.000, it w o uld s, ant that
Iris full duty in pushing the Detroit
we have not done our hill .110.
Patriotic Fond "over the top. -
The l'atriotic Fund idea is a slit-
manner that nothing here has ever
done before. it is simply a brilliant titict triumph for non-sectarianism to
plan, Inaugurated at this lime, when gather together a fund which is to
the results achieved therefrom are so be distributed without regard to color
of sacrifice, so that there will he a bond of firmly established which is bound to It provides for all war activities and
prove a powerful agent for the good relief work, as well as local charities
s ym pathy between you and Ito ,se fur whom you sacrifice.
the institutions which are en- and philanthropies.
It Means the
Then thank God for the privilege that has been putt's,
ADOLPH FINSTERWALD
tiendotts one, a constructive one and
'ro subscribe to the Detroit Patri-
otic Fund in a duty which we should
perform most liberally. It is a great
privilege to give to it. It is a dis-
There can and must be no question
Give, up to the point
HENRY M. FECHIMER
This is the first importunity the Jew
the general public. He most not only
make good the boast that he always
HENRY M. BUTZEL
about the success of the Patriotic
It Will go over the top in
Fund.
"I have thine my
Give until You feel sure that you will be able to face our buys
they return and say: "I. too, have Set" \ e(I."
support.
the enthusiastic support of every
member of the Jewish community.
and it places the Jew on trial before
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ALBERT KAHN
when
To my !Mud. if there is one out-
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not only a duty but a privilege to
'standing feature of the 1)etroit Pa-
t
The hoard of Directors of the De- biotic,:tinio
It should recui ■ c
subscribe to it.
d I,
: : Fund, it
: We op p ortunity it
i
a t t
the utmost support of every loyal troit Patriotic Fund has announced aottrits
the .ews
of Detroit to demon-
by
American.
a schedule of Percentage'
"ilk! ' stride to the community at large the
one may set his share lo the Fund stuff ot tablet they are made.
And iiiiti applies not niihy iis far as
from his yearly income. This sched-
own Jewish Community will do.
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'dye until tout can see the ss orld's horrors pass before you and
nd doing awa y with the constant ap-
peals that are made fur different
114S evert. effort
community it
• and I sincere-
t o th e success ,a the Detroit Patriotic kinds of charities, etc.
ly hope that the plan outlined be the
Fund.
committee will he successful. I cer-
tainly will give it my most hearty
of federated work. and I know of no
time when ..entralization can be more
effective than at the present time. I
am very optimistic about what our
set the standard of liberality and charity to all Humanity.
not hang your imail in shine.
citizen of tlii. great and prospermi", a
ity. I have always been an advocate
must giie much more than the)• will receive. They must and will
SHAM. 1 GIVE?" vim ask.
Give until you can say ti your innermost
share."
LOUIS
Man or w°1flait iii these days °i wide- and War Sufferers, as well as the Red
spread suffering than in the hearty
and maximum support of the greatest Cross and other organizations. I was
I am very much of au enthusiast
about the Detroit Patriotic Commun-
w h a t th e y e xpect to lake out of it for Jewish purposes. They
.111 endless stream of problems present themselves from date to
SAMUEL HEAVENRICH
Fund to be raised here in this city for
the purpose of helping our charities.
There can he no greater joy to any such as the Jetykh welfare Society
BERNARD GINSBURG
Jews of Detroit, must not be content to give to the Fund just I
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to his suffering fel ow-men l of other creeds and nationalities. The
Nlillions more must be kept well; strong and happy, so that they
will be tit when called upon.
o ver h e re ivy have our loyal problems; the sick, the old, the
young, the untit—all of these hays to be provided for.
The Detroit Patriotic Fund is a
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c(„1,,, „hen the lea must give not only to his noon people hurt also
•
Thousands. yes, hundred , of thousands, of young men are being
killed or wounded.
magnificent idea. It is an instrument
by which it w itl he possibl e to visual-
BENJAMIN SIEGEL
I most heartily endorse the Detroit
Patriotic Fund and believe it to be
crated upon the altar of pure patriotism, and the .leis, mho has
It has been said of the Joy that lie well takes care of his own.
Three thousand miles away, old men, women and children are
K.
The Detroit Patriotic Fund is conse-
Ile has never failed in his duty to his fellow Jew. The time has
The opportunity to render service was never greater than now.
l)YING from
tz ar autocracy.
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merciful tool einem.
The old theory that wealth brought with it pm er and masters
many.
pi
;di\ a). been a true patriot, will readily recognize his duty in this
means, a new perspective toward svealth.
are
for the Detroit Patriotic 1 7tmil is
d•ty.
creditable.
JOSEPH SILLMAN
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The past lase wars has !nought to nn , st Men, especially men of
needs
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superfluous. The reasons for this great communal effort are as
piling of one dollar ■ di top of ;mother has lost f o r many •
The
IleCesot
evident lo vier). person in I )etroit as the reasons fur this great
the world's history.
JULIUS FREUD
One able. but failing to give in this
period of stress, should forfeit the re-
T. explain th,
For the purpose of our country's requirements, for the needs id
suffering humanity, neuter counts for more than at an) other time i n
down.
This is the hour of great and splendid sacrifice:. We hav e
no doubt but that Detroit Jeu ry will prove equal to the great
occasion.
Rabbi of Orthodox Jewish Congregations in Detroit.
Money today means so touch and so little at the same time.
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RABBI JUDAH L. LEVIN
BY DAVID A. BROWN,
Rabbi of Shaarey Zedek Congregation.
The mere
ea efts 1.-. ■
for their
versal practice of caring
ono. We will not be content. how-
ever, unless this standard is improved
There are many among us who have
in times past not giv en at all, or very
little in proportion to their mean , .
Let us hope that the noble and patri-
otic objects of the local campaign
about to be launched will have the
MILTON M. ALEXANDER
Educational
Committee,
Chairman
United Jewish Charities.
It strikes me that this is a chance
for it , to give a new meaning to the
phrase: "rich as a Jew." The Pa-
triotic Fund Rises us a change to
prove that the Jew is not only rich
in gold. but rich in 1.ove, in Service,
in Sincerity, in Co-operation, in all
of the things that make life worth
bring forth a most generous response
while.
to the call for funds.
effect of awakening these laggards to
a realization of their obligations and