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MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
\Ve were somewhat startled when we learned that a group of over-
zealous non-Jews had established in Pittsburg a "Christian Synagog."
This church is to serve as a center for proselyting Jews. It is fostered
by the New Covenant Mission, and it is a house in which Hebrew-
Offices 307.308 Peter Smith Building.
Christian preachers, evangelists and gentile Christian preachers will find
Phone: Cherry 3381.
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN,
The Converter at Work Again.
Editorial Contributor
All correspondence to insure publication must be sent in so as to reach this
suttee Tuesday evening of each week.
Subscription in Advance
$2.00 per yea'
a place to "preach" and "render service." The guiding spirit is the
Rev. A. Silverstein. The movement has assumed pretentious propor-
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some of our renegades to grow fat upon the contributions given them
by sentimental Christians who believe that one Jewish soul snatched
Do YOU Wont—
A man who will stand (or the PROTECTION
of the American farmer—the American work-
ingman — the American business man?
Do YOU Want—
be very stupid not to discern it. We have yet to see a convert who (lid
not convert for financial reasons.
We grow less dismayed when we realize that the audiences attend-
The Hebrew University
BRAINS
EXPERIENCE
This movement is easily recognized as the scheme on the part of
hide his commercial design or the members of the New 1\lission must
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Do YOU Want a Man of
tions in the publishing of an official newspaper, "The Glory of Israel."
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of nterest to the from the brands will save them from perdition. It is an easy living for
Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the views the converted preacher. Mr. Silverstein must be exceedingly clever to
expressed by the writers.
Entered as second-class 'Latter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit,
What Kind of a Man
Do You Want in the
United States Senate?
ing the Christian Synagog will lie Christian and little harm can be done
to Jews. \Ve regret, however, that the energy and the money spent in
The cornerstone laying of the Hebrew University on the Mount this fruitless undertaking cannot be used to spread Christian ideals
of Olives must touch the deep sentiment of all Jews. It is characteristic among many so-called Christians. The Christian Synagog will serve
of the Jew that even in times of stress he turns his thoughts toward a good purpose if the zealots behind it can be brought to realize the
A man with a splendid record—who stood
for PREPAREDNESS and who stands today
for the most unqualified AMERICANISM?
Then Vote for
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TRUMAN H. NEWBERRY
At the Republican Primary Next Tuesday
the better days to come. He is always forward-looking, and in the futility of trying to convert Jews by the bait of salvation they hold out
establishmmt of a University he has made a very commendable forward to them.
step. The creation of a Hebrew University is all the more remarkable
when we consider the fact that until a comparatively short time ago
liberal education seas looked 'upon by most Jews in foreign lands as a
heresy. The young Jewish man was required to devote himself solely
A Call For Jewish Chaplains.
The Jewish Welfare Board has received a request from General
to the study of Jewish lore and literature. It is little short of miraculous Pershing to supply twenty-five Rabbis who can be inducted into the
that the new University is to include in its curriculum the liberal arts services as chaplains for immediate overseas duty. This is a call which
and sciences. Instruction will, of course, be in modern Hebrew, and should make the hearts of our ministers heat with pride. It is the first
we may expect the language under these conditions to show a rapid time in the history of our country that there have been Jewish chaplains
growth. If theological difTerences do not prohibit the thorough study in our army. By responding at once the Rabbis will lie doing a double
of the sciences and philosophy this University bids fair to become a duty. They will be serving the Government in a splendid capacity and
world institution.
will be heaping honor upon the Ilouse of Israel. Were it not for the
fact that most Rabbis have dependent wives or families, this quota
David W. Simon's Candidacy.
The coining election holds more than the ordinary interest for
the Jewish citizens of Detroit. This interest is aroused by the fact that
David \V. Simons, president of one of our largest congregations, is
running for Council. :qr. Simons is well known in Detroit as a business
man of splendid capabilities, honest and incorruptible. Ile has always
found time to participate in all Jewish activities of the community and
has spared no efforts to promote the wellbeing of all Jews.
He has never entered politics before, and we believe that Ile is not
now seeking office for the glory of that honor, but that he is sincerely
and honestly desirous of election, because he knows that his business
experience and ability can be used for the good of his city. lie is the
could be easily supplied. As it is there are about fifty young, unmarried
men, graduates of the New York and Cincinnati Seminaries, who can,
with little other than personal sacrifice, enter the service. We feel that
they will appreciate the urgency of Pershing's call and that they will
unhesitatingly answer the appeal of country and faith.
NEWBERRY
UNITED STATES SENATE
Publeadied by Newberry Sena tori al Cox...ill.
A A Te.pidtdon, General CAaorrnan
Paul It King. Kreculire
Holyday Observance.
This year as never before rvery Jew should do his utmost to observe
the I ligh Holydays. With very. little sacrifice all can and should keep
WM. H.
their places of business closed on Rosh Ilashona and Yom Kippur.
When the world is at sear to down a materialistic spirit which threatened
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to overrun it, it is fitting that for at least two days in the year we put
aside our material pursuits and devote our time to a higher contempla-
kind of man that we would like to see assuming the tasks of municipal tion. It is possible that our co-religionists working in factories on war
government.
orders may find it impossible to leave their work on these days. They
He has been endorsed by the Citizens League in unmistakable should not request it if their absence will delay necessary war work for
terms: "David \V. Simons also is called exceptionally well qualified
by reason of his large business experience and the experience he ob-
tained as a member of a number of committees and commissions
appointed at various times to assist in the city government." These
words ring true. \Ve believe he deserves the confidence of the whole
electorate. \Ve know that lie will serve without thought of self. Ile
will be no man's lacky. No interests can force him into dishonorable
FOR
County Treasurer
even a moment. But those who can leave their labors with only a per -
sonal sacrifice should feel it their duty as self-respecting . 1 Ms to close
their respective business places: on the ,N (IV Year and Day of Atonement.
SECOND TERM
Reasons why he should receive your
Support.
Welfare Workers Needed.
He De sanded Audit of Treasurer's Office
The Jewish Welfare BONI needs approximately four hundred
Was Refused by the County Auditors
Engaged at OWN EXPENSE Expert
Accountants of National Reputation.
and traitorous acts toward the city. The voters of Detroit can do no workers to be placed in the camps and cantonments. Men between
better than to elect Mr. Simons as one of the nine Councilmen.
"Life" on the Jewish Mind.
for
eighteen and forty-five are eligible. For those men who have been
exempted from active military service because of some minor physical
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defect, this is an opportunity for unlimited patriotic as well as Jewish
Made public Kloka scandal showing $100,000 of County Funds hail
disappeared.
service. .\ man who, as a welfare worker, brings comfort to men, who
meets the problems confronting them and who heightens their morale,
A short while ago, "Life," with its characteristic attitude toward is doing an incalculable amount of good. We trust that Detroit's men
the Jew, carried .an article on "The Jewish Mind in these States." The will answer the call of the Welfare Board and that we will be the first
author placed all Jews in one category and maintained that the Jewish city to furnish our quota of workers.
Had survey of Treasurer's Office made without expense to county .
Ilesulting in improvements being installed.
Ex-Treasurers paid back to county $7,125.84.
Now working on other discrepencies,
mind was "The most destructive mind in the world, the most grasping
and unabashed, one of the ablest, one of the most aspiring, and, in its
own view, the most concerned for human welfare." Naturally a state-
ment like this ar oused a great deal of comment and protest at the time
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company. A subsequent article was then printed in which the author
Asylum vs. Home
begs the question. Ile tries to tell us that when he attributes a "destruc-
tive mind" to the Jew he means it its a compliment. As an analogy he
Discussion
says, "It is not rude to speak of gunpowder as destructive. Nobody ,
and the anti-Defamation League took the matter up with the publishing
thinks less of gunpowder for being destructive." So his quibble con- Defends Cleveland Orphans Asy-
lum Against Criticism of
tinues throughout the article. Ibis logic may satisfy him, but there
Educational System.
still remains in our mind a doubt as to the" implication of the word
"destructive" in his first article. Undoubtedly there it meant that•Jews To the Editor, The Jewish Chronicle,
Detroit, Mkh.
are trying to tear down American civilization, and therefore should be
constantly watched by their fellow-citizens. Ile exempts no Jews; all
Sir:
It was not my intention to address
are destructive, We believe that he is dishonest in the second article you again on the matter of Homes vs.
when he says it is a good thing to have a destructive mind in our midst Institutions, but Mr. Butzel's letter
in your issue of the 9th inst. in reply
sent and still go to the Cleveland high
schools, also for obvious reasons
many children of advanced classes of
the home school, with permission of
the Cleveland school board, have
gone and still go to the public gram-
mar schools by the advice and with
the consent of the superintendent of
the asylum, who has the education
of the children in charge, but "the
most tragic moment," begging the
board to reconstitute classes, and the
board's refusal is fiction pure and
simple. And the irony that the rea-
son for "begging the hoard" because
the orphan children were better edu-
cated, better mannered, and more
sensitive than the other children is
gratuitous, though I cheerfully leave
because of the moral good that will result. In the interval elapsing
to Tunic of the 2nd inst. contains
between the two articles the author may have experienced a change of some assertions which impel me to it to Mr. Butzel's conclusion that our
orphan children (those raised in the
mind. It would have been much better in the first place if "Life" had prolong the discussion. Ile says:
"The most tragic Moment in the Cleveland institution) have the super-
kept to its own field in publishing its usually questionable jokes. The history of the Cleveland Orphan Asy-
lative qualities over those who are
editors of the publication do not seem to possess sufficient poise for the lum occurred when the very able and reared in private homes of people for
consideration of serious questions.
Culture and Human Civilization.
Two years before the outbreak of the war Mr. Jacob II. Schiff
gave one hundred thousand dollars to Cornell University "to promote
studies in German culture." Since that time Mr. Schiff has requested
the University authorities to substitute the words "human civilization"
for "German culture." Human civilization and German culture since
the outbreak of the war have been considered mutually exclusive terms.
They will be so considered long after Germany has been thrashed to
her knees. :\ nation which has disobeyed every human law, which has
revelled in the sinking of hospital ships, the destruction of innocent
babes and the ravaging of virtuous women, cannot erase in a decade
what it has taken a century to perfect. It will undoubtedly be years
before 'Germany can make the world believe that she possesses human
civilization. Certainly the world will never again accept her claims to
culture because the kind of culture advocated by her will have no place
in an awakened and reconstructed world. A radical departure from
fine feeling superintendent begged the
board for permission to withdraw the
older children from the public schools
and reconstitute classes within the
orphan asylum because the orphan
children were better educated, better
mannered, and more sensitise than
the other children."
Where did Mr. Butzel get this in-
formation? Even though he were
correct, which he is not, why does
he pronounce this alleged occur-
rence "the most tragic moment in the
history of the orphan asylum?" This
is in line with his former expression
of the fancied misfortune of having
"Kaddish recited through eternity by
the orphan children for good old peo-
ple . . ." The above quoted state-
ment is dangerous because it is mis-
leading and places our institutions in
a wrong attitude before the commu-
nity. I fail to comprehend his meta-
phor or his purpose in making the
allegations.
Though Mr. Butzel may find new
points in this letter as he failed to ob-
serve them in my previous one—an
evidence of his change of his views—
and though we still may differ to
some degree, we agree, however, that
our discussions were conducted in
the amiable spirit which is ever char-
acteristic of him.
Rosh Hashonah Eve. this year falls on Friday, Sep-
tember 6th. The Rosh Hashonah Number of the Jew-
ish Chronicle will be issued on that date.
It will contain a page of New Year Greeting Cards of
folks who desire to reach all their friends in this most
effective and economical method. It will save you the
expense and trouble of mailing individual cards and will
relieve the congestion at the postoffices throughout the
country.
The cards will appear in this or similar form:
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Perrin
and family, of 350 Ophelia
street, wish their relatives and
friends a Happy and Prospe-
rous New Year,
The cost for each card is $1.00.
Fill out and mail this coupon NOW.
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307-8 Peter Smith Bldg.,
Detroit, Mich.
Gentlemen:—Enclosed find $1.00 for which please
insert my New Year Greeting in your Rosh Hashonah
Number as follows:
Your issue of the 9th inst. only
Facts on Educational System.
reached me today, hence the delay of
The facts are as to the orphan chil- my answer.
her brutal militaristic policy must be shown and her tyrants overthrown dren in the home and public schools.
before Germany can even hope to have the world tolerate her among that for many years quite a few of the
the nations.
a weekly remuneration paid by char-
itable societies. Many people know
the price but not the value of things.
Differentiates Homes.
I sincerely thank Mr. Butzel for
his assurance that the United Jewish
Charities finds excellent homes for
infants in Detroit, and let us hope
that this can and always will be the
case. However, do not forget to dif-
ferentiate between having children
adopted by some of our good people
and the placing of children with per-
sons for a consideration of a few dol-
lars.
SEND YOUR NEW YEAR GREETINGS TO ALL
YOUR FRIENDS THROUGH THE
JEWISH CHRONICLE.
children who having passed the high-
cst school grades of the asylum were
Yours very truly.
ADOLPH FRECND.
Mackinac Island, Mich.
August 19, 1918.
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