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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, NI&
VOL. IV. NO. 18.
Daniels Praises Jewish
Service to Human Race
In New York Celebration
Two Million Raised for Liberty
EIGHT GENERALS
OF JEWISH BLOOD
IN FRENCH ARMY
- —
Nearly 1,000 Jewish Soldiers Have
Been Decorated With Medals
or Crosses.
Named on American Bst Association
Per Year, $2.00; Copy, 5 Cents.
Council. LONDON RELIEVES
FIRE DISTRESS OF
SALONIKI'S JEWS
Chief Rabbi of Greek-Jewish City Sends
Message of Gratitude to
Lord Mayor.
Loan at Meeting to Celebrate
Wilson's Zionism Letter
Praised by Detroit Lawyer
Replying to Dr. Grossman
Statesmanship Itself Demanded
Pronouncement on Future
Status of Palestine and Its
Inhabitants, Declares Max N.
Freedman, Michigan's Honor
Graduate of Harvard.
ATHENS—The city of London. in
wAsiiINGToN_ -Speaking at a
spite of its having to cope with the
British Victories in Deliver- reception to one of the departing con-
hardships growing out of the war. is
tingents
of
American
Jewish
soldiers
ance of Palestine.
not unmindful of the needs of dis-
for Paledine, Lieut. Pierre Geismar,
tressed people in other parts of the
a representative of the French Em-
world. A great fire devastated the
WILSON LAUDED BY
bassy in ' \Vashington, said that be-
city of Saloniki in Greece.
JUDGE JULIAN MACK fore the war there were eight Jewish
Since Saloniki is largely a Jewish "ISSUE NOT RELIGIOUS
Generals, 14 Colonels, 21 Lieutenant-
city, the Jews suffered more than the
Colonels and 68 Majors in the French
BUT ULTRA PRACTICAL"
NI.: \V YORK—The destruction of army,
rest of the population; and the lord
the 'Turkish armies in Palestine by
mayor of London sent live hundred
These numbers had considerably in-
the forces under General Allenby, and creased during the sear.
Great attention was attracted by
pounds from the Mansion House
the assurance of the re-establishment
Lieut. Geismar mentioned that the
Fund for the relief of the sufferers. Rabbi Louis Grossmann's open ',letter
of a Jewish State based on the ap- company which he had under his or-
to
President Wilson protesting
The Chief Rabbi of Saloniki thank-
proval by President Wilson and Sec- ders on the battle front at the end
ing the Lord Mayor wrote as follows: against Mr. \Vilson's Zionistic mes-
retary Balfour of the Zionist move- of 1915 contained a large number of
"On behalf of thousands of persons sage to Rabbi Wise. The letter of Dr.
ment were the subjects of a great Russian Jews resident in Paris, and
who had to be succored and on my Grossmann emphasized the religious
demonstration at Carnegie Hall last that considerable numbers were in-
own behalf, I beg . to tender to you issues involved in Zionism.
night. where a celebration was held cluded in various regiments.
Dr. Grossmann's letter has brought
my profound gratitude. The mag-
by the Zionist organization of
The valor and gallantry of these
nificent outburst of generosity by to the editor's desk the following pre-
sentation
of a different view of the
merica.
Jewish soldiers were shown by the
your country, which always stands at
The enthusiasm took practical fact that up to April 15, 1916, 139 Jew's
the head of the nations in endeavor- President's letter and of the whole
shape in that subscriptions of more had gained the Legion of Honor, 120
ing to assure the triumph in the world Zionistic question, front Max N.
than $1M00,000 to the Liberty Loan the Military Medal and 700 the Cross
of the reign of goodness and justice, Freedman, of Detroit.
Mr. Freedman has just completed
were announced at the meeting.
of War for service on the field.
will contribute to assuage the intense
In recognition of the services of
misery occasioned by last year's his law course at Harvard, having
The mention of General Allenby
completed
eight years of university
catastrophe."
:Ind of President Wilson's promise these foreign Jews, the French au-
work in six. He has passed the state
for small nations brought the audi- thorities had decided to remove them
bar examination and is now a member
front the Foreign Legion and to place
APPEAL TO RABBIS
ence again and again to its feet.
of the bar, but has prepared to go into
The guest of honor at the meeting them in ordinary French regiments.
TO ENTER SERVICE
the army to serve for the duration of
was Secretary of the Navy josephus
AS ARMY CHAPLAINS the war, before commencing the.prac-
Daniels, who was frequently lauded COL. ALFRED ALOE
tire of his professiqn.
for his work in relieving the Jews in
THIRD OF THAT RANK
Mr. Freedman's comments on the
Palestine by sending warships loaded
United Synagogues Ask Spiritual Aid
IN THE U. S. ARMY
international situation involved are of
ADOLPH
SLOMAN.
with food and by carrying thousands
for 100,000 Jewish Boys Soon
special interest because of his distinc-
away to places of safety.
To Be in Khaki.
Adolph Sloman, for nearly 40 years association and the American Bar as-
tion as a student. He won the Har-
PHILADELPHIA—Lieutenant Col-
Mr. Daniels' Speech.
vard scholarship by his work at the
onel Alfred Aloe has just been pro- a well-known member of the Detroit sociation. He served as president of
the
Michigan
Bar
association
in
1902-
bar.
has
been
elected
a
member
of
the
"Let my presence here tonight," moted to a full colonelcy, and has
NEW N'ORK—The following let- Cass Technical high school. He his
Michigan
local
council
of
the
Atneri-
1903.
He
was
appointed
a
delegate
to
won
debating trophies, additional
lie said, "testify to my great pleasure been ordered to Camp Fremont, Cal.
ters were sent out this week by the
the national congress on divorce United Synagogue of America to offi- scholarships and cunt laude distinc-
that President Wilson had filially ut-
Colonel Aloe is one of the three can Bar association.
The only other members of the problems, held in Philadelphia No- cers and rabbis of affiliated congre- tions during his college course.
tered the word that you have been Jewish colonels in the United States
Mr. Freedman's letter, which is pub-
waiting for so long, so eagerly, to army. Ile has been in the service for Michigan local council are Attorneys vember 13 to 16, 1906. He was norni- gations:
lished in order to give different views
hear, the word which by your sacri- 23 years, having been appointed by Fred A. Maynard, of Battle Creek; sated for the circuit bench in 1906.
Letter to Officers.
of the same question, is as follows:
fices, by your devotion to your his- President McKinley as second lieu- F. L. Dodge, of Lansing, and A. H. He is now associated with his son,
Dear Sir—We beg to call your at-
Editor The Jewish Chronicle—
Attorney Edmund H. Sloman, in the
tory and to your traditions, by your tenant during the Spanish-American Ryall, of Escanaba.
tention to the fact that there is a
In your issue dated September 27,
Sloman
is
a
native
of
Detroit,
law
firm
of
Sloman
&
Sloman.
staunchness in the cause of humanity, war. He also served on the Mexican
great need for Jewish chaplains in the 1918, you published an open letter by
Mr. Sloman has served as a member
where he was horn in 1859. He was
by your surpassing loyalty to the border.
United
States
army.
A
great
per-
Rabbi Louis Grossmann to President
first educated in the Detroit grammar of the Board of Trustees of Tetnple
cause of America and that of its as-
centage of the Jewish men in active Wilson, protesting against his recent
and high schools, and graduated from Beth-El, and has also been chairman
sociates in this war, you have so well MLLE. STERN NOW
service
are
orthodox
and
conservative
public statement regarding the Zion-
Ile
the University of Michigan law de- of the Sabbath School Board.
deserved to hear.
SWISS PROFESSOR partment in 1879.
served on the historical committee Jews, and it is encumbent upon the ist movement.
"President Wilson, in his letter to
congregations affiliated with the Unit-
As this protest questions the con-
hlr. Sloman has been for many with Rabbi Leo hi. Franklin and
that splendid American, Rabbi \Vise,
ed Synagogue to take every step in stitutional right of the President to
spoke for the whole American people, One of Four Jewesses Holding Learned years a member of the Michigan Bar Adolph Freund.
their power to facilitate the securing speak or act in the matter, and as
when he expressed his satisfaction
Chairs in European
of the necessary number of rabbis for your editorial columns do- not missile
with the progress of the Zion:0
Universities.
the honor of their synagogue and his attack but rather warmly approve
movement in American and Allied
their country.
it, and as The Jewish Chronicle is a
countries.
GENEVA—Mlle. S. Stern, of Lilian,
We urge that in the •event of your non-partisan forum for the free dis-
"It was quite in acocrd with the a Jewess, has been appointed
rabbi
desiring
to
enlist
as
a
chaplain,
cussion of such matters, I wish to
lofty conceptions that underlie the professor at the University of Ge-
leave of absence should be granted to submit the following criticism of
Zionist movement as a whole that neva. There are now four Jew-
him during the period of the war, and Rabbi Grossman's case.
you. the American contingent, at your esses who are professors in Euro-
if your contract with him sltould ter-
On August 31, 1918, the President
recent convention should have laid it pean universities, namely. Dr. Tu-
minate during that period, the congre- sent the following message to Rabbi
down as one of the fundamental prin- markin in Berne, Dr. Lydia Rabin-
gation
should
feel
in
honor
bound
to
Wise:
ciples of the future government of owitch in the Bacteriological Institute
"I have watched with deep and
Palestine, that the fullest measure of in Berlin, and Dr. Hirsch (grand- Despite the Roman Ghetto, Triumphant Over Enemies, Italian renew the contract.
The chaplains enlisting in the army
sincere interest the reconstructive
religious liberty for all the inhabitants daughter of the famous leader of
Jews Have Won Honors in Every Century, Since the
are
appointed
in
rank
of
first
lieuten-
work
which the Weizmann Com-
of the land should prevail, Jew and Neo-Orthodoxy, Dr. Samson Raphael
Talmud Recorded the Visits of Rabbis to Rome.
ant, at a salary of $2.000 per annum,
mission has done in Palestine at
non-Jo'v alike.
Hirsch) in Berlin.
and it behooves each congregation to
the instance of the British Gov-
"As one who has some little knowl-
Today Only 40,000 Remain in Italy, But They Have Won make such financial changes as to in-
ernment, and 1 welcotne an oppor-
edge of the genius of Israel, I feel RUSSIAN JEWISH
sure the rabbi from suffering from
that I have the right to proclaim
Distinction in Every Business, Profession and Art,
REFUGEES
FIND
any
financial
difficulties,
or
his
family
here my innermost conviction that the
in War, and Statesmanship, and Philanthropy.
7/
from being deprived of their custo-
HOMES IN JAPAN
National Jewish Homeland will be
mar• way of living.
the model land of which your im-
The
l•rited
By Rabbi H. G. Endow
Synagogue stands
mortal leader, Theodore Ilerzl Synagogue in Kobe and Yokohama Col-
ready to arrange a schedule so that
(Temple Emanu-el, New York)
decanted and wrote. And by the very
ony Mark First Settelement
congregations whose rabbis have be.-
wording of his letter to Dr. Wise, I
in Nippon.
Within the last few months our at- genre, but also to the good-will of come chaplains, may from time to
feel that I have the right to say that
tention
has
been
focused
upon
Italy,
some
of
the
emperors.
this, too, is the conviction of Presi-
T. o K I 0—Owing to conditions because of the reverses which have tt hen Caesar died, it is said, the time have visiting rabbis deliver ser-
mons in the pulpits thus made vacant
dent Wilson."
growing out of the war Japan has for
befallen her army, so soon after its Jews kept vigil at his tomb for three temporarily.
the first time considerable Jewish
Judge Mack's Address.
nights.
\Vt. must not fall behind our quota
notable
heroic
achievements.
settlements.
Judge Julian \V. Mack, who pre-
But the history of the Jews in Italy in this important matter. In days to
Knowing the innate courage and
The Jews of Russia, endeavoring to
sided at the meeting last night, after
thee from their stricken homes, found heroism of the Italians. we must hope is remarkable not only for its aott- come, our young men will judge the
referring to men in British uniform,
congregational institutions in
tli• usual western route across Eu- that their military misfortunes are t q utl i i t n vt. e . ml,tptiesd rg el t o n r a lrkaail:,l i emaal g so nitf i, o .e rnc it:
soldiers of the Jewish Legion, who
America by the response they made
rope closed to them. and consequent- only temporary.
were on the platform with him, and
to the army.
ly 'natty thousands of them crossed
.Meantime, this situation serves to Italy, it has been said, is the one con-
other leaders of the Zion'st move-
Yours very sincerely,
the whole continent to Asia and came increase our interest in the relation
ment, said:
ELIAS L. SOLOMON.
atrYtagIvia'i'sliatJhte.w7ishhaspenresveecrultieoctin sorb
"Shall we ever forget the thrill of to Japan, where they expected to ob- that has existed between Italy a
President
large scale. In England and in France
joy that electrified every Jewish soul, tain passage to the United States.
the Jews—a question which our assn- large
Letter to Rabbis.
The
Jewish
Immigrant
Aid
Society
were
periods
when
the
Jews
here in America, and there punier
dation with her in the present world-
w
Dear Rabbi''—'I he inclosed letter.
were
banished. In Italy they were
where the night of oppression has not of America has brought many of them ctruggle has brought to the fore.
which has been sent to the presidents
a wholesale calamity.
spar ed is
yet ended for our people shall Wt . ever to .America, and a large number are
It is well to remember that the
now
detained
in
New
York
awaiting
This
not to m s a a n ye . d that
i t It et
of of congregations affiliated with the
forget the thrill that lifted tic to the
Jewish community of Italy is the old- Italy
United Synagogue explains itself.
ti m e
heights of exaltation when we read word from their American relatives.
of
Russian
Jews
are
still
in
est
Jewish
community
Hundred
s
No doubt, the situation with regard
E
uro p e. again to face hardshitT aitlid " leisea rny
that wonderful message from the
Japan.
In
Yokohama
quite
a
large
This
is
not
to
say
that
tidy:
and
'theft to the need of Jewish chaplains for
great leader of humanity in which lie
in mist.
tehe
cv ou.nitfri
er
l'1 Ierer ° countries
d in st. one city or another did not try to doing the necessary welfare work for
MAX N. FREEDMAN
expressed his satisfaction with the Jewish community has been formed, ot1°
progress of Zionism in the United attached to which is an emigrant aid this is not the case here. The full expel them. Nor is this meant to our young men in the United States
utility
to express the satisfaction
light of history illumines the earliest cover up the fact that in Rome. front army has received your earnest atten-
States and allied countries since the society.
I have felt in the progress of the
In Kobe a synagogue has been period of Jewish life in hal),
the year 1555 to the year 1848, the tion, as it has of all of us.
British declaration in favor of estab-
Zionist movement in the United
l
There will soon be a hundred thou-
ghetto,
lishing in Palestine a national home built and the community has abOut
In Talmudic literature we read of ehu,-; h were r dt e d
States, and in the Allied coun-
7(1 members. who have also founded
tobey ond
sand Jewish men in active service. A
for the Jewish people.
the journeys of famous rabbis to
tries since the declaration by Mr.
their material and spiritual degrada- great opportunity is thus presented to
"For all time, for so long as mem- a literary and Zionist society.
Rome and of their activities there. In
Balfour on behalf of the British
lion. In Italy. as everywhere else, the us for bringing the message of Juda-
ory endures, for so long a time as it
the New Testament we hear of the Jews hall
Government, of Great Britain's
mo re than their share of ism to our young men who are now
shall be given to Israel to have a CHICAGO ELECTS
approval of the establishment in
Jews of Italy. and of their svnagogues•
misery
r, y of
to p endure,
r
e,
a
no
owing
d
h
in
a
more
receptive
mood
than
ever
place in the world, the gratitude of
JEWISH JUDGES
Palestine of a national home for
which formed the scene of activity for to the fanaticism
anat
before. It would be nothing short of
the Jewish people will go out to him
AND CONGRESSMEN the founders of the new faith. In vacillation of the masses. I llut one thing a tragedy if we failed them in the the Jewish people, and his promise
who has made the beginning of this
that the British Government
Philo, the great Jewish writer of the that never did occur was a wholesale present crisis. For this reason
year so glorious for us, shall go out
would use its best endeavors to
CHICAGO—In the primaries held first century, we have a description of expulsion of the Jews from all her earnestly hope that you may find it
to our great President, Mr. Woodrow
facilitate the achievement of that
at Chicago, Ill.. last week Judges the 1ewish community of Rome in domain, similar to the one from Eng- possible to do your share of this all-
Wilson."
object,
with the understanding
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, who was de- Henry Horner, of the Probate Court, the days of Augtistus, with reference land in 1290, from France in 1393, and important work by offering your ser-
that
nothing would be done to
vices in this emergency.
scribed by Secretary Daniels as "the and Harry J. Fisher, of the Municipal to their communal life and religious from Spain in 1492.
prejudice the civil and religious
huskiest shipbuilder in America," Court, were renominated with an observances. Similarly. there is an
Please write or wire to Dr. Cyrus
Twenty Centuries.
rights of non-Jewish people in
made a stirring appeal for the pur- overwhelming majority.
Adler,
chairman
of
the
Committee
on
allusion to the Jews. their i number
As a result, the history of the Jews
Palestine, or the rights and polit-
Others nominated were Messrs.
chase of Liberty Bonds, and blanks
and their influence, at Rome, n one of of Italy affords today a record of un- Chaplaincy, 531 \Vest One hundred
ical status enjoyed by Jews in
were pased among the audience. Sidney Lyon, Leo Le Boskey, George Cicero's famous orations.
and Twenty-third street.
interrupted
activity
and
glory,
extend-
other
countries."
Hundreds of subscriptions' were re- Mayer, Sol I'. Roderick, Jacob Ep-
Yours very faithfully,
ing over more than the entire period
The substance of Rabbi Gross-
ceived. The following large subscrip- stein and A. J. Sabath for Congress.
Friends of Caesar.
ELIAS
L.
SOLOMON.
of Christian history.
mann's case may be fairly summarized
tions, totaling $1,000,000, were an
All this teaches us in unmistakable
In every century of Italian Jewish
in the following quotations from his
flounced: The Chicago Zionist Com- 000; nary Friedenwald. $5,000; J. W.
GOV.
BAMBERGER
ON
language that even before the begin- history, we find men and movements
letter:
mittee, $500,000; Jacob H. Schiff, $100,- Mack and family, $4,000; B. A. Rosen-
Jews in of importance, bearing witness to the
R. R. HOME BOARD
"The subject of Zionism is a re-
000; Peter Schweitzer, $100,000; the blatt, $1,000; Mr. Sauber, $1,000. ning of the Christian era,
considerable numbers established energy of the Jew and to the oppor-
ligious subject. • • • It is entitled,
Pittsburgh Zionist Committee, $100,- Other subscriptions brought the total
themselves
in
the
capital
of
the
Ro-
tunities
for
its
exercise.
therefore, to the immunity and the
000; Nathan Straus, $50,000; the New considerably over $1,000,000.
SALT LAKE CITY—Governor Si-
And this long period of the past is
guarantees which the Constitution
Orleans Zionist Committee, $50,000; Other speakers were Jacob de Hass, man empire, and that before long
mon Bomberger, of Utah, has been
worthily
crowned
by
the
position
that
affords to all in matters of relig-
Mrs. loseph Fels, $40,000; L. Maurice Dr. B. Z. Mossinsohn, Rabbi Morde- they attained to a position of marked
chosen a member of the Board of
the
Jews
occupy
in
the
Italy
of
today.
and
Morris
Rothern-
ion and conscience, and may not
Fechheimer, $25,000; Louis Robinson cal, M. Kaplan
j nrosorritv and power, thanks not only
Governors of the Railroad Men's
to their own industry and intelli-
and brothers, $15,000; Ben May, $10,- berg.
(Continued On Page Four.)
Mountain Horne Association.
(Continued On Page Mr)
Marvelous History of Italian Jews,
Oldest of European C4onies, Holds
Records of Soldiers, Merchants, Scholars
and Seers from the Days of Julius Caesar
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