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Chanukah and Thanksgiving

A Record of Growth

At the sixty-ninth .\ initial 'Meeting of Temple Beth El which

was

held recently and which was one of the largest—if not the very largest—

By happy coincidence, Chanukah. Israel's Feast of Light and 1)eili - in thy' history of that Congregation, reports were presented that must
cation, and Thanksgiving Day, .\inerica's' Festival of Gl a d ness an d o f have tilled the officers and members of the Congregation with a sen-e of

he prominence and activity of the with partial payments receipted
Franks family of NIontreal, and it will on, a very considerable sum for 11','
not be at all surprising to the meat- time and place.
hers of this Society to find one of that
Here and there, throughout II ,
)tit , i nal ent,t ,t ,s n a
g tit(ilmele
family an early resident of Alichigan d b:)c
inhabitants
tt:rso
f t le
t
and prominently identified with the indicated, references are to be 1,,,
beginnings of the Northwest.
Jacob Franks was a resident of diery at the posts in Michigan
Mackinac during the war of 1812, and names which may we ll he the,),
was in the Northwest at an earlier Jews, but in such matter s it u ce d,„;
n
date. From the data here presented besaidtl
,:anon
tthe,ni,t
n i tiivea:tdig itt.:.,
the inference is a fair one that he is mah; eti.
si
sl af.
(f
si cjechra
Jacob Franks, Sr., the father of Jacob
Franks, Jr., a noted trailer and ex- ..ternin
Silt
IItrsch, cigar mann factui oi
plorer in the,Iludson Bay Region (12). Freedman & Brothers, dry goods; .\b,,
Joseph Grunwald,
The Jacob Franks in question was penklb? Irimer, fancy goods; F. E.
a pioneer of notable enterprise; he is tra i t 1 painter; Solomon Cohen, peat.,
(i
Many of these NISS. have Isoo, ,
spoken of in the \Visconsin Historical it( the collections of the alichoian
01 the and
given to the archive numbers and al , ,
fLa°cIt isecIttie' rn:•S'pri ens)enfitte"ill'iccillincninr7iting
(4) Dominion .
Ill. 9;
are collected, as an English Jew who
arrived at Green Bay in 1794, to open
is trading post for his Montreal em-
Nliehigan Pioneer and Historical
players (13).
Vet. X, p. •55
I, ;.
ri' .;(1,' ,a,2n15:11.a,
" NiJe
s
He early obtained a large grant of po , t m 1, 11 1 , I .,„
l and fro m the Indians at this point,
d
by
non.
Charles
Mo
and evidently made up his mind )0
d lint printed in
tkins:cc P..
permanently settle.
istorkal Collections, Vol. XXVII A!

an

A Jewish Officer.

Gratitude, will occur this year practically simultan eo usly . These t wo just pride. Numerically the third largest Jewish Con4regation in .\m-
Ilis sister married a man by the
festivak will this year at a ny ra t e , soun d a s i m il ar if n ot a n absolutely' eerica today, Temple Beth El, has won an honored place alining its 5i:- name of Lawe and their son, Jollff
Lawe, was in 1814 of sufficient age to
identical note. Both will call to mind a martial victory, R o th voi ce ter Congregations in the land. In every legitimate phase of Congrega-

the gratitude of a people that God has uplit•Id the cause o f r i ght eousness . tional endeavor, it has shown marked progress. Its growth, though

And yet, it would be to misread the deeper implications of Igitli of these helped by the general increase in 1)etroit''s Jewish population. has come

great festivals, were we n o t to recognize the fact that the 11'411111dt of largely from within, and it is a source of gratitude and pride to note
the battlefield Is not the supreme idea for which they stand. that a very large proportion of the present inemliership represents in

As for the Jewish festival, it aced scarcely to he emphasized that unbroken line, the third and finirtli generations of members. .\ till in

what gives to it its place in our religious calendar is its character as the this, we take it, Temple Beth El is but typical if other Reform Jewish

Festival of I.ight and Dedication.

The triumph of the \laccabees Congregations in America. In this fa:t lies the assurance of the future

means nothing in Jewish history e xce pt as it mad e possible the re-deli- of Reform Judaism in America. Voting and old here worship together

cation to the service of Israel's God of the 'reunite that had been ',oh -

and both tied inspiration and religious exaltation in the service.

luted by the idolatrous foe. It was the salvation of Israel as a rdig-

ions people, the re-establishment of the worship of

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time has definitely passed when Reform Judaism must justify

o lding the allegiance of the young, the influence

One 1;011 and the

opportunity that the Nlaccabean victory held for the spreading of hula- that
itself.
success
it Its
wields
over in
the h thinking Of young and old alike, the part that it

ism's teachings that has made Chanukah the joyous festival that it k. play, in brea ki ng d ‘ n th e pre j u dices between Jew and non - jew With -
Similarly, Thanksgiving utterly loses its meaning if it is regarded
yielding an iota of true Jewish principle, give it a place (if absolute

as a time for gratitude only for martial triumphs ;111,1 material blessings, out

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te religion , life of our time.
True, this year America has special reason to rejoice in the fact that to perniInenc in tlt
In saying all tots, Ive would not be construed as casting even the
it has been given the privilege of feeding the world and saving tens
slightest reflection upon the potency of orthodox and conservative Juda-
of millions of men, women and children from starvation. But the prim
, ,,
ism
ism to influence the men and the winnen who are its devotees. To imply
cipal cause of our joy is not in the fact that we hart had much but that
that Orthodoxy, Christian and Jewish, has no place in the religious
,
we have served greatly. Even the magnificent victory which has come ;
is
(it minty, would be foolish to say the least. But we belie \ (.. that it
life
,
„
,
to our arms, is not a final cause for thanksgiving. I f the. souls of the
1)f the forms and ceremonies and in par-
inevitable
people are not deeply touched by the fact that 1;011 has throughout these almost inevitatne tnat many
years of struggle, guided the destinies of urn and nations; if there is Ocular, the basic philosophy of ( irthodoxy is bound to yield to the pres-

has presented a copy 111 tio• 111,•
T he affidavit i s on
m
(8) Ezekiel SoIonion's
.

society.

turrilde trials of himself and

recce as a lieutenant with the English v.vors. Ile status that Solomon o
NIontreal hy the
t.
forces that defended Mackinac against t"Travuls and Adventure, ,
the ill - starred venture of Colonel AIoxatiller Homy, Non Viol,. I-
101
Dominion Archives .1" ,,,
Holmes and the American forces. An Nliehigan Pioneer and Ili, 01, al
IP
early wayfarer, one Captain Anderson,
Ar.ho c ,
who came to know and value Jacob and Historical Collectin, IC,
. I
Franks as a friend. refers to them Xvi. e.
both as "an English gentleman, Jacob
(12, y. :Wide
Franks and his nephew, John Lawe,
;;;
(.;.;,,,,,,
Jews extensively embarked in the fur
trade here 1141." John Lawe became X \ ,
%Vigoon,in
Colh, no-, A,I .
a prominent figure in
• ISCOnSill Ix, p.
11.-0 Fur a brie( account cf
I,,, •
pioneer life and among other services
\W. IIf, p. 2:01.
of note, was judge of Brown county
III, pp. 2:04 a.
(10
III,
p.
/163,,
c,a.
I
II)
(15).
Isi I tounnico .A1.111, , Al' 1",
Before Jacob Franks retired to Nits hiaan
I
Ili., , .,,,
Mackinac during the \Var of 1812, lie Vol. XVI, p. 1;2.
,
lionlintoo .‘t, lore, ot
trailer and person of
figures a
:11141 III-1.'1,A
tic took active steps
prominence.
X NV. P.
(111 1 , ,nolion .\ rchimr , (C.
to develop his tract of land. The first NU,
.11
l'i ■ mcur and
307,
saw mill and the first grist mill Vol. X VI,
(1'.
I
121,
operated in \V,ISCOIISIII were mimic to
i•
Al ,
haul): name al , .
,•,. •
Op
i'en.ts of Nlackinac, non
his enterprise (16).
•. Is I.
'ir I hoary at 'tempo. It 1, iltred I
In the year 1806, he with one other and shuts him as head tot a' loop., hold
sent to Mackinac not less than ten ing for four I rrsnns I , et neon 16 and 9 ,,
of age, and four betncen 26 and 1.,
thousand pounds of deer tallow (17). malt's.
(21, .5Icsaiolcr Henry's 'frayed., o.
Either his business interests or the
ready referred to, p. Ion.
troubles of 1812 seemed to have taken
Nlichittan l'ioneer and Iledora...
123)
him to Mackinac. His name appears lections, Vttl. VIII, p. tss.

as one of thirteen signers describing
thentsely, s as "Magistrates, merch-
to a petition to the Governor of
of Nlichilimackinac and St. Josephs,"
ants, trailers, and principal inhabitants
Canada commending Captain Robert
Livingstone lately wounded in the
\\'ar of 1812 (181. In 1814, he with
world have sit much reason to praise flint from whom all blessings istn, there is much in common, and that this community of interest tril l
three others are appointed to inven- Copenhagen Reports Insane
Anti-Semitism in Rumania and
tory the two schooners "Scorpion"
flow, it would be unseemly not to recognize the fact that Thanksgiving be increasingly emphasized if ,without antagonism, each straight for
o nestly and unselfishly pity's its legitimate part in the tip and "Tigress" captured from the Elsewhere Demands Interna-
—like our Chanukah—is also a time of re-dedication. In this hour, we wardly and h
United States and brought to Nlack-
tional Action.
of
d'" ' and i lidai ' llL
must re-dedicate our souls to the service of country' and humanity, \\'c building
nac (191.
When the British after the \Var of AMERICAN LEADERS
must re-consecrate ourselves to working out the problems of peace even
1812 withdrew from Mackinac, Franks
ASK INTERVENTION
as we gave ourselves to the solution of the mighty war problems by
suffered the penalty of his loyalty, as
which our nation was confronted. And as in thy. one case, Gal has
appears
from
a
letter
of
complaint
. 1 i-\-
yet unofficial announcement front \Vitshington that .\ ssociate
CH PE N AG E N—iteport.
dated October second, 1815, written
given us strength to prevail, so in the other, may He give us wisdom and
•
Chief Justice Ilrandeis is to be one of the 11101 to represent the interests by the British Lieutenant McDonall, ceived here that the Joys of II,
courage to do our duty.
of Eastern Europe are flirt',
of . \ merica at the Peace Table should be gratifying to all classes o f from the new ,ettlenu•nt at Drum-
with pogroms.
The though( of the two festivals is common. .\ s .\itt•ric;Ins ;111(1
.\ mericans. Judge Itratilleis is peculiarly' titled by education, by experi mond's Island (21f,
Pnblic riots and the appro,n1,, , •.
Jews, then, we may sing our praises to the (lid of the nations ;111(1 rev-
Home Looted,
„. ear(, and by his sympathies to (teal with the intricate and delicate prob
mobilization are leading to •
also
reason
to
believe,"
-
I
have
he
the service of ins
en i ce :Illi I . to tl
.
1.ves 1 .o I lis
erently re-dedicate ourselves
anarchy, of which the Jews n
lents that must of necessity ;iris(' in the Conference at which the destin
"that unusual harshness has
the v,ctims.
children in the world.
ics of the world are tii be settlol. His knowledge of international law been shown to every individual at-
.\ wild agitation appealing to the
tached to or in any way connected
will also stand him in good stead at this time, l'intuestionably, his ap
lowest instincts, is even now being
with the British Government and their
pointment to this high and important 011iCe Will lie hailed With t•SpCCia property in several instances, wan- carried on, especially in Rumania and
in Poland.
delight by• our friends - -the Zionist,. .\ man whose leadership has given tonly pillaged that the house of \I r.
.•
In the 1?iimatiian newspaper,
,
, ,
,
Recent times have developed certain new ty pes of patriots, among
Franks and another of 1/r. Nlitchell's
such s t rengt h Lo t h e mom einem as without him it could perhaps neve
sucil
by the ,
menica •opuride,"
have
been
broken
open
and
sustained
them—the. Professional Patriot, the Parvenu Patriot, and the Parading ,
vials
and d striblited
nave gained, and one w hose judgment tiinfll IllaItCrS affecting Jews an d
much damage." Franks was allotted
Patriot. The Professional Patriot is he whose patriotism represents a
iieasants. the Minister of Eilii,•,••
Judaism will no doubt be accepted as final by his colleagues at the Peace a building plot in the new English
recommends the employment e• •
sort of investment, the interest of which accrues to hint in terms of
post at Drummond's Island in 1816,
' l' ame, win not fail to exert a tremendous influence in bringing to real
most horrible Means to force th• I , -
but it appears marked in the list as
Ill'Wspaper publicity, political preferment a n d 111111101CP with the powers
to leave the country.
ization the hopes and -the plans of the Zionists,
"not occupied." Nevertheless lie is
that be. Ile is, all things considered, not quite so new a species ;Ls others
The well known politician. V,
\s a matter of fact, historical forces have recently been working it referred ti, in a report of a govern-
cans upon the populace to bo t•,,!,
whom we have mentioned. Ile has always been fairly prominent among
favor 1)f Zionism and the appointment of Judge Brandeis is only another ment agent in 1811, being credited aliens, meaning Jews. nn , •
the partisan politicians. Fortunately, us our city, since the election of a
with 12,1'30.18 livres for supplies fur-
evidence of this same fact. It seems likely, therefore. that in (inc form
completely than in Poland
nished at St. Joseph (21).
smaller council and the fixing of re•ionsibility for public acts, his place ,
12—Jewish Chronicle ..
.
or another, the so-called Jewish State so ardently longed for by politica l
The new post failed utterly as a
call upon the people to
and his power Will S0011 he curtailed. But to some extent, he is boun d
Zi on i sts w i .„ ll Leconte a reality. It is to be hoped that those upon whom competitor to Mackinac and there ap-
Jews. It is expected that at ,I•
to persist.
will fall the high responsibility of guiding its destinies will be wise in the pears no further mention of Franks meal pogroms illay break
in connection with it. It would not
The Parvenu Patriot is distinctly a product of the present war.
Black Hundreds are reed
fulfillment of their task so that (Weil if the highest results hoped for by
be amiss if some investigator of the
During all the years that our nation was at peace and enjoying prosper--
from the soldiers, and self-d , ,
the most zealous proponents of the movement may not be fully realized Jewish beginnings in \Visconsin would
la,l A
inipo.sible
of
because
, , ,
, , .
, ,
In
. ,
,
ity, he shared in its blessings, taking them always for granted.
neither shall time- dreaded taissiiiiiities witicn some of us who stand in take up further the subject of this weapons.
many instances, lie did not even exercise the right of franchise, believ-
enterprising settler of Green Bay and
Judge Julian \\'. Mack and i
opposition to political Zionism. come to fulfillment.
his nephew, Judge ).awe.
ing that the city, the state and the nation were in the last analysis, no
Marshall, Presidents respecti el
Zionism, as an ideal, we have ahvays held, has had in it an clemen t
In concluding the mention of Jacob
.
the Zionist Orgainzation and o
concern of his. Ilia when the war came and it so chanced that one of
It remains to be seen whether Zionism realized, will Franks and the references to him in American Jewish Committee,
of , inspiratton.
inspiration.
his sons or brothers was drafted into service, he suddenly became a
the
Canadian
Archives,
it
may
not
be
lose that idealism and hurt rather than help the Jewish cause. It is a
taken steps to prevail upon the
too great a digression to call - the
patriot. He exhibited the SerVice Flag in his window and wore the SCrV-
,
happy thing fl o ut it seems likely that a nail of such keen mind and large attention of those members of the powers to intervene in the comm.
sight.
Ile
became
especially
named, on the ground of humanii , .
ice Button where it was always in plain
sympathies as justice. Brandeis trill havc much to do with laying its Society who have looked up the his-
In the whole of Poland,• agitation
noisy in his protestations of loyalty. He capitalized in one way and
tory of David Franks. of Philadelphia,
for pogroms is being openly corled
another, the fact that he was contributing his share to the winning Of foundations properly.
to the fact that there are a number
on. Street attacks are taking tit
of interesting imprinted manuscript \Varsaw. Jewish factories ale
the sear, forgetful 14 the fact that his purchase of Liberty Bonds was
letters front Franks to the British looted and destroyed. \Vorse poer'ofis
a perfectly safeguarded and lucrative investment and that the drafting
Commanders among the documents than those of 1905, are feared.
into the service of his near relatives was neither by Ins choice nor theirs.
at Ottawa.
General Vitaldorsky libels the le,),
A letter from one William Plum- in a public appeal and dem) ,
Very often, this Parvenu Patriot has not hesitated to profit by the
stead to Colonel (afterwards Gen- hostages, all Jewish director , ,••
events of the war, though to this fact he has given no more publicity
' ing in local pride as a later settlemen eral) Bouquet, dated at Philadelphia. nitrations, and of the town r•
than necessary. Like the parvenu of wealth, he is not altogether coin- Michi
Without a to
hall or a volunteer February 25, 1760, announces the ap- and all rabbis and priori
me department.
pointment of himself and David schools and synagogues, to I o -
fortable with the new dignity that the times have put upon him. Ile is
(, ontinu
Salomon Leaves.
Franks as agents for the army con- the moment Bolshevik activities
i :,e , From Page one.)
kiintui. This son
him.
iv wtati:iiitiltglit
so self-conscious of his pariotis ni that it rests uneas g
ii eraltt e ,latthe. re erence to Solomon i
tractors. It is not unlikely that the begun.
s the farad-
ere
we
have
reference
i
ces
to
h
e
rendered
by
Hie third class of patriots to whom
such a per '
tmf the cession
n of Mack stores which Major Gladwin was so
In this moment of panic and
are tt ‘t 'uctstl.. a stth'ceondnatri )s's Place in ' mac to the Americans alter 1
•
Patriot—the noise-making, bonfire-lighting. tla
\\' at' eager to convey to Detroit in 1763, the Jewish population looks for I
1
these
petit
'
patriotic
s of 1812. he withdrew with
before Pontiac should have closed in meet on from terrible pogroms
e nu they Iumms
ei nitan.n.lit es•Iv l'i.
iiiilo
class is made tip of those w
contributed
.
t.0 their coml.. f.unctio
ms
n ats a sort t
atg
si nru
othe now English settlement at upon him were purveyed by Franks. immediate international intervent ,•.
much
'' '
th e
talk the most about their A
whi c h m: petit i oners t bititymnies Island. 'd Two lots appear He undoubtedly' supplied Fort Pitt
they base
I • -
se
in terms of time, money, or service,
i : 11Mtrilr, eSt i lnog‘nl\tiosath ri' and nootthhiere northwestern tpo ostas.
,-
NE ,\ViirO, RK—, During the celchr.
a e me
. ,,,,,tio)aftt Sie:t) tl:ttintu ri lmoi f ist hie): , t u p
ritilt1t): itn) 1;16e. tutu designated as "occupied.”
try's cause. For the great and holy triumph that has come to .\ merica "'All a'h n i:t
Jewish limn
L oe,,, here ,ast Week over
Descendants of
trailer at Mackinac
is to be when
found he-
in premature news that German)
st
Alexander
Henry., account
and her Allies, they would rather march at the head of a l mradt
lf,oerrsoit is the vicinity of 1) rt:117:::(nonul illisliive in
agreed to the armistice term: ni
i ,).4 1-, ,' w" -. .)1to mie':::::at(iiiiiiht
r con tribtlistiot7s1
fall in reverent worship and express their gratitude to iiod.
Joseph Island, (111 but the writer mentions the fact that after the mas- General Eoch, a great many accident•
.liat:
rnis
ai(gk: itii:Iius's'i . tia' r y ' s support. both his na tMic. is unable
them, the deeper meaning of true patriotism is lost. as the dee li.e •Lt
unable to say if there abid •
•'
nacre two large canoes of goods 'n the crowded Jewish sections ••c -
and that of his sometime partner, them any information beyond ;I ste "trital! arrived at Mackinac cinsigned to Mr. cured.
nificance of our great triumph is lost upon them. Once. they hav e
appear for 51) herds each (0 I. dition of their descent. '
Levy
(221. ; Among some miscellaneous
One young man actually died of
a show of themselves in their flag - w;tving parades, they Will sink back
Their names are quite at the end If Ezekiel Solomon thus becomes documents printed in the Michigan This "victim of peace" was Bernard
things
truly
,\
merican
of
into their attitude of unholy indifference to all
the list, which is headed by the of interest to us as a resident Jewish Collections is a promissory note dated Merinherg,
20 years of age, a clerk in
large contributors among the French trailer who was a witness and a sur- at "Nlisilitnackinac August 15, 1774," a drug store.
NVIien he heard the
and will believe their duty done.
of the Catholic faith. followed by
a vivor of the massacre at Mackinac a made by J. Levy and Richard Mc- shouts of "extra," he ran out of time
It goes without saying that none of these kinds of patriotism nieas- .
rhadi ye.'
i whose
et) ice increasing mod- somewhat later resident of the same Carty 123).
It
would
thus
seem
that
store
and
bought
a paper. The ino-
donation the ra
ores up to a true American standar d. lie is the patriot worthy of the est n y g
cot
sstet t down place demands our interest to a much the seizure of the goods by the In- nwnt he read the head-line. "%Var. is
oil faromon and (.'
name who in every fibre of his being is thrilled by the triumph not so b foy:n l S - i nal
dians eleven years previously had not over," he fell down senseless. \\lie "
rear guard. In thosPer"deava
greater
extent.
. 5 . The
publications
of this Society discouraged Mr. 1.evy. The note is for a physician from the Gouverneur
much of our arms, as of the ideals and the principles which those anus '
a post without a missionar was
y was ack- have seldom failed to enlarge upon something over 263 pounds (English) pital examined him he was dead

not within them a keen realization that not by strength and not by sure of the newer thought modes of the present time. In the meantime ,
however. both Reform and Orthodoxy as represented in the Congrega-
,
„ „
, . , is
power have We prevailed but only because our cause has been just, time
fearlessly
h
Thanksgiving exercises will fail to strike the deeper note for which the tion--wincit s tne logical unit of Jewis
and faithfully' and courageously carry on the work that seems theirs t(
occasion surely calls.
At this time, when Jew and Christian in all the countries of the do with the full realization that between the two great branches of Juda

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PERSECUTION FELT
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Justice Brandeis at the Peace Table

Parading Our Patriotism

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