THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

Per Year, $2.00; Copy, 5 Cents

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1919.

' VOL. V. NO. 7

B'nai Brith Members and Dr. B. Mossinsohn, Jaffa
DETROIT POLISH NEWSPAPER
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Celebrates
Friends Await Sunday and Gymnasium Educator, Will
PRINTS ATTACK ON JEWS
Twentieth Anniversary at Temple
Tell of Palestine Growth
Record-Breaking Initiation

Polish Daily News, in Leading Editorial, Con-
demns Jewish People as Usurers, Thieves,
White Slavers, and Gamblers.

Charges" Jews -with Lack of Patriotism and with
Intrigue with Germans and Socialists.

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REFERRED TO ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE

Rabbi Leo M. Franklin of 'Feint* Beth El will be the guest of honor
at the twentieth ,inniversary celebration la be held in Temple Beth El Sun-
.
day, January .1b.
Pr. Franklin ;ante to Petroit just20 years ago. in the intervening years
dffeiti011
Of his Petroit fellow citizens
ilh'
/1011,
and
Ih' /IV /,./t IIII/e WIIII
of all faiths, but has gained a national recognition as if leader in the American

pulpit.
.
.
To honor hill: . the Congregation has erceared special services for that
day.
Regular ATI i,ys Ivill be held Sunday morning at 10 :30. The ritual will
be read by Rabbi I/ay...berg. Pr. Fr,tliblin will preach the sermon he used
as his inaugural address. Rabbi David Alexander, of Toledo, will invoke
the benediction.
program 7■ 4 I I be given in honor
In lh , cy.'"itstlo beginning at 8 o'clock, a
.
,'
.
of Pr. Franklin.
f
The chief address Tk'ill be given 10,1.• 1)r. William h'osenau. of Baltimore.
Rabbi Rypitts, of Si. Paul, brother-i ll- Lae of Pr. Franklin, will offer the
dosing prayer.
. Iddresses will be made by the Rea,. Charles 11. Emerson of North Wood.
;card Conaregatiand church, lately ;cinem! from France, and by Judge
.11fred J. Ilurphy.
William Howland, of the Temple Beth hl choir, is preparing a special
musica/ prograin for this great senator. "/"he general public, ■ IS well as the
men:hers, are urged to come early to these services, as it is certain the
Teme/e ;ea/ be crowded.
and Ws. Franklin ;rill be held
.1 general informal reeepti, -o a n ra f
in the vestry rooms, immediately after the evenil, , I"; -. 1..

More Than 300 CandidatesWill President of School Where Classic
Enter Order and Be Guests at Hebrew Is Used as Modern
Banquet Where District Presi- Tongue Will Tell Thrilling Story
dent and Four Past Presidents to Detroit Crowds.
Speak,
NOBLE CAREER OF
SPECIAL SERVICE
EXPECTED VISITOR
'
AT TEMPLE BETH EL

That anti-Semitism is not restrict-Foreigners, especially Americans,
ed to Poland, but is rampant among I are next taken to task for their lack
the Poles of this country as well, is ; of ideals, and the writer suggests that
indicated by the leading editorial of I a stroke of apoplexy might have end-
the "1'011,11 Daily News" of Decent• 1 ed the career of the ambitious His.
march could he have foreseen the tri-
ber 2.0th.
The name of the editorial is "Po- umph of the Po sh nation. Then fol.
land in the Face of Jewish Delanta• I loss several p agraphs in praise of
tions." The Jewish Chronicle is in the "noble Polish nation" wherein the
1
possession of a very carefully trans- writer points out t hat the restoration
'
M of Poland shall be brought about not
)sham for whit. h it is indebted to Mr.
Bronislaw B. Manikolf, of this city, because of justice or sympathy, but
a graduate
t of the University of Kiev, because of political expediency.
Jews Accused of Perfidy.'
Jews Charged With Crimes.
Jews
1
"For it ought to he known," says I A. brief reference is made to the D. W. SIMONS IS
1
HONORED AT NEW
the writer, "that from the essence of . enemies of Poland, to whom in the
their talinudical doctrines it appears ; first place belong the Jews." "For
COUNCIL SESSION
that they (the Jews) will always NVOIli 1 th is nation of great perfidy," says the
towards the destruation of other na- Polish Daily News, the most con-
°avid " • Silli"''' " }I '"' t ' iumi 'll.
;
thing is the existence of the
tions. The. Jew will oppress the pro- vement
pits by usury, by intoxication, will Poles only as a subordinate nation alit nomination
and election to Dc-
- - ---
troit's Ile,. Ilille loan council were so
teach them the art of theft :aril will and never as an independent state.
gratify ing to his innumerable friends, Ideal Physician, Admired and
apply his hand sto ally crime. For,
"It was once said by someone, who
Loved as Saver of Countless
according to the tainted he ought to perhaps was right, that
by and
scattering
especially
to Simons
the civic into
leaders
who
world
dispels- and
"draft
ed" M r.
the race,
Lives, Was Long a Revered Fig-
t e
i
over the
kill the Christian, if he does not fear t.ie ,1VS
- many admirers
ure in Middle Europe.
the senteunt of justice. The Jew will ing them among all the nationalities was remembered
by
COUlleil
Was formally
---
always be a gambler, a white slaver. Jehovah did not punish the Jews as when the nowt'
MASTER OF SCIENCE,
\ Jew will apply his hand to the nasti- much as those nationalities among irstalleil
Tuesday
evening.
al r. Simons' desk in the council
whom they were to live. Here is a
SERVANT OF MANKIND
ca affairs." -----
e
Then Curdle!: the editorial says: certain truth. but probably conceived chamber,
where
he w.is
will emitpletely
sit during the
next three
years,
hill-
"Every o to will consent that these ten- not so as it seems to appear."
BUDAPEST—Prof. Baron Einan-
den tinder floral tributes and offer-
What may be construed as a back- tugs. alany of his friends were tires- uel Ilerczel, the foremost surgeon of
&macs of the Jew are demoralizing;
therefore it will be the duty of every hand compliment follows, for the cut to offer their personal congratula- Hungary. is dead of pneumonia fol-
straight - government that cares for writer says that the Jewish nation,
lowing influenza.
and good wishes.
the welfare of its people to create - in spite of its greatest degradation, tions
Councilmat.
Simons was appointed -sEven at this time, when mortality
such laws for the Jews which, while did not cease to be historically great,"
giving them freedom, would at the and points out that Jewish literature by Acting Chairman Lindsay as one at the war fronts has been accost-
same time guard the righteous cot- hies,--been preserved because many of
of a C.
committee
escort
President
partied at
by a mortality
among
those
John
lodge to to
the
chair,
on the home,
time when
each
day at
is
i
'ea 1" mice been
i
V:ilticil by Chris- organization of the new council. Al- marked by farewells to those we love,
Lens against the demoralizations of 1
toe drain',
their talmudical fanaticism."
i o ns as well aS je‘k:•.
ter the council's organization was lief.- this report touches thousands with
real sorrow and elicits an especially
Jews and Poles Contr asted.
Nation to Live.
fected, Mr. Simons was named as one
, committee to notify Mayor painful response.
These statements arc a pparently the
After a rather lengthy disserjation of , the
ft.f vi fi,( 1.)::::aa ii.it tiliselfrlolteitregzreal v vevadsaitig
hief r.sav,reirm ou f
conclusions which are drawn by the on alessiahs—false and true—and Couzens that the council was await-

Baron . Emanuel Herczel,
Famed Budapest Surgeon ,
Is Dead, Pneumonia Victim

editor of the Polish Daily News after "Jewish saints," the author points out ing his message, and to escort
he has dilated in some three thousand the hopelessness of national extermin- C ottaens to the council chamber am
words upon the "cleanness" of the ation by quoting scriptures: "This to the rostrum.
Jewish people and the "nobility of the nation will not pass away till every-
Poles."
tiling will happen."
NEW ERA PROPOSED
"Every great man was compelled ".1 Jew will alway s remain a Jew,"
BY MISSOURI RABBI
".eluded ill religion, Pus-
to conquer the biggest enemies, and lie says, "se
through moral t ictory over them, a
toms, politics and art of life. The
Rabbi Salo Stein, of Kansas City,
quired his greatness." says the au- Je
Jew' living in Italy will never become
thor. "The very same applies to an an Italian, just as the Jew born and Mo., suggests that Nov. 11, 1918 be
,
.\ mean nation
does
•
World
and • living
in Poland
will never become a made the first day of the first year,
entire station.
hole. The same applies to other coon- and that all existing calendars of
not deserve to exist in the .

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sands,. indebted to hits for new vigor
and health, mentioned his name as
that of a benefactor.
Ilk hand was guided by 'at spirit
which combined all the knowledge
of the modern physician with the
highest sense of responsibility, and
also with human feeling.
The beautiful saying of NortIma-
gel, "Only a good man can be a good
applied to
all physician," could be

Dr. I. Mossinsoan, rector of the
Initiation Hebrew Gymnasium at Jaffa, Pales-
The
record-breaking
Meeting for the induction of more tine, now. making a tour in behalf of
than 300 new members into Pisgah the Zionist movement, will speak at
Lodge of the Independent Order :arena Gardens at 3 o'clock Sunday
ia,efS
at
iis tl a Shaarey
itlii:
y Zedek
n
l,‘. aiida
\‘il
1,1 e'iiai l atrnitulat,wil,,
will take
a k e h, ' tide
lic te, ftSunday'
i sftt. aftici•a
sy r gn (i. p.mut
and
next, January l)
the
1,,. ,.\11 the members of this tiourisiiiitg stri,;,, ,.. „\:) ....,„i,ilisi,:),, , iv:iai i ,ii ,g, toJattiliuisar.cy0,21:::

lodge, and members of sister lodges try directly front Palestine, where he

throughout Michigan and other states, was one of the leaders in the new
are looking forward with enthusias- Jewish settlement. Ile is a man of
tic anticipation to this meeting and remarkable personality, distinctly Or-,
iental in type.
the attendant festivities.
.
Dr. Mossinsolin was born in the
.. The great day of the meeting wilt
with
special
Irnai
Brith
services
Crimea
in
1878.
Ile
received
his
de-
open
in Temple Beth El. Rabbi I co at gree of Ph. 1), from the University
Franklin will comTuct the services. • of Berne. Upon his graduation he
and both Dr.. Franklin and air. II iratO l'went to Palestine, where he founded
the Gymnasium, which became the
center of the movement for the re-
viva) of Hebrew as a modern lan-
guage.
All instruction in this institution
is in Ilebrew, although curriculum in-
cludes the modern sciences as well
as ancient learning. This has neces-
skated the writing of. special text
books, tnany of which were prepared
Dr. Mossinsohn. The stand a rd of
uction at the G ymna sium has
instruction
been so high that its diploma has
been recognized by Columbia and the
New York University, as well as by
European colleges.
Dr. Mossinsohn is touring the
United States from coast to coast in
order to tell the story of the re-
markable development of Palestine,
which the Zionists have accomplished
in the last twenty years. He will al-
an describe graphically what effect
the war has had on the Holy Land,
and what the futute will be. He de-
livers his lecture in English, Hebrew
LLL
or Yiddish, according to the needs of
his audi ence.
*
HIRAM D. FRANKEL,
Dr. alossinsohn's mastery of Eng-

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PlesItlent thstrict firaint Lodge, I. 0. II. 0.

without knowing one syllable
D. Frankel of St. Paul, president of llispis remarkable. He came to this
of its language, and in six months
the District Grand Lodge of the B'nai
The great program of the day, was able to deliver addresses in Eng-
Brith, will make addresses.

which will bring delegations front lisp which roused his audiences to
Educated in Russia and Switzer-
lodges in Toledo and other cities. the highest pitch of enthusiasm.
and many distinguished visitors, will
his life's mission in mind. When the
begin with the solemn and impressive land, Ur. Mossinsohn has always had
ceremonial of initiation at 4:3(1 p. M.
To this ceremonial in the hotel Stat- new Jewish colonization in Palestine
ought to he exterminated from the tries. Jews lif ing in different ends of races and creeds be discarded. He Herczel.
Ile v..a.. the foremost surgeon of ter only members of the order, and began,
he was among
the country
first of dur-
the
able development
of the
the globe always will resemble each says:
surface of the earth."
the incoming class of candidates, will pioneers to whom is due the remark-
I
I
ungary.
in
a
only
because
his
iliag-
"Let
the
Ilth
of
November,
1918,
be
of other and
After haviag delivered to
. will not assimilate with the
be admitted.
the first day of the year 1 of the inde- noses were correct or because his
this blerant thought, the author pro- ❑ 2,i‘t
The MOM pleasant arrangements ing the last decade.
q ue was ptetriect, but because he
teconapie
'''''''''
pendence of mankind. Such a memo- techni
ceeds to point out that "if. therefore.
Lack of Patriotism.
have been made for ladies who ac-
flie patriotic shortcomings of the real canuot fail to stand forever and felt in his lone most heart his mis- company. members and candidates.
someolle, 111,lead ,f drawing hearer
'
be a sawn aere perennius. Such ac- sion to help, to console and to heal,
and .1cceptine I.,. ..ni ■ contemplates
The ladies will be escorted to seats in
next dealt with in this il"
the pa- lion would be a more fitting memorial and because every patient whom he
her ruin, therelif becoming bad. as le"' are
the smaller ball room of the Stotler,
,hh,,,,
"About
s
.
huilinatiug
i
Thi
approached, had this feeling and look-
,.,- I., t ,. riii i nat io ni
approached,
towards
than
expenditure
of
millions
for
non-
„id, is worth y
where a charming and varied musical
triolic feelings of the Jews
up to him with trusting confidence.
was
alaays
happening
in
the
-
same
their adopted countries nothing can uments."
Hi , ,,,,,,ii became imnit,„„ i - Fee- entertainment will be presented by
..
history of humanity. The highest jug- , be said, for they resemble tin that re-
leading Detroit artists.
quently, six to -.eight major opera-
tier. ruling this world, left al i ve „„i ‘
This musical entertainment will last
socialists,whu..50 FIVE JEWS IN NEW
were
performed
in
a
filVenoon.
tion
,
valiant and noble nations, while 'la- `Pe"" the modern sue
BERLIN CABINET But each was performed with the during the ceremonies of initiation.
fatherland is there—where they pima-
--
At 5:30 both the initiation ceremonies
tions mean and worthless were de- per. And if once upon a time a pa-
sanie seriousness and with the full
stroyed without m ercy."
LONDON.—Among the members consciousness that somewhere liar- and the musical program for the lady
triotic Jew distinguishes himself, it's
Scriptu ral References.
and as such does of the new German government arc ents and children trembled fur a dear guests will have been concluded. An
I
. Y• a
, . , ,
The editorial then points out that an
Ilan nn
informal reception will then be held.
not rice
change
the rule. And so in every the following who were appointed ,.;
life which h e was called upon to me-
in accordance with God's promise oration the Jews are the so-called last month: Herr Emanuel W'ttrin,
500 guests
and at 1, o'cloek in at than
'
the banqueting
scree or prolong.
was
will
take their seats
of
Israel was given the land of milk and
Nessarium'—the necessary State Secretary of the aVar Food 1)e-
malutn
his success
The secret
honey and.that she grew "neither by
partment: Dr. David, Under St cretary founded upon this severity with hint- tables.
ich we m"st e"'I"" . "
way of pacts, diphi macy, nor peace evi l ' wh
at the Foreign Office; Her Eduard self, in tlw restless fulfillment of self-
The addresses whirl , will follow
Poland ■ • "Tolerant Nation."
of
ences—but
plainly
by
force
this banquet are expected to be of
confer
tents
.again self-laudation conies into Bernstein, Assistant to the State Sec- imposed duties, and in a physique
and at the same time by such
deep and memorable interest to all
a rigid and pitiless extermination that its own. fur the Polish Daily News retary of the Treasury, and Dr.Oskar which appeared to be tireless.
His reputation went through the wt ho appreciate the grand purposes
says," the great numerical increase of Cohn, Assistant to the State Secretary
li e h e . and great opportunities of the tilde-
‘ hi ,* i f „ad d l e E urope.
not even - infants had to be spared."
s in Poland proves only the of Justice. In an earlier list, Ilea,
he continties."who brought the Jew
" Joshua,"
the
Jews into this land, was coin- honesty and nobility of our nation. Landsberg was named as Minister for came professor, court councilor, liar- pendent Order of Ilatai !frith.
• adolph Freund, former president of
on, and reached heights obtained
manded by Jehovah to destroy itt• .as our history shows, vve were al- Publicity, Art and Literature.
the District Grand Lodge, will be
.
a
few.
only
by
terly, front the surface of the earth, ways tolerant and full of love for fel-
toastmaster at the banquet.
His joy of life, his artistic tendon• the
tolerance which was always the dis-
And the low torn."
respond to
all the tribes inhabiting it
ey. and Ills style of living contrib- Amollg those who will
That the children of Israel arc not tinction of our noble forefathers."
l.)prEcreaitaik
f ee,li as
DR. B. MOSSINSOHN.
reason for such a rude command was
uted to make hint one of the best-
Friendship Out of Question.
the following: 'Fliese tribes in their to be immediately exterminated is in-
I ST. '11'1„‘Ir,illitoliiteor.::1 a/i
known and most characteristic
Dr. al ossinsolin's particular task
arity and meanness of character (heated by the suggestion of the writer
"Although.we shall not cutter into
the
present
president
of
the
laistrict
bar
of Budapest and Hungary. His b
and customs had so degenerated that that "they should be granted rights friendship with them," he says, "we ores
ro unded f ace w ith th e Grand Lodge; litistavtis Loewinger of in Palestine was the development of
to suitable for their institutions and re- must not do them any injury, and j,,,ial. sm ilin g:,
abundance of white hair, the thick , Chicago, chairman of propaganda, in the educational facilities to inert the
they altogether did not desert e
'articular demands of the Jewish
exist in the world. Their crimes were ligion. They must be given a chance while permitting them to be free in
the limits of their traditional life, we mustache and this bright (winkling 1 the District Grand
and three
I
idents: Lodge,
A. B. Soniten-
poptilation—the
transformation of the
so great that they fully deserved the to live free, according to their tradi-
eyes
behind
the
eVe
glay.fles,
belong-
former
presidents:
.
punishment of complete extermina- tions—but ill Poland we must be safe must constantly watch out and reinter
Seelenfreund and Judge Hebrew language into a tongue serv-
ed to the picture of Budapest—like schein, A. B.
Mg all the needs of life and not mere-
Lion. They were not to fir left in from their influence upon, the goy- them harmless to the country;'
his yellow automobile with which he ' Philip Stein, all of Chicago.
ailments of the country."
All of which leads to the conclusion made his calls and like the sattitar- 1 ' .•'a number of 1)etroit speakers, yet ly as a vehicle of religious expression.
this world."
To lie sure, the writer magnani-
to be selected, will respond to toasts He has been an eye-witness
to the
that, "the defamations of the Jews.
..
The great flood and the destruction
Mtn, behind the large windows of
i
w
of Sodom and Gomora are cited as ntously consents that they have their brought to view of the world against which his knife so frequently con- in honor of the guests and of the wonders that the Jeish
colonists
Holy
instances of a suggestive course of own sChools, -freedom of faith, tom- the Poles, must be fought by us only quered death, and in which so much Purposes of the order. The entire have achieved in rescuing the
=nines and courts, "but they should with noble weapons; such weapons
which are worthy the sons of noble despairing hope was re-establised
in program is one calculated to inspire Land from its centuries-long lethargy
h
action.
he removed front the government,"
fath- all members of the Independent Or- and revivifying it into a veritable land
Americans Are Attacked,
his consulting room by warm.
Then follows a paragraph remark- he says,"otherwise had they any in- fathers."
erly sympathy and advice. The four der of !Vital Brith with a new sense of milk and honey.
it. Dr.
i
It is this story with
which
able for its self-adulation in which darner or importance" he prophesies
Investigation Under Way.
years of war which placed him in the of its spirit and purposes, and to con-
00king upon the immediate preparations for the ruin
Posh Daily News, which, is imiform of an Oberstabsaazt, de- ccy to guests also a full appreciation . al ossinsohn has thrilled tens of
the author says: "L
li
The
nation.
three daily papers circu- manded of him almost superhuman of the aims and ideals of the order. ' thousands who have listened to hint,
beautiful history of 0 ur Polish nation, of the
Charged With Treason.
one of the
During the dinner, and at inter- and it is this remarkably interesting
e
upon the ever-remembered, sublime,
In rather picturesque language he lating among the Polish population of efforts. He will live in the memory
several story which he is going to tell, as he
most beautiful life of our nation from remarks. that. "to them, as Jews, no Detroit, is tmlilished by a company of of all who knew hint as a great physi- vals in the program following, will
be i alone can -tell it, lucre inDetroit-
its infancy up till now and standing other nationality has any importance, whom John 11'elsand is publisher, ac- clan and an invaluable man.
Professor Dr. Emanuel Herczel offered. The whole program has been: Sunday afternoon at the Arena Gar-
e resurrection of the
everyone else is regarded by them cording to the editorial head. The
for a
today before
th, arising from grave as
Christian-dog. The only thought paper is still under the watchful eye was born July 1st, 1861, in Szeged. Planned to provide keen enjoyment dens. Monday evening at Shaarey
0. E.
Majestic Poland
to a new life after a century and a they would have then is how to en- of Postmaster-General Burleson, who He went to school In Szeged and in for all present, as well as to make , Zedek.
an impressive serious presentation of
half of martyrdom and slavery, we trap the country and how to exploit it has not yet consented to the issuance Ujvidek, then studied in Budapest,
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POET UNTERMEYER
Vienna, Strassburg and Paris. For the work of the I. 0.
cant withhold to express our heart- with no regard toavards the general of a permit, as authorized by
W IFE WRITES POEMS
The program and all the plans have •
lest gratitude to the Maker of Na-
gress, permitting the paper to refrain two years he worked with North-
NE\V
YORK.—The wife of Louis
•
N
welfare."
was been ill the hands of the committee
nagel
in
Vienna,
afterwards
he
so
noble."
US
all
tions for creating
A stinging indictment. wherein from filing a true translation of
On-
on arrangements, consisting of Louis.; Untermeyer, the poet, Jean Starr On-
assistant to Czerny in Heidelberg. In
"1 shall not mention here the deeds
of our nation during its thousand wealthy Jews, Germans and Socialists matter
to the
war. action 1892 Ile .sculed in Budapest, became James Rosenberg, chairtnan; 1)avid 1... termeyer, has concluded that it does
It is pertaining
anticipatedthat
further
ye
I). Rosenzweig, ' not pay to let all the glory go to the
charged with an intrigue against
of existence, nor will I try to are
Poland, is next in line, after which will be taken by the anti-Defamation Primarius in surgery of the St. 1st- Heineman, Simon
g. Jerome Selling. i head o f the h o use, so s he has con. •
of the ltnai With, of which van and Rochus hospitals, and con- Morris Friedber
prove how high above all other na-
iter
remarks,
with
characteristic
committee
wr
lit- Adolph Finsterwald, Myer S. Fink,: eluded to bring out a volume of poems
lions in the world is and always was naivete, that it would be wrong to Milton Alexander it chairman, and by ducted his own sanitarium. !Its
, of her own which is now being pub-
hing a t th e Anton Kaufman.
the noble Samaritan nation. We know inspire hatred against the Jews, for Louis Marshall, president of theAm- erary wmk and his eacstl
Committee consists i fished under the title of "Growing
he Recept
The
rg y
these things too well to be told about such hatred might "lose from the erican Jewish committee. to whom the University' concerneI to oy s uer
Pains."
(Continued On Page Your.)
(Continued On Page Four.)
them again. Are we not proud of the character of the Poles the mark of matter has been referred.
very name Pole?"

