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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919.
VOL V. NO. 15.
AMERICAN JEWS
PROTEST ZIONIST
STATE PROGRAM
Petition Signed by 300 Prominent
Citizens Presented to Wilson,
Who Will Take It to Peace Con-
ference.
SAY PROGRAM WOULD
JEOPARDIZE RIGHTS OF
JEWS IN ALL COUNTRIES
FIRST TO FALL ON
HINDE NBURG LINE
Recipient of Unprecedented Testimonial.
Per Year, $2.00; Copy, 5 Cents
BILLIKOPF
RECEIVES $50,000
GIFT FROM FRIENDS
OPPOSING STATEMENTS
OF POLISH ATHTUDEIJACOB
Lont.—Two opposing attitude,
have be n evinced by Poland recent!,
toward the Jews. On the one hand
comes the report from a conferemc
j(Cst ended, between 123 Jewish rtp-
resentatires and Premier Paderewski:
and Dictator Pilsudski, in which the
former showed himself quite indiffer• i Handsome Testimonial Given in
cot to pogroms, and the latter even
went further, giving it as his opinion Appreciation for Remarkable
Work as Director of Jewish War
that the migrants were but weak ,
Relief Funds.
pressions of the Polish sentiment
.
toward the Jews.
Yet, according to a I'aris cable SCHIFF, MORGENTHAU,
from .\b Callan of the "Forward," a;
BROWN, PAY TRIBUTE
circular recently issued by. the Inner- I
TO BRILLIANT
Ministry of the Polish government at
__ WORKER
Warsaw, shows a quite different .
spirit — probably because so obvi - . Jac,* Billikopf, the young execu-
li i retc.(t)it:Ir m i , tif t t t e h e e . A
benc i2 e , r ii I ceantlJ ie e wr is ch .
ously intended to impress the Peace t R i v ee:If
Conference. This circular announces'
that the Jews in Poland have the , cipient of the greatest tnaterial tes-
same rights as the Pules, that there ,tintonial ever bestowed on any Jew
are no separate classes of citizenshipi in public life in this country, when
alu'olaanntili
equal be-
ef t ywtallso tiPsrae ng■ I ndt dollars
(711Ia taht ttlitiee hsounnt oo f f
ifi(Inea the law,
'tilltlatheeiancgh
ing citizen may realize his high -u lion. Henry Slorgenthati in New York
last
Thursday
evening.
aspirations.
• The gift is expressive of the great
personal appreciation of a number of
; prominent Jewish men and women
ill all parts of the country for the
thorough manner in which Mr. Billi-
kopf aroused the Jews of the United
States on behalf of the Jewish war
sufferers in Europe and thereby raised
To Deliver Address at Temple millions of dollars for their allevia-
Camp Mills, L. L—The first soldier
in the 27th Division to fall in the
memorable attack on the Hindenburg
line was Robert Friedman, a Jewish
lad, of New York City.. A group of
Friedman's companions who arrived
on the Leviathan, told the story of
the tight.
Friedman .was a member of the
102nd Engineers, and he fell in the
attack on Mt. Kemtnel, according to
his comrades. Two of his compan-
ions have also been decorated, for
conspicuous bravery. One, Sergeant
Solomon E. Schiff recently received
the Distinguished Service Order, and
a Division Citation from Major-Gen-
eral O'Ryan. Schiff won his decora-
tion for crawling through barbed wire
entanglements to clear the ground of
mines so that the tanks might pro -
ceed in the attack.
Another Jewish youth, Sergeant
Rosenburg won the certificate of
merit front Major-General 0 . 12yan for
volunteering to swim across a river
near St. Soutle under heavy shell fire
to repair a bridge.
PhIladelphla.—Formal opposition to
a Jewish state in Palestine is express-
ed In a protest signed by over 300 of
the most prominent Jewish citizens
of America, which was presented to
President Wilson by Congressman
Julius Kahn last week. The petition
was handed to the President with the
request that it be presented by him
to the Peace Conference in Paris.
The President stated that he would
give the petition his most careful
consideration and would present it to
the Peace Conference as requested.
The petition, which is destined to
become historic as one of the most
interesting Jewish documents of mod-
ern times, was drafted by Rev. Dr. Over 500 Will Be Inducted Into
Henry Berkowitz and Professor Mor-
Beth El on "Can Judaism Merge tiuti.
ris Jastrow, of Philadelphia, and Max Pisgah Lodge at Epochal Affair
Among the 75 guests present at the
With Other Liberal Religions?" morgentha
Senior, of Cincinnati, after consulta- at Hotel Statler.
ti home were Jacob Schiff.
tion with a large number of other
Felix Warburg, I lenry Rosenfelt,
leading American Jews, who felt thst
Detroiters
have
a
rare
treat
in
Judge
Lehman—who
also acted as
Pisgah Lodge, 1. 0. B.
of De-
their views, representative of the troit, is making active preparations
store for them next Sunday morning personal representative for Mr. Na-
opinions of a great number of their for the largest class initiation of can-
when Rabbi Nathan Kra". Of 1 I'• than Straus, who was unable to at-
JACOB BILLIKOPF,
fellow-Jews, should be given wide- didates ever admitted into any local
Central Synagog, New York City, is tend—Louis Marshall, Judge Julian
Executive Director, American Jewish War Relief Committee.
spread representation.
to occupy the pulpit of Temple Beth Mack, David A. thrown, and Felix
lodge of the international B'nai Brith
Kahn to Represent Signers.
El, speaking on the theme, "" Fould. .A number of nationally
Order. Between five and six hun-
Congressman Kahn sailed for Eu- dred Jewish citizens of Detroit will
Judaism Merge With Other Liberal known social workers were also pres-
rope last Wednesday, having been ap- receive their formal initiation into J. W. B. WANTS MEN FOR E. A. COHEN, HEBREW
Religions?" cut. Telegrams of appreciation of the
pointed by the Committee of Ameri- the Order on Sunday, March 30, in
Rabbi Krass, though a compara- work of Mr. Billikopf were received
TRANSPORT SERVICE SCHOLAR, DEAD AT 42 tively
can Jews on a Petition in Reference the ballroom of the Hotel Statler.
young man, stands among the front all over the country, one of the
to the Reorganization of Palestine
foremost of American rabbis. Schol- most interesting of which came from
'This will be the second large class
The tragic news of the death of arly, eloquent, a clear and keen Miss Evangeline Booth, head of the
and the Rights of Jews in all Lands, initiation held by Pisgah Lodge since
An exceptional opportunity to serve
to represent the signers of the petition he first of this year, and is elo- humanity, country and Israel has E. A. Cohen, Hebrew scholar and thinker as well as an aggressive and Salvation Army organization.
t
in I'aris before the Peace Confer- quently indicative of the renewed in- come to Jewish men of this country noted barrister. Monday, Starch 10 tireless worker, he has forged his
Jacob Schiff Presents Gift.
ence. He will also, at the request of terest that is being taken in the great in an appeal from the Jewish Welfare at Winnipeg, Slam, came as a great way to the very foremost among the Mr. Jacob Schiff, in presenting the
Sir Lionel Rothschild, represent the Jewish fraternal order by this city. Board of New York for one hundred shock to his many friends in Detroit . men who are to be counted with in handsome testimonial to h1 r. Billi-
Mr. Cohen, who was 42 years old , New York City. kopf, stated that the idea of such
Jews of Great Britain in connection The event of 'March 30 will be his- men, between the ages of twenty-five
was a son-in-law of Mr. I. W. Jacobs,
Few are the occasions of civic im- an expression of the gratitude of the
with a similar petition.
toric in the social life of Detroit, and forty-five, to do welfare work on superintendent of the Jewish \Vet-
Text of Petition.
portance in New York in which he Jewry of America arose spontaneously
as it will be attended by the hun- amity transports.
fare Board of Detroit. Only a few does not take a leading part. But in the minds of many of the men who
The text of the petition as submit- dreds of members of Pisgah Lodge
Applicants must have good educa- months ago Sir. Cohen addressed the
ted to President Wilson follows:
together with their wives and fam- tion, be native-born or citizens born Young People's Society of Temple recently, Rabbi Krass has returned knew of the glorious achievements
As a future form of government for
from a country-wide trip in behalf of Mr. Billikopf, and that the gift
A banquet will follow the in other than enemy countries. Re- Beth El.
ilies.
Palestine will undoubtedly be con - initiation ceremonies. Speakers of
of the work of the War Camp Com-
\I r. Cohen 'was one of the most munity. Rabbi Krass stops at De- itself represented only in a modest
sidered by the approaching Peace national reputation will deliver ad- muneration will be two thousand to
way the great affection that existed
twenty-four
hundred
dollars
a
year,
prominent
lawyers
of
\Vinnipeg,
a
Conference. de, the undersigned citi- dresses.
troit en route to Ann Arbor where for him. Mr. Schiff traced the career
transportation and uniform.
student of international law, and a on Sunday evening he is to deliver of Mr. Billikopf from the time that
zens of the United States, unite in this
Mr. Myer S. Fink, Chairman of the
Greater than ever before is the need lecturer in the Manitoba Law School the address at the great Hill Audi- Ile left the classrooms of the Uni-
statement, setting forth our objections Witai Brith Conned, is in charge of
to the organization of a Jewish state all the arrangement4 for the class of welfare workers at this time. The on Hebrew subjects. He had keen torium Service to be held there under versity of Virginia
in Palestine as proposed by the Zion- initiation. Sternberg of the committee morale of soldiers in time of peace, slated for a judgeship at the time of
Mr. Schiff said he first heard of
ist Societies in this country and Eu- include the following: A. Srere, Bet., Vetting to get Rome, is infinitely store his death. Ile was an ardent Zionist
Billikopf during the movement to di-
and
widely
known
as
a
Hebrew
;to
keep
tipthan
it
'is
(Muer
difficult
rope and to the segregation of the nard Ginsburg, Milton M. Alexander,
rect the slow of Jewish immigration
Jews as a nationalistic unit in any S. D. Rosenzweig, Rabbi Samuel S. the impetus of war. Names and ad- scholar. Ile was born in Iturniall,
front the eastern cities to the Gal-
India, and educated in Calcutta. His
veston district and the western states.
country.
Mayerberg, J. Miller, Louis I. Frank, dresses of applicants should be sent wife. a distinguished writer under the
immediately
to
Mr.
Silberberg,
care
We feel that in so doing we are Nathan Robinson, Morris Garvett, Dr.
At this time Billikopf was only 20
voicing the opinion of the majority of Leon Goldsmith and Charles Rosen- Jewish Welfare Board, 149 Fifth name of "Sheila Italie," and a son,
years of age, but his extraordinary
Ralph, survive. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs
avenue, New York City.
American Jews born in this country thal.
executive and organizing ability had
left 'Tuesday for Winnipeg to attend
have
who
and of those foreign born
already become manifest. this great
the funeral.
lived here long enough to thoroughly CALENDAR FIRM WANTS
opportunity to exercise these quali-
TALMUD TORAH TO
assimiliate American political and so-
ties came when he was called to head
NO
JEWISH
BUSINESS
cial conditions. 'The American Zion-
the social welfare organizations of
DEDICATE NEW HOME MARSHALL AND
ists represent, according to the mos t
Kansas City. Not only did he do
DR. ADLER TO
recent statistics available, only a small' Representative of a certain class of
remarkable work in co-ordinating and
proportion of the Jews living in this insidious anti-Semitic propaganda in-
The Talmud Torah Beth Scfer (He-
systematizing
the entire social wel-
PEACE CONFERENCE
country, about la0.000 out of 3,500.000 dulged in by a few commercial houses brew School and Kindergarten) is to
fare system of that city, but he prac-
tically revolutionized the science of
4 American 1uwishr Year !look, 1918, in America, is a statement made by dedicate their new building on Sun-
Louis Marshall and Doctor Cyrus
the Economy .Ndvertising Company, day, March 23, at 2 o'clock in the
social• service, and established a na-
Philadelphia )
At the outset we wish to indicate of Iowa City, la., dealing in advertis- afternoon at their new quarters, 107- Adler, who are respectively the Presi-
tional reputation in his field of en- .
dent
and
Chairman
of
the
Executive
our entire sympathy with the efforts ing novelties, which they expressed in 113 \Vilkins street.
deavor.
Committee of the American Jewish
Money for Social Purpose.
of Zionists which aim to secur• for a letter to Mr J S Ctuls of this city.
'This dedication marks the culmina-
In accepting the testimonial, Mr.
Jews at present living in lands of 'Hie statement reads: "We prefer to tion of years of untiring effort and Committee, left on Wednesday to
attend
the
l'eace
Conference
at
l'aris,
Billikopf said that he received it
oppression a refuge in Palestine or let the other calendar concerns take energy on the part of a few men and
only on the condition that the prin•
elsewhere, where they may freely de- on the Jews and foreign trade in gen- women whose aim it was to establish as representatives of the Committee.
Their purpose is to support the pe-
cipal and income of this large sum of
velop their capabilities and carry our eral." The letter is signed by \V. D. a Hebrew Free School.
tition of the Jews of Eastern Europe
money be used for such social pur-
Cannon. Jr.
their activities as free citizens.
The Uniform Rank of Detroit for the grant of full civil, political and
poses as he deemed it his duty to sup-
Object to Territorial Sovereignty.
This letter has been placed in the Lodge,
No.
55,
Knights
of
Pythias,
religious rights in the several lands
port and to carry out certain objects
But we raise our voices in warning hands of Milton NI. Alexander, Chair-
will
turn
out
in
full-dress
uniform
in
where
they
are
now
withheld,
and
man
of
the
Anti-Defamation
League
which were dear to him but which he
and protest against the demand of the
honor of this dedication. The com- for the assurance of adequate guar-
had hitherto been unable to put into
Zionists for the reorganization of the of Detroit, who will take up the
atrangements
to
mittee
has
made
anties
to
safeguard
these
rights.
No
practice. "My connection with the
Jews as a national unit, to whom, now matter of the defamatory statement have Many prominent out-of-town
claim
will
be
made
on
behalf
of
the
in
his
usual
vigorous
manner.
American Jewish Relief Committee
or in the future. territorial sover-
speakers. A cordial invitation is ex- Jews of any rights in any land that
has been more than a pleasant duty
eignty in Palestine shall be commit-
tended
to
all
to
attend
the
exercises.
are
other
or
different
from
those
pos-
to me," said Mr. Billikopf, "it has
ted. This demand not only misinter- world's affairs when lands that have
sessed
by
or
conferred
in
general
been my most sacred privilege' to
RABBI
NATHAN
KRASS.
prets the trend of the history of the hitherto been subjected to foreign
upon the citizens of the land in which
have been able to give the best that
Jews, who ceased to he a nation 2,1010 domination are to be recognized as DENVER MAN GIVES CLUB
the
auspices
of
the
Jewish
Student
they
dwell,
but
they
insist
that
the
was fn me to a cause than which
years ago, but involves the limitation free and independent states, we re-
TO OFFICERS IN PARIS Jews shall acquire those rights in Congregation.
there is none worthier or holier—the
and possible annulment of the largir joice in the ax owed proposal of the
Rabbi Krass will be remembered ior alleviation - of the terrible sufferings
their entirety.
claims of Jews for full citizenship Peace Congress to put into practiCal
his
oratorical
activities
in
Detroit
Mr.
Starshall
is
also
one
of
the
of my own people. While I leave the
and human rights in all lands in which application the fundamental principles
-
The neW \ viation Officers' Club in
those rights are not yet secure. For of democracy. That principle. w !lick . Paris. donated to the use of American delegates of the American _Jewish during the Jewish War Relief cam work temporarily to invest,ilite the
the very reason that the new era upon asserts equal rights for all citizens Of flying officers in France, is the gift Congress and has arranged for con- paign of lul7. It was he who made activities of the war relief rganiza-
ferences with the representatives of the eloquent appeal that brought tions in Europe, my intefest in this
which the world is entering aims to a state irrespective of creed or ethnic
i f Mr. Loins D. Schoenberg, of Den-
on
leading Jew ish organizations of forth contributions totaling over noble work shall never cease. I feel
descent, should be applied in such a ver, Colo., who has now assumed the the
establish government everywhere.
principles of true democracy. we re- manner as to exclude segregation of name of Beaumont. In addition to England, France and Italy, which are $100,000 at the now famous Hotel deeply obligated beyond words of
co-operating
ill this movement fur Statler dinner on the opening day of expression to the friends who have
ject the Zionistic project of a "na- any kind, be it nationalistic or other. his gift of a clubhouse fin. American
the vigorous drive which was directed been so kind to me, and with every
tional home for the Jewish people in Such segregation must inevitably cre• aviation officers in Paris, Sir. Beau- emancipation.
by David A. Brown. During one of ounce of energy within me, I shall
ate differences among the sections of mont has offered to dont.te 1(01.0(0)
Palestine."
Zionism arose as a result of the in- the population of a country. Any such francs for a Liberty arch to be raised FINN JEWS AID BRETHREN. the Liberty Loan drives he spoke at try to fulfill your expectations and
the Board of Commerce and received measure up to the high standard that
tolerable conditions under which the plan of segregation is necessarily re- in the French capletl as an .\inerican
one of the greatest ovations paid to you have set for me."
Jews have been forced to live in Rus - actionary in its tendence, undemo- Memorial to the Allies' dead. Mr.
Finland.--The Jewish inhabitants any speaker on that platform.
edent
D. A. Brown Pays Tribute.
sia and Roumania. But it isvi
cratic in spirit and totally contrary Beaumont donated the Louis U. throughout Finland have succeeded
On Monday noon Rabbi Krass will
Henry NI orgenthau spoke eloquent-
that for the Jewish population of to the practices of free government, Schoenberg farm as an adjunct to the in collecting the suns of 000,00(1 mark
be
the
guest
of
honor
at
a
luncheon
ly of the work of Mr. Billikopf in
these countries, variously estimated especially as these are exemplified by
National Jewish Consumptives Hos- through voluntary contribution. This to be given by a group of Detroit organizing all classes and elements of
at from six to ten millions, Palestine our own country. \\'e therefore pital
in Denver, and with his brother money is to be sent to the relief fund
Jews in Oyer 1,400 communities in
can become no homeland. Even strongly urge the abandonment of gave a building in St. Louis for the for aiding the needy Jews in Pales- Jews at the Phoenix Club.
this country for the common cause of
with the improvement of the neglect- such a basis for the reorganization of care of tuberculous patients.
tine, Poland, Galicia and Lithuania.
relief, and said that in over 400 com-
ed condition of this country, its lim- any state.
J. W. B. WORKER DIES.
munities Billikopf had aroused a Jew-
ited area can offer no solution. The Objections to Segregation of Jews.
ish
spirit in the breasts of hundreds
Jewish question in Russia and Rou-
Against such a political segrega-
Augusta, Ga.—Maurice i.. Stern, 4.i of Jews who had never before been
-
mania can be settled only within tion of the Jews in Palestine or else
Evansville. Ind., headworker for the affiliated with things Jewish. "Jacob
those countries by the grant of full where we object:
Jewish \Velfare Board at Camp Han- Billikop( has made the greatest single
rights of citizenship to .10v s.
1. Because the Jews are dedicated
cock. died recently in the base contribution to the cause of Ameri-
Conflict With Ameliorative Program. heart and soul to the welfare of the
hospital here. He was aged 53, had can Jewry in the past decade." said
We are all opposed to the Zionists. countries ill which they dwell tinder
been stationed at Camp Hancock
Morgenthau.
because they, themselves. distinctly free conditions. .\ II Jews repudiate
since November. and had recently Mr.
In relating the story of the en-
repudiate the solely ameliorative pro- every suspicion of a double allegiance.
ApPeal to the Reform Jews of Detroit and Michigan to do their full
been appointed headworker there.
thusiastic meeting on the occasion of
gram. They demand and hail with but to our minds it is necessarily im-
share in the drive no w being conducted throughout the country to
Before entering welfare work, Stern the gift. Mr. David A. Brown stated
delight the "Balfour Declaration" to plied in and cannot by any logic be
secure adequate fund s to carry on their important work of Jews
was manager of the Althoff-Howard to a representative of THE DE-
establish "a national home for Jewish eliminated from the establishment of
and Judaism.
Electric Company, at Evansville. Ile TROIT JE\VhSH CHRONICLE,
Of the $300,000 to be raised annually throughout the country, the
was at one time physical director at "The testimonial to Jacob Billikopf
peop le in Palestine" i. e., a home not a sovereign State for Jews in Pales-
merely for Jews living in countries in
quota for Detroit has been placed at about $8,500. This is a mere
the Boston, Mass., Y. H. A. Ile is might appear to many people to be
which they are oppressed, but for tune.
liy the large part taken by them in
bagatelle for a comno inity representing the wealth and the liberality
survived by his wife.
an unusually large amount of money,
Jews universally. No Jew. wherever
of the Detroit Jewish Community.
he may live. can consider himself free the great war, the Jews have once
but it is my opinion, and i found it
Let us go over Shim e top promptly and so maintain the reputation
from the implications of such a grant. and for all shattered the base asper-
BUND DELEGATES LEAVE. to be the opinion of all whom I met
whiCh
which we have justly wod for doing our full share in every worthy
that (lay in New York, that if the
The willingness of Jews interested sions of the ASemites
cause that addresses itself to us for help. We have given much in
in the welfare of their brethren to aid charged
them
with being
in
riot-
Paris.—It is reported from Odessa gift itself totaled the amount of the
land,
incapable
of true aliens
patister
these last years for charity. Now let us do our part in behalf of
in redeeming Palestine from the every and prompted only by sin
that the executive committee of the entire American contribution to the
Religion and Education. This appeal comes to us as Americans and
le , ism a
Itund has instructed its delegates to relief of Jewish war sufferers, it would
blight of centuries of Turkish misruo- and self-seeking motives. Moreover,
as Jews.
the national Jewish conference being not even then adequately express
is no acceptance of the Zionist pr
Do not wait until the committee calls upon you but send your
the great good done by this remark-
ject to segregate Jews as a political it is safe to assume that the over-
held at Kiev to withdraw on the able young man to the awakening of
contribution at once to Isaac Goldberg, Chairman, or to Rabbi Leo
unit and to re-institute a section of whelming
bulk France,
of the Jews
Amer-
pretext that representatives of the a new Jewish consciousness in
ica. England,
Italy, of Holland.
NI. Franklin, care of Temple Beth El. Subscription blanks will be
Jewish proletariat have no place at
such a. political unit in Palestine or , Switzerland and the other lands of
furnished upon reque St.
America."
a confluence of the bourgeoise.
e isewhere.
(Continued On Page Six.)
At the present juncture in the
RABBI NATHAN KRASS
SPEAKS HERE SUNDAY
LARGEST INITIATION
IN I. O. B. B., MARCH 30
The Union of American Hebrew Congrega-
tions and t he Hebrew) Union College