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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE.

THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE I coming (fleck, and when results of the campaign will be announced,

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Jewish Work in Universities

It is only they who do not know who are accustomed to say
that the Jewish student in our colleges and universities will have
nothing to do with the faith of his fathers. and that whenever it is
pos sible for hint to do so, he will deny his religious origin.

The error in itself is of no importance as we are sure it was
tbsolutely clerical. Surely no object could be served by willful mis-
representation in such a matter. However, the Ann .Arbor students
who have called our attention to the matter ;Ind who have asked
that it be corrected. feel that an injustice has involuntarily been
done to the Y. NI. C. A. of Ann _Arbor and its efficient Secretary,
Nit- . Fetters, who has alwAys most courteously and generously placed
Lane Ilall, the main auditorium of the Y. NI. C. A., at the disposal
of the Jewish Student Congregation and of any other Jewish organi-
zations that might wish to use it. It is in justice to \I r. Fetters and
to his splendid organization that this correction is made.

l'he truth is that the very reverse of this is the case. Thoso
who have studied the situation at close range are deeply impressed
with the enthusiastic response that comes to the Jewish appeal that
Editorial Contributor is intelligently placed before the young Jew at college. No better
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to evidence of this fact could be brought forward than is furnished at TEMPLE BETH EL NOTES. In case of emergency the members
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the our suit University of Nlichigan, tvliere the enthusiastic and loyal
are requested to notify the president
views expressed by the writers.
of the congregation, Mr. Bernard
support that is given to the Jewish Student Congregation gr o ws Sabbath Services.
Ginsburg, Main 1910.
Services are held every Saturday Uniongrams.
from year 10 year.
at 10:30. The sermon this week will

To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.

Central Conference of American Rabbis

One cannot read the program of the forthcoming Thirtieth Con-
of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, which is to
be held in the City of Cincinnati for one week beginning April 2nd,
without being impressed with the constructive (diameter of the
papers that arc to be presented and with the fact that those who
have had the making of the program in hand have grasped very
clearly the vital importance of many of the problems that now press
upon American Israel for solution.

Vention

'
It is entirely fitting that the Conference called to honor the
Centenary of its great founder—Dr. Isaac NI. Wise—should be con-
structive in character. Ile was essentially a builder. He was gifted
with a genius for organization such as few men possess. In his day
and generation, he grasped the fact that Israel was divided into sec-
tions more or less antagonistic to each other and he felt that if the
Jew was to accomplish his real mission in America, the various por-
tions of Israel must not be content to antagonize eaZ‘ other. but if
they could not build together, then each in its own way must create
and carry forward a program of constructive Mirk.

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Today, the Jews of America, it must be • confessed, ;ire by no
means a unit, even upon many of those questions icbjch in them-
selves offer no great reason for division of opinion. It is perhaps
natural that in a time when men's emotions are deeply stirred, and
when there are sharp lines of division upon problems that involve
basic principles, each side to the controversy should yield to the
temptation of berating the other instead of consistently and cour-
ageously setting to work to establish the validity of its own position.
This is exactly what has taken place among the Jews in America to
an altogether unjustifiable degree during the past several years.
Orthodoxy and Reform, Zionism and Anti-Zionism have all been
offenders in this matter and to no good end.

In building up the program for the forthcoming Conference, this
fact seems to have been well considered and although it may be
safely stated that the Conference Will deal aggressively, forcefully
and fearlessly with its own problems, it will do so its an eminently
constructive way and without reference to the attitude of those w h o
never weary of berating and vilifying liberal Judaism and liberal
Jews.

The keynote to the Convention will no doubt be sounded in
Prof. Morgenstern's paper on the subject "Were Isaac NI. Wis,-
Alive Today—a Program for Judaism in America." Dr. Nlorgen-
stern is an ideal man to present a paper tiiion this subject. I le is a
clear thinker who has his subject matter well in hand and whose
professional training has been such as to permit him to deal with his
theme objectively; without passion and without partisanship.

There can be no question but that a clear-cut, definite, con-
structive program is needed for the further development of liberal
Judaism in this country. It may be that such a program marked
out by liberal Jews will not at all meet with the approval of our co-
religionists of conservative tendencies. But they, too, must mark
out their program and work it out consistently' if they can do so in
an American environment. •But that is their affair rather than - oars.

Incident to the meeting of the Conference will be the graduation
of a class of rabbis from the Hebrew Union College on Saturday,
April 5th. All in all, the program as published elsewhere in this
issue promises to be one not only of interest to the rabbis but of
far-reaching importance to every liberal Jew in America. The de-
liberations of the Convention will therefore no doubt be closely fol-
lowed by Jews in every part of the country.

Shall Detroit Lag Behind?

Established about six years ago, this Congregation has steadily
grown from season to season in numbers and in influence. And it is
a fact which may be corroborated by hundreds of students who have
passed out of the University to take up their life work in the various
communities in this country, that no influence that has come to them
during their student years has been more telling in shaping their
thought and their ideals ti tan that of the Jewish Student Congrega-
tion. Nor has the influence of this organization been only upon the
Jewish students. .Any one who was privileged to attend the mag-
nificent service that was helti in the great I \ uditorium on the
evening of Nlarch Pah and at which thou§ands of persons were
present, must have been impressed with the fact that the Jewish
Student Congregation of the University of Nlichigan is not only in-
stilling in the young Jew who attends that great school a deeper
love for his ancestr a l faith and a greater willingness to serve for it
than.was his before, but it is also carrying the message of the Jew
into the hearts of many hundreds of non-Jewish men and VVoinCit
and giving them a new and a more just conception than they ever
had before of what the Jew and Judaism stand for.

be delivered by Rabbi Franklin.

Sunday Services.
Services are held every Sunday

morning at 11 110. The public is in-
vited to both the Saturday and Sun-
day services. The subject of Rabbi
Franklin's sermon this week is: —?-

Confirmation Class.

rite Confirmation Class meets ev-
ery Saturday morning at 9:30 under
the direction of Rabbi Franklin.

Hebrew Class.

The Hebrew Class meets every
Saturday morning at 9:30 under the
direction of Rabbi layerberg.

Adult Bible Class.

The Bible Class will not meet
Thursday. .April 3rd, due to Rabbi
Franklin's absence from the city. The
class will he resumed, however, on
the Thursday folloWing, at 1:45 as
before.

Red Cross.

The Temple branch of the Red
Cross meets every Tuesday and the
members of the Auxiliary are re-
quested to come every Tuesday With-
out fail. There still remains a great
deal of work to be done, and each
member is expected to do her share
in this necessary and patriotic work.

Obituary.

Mrs. Lena Cohn.

Mrs. Lena Cohn, 46 years old, of 742
\Vest Grand Boulevard, died at her
home last Thursday night of pneu-
monia. \hrs. Cohn is survived by her
husband. Harry Cohn, a furniture
dealer of 1450 Michigan avenue; four
daughters. rs. Yetta Gittlemati,
Helen, Ruth and Frieda, and two
Thursday Sewing.
The sewing on Thursday for local sons, Ben, now stationed in the sub-
charities has been discontinued, the urbs of Jerusalem as a member of
unit having filled its quota for the the Jewish Legion, and Herbert.
season.

It is not surprising, therefore, that the Student Congregation
idea has been taken up in a number of the large universities of the
country as for instance, at Cornell and at the University of Nlissouri,
and that in all of these places, it is meeting with an enthusiastic
response at the hands of the young men and young women.
Young People's Society.

The Young People's Society held

Nor must the influence of the Nlenorah Society upon the minds au enjoyable social evening last Sun-
day night. The executive board is
of our young Jews and Jewesses be underestimated. This organi-
planning to hold a "Student and Wel-
zation is in no way in antagonism to the Congregation, though it come to Returned Soldiers' Day" at
approaches the problem of the Jew from ;mother angle. The Con- the ,Temple during the month of
April. It is expected at that time that
gregation emphasizes the religious side of Jewish life; the Nlenorah, many students will visit the city to
be
the guests of the young people and
its cultural side. Indeed, the two are the logical complements, one
that the students in local institutions
of the other, and it is therefore only natural that they should Nvork will become better acquainted. \f any
in closest harmony. It is not saying too much, we believe, to assert of the 107 members who served the
country while in uniform have return-
that the organization of Jewish work along the lines indicated in all ed to the city and the Society wishes
of our universities would assure for the future a much more intelli- to officially welcome them back. The
Wednesday night classes will con-
gent and interested leadership in American Israel in the coming tinue to meet through the month of
years than is the case today. Surely it is a consummation devoutly April and all members are urged to
attend them until that time.
Alior Young People's Society.
to be wished.

A Backward Step

Now is the time to begin using
uniongrams instead of the slur,
typed telegram. It is the hope of the
Uniongram Committee that before.
the season shall have passed that ev-
ery- member of the Auxiliary will be-
come an habitual user of imimigranis.
They cost only twenty-five cents
apiece or four in a hook for a dollar.
They can easily be procured by
cominimicating with Mrs. lslayerberg
or the Temple. Individual union-
grams will be sent on request or a
book of four will he mailed to you.
Be thoughtful and buy uniongramn
next time. It is better to buy them
110W so that you will have them on
hand when you tired them.

TM- Junior Young People's Society
held its first evening entertainment
last Saturday evening. Many of the
young people were present and a
thoroughly enjoyable time was had
by fill. The dance was chaperoned
by NIrs. Scher. Nfrs. Cohen and Rabbi
Mayerberg. The next regular meet-
ing of the Society will be held on the
second Sunday afternoon in April.

BRITH ABRAHAM ELECTS

CONVENTION DELEGATES

.Nlichigan Lodge, III, Order Britt
Abraham, last Sunday elected the fol-
lowing delegates to represent the lo-
cal lodge at the national convention
of the Order Brith Abraham, which
will be held in Atlantic City May
11 to it Herman Battling, delegate-
at-large; Max Mintier and Sidney
Frank, alternates. Reconstruction and
other problems of vital importance
will he discussed at this convention.
.\ special significance will be added
the convention in that the order will
at the time celebrate its sixtieth an-
niversary.
The local lodge meets every other
Sunday at Ehrlich's hall, Adams and
Hastings, at 2:3(1 p. m. The officers
of the lodge are: I. Schorr, Presi-
dent; S. Lightstone, Secretary; Max
Mintier, Treasurer. The Michigan
lodge is 33 years old.

The Rev. Bishop Thomas S. Henderson of the 1\ lichigan diocese
B'NAI BRITH RESUMES
of the Methodist Church advocates (Oat men of open mind and
FORUM LUNCHEONS
unprejudiced judgment must construe as a retrogressive still. In
an address delivered in this city recently, he advocates that the Y.
The resumption of the popular
Boy Scouts.
M. C. A. become avowedly and absolutely a Protestant organization
The Boy Scouts of Troop 76, under forum luncheons of the Pisgah Lodge,
I. O. ft. II., last Tuesday noon was
the
leadership
of
their
efficient
Scout-
for
Protestant
Chris-
and that it emphasize its purpose to proselyte
master, Milton Aronheim, will hold celebrated with the largest gathering
a splendid "Parents' Night" exhibi- that has attended these weekly
tianity.

events. The speaker of the day was
Mr. Morrey Mendelsohn, who deliv-
ered a most instructive and interest-
ing address on "The League of Na-
tions" in an eloquent and forceful
manner. \I r. Nlendelsohn is deserv-
ing of much credit for appearing, in-
asmuch as he was taken ill Tuesday
morning and had just reason for not
delivering his splendid talk.
The luncheon was served in the
new, spacious and beautiful dining
room on the second floor of the
Witai Brith building at 25 Broadway.
conducted as \Veis's restaurant. The
officers of the lodge were loud in their
praise of the efficient service ren-
dered.
The speaker for the next forum
luncheon was announced as Mr. Sey-
mour Frank. a local attorney, who
will discuss the "League of Nations"
be eligible to membership in the from the opposition standpoint. in-
asmuch
as this subject is one of the
Senior troop. Members of both
troops are now looking forward to the most vital problems before the peo-
taking of long hikes as soon as the ples of the world, a still larger at-
tendance is expected next Tuesday.
warmer weather permits.

tion. in the Gymnasium of the Temple,

In effect, the Y. M. C. A. has been . a Protestant organization at on Thursday evening. April 111th, at
The program will consist
least to the extent that non-Protestants have not been perinitted 8 of o'clock.
signaling. first aid, different Scout
voice or vote in its administrative affairs, although we are creditably contests and other things pertaining
Scout work. The troop will also
informed that monies have not at any time been refused from Cath- to
participate in the Scout rally to be
m
Jews
are
concerned,
we
know
that
this
held
at the Arcadia on the evening of
olics and so far as gifts fr o
April 3rd. All members of the troop
has been the case. .At the present moment, Bishop Henderson's are
requested to be present.
suggestion is, however, not only ill-timed—hut may lye say it with- Junior Scouts.
The
Junior Scouts had a very tine
out giving undue otTence in wretchedly poor taste? The Y. NI. rally at the Teniple last Tuesday af-
C. A. not only during war times has been the recipient of the most ternoon. The new leader, Mr. Cecil
has awakened a renewed in-
generous support at the hands of Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Sillinan,
terest in the young troop and new
those u n affiliated with any church but even in normal times before members are constantly increasing.
It is proposed that the Junior Scouts
the war, it was dependent in no small measure upon the voluntary and
the Scouts themselves shall have
contributions of those who were excluded from participating in the a contest in Scout Law and WoGd-
craft. Next year many of the boys
shaping of its policies.
who are now in the Junior troop will

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But even a lack of consideration of these facts might be forgiven
a Protestant Bishop under ordinary circumstances. Today, how-
ever, we are not living in ordinary times. Today, there is a move-
risoatLre
c ioatgiuce.L,
meat current in the world to bring men together and not to separate Girl s ' Patrioti
Girls'
ague meets DENVER RABBI ELECTED
them ; to emphasize the things we hold in common and not the petty at the temple every I uesday at 4
FOR LIFE BY SYNAGOG
things that put tis apart. By his advocacy of the emphasis upon the under the leadership of Miss Ella
Attention of the girls in
V. M. C. A. at this stage of proceedings, Stillman.
Protestant character of the Y
Denver.—In Congregation
Beth
the congregation above the age of
Bishop Henderson has laid himself open to the charge of being•st 13 is called to this I.eague because Medrosh Hagodal, Dr. C. E. Kauvar
was
elected
for
life
at
a
salary
of
they are eligible. The Temple has
retrogressionist—of being one who walks with his head backward. organizations
for the young people of $5,000, an increase of $2,000 over his

Those in charge of the gathering of a fund of $300,000 for the
maintenance of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and
the Hebrew Union'College are receiving enthusiastic reports from
every portion of the country. Cities and towns, great and small,
are sending in reports indicating the enthusiastic response that is
being made to the appeal to put these great institutions of Reform
Judaism upon a permanent and self-supporting basis. In fact, the
all ages and they are expected to present salary. Dr. Kauvar has been
Perhaps he spoke as he did Vvithout fully sensing all the impli- affiliate themselves with the ones to the spiritual leader of his congrega-
great majority of Jewish communities in America have already gone
tion for seventeen years. It has
which they are eligible.
cations
of
the
change
that
lie
was
advocating.
Let
us
hope
that
this
over the top in this campaign.
growth greatly under his leadership.
Rabbis Attend the Conference.
is true and that upon mature consideration lie Will change his view-
Rabbis Franklin and Mayerberg The congregation has entirely out-
Because the quota of Detroit was so comparatively small, it was point and show that he is a man in touch with the spirit of the will spend the week in Cincinnati. grown its present home. Ground for
attending the Central Conference of the new one wiJ1 be broken about
not deemed necessary to institute a very aggressive campaign here, new day.
American Rabbis. Rabbi Franklin April 20. The ,eongregation is plan-
for it was felt that the few thousand dollars required to meet our
leaves Sunday evening and Rabbi ning an institutional synagog to house
ldayerberg will leave Tuesday night. its many activities.
quota would very scion be subscribed and in characte'ristic Detroit
style, we would go over the top within a day or two after our appeal
A Correction
had reached our people. In this, however, the community leaders
THE B'NAI B'RITH
Our attention has been called by a number of the students of
have been disappointed and although many of the people have re- the University of Michigan to an error that inadvertently crept into
By Miriam G. (Mrs. S. K.) Slobin
sponded generously, our quota has not yet been attained and it will the news columns of the last issue'of the Jewish Chronicle. In the
not be until all of those who should subscribe to this fund have announcement that Rabbi Hershman was to speak before the

done so.

Surely, it cannot be possible that the Detroit Jewish community
will fail at this crucial time. A community that has been phenom-
enally generous in meeting every need that the war has brought
forward; a community that has gone over the top in every patriotic
campaign; a community that has set an example to the entire country
in generous giving, will not fail now. It is eminently desirable that
all who expect to contribute to this fund should do so within the
next day or two so that during the sessions of the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis, which will be held in Cincinnati during the

Menorah Society at Ann Arbor, it was stated that the address "will
be the first on a Jewish topic to be delivered from the rostrum of
the Y. M. C. A. I fall." The statement is an error for the reason that
practically since the erection of the magnificent Y.11. C. A. Building
at Ann Arbor, its rostrum has been at the disposal of the Jewish
Student Congregation whose services are held there, week after
week, and on which occasions Jewish sermons are preached by
eminent rabbis. In fact, immediately preceding the talk before the
Menorah Society last Sunday, such a service was held by the Jewish
Student Congregation.

,4 tribute to our order of faith and charity,
Of brethren thus collected 'Wrath bond of unity,
A symbol of the worship of our fathers and their kith,
So shines this noble order, our 0701 Irma Irrith.

Not for gain to its supporters, or laurels does it stand
But just to show its duty to the followers of our land.
To feed the cold and hungry, to clothe the ones unclad,
To give with fatherly bounty unto the orphan lad.

It aims to wield protection over the Jewish name
.4nd help uplift the gifted to ore bark Israel's fame.
dray Heaven lend its blessing while we shall here uphold
B'nai B'rith forever, increased a thousand fold.

