THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
THE JEW AS A FIGHTING MAN
Israel's Feast of Freedom
BY FRED LOCKLEY
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co.. Inc.
Never since the glad day when according to tradition the hosts
of Israel—standing upon the shore of the Red Sea—intoned their
("An' 'Zee taught 'em to respeck the British soldier," sings a Tammy iu one
song of gratitude to Freedom's God, has the Passover come to our of Kipling's martial ballads. In like manner might those who take just pride
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President people burdened with a more significant message than at this season. in the Davidie tradition exult, arid with as just cause, in the light of the records
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JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
Secretary-Treasurer While it is true that the signing of the armistice in November of last as cited by Mr. Lockley today. In the II/11411S of the Great ll'ar there shine
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resplendent the devotion and tlw daring of the Jewish fighting man)
year slid not spell the breaking of every chain that bound either the
Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, limbs or the souls of men, it did mark the end of an age in which
A week or so ago I sat at the speakers'
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
the conception that Might could dominate Right, could prevail. table with Bishop W. T. Sumner. In the HOW TO SET THE
Entirely conscious of the grim fact as we may be, that mighty forces course of our talk I said, "I'believe the
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are yet striving in the countries of the old world and even in some war will do much to wipe out the bar-
riers of racial antipathy and religious
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small degree in this fair land, to hold men in physical and spiritual prejudice." /sly remark reminded Bishop On the table set for the Semler
bondage, We are yet heartened by the conviction that a new era is
of an incident that happened at service on the eve of the l'assover,
$2.00 per year struggling to its birth in which seligious and political freedom will Sumner
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Subscription, in advance
a Western cantonment. Ile said a so- there should be one or more de•
canters of raisin wine or Passover
be the portion of minor as well as major groups and in which the ciety woman wrote to the commandant
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach force of numbers will not ultimately decide questions of human of the forces stationed there, saying, "I wine. A wine glass and a prayer
book, with which to follow the set-N-
will
be
glad
to
have
you
send
two
sol-
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
rights.
stices to my home to share our Sunday ice, should be at each place. The
Editorial Contributor
So far as the Jew is concerned, the new age which is upon us dinner next Sunday. W'e will see that wine is to be poured into the glasses
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
have a good dinner and a pleasant at the appropriate time.
holds promise of the best and brightest day in all his history. We they
Two large napkins folded in halves
In a footnote she added, "Send
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on suhiects of interest to recognize that the rights of the Jews the world over are not yet time."
anyone
except Jews." The next Sunday and then re-folded into quarters
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the assured and that he is still the victim of pogroms and persecution there was
a ring at her door bell, and should be laid upon a large china
views expressed by the writers.
when she answered it two six-foot ne- plate or upon a tray. In the folds of
as well as of political disadvantages and social discrimination.
But unless we are willing to concede that the world war with all groes iu uniform were on the doorstep the napkin, thus made, are then hid-
with a note from the commandant say- den, one by one, the "mitzvoth" (the
the tremendous sacrifices of life and treasure that it has involved ing he took pleasure in sending two square matzoth prepared especially
has been fought in vain, we cannot believe that the Jew shall con- soldiers to take dinner with her. The for the Seder service).
By common agreement of those who participated in it, the tinue to be the pariah of the nations; the target for the poisoned note was signed "Major Moses Moses-
The roasted egg and bone of lamb
(symbolizing the Paschal Lamb), are
Thirtieth Annual Session of the Central Conference of American arrows of bigotry iced fanaticism ; the butt of ridicule and the victim sohn."
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put
side by side on a small plate,
Rabbis which was held in Cincinnati last week, was by all odds the of the oppressor. If even the least of the ends for which the civil-
When I was in France a Jewish ser- and the root of horseradish (symbol-
most inspiring as it was the most constructive of the meetings of ized world has fought its battle shall be achieved, then the Jew geant asked me if I could help him lo- izing the bitter herbs) is put upon
that great organization. A number of factors contributed to the everywhere shall have gained his full citizenship rights which entail cate l'assover bread for 140 of his com- another small plate.
Grouped around the "mitzvoth"
eminent success of this gathering. Primary among these was the complete freedom of religious belief and practice and the opportunity rades, all of whom were from Hester
Elizabeth streets in New York City. arc the parsley (symbolizing the
fact that the Conference met at this time, several months earlier of developing his genius to the fullest. Unless into the Covenant and
I not only located the Passover bread bunch of "hyssop" used by our an-
than it usually does, to celebrate the One Hundredth Anniversary which shall be basic to the proposed League of Nations and through for him. but I was able to direct him to cestors to paint the "lentels of the
of he birth of its immortal founder—Isaac M. Wise. The spirit of the establishment of which alone, the permanent peace of the world an English-speaking French rabbi, who doorposts"), and the "charoseth"
(symbolizing the "mortar" used in
Wise hovered over every stage of the Conference. proceedings and shall be secured, there shall be written the guarantee of the full lived in a nearby • village.
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building the brick walls of the Egyp-
the men felt that the great master builder of Reform was really rights of minor racial and religious groups in all the countries signa-
We have been rather accustomed to tian store cities).
tory to the Covenant and in the new nations which the League shall look upon the Jew as the very reverse
among them.
Salt water or vinegar (in which to
Let it be said in answer to carping critics that there is no ten- establish, all talk about humanity's victory in the great struggle of a fighting man, but if we have thought dip the parsley), and salt (with which
in the past, we have another think to make the blessing over the mat-
dency on the part of his pupils to canonize Dr. Wise, though they will represent but empty words without meaning and without truth this
coming. I do not know how many Jews zoth) will also be needed. A sharp
love him with a love that cannot be exceeded by that of children for behind them.
served in the army, navy or marines of
It was because of the full recognition of this fact that the the American forces, but I know that knife for cutting the horseradish, a
a father. But they recognize the fact that he was the great con-
dish for serving the "charoseth," and
structive genius in American Israel ; that he was the far-sighted Central Conference of American Rabbis in convention assembled the Jewish Welfare Board has more a few plates on which to pass around
100,00(1 registration cards of Jews
prophet who understood as perhaps no other leader of Jews has during the past week, sent to President Wilson its demand that the than
in the service. Of the 80,000 records the symbolic articles of food are like-
ever understood, the lines along which Judaism must develop if it is American representatives at the Peace Conference shall insist upon which have so far been classified, the wise required.
to become a dominant force in the shaping of humanity's ideals. the religious freedom and the full 'citizenship rights of all peoples in records show that there are 69(X)(1 in If the Seder service is to he given
the army, 8,800 in the navy and 1,700 in in the traditional manner, a pitcher of
He was a man unafraid because he knew that right was on his side. the various countries.
water and a basin, with towels, should
Because it is entirely likely that these rights will lie safeguarded the marine corps. Of those in the army also be in the room. This water an-
He was a man without the taint of selfishness, his only care being
more than 25,000 were in the infantry,
for the victory of the holy cause of religion and humanity. He was for all peoples and notably to the Jew, who has so long been deprived 6,5110 in the artillery, 9,300 in the medical swers a twofold purpose—enabling,
a man of deep conviction who believed with his whole heart and of them in many countries, the coming Passover should be to him a corps, 3.964 in the signal corps and the men of the family to wash their
Feast of Freedom as full of joy and of promise as was the great,day aviation corps, 1,895 in the engineer hands in the traditional way at the
soul in the cause to which his life was dedicated.
appointed times, and also permitting
when
the bondage of Egypt behind hint, he stood upon the shore of corps, 1,213 in the cavalry, 1,019 in the a little water to be poured into the
On the occasion of the celebration of his eightieth birthday,
ordnance, 3.521 in the quartermaster
his Promised Land and praised the Gbd who had broken the bonds corps and 8,814 in other branches.
basin at the mention of each of the
Dr. Wise said, "Within a quarter of a century, the ideals of Israel
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"ten plagues." This symbolic water
will have become the ideals of the civilized world." In those days, that bound him. Thus, Pesach will take on a new and greater mean- There were more than 5,000 Jews com- is thrown out of doors as soon as the
this seemed like a wild assertion and those who heard it smiled ing this year and the Jest's the world over Neill have good reason to missioned officers in the army. There last "plague" is mentioned, in order
indulgently at the impossible dream of an octogenarian who per- hail the coining of the symbolic Elijah, who, according to tradition, are 30 who are colonels or lieutenant to prevent a visitation of the plagues
mitted his ideals to run riot with his reason. But Wise knew is to usher in the new and better day for Israel and by that token, colonels, 202 who are majors, 782 who from coming upon the household.
The preparations for the traditional
are wearing captains' bars and more
whereof he spoke. It is not to exaggerate the truth today to hold for all humanity.
than 400 lieutenants. In our navy we Seder service are completed by plac-
that the very things for which through uncounted generations, the
ing
upon the table or the sideboard a
have 205 Jewish commissioned officers,
Jew has been struggling, are the ends toward which humanity is
one of whom is a rear admiral. In the large silver goblet, in which the wine
marine corps there are twenty-five Jews is to be poured for the Prophet Elijah.
striving and for whose sake we fought the bloodiest war in man-
Under the auspices of Pisgah Lodge No. 34, L. 0. B. B., and serving as commissioned officers, one of
kind's history. But Wise knew that mere dreaming could not bring
whom is a brigadier general. Of the
with
the
co-operation
of
the
Young
People's
Society
of
Congrega-
PASSOVER RECIPES.
about the realization of human ideals and therefore, he organized
Jews in the army, more than 30,000 came
his forces with a genius such as few men in any age have manifested. tion Shaare Zedek, there will be held in the assembly rooms of that from New York City alone; Chicago
Almond Cake
Union, College, and Conference were but so many instruments with congregation next Monday evening a Community Sedar, to which supplied 2,701). As the Jewish popula-
of the United States is about 3 per
which to actualize the vision of his great soul. It was eminently all members of the community' as well as soldiers and sailors and tion
flue pound of almonds, pounded; one
cent of our total population, it will be pound sugar, one or two eggs and
appropriate that at a gathering called to honor this master-builder other non-resident guests are cordially invited.
seen that the Jews contributed more
While the Sedan is traditionally a home service and while, than their quota, when it is known that enough cinnamon to give a strong flavor.
in Israel, the constructive note should be sounded as it was.
in a shallow pan and while still
wherever possible, its character as such should be maintained un- at least 4 per cent of our armed forces hot Bake
cut into small sections.
A second factor making for the value of the deliberations at impaired, there is an undoubted value in the community sertIce as are Jews.
Approximately 10 per cent of the Jews
Cincinnati was the character of the program itself. A large part of planned. Many hundreds of people there are in every great city
Matzoth Shalet
the routine business of the Conference having been delegated to the who for one reason or another are deprived of the opportunity of in service are not within draft age lim-
its, which means that they were volun-
Three soaked matzoths, eight eggs,
Executive Board, the sessions of the Conference proper were devoted participating in the Sedar in a private home. To these, the larger teers. In addition to this there were
two cups of sugar, two grated apples,
almost exclusively to the reading and discussion of papers bearing Sedan gives the opportunity of hearing recounted the wondrous story not less than 10,000 Jewish sailors and one and a half cups seeded raisins, one
upon the vital problems now Confronting American Jewry. When of Israel's deliverance front the bondage of Egypt and to be inspired marines, all of whom, of course. are tablespoonful cinnamon, grated rind of
these papers and discussions shall have been printed in the forth- anew with the love for that freedom which the Jew has ever held volunteers. This means that at least— an orange and a lemon, a few pounded
per cent of all the Jews in the service almonds and one and a half pounds of
coming Year Book of the Conference, it will be seen that the Cin- sacred.
of the United States were volunteers. suet or rendered fat..
cinnati gathering has made more than one contribution to'the liter-
Moreover, in this year of all years, it gives to the Jew the Up to November 1 the record showed
Beat the eggs, sugar and cinnamon
ature of Judaism that is sure to become classic.
opportunity to raise his paeean of praise to God for the promise that that 451 Jews were killed in action, 142 until light. Then add the raisins, ap-
died of wounds, 96 died from disease ples, almond and the rind and mix well.
Chief among these is undoubtedly Dr. Kaufman Kohler's paper has come to men the world over, that chains shall be broken and that and 73 (lied from accident and other Drain the matzoth, gradually add them
on "The Mission of Israel and Its Application to Modern Condi- to mankind, a new Land of Promise shall be opened—not in one causes. while, in addition to the dead, to the mixture and beat until very light.
1,590 Jewish soldiers were wounded.
Melt the fat in the dish in which the
tions." With rare scholarship, I)r, Kohler traced the history of the corner of the earth only, but wherever men may choose to dwell.
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Shalet is to be cooked, and then pour
The appreciation of Detroit Jewry is due to those who have
inission idea in Israel and showed by reference to original sources
The fame of the "Lost Battalion" will in the mixture. Bake in a moderately
that practically from the beginning of his history, the Jew has made the Community. Sedan possible. It is a step in the right never die, but it is not generally known hot oven for one and a half or two
that this battalion, composed of New hours and serve hot. Slower and longer
sought as his part in the world, to spread among all the peoples with direction.
York troops, was formed largely of cooking is required for suet than for
whom he came into contact, the knowledge of God and of human
from the sweatshops of the East rendered fat.
Jews
duty. Not the least pregnant of the many striking thoughts tersely
Side. One of these Jewish lads, Abra-
expressed by I)r. Kohler was that suggested in his declaration that
ham Krotoshinsky, was awarded the
Charoseth
distinguished service cross for his valor.
"the Jew must find a place not in a League of Nations but in a
One-quarter pound almonds, with a
When the "Lost Battalion" was cut off
League of Religions." The failure of the little handful of political
from the rest of the army, runners were few walnuts, filberts, cream nuts, etc.,
Zionists who were present to degrade the discussion of this great
sent nut to secure help and reinforce- all pounded together; two tablespoon-
paper into one on Zionism as against Anti-Zionism, showed clearly
ments. One after the other the runners fuls grated cinnamon, one-half pound
were killed without being able to secure seeded raisins cut into very small pieces,
the temper of the Conference on this particular problem.
CONFERENCE OF
The Destruction of Pharaoh.
The Cincinnati Conference
A Community Sedar
It may be stated with the utmost assurance that while contro-
versial discussion was held to the absolute minimum on the floor of
the Conference, it was clearly apparent that among the Reform
rabbis, those who held to a belief in the political restoration of
Palestine are so fete as to he negligible, even though among the few
there be those who arc constantly in the public eye and tvhose fame
as orators is widespread.
A second paper of permanent value was that of Dr. Julian
Morgenstern on the subject, "If Isaac M. \Vise Were Alive Today—
a Program for American Judaism." Like Dr. Kohler's paper, this
too, \vas a scholarly and well constructed presentation of the change
that must come in the synagogue and in the Jewish community, if
Judaism is to take its well-merited place in the sun.
RABBIS' CONVENTION
(Continued trom page one)
which the blessing was bestowed upon
each graduate by the venerable presi-
dent of the college.
On Sunday morning three excellent
papers were presented—one on "The
Jewish Conception of Justice" by Rabbi
Max Reichler, of New York, in which
he traced the idea of justice in Jewish
literature and proved that the claim
made by non-Jews that Judaism ex-
pounds the doctrine of uncompromising
justice as distinguished from mercy is
erroneous and that Judaism has always
Perhaps the keynote to the reconstruction of Jewish life is to be recognized the element of mercy and
as a necessary component in the
found its the greater democratization of Judaism and its institutions. love
administration of justice. The paper
It is Dr. Morgenstern's contention that German Reform transplanted was scholarly A n d inspirational.
toApterican soil will not suffice to meet the spiritual needs of the
(-Jew An America, but that there must grow up a Judaism indigenous
to this soil in which the very soul of America must find its expres-
sion. While agreeing with this fundamental thesis, not all who
discussed this paper were willing to agree with the writer that what
we call American Reform is in fact, only a replica of its German
sources.
It is impossible in an editorial to review at length or even to
mention all of the splendid contributions that were made to a solu-
tion of the problem of the Jew by those who participated in the
Conference. Much stress was laid upon the need of a new religious
education ; upon the absolute demand that the pulpit deal less than
has been its custom in glittering generalities and reach the hearts
and the souls of the people; that social service in all its many forms
link itself up more closely with religion and that religion become
less a matter merely for the synagogue and ever-more the inspira-
tion of the home and of the Jew's daily routine. Throughout the
Conference, the optimistic note was struck. Never in all history has
liberal Judaism felt more sure of itself than it does today. The
future is in its hands. From the liberal synagogue is hound to go
forth the message not only that shall shape and mold the character
of our own future but also one that will greatly influence the living
and the thinking of peoples of every faith and every clime. Indeed,
to sum it up in a word, there is a feeling that amounts well nigh to
conviction, that Dr. Wise's phophecy will be fulfilled, that within a
quarter of a century of the time he spoke his words, the ideals of
the Jew will become the ideals of humanity. To this sentiment, the
Conference gave voice in no uncertain way. The program laid down
by it will surely help to bring nearer the day of its realization.
Dr. Kohler's Scholarly Paper.
Perhaps one of the most scholarly
papers presented during the Conference
was that of Dr. Kaufman Kohler upon
"The Mission of Israel and Its Applica-
tion to Modern Times." In this paper
Dr. Kohler brought out vividly what he
conceived to be the mission of Israel
and he maintained that Israel is as much
a priest-people as it was when first called
to the service of God. Dr. Kohler pre -
sented the paper from the historical
viewpoint and those who heard it could
not question the existence of a mission
and were deeply and earnestly inspired
to carry it on until the world has filially
accepted it. The discussion of this
paper was brilliantly led by Rabbi Samuel
Schulman, of New York, who amplified
in a measure some points introduced by
Dr. Nobler. Rabbi David Lefkowitz
read a paper on "Religious Education
and the Future of American Judaism"
in which he proposed a standardized
curriculum for all religious schools and
a method by which more instruction in
Judaism could be given to Jewish chil-
dren than the one or two hours a week
at present allowed by the average syna-
gogue. Sunday evening at the Rockdale
Temple the Conference was addressed
by ex-President Wm. Howard Taft, on
"The League of Nations."
The place of meeting of the next con-
vention of the Conference will he de-
cided by the executive board at its meet-
ing next October. '
Mourn, Mizraitn, mourn! The weltering
wave
Wails loudly o'er Egyptia's brave
Where, lowly laid, they sleep;
The salt sea rusts the helmet's crest:,
The warner takes his ocean-rest,
Full far below the deep—
The deep, the deep, the weary deep!
Wail, Wail, Egyptian Mourn and
weep!
For many a mighty legion fell
Before the God of Israel.
Wake, Israel, wake the harp. The roar
Of ocean's wave on Mizraim's shore
Rolls now o'er many a crest.
Where, now, the iron chariot's sweep?
Where Pharaoh's host? Beneath the
deep
His armies take their rest.
Shout, Israel Let the joyful cry
Pour forth the notes of victory;
High let it swell across the sea,
For Jacob's weary tribes are free!
—John Ruskin.
help, and when volunteers were asked
for this East Side Jewish boy volun-
teered for the task and made good.
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In the sweatshops of New York City
and in the big clothing lofts I have seen
thousands of Jews sitting cross legged
on tables sewing busily. They did not
seem to be heroic figures. Yet I have
seen these same East Side clothing
workers clad in khaka at the front .
They had as much snap, precision and
pride in their job as any one.—Portland
(Ore Journal.
Almond Pudding.
One pound blanched almonds, one
pound sugar, six or eight eggs and cin-
NOTED RUSSIAN JEWS
namon to taste. Beat the eggs and sugar
ARRIVE IN AMERICA together until light, then add the al-
monds and cinnamon. Bake in a shal-
The well-known Jewish millionaire low pan and serve cold.
from Russia, A. Shtibel, who recently
gave several million rubels for the dis- SWISS JEWS TO CARE
semination of Hebrew literature through-
FOR 1,500 WAR ORPHANS
out the world, and S. Schneer, a noted
Hebrew Russian poet, both arrived in
this city last Monday. They were met
The Federated Jewish Communities of
at the boat by many of the prominent Switzerland have unanimously decided
Hebrew writers of this country.
to take over and provide for 1,500 Jew-
Mr. Shtibel expects to open a Hebrew ish NVar Orphans of Galicia. The Swiss
publishing house in this country, and is Jews hope in time to be able to take
ready to contribute large sums for this care of all Jewish War Orphans of
purpose.
Austria.
OWN A HONE
SAVE RENT
SECURE COMFORT
For the Wife and Kiddies
BUILD
NOW!
two grated apples, two tablespoonfuls
brown sugar.
Mix the nuts, cinnamon, sugar and
raisins together thoroughly; then grad-
ually add enough of the grated apple
to make the mixture of a consistency
to be formed into small balls. More or
less than two apples may be used, ac-
cording to their size. The charoseth can
be used in one mass or can be made into
small balls rolled in cinnamon.
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