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CLIFTON AYINC1 • CINCINNATI 10, OHIO
THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
• MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
VOL V.
NO. 20.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1919.
Detroit Entertains Non-Residents
And Soldiers At Two Successful
Community Sedars Passover Eve
4
COMFORTING THE RETURNING HEROES
COMMUNITY SEDAR TO BE MADE
ANNUAL EVENT
The gymnasium where the Sedar
was held was beautifully decorated
with blue and white flags, emblems of
Zion. Fragrant spring flowers on the
tables relieved the solemnity. The
ritual was read by Morris Burger,
noted Hebrew scholar, to a strange-
ly cosmopolitan group of almost 200
Jews. A man of means rubbed el-
bows with a brother in Israel in
frayed collar and suit shiny with in-
numerab• pressings. A woman of
enviable social position in light grey
taffeta that rustled luxuriously faced
a drab little woman in sombre, un-
iebeved black. a saleswoman unques-
tionably ammo sought and found here
the thrill and beauty of the home
service her.
al ky the 1 , 0). S hurried out.
In a
primate dining car waiting on a sid-
ing at the depot, forty war-weary
Jewish soldiers were greeted with a
sight that gladdened their eyes.
After eighteen months of forming
into fine for mess, and eating their
army meals from a tin mess pan,
either on the hare ground or a pine
table, the 40 happy lads found them-
selves seated at real tables, with
snowy linen and napkins, real silver,
and, best of all, the most wonder-
ful food that their abused palates had
tasted in more than a year and a
half.
The entire inside of the car was
festooned with the gay colors of the
nag the boys had served overseas,
while on each table red carnations
and fern leaves furnished sparks of
color. Much thanks is due NI rs. I.
. Jacobs, wife of the local Jewish
AVelfare worker, for her untiring ef-
forts in transforming the Pullman
car into a festive table, She worked
many hours on the decorations, but
her work was amply rewarded by the
newly-been light in the eyes of the
young Jew ish veterans.
An old-fashioned Sedar service,
strictly in conformity with ritualis-
ti c hus .., was read by I. W. Jacobs,
secretary of the Jewish Welfare
Board, and Abraham J. Levin, son
of Rabbi Judah I.. Levin.
Thr,mgh necessity the ritual was
sits rteueil for each succeeding group.
Twenty boys were served at 5:30
o'clock, 16 an hour later and four
zt 7 o'clock. J. K. Skirball and
Mils, Goldberg, of the national Je•-
ish Welfare Commission, were ntain-
iy
for the unique Com-
munity Sedar, while Fred M. Butzel,
Mr. I. W. Jacobs, N1rs. Wolf Kaplan,
Bernard Ginsburg and Milton Alex-
ander served for the local commit-
tee. Harry Weiss did the catering.
POLISH JEWS REJOICE
ON ARRIVAL OF FOOD
CARGO FROM AMERICA
The following cablegram from Boris
llogen, in charge of relief work in
Europe, is self-explanatory 14 the
need of relief to the stricken Jews 0(
Poland and their happiness on the ar-
rimal of a shipload of supplies from
American Jews.
"Henry H. Rosenfelt, Director,
American Jewish Relief Committee,
15 East 40th Street, New York,
N. V.:
"Cargo of wheat received from
steamer Westward Ho has marked
epoch in history of Poland and if peo-
ple could see smiles of women and
children on emaciated faces that have
almost forgotten how to smile, am
confident millions of dollars would be
quickly given to send other cargoes.
"BOG EN,"
Joint Ceremony of Pisgah Lodge, I. 0. B. B., and
Young
People's Society of Shaarey Zedek held at Synagogue;
Jewish Welfare Board Holds Impromptu Sedar for Forty
Jewish Soldiers at Michigan Central Depot.
.\t the Shaarey Zedek synagogue,
Willis and Brush streets, Monday
night. April 14, at half past seven in
the evening, the first joint Commun-
ity Sedar to be given in Detroit took
place under the auspices of Pisgah
Lodge, No. 34, Independent Order of
Bynai Brith, and the Young People's
Auxiliary of the Shaarey Zedek, in the
festively decorated gymnasium of the
synagogue--a solemn and beautiful
ceremony that promises to become an
integral part of the communal life of
the city and an event eagerly looked
forward to.
Per Year, $2.00; Copy, 5 Cents
INTERNATIONAL JEWISH
BODY FORMED IN PARIS
Jewish Welfare Board representative distributing gifts among the
wounded Jewish boys of the famous Twenty-seventh "Liberty" Division
which recently arrived home in New York City. The photograph was taken
011 board the steamship "Leviathan." It is of especial interest to Detroiters,
as the young Welfare worker pictured is Mr. William H. Stein, formerly
of this city, who left a few weeks ago to do transport work for the J. W. II.
"COMEBACKS"
A Modern Jewish Story
BY KATE FRIEDMAN,
A
PARIS.—After considerable discus-
sion and debate, behind closest doors,
the delegates in Paris from various
lands succeeded in forming them-
selves into a united body, with
Judge Julian Mack as president.
Nfr. Louis Nlarshall was chosen vice-
president, even before his arrival in
l'aris, where he was expected last
week, together with Dr. Cyrus Adler,
of this city. In this organization are
included all delegates from East
European lands, as well as represen-
tatives of the English and French
Jews. From all appearances it seems
that the American delegation will
wield the greatest influence in the
councils of this body.
The Polish and Galician delegates
asked that in the budget of indemni-
ties which the Peace Conference will
place before the Central Powers there
shall also be inclosed a separate item
for the Jewish people who were the
greatest sufferers in the war-stricken
countries. The proposition was re-
ceived with misgivings on the part of
the American delegates, because of
the fear that such a demand may in-
volve many issues and be fraught with
dangers to the Jewish people.
The question of financing the work
of the international body is giving
touch concern to the various delegates.
It is reported that Mr. Jacob H. Schiff,
of New York, was appealed by cable
to contribute to the fund and that he
refused to do so. An appeal will soon
be issued to all the Jews in America.
It is estimated that $50,000 will suf-
fice to finance the work of the confer-
ence for the present.
FRED M. BUTZEL
APPOINTED ON
PRISON BOARD
Mayor Couzens Names Com-
munal Leader on Board of
Commissioners of Detroit
House of Correction.
WILL MAKE SPECIAL
STUDY OF INMATES
appointment that has met with
universal approval by all elements of
the citizenry of Detroit was made
on Wednesday when Mayor James
Couzens named Fred M. Butzel as
the fifth member of the Board of
Commissioners of the Detroit House
of Correction. \t r. Maze' accepted
the appointment of the mayor to fill
out the unexpired term of Henry P.
Iturginan and as the latter was presi-
dent of the board by virtue of having
the shortest term, Mr. Butzel will
succeed to the honor.
hi r. Blazers appointment is a trib-
ute to the advance of modern and
humane idea of penology. His excep-
tional opportunities to observe the
conditions that cause men to commit
crime through his long experience as
a student and worker in social serv-
ice has given hint the necessary goal-
incations to serve as an expert on
preventive criminology.
Mr. Butzel will immediately begin
a thorough and scientific survey of
the inmates of Detroit's House of
Correction, making a special study of
the recivizists. His investigations
will bring to light the effect of home
conditions and early environment on
the man or Loy who becomes a crim-
inal. His aim will be to determine
how men can he kept put of the pris-
on rather than to solve their prob-
lem after they get in.
There are few men in America who
would bring to the responsible posi-
tion that same keen understanding of
social problems, that same deetrclym-
pathy for the dependent and unfor-
tunate classes as Mr. Blaze!. His.
broad misum, genially, considerate-
ness and sympathetic nature has re--
ceived deserved recognition many
times locally and in national affairs.
Mr. Mitrel has rendered unselfish and
devoted sersice not only to the city
of Detroit but to the state and na-
tion as Neel!.
lie is President of the National
Conference of Jewish Charities; a
member of the Michigan Child Wel-
fare Commission, Chairman of the
War Community Service of Detroit,
Chairman of the Jewish Welfare
Board of Detroit, Vice-!'resident of
the United Jewish Charities of De-
troit, and recently comp:cud a term
as Director of the Detroit Board of
Commerce.
Mr. Blazers •, , rointment is a cred-
it to Mayor Couzens, to the Board of
Commissioners oh opt •Cor-
i(ction, to the reol.le of Detroit, and
to the cause et s better citizenship,
CCORDING to Phil Hares "Be on the level wills the Lord."
philosophy of life there were One covenant they kept—this group
two sorts of girls—those who of wholesome, fun-loving girls—they
could dance and those who always came together at 8:30. They
couldn't. :Myra could—very well. She always left together at 11. No
was born with a divine sense of "Can't-I-see-you-home" suggestions
rhythm, deep, blue-black eyes, masses were ever considered. The covenant
of soft, coppery hair and an appeal- was a sacred one.
All Classes Attend.
ing mouth.
Above the din of moving feet, of
Rich and poor, young and old,
They had never been formally in- young, unchecked laughter, of hurried
newcomers and strangers, soldiers
troduced. In certain strata of society inarticulate introductions, snatches of
and sailors, all united by the bond
conventions are waived. It was at a conversation from the girls came to
of a common past, participated in a
gentlemen - 10c - ladies - checking - hI yra's ears.
Sedar strictly in accord with ritual-
free-a-nickle-a-dance emporium—one
"And he said, 'Can I have this one
istic laws. .\ splendid feast, pre-
of those gilt, palm-decorated palaces and the next and the next?' And I
pared by M. A. Pereira, of the De-
of
amusement
ever
filled
with
very
said,
'No!'" She lowered her voice
troit Catering & Decorating ('om-
young girls in long skirts and girls and sighed deeply. "lie was fresh,
pany, was served the guests. After
not so young in shorter skirts, with. but oh, girls, he was some stepper.
the service, Mr. I. Leonard Braun
eager, adolescent youths in soft col- There he is now. Look!"
led the singing of several beautiful
lars and belted coats, and blase gentle-
The voice ceased suddenly. The
Passover hymns in which all joined
men—connoisseurs of feminine love- music had started. For a moment the
spontaneously.
liness who stalk in i• ..rs around the hall was in darkness, then softly
The following telegram from Ifirain
narrow circular passageway surround- shaded lights of red and blue and
Irish Boys Like Seder, Too.
I). Frankel, President of I)istrict
ing the dancing floor, appraising, ad- brown flashed on—the lieralders of
Grand Lodge, No. 6, of St. Paul,
An incident occurring toward the miring, inviting.
an old-fashioned waltz.
Minn., directed to Rabbi Samuel S. end of the Sedar told more eloquent-
Myra started from her reverie. She
:Myra was a little tired that night.
Mayerberg, congratulating the
ly than words the kind Of fraternal-
!frith for their part in the (7ommuti- ism developed in the trenches. Two The life of a combination switch- adored waltzing. She turned her head PADEREWSKI OPPOSES
and
looked into a pair of eyes fixed
ity Sedar, was read:
of the four last "Jewish" lads served board operator and typist in a large
RIGHTS FOR JEWS
"District Grand Lodge, No. 6, had fiery red hair and physiognomies law corporation is not an idle one. intently and inquiringly upon her.
personally congratulates you and that could have obtained their origin From 8:30 in the morning until 6 Myra was not abashed. She was an
your co-workers on Community Se- in no place else than the Emerald o'clock she worked steadily, con- attractive girl, and intent, inquiring
London.—Ignatz l'aderewski, the pre-
scientiously, untiringly, as she did glances were not unusual. The young
star services tonight. \1 ay the bless- Isle.
mier minister of Poland, has received a
ings of an all-wise Providence conse- • The two Jewish boys, each having everything she had ever undertaken. man drew nearer. "My name is delegation
of all the Jewish parties, and
Hart,"
he
said,
"Phil
Hart.
Can
I
She wondered idly as she stood a
crate tonight's festivities for a year a pal who was the staunchest of
has declared In them that the Jews have
of ioy, happiness, health and service friends for 18 months, could not re- little apart from the throng, her head have this dance, please?" There was nothing to hope for in regard
to na-
something in the voice, a latent qual-
to Israel and God."
sist the temptation of bringing their lightly resting against the mirrored
tional rights.
The members of the Community Irish friends with them. The com- post that separated the dancers from ity of deference and timidity;that ap-
"We will solve the Jewish question in
Sedar Committee, both of the Young mittee in charge smiled as they came, the onlookers, how many times that pealed to the girl.
Myra eyed him critically for an in- Poland," Paderewski stated, "upon the
People's Auxiliary and the Irnai •etended they were "hoodwinked," day she had repeated the name of
basis of equal rights. The Jews in
stant—girls
of
Nlyra's
station
in
life
Brith, to whose untiring efforts the the Irish lads looked rather scared, "Smith, Dewey & Porter," how often
Poland will be given the same rights
success of the service is due, are as but went through the ceremonies she had pulled the plugs out of the are intuitive judges of the sterner sex that the Poles enjoy in America."
follows: Joseph J. Cummins, Chair- solemnly. Irish smiles broke through switch-board, how many tittles the lit- —and saw a dapper young man,
The delegation consisted of Rabbis
slightly
taller
than
herself,
with
reg-
man; A. Lapin Cohen, Secretary; the solemnity as the meal progress- tle linger of her left hand had struck
Perlmutter, Rundstei and Paznanski,
ular features and hair combed smooth- and Messrs. Greenh
Bernard Ginsburg, Milton M. Alex- es' and it became apparent that real the letter "a" on her typewriter.
m, Prilutzki, Eiger
Strange thoughts for a girl who ly back. She silently approved of the and Goldflam.
ander. Rabbi Samuel S. Nfayerberg, food was being served as well as
hi Perlmutter and
loved to dance, but Myra was given fit of his clothes, the color of his tie, Eiger, who is a eputy in the National
Harry Solomon, Nathan Robinson, ritual
Eugene Greenfield. Jacob Nathan,
"Some meal," whispered one, while to dreams and meditations. She had the cut of his shoes. He looked clean. Assembly, ho
the opinion that the
She nodded assent. To her there Jews should t demand more than equal
Hyman Meyers and hi orris Burger. the other merely smiled and rolled the happy faculty of forgetting the
present—the disconcerting habit of was nothing unconventional in the in- civil right
his
eyes
heavenward.
()lineal
and religious free-
J. W. B. Sedar on Pullman.
Cigars were distributed to every listening attentively, apparently, with vitation or in the maner of accept- dom.
Monday was truly a day of Com- one of the 1,100 soldiers on the train slightly parted lips that jealously cov- ance. They moved toward the en-
munity Sedars for Detroit. An im- by members of the local Jewish ered white, even teeth, apt eyes- trance. The orchestra, playing "Blue W OF DAVID LUBIN
ound wells of deepest blue—intent Danube Waltz," that incomparably
promptu Passover service, unherald- Welfare Board.
IS MADE PUBLIC At the recent convention of the
on something beyond the range of sweet R ussian folk-song, had reached
ed and unexpected, prepared at a
the haulilliTpassage that brings hack
United Orthodox Hebrew Congrega-
vision of the speaker.
few hours' notice by the Jewish AVel-
Sometimes the exasperated one memories of a silvery, radiant moo
fare Board and yet lacking nothing No Religious Liberties
The will of David Lubin, Sacramento tions of America, held in New York,
would blurt out, "Gee, what's the mat- a furtive hand-clasp, a tender sn a department store owner and philanthro- Rabbi Abraham Aaron Yudelovitch,
in fidelity to traditional laws, was
ducted in a Pullman dining car on Clause in League Draft ter, girlie, aren't you listening to me?" magic word.
pist, who took up his residence in New of the Eldridge Street Synagogue of
The youth's arm lightly encircled York some years ago and had aided in New York City, was elected Chief
And Myra, with eyes dumbly craving
a siding at the Nlichigan Central de-
forgiveness, would answer, "Listen- Myra's slim waist. A powerful the development of agriculture in Italy, Rabbi of the organization.
pot on Monday at sundown. Forty
Rabbi Yudelovitch is 69 years of
ing? Why. sure I was listening." searchlight, advertised in the street where he was sent to the International
Jewish soldiers, veterans of Amer-
NEW YORK—The failure of cer- Then, as the necessity for truthful cars to rival the "Queen of Night," Institute of Agriculture as the delegate age, being born in the city of Minsk,
ica's greatest battles •omerseas, en
tain
Jewish
interests
to
obtain
the
'less pressed upon her, "But I guess I now darting through the dancers, from the United States, disposes of an Russia. He is the author of a num-
route to their Chicago homes in
ber of works on Talmudic and Ile-
company with 1.100 other soldiers, inclusion of a religious liberties was dreaming a little, too, about tin , shone for a moment on a tall, slen- estate of more than $600,000.
took part in a real home Passover clause in the revised League of Na- time When I was a kid." She wool I der pair dancing together, cheek to
Mr. Lubin gives the bulk of his estate
tions
Covenant
was
announced
in
a
Sedar.
smile apologetically. "I get dream cheek, slim bodies barely touching, to his wife, Florence Lubin, and chil-
gliding silently on in perfect unison. dren, Dorothy, Grace, Theodore, Ruth,
Forty dusty., war-weary Jewish cable message received by the Amer- Mg spells."
The music grew softer. A solitary, and Eva Lubin, but he leaves $1,000 to
lads, scattered through the troop ican Hebrew today front Rabbi Isaac
Obviously in the throes of a "spell,' •
Landman,
its
editor,
now
in
Paris.
trains Nfonday afternoon, sat, shoul-
Myra stood now separated from he r sobbing note from the violin and the the Hebrew Union College of Cincinnati,
ders hunched forward, heads down- Dr. Landman and Henry Morgan- chums, a group of chattering, laugh . dance was over. The bright, white $1,000 to start a pension fund' for the
cast, (yes turned toward the moving than, Isomer American ambassador ing girls, attractive young represen lights flashed on. l'hil and Myra, employes of AVeinsttick. Lubin & Co.,
landscape. Now and then the thought to Turkey, went to Europe several tatives of the "Exalted Order o f both strangely thrilled, blinked at and $1,000 to start "a national academy
mat the swiftly moving train was seeks ago as representatives of van- Stenogs." who work hard and dance each other in the glare.
of music fur the negro people as sug-
shortenit.g every instant the distance ous Its brew organizations who much and, strangely enough, retail
Ile broke the silence. Unconscious gested in page 43 of my book, 'Let
bet , v een them and their loved ones sought to have written into the cov- that youthfulness of face and slim _ of any familiarity, he took the girl's There Be Light.'" lie gave an annuity
•se granting religious ness of figure rashly promised mas- hand. There was an odd seriousness of $100 a month to his brother and $60
brightened their faces. But, despite all
ar I over all the world. sage-weary matrons by optimistic in his voice.
a month to his secretary, Olivia R.
their elforts, the sad look remained. a° ant oni a n toJteiv
Dr.
Landman's
tnesage said:
The day was drawing to a close. To-
"Girl," lie said, "I don't know your Agresta of Rome.
beauty experts.
"It is generally conceded that the
night in their homes the first Pesach
name,
but
you're
the
most
wonderful
They ail worked together in one big
The I omission of the religious liberties oflice building, lunched together on dancer in the world."
Sedar would be celebrated.
JEWISH SELF-DEFENSE
eighteen months of horror were for- clause in the League of Nations Coy- soggy salmon sandwiches and choco-
Myra flushed with pleasure. This
CORPS ORGANIZED
gotten. Again they were seated errant Will prove more harmful for late sodas, and lived together in a Was more than an empty compliment
about the family board, the father. the future of the Jew's in Europe. "League House," morally guarded by uttered to fill a conversational gap.
regal and impressive in his festival The reason %•liy it was omitted in a Woman's Civic Betterment Society.
"11y name is Myra," she said sim-
A report from Krakow has been re-
garments, enthroned on snowy pit- the final draft adopted by the League and substantially supported by a $4-a- ply. "And you," she added shyly. ceived here which emphatically repudi-
lows; the dearest mother in the of Nations Commission can not be week rate charged each girl in return "you dance as thought you loved to." ates the news that in that city a Jewish
world, proud and happy, opposite: written now. The story will make
"Better than anything else." Ile Revolutionary Organization, having in
the children, rosy with health, clus- interesting, if not inspiring readings. for half a room, ironing privileges at released her hand reluctantly. "You its possession great quantities of am-
ten cents an hour, and the use of a
tered around. .Again they were There st:11 is a slight possibility that big, chilly parlor, boasting a gro- see, I work hard, do rough work, too." munition, was discovered. It is now
thrilled with the religious sanctity, mention will be made of the religious tesque floor-lamp
with a ghastly He held his palms open. She noted understood that only 300 guns were
the unusual feeling o f e t ea „Ii„ ess, liberties clause at the Plenary Ses- green shade, and a player-piano with with a throb of admiration that they found, all of which belonged to the Jew-
the smell of the herbs, the taste of lion, but there is little hope of its in-
were broad-boned, strong hands, the ish Self Defense Corps, which was or-
donated rolls of religious music.
ganized to protect the Jews against
the sweet Pesach wine. And to- elusion."
,And thus at 8:30 of a week-day hands of a hard-working man.
night, the first eve of Passover, they
"I'm only a machinist who carries pogroms.
evening one found these girls—all
were on a t-air, scattered through 1,- ZIONIST LEADERS AGREE
suburban, small-town girls who, lured his lunch in a brown leather kit." He
dNO trps, ienated from their kin,
the "Voice of the City," had smiled, Myra liked his smile. "With JEWISH RIGHTS ASSURED,
ON WORK IN PALESTINE by
ust-cov
ooered al and travel-weary.
flocked there to work and to live—at a hundred other greasy machinists, I
SAYS LUIGI LUZZATTI Rabbi Abraham A. Yudelovitch.
the gilt, palm-decorated dancing em- ride home at 5 o'clock in greasy over-
"Great Time" for Herbes.
LONDON.—All Zionist leaders porium. Here they met and made alls, looking forward to getting
The train puffed slowly into the agree on the four main factors in the their lriends, quarreled, became recon- cleaned up and coming down to dance
Ex-Premier Luigi Luzzatti of Italy in new theological subjects, and has oc-
cupied the pulpits of several New
Michigan Central station. The forty outline for immediate work in Pales ciled. Ilere,'in the incandescent glow —perhaps a waltz with a girl like a public statement recently said that the England congregations.
Jews will surely not be overlooked at the
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lonely Jewish boys looked wearily tine and that the funds are to be used if the myriad lights that webbed she you."
One of the innovations planned by
out of the window. To them it along those four lines: (1) To estab
A greasy machinist! How oddly at l'eace Conference. He is absolutely cer-
ingel-decorated ceiling they weighed
meant only another delay. fish an irrigation system to increase each other in the balance and were variance with this carefully groomed tain that the Allies, especially England, Rabbi Yudelovitch is the establish-
Then came the glad surprise. A the productivity of the land; (2) To pigeon-holed according to their man. Myra eyed him searcl.ingly. will free the Jews everywhere. In re- ment of a Talmudic court at his home
representative of the Jewish Wel- create normal economic conditions; merits.
He didn't seem such a boy after all. ward to the development of the Jewish to which his people may bring their
Home in Palestine, Senor Luzzatti felt differences and difficulties for arbi-
fare Board walked through the (3) To open up proper educational
One code was theirs, a simple one, In spite of all his regularity of fea- that the Jews will seek to avoid clashes tration and adjustment according to
trains calling for Jewish soldiers instiutions; (4) To start up every- written in girlish scrawl and pasted ture, there was a heaviness about his
who wished to attend a Community where in the country necessary public in the upper right-hand corner of the under jaw, a firmness about his with other religions in Jerusalem, and Talmudic law, thus avoiding the ne-
thus the progress of the Jewish state cessity of airing their disputes in the
Sedar. Awakened from their leth- undertakings. small mirror each dresser boasted,
(COnUnued On Page Four.)
public courts.
will go on smoothly.
Elected Chief
Rabbi of Orthodox
Congregations
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