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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
VOL. V. NO. 24.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1919.
UNIQUE SEDER AT THREE-YEAR-OLD
SEA IN HEAVY GALE
OPERAS THE JEWISH CHRONICLE IS VOTED
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF B'NAI BRITH
CHILD I
KNOWS 200
GENERAL MONASH TO
VISIT AMERICA SOON
ORTHODOX RABBIS
JOIN MIZRACHISTS
CHICAGO.—Lieut. Gen. Sir John
W
N E ORLEANS—Octavius Roy
Mottos'', the highest Jewish military
Cohen, Jr., three-year-old son of Oc- AR Notices and Announcements of Pisgah Lodge, No. 34 Will officer of any nation. who was com-
tavius Roy Cohen, author and play-
mander-in-chief of all the Australian
be Made in the "Chronicle" and Will Serve as Official
forces in the field during the last six State Grievances Against Zionist
Miriam Teichner Writes Story of Nvright, of Birmingham, Ala., proved
beiore a jry
u o t d ucators an dm
months of hostilities, is looking for-
Notification to Each Member. Individual
Organization — Warn Parents
Observance of
of Passover by ical critics that he knows 2 00 operas
ward to a visit in Chicago with his
Notices by Mail Discontinued.
Against Radical Schools of
Eight Jewish Soldiers on Board by he:rt. The baby, in a forme' test,
cousin, Dr. David NI °nosh, as soon
[ identified and lisped the names of
as he has completed his work in Lon-
Poale-Zionists.
Transport.
opera after opera unerringly, as piton-
don, as director general of the de-
The petti iit I e wis.h ch ron i c l e was una nimously voted the
' ographic selecti ons ch
by the
mobilization oft he Australian forces.
TO PREPARE TEXT ON
official organ Of Pisgah Lodge, No. 31, Independent Order of
BITTER HERB DIPPED IN
: jury were played. Nicholas Bauer,
"I have the greatest possible wish
If toti ltrith, at a regular meeting of the lodge, held NIonday
to return home by America," writes
POST-BIBLICAL HISTORY
"REGULAR" SALT WATER '"cti1114 superintendent of New Or-
c leans public schools, headed the ex-
evening, Nlay P:.
General Monash to his cousin. "I am
, omitting body and pronounced the
particularly drawn to America for New York.
BY M IR I AM TEICH NER.
Hereafter,
:ell official notices of meetings and announce-
H
exhibition the most phenomenal in
many reasons, not the least among
'Eliot the .\ tnerican Zionist leaders
(On Board the U. S. Transport Sit, -
limits of the lodge will be published in the Detroit Jewish
which is the fact that during the light- did not keep their word when they
oney En Route from New York,
his "Perin"'
Chronicle,
the
publication
of
which
will
serve
as
official
notice
ing of the last six months I have had promised the Mizrachi a certain share
-
old
capped
his
op
-
by Nlail to Detroit Jewish, The three-year
the honor to have placed under my in the distribution of the Restora-
1 , erotic test by identifying a score of
to each member of the order. The practice of mailing notices
.
Chronicle.)
command considerable bodies of Am- tion Fund monies; that the \Veitz-
operatic selections, beginning with
to each member will be discontinued.
erican troops, among others the 33rd mann Commission and the flachlassah
hey were six boys from New I the Peer Gym Suite, when his father
division, the 59th division and the ('nit in Palestine are prejiltliced
This action was taken on motion of the Secretary, Ali - .
York and two from Philadelphia ' tapped the rhythm of the music with
tiOth division, all of whom acquitted against the religious schools and in-
Charles Rosenthal, who called attention to the fact that the
and because Monday eyei thig. A pr il , a coi n on a table. The father, who is
themselves most worthily and greatly stitutions in that country; and that
ears
14th, was the beginning of the Jewish' a well known writer, is only 27 y
membership of the lodge had increased by leaps and bounds
assisted in our Australian successes." 1)r. \Veitzmanti said that it was only
Passover week they held a Seder ser- old, and when he was 23 he gave up
over
one
thousand
Jewish
citizens
were
enrolled
in
the
until
due to the objections of American
vice aboard the troopship Siboney a budding law practice in Charleston,
clerical
work
and
expense
of
mailing
individual
Zionist leaders that the lilizrachi was
lodge.
The
PADEREWSKI
AT LAST
S.
C.,
went
to
Birmingham,
Ala.,
and
bound for Bordeaux.
not accorded representation on the
notices to the membership had increased proportionately until
A high sea had been running all dav; since th en he has done nothing but
PROTESTS AGAINST
Zionist Commission — these were
th e w i n d was so swift th a t it h a d in write short stories and novels. His
it had become a burdensome problem.
POLISH POGROMS some of the startling facts revealed
creased the speed of the Siboney over stories have appeared in nearly every
by Rabbi Meyer Berlin, head of the
The fact t' t the "Chronicle . ' is read by practically .every
a knot an hour. for the ship was rim-IMagazine in the United States. The
Warsaw—Premier Paderewski, of Nlizrachi Zionists, who has just re-
member of the It'nai lirith and has a universal circulation
sing w i t h th e waves an d ro d e high' Crimson Alibi" is his latest book.
turned from the London Zionist Con-
Poland,
has
just
issued
his
long-
over the green mounds of water that'
among Jewish families outside the order, makes it the logical
promised protest on behalf of ference. These statements, Rabbi
rose into mountains aslant about her
medium for the dissemination of notices to the membership and
the
Polish
government
against Meyer Berlin made at the Conven-
prow. Once during dinner time there
eliminates the great expense and clerical labor of notification by
the pogroms upon Jews. He tion of Orthodox Rabbis of the Unit-
was a pitch that scut soup and beans
Delegate at Conference,
appeals to the population to ignore ed States and Canada, which was held
the secretarial office.
and milk and bread careening madly
the accusations against Jew's which in this city last week.
amid a clatter of broken dishes and
The action of Pisgah Lodge is an eloquent tribute to the
Will Help Mizrachi "Drive."
are being spread by people with vile
flying silverwear to the floor. The
progress made by the Jewish Chronicle in solidifying the Jewish'
intentions. \I any local city councils The Convention was considering
Filipino table boys had a hard time
of Poland, too, possibly of their own the advisability of affiliating either
of it for a few minutes, for a pitcher
sentiment of Detroit and Michigan, and expresses the need and
accord, or more likely on a hint from with the Zionist Organization of
of condensed milk spilled on the slant
the many possibilities of usefulness; of a medium of this sort.
the ceyral government, have issued America, or with the Mizrachi. At-
floor of a topsy - turvy mess - room is
appoarrs against the pogroms. ter the delivery of Rabbi Meyer Bee-
The publishers of The Detroit Jewish Chronicle take this
good skidding ground. They moppedl
The sentiment among the Jewish lie's impassioned speech, the Ortho-
with one hand and clutched desperate - 1
means of expressing their appreciation to the officers and 'min-
population of Poland is now very bit- lox Rabbis by a unanimous vote, ex-
ty to uncertain tables and chairs with
hers of Pisgah Lodge for their complimentary recognition of
ter.
The blame for the Pinsk mosso- cepting one, declared its sympathy
the other.
this publication as a medium of service to the local lodge and to
cre is being put directly upon the goy- with the latter, and decided to hell)
Conditions Too Severe.
eminent. In spite of intimidations, along the Mizrachi's present half
the great Jewish brotherhood, the International Independent
Earlier in the day, J. S. Stone, Jew-
the Polish Jews are protesting with a million dillar "drive."
Moreover,
Order of 13'nai Brith.
ish Welfare Transport \Yorker. had
desperate courage, and the protests folowing the complaints of many
decided that there was to be no Seder
are growing and assuming threaten- rabbis that reports which they had
ceremony. Conditions were too diffi-
ing forms. The Polish press now received front Palestine indicated
cult, Ile had said, and the distribution
admits that Zionists were killed in that the Orthodox institutions there
of the flat white squares of matzoths,
Pinsk by mistake, but again repeats were not getting their due share of
or unleavened bread to Jewish pas-
the accusation that all Jews are Bol- the American Jewish Relief monies,
sengers and crew was to be the only
sheviki. the Convention decided to send a
observation of the eve of Passover.
On the first day of Easter posters corn
ce of three r
is to Pales-
But just after dinner, he beckoned to
seen throughout Warsaw told the tine to si
vise the
f distribu-
us two, Jewish Welfare workers bound
population that a plot to kill the lead- non.
On t
delegat
Rabbis
for Paris. "The Boys have decided
ers
of
the
government
had
been
dis-
Abramowitz,
of
Jaffe of
there have been only three peoples
The largest regular meeting 0
to have a Seder ceremony after all,"
Pisgah Lodge was held last Nlonda , that have contributed ideas that have covered. Underneath was a warning this city, and Dr. Revel, head of the
he said, "and they want you to come
evening at the club rooms, 25 Broad., gone through the whole current of that in case such a thing happened, Rabbinical Seminary, were appoint-
below to be their guests."
way on which occasion an initiation history—only three peoples, and each one Jett of every hundred would be ed, with Rabbi Kanowitz, of Eliza-
We went. Two decks below, in the
service was held to induct into the one of them contributing only one shot. Thus it was made to seem that Beth, N. J., as alternate. Upon this
dim, bunk-filled reaches, there is a
the plot was a Jewish one. Only af- delegation will also devolve the duty
idea.
Order a number of candidates wit
little pigeon-holed post office. the
ter the American commissioners in- of organizing an orthodox Teach-
have applied for a. , nbership within
The Greeks— I don't mean those
may-be five by twelve feet into it
the last few weeks. The ceremonies that are selling ice cream in Detroit terfered, and very strongly protested ers' Seminary, whose main object will
there had crowded the eight Jewish
were conducted in a most solemn and vicinity—but I mean the Greeks against this abomination, the govern- be to supply orthodox teachers for
boys of the crew, and on a shelf which
JACOB DE HASS
impressive
mpressive manner by the highly at home, the Greeks that fought in meat had the placards torn down. America.
customarily is a counter the Passover
The horrible massacres of the Jews
trained and well practiced degree mob and were stoned, who gave the
table was spread. The white cloth
Jacob de Hass, of New York City, teantof. Pisgah . ...odge, composed of
in Poland and other countries at the
great dramas of life, those Greeks MYER S. FINK, B'NAI
upon which the traditional repast administrative secretary to the Zion-
.
Mayerberg,
Simon
Present
moment affected the Con-
Rabbi Samuel s.
BRITH SPEAKER MAY 19
that created the kingdom of beauty
must be placed had to he nailed down ist Organization of America. has been
vention deeply, and caused many pa-
Rosenzweig,. Nlillton M. Alexander, in this world. Those Greeks gave
to its shelf, so that it, and all that secured as speaker at the huge mass
Herman hi nsterwahl, Leon Gold- the world just one idea—the idea of
Great interest has been manifested thetic moments when the Rabbis
rested upon it might not careen mad- meeting to be held Tuesday, slay
smith and Morris Garrett.
by members of Pisgah Lodge, I. 0. with tears in their eyes, bewailed the
beauty.
ly tloorwards as the meal of the of- at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, cor-
present Jewish "Churban." At its
ficers and welfare workers above had ner Willis and Brush streets. The
Then there are the Romans—men B. B., in the announcement that Mr.
final session, the Convention decided
careened a little time before, and the meeting will mark the conclusion of
who built roads and empires, men Myer S. Fink a member of the B'nai
call upon the Jews of America to
.re
flame of the single candle danced and the membership drive being waged
who established law and government. Brith Council, will address the lodge
assemble in the synagogs on Ere v
oi
Wavered with the pitching and shift- by the local Zionist District of De-
They gave the world another idea— on Monday evening, May 19.
Rosh Cray
odesh Nissan, when the y
ing of the creaking ship.
the idea of law of power and of gov- Fink announces the title of his ad-
troit.
dress, "'The Awakening." Mr. Fink should pray an
d generally mourn the
ernment.
Mr. De Hass has but recently re-
Grape Juice for "Wine."
of
the recent massacres,
Then there is another people—the is one of the most active spirits of e r s tc'e
p l c n ia ' lly in Poland.
There are some difficulties on ship- turned from Paris, where he was sent
the
B'nai
Brith
Order
and
the
11'nai
Jews. They gave the world an idea
board in the conducting of the tradi- as one of the Zionist delegates to the
Sever Relations With Ministers'
—the idea of righteousness in this Brith Club. His talk promises to be
Association.
tional and highly symbolic ceremony l'eace Conference. lie was formerly'
world. Let me repeat: 'The Greeks, of unusual interest for the furtherance
secretary
to
Justice
Brandeis
and
that marks the beginning of the Jew-
pother resolution which was car-
the
.kingdom
of
beauty;
the
Romans,
of
the
objects
of
the
B'nai
Brith.
has
earned
an
enviable
reputation
as
coorse,
ish Passo‘ er. There must. of
ried unanimously was the one calling
the kingdom of law; the Jews, the
be the hitter herbs, and the "haro- a journalist and a lecturer. In his
i upon all members of the Union of
Bolsheviki Prefer Yiddish
kingdom of righteousness.
seth," the mixture of chopped apples, talk before the Detroit audience, Mr.
,
Beauty
is
only
skin
deep
and
the
To Hebrew Language Orthodox Rabbis, who are also mem-
almonds, raisins, and wine, all em- De Hass will outline the progress of
hers of the Jewish Ministers' Assoc-
ancient Greeks went down. The
blematic of the bitter work performed the Zionist movement made in Amer-
lotion, to sever their connection with
Romans, who thought that they could
p'
Nlocow—The
Soviet government is,
by the Irsaelites in Egypt when they ico during this last few epoch-making
the latter organization on pain of ex-
continue
right
along
with
law
and
, backed constantly showing more and more
ears.
labored with lime and mortar. There
pulsion from the Union. The Jew-
development of imperialism
partiality towards Yiddish, and to
must he, too, the shank bone of a
Ministers' Association recently
by might, they, too, perished, and the the sane
v' degree,
el n enmity e
to oniar thu es
lamb, roasted on coals of open fire as DR. MOSSINSOHN LEAVES
announced its intention of working
Jests they remained, because they l 'ieli s rei'e
.' g hr
a reminder of the paschal lamb, and
together with the Zionist Organiza-
created a kingdom of righteousness Bolshevik Commissar for Jewish
wish Af-
FOR PALESTINE
there must be an egg, commemora-
iationaliozla; lion of America.
--a kingdom which is indestructible ft ai(i)rns
,4
tr
s
orders co av
tiv e of the festive sacrifices offered
and eternal.
schools,' The most important undertaking
Jewish
during the existence of the temple.
I once spoke to a meeting in New and the institution of Russian as the ; of the Union during the past year
A farewell reception was tendered
It is considered obligatory that four
was the beginning of the publication
York. There the a great crowd, and 1
iisnsetiratlicrteiit}inforibniddtchielitno.
elms of wine be drunk at intervals to Dr. Ben Zion Nlossinsolm, rector
t h e Talmud Rabli in the original,
i t is always the business . of the
of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jaffa,
during the service.
ich is to be issued complete in 18
speaker. if he wants to know the be taught, Yiddish is tolerated. For which
Now. the Passover ceremony and Palestine, at the hotel Majestic, New'
volumes.
es. Rabbi Rosenberg. the Chair-
temper of his audience. to look into the purpose of doing away with the
I. GEORGE DOBSEVAGE.
all that it demands in the way of Yuck City, on Saturday evening, April
the faces of those he is addressing. I necessity of Hebrew altogether, the man of the Publication Committee,
symbolism was not in the mind of 26th, prior to his departure from
reported
that the first volume has
A departure from the usual pro- was looking at a man who sat in the Commissar has ordered that an ini-
Secretary Josephus Daniels on the oc- America. Dr. Mossinsohn is sailing
back and who stared rather blackly mediate translation of the Mislina be ' already appeared, the other volumes
casion of a certain ruling, lint en; for London and Switzerland en route cedure was made in that the initia-
to appear regularly every month un-
at me, and said: "Are you a Demo-
Russian.
forced prohibition did not keep the for Palestine from which he was ex- tion ceremonies were conducted at crat?" "Are you a Republican?" "Are rendered
far does
into the friendship of the Of the whole set will he complete.
the beginning of the meeting, thus
So
boys on the Silioney front the ob- pelled by Djemal Pasha, the Turkish
at
The
Convention felt that this work
a
t
are
you
a
Socialist
?"
-Wh
you?" Itolsheviki towards Yiddish go, t h
servance of their traditional rites. Governor . General, in the spring of affording the new members an op-
e firsi hri "a' a very urgent one, since the
portunity to observe the method of and he Vilified meekly, "I am a ladies' they have granted 3,000,000 nobles
Grape juice makes a colorful and not 1915. Previously he bad been ar-
as
astounded
at
his
oublication
of
the
Talmud in Europe
tailor." I w the purpose of building a Jewish
ill-tasting substitute, and the half- rested for Zionist activity and sen- carrying on business in the lodge.
has been stopped during the war, and
At the conclusion of the regular stupid reply, but if lie had said he theater.
pint bottles, thought they refused to tenced to death, but his life was saved
the'
Rabbis
decided to support this
was a lawyer, or a doctor, or a
"stay put" and insisted on rolling in by the intervention of the American meeting, members of Pisgah Lodge
undertaking as much as possible.
banker, the reply would have been SIR ALFRED MOND
were
treated
to
one
of
the
most
in-
Were
and Italian Ambassadors.
the manner of onnbled ninepins.
To Prepare Biblical Text.
just as disappointing. In each case
MAY BE PRESIDENT The Committee on Education of
duly present.
He came to this country immedi- spiring, eloquent, and instructive ad- it would have shown that he lost his
The hone of the lamb was a dimin- ately thereafter, and during his stay dresses made to any Jewish audience
personality. The moment he answer-
was instructed by the Con-
the
utive thing and no possible fault in America he has been one of the in Detroit. Mr. 1. George Dobsev-
Manchester
LONDON. — The
to prepare a text-book of
the Jewish ed the question that lie was of one of
could be found with its charring, most forceful and effective propagan- age, general secretary of
o f .A mer i e ,. the professions or of some chosen Guardian reports that it is very likely post-Biblical history from the ortho-
which had been black and thorough. dists for the Jewish national ideal, Publications Society
line of business, he forgot that he that Sir Alfred NIond will become tlos point of view, to be used in all
Then there was a precious little bowl bringing its message even igt6 circles spoke on the subject "The Romance
President of the Board of Trade. hue Talmud Torahs and other ortho-
was created in the image of God.
of horse-radish, and nuts and apples most remote from Jewish life. In the of Jewish Literature."
Mr.
Dobsevage
was
introduced
by
Now, Lincoln once asked this which is equivalent to Secretary of dux Jewish schools. As in former
had been duly chopped and mixed II months that he soujourned here he
Commerce.
This post is a higher one ,ars. this year's Convention again
Mr. Louis J. Rosenberg, who was question: "How long ought a man's
with spices for the "haroseth."
visited 138 cities in the United States recently elected a trustee of the jaw. legs to be?" Ile called in quite a than his present office of Minister of is-ned a warning to orthodox Jew-
and
Canada,
some
of
them
as
many
n umber of important men, physicians, Public Works. The Commerce Sec- ish parents not to send their children
All Take Part.
as ten times. In 1916 he delivered 177 ish Publications Society. Mr. Rosen- architects, lawyers, etc., and none of retary will occupy an important place to the 6fational" radical schools which
The traditional egg ro il e d w ildl y
and threatened momentary disaster. lectures: in 1917 he spoke publicly 161 berg stated that the address was part them knew how long a man's legs in English political life, especially
fostered mainly by the Poale-
times in 1918. and during of the program of the Intellectual Ad- ought to be—long enough to touch now, when England, as well as all
but it was there, and as to the howl times; 224
l vancement Committee of the Lodge the ground. But I ask, what use is other countries, will have to arrange
Delegations
from the Rabbi Isaac
of salt water, into which the bitter the past four months 76 times; a tota
herb omst be dipped before eating. of 638 lectures, and he is credited with of which he is chairman and Kornis- the knowledge that a man's legs its trade according to conditions cre- I.:Miamian Theological Seminary and
ed
further
treats
of
the
same
high
there could be none better, for it having raised over half a million dol-
ought to be long enough to touch the ated by the war.
from the Sabbath Observers' Associa-
calibre. Mr. Dobsevage was enthusi- ground, if he has no ground to stand
Sir Alfred has been one of the chief iion apeared before the Convention,
wai real salt water, from the ocean. lays for Zionist purposes.
De spoke as fol-
on. The important thing is to have supporters of the Balfour declara- and urged the moral and financial
The reception, which was attended asticly received.
It is customary for the oldest mem-
her of the family to conduct the Sed- by representatives of every walk of lows: ground to stand on. And this brings lion on Palestine. He has already' support of the Rabbis for their re-
er service, but there came a bit of Jewish life, was given by the Central ADDRESS OF MR. DOBSEVAGE. me to this thought. Have you ever contributed large sums towards the soemive institutions. Such support
heard of that book called the "Bible?" Zionist movement. Convention readily granted.
uncertainty here, as to relative ages, Zionist Committee of Greater New
I need not tell a full grown, ma-
\ !ming the telegrams of greeting re-
and so, in the end, the services were York. Mr. Louis 1.ipsky was chair- lure audience like this what the term I hope there is no one here that thinks
PISGAH LODGE NOTICE.
.•.,
by the Convention, was one
conducted first by one and then an- man and the speakers included Na- "romance" means. I assume that I am connected in any way with any
fnuu Rabbi Lesser, and another from
other of the boys—those eight boys than Straus, Jacob deHaas, Charles A. you know what it means. religious mission. But I ask you in
Mastinsky.
Mu-
all
frankness,
if
you
have
ever
heard
There
will
be
a
regular
meeting
of
Mr.
Harry
Fische!, the former being
sitting and standing and crouching Cowen and Rev.
Brother Rosenberg sent me a book
in every uncomfortable attitude that sic was rendered by a trio from the recently of which lie was the author, of the Bible? It is said that it is the Pisgah Lodge. No. 34. I. 0 .B. 8., held Chairman, and the latter, Treasurer
Took given to our people years ago— at the lodge rooms, 25 Broadway, on of the Central Relief Committee. The
could be imagined, clutching shelves Zionist Symphony Orchestra.
and in the very first essay he has an
so far back that even legends have Monday evening, May 19, at 7:30 Ilatter Committee. and the Union of
and tables and in their efforts to
interesting quotation from Emerson,
Orthodox Rabbis have always been
maintain an equilibrium, and now and
in which Emerson declares that there grown about it—now they tell me o'clock.
- operation.
'
New Pogrom in Poland.
that the Jews—the people of the
then at the rolling egg, or the ca.
are very few original ideas in liters•
An address "The Awakening" will ' working in close co
vorting little bottles of make-believe
lure, and there are very few original Book, have forgotten the Book, and be delivered by Myer B. Fink.
thoughts anywhere in the whole Christian scholars know more about
wine.
No. 17 East Broadway this
London—Three new pogroms have
A fire at
The speaker for the Forum Lunche•'
The rich, vigrant young voices of recently taken place in Poland. One world of thought. Following up this this Book than the people of the
week destroyed old cl9thes to the
Book.
This
Book,
which
is
our
prop-
on
on
Tuesday,
May
20,
will
be
Jacob
these boys who were so far from occurred in Pintcher, another in idea I might add that the whole
1 value of $25,000 which had been stored
home rose and fell in the rhythmic Kletnev, and a third in the village of history of humanity, in the whole erty, has slipped away from us and cis Haas, the Zionist delegate to the I there preparatory to being shipped to
Peace Conference.
needy Jews in Palestine.
records
of
the
peoples
of
the
earth,
(Continued
On
Page
4.)
(Continued On Page 4.)
Posvyet.
_
Jacob de Hass, Zionist
to Speak at Mass Meeting
Jewish PublicationiSociety Official
Thrills B'nai Brifh Audience by Talk
on "Romance f Jewish Literature"
fr
Per Year, $2.00; Copy, 5 Cent,