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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE'
Mr. Marshall Should Be Shown Recognition
STORY OF JEWISH "JOAN OF
ARC" WHO SAVED HER PEOPLE
A committee has been formed for the purpose of honoring Louis
Marshall when he returns to this country after his arduous labors at
The commander-in-chief of the As-
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co.. Inc.
With the announcement of a new
the l'eace Conference. This committee is composed of prominent
Biblical drama entitled "Judith," by syrian armies bade her enter. His
from
many
communities.
It
is
eminently
fitting
President Jewish men and women
keen eye immediately was caught by
.
.
Henri Bernstein, the noted French
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS -
Secretary-Treasurer that sonic steps should be taken to give concrete evidence to \1 r. Mar- dramatist, to be presented in this coun- her beauty. She began to flatter Hol-
-
NATHAN J. GOULD -
shall that his efforts on behalf of the Jews throughout the world are try in the near future, there is brought ofernes, and his listened attentively.
at Detroit, fully appreciated by his co-religionists in his native land.
to mind the story of Judith, one of Ile was captivated. Judith saw her
advantage and at each step site be-
Entered as second-Hass m atter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice
Mr. Marshall went to Europe at the request of the American Jewish the most wonderful women of the past came more bewitching. Adroitly she
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
and who well might be called the
Congress to present to the l'eace Conference the problems confronting
"Joan of Arc of Antiquity." Through told her tale and told Holofernes that
r , e their solution. Ile was very active in his protests her, the Jews were delivered from the she would so guide him that at the
the Jew's - d
against pogroms in Poland, Galicia, Lithuania and other parts of Eastern ery y jaws of destruction and tike the proper time he would enter Jerusalem
Telephone Cherry 3381
id of Orle
n she marshaled the with so little opposition that not even
Orleans
Europe. It was he who presented the cabled message of protest of 1 I e laid
'
array and a dog would hark against him.
$2.00 per year American Jews to President Wilson and urged that immediate action 'j ess . i s 1 i armies into fighting
-
Holofernes listened and was charmed.
Subscription, in advance
led a furious charge against the As-
further attacks taking place against
Ile ceased to be the despot and be-
be
taken
to
forestall
the
possibility
of
syrian nes.
li l
.
reach
matter
must
news
came a lover. Inasmuch as Judith
citizens of the Jewish faith. Mr. Marshall has served with distinction ro l,litiatncien aiid
To insure publication, all correspondence and
a ditploa istsit, 1:ner
Ile is a item-'
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
c e mil e ac tsetr i ) i ' . i o t h f claimed to be a traitor to Jerusalem
as Chairman of the American Jewish Relief Conunittee.
Board and is this Jewess that the adventures of and could not go back, lioloiernes or-
Welfare
Editorial Contributor her of the executive committee of the Jewish
dered the most luxurious tent prepared
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
t Jewish congregation in the Juan of Arc lack.
„
>resident of I etnple Emanue I , t I lar g es
Like Emperor \\ illiain of Germany. for her. Judith asked Holofernes one
•
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to world. He was largely responsible fur bringing about t le ,
Nebuchadnezzer, the king of the great favor—the liberty to go out at
night with her maid to pray to her
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the of our treaty with Russia because of her refusal to recognize passports Assyrians, began to aspire at universal God. The Assyrian readily acceded
dominion, and his overpowering am-
views expressed by the writers.
held by American citizens of Jewish belief.
this request.
Mr. Marshall has been a dependable servant in the Jewish cause bition was unanimously approved by to The
bewitching beauty of Judith,
throughout the war and for years even before the war, and the reception his military advisors. Holofernes was her gorgeous raiment and her mag-
chosen commander-in-chief of all the
planned in his honor should outrank recognition given to any Jew thus armies of the empire by Nebuchadnez- nificent jewels had completely capti-
Some of our friends throughout the country arc very greatly con- far. A tribute in which all American Jewry shall unite will be gratify- zar and was commissioned to go out vated Holofernes, and on the fourth
hint for his labors.
,and conquer the world. His progress day he gave a huge banquet in her
cerned about the inroads which they claim the Christian Science move- ing to him anti will more than compensate
was swift and spectacular and he honor. Holofernes and his guests
ment is making upon Judaism. For our part, we do not see much
swept everything before him--armies, drank heavily. Left alone with Holo-
occasion to be alarmed at the situation as it exists.
cities and fortifications—until he came fernes, Judith plied hint with drink un-
to Juda. The Jews were terror- til the heavy wine stupefied his wits
It is our experience that while a handful of Jews have left the
stricken at the impending onslaught, and he fell into a deep sleep—sodden
synagogue for the Christian Science church, the appeal that has come
and fought bravely and desperately. with drunkenness. The decisive mo-
to them has not been spiritual, but pre-eminently physical. They have
water ment had come. Judith bade her
Fi nallyI al ionlio etrhnee s poisoned
maid stand guard at the chamber door.
gone to Christian Science not so much because they felt that Judaism
Resolution of Mt. Sinai Hospital.
wells,
su p ply
She looked with compassion at the
The Medical Board of Mount Sinai seemed no hope of escape.
could not still the cravings of their souls for a nearer communion with
Hospital and those of Bellevue lios-1 Judith, an exceedingly beautiful and prostrate Assyrian, but patriotism
God, but because they were advised that Christian Science would case
plea( and the Bronx Hospital, as well immensely wealthy widow, was greatly mastered her emotions. She stepped
the pain of their bodies. Indeed, with rare inconsistency, the great
(Continued From Page One.)
as the Directors of the Hebrew Or- mortified at the approaching calamity to the bedside of the unconscious
majority of so-called Christian Science Jews maintain that their experi-
She sent for the chieftain, and drew the great sword of
pilau Asylum. have adopted resole- to her native city.
on a career unparalleled in American
ence with the doctrines of the new church makes them better Jews than
lions on the death of Dr. Jacobi. commander-in-chief of the Jelss and Holofernes front its scabbard. Firmly
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Christian Science and Judaism
DR. JACOBI DIES
medicine.
with her left hand she seized the hair
The following are the resolutions
his aids, and outlined a scheme she
they ever were before.
Professor in Many Colleges.
adopted by Mount Sinai Hospital: had conceived of visiting the Assyr- of the Assyrian's head. With her
That is, of course, the most arrant stupidity, for they who know
"In the death of Dr. Jacobi Mount fail camp and saving the beleaguered right hand she lifted the threaded sword
Dr. Jacobi then was only 23 years
anything about the fundamental doctrines of Christian Science must
not disclose
disclose her lans of the conqueror. She prayed to the
old, having been born in Hamm, in Sinai Hospital has lost one whose city, na she did them
em to ask no ques- God of Israel for strength. Then she
concede that they arc essentially contradictions to the fundamental Westphalia, in 1830. The foundation labors in its behalf are linked with She
tion implored
s, and to do nothing until she re- struck and the head of Holofernes
teachings of Judaism. The fact is, however, that in nine cases out of of his medical training had been laid the institution almost since its organ-
was rended front his body. Judith
ization. this leadership in American
ten, those who leave the synagogues for the church are utterly ignorant in the gymnasium at Minden, and at medicine was recognized abroad as turned. They agreed.
She spent the night in prayer, then dropped the hideous trophy in a sack
of what Judaism teaches, especially do they not know what a world of the universities of Geifswald, Gottin- well as in America. arose, took off the garments of her which her maid held and the two wo-
gen, and Bonn. He continued
..
• his
"He left an indelible imprint upo
consolation there ties in the faith of the Jew for men and women when
widowhood and put on her costliest men' left the camp of the Assyrians.
ry, an c
s coumntby
k • . • is Hut the m stu dies
the history of American medicine and dress, strings of priceless pearls about "according to their custom," as if it
physi-
famous
— when le. y
they face the supreme crisis of life
beven
en g iin thi s hi
upon
the
growth
of
many
of
our
hos-
her neck and a wealth of diamonds were to pray. When she approached
and their dear ones, or when they stand at the open grave that is to clans for having given more to the
the walls of her native city, she
and he was active in the foun-
science of pediatrics in this country pitals,
receive what is mortal of one who was the darling of their souls.
dation of numerous medical societies. upon her person. Judith was bewitch-
a strik-
ing figure, shapely, graceful, bewitch- shouted to the watchman, "Open the
than ally other physician. He had
lie
richly
deserves
the
title
of
the
Time and time again it has been said and it needs to be repeated been professor of children's diseases
g—incomparably lovely. She took gates, for God is with us!" She lifted
in
oci. : Grand Old Man of American \t
one of her maids with her on her ntis- the bloody head of Holofernes and
now that if Jews will turn to their own sacred books with the same
the Y Nrr Medical Lollot
icine.'
d sion to Holofernes and made her way displayed it to the people. Sheor-
o rk
enthusiasm, with the sae
m loyalty and with the same earnestness that in, w
"Th ose assoc i ate ,' with to m t eame
dered the trophy of her strategy to
0\ f o l'hysi n ci: t e ur s staTd a Surgeons in to l ove bin, for hi s i nvar i a bl e ki n d. to the Assyrian outposts.
converts to the new faith turn to theirs, they will find in them that same I S'
A sentry challenged her. "Whence he hung upon the walls of the city to
olumbia
olumbia University, and honorary ness, courtesy, anti love of mankind,
Gee the fervor of the populace. The
invigoration of spirit, that same boundless tenderness, that same cer- C
m
Yale, and to respect him for his great learn- contest thou?" he demanded. Judith Jewish armies were hurriedly mar-
by the University of M ic
ing, stern sense of justice, and firm was not disconcerted; she had an- shaled into fighting array and at day-
tainty o
Columbia,
and
Jefferson.
ticipated the question. She told the
gift exclusively of Christian Science. As a matter of fact, if they are 1-1 7 .rvard,.
adherence to his convictions."
sentry that she had left the city be- break Judith led them in battle
w ritings were accepted every-
not wholly unfamiliar with the Old Testament they will realize that the ..
cause the Hebrews persisted in their against the Assyrians.
v here as authoritative.
where
very passages which Mrs. Eddy has incorporated in her book and from
The enemy was completely sur-
folly of defending the doomed city
r of N chw
e ildren's Medical
1 lie chai the
the writings
—
which they draw their wealth of consolation are taken f front
and that she had determined to go to prised. The alarm spread through the
by
this
ls
Assyrian
camp and the captains sent
l grsht eivraldjiaslcuoet1 l i irt e
(continued From Page One.)
Holofernes and tell him the secrets
o or
Jacobi il
of the beleaguered garrison and show messengers to Holofernes. TIw d
To be sure in the very fact of the Jew's ignorance of his own sacred country,
lege a : t i I t 'le nnfi
■
I.O. B. B. CONVENTION.
mushy bad lectured in the College o lewry and all humanity. A brief out- him how he could capture the city of Holofernes' room was opened, and
Physicians and Surgeons on infan ti let line of activities for the coming year without the loss of a man. there was seen the headless trunk of
,,citrh „t he , called for an even wider field of use-
The pickets were stunned by the the dead chieftain. IIis lieutenants
h y sicians i lhle remaine ,1 1 v
amazing loveliness of the woman. It ran out and shouted the horrible
fulness.
p
n
n
quislieft
th
): st . iclit ae nsre lli
Headquarters for the convention was a vision appearing to them out of discovery to all the army. Panic
unti gle902, wliti
All discipline was
more active post and became Proles- were at the St. Paul Hotel, and for the twilight of the morning. They seized upon them.
sor Emeritus. In 1857 he aided in five days the hostelry was a hubbub did not halt to consider the lack of ; gone, The Assyrians fled, with the
the founding of the German Dispens- of W nai Ihrith harmony and good fel- plausibility iii her story. The witch- Jews in pursuit. Judith's triumph was
later
f
Both M inneapolis and St. ery of her presence disarmed them of complete, overwhelming and stunning.
This fact has been recognized by the Central Conference of Amer- ar y in this city, and a ew yeas
became one of
te attending physt-
f h
discretion and they led the supposed She lived to a ripe old age, revered
lean Rabbis, who, at the suggestion of the National Federation of clans at the Jews' liospital. \Viten the i Paul vied with each other in shower- renegade to the tent of Holofernes. , by her people.—Chicago Israelite.
courtesies on the visiting brethren.
Temple Sisterhoods, are about to publish a book which shall bring to the dispensary became known as the Ger- l ling
p- man Hospital and the Jews' H ospit a Automobile rides, lake trips, banquets appointed Jesse B. Calmenson, St. also approved.
The new Cleveland
ew seeking solace in his time of need selections front our own Scri
became Slount Sinai he maintained 'and dances were some forms of diver-
Jewish Orphan Asylum will cost about
sion that contributed toward the un- Paul, as state deputy.
ures and other sacred books which will make it unnecessary and even
$750,000. The cottage plan will prob-
t
his active interest, being ss, member of . questioned social success of the con-
Report of President Kraus.
uninviting for hint to turn to teachings that at bottom are essentially
ably be followed in the erection of the
the staffs for many. years.
yention aside from important business
The report of President Kraus as new home, each cottage to have pro-
So popular was Dr. Jacobi among .
non-Jewish.
ons.
sessions.
to the results of his committee's con- visions for 25 children.
The task of compiling such a volume as is here indicated is One that physicians throughout the country,
ference with President Wilson upon
Detroit Delegation Honored.
The convention, pronounced the
will require not only a thorough knowledge of the Jewish sources, but that when he took the chair as presid-
behalf of the B'nai Brith, with refer- greatest in the history of the Grand
ing officer of the .1merican Medical'
M
embers
of
the
Detroit
delegation
also a real understanding of the human soul. Men and women are, Association at the convention in At-
ence to the demand of world Jewry I.odge, came to a successful close
were honored b y important appoint- for equal rights in the European
however, available for this important work which the Conference is twine City in 1911, he was cheered by
Tuesday evening. Aside from the vis-
the delegates Ion more than five ments. Sir. Adolph Freund was ap- countries brought to light that the I.
ible proof of the order's power for
about to undertake, The publication of this volume will represent
tie was President of this as- pointed a delegate to the Constitu- O. II. B. was the first to officially take
good as seen in the happy faces of lit-
another constructive piece of work by the Central Conference of Amer- utes.
tional Grand Lodge. Mr. Simon 1). the stand for Jewish rights, and the
as
terms, as well
g was named a member of first, at the conclusion of the war, to tle children at the homes they sup-
ican Rabbis. Its appearance will be awaited with anticipation by the soction fur several Pathological
Socie- Rosenzwei
port, in the look of renewed hope
the New
of ia
New York
York Obstetrical Society, the general committee; Mr. Jacob secure from President Wilson his
kindled in the eyes of the consump-
whole of American Jewry.
ty,
the the
New York County Medical Socie- Miller was elected state deputy. and promise to protect Jewish rights at tives at the sanitoriums, in the homes
tY. the New York State Medical So- Mr. slyer S. Fink, chairman of the the Peace Conference. The report led of the poor and needy, innumerable
lection
e. The ellowing
to a discussion of the plight of Jews other ways, these annual conventions
ciety, the New York Academy of propaganda committen the
in Galicia, Poland and Ukrania. The of the district lodges do much to
Medicine, the American Pediatric So-
ciety, the Association of American appointments: President, Dr. Harry atrocities committed against the Jews quicken the Jewish consciousness, to
In these days whenn every sane student of prevailing conditions is Physicians, and the American Clima- Kraus. son on Hon. Adolph Kraus, in the stricken countries has left them
deepen the spirit of brotherhood. ben-
supporting the so-called Americanization movement, it should be tological Society:. lie was an hint- president of the Order; first vice-pres- penniless. Pitiful, indeed, is the con-
evolence and harmony, to solidify and
axiomatic that, so far as possible, the English language should be the onary member of several foreign ident, Rabbi Eugene Maintheimer, Des dition of those of our race, who living unite world Jewry.
second vice-president, Henry in affluence prior to the world-war.
vehicle of public instruction. By that token also, English should be the unethical associations. Moines; Monsky,
Omaha; secretary, A. II. have been reduced to the most abject
His Comment on Dr. Osier's Praise. 'Seelenfreund, Chicago; and treasurer,
language of the public press.
poverty, more pitiful because they SOO YIDDISH PLAYS ACQUIRED
There was a bit of wise psychology back of the Tower of Babel
BY A. H. WOODS.
One of his admirers and friends was Ben Brown, 'Milwaukee. President.
arry K r i nsk y; prefer to suffer want rather than ac-
story in the Bible. When men fail to understand each other's languages Dr. \Valiant Oster, the English phy- Court of A ppea l s . st
cept charity. For those unfortunate
all possibility of co-operation among them ceases. To the creation of sieian, who praised Dr. Jacobi fur . Endowment Fund Trustee, Albert As- people, it was unanimously voted by
The rights to more than 500 Yid-
chairman Endowment Trustees the club to create a loan capital. EVe
dish plays have been secured by A.
the community spirit, and to the upbuilding of a type essentially Amer- having refrained from writing during cher;
the seven years following his gradit- Judge Philip Stein; trustee Jewish Or- ery member of the order will be ap- H. Woods, who has taken over the
ican, a common language is indispensable. For this reason we are ation from the German university. phan Asylum at Cleveland, A. B. See-
m
proached to contribute something to- work of a group of Yiddish writers
heartily in sympathy with those who believe that in America the foreign Dr. Jacobi' s comment on this praise lenfreund; directors Educational Lea- ward this loan, according to his abil-
for a term of twenty years. The plays
gue, Henry Seligman and Albert Min- ity, to be tendered this people as a
language press should not be greatly encouraged.
•as:
include all those produced on the
"Ile did not know that in nearly zer, both graduates of the Jewish Or- loan who will thus he enabled to re-
Of course we understand that for the adult or aged immigrant, the
Yiddish stage in New York for the
saw phan Home; trustee Jewish Hospital
habilitate theinselves and retain their past ten years, as well as all those to
acquisition of a new language is likely to be very difficult, and if the two years of those seven I never
a square inch of paper or more than for Consumptives at Denver, II. Lap-
be offered during the ten years to
stirring events of the living world are not to be kept altogether from an infinitesimally small pencil which idus; and trustee l.eo N. Levi Memor- independence and self-respect.
come.
New Orphan Asylum Building.
these people, they must be brought to them in the language which they I concealed in my hair. When I saw ial Hospital of Hot Springs. Benj. J.
One of these plays, "The Unknown
Action taken at the St. Paul con-
can understand. To this extent the publication of new in foreign lan- the light again the French Republic Samuels.
Woman," by Z. Libin and Marjorie
vention
paves
the
way
toward
the
had been destroyed nearly two years
The general committee consisting
Blaine, will he Marjorie Rambeau's
guages may be justified.
and the world had changed its shape. of nine members was chosen from the erection of new Cleveland Jewish Or-
starring vehicle next season, and "The
There is also another form in which the foreign press may actually
"When I began the study of medi-
auto:, various cities, Minnesota being repre- phan Asylum buildings at Cherry Man and His Shadow," by the same
Farm.
a
suburb,
70
miles
from
Cleve-
serve the cause of Americanization. Articles and editorials indicating tine in 1847," lie continued,
St.
sented by Gustavus Loevinge,
authors. also will be produced. Three
to the foreigner that acquaintance with the English language is abso- lies were considered by many physi- l'aul, and Charles Oreckovsky, ff
o f ( u- land, and a branch institution for Dis- plays by Max Gabel are in prepara-
trict No. 6, I. 0. B. 11.
main thing. Thir am-
tians
to
bt
the
lutely essential to efficient work and the consequent obtaining of a high
.
tion. Plays not otherwise adapted to
District
Grand
Lodge
No.
6
ratified
bition was to find out how the patient lutih)e
Delegates to the Constitution Grand
wage scale, printed in the language which these people understand may died, not to cure him. All asothecar-
action taken -by District No. 2 at the the Broadway stage will be used as
be
Lodge
serve to spur them to learn the language of the country in which they
kept leeches. Doctors always car-
Louisville convention in May. The motion pictures.
nutnbe r t oof twentyl-nine,t were elected,
tied lancets ill their vest pockets, so St. Paul being represented by Gus- latter organization adopted a resolu-
have come to make their home.
Prominent public officials and lead-
Nloreover, lessons in American citizenship may well be dictated that they could bleed patients with taros Loevinger, II. D. Frankel and tion authorizing the erection of suit- ing clergy and laymen participated
To tel blood was the Sylvan E. Hess. Nlinneapolis is rep- able buildings for the Cleveland insti-
through the foreign language press. This applies to the Yiddish news- expedition.
in
the opening of the new building
Olden rule.
resented by Wm vtonasc hi, Jonas tution at Cherry Farm. The erection of the Jersey City (N. J.) Y.- M. II.
' • papers no less than to those printed in other languages. As a matter
:•Surgery was performed without \Veil and Joseph Schanfeld. Dr. of a branch institution in District No.
of fact, we believe that legislation compelling foreign language news- anaesthetics. In order to minimize Kraus, president of the district. has 6. to cost not less than $250,000, was A. recently.
.
literature, there is a serious reflection to the extent that the Jews do
know the richness of their own spiritual treasures, that the sync-
not
gogue and the rabbis have failed, and it is a failure that must be reek_
oned with. 'however few the losses sustained by the synagogue to the
Christian Science movement may be, they are too many, and the title of
mm
defection from our ranks must be steed.
The Foreign Language Press
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papers to devote a certain portion of their space to lessons in Ameri-
canization would be a real aid o due cause. Moreover, an English
a part of every foreign language newspaper printed
section ought to be
in this country.
After all, language is the vehicle of spirit. People accustomed to
read the Polish or the Russian language will come to think in the spirit
of Poland and Russia. Similarly. Yiddish is the language of the Ghetto,
and where it is the universal medium of communication, it is inevitable
that the (Awn() spirit should prevail.
The subject is one that has been frequently discussed from various
angles but at no time has it been more important to emphasize both the
possibilities and the dangers inherent in the foreign language press than
is the case today. They who choose to make America their home must
be fulled with American spirit, and that this may conic to pass, the lan-
guage of America must be the language in which they think and read
and speak.
the pain the old-time surgeon work-
ed with lightning speed. My obi .
teacher, langenbeck. was going to
amputate a leg. An Englishman, on
hand to see the operation, took out
his spectacles and started to put them
on as the surgeon grasped the knife.
Before the spectacles were on the
Englishman's nose the leg was offl"
During his long practice in this
city Dr. Jacob's advice was sought
by all agencies seeking to fight epi-
dentics. and especially those affecting
the health of children. and lie was for
several years a member of the Ad-
visory Board of the Department of
Health. His practice extended front
the cast side to Fifth Avenue homes,
and it was his pride to give his advice
to the poor even more freely than to
those who held out large fees.
His wife was an eminent physician,
and lief"re her marriage to Dr. Jaco-
bi. in 1873. was Dr. Mary C. Putnam.
She died in 1906. Dr. Jacobi is sir-
rived by one daughter, Mrs. George)
ylcAneny.
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