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we attended his services expecting to be thrilled by his burning
words. But it was a tame effort on his part. There was little emo-
tional appeal and nothing to grip the mind of a thinking man in his
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fore, though it could not escape notice that the Congregation was
overwhelmingly of the gentler sex. .•1 tul then one wondered whether
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Secretarv-Treasurer it was the man, young, handsome and with the glamour of the re-
NATHAN J. GOULD -
turned warrior upon him, or the message that he was trying to pro-
Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, claim that hell the people. We honestly believe it was the former.
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
But then, why be surprised? We've known the same thing to hap-
pen in some representative Jewish communities and congregations.
Verily, "Wie es sich Christelso Yuedelt's sich auch."
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this obligation—at any rate for the
time being. We thus have a dual sys-
a help
tem in force, and naturally it is
ews and Judaism
in Honolulu
to find that the greater part of the
burdens of the communities in Alsace
and Lorraine are borne by the state.
By Victor Harris.
I may say that a very large propor-
tion of French Jewry comes from
The stranger who arrives here with
these provinces, and the Jews there, the preconceived notion, gained from
in common with so many Alsatians, the Jewish Encyclopedia, or newspa-
retained feelings of the warmest af- per reports, that PO Jewish families
fection for France and welcomed the reside in Honolulu; that they are
return of the tricolour. Last Decem- formed into a congregation, presided
ber a solemn service was held in the over by a Mr. Ehrlich; that there is a
synagogue at Strassbourg which was Jewish cemetery here ; that a for-
attended by the president of the re- mer queen presented the Jewish
public, by M. Clemenceau, Marshals community with a Seidler Torah.
Joffre, Foch and Petain, and Gener- t tc., will soon find himself di,
$2.00 per year
als Gouraud, Margie and Hirschatter. illusioned. Instead of fi0 families, he
Subscription, in advance
here as elsewhere the Conversion agent is abroad in the land. We I may, perhaps, recall the words will discover only a baker's dozen;
just missed the ex-Jewess %s•lo held forth in the local Congregational which M. Poincare used in reply to that is, where both parents are of the
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
address of welcome on that occa- Jewish faith! .111 equal number of
Church upon the theme "The Education of Alien Children on the an
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
sion. He said:
mixed marriages, which seems to be
East
Side
of
New
York"
meaning
of
course
the
children
of
the
im-
Editorial Contributor
"I thank you for the welcome which
saw the "light of you have been good enough to ex- the rule here, rather than the excep-
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
migrant Jews, but we heard David Goldstein who
tion, and some single people of both
tend, in the name of all the Jews of sexes, will, in my opinion, comprise a
Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to Christ" some fourteen years ago. lle spoke to a motley crowd of
The Jewish
Alsace, to the representatives of the Jewish population of 60 or 70 individ-
the
about fifty men, women and children from the platform of the auto government of the republic and the
Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of
the
van which is touring the country from coast to coast in behalf of the national representatives. We know uals; there is no sign of a congrega-
views expressed by the writers.
make how faithful the Jews of Alsace have tion; the former president, \I r. Ehr-
League of Catholic Truth. Goldstein must have been chosen to
has left for parts unknown; the
country. I lich.
this trip for his business ability rather than for his spiritual actunim. remained to the mother France
has Sepher Torah was merely loaned
beg you to believe that
With all the ear-marks of a natty travelling salesman, he has also the never for one moment lost sight of the former queen on a previous oce,1 4. •
gift of persuasive speech, and the entire half hour that we listened them and that • t is not tolerance, to shin, when services were held on the
High Holidays, and is now again in
to him he spent in extolling the merits of Father Martin's book on use your expression, which she dis- possession of the former royal famils
It is sometimes said that the most fascinating feature of a vaca- The Catholic Religion "which will now be passed among the audience plays towards your community, but, .15 to the cemetery, I have so far II, n
indeed, a profound respect which she
unable to learn the present status oi
tion trip is the joy of home-coming. Certainly he must be callous
of bargain price of fifty cents a copy." The has for your religious beliefs."
to lie sold at the unheard
it; all I know is that it has been akin
indeed, who sloes not feel a thrill of unwonted happiness come over Christians may have faith, but when they want to sell their wares they
Anti-Semitism Dead.
dolled, but I intend to continue my m
him, when even after a few weeks' separation from them, he meets have to hire the Jew. Yet one wonders how a fellow of the Gold-
The communities of the recoil- quiries in this matter.
again face to face the old friends and takes up anew the threads of stein type can for so long a period as we are told he has been in the tittered provinces expressed a desire
First Jew in Country 40 Years.
his work where they were dropped a little while ago.
business continue to pull the wool over the eyes of those who sup- to join the Consistoire within a few
days of the signing of the armistice
In
any investigations I am princi-
Perhaps this is particularly true of one who loves his work, and
and they will undoubtedly prove it pally indebted for valuable informa-
port him.
to whom even the hunt-drum of the daily routine is not without its
tion to L. Kahn, who has been in bus-
source of strength.
The Grand Ralibin, in reply to an iness here for about 20 years. From
charm and fascination. But especially must it apply to those whose
inquiry - on the point, stated that to him I learned the history of the
tasks put them into close touch with Life at its most crucial points.
The theme of the other conversionists "The Education of Alien all intents and purposes anti-Semit-
Seidler Torah: About 40 years ago a
One conies back glad to hear of the joys that have come into the
Children on the East Side of New York" suggests a real menace to the ism was dead in France. "I am Jewish rabbi named Elizaher Rosen-
homes and the hearts of his people, and a bit regretful that he could Jewish cause. Not only in New York but in every great metropolitan pleased to say," he remarked, "that berg came lucre and was engaged by
he touched
during and since the war there has the late King Kalakaita to teach him
not have shared them at the tnoment. But most of all is
center where there are large numbers of immigrant Jews there are
manifestation of the mysteries of the Cabala. For kind-
by the thought that where sorrow has come to those whom he loves hundreds of Jewish children without Jewish training of any kind. been not a single
anti-Semitism. M any feared that the
to serve, it was not his privilege to speak such words of comfort as What is to happen to these children? Are they to drift like some war would bring about a recrudes- ness and fair treatment accorded him
by the king, Rabbi Rosenberg pre-
might have been given him to speak. And all of these things make
removed cence of Jew - hatred, but their fears sented Min with the Seidler Torah. It
of their fathers into religious anarchy which is but a step
have
been
falsified.
I
may
say
that
the home-coming after never so brief an absence an occasion in one's
political anarchy, or are they to become the hapless at the beginning of the war there is the opinion of Mr. Kahn that th,
from social and
Sepher Torah can again be secured
life.
victims of these missionary agents who in the name of education seek were many foreign Jews in Paris— should the holding of services be re-
inevitable that one Russians, Poles, Rumanians, etc.—
to win them to allegiance to Christianity? It is
vived, as the same party who secured
Jews take the mat- who voluntarily enlisted in the for- it previously is still here, that is, Joel
such fate or the other shall befall them unless see
eign legion, but there were also a C. Cohen. NIT.. Cohen is one of the
seriously,
and
most
of
us
do
so,
ter in hand, and provide for these unfortunate children facilities for considerable number who did not,
Rabbi, if he takes his Nvork
can never quite get away from his habit of thought. I lis title at once education along religious and civic lines. which Shall 1w more attrac- but even this fact excited no •nti- Jewish politicians here; has held the
office of supervisor; was candidate for
identifies him in the mind of the non-Jew as a brimming source of tive to them than vicious idleness or the snares laid for their souls Jewish comment. On the other hand mayor several times and has received
the part played by the Jews in the
information about an interesting and "peculiar" people and he cannot by the missionaries. We in Detroit have our problem too, along these defence of their country earned many a fair vote, but not enough to elect:
long be settled in a place until perforce he is compelled to "talk shop." lines. l'ray God it shall not get beyond us, ere see take it up for de- encomiums in high quarters. 1 be- he is president of the Consolidated
Amusement Company, which control.
lieve the French have learnt by ex-
Nor does he, as a rule, attempt to hide his light tinder a bushel. On the cisive solution.
all the theaters here, and is popular
perience that anti-Semitism is a su-
contrary he welcomes the close contact with intelligent non-Jews which
with all classes; lw is a native Amer-
perficial prejudice which has no solid
ican. NIr. Kahn was born in Russia.
a vacation is likely to afford as an opportunity to enlighten them Ilion
grounds, and the new feeling of na-
emigrated to England at the age oi
matters affecting Jews and Judaism in regard to which they have as a
The most effective way to break the back-bone of bigotry is to tional unity has doubtless obliterated Is, married there a native Jewess of
the old hatreds."
rule only the vaguest and not infrequently the most distorted ideas.
Russian ancestry; has raised a family
let it over-reach itself. ,At least that is the reasoning of certain in-
fhc Grand Rabbis expressed him-
The Rabbi who wisely uses his vacation opportunity may through the
fluences in Massachusetts, who, it is said, are encouraging the fight that self in hopeful terms of the future of of live children, and is very proud of
their three sons, who have gained dis-
exercise of a little tact and discretion deal the death blow to much of
Sunday Observance League for the strict ob- French Jewry.
being made by the
"There has undoubtedly been a re- tinction in the service of Uncle Sam
that prejudice which is the child of ignorance, and without giving of- is
servance of some of the (All Blue laws that have remained upon the
in the present war; one daughter
vival
of
religious
feeling
since
the
fence to those whom he is leading to the light.
statute books, but which have been more honored in their breach than war, not only among those who have holds a responsible position with the
Insurance Company, and an-
110 doubt correctly, that if they lost their dear ones but generally.
their observance. They argue, and
can prohibit Sunday golf and similar recreations the people who with- Our synagogues have been crowded other is at high school.
Other Jewish Citizens.
If it chances that one's vacation companions are all or principally out protest have stood for the prohibition of Sunday baseball will forget and there are signs that this happy
state of affairs will continue. On the
Among others whom I found relig-
Jews, he can even less escape discussion of those problems upon which their patience and rise in their might against all forms of bigotry. other side of the picture is to he set
the the regrettable fact that there have iously inclined and who would gladly
during his working season he is most constantly engaged. They won't This process of reasoning seems rather logical. It is likely at
th
assist anyone who would initiate
often come to the Synagog to hear him elucidate his theories of Juda- best way to rid a commottwettlh I)f •Inws that are the product of a been several mixed marriages be-
tween Jewish girls who have screed something of a Jewish religious na-
ism, but let a company of Jews encounter a Rabbi on his vacation, in by-gone (lay and age is to attenipt to enforce them to the ietter.
as nurses in the hospitals and their ture, I may mention II. F. Goldwater.
nine cases out of ten they will engage him its the discussion of problems
Christian patients or doctors. Still a member of the well known pioneer
the new era which peace has opened Goldwater family of Los Angeles;
which for a little while he is trying to forget. One is impressed, as he
seems likely to be a fruitful one for Israel Fine, a young King street mer-
goes about, with the fact that Jews are much the same everywhere. In
These rambling thoughts suggest that a minister's vacation may not French Jewry."
chant, a native of Russia, where he
acquired a thorough Hebrew and sec-
cultured New' England one encounters the loud-mouthed parvenu as he he altogether unfruitful. New points of view are gained through con-
does elsewhere. One notes here the same indifference, the saute lassi-
ular education; Louis Shallit, native
en-
tact with new pe(iple and one's preaching and teaching should be
American, whose father was a rabbi
tude, the same ignorance in regard to the really vital things as one finds
When after a
in Russia and in this country, and also
riched as a result. At least that is the preacher's idea
at home. Here as there the real work of each cOmmunity is done by the
The Young People's Auxiliary of
served for a time as field secretary for
season of arduous work he lays down his task a little while to seek
Shaarey Zedek are mapping out all
little handful of earnest and consecrated men and women who are
rest and change away rom his pulpit and his people. But at the interesting program of events for the the Jewish Consumptive Relief Asso-
not slaves to pleasure and to passion, while the multitudes still lack—
back and to take up again a coining fall season. 'rhe services of ciation of Denver.
end of his vacation he is happy to come
, but which many prominent speakers have been
will they ever achieve it ?—the social spirit.
le routine, that is not without its difficulties and vexations .
The Socialist paper, Naprzod, pub-
enlisted and it is planned to have a
none the less is full of inspiration, because, if honestly and courageous-
lished at Krakow, came out with a
less degree brief and entertaining talk on some charge that it was without question
l• carried out, it is bound to leave its impress in greater or
Lintels' topic at each meeting, the first
And yet one is always glad to meet a brother-Jew'. Sensitive as upon the living and thinking of others.
of which will be held in October. Mu- the Polish soldiers who had made the
sical treats and other forms of en- attack in the Krakow pogrom.
we are to the foibles of our co-religionists, and always wishing that
tertainment will be offered.
he might not be quite so noisy or that she might be a little less obtru-
A weekly dance will be given, as
sive and conspicuous, we somehow feel that there exists between its a
usual. every Sunday evening in the
bond of sympathetic understanding of which we cannot always be
gymnasium of the Shaarey Zedek.
Rachael Marshall Terrell, poet,
The following are the officers for the
quite sure its other circles. What is it that thus binds Jew to Jew?
ensuing year: Jacob Berkowitz, Pres- playwright and novelist, thus de-
Our Zionistic friends—and New England is the hot-bed of Zionism
ident; Harry Satovsky, Vice-presi- scribes the wondrous grace of Mine.
in America—would insist that it is the racial bond. We on the con-
Bertha Kalich as site moves through
side hit- the benefit of her soil, mark- dent; Celia Meyers, Secretary, and
the character of I.illa Olrik. in "The
trary like to believe that it is the working of the psychology of history
ing the packet with a little prayer Rose \Veinstein, Treasurer.
Ridale: Woman":
upon the soul of the Jew. We have through so many centuries suf-
that God would enable her to present
The Secretary of the Synagogue an-
it to her hay on his safe return front
fered together, and prayed together and aspired together and achieved
of almond petals
the front. Both mother and son were nounces a few remaining seats on sale I've seen a drift
together that our souls have been cast as it were, into a common mould
blow
(Continued from Page 1.)
taken, so NI. Eraenckel sent the notes for the high Holydays. Applications
Down Babylonian gardens in the
and in each Jew there is something that responds to the deepest long-
moving about. asked him for a cruci- to the Orphan Fund. Another sub- should be sent in at once.
warm monsoon;
ings of his brother's spirit. Be the source of the community of feel- fix. The rabbi fetched one and was scription represented a collection
I've seen, beneath a tropic, anther
ing what it will one is impressed by its sincerity. But more than that. holding it before the man's dying made in the front line trenches in PROMINENT N. Y. JEWS
moon,
ON MAYOR'S COMMITTEE A panther prowling by the river's
The Jewish soul manifests itself even in those who seek to hide it. gaze when lie himself was killed. The memory of a Jewish comrade who
incident created quite a sensation at had been killed. It is very satisfac-
flow;
One cannot escape just by wishing to do so, the spiritual touch which the time and produced a profound im- tory that both in point of subscrip-
New York.—Mayor Hylan has an-
And on a starlit hill in Spring, a
pression in circles able to appreciate tions and the number of marrain•s nounced the appointment of a com-
the centuries have laid upon him.
willow
the fine humanity of the rabbi's last that have collie forward the fund has nittec of prominent citizens to he
Dancing to an unheard, mystic
service to his fellow-creatures."
been a great success. Work on sim- known as the Mayor's Committee on
tune;
Are there many Jewish orphans as ilar lines has been instituted in Al- Receptions to Distinguished Guests.
Too, palm trees trembling 'gainst
The committee includes among
Not the least conspicuous of those who do not know this are the a result of the war?
geria."
the wild typhoon,
others:
"What is the situation in the re-
so-called "Christian Science Jews." In New England one meets them
Care of Orphans.
Philip Berlizheimer, Dr. I.. A. Passion shaken creeds bending low.
conquered provinces?" our repre-
frequently. The Jew, let it be confessed, is a follower of fads.; so why
Dreyfus, Abram T. Elkus, Alfred
"t Tnfurtunately too many, and we sentative asked.
not take up this one with the others? But in this instance at least had to take special measures to deal Situation in Reconquered Provinces. Feltman, Solomon Goldenkranz, E. A. These things l'se seen when Kalicb
walks, swift gleams
he is strongly inconsistent. For once he discovers that lie is speak- with the problem. There were some
"The situation is somewhat curious.' Grunsfield, E. A. Guggenheim, S. R.
primal
enchantments,
old
Of
who thought that the orphans should
Guggenheim, H. R. Guggenheim,
ing to a Rabbi he hastens to assure you that he is a much better Jew be the care of the state, and that we the Grand Rabhin remarked. "As Nathan Hirsch, Otto H. Kahn, Louis
memories.
you are doubtless aware there is com-
call
than
he
ever
was
before.
He
iv
exceedingly
power
to
the
Her
motions
base
should not take special steps to look plete separation of church and state G. Kaufman, Edward Lazansky,
since lie is "us science "
up dreams,
stupid to say this, but it takes a stupid Jew to become a Christian after our own war orphans, but the in France proper, and we have to Adolph Lewisolin, Silver Levy, Ben-
old
of
echoes
music,
hich the movement. initiat-
Like
bear all the expenses of the commun- jamin Lisherger, A. Livingston,
Scientist—we mean stupid as to an understanding of Jewish teach- support w
ecstacies,
ed by Baron Edmond de Rothschild ity without any assistance from the Adolph Ochs, Mortimer I.. Schiff,
ings, though lie may be alert enough to other things. One needs only and myself, received showed that this
Deep hidden fires and beauty that
state. But in Alsace and Lorraine Henry Seligman. Jefferson Seligman,
redeems,
to enter that marvellously beautiful edifice in Boston known as the was not the view held by the major- the German government had been Martin Vogel, Morris Weinberg.
front
perish
our
soil's
1.est
Mother Church to realize this. Every available space on the massive ity of French Jews. The principle supporting the expenses of public Henry A. Wise, Henry Wiseman,
monotonies.
we went to work seas to worship, and France has to take over Henry Zuckerman.
upon
which
walls has some word from the pen of the founder of Christian Science
see that each orphan received a foster
set side by side with similar utterances of the Christian Saviour, and not parent to replace, so far as possible,
least conspicuous is the inscription: "We are only Christian Scientists the one that had been lost. Each or-
as we quit our reliance upon material things and grasp the spiritual. phan is adopted by a marraine who
looks after its moral and spiritual in-
We are not Christian Scientists unfit sic leave all for Christ."
terests. and in many cases supple-
In the light of this official declaration how stupid and how false ments the grants made by the cen-
it is for anyone to assert that he has become a better Jew by taking tral fund. Many of these orphans are
•
thus better off than they were before
up the cult of Christian Science!
the war, having been adopted by rich
foster parents.
Several touching incidents may be
as showing how much this
On Sunday morning in New England everybody goes to church— quoted
work appeals to the best sentiments
that is, everybody who is truly a New Englander in spirit. And yet of French Jewry. A. M. Fraenckel,
one is surprised to find how many good Christians seeking the quiet of for instance, who had the misfortune
the coast resorts are content to let Sunday pass as other days to be to lose his mother about the same
time that his son was killed in Cham-
spent in reading, writing, walking, fishing, knitting and What not, pagne, sent a donation of 2,000 francs
with scarce a thought of church attendance. I las the church fallen and wrote that it included an amount
upon evil days as has the synagog? Small wonder when one hears of 1,200 francs to which an interest-
much of the doctrine that is still preached from its pulpit. Our little ing and pathetic history was attached
His mother had a collection of gold
village was agog from the very day we arrived with the praises of pieces of the days of Napoleon. Louis
the eloquence and the erudition of the young Chaplain who after an XVI.. etc. When gold was called in
heroic experience in France had just returned to his parish, the oldest she remitted this hoard to the Bank of
on one
most fashionable in these parts. On the second Sunday of our France and put the proceeds
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A Vacation Opportunity.
A
Bigotry Overreaching Itself.
Jews the Same Everywhere.
Vacation Inspirations.
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