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UNREST.

This is as far as the present program of the Central Conference in FUND DRIVE TO GO
ON UNTIL ENTIRE
matters of this kind, is intended to reach. \Ve believe it is all sufficient
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
to meet the present condition. Should further steps need to be taken,
AMOUNT IS RAISED
the Conference may be depended upon to do its part. But there is no
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likelihood that the missionary efforts of the churches will ever become
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President so successful as to present a serious problem to us.
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JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
heart
of Detroit is right, and in the
Secretary-Treasurer
In
the
meantime,
it
is
our
part
to
hold
to
the
faith
of
our
fathers
•
NATHAN J. GOULD -
we will achieve success."
those born within our household, who through misunderstanding are end
The list published below, obviously
Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, in danger of hieing temporarily lured away.
incomplete, of Jewish donors who

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Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.

OFFICES, BOOK BUILDING

Jewish War Orphans

BY ENOCH MEBS.

Not from madness, but from reason.
Not front silky covered treason
Shall regeneration spring.
Chaos does but weaken;
Disorder must mean loss.
And from skies of idle dreaming,
contributed $500 and over, indicate Oft spring stars of traiterous
that proportionally Detroit Jewry
scheming,
subscribed as liberally as it did last And the noxious trail they bring.
year. It is regrettable that lack of
Not in wanton bloodshed
space forbids the publications of the
Rests the world's redemption.
thousands of public-spirited Jews who
have contributed sums smaller than
$500. Many made largo donations Not in schemes of rank polution
through their business houses and are Shall your problems find solution;
not lkted separately. A careful pe-
-
,Nor in brutat force of might.
rusal ot all reports prove t
•
Not through deed?, of valor' •

Report comes that some fifteen hundred Jewish war orphans arc
n to be brought to this country, where they may fi n d opportunity
o
so
$2.00 per year for such advantages—physical, educational, and moral—as are normally
Subscription, in advance
the right of every child.
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
With thousands of childless Jewish homes in this country, there
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
ought to be no difficulty whatsoever, in finding suitable homes for these
Editorial Contributor
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
littic ones whorl the ravages of War have aleprived..of their natural
Deiroit did not I:1 11 1"o"
s
warmed by Jew
their non-Jewish brothers in propor-
Shall souls of men be free.
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondenee on subjects of interest to guardians. Alany it woman's heart that is now empty may be
tionate
totals.
:\s in that campaign If hate and love were gently curbed.
the close embrace of one of these little children whom she will take into
Jewish
people,
but
disclaims
responsibility
for
an
indorsement
of
the
the
will find new the name of David A. Brown heads And all your fake gods undisturbed
her life as though it were her very own. Nlany a man
views expressed by the writers.
the list of Jewish donors. However,
incentive
and
inspiration
in
his
daily
ta-ks
by
opening
his
heart and his De,troit's second Patriotic campaign In medieval night;
CHESHVAN 21, 5680
will
very
little
while
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I4, 1919
'Truth and strength and wisdom,
has not been a success and Jewish
home to some 'Hie fatherless boy or gi F I, who in a
Will vide the masses right.
become as dear to hint as though he were in reality, hone of his bone citizens of Detroit should bear in
mind that of the fund approximately
for
dis-
and
blood
of
his
blood.
aside
An Interesting Symposium
$485.000 has been sot
The coming of these little orphans should spell opportunity not tinctly Jewish purposes and that un- PALESTINE WILL BE
By no means the least inspiring of these sessions of the Executive only to them, but to unnumbered Jewish men and women to whom the less the fund reaches the goal set the
PROSPEROUS LAND,
Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis assembled privilege and the joy of parenthood have been denied. In very truth, curious Jewish charities and organi-
SAYS CAPT. LEVIN
in this city last week, was the social gathering arranged by the Board their coining presents no tragedy. It ought rather be a source of bless- zatios of the city and the Jewish
Foreign Relief Fund, whit. I was
of Trustees of Temple Beth El, the outstanding feature of which was ing to many hearts and many homes.
receive $350.000, will ..idier as a con
sequence. The hope kindled anew will
of
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a symposium on the subject "What can the Layman do to help the
A. mi d 3 y. w. H.
Y m
Rabbi in his Work?"
Look
Up
the
Facts
Destruction By Turks.
have to be abandoned. The new
Seldom has a series of addresses on any topic relating to the
''It would be impossible to exag-
for the Fresh Air Camp
Another Michigan pastor needs to look up the facts. The Rev. allowances
synagog been presented on so high a plane as the talks at this meeting
the
privations of the Jews dm-
Will have to be sacrificed and again gerate
given by representatives both Of the pulpit and the pew. What struck Howard J. Clifford of the First Presbyterian Church of Saginaw, I nu
of East Side Tots refused a . ng the war;' declared Mr. Levin.
ot
the hearer most of all, however, was that central to every man's formerly a welfare worker in one of the large automobile concerns in two weeksre SOO , • from the rigors of There are a tremendous number
1( dirt' .orphans. Amt „side front the prob-
ai
thought on the subject, was the conviction that it is primarily the a :Michigan
city, is reported to have s d recently: • lures traitors like a Ghetto's summer heat.
kin
of
relief,
there
is
the
problem
of
to
hospitals
Will
need for additions
.
i tan
business of the synagog to forward and strengthen the religious ideal.
"No city, country or republc
WO
the reconstruction of the colonies
he said. "That malignant and apostate Jew named Braunstein have to go unheeded.t it
While the synagog may legitimately enter upon many phases of social, Trotzky,"
that
were
destroyed
by
the
Turks.
In
has changed his name to Trotzky. Ile is typical of many aliens in New of mercy will be checked unless De-
philanthropic, and educational activity, they must all justify themselves York. They have do stake in the republic. They are furious because Daniel troit opens its heart and its purse- spite of all, however, Jews have
somehow regained their balance and
by their relations to a definite religious end. While the pulpit may and Webster obtained the supreme court decision that 'Christianity is a part of strings to the call of humanity. It is are
again leading independent, happy
not too late to add your name to the
perhaps should deal with problems political, economic, and social, their the common law of our land.'
and prosperous lives.
honor
list
given
below:
GIVE-
GIVE
"Our
language
is
not
their
language.
Our
heroes
arc
not
their
heroes.
bearing upon religion must be clearly defined. The pulpit must stand
"What shall be the future of that
05. 11 foreign AGAIN! GIVE mom:A Tut: FUND
get their livelihood in this republic. They have their
land teeming with untold possibili-
distinguished alike from the lecture platform and from the professor's They
language newspapers, organize conspiracies to keep the Bible out of the musT BE RAISED. IT \SALL BE ties? That depends upon the Jewish
chair. Its message must be distinctly and unequivocally religious.
public schools, utterly refuse to play the business game in the American RAISED!
people. 'Those who say they will not
Less surprising perhaps is that this note was struck by the rabbis way, with the result that there is a title of indignation rising in this country'
give or work for Zionism before the
Corporations.
at the symposium than by the laymen who participated in it. And yet, like the advance of a majestic storm
Jewish state is established in Pales-
"These
men
who
are
secretly
traitors
to
this
country,
and
who
are
Adolph
Finsterwald
Clothing
' e making it impossible for the
not a speaker among them butt who voiced this conviction in no
6,000
sharpening their knives to stab the republic in the back will be swept out
Co
uncertain terms. As a result, the rabbis present at the meeting were of the nation's house like cockroaches, mice, vermin. The people of this Mich. Smelting & Refining Co.$ 5,500 realization of that purpose.
"Palestine is the battlefield whe n.
5.000
greatly heartened in their tasks, for they felt one and all, that with republic will no longer permit any Trotzky to repeat his advice to his fol- General Ice Delivery Co
battle for Jewish na-
ono the peace
the laymen of the various communities not only interested in but lowers in New York."
Harry and Sallied Frank
1,500 tional life will be fought. A great
Of course, the implication in all this is, the the Bolshevik element American Lally Corset Co
1,200 many of us may not go to the front
enthusiastic for the things logically and legitimately sponsored by the
line trenches, but we must all organ-
work was bound to be fruitful. Would that all the in this country, is recruited chiefly from the immigrant Je.,vs. This Frank Bros. Iron & Metal Co
synagog, their O•n
e.
I I imelhoch Bros.
200 lize and unite to light the
.
rabbis of the country might have heard this discussion. They would assertion frequently made by Christian preachers has been so often and Summertield & Hecht
1
"Don't weep for Zion. Work for
1 .000 it. The fate of Palestine will be de-
have learned what some of them unfortunately seem to have forgotten, so definitely disproved, that even one apparently as little acquainted D. Robinson & Son
850 termined by the Jewish people and
tirere Bros.
that the men and women in the congregation are eager to hear religion's with historical fact as Rev. Clifford, ought to know it.
600 them alone. We must unite on the
reference to the decision of the Supreme Court that Christianity Wine Brothers
pronouncement upon the problems that today confront the people. And
600
Ills
San Telmo Cigar Co
one conmion platform of the rebirth
is
a
part
of
the
common
law
of
our
land,
is
also
a
matter
which
we
600 of Palestine—of a Jewish national
as a result, many of them would cease dealing with problems with
Selik Bros.
5011
believe
that
gentleman
would
have
siime
difficulty
in
proving.
Perhaps
which, front the nature of things, they cannot deal expertly and with
Frank & Steinberg
of our fathers."
500 home in the land
academic themes that do not touch life to the quick. The occasion was what he has in mind is that all "obiter dicta," a certain supreme judge M. Jacob & Son
Official Welcome By Rabbi
some
Years
ago,
long
after
the
time
of
Daniel
Webster—by
the
way—did
Individuals
an altogether delightful one and its inspiration will long abide with the
Hershman.
say something :thout this being a Christian country. But is was in David A. Brown
$12,000
rabbis and the laymen who took part in it.
Rabbi A. M. Hershman, president
. .
7,500
• Is
Leopold Wineman
effect the personal opinion
District of Detroit, ex-
100 of the Zionist
His characterization of those who refuse to encourage the intro-
an official welcome to Capt.
1 1 3 ‘ e ng't' T ':', as n iegei
5.001) tended
Who. Fell Down?
Levin
on
behalf
of the Detroit organ-
duction of the Bible in the public schools as un-American, indicates
and Mrs. Henry A. Krolik 4,000 ization. Rabbi Hershman made a
4,000
At this writing, the Patriotic Fund drive for five and a quarter again a strange unfamiliarity with the facts of the case. For we have Mr.
Albert Kahn
strong appeal for the advancement of
e w wish the Bible to be given a Fred NI. Butzel (includes $500
million dollars for the support of the social service institutions of this a rather definite opinion that-thosho
2,40 0 Jewish culture and for the spread of
additional)
city, is not yet an unqualified success, though it is to be earnestly hoped place in the public schools have yet to learn the first principle of trite
2,500 the Hebrew language.
\I. But zel
"Zionism expresses a distinct out-
that long ere this editorial shall have reached our readers, Detroit will Americanism, which emphasizes the absolute separation of church and Henry
Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Eechimer 2,5011 look on our Jewish life," declared
have gone over the top as it has always done in similar drives here- state.
2,500
Mr.
Jos.
Krolik
Rev.
Rabbi
I I ershnian, "a distinct interpre-
the short item quoted . from
M r. and M rs. David Scheyer 2,500 tation of Jewish (history, a distinct at-
There re other inaccuracies
tofore.
tonc ,
2,500
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
W.
Schloss
But if by any chance, the workers should fail of their goal and if ClitTord's speech, but we have said enough to indicate that its its
tingle
toward the world at large--ilit
inean
lir. A. win
2.a
every phase
because of that failure, we should have to go back to the old system knowledge is not all that it should be. He needs to look up the facts.
2,500 ideal which expresses
Henry Wineman
of having fifty or more drives for as many institutions during a single
2,500 and aspect of Jewish life. if Zionism
Mr. and Mrs. Day Krolik
is to mean anything, it must express
year, who would lie to blame for the calamity? If Detroit—untrue to
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Krolik.. 2.00)) itself in the revival of the 11(•lire•
Popularizing Religious Democracy
itself in this great adventure—were to fall down and thus put a
II , man and Benjamin Marks 1. 000 language, both as a literature and as
I
To
those
who
have
pioneered
the
movement
makiin,
.i
Jewish
weapon into the hands of those in other communities who, for selfish
1,500 a living language of the
the. nays iterni
itself in the
Ne.
Leo OAl
C. WIl'i i tit zel
reasons are opposed to the Community Union idea, upon whose should- ocratization of the synagog, a study of the editorials and
1,500 people. II 11111St express
I.
Goldberg
religion, in the
1,500 revival of the Jewish
db erg
ers would the responsibility rest ? Surely not upon those men and in current Jewish publications is very gratifying. The last number of . „i
Goldberg
quickening and
deepening and
E Heineman 1,200 strengthening of the Jewish con-
women whose scanty earnings are scarcely sufficient to provide for their the Union Bulletin, the official organ of the Union of American He- A r. and Mrs. S. E.
a M
immediate needs in these times of economic strain. .\s a matter of brew Congregations, devotes an entire page to what is praccally
ti seating 1%1a, ),
800 sciousness and in an added interest
INI11:1' Y I 1 i I d e garde Beisman. 11',02
fact, a large proportion of the working classes have in proportion to verbatim report of the discussion upon the subject of unassigned
1,000 ill the synagogue and its work."
Nr. and M rs. Jos. Selling a .. 1,011
An interesting feature of the recep-
that took place at the recent Boston meeting of the Union. This I Jt
0
their means, given very generously at this time.
throughout i Louis Welt
tion was the mass singing , by PM of
The onus would rest fairly and squarely, we believe, upon the article, reaching approximately -I 5M00 J ewish households
l J Mrs. Albert Kahn
the
Detroit Young Judavans. tin
1,(1 51(51
shoulders of the rich men in the community—upon those who write the country, will have no small effect in influencing the trend of opinion acob Siege l
junior Zionists, chosen from Mc of
Loins
Kahn
their fortunes and in some cases even their incomes, in terms of six in favor of the more d emocratic system.
,1: 0 111 1 1 1 0 the local 14 circles. The Young in-
S' iihrly half of the editorial page of the Jewish Criterion of Pitts- ' Mr. iind Mrs. Jos. M. Welt ft 1 1 , 1 daeans opened the meeting with the
or seven figures. Men of this type degrade the whole citizenry of a
Mr. and Mrs. Melvillee \\'e
singing of "America" and closed it
irould that it might burgh is devoted this week to a defense of the unassigned .
city such as ours and they ought to be exposed.
Harry Grant
singing "Hatikvoh," under the
of those in a system. I lalf a dozen large congregations throughout the country are Julius
1:(
1 1 1 8 0 50 ) by
names
rend
leadership of William Lankin, a
be 'considered the proper thing to publish the
.
t' and personal letters Dr. Hugo A. Freund
' . • '
members
of the Knights of Judaea. A
at the present moment, according to
community who fail to do their duty rather than those who do.
10
1 )0
1,9 0 640
Hannah Freud
reception in the gymnasium of the
A glance at the records of the Fund thus far compiled, indicates coming to our desk, considering the advisability of changing the old Mrs.
Louis
Smilansky
synagogue
following the specelios
of Detroit have on the whole, met their responsibilities system for the new. The advantage of the system stands unquestioned. Sir. and Mrs. D. W. Simons.,
,
that the JOYS
60)) concluded the evening. Refreshment
he doubted. Eugene II. Sloman
with commendable promptness and generosity. But there are a few That it is in harmony with the spirit of the new time cannot
were served by members of ilo-
emocratic idmeal.
600
outstanding names that deserve no place upon a roll of honor. Among The great war as
w fought for the justification of the • d Anse of huan Alfred H. Hecht
600 liadassah.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Sloman
.
these are men who arc known to the business fraternity to be eminently not merely in government and nu us ry,
. ..
600
l s ummerfield
ei
600
successful and whom the commercial agencies rate very high. But relationships. The church and the synagog must yield to the call of ,am,
S. A. Sloman
600 Lithuanian Jewish Leaders
the
new
spirit
that
has
entered
the
world.
The
introduction
of
the
their gifts have been niggardly. How can such men hold up their heads
I A. Jacob
Optimistic About Future
600
unassigned
seating
is
one
of
the
first
evidences
that
they
are
doing
so.
Ben
B.
Jacob
in the community? Do they not know that they are not only demeaning
600
ion Prating of democracy accomplishes nothing. We must live it and the Harry Hellman
themselves in their own eyes but that they are actually bringing deris
500 Warsaw.—A communication writ-
'Milton M. Alexander
the
of God is as good a place as any to begin.
ten in Hebrew received here from
upon the name of the Jew throughout the community? Should
Rabbi and Mrs. Leo M. Frank-
House
500 ., the Slinister for Jewish Affairs for
l'atriotic Fund fail, it will not be the fault of the majority of our people,
—
i„ Lithuania, states that Lithuanian Jew-
but it will be the fault of a comparatively few selfish individuals
.. I H.lin P. Breitenbach
" '•h leaders held a conference at which
I. C. Freud
Jews and non-Jews alike—who, refusing to carry their share of the
they took up matters of great minor
Walter NI. Fuchs
lance to the Jewish population. The
burden, have given an excuse to others to limit their Own gifts accord-
j. E. Hirschman

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('LACE IN THE. COMMUNITY LIFE.

A MisleadingHeadline

It has been said that many people read the newspapers only through
the headlines. All the noire unfortunate it is, therefore, that the head-
line writers of many of our great newspapers, under the obsession of
.iorne out by the
creating a sensation, write headlines that are not at all I
stories they are supposed to sum up.
A case in point is the headline appearing ill one of the local papers
during a session of the Executive Committee on the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis last week, in which it was intimated that the
conference had decided to enter upon a vast missionary program not

New Organizations at
Temple Beth El.

Two new organizations are ill
process of formation. One is a Men's
Temple Club. The purpose of this
organization is to create among the
men of the congregation closer
friendships and to awake in them,
through social contact, a deeper in-
terest in congregational matters. It
is proposed that the meetings of the
organizations. which shall take place
unlike that of the Church.
No impression more misleading than this could possibly have been monthly, shall be social in character
Fine programs will be planned and
given. \Ve Jews arc too keenly aware of the failure of the missionary all
desiring to do so will be given
efforts of our sister churches to attain worth while results. for us to an opportunity to participate. All
follow their example and to spend our efforts and our money in attempts men affiliated with the congregation
that must from their very nature, be more or less fruitless. All that are eligible to membership. \Ve ask
you fill out the enclosed coupon
the Executive Committee had in mind in dealing with the missionary that
and return it promptly to Rabbi
matter was to put an effective estoppal to the efforts fostered by various Franklin, care Teniple Beth El.
The second organization to he
Christian denominations to ply their missionary trade aincmg the
formed is the Temple Choral Society
ignorant immigrant Jews and their children.
To this organization are eligible all
To this end, a committee has been appointed to confer with the persons in our congregation interest-
Federation of the Churches of Christ, which is practically the central ed in vocal music. Professional
body of the Protestant churches of this country, to the end that they training is not a condition of eligibil-
may use their good offices in dissuading the pastors coining under their ity. It is the purpose of this organ-
to render choral music at spe-
influence from encouraging missionary efforts among the Jews. On the ization
cial services in the Temple; to fur-
other hand, it was emphasized that the Jews themselves must do some nish musical entertainments, and to
constructive work to hold the synagog, those who for one reason or lay the basis for effective congrega-
another, are in danger of slipping away from us, not into one or the tional singing. The services of ar
leader will be engaged 1
other of the Christian denominations but what is infinitely worse, into eminent
contluct the work of this society. W ,
indifference, into denial, into skepticism, and, and into antagonism earnestly ask our members who ar•

'against all religion.

S. E. Sallan
— 'Mrs. Benjamin Siegel
—
to participate ill this work to fill out Mrs. Rachael Sillman
the enclosed blank and return same Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Siegel
without delay to Rabbi Franklin, care Louis Siegel
I Bernard Schwartz
Temple Beth El.
Morris Engg ss
II. Engga s
Solomon Klein, president of Klein C.
Bros.' department store, Chicago, Ill., Israel C. Brown
died last ninth. He was a contribu- Zinebach & Hartman
tor to charitable organizations and 1. Rosenberg
Tlutzel (additional)
was a director in the Chicago Home Fred
Isadore Marx ....... .
for Jewish Orphans.

communication declares that the work

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Vilna Kt
500 1 President Shavad of the
having taken
his
mentioned
in the
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co-
500 that the governing parties ' are
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National
fur
the
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500 ■ Bank in Lithuania are also advancing
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