THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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FUND DRIVE TO GO
ON UNTIL ENTIRE
AMOUNT IS RAISED

This is as far as the present program of the Central Conference in
matters of this kind, is intended to reach. We believe it is all sufficient
to meet the present condition. Should further steps need to be taken,
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH NOME PUBLICATION
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
(Continued From Page One.)
President so successful as to present a serious problem to us.
.
-
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
Secretary-Treasurer
In
the
meantime,
it
is
our
part
to
hold
to
the
faith
of
our
fathers,
heart
of Detroit is right, and in the
NATHAN J. GOULD -
those born within our household, who through misunderstanding arc end we will achieve success."
The list published below', obviously
Entered as second - class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoflice at Detroit, in danger of tieing temporarily lured away.
incomplete, of Jewish donors who

THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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

SY ENOCH MESS.

Not front madness, but from reason,
Not from silky covered treason
Shall regeneration spring.

Chaos does but weaken;
Disorder must mean loss.
And from skies of idle dreaming,
traiterous
of
stars
spring
contributed $500 and over, indicate Oft
that proportionally Detroit Jewry
scheming,
subscribed as liberally as it did last And the noxious trail they bring.
Report comes that some fifteen hundred Jewish war orphans are >car. It is regrettable that lack of
Not in wanton bloodshed
soon to be brought to this country, where they may tied opportunity space forbids the publications of the
Rests the world's redemption.
thousands of public-spirited Jews who

Jewish War Orphans

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$2.00

Subscription, in advance

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per year for such advantages—physical, educational, and moral—as are normally

hunk contributed stuns smaller than
$5110. Nlany made large d o nations Not in schemes of rank polution
throtigh their business houses and are
h
S all your problems find solution;
not listed seuaratcly. A careful pe.-
prove that Hu, Nor in brutal force of Wright. '
rusal of all rep ,
Not through deeds of value
below'
Jews of Detroit did nut fat) propor-
Shall souls of men be free.
their I1011- JCWIsh brothers III
tionate total.. As in that campaign If hate and love were gently curbed,
the name of David . . Brown heads
And all your false gouts undisturbed
the list of Jewish donors. However,
Detroit's second Patriotic campaign In medieval night;
Truth and strength and wisdom,
has not been a success and Jewish
citizens of Detroit should hear in
, Will guide the masses right.
mind that of the fund approximately
and blood of his blood.
$485,000 has been set aside for dis-
The coming of these little orphans should spell opportunity nut tinctly Jewish purposes and that un-
no
means
the
least
inspiring
of
these
sessions
of
the
Executive
•By
only to them, but to unnumbered Jewish men and women to Munn the less the fund reaches the goal set the
Committee of the Central Conference of American Rabbis assembled
privilege and t h e joy of parenthood have been denied. In very truth, various Jewish charities and organi-
in this city last week, was the social gathering arranged by the Board their coming presents no tragedy. It ought rather be a source of bless- zations of the city and the Jewish
Foreign Relief Fund, which was to
of 'crustees of Temple Beth El, the outstanding feature of which was
ing to many hearts and many homes.
— --
receive $350.000, will suffer as a con-
a symposium on the subject "What can the Layman; do to help the
,
sequence. The hope kindled anew w off
rom Page One.)
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IL A . an d a Y. \\'.A. ill
.
Rabbi in his Work?"
a \'. NI
Seldom has a series of addresses on any topic relating to the
Destruction By Turks.
have to be abandoned. The new
"It would be impossible to exag-
Another Michigan pastor needs to look up the facts. The. Rev. A lt "'"" es f " the F resh At' Camp
synagog been presented on so high a plane as the talks at this meeting
given by representatives both of the pulpit and the pew. What struck Howard J. Clifford of the First Presbyterian Church of Saginaw, will have to be sacrificed and again Berate the privations of the Jews dur-
hundreds of East Side Tots refused
tug a the war," declared Mr. Levin.
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
MO weeks' respite from the rigors of There are a tremendous number of
thought on the subject, was the conviction that it is primarily the a Michigan city, is reported to have said recently:
a Ghetto's summer heat. The dirt orphans. And aside from the prob-
"No city, country or republic can be safe that endures traitors like need for' additions to hospitals will lem of relief, there is the problem of
business of the synagog to forward and strengthen the religious ideal.
to go unheeded. All the works the reconstruction of the colonies
While the synagog may legitimately enter upon many phases of social, Trotzky," he said. "That malignant and apostate Jew named Braunstein have
,
tzk , He is typical of many aliens in New 01 mercy will be checked unless De- that were destroyed by the Turks. In
philanthropic, and educational activity, they must all justify themselves has c hit g
i purse- spite of all, however, Jews have
troit opens its heart and its
York. They have do stake in the republic. They are furious because Daniel troit
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 somehow. regained their balance and
not too late to add your name to the are again leading independent, happy
perhaps should deal with problems political, economic, and social, their the common law of our land.'
"Our language is not their language. Our heroes are not their heroes. honor list given below: GIVE- GIVE and prosperous lives.
bearing upon religion must he clearly defined. The pulpit must stand
"What shall be the future of that
distinguished alike from the lecture platform and from the professor's They get their livelihood in this republic. They have their own foreign AGAIN! GIVE MORE! TuE FUND land teeming with untold possibili-
language newspapers, organize conspiracies to keep the Bible out of the
BE
RAISED.
IT
WILL
BE
chair. Its message must be distinctly and unequivocally religious.
ties? That depends upon the Jewish
public schools, utterly refuse to play the business game in the American
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 tide indignation rising in this country RAISED!
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
not a speaker among them but who voiced this conviction in no
tine are making it impossible for the
6,000
uncertain terms. As a result, the rabbis present at the meeting were sharpening their knives to stab the republic in the back will be swept out
lb
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 where
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-
5,000
General Ice Delivery Co
the peaceful battle for Jewish na-
the laymen of the various communities not only interested in hut lowers in New York."
3,000
Harry and Samuel Frank
tional life will be fought. A great
1.500
Of course, the implication in all this is, the the Bolshevik element American Lady Corset Co
enthusiastic for the things logically and legitimately sponsored by the
L.2()0 many of us may not go to the front
synagog, their own work was bound to be fruitful. Would that all the in this country, is recruited chiefly front the immigrant Jews. This Frank Bros. Iron & Metal Co 1,200 line trenches, but we must all organ-
1.200 ize and unite to fight the battle.
rabbis of the country might have heard this discussion. They would assertion frequently made by Christian preachers has been so often and Ilimelhoch Bros,
Summerlield & Hecht
"Don't weep for Zion. Work for
have learned what some of them unfortunately seem to have forgotten, so definitely disproved, that even one apparently as little acquainted
000
I). Robinson & Son
it. The fate of Palestine will he de-
850
that the men and women in the congregation are eager to hear religion's with historical fact as Rev. Clifford, ought to know it.
Srere Bros.
termined by the Jewish people and
600
pronouncement upon the problems that today confront the people. And
His reference to the decision of the Supreme Court that Christianity Wine Brothers
them alone. \\'e must unite on the
one common platform of the rebirth
as a result, many of them would cease dealing with problems with is a part of the common law of our land, is also a matter which we San 'film° Cigar Co
600
Bros.
which, from the nature of things, they cannot deal expertly and with believe that gentleman would have some difficulty in proving. Perhaps Selik
5(5) of Palestine—of it Jewish national
Frank & Steinberg
home in the land of our fathers."
academic themes that do not touch life to the quick. The occasion was what he has in mind is that an "obiter dicta," a certain supreme judge M. Jacob & Son
500
Official Welcome By Rabbi
an altogether delightful one and its inspiration will long abide with the some years ago, long after the time of Daniel Webster—by the way—did
Individuals
Hershman.
\vas in
country.
say something about this being - Cluistian
• But is
rabbis and the laymen who took part in it.
$12,000
David A. Brown
Rabbi A. M. Hershman, president
7,500
effect the personal opinion of a single judge.
man
l
Wil
Leopold
e
0,1)00 of the Zionist District of Detroit, ex-
His characterization of those who refuse to encourage th intro_ Benjamin
Siegel
jk'i
tended au official welcome to Capt. '
5 000
Bible in the public schools as un-American, indicatesiti
Levin on behalf of the Detroit organ-
diction of the B
Krolik 4; 000
rs.
Henry
A.
and
Sirs.
mai
l
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.
4,000 ization. Rabbi Hershman made a
Kahn
AlbertNI.
strong
appeal for the advancement of
million dollars for the support of the social service institutions of this a rather definite opinion that - those, who wish the Bible to be given a
Butzel (includes $500
Fred
'POO Jewish culture and for the spread of
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 true
additional)
2,500 the Hebrew language.
that long ere this editorial shall have reached our readers, Detroit will Americanism, which emphasizes the absolute separation of church and Henry M. Butzel
"Zionism expresses a distinct out-
Mr. and Mrs. II. NI Fechimer 2,500 look on our Jewish life," declared
have gone over the top as it has always done in similar drives here-
2,500
state.
Krolik
Rabbi I I ershman, "a distinct interpre-
There are other inaccuracies in the short item quoted from Rev. me. Jos.
tofore.
Day id Scheyer 2,500 tation of Jewish history, a distinct at-
Mr. and
But if by any chance, the workers should fail of their goal and if Clifford's speech, but w have said enough to indicate that his historical Mr. and
nd Mrs. A. W . Schloss 2,500 titude toward the world at large—an
2,500
because of that failure, we should have to go back to the old system knowledge is not all that it should be. lie needs to look up the facts. Mr. A. Willman
2,500 ideal which expresses every phase
Ilenry 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 be to blame for the calamity? If Detroit—untrue to
Ntr. and M rs. J titian Krolik 2,000
itself in the revival of the Hebrew
itself in this great adventure—were to fall down and thus put a
- Herman and Benjamin Marks 2,000 language, both as a literature and as
LEM
To those who have pioneered the movement making for the .. dent
weapon into the hands of those in other communities who, for selfish
. M. C. We il
•
1,500 a living language of the Jewish
•
• Leo NI. Butzel
reasons are opposed to the Community Union idea, upon whose should- ocratization of the synagog, a study of the editorialss ant
1,500 people. It must express itself in the
very
.
1,500 revival of the Jewish religion, in the
i I . ' lions s
. gratifying. The last number of I. . Goldberg
ers would the responsibility rest ? Surely not upon those own and 111
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G
deepening and quickening and
women whose scanty earnings are scarcely sufficient to provide for their the Union Bulletin, the official organ of the Union of American He- A Goldberg
and Mrs. S. E. Heineman 1,200
strengthening of the Jewish con-
immediate needs in these times of economic strain. As a matter of brew Congregations, devotes an entire page to what is practically a M r.
sciousness and in an added interest
NlaYHildegardeReisman. 1'0281
fact, a large proportion of the working classes have in proportion to verbatim report of the discussion upon the subject of unassigned seating 0 I tit as x. and
in the synagogue and its work."
1,00
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Selling
that
took
place
at
the
recent
Boston
meeting
of
the
Union.
This
An interesting feature of the recep-
their means, given very generously at this time.
1,000
Lou i s welt
article,
reaching
approximately
15,000
Jewish
households
throughout
00 tion was the mass singing by 100 of
The onus would rest fairly and squarely, we believe, upon the
Mrs. Albert Kahn
the Detroit Young Judaeans, the
who write the country, will have no small effect in influencing the trend of opinion
100t0)
1,
shoulders of the rich men in the community—upon those
Jacob Siegel
junior Zionists, chosen from five of
cons Kahn
their fortunes and in some cases even their incomes, in terms of six in favor of the more democratic system.
'itts- I
1 1 ,. 1 1 1 ) : 0 ) ) 1 ( ! ) the local 14 circles. The Young Jo-
J
N1r and Mrs. Jos. M. W,It t 1,000
Similarly, half of the editorial page of the ewish Criterion of l
daeans opened the meeting with the
or seven figures. )Alen of this type degrade the whole citizenry of a
Would that it might burgh is devoted this week to a defense of the unassigned seating Mr. 'and Mrs. Melville \\,,t
singing of "America" and closed it
city such as ours and they ought to be exposed.
Harry (,rant
0
by
singing "Hatikvoh," under the
system. I lalf a dozen large congregations throughout the country are
1,00
Freud
be considered the proper thing to publish the names of those in a at the present moment, according to news reports and personal the letters
1.000 leadership of William Lankin, a
Dr. Hugo A. Freund
community who fail to do their duty rather than those who do.
1,000 members of the Knights of Judaea. A
old
Airs. Hannah Freud
ing to our desk, considering the advisability of changing
A glance at the records of the Fund thus far compiled, indicates conning
900 reception in the gymnasium of the
Louis Smdansky
that the Jews of Detroit have on the whole, met their responsibilities system for the new. The advantage of the system stands unquestioned.
600 synagogue following the speeches
rs. D. NV. Simons
Ma and Mrs.
600 concluded the evening. Refreshments
with commendable promptness and generosity. But there are a few That it is in harmony with the spirit of the new time cannot he doubted. Eugene II. Sloman.....
600 were served by members of the
cht sio, a
s eA
freadndlIfthli
outstanding names that deserve no place upon a roll of honor. Among The great war was fought for the justification of the democratic ideal,
600 Ilailassah.
these arc men who are known to the business fraternity to be eminently not merely in government and industry, but in every phase of human :. m
600
.SaMuel Suminerfield n n
successful and whom the commercial agencies rate very high. But relationships. The church and the synagog must yield to the call of ,
600
S. A. Sloman
600 Lithuanian Jewish Leaders
their gifts have been niggardly. How can such men hold up their heads the new spirit that has entered the world. The introduction of the A. Jacob
s that they are doing so.I
ence
600
Optimistic About Future
in the community? Do they not know that they are not only demeaning unassigned seating is one of the first evid
Ben B. Jacob
600
ccomplishes nothing. We must live it and the Harry Hellman
themselves in their own eyes but that they arc actually bringing derision Prating of democracy a
500
communication writ-
er
W
wA
arsa.
–
Nlilton H. .Alexand
upon the name of the Jew throughout the community? Should the House of God is as good a place as any to begin.
.,,,., ten in Hebrew received here from
Rabbi and Mrs. Leo H. Frank-
Patriotic Fund fail, it will not be the fault of the majority of our people,
3 , "" the Nlinister for Jewish Affairs for
lin
3 °° Lithuania, states that Lithuanian Jew-
but it will be the fault of a comparatively few selfish individuals—
H. P. Breitenbach
500 ish leaders held a conference at which
!.
C.
Freud
Jews and non-Jews alike—who, refusing to carry their share of the
500 they took up matters of great impor-
Walter M. Fuchs
burden, have given an excuse to others to limit their own gifts accord-
500 tance to the Jewish population. The
i. F. Hirschman
Y
ARE
UNWORTHY
OF
A
.
500 communication declares that the work
S. E. Sallan
ingly. I..Er SUCH MEN BE POINTED OUT. TIIE
500 of establishing Jewish autonomy in
_
. Mrs. Benjamin Siegel
PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY LIFE.
500 Lithuania is making rapid strides, and
to
participate
in
this
work
to
fill
out
Mrs.
Rachael
Sillman
•
500 that the governing parties are co-
the enclosed blank and return same Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Siegel
at
500 operating toward this end. 1 he plan s
without delay to Rabbi Franklin, care Louis Siegel
500 for the projected Jewish National
I nernard Schwartz
advancing
Temple 'Seth El.
It has been said that many people read the newspapers only through
500 Bank in Lithuania are also
Morris Engg a55
_—_____
500 rapidly, and ten per cent of its pro-
the headlines. All the more unfortunate it is, therefore, that the head-
H. Engg ss
been
Solomon Klein, president of Klein C.
500 posed capital has already
writers of many of our great newspapers, under the obsession of
Two new organizations are in Bros.' department store, Chicago, Ill., Israel C. Brown
500 pledged.
line -
Hartman
81
process
of
formation.
One
is
a
Men's
creating a sensation, write headlines that are not at all borne out by the
died last month. He was a contribu- Zuiebach
500 , President Shavad of the Vilna Kve-
Temple Club. The purpose of this tor to charitable organizations and I. RoSenberg
500 billah is mentioned as having taken
stories they are supposed to sum up.
organization is to create among the was a director in the Chicago Home Fred Nt. Butzel (additional)
COO part in the conference.
A case in point is the headline appearing in one of the local papers men of the congregation closer
1 sadore Marx
for
Jewish
Orphans.
during a session of the Executive Committee on the Central Confer- friendships and to awake in them,
ence of American Rabbis last week, in which it was intimated that the through social contact, a deeper in-
terest in congregational matters. It
conference had decided to enter upon a vast missionary program not 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 he social in character
given. We Jews are too keenly aware of the failure of the missionary Fine programs will be planned and
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. We ask
the Executive Committee had in mind in dealing with the missionary that you out the enclosed coupon
and return it promptly to Rabbi
matter was to put an effective estoppal to the efforts fostered by various Franklin, care Temple Beth F.I.
-
The second organization to he
Christian denominations to ply their missionary trade among the
formed is the Temple Choral Society.
ignorant immigrant Jews and their children.
Ti) 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 coming under their ity. It is the purpose of this organ-
ization to render choral music at spe-
influence from encouraging missionary efforts among the Jews. On the cial services in the Temple; to fur-
other hand, it was emphasized that the Jews themselves must (ho some nish musical entertainments, and to
C.,40.3•1• Umeal F.& • Sowl.
constructive work to hold the synagog, those who for one reason or lay the basis for effective congrega-
another, are m danger of slipping away from us, not into one or the tional singing. The services of ar
eminent leader will be engaged t
other of the Christian
denominations but what is infinitely worse, into
e work of this society. NV,
st
denial, into skepticism, and, and into antagonism cond uct thask
who au
estly
earn
indifference, into

the right of every child.
With thousands of childless Jewish hones in this country, there
ought to be no difficulty tdiatsoever, suitaldwhomes for tfiCse
Editorial
Contributor
'
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
little ones whom the ravages of WV Tnive deptivr11 of their natural
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to guardians. slang a woman's heart that is now empty may be warmed by
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the the close embrace of one of these little children whom she will take into
views expressed by the writers.
her life as though it were her very own. Niftily a man will find um
CHESHVAN 21, 5680 incentive and inspiration in his daily tasks by openi n g his heart and his
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1919
home to some lithe fatherless boy or girl, who in a very little while will
become as dear to him as though he were in reality, bone of his bone

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this office by Tuesday eveniug of each week.

An Interesting Symposium

PALESTINE WILL BE
PROSPEROUS LAND,
SAYS CAPT. LEVIN

Look Up the Facts

Who. Fell Down?

Popularizing Religious Democracy

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A Misleading Headline

New Organizations
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