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A Scholar Passes.

men and women who have been greatly blessed, to refuse to do their
the death of Dr. Arnold Ehrlich which took place recently its
ut why should they add the sin of lying
In
duty
in a
like this,
(if no mean del:7m
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
ssi
t but If they do not wish to give to a fund; New York, there passes a Bible scholar and critic
to their
sin time
of selfishness?
body of Biblical sits-
realm of the vast
Chronicle Publishing Co.. Inc.
in the name of Humanity, then let them be
Published Weekly by The Jewish
that is being gathered
him fur inspiration :Cod guidance, Dr.
o
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theik Bible.
President honest about it and simply concede that their hearts have turned Hems who are indebted 1
iuc
h to a bette r udertan ting l of " M ra ki-
me the
-
titsid
lm
n " ted
i
r
ow
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
tr
oll
ck
unnder s the tite
Secretary-Treasurer to stone; that the appeal of suffering men, women and children, , Ehrlich
hed
Biblical commentary,. publis
NATHAN J. GOULD -
by many as one of the most
means nothing to them; that they are willing to go on in their mad, ! I l is
regarded
reslittt o," begun in 1s9s, is
at he
t Postoffice at Detroit.
matter
March
3,
1916,
riotous
course
of
living
without
a
thought
for
those
who
out
of
the
work un that :object•
Entered as second-class
. 1879.
Mich., under the Act of March 3
.I .
ery ,
depths of their sorrow, are holding out their hands in pity to them; 1 "t hur itative
- . Ehrlich labot« ■
Like many another great scholar,
hick he lb gave himself, but its the inspi-
but
let
them
not
lie
into
making
excuses
which
they
know
have
no
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919 • CHESHVAN 28, 5E30

A LOCAL CRISIS

for the love of the
vhich his works will leave upon many of Isis pupils and
ration
iininortality..
readers, he will base t4ained

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basis in fact.

In the call that comes to us now, there is an appeal to the Jew.
Aside from the fact that every right-minded Jew will wish to do his
share in the support of all the noble institutions whose permanents
and usefulness would be seriously threatened by the failure of the I
Patriotic Fund to gather its full quota, the Jews should bear in mind
that many of their own institutions are asking for exceedingly large
arge
sums of money out of the total amount to be gathered. A budget
of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars is set aside for Jewish
foreign relief alone. Other organizations dependent upon the Pa-
triotic Fund for their maintenance are the United Jewish Charities
and the Jewish Fresh Air Society, in addition to several organizations
—Jewish in character—that figure for considerable amounts of capi-

' The Centenar y of Ceorge Eliot ha ,

passed
m Saturday of this week one hundred years \\
wass ail Gcucge' Idiot whom her
since the birth of that splendid
the .le\Y right in the' eves
rime) -Daniel Deronda," did much to indeed, because the kit; hats
ll .
or
Englisli-apesiong
e. it may be said to have become
of the whole
lneit translated into many laic
an t'\ angel of tolerance to the' Ilse ce crywhere.
OW oin
Ist these days. when tinforttmately, we arc compelled
to
to
rters, it i s Wc11 f o r tts to
qua
man
y
ill sit
against injustice to the IeW
of C w orge• E liot
a
the centenry
an occasion such as
ave ehm
pause on
not ot ou r faith
e Ipn.en th
\fair htreatmen e t
\
ze
that
there
In
the
le
li
for
a
re
osesecure
thoeir owl'r to
w ha t has Men in
sympathy.
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per
piX
and a
))f lictioti who have Lien
and the few \\liters
I'll,
To
(icor*.
aby her spirit, we would at this time speak ()or word of pnoper

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An appeal to the pride and the patriotism of the Jew is involved tal expenses.
in the call that goes out to our people to set their shoulders to the
Were we making an appeal to cover only our distinctly Jewish
wheel in the work of helping to gather the two million dollars which needs, many of the men and women in our community would not
the Patriotc Fund still requires if the most urgent social and philan- dare to offer the niggardly amounts which some of them have had
met during the coming
thropic needs of this community are to be
the temerity to give to the Patriotic Fund. Where is their pride and ;.sppreciati(in and gratitude.
al ze the causes
•
I
•o
•
•
days, a band of earnest
year. It is not our purpose in t is e 1
of the failure of the Fund to reach its goal during the five days' where is their patriotism? Within a few
officially set for the drive. It is enough to know that the goal set men and women will address themselves to the Jews of this corn-
raising the sum that needs to
was not reached and that it must be reached and shall be reached, munity, seeking their co-operation in
unless Detroit is willing to forego the proud record that it has here- be raised, if the social, educaonal and philanthropic work of this
go forward ti without hindrance. Let their appeal
de in meeting every just demand that has been made upon community is to
ve given ina dequate-
e bring
who hatheir
et
generous ly. L thosto
tofore ma
ts people in every worthy humanitarian cause. And surely, Ale be answered and onal amounts so
entire contribu-
s
as
i
ly, subscribe add iti
Jewish people will do their share in this critical time.
tion to the proper standard.

,

Thanksgiving Day Big Thanksgiving Dance
of Pisgah Lodge Eagerly
Proclamation
Awaited by Detroiters
Governor

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.

Recognizing the fact that our people have never willingly
And let those who, for one reason or another, have yet given
shirked their duty, but that in the measure of their powers, they
of thei r bas er
By the
rather
the call
nothing, respond to which
wil of their better
have answered every demand that has been made of them with
as worthy citi zens
l mark them not on ly than
I,
thanks unto the Lord for De
"0 sire
commendable generosity, the Board of Directors of the Patriotic natures and do that
,
endureth for- 1)etroll
Ilis ti 'erc' e
1 ■ 11;tll
Fund has given them a modest apportionment as their share of the of this great city but as well, as worthy members of this splendid is good; (or
\
\
ever."
by
o
Si I h
10
Following
the
custom
established
two million dollars that neds stil to b e raised. We are asked to Jewish community. They who d their duty will be given the place
1,1 of
roll of honor, but let t be said— our fathers nestle three hundred sears II, I
this time, a sum that in these that they dese:ve upon the city's
ago, it is entire's lilting that we should
ey
who
s
remark—that
um
and
thi
secure one hundred thousand dollars at
cation of th reat in
set apart one Jas in the sear as !thanks.
land there
ri
days of gigantic budgets seems very small indeed.
giving Das, and that we should on that
is no impliat this time will not escape the opprobth
number fail to do their duty
day assemble ourselses together in our
hich their own acts shall have brought upon them.
Now, in preenting this matter to the Jewry of Detroit, a
and render 11,,, Ilk,. lNt , 1
accustomed places of worship
credit be given the disgrace w
an
God for all into
hitovolet1
e-g
of facts need to be very frankly stated. Primarily, let
hearty thanks to Alosighn
Ills mercies and blessings.
where credit is due. A very considerable number of Jews in the
t
r..
Thanksgiving.
A sear ago we rejoiced that after the Thank-
Of DC -
that
cruelties and horrors of war peace had richer
community responded to the call for funds during the period
1111(1 1.1t1 1 .11
tattle mill
I
,•, ,
peopleeel i.t el' \
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ptness.
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.\111C
fiCall
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ti
,
tilt.
spread
its
blessed
benediction
user
all
I. /II . 1 . 11lIf ', tea \ Ill lst,
'1 , " the
;
I,•I
the drive was on with extraordinary generosity and prom
1 ;
I,
mes ; it a paean of pi aiseto Almight \ the earth. tic base had a sear of peace.
, ; ; ,,
,
I , ,T , .1111 are
il l pl e ll 0 1 .. tting t,i e. r c o
,
tr m
Measured by their means, their contributions were liberal if not crag for
have
the great blessings that they have been pri \ Urged to e'stio ∎ Our gallant soldier and sailor lads
, pirits.
their ,ti
.e up
‘, lir I
those who gale
ig, I
bk to US, case
ants-ac
, he gayeties
princely. Moreover, among the workers for the Fund were men rind
,p, ,t(
ths. Chief among- these will undoin
The liberties of
NI,,
our
fallase.
(luring
the
past
tweke
mon
ule :nitici -
l without stint to the
w;i1 , cin l ikd
l '\ their lines
, I
aith who gave themselves
the world have been made secure, and of tb,
, to
rate f ul than ksgiviog that the bloody
be in every heart grads
.,..,.. tdancet bal
an d w omen of our f
I o I
t.
l -
lay I foundations of this republic have re. I
t ,,,.
there
liEcpared
to
,it
I
our boys who ivent
.
over
hard task of presenting the cause of the Patriotic Fund to others, and that so many
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'true. we still hese , 1 ,, !!!,,,,,
itt,,,h
'
,
mauled
unshaken.
.1,, II, t . • ,.., ,,t
, , ,
that they, too, might do their duty. It is not to exaggerate the truth ttlitli(wi-rit it \n.,• .iiri 1, i , ■, .(., s, titirthstelttiltut•lirit;e((iitt,ottirt ■ nit.itIltar, were spared to return to nor problems to soh e, (or peace has its ,
, o
' I ,Il
, ,, ,. ..,, , , , I I
find
dangers no less Man war, but the
to say that among the outstanding men and women who are respon•
I, :' I °
, '
.
s, we take it, there will he n o sense of the American people 11,11, at - I ., r. i L ' ', 1
'
But at this Thanksgiving season
sible for such success as came to the Fund, there are Jews and
has
.
. which
r ''Oiciii). \ deeper note than usual will undoolgedk be ',sass peen equal to am task
,
d
Jewesses to be prominently counted. For all this, we are grateful •I • I I
them; era. Insp•r
men and women of this country are alive Is Mk i I :onfronted
h). the achievements of the past...,
struck. To(hty tile
cheered
lielet of blannIV
the
struggle
on
the
and happy.
beftire ttt the fact that though
th's'tAriimiZfitel:lynic;thecaniutaur5),
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On the other hand, we must be equally frank and courageous .::ale is over, the war of the chisses is still at its height. \\ t' are con. 7e7fi)i'eentn'I
h „hid, we meal h e m ad e t o co pe? !
the fact that emblems affecting the very life and perma - wit
give ourselves in earnest to the' ,. ,,, .,„
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in facing the truth that there are men and women in our Jewish
of our republic, if not of civilization itself, are pressing upon Let us
cticy
ldi ng a be tt er s tale and a bet- 11 !
community who have utterly failed to do their duty at this time.
\Vitli the close of the \Vorld \Vat. a new order was task "t.h"i
us for tit
E . 141.EFFEll,! .".,.
conditions.
There are those among us who have put us to shame either by their
ter 'Inhetr 'e"Ino .re. I. A I ItERT
li ourselves to its in w
0i yet adjusted
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nut
1
• horn and we
Gosernor of the State of Michigan.
t
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failure to contribute anything or by the niggardly amounts that are All the dangers characteristic of ;111 age of transition and reconstruc -
the President of the United I,
y
hereby
set opposite their names. This statement is not based on rumor or lion are upon us and to meet them adequately require's high courage
i n
.1',
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j.1
n
,—
e
,t
:
1
iRmsil
TwENTY.SEV•
claniiirilg „.1.
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11..t
hearsay. We could—if we would—mention names. And they and clear thinking and sane leadership. The masses are
OFNOVENIIIFH ! i',,',:',-,.:, , 1":1
ENTII ' DAY
of
is, however, scarcely clear even
GE THANKS• ! e. ,1 the
would not be confined to any one section of Jewry. They would be for new things, the nature of which groups
:mmHg us definitely senseENT ‘S ‘ PI
I ,,v,1
themselves.
Nor
do
the
smaller
GIVING
.VNI)
l'ItAYE13."
to the
found among the Reform Jews and the Orthodox Jews and there to
\
full meaning of the tow day that is struggling into birth. Given under me hand and the Great I
4.4 4 I .11v orove the
1:
would not be wanting among them even those who actively affiliated as yet the
Seal of the State this seventeenth das
; not ,. ot t
,,, . 1
\ Vlsether or neg. therefore, the * 6110. is tine' that calls for great
•
of Nosember. in the sear of nor Lord
with no religious organization, are loud in the boast that "charity is thanksgiving or only 1))r earnest prayer for guidance in the most
e t, inn it, ',conned
,

one thousand nine hundred and Min,

my religion."
We might mention the names of those whose fortunes according
to indisputable evidence, write themselves out in seven figures, but
whose contributions may be written in practically the half of what

may be spelled out in three figures.
There are merchants on our prominent avenues, the advertise-
ments of whose merchandise occupy whole pages in the daily press,
whose contributions to the Patriotic Fund would not pay the half
of the cost of a single page advertisement in a Detroit Sunday news-

e tit,.

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t.,,,,,,
„,
teen, and of the (1ommonwcalth the ;„:1
critical hour of our history, is a matter that is difficult to decide.
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eight).third.
That great blessings have cons' to its in the past year, who shall
'' :
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,
ALBERT
1111.111-
front
I . y? But that these blessings may be preserved for the conimon
I!,
f;OrefilOr.
good, every social and industrial group must put aside self-interest Hy the G overnor:
hers. The dap: , 1, informal.
te,.
----
s
and realize as never before tlUst in the well being of one the safety -1 COLE
AN e (c 1. .., ‘1,!;,r\l'(:;11st1aN
"Polskv Mr (The Polish less). a
111(1 the permanence of all other groups its this great land are deli-

paper.
There are those who are known to put up stakes on a horse race
several times greater than their total contributions to the more than
half a hundred philanthropic organizations that are the beneficaries

Iiitek.

which

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and inevitably hound up. ThiS is the' note, it seems to Il•!.

struck on this Thanksgiving Dal
alloy(' all others , should be

.

t

T he importance of Mass Meetings.

the Czec-

1 ; , tr o a. t s vil opera by Karel Wel4.
ELKUS POSTPONES B'NAI
ovakian composer, which has
BRITH ADDRESS HERE had
duced
success in the musi-
t
a sensaional

I

renters of Enrope, will be pro-

ral cen on the local stave dining the
lIttif. .N Imam I. Elkus . former United

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The heart of world Jewry has zt?firlit been stirred to its depths b
Nober
3 111 11, tin de r the a uspiet • of
vem
the reports that have reached us Of the wh le , al e massacre
'
that
Ukraine. I' Jew
• ti , v Intellectua l Ad vancement
,
the
wn
a
, P H.:411
mince of the W itai Itrith
in that district of southern Russia kno
II. t to fulfill
d
here
at
least
four
unable
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IC
ili
111
if
•
No.
34.
1 ridge
it is by internecine sir
section, torn
, ne ))f which speaks h'is engagement on the Isle mentioned
parties are contending for the supremacy but in
Isis new duties as .Nssociate
with authority. the Jew has been in torn the victim of each of the ‘ming to
imlice, o f the Court of Anneals of
,
parties. None would dare to minimize his sillferings or N Ii\IV ),?f k.

effining s'am)"!

JEIVISI1 CALENDAR.

5.959-1919
%%ell.. .ept. 21
Nett I ear's Ille
IsInener sot., !let. I
%0111
♦eleroth 0'1,1 len)1 ....Thurs. flat. 9
Seventh I Lunt 191)—Sheinled
'Irhurs., Wet, III
'51/erelle
slonelenen Toriell
1.571
I.,,-1 hottest+ I hessnie II:rel.: ILI:
5 991. New.
Ii11411,
It osrtIonlenele
ch
t hanohnle 5I.Tast of IledIrnillon I
IVed„ lee. Is-
TrIerth Mon.. Ih.e. 22

of the Patriotic Fund.
contending
, those who have looked
There are those who occupy prominent positions in congrega- to underrate the martyr(1)111 of whic,11 he has been the vivant. EV(.11' I
eager ant•cipation to
'" 'e
tional and charitable organizations representative of the best men the fact that reliable Statistics a' to the number of the dead, the ittimar'llwr:itli
appearance. will e p
Elkus'
,..t a vailable, din' - Mr.
o
utraged.
and
the
wounded
in
this
district
are
Is
he
and the best minds in Detroit Jewry, who by their attitude toward
Mayerberg's annoncercent
be ynt
o j .tt Rab bi
turn l
thu \Ir. Elkus will speak
the Ice-
the in
course
will nostat-tbodeselt
the Patriotic Fund, prove themselves to be devoid of the qualities not argue that the conditions there are not horribe
the coming year.

de s cr ip tion.

that fit them to hold such positions.

Of course, all of these will find their excuses for not giving or
for giving in the beggarly amounts that they have done. One will
the
say that he has his own immediate family dependents, as though
tar
Patriotic Fund should be called upon to support the parents

relatives of our own people.

i cOlirse early
turche

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thetit-
• next lectu re in
ccording to reports in the Yiddish press, Ow Polish
I'nnt of 'febrile
be delivered In: Rabbi Nathan Era::
" ':::."':
' • '1 ‘. ‘ h:r.rI:"'13
Fel,
impoverished, have been it moved by the sof-
4 " 1 ' - ' l'"th"" h SW."
December 9th. The place of the u"
Itinele-flenelesele
Aelne•
elves 1.5,41,5 :11- Clt and
Ilstlevel horn.. Weer. I
Ukraine. that out of their meager on
later,
will
be
;flthounced
Weer
'91
their
brethren
in
the
feriie of
I( •,1•1•A '110111,1'11
%ikrli
store of the necessaries of life, they have formed relief agencies to meeting
Ine•nele
Sat.. %peel In
Hebrew Way Be Officially
itns.h-Cleodeseb l)ele... .seenn 19,11
ttn ~ I.
W1111 have es en less than thetosel es.
help
Used in Palestine Courts I att- I. 9191ner
by the reports that hit% tt come to these shores, our
Ilny Is
\ rlillsci1
1
den•h
lilson.
■
au- tio,cit-
J,,,,,a1,•,,
show their sympathy, for these pit-
DT! l ...
LONDON.- - the
."1"l'llh 1,'"nnrmmloo
brethren over here also wish to
Son.. Iltef :::1
Ben- 0
thi.: e nd, a 11 1),ecnient is thorities have notified NIr. Re
Itonele-Chooleneh T11111no17
ttIt'l` victims of atr(icity and cruelt‘.
r
,
at their lelmtla. President of the Ilebre
arr.citics
were
under way as was the case when the
lization in Palestine, that hence-
...... . 5...,..:: ■ •••••••1"*",1; 1
,, l . , r Tn ,,nnn ,
;2.,
he'ght, to hold great mass meetings of protest in a number of the. forth the Hebrew language will have "
8i ' ...... Lr: , .....::: 14
the
Sallie
privileges
as
Other
ttta-
".,"""-b"11
larger cities, in which the feelings of indignation and of sorrow of
odemellt ElIni....505.. %Oa. II
Io.- 1 ': h

Another will say that he will not give except to Jewish causes
or more often, specifically to this or that Jewish institution, as though
the great non-sectarian hospitals and the other great agencies of
the i IW Courts. ..'N' ll
humanity that know no creed nor color did not also have a claim the uid
a
sotce.
. des - .
Jews
may
t
•
bell as oth er leg al li nen-
its. as we
For our part, e‘•,(. . set ourselves as strongly as we can, in oppgisi- ..if)d-w MTV
pr epare d i n Ileh rew,
IllaT Its,
upon him.
of this character. \Ve. are firmly convinced that t:o l the litigents may also
ao plead in
Fon to an met•tings
Still another will urge that this or that particular organization they do no good. As was pointed out by Mr. Fred M. Botzel in,dis- e llebrew.
as
among the beneficiaries of the Fund does not appeal to him,
cussing the matter recently, such meetings may permit the J(.".s
though even without that, there were not enough left to wake his here to relieve themselves by venting their sorrow but they are
g,d
lo whatsoever for those who are actually
likely to accoinplish
and appeal to his generosity.

Or once more and perhaps least worthy of all, there will be

those who will say that the high cost of living has made such inroads
ave
upon their incomes, that they cannot afford to share what they h
with the less fortunate. Do they not know that for the poverty
stricken, for the sick, for the aged, for the orphaned, the cost of
living has also gone up and perhaps even in greater proportion than

for themselves?

AU of these arc simply trying to find excuses to get from

under the burden which they ought to help Wt.

said in a

As the writer

recent address at theBoard of Commerce,it is bad enough for

t
l ' I n o.c

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Announcement

suffering over there.
eln the contrary, they may react even to the hurt of those whom'
should he done M this instance is that rehire-.

We would help. What

sentative Jews of all shades of religious opinion and from every
pr
social chic; should gather together to a small group. stud% t
lent at issue intelligently and as dispassionately as possible. and then,
constituted authorities at Washington
send tin their findings to the .
I " . • r eanized
I
in the hope that they may had a nay t‘tll
pt it- '
in Ukrainia, to put an end to the murder and the t-
• ,
rage of Jews there. This is our only hope of bringing relief to )1ur
afflicted brethren. Mass meetings of protest are worse than useless

and ought to he discouraged.

%lin,. Rept.

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