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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

VOL. VI. NO. 26.

CHEST DRIVE NOW ON
JEWS OF DETROIT ,CLEVELAND
MEET TO PROTEST
UKRAINE POGROMS the

COMMUNITY

JEWISH WOMAN'S CLUB HOME

.00,000 JEWS PARADE JEWISH
IN NEW YORK PROTEST

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NE \'%' YORK.—Last alonday New
l'ork witnessed its greatest parade of
.ny one people, more than 100,000
,ewish men and women marching to
at age-old Hebrew dirge in protest
%gainst alleged massacres of their
nmple in the Ukraine. Winding for
lours from the Lower East Side to
:arnegie hall in the heart of the city,
in. cortege continued uninterrupted
nom 1 p. in. until long afters dark,
Nearly 25,000 soldiers, sailors and
marines, veterans of the war, led the
fraternal, wet-
procession of J Mist
tare, business and labor organiza-
American and Zionist flags,
Lions.
draped with mourning and banners
telling of the sacrifices of Jewry in
the world's conflicts for democracy
and humanity, were borne by the

The Cleveland Community Chest
campaign is now on in full swing.
drive for a fund of $3,500,000
co%crs the needs of all the institu-
tioils ;abated with the Cleveland
Federation L) Jewish Charities and
lfare Federation.
—
the Cleveland
including. the Catholic Charities :and
ThoUsands Take Part in Monster,
C. A. !In addition, the cam-.
Demonstration
Demonstration at ArcdiaMon- V. M. includes the lied Cross and
day Against Continued Slough- 1 Jewish War Relief needs and the
A1111,10:0 1 and Syrian Relief activities.
ter in New Nation.
!'nice the plan that has been agreed
to each subscriber to the Cranium, it y
5,500 JEWS MURDERED
IN 8 DAYS IN ONE TOWN chest automatieany becomes a mem-
her of the National Red Cross and
______
one dollar of each subscription will
Pass Resolutions Appealing to be set a,,i ■le to pay the Red Cross

U. S. Government to Protect
Defenseless People—Ask With-
holding of Recognition.

Per Year, $2.00; Copy, 5 Cents

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919.

membership.
For the Federation of Jewish Char-
diesthe sum of $288,125 is asked.

CLUB ACQUIRES
OWN BUILDING

fl a e t a 4 d5.
o
a ayrsteeeedosr s o a tl n Residence
P u r q c R u ohow
Rowena Street s Club
e for Em-

1 ( 1°e'll Igillilai .nt.N. e s',1' )Jeleerg'ae,t'i ,')a7",1 ft7'''' '''''' '1:1'i:el:Ili
cities were included in toe procession.
At Carnegie Hall, the cortege was
dismissed, group by group. A mass
itilieeneltoiinisgtrlaatsit,,nnight concluded the day's

This repfcSellis the needs Of the JeW -

wommils

PI

irm
ls.
d H
Go

PROPERTY REPRESENTS
EXPENDITURE OF $40,000

Living Quarters for Thirty Girls
en e- -
t e o r B oe f Provided—Will e B o e,sCA

tivities—Nucleus for Y.W.H.A.

TIte realization of a dream of many
years, the culmination of noble and
unselfish effort and devotion of the
Gov. Smith, Senator aledill McCor- Jewish women of Detroit is summed
!nick, of Illinois; Lieut.-Gov. Walker, up in the announcement that the
how Woman's Club has acquired a
Mayor Dylan and Jacob 11. Schiff Jewish
for its splendid organization.
were among the speakers at the meet-
The building which will serve as the
ing.
headquarters for all the activities of
the Club is located at 45 Rowena
street. It has been the home of
Holden.

kil ■ ,,,titliti. , ,,, and organizations
Twice within the past sit months affiliated w i th the Federation for the
coming year. The budget needs of
a, to rn with the
the
J ew' of of Americ
knowledge
the murder and rapine the sia enty-seven organizations affil-
committed against their innocent Sited with the Cleveland Welfare
,
will be cared for with
brethren, have met together in every t, , eneratain
,
city Of the United States to openly t $2,107,637.
protest the wholesale massacre of
earlier
Jew s in i °seism lands. The
mass-meeting in May. that brought P
forth the largest congregation of Jews
ever gathered together in the annals
of Detroit's
life, Jewish communal

ROMINENT
ROMINENT JEWS ARE
ACTIVE IN CAMPAIGN
TO RAISE $100,000 MORE

ETHICAL CULTURE
J a„,,„ ll.
SOCIETY ATTACKED
BY RABBI SCHULMAN

I..e, . As soon as the necessary
altera-
bons are made
and furnishings in-
stalled the building will be opened as
was incited by talcs of atrocities per-
a
cliffiltouse
for
Jewish ' girls em-
petrated upon Jews in the countries
ployed in t he city who have no home
of Poland, Roumania and Bessarabia.
affiliations here. It will have living
tales 1110re recent and
Now, new
New York Rabbi Scores Organi. accommodations for about thirty
more horrifying, of the ruthless Meeting at Phoenix Club Sunday
zation Founded by Dr. Felix girls and
minimal cen-
Building located at 45 Rowena Street which will be the tonic of cm-
and
women
Men
Defines
Plans
to
Canvass
Jews
of innocent
but
he the "
',toyed Jewish girls and serve as headquarters for activities of Jewish women
hundreds
of Jewish girls
Adler as a "Synagogue With- ter for the will
and little children in the district id
to Fill Patriotic Fund Quota.
in
Detroit
who
have
long
felt the need
smithern Russia. kilOWII as the
in Detroit.
out a God."
of a place where they can have the
Ukraine, come to rack the heart of
opportunity to become affilia ted
SEEK TO RAISE EQUAL
world Jewry.
and
all Jewish activities in the cit y, with
SERMON INSPIRED BY
The great mass-meeting, held at the
AMOUNTS OF LAST YEAR
where they may meet other Jewish
Arcadia Monday afternoon, was part
BOOK
OF
YOUNG
JEW
people,
resident
and
non-resident.
It
cen
terin
g
of a nation-wide movem ent,
New York—For the first time in is probable that the chili house may
By Abraham Reisin.
in New York City, to awaken a Ken-
The campaign to raise $100,000 ad-
soon be the nucleus of a large young
est in the in-
cral
and an
active inter
tolerable
conditions
endured by un- ditional by the Jews of Detroit to till
Gershon felt strangely lonesome in I: lone, all alone, and was not even the history of American Judaism, a
- the quota for the Detroit l'atriotic
recognized leader of the reform move- %coinen's
Hebrew of
association.
The purchase
the Holden prop-
lit
la
spent
permitted
the
consolation
of
tears.
told thousands of European Jews. Up
little town where
wards of nine thonsand people Fund is on in full swing. A large
When all had departed, and he had went, Dr. Samuel Schulman, rabbi of
his childhood, and from which he had
Temple Bett-El, attacked the Ethi- ertY was made possible by the re-
stormed the doors of the Arcadia to number of the most prominent and the
of $40,000
out of Fund
funds
by
attend
meeting
of sorrow,
mourn- met
influential
citizens
Detroit
the Detroit
Patriotic
of held
money
ing and the
protest.
Overflow
meetings
at the Jewish
Phoenix
Chuff of
last
Sunday
never for
been
away home,
for a for
day.
He been
a g distant
relative
yearned
is new
Ainer-
was left
also with
waitin
for a ticket,
and who
who cal Culture Society, of which Dr. Fe- lease
lix Adler is the founder.
y and volunteered their services as ac- Ica, to which his father, mother, sis- was supposed to take him with her
same
li:tii‘ls:
tla
i
purposes
in
the
campaign
of
19(8.
ttitAihoneit,ctsraiac
i
iw
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.,"
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ei)
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i
iali
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.il
a
t
s
i
t
i
e
t
a
py
.
,:S
I
:c
yi l
were hastily arranged at the Shaare
.Ndolph Finsterwald, Chairman lets, brothers, aunts and uncles had as
soon
as his
eyes
would be tears
cured, Thanksgiving sermon, termed the so The
The appropriated monies are now be-
then
it was
that
Gershon's
!.sick synagogue and the Labor Ity- five solicitors.
Migrated, one by one, in pairs, or,
Mr.
ing devoted to peace time communal
synagogue without
emits Speakers were hurried from
wasted
no
time
on
formal
sometimes,
in
groups;
one
helping
the
choked
him;
yet
he
dared
not
cry.
So,
for Jewish Welfare War
place to place to address the waiting and General Director of the $100,000
forcing back his tears, he began to The sermon was inspired by a recent- appropriated
purposes.
-
other
out
to
buy
strainer
tickets.
!
campaign ,
with
berate America.
A Spacious Structure.
Ile stated that in
He alone had been left behind. .
throngs.
9verch-making.
"A mean country! A heartless as the sermon, and written by Waldo
asmuch as the necessity of raising
And this, not because he was dis-
325 Pogroms in Ukraine.
The new Jewish Woman's Club
Frank.
M. Abramowitz,
chairman
this
money was in
apparent
to of
all, all
only
"It is a refreshing revelation to see
of Henry
the "United
Jewish Protest
Confer-
consideration
the minds
pub-
liked or because
name
was not
What
business
is it of it theirs
mentioned
in the his
ticket
which
had country!
if I have
sore
eyes? Does
hurt
the
young
American
Jew,"
the
rabbi
building
is a three story house of
ow
h
been sent for the entire household. them any? I have the pains, not
J ew i s h c i t i zen , was
said.
"get under
the Ethical
skin of Culture
the real
brick
and
occupying
45
tic sp irited
significance
of the
feet
wide
by stone,
150 feet
long. It a is lot
con-
cnce Against the Ukrainian Massa- soon
The ticket included him also, and •ae they."
the
money
could
be
raised.
walking dis-
But soon he would retract this.
cress" under whose auspices the gath -
as dear to his parents as lae
The offices of the Detroit Patriotic
movement,
and what
it meant
for
the
veniently
located
within districts. The
''It's
a
lie.
My
eyes
don't
hurt.
I
Jews
Ile
hesitates
not
to
call
it
a
lance
of
the
downtown
cring was arranged, opened the meet-
having placed all records of other children. Still, he did not leave
spacious proportions of the lot allow
with the others. Those who had sent can see the tiniest words in the
ing with a recital of the pogrom's toll Fund,
ing life in the European countries. An subscriptions to the Fund last year in
of
form of 'degenerate Judaism.' I call for the erection of a suitable addition
the
ticket
had
warned
the
family
a
sidur."
in the near future. The first floor
Levine, the hands of the committee, all cards
And a sudden desire would seize it a synagogue without a God.
authentic report of Isaac Don
times that if any one of
jewt sh names were separated thousand
comes to
quarters
with conSists of a large reception hall, liv-
proceeded
to close
'evolve
an adulterate
them had sore eyes he should not him to raise himself over the roof- ter "He
a war correspondent, published in the bearing
Hunt- Iota cassified. The record of Jewish dream of starting out for America. tops and fly all the way to America ethical culture when he says that Ad- ing room, dining room, kitchen, and
Chicago Daily News, gives the
her of murdered in appalling num- contributions for 1918 and 1919 were
America," they wrote, "eyes are and show them his eyes, and how well
The second
and where it was found
religion.' lie avoided the concepts of a room that will be outfitted
for an
anti- compared,
le
y , ,, , was "In
hers. Pogroms. instigated by
the main thing. Eyes are examined he could see.
faith floor
administrative
contains seven
office. rooms to be fur-
have that the subscription this
"But they won't let me in," he sud- God and Godhood. He declared bring
Semities, in 325 cities in Ukraine
hall
s
than
last
year.
the
name
of
the
of hun-
was given to a member of the just like heads. Heads must be clean,
to be of 'no importance.' He gave
- for living quarters, a large
but eyes are more important. The denly reminded himself.
taken their toll in the his
innocent donor
And he grew enraged—just as them a religion that would .
deeds and thousands of
rooms finished in white tile and
he shaming of ten thousand committee, who will interview the shrewd Yankee likes eyes to be in when the sexton of the shut wouldn't them no preoccupation to conflict nished
the purpose of having him good condition. So be careful."
l Jews,
ittle , in t
fit marble.
for a living
The room,
third floor
and consists
four bath
of
wholesale murder of d olor With
the parents began to let him in when the cantor was sing- with their affairs, which would He
Women, in the
,
increase
his
subscription.
Frightened
them
more
aptly
for
the
life
of
freed them from their past. And our a large hall suitable for a dormitory,
Entire t o, ".' s h ave
children.
It was discovered that hundreds of examine the children's eyes, and they ing. lie wanted to curse them, but how spectable
mss-
material
dominion.'
author,
with
biting
sarcasm,
says,
three
rooms
for
living
quarters,
one
Wiped out, whole colonies
he
Jews who contributed substantial discovered, to their dismay, that the
been
oldest boy, Gershon, aged 15, had bad could he when his parents, and broth-
Jewish houses looted, Jewish
sated,
Jewish
property
seized. In one city, after 8 amounts last year did not contribute
crs, and sisters, and uncles, and aunts
of
the
Jewish
'The Society of Ethical Culture met bath It room,
,. a dollar this year. The names of all
is the and
in a room which will
days of continued butchery, 5.500 lives of these are known and will be cis• ejes.
"Woe is me! What shall we do were there?
01
No, he did not want to curse Amer- their problem. It was free, not only devoted to sewing facilities.
taken, Column alter column
lie with him?" and the mother began
house
not
only
a center for all ac-
Were
of
the
suppressed
demands
of
the
ica—the
best
thing
to
do
would
be
to
indisputable statistics, read by Mr. iteil by a member of the committee. t
J ewish soul, but even of the odium Woman's
Club
club
tivities but
also to to make
serve its as new
a home
her we'd
hands.
Abramovitz, spoke mutely of the At the end of the campaign a full lis wringing
"Perhaps
better wash them have a good cry, but this was forbid-
of the Jewish name.'
wholesale killing, the tragedy and the of all Jewish contributions will
•
with a comparative record with lead water," the father tug den.
a
letter
from
And
Frank
is
right.
For
to
bear
Jewish
priestly
service
to
God
and
to
live
in
the
atmosphere
of
Jewish
"
Howe% er, when
of the Jews in the stricken published
the Jewish name and to stand for the for employed Jewish girls who desire
plight
subscription.
ad-water? Woe is me," "home" arrived, and he read the first
The diabolical, fiendish of last year's
of the campaign commit- getter!.
countries.
!what ! l e
drop such a house is apparent to all who
Members
the mother groaned. "We must go words, "M y dear son," he could no
methods of torturing the Jew devised
to of
pay
price in which
companionship.
"The
necessity
for
longer restrain himself. A stream of Godhood
the name means
and role
the a Jew
his- are
acquainted with
living
conditions
by the inhuman Cossacks, recited tee will report personally to Director
says
in And
to see
the
doctor."
the
doctor,
after examining hot tears flowed from his eyes, and as the world is still exacting.
graphically by the speaker, brought Adolph Finsterwald•
Mrs. flax May, l'resident of the J ew-
The following members are active
is decidedly
the ready t ears.
committee Messrs. Adolph Gershon's eyes, declared that he had each tear fell, it seemed to him that it tory is the easier way and the easiest not
for the
Jewish Club.
girl in It
Detroi
Woman's
trachoma, and that it wool(' take a was drawing him further and further
on the
not our purpose to create an institu-
Poet Asks Protest.
Finsterwald, chairman: Julian Krolik,
way is never the nobler way."
away from America, from his home.
tional home for homeless girls. We
long time to cure them.
And at this thought he began to
Henry Rosenblatt, J ewish poet of Ike Goldberg, Abe Shiffman, Harry
''Long to cure?" the mother ex-
desire only to furnish the proper en-
Grant, Walter Fuchs, Albert Schloss,
note, who acted as chairman, moved
claimed, again wringing her hands. cry in real earnest.
vironment for the employed self-
Jacob Roth, Samuel Ileavenrich.l
his audience with his impassioned
But the ticket will soon expire."
supporting and self-reliant Jewish girl
• h Families
plea for the sympathy and assistance Nathan Gross, Israel Himelhoch, Mil
with 3,000 Refugee Jeans
The
doctor,
however,
insisted,
who finds herself alone in the city
ton A. Alexander. Nathan Robinson,
Starving in Constantinople
of American Jewry.
the cold-bloodedness of a murderer,
with no means to meet Jewish peo-
:Sfax
Lielserman,
Saul
Sarasohn,
Mel-
"Through the centuries Jews have
"You'll have to leave him here•
Montreal, Canada—hIrs.
Clarence plc and to be in touch with things
Constantinople---(lver 3.000 Ukrain-
Canada—
learned to die," lie said, "they have ville Weft; flounce Dreyfuss, Fred
They'll not admit him."
girls
fan Jewish families who have come 1• de Sola, of Montreal, formerly Jewish. There are many Jewish
learned to suffer under the iron heel M. But zel, 'Clarence Enggass, Harry
s
beep
rooming. nhioounsseisphe
Gershon burst into tears.
,sso, B heill se I juliolt dsin) ictil,i odfecColreatt!eeldantt)ly living
of the oppressors; they were taught Frank, Joseph J. Cummins, Nathan
"Don't crv—woe is me," the mother here recently are in a despe
na slot
crav e jeiss
ge
1.
Gould,
Morris
Friedberg,
Sam
to sacrifice themselves during the
cried out. "You'll make your eyes dition, owing to their lack of food, or afi
!
the means with which to obtain it. 01
Ring Albert of Belgium, with the Or- number of these girls will prefer to
Spanish inquisition—but always for Stimmerfield, Harry Gerson, John
J. 11.
Ili. Lasky, Max May, worse."
fists refuges
in the Ukraine,
and
here der of Queen Elizabeth. The official live at the club, others will use our
"Of course he mustn't cry," the These
fled from
the reached
pogrom-
an ideal. We are ready to die as ma
tyrs. but not as flies. We are ready Albert Hecht, Simon D. Rosensweig,
so Gershon had to look on by way of Odessa. They crossed the notification states that His Majesty, facilities
their Woman's
spare moments."
!The in
Jewish
Club has ten(
doctor added.
to offer our supreme sacrifices on the
in small boats and many of the King of the Belgians, has been
altar of a great ideal, but not to be Morris Weis, Henry Wittman, An-
sea
brothers
were
getting
ready
for
the
them
died
on
the
way
as
a
result
of
pleased
to
confer
on
Madame
Clar-
tatively
educational
adopted
work
an
extensive
at
the
club plan
house,
of
altar
butchered, to be wiped out as rep- drew
Wineman, !lorry
Ben B.
Jacob, Julius
Will- while his parents and sisters and Black
iam Friedman,
Keidan,
race I. de Sola the Order of Queen n conjunction with its established
M orris Gar-
tslii,e, gree i i, -. ii
tiles. But this is no time for demon-
elSrl(i)z,:isbeat,l,idildierveoetoegdnisteiornicoefs gantherel.iaerf
Selling, journey. And he was to remain exhaustion and exposure.
practice of offering educational schol-
strations or honeyed phrases. We Berman, Dave Stocker.
arships to capable Jewish girls.
are here to protest against those in- Rabbi
vett. Ben
Ginsburg,
Joseph
Leo M.
Franklin,
Rabbi Seng,
A. M.
g fiat l i ls cil inertigni
,A
di ie, r eedoiturfietcht
Courses in the following subjects will
Hershman, Rabbi Judah L. Levin,
connection e I
humanities.
Rabbi Samuel S. alayerberg.
work. Mrs. de Sola is the wife of the be offyred to all members and classes
will be arranged when a sufficient
Rabbi Levin Speaks.
Chevalier Clarence 1. de Sola who is
❑
Belgian consul at Montreal, and on number
evince an interest
in each
Rabbi Judah Is Levin. the first
, Religious
LOAN BANKS AND SHIPS
the course! Jewish History
speaker, made a stirring appeal to the
-
whom was recently conferred
TO AID JEWISH RELIEF
Order of Leopold. the highest order Work. General History, Modern Lan
Jews of America to voice their pro-
test to their senators and congress-
of
Belgian
knighthood.
Chevalier
de
—
man in Washington that the atroci-
Sola
is very
prominent
in organiza-
public af- tic Science, Dressmaking. Millinery,
New York—Owing to the many
many
of Canadian
the
women's
ties committed against Jews in l'o-
fairs
in the
metropolis,
and Stenography,
guages, Hebrew,
Literature
and English
other subjects
for
important events which have taken
Mrs. Clarence de Solo is very active and Composition, Art, Music, Domes-
land and Ukraine be stopped.
,n connection with the relief
re- piace
,
"At a time when the world is
work of American Jewry for our
and cultural character, and is sides the educational advantages, it
joking over the triumph of democ-
tions of Montreal, both of Abdo!- which there may be a demand. Re-
,
joicing
oretaren
across the ocean, this week
racy over autocracy, when the Jews ,
maw be regarded 1, as a great relief i
thropie
N
of the world should receive consols-
one of Montreal's social leaders. She is
planned to sponsor a program of
-_, , ,
ticipate.
for their sacrifices on the altar Wet, i n N ew :Of—.
is graduate in philosophy of Western entertainments in which all may par-
Without doubt the most important
To Be Self-Governing.
of that ptinciple, at a time when pas-
's declaration
Reserve University of Cleveland and
cots mourn the loss of their sons in event iS Mr. Warburg
While there will he a capable house
concerning the loan bank and the ex-
is a member of the McGill Alumni
battle, comes the blood-curdling ttor-
pedition department which the joint
Association.
In her native city she waa a prom- manager in charge of the club, the
ics of the pogroms.
distribution committee intends to es-
"It is impossible that the voice of
tablish. The project is that the joint
Mem
graduation
worker
from
along
Western
charitable
Reserve
and et mil by the girls
themselves.
Ko-
n_
e di
America—the land that stands for
oo d w ill h e serve d i n th
distrilintion committee should obtain
educational
and following her „h er f
equality and justice and righteousness ships for the sending of food to Eli- conduct of lines
the house
will
be customs
gov
Mrs. de ing rooms,
and Jewish
and
e
—should remain quiet at this outrag
ceremonials during the holy days and
rope and on the return trip these
she devoted herself to a number of
A man who will not go to the rescu
ships are to bring to our shores the
Sola was one
of the founders of the festivals will be observed. Tables in
Cleveland
philanthropies.
of an innocent man attacked by
the dining rooms will be arranged to
wives and children whose bread-win-
murderer is as much a criminal as thur
is
vice-
one Friendly
of the three
presidents
the seat groups of four or five to offset
ners are in America. In this manner
Girls'
Club and
its first of
mere.;
president. 1 n Montreal al rs. de Sola any intimation of the 'boarding
We
have the passage for the J ewish immi-
head who attacks' We ask
protection and justice.
grants will cost much less than)
t osutsaetedwilitebre-
earned it."
social committee of the Victorian Or- hvaolusset"heatiguiorlssphienretheAh
steamship tickets bought from the I
THE JEWISH CIIRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.,
Rabbi Hershman Thrills Crowd.
der of Nurses. With the conferring permitted to entertain their invited
regular steantship companies.
Joseph J. Cummins, Pres.
of the title of knighthood upon her guests, and on occasions will be al-
Rabbi A. M. Hershman, who fol-
The American government can ter-
(Continued On Page Sht.)
Nathan J. Gould, See..Treas.
husband, Mrs. de Sola became Ma-
lowed Rabbi Levin. delivered a thrill- tainly be depended upon to direct her
dame la Chevaliere de Sola.
ing address, giving a vivid picture of sympathy for the Jewish war victims
plan
of
placing
her
existing conditions in the stricken to the practical
own ships at the disposal of the
lands.
Jewish relief workers.
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