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that this great rabbinical body also endorses the position implied in
the misquotation. It is rather in justice to that organization than
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to ourselves, that we take the pains to deal at length with this mat-
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co.. Inc.
ter. When all is said and clone, something must be basically wrong
.
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
•
President with an organization that must resort to half truths to bolster its
-
NATHAN J. GOULD -
Secretary-Treasurer cause. \Ve regret the incident mid we are prone to believe that at
le•st some of the leaders in the movement are not responsible for it.

Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit,
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Jews in the Universities

OFFICES, BOOK BUILDING

By ENOCH MEBS.

for happiness —
Who does Not crave
sprite,

That subtle and elusive

cold sight,

of reach
That dances out think
her radiant light ht.
roping Iii
.1.tt.st when toe
and g
Will pie rce our gloom for
happiness!
you thus sought

ll'Ito does not love the fragrant flowers;
Those gifts that nature holds for men—
Of wooded hills, of glade and glen,
lair or den,
Of rugged twills, where
Surpasses all that human ken
fleeting hours.
Can grasp in his short

One of our non-Jewish exchanges is very much exercised over
the influence that Jews, through their Jewish Chautauqua Society,
$2.00 per year their Menorah Society, and their Jewish Student Congregations, arc
Subscription, in advance
exercising in the great institutions of learning throughout the land.
c. the love of friends-
Who does not en,.
. The 'wax-1y', Toholi-souleil, sincerie kind,
To insure publicafion,. alb correstAnderice and news matter must each Fear is expressed that through these activities the intellectual lead-
s'yli-traNti.tstotuf, open mnd
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
ers of the 'coming days will be tainted with Jewish teachings to the
' fl
forgive, yet are nat
Can
faults
great
disadvantage
of
the
future
leadership
of
the
church.
Editorial Contributor
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
t' 1/101.S 1/10.0 PriCIOUS
Oh,
e foo t ,
O these al
heaven sd
While, to be sure, we should not bitterly complain, even if this
The gift, if seems, that
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to were the case, because we believe that the more thoroughly the
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the leaders of the coming years are imbued with Jewish ideals, the more
But happiness and fitters and love - • •
th em,
views expressed by the writers.
That titan shall sip flie joys of hem,
sure will be the progress of justice and righteousness and true
selfish tide shall
Soot 110
Whose
KISLEV
8,
5880
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919.
brotherhood in the earth, we can vet understand the fear that has
Whose every deed must he a gout,
diadem,
taken hold of some of our good churchmen.
To form a lustrous
To scintillate like stars above.
And yet, let it be said that it is not the object of any of our
"The Evangelical Test"
Jewish organizations to win a single person legitimately belonging
LOST BATTALION HERO
TO BE JEWISH FARMER
Considerable surprise was expressed its some quarters at the within the fold of Christianity, away from his normal allegiance to
action of the International Convention of the Young Men's Christian the church. All that we hope to do and in this, we beli eve we arc
ttohin
Kri
s
Associations in reaffirming this week, in no indecisive fashion, its fortunately succeeding, is to hold undiminished, the allegiance of
Philadelphia.—'\
sky, the young soldier who sav,I
stand upon the so-called "evangelical test" as a condition of full the Jew to Judaistn and the synagog. \Ve are keenly alive to the
"rile Lost Battalion” when it was
membership in the organization. For our part, we are neither sur- fact that if we can succeed its maintaining the fealty of our young
C ntinued front page 1
completely surrounded in the Argon-
ne Forest, is now a student of
prised nor shocked as some claim to be at this action. Rather, Ave men and young women who are now in college, we will have laid
freedom
of
the
kitchen
and
loweit
h l
•
would express to the Y. M. C. A. our whole-hearted admiration for the foundation for the permanence of our faith in the coming years. limit; ante to entertain in par ge- National Farm School, an agricultura
J e wis
Adsi .istrative details and arranhape institution supported by
We stand definitely committed to bringing the message of Juda-
its courage and candor in making plain its position beyond the per-
s ng
Krotoshinsky was a pri-
ism to our young men and young women in those crucial years, menti tr placing the house in
adventure of doubt or question.
gi
are a the hands of an
K of the 307th In-
According to the platform as laid down, which is nothing new when getting their first taste of philosophy and science. they arc comii
ii es which will later be termed v ate in Company
was stir
hat
'• ran fantry w hen his battalion
re
but only a reaffirmation of the traditional stand of the organization, likely to assume the skeptic attitude, but who—properly directed— th e I use C.oininittt t.
the A rgonne Fost.
NAM(
s sent out —
is I of Mrs . mom,.
none but .Thembers of evangelical churches are eligible to full mem- will become, each of them, an element of strength in the uphoilding
Runner
after
runner
wa
loseph Rosenzweig, Mrs. •
t
through
the
bership or to hold office its the organization. By this token, Uni- of our faith. We find these young men and women peculiarly Pohl Weinman, Mrs. Henry Krolik, Al V0111111(.0%5-1, ge g relief. Every
tarians, Universalises, Catholics, and Jews are excluded from such responsive to the teachings of Judaism because they arc based on Mrs. C. , E. Saulson. Mr.. I). W. Sim- enemies lines to brin
• soon as he went
a ta
reason and not on myth or miracle. There is nothing in the dog- ons, MI • Hugo Freund, Mrs. Henry 111311 was 10o.
U11,1, 111 11 , • kV Wl . 111 O M,
participation.
AMP
•
Mtn"' i.a.
We have absolutely no fault to find with this position which, imttic teachings of our faith that calls for an overturning of natural Fechinu M iss
front girls for accotn-1 in full crew of the crlemY..aud waved
Lost Battalion." Ina striking
item f"
levy
from the standpoint of a society avowedly constituted for the further- law. In the control of law, and not in its overthrow
"'rile
in the house.
A pplications
ons
tit-Mati
ueb•
te.
.submitted
to Mrs.
Monroe editorial, which recently appeared
in
ance of evangelical Protestantism, is the only logical position which God. It is beret se this teaching doevetatls so closely with the
versot tos, : 1 f itist k ii■ c.
.
e
.ir a ks "t1;,i;nris) ,raK
IshespNokeewi., fork
11■ V j I.i(hfC. 111 . nay b
f
k room. Iau.....11,4.,
could be taken. The frank admission that the gymnasium facilities, tags thd
hat t e stu ent receives its his c uuss
Rosenfield, 995 Se cowl \
NI:atilt
the study classes, and other social service forms of activity which to his t ast e.
. and ex-Governor
Work of Girls'mitt o-operative Com- brave:
Gyhm, of New York, referred to the
itsel
Cee.
. s
Perhaps if th Lwtoiitittr.ttlhitg
• -I
are carried on by the Y. M. C. A. are but so many levers intended
in
.()Iellitligd
[he opening of the new club house boy in even more glowing terms
,r.
o,e
e tillic esial
ra t ) uN' "s)illiilrdita:sl'eeksesesittslesel f styoniatgso)g
to lift their patrons into the evangelical church, should serve, how- men and young
T.l w
igorous
appeared
, editoriahich
vl
Ti
.
'
ewed
a
•
I
n
t
lie
.
ay be vi
k k
resu It s. '
' w -f aLtory
-
un , s ,
n)
ever, to make clear to Catholics, Jews and others not identified with its institutions, it would attain equally tisfactory
at 45 Ro ena street m
of the in v le : ta
the Co-operative
crowning achievement
evangelical Protestanism just what they have a right to expect at meantime, We may syr.s.ielsize.. with el fears of our contemporary • as
Girls
committee which nor's paper. l'art of Governor Glynn's
...s•
at the j • ,--- —d.
the hands of the "Y."
ist in wt..' ...oversities,•liut for all that, we was appointed last Spring to help tribute follows: Governor Glynn.
- )1
Tribute of
teaching our doctrines and hoping to hull solve the problem of the employed
\Ve have always held that it was the purpose of this Assodatnp
go on consistently
-
Jewish girl without home affiliations.
to do the very thing that it now so definitely states to be its.o16..... • to the synagog in ever firmer allegiance, those who rightfully belong The appointment of this committee "In that war for democracy, 200,-
,u-,.nate
was one Of the first executive acts of OM Jewish lads from the United
aim. And vet, strangely enough , we did not in the r--
an d
the President, Mrs. Max May, whose States fought beneath the Stars one
not now, seriously object to our Jewish boys takeand we do to us.
administration
has
already
proven
to
Stripes.
In
the
77th
Division
al
..ng advantage, for a
res0f
00 them, and in the
stipulated fee, of such equipment as the A•
14,
h history there were
A Reconstruction Conference
ost successf •tll i n te
this division captured
.ss'ociation is willing to put
b e the m
at their disposal. For our part, we
. The members Argonne Fot
s show s that,
of
the
organization
e
believe
that
if
Judaism
is
so
m
of
the
Girls
Co-operative
C.omitte
54
German
guns.
Thioys f
he
weak a thing that our boys can b..
A Reconstruction Conference of the Orthodox Congregations of
t
h who may well feel Proud of the ir at Argonne, Jewish brom
so
easily
lured
away
from
their
e
ancestral moorings, that parti'
America, called to meet in New York City from November 29to good work are: Mrs. Monroe Rosen- ..ii,tet, -tates fought for dmocracy,
e Aniale -
of the "Y" is likely to up'' ,etpation in the social service features to December 2nd, contemplates the consolidation of the forces f field. Chairman; Mrs. Leo M. Frank-
:1 olsi t i
Altralian!
s Mrx. Iler- as
Joshua
fought
th
kites
on the
glan against
slot be criticized but r:' mermine their faith, that the "Y" should Orthodox Judaism in America and the strengthening of Orthodoxy I . , tufts. Joseph Ehrlich,
address
on
the
so-called
i
Krolik,
sol
Airs. Henry
h owever,
1 b Colonel Whittle-
I1111 1 Cohen, M
as a factor its developing the Jewish life of this country.
IP\--Ather we ourselves.
' " D .
Wolf Kaplan.
sey, Major-General Alexander shows
hundreds of bo *ye no fear of any such result. We have known
Such a conference ought to have very notable effects for good if Mrs.
In order to hold property legally the fighting stuff these Jewish boys
this
ization mni# ,s who have enjoyed the privileges of the local organ- it succeeds in its purposes. Among the Orthodox Jews of result and to facilitate the transaction of
some way or an-
an's Clu b were made of. Ill
thiis spirt , to their own physical advantage and in no sense to country there exist wide and far-reaching differences, with the
ess n the Jewi
businbee
sh WomArticles of other NVIiittlesey's command was sur-
rporated.
. .itual disadvantage. To be sure, something depends upon that within their ranks there are parties so widely separated its sym- has
rounded. They were short of rations.
incorporation, constitution. by-laws,
to the
the personnel of the Olen in charge of the particular organization. pathy and in outlook as practically to represent different sects in
general They tried to get word back
. •11 be submitted to a December
l' I t They
Y
rear telling t h it ey tr t i it e d, h ut t h e i r me „
In Detroit, we have men of broad vision associated with the V. M. ewry. This fact accounts among others for the almost unlimited membership next Monday,
tr i e d and
c-
C. A. Sonic other cities may not be so fortunate. But even there, J number of Orthodox synagogs its our great cities, each one pfraco 1st. The articles of incorporation , ' ever got through. Paralysis and
conscious-
- state the general purposes of the „ stupefaction and despair were in the
the principle holds. We must Sc) strengthen the Jewish th
tically a competing force against every other. Wiels a spirit o
°1-
ewish W°man's Club to he as f
air. And when the hour was darkest
ness of our boys that absolutely nothing cats undermine eir faith. operation well developed among his different organizations, the J, lows:
,
To better the living conditions' and all seemed lost,
a soldier lad
If we succeed in doing this, the re-assertion of the "evangelical test" Orthodox JON, could gain a more notable place of power its the
1.
w ard, a nd said to Col.
to improve the environment of I stepped f o r
as basic to the "Y" need its no sense disturb our complacency so far community life than its some instances he presently enjoys. It is and
the Jewish women employes of De- W'hittlesey 'I will try to get through.'
as our boys are concerned. And as a matter of fact, it does not an old story that a house divided against itself will not stand.
trout; and to this end to provide and , Ile tried, he was wounded, he had
to
rough.
crawl, but hue got th
What applies to the Orthodox Jew is true in principle also of the maintain a home for Jewish women , croeep and
y lie wears t he Distihed
nguis
disturb us in the least.
I
Tda
many cities, Reform congregations represent just employes.
A
To spread the benefits by schol-.Service Cross. and his name is BRA-
Reform Jew'. In
so many competing forces. As a result, communities arc divided ar 2. ship loans and to do every act that 1 Il A M K wrrosilIN SKY."
We Are Waiting
s
a
barb er
des man, who wa
and the esprit de corps of the Jewish citizenry which should make
e
help 111 the educational and spir-1 This young iring to continue th
\Ve arc patiently waiting to see certain names of our co-religion- for effective work along all lines of Jewish endeavor is broken may
itual uplift of the Jewish women of by
trade, life which the army afforded.
outdoor
• licit
ists added to the list of donors to the l'atriotic Fund. We are wait- down. In view of all these facts, the results of the Reconstruction Detroit.
has chosen scienti
,
ing with equal patience also to see the amounts set opposite certain Conference will be carefully watched by all elements its American
3. To engage in philanthropic agriculture as his future profession
through the maintenance of the and has applied for admission to The
other names in something like proportion to their ability and duty Jewry. Perhaps the conference may point the way to better things work
petin$ lunch in the Detroit public National Farm School.
without limit. Shall it be neces-
schools and every other means cal-
The Board of The National Farm
to give. But our patience is not
its every phase of Jewish work.
culated to promote the well being of School, considering the extraortli n -
sary, before this Drive is successfully over, to openly put to shame
1 • th e
the
inhabitants
of
Detroit.
those who have failed to do their duty, or will self-respect and a
ary circumstances
the
4. To do educational and philan- case , c old do no less that% waive and
The Zion Commonwealth
sense of humanity come to their aid and bid them do the thing that
l
thropic work in genera
age of admission (16 to 20 years)
in all conscience they ought to have done long ago?
help him to attain his laudable am-
Activities in Full Swing.
For some time past, one of the authorized agents of the so-called
To every man and every woman in the Jewish community who "Zion Commonwealth" has been in our city, selling shares its the
t to .
Among the many important p las
has not yet adequately contributed to the Patriotic Fund, these
organization which proposes to buy land in Palestine for the settle- of social work in which the Jewish Alexander Goldstein, of San Fran-
is
active
and
which
at
words arc addressed as a personal message.
cisco, has been re-appointed by Gov-
ment there of Jews who may choose to make their homes its the land Woman's Cl uh

Telephone Cherry 3381

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THE QUEST

ISH WOMAN'S
CLUB HOME

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the present time has aroused consid- ernor William D. Stephens as a mem-

Half Truths

erable favorable comment is the Im- ber of the California State Welfare
of their fathers.
It seems well, therefore, to say just a word as to this undertaking migration Committee consisting of Commission.
tiga te the Mrs. D. W. Simons, Mrs. NVilliam
at this time. While we have haul no opportunity to inves
the Rindskopf. Mrs. M. Benmosche, and
a
ut who are bcking
Miss Jennie Gordon. This committee JEWISH CALENDAR.
details Of the Zion Commonvvealels, the o
movement and in whose number are included the most representa- e has been the means of re-establishing
at th communication between Jewish fam-
tive nien in the Zionist Organization of America, indicate tha the ilies in Detroit and their relatives in
50S0-1010
21
organization is founded in good faith and that the interests f
!OTC
the war stricken countries. In most New Year'. Ese ......... Wed..
...at..
Wt.
Klarae
cases relatives had not been heard Y om
participating stockholders will be reasonably safeguarded.
Thur...
Oct.
9
of
the
from since 1914. All other activities Sureoth (neat DnyI
ver, is the relation hi
Sueeoth Moat Day—Shemin'
What concerns us, especially,
of the club are now in full swing.
who—while
setting
mself
h
Atmeret
Jewi sh
Zion Commonwealth to the non-Zi on
howe
o
otettnitt Tornh
Jewish s tate its The present officers follows:
Pre - sd
rri
...N li : :: :" . .2 2 1 47 3 4
are as
its opposition to the proposed establishment of a reh
:{11:17:711. h11:''I
tat ion of W oman s rs. Club as
M ay ; First Vice- t,',:",::::::.;;"014,,
Palestine—yet stands committed to assist its the abili
ident,
y II. Sulzberger; 5.hnnot‘oh
A study of the situationn President. Mrs. Mater
.,
2 .
the land for those who care nuncts
to dwel
Second Vice-President. Mrs. Benja- Itofteh-Chodeueh Tebeth..M on.. n ee.
y eir purp
al there
51
1)".
min
Lambert;
Recording
Secretary,
nose-ono ""I"
would indicate that such me
Mrs. M eyer Frank ; Corresponding'
effectively by furthering the cause of the Zion Commonwealth.
or Trbeth Shebot.."Weudr.,*".11.nlonn..21
be acquired. We Secretary Miss Edith Weisman; EH t•wa
lloach-Chodeseis
That Jews may settle in Palestine, land must
1
i. 7,,;„ F;tr . i i.:
to the situation, nancial Secretary, Miss Fanny Simon: 1%,";,'"l'..."
: 1. h"1
, ..„dToltrli:th':,.,
know nothing of our personal knowledge in regard
,
Inr. 2o
the Zion Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower;
AU"
ItomeTs-Chodeseh Nissan— Sat.. ■
Custodian, Mrs. Henry Krolik;
but we are advised by those who ought to know, that
enaehl
ttt,
ri ng
ditor,
Mrs.
Monroe
Rovnfield.
The
•
14.,,,o
i y l i
i
A
Commonwealth furnishes the most available means of acqui
.4 (rz
dE 1 . g . hi: bu r. ). 1 : . S i i. ::1: . A ::: i t r
f rNoliriks., it Fr hh". ( e ,,,eho”
rcsonisliesiti sr y oK
T
portion of the land that will be needed fur the settlement of IILLardm.ofF,DaTiirkeicintorNsi
Is

We have received a half-page advertisement appearing its a news-
paper published in an eastern city, in which we are reported to have
said certain things which, taken out of their content, represent one
of those half truths than which nothing else is moue dangerous.
rently
The quotation is part of a display advertisement, appawhich
paid for by friends of the League of Industrial Democracy,
met its this city simultaneously with the General Convention of the
Episcopal Chords. When we were invited to addressthe particular
ere tinder the
meeting to which the utdvertisement refers, w e w
f gather-
impression that it was but one of the very large number of
part of the General Convention of the piscopal
ings that were a
Church then in session. It was not until after we arrived at (
ie
erecting, and its proceedings haul begun, that any intimation
given that this was a separate organization representing the radical
element of the labor party in the church.
rsentment at this, for we have much sym-
Itiwever, we felt 110
pathy with the attempt on the part of the laboring classes to better
their condition so long as they strive to attain their ends by due least a
process of law and with full regard to the rights and the privileges Jesys there.
of other social and industrial groups. But we (I() most heartily
resent a portion of our address being printed out of its context and
in such anner
as to deceive the reader as to our proper position
m
industrial problem in a time of unrest such as (Isis through
upon the
which we arc passing.
For this reason, we would quote a paragraphs from our address
which we happen to have well in mind, since we have expressed the
same sentiment on numerous occasions, viz.:
JEWISH SPIRITUAL LIFE

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st
oLaatte,xett
vult n ay) .....
-c
d Mrs. Rosa T. Rosenfield, honor- ' R
Sbuot h (Conar mallo s D
=a
ary directors; Miss Anna Solomon, ha
Mrs. Harry Jacobs, Miss Hattie Gittle- Rouels-Chodelseh Tammuz ....... .. 7.n!
man, Miss Sadie Keidan, Miss Emma IrwIt of T1.11.1.11 .. . ...... N.111":17,3;linil
1•;,
Butzel, Mrs. Oscar Rosenberger, It tweh-Chodeiteh Ab .................. JJ1.101; 2
Mrs. D. Courlander. Mrs. Henry Van Fold oe Ab
,
Sat.,
Astir.
1
Baalen, Miss Mildred Simon. Miss Itnach-Chode ■ ch Ellul
6981-1 920
Theresa Alexander, Mrs.
Marx, Miss Jennie Gordon. Mrs. A. ..,_
7 ;f erne i .,
1
Eve ■t ..... g .
Ye
Marguerite " ..c., „-::;.
Mrs.
Cohen,
J Lapin
or.eedIrkr
.
Hirsc hman.
Iv published n wspaper accost ts Mr Brown, Miss Sadie e
Harris contradicted reports that there
is
a
thriving
congregation
in
Honolulu
"Unquestionably, much of the unrest among the labor classes is due
IN HAWAII AWAKENED
f 60 Jewish families. that
long period. Rut today.
compose d
to the over-reaching of capital through a very
this congregation posseses a Torah pre-
of
orgatti:ation
and
numbers'
Labor is in the saddle, largely by virtue
sented by a former Hawaiian queen, and
Honolulu—Beyond the American
and by the ownership and control to a limited extent at least, of the
now shores the department of Synagogue that a Jewish cemetery is maintained.
The Offices of
There is no sign of a congregation, the
implements of production. Yet, in all fairness, it must lie said that
has shown itself more tyran- and School Extension has gone in its Torah was merely loaned on an occasion
THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
work.
The
department
is
helping
to
in-
that labor has begun to taste of power, it
when services were held and is now in
capital was at its worst."
still a religious element into the Jewish the possession of the former royal fam-
nous, more unfair, and more autocratic than
are now permanently located at
This sentiment is not endorsed by the League of Industrial community of Honolulu by providing ily, and the cemetery has been aban-
prayerbooks doned, Mr. Harris explains. With the
Democracy, and struck—we fear—a rather inharmonious note in the sermons for holidays and services
1334 BOOK BUILDING
at
in th h
and hymnals, for use at
assistance of several other religiously
gathering to which we addressed ourselves.
city. Press notices of holidays, for pub- inclined men, Mr. Harris hopes to re-
Washington Boulevard
The whole matter would have been passed by in silence by us, lication in Honolulu newspapers have vive services. The paraphernalia of the
except for two considerations: the first is that already noted, that also been furnished.
Telephones. Cherry 3381.2689
defunct congregation is available. inter
It is
the prominent publicity given to a portion of our address misrep- The call for aid in arousing the dor• e believed that the Torah may ago
wed from the former rulers of
resents our position entirely. The second is, however, more impor- want spiritual life of the Jew in th I
tant. We are quoted as "The President of the Central Conference Hawaiian
capitol came from Mr. Victor
Harris, who resides there. In previous. Hawaii.

Announcement

of American Rabbis," and by that token, the implication is given