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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
PISGAH LODGE INITIATION
if they follow the impulse to express the spirit of the season by the
giving of gifts, then, in heaven's name, let them give them to
She will add enthusiasm and ardor and
those who are hungering and thirsting for the elemental necessi-
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MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
the exalted spirit of justice and sym-
•
ties
of
life.
Mary-
J.
icated to the Order. David
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.
Pampered, petted children who have everything that heart can m ont, Dr. Hilliard W. Goldstick, pathy.
"Let us rejoice that the great War
President desire—yea, and so much that their sense of appreciation is neces- Itlanfred L inick and I. L. Braun were which has ended on paper has brought
-
•
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
•
during
the
initiation.
The
conspicuously
to the notice of the
Secretary-Treasurer sarily stunted—will be loaded down with still more gifts, while
— soloists
-
NATHAN J. GOULD -
world, the thousands of men—
other children, hungry and cold, well nigh naked, will perh "I,'' other members of the chorus are whole
Aaron Silberblatt, Maurice Steingold, their heroism, patriotism and sacri-
Postoffi ce at Detroit, receive nothing unless some organization of good fellows will
Entered as second-class matt er March 3, 1916, at the
H. J. Goodman, Wilfred Gold- fice—of American citizens of Jewish
search them out and give them the tiny token which, however Dr.
Mich., und er the Act of March 3, 1879.
and ell, A. La- faith, and the service flags in each
man, Samuel M
Cohen and Nathan Scholnick. Al Lodge Room, side by side with the
slight it be, will make glad their hungry hearts.
of the Republic, are twin em-
Every pulpit in the land, at this season of the year, ought to Frank, local pianist, played all the
OFF CES, BOOK BUILDING
I flag
blems to inspire love of duty, devo-
ring with a sermon on the ethics of gift-giving. At least, this accompaniments.
Telephone Cherry 3381
tion and self-sacrifice; and no great-
Entertainment for Ladies.
suggestion ought to count; for every dollar that you spend in
While the initiation was in prog- er monument can be erected than the
$2.00 per year
a needless gift to some well-to-do friend who is not depend- ress, a charming and varied musical loyal support of the members of the
'Subscription, in advance
ent upon your' bounty, spend another dollar in n a gift for some entertainment was presented in the Order on and in behalf of the liberty
,
and news matter_ must reach
To insure publication, all correspondence
poor, broken;iningry,,Wretched human being who,'for your good.- smaller banquet room for the •ladies Which we enjoy 'and which we must
evening
of
each
week.
'
•
accompanied inernIferhsig' pros- aid to perpetuate for all time."
by
Tuesday
this office
ributor ness, will feel himself- inde bted . to you to the end of time,e latter who
,.... Miss' At the suggestion of ligr. Freund,
oective members to the,
Your own vanity may not be satisfied so much by the
- it • - . - 4 Editorial Contributor
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN -
Lenore Kaufman, mezzo-soln'ano, de- a message expressing the love and
gift as by the former, but if there is within you a spark of true lighted her hearers with three beau- devotion the members of Pisgah
subiects of interest to
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on an
ballads, "Song of the Soul," "For Lodge bear Hon. Simon Wolf and an
indorsement of the humanity, you will feel a greater sense of inward joy for having
Jewish
people,
but
disclaims
responsibility
for
the
You Alone" and "Mighty Like a expression of their appreciation of his
done the thing that will put a moment's joy into some heart that Ulu!
views expressed by the writers.
Repeatedlyy encored, Miss continued devotion to the Order, was
Rose."
KISLEV, 27, 5C89 is starved for a touch of human sentiment.
Kaufman sang "A Wonderful Thing ordered sent to Washington by wire.
DECEMBER
19,
1919.
FRIDAY,
Has Come Into My Life." Miss Syl-
Mr. Alexander Opens Program.
ADLER VS. SCHULMAN.
via Goldsmith, talented young singer,
Milton M. Alexander served as
few
humorous
numbers.
a
rendered
toastmaster and proved a very ca-
CHARITY AND MERCHANDISING. It is unfortunate that in this late day forward-looking men
and My Little Banjo," a darky pable presiding officer, keeping his
ballad, and "Daddy's Sweetheart" audience entertained with a fund of
Within the past ten days the country has been flooded with should find it necessary or expedient, under any circumstances, "Me
indulge in theological controversy. It argues a poverty of con- were included in her program. She humorous stories and anecdotes, one
literature, printed in Yiddish and English, of an organization with to
was accompanied by Miss Louis Ly-
the most agreeable features of the
headquarters in New York, which styles itse lf "The American structive issues and of truly vital problems. It is therefore to be n Finzel's special orchestra played of
introductions being their brevity and
to have stored in especially regretted that Dr. Schulman permitted himself, in a classic and popular selec tions.
standpoint o f its theological cla Due to the excellent arrangement point.
Clothing Relief Corporation," and which claims
in opening the program of the ,
warehouses in Warsaw several hundred thousand dollars' worth recent address, to attack from r. c Felix Adler is the champion.
characterized t h e activities evening," Mr. Alexander said, "per-
fine, new American clothing, which, upon payment therefor in implications
the cult
of which to De
e
the
It
is
entirely
legitimate
indicate
that
in
Ethical
Culture
t
h
throughout
a
t
the
day,
this
delightful
of
haps you will pardon a word or two
New York, will be delivered directly to snifering Jews in the war there is nothing of spiritual inspiration or of moral content which tertainment for the ladies and
of personal reminiscence. It seems
y more solemn and impressive initiation as though it were but three or four
districts. s combination of business and charity is likely to be so is not to be found in the old-established creeds, and particular)
ceremonies
for
the
men
concluded
weeks ago, but I know it to be more
pointy seek for it in them. It is entirely simultaneously at six o'clock.
This
who earnestl
than two years since this prophecy
alluring to thousands of Jews to whom the literature of the com- Judaism , by those
to the folly of Jews turning their
was made by a beloved friend and
Banquet
Halls
Crowded.
el
de
d
in
plac,
we
bieve,
to
e
soun
may
be
sent
that
a
word
of
warning
should
be
of the Lodge. It was at the
pally
A pleasing informal reception fol- brother
against investing money with this corporation before its status backs upon their ancestral traditions and seeking in a creed sprung
until the opening of time when Pisgah Lodge was being
and its ability to make good its claims have been fully investigated. up in a day—and, like the gourd of Jonah, perhaps destined to lowed, lasting
buffeted from within and from with-
hall
doors
at
7:30.
Be-
In writing these lines we should say that we know absolutely perish in a day—those soul-satisfactions which, if they would, tow
cause of the opportunity given 111C111- out by those who sought to loosen
ur find in the faith of their fathers.
and candidates to make reserva- the hold which we were but just se-
of th e parties con- they could surely
e
is hardly in place today to attack the validity of any hers
cern
nothi ng of thereliability or the unreliability
tions early, the two banquet halls curing upon the lowest rung of the
But it
clothing
to
the
of
furnishing
his
plan
n-
ed in the development of t
of regeneration.
thousands of our co-religionists in the war-stricken countries, cult on purely theological grounds. We fear that Dr. Schulman, were filled rapidly and with little co as ladder
"'The time is coming,' he said, 'I
fusion. As many additional guests
to the letter.
We trust is
that
such may
the out
case,
would who is, as a rule, very level-headed, as he is invariably clear in his possible were accommodated, but know the time is coming because I
Perhaps
the company
in position
to be
carry
all since
of its it contracts
offer a means to hundreds of people in this country of helping thinking, has rather opened a way for Dr. Adler's cutting response many
were turned away because of know the spirit of our people. The
m
time is coming when Pisgah Lodge
their dear ones abroad—a thing which, despite their deepest de- that
he is is not
interested
in theological
today.
The
ack of room.
incident
altogether
regrettable.
What controversies
we Jews have
a right
to l berg.
quet opene d with an invo- will have close to 2,000 members—
The T
ban
that
they
abstain
from
is
l
cation by Rabbi Samuel S. Mayer- when Pisgah Lodge will be the living
require more and more of oureaders
he prayer for the continued heart of Detroit's Jewish community,
sires, they have not yet been able to accomplish.
organization
should it be
able a to rather
successfully
out a a attacking the faith of our neighbors and build up a constructive well-being of the venerable Grand and when those who now scorn it
However,
in all candor
seems
peculiar carry
thing that
THE DEmorr JEWISH CHRONICLE
•old spurn it will shrink with shame
from the echo of their words!'
"That time is here," Mr. Alexander
declared. "Thank God, that time is
carry forward with full success. Moreover, we are entirely candid
now."
distrust in a business
which but The announcement recently made by the publishers of the
Mr. Julian Gusfield, of Chicago,
For all organization
of these reasons,
a li e Corporation."
in expressing Relief
III., chairman of the Propaganda
calls
itself
"a
. without asserting that they are grounded in knowledge, we would revised translation of the Bible, that because of the increased
committee of the entire district, was
suggest the greatest care and the most far-reaching investigation cost of labor and materials, the price of the Bible must be raised
introduced by Toastmaster Alexan-
der as the first speaker.
into the reliability of the American Clothing Relief Corporation from one dollar to one dollar and a quarter per volume, is alto-
Mr. Gusfield traced the history of
to those of our co-religionists who wish to send clothing to their gether regrettable. From the - standpoint of the publishers, un-
uestionably no other course was possible.
the Order through its seventy-five
Prayer Book are faced by a
years of existence, outlining its man-
q The publishers of the Union
brethren in Poland, Galicia, and Lithuania.
similar situation, but the Executive Board of the Central Confer-
ifold activities, and the influence for
good that it wields in this as in for-
American
Rabbis,
at
its
recent
meeting,
decided
that
in
THE ETHICS OF GIFT GIVING.
ence of conditions within Jewry today it would be highly inadvis-
eign countries in combating prejtt•
dice and anti-Semitism.
At this season of the year a mania seizes the people to spend view
able of
at this time to raise the price of the Prayer Book. These
Ile expressed the hope that the
their money for gifts which, in large measure, the recipients do conditions, however, give rise to the serious problem as to whether
next undertaking of the B'nai Brith
not care to receive, if for no other reason than that they must be the publications of all religious literature ought not be subsidized
Order would be to Americanize the
to such an extent as to make it possible to put them in the hands H on. Simon Wolf Sends Message. foreign-born and urged Pisgah Lodge
returned in kind.
by to take the lead in the great task.
ra
Wc would not for one moment protest against the spirit of of the people at a minimum pr1N. This is the case with a number
The banquet board was g graced
numerous the presence of two distinguished
Dr. Franklin Inspires Throng.
generosity and kindliness which bids men aad women express of Jewish ritual publications in England and also with
Rabbi Leo iii. Franklin, who fol-
out-of-town guests, Julian Gusfield, of
their friendship and affection for friends and dear ones through volumes used by the Christian Church in this country.
Chicago, Ill., and A. It. Scclenfreund, lowed Mr. Gusfield, delivered a brief
some token of love at appropriate times and seasons. But there
Here is an opportunity, we believe, for some big-hearted, secretary of the Grand Lodge, also but powerful talk in which he pointed
e
ligious Jew to do a real srvice
to our of Chicago. Hon. Simon Wolf, of out that the ideals for which the Jew
are two counts on which gift-giving—as it is commonly practiced
d
truly re the Prayer Book should be subsidized in \Vashington, D. C., who was confi- stands have become, as an after-
at this time—may be regarded well nigh as unethical. By com- broa-visioned,
. The Bible and
f every Jew &fitly expected to be present, was maths of the world conflict, the ideals
mon agreement, when gifts are given with the lavishness and the cause
order that they might be placed in the bands o
to conic because of the cur- of all humanity.
profusion that they are today, the desires and the needs of the throughout the land at a nominal cost. Who will be the Jew in unable of
"The position of the Jew is just a
passenger-train service, ne-
different than it has ever been
recipient are usually less considered than the vanity of the one America to see his opportunity and his duty in this time? Surely tailing
cessitated by the coal shortage. The bit
who bestows them. How true this is will be borne out by every some such man there ought to be in this country. Let us indulge following splendid and inspiring mcs before," Dr. Franklin declared.
sage, expressing his congratulations "Through all the long centuries, the
retail merchant who, immediately following the holiday season, is the hope that he will speedily come forward.
and hopes for Pisgah Lodge, received Jew cried for justice, for righteous-
swamped with requests for an exchange of gifts that have been
brotherhood,
by wire, was read by Adolph Freund: ness, for humanity, for
'1 greet one and all, sincerely hop- but his was as a solitary voice, crying
received.
Moreover, there is no due sense of proportion observed in the
. ing that the occasion which brings in the wilderness.
"The war came, and as if by magic,
you to this festive board will be one
giving of gifts. Every possible and impossible occasion is made
of joy, happiness and of permanent the cry of the Jew for all these things
an excuse for the lavish expenditure of money for presents. Time
was
taken up and the great forces of
good, not only to the Independent
was when a wedding gift was the proper thing and when, as a
he- humanity joined the Jew in crying out
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Order
of
B'nai
Brith,
but
to
our
rule, it took the form of some article of use or ornament for the
for these ideals which have been Isis
lov ed country and to all the peoples
home of the young people that was to be newly established. But
through the ages.
DEPUTY GREENBAUM MAY of the earth.
a
"For
sixty
years
I
have
been
today gifts follow the trail of men and women as they march from
HAVE TO FACE TRIAL participant and an advocate of the
(Continued On Page Five.)
the cradle to the grave. It is not to exaggerate to say that even
a
means
toward
at-
broad
and
enlightened
principles
of
before the child is born, particularly in the upper circles of society,
—
(Continued From Page 1.)
Warsaw—As
taining
their wish to rid the Polish our great Order, and have in all these
gifts begin to pour in upon the expectant mother. Birthdays from
Parliament
as
far
as possible of Jew- years watched with the keenest fin-
And
the
money
was
'lucky.
The
the first onward are times for gift-giving, the presents in these
development
and
wheel of Fate turned once more—but ish deputies, a certain faction has terest, its growth, only
ed th e ins titutions
N
earlier years of the child's life being notably of the more stupid now in their favor.
568641111
taken advantage of the series of ar- usefulness. otfound
and endowed
en
Wed., Sept. 24
sort. Once upon a time it seemed appropriate to give a young
Shloime Zalman again becomes Von titles written by Deputy Greenbaum that
Year's Eve
have
be
which have sent forth men and wo- New
'•• Sat, Oct. 4
Kippur
man or a young woman graduating with high honors from college Solomon.
Thorn, Oct. I)
in which the latter called attention to
generous ins- vont
Succoth (First Day)
s
or university some recognition in the form of a book or other When Fortune comes. she comes the guilt of Polish soldiers in the men of patriotic the andupport
Succoth (haat Day—Shernial
Thum., Oct. 16
full-handed. Letters from their chil- anti-Semetie pogroms, to accuse Pulses; not only
At ..... h
remembrance appropriate to the life of the student. Today, when dren bring cheerful reports that they
elioration of the stricken and unfor-
Fri, Oct. 17
Slmehath Torah
of insulting the army.
a child graduates from the grammar grades, it is showered with have worked their way up to success. Greenbaum
Demands were made that Deputy tunate; not only in aiding to the se- Momel,Chodeach Cheavan—FrL, Oct. 24
hooch-Chodeack Klalev Nsm, Nov. 23
articles or varying use, and when it leaves the halls of the high The one in London is an engineer! Greenbaum be put to trial on these miring of equal rights n for
the
op-
nt. Chanukah (Feast of Dedleatioal
that
sile
Wed, Dee. 17
i
school and much more of the college these gifts come in increas- Well-known! Married! He invites charges, but as a deputy of Parlia- pressed of all lands; but omrades
an
them
to
his
home
to
meet
his
young
ment,
he
is
immune
from
legal
pro-
yet
effective
spirit
of
chip
d Itoseb-Chodesch Tebeth..)1on• Dec. 22
ing quantity and value, even though the child may have made its
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cess unless such trial is recognized as equalization between man and man,
grades by the skin of its teeth and through the favor of its teachers. wife.
They rejoice wills their son's good justified by the Parliament itself. Ac- do I honor, respect and esteem this
Mora, Jan. 1
of Tebeth
Except in those comparatively few cases where religious lead- fortune for a while, and then start cordingly, the matter was brought be- great Order. It is a supreme source Fast
hooch-Chodenek Shebat ,Wed., Jan. 31
Ades...Thurs., Feb. 10
ers have expressed themselves in no uncertain terms upon the out to see the sights in London—the fore a committee of ten deputies, of happiness to me to see the young Rosch-Chodesch
Purim (Feast of FAther).Thurs. Mar. 4
poor taste involved in the giving and receiving of presents on homes, the factories, the theaters, eight of whom voted in favor of a men in Israel following joyously and Itosch.Chodeseb Nisaan...Sat.,20
and exhibitions:
trial, while two declined to vote at enthusiastically in the footsteps of Pawoot er (Pesach) Sat., April 3
such occasions, Confirmation offers another excuse to the friends concert-halls,
S at., April 10
One day they are taken to an art all. The next step is to bring the their ancestors. Be not dismayed or Passover (Eighth Day) Sun.,
April 18
discouraged by clouds that at present lioneh-Chodesek Iyar
and relatives of the confirrnant for the spending of money. Engage- museum. Imagine their surprise when
Thum, May
question before the Parliament as a
lam 'Omer
ment presents of high value and indiscriminate taste are also the they find themselves face to face with whole. It is believed that the So- obscure the horizon. These will dis- Rosch-Chodeach Sivan Tueo., May 18
.....
rule tctlay, and many times gifts far outrivalling in value those their old Chanukah lamp. They rec- cialists will obstruct the attempt to appear and the sun of good fellow- Shabuoth (Confirmation Day)
sun, May 23
opportunity will again
that a few years ago might have been given to the most fortunate ognize the old figures of the grinning hold a trial. ship and equal
rs dawn, not only for the Jew but for Ilosch-Chodeseh Tommie Wed. Jour
lions, the trees with birds, the crooked
of brides on her wedding day, must be returned when the engage- leg, the broken candle-holder.
Christian as well.
Fast of Tammu• .......... Sun., July •
saew the.
July 16
"The Executive Committee of the Ilosch-Chodeseh Ab
ment is broken, as is so frequently the case in our time.
He was not at all crazy," thinks wh At hahacson jfuesrtenb ceeenohf eJldewaitshwbaark
Rua., July 23
der has recommended the admis- Fast or Ab
Of wedding gifts it would be foolish to talk in this connection. Mr. Solomon to himself, in English.
Or
Sat., Aug. 14
Itosch-Chodesch F.1161
ic
delegates
told
of
many
instances
the how the Jewish bakers are being sion of women to full membership.
"And certainly not Elijah, the of
Many and many a person denies himself for weeks thereafter the
5(1814020
thinks Mrs. Solomon.
persecuted by the Poles, who will not This will give additional spur and im•
eon.. Sept. 12
things that he most needs because he must pay for some costly prophet,"
To voice their true sentiments, in- permit them to obtain flour and so pulse. Woman is taking her place New Tenr's Eve
ievement,
day begIna ■ t sunset of the dny
ach
'The
but useless trinket that he has given to his friend upon the wed- deed, to question, is not proper be-
make it impossible for the Jewish along l al
lines of human in t he
orecedlna
Order
?
why not be a helpmeet
fore their daughter-in-law. So they
bakers to carry on their business.
ding
ding day.
evil of gift-giving finds its climax, of course, in the utterly become engrossed in thought.
And perhaps you, too, will become
stupid gifts of flowers that are laid upon the bier of those who. engrossed
in thought?—Am. Jewish
during their lifetime, have been swamped with presents. Would News.
private
plan which great, well-organized philanthropic organizations with program for the development and the application to life of our
representatives in every part of the world have not been able to age-old Jewish THE
ideals.
HIGHER COST OF BIBLES.
Master to whom the day was dedi•
cated was silently joined in by the
vast assembly. Finzel's orchestra
played at intervals throughout the
banquet. The Glee Club again took
prominent part in the entertainment,
winning the plaudits of the gather-
ing with their rendition of clever par-
odies of the popular songs. The
faithfulness and untiring efforts of
"Daddy" Freund, the unceasing ac-
tivity of Myer S. Fink, in arranging
the affairs of the day, the zeal of
Henry Marks in bringing the great-
est number of candidates into the or-
der, were all, in turn, extolled in mu-
sical verse by the Glee Club, the
crowd joining in the chorus. Sans
Mandell and Wilfred Goldman led the
singing of the popular songs.
A CHANUKAH STORY
JEWISHCALENDAR.
to heaven that better sense might generally prevail in at least this
one instance as it has come to assert itself among a small portion
of our people.
It will lie argued in answer to this arraignment—if such it
may be called—that people find pleasure in giving to their friends,
as indeed they should. None can dispute this, and we would not
raise our voice in protest against the custom if it were not for the
fact that, paraphrase
the words of the New Testament, "To
to
those who have is always given, while from those who have not
is usually taken away." We object to this lavish and dispropor-
tionate giving of gifts on every possible and impossible occasion,
because in nine cases out of ten those who give so much to those
who already have more than they can use of the comforts and the
far from liberal when the call comes to them
luxuries of life are
to ease the pain and the suffering of those who are crying out for
the very necessities of life.
Among the old Jews. festive occasions were marked not by
gifts among well-to-do friends, but rather
exchange of lavish
this
the "Schlach
Monoth" (the sending of gifts to the poor). At
by
Chanukah season and at the Christmas time which is to follow,
Christians alike ought to bear this thought in mind, and
Jews and
URGE JEWISH REJUVENTION
New York—An intensified cam-
paign by the women of this city to re-
juvenate Judaism in their respective
communities was urged by speakers
who addressed the delegates of the
National Federation of Temple Sister-
hoods from the ten societies in New
York. At the meeting, which was
held at the New Synagogue there
were also representatives of about
twenty more sisterhoods of reformed
synagogues, which were asked to join
the national body.
"There is a need now for a great
Jewish renaissance," Rabbi Nathan
Kress said, "and it is up to the women
of America who have done so much
work, to band together
philanthropicwork,
on a national scale and carr7 on Ale
work that is their duty to do.'
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