THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE VERSATILE LEADERS IN f Fiften Clubs Combine Celebrate Palestine LET 'ER FLICKER SHOW To Week in Young Judaea Edwin Greenthal Plays Lead and Directs Chorus—Belle Living- stone Takes on "Wardrobes." A versatile leading man is Edwin Greenthal, who plays the strapping six-foot "hero" opposite tiny Mrs. Rae Barnett, in Shaarey Zedek's musical comedy, "Let 'er Flicker." Winning over an unsympathetic Dad, as por- trayed by Jack Fisher, and the con- ventional stepmother in the person of Miss Delores \Yaks; contending against the machinations of a feroci- ous individual (as done by Herman Buch, bass voice and eterythiis)— these , things it wool) seem were a • 500 Members Preparing to Defy the "Flu" in Commemorating Jewish Arbor Day; Will Distribute Palestine Souvenirs. Fifteen Detroit Young Judaea cir- cles with a total membership of close to 500, will he represented on the Palestine Week and Chamisho Osor Bishvat program to be presented at the Shaarey Zedek on Sunday after- noon, Feb. 8. Although other l'ales- tine celebrations that were scheduled to be held in Detroit have been post- poned on account of the reigning "flu" epidemic here, the work is going . c)itunhampered for the Young Judaea celebration, arrangements now being practically completed. At least 10 of the IS clubs will be represented. notably among them the Buds of Judaea, who are to give a short play, "Here and There," by Judith Ish-Kishor and the "Ile'ivri." the Hebrew spea tog Young Judaea circle. In adi t the Knights of Judaea, the Au y of Zion, the Daughters of the White and Blue, the Roses of Zion, the Defenders of Zion, the Young Judaea Literary, the Judaean Athletic Club and the Dr. Ilerzl Zion Club will have parts on the program. Cast of Characters. The cast of characters in the play, "Here and There," will consist of Esther Jacobson, who takes the lead- ing part, that of "Sammy," Tillie Chimovitz, who takes the part of the fairy of the fig tree in Palestine; and eight Palestine children, forming the chorus, the parts to be taken by Rose Stein, Ray Berger, Alice Cash- wan, Anna Urman, liessie Yucht, Tillie Lipson, Sophie Mendelsohn and Anna Goldberg, Fannie Blonde, of the Auxiliary of Zion, will give a recitation, "What's Chamisho Osor?," and Lany Drapkin, of the Daughter of the White and Blue, will declatne. "I Saw a Vision." "Chamisho Osor in Palestine" will be the title of a short speech by a mem- ber of the Judaean Athletic Club, and "Sing, Children, Sing" is a short poem to be recited by one of the Defenders of Zion. Those in charge of Young Juraea work in Detroit are especially anxious to have the parents and friends of the Young Judaeans, and all interest- ed in Young Judaea work, attend so they may get an idea of the work that is being done. Admission is to be free, and everyone is welcome to Upper—Belle Livingstone. attend. Souvenir leaflets will be distributed to all attending, and Lower—Edwin Greenthal, l'alestine Fruit Bags, containing vast plenitude for one lone young Palestinian fruits, will he distributed man. But Eihviii is the boy who to members of Young Judaea circles. glories in labor, and, thusly with his New Leader Recruited. eyes wide open, shouldered the task The three new circles organized in of directing the chorus, in addition the last few weeks are the Defenders to taking a heavy cast part in the of Zion, with Mr. Bennett Kamensky show itself as leader, the Defenders of White On M011(1 ■ 13'S and Tuesdays and and Blue and the Judaean Dramatic Thursdays, while Seymour Simons Club. Miss Sylvia Goldsmith is one presides at the piano in the Shaarey) of the new leaders recruited to take Zedek gym, Greenthal matches and, charge of a Young Judaea circle. counter-marches his forty fair ladies' In addition to the Occasional mass and sprightly youths, up and (I."'" celebrations of Young Judaea there , and across the boards. Ott Wcdue , is a movement on foot to organize 1 days and Sundays , when the dun: 11101 .. Friday night services for Young Jus male and female are oil duty, Edwin daeans in various districts of the city. Greenthal climbs into the skin ot The first successful attempt was "George," lead of "I-et 'er Flicker." • made several weeks ago in the northl- and rehearses. while Waldo Fell" ,`, errs part of the city. Lectures are holds the baton of Director. given every Friday night at the Alia- Nor docs the bay go to Edwin . bath Achim synagogue, Westminister \ hi" I l ene l'''''''01°"e• whose :Ind Delmar, in addition to the specialty in the second act of "Let regular musical program. Dr. Noah Flicker," is one of the cleverest bits E. Aronstam is the speaker scheduled this charming entertainer has yet for this Friday night. done, has also assumed one of the. trig but thankless jobs that have " touch to do with the success of a mu s ' ASK AID FOR RUSSIAN JEWS IN SWITZERLAND . sical comedy as the lines of the au- thor or the music of the composer., "Wardrobes" is a huge task when it. NEW YORK—A pathetic appeal means the apparelling of half a hun- for help in alleviating the wretched dred people, nor is the work merely conditions of the Russian Jews now one of assembly. It requires an artist I in Switzerland has reached here. It to plot the proper raiment for theI is contained in a letter from Dr. Se- players of a musical show, where the galowitch-Gilter of Berne, who writes appeal is as much to the eye as to that there are now in Switzerland the ear, Miss Livingston, whose ex- many Russian Jews, physicians, stu- perience in half a hundred amateur dents, former immigrants, many of affairs have given her a knowledge of whom have rich relatives in Russia costuming that is really expert, but cannot get money from them. promises a cast and chorus for "Let The letter in part reads as follows: 'er Flicker" that will be clad and "Here all the Russian Jews are caprisoned on a par with big time equally poor. All of them are hun- productions. gry. No words can be found to de- scribe their situation. Doctors have NEAR EAST RELIEF CARES gone to the factories for work, but FOR JEWISH ORPHANS they were refused; in every Russian citizen here, they see a 'Bolshevik,' - New York—More than 450 Jewish and refuse to give him work. Liza children who are refugees as result Dikker (Dvoires) writes me from of the persecution of non-Mohamme- Geneva that our Russian Jews there dan residents of Turkey have been too are dying of hunger. "And no I appeal to you, my dear cared for by Near East Relief during the past year at Aleppo in northern friends, with a request to help our Syria. In addition to this, the Aleppo suffering intellectuals. I know that headquarters of the organization has you are not rich yourselves, but cared for many hundred destitute knowing your good hearts, I am sure that you will help by collecting a few Jewish residents. In the Jewish Hospital at Aleppo, thousand dollars in synagogues and the Near East Relief has paid the meetings, and send it for our Russian salaries of a native doctor and a Jewish colony in Berne. graduate native nurse, who operate "I know that the American Jews this establishment of sonic fifteen are giving much money for their less beds, and a clinic at which forty or fortunate brothers, but I hope that fifty people are treated daily. they will send their mite to our col- About $500 monthly is contributed ony also." by Near East Relief to the support of the hospital, as well as mattresses Dr. Heinrich Loewe, of the Berlin and blankets for the use of the pa- University Library, has been ap- tients. The work is carried on in pointed by the Zionist Organization co-operation with the Jewish relief in London to be chief librarian of the organization at Aleppo. National Library in Jerusalem. MIZRACHI CAMPAIGN FOR $2,000,000 ON New York.—The Mizrachi Zionist Organization of America is now 1 au thing a two-million dollar catn- p aign for its Palestine Fund. The c antpaign was officially begun last ionth at the Reception given to Rab- i Meyer Berlin, Dr. Joseph Blue- tone, and Rabbi Ephraim Epstein, he departing delegates of the Amer- can Mizrachi Organization to the World Mizrachi Conference. The campaign will be intensive and nergetic. Preparations are now be- ng completed at the Central Bureau a nd at the various Branch Offices in he United States, and all available workers and speakers are being mo- b i)eued. Several, large contributions ave already been made, among them, 5,000 from Mr. Moses Ginsberg, $ 1,000 from Mr. S. P.ottenberg, and $ 1,000 from Mr. Rokeach, all of New 1 'ork. At the recotion to the de- p arting delegates, the sum of $17,000 it cash and pledges was raised. The Mizrachi Palestine Fund is seal for a number of purposes, chief f them being, the economic, educa- ti onal, cultural, and ituffistrial devel- pment of Palestine. The Mizrachi 0 rganization of Americo contributes a large sum anually to the Palestine 'mid of the World Zionist Organi- ation. which Fund 's used the elmilding and rehabilitation of Pal- PAGE FIVF COL. PIERCE COMMENDS J. B. W. EFFORT LOCATING GRAVES OF A. E. F. JEWS NEW YORE—Commendation of the efforts of the Jewish Welfare Board to locate and mark the graves of all Jews of the American Expedi- tionary Forces who died in France is contained in a letter from Colonel Charles C. I'ierce, Chief of the Graves Registration Service of the United States Army to the Jewish Welfare Board. The letter which was made public today by Colonel Harry Cutler, Chairman of the Board, is as follows: "I hope that you will convey to your association on the Jewish Wel- fare Board my cordial appreciation of their co-operation with us in an attempt to have the graves of our American dead overseas appropriate- ly marked, and also, further assurance that this desire for perfect inscrip- tion is as keen as that of the sorrow- ing families themselves. It is only a matter of time when we shall be able, by co-operative efforts, to achieve the desired result. "There are still is number of cases where we have bodies located but there is sonic discrepancy between the name as reported to us and the official rolls of the War Department. To reconcile these differences re- quires considerable titne and re- search, but as rapidly as results are obtained the proper names are made of record." "Meet Friedberg— Wear Diamonds" have Your Eyes Examined by my Expert Opticians /Lyon don't need glasses we will gladly tell you so. NEW JEWISH LEGION TURKISH JEWS RELEASED FORMED IN PALESTINE FROM MILITARY SERVICE CONSTANTINOI'LE.—The Turk- ish Minister for War has issued a de- cree releasing all Jews, Greeks and Armenians from the obligations of military service. This decree means a return to the situation as it existed before the war. 208.210 Griswold Street JERUSALEM.—Preparations have been made for the foundation of a new legion in Palestine to replace the regiments which are now being de- mobilized. A Legion of Workmen is also being formed, from the Chalu- zim, who have come from Russia. 6 FINAL CLEARANCE of all OVERCOATS Four great groups They're all talking about it. We couldn't buy them whole- sale today at these prices, and every indication points to higher prices for next season. 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