THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
WAR WRITES NEW CHAPTER IN
STORY OF THE . MOTOR TRUCK
PAGE THIRTEEN
150,000 Converts"
to Judaism Leave
For Palestine
These Russians, Called "Gerim,"
Are More Orthodox Than
Jews Born in Faith.
I hie hundred and tills- thousand
-tiangers knocked at the gates III
ICI 1, in Russia two years ago and
ere admitted.
Today these 150,000 stranger, are
kiiiwking at the gates of l'alestine.
Late Model G. M. C. Cars, Displaying Many Types of Bodies, Ind -
cate in Durability of Construction Lessons Taught by Conflict.
1;reat \•ar. so prolilll. in It's I
t o the eye of builder and c(oiltrac-
s•ns. som L t d political and ,mon(omit
t , d, the inaii • types of bodies, the re
markin g so many "lie,‘ era.," demon- I alnlit
and durability of engi n e,
.bolting the possibility of
limns ! , .,me and chassis. make the trucks
supposed
Cilildlidt'd
IIII • General' Nlmotors C.orporatirni
a definite chapter in the history of I , usulc,s ileC(!ssit'es.
"I he 17 I,. Nt. C.
tcnrld transportatitm facilities, ;not be- giants. at work 211 hours a (lay (on the
gun a nett', tthich, 1111(1( . 1- the heading II( II
"I elephone es(avation excited
- The Niotor Truck and Iliimanim," considerable interest. especially \viten
promises to he as Interesting and vain- it became known that the tireless
able as any of the great documents workers were driven through their
routing out of the recent hurl) -bole. lon g
double shins tvith only 3 ft.■■
Caesar rushed his tro•os by forced Min o t, s 1 , et‘vetli for cleaning- ;trid
marches for distances averaging a slogh• m pairs.
hundred miles a (lay, and thereby
In m Qh11,- hotted radiator could
became a flit ler of wonder and the be
!al., II apart mill cleaned in
acme
of
Ir.,
nail t:try generalship
1,11,11 i••
to
The transmission.
schoolboys for nearly 2,000 years. !tut
ds and one reverse, gave
•, ,
Julius was too evidently 'putting one
power: in con-
over." Ile had some excellent road.
!ion acces-
peel tA'ueh
n. ore
to march and the 16111 ;in
virtually
mile or 'milk p,ISSnum"—was
loom
,t1mmiot•
,n1,111,
than Ihr Unglish unit.
Mop 1.,
I lannibal ' •
crossed the .\ lios—tho• greatest feat mom
ancient loin
\\
,m , I .,
(i1,111!
But I laniiihal's m e n
were in light marching order, and
•m
those who al.'nnedd I..
II! ,
s. wind) ; - .1r;1.
the
Id
I he epochI , s
I
, Ilse dry plat, .
■ ,ithout
I
liihricated springs.
I e,.
...Wu] and grm•und
■
■
Ilic hist.wy of these "Gering" or
strangers, who in less than thr g q gen-
erations has.e • grown into the nmst
pious of (h . thmodox Jew's, ardently
aw:ittisk the opportunity to enter •—/
Palestine, is onerssof the most inter
e.tillu phases of Jesvish history.
I iriginally members of the Russian
ImInnins Church, they broke away.
in In 'nine Seventh 1)ay .Adventists.
Front iiii,erving the Jewish Sabbath,
they gradually assimilated other Jest-
m.01 religious customs and traditions,
till remaining Saloloatarians. l'erse-
cuted for the revolt from the Russian
Church, many took refuge in Siberia,
while thousands of others were exiled
there.
Of pure I ■ ussian peasant stock.
their colnilliniities grew' larger and
larger until there were great settle-
ment, of them in the agricultural
districts of Russia around the Volga
ricer, in the Ural and (- aticasmis
mountain regions and in Siberia.
Their inquiries regarding Jewish
practices continued, their assimilation
became more complete, until they
stood in the unique position of (Ib-
sen ing practically every phase the
Jewish religion xvithout bring Jaws.
lieeause of the ma re int1 - 11`e hatred
of the Jew in Itiissia and his pre-
Cations existence, they hesitated in
breaking oeer. But with the revo-
lution of 1917. the "Gerini," inspired
by An-Sky,. a noted Jewish writer,
who traveled over all Russia to get
them to practice their je‘ ■ kit religion
openly, they Hocked to the religion
they had adopted.
Pre\ jou, to the revolution their
, Aire, tt Cr(' 11(. 1,1 secretly. Now they
the J(' isli religion . openly
and according to travelers just 11'-
1111'11rd from Russia, arc among the
most devout lens in Russia.
Instead of conducting their services
in Ilebrerc, the "Ger- nil" use pure
vs hi. h makes them unique
I
usl.,l to •1111(11 among Orthodox J ews .
(;!.(111
•■
\\*riling of the intt•nse desire of the
11 - C;(1111.
• ml• brackets and
I
to emigrate to Palestine.
1 for .mmhoteation Sionnel Nlasmum. a Jewish relief work-
peered
4 cycle cr in the Far East, told the following
' 4
stun I,
olod of the Siherkin communities:
I'
I.
-11,11(11-
they are referred to as
with
nL'.' the Sahliatarians, hut they resent this
rush oohs,
ii
•mn- title. They insist that they arc Jews,
any other. l
id, 1.
• in'y The present is already the tnird gen-
been their
eration and they cling to the faith
The war Y ,, 1:1 , 1 hair 13, 11
)aid
with a determination rarely exceeded
had human.;
nuald,
•iolv
be persons of this
to peace in
the lessons I. am ned
- There are several towns composed
through
war. 0\ r shell
ntiro ly of these 'Jews.' They are
torn road. L.•..m. which I. roe , might ,
all
workers of the soil and they own
have ••
1
,,%1•.1t111L, (11 . 11111
land, which they contemplate dispos-
ling ! •
miner 11,3 1 and "ifi
Hi Id I
1 ■ 1(1 , 1i Ernigi.,(1,1 Ns- ing (of, to emigrate to l'alestine as
' • the "r"“ tnlrks ..,„1,0 1 .. 11
has been started in Perini in soon as the word is given. Some of .
ol.stacles ;minim
"r,ler to prevent irregular emigration o f them are getting impatient and there
'
' 1, "" i' n ',1 ",i ",g• le%%ish fatuities. This organization will is no doubt that as soon as this en 1
.,/,
"" t tend to restrict emigration hr the crea- tire question of Palestine is settled
the front
like In -.1
.:
e
•
of better circumstances of exi s tence favorably and emigration is started,
lo•qm
line trel.,
e shells and Mod
and el, , ;';. • !II, thousand neces. 1..r those families who are in Germany. these "Gerim" will be among the
.iris s
by all arm} ill the In circumstances where emigration is first to kinds at the gates for ad-
unavoidable, the organization will hives. mission.
"They speak only Russian and look'
tmgate as to which countries are most
Shills ,
Slav,
being
ml ?lit° them; they were suitable for the reception of emigrants l t ,y ,,ti o lit cally
powerfully
dragged 1.. (Id roadside; new parts .
•
il Ow hest ••
Stream
of
emigration
inserted or th.
!. multi he conducted.
and ti they wm
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A visit to the G. M. C. Truck sales- the Lerman \Var Office has issued an
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Russo-Jewish prisoners of war in I;er-
matter of speculation, when the Um L. many who intend emigrating to Pales- 11 :LI
Leon Mintage] has he, mi
on displav, from the J-4-loon pneuniatm. line'.
appointed as assistant to Professor
tire all purpose car to the giant
These prisoners, in so far as they Penkovski of the physics
department
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of the local university. Mr. Ilufnagel
time
promIllOs.
Sereicc--":ser% ice to he (occupied in agriculture or else left •
is a young Jewish scientist who has
above all things"— was the great war at their present work. The War Office
been decorated by the University for
essential. \\ III the t ruc k s t,,,,t el) has further informed the Zionist Organ- his work, "The Path of the Great
under the severest wear and stress.. izatton that no forcible deportation of September ('meet 11-1882, according
It was invaluable. Did the truck Russian prisoners of war, whether Jew- to the Gravitation Law of Dr. Ein-
yield to adverse conditions? 'Junk ish or not, from Germany to Russia i s
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be watched. their liberation will he decided later. the \Varsaw University.
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