THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION VOL. VII. NO. 12. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1920. CAST OF SHAAREY Jewish Mothers Best, MEMBERS ONLY INVITED TO ATTEND English Student ZEDEK PRODUCTION Says INITIATION OF 150INTO B'NAI BRITH, of Infant Mortality READY FOR CURTAI W PISGAH LODGE APPROACHES LARGEST Per Year, $3.00; Copy, 10 Cents From Driver of Taxi to Grand Opera Star Is Jewish Boy's Aim JEWISH HOMELAND MUST COME FIRST, SAYS JACOB SCHIFF I/ London —In the opinion of Dr. L KANSAS CITY.—Before the C. \V. S:deeby, chairman of the war Sant Pasmanick ss as a taxi- English National Birth Rate Com- driver in Kan sas City. Sam en- Musical Comedy by Seymour B. mission, the best mothers on Claims Millions Spent for Relief listed and, the war settled to his London's cast side are, almost Simons and Joshua S. Sarasohn Merely Palliative—Does Not satisfaction, returned to his place To Be Given by Members of without exception, Jews. This behind the wheel and $18 a week. Satisfy Jewish Yearnings of th statement is the result of Dr. Young People's Society. But while with the 89th Division, Centuries. Saleeby's investigations among Sam served as singer as well as the poor of London, which were 150 candidates to be initiated Following a long-established tradi- 't LARGE soldier. I lis voice delighted Miss WALDO FELLOWS DIRECTS recently embodied in his address into the 'tai-lirith, Thursday, Feb. tion, the class to be admitted is FUND IMPERATIVE NEE Dorothy Donnelly, a Red Cross before the faculty of University LET 'ER FLICKER CHORUS 26, Pisgah Lodge No. 34 eds- ; lusuists_stsfe-strtolph Kraus, nurse, who after the Armistice College. strenuous effort- to lead 1rt-Me --- was signed, was instrumental in Jews Will Not Be Happy in Eu- • • "I find," said Dr. Saleeby, "that ship all other lodges throughout the Director Satisfied With Results of haying Sam sent as entertainer to rope, and Pogroms Will Con- mothers rank first; Irish country. Fourteen hundred member ; Rehearsals; Stage of Orchestra Jewish the Third Army headquarters. mothers are not a bad second, but, are enrolled to date, and the titles-of- GIVES-LEAP YEkrDANCE tinue Until It Is Seen That Jews Hall Set for Performance Sun- The other day Sam drew up in I am sorry to admit, English Members of the Hirai Brit's Club "largest lodge" -WIT he won with the Posses Alternative. front of the Kansas City Conser- day Night. mothers as a class make a very addition of 150 besides those to be of Pisgah Lodge and their friends vatory of Music, shut off his en- poor third. admitted Thursday. will participate in a Leap Year dance New York.—Unless the Jewish . gine and climbed out, trembling "Motherhood among the Jews With the exception of a final dress Contrary to established custom the and ent- s7tainment Sunday evening, homeland in Palestine is established, in every limb, he says. He told and the Irish seems to be a direct rehearsal set for Saturday night, cast initiation is to be a simple affair. Be- Feb. 29, at the club rooms, 25 Broad- the millions raised in the United States a young woman inside lie wanted result of racial ethics. They cause of greater facility in carrying way. A number of unique features, and chorus of "Let 'Er Flicker" a for Jewish relief will have been spent someone to try out his voice. She rightly insist upon nursing their out the work of giving the degrees, appropriate to the occasion, are musical comedy, to be given by the for naught. This was one of the em- smiled and directed hint to the own children, refusing to commit none of the local hotels will be used, promised by the committee in charge. young people of Shaarey Zedek, are phatic statements made -by Jacob H. studio of Allan Hinckley. them to the doubtful care of the initiation taking place in the ; Tinsel's orchestra will furnish music ready for the formal production at Schiff at the Zionist dinner to Secre- others and scorning the bottle Mr. Hinckley looked doubtful, lodge rooms, 25 Broadway. Owing and several entertainers will provide Orchestra Hall, Sunday evening, Feb. tary of the Nav) Daniels at the Hotel subterfuge, thus reducing to a but he seated himself at the piano, to limited space, ladies will not be a program of special stunts. Invita- 22. A sprightly book augmented by a Pennsylvania held here recently. Mr. minimum the dread diseases aris- tions have already been mailed to and began the introduction to invited. number of lilting lyrics, the work of Schiff, who arrived late, was unex- ing from immortality. Infant members and indications are that a Massenet's "Elegie." At the first A banquet will be served in the Seymour 11. Simons and Joshua S. pectedly called upon by the toast- mortality is not merely a medical two notes Mr. Hinckley stopped lodge dining room immediately fol- large attendance will result. Sarasohn insures for the entertain- master Judge Abram I. Elkus. In problem; it is a social problem of Joseph S. Burak, chairman of the and stared. At the end of the bar lowing the ceremony. Covers will be ment a noteworthy place in the his- this speech, which he followed with a motherhood and a question of ra- limited in number to candidates and entertainment committee, has ar- he rose to give Sans a lusty clout tory of Detroit's amateur theatricals. contribution of $2,500 to the $10,000,- cial morals." on the back. to the few members who make early ranged a series of social affairs, the \Valdo Fellows, associate of Sam 000 Palestine Restoration Fund, Mr. Dr. Saleeby spoke also of the reservations. The Glee Club will en- nature and dates of which are to be Hume of Arts and Crafts Theater "Boy," he exclaimed, "you've Schiff declared himself in thorough care of the children after birth announced late. tertain. fame, and himself endeared to the got an operatic tenor. You'll accord with the Zionist views of and until the age of puberty by hearts of University of Michigan make the Metropolitan." Judge Mack, President of the Organ- Jewish mothers. lie attributed men of both the past and present, And it looks now as though ization, and said unless the Jewish much of the morality and high has directed the production. Fel- Mr. Hinckley's prediction was in homeland is established, anti-Jewish standards of intelligence among lows possesses a splendid voice and a fair way to being fulfilled. He prejudice will grow everywhere, be- Jewish youth to the powerful an ability for delicate fooling as is unqualified in his praise of the cause the world respects no one who home-ties which are exerted upon well as a knowledge of stagecraft, quality and range of his protege's does not respect himself. the individual front birth. all of which proved of inestimable voice—for he has adopted Sam The text of Mr. Schiff's speech fol- J. D. C. Ships Kosher Meat and Flour Jewish Girls in Holy Land Have No It was virtually impossible to worth in his task of whipping "Let and begun a course of vocal lows: Dolls—Little Boys Have No to Jewish Refugees in gather statistics showing the low 'Er Flicker" into shape. lie ex- training. That the taxicab driver "There was a time not so long ago • Mechanical Toys. Starving Vienna. infant death rate among the Eng- presses himself as completely satis- will be unable to pay for his edu- when Judge black and I (lid not agree lish Jews, but Dr. Saleeby stated fied with the results. cation is immaterial. at all on the question of Palestine and Jewish boys and girls will spend a New York.—Plans are being made that despite bad housing, bad If Theresa Fairbanks had not en- Sam is a Russian Jew. Ile came Zion. I think I can now subscribe by the Jews of America to form a happy Purim this year, and Shalach sanitation and virtually no child tertained ambitions to shine in the to this country 12 years ago, to every word he has uttered. What Monos from friend to friend will $10,000,000 corporation to finance the welfare efforts infant mortality in constellation of movie stars, Messers "without speech, family or mon- has done it, I do not want, or need bring joyous gifts to many. But the rehabilitation of European Jewry, it Western Ireland was only about Simon and Sarasohn would have been ey," be says. lie is 23 years old. to discuss. lint it is certain that the was announced tonight by the joint children of Palestine are still suffer- 35 per 1,000 as compared with hard put to it. But she did and they Three of his brothers were killed terrible events we have passed distribution committee of American ing from the war. Their Purim Sha- 135 per thousand in Bradford, weren't. Besides being forty and fat fighting for the Allies. through, have settled the Zionist, or lach Monos will have to be altogether funds for Jewish war sufferers. Con- Eng., which has the best equip- and a distinct comedy type, she was as many call it, the Palestine ques- ferences are now in progress with imaginary, for they have nothing to ment for infant welfare in the wedded to "Dad" Fairbanks, a tion. A Jewish nation is today no leading American bankers and Jewish send to each other. world. crochetty, contrary, (but finally com- longer dscussable. We want nothing Palestine The Jewish girl in bankers abroad, it was stated. plaisant) retired paving contractor, better than a Jewish homeland under The joint distribution committee, it is without any dolls, and the who scarcely shared Isis wife's desire English sovereignty. We are satis- Jewish boy is without mechanical was also announced, is making ar- to hitch the Fairbanks wagon to a fied with this, and we are prepared toys, games and sporting goods. It rangements to supply the Jewish pop- star. The parts are well taken by to leave the distant future develop- is tragic, but it is a tragedy that can ulations in widely separated parts of Jack Fisher, formerly a member of a ment of the Jewish political status easily be remedied, say the Jewish Europe with kosher food and mat- soldier troop while in France, and by after Palestine shall have become the chi'' en of Detroit and America. The sovetr, zoth s fo the sears on of the l'asmea Dolores \Vaiss who has served her land of the Jew. res.- ldy must come from the children whih c beg e ns April 3 . Kosher apprenticeship in "stock." ssfils‘sneri-a. Simultaneous with a Says Allies Are Encouraging Poles Want Homeland, Not Nation. 1 .1"4 , oil and (MIA for mat- Add to this plot-nucleus the work nation-wide campaign to send the To Make Peace With "And you, who are ardent national. 1 zoths is also being supplied for the of Ed Greenthal and Bell Livingston children of Palestine a big Shalach Bolsheviki ists, can do nothing beaten to attain 30,000 Jewish refugees in Vienna and in their second act feature specialty Says Opinions of Astronomers Mottos this Purim, the Young Judaea all the purposes in your minds and for Lithuania and Labvia. Passover and a pretty fair musical comedy is Organization of Detroit is doing what in your hearts than to help Leith all bread and inatzoths have been :ship- Proclaim Triumph for under way. it can to help, and is actively engaged NEW' YORK—Speaking at the an- your might to bring about a state ped to Constantinople; $30,000 has Add, by way of other ingredients, in collecting toys in the Talmud nual luncheon of the New York Jewish Scientist where Jewish politics are a thing for been appropriated for this purpose in Herman Buch's impersonation of a Torahs, Hebrew schools and Sunday branch of the Vassar Alumni Asso- the present or the past. That sounds, Palestine; special provision has been Movie-director with an ingrown schools. ciation, at the Hotel Biltmore, re- perhaps, like a paradox, but still it NE \V N'ORK —Discussing "'The made for the poor of Germany, and a grouch, Irvine Levy as the camera- Several hundred toys have already cently, lienry Morgenthau, former is the truth. Go about today and $75,000 appropriation for the three man; Dr. Hilliard Goldstick as the Ether of Space" at the Shubert the- been collected fronts the Young Ambassador to :Turkey, who. has re- preach that we are going to Palestine dark-skinned gentleman with the gal- atre, Sir Oliver Lodge took an audi- months' support of orphans has been Judacans in the ranks. But those turned from a tour of Poland as head in order to establish a Jewish nation, made for Palestine. loping ivories; Jerome Rynek, who ence, obviously not made up exclu- who are not yet Young Judacans will of an American commission investi- and you will make a Jewish nation replaces David SiHunan as "the de- sively of learned mathematicians and be given a chance to send their Sha- gating alleged pogroms said; an impossibility. You will at once teckatif," and Maurice Steingold and physicists to what he termed was the FORM RELIEF SOCIETY lach Mottos to the Holy Land. Toys "The Allies are encouraging Poland feel that you have not the good will FOR BLINDED JEWISH Will Schwartz, members of the hard- "boundary of knowledge." Without of all kinds will be accepted as well to make peace with the Bolsheviki, of the British Government. There using a single formula, the famous boiled school—and a really com- WORLD WAR VETERANS as money gifts. The local organiza- because the Allies are powerless to is a great difference between a na- tion will buy toys desired for cash aid the l'oles without the aid of the mendable aggregation has been as- English scientist explained to his tional homeland and a self-governing hearers, the majority of whom must sembled. BERLIN—After the formation of a contributions and have them sent to United States. It is we over here hitherto have looked upon compli- society here whose purpose is to as the Palestine Supplies Department of who are responsible for this situation. nation. We arc not prepared to build (Continued On Page S.) cated theories as capable of explana- sist blind Jewish veterans of the war, the Zionist OrganizaCon of America, It is we who are the slackers. Unless a nation in a land where today there are practically no Jews, but we are tion only by a bewildering jumble of the Jewish community issued a state- and then sent to Palestine. we aid and do our share in building prepared, and we want to go forward equations, that ether, far from being ment to the effect that such a society Parents are asked to do their share a strong Poland the Germans can beyond all conception, is the most is completely unnecessary, since all by helping to make the Shalach eventually unite with Russia and with all our strength to establish in l'alestine a homeland for Jew. substantial thing, perhaps the only blind Jewish veterans, as far as they Monos larger, either by encouraging thereby become a great menace." It is the only homeland rnsible for substantial thing, in the universe. are in need of help, are being looked their children to save their Purim Mr. Morgenthau related his experi- him. Your great gifts and the great "If this be true," Sir Oliver asked, after in Jewish institutions. All such pennies or by making personal con- ences while trawling through I'oland gifts of, the American Jewish people, "why have we been so long discover- cases have been thoroughly and care- tributions of toys or cash. Contribu- with the members of the American ,000,000, will be expended Wilkins Street Hebrew School Plans ing it? I answer, just because it is fully investigated and steps have al- Cons to Detroit's Shalach Mottos may Commission and said that when Her- nearly $35 for palliatives—for naught-ssif the so universal. Imagine a deep-sea fish ready been taken to assure their fu- be sent either to P. Slontovitz, 68354 bert Hover visited Warsaw 25,000 "Queen Esther" as Holi- Jewish homeland does not follow. at the bottom of the ocean. It is ture welfare. This has been done by Cameron Ave., acting Young Judaea children, most of them in tatters, par- day Treat. "It is true that undet the treaty surrounded by water; it lives in the Jewish communities in Berlin and Supervisor for Detroit, or to J. Ber- aded past the Food Director and of Paris, rights have been given to water; it breathes water. Now, what kowitz, at the Shaarey Zetlek. Con- hailed him as their savior. An interesting Purim celebration is the last thing that fish would dis- other cities, working in conjunction minorities in the new and old East- tributions will be accepted until General Pilsudski, who Mr. Mor- this year will be given by the Talmud cover? I am inclined to believe the with various Jewish welfare organi ern states. 410 4,liostdiglii51, for the March 8. genthau said made the Paderewski present, are more ones, 'nsst paper. :Torah, 107 Wilkins street, Thursday last thing the fish would be aware of nations. Where the blind man has Government possible, was described evening, March 4, and Sunday after- would be water. And that is why we shown any special aptitude, he is be- The prejudices and the hate which ing taught an appropriate trade; while BREMEN MERCHANT FINED as a "high-class pirate," with a pow- noon, hf arch 7. The entire program are so late discovering the ether of infest the people of IVAN. of Gali- those who are entirely incapacitated erful character, who, although stern will, as usual, lie presented in He- space. cia, and . Rountania, are;',..s.ad to say, FOR ANTI-SEMITIC EX- will find a friendly home in the Insti- during the early part of the new Pol- brew, including a Hebrew play. implanted into thent;b"Pllitr environ- 'Experiment on the ether of space tution for the Jewish Blind at Stew PRESSIONS IN LETTER ish Republic, later relented and be- ' Queen Esther," written by It. Isaacs, has failed because of a negative re- ments and our tecatiele will do no came a humane military director. The principal of the :Talmud Torah. A sult, because all forces have passed litz, near Berlin. good. The Jew will not he happy in special stage has been built for the through it unaffected and yield the BREMEN—An anonymous letter General, Mr. Morgenthau said was those countries, and until these peo- greatly indignant at what he termed ALEXANDRIAN RIOTEERS was received by the local Rabbi, Dr. occasion, and is large staff hopes to same degree of force as was exerted ples see that the Jews and tht Jewish ATTACK JEWISH QUARTER Rosonstck, containing the statement the unnecessary interference of the population possess an alternative, make this a noteworthy Jewish enter at the beginning. Your own scien- ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — During that the Jews were about as essential United States in the affairs of Poland that they can leave their inhospitable tainment. tist, Michaelson, of Chicago, obtained The cast of characters includes: this negative result, and here Einstein the recent disturbances here, which to the country as were mice to food or and lie was especially wrathful at the countries, they will not until then Moses Silverman as King Ahasuerus; began with his relativity of space and bore all the marks of a pre-arranged moths to clothing. The letter was fact that a Jew was the head of the understand what they are facing. And rebellion, the Jewish quarter suffered traced to Hans l'feiffer, a local busi- commission sent to investigate alleged not until then will they display any Molly Srnolensky as Queen Esther; time. ness man, and charges were brought pogroms. Morris Golden as Mordecai; Max anxiety to make the Jew happy. "I thought, then, that physicists to a great extent. At a subsequent meeting between On the third (lay of the riots, the against !inn in court. Pfeiffer was Barahal as Haman; George Weiss- were playing hanky-panky with space Yearn for Jewish Homeland. himself and General Pilduski, declared •asser; Louis Levin, Sam Sosensky, and time, but in 1915 Einstein brought angry mobs, armed with clubs and sentenced to pay a fine of 300 marks. The establishment of a Jewish the speaker, the General agreed to officers; Esther Friedman, Sarah gravitation into the scheme. Simon missiles, broke into the Jewish sec- homeland in l'alestine is the yearning free all Jewish prisoners. and, as it Goodman, Rose Cohen, Esther's Newcombe found that the orbit of tion and, for three hours, the quar- WHAT ARE THE COLORS later turned out, Mr. Morgenthau said of twenty centuries in which it has maids; Ben Storch, David Charmer, Mercury erred in its course forty-two ter was the scene of the wildest dis- OF THE JEWISH FLAG? he found the military head of Poland become an established fact that the Max Berman, Mordecai's friends; seconds. Then the world woke up. order imaginable. Most of the shops to he a staunch patriot and determ- Jew will have no home where his Jacob Thumin, Sam Pert, Harry Einstein no longer could be ignored. there are those of small traders in 1:nens and cloth; besides these, there BERLIN—Everywhere, the colors ined to re-establish a firm Govern- home now exists. I cannot see any Cohen, messengers; Rose Brooks, but lie kept on working during the reason, and I am sure the time is ment. Zeresh, Haman's wife; Julius Open' war. I don't know how he did, but are a few bakeries, groceries and meat of the Jewish flag seem to be recog- l'aderewski was described as the going to come when the American heim, Bigthan; Sol Slomovitz, Teresh. I think he must have been a pacifist shops. All these were plundered; nized as blue and white. But appar- only man upon whom all parties in Jew who has accomplished so much whole lengths of cloth be trampled ently, the anti-Semites in Germany Those assisting in the work of pro- At any rate, since he wrote from duction are: Mr. Isaacs; musical di- Zurich, we called Einstein by polite- in the mud of the streets; the attack- are ignorant of this fact and consider Poland could agree and whom all and who can accomplish so much ers took away all he meat and other the Jewish colors, black, red and gold, were ready to support. The parties more, will be united in helping with rectors, M. Gordon and A. Shendero- IIC , S a Swiss. themselves, however, are greatly ,di- his means, and what is even more, vitz; dances and costumes, Miss P. "Well, Einstein predicted that a ray provisions they could carry and then which are the colors of the new Ger- man Republic, its other words, they vided, the peasants being determined with his intelligence, with his in- Eder and Mrs. A. Ortberg; stage of light passing through a field near a set fire to the shops. Missiles were hurled through the insist upon identifying the Jews with to cut up and possess all the old es- fluence, with his prestige to build manager, B. Neustadt. The stage is large body would be deflected. To tates of the former wealthy, while the Jewish homeland in Palestine. being erected through the courtesy prove this it was necessary to wait windows of the Jewish homes, and the revolutionary groups. As a mat- the factory and city workers refuse to But we must not be gingerly about it. of Mr. M. Krell. for an eclipse before photographs many persons in the houses wounded. ter of fact black, rent and gold, which permit it. We must open wide our pockets, we Those who were able to do so, lied by were voted the national colors have Following are the dancers in the could be made of stars near the sun. "Poland is a country that is actu- must give, really give—the rich man always been the symbol of the Ger- play: Frieda Schnitz, Ruth Kasdan, Last May there was an eclipse when way of the roofs. ally starved." said Mr. Morgenthau. much, the man of smaller means what This•demonstration has occasioned man Nationalist students. Now that Florence Sosensky, Gertrude Gold- the sun was known to be backed by man, Ida Cohen, Bessie Rieshka, numerous stars, and the British sent deep concern among the thoughtful- they? have been adopted by the new "Less than 10 per cent. of the factor- he can. There must be a large Jew- ies are running. Before the war 90 ish Restoration Food, and unless we Dorothy Herzberg, Rose Linderman, an expedition to Africa, and the Unit- minded Egyptians. The numerous ex- Republic, the German nationalists are per cent. of the products of the coun- can obtains it, and obtain it in Amer- Bertha Melinsky, Sarah Pick, Re- ed States sent astronomers to Brazil. pressions of sympathy for the Jews, showing their displeasure by calling try were sold in Russia. Now that is ica, we shall feel right at home that becca Levin, Bessie Zussman, Rose Both expeditions took numerous which have come from all ranks of the them the despised "Jewish colors:' impossible, with the resulting condi- terrible prejudice that has been op- Yabek and Dorothy Eizen. Recita- photographs which took time to meas- Egyptian population, are evidence of tion that the people barely manage to pressing us so long. The world res- fact that those actually participating Bukowinian Jewish National tions will be given between the acts ure. exist. A thousand refugees, driven pects no one who doesn't respect in the anti-Jewish demonsration torn by the following; Frieda Schnitz, Bes- "Now, if light is deflected by a mas- Council To Be Dissolved out of Russia by the Bolsheviki be himself. sie Rieslika, Louis Wexler and Isa- sive body, it looks as if it had weight; an unconrolled clement of which the cause of their wealth, are living in a "If we would no longer feel that administration is ashamed. Even the .dore Clar. Folk singing by the school so on that principle, deflection could BUCHAREST—Declaring that the Polish prison because of the inade- wherever we go we are only tolerated, English militia was surprised by the choir will be an additional attraction. be worked out by Newton's astron- Jews of Bukowina no longer need a quate housing conditions." let us do all we can toward establish- The entertainment will be first omy. But Einstein's prediction was a occurrence. An investigation has National Council, since they are now "\\'e have the money and the ing the Jew in our own country,— staged for the Talmud Torah chil- deflection twice that. The result, been ordered and steps have been represented in the Parliament of Rou- strength to help," he said. "We mus in Palestine. To me the'e is no taken to guard against a recurrence dren on Wednesday evening, March after the photographs of the eclipse of the disorder. Among other mesa- mania, that government has announc- assume a moral leadership or bow longer a Zionist question. To me 3, following which a party will be of last May were measured, in the ores, the patrols in the Jewish quar- ed its decision to dissolve the Buko- down our heads in shame and admi the question we have to solve togeth- given them through the courtesy of winian Jewish National Council. that we are mere materialists." (Continued On Page Four.) ter have been augmented. er is the Palestinian question." Mrs. Hattie Schultz. Leap Year Dance and Entertainment Planned by Committee of Club for Sunday, Feb. 29; Series of Social Affairs to be Announced Later RESTIREATTOr SHALACH MONOS OF TEN MILLION DOLLAR DETROIT WILL MAKE CORPORATION FORMED . PALESTINE HAPPY FOR EUROPEAN JEWS EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY COMMENDED BY SIR OLIVER LODGE couchmed i BETH SEFER TALMUD TORAH TO PRESENT PURIM PLAY, MARCH 7 MORGENTHAU ASKS AID OF UNITED STATES FOR IMPOVERISHED POLAND