1J PAGE ELEVEN THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE National Council of Bukowinian Jews Improves Condition BY L. TAUBEE Vienna.—Prom a well authenticated pared in a Hebrew kindergarten. Ac. source comes the following particulars turtling to the plan each year there concerning Jewish life In Cernowitz, will be added a further grade In the where more than a third of all the folk-school. Later, when these child- Ilukowinian Jews aro living. ren shall have completed the course Shortly after the collapse of the of study in the folk-school, the first (lase of a secondary school (gymnas- Austrian power, In November, 1918, the Jewish National Council was or- ium or realesehubii will lie opened, ganized to act as sole lawful tepre- and so on. For the present the Cern. sentativo In all affairs which concern- owitz Jews, however, have been grant. ed the Interests of the itukowinton ed a separate gymnasium with Cer- Jews. Represented in this National wan !he language of instruction. Council were all partiewhich take where the Hebrew and Roumanian an active part In Jewish life: The languages may be studied as electives, Zionists, Poale.Zion, Jewish National and where are besides courses in Jew. Party, Jewish Social Democrats and ish history and Jewish authors are Orthodox. Thus all the various stand. read. points and views were gathered te.. All these Jewish studlea, with the other in a 'tingle organization, which Hebrew language as an elective, were alone was empowered and had the also introduced for the benefit of the right to speak and act in all political Jewish students attending the Row matters to the name of the Jewish manlan secondary schools of Schotz (Suhavio 'Humor and Kimmofolung. population. The first task of the Jewish Nation- In all, there are close to 50 classes in al Council was to reorganize the Cern. secondary schools in which these owitz Jewish community along demo- studies are pursued and in which 40 cratic lines, or, to put it more exact- Jewish professors and instructors are ly, to restore "constitutional proced- engaged. But since not all of the ure" in the life of the Kehillah. Up professors and instructors underetood to that time the Kehillah had been Hebrew, a course was established in conducted by an "administrator" whom which they might learn the language the Austrian authorities had appoint and perfect themselves in it. Natur- cd, according to the custom prevail- ally, all this was not done by the gov. ing In war time. This the National erament, but by the Hebrew Language Council immediately changed. All Ossociatien, which had reorganized matters concerning the Kehillah were itself into a national body. Besides divided among five sections, at the the teachers' courses in Hebrew, this head of each of which stood one of association also established a peda- the five parties mentioned above as gogical institute where kindergteners participating in the National Council. were trained. This Hebrew knder. Than all were equally represented. At garten was Indeed the cornerstone of the head of the Kehillah stood Advo- the future liebrew school structure! Up to the present time there are four cate Dr. S. Kinsburger, a Zionist. With the Roumanian entry Into pow- of these, kindergartens in Cernowitz er the Jewish National Council was and upward of twenty in the entire brought face to face with a moinent- province. In the social field the National Colin- Quo political problem which it was re- ell also accomplished much. The quired to solve. Representatives of all nationalities American Relief Committee demand- in Ilukowina were approached by the ed that the Jewish population contrib. Roumanian Gotivernment to declare ate the sum of 100,000 kronen to its themselves In favor of the annexation welfare fund. The Council met the of the country to Roumania. The Rou- demand and the Committee began its manian Minister for Bukowina, Dr. fruitful and blessed work. Three In- Plandor, a politician already known stitutions which had been discontinued to the Jews who were well-disposed the Orphan Asylum and the Home for , toward him, undertook the mission the Aged, were rehabilitated and are Of carrying through Ttotimania's wish. now functioning in a most edifying Dr. Mintier did carry through his fashion. Also, the institute founded mission, and well, as concerns the by Professor Dr. Ikon Keiner acquir- other nations. The Poles immediately ed a home and once more took up declare(' themselves in favor of an. Its splendid work of improving the nexation; the Roumanians, naturally, spiritual condition of the Jewish mass. were opposed. The Jews said that es by means of uplifting and inform- considering their experiences with ing lectures. So, too the various ae- the Roumanian Jewish policy, they totemic Jew-Lsh groups, as the "Ze- could not declare themselves as fav• firah," "Amunah," "Ilasmunai," and oring annexation to Roumanian, and 'midi-ion Raptor am 'Just am 2uptip that they must therefore wait for the others were revived. Not a little improvement. in the Jew- decision of the Peace Conference and submit to the dictum which should ish social conditions has been brought come from Paris. The non-Chauvin- about by the efforts of the four Ger. istic Roumanians and Dr. Piander with man dallies, Cernowitz Tageblatt, All- Zeitung, Morgenblatt and them deemed the statement of the ge Jewish National Council proper, that Folk, which are edited and published in part by well-known Zionists and In is, from the Jewish standpoint, they could understand It. The outcome part by members of the National was that although the Jews had not Party. Besides these four papers, fulfilled the will of the government, there is the organ of the Jewish Na- they remained quite free—no force or tional Council, the Osteurisehe Zeit- compulsion was exercised. The Na- ung, with a special Hebrew supple- tional Council remained the lawful ment, edited by the leader of the representative with which the govern- Council, the well-known Zionist work- ment, treated concerning all Jewish er, Dr. Mayer Ebner. The teaching body has a special professional paper matters. One of the most Important problem published in Hebrew and German: the which the National Council had to Pottle Zion Issues the Fretheit and the consider was the Jewish school ques- Jewish Social Democrats I)as Nape tion. Of the non-Roumanian inhabl. Leben, both of which appear in Yid- tants, the Poles and Ruthenians were dish. It is evident that, this sort of act- soon permitted their own schools; the Jews and the Germans were assigned ive, outspoken Jewish life, which Is every•hcle apparent and this frank together to the German schools. This was not agreeable to the Jews, who as allegiance to Jewish nationalism would a separate nationality, requested their cause the Roumanians to look upon men schools. Ilut, first of all, there upon the Ilukowinian Jews otherwise wan an Internal controversy to be than they do upon their own Rouman- fought out here: The old moot-point ian Jews at home. In the political of Hebrew versus Yiddish. The Zion- field it is a truism that self-respect ists and the National party favored demands and wins respect So the Hebrew, the Orthodox group was di• preludicea which the Roumanian rut- vide(' on the question. Finally, the ors brought with them from Bucharest council agreed, beginning with the against the "Zhidan" are beginning school year 1919-1920 to inaugurate, gradually to disappear. Willingly or within a certain number of years, a unwillingly, they must reckon with complete Hebrew curriculum. With the fact that a Jewish people exists Hebrew as the medium of Instruction, and that this people intends to lead the first class of the folk-school was its own national life and has She ca. opened for children who had been pre- parity for carrying out Its intention. I. 0. 0. F. Lodges Join To Give Big Dance at Statler on March 25 A social event of large magnitude will take place on Thursday' evening. March 25th, when Jericho Lodge, No. 490, 1. O. O. F., and Jericho Rebekah Lodge, No. 328, I. 0. 0. F., combine to give a dance at the ballrooms of the Hotel Statler. One of the big features of the evening's entertain- ment will be a specially arranged ex- hibition drill by Canton No. 5, the uniformed unit of the Order. The affair will be the largest attempted by these lodges and preparations have been made to accommodate a great attendance. Jericho Lodge, 490, I. 0. 0. F., was organized in June, 1919, with 18 char- ter members. It now has over 2( young Jewish men of all classes n its membership roster, representin gain unusual in the early history of any fraternal organization. The offi- cers of the lodge are: Mr. NI. Wein- er, Noble Grand; NI r. A. K. Hardy, Vice Grand; Mr. I. Zellman, Record- ing Secretary; Mr. A. Leach, Finan- cial Secretary; S. Falk, Treasurer. Jericho Rebekah Lodge, 328, I. 0. 0. E., was organized only a few months ago with six charter mem- bers. Its great popularity in this community is attested in the fact that in but a few months its mem- bership has increased to over 150 women. The officers of this lodge are: Mrs. NI. Cohen, Noble Grand; Nliss Sara Manson, Vice Grard; Pearl Chinovitz, Financial Secretary; Bertha I.exer, Recording Secretary; Mrs. NI. Metz, Treasurer. The committee on arrangements for the dance consists of the follow- ing, representing both lodges: I. Zellman, Chairman; Sara Manson, 'Treasurer; I.. Bromberg, Secretary. The Misses Rubenstein, Nfanson and Chinovitz, and Messrs. Leach, Falk, Sidlow and F. Cohen. Truly A Suit of Individuality HEPPELWHITE A reproduction of Adams Bros. who lived in 1762-1792, and their work is recognized by the graceful outline and appropriate orna- mentation. Complete Suit in Walnut : Buffet, Side Table, China Oval Dining Table, 5 Chairs, I Arm Chair MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL BUILDS $3,250,000 ANNEX NEW YORK—Plans for increasing the size of Mt. Sinai Hospital, mak- ing use of all the available space on the grounds bounded by Ninety-ninth and 101st streets, have been complet- ed, and the erection of two new build- ings to cost $3,250,000 will commence this spring. George Blumenthal, president of the hospital, made this announcement Sunday in his report at the annual meeting. One of the proposed buildings will be a private pavilion containing 130 rooms, to take the place of the present pavilion in which there arc fifty-seven rooms. The other will be a new children's build ing, the capacity of which will be 100. The present children's building ac- commodates only seventy-two. In view of the increased building costs, the sons of the late Niayer and Barbara Guggenheim, in whose mem- ory the navilion will be erected, have added $250,000 to their original gift making a total of $609,000, plus the value of the present pavilion, or ap- proximately $1,000,000, said Mr. Btu. menthal. Through the will of Henry- I.. Einstein the hospital received $125,- 000 for the erection of the children's building. It will he dedicated to the memory of Lewis Einstein and Millie' Einstein Falk, the present building re- verting to the hospital. Both build- ings, said Mr. Blumenthal, will be opened in two years. An auditorium building also will be built for the use by the hospital, the Department of Health. Columbia and New York Universities, and various medical associations, Mr. Blumenthal announced, at the same time stating that the hoard of trustees of the hos- pital has accented his contribution of $150,000 for such a building. Dr. Abraham Flexner. of the Rocke- feller Foundation, made a brief ad- dress in which he urged the hospital hoard to utilize the full resources of the hospital and its laboratories for medical education and for intensive medical research. la mll I 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 2 r-" 0- This advertisement paid for by Leonard Wood League of Michigan. FRED'K M. ALGER, Pres. WALTER C. PIPER, V.•Pres. C. A. WEISSERT, Sec'y and Treas. LEONARD 7=11 WOOD Stands for Pisgah Lodge No. 34, I. 0. B. B. The next regular meeting of Pisgah Ii It t ,=7-1 A Federal Budget System Economy at Washington Expansion of American Business at home and abroad. Removal of the Excess Profit Tax Longer term of years to pay the war debt Protection of the American Government behind Americans wher- ever they may be Security of the rights of property A League of Nations Covenant with Reservations thoroughly Amer- icanized A Diplomatic Service which shall command respect at home—and de- mand it abroad. Perfection Lodge No. 486 F. & A. M. Perfection Lodge No. 486, F. and A. M. Special Communication on Wednesday, March 24, at 2 p. m. M. M. degree. Luncheon at 6:30. C. K. SANDORF, Secretary. At Chicago, Congregation Temple Sholom, in recognition of the twenty- two years of service of Rabbi Abra- ham Hirschberg, has increased his salary to $10,000 a year. Insley Concrete Tower us,c1 as equipment on New Cadillac Motor Plant by DuPont Eric it iering Co.—Engineers and Builders. Attorney David Mankowitz, of 43 Tremont street, Boston, has been sworn in as Deputy Assistant Attor- ney of Suffolk County, Mass. 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