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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

TEMPLE BETH EL NOTES

Sunday Services: "Jew and Chris
tian—Their Mutual Debt and Their
Common Obligation," will be the sub-
ject of Rabbi Franklin's address on
Sunday morning of this week. Ser-
vices begin at 11 o'clock.
Sabbath. Services:
The Sabbath
Services begin at 10:30. The sermon
this week will be preached by Rabbi
Mayerberg.
Congregational Sedar: On Satur
day evening, April 3, at 6 o'clock, a
congregational Sedar will be held
under the joint auspices of the
Woman's Auxiliary Association and
the Men's Temple Club. The Sedar
will be given at the Phoenix Club be-
cause of the limited facilities at the
Temple. Those desiring to attend
should send their reservations at once
to the committee in charge.

The Jewish Student and
The Jewish Classics

EMIR FEISAL ORDERS
BOYCOTT AGAINST
USURPERS IN SYRIA

BY SAIL KLEINMAN.

13 El RUT—Entir Feisal, the newly
elected King of Syria, has declared

A "classical book" has been defined a boycott against countries occupy-

to be one about which many people
talk, but which only few read, This
definition may properly he applied to
Hebrew classics in general and to the
Talmud in particular.
The Talmud, like the Jewish peo-
ple. has been for many centuries the
object of calumniation, hatred and
persecution. Like the Jews, it has
Lees condemned as the source of all
evil, and has therefore, been sen-
tenced to be consUmed on the various
"Quemaderoes."
The 'People of the Book" and the
"Book of the People," encountered
the sante fate."
The causes or, rather, the cause for
Passover Services.
the persecution of the Jews and of
At a meeting of the Synagogue Ex- the Talmud, has accordingly been the
tension Committee held at t Is r sante Ignorance of both has virtual-
Shaarey Zedek Synagogue during the ly been responsible for prosecuting
week the following committeemen them.
were present: Mark Jacobson, chair-
However, while the gentile's ignor-
man, Rabbi A. M. Hershman, D. \V. ance of the Jews and of the Talmud
Simon, Samuel B. Kahn, Frank Ber- may be excused, the Jew's ignorance
man, David S. Zenon, Joseph Wets- of himself and of his greatest spirit-
man, Jacob liarvith and Benjamin ual possession, is, indeed, a shameful
Lefkowitz.
defect ,
Arrangements have been completed
We hear preachers, speakers, teach-
for the holding of I'assover services ers, writers, etc., frequently , seasoning
on Saturday, April 3, and Sunday, their sermons,, speeches, addresses
April 4, at Larrowe Hall, corner of and articles with quotations from the
Hamilton boulevard and Seward ave- Talmud. 'There seems to be a parti-
nue. A noted cantor has been en- cular fascination for citing that class-
gaged to conduct the services. Rabbi ical book; and yet, most of these
Hershman will preach the sermon at quoters have read of the Talmud
the supplementary service on Sunday nothing more than what they quote;
some have acquired a meagre knowl-
morning.
At a meeting of the Shaarey Zedek edge of the Talmud from the 'Jew-
Synagogue Extension Committee, ish Encyclopedia" or from some popu•
with one representing Congregational lar books containing extracts from
Emanuel, it was decided to combine the 'fitlintid. None in this country,
the Passover services of both bodies as a rule (exceptions just prove it)
this year. applies himself to the earnest and
On Sunday afternoon, April 4, at 3 all engrossing study of flue Talmud in

SHAAREY ZEDEK NOTES

p. m., an important mass meeting will the original, as, for example, the
be held at Larrowc Hall. 'Members "'leafed quoth of Eastern Europe.
of the Shaarey Zedek who are resi- To the majority of the Jewish educat-
ed here, this stupendous compilation ,
dents in the North End, members of
of Hebrew classics, known as the Tal-
the Congregational Emanuel, and
mud, is a "terra incognita."
non-affiliated Jewish residents of the
The sad phase of the situation is
northwestern part of the city, arc
that the Jewish college boy and even
urgently requested to attend the mass
the university student is blind to the
meeting, as matters of vital import-
moral and intellectual necessity of
ance to the future of both congrega-
knowing the literature of his own peo-
tions will be discusSed at that time.
ple.
Rabbi Hershman and several other
It must be admitted that the atti-
speakers are scheduled for the after- tude of the Anierican-Je•ish educat-
noon meeting.
ed youth towards Hebrew education
Public Seder.
has been greatly changed for the bet-
For the benefit of newcomers, ter. The educational institutions such
as
the Chautatiquas, the Menorah, the
transients and others without home
affiliations in the city who desire to Intercollegaite, etc., have helped to
observe the Passover in the tradi- awaken some Jewish consciousness
tional manner, the Congregation in the students. The typical educated
Shaarey Zedek will hold Seder ser- fool who is proud of his ignorance of
vices on Friday and Saturday even- Jewish knowledge is now almost a
ing, April 2 and 3, in the gymnasium arity.
However, the lack of Jewish knowl-
of the synagogue, corner Willis and
Brush streets. Mr. Morris Burger edge among the Jewish students, who
will conduct the Seder both evenings. are the nucleus of the awning genera-
tion, is very apparent, and until this
Those planning to attend arc urged
situation is improved to a consider-
to send or phone their reservations
able extent, the problem of Jewish
without delay to J. H. Berkowitz,
education in his country can not be
secretary, care of 'Shaarey Zedek
solved.—KansaS City Jewish Chroni-
Synagogue, Willis and Brush streets,
cle.
or phone Glendale 5197.

Gym Classes.
According to a special cable to The
The regular gym classes conducted Ness- York Times the Berlin Board of
on Mondays and Thursdays have had Education has decided on a "thor-
record attendances since their incep- ought cleaning" of the libraries of all
tion a few weeks ago. Classes in the high schools. and will remove all
handball, basketball, calisthenics and
Drives for members of the B'nai
aparatus work are conducted under
the supervision of John Richard. The B'rith Order are being carried on all
over
the country, and are very suc-
gymnasium is also open Tuesdays and
Saturdays for members. The splen- cessful. At the next meeting of the
did gymnasium, with its showers and Constitution Grand Lodge, to he held
a
fine equipment, offers respite to the in Cleveland, Ohio, in the spring,
very largely augmented membership
tired business man after a strenuous
day in a close office. Members are will be represented.

invited to avail themselves of the op-
portunity offered them.

A new pogrom in Italashev, near
Tambov, perpetrated by Denikine's
army after entering the city, is re-
The Hadassah raffle for the famous ported in the Yiddishe Zeitung, of
fourteenth century oil painting by Vilna.
Costa Comte via da Bardi, formerly
A Young Men's Hebrew Associa-
set for March 14, has been definitely
postponed until Sunday evening, May tion is being organized at Freeport,
L.
I. The society will eventually ex-
16. The raffle will take place in the
gymnasium of the synagogue and will tend its activities throughout Nassau
be followed by a dance. Owing to a and Suffolk counties.
typographical error, the prcie on the
Palestine's population is comprised
tickets has been printed at 10c in-
of 500,000 Arabs and 100,000 Jews.
stead of 50c.

Hadassah.

ing territory of Arabs—France and
England—and has organized a com-
mission for the purpose of bringing
Nloslents and Christians into a better
understanding.
Posters displayed at Damascus,
where the Syrian Congress proclaimed
the independence of that country, de-
clared:
"In spit
himself the Moslem is
brother t ■
tl e Christian and the
Jew. The 'km Is existed before
Christ, Nlosc or Nlohaerned, and
freedom and u et idence are rights
of Syria. Rehm 1 is of God, and the
fatherland belong to 'His children.
The Syrian Congres . s., signed a de-
cree asking foreigners' to evacuate
Syria, and Palestine and Mesopo-
tamia are reported to have been spe-
fically included. A committee has
been organized in the Lebanon which
has issued a statement alleging that
the district was illegally represented
in the Congress of Damascus when
the independence of Syria was ile•
Glared. The Lebanon is a section of
Syria, supposed to be strictly loyal
to France and anxious for a French
mandate; but the Turkish Nationalist
and Syrian movements are so general
throughout Syria and Cilicia that it
seems improbable that France can
continue her occupation of districts
there unless she receives strong re-
inforcements.
French forces are reported to have
been repulsed and compelled to re-
treat from Urfa. 'flue entire Adana
section is in a ferment, and the roads
are infested by hillmen co-operating
with Turkish Nationalists, who make
•the position of the thinly scattered
French forces perilous.

Bronx Congregations
Join in Founding
Jewish Center Building

New York—The Bronx will soon be
enriched by a Jewish center, which
will partly satisfy the social need of
its 200000 Jewish inhabitants.
Heretofore, we have often heard
of deserted Jewish synagogues turned
into moving picture houses. In the
Bronx, however, the situation is al-
most reversed. A sort of church, a
missionary establishment, very richly
built, is located near Crotona Park
in the center of the Jewish population.
This house of spiritual refuge is, alas,
but little patronized.
Jews
promenade in the park past the mis-
sion house apparently but little con-
cerned about the saving of their
souls. But even spiritual regenera-

'rhe

teflore and Dr. Israel Abrahams, one
tion seem, to have an economic basis. REFORM JUDAISM GROWS
of the directors, are well known in
for the missionaries realized that
STEADILY IN ENGLAND the United States.
there isn't enough business for them
The congregation holds services
and decided to sell out.
So the Congregation Beth Israel
London, ling.—Time Liberal Jewish both Saturday morning and Saturday
and the Talmud Torah of the sante Synagogue of London, which is con- afternoon. The Saturday morning
services "were taken" (conducted
name united to buy this building.
They expect to establish there a ducted as a Jewish Reform Syna- presumably) by the Hon. Lily Mon-
gogite,
is
steadily
growing
in
mem-
tagu,
the Hon. Mrs. Franklin. Miss
large Talmud Torah, as well as a
t 1 trhse . t ella
and
s i
Ni
Jewish center for adults, which will btirShip and influence.
During the K. Solo n
. after r noon
offer recreation in a real Jewish at- past year its membership was in- M. Yates , A
in
addition
to
the
rabbi,
a
number
of
mosphere.
The Bronx has Mall y small Jewish creased by 87 new members, to a prominent men have occupied the
societies butt, with the exception of total of 741 from 488 households. The pulpit.
The Liberal Jewish Synagogu e
the Zionist synagogue and Talmud congregation has outgrown the seat-
Torah Beth Zion, no institution ing capacity of its present building maintains the St. George's Settlement,
a religious school, a social service
which can be thought of as a Jewish
and had to seek larger quarters for guild and occasionally has Sunday
center, where Jews may meet for so-
Passover and autumn holydays.
lectures. It also has a cemetery of
cial as well as religious purposes.
Rabbi Israel 1. Mattock, a 1910
its own. J or Liberal Juda-
graduTtpf the Hebrew Union Col-
ism, as our English brethren prefer
orrhe to call it, is making some headway
ncinnati, is the rah
lege a
RAGTIME TAUGHT, also Classical
onte-
and
Claude
G.
,
in Great Britain, but on the whole
Music, according to modern school. conigegition
Miss Helen Krause, 220 Medbury fore is its president. Both NI Mon- it has gained ground very slowly.
Ave. Northway 3436.

CLASSIFIED

DO YOU WISH to start your
child in music, but dread the long

period of "beginning to play?" My
new method delights both the par-
ents and the pupils with its results.
A child of ordinary ability can play
third-grade music correctly in a short
time. See Miss Cecil Hodges, 79
East 'Warren. Sorth•ay 1122

EVRNISH ED ROOM for rent.
•
Steam-heated fiat. Private family.,
Call Melrose 895-R.

N C ELY FUR NI SII ED ROOM to
rent for Jewish gentleman. 590
Brush St., Phone Cadillac 2070-W.
—
•
N
7-room
F012
apartment. Steam heat. Hot water.
Janitor service.
modern conven-
iences. Call Northway 5445 or North
5747-R.

Buy Direct From the Maker

Save the Middleman's Profits 1 /3 to

Why go to retail stores to buy these beautiful overstaffed
living room suites, when you can secure them right here
from the maker at savings of 1.3 to 1-2. Here you don't
have to take anything that's in stick. Here you choose
your own exquisite patterns and we'll make for you a liv-
ing room suite or is single piece to your specifications of
the finest quality tapestry, velour, mohair andsilk damask.

Choose your own patterns! No Extra Charges

0—Some

NvANTF
family to take
care of a charming little girl who is
attending a convent and will he ex-
cused for a week or ten days begin-
ning April 1st.
$00 ('are of Detroit
Jewish Cilroulele, Book Building, De-
troit, Mich.

Address Box

Old furniture rebuilt and reupholstered

If you desire to rebuild some of your furniture, we'll gladly send our
representative out to your home with samples, and he will give you an
estimate without any obligation on your part. We can make your old
furniture look like ew.

WANTED BY SMALL FAMILY—
Five or six-room apartment in desir-
able neighborhood. Steam hen and
all mod-, •i conveniences desired.
Write Box 107, care Detroit Jewish
Chronicle, Book Bldg., Detroit.

WELL FURNISHED NIODERN 5-room
apartment. Brush street., to rent for
about 3 months to responsible party.
Melrose 2553.W.

TO RENT 1200M suitable for one
or two gentlemen. In private Jewish
family. East Grand Boulevard near
NN'oodward. Phone Northway 4032-J.

OUR SLIP COVER DEPARTMENT

SLIP
COVERS

is quite a feature of our Istitution.
Nowhere in Detroit will you find
such an extensive selection of pat-
terns for slip covers, and nowhere
will you find the prices so moderate
as herefl Call Cadillac 1449 for our
representative.

Reliable Upholstery Co.

84 Jefferson Ave.

Phone Cadillac 1449

Citizen's Rally
on Car Question

At Detroit Armory
Saturday Night, March 27th

At 8 O'Clock

REV. DR. JOSEPH A. VANCE will preside.

VICTORY CAFE

ELLIOT G. STEPHENSON will be the principle speaker of the
evening.

ANNOUNCEMENT

He will discuss the piecemeal, double fare plan which is to be
voted on April 5. He will also tell you about the service at cost
ordinance for the submission of which petitions are now being
circulated.

520 Woodward Avenue

The Victory k." aft,: will be open on the 25th of
March.
.Nt this, Detroit's newest and finest Chinese and
American Cafe, dancing and entertainment will
be features every evening from hi p. in. to 1 a. tn.
Our :Merchants' Noonday Lunch will also I,e
especially attractive. Served front II a. in. to 3
p. iii.
A. Table dilate Dinner special each evening
from to L.

Musical Program

ATTEND THIS MEETING AND LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE TWO CAR PLANS!

GET THE REAL FACTS SO THAT YOU WILL MAKE NO MIS-
TAKE IN CASTING YOUR BALLOT ON APRIL 5.

OPENING DAY

Wolff's Orchestra
Miss Elsie Moore, Soprano

VICTORY CAFE

(;co. S. I'. /)arc. .Ilaitaycr

E20 WcrAlward Avenue

Detroit Armory, 8 P. M., Saturday, March 27th