THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION

VOL. VII. NO. 17.

SECTION TWO

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920

ADVOCATES LEAGUE OF WORLD
JEWRIES WITH HEAD IN LONDON

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Writer in London "Chronicle" Declares American and English Jews

PHOENIX CLUB SCENE
TREE PLANTINGS AT
OF SEDAR SERVICES
JEWISH FARM SCHOOL
OF TEMPLE MEMBERS TO HONOR HERO DEAD

Must Form New Organizations to Care For
Social and Political Status.

Under the joint auspices of the
Woman's Auxiliary Association and
the Men's Temple Club, a Congrega-
tional Sedar will be held at the
Europe. The Jews in Eastern Europe Phoenix Club Saturday evening, April
will need our protection. Besides be- 3, at 6:30 p. m. This place has been
ing flesh of our flesh they are also chosen because it is expected that the
poor suffering human beings, who attendance will be considerably larger
need help and sympathy. Shall we than could be accommodated in the
turn away from them? I do not Temple assembly rooms. Indications
doubt the answer of any man or are that the capacity of the Phoenix
woman with fine feelings. Nor let Club will be taxed to the limit and
anyone imagine that Palestine will it is therefore of the highest impor-
solve the problem. The settlement tance that those wishing to attend
of Palestine is a welcome thing, should send in their reservations at
which in the long run is hound to the first possible moment.
have far-reaching consequences at
The Sedar service will be led by
present difficult to visualize in their
Rabbi Franklin and the musical por-
completeness. But Palestine can hold
tions of the ritual will be rendered by
only comparatively few Jews„ and
an especially chosen choir. It is ex-
these will be able to settle there
pected that all at the tables will par-
gradually, only when adequate con-
ticipate in the singing.
ditions of life are prepared for them.
This Sedar will undoubtedly be an
It is as well to face realities. One
can be a well-wisher of Palestine, and interesting and inspiring occasion.
Inasmuch
as, traditionally, the Sedar
yet realize that when Eretz Yisroel
is in a flourishing state there will still has been a time of festivity, it will
be very many Jews in the Diaspora. appropriately be followed by a social
hour for which a very delightful pro-
In the Spirit of the Age.
gram has been arranged. This occa-
Greater Jewry will still have its sion, it is hoped, will be made an an-
problems, and that Greater Jewry nual event in the Temple calendar.

London, Eng.-- . 1' he problem of how
to promote the unity of Jews by
means of a World-Jewry organization
has engaged Jews for many years. A
great deal has been written on the
subject and the latest contribution to
the discussion is an article by a writer
in the London "Jewish Chronicle,"
who under the pseudonym of "Ben-
ainmi" suggests the formation of "A
League of Jewries."
Benanuni after dwelling upon the
advantages to be gained from "A
League of Nations" writes:
Now, there is one such problem in
which both you and I are keenly in-
'crested. I mean the problem of the
Jew, which has two aspects, one in-
ternal, the other external. The first
comprises such questions as religious
education, the supply and training of
ministers, the cultivation of the knowl-
edge of Jewish tradition and Jewish
history; the second extends to de-
fense against anti-Semitism, the de-
famation of Jews, anti-Jewish legisla-
tion, work of international relief, and
so on.
•
will include Palestinian Jewry. Pal-
Failure of Competition.
estinian Jewry will, therefore, also
In the past centuries the Slates of be a member of the League of Jew-
Europe were intent on a race of com- ries, participating in the settlement
petitive activities, which received its of affairs all over the world.
first impulse from the Mercantilist
The more I think about it, the
Doctrines. The senseless sport con-
more I feel that the League of Jew-
tinued until August, 1914, and today
r ies would be in accord with the
cotnpetiton among nations is being
spirit of the age, would help in the
replaced by co-operation. The tend-
s olution of many Jewish problems,
ency for States to go their own way
would give a sense of reality to the
also resulted in a strict segregation
i dea of the Brotherhood of Israel.
of Jews according to their allegiance.
The Jews in each state had their own
political difficulties; their status va-
ried in each State; often enough their
condition depended on the whim of
a ruling autocrat. It is intelligible
that in a world organized on closely
differentiated political entities Jews
should be divided off into French,
lierman, English, Russian, Austrian,
and Roumanian Jews. Need this sep-
aration continue to be as marked as
hitherto? Has not the time arrived
when Jews from different lands
should approach each other in order
to take counsel, so that the smaller
communities may receive inspiration
and succor by coming into contact
with the larger? In a word, just as
nations, retraining their individual
ities, have agreed to come together to
deal with general world problems, so
let the Jews front different countries
likewise retaining their political alle-
giance to the uttermost, also come to-
gether to deal with specifically Jew-
ish world problems. Since we are to
have a League of Nations, let there
also be a League of Jewries.

Chief Rabbi Herz has forwarded
66,000 pounds of Matzos to Vienna,
and hopes to send next week a quan-
tity of Passover fats, for which there
is terrible need in that city. All
those who have not yet helped our
suffering Vienna co-religionists can
still forward their subscriptions to the
Chief Rabbi, or to their local minis-
ter, A detailed list of donors will be
published in due course.

PHILADELPHIA—Many requests
are already teaching The National
Farm School for tree plantings on
the grounds of the school this com-
ing spring, in memory of departed
dear ones a nd in honor of memorable
events and anniversaries, also for the
planting of trees in the Patriots
Grove of the School, which grove
consists of a section of the grounds
set apart as a Memorial for our sol-
diers and sailors who served the
country during the late war. One
section of the Patriots' Grove is de-
voted to the planting of trees in mem-
ory of those who gave their lives in
the service of the nation, and an-
other section in honor of those who
returned in safety.
The planting of a tree is a most
fitting and beautiful manner of hon-
oring our heroes, who marched away
to defend our country and its ideals,
during the greatest of all wars, and
the Patriots' Grove at the Farm
School, which was dedicated last
spring, was- set apart in response to
requests from many families, who de-
sired to honor in a lasting and suit-
able manner, the self-sacrifice and
patriotism of their dear ones, who an-
swered the country's call. The trees
in this Grove are all marked with a
tablet, bearing the name of the one
for whom it has been planted, and
there can surely be no more per-
manent and lasting tribute than that
of a growing tree.
The following are the names of
those for whom trees have been re-
quested in the Patriots' Grove:
In memory of those who gave their
lives in the service of the nation:
Jacob Bledenthal, Atlantic City; Mor-

timer Strauss Rubel, Chicago; Eli
Wittstein, Cincinnati, Ohio; Bernard
W. Traitel, Detroit, Mich.; Roy Ste-
wart Marlow, Elkins Park. Pa.; Lieut.
Jesse Warren Guise, Findlay, O.; Si-
mon C. Hellman, Gulfport, Miss.;
Geo. Burton Posenthal, Hartford,
Conn.; Julien 1,f. Strassburger, Mont-
gomery, Ala.; Joyce Kilmer, Alex-
ander Roth and Milton Stern, of
New York City; Louis Berkowitz,
Morris A. Deutsch, Oscar H. Gruber,
Dr. G. M. Neuburger. Sergt. Harry
l'olinsky, Byron II. Reis, Capt. Eu-
gene Rice, Lester B. Rothschild,
Henry F. Singer, Benjamin Spitzer,
Milton Stern, of Philadelphia; Solo-
mon Spicker, Pottsville, Pa.; Jerome
L. Goldman, St. Louis, Mo.; Maurice
Lazor, Shenandoah, l'a.; Chas. Lauch-
heimer, Washington, D. C.; and Will-
iam C. Reese, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
lit honor of those who served and
returned in safety: Julien A. Hill-
man, Atlantic City, N. J.; Leonard
George Needles, Elkins Park, Pa.;
Alexander F. Sachs, Kansas City,
Mo.; Jacob F. Goldstein and Arthur
Silverberg, New York City; Ralph
Gutlohn, Sergi. Isaac L. Hyman, Dr.
Leopold Max Jacobs, Reuben Jac-
obs, Charles S. Kaufmann, Corp.
Walter Kaufmann, Sergt. Manfred
R. Krausk mf, August Manasses, Dr.
Jacob I.. Manasses, J. DeRoy Mark,
Isadore Oppenheimer, Sidney
Reinheimer, Leon W. Reinheimer,
Herbert D. l'eis, Eli NE Rohrheimer,
Sergt. Jerome H. Rose, Sergt. S.
talph Schwarzschild, J. Leonard Sess-
ler, Arthur Shoenberg, Edwin H.
Silverman, Leonard H. Sosttnan,
Capt. Camille J. Stamm, Morris H.
Starr, Arthur A. Strouse, Frank L.
Teller, Ensign Jerome L. Teller,
'hilip H. Weinberg, Gustave L. Wine-
lander, Stanley S. \Vohl and Myron
Albert Zachs, of Philadelphia, Pa.;
Arthur J. Jackson, Daniel Fabien
Jackson and Fred Jackson, of Pitts-

burgh, Pa.; Joseph llorchow and
Reuben Horchow, of Portsmouth, 0.
Requests for tree plantings at the
Farm School may be sent to Dr. Jos.
Krauskopf, President, 4715 Pulaski
Ave., Philadelphia, l'a.

FORM ASSOCIATION OF
PARENTS AND TEACHERS

Complying with requests of the
women attending the special Ameri-
canization classes at the Dwyer
School, a Mothers' Club is being
formed under the auspices of the
Parent Teachers' Association and the
Educational Department of the Unit-
ed Jewish Charities. The club has
been organized with the purpose of
establishing a closer relationship be-
tween parent and teacher. Monthly
meetings will be conducted with open
discussions on topics relating to the
training of children.
The first meeting of the Mothers'
Club will be held at the Dwyer
School on Caniff and Rosedale
streets, Saturday, March 27, at 3 p. m.
Fred M. Butzel will address the
meeting on "The Relation of the
Home and School." R. Zinder will
give the text of Mr. Butzel's talk in
Yiddish.
The Chamber Nfusic Society has
arranged an attractive musical pro-
gram. Moving pictures will be
shown under the auspices of the Rec-
reation Commission. The mothers of
the neighborhood are cordially in-
vited.

It is reported that Sir Philip Sas-
soon, Bart, M. P., is to be appointed
a Parliamentary Secretary to the
Prime Minister. Ile occupied a posi-
tion of a similar kind with Mr. Lloyd
George during the latter's recent visit
to Paris.

London Should Be Center.

The center of such a League should
be in London. Do we Jews of Eng-
land sufficiently realize. I wonder,
that the changed conditions in Cen-
tral Europe have laid a special bur-
den upon us? The Jewries of Ger-
many and Austria, being near the
Jewish storm-center of Eastern Eur-
ope, accomplish fine work of philan-
thropy and culture for the victims of
persecution in Eastern lands. But
the economic and political conditions
in Central Europe will for many a
day make it difficult, if not impossi-
ble, for the German and Austrian
Jewries to play the part they did be-
fore the war. Their burden will be
shifted to the Jewish communities
further West. France has no Jewry
to speak of; and Jewish conscious-
ness in France is somewhat luke-
warm. The Jewry of Holland is not
numerous. In Denmark Jews are
both lukewarm and small in numbers.
There only remains Anglo-Jewry,
which has a noble tradition, boasts of
a healthy Jewish consciousness, and
has moulded its institutions on the
British model, which is acclaimed all
over the world as truly democratic.
The burden of the Jewries of the Cen-
tral Empires will thus be shifted on
to our shoulders.

American Jewry Important. .
It is good that this should he so.
London will doubtless tend to be
come the diplomatic center of Eur-
ope in the future and the sense of
fairness and justice which character-
izes the Englishman will always play
a noble part in settling the affairs of
Europe. The League of Jewries will
do well therefore to establish itself in
the English capital. England is near
to the continent and is the most con-
venient point for America. The Am-
erican Jews must be given a place of
honor in the League. They are a
great community and have to their
credit a fine array of achievements.
They have a large number of flour-
ishing congregations; in the sphere
of charity they have done exceeding-
ly great things; in the field of learn-
ing and culture they have training
colleges for rabbis and teachers a
publication society, an historical so-
ciety, and an extensive press; and in
the work of rebutting the vile attacks
of anti-Semites on Jews they show a
record of many positive achievements.
Of course, American Jewry must
come into the League. Nay, it seems
to me that the first step toward the
creation of the League of Jewries
would be to establish an entente be-
tween the Jewries of England and
America, a sort of Union of English-
speaking Jewries.
Palestine Inadequate.
I do not suppose any one imagines
that my suggestion is due to any
sense of the proud pre-eminence of
Anglo-Jewry. Far from it. It will
not be easy to bear the additions
burden which is bound to result by
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