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THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
JEWISH FARMERS IN
U. S. TOTAL 20,000;
NONE 20 YEARS AGO
Rabbi Samuel J. Abrams
Called to Boston Pulpit
Former Kalamazoo Rabbi to Be Fbet
Reform Head of Congregation
Ohabei Shalom.
ANNISfbas
Annual Report of Jewish Agricul-
tural Society Shows Tremen-
duous Growth of Back-
to-Soil Movement.
/Distinctiveness
of
110.40[1.-1:or the first time in the
history of its existence, catering a
period of seventy - six years, Congre-
l'ark
gation (..)liabei Shalom,
street, Boston, has called to its pulpit
a representative of the Reform camp
of Judaism, in the person of Rev. 1)r.
Saltine! J. .\ 'tram., of Park Avenue
,
The twentieth animal report of the
Bridgeport, Conn.
.Ictt ish Agricultural and Industrial
Since the resignation of Rabbi
Society, just issued by the sa•
chef y's genearl manager, :dr. Gabriel :Abraham Nowak, now with Congre-
bison, contains a fund of intrrest gation Ent:mu-El, Hartford, Colin., itl
-
Ohabei
Congregation
1910,
July,
mg and slim ulating
W
'orm:Own
1 1 , 1. 11 ,,,.jihout a regular
Many impressive facts are brought
t ra d er. R a bbi Abrant'sclec-
out concerning the nature anti mat! Iwo
un „„i„,„,. Ili- will othetatit
nitude of the It ork
the so
societyy
,1„6„.„„
is carrying tin.
'1' he report gives :1
liars in 1801, Rabbi .Nbrams re-
detailed description 14 the activities t .
e.ive d hi s secu l ar education at the
of the Society's Loan ihmartinent,i
ii College of New'York; Univer-
l'arill Finding liureau, Extension Itt•
sitN of Cincinnati (A. II., 1014; .A. NI.,
p artent,
m
1 , arni Labor Bureau, Sant 1445 1. an d hi s R a bbi n i ca l education.at
tation Department and the branch ii0„.„.
w u n i on c o ll ege where he
,ittices.
was ordained a ltahlti in 191(i. \\Tile
The growth and development of .,. suu l rul at t h e „m ege h e teas editar-
Jetvish farming, a movement which' the ol-
today is national iu scat,. has been l eg ,. mont io i n 1915,191 6, an d s tn.
fastered and guided by 11,j, ,rrcirrty, ,
lent in-Irtirtor in the department of
Twenty ears ago the Je , ‘sh hirluct .
loolag V during the same period :
was a .turiosity. Statistics then gave le e was Rabbi in Kalamazoo, hitch
Jewish farming imputation of 216.
n i o i ( ,_iois . an d ,,j . p ar k Ayentie
taviiing 12,02') acre., scout ;a n ;it estate • rciiiple, Bridgeport. Conn.,
onn., 1918-I 9'0
-
value of $243,000.
'fotlat there
12.000 Jewish farming families la pop-
illation of tal,000). and - there is not a
music 111 the union a partial' of whose
oil
not tilled by Jewish hands." ' PASSOATII AT THE UNIVE1I-
SITA'
hie million ;tyres of land, possessing,
Jewish
t :due Of at least 560,000,000, rupee- • 1•Olitor,
Detroit
sent , the Jewish farm holdings of
Detroit. Mick
1020.
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and Summer
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that exclusiveness of style,
also the distinction in
workmanship that well dressed
young men desire.
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Men's Tailor
209 B'way Market Bldg.
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Squirrel, Mole, Stone Marten, the
Foxes, Fitch or Sable.
We cordially invite you to view
the Spring Models which we are
now showing.
Fur Coats are still being offered
at substantial reductions.
It might interest the Detroit Jew
Loaned Over $3,000,000
to knew' that the greater part of the
The report slitays that sitter.
Jewish Students at the University at
organitation the sOciety has granted Nlichigan are not observing the Pass-
loans' aggregating 533054,000 and cov- over; and it is not because their in-
ering 36 slates of the union. Four tellectualism has left no room for
hundred and ten loans, amounting to religion, Ina is it because they are
$204086, were granted this year. A "drifting away." It cannot be said
noteworthy feature in this connection to be their fault but rather the fault
i tint although these loan, 3vcre of the Jewish Community of Detroit..
Matte fm substandard security, the so-
The Jewish Student is dependent I
ciety's losses in the two - score years upon the Detroit Community for his
of its career were Ind 3.34 per cent. religious environment both by rea-
Th, section dealing with the So- s on of the proximity of the cities and
ciety's Farm Loan Department also also bet-tuts,. Detroit claims the great-
Newton Annis
"'main , many t•otilltn'llelt`ivc lablc` er number of Jewish Students at the
and charts which should Ice of real l'itiversity. For these very good rea•
value farsta b ,t i c:h l f"n" studies and sons the college man and woman look.
agricultural research. to Detroit as their spiritual advisor,
During the year ,tO4 applicants reg- and when Passover comes around
tstered at the Society's Farm Find- they rather feel that the Detroit Jew
ing linreau for advice, guidance anti ought to aid them in securing the
:Oil. This bureau is entrusted with necessary foods for the feast days.
th e d e licat e j a b of obtaining - the
Two vears ago several Detroit Jews
proper farm far the proper man." look it upon themeselves to establish
Farms Were fawn! fnr ati applicants, a Kosher kitchen for the Passover and
1 "lills 10 ht•Ill With considerable expense of time
55 "i " 11 °"'
finance their purchases. 'Elie place- and energy to themselves saw that
meat of these farmers necessitated the Jewish Student had meals for the
the inspection of 236 farms in eight Passover. The students here were
's tat•s in the east and noddle west. grateful tit those men and in spite
he bureau is also carrying on an of the difficulties that arose the en-
active campaign to eliminate the land deavor was appreciated and met with
This year
shark evil and to prevent bawds hi a hearty co-operation.
those same men tried to reproduce
farm purchases.
the plan of the year before only on
Solved Many Problems
a larger scale and with the aim at
Some idea of the number and eliminating the objectionable features
01 the problem, handled by of the year previous. Toward this
varict
the Fsholsitin Department may be end the V. NI. C. A. dining room Wut
gained from such heading- as "Intro- rented and all preparations made for
duction of Beller Seed..." "Introduc- the carrying out of the Passover. At
lion of Better Livestock, - - Collective the eleventh hour, a cook could not
[toying," "Proper Nlaeketing of Farm be seemed. Consequently the Jewish
Protlitct.." "Ilettt r Roads," "Better student this year is either at the
Seined Conditions' and - Improve.. , mercy of the psnetla - kosher rest:m-
olest of Social Condition." This de-1 ranteer wino,. charges, for Passover •
partment maintains a .tali of Jewish meals arc not Kistler, to say the least:
agricultural experts who bring to the or upon boxes from home, which with
a ll cer-
le wish farmer the scicu1aIre iniorma- mail service as it is, are not at
lion so needed in modern aso•ttaill tire. Mill: or they must depend upon the .
During the past year experts Campus restaurant, for their meals.,
smile 1,soo individu a l II-itr, held 50 The majority of the men and Wifiltell
demonstrations, lectures and :igri - are doing the latter.
The question is trot One Of ■ C•111
cultural meetings attended by 2.020
it111111 . 1, . Besides. that gone advice meat or individual moral:--it
to upwards of 1,000 farmers at the rather one of finance and sound or-
, rienty•s central office. The Exten- ganization. The failure of Chow Jews I
sion Department publishes the only to secure a cook is not one to bring
Yiddish aglicultural magazine in the blame upon them but rather a great,r
world, 'The Jewish Farmer." It also blame, one that falls back upon all of
awarded t o the sons and daughters Detrtcit's Jewish organizations at not
of Jewish farmers free scholarships , effecting some plan for the mainten-
t o var i ou s St a t e A gri cultural 'ore of the Jewish ideals on the
Since 1887
The game as Mt. Clemens
But in Detroit At Wayne Bath House
2nd and Front Sts . aoli. Wayne Hotel
Departments for Ladies and
Gentlemen
Open Day and Night
'looping Accommodations for
Gentlemen
Mineral-Turklell-Tonle and Kitetric
Baths
Local andfirnigtil Swedish illakionte
Kleeirleal Treatments, Including Vi•
1watt- try. !Ugh Frequency and Violet
Rays for Colds. 111reum:111,m, Neu-
ralgia, Neuritis. Nervousness. Obesity.
Stomach, Kidney and Liver Com-
plaints and all forms of Shin
Trophies Cherry 4741
1. It. RAVES, Prop, and
• It. 0. IRWIN, Supt.
Super-Fluous
Hair Removed
IIFARTOHATTER
DETROIT EXCLUSIVE HATTER
•
made."
R.G.Duri
THE A-I MILD
HAVANA CIGAR
ZIONIST CONFERENCE
HELD IN LEMBERG
Krakow—A Zionist conference was
held in Lemberg from Nlarch lath to
17th. Dr. Reich spoke on the activi-
ties of the Jewish Delegation in
Paris; Dr. Housman and Dr. Lustig
delivered addresses on Palestine; Dr.
Muntzer discussed Jewish cultural
problems; Dr. P. l'ordes spoke on
organization, finance and the press.
The last speaker was Dr. Frostig who
gave a report on the economic prob-
lems of Palestinian reconstruction.
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WEEKLY USED CAR BULLETIN
Buying Power
tl
1
That reaches over many states
makes possible for immediate
delivery these leading makes of
used motor cars.
loges and in addition granted minter- Campus.
is need in Detroit for some
ous student loans.
organization whether religious, social
Placed 10,366 Men
tie otherwise to aid the college men
The Society's Farm Labor Bureau, and women in the keeping of their
feast
days and dietary laws. There
since its establishment in 1008. has
Thousands of is need on the Campus for a Com-
placed I0,366 Melt.
munity
House where Jewish students
)(sing Jewish men were thus given
an opportunity to test for themselves. might assemble and maintain their
by' tutHods of practical facto-service home culture.
It appears that some unselfish De-
their fitness for taking up ;agriculture
troit group, one representing a com-
as a life work, and thousands of farm-
ers were prodded with desirable help munity of Jewish interests, might with
very little effort bring the college
To promote higher standards of
man and woman closer to the Reli-
cleanliness, to improVe sanitary con
gious center in Detroit. It is always
ditions in and about the farm hones
well to remember that, as the twig
is the important task delegated to the
is bent so the tree is inclined."
Society's Sanitation Department. Last
WILLIAM WACIIS, '21 Lit.
year all active rural health campaign
was conducted among the Jewish
farm boarding and rooming houses in
the Catskill region. A concentrated
attack was made against "four out-
painlessly and per- standing insanitary strongholds—
manently by the
electric needle. Miss sewage disposal, garbage disposal,
Rose Kotok, 'Pee'''. water supply and the fly menace."
•
ist, 607 1-5 Woodward Ave. Room 17. "The report shows that decided fm
Arcadia Bldg., near Eliot St. Phone
proyement in the sanitary standards
idendale 5695-R.
of farm life have resulted. "Three
hundred and seventy Jewish farm
boarding and rooming houses were
visited, which means that 370 Jewish
farmers received first-hand education
concerning sanitary needs on the
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farm. Of these, 171 were reinspected
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and in 146 (86 per cent) some def
inite sanitary itnprovement had been
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That a government should declare
that it cannot locate one of.the cities.
in its realm has occurred for the
first time in the history of Poland.
This novel explanation was made
by the government in connection
with the case of the Jewish teacher.
Millberg, ill the city of Imbitz on the
German border. Polish Gendarmes
Accused this Jew of giving signals to
the Germans, because his young pupils
were caught playing with the national
flag. Ile was severely beaten and
held for a few days. Shortly after-
ward the minister of war was in-
terrogated about his case by the Jew-
ish Club in the Polish parliament.
Thereupon the worthy official replied
that lie does not know where this
city of Imbitz may possibly he lo-
cat R e e d. c
ently, the club presented to the
minister of war documents to prove
that the city oi Imbitz does exist and
that one of its Jewish citizens by the
name of Nlillberg was arrested and
beaten without cause.
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Glendale 7117
732 Woodward Avenue
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