THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION HARRY KEIDAN TO BE JUDGE IN NEW ,„ the MUNICIPAL COURT 23,000 British Troops TO Needed in Palestine _ ...., tn. ps. ,t is interesting that the some number of soldiers( i. e. 9,000 ""(I 14.°1" Indian.) scene Reputation Won As Assistant necessary for Constantinople and its Prosecutor Influences neiglihmhoml, and only 16,000 tor the 1.11 gc armies are Rhine tiontier. Gov. Sleeper. a 1.500 mile journey, trodg.1 P e r in -loc., on foot except for a r i ve r boats, a. gums, of Persian Ji ,, ish mountaineers- has just reached lernsalem. Suffering all maim, r oi hardship , and danger , in (inlet to fulfill 11,1i life desire of passing their remaitime da Vs ill Palt,Illit'. they hiked l tom . their mountain homes. do. .1latolatd embarked on ._ _____ Temple Judea, Chicago, Loath to Release Beloved Leader for Past Three Years. of Damascus, Fmk" their P il- eramnag,. to d er ti,akiii HEAD OF PITTSBURGH TEMPLE FOR 11 YEARS boat, up the Euphrates ;Ind then by only required for Nlessopotamia (17.- 0011 oho, troops and 44,000 Indian) BEST POSSIBLE CHOICE, and fur Egypt. for t, Inch 1000 white SAYS CITIZENS' LEAGUE and 20000 Indian troop. are asked in addition to the normal gaiii-on. Detroit. I DR. R. I. COFFEE TO BE !, INSTALLED AS RABBI IN TOLEDO, APRIL 23 BE NEW RABBI OF COLLINGWOOD TEMPLE, Mountaineers Trudge 1,500 Miles to Zion TOLEDO. Commons r. Chin, hill. the se, et.o ■ of War de Attorney Long Associated With Jewish Affairs in Per Year, $3.00; Copy, 10 Cents DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY APRIL 16, 1920. VOL. VII. NO. 20. way - - Rotarian; Long Asso- Dr. Aronstam May Prominent ciated With Prison Reform Movements. • Represent Local Abroad Of great interest to the Detroit Zi onists Jess ish community is the announce- __ Pisgah Lodge to Initiate Class of 600 May 9th In the selection of Ilarry It. Keiilan, ment that 1)r. Rudolph 1. Coffee, by Governor Albert E. Sleeper, to Select Candidate for American Rabbi of Temple Judea, of Chicago. assume one of the to new judicial Delegate to Convention in will he formally installed as Rabbi of 1 ,,,Itions created by the Nlunieipal the t• ■ illitigwood Avenue Temple of Czecho-Slovakia. hurt. Reform Bill, which won the evening, t ■ Friday Culmination of Campaign for Ohio, Toledo, _. ._ overwhelming approval of 1)etroiter , 3,000 Members Makes Dr. Noah E. Aronstam. president April 23. in the recent election, , I he city has Preparations have been made by of the Zionist District of Detroit, was No. 34 Largest. gained one of the ablest legal experts an nominated at the meeting last Mon- members of the congregation for fin- this court. evening at the Statler llotel to el:Murat,. ceremony at which many 1 ed day ,arge•t imil.itions In the period immediately prece- , One o. m 1e class city and represent Detroit at the International prominent officials of the ing the election, 'Mr. I:eidan f,i,,.. in the history of die Independent Or- Zionist Congress to be held beginning state will be present, as well as lead- fully expressed his belief ill the at- , 1 ,.1. of Irmo Itrith will take /Place July 4. at Carlsbad, Czeclio-Slovakia. Mg rabbis in the country. Dr. Ste- of Nev; York will de- vantages to be dt•ri ■ ed from the pro- Sunday, May 9, at the Shaarey Zetlek fltr, ..\ ronstant's name now goes down ;then S. \Vise posed system, and took upon 'Mosel! s,yilagiigui . corner \Villis avenue and as candidate for international dole• liver the principal address at the in- combatting the hen Pisgah Lodge, No. the task of Polishstreet, when DR. RUDOLPH I. COFFEE. part of gate from the Zionist Organization of stallation service on Friday evening. .. .\ \ - 34, I O. It It. will irolin•t a class d 011 Saturday morning, April 24th, strenuous last-millute A mer i ca . Tt c zi,„,i s t s o f th e u n it e a result it was his name, coupled with Of fits) into the I0,d 111- 14.111itali 11 11. 39 delegates. Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg of this are entitled to mark the States ceremonies will that of Pliny \V. Marsh, brad of the The At the same meeting the followilig city will assist 1/r. Coffee in conduct- will Detroit (:itizens' League, which had tio inid ;iat ; ain of a whirlwind campaign wer• .nominated as candidates fur ing services. A public banquet m neater. which will render i , i •,,la,,,, formulated and fostered the bill, that for delegates to the ..\ moral Zionist Con- be held on Sunday evening at which Pisgah the largest single It'ilai Brill' were given to Gov. Sleeper when he vendors to be held beginning May 30, addresses 1011 be delivered by Rabbi ; tine coition. The member- o d ge ,it asked prominent Iktroite rs to express l ,iii. at Atlantic City; Dr. N. E. Aron- Let. NI. Franklin of Detroit, Rabbi their preferences for the vacancies. ship drive is meeting with marked stain. Fred NI. Butzel, Capt. 'sailor Joseph Schanfarber of Chicago and By DR. MARCEL KNECHT according to it s chairman, ..,,,,, 11 Dr. Kaufman Kohler of Cincinnati. Recommended to Gov. Sleeper Leann, I. mill er an d m, II. Zitchliciin. Director of the Official Bureau of French Information in New York. In making his announcement, Giiv. Churl.. Rosenthal, who predicts that Hie nominating- collunIttee Which Chicago Reluctant to Release Him. th e the goal will be reached long before ,• to t ,on en i Steeper said, "Nyh families, for Prance, but "they did not pass!" '"I'"I'll'A these ""'""""'"""' consist- The members of Temple Judea, of the day of initiation. For centuries. Jetvish se l ec tion of two additional judges, I persecuted ill the eastern countries. Rabbi Ruetf was the worthy soldier ed of Louis Stoll, Mrs. N. E. Arun- Chicago, of which Dr. Coffee has been Hastens Community Building. the spiritual head for three years, consulted many of Inv Detroit friends, ent Pi. of tato, of Castelnall and of Bal. ,tans and I. E. Davidson. w The know ledge that the success of left their former homes •nut including attornev s, lodge.. and other The Detroit Zionist District is en- have released him with reluctance T toward Central Europe where they oniricr. of the drive will hasten the construction a source prominent citizens. It is The NI, it,. district is close to the titled to 'send three delegates to this (11 live it happy life. gratification to me to have tho.., con- of a Jew Ish Community building is tried year's convention. these delegates to and only because of the sincere con- Some of the o best Jewish tdoneers department of Nleurthe and Moselle; that is dliving each my native city, be , lected from the above nominees. victims his scope usefulness in his would new field be • ulted, almost without ,,I•ittillli err the itftelitt‘t. te •ater , g , i ve ,t ungie r that ionniend two men alio‘,. all others. member of the thriving fraternal body. settled in the beautiful valleys of not far from Nancy, ,i r' Alsace-Lorraine where they enjoyed tit.'" i ' a beautiful and arti ' ti ' t "" 11 ' Further nominations can be made by in the drive are s. of Poland, p o- Dr. Coffee has distinguished him- The two recommended were I tarry It The participant , etiti , M signed by 25 registered Zi n and Pliny \V. NI arsh. I feel working in teams of 10, each headed the charm of French civilization and dear to King Stanisla has b een for cell- ists to be sent in to the Zionist Bu self not only as a leader among his The chart posted in the prosperity of the .\ Isaee-Lorraine I —Ifni tine, whiCh confident that the appointments will Iii a Captain. ril 27, on own people, but also a man who has ream 8__'bVlialliber of Commerce soil: they became faithful citizens and unit, one of the sacred resting places re- 25 Broadway. ,ectire fur Detroit if clean and eliicient the lodge-rooms, ,dedicated his abilities and energies not later than April of each group, many oi them who refused to live of the leo ish race in its pilgrimage building, , day haunts will be inaiiei , ' . ' i . to the general public good. Ile has wind administration of the criminal law." cording the progress 1 the re- tinder the German rule alter 1871, from the East to the \Vest. It ryas all local ziiiiii,i,. a splendidle-40111111nd 01 the is ..iineville that modest Catholic been one of the most prominent Thomas P. Lovett, secret:1r i of stilts obtained by the endued:1 , 0C tool; the crueldecision of abandoning i ii I ., ..f the Rotary Club of Chi- Detroit Citizen's League. :tioi one 1.f this bles:ed 1;01.1 :mil of going further pries(, Father Gregoire, one of the ('his year's National Convention is i'cos worker.. , great the ortance in that it will members citizens and supporters of the French leuailution the most potent f:,ctors ill disseini- imp policy of the Zionist Or- (-ago, and no Rabbi in America of • ' President Leon Goldsmith. Chair- wts i tutting information con, el ring the stands higher in this organization preached in fa,ao- of the liberation of i I: ers iii the French Republic. .\ mingenients. reports that miiiii that ganization of .America considered on the vital at than he. The Municipal Court , R,• ■■ a In !till, in man of i fact that the Chicago • , 'Elie German Empire took away the Jews; it is from Luneville tnat speaking of the election of \I r. Keidan elaborate preparations are tinder way cavalry France drew her most heroic onestions which will be for the Nlay initiation. 'Flu- entire from France Alsace and a part of T oledo laineville has in its sub- the International Zionist Congress m Rotary Club to has appointed a special committee take the trip to to office, said: regiment•. fellow-countryii synagogue will be mimed over to the Lorraine; my Jewish -known village of V itri- orbs the well to wino,. the installation, evidences be held at 1. arlsbail. Expert on Criminal Law , I: flue, . Festivities will begin ai 6 p.m. men who left Strasbourg, Metz, t.ol- mom, so brutally ravaged by t h e the high regard and esteem in which leading problems to Among the i3 mar, NI iillion , e, f 011111 110( believe ni will he use .1-1,, Detroit Citizen' , League feels fur l arge anditorin , s ;1, wou ld last and ere, German invaders in 1914, retaken by come before the convention will be D r. Coffee is held by his fellow that the Gocernor has mole the best rooms that their t , , ,_ the ntates, the smaller vestry initiates. i ig i ell- m a ‘ iiii il_ the colonization policy to be pursued too iisnien. On Friday, April 23, lie Tiwentoilhi .\rm y Cures in ,„ibh, ri ,,, it. n .,i in ii , i. ,„ I in tin i wii, I tio and d.,- aced their new homes in the French the for the ladit, Tli. ccou.av rebuilt by : Mr ' . ,,.r la !" in the rebuilding of the Jewish bottle- will be iiiitiated as a member of the lection ,.1 !d r. keillan. ' I beer tailors ., part of L o rr aine close to the new he held i n the gYnina'iM"' ot,..,, 1 , 1,,,, \ualttiatit , t hold in Palestine. It is also expected Toledo Rotary Club. s t r .a ic titc:ric I (locker, especially must help I mike him the '")4 border, from kelfort in the South to anq Provided Kosher Buet , , that the approval will be made at the Expert in Prison Reform Work. most popular andd efficient of Detroit Nker S. Fink. Simon D. Rosenz- Verdun in the North. Luneville the . splenom George convention of the action of the Na- frenchjeW,, who have units entered judges. First, he has long been asso- The leading Ffrench In the field of prison reform, 1)r. tional Executive Committee which has Coffee has done excellent work fn w e ig and Joe Lichtenstein are ar- played an important part in French allituil, of its Mayor, Nil - tal , g i iig the banq u et, which will he h not hin d r them fro . m placed itself on a record in favor of making our penal institutions more lly came f rom Keller. coul politic , or affairs. m burnin g in- „ , prepared under the personal super- n Frenc h Lorrai ne. killing civili ans and hol humane and practical in their correc- ■ l epartillems igenera micro homes. Some Bavarian brutes. me cretition of a and permanent organ- cone ization to speak act in the v i.don of two local Rabbis, to guar- the . . . • T I V - I n tive purposes. Ile has visited most i encouraged by their officers, entered i t c n ,, , irii i interests Ilf the Jews of Amer- of the large prisons in the country, ante , its being strictly IXosher. Lorraine, Loyal to France Toe entertainment committee is (Continued on page four.) and has been instrumental in return- • • • heallcil by Nathan Ifiortilierg. Assl,s- -- re has 111•Vr I' been a I1TOVillCe ing to respectable life and social use- 'Pharr -- in g him arc 1 /a \ t. I 1 ubar, I 1 yman EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR fulness hundreds of young men, many \Vilfred iiiiblinan, Samuel in France as patrictic and as pr goes 1,,,idall, d all the Jew, rraine, TO VISIT DETROIT of them Jewish boys, who had taken Strainer, sive M audell. Joseph Iturak, It rong step. A case which had Lobecome n its sons were in who as l Neun, FAIticational Di- an Emanuel . their first w Nlax Ifillin ;old Charles Berlin. have 1,1111111de 11111 11 11 With our Cathidu - rector of the Zionist Organization of attracted nation-wide comment was Invitations to the initiation ' , the leaders of and our I rotestants w n ii, i ca, acting head of Zionist Edu- that of a Jewish boy' who was known i, , , Ame M been sent to some of the and it is expected Ccance Was obliged to defend i cational Department ill the absence to the police as the "King of Americ;in Jewry of the roust vet y life, tt Szold, who is in Burglars," and oho also made 'him- of Nliss H enriea ._ _ that the event will he One ed Frain -, ,1 f .1re, who sav , self notorious as the head of the M. Joan i history of in Detroit NIondaY 111111 . IN 01111Y ill the .1116,11 o was a peasant girl of Lrraine, and I hi obs Incited by Arab Nationalist l' ,.1e , tilie, will he Arson Trust." Tuesday, April 19 and 20, in the famous "Million Duller Dr. Dosaiit. Coffee this Marshal Poch who saved the world, sr, Agitators on Easter Sunday— .,nd • * * n ist 0111C:16011:II work Through the efforts of interest of Zio I p a ssed his youth in a Catholic college hardened criminal character was pa- this city. City Under Martial Law. ill B'NAI BRITII DANCING tided in his care, and finally pardoned in Metz. lust in that city from wltich Mr. Neumann will take tip three _ __ enth e the eight CLASSES START I Lafayette had come in after demonstrating his ability to Three killed, two hundred and different kinds of work during his lead an honest and useful life. to bring his swot- ft to the Ind P stay in Detroit, the advancement of The It'llai B rith Club has orgallizedleentury American coioni,,i•. v o f tin, wounded, fifty Dr. Coffee is a native of California. a dancing dross for members and I Several centuries ago, the name Of fury-one n . ‘ inli,, ,,d ;u :i st ;. t.",..i t i‘; , l i; Young Jud aea w ork, the. organization graduated from Columbia Instrintion will be , the ' ,.n., . two women the total casualties of Herzlia, which is the Zionist Ile wits their friends mer i ca was created for e d ck e University in 1900 with highest hon- ' given Tuesday and Friday nights at A the Arab attacks on the new. of cultural organization for adults. and ors in philosophy. lie received his It tat ! time in a picturesque little city of the _ (:roadway. saint pie: Aiiiha,,, 1,1 educa- the clubrooms, 25 study of Hebrew ,. on Faster will Make a i n Lorra C(111111V(1111( Vosges, degree as Rabbi frosn the Jewish Ilrith menlifers, considered Robert and Dr. John Jerusalem which began - tilm 1Finley have Bacon already visited Saint l'f. Die Snottily and recurred oil . \ oral 511i nun in this city. will be paid by Mr. Theological Seminary in 1904. Ile Special attention mo wing iiidrecitit-. bay,' beat `c ill bles receiveil ca and fith, according to orchestra w was superintendent of the Hebrew id core d, whi le a 1, R1 1111 r Harry B. Kean ,. this we, k by the Zionist I irgailiza- Neumann to the latter two objects oi Orphan Asylum in New York fur two Charles Berlin, to pay a tribute of affection. n ow his coming here, Ytiung Judaea teak . . 0, 1 ,, , ,,.. ha, decided p i.„ an- \ merica via Beyrouth. , iatcd with criminal law in Detroit furnish the 01 music. the dance committee, e place tom of ready being organized on a tom years. . . chairman also ta k 1 tws• . hi,. t „,..;,. event. rioting broke out near the al and with the types of otienders to Pittsburgh Rabbi for 11 Years. , not,,,,, t h e first ,I.,.... will meet ' rh, gate on the forenoon oi Emcee bask Nil- . Neumann hopes especial- immortal battlefield of 11111111ln - latta 11101111 011i. this ! ill Ill. justice must y. ,\mil 20. lv to he able to organize a strong NA 110111 Ile was appointed assistant in edit- a ity; it is in Lorraine that the ,Js ws • nn d, w hi c h ,, y ,h ron i.,,,.d w ith tt r Second, he has shown himself thor- d Ilerzlia group that should undertake , cation at . Columbia University, Sere- have the pride, the glory of having . day of the Jewish h . mighty conversant with the operation i 1 to conduct the Zionist cultural work ill • in ch i , field for six years. Ile ,r, hundred ino,ret. anti of the prosecutor's Miley and the PRO CLAIM JERUSALEM the tombs of three heroes, ‘ Rabbi ,,i, tant ".''',' was begun by several in this city. was s uperintendent of the Hebrew of Verdun, : Rabbi Weil, of Lunevill, and Great M ussel ma n Pilgrims from I 'citron During Mr. Neumann's stay, the multitude of details c o nnected with it. UNDER MARTIAL LAW Jules RuciT. for Orphan Asylum in New York for two after who were incited to Ni011. 111, local Zionist Bureau will arrange years, leaving this institution to ac- (Continued on l'ag,1 41 , Rabbi Abraham Bloch, of Lyons. nt- by impassit Tied sgpeeches against onferences, our to in; held Monday Providence wished to give an 1 1 the British and Jews be .\ rib Na- at least two c evening at the Shaarey cept a call as Itabbi of the Tree of law has been he t Life Congregation of Pittsburgh, l'a., -Martial lilt' WOrilL tionalist propagandists. jewish shops London. I rt, i s o ttl , t. mortal 11011 0 f l0 llle JCWS Of at credit great Zolek in the interest of Herif ah and ni ,,, m a ya d N ilist.I.,sua and chose three Ministers, three pr iocti l g aihntli c1 it ,0 ,1e,r.e broken unfit - " t at the other Tuesday evening, which is which pulpit years he filled with he t he nt and . In 1915 ,. for eleven Frenchmen, probably because Demo- \`'''' ' old , greatest fury in the co a conference Social Service Director of the B'nai ., always hero the I mined it a news, al agt c dispatch erat i c a accord- to be devoted I ance h t, Arab gendarmerie, his two 1 he proclanta- leader ilY• to '1' the in a the emancipation Never greater example of of Israeli sacri- , iing cabled report, encouraged Yming Iiiilae•a leaders and workers Brith Order, and during oom that sty today. years' administration initiated the Big interested in Young Judaea work. lion was dated Monday. The gates i the rioters and participated in the at- • - Further information about Zionist Brother and other valuable social ser- guarded IlY United to civilization and loot- to 1. trimism of the city are tacks on the . Jews fices and in the educational work can be gotten from 1917 he was Jurist and Former Ambassador to Tur• ' Patriots and machine guns has been shown! I of th. the vice called movements. In ing. Philip key to Deliver Two Talks at oust Slomovtz, I)istrict of secretary Detroit, at again to the pulpit, this time Toward evening the city was Rabbi Jules Ruoff Military Cha.slain becoming the spiritual head of Tem- Temple Beth El. Zi , t., ALL JEWS DRIVEN OUT laced tinder marial law, machine zi,,la.t Bureau, 82O Chamber of Com- pie Judea, the first Reform congrega- y p k.eat was ho w t t ca . Rabbi Jules Rueff, y Kilns were posted conspicuously and of Chicago. OF LOWER GALICIA respected by the Jewish communit two on the \Vest Side . Abram I. Elkus, Associate Justice of Verdun, hail preferred, even with British and Indian troops patrolled coerce. _._ Dr. Coffee was granted the degree of of the Court of Appeals of the State i be- OF his fifty-two years of age, to accept the streets, traffic in the old city of 1" hilosopolif JEWISH COMMUNITY Sun- of New York, comes to Detroit, Vienna.—The government of Low- the dangerous task of Military Chap- ing suspended. Two Jews were killed Y1-1 tslih ue rgi. 711 tY- )i theUniversity BERLIN WILL CELEBRATE ,. 1"c'n. day, April 18, for the purpose of de- hi s pastorate in l'ittsburgh. livering two addresses. Both will be er ,A •tria• at the head of which is lain of the Fortress, and whilst the and two hundred casualties were ANNIVERSARY jag 250TH . emp e the Socialist. Sevar, has decided to huge shells were falling down and treated in the hospital of tht• ..1meri- held it the auditorium of Beth El. At 11 a. nn. Judge Elkus, deport all Austrian and Hungarian destroying one by one the churches, can Zionist Medical (.'nit and others Berlin —September 19th, 1921. will PROF. AMRAM AUTHOR OF temples and houses of his beloved as a result of the first day's rioting. who is the fifth and last speaker on Jews from the province. In spite of two hundred and fiftieth IMPORTANT LAW WORK the Pisgah Lodge Intellectual Ad- the great need of coal the govern- city, he was bravely comforting sot- Most of the injuries were knife- mark the has assigned special trains for anniversary of the inception of the diers, and civilians in friendly co-oiler - 1 wounds. vancement program, will speak mu wilt execu- Notwithstanding the military pre- undesirables local Jewish Community. The ation with Bishop Ginisty. 1:i: announced here Philadelphia.- 7 "Incidents in the I.ife of an Ameri- the unfortunate In 1917• Rabbi Itueff became the cautions sporadic rioting occurred in tive council of the Jewish Comtnun- Pennsylvania l'ractice Act can Ambassador in War Times." ity, at its last session, took up the that "The chaplain of the military 'hospital of the old city on Monday and Tues. l'rofessor David of which drawing upon his wide experiences ,ANTI-SEMITE" NO INSULT. celebrate this anni- of 1915," Vadelaincourt, suburb of 'Nerdtin,!day. Houses were looted. One matter of how to as United States ambassador to Tur- — most fittingly, and appointed Amram of the University of Penn- where hundreds of French soldiers !death and thirty casualties, mostly sersary is author, has k , Berlin —To call an honorable man were brought day and night from the stabbings, occurred 011 Monday. On a committee to work out a suitable sylvania 1.aw School ready for dis- been issued and is At 3 p. m. Judge Elkus will deliver og or raa miong a second address in the interests of "Aitti-Semite;' is, according to a deadly battlefields. Ithe following day, there were eleven prF tribution. time Jews were not per- the Detroit Patriotic Fund.Both Berlin judicial decision no insult. the law and prac- The German aeroplanes which have casualties. The Act includes to live in Berlin. The first i TWs was the decision of the court never respected women, children and i The press bureau of the Zionist mitten two Jews to obtain such permission lice relating to the pleading under talks are open to the public, Pisgah Lodge No. 34, 1. 0. Ii. B. defraying 1 in the case calling of a merchant who name. sued wounded, used to bombard this em- commission in l'alestine declares were Benedict Veit and Abraham the Act, based upon a study of all of him by that a man for no opportunity was given the all expenses. Judge Elkus 's talk will epi thet i n plc of pity; one night, twenty line that The Reis, who were granted special per- the cases decided in the Supreme, series which in- The judge said that the torpedoes, chosen amongst the lost Jews to protect themselves. conclude a brilliant mision to settle in Berlin, on Sep- Superior, Common Pleas and United eluded Dr. Stephen S. \Vise, Rabbi itself may not be construed as an destructive, hit the hospital and 'lied o Mace has been disarmed and the temper 10th, 1671. This was the be- States District Courts, interpreting Nathan Krass, Dr. Leon Harrison and insult, and the plaintiff has a case a great number of surgeons, ntrscs military authorities have given out a ginning of the Berlin Jewish Corn- the Act and reported to November, Dr. Abba Hillel Silver. Rabbi Mayer- only if he can bring evidence that and wounded. Rabbi Rueff was one statement that they now have the sit- munity. 1919. berg is arranging for the entertain- positive damage resulted from the of the first victims; he gave his life nation well in hand. fluent of Justice Elkus during his stay. appellation. THE SACRIFICES OF THREE HEROIC RABBIS FOR FRANCE JEWS KILLED, HUNDREDS WOUNDED, BY ARABS IN JERUSALEM JUDGE ELKUS T , COME TO DETROIT SUNDAY, APRIL 18 i,„,,,, ill Pr I ri