PAGE SEVEN
THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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HOW I WAS CURED OF ANTI-SEMITISM MOTHERS' DAY
PROCLAMATION
By Thomas G. Masaryk.
1• ■ 11111=1V
President of the Guseho•Slovids Republic.
In the fifties lit the last century,
every Slovak child in the vicinity of
Gilding was nurtured in an atmos-
phere of antiSemitism--in school,
church and society at large. Mother
would forbid us to go near the 1,t.C11-
IceS', because, as she said , lest, wcr,
using the blood oi Chri , tian children.
I would therefore avid• luta
to avoid passing their house, and so
did all nly schoolmates in Czejko-
wit?. In church and school we were
often warned against the Jews.
\•henever \I r. Kaplan felt in good
litimor he Woulil ask the teacher to
start the "Jewish chorus," a street
sung in %%nch the praying manlier
of the Jew was imitated on the mode
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The superstition of Chris'ian blood
used for passover cakes had become
so much part and parcel of Inv ist-
•nce that whenever I chanced bat coin,
near a Jew---1 wouldn't do it 011 mg-
pose--1 would look at his lingers Is
For a
see if no blood were th....re.
long time I continued at this prac-
tice.
Nevertheless I liked 'dr. l'a 11,1,
"our Mr. Fuchsel," as nu u.e l to call
him at home. 1 can rrc,sIl that our
family anti-Semitism p, 1111;1i) d a
philosophical exception; being a child
I was not conscious of the fact Ow
NIr. Fuelisel also was a lex Mr.
Fuchsel was as peddler in
him.
\toting used tit buy linen In
From time to time Mr. Fuelisel would
al-
out
1101Ise
and
We
were
come to
ways glad to see him. Ile tt mid
display his wares, tell us where they
‘‘ ere manufactured. and how much
of them he had sold: he would tell
us what was going on in Goding
what stains there was in the vicinity,
etc. It goes without saying that soli
confidences were nut exchanged
without some gossip upon the as-
sumption that the listeners would
keep it secret. Touaril the end lie
would also present me wall
\Vt- liked Nil- . Euelisel.
of a pencil.
Ile was our Mr. Fuchsed
By becoming acquainted with .•:1: 1 1
other, by living together, by economic
d will he for
mutual relation , . blo o 0
gotten. This stow related only to
such Jews a, one would 1101 C0/111•
n contact with; every believer in the
murder of Christian children for
ritual purposes would concede that
there was a Mr. Fitchsel. Jewish
hildrcn had their own school, sr
their own teacher, and we Children
grew up separated from one another
and strange to one another. 'I hey
had their Jewish ghetto and we
Christians , had ours.
At the high school of Anspitz I
had a single Jewish fellow student.
I used to pass him by and look at
his fingers. \Ve would torture him
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also the distinction in
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surveying within 24 hours.
iu tin-Christian manlier, even though
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most good natured
Ile was
years, Motile's . Day hiss *
lie teas not very clever, was one of bul a test
a national institution
alreadyheroine
an d
the pourer
. vele-
fel- :Ind is fittingly and tenderly
vietvs on juilai,m,
won, of ,• •
St iani
\ h .
assay from
low student converted
l au d
• •
anti-Semitic ideas.
„II t h a t
it
\Ve once took an excursion into the
.;
t
way
bark
amid
the
hurry
and
hits'
1,.
of
life
li
Polin N 1011111,1i 11 `. (ill
55e rested in an inn at 1/unajowitz• and let our thoughts go back to the
the •
tool: stir repast. We drank day,l ung ago,
„isu.re
left • •
wine and herr. use .oinked,. our leash' memory Of the mothers sill., have the
i r zz
I ,
5,
Nvhik, t h ey
II ,
Sr. enjoyed all with us, and the 1.,r
■
our jokes
"I'"P".1d. -
ffit
II Can recall hi- face. but I have n Isr
The ,tut teas about
gotten his nano-
to set when la opold disappeared.
8c Each
larger so that prejudice vanished into 1.f cheer and greeting.
Ily this
the thin air, even though my stolid mothers know that in the rush id at
hood days would claim their toll trout fairs, they are not forgotten.
time to time. Past experience is
In accordance with a re...110km of
mighty and dreadful.
United :',5tcs, I
new generation brought up ill a the congress of the
further
request the people of then'
public school cannot conceive of anti-
gap on the day aforesaid to display
Seinitism in the form in which use
the United States flag in their homes
had conceived it. 12ifference between
and in other suitable places, as a fit-
le.conie
Jew and Gentile tend, is
1,t• We delve . ting expression of their desire to pay
matter of
in theory as expressed ny \\ agner. homage to American motherhood.
Nietzselta. Latittard and Gobineau.
Given under my hand and the
Our anti-Semitism was based
Great Seal of the State this thirtieth
perstition, was of the clerical ape.
day of April, in the year of our lord
, one thousand nine hundred and twen•
C
Is it not strange that we Czech
have no theories of anti-Semitism: • ti. and of the commonwealth the
In the - Affair Mistier" primitive. an- eighty-fourth.
cient raw, anti-Semitism showed its
ALBERT E. SLEEPER,
hand and carried with it a great part
Governor.
of the Czech intellectual classes. I
CDLEM AN C. VAUGHAN,
often thought then of the praying
Secretary of State.
Leopold behind the Ihinajowitz gate
--would that I may unmake all that
anti-Semitisin caused me or led tile
to do in my childhood day..
Copywright, 1920, by I. I . I'.
ner guests, but act promptly in this
matter, please.
li.,11,1;ly
(d) Evening Dinner, 6 P. M.
:\t S I,. tit., under the auspices of
th e Voting People's Slut:illy, a brief
but delight ful entertainment will be
given in the 'Fronde, and this will be .
followe d lie a dance in which the
students will participate. :111 the
young folks of our Congreg..tional
household arc most cordially invited
to be present on This occasion.
Lel Ils make' the Student Day of
19211 a day long to be remembered I.)
Subjects of Sunday Discourses
Statile
Epstein . .
Nlay
Called 'The Risen Christ' a sac-
rilege?"
STUDENT DAY AT
TEMPLE BETH EL
I. It. MAYES. Prot. and Mgr.
R. O. IRWIN. Supt.
HENRYfrifliATTER
DETROITt EXCLUSIVE HATTER
0 ORATIOT AVE.
COR. LIBRARY AVE.
ft.G.DuN
THE A-I MILD
HAVANA CIGAR
zs
as
Rosen's Bakery
Hot Rolls - Poppyseed Horns
Begel - Rye Bread - Pumpernickel
same Rosen who formerly owned the Warsaw
Bakery. This is my new establishment. Bread baked hero
This is the
three times a day-9:30 A, 111.-2 P. M.-5 1'. M.
— SHIPMENTS MADE UP THE STATE
—
408 HASTINGS STREET
(Opposite Robinson.Cohen's)
(e) Entertainment and Dance, B P. M.
and einharras•inent. The Secretary
may be addressed: Mr. M. .k. Hirsch-
feld, 253 Hazelwood avenue.
Local sod rtenecal Sua,11...h Nuissilge
Electrical Treat monis, Inciudina Vi-
ittl- 1
Its>, for l'o1114.
ralgia. Neuritis. Nervole-n , . ,, .ola , ity.
Stomach. Kidney and
Slain
of
forms
all
and
plaint,'
Troubles Cherry 7754
ca. ■
We find that what our
customers tell their neighbors
is the secret of our business
growing bigger every month
that may be provided for in their
automobile.. The cars Will by r.••
miffed from 3 to h p, m.
fhr et ening dinner for our guests
Serv ice; at the Temple will take will be served at the Temple at O is.
phi,' during the month as usual on tn., tinder the allspice', Of the Young
Sabbath morning - at 10:311 and on People's Societv of the Temple. In
Sunday morning at II ...clock. All the preparation and ser•'ng of ills
members and their friends are erg- meal. the Young People's Stieletu
d'ally invited to attend all services will hose the co operati011 Of Illy \\ 0-
al the Temple.
Illall ' S • \ \ .\-.515ciation of the
Temple. It n tit:owed to make Ihls
Change of Address
affair, Ilioroutthl ,
fhe Secretary of die Congrega- a moo deligilliul
and enjoyable. Member , )5
tion urgently req u ests that members informal
changing their residence address the Young People', Society expecting
-hould kindly notify him promptly. to attend this function should notify
Faillire on the part of members to the officers of their organization at
do this leads to endless confusion once.
bratory. High Freq.) n , )- , rui
is
WEEKLY USED CAR BULLETIN
Beginning at 3 p. in., the students ,
will be the guests of members of the
Mens Temple OMb foot" a ride around
the city and 'Mimi,. Those desiring
to furnish automobiles for this pur-
pose are requested to communicate •
promptly with NIT- . Walter S. Fleaven-
rkli, care of So-se:isms Hotel, ativi••••
ing him as to the nutubrr of guest ,
.5 Divine Services
Min, ral.Til.,11-Tonie sand El vier
bl
"
rue
next •eason.
oprn Day and Night
Sleeping Accommodations for
Gentlemen
■
zz
This
afternoon. Nlay 10th, at 2:30.
meeting is the last of the year and
all members of the \ uxiliary are
urgently requested to be present. An
es5 ellen , program 115 , been prepared
All-
I , I 1,1' followed he a social hour.
1111111 report , will be read and plans
for
the
work
of
,,
,
,
I
still lie di•en
end and Front Stn. adj. 55',one Hotel
Departments for laidics ;Ind
gent lemon
*
I rolls that situ-, nest. as Nlothers' Day and I all
forget his praying.
to 42
molt on, my anti-Suomi-10 suffered • our people, both Young and old,
gather in their several place , i- rf
a ,lock, ewes though It w a, not filly:
1 ship atodtake part in ...r.1..e..1111/1 I 1-
overt. ..nil' 15 , yet.
lily parents again moveil to Goding, I priate to the day, and. by the scear- r.4E
hier for the living ! III!
..1.• *meow*
;I nd I had oce.i•ion to study the ing of a red tss:
;
ghetto of that time and a number of mother and a schite for the dear de-
.
;
ti
r
t
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former ex parted, to symbolize their love and
Irtcs living th en ..
=
reverence for the mothers of the na -
perience scout,' cause estrelne preni.
an
ghetto.
lily
acquaint - nun.
dice against the
too, that ahcrnt
anus. , with the Jews brought about a
Let me suggest,
2013 - 210 GRISWOLD St
feeling of friendship, a friendship, sons amt daughters take this oce;ision
to visit, if possible, the mother
both faithful and lull 1 , 1* beauty.
.
,
1 . me. or. soh ., sod,
111'1111n and Vicuna 1 11/ . cirt o f me
I d.
IH
tstiki
timifilimeirA
i Hin temosimEgi
sen d a
pituratiefig
ash friends became larger and impossible, that th; ,
Especial attention is .11r...ted to
the• \\;,, titati . , A ux ili a ry \ ssoe iati011
The Same a. Mt. OHmens
But to Detroit At Warn• Bath ECM.•
*
Chief concernWa , 0111' al , 11 ire t ■ hd
(c) Afternoon Entertainment, 3 P. M.
SULPHUR MINFRAL WATER
•
w•
Woman's Auxiliary Association
Meting shish Will be held
ER
the Ws
a d
liappin••.•,
comfort and
FF
itt „ t h,, r , of t o d ay are a n i m a t e d his the • .:
same spirit of desotion and sacrifice.
Ts_
I Indeed, muss here else in human life
(runt.1 11c tail •
we
r a t;
i" 11511 him behind a is the spirit of unselfish service Si,
for him;
11 esemplifiell as in the devotion
OtItt-c boy , '
11151
gate, as
11
also went out i" am Iof mother, to their homes and fain' '
tease him at his ,raver. I also went ,
to look at him. I shall never forge)
Therefore, that tie tray par a sPc - 211
how Leopold startled me. He stood
tribute of alTectiiin to the motheri
behind the gate in an unclean spot,: vial
n
the memory m a--;;.!
01).ervA.
who
still live ; old horror
apparently , 11 as out to he
Winu have guile from us,
of
those
Ile kept on bowing and praying.
An a t ,,,,„e I forgot to t ea ,. bills . \ lingt E. Sleeper, governor of the k:
Michigan, is hereby ile•ig-
stair
and poke fun al him \\Mile we ere
enjoying ourselves Leopold did not nate and set aside Sunday. Ma , 194!
TEMPLE BETH EL NOTES.
Miss
Detroit
Cigar
ER
"Meet Friedberg
Wear Diamonds"
BY THE GOVERNOR.
gut
"4'aik ; -
May 16th, 1920.
BUICK
OLDSMOBILE
LIBERTY
CADILLAC
STUTZ
all who participate in it.
The above dale ha, this year been
set aside for our ammal Student Day
celebration. anti if plans now under
sway are successfully carried out it
will iindoubledly be the most aus-
picious celebration of this occasion
that we ha, had in many years.
A program cm ering practically
An annual feature of the Student
every hour of the day and evening
has been arranged for the occasion Da) entertainment, to be held at ,
Iti, is 1
and nothing will be hit undone that Temple Beth El. Sunda), NIA) ,
the day a meat- the supper sirs II III the
will tend 10
arable one in the histors of our Con- by the Young People', Society and "
gregation and in the lois of the the \Voimin's \ usiliar) \ •-11Ciation
:err to hr In prey inns se irn Ills , has proved ihr
TEMPLE BETH EL
Y. P. S. HOLD ANNUAL
STUDENT DAY MAY 16'
l'i‘e"p"rit'ig‘r‘lit't.n)
))11ii"rggulensell.. and
the follow:lig items:
(a) Temple Services, 11 A. M.
happy day.
,
USED CARS
It is then that all I .r
nality is dist ruse,' wit R. I he college
shout their well , and .ing their
Temple services will begin, as usua l Alma Nlater songs. .\tid the throng , •
CM this occasion all joyously 1011I.
„.
I ne MIppet Will he SurVell at 1,3o,
student, Will he the guests of the
Congregation. The sermon will be p in., by the girls of the Voting Pe..
,
This
nreached by Rabbi Franklin, scholia
{tie's Society.
-hoses as his theme "An Objective by
oy a short musical priozram. At
is
ill lie &mein.; It both
View of the Pauses of Religious
111 . Ih•re
Preititlice. With Sonic. Suggestions as the gymnasium and sestry room:.
memberr,
be
Every
'1 or earlier part of the ills
to a Possible l'ore.”
the Congregation should partici- , nevote.1 'to dinner in the home t , 1
and :intomobile ride ,
pate in Illi• SCI, ICC.
the guests, the last arranged h s
I P. M.
THOMAS J. DOYLE
at 11 o'clock.
will
(b) Home Hospitality,
732 Woodward Avenue
ow..
The sisiting students will he the Men's Temple
as hosts to one ,r
dinner guests of our 'mintier, in sire to act
to
their homes. In order that arrange- stmlents for Sunday dinner, NLiu
arc
requested
10 ...lid their IlallleS to
ale -
ments this year may he more
\\ ,• •1
(plate than heretofore, it is requested Mrs. Benjamin L. Lambert. 150 en
ali
that all of our members who desire Hancock avenue, or phone tild
to ac t as h o stesses shall send their 4337.
Nlembers of the Young People'•
names, immediately upon receipt of
who wish 10 resent- Islam •
ths Bulletin, to the Chairman of the Society
for
the simper are urged to d i so at
Hospitality Committee. Mr, Ben-
Lambert. 1511 \Vest Hancock once as the seating space is limited.'
1 amin 1..
Kindly advise Mrs. Lambert ffesersations can be made by phon- I
-entie
(Glendale 43311 as to hose many stu- hg Miss Frances Netzorg, Markel
1,
a. to and I p.
dents sou care to have as your din- 1 448. between
Glendale 7117
MEMBER D. A. D. A.
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Merchant
Tailor
The Shop where courtesy
and service prevail
925 Woodward Ave.
Just North of Forest Ave.