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He may not take up his work as men of business take up theirs. The
ministry is more than a bread and butter vocation. Unless one have
pn ideal in his work, it will be far better for him and for his com-
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munity that he shall seek other avenues of gaining a livelihood than
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President through the ministry. Upon his preachment and his personality
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His is a high and holy responsibility. Let it be hoped, therefore,
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the larger work of practcal life, shall keenly sense the high moral
obligation that rests upon them, and that they shall be given the
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Friday, JU'ne 4, 1920.

Sivan 18, 5680.

Sunday Services

At Temple Beth El, there came to a conclusion this week, the
eighteenth season of Sunday services. Those who have followed the
development of these services through all that time are unanimous
in the opinion that, from every standpoint, they have grown in
effectiveness from year to year, reaching their climax in the season
which has just come to an end.
We believe that the time has long gone by when the institution
of Sunday services in the synagog needs to be defended. All the
old arguments that used to be advanced against the Sunday services
by their opponents have proved to be without foundation. These
services, while they have carried the message of the Jew to non-
Jews as well as Jews, have particularly directed themselves to the
Jew. The Jewish spirit of them cannot be successfully challenged.
Moreover, they have attracted to the synagog hundreds of Jewish
young men and women as regular attendants who could not or would
not be induced to attend even a late service on the eve of the tradi-
tional Sabbath. Hundreds of men and women who, for economic
reason, could not participate in Saturday morning services, are to be
numbered among the regular attendants on Sunday.
Let those who will continue to raise their voices against the
Sunday service as an institution opposed to the best interests of the
Jewish cause, but until they can show that the services on the tradi-
tional Sabbath even begin to compare in efficient spiritual results
with these services, it behooves them to hold their peace.. For our
part, we believe that no more constructive piece of work has been
done in recent years than the establishment of Sunday services in
our synagog. The time cannot be distant when they will be gen-
erally introduced by congregations who have any care for the nurture
of the religious spirit among their young men and women and among
the employed classes generally.
This prophecy is based not merely upon our Detroit experience
but as well upon that of many congregations with whom the Sunday
service has become an established institution,

At the end of June there is to assemble in the City of New York
represenatives of all Jewish organizations having to do directly with
college students. At this meeting, which is called at the behest of
the Intercollegiate Menorah Society, there will be present represen-
tatives of that organization, of the Jewish Student Congregation
movement, of the Student-Zion Societies, and, in fact, of all other
institutions having as their prime purpose the furtherance of the
Jewish life of our college men and women.
There is every reason to believe that out of this conference there
will come a spirit of co-operation among the various organizations
whose work is now more or less overlapping, and plans will un-
doubtedly be evolved by which the work now being done among our
students will be put upon an even higher plane of efficiency.
Inasmuch as the men and women now attending our great insti-
tutions of learning will logically become the leaders of the Jewish
life of our various communities during the next few years, the
importance of carrying forward our work among them can scarcely
be overemphasized. The outcome of this conference will therefore
be watched with the very greatest interest.

A Graduation of Rabbis

On Sabbath of this week there will be graduated from the
Hebrew Union College a class of ten rabbis, practically all of whom
even prior to their ordination have been called to the pulpits of con-
gregations in every corner of the land. Time was, and not so long
ago, when it would have been a very serious question to secure
positions fQr so many spiritual leaders in Judaism. But today, the
number of men who choose the ministry as their life vocation is far
less than the demand. Indeed, the dearth of men entering the theo-
logical colleges of all denominations is one of the perplexing prob-
lems by which the church and the synagog are equally confronted
today. The fact. too, that some men long in the ministry have in
recent times turned from this field to that of business and other pro-
fessions has greatly troubled the minds of those who are interested
in the spread of the religious ideal.
Some there are who, in attempting to diagnose the reason for the
falling off of men from the ministry, find a sufficient explanation in
the fact that for the length of time required in preparation for the
work, and for the amount of self-sacrifice required in the fulfillment
of the duties of the pulpit leader, the material rewards are out of all
proportion. While there is undoubtedly some direct relation in the
minds of many men between their choice of a vocation and the
material rewards which it offers, it is to fall far short of the mark,
we believe, to hold that this is the prime consideration in the matter

and definite results.
That the first of these beliefs is the sheerest folly, anyone will
admit who knows even the smallest part of the responsibility that
rests upon the shoulders of the modern rabbi. We believe that it is
fair to say that there is no professional man who touches the fe of
the people at so many angles as does the rabbi of today. That part
of his work which is recognized as distinctly professional, the
preaching of his sermons, his officiation at marriages and funerals,
is important indeed. but it is by no means co-extensive with the field
of his endeavors. There is no occasion of supreme significance in
the life of the people when the influence of the rabbi is n o t likely to
be called into play. There arc few tragedies iq the domestic life of
men and women where his good offices as arbitrator and adviser are
not called upon. In the training of the young. he exercises a unique
power. And in general, in the direction and the shaping of people's
ideals of living, he is perhaps a more potent factor than anyone else.
To say that his is not a man's job is therefore utterly foolish.
. Again, the hopelessness of his task is more apparent than real.
While there may be some men in the pulpit who cannot feel that
their efforts are rewarded through the heightened idealism of the
people to whom they address themselves, the fault of this condition
is more likely to be in them than in the people. Few are the rabbis,
however, who may not take unto themselves the satisfaction of
knowing that while very often their words and their works may
seem to have been without result, yet not infrequent arc the cases
of men and women who through their influence have been saved to
themselves and to society. \Vhole lives have often been re-made by
the pulpit word of the minister. The entire outlook upon life of
certain individuals has been changed by the sympathetic and under-
standing interpretation of some troubled situation by the minister.
Indeed, it is true that spiritual results are not always obvious and
palpable, but for that reason they are none the less real and potent

in the lives of men.
That the results of the rabbi's effort may, however, be most tell-
ing, the man himself must be thoroughly consecrated to his task.

By ELIAS LIEBERMAN.

I have taken from my brother all he had of life and light

(For a gown, for a feather, for another gem to wear)
I have forced my little sister toward the path that leads to night
(For a little more amusement, for a dollar I could spare)
I who feel no hunger, I whose heart is gay,
I who hear the laughter of my little ones at play.
I have left my kin to die
On the highways where they lie.
God of Israel be witness! Was it I? Was it I?

I have turned in stupid smugness from my pleading kin away,
(For a fol-de-rol of fashion, for an hour of idle mirth)
I have tilled their nights with terror, their days with dull dismay
(For another shining trinket, for the vanities of earth),
I who hold my head on bight, I who love the sun,
I who follow pleasure till the live-long day is done,
have heard the wretched cry
But my heart made no reply;
I raised no hand to help them, I left them there to die,
God of Israel, be witness! It was I! It was I!
—American Hebrew.

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'The speakers on that occasion were
Rabbi •humin, Rabbi Eisman, of lo-
cal congregations. and Rabbi Joel
Blau of New York.
The appeal for the Palestine Res-
toration Fund brought forth the fol-
lowing contributions:

Michael Krell. $300; Wm. Lonihm,
being composed entirely of the young-
est elements in Jewish Detroit. The 55 00 : Wetsman & Shapero. $500; Benj.
etoldberg. $200: Philip Jacoby, $200:
men in this division all wore white Louis !Whim, $200: SInt•ra of Zion,
and blue caps with the inscription 315 0 : Applebaum Bros.. $100; Morris
from Isaiah: "Zion Shall be Re- Rosenstein, Etna; .A. Weinberg. $100; A.
Lott, $1 00 : Lightstone, $100. And
deemed Through Justice."
other contrIhntiono In lea than $100
Among the women's organizations, each aggregating $1,309.
the Ladies' Aid Society and the Eu-
Statler Dinner Adds Funds.
ropean Jewish Women's Welfare As-
At a fish dinner given at the Statler
sociation made a marked impression. Hotel, Thursday evening, May 27th,
In other ranks of women . s organiza- by the Detroit Committee for the
tions were women of the ages of 65 Palestine Restoration Fund, and pre-
and 70, the old type of Jewish wo- sided over by Mr. Fred
an
men, their faces wrinkled, kerchiefs eloquent appeal for the Fund was
around their necks, trembling because made by Rabbi Joel Blau of New ,
of their age, who have had to go York. The distinguished gathering,
through untold suffering to keep tip consisting of about severity guests, re-
the Jewish spirit and Jewish tradi- sponded with generous contributions
tions and who have succeeded in im- as follows:
I/. W. Simone, $2.500; Fred Butzel,
planting in the hearts of the young
$1,100; D. Robinson. $1.000: J. Shetser.
a love for the Torah and Hebraic $1.000; Sr•re Bros., $1.000. M. Fried-
learning.
horn. $1,050; Joe. Wetarnan, $1,000:

Israel's Patriarchs March.

Wine Bros.. $3,000; J. Si. Lasky & Son.
1750; Fronk & Davidson. $500; Louis
Duncoff, 1500; Mr. and Mrs. .10a. Ehr-
lich. $500; Mr. and Men. Max Lieberman,
VitiO: Mr. and Mrs. Moe Ehrlich, $5 0 0:
Dronet, $505: rioldman Bros.,
$300; R. Chomberger. S5 0 0: Louie
$5 0 a; Ralph Weisman. 5300: Wm. Fried-
man. $3 0 0: Br. and Sirs. ' S. E. Aron-
atom. $250; Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiley $200:
Mrs. Jos. Wetsmon. $200: linnet David-
son, $200: Mr. and Mrs. Is Kaplan, $200;
Mr. and Mrs. M. Zaekhelm. $150: Mrs.
D. Robinson. $100; Mrs. A. firer,,, $100:
Minn Friedman. daughter of Wm.
Friedman, $1110: Mrs. Louis Dann, $1
. Sam Feldman. 01 0: children of
Mr and 31 s. Kaplan, Una; Isidore Lev-
in. Hoo. J. Shetser. $100; children of
Sir. and Mrs. Shetser, 1100; IL S. Illun
menthol, $100; Mr. M. Shur, $100; chil-
dren of Mr. and Sirs. I,. Donn. $100: A.
T. Roffman, 6100; Rabin and Mrs. A. M.
ITerohman, $100: .0. Zuckerman, $100;
Wm. Hoffman, $100; Mrs. R. reseal -

And the old men of Israel! N•ith
flowing beards they reminded one of
the ancient Jewish sage, Rabbi Akiba,
that great Talmudist and
•
Jewish
scholar who recruited from among
the ranks of his students an army
that fought with the greatest Jewish
hero, liar Kochba—an army that was
the last to be defeated by the utighty
Romans. And like Rabbi Akiba their
marching spirit evidenced a deter-
mination that the lewish people Joust
live. The children from the Talmud
Torahs and the Young Judaeans sang
as they marched, "Am Israel Chai"
(The Jewish People Lives).
Many and varied were the inscrip-
tions on the banners carried by the
nick, $100; Leon Eolotkoff, $100; Miss
various organizationc. Children car- Wetaman,
$100; Harry Blumenthal,
ried banners wills quotaations from $100: Sir. and Mrs. Zarkhelm's non
the Prophets, One of their banners Hersh. 555: children or Mr. and 31r&
Hoffman. $50; Mrs J. Miller for grand-
read: "Hebrew is Our Language and son
Bobbie, $25.
Eretz Israel is Our Land. "
The assembly was regaled to an
Hundreds of Jewish Boy Scouts unexpected treat in the form of a
made the impression expected. The 15-minute talk by Miss Rebecca
"Hadassah," the women's Zionist or- Aaronson, of Palestine, who quite ac-
ganization, was represented by several cidentally stopped off in Detroit for
at issue.
Certainly, it is true of the Jewish ministry that men graduating hundred members who rode in beau- two days while on her way East.
tifully decorated automobiles, the
The dinner closed with the enthu-
front the theological college are usually at the very outset of their members being dressed as Iladassah
siastic singing of the Hatikwah by
work given greater material recognition than comes to those who Nurses.
the audience.

enter upon other professions. In the Episcopal Church, for instance,
the minimum salary of a minister has just been raised from fifteen
hundred to eighteen hundred dollars per year, but it is a long time
since Jewish congregations of standing have paid their pulpit incum-
bents so small a remuneration. There must surely be some other
and some better explanation for the failure of men to enter upon the
teaching and the preaching of religion as their life work.
Primarily, we believe, the explanation lies in one of two causes:
either in the somewhat widespread notion that the ministry is not a
"man's job," or else in the fiction widely current, that for all his
efforts and for all his sacrifices, the rabbi is unable to show tangible

"Am I my brother's keeper?"--Genesis iv :9.

Mass Meetings Are Held.
Mass nivetings were held at various

synagogues following the parade. At
Sharrey Zedek Dr. Joel Blau of New
York Made an appeal for the Pales-
tine Restoration Fund and within a
few moments $4,140 had been col-
lected.
At the Arena mass meeting, time
auditorium was flag-bedecked, the
blue and white flag with its six-
pomieti star intermingling with those
of the Allies, and the Lulled States.

the meeting was prestded over by
J. Riskin. the
Jewish poet, It.

Roscnidadt, recited a poem, composed
by himself, extolling the dignity of
Jewish heart or freedom Bum op-

pression.

UNITED HEBREW SCHOOLS'
DRIVE PROGRESSING
(hi account of the holidays, the com-

mittees of the
have not been

United Hebrew Schools
working extensively on
the $60.000 drisc. However, they have I
resumed their activities this week and
expect to make up for host time.
The following is a list of subscribers
handed into the office within the last
few dos:

Jog, Wet Imien, 1100; S Sar,onn.
1100; Pen It. S Myariz. $73; Louis smi-
lannky. $100, liavid King. $50: Frank
Ir ■ ridann $1 0 0; A. Rosenthal, $35;
.1. M•n/di•& $511, Imave Hermon. $50:
A A 1..,ernen. $50. B. Abramowitz,
$30: M. Krokowsky. tsa. Wm. Iti.rnotn,
D. Zinnia. $10; Win Friedman. $40:
Morris Weinberg. 539; If. Barnett. $23;
Ben Cannon,. $25, ('has. Jacobson..
34.141 , ph I tomen t hat, $57, S. Goidaman,
$25.

"I have a great faith in what the
future holds tor the Jew," he laid the
"The oppressed Jews of
gathering.
tile world have at last found a tree
mime—that IS Palestine. Ihere toe
Jew of sincere longing for liberty
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can had solace.
Sunday services for the season
"Those who arc persecuted because
have
been
concluded. Sabbath ser-
ui
the
Jew
they cling to the traditicals
will gather in Palestine, where the vices, however, will take place each
world will soon witness the rise of week at 10:30 A. M. MI are cordially
another great Jewish state after a invited.
lapse of 4000 years."
J. Aberson, of New York, represent-
ing the Jewish workingmen, detailed
at length the gimes of Zion, and
predicted that even the Jews who had
almost forgotten them would soon
delight in the hallowed traditions of
their ancient nation.

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Zionists of Detroit.
At all the synagoguei the colors of
Zion were 1.berally displayed and the
blue and white striped Hag bearing
the star of David was saluted with
reverence by thousands during the
day, either as they passed the syna-
gogues or entered them.

Mass Meeting at Shure Zedek.
The grand Zionist demonstration

of last Sunday wound up with a mass
meeting at the Shaare Zedek, which
was presided over by Rabbi A. M.
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