THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE PACE FOUR THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE field than the proporotion of our justified. Jews have fought for America ever since its MICHIGAN'S JEWISH NOME PUBLICATION founding. They_ took part in the Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co_ Inc. Revolution against England, in the Mexican war, and on both sides dur- (Continued from page 11 President ing the Civil war. JOSEPH J. CUMMINS "Some of America's most famous Secretary-Treasurer ship and responsibility in order to NATHAN J. GOULD answer the call of suffering Jewry admirals and generals belonged to the Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit. abroad. A committee composed of Hebrew race. In the last war„Atl- Dr. Cyrus Adler, Judge Otto A. Ro- mire! Straus, a Jew, was responsible Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. salsky, Ur. J. L. Nlagnes and Shalom for the laying of the famous Ameri- Ash has been appointed to formulate can mine barrage across the North plans and make all necessary arrange- Sea. The various war hoards num- Telephone Cherry 3381 ments for memorial meetings to be bered Jews among their members. held throughout the country. Mr. $3.00 per year Warburg has received messages of Subeortptlon, In Advance condolence received from a number of To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must roach prominent Jews including one from (CoontInued From Page 1) Rabbi Meyer Berlin, who speaks in Ws slice by Tuesday evening of each week. population Offices, 1334 Book Building Ills 1 I SCENE OF LABORS IS BURIAL GROUND FOR SLAIN WORKERS t SUMMER REQUISITES • , IN • \ . , REPLY TO HENRY FORD RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN Editorial Contributor The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subiects of interest to ths Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the views expressed by the writers. Ab 8, 5680. Friday, July 23, 1920. A Deplorable Tragedy The tragic murder in Soviet Russia of Professor Israel Fried- laender of the Jewish Theological Seminary and of Rabbi Bernard Cantor of Flushing, L. I., adds to the already long list of Jewish martyrs two additi o nal names. When the names of her o es shall be spoken, theirs shall henceforth be among them. \Then the lists shall be made up of those whose love of humanity has put thought of self far into the back-ground, they shall surely be included. With eyes open to the dangers that they must surely face, and will full understanding that they could count upon no protection from our government, these brave Melt went as emissaries of the )(Olt Distri- bution Committee upon their errand of mercy only to meet death in its must horrible form at the hands of the bl o od-thirsty bandits, whose lust and greed and passion seem insatiable. In the death of Dr. Friedlaender, the world of Jewish scholar- ship loses a very prominent figure. As teacher, author and trans- lator he had won a noteworthy place. To his work and personality the Jewish Theological Seminary is indebted for a large part of its splendid achievements. An ardent Zionist, he was yet a man whose sympathes were so broad, that he could understand and appreciate the viewpoint of the men who did not share his interpretation of Israel's history and destiny. He was a man of keen intellect and of great heart. His place in the world of Jewish scholarship will not easily be filled. But he will also be missed in that wide circle in which his fine humanity made hint a prominent figure. His younger colleague, Dr. Cantor, who with hint fell a victim to Russian brutality, will also be gratefully remembered by a great host of admirers. A good student, a use organizer, an ardent Jew, a loyal American, a genial friend, a true man, a friend and helper of the down-trodden, his few years in the ministry, stand out as a real contribution to the cause of Israel and of humanity. In the passing of these men, we are all afflicted. Their righteous memo- ries will surely be a blessing tutu many. The London Meeting All is not harmonious.at the London meeting of the Zionists if the reports in the public press are to be regarded as at all trust- worthy. At almost the very outset of the gathering sharp differ- ences of opinion are said to have arisen, so that even so remarkable n chairman as 1\1r. Justice Brandies had to discontinue the session until order has been restored. We take it that differences in lan- guage, as intimated in the reports, were not solely or even chiefly responsible for the outbreak. Mr. 'Max Nordatt is for "dumping" some half million Jews into Palestine at once, while others, more sane, we believe, realize that the Jewish majority may not be created in this fashion. But hack of all the discussions seems to be a general uncertainty as to the ultimate purpose of Britain in regard to Palestine. Delegates are openly asking—and why should they not—as to what the Balfour Declaration actually means. Does it mean anything or nothing? Is the Jewish state to bra reality or is it not? Is Palestine to be a haven of refuge for a handful of oppressed Jews, or is colonization in Palestine to be encouraged and made possible on a large scale? Is Britain's first interest in her Palestinian affairs in the Jews, or does it lie elsewhere? All these questions are troubling some or all of the delegates. Will the London meeting be able to arrive at a satisfactory solution of them? Time alone will tell. the name of the "Mizrachi" and Judge Julian W. Mack, who writes in the name of the Zionist Organization. End of Brilliant Career Born in• Russia 43 years ago, the son of Pinkus and Gitel, Israel was educated ill Berlin University, the Rabbiner Seminar and the University of Strassburg. He was admitted as pnvatdozent for mimetic languages in 1902. Since 1905 be has been at the seminary in New York. Dr. Friedlander was chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bureau of Education of the Jewish Commun- ity of New York city, and a member of its Executice Commission. Ile was also trustee of the Educational Alli- ance, New York city. Ile was a mem- ber of the Publication Committee and of the Jewish Classics Committee of the Jewish Publication Society of America, an associate of the Exectt- nye Commission of the Federation of American Zionists, a member of the Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesell- schaft, the American Oriental Society, a corresponding member of the Indian Research Society, Calcutta, and a member of the Oriental Club. Dr. Friedlander was editor of S. N. Dubnow, the Judische Geschichte (translated from the Russian), 1898; Der Sprachgebrauch des Maimonides, 1902; Achad Ila-em's Essays (trans- lated from Hebrew), 1905; Second Edition, 1913; S. M. Dubnow, Die Grundlagen des National Judentums (translated from the Russian), 1905; The Heterodoxies of the Shiites, ac- cording to Ibn llazm, 1909; Selections from the Arabic Writings of Malmo- Miles, 1909; Die Chadhirlegende and der Alexanderroman, 1913. He contributed in addition many articles and essays to American and foreign reviews and magazines. Friedlander was in service the sec- ond oldest member of the faculty of the Jewish Theologocal Seminary in America, the oldest being Dr. Cyrus Adler, and had been connected with the seminary for 17 years. Ile was Sabato idorais, Professor of Biblical Literature and Exegesis. He was also a member of the faculty of the Teach- ers' Institute of the Jewish Theolog- ical Seminary, being instructor in his- tory. lie started on January 10 last on his fatal mission fully aware of the peril he would be likely to encounter. In March the State Department granted permission to the Joint Dis- tribution Committee for all Jewish Relief Funds, of which Dr. Fried- lander was a member, to send its Ukrainian Commission into Soviet Russia at its own risk. Dr. Fried- lander and the other members of the commission, Judge Harry Fisher, of Chicago; Max Pine and Maurice Kass, were then in Poland. Dr. Cantor, Long Island Rabbi The Rev. Dr. Bernard Cantor, until he went to Poland, was rabbi of the branch of the Free Synagogue at Flushing, L. I., having been placed there two years ago by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, founder and head of the Free Synagogue, New York. Dr. Cantor joined the Polish unit of the Joint Distribution Committee and sailed with its other members on January 10 last. He had received per- mission to return to America very soon, but volunteered to remain abroad several months longer. Ile had been in charge of the distribution of relief in 'Warsaw, and was recently placed at the head of the Galician division of the committee's work in Europe. Dr. Cantor was born in Buf- falo, N. Y., 28 years ago. He was educated at the Hebrew Union Col- lege, Cincinnati, 0. A Layman's Answer to Henry Ford f" . 1 I Vacuum Carafes and Bottles IJE/ 31 •-°, Oil i illlo ! ______ ' rifiGITIKATIe 0 New Location Woodward Ave. JEWELERS 1 at John P. Street . 0 ;,s5,-:777 - -- 742M-'..."- }V- I. Vit "-'4" Rosen's Bakery Hot Rolls - Poppyseed Horns Begel - Rye Bread - Pumpernickel This Is the same Rosen who formerly owned the Warsaw Bakery. This Is my new establishment. Bread baked hors three times a day-8:30 A. P. IB.-6 P. M. — SHIPMENTS MADE UP THE STATE — 408 HASTINGS STREET (Opposite Robinson-Cohen's) suaged. The World War. The Jew it scents wasn't much in the background, when, as remarked, he took a leading part in the revolu- tion—when whole squads were large- ly composed of Jews, though there were only 3,000 in the whole country. In the late war (not to speak of the Mexican and Civil Wars) the Jews of America supplied 200,000 soldiers- 5% of their population when their proportion was only 3%. There were 16,000 Jewish officers in the Army. Navy and Marines, two Brigadier- Generals and one Rear-Admiral (the latter, Joseph Strauss, from our own Lexington). Does that look like 're- maining discreetly in the back- ground?" But Mr. Ford says malic- iously and untruthfully "that the Jew , swarmed through the war organiza- tions in those departments which dealt with the commercial and Unlit-- trial business of war which," he con- cedes, thus damning them with faint praise, "the advantage of their ex- perience gave t hem." Doubtless Jews got contracts from the government. Did Mr. Ford get any? Was he asked whether he was a Jew, a Catholic or a Protestant? A Touching Example. In the Literary Digest of March 22d last year I read the following touching story; "One of the Atneri- can ships was torpedoed. The men jumped in the water as the ship was sinking, but some managed to get on a raft which had been set afloat; but," the writer, who was one of the parti- cipants, continues, "fellows kept climbing aboard till it was quite over- crowded There was an officer in com- mand, who, by and by, said: 'This raft is overcrowded. There's one too many on her. One of us'll have to gal' Just then there wasn't any other rat' or boat in sight; but no sooner'd the officer said about somebody having to go, than a young Jew, whom we NIr. \loses Kaufman, Postmaster of Lexington, Ky., a citizen used to guy, saluted an 'eye, aye sir.' esteemed by all for his civic service, his righteous manhood and his he says, and jumped into the water:" Did this young Jew enter the army noble character, has written a splendid article in defense of the Jew. for selfish purposes and remain dis- \I r. Kaufman is rightly indignant over the unjust and senseless creetly in the background? Where can accusations hurled at the head of the Jew by one Ilenry Ford, famous you find a nobler example of patrio- for flivvers, peace ships, pacifist literature and anti-semitic dia- tism and self-sacrifice than that of this From Page 10 young Jew 'whom everybody used to tribes. Mr. Kaufman does not rant in his anger. Ile is very "Even in the countries where the guy?' patient. Evidently he thought in writing the article that \ Ir. Ford Jew was not comfortably situated, he Gathering Rags, might read and understand it. We are afraid, however, that he has never lacked in patriotism. Our "The Jew," Mr. Ford says. "is in doesn't know very much about Mr. Ford. Mr. I:Mani:in thought, ancient ethics emphasize patriotism. business. It may be only gathering perhaps, that emphasis might be placed on the last word of the When our race resided in Judea, that rags and selling them; but he is in small state was a buffer between the famous self-description, "ignorant idealist." Those nearer Detroit. north • south, east and west, but even business. From the sale of old clothes to the control of international trade know on which word emphasis must he placed. I lowe\er, whether in the midst of the misfortunes that and finance the Jew is suprenn•le gift- Henry reads the article or not, is immaterial. The article is valuable, befell them, their patriotism was dis- ed for liminess. Ile exhibits a decided neverthless. It is valuable not only because it answers for the most played under the mandatory rights aversion to industrial employment. enioyed by certain powers. Most of the big business," he com- part the pseudo - arguments of the champion anti-semite but also plains, "trusts and banks and chief Willing to Sacrifice. because it asks the very pertinent question, "What is it et lit want the agricultural products, especially to- "At 110 time even in the dark ages, b Gentiles to do? I )rown the Jews..lturn them, or expel them as was acco (tobacco men of Kentucky were the Jews charged with unwill- please note and see if that is true) done in Spain?" ingness to make sacrifices. Consider cotton and sugar are in control of The article, which was first carried in the Lexington Herald and the earnestness with which our race (Continued on Page 7) fought against the • . Hill monument in honor of Judah Tout), a Jew—and \Varren, in speak- ing of the occasion said: "Ile Ithe Jew) belongs to the smallest of all classes into which man- kind can be divided; of men who ac- cumulate wealth without doing a wrong or taking an advantage; who become rich without being avaricious: who deny themselves the comforts of life in order that they may promote and elevate the conditions of man• kind." Antagonism Unintelligent. Nit. . Ford does reluctantly mingle some truths with the untruths but in a way that it may leave a sling. tlr says: "The Jews have been persecut- ed 2000 years; but this instinctive an- tagonism has never been intelligent or able to make itself intelligent. Ntarvelousl Is persecution of inno- cent people ever perpetuated by in- telligent minds?) \I r. Ford therefore proceeds to enlighten the world. "Hearing," he says, "the fervid el,. quence of young apostles of social and industrial reform" (industrial?) he asserts that "Bolshevism in Rus- sia may be traced to Jewish influence. The German Empire's collapse," he says, "is charged to the Jews in Ger- many, though against remaining dis- creetly in the background." etc. Like Pandora's box all the evil be- falling mankind is thus traced to the Jew as, in 1348 the Black Death Was laid to their door; and though they themselves died by the hundreds, thousands were burned alive and murdered. Those whom the plague had spared died by the sword. If that only could be done now, Mr. Ford's anxieties would at once be as- 1 PI , Ice Tea Sets Lemon Dishes Salad Sets Ice Cream Servers ROSENAU ADDRESSES MICHIGAN STUDENTS ON JEWISH SUBJECTS (romitinued I announce the beginning of my Annual Summer FUR AT SPECIAL LOW PRICES NEWTON ANNIS 239 Woodward at Clofford Estab. 1887 Buy With Confidence DELIVERY AT ONCE SELECT OAK FLOORING of the Famous Chickasaw Brand 21/4" Face Matched Ends Also No. 1 Common Same Brand Prices On Request W. A. C. MILLER CO. 1080 Vinewood Ave. Phone 82 Walnut "We Operate Our Own Finish Mill" Central which lat e r appeared in the Union Bulletin. is well worth reading. ostrs along the Russian front. during the and because of its value is printed elsewhere in this issue. early part of the late war. Th, 11,-- brew race has always maintained ancient law: shalt not 1,, grudge.' "The United States has done set, The portion of Scripture to be read on the Sabbath of this week (lets for the Jew. It has given is found in the lb elk of Deuteomomy, Chapter 1 to Chapter '3, verse opportunities for self-expressioe 22. The Ilaplitttrall or supplemental Prophetic portion is taken cording to the divine plan. In r, 111'11, from the book of Isaiah, Chapter 1, verses 1-21. There is much he has been ready at all times to splendid material found in both these portions and the readers of service to his country in ran.,:. ways. Ile has g.ven service to It. the Chronicle are urged to study them. United States in all branches of Ph army, navy, and marine corms. 1,, ,,1 sending to the other side w(lt,. workers. nurses. and chaplains. M•t•, men and women applied for sers to et ISPDAPEST.—The Hungarian military has found a most unique manner the welfare work than the ((ennui., of committing highway robbery, politely. nicely. in an official tone. :\ num- could handle. ber of officers of the Osztenburg detachment entered the Dreehsler restau- Many Die Fighting. rant on Andrassystraese and stated that they held under arrest a certain Joseph Ban, to whom Dreschsler owed 100,000 kronen, and that they intended "In the combative service, the Jews to collect the sum for Mr. Bat. When Mr. Drechsler told them that he have given two per cent more soldiers never knew such a person as Joseph Bar, the officers remarked that another at the front than our population in such statement might cost him his life. The officers receked the money the United States warranted, and and departed. more Jews died fighting on the battle- The Weekly Portion Samuel S. 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