retsPeraccr jt Li Issii(A act4 pa. PAGE FOUR „,,,,,,„, ,„„c4 the dearth of rabbis, it is particularly gratifying to see this new evidence of an awakened interest in Jewish leadership. It is a presage of a bright future for Judaism in America. 4:100**00130001:11100.000410043000 MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. Joseph J. Cummins, PreeldenL Join a Synagogue. 1410 . 11 MO (Our Oinutrittporttrieri Olr OAS. JOSEPH- - f00 0000000000000000000000a. PALESTINE—MOSLEM OR More than once we have said in these columns that the JEWISH Jew or Jewess who is without religious affiliation is an anomaly. (The New Palestine.) Whatever interpretation of Jewish history and of Jewish des- General Offices and Publication Building tiny one may follow, the fact remains that it is his religious Dr. Albert 11. Putney, dean' of the 850 High Street West School of Diplomacy and Jurispru- faith that over and above all else distinguishes the Jew. Cable Address: Telephones: dence of the American University at And the synagog is the unit of the Jew's religious represen- Chronicle tation. Neither the lodge nor the club nor the charities nor Washington, and during the war chief Glendale 8326 of the Near Eastern division of the LONDON OFFICE any other organization nominally Jewish can logically be con- Department of State has written an 14 STRATFORD PLACE strued as the representative organization of Jewish life. The article in the Fellowship Forum which LONDON, W. 1, ENGLAND should be read by those who seem to synagog and only the synagog is that. be uncertain of American sympathies $3.00 Per Teal Subscription, In Advance Therefore we appeal to every Jew and Jewess in the com- with Zionism. Dr. Putney is of the opinion that Palestine cannot be made munity to join a synagog. We make no appeal for any parti- To insure publliation, all correspondence and news matter mud reach this 'Nee by Tuesday evening of each week. ular congregation. We care not whether one affiliates him- ILCItrisetiltehreellvlion;rg that hnin self with the most Orthodox congregation, or with the most concludes that it would be for the Editorial Contribute, RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN radical. Here in Detroit there is a wide range of choice offered best interests of the world at large The Jewish Chronicle Invites correspondence on subjects of Interest to the to Jews of varying shades of religious opinion. There are that it should be Jewish. Just as geo- Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for en Indorsement of the view synagogs that may well take rank with the old Chassidic con- Palestine occupies a peculiar graphical position on the border line expressed by the writers. gregations and there is at least one that is radically Reform. of two continents, so the Jews occupy a peculiar racial position on the bor- Elul 20, 5681 Between these two, there is a vast number of congregations, der line of the occident and the orient. Sept. 23, 1921 conservative and Orthodox. Many there are whose member- They seem to possess the ability to ship represents particular countries and localities. There is understand and mingle with both therefore no excuse for one being unidentified because his Eastern and Western peoples. A Masked Cowardice. Palestine would occupy a particular religious views are not reflected in the practices Jewish unique position. It would be a place The reading public throughout the land is being regaled and customs of one or the other of the existing congregations. where East and West could and would Moreover, the charge that is sometimes made that con- meet and mingle. The greatest work with exposures of the methods and policies of the so-called Ku such a Palestine would be not Klux Klan Whose object is asserted to be the salvation of Amer- gregations as they exist today are rich men's institutions does of cultural benefits to be derived by ica from the dominion of the Jew, the Catholic, the negro, and not apply in Detroit. Many of the congregations are organized the members of the Jewish race, but the the foreign born. And the fulfillment of this object, grotesque on a basis of absolute democracy. Moreover, for those who broader work it might do in bringing as it is, is said to be undertaken in the name of one hundred for economic or other reasons cannot see their way clear to together East and West and explain- each to the other. We welcome, percent Americanism. Here is but a mask for corwardice, for joining any of the congregations now established, there are ing Dr. I'utney'a lucid exposition of the unscrupulousness, and for ignorance. One can conceive of supplementary services arranged with which one may affiliate subject and appreciate his warns per- nothing that is more un-American than the fomenting of race himself either gratis or upon the payment of a sum purely sonal sympathies. They show that well-informed non-Jews see no con- voluntary. hatred and religious predudice. with Americanism in Zionist At this season in particular, when the holy days are ap- flict That the Ku Klux Klan has grown by leaps and bounds in hopes and aspirations, and they con- every part of the country until now it is said to number upward proaching, every person in the community should think well jure up none of the difficulties non- of half a million members is not as surprising as at first blush of the problem of synagogal affiliation. The moment occasions Zionists see in the upbuilding of the would appear. Of course every true American is shamed at of great joy and particularly of supreme sorrow occur in the Jewish national home. the possibility of race and religious hatred organizing itself family life, persons turn first of all to the good offices of the THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE in our time and country. But we must count with the fact that synagog. Why should they not do so at other times? Why (Hebrew Standard.) there is still much ignorance in this country and the percentage should they not feel it their bounden obligation to support of illiteracy in the southern states where the Klan has most morally and materially the institution upon which the entire Dr. C. Duschinsky's "The Rabbinate the Great Synagogue, London," prospered is abnormally great. Moreover, very often, great Jewish• life of the community is builded? Where the life of of which ran seriallly through several wealth, even fabulous fortunes are at the command of the the synagog is strongly established, one may be almost sure recent volumes of the Jewish Quart- most ignorant. This must explain the fact that the propagan- to find a Jewish community that meets its social and civic erly Review, has new been published dists for the organized forces of hatred and misrepresentation obligations in something approaching adequate measure. Where in book form in a limited edition by the Oxford University l'ress. The have met with the success that they have. We have little the synagogal life is weak, so, too, will be the community life. study well deserves this independent Let us then strengthen our various congregations. Let publication, for it is a careful and doubt that when a thorough investigation shall have been made, a close connection will somewhere be found between the us spread abroad the word, first among the members of our expert account of the London Jewish) from 175f, to 1842, as re-, agencies North and South that have been fostering the spirit own families and households and then among the larger com- community fleeted in and by the personalities of of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Catholicism and those who with munity of our friends—"Join the Synagog.” the principal rabbis of the Duke's their grotesque rites and practices have created the organiza- Place Synagogue, the leading house of worship of the German section of the tion that is said to be responsible for more than one outrage English community. And these rob; that has been committed against men and women in various his, as is evidenced by Dr. Duschin- A Dream Realized. parts of the country. sky's book, were all remarkable men So far as the Jews are concerned, they need have very little Our hearty felicitations are given to our sister congrega- who left a profound impression on all with came i anxiety from this latest manifestation of hate and prejudice. tion at Saginaw, Michigan, upon the realization of its dream volume ce nli c e ne t .t eirt t g '- %e h T e. tcch?'l The very fact that it masks in the cloak of Americanism is some day to possess a house of worship and community center graphics of Ilirsche'l Lewin, David sufficient to discredit it in the eyes of those who truly know of its own. For many years, Congregation Beth El of that city 'revels Schiff, a collateral ancestor what Americanism means. This movement like others of its has been holding services at more or less regular intervals of the late Jacob 11. Schiff, of New Ymks, and Solomon Ilirschell, the suc- kind, given enough rope, will surely hang itself. Let us there- in a rented hall. But it has never had at its disposal facilities cessive occupants of this rabbinical fore not take it over-seriously. The movement is thoroughly to carry on with a degree of adequacy the religious and com- post. Dr. Duschinsky has produced un-American and by that token, it cannot prosper in our time munal work that ought to be undertaken by a community of a work of striking interest and of con- siderable impoi lance for Jewish his- the size and prominence of that of Saginaw. and country. toriography. As a contribution to For many years, the late Max Ileavenrich who was the the science of Judaism it is entitled recognized leader of Saginaw Jewry had worked with zeafous to high rank. enthusiasm to the end that the congregation might buy or build Correcting a Misquotation. a place of worship. But before his plans could be carried into ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL MYSTERY No man who serves the public can hope to be free from mis- effect, he was summoned to his reward. There is an old rab- (Th American Ileb.rew.) quotation at the hands of newspaper reporters and others. Of binic maxim that "No good man is called from earth until an- such misquotation the writer was the victim during the past other is born to take his place." And so fortunately it happened here is a mystery that should tax week. On Saturday last, he was quoted in an afternoon local in Saginaw. And upon the passing away of Mr. Heavenrich, the the keenest sleuthing-hounds of the anti-Semitic Reports em- daily as saying some things about modern charity adminis- duties of leadership fell upon a man whose indomitable energy anating from persuasion. San Francisco convey tration which were so ridiculous on their very face that to con- and whose rare zeal for Judaism have proved themselves to be the information that on October 1st the building of an aquarium to cost tradict them would seem to be almost unnecessary. The re- a real asset to the Jews of his city. Under the guidance of Mr. A. D. Philippe and his able $275,000 will be commenced in Golden . marks attributed to him cast a decided slur upon the rich man Gate l'ark; the money provided corps of assistants, Beth El of Saginaw has gone from strength who engages in philanthropic enterprises and they tended to by the late Abraham eein S t a t . The to strength, with the result that on Friday evening of this question is: Why should a Jew spend ridicule many who engage in social service. The fact of the matter is that not only could no utterance week, it is to dedicate to the service of God and man, its new so vast a sum on an aquarium? What has a Jew to do with an exhibition of the writer by any stretch of the imgination have been con- synagog and community center. We predict for our sister of fishes that cannot be commercial- strued as expressive of such sentiments, but no interview such congregation a growing usefulness from this time on. The ized. Index finger to forehead, there's as the article purported to report, was ever given. It was time should not be distant when a resident rabbi shall be en- , a mystery here! Add to this news the wholly the creature of a reporter's perfervid imagination. We gaged who shall devote his entire time to the work of upbuild- unexpected unearthing of Lord Roth- as one of the most distinguished take this opportunity of calling attention to the misquotation ing the religious life of Saginaw Jewry. There are other com- schild living naturalists and you can see how lest coming as it did on the eve of the great Community Fund munities in the state, too, that should follow the example of the San Francisco mystery becomes Drive to which every person in our community should contribute Saginaw. Once a Temple is built in a city, it is likely that the international. A museum of natural history in England maintained by a 'eagerly and generously, there may be some who would find Jewish life will not lag as it often does in the smaller com- Jew! An aquarium in San Francisco munities. To those responsible for bringing the dream of earl- I built by in the misquoted article an excuse for not doing their duty, a Jew! It should be as plain It is our definite belief that to many of the rich men in the ier days to fulfillment, we again extend our hearty con- : as day that here is another of the in- ' ternational Jew plots; an attempt, no community, the possession of wealth is a sacred trust and to gratulations. doubt, to capture all the 'Specimens cast aspersions upon them would be unworthy of any right that grow on the earth, that fly in minded man. We believe that many persons of wealth and the air and inhabit the depths of the position, though at times overzealous in their efforts, are doing seas, in order to capture the Golden Gate (money is always in the back- heroic work for the poor and the unfortunate in the community. ground) and frustrate any settlement In a time like this, it would ill become anyone with a spark of the Pacific problems which might of humanity in his heart to undervalue the sacrifices of money, be peacefully solved at Mr. Ilarding's Disarmament Conference. Or, is this time and energy which these people are giving to the solution New York Day why he did not attend the phase of world-revolution schemed of the problems of poverty by which the community is con- JUDGE A. LEVY, BACK the Congress now meeting at Carts in the protocols of the Elders of Zion fronted. FROM EUROPE, TELLS bad, Judge Levy replied. "I decided I , which is to make propaganda for to go to the Congress because I Bolshevism among the flowers, the HEARTRENDING TALE not represented the Independent Order birds and the fishes? named as second-clan matter March 3, 1916, at the Postale* at Detroit,' Mich., under the Act of March , 1579. (Copyright, 1921. By Chas. H. Joseph.) Colonel Simmons, the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, is going to enter wholesale libel suits against the newspapers of chic country because he alleges they have placed the Klan in the wrong light before the nation. I don't see any reason for the colonel bacon,. ing nearly no excited as the rest of the people of this country. Here we have, according to the press, half • million men banded together in a secret organization bearing the name that once carried terror through. out the South because they took the law in their own hands. They are charged with being anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish, anti-Negro and anti- alien, and the newspapers of the United States say that such an organ- isation is anti-American. Tint result is the Federal government has begun an investigation. If there is no reason for the secrecy; if every- thing that the Klu Klux intends to do is orderly and lawful, why not come out in the open? That would be far better than libel suits, NEW YORK.—(J. C. B.) —Judge Aaron J. Levy, Grand Master of the Independent Order B'rith Abraham, returned last Friday from Europe, abroad the steamer New Amsterdam. In an interview he gave out to news- paper reporters, Judge Levy described the terrible plight of Jewish communi- ties in Europe. During his trip he visited Poland, Galicia, Germany and Austria. He described the Jewish situation in Po- land as particularly disastrous and stated that every Jew there was anx- ious to come to America. Asked by a representative of the B'rith Abraham and could not go as an individual. Furthermore, 1 would very much like to see peace established within the Zionist movement. Though I am heart and soul in favor of the Keren IlaYcood I do not believe that , that fund con be successful in this country unless the two factions conic' to an amicable understanding. The fact is that the majority of the Zion- ist leaders whom I met in Paris, in London and in other cities, feel that the break has been the cause of ser- ious damage and that the Congress in Carlsbad ought to adopt a resolution instructing the leaders to make peace ; with the American minority faction." al Ivan. but rt.ft: Let,: 111,1. stile uft,•1 via; i'l' I ens • great admirer of the Atlantic Monthly. Despite what some of our "het-up" co-religionists say, that this magazine has been par- ticularly opposed to Jews, I don't believe a word of it. There have appeared articles that I didn't, as a Jew, like. I thought thin s were prejudiced. Nevertheless I could not find it in my heart to say that the editors of the Atlantic were opposed to Jews because of that. Then I read that they were opposed to the Catholics, and yes, strange to say, no meg•sine has hit the Protestant church and clergymen harder than the Atlantic. It has published article by •nti•Bolshe•ists and it has published many by radicals of all nations. So I have come to the conclusion that we Jews have no reason to jump to hasty conclusions because of the appearance of an occasional article that may be uf•ir to us. The fault with most of us who criticise is that we don't read enough. Analyze the contents of the Atlantic for • period of • yea r and you will find that I am right. The Atlantic is not prejudiced. The editor says so and I believe him. •-•••••-• I advise every philanthropic worker, every officer of • philanthropic society, every patron of • philanthropy, e•ery subscriber to a philan- thropy to read Cornelia Cannon's article "Philanthropic Doubt." which appears in the September "Atlantic." Mrs. Cannon knows what she is writing about and she thinks in a line. She comes to the conclusion that we are being "over-philanthropised," (if I may coin the term). Private groups are trying to do the job of the community and the na- tional private philanthropies and philanthropists are using poultice when the surgeon's knife is necessary to cure the social ills which these private philanthropists are trying to cope with. I cannot refrain from quoting • paragraph from this splendid article. Says Mrs. Cannon, "The Philanthropists belong to • class on which the injustices of our present basis of society have not borne very heavily. They serve unconsciously •s a bulwark of the status quo, for whose defects they are ready and eager to apply palliatives. They are the great menders and patchers•up of society, not the sur- geons who cut deep into the festering sore and scrape the bone. They express the tenderness and pity of man, not his reasoning intelligence." Then she goes on to say that so many philanthropic organizations and workers have an almost fanatical sense that they and they alone hold the key to human regeneration. "To the outsider it looks like • lot of ants tugging from all sides et • dead beetle." It's ■ good article and will probably shock some of your smug complacency. In the same issue the editor takes occasion to say "There will be cramps in the nation's 'innards' before the last Jew is assimilated. That we have always thought, and here is proof of it." Below this state- ment we find a letter from Rabbi Joel Blau of New York who makes this striking statement: "To many a Jew as to a few thoughtful Gen- tiles,'the remedy seems to be, not in the Jews ceasing to be Jews, but in the Christians becoming Christians." This is commended to the attention of "Assimiliationists" who believe the Jewish question c•n he solved by the dissolution of the Jews. Sure it would — no Jews — no Jewish question. Simple as perpetual motion. ■ A Hopeful Outlook. 1/111 ,1 lard geld t ,, r th, (Vat Pub tar 1. 1 ,0 to ing( Zo, Al , of i1111 the 111111 ' 1 , 11 An1 till, the (1111 tra act, of Pa de . K. lb. gr tm to an p, th is I don't wonder that the "Imperial Wixard•Ernperor of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan—and I feel like continuing "Emperor of India," and so on and no forth, like one reciting the title of some foreign Potentate. But I started out to say that its no won- der the Imperial Wizard is so peeved with thenewsp•pers of the United States when one reads the expose of the Ku Klux Klan, as now directed by the Imperial Wizard William Joseph Simmons. One of the Klansmen disgusted with the whole movement which he ch•racterixe as a money-making scheme has written • letter which appears in th nation-wide journalistic expose that the New York World has un dertaken. • Quite interesting indeed that bit of news regarding Henry Mor- genthau's attempt to have the British government make a separte peace with Turkey and thus gain that country's allegiance to the Allies. And equally interesting Dr. Weizman'. check-mate of that move because he relived that if once Turkey made • treaty it would mean the prolongation of that empire's existence and would sound the death knell to Zionism. Then another Jew, • Mr. Weil of France en- tered into the game to see that France's rights were safeguarded. In the end Weixmann won: how, no one seems to know but according to this more or less official gossip Weixmann showed himself to po marvelous influence with the British Foreign Office. So he in given credit for having put Turkey out of business. This is the way I just love to pay my compliments to those I hate. The American Israelite has this paragraph: "A reader of the Israelite" calls its attention to • scurrilous article that appeared in • recent issue of the Labor Advocate, ■ local journal, and asks the Israelite to take notice. This it declines to do as both the Labor Advocate and its editor rank so low in public esteem that to pay any attention to what they may have to say would be to compliment them far beyond their deserts." That is what I mill, good old-fashioned journalism. Hotter than Sunshine Old Top TEMPLE BETH EL Y. P. S. MEET SEPTEMBER 25 To those who are interested in the spread of Jewish ideal- The Young People's Society of Tem- ism, it will be gratifying news that the class of students enter- ple Beth El season of 1021-22 opens ing the Hebrew Union College thsi year is by far the largest Sunday evening, September 25, with' that has ever registered at that institution. This is the more a business meeting at which many new innovations which are being plan- significant when we recall that the theological schools of all ned by the Board of Directors will be denominations are bittely complaining at the falling off of discussed and the coming year's policy students for the ministry. outlined in detail. Every effort on the Moreover, most of the young men now entering the College part of members will he solicited in the hope of surpassing if possible the at Cincinnati are of American parentage. and hence filled and splendid accomplishments of last thrilled with the American spirit as we believe the rabbi of the year's year's administration. future in this country must be. We do not think lightly of consideration of conscientious members and because of lack of space the inestimable service that has been rendered to the cause in the Temple, the "for members only" of Americn Israel by rabbis of an older generation who were Ipolicy will be enforced most rigidly born and educated abroad. Without their contribution to it, during the coming year. In order to carry out this intention successfully, the history of Judaism in America would have been scarcely members are urged to make their re- worth recording. Nor would we underestimate the work that mittance for membership cards as many men of foreign birth but educated for the ministry in soon as posible. our American colleges have rendered. Among the foremost The business meeting which opens promptly at 8:30 will be followed by religious leaders and teachers of our day are such. dancing. Unusually good music has But for all that, we hold to the opinion that if the men and been secured for the occasion. women of the coming generation are to be held in fealty to our ancestral faith, the leadership of our congregations must UNTERMYER HELPS to the greatest possible extent be in the hands of men who to MAKE BIG PURCHASE the fullest have sensed the American spirit and who speak Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau, FROM GRAND DUKE with the utmost fluency the language of our country. The Mock on, mock on, 'tis all in vain; charge so often made that the American youth cannot grasp as You throw the sand against the wind NEW YORK.—(.1. C. B.)—A con- does the foreigner, the spirit of Jewish lore and philosophy has tract was signed in the suite of Sam- And the wind blows it back again. been so often contradicted in the lives of present day leaders, uel Untermeyer in a Parisian hotel, by that it need not even be taken seriously. which an American syndicate pur- chases an immense stretch of territory And every sand becomes a gem There is every reason to believe that young men born and ygt from the Austrian Grand Duke Fred- educated in this country who turn to the ministry as their Reflected in the beams divine, erick, valued at $250,000,000. Among those interested in the syndicate are life's work, will be intensely loyal to the spirit of America and Blown back they blind the mocking eye Charles II. Sabin, president of the yet not a whit the less loyal and devoted to the spirit of their But still in Israel's paths they shine. Realty Trust Co. and Frank A. Men. fathers' faith. sey. Mr. Samuel Untermeyer is to For this reason, there is true cause for rejoicing in the de- be the attorney in the syndicate. WILLIAM BLAKE. Untermeyer is due to leave Paris cision of some thirty-three young men this year to enter the within a few days and will return to' Hebrew Union College and there to prepare themselves for New York to resume his post as law.1 the Jewish ministry. At a time when many pulpits cannot be yer for the Lockwood Investigation filled because of the increasing numbers of congregations and i f L i fero--eieolterAte.- - -,-AwAL6-1xPl- ,7.4v-~elfj Committee. 4161' On' . 41111+ ■ On! ' Old King Coal is a friendly old soul, But a dear old soul is he; He calls for a price and he calls for a roll When you buy all at once, you see. So Mister Coal Buyer, before he fines higher, Take a very fine tip from me: A ton at it time saves a run on the mine And lilts your cellar with glee. Coal was once condemned as "injurious" and burned Openly in the market place as a public nuisance. Today coal is king—as vital to the American home as bread and butter—as necessary as beef or pota- toes. Economical and healthful substitution for coal products is impossible. Of course King Coal comes higher than he used to — freight rates are up 40 per cent and wages average 82 per cent over the pre-war level. 1921 production is millions of tons short and with early winter traffic congestion it is probable that prices will go still higher. Which is why we suggest you put in a few tons at time, delivered weekly. And United Fuel & Supply Company quality and service, of course. s„.4-4 7 - 5•„„,,v Ours is "Hotter Than Sunshine" Yards in All Parts of the City et "I tl ft 51 IT ti it