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able to fool themselves, but the records of the Community

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Drive make it impossible for them to fool anybody else. We
know who they are and what they are.
As for those who make other excuses, we may simply say
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
that they are not legitimate. Nobody expects a person who is
crootiro-o-o-o-rsao.
himself poverty stricken to contribute to charitable causes, but
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.
-
Joseph J. Cummins, President.
we note that some of those who plead poverty in relation to
LET THEM BARK
(Copyright, 1921. By Chas. II. Joseph.)
,
ostoffice
at
Detroit,
th
Cmunity
nand
subscription,
have
not
curtailed
their
at
the
3P
e om
un Marc h 3,
(Jewish Gazette.)
Entered as second-class matter
1879.
Simon Wolf hen given the world something in eighty-five years
of Marc h
own living expenses in any way. They still drive their automo-
der the A ct 1916,
Mich.,
and he is to be honored not merely because he is old but because he
We present to the anti - Semites,
biles; they still wear expensive clothes; they still live in corn-
has rendered service while growing old. Now in the twilight of life
who are so insistently shouting about
General Offices and Publication Building
fortable if not luxurious homes; and they still indulge in lavish the world domination by Jews, thes
the thousands he has served delight to honor him, now that he is no
850 High Street West
longer so active nor so able to take up the work that he so dearly
forms of entertainment and pleasure. Only when one has been
Cable Address:
ews items: Luzzatti, Minister of
loves. The President paid Mr. Wolf • high tribute in regrettin g his
Telephone:
Chronicle compelled to sacrifice every luxury and to cut down to a very ' n State and former Prime Minister of
inability to be present at the celebration owing to absence from Wash-
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considerable degree upon the ordinary comforts of life, has he
ington. All Jewry and in fact all good citizenship of whatsoever creed
Italy, has b en appointed n Senator
LONDON OFFICE
a
right
to
plead
poverty
as
an
excuse
for
not
giving
to
the
sup-
good Jew, • good citizen, which
i.reitt
i
,
..
1
,
of
his
recognit
i
on
congratulates Simon Wolf; he is ■
14 STRATFORD PLACE
in Italy inA
port of a great organization upon which the very existence of
Je wis h
LONDON, W. I, ENGLAND
means that he is • good man.
been
'1.
'
Ia
,
has
u ll'nra
I y years
s
,. only
r
$3.00 Per Year ROM sixty-five institutions of education and philanthopy in s tn eultTr's
awarded the Diemer prize at the
Subscription, in Advance
I felt like removing my hat to the name of Aaronsohn of Palestine
the city of Detroit are dependent.
Paris Conservatoire. Of all the stu-
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
when I read the chapter in Captain Frederick Tuchy's book on what
To offer as an excuse for not giving the fact that one was
adjudged
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
one
of the young Aaronsohns did during the war. Tuohy was the
ulthle l .Vit rin, t',I ,
out of the city at the time of the Drive, is puerile. The United ' t! :i i t '(t .1 he wa.;
head of the British Intelligence Office and has written an amazingly
r
t
Editorial Contributor States government is still carrying mail at two cents per letter, a famoPusgt
ei(is-
iani '-o. desian, has received
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
interesting
book showing the spy activities in all the theaters of the
tinetion from the French Academy of
war. He disclosed the fact that even in their own armies there were
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to and checks and postal orders are easily available at the banks i Science for his labors extending over
traitors
from
among their own people. Even Belgium contributed
J o ish
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the and postoffices.
rs , . f r Fm
all '2.0f rm
more than its share of spies against the Allies, but Tuchy seqe that
i v America,
To say that one was not called upon by a solicitor is equally painters
,
view expressed by the writers.
out of the network of unreliable men and women emerged Aaronsohn,
had their picetures oexhibiteda
the Jew, who covered himself with glory in the cause of the Allie s
Cheshvan 10, 5682 childish. Not a newspaper in Detroit but contained coupons the ye Paris
Salon, and were highly
November 11, 1921
which might have been filled out and mailed direct to the Com-' praised. Sir Alfred Mond is . making
in Turkey.
age ,
munity Fund. Certainly there was not a person of mature
His information was always accurate and was obtained frequently
‘if-
yilOirlr.tr•„o
and average intelligence in the city of Detroit who, during the 1 7-1;:ithdeinfuil'nZ:17MR:n
at the near cost of his own ilfe. His sister was captured but with
ing bringing order out of en 'asot
past several weeks might have found someone to accept his! is
heroism rarely equalled refused to expose her brother or give up any
money for the community Fund if he honestly wished to give in India. here you have ,,the story of
of the secrets of the British. This girl, after being tortured in the
most inhuman manner, was finally put to death and Tuohy says that
At a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Hebrew it. These excuses are all lame, empty, purposeless and sel - „11,`4T
t let tinst etrrnuaet iotn a. e
when the British finally won the day in Turkey he was one of the
Union College, held in Cincinnati on Tuesday last, Dr. Julian fish. But granting that they were made in good faith, we have
j.1.7w' s everywhere
that
h
first to lead • machine gun squad and in a certain district he himself
Morgenstern was elected Acting President of the College in only this to say to those who give them: the Fund is still in - are playing important roles, and that
literally killed every Turk in sight, so fierce was his hatred against
their
services
are
being
requisitioned
succession to Dr. Kaufman Kohler who becomes President complete. If the work of the sixty-five agencies is to go on
the destroyers of his sister.
more trdidb more. Well, what i it?
Emeritus. To succeed such overtowering figures in world without abatement, every dollar of the original budget must I t
a
very
poor
be
et'oTti•
rn
were
rl ri .of
Israel as Isaac M. Wise and Kaufman Kohler is an honor than be raised, and more. If there are those who for any of the rea - if gift
w °w
n
ed men vaenrd women
v.
Incidents like these of Jewish valor during the war should make
which none greater could come to any Jew in America. But sons above cited, or for any other reason have not yet made proscribed from being active in
the slackers and the "yellows" who are now writing about what the
noun walks of life because of race
Jews did or didn't do hang their heads in shame if they have any
man
in
the
early
forties
to
be
chosen
for
a
position
of
such
contribution
to
the
Fund,
they
may
send
their
contribu.
their
contribution
the
death
for a
or creed. It would sound
same. No one need worry about the Jewish boys when it comes to
distinction and responsibility, is an honor the significance of bons to the Editor of this paper, who will by return mail send knell of progress.
fighting. I have seen evidences of it even in times of peace. The
The way to run things is to utilize
which can scarcely be estimated.
it to the proper officers of the Fund.
young Jew of today is • "scrapper" and the day has passed when
the best forces. It was said that an-
The Presidency of the Hebrew Union College carries with
Jews can be intimidated by II•nnel•mouthed demagogues.
It is not yet too late!
' drew Carnegie was successful because
he knew how to surround himself by
it in no small degree the power to shape the destinies of Ameri-
can Judaism in the years that are to come. The man who
able lieutenants. Lloyd George is
Samuel Harden Church, president of the Carnegie Institute of
stands at the head of this great institution has in his hands in a
wise in enlisting such able men as
Pittsburgh, in an address delivered last week before the Credit Men'.
Reading
and
Mond.
Italy
is
fortu-
Association,
included Henry Ford as one of the "five perils" of this
large way to shape the thinking of the men destined to become
nate in having in their midst a Luz-
nation. That is something to have achieved, isn't it? Mr. Ford will
the leaders of our congregations and the teachers of our chil-
The Thirty-first volume of the Year book of the Central zatti, and a llelbronner adds to the
have a fine heritage to hand down to the following generations that
dren. As his ideals are high, so in all likelihood will theirs be. Conference of American Rabbis has just come from the press. glory of France by his labors which
he was one of the five perils of his country; and so designated, not
of the utmost importance, not
by an irresponsible or erratic man, neither by some insignificant no.
As he is spiritual, as he is scholarly, as he is far visioned, will Containing as it does, not only the digest of the business of the are
body, but by the head of one of the foremost educational and cultural
he be in position to prepare these young men for the high and Conference that was transacted at the Washington meeting, only from the geographical, but also
from the geodesical point of view.
foundations in the world. Samuel Harden Cuhrch was the one who
responsible tasks of leadership that shall be theirs. In an in- but as well the scholary papers that were read at the meeting
When the late Cecil Rhodes, em-
answered the German professors during the war. He is the author
stitution like the Hebrew Union College, where the number and the discussion thereon, the book constitutes, as do its pre- pire-builder, the man who made Brit-
of • life of Cromwell; he has been one of the officials of the Pennsyl•
South America, needed an en-
vania railroad for • great many years.
of students is comparatively small, it cannot be otherwise than decessors, a valuable contribution to our contemporary Jewish ish
that the personality of the President shall impress itself very literature. If it be permitted to point out one single paper that gineer, he engaged the services of
John Hays Hammond, an American.
strongly upon the men who as his colleagues on the faculty more than another makes the volume of permanent value, it
After one considers the reports that have come from all over the
In reality talents can know no
country regarding the necessity of holding Reform Jewish services in
work with him and upon the students who as learners sit at would be Professor Lauterbach's scholarly, and thoughtful frontiers. All the world benefits by
buildings than their own regular places of worship could as.
I
paper under the title "The Attitude of the Jew towards the the achievements of the great men
his feet. •
Iself more and more upon my
commodats, the thought imp
We believe that Dr. Morgenstern possesses all the neces- Non-Jew " This paper, which was received with unstinted en- and women of any country, of any
mind
tha
tmore Reform congregations are necessary. Everybody
erewnitse.
raclie n. t Itthicsanisnont obearortuhrn
sary qualifications of a man to undertake in crucial times thusiasm by the Rabbis who heard it, should in its printed
can't belong to one congregation and there is no reason why everyone
for the
should try to. It is useless to attempt to continue to take care of the
like these, the training of a generation of rabbis. Dr. Morgen- form be circulated far and wide, for it is, we believe, of all the Jew haters. It is unnecessary, how-
enormous holiday attendance in the manner that obtained this year in
stern's scholarship has been recognized by leading thinkers vast number of essays that have been written and the lectures ever, for us Jews to apologize for the
nearly all of the large centers. What is needed is additional Reform
Minds, the Readings, and all the
here and abroad and but recently he was honored by a place that have been delivered upon this subject in recent times, by
Congregations and until they are established we shall have the same
our
eminent mare en
on the Executive Board of the American Oriental Society. He far the most convincing in its arguments. Written dispassion-
difficulty in an increasing degree each year.
things. of 11 an1Pdetonl
doing women
has a pleasing personality and his popularity with his students ately and obj ctively there is not a single point made by the has call for all, and so we Jews will e
Judge Josiah Cohen of Pittsburgh is • national Jewish figure. The
and his colleagues cannot be doubted. He is a fine teacher and author that is not verified by references to original sources, just go on our own sweet way work-
the anti-
and accomplishing. If the
judge is nearing his eighty-first year, but is as active as any youngster
an accurate thinker. A devotee of the newer school of which are quoted in full in som sixty-six notes which are added ing
Semites don't like it, they don t have
of 50. Mrs. Cohen, too, has done valuable work of • national charac-
Biblical Science, he is yet a great spiritual force and no fears to the paper.
the Yearbook contain absolutely nothing to
ter, particularly in connection with the Hebrew Union College. So it
need be entertained that the religious destiny of Israel will at other than this essay, it would deserve a place of honor in' we are going to suggest that Jews
is quite to be expected that the nephew of such Jewish workers should
bothering their heads about anti-
contribute much to the welfare of Jewry. James Rosenberg is a promi•
stop
his hands not be sufficiently stressed.
every library. Especially however, we wish that it might be
bark.
i ng
Semites.
nent New York attorney and has been appointed chairman of the Eu•
Dr. Morgenstern, an American by birth, exemplifies in rare read by every Christian clergyman.
rope•n Executive Council of the Joint Distribution Committee. Mr.
degree, the American spirit. This is fortunate. The rabbi who
A feature of the Yearbook is the reproduction of two
Rosenberg is now in Europe ready to take hold of the tremendous
MR.
MOR-
is to teach the soul of the American Jew must not only know photos of more than passing interest. One is that of the Con- THE EGREGIOUS
task that is before him.
GENTHAU
be
filled
and
thrilled
with
the
spirit
of
our
ference
assembled
on
the
White
House
grounds
with
President
but he must ,
(The Hebrew Standard.)
I like to hear of Jews of the Rosenberg type. He is • successful
country's ideals. Intense in his Jewish loyalty, he must be and Mrs. Harding, and the other that of a group of the Officers
lawyer and • poet and ■ painter—and his poems and his pictures
not the less intense in his fealty to American institutions. Sim- of the Conference laying a wreath upon the Tomb of George
As successive issues of The World's
have been very much worth while. He has ample means to indulge
ilarly, it is a happy co-incidence that the man chosen to be Act- Washington.
Work come from the press, month
his hobbies, but the best of all his hobbies seems to me to be the giving
ing President of the Hebrew Union College is himself a child
of his time and his money to the great constructive relief problems
The book is typographically, a fine piece of work and re. , after month, "All in a Lifetime,"
former Ambassador Ilenry Morgen-
of European Jewry. Men of this type are worth a great deal to
of that institution. Having been graduated by it with the de- fleets great credit upon its editor, Rabbi Isaac E. Marcuson.
thau's veracious autibography, winds
society. The judge and Mrs. Cohen have every reason to be proud of
gree of Rabbi and having served for many years as an honored
itself through the long and honor-
their nephew, and the nephew, too, has every reason to be proud of his
member of its faculty, Dr. Morgenstern is fully cognizant of
able career of its subject. In a sense
uncle and aunt, who over a period of half • century have rendered
the October installment supplements
the traditions of the College and upon them he will build con-
invaluable service to the Jews of the nation.
portions of "Ambassador Morgen-
sistently as few men could.
ts d eoaflinhais es it does
thau'
,,
But Dr. Morgenstern is also a man of progress and though
Probably not. He is the son
Ass Yoelson. Do you know him?
There is at 'least one lesson that our congregations may
S to :.% ).:e' ' n
11 s the
of the Rev. M. R. Yoelson, an orthodox cantor of Washington, D. C.
true to the spirit of the past of the institution whose destinies learn from the lodges. When a member of a lodge in good Turkey. But in the autobiography
At an early age he, too, sang in the synagogue and it seemed for a
will lie in his hands, he will yet not be bound and fettered by standing moves from one city to another, he is given a "Demit" the literary touch is defter, lighter
moron-
time as if he would follow in his father's footsteps. During the
disrespectful .
i
the past, but upon it, he will strive to build a greater future. which serves as a card of introduction to lodge brothers in his a lark athe
Harding campaign he addressed audiences on the East Side of Nrw
forexample,
Take, for
the
Board
of
Governors
has
shown
wisdom
and
dis-
to the Ilaham Bashi,
York in Yiddish. Do you know him? He is no other than Al Joie.,
new place of residence. Although some years ago the Central thuu's
All in all,
cretion in choosing Dr. Morgenstern as the acting head of the Conference of American Rabbis prepared a Congregational the ecclesiastical head of Turkish
College. That he will make good in the position, we have no transfer card, no great use has been made of it, we believe, by Jewry. In one place he declares that
If one makes a list of Jews who will attend the Disarmament Con-
to tnhdes title e t of
g
sc ial h a sa right
ference it will be an impressive one, I am sure. I notice that Sir
doubt. The future will undoubtedly write him down as a any considerable number of congregations. There is, however,
his emi nen c e, sin ce
Philip Sasson, Lloyd George's private secretary, is coming. Mr. Sas-
worthy successor to the outstanding men who have preceeded every reason why some system should be devised by which an same step in the Turkish social scale
soon is engaged to Mr. George's daughter. One will find scattered all
through the delegations from almost every country one or more Jew..
individual or a family who have been members of a congrega- as a cardinal of the Catholic church.
him.
And then, when Mr. Morgenthau has
tion in one place, should at once be put into touch with the
t cecaslion to repent his reference to
sister congregation in the city or town to which they go to o h laham Bashi, the latter figures
as his Eminence," a proceeding
build up a new home.
Many times people who are strangers in a new community, which indicates, perhaps, that to the
During the coming week, Temple Israel of Omaha, Ne- feel a very great reticence about presenting themselves even meticulous trafficker a clear title to
d (minnstgiet i if , . •,lry.
braska, will celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of its existence. to the Rabbi, without a special card of introduction, and so it. t ehsteatalsehehr not rbteleienr
This occasion is noteworthy as indicating through how long a happens many times that persons changing their place of resi- mar Ambassador's daughter speaks of
period Jewish activities have been carried on even in the com- Bence, lose touch with the synagogal life altogether. This un- the Ilaham Bashi, as she does in a
paratively newer sections of our country. The Omaha Congre- fortunate situation can be overcome in large measure, we are private letter which it was really
gation has always had a leading place among its sister congre- convinced, by a well devised use of congregational cards of in- questionable taste on the proud par-
ant's part to publish thus broadcast,
gations in the land, as a progressive, forward looking, upward troduction.
her mention of the chief rabbi leaves
striving organization. It has stood uncompromisingly for con-
Perhaps it would be well for the Rabbinical Conference to the impression that American Reform
Jews do not take seriously the high
structive reform. For the past three decades it has been
NEWEST
re-institute the use of these cards, or it may be that the Union
their
istered to by graduates of the Hebrew Union College—first of American Hebrew Congregations would be the proper liturgical officials of Europe of
NIGHTIES
own faith. Mah yomru ha - goyim,
Rosenau, now of Baltimore, then Franklin, now of Detroit, agency to do so. At any rate, something should be clone to indeed!
LONG SLEEVES
then Simon now of Washington, and during the past decade or make it very easy for a new-comer to a city to put himself into
But a better example of Mr. Mor-
FUR TRIMMINGS
more, by its present genial and scholarly Rabbi, Frederick touch with the congregation and its affiliated organizations, and genthau's ineptitude is supplied by
y t ;Luite, ..erc reenntt-
Cohn. It is a tribute to the fine spirit of this Congregation that for those organizations too, to know of the arrival in their tom- iv remarkable
it has invited all of its former Rabbis and their wives to be pres- =idly of persons likely to be interested in their work.
history" of The New York Times.
ent at. and to participate in the joyous celebration of its semi-
Ile had the notion, early in 1917,
that it was possible at that time to
centennial. An event such as this in the life of a Congrega-
detach Turkey from her alliance with
tion should not be passed without notice. It is a time of retro-
Dame Fashion knows is thing or two,
the Central Powers, and even set
Though often she seems flighty,
specting and of self-accounting. A Congregation like an indi-
about to organize a "mission," alto-
She says, "a long cold winter's due,
vidual must at a time like this, look back over its half-century
gether composed of members of our
So wear a fur trimmed nightie !" —
own community, for the purpose. The
of existence and ask itself whether in the heightened idealism
The moral here is quickly told
"mission" never grew into the mis-
Better rush your winter's coal.
of its people and in the elevated tone of its community life, and
sion stage, because, so the story goes,
in the keener consciousness of a Jewish spiritual mission on
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the head of
the part of its men and women, it has justified itself in its own
An Associated Press dispatch says that even
the Zionists, was fearful that the de-
, tachment of the Turks from their
Dame Fashion is impressed by the forecasts
eyes and in the eyes of the world.
war-time
alliance
would
spell
dis-
Moreover, such an occasion must be an incentive to forward-
of an exceptionally heavy winter.
aster for the Zionist cause. Namely,
looking on the part of a Congregation. Has it in its past build-
the Turks on the side of the entente
ed so strongly its foundation that it may with assurance look
The extravagant old lady went into execu-
would have preserved their domin-
ions fairly intact, and then Palestine
forward to the days that are yet to come as those of even
tive session with a few of her Parisian style
would
never
have
become
as
Jewish
greater promise and achievment? There is a tendency on the
creators the other day and decided the time
No wonder
as England is English.
part of some organizations to live to much upon their past. A
Upon a atone in olden time
we call Mr. Morgenthau egregious.
had come to change nightie styles in a
great past is without value if it be not an inspiration to an even
A wanderer sank to rest
sensational way.
his
heart
greater future. The real achievement of each today is that it
A wondrous vision soothed
SAMUEL IS ATTACKED
lays the foundations for a more purposeful tomorrow.
How strangely was he blessed!
So the long sleeved, fur trimmed robe de
FOR SALE OF LANDS
We believe that Temple Israel of Omaha with its splendid
suit was decreed, which is another indica-
membership and its fine leadership, fully senses the significance
The arched sky wan his coverlet,
tion that zero weather will soon be sub-
LONDON.—(J. T. A.1—The local
of the great occasion which it is to celebrate. As one who in
The night-wind cradle song;
Morning Post prints an editorial at-
mitting for your approval a high, wide and
the earlier years of his ministry had the high privilege of min-
A ladder mounted heavenward
tacking Sir Herbert Samuel for his
istering to the people of Temple Israel, the writer believes that
fancy collection of gales, snow, ice and
Which bore an angel throng.
action in selling the lands and prop-
he may say that there is none who more sincerely and more
erty of the Greek Orthodox Petri-
biting north winds.
, archate in Jerusalem. It will be re-
heartily than he. rejoices in the great day that has come to his
Ah, these sober days of ours
membered that the Greek Patriarch
And it's also an indication that you should
When we soft close our eyes,
first Congregation.
' in Palestine has been in had financial

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The New President of the Hebrew
Union College

The Yearbook of the Conference

A Suggestion to Our Congregations

A Notable Anniversary

Pillow and Stone

Not Too Late Yet

Although the formal drive for the Community Fund has
been brought to a fairly successful close, many people in De-
troit who should have given to the Fund, have not yet done so.
There is no lack of excuses ready at hand for their remissness.
Some plead poverty; some say that they were not approached
by a solicitor; some assert that they have contributed. With
the last named, we are not here concerned. They must settle
the matter at issue with their own consciences. They may be

No lofty ladder climbs above,
No angel hosts arise.

And tho our bed be richly draped
And royal fares our own,
For oft we waken unrefreshed-
The pillow's changed to stone!

—ABRAM S. ISAACS.

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condition, almost approaching bank-
dutcy, during the last few years and
I that it wa s on his own suggestion
that Sir Herbert created a commis-
, sion for the partial sale of his prop°-
erty. The action of Sir Ilerbert is
neither new nor surprising, since it
•
is well known during a year or more
that the Zionist Commission has
i been negotiating with the Greek
' Patriarch for the sale of the large
Greek edifice on Mt. Zion and that
that purchase was consummated

some time ago.

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