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FIEY)111•"11;11,NISligi FttLY IC LE
Professor Ignatz Goldziher
A Tribute.
ycial and HEALTH TAUS
4arsonal
By DR. ALFRED FELDMAN,
Budapest Contributor, The Detroit Jewish Chronicle.
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IMMUNITY
(Editor's Note:—This is the first securing his full professorship in lie Birnkrant's birthday anniversary,
of a series of articles to be written 1906. For 40 years he was a member the Birnkrant family entertained at
The word "immunity" was used in
by the European writer for the De- of the Hungary Academy of Sciences,' a dinner-dance New Year's eve at the our last talk on tuberculosis. What
troit Jewish Chronicle, Dr. Arthur and president of its first section of family residence on Boston boule- does it mean? Briefly, we may say
Feldman of Budapest, Hungary. An philology, from which office he re- vard. There were 62 guests. Among that immunity is a name for the for-
eminent scholar and student of pro- signed when he saw the violent anti- those in attendance from out of town tifications of the body against the on-
gressive Judaism, Dr. Feldman is Semitism pervaded those sacred, time- were Congressman Clarence J. Mc- slaught of disease. The blood, be-
splendidly equipped to discuss mat- honored halls of knowledge. Many Leod and wife of Washington, D. C.; sides carrying heat and nutriment to
tees of interest to world Jewry. His times he was the representative of the Isador Brody of Toronto and Ben the various organs, also carries sub-
first article, a tribute to Professor Hungarian government and Academy Luxemberg, also of Toronto. Dinner stances, manufactured by our bodies,
Ignatz Goldziher, world - renowned of Scientific Congresses. He was a was served at midnight.
which act as antidotes to the toxins
scholar, will be read with interest.) honorary doctor of the Cambridge
(poisons) of certain disease germs.
(England) and Aberdeen (Scotland)
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Sidder of
In the final analysis the degree of
Professor Ignatz Goldziher died of universities and member of the Copen- 1502 Glynn court entertained at a immunity is determined by the vital-
pneumonia Nov. 12, 1921, after three hagen Academies of Sciences, and of delightful family gathering New ity of energy surplus of the body.
days' illness. in his seventy-first year. numerous other scientific institutions. Year's day, commemorating their People who are weak, run-down, or
In the whole of the civilized world, At the eighth international Oriental wedding anniversary.
debilitated, people who are over-
in all places where the lamp of knowl- Congress, he Id at Stockholm, in 1899,
worked and underfed, and people who
edge burns, in the calm study of the there was co nferred on him the gold Miss Sarah Gilbert was hostess at are always tired, "have no pep," and
lonely savant as well as in the large grand prize. In the year 1904 he was a New Year's eve party at her home, lack interest in life are easy prey to
centers of science, in the far-remote the Ilungari an representative among honoring Miss Ilarriet Barnett of common colds, tuberculosis, and other
Mohammedan halls of learning, as the 60 world -renowned scholars invit- • Canada. The guests numbered 45.
diseases. It is a point of common ob-
well as in the academies of Jewish ed by the bo and of directors of the St..
servation • that some people will go
lore, wherever the sad tidings of Louis world exhibition. His books,
The Misses Mollie 0. Price and through life without any sickness of
Goldziher's death are heard, there is written in Ilungarian and German,. Esther B. Friedman of 565 Belmont serious statute, while others will suc-
deep, sincere mourning for the great were trans' atts1 into French, Eng-. avenue have returned from Saginaw cumb to every malady known.
scholar, whose splendid and brilliant f ish, Russia n, Servian, Swedish and I after spending., a pleasant week with
The moral is: If you want to keep
fame illumined the sky of the last Arabic. He contributed ta . gnsd ay380 aennd Te pr fo icre mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. well, keep fit. For nine-tenths of our
live decades of Semitic philology and articles to 6
physical ailments we can blame no one
Mohammedan theology. Goldziher cyclopechas, lexicons, festive publica-
but ourselves; that is to say, nine-
was a master-mind, the highest ideal bons, publis hed in Hebrew, English, Mrs. J. Goldberg of 286 Medbury tenths of our sicknesses are prevent-
German,
I,
of a scholar. In his early youth he
rench, Hungarian and , avenue has as her guests Mr. and able, provided one has the necessary
chose his field of activity which he Arab, all ov er the world. He had an Mrs. Benjamin Goldberg of Chicago. means of self-defense.
tilled until his death with clear-head- extensive ac quaintance in all p rts of a
Keep fit! A simple phrase, but it
ed, systematic persistence and with the world an d entertained a keen ad-
Mrs. Esther R. Simons and little means a lot. To keep the Cody fit,
fundamental results. To his search- entitle cones pondence with almost all daughter have returned from Toledo, one must first of all keep the mind
ing, all-pervading eyes, there was no his colleague a in foreign lands. Every where they visited Mrs. Simone' fit, because it is the mind that rules
dark point in the vast sphere of the great questio n in the realm of Semitic brother.
the body. One who is not satisfied
Arab and Jewish culture. Reared up philology an d Mohammedan theology
with his daily occupation, one whose
and educated in the spirit of the was brought to him for solution. Even
Mr. and Mrs. A. Levy of 11311 mind is always a hornet's nest of con-
Mohammedan
authorities
Biblical and Talmudic disciplines, he the highest him
for decision.
His Byron have just returned from a visit flicting ideas and desires can not pos-
fathomed their very depths and ap- applied to
with their son, Jule Levy of Port sibly keep fit. So, for the welfare of
plied their aspects and categories to judgment in an intricate question was Huron, Mich.
our bodies as well as of our souls, we
the Arabic science. This reciproca- received like a revelation.
must try to find work that we like.
tion made his investigations and
An E nterteining Writer.
Dr. and Mrs. David Weingarden We must work out a philosophy that
studies inestimable and unsurpassed
have
returned
to
the
city
after
an
suits
our circumstances and our abil-
Goldziher was not a tedious scholar.I
both in the Arab and in the Jewish
ities, thus eliminating conflicts from
All his book s and articles, even the, extended visit to Monroe, 1.a.
literature.
the mind, and securing the first eg-
on es, are written in an at- I
Authority in Theology.
Miss Mildred Bachrach of Hague sential to good health, content of soul.
tractive, ing anions and witty style.
The rule works also the other way.
Goldziher's superiority lies in the One reads t hem like novels. He was avenue was hostess at a New Year's
domain of Mohammedan theology. lie also a fine lecturer, full of life, fire party given by the Sigma Phi Gamma To keep well in mind one must keep
was the greatest, world-renowned ex- and vigor. The students could listen . Sorority on Sunday evening, Jan. 11. well in bdoy. The action is reciprocal.
pert in the Arab Chadith literature. to his lectu sea on the most abstract i Charles Brinkman rendered several Exercise of sonic kind is the sine qua
Chadith is the Mohammedan Talmud. topics for ho urn without the slightest . vocal selections, accompanied by Miss non of good health. Long daily walks
Bernice Cohen at the piano. A buffet constitute a form of exercise available
In this gigantic science he had a lassitude.
to all. Proper food, sufficient rest,
marvelous learning and was not to
In his private intercourse he was luncheon was served to 20 guests.
sleep, and play are necessary to one
be equaled. As the student of the obliging, affable, courteous and re-
Sirs.
I. Wine of Josephine ave- who wants to keep fit.
Talmud studies the works of Lacha- ceived all men with a cheerful coun-
Overeating is as had as not eating
vies Frankel and Wilhelm Becher, so tenance. His house was a meeting nue was hostess at a dinner party on
everyone who seeks to become con- house for the wine of all nations. From Sunday, Jan. 1, given in honor of enough. Putting too much food into
the
body is like gorging a furnace
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Herman
Blumberg
of
versant with the Chadith applies to near and fa r many came to ace him.
A. with an overload of coal while all the
the books of Professor Goldziher. The No scholar o r friend of science passed New York City. Mr. and Mrs.
drafts
are shut down. The man who
Benderoff
of
Cleveland
were
among
Arab theological literature embraces Budapest wi thout paying him a visit
stuffs himself with a late evening
all moments and relations of life. in his unass uming home on an out-of- the out-of-town guests.
meal
and
follows that with a dozen
There is something of every depart. the-way str set. It was pleasant to
Alvin D. Hersch spent last week in cigarettes knows very well the effects
ment of science in it. Archaeology, see his lovable, nimble, erect figure
of
overeating.
The man who sits In
Chicago,
where
he
attended
the
bien-
folk-lore, geography and the history in his study full of books, sitting at
of civilization can gain from it. Only his long writing table, always covered nial convention of the Delta Theta his office all day, never stirs without
his
machine,
is
afraid of a draft of
the phenomenal adroitness and skill with big volumes and a 'rage number l'hi Fraternity. On Dec. 18, at the
of Goldziher could find out the use- of new books sent him from all cor- Masonic Temple, Alvin D. Ilersch de- fresh air, and reads the evening pa-
per
at
the
supper
table knows the evil
ful fruit from among the weeds of ners of the world. With his students livered an address before the Ashlar
Oriental words, sayings, phrases and he was intimate friends, often receiv- Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 91, on the effects of lack of exercise.
Imperfect
mental
adjustment, dis-
modes of expression. What his great ing and entertaining them in his subject of "King Solomon, a Man for
sipation, lack of exercise and fresh
knowledge and his natural logic found home, and visiting them in their lodg- the Ages."
air,
and
a
faulty
diet
are major fac-
valuable and precious in the vast ings. Ile had a quick repartee, very
Returning from a visit to New tors in production of disease condi-
range of Arab literature he pub- fond of good anecdotes which he re-
lished in many standard books and lated in a delicious manner, and was York is Samuel Lehrman of Fourth tions. It will help us to keep well if
in hundreds of essays and articles always bubbling over with wit. Hun- avenue. Through the efforts of the we realize that our common sense was
which enriched the history of poli- dreds of his witty sayings became fa- Misses Rose Meisel, Lena Meisel and given to us as a guardian of our
tics, languages, geography and science miliar quotations. 'Ile applied old Tillie Cohen, a welcome reception health and that if disease enters the
of law. Without his deep Talmudic Hebraic dictions in an ingenious way. was tendered at the home of Miss door, the sentry was negligent in his
learning he would not have been able
Professor Goldziher was a Jew in Betty Taub, also a farewell at the duty. Let us resolve to keep healthy
to achieve this great work.
the full sense of the word. Until home of Miss Skroderf of Brooklyn. and let us make that resolution a
prime consideration in the conduct of
This wonderful contribution of 1904, when he rose to the full pro-
Miss Pauline Lichtenstein of New our daily life. Let us learn something
Goldziher to the Arab and Jewish fessorship, he was secretary to the
sciences is, on the part of Jewry, as Budapest Jewish communit y and in York City is visiting her sister, Mrs. about oud body, its structure, its
it were, payig off an old historical that capac Sty worked hard to A. A. Zagal of 151 Ilazelwood ave- mechanism, and the conditions most
favorable for its proper functioning;
debt. For 400 years, from the eighth strengthen J udaism and to glorify it. nue.
know at least as much about your
until the twelfth century, the Arab Ile was a G od-fearing, pious Jew, of
body
as you do about your automo-
Mr. and Mrs. A. Klein of 1410 Cal-
culture fructified the Jewish culture deep religion a inwardness and with a
in Babylon, South Africa and Spain. great love o f the Torah. During his lingwood avenue have returned from bile, and above all, let us use common
sense
in the application and control
The Jewish people, through Goldzi- life he alwa ys began his daily labors Chicago, where they spent two weeks
l ot our human energies.
her, gives ample payment. Once, un- at 5 o'clock in the morning, by read- with Mr. and Mrs. S. Litman.
der the influence of the old Arab ing a few ch enters from the Bible and
Mrs. I. Schaffer and grand-dough-
philological schools, there began and a portion of the Talmud and Midrash,
KADIMAH
flourished the scientific research of and in the s ame way he finished the ter, Eleanore Schaffer, of Chicago
Hebrew, with the investigation of day at 2 o'cl ode in the morning. His are visiting at the home of Mr. and .
Laadje, Chayug, Abulvalid and oth- strong const itution wanted only a Mrs. D. M. Sidder.
. The Kadimah Girls announce that
ers. And now, after a millenium, three-hour rest. Ile kept the Sab-
e da t e o t eirance has been post-
there dived a Jewish scholar into the bath and II oly Days rigorously. On
George Harris and son, Harold,
arold, of poned from Jan. 15 to Jan. 29 and
very mysteries of the Arab language. those days he
he sat in his study clad 2226 Hazelwood avenue sp
the will be held in the B'nai B'rith club-
Goldziher was an acknowledged mas- in festive go rntents.
holiday season with relatives in Cin• rooms, 1309 Broadway, instead of
Ile was a progressive liberal Jew cinnati.
ter of Arab philology. None, as he,
the Temple Beth El. Tickets can be
could expound difficult, obstrusive, and had a g rest esteem for American
secured from the members or at the
Miss Evelyn Siegel and Miss Ann bby
antique Arab texts, fathom their liberal Judai sm. He often related how
oor Extensive plans are being made
meaning and make them adaptable he celebrate d the Day of Atonement Greenberg spent a few days at the
the committee n ch
for scientific purposes. With un- at the St. .ouis Reform synagogue. home of Miss Rose Isenberg of Pon-
Refreshments and charge.
dancing follow-
paralleled assiduity and philologic He saw in no other-Jewish temple tiac, Mich.
ed
the
delightful program which was
geniality he revivified the three-let- such a deep devoutness, he often re-
arranged
by
the
entertainment
com-
Mr. and Mrs. E.
tered Arab roots and they revealed marked. lie read front beginning to
Rothman of mittee at the open meeting on Thurs-
to him wondrous things of an impor- end the year books issued by the Cen- Royal Oak are leaving Sunday for
n
evening, Jan. 5.
tant epoch of culture not yet suffi- tral onfere nce of American Rabbis. California to spend the remainder of day
Miss Pearl Kline entertained the
ciently cleared up. Goldziher was About a yea r ago I found him in his the winter.
Art Class at her home on Owen ave-
particularly successful in elucidating study readin g with eagerness Rabbi
nue last Sunday.
A card party and luncheon were
from the poetic relics the spiritual life Leo M. Fra nklin's presidential mes-
of the heathen Arabs, and in throw- sage deliver ed at the 1918 annual given by Mrs. Harry Cohen of Marl
ing light on and listening to the ger- convention 0 f the Central Conference borough avenue on Jan. 1.
•
mination and primitive beginnings of of American Rabbis. He called it an
earnest, nobl e work, and said that pro-
Mrs. S. L. Trigg of 2305 Gladstone
their religious notions.
gressive
Jud
aism
is
a
serious,
holy
avenue
entertained 17 guests Thurs.
Interest in Religion.
thing with t he American Jews.
day, Dec. 29, in honor of her niece,
Goldziher occupied himself very
Miss
Evelyn
Kostoff of Flint, Mich.,
Defies Illness in Studies.
much with the religious problems of
grettable events excusing who has spent her vacation here.
The sad, re
Judaism. Influenced by Abraham
Zieger he was a liberal divine and in Hungary i the last thnree years
interpreted Judaism in is progressive and an add itional family calamity
liberal vein in his lectures delivered kept him dow 'n. The tall, upright fig-
on the growth of the religious idea in ure became f rail and broken. It was
Judaism to the students of the Buda- heartrending to st4., the be loved,
w
pest Rabbinical Seminary during 20 adored teacht •r pining sway and dra-
Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Jacobson of
years. Ilia favorite author was Bach- ing to his e std. Infirm and sick, he 908 King avenue announce the en- I
pursued
his
studies
incessently
and
ja I'aluda, the famous spokesman
gagement
of their sister, Miss Ida
i
Teaching and
of religious inwardness, who declared held his Itctures.
Jacobson, to }tarry Pittleman of Mil-
the love of God as the fundamental learning war e the two elements of his
idea of Judaism, and placed the du- whole life. Four weeks preceding waukee, Wis.
ties of the heart higher than the his death he delivered his lectures at
Mr. and Sirs. Harry Applebuam of
ritual externalities of religion. On his study, to r he was too weak to go 233 Farnsworth avenue announce
his instigation, Dr. Yahuda, profes- to the univer city and rabbinical sent- the engagement of their daughter,
sor of Semitic philology at the Ma- inary. Wed nesday, Nov. 9, he lac- Ida, to Jerry M. Goodman of Niuske-
drid University, edited the original turgid for tw o full hours, against the
physician. This totally Boni Mich. The wedding will take
Arab text of Bachja's famous work, wish of his his
diseased, enfeebled place early in February.
"The Duties of the Ieart." The data undermined
which he found in hundreds of Arab condition. I mtnediately after the lee-
Mrs. T. Friedman of Joseph Cam-
books related to Judaism and Jews, he ture he took to his bed which proved pau avenue announces the engage-,
carefully collected and published his death-he d. He developed pneu- ment of her daughter, Betty, to Mor-
throughout the long period in the monia. The tender nursing of his be- rey Willman of Buffalo, N. Y., for-
French Revue des Etudes Juives, un- loved wife am] only son could not merly of Detroit, Sunday, Dec. 25. A
der the title "Milanges J udea- save him. 0 n Saturday, Nov. 12, at reception followed.
Arabes." Ile started his career with 10 o'clock in the evening, he breathed
an inaugural dissertation entitled his last. Ac cording to his last will
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gitlin of 552
"Studies on Tanchum, Jeruschalmi the tradition al Tahorah (ritual wash-
(1870)," chosen from the Jewish lit- ing of the de ad) was performed. his Medbury avenue announce the en-
gagement
of their daughter, Eva, to
disciples,
fri
ends
and
all
rabbis
of
erature, and at the zenith of his fame
and glory he edited the most interest- Budapest wr alined him in the Talith Louis Greenblatt, son of Sir. and Mrs.
Robert
Greenblatt
of this city.
is
confirmation
day,
put
he
wore
on
h
ing psychological and ethical work of
a medieval anonymous Jewish-Arab him in a si mple, wooden coffin and
Mrs.
Max
Wolff
of
2470 Clairmont
Bible
in
his
hands,
his
laid
an
open
scholar. Every line written, every
word spoken and every deed done for right great finger pointing at the avenue announces the engagement of
her
daughter,
Rhea
Wolff,
to Meyer
e
of
Psalm
XXIII:
fourth
vets
Judaism teaches us his great lesson—
Jews were always a civilized nation, "Though I w alk through the valley of Steinman of Toledo, Ohio.
the
shadow
of
death,
I
will
fear
no
at all times of history, it fought for
Mr. and Sirs. Morris Merman of
the high ideals of mankind. Without evil, for Thu u art with me, Thy rod
992 Brady street announce the en-
giving up its peculiarity and character and Thy st all, they comfort me." gagement
of their daughter, Ida, to
it received and absorbed much from Psalm XXIII was his daily prayer for
the spiritual and intellectual store- 55 years. I t was a touching scene Nat Bloom of this city.
when the Bib le dropped from the life-
house of various nations.
less hands of the man who, during a
PI GAMMA SORORITY
■ 20.
Became Ph. D. at
life devoted to science, turned thou-,
Plans for an annual dance, to be
The importance of Goldziher in sands of book s in his hands. The fu-
the service of the Mohammedan the- neral took p lace Tuesday, Nov. 15, given at the Tree Studios Sunday eve-
ology and Semitic philology was fully from the Co lumn hall of the palace ning, Jan. 29, are now being under-
recognized at home and abroad. At of the Hung arian Academy of Sci- taken by the Pi Gamma Sorority.
the age of 20 he became doctor of ence, a great distinction in Hungary. This will be the sorority's fourth
philosophy at the Leipsic University. His aetivit y during his whole life . annual affair, and it is being looked
With the scholarships he got from the was: Abode h, a service of God and forward to with considerable interest
Ilungarian government, he traveled humanity; h is personality: Kidush by the younger set acquainted with
through Palestine, Syria, Egypt and ha'shem, a a anctification of God, the the sorority.
Arabia. He spent one year at Al- embodiment of the highest ideals of Those in charge are: Miss Rose
Asher in Alexandria, the highest the Jewish et hical law. He inscribed Klein, 304 Owen avenue, ticket cam-
school fo Mohammed theology. He his immortal name with unperishable mittee, and the Misses Ethel Stein-
was the first Jew in Hungary who was golden letter s in the annals of Jew- j born and Frances Pleasant, 3941
promoted to • professorship in 1894, lob history.
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