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DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1922
$150,000 RAISED IN MAGNIFICENT NEW TEMPLE BETH EL FOR
DAVID A. BROWN HONORED AT VICTORY
PERIOD OF AN HOUR
COMPLETION OF WHICH $400,000 IS NEEDED RELIEF CONFERENCE FOR REMARKABLE
FOR BETH EL'S FUND
ACCOMPLISHMENT IN RECENT CAMPAIGN
Driv e for Balance of $400,000
for New Building to Start
Presented with Valuable Oil Painting by Louis Marshall in
This Monday.
Services in National Appeal for $14,000,000.
Appreciation of His Distinguished and Untiring
300 DELEGATES FROM 29 STATES COME TO
ISAAC GOLDBERG ISSUES
STATEMENT TO MEMBERS
DETROIT TO ATTEND IMPORTANT GATHERING
',rem
Says He Is Proud New Temple
Important Decisions Reached by Convention, Touching on Many
Will be One of Finest
Problems of Relief, Child Care, Sanitation,
in the World.
Education, Repatriation of Refugees.
In the course of an hour, at a
meeting and dinner Tuesday evening
of about 100 workers for the Temple
Beth El drive for $400,000 for the
new temple edifice, the sum of about
$150,000 was subscribed by the work-
ers themselves at what proved to be
the most enthusiastic gathering ever
held in this city. The meeting was
held at the Phoenix Club and was
attended by some of the most prom--
rent Jews in the city, among them
Albert Kahn, the architect of the
new building; David A. Brown, who
president; Rabbis Leo M. Franklin
and henryJ. Berkowitz and others.
The long heralded drive for the
balance of the $400,000 to complete
the new building will start this Mon-
day to last one week.
Adolph Finsterwald Chairman.
Headed by Adolph Finsterwald as
general chairman of the campaign,
hundreds of workers will take part
in the canvass to get the necessary
sum of money to make it possible
that the new building be ready for'
the New Year's srevices the coming
Rosh Ilashona.
Serving as a special committee in
this campaign is the board of direc-
tors of the temple, consisting of
Isaac Goldberg, president; Mr. Fin-
sterwald, vice-president; Louis Si-
mon, treasurer; Magnus Iiirshfeld,
secretary; Milton M. Alexander, Leo
M. Butzel, Albert Kahn, Louis Welt,
David A. Brown, Day Krolik, Israel
Cohen, Samuel Ileavenrich, Ben
Ginsburg and Emanuel Wodic, war-
den.
Committee Outlines PI•ns.
A special committee, consisting of
Mr. Finsterwald as chariman, Milton
• Alexander, Louis Simon, David A.
Brown and Isaac Goldberg, worked
Mr.
out plans for the campaign.
Alexander is in charge of the cam-
pai g n propaganda.
Mr. Finsterwald is assisted in this
campaign by the following captains:
Mex Spater, Herman Finsterwald,
Sol Cole, Harry Schlesinger, Milton
Freud, Maurice Dreifuss, Leon Van
Vliet, Isaac Dreifuss, Joseph Welt,
Melville Welt, John Ileavenrich, Wal-
ter lleavenrich, Samuel Summerfield,
Z. Ilimelhoch, Joe Weiss, Milfred
Stern, J. II. Davis, Jacob Nathan,
Harry Solomon, Ben B. Jacob, henry
Wineman, John J. Ginsburg, Harry
Butzel, Wil
Wniston, Fred M.
Stearns, B. B. Marx, Oscar Robinson,
Jerome Ackerman, M. M. Robinson,
George Epstean, Harry Z. Brown, N.
Gross. Magnus Ilirsrhfeld is secretary
of the campaign committee.
The Women Workers.
Many of the women affiliated with
Temple Beth El will take an active
part in the campaign. Mrs. David A.
Brown is general chairman of the
women's committees. She will be
assisted by the following captains:
Mrs. Leo M. Franklin, Mrs. Harry,
Farbstein, Mrs. Adolph Finsterwald,
Mrs. Herman Finsterwald, Mrs. Isaac
Goldberg, Mrs. Avery Ginsburg, Mrs.
Frank V. Martin, Mrs. Louis Mus-
liner, Mrs. Louis Simon, Mrs. Adolph
Sloman, Mrs. Leon Van Vliet, Mrs.
Joseph Welt, Mrs. Sol. A. Wolf, Mrs.
Elizabeth Weisman and Mrs. Leo
Zuckerman.
In the course of the campaign, only
members of Temple Beth El will be
approached for subscriptions, but al-
ready sums have been received from
non-members, including some non-
Jews. The committee announces
that, although non-members will not
be approached for funds, contribu-
tions will be accepted when offered.
• r. Goldberg, president of the
term le, has issued the following
statement to the members:
Mr. Coldberg's Statement.
"1 'he members of Congregation
Beth El ordered this new temple. The
officers and directors have carried out
their mandate.
"The new temple will soon be fin-
ished, It will be a credit to the con-
gregation, to the people of our cam-,
munity, to the people of our faith
every% here.
"It will be one of the finest temples
in the whole world —and we are just-
ly proud of it.
fhe campaign for funds is about
to start. Let us evidence our loyalty
and pride in the new temple by a
generous subscription.
If Judaism is worth praying for,
it is worth paying for."
The new temple will relieve the
crowded conditions of the Sabbath
School and will provide facilities for
1, 5 00 children. The temple proper
will seat 2,200 people. An assembly
hall to seat 900 will also he equipped
with a stage 30 feet deep.
When finished, the new temple will
represent an investment of $750,000.
Contributors will he asked to pay
only 25 per rent down and the bal-
ance during the next five years.
Congregations throughout America
are
reported as watching the pro -
Riess of the local campaign, inquiries
having been received from a number
of cities for details of the drive.
THIRTY
FOR
MONTHS PRISON
OFFENDING MAGYARS
BUDAPEST.—(J, T. A.—Because
he wrote an article Di months ago
declaring that the Jews of Hungary
were the
intellectual superiors of the
Magyar,, Zoltan Sims, • liberal pub-
lcist, was sentenced to 30 months' im-1
pr
isonment, having been charged with
inciting members of one faith against
the other. Mr. Szasz was arrested
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mmediately following the publication
of the article and confined in prison
while awaiting trial.
Three hundred delegates, representing 29 states and 83 cities in the
United States, and delegates from Canada, Sunday, at Hotel Statler, took
part in what was one of the greatest gatherings in the history of American
Jewry.
Meeting for the purpose of laying plans for the disbursement of the
funds and celebrating the greatest humanitarian victory won in a phi-
lanthropic cause by any race in this country, this was the first time in
months that Jews at any representative gathering in America were jubilant.
For the first time, perhaps, since the war, Jewish leaders came to rejoice at
the completion of a most gigantic task that received the heartiest support
of Israel.
Two days before the conference was to open, delegates from every part
of the land began to flock to Detroit to celebrate what has well been de-
scribed as David A. Brown Day, in honor of the general director of the relief
appeal, who not only succeeded in raising the $14,000,000, but in over-
subscribing it by about $4,000,000.
Brown Gets Painting.
At the testimonial banquet tendered Mr. Brown, when a valuable paint-
ing was presented him by Louis Marshall, as well as at both sessions of
the conference, the dynamic Detroiter was the outstanding figure, coming
+in for a volume of praise from the
Expansion Begun
By Talmud Torah
West End School Affiliates with
United Hebrew System
of Detroit.
The United Hebrew Schools of De-
troit announced Tuesday that the El
Moshe Talmud Torah on Twenty-
ninth street and Michigan avenue has
affiliated with the combined Hebrew
school system of Detroit and will fol-
low the general prescribed curriculum
of the schools.
R. Zuieback, president of the El
Moshe Talmud Torah, I. Levenson and
A. Farber, acting ns a committee for
arrangements
made
this school,
whereby the fullest co-operation will
be established between the schools,
and a system of instruction similar to
that followed at the Wilkins street
Talmud Torah will be adhered to.
Bernard Isaacs, superintendent of
the United Schools, explained that
added affiliations of schools will help
in advancing liebrew education, in
that it wlil be possible, under one
directorate, to educate the young
without making it necessary for any
group to get away from their own
district.
Previously, Mr. Isaacs explained, a
large number of pupils from the west
end and north end districts traveled
to the Wilkins and Farnsworth Tal-
mud Torahs because there were no
classes for them in the Talmud
Torahs in their own sections of the
city. With a larger number of schools
affiliating, and a like curriculum fol-
lowed in all the schools, it will he pos-
sible to arrange for classes for ad-
vanced students as well as beginners
in every school in Detroit.
V. Arid, formerly head teacher at
the Ahavath Achim Talmud Torah on
Westminster and Delmar avenues,
was appointed head instructor of the
El Moshe Talmud Torah.
The United Hebrew Schools an-
a general campaign to unite every
flounced the new affiliation is part of
school of importance throughout the
cit yto help support the schools will
be opened on May I, at a rally at the
Wilkins street Talmud Torah.
Registrations of children in the var-
ious schools are now conducted, none
being accepted in the middle of a
term.
SHAAREY ZEDEK LADIES
TO MEET ON APRIL 17
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Shaarey
Zedek will hold its regular monthly
meeting Monday, April 17, at 2:30
p. m., in the synagogue. The program
will be appropriate for the Passover
week, including as it is arranged, two
dances "Out of Egypt" and "Miriam
and her Hand Maidens," by the chil-
dren of the Jewish Institute, trained
by the Recreation Commission. Mrs.
Avrin will read two Jewish stories
written by Sholem Aleichem called,
"Pesach and Adar," and "Der Ver-
storte Seder". Miss Frances Netzorg
will sing.
The new Temple Beth El, located on the corner of Woodward and
stone avenues, will, when finished, represent ■ an investment of $750,000.
The Temple will seat 2,200 people, will provide Sabbath School facilities for
1,500 children, will have an assembly hall that will seat 900, with • stage
30 feet deep. The gymnasium will be one of the largest and best equipped
in the city. Sewing rooms, clubrooms and • library will serve to rake the
new Temple a center of Jewish life and in t . A roof garden will be a
popular feature for the summer months. Radio broadcasting and receiving
stations will be installed, the dining room will accommodate 700 people at
one time, and the new edifice will be equipped with large, comfortable indi-
vidual pews. Front seats in the Temple will be fitted with Acousticons for
those with defective hearing. The building will be absolutely fireproof.
Albert Kahn it the architect.
VATICAN APPROVES RITUAL MURDER LIE
NATIONAL HOMELAND MOSCOW. SENSATION
Mandate Is, However, Criti- Jew Falsely Accused of Killing
Christian Child Has
cized by Papal Secretary,
Narrow Escape.
Gasparri.
Asks Congress to
Endorse Zionism
Hamilton Fish Introduces a
Favorable Resolution
in House.
killing a boy for ritualistic purposes,
has been interjected into the situa-
tion resulting from the Soviet Gov-
ernment's confiscation of church
treasures.
The Russian newspapers report in
ed in the House of Representatives by ticularly laudatory. The telegram of
Representative Hamilton Fish, Jr., of the greatest editorial writer in Amer-
New York. The resolution reads in ica read as follows:
"You and your friends are gath-
part:
"Whereas, owing to the outcome of ered in honor of a man worth of
the World War and their part therein, honor. His own affairs and interests
the Jewish people, under definite and were neglected and all his energy was
adequate international guarantees are concentrated for months upon serv-
to be enabled with due regard to the ing those that he never saw, never
rights of all elements of the popula- will see, whose only claim upon him
tion of Palestine and to the sanctity was their sorrow and hunger. I wish
"Resolved, by the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Senate concurring,
that the Congress of the United
States hereby expresses its profound
satisfaction in that outcome of the
victorious war, which promises the
building up of a new and beneficent
life in Palestine, rejoices in this act
detail the trial of an old woman
of historic justice about to be con-
named Romanova and several other representing every element in Amer-
persons accused of attempting to start erican people commends an undertak-
of the draft Mandate for Palestine, a pogrom against an elderly Jew ing which will do honor to Christen-
which provides for the appointment of named Gindin, whorn they charged dom and give to the House of Israel
a special commission to regulate the with the murder of a Christian baby its long denied opportunity to re-
establish a fruitful Jewish life and
claims of the religious communities
and exercise control over the Holy for the same reason alleged in the culture in the ancient Jewish land."
Belliss case.
Places.
Gindin, an employe of a Jewish REPRESENTATIVE JEWS ASK
Article 14 of the Mandate follows: cemetery in Moscow, earns his living MANDATE'S RATIFICATION
"In accordance with Article 95 of by carrying in sacks to the burial
the Treaty of Peace with Turkey, the grounds babies who die at the Jewish
NEW YORK.—A resolution urging
Mandatory undertakes to appoint as refugee homes. While on the way to
soon as possible as special Commis- the cemetery with the body of a small the approval and registration of the
sion to study and regulate all ques- boy, Gindin, it appears from the testi-
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tions and claims relating to the dif- mony, rested his burden on the side-
ferent religious communities. In the walk and the mouth of the bag drop-
composition of this Commission the
ped, revealing its contents.
religious interests concerned will be
The woman Romanova and others
taken into account. The chairman of
gathered
about him and shouted that
the Commission will be appointed by
he
had killed the child in connection
the Council of the League of Nations.
It will be the duty of this Commission with the Passover sacrament. Roughs
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it had been possible for me to be with
you and his other friends to con-
gratulate Mr. Brown upon his suc-
cess, as thorough and as noble as any
man could undertake, and most ad-
mirably carried through. To you, all
contributors to the good cause, it
must give happiness to reflect that
as you are gathered there, so tens of
thousands will gather and be fed
across the ocean and all thanks to
your bounty and to Mr. Brown's
splendid financial generosity and
even more admirable giving of him-
self, his time, his energy and his
commanding executive ability."
Nathan Straus' message read:
"It is a source of keen regret that
I cannot by with you on this auspi-
cious occasion. I should have wished
by my presence to testify to my deep
admiration for the remarkable serv-
ices you have rendered multitudes of
our suffering co-religionists who will
find relief and new hope, will rise
and call you blessed. Their gratitude
must constitute the best reward for
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Page From Rare Haggadah
to ensure that certain Holy Places,
religious buildings or sites regarded
with special veneration by the adher-
ents of one particular religion, are
entrusted to the permanent control of
suitable bodies representing the ad-
herents of the religion concerned. The
selection of the Holy Places, religious
buildings or sites so to he entrusted,
shall he made by the Commission, sub-
ject to the approval of the Man-
datory.
"In all cases dealt with under this
Article, the right and duty of the
Mandatory to maintain order and de-
corum in the place concerned shall
not be affected, and the buildings and
sites will he subject to the provisions
of such laws relating to public monu-
ments as may be enacted in Palestine
with the approval of the Mandatory.
"The rgihts of control conferred un-
der this Article will he guaranteed by
the League of Nations."
Pays Tribute to Brown and Jewish
Business and Advertising Integrity
James Schermerhorn, commenting on David A. Brown's success as
chairman of the Jewish Relief campaign, paid the following editorial
tribute in the Detroit Times to the Jewish business and advertising
man:
"David A. Brown, one of God's go-getters, got what he deserved
when he sat at a banquet of 1,000 of his Jewish fellow-citizens as the
guest of honor, with the record of having gone beyond the goal of
$14,000,000 for the relief of suffering in Europe.
"Prominent in the raising of this fund and in paying tribute to
Mr. Brown were Julius Rosenwald, Felix Warburg, Louis Marshall,
Jacob M. Loeb, James G. Becker and Louis Marshall.
"Later in the year, Mr. Brown hopes to pay a visit to the afflicted
regions in Europe to which these millions go on their mission of mercy.
"Jews quite escape the Scriptural denunciation, 'worse than infi-
dels, deneyers of the faith,' for they look well to the needs of their
own household.
"That their support of worthy causes goes beyond their personal
faith and interests, this writer has had abundant proof in a movement
extending through 22 years to establish integrity in advertising.
"The heartiest, most inspiring, most ungrudging co-operation in
the adventure to make newspaper publicity dependable in Detroit has
proceeded from Jewish business men.
"Set this unsolicited testimonial down to their everlasting credit."
joined the crowd and the situation
was becoming threatening for Gindin
when the militia intervened and ar-
rested every one. The trial revealed
the facts, and Gindin'a statements
were corroborated by the medical
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examiners.
The court released the old woman
with a reprimand, pronouncing her to
be a victim of superstition. Several
other persons connected with the in-
cident received prison sentences.
The Jewish newspapers recall the
Beiliss case and say: "The same dark
forces which operated under the Pre-
miership of the late Peter Stolypin
have resorted to the weapon of super-
stition in connection with the Soviet
requisitions."
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Mendel Beiliss was tried for the
murder of Andrew Yushinsky, a
Christian youth, whose body was
found, bound and covered with stab
wounds, in a cave near Kiev. The
case attracted world-wide attention
and tales of intense anti-Semitic ac-
tivity in connection with it came out
of Russia. The defendant was acquit-
ted after two hours' deliberation by
the jury. Beiliss arrived in the Unit-
ed States in February of last year.
JEWISH RELIEF LEADERS
HAVE LUNCHEON AT BANK
David A. Brown, national chairman
of the Jewish Relief Campaign, and
other local and outside leaders of the
work, attended a meeting at the First
National Bank Monday, and were
served a luncheon in the officials' din-
ing room, Mayor James Couzens was
present.
Julius Rosenwald, presdient of
Sears, Roebuck & Co., of Chicago, was
prominent among the out-of-town
guests, as were Col. Herbert Lehman
and S. C. Lamport, of New York, and
Charles Rubens, of Chicago.
Detroit's guests included Rabbi
Franklin, Leo M., Fred and Henry
Butzel, Henry M. Fechimer, Day
Krolik, William Livingstone and
/ Charles C. Jenks.
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workers' body, the Central Relief
Committee, which is the Orthodox
Jewish body, and the American Jew-
ish Relief Committee, of which Louis
Marshall is chairman, aired their
views during sessions, and the united
Jewish Relief campaign has well been
described as having served the pur-
pose of unifying classes in American
Jewry and making way for a better
understanding among all concerned.
Notables at Meeting.
Mr. Marshall, Julius Rosenwald of
Chicago, Brig.-Gen. Abel Davis, Col.
Ilerbert M. Lehman, and hosts of
others were among the more outstand-
ing figures at the conference. Mr.
Marshall, who delivered the sermon at
Temple Beth El at the Sunday morn-
ing services, was the first speaker at
the afternoon session of the confer-
ence and also spoke at the banquet,
making the testimonial presentation
address to Mr. Brown.
Mr. Marshall struck the keynote of
the conference when, on several occa-
sions during the day, he pointed out,
directly or indirectly, that the relief
victory was one for "the preservation
of a race, for the unity of Israel, for
the preservation of God's people." At
the services at the Temple and again
during the afternoon and evening at
Hotel Stotler, Mr. Marshall empha-
sized that the Jewish people were one
brotherhood, whether they lived here,
or in Eastern or Central Europe, in
Asia or Africa, or Palestine.
The sentiments of Mr. Marshall
were, in the course of the day's pro-
ceedings, taken up by other men, by
Gen. Davis and others, and received
added emphasis when, prior to the
final closing words at the banquet, Mr.
Brown told his audience that he was
now a better Jew than at any other
time in his life.
G
I Davis Presides.
The first session of the conference
was opened by Col. Lehman who de-
clared the meeting to be in reality a
continuation of the adjourned gather-
ing of the noteworthy conference held
several months ago in Chicago. lie
then introduced as chairman of tilt
sessions Gen. Davis, who, immediately
upon taking over the chairmanship,
was recognized as one of the ablest
and most powerful presiding officers
that were ever seen in action.
Fred M. Butzel, chairman of the
Detroit committee in charge of the
arrangements for the conference,
greeted the gathering and welcomed
the delegates to this city, stating that
Detroit felt "flattered to be the horns
of the chairman of the relief cam-
paign."
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possible. With Mr. Brown there
shared in his honors his wife, through
whose willingness to give up a trip to
Europe it was made possible to aeons
as leader in the relief appeal the man
Col. Lehman then gave a brief
resume of what the Joint Distribution
Committee intended to do in the
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hundreds of men and women who
worked with him to make the big Job
who ranks today as Detroit's leading
Jewish citizen.
David A. Brown, Detroit's dyna-
Among the men who came here for
mic citizen, came in for much glory the conference were men representing
and praise Sunday, at the Victory practically every shade of thought and
Relief Conference held here, but opinion in American Israel. Members
most flattering of all were the mes- of the People's Relief Committee, the
sages received at the banquet from
men like Arthur Brisbane, Rabbi
WASHINGTON.—A resolution ex- Stephen S. Wise, Nathan Strauss,
pressing the hope that Palestine lion. Abram I. Elkus and hundreds
would be restored to the Jews as a of others.
Mr. Brisbane's message was par-
national homeland has been introduc-
MOSCOW.—An incietent recalling
ROME.—(J. T. A.)—Dr. Chaim
of its holy places, to create and reor-
Weizniann was received by Cardinal the famous trial at Kiev in 1913 of
ganize a national home in the land of
Gasparri, the Papal Secretary, at the Mendel Beiliss, a Jew, on a charge of
their fathers, therefore, be it
Vatican on Sunday, April 2
In the course of the interview last-
'rig over half an hour, the Cardinal
assured Dr. Weizmann that the Vati-
can Was not opposed to the Jewish
National Home in Palestine, provided
the interests of the non-Jewish com-
munities were safeguarded and Jews
were not granted a "privileged posi-
tion" in the country.
The Secretary is understood also to
have taken exception to Paragraph 14
American Leaders
Laud David Brown
In Warm Messages
Nina Tarasova, singer of Russian
folk songs and ballads, and Ilya
Schkolnik, violin virtuoso, first violin-
ist of the Detroit Symphony Orches-
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will make her last appearance in this
country in her Detroit recital, prior
to her departure fro Europe.
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Mr. Schkolnik is already well
known to Detroit audiences whom be
has thrilled on numerous occasions.
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The two artists appear under the
auspices of the Federation of Ukrain-
ian Jews and the entire proceeds will
go for the relief of the 200,000 Jewish
war and pogrom orphans in the
Ukraine. A. Jaffin is general seen,
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tary of the federation.
Tickets are for sale at Grinnell's,
or at the box office of Orchestra Hall
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