W E SIX rimikritorrioasii atitom ICLE TiiEDETROITAWISII &RON 1CLE MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. Joseph J. Cummins, President tutored as second-class matter March 8, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. General Offices and Publication Building 850 High Street West Cable, Address, Telephone: Chronicle Glendale 8326 LONDON OFFICE 14 STRATFORD PLACE LONDON, W. I, ENGLAND 13.00 Per Subscription, in Advance Year To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN Editorial Contributor The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the view expressed by the writers. lyar 7, 5682 May 5, 1922 Detroit's Needs and Possibilities. on the part of some of the men at Washington to take this stand because they may believe that their attitude upon this question will affect the votes that they will revive in certain quarters when next they come up for election. The Lodge res- olution has put them "between the devil and the deep blue sea." And they may as well remember that they will certainly alienate as much support by voting for the resolution as they would by voting against it. Our Zionistic friends have done themselves no good by urging this resolution and we definitely believe that they have done the cause of the Jew in general considerable harm. PHI! Our Contempo raries (Copyright, 1921. By Judith Ish-Kishor.) A YOUNG FOLKS' PAGE CONDUCTED BY JUDITH ISH-KISHOR. LOOKING AT ZIONISM (The Jewish Exponent.) They set out at once and journeyed There has been so much one-sided all day, until night found them in the discussion about Zionist affairs in midst of a great forest. They passe d Once upon a time, there lived a l'alestine, emanating from various a but at the door of which out a slen- pious man in Israel, whose chief pos- sources and interests, that it is a der, graceful maiden, spinning. session was a spice garden. When he "Peace be unto you, my daughter," source of genuine pleasure to corns- died, he left it to his three sons, and across an article such as that pub- said the old man, "Can you grant us they decided to take turns, by night, lished in the Contemporary Review a shelter for the night?" guarding it against thieves. They "And peace be unto you also,' an- of London, for April, on Zionism and were just arranging who should be Palestine, written by J. Ramsay Mac- swered the maiden, rising and bowing the first to take his watch, when they before them. The young man was donald, one of the ablest and most heard a rustling in the scented shrub- charmed by her light movements, and influential of the English leaders of bery, and a venerable old man stood her long, braided, brown hair. And the labor movement. Mr. Macdonald before them. as he went to sleep that night, he said is a man of considerable attainments "Peace be unto you, my sons," said to himself: "Surely this maiden is the and of clear insight. Ile is fair to the obi man. wife that has been promised to me!' all parties, whether the government, "And unto you, peace" faltered the But at dawn the next morning, he was the Jews or the Arabs. He has a very youngest. The other two were too awakened by the chirping of birds in natural sympathy with the general surprised to answer, for it was mid- claim of the Arabs, on the principle the trees around the hut. night, and the old man was alone. "Do you know what they are say- of self-determination, in which he he- ')lave no fear," continued the vis- lieves. But he also believes that the ing?" asked Elijah. itor," but conic, all of you, and touch idea that the Jews have no interests "No," answered the youth. my garments." They came forward, "They are saying" said his compan- in Palestine which are entitled to con- rather slowly, and each laid a hand ion, "They are saying 'Oh dear, oh sideration is an untenable one, in upon the stranger's cloak. dear, what a pity for that poor young view of their historic interest, which "My sons," said the old man„ "I man! He must have committed a very cannot be ignored. He also believes have three precious gifts to bestow terrible sin, to be destined to marry that the fact that the Arabs have on the sons of your father. Now that girl. How cruel she is! She done practically nothing for the land, choose, which will you have—great seems to be sweet and loving, but and are not capable of doing any- knowledge, or surpassing wealth, or what an evil heart she has! She hates thing on a stable and modern basis, a good and beautiful woman for a as all, and the little animals in the gives the Zionists a claim to enter wife? The brothers seemed to be field. She sets traps to catch us, not the land, under fair regulations of struck silent with astonishment. because she wants us for food, but immigration, such as Sir Herbert "Speak," the old man encouraged just to torment us, for she hates all Samuel has wisely promulgated. Ile them, "Speak, and fear nothing. For considers that the Zionists are partly living, happy things." you are all dear to me, for your fa- "Alas," cried the young man, "Let responsible for the acute state of ther's sake." us go! I would not marry this girl feeling amongst the Arabs, whom "Then," said the oldest youth, "if were she seven times as fair as she they have unnecessarily aroused by it is indeed so, let me have the wealth is. Conic! For I wish never to see claims and boasts which should not for I am the oldest and should sup- her face again!' ' have been uttered. Unlike Lord port the family fortunes." So they journeyed on till sunset, Northcliffe, he found no evidence of "And I" said the second," choose when they passed a well, at a city's Bolshevism amongst the Jewish work- learning. I want to be a great schol- gate. And as they paused to drink, ers who have entered the land. On ar, so the multitudes will flock to my many maidens from the city came to the contrary, they are, whilst in har- door to hear me speak." draw water from the well and among mony with the aspirations of their "Then for you there is left only the them was the most beautiful maiden class, when they are manual wrokers, third wish," said the old man, turn- the younth had ever seen. And as she and in sympathy with liberal ideas ing to the youngest son. filled her pitcher and departed, the old when they belong to the intelligentsia, That will please me well," the man, who had ben watching the face opposed to Bolshevism and its phi- youth answered. "I am glad of any of his companion, turned and looked losophy. Mr. Macdonald pays a tine gift that you have left for me." , down at the well. and inspiring tribute to the Chaluzim "Then you must cone with me, "Do you know what the waters of and the other workers who have one said the old man," and we shall go in the well are saying?" he asked with a to Palestine because they love the search of your destined bride. But smile. land and its associations with the his- now let us sleep, for a long journey "No," said the young man as though tory of their religion and their race. lies before us." he had been wakened out of a dream. He believes that an accord and a The brothers invited the old man in- But immediately his eyes turned back means of harmonious co-operation to their house, and gave him their to follow the maiden as she went to- between Jews and Arabs is possible, father's room to rest in. In the morn- wards the city. although he is of the opinion that ing, they rose early, and the old man "I will tell you," said Elijah. "They the Arab landlord class is now and at parting, gave the oldest brother a are murmuring, 'What a fine young will continue to be opposed to any piece of gold, and the second brother a man this must he, the one who is stand plan which involves the recognition hook. With the gold piece the oldest ing near the city's gate, for he is to of the Jews as a factor in governing brother bought a piece of land next marry this sweet and beautiful maid- or directing the country. to the spice-garden; and while he was en who had just drawn her water digging the soil, in order to plant To the Jewish women of America Jaffa, Sated and Tiberias; 445,779 spices here too, his spade struck from the well." "Let it be so!" cried the young man belongs the distinction of having in- visits to the clinics; 14,290 home against a chest of buried treasure, and itiated one of the most important visits and 53,325 laboratory examina- he became easily the richest man in as he joyfully followed his guide to the maiden's house. They found her Palestinian institutions, the Medical tions. the province. preparing the evening meal. Factor in Reconstruction. Unit, which is safeguarding the health The second brother took the miracu- "Peace be unto you, my daughter," (Jewish Review and Observer.) The work which the Hadassah lous book, and studied in it from of the people and sanifying the coun- The world hiss always needed the try. To the Keren Ilayesod now be- Medical Organization does for the morning to evening; and in a very said the old man. "And peace be unto you also," she Jews, from the (lays of the great longs the principal responsibility for newly arrived immigrants and for the short itme, he had become a learned keeping the work of this unit going. Chaluzim at work on field or road sage, knowing many strange things answered, And so she welcomed them patriarch, Abraham, to the present and invited them to share her simple time. It was Abraham who gave to It is a work which has a pecular ap- brings home most forcibly its great that no other man ever kenw. supper. And as she stood before them mankind the monotheistic idea which peal to the woman's heart, and the value as a factor in the rebuilding Meanwhile, the lad set out in the fact that the Keren Ilayesod is bear- of the Jewish Homeland. The organ- company of the old man. They tray- the young man felt himself trembling has been the fundamental principle for the maiden was fair as the sun, of two of the greatest religions, ization's physicians examine the ar- ing the principal share of the burden eled here, there, and everywhere. They and gentle as the moon. As they ate. Christianity and Mohammedanism. is, no doubt, one of the reasons why rivals in the port of debarkation journeyed until, lacking three days, It was the great law-giver, Moses, so many of the Jewish women of (Jaffa or Haifa), treating on the spot a year was passed. But the old man she told them that her father and were dead, and that she was who inspired the world with the first America have rallied to the support those who are suffering from slight had told the youth to ask no questions mother an orphan and very poor, and lived ailments and sending others to the no matter how strange their adven- by the work of her hands. And the ideals of liberty. What would have of the Keren Hayesod. It was the Women's Zionist Or- clinical hospitals. An inspector of tures should he." And if you fulfill young man was glad that she was as been the fate of civilization had it ganization Hadassah, under the in- the unit supervises the sanitation of this one condition," he said, "you shall industrious and cheerful as she was not been for the Ten Commandments spiring leadership of Ilenrietta Szold, the immigrants' receiving stations. It he rewarded at the end of a year." beautiful, and he longed to urge his and the marvelous doctrines of jus- which conceived the idea of a Medi- disinfects the premises, guards the Now the year was almost over. That guide to tell the maiden of his love, tice and righteousness proclaimed by cal Unit at a time when the ravages water supply, distributes and adminis- night, as it grew late, they passed a but he felt afraid. But at last, when the Hebrew people of old? It is the of war had brought on the homeland ters quinine for prophylactic pur- house near the roadside, and knocked it had grown dark and they sat be- Bible which is the inexhaustible foun• disease and epidemic. After a vast poses. It distributes circulars among at the door, asking shelter until morn- fore the maiden's house, the old man tam of knowledge in all domains of human development. amount of labor, on June 11, 1918, the immigrants calling attention to ing. began : Jewish philosophers, scientists, The door was opened by a dark- the unit, consisting then of a person- the dangers of malaria, intestinal and "My daughter, you have no father nel numbering 45, was dispatched to eye diseases, and their prevention. haired young girl, dressed in rich gar- and mother. Therefore it is well that financiers, statesmen and writers Palestine. It found the amount of The same sort of sanitary supervision ments. She greeted them kindly and you should have a husband to guard played and are playing a conspicu- work which faced it almost stagger- is being exercised in the labor camps. bade them share the evening meal you. This youth has been my compass- ous part in shaping the destinies of When the site of a camp is selected with her father and herself. Then the human race. ing, but in a short time its name be- ion for a year, and I have found him The mission of the Jews in the came synonymous in Palestine with the public health expert of the unit she led them into a room where the worthy of all things. Promise me world, which began with Abraham, health and healing, and since that goes over it advises on the pitching table was set with dishes of gold and that you will be his wife." And the of the tents, installs bathing facili- the father of our faith, over 4,000 crystal, filled with delicious food. Her time it has grown greatly in size and maiden said: "I will do what you bid years ago, will never cease. usefulness. It now numbers a medi- ties, chlorinates the water, adminis- father set at the head of the table, me." There is no field in the develop- cal, nursing and administrative staff ters quinine and arranges for a series and seemed to he a noble man, of "Then," said the old man, turning about 400, including physicians, of lectures regarding the diseases of princely bearing. As the young man to the youth, "take the maiden to her ment of civilization where the Jews the country and their prevention. are not needed. Wherever they have ate, he wondered whether his compan- surgeons, pathologists, bacteriologists, nearest kinsman, and draw up the I druggists, graduate nurses, pupil There are also field hospitals for the ion was planning to give him that marriage contract." So the lad took settled they have proved a potent medical treatment of the Chaluzim factor in the development of the corn- beautiful maiden in marriage, for she nurses, and the service personnel of the maiden's hand, and they went to- seemed good as she was beautiful; and munty. This fact has never been the hospital, clinic and administrative while at work. gether to her nearest relatives. When A word should be added regarding he thought it would be a One thing to staff. This personnel includes Pales- the marriage contract had been proven more strongly than in the set- ' tinian Jews as well as those from the work of the unit among the school be the son-in-law of a man as rich and drawn, they returned to the maiden's tlement of the United States, where children. In many respects this may noble as her father seemed to be. But our co-religionists were among the many other lands. be considered the most important he asked no questions, even after his home. But Elijah the prophet, was earliest colonists. It was the Jewish no longer there. Upon the table lay Conducts Hospitals. work of the unit, as it is largely pre- traveling companion had retired for financier, Ilaym Solomo n, who a myrtle wreath, such as bride's wear It conducts hospitals and clinics in ventive in its character. It is di- the night. But at sunrise the young through his loan of $4,000,000 helped Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, Tiberias and rected principally to the prevention man was awakened by the croaking of and it filled the place with a strange to win the victory for the colonists in perfume. Sated, besides furnishing medical and of eye diseases among children, par- ravens beneath the window. So the youth and the maiden set the War of the Revolution. sanitary service among the colonists ticularly trachoma. The work covers "Do you know what the ravens are out towards his old home; and when History and psychology have dem- in the camps of Chaluzim and in the practically all the schools under the saying?" asked Elijah. they arrived there, his brothers gav e onstrated the urgent necessity of the schools. supervision of the Vaad Ilachinuch "No,' replied the youth. him their share in the spice garden, Jews in developnig affairs of the Besides all this, the Hadassah (Board of Education) and many other "I will tell you," answered the old as a wedding gift. And the youngest world. medical organization maintains a schools, such as Talmud Torahs, Ye- man. "They are all saying: "What brother was over-joyed. And he and The barriers of the ghetto was a training school for nurses in Jerusa- shivot, etc. A considerable reduction a terrible sin that young man must his wonderful bride lived there hap- distinct loss to those countries in lem. The first class has already com- in the percentage of trachoma and have committed, so that he should be pily forever after. which they existed, and the sooner destined to marry the daughter of pleted its three years' course of train- skin diseases has resulted. the fact that the Jews are essential such a villain. The man in whose ing and the Palestinian girls will re- Sanitation Service. to the world is acknowledged by RIDDLE BOX place the American graduate nurses It is thus no exaggeration to state house he had spent the night is a those who dislike them the better it who desire to return. The work of that the Hadassah Medical Organiza- wicked robber." The young man will be for all concerned. i con- tion performs for Palestine not only sprang from his bed. "Let us go at the Nurses' Training School is It is unfortunate that some nar- It's a long time since we have had sidered of the greatest importance, the usual functions of a public health once," he said. The maiden is sweet the sort of puzzle where you fill in row-minded people believe the Joss because it looks to the future. It is department, but furnishes a general and gentle, but I would not marry her the words that are missed out from to be a source of irritation and a the first school in the world to teach medical and sanitation service in ad- if her father's wealth were ten times certain famous verses in the Bible. menace. These narrow-minded per- the theory of nursing in Hebrew. dition. It makes no distinction in greater than it appears to be." Elijah l,et's try it now. I remember you did sons in their extreme ignorance are oblivious to what the Jews have con - It is impossible in this brief space its beneficent work between races and nodded, as though well-pleased with him. (Turn to last page.) to describe in any detail the work religions. tributed to civilization. The monthly budget of the Hadas- of the Hadassah Medical Organiza- tion in the cities, colonies and in the sah Medical Organization is somewhat camps of the pioneers. Nor is it pos- over $30,000, of which $12,500 is sible to give an adequate idea of the furnished by the Joint Distribution variety of its activities, both in the Committee, the balance, amounting work of healing and in the work of to over $17,500, being furnished out prophylaxis, sanitation and educa- of the funds raised for the Keren tion. A few figures concerning the Ilayesod in America. The Women's hospital and clinic work for the year Zionist Organization Hadassah co- beginning Feb. 1, 1921, and ending operates in the raising of funds for Jan. I, 1922, will be instructive. The this purpose, making a special appeal hows 5,246 new patients ad- in behalf of the Nurses' Training report shows m ed in the hospitals of Jerusalem , School. A Great Theological Faculty. Elijah and the Three Brothers. Announcement that with the opening of the coming fall semester, five new members will be added to the teaching force of the Hebrew Union College, is welcome news not only to the friends of that institution but as well to all those who hold dear the advancement of Judaism in America. No matter what other centers of learning or rabbis for American congre- gations may be undertaken, the Hebrew Union College will re- main the very soul and center of Jewish education in this coun- try. It is therefore a happy circumstance that under the splen- did leadership of Acting President Morgenstern, the College is making rapid forward strides. Of the progressive spirit of the institution, the enlargement of the faculty by the addition of scholars of national and inter- national repute, is but one manifestation. These gentlemen are all of them eminent in their particular spheres. All of them comparatively young men, they have yet won a recognized place in the world of Jewish scholarship. Two of them, Drs. Bettan and Cronbach, are themselves graduates of the College. Incidentally, it may be noted that it is no small tribute to the institution that upon the new faculty there will be besides the Acting President, not less than five men who have had their training within the college itself. To their number besides those already on the faculty, will be added men fitted by scholarship and by temperament to succeed the great scholars whose places they are to take and to assume the responsibili- ties for the conduct of the new courses which are to be intro- duced in the College. It is questionable whether there is an- other theological institution anywhere that is under the leader- ship of men better prepared for their important tasks than are those who constitute the teaching body of the Hebrew Union College. Under their guidance, a generation of rabbis will be trained in whose hands the spiritual destinies of our people will be safe. In the very splendid address which he delivered last Sun- day night at the One Hundred Percent Victory Meeting of Temple Beth El, Mr. David A. Brown, keen visioned and far sighted as he is, said some things that it is well for the men and women of Detroit to take to heart. Congratulating the Con- gregation of Beth El upon its splendid achievement, he said that this was but a first step in meeting the needs of a great com- munity like ours. Among other things for which he holds there is a crying need at this time, is an adequate building to house a properly organized Young Men's Hebrew Association and another building for a Young Women's Hebrew Association. He holds also and correctly, that the building now occupied by the Unit- ed Jewish Charities is entirely inadequate to its purpose and that Jewish settlement homes should be speedily established in the various congested sections of our city. He spoke of the need of vacation homes and fresh air camps not merely for boys and girls but especially for adults and notably for moth- ers whose burden is frequently overgreat. One institution which Detroit greatly needs and which Mr. • Brown pointed out in his address is a home for convalescents. These and perhaps a dozen more institutions to care for the poor, the sick and the unfortunate in our community must in the course of time be established. To be sure, the program is a very large and ambitious one but it is by no means impossible of fulfillment. What Mr. Brown stressed as to the possibilities of our corn- munity may well be emphasized. He pointed out the fact that the membership of the Congregation Beth El represents less than one-tenth of the total Jewish population of the city and A Brief Sketch of the Origin, Scope and Present Activities of perhaps an even smaller proportion of the total community the Hadassah Medical Organization in Palestine. wealth. Now if this congregation in the course of a week could raise four hundred thousand dollars, he holds logically enough that it ought not be difficult under stress for the entire Jewish munity to raise ten times that amount or four million dol- lars for philanthropic, educational and social service purposes. Certain it is that the Beth El drive has set a new standard of l giving in Detroit. It has awakened our people to their own possibilities and it is altogether likely that in the future when great causes demand support at the hands of the people of this city, the response given them will not be as niggardly as un- fortunately it has been in the past. SAFEGUARDING THE HEALTH OF PALESTINE What Constitutes a Jewish Community? The word "community" has been used rather loosely in many connections of late and it is just as well that there should be some clear understanding of what actually constitutes the Jewish community of such a city as Detroit. Who has a right' to speak in the name of the whole community? Certainly no one congregation, no one club or lodge, or single group of in- dividuals, nor any other self-appointed body of men has a right to take unto itself the function of representing the Jewish corn- munity of the city, In this community, there are varied and sometimes conflicting elements and not one of these elements is justified in going before the public to speak for any one but itself. We are not writing this editorial as some may imagine, for the purpose of finding fault especially with the local lodge that has been flooding the newspapers during the past week with accounts of its "community" bazaar although we believe that the term there as elsewhere was misleading. While there are many in the Detroit community who may seriously object to some of the methods that were used in the forwarding of that undertaking and while there are very large numbers who be- lieve that the whole project was ill-timed and ill-advised, they held their peace in regard to it because they did not care to lay themselves open to the charge of hampering the success of a movement that was undoubtedly undertaken in good faith by those who sponsored it. But we do believe that now that that undertaking is over, we have a right to sound a very earnest word of warning against the use of the word "community" either by that partic- ular organization or any other in the future. Only then may one with justice use that term when the representatives of every legitimately recognized element in the community have been consulted and when permission has been given to speak in their names and in their behalf. Temple Beth El for instance cannot speak for the United Jewish Charities nor can the United Jewish Charities through its reprseentatives speak in a community sense for Temple TBeth El or any other Jewish congregation in the city. The B'nai B'rith Lodge cannot speak for the Phoenix Club any more than the Phoenix Club can speak for the Jewish Woman's Club. Yet all these and many more are constituent elements of the Jewish life of the community. Let us be sure, therefore, hereafter when we use so broad a term that we know we have the right to do so. Until that is the case, we may lay ourselves open to the charge of misrepresentation. And that is never a pleasant charge to face. Zionism in Congress. The Lodge resolution by which it is proposed that our nat- ional Congress shall endorse the movement to make Palestine a national home for the Jewish people, has brought the question of political Zionism squarely before our government. This is int a development that is greatly to be regretted though as things have been shaping themselves for some time past, it was scarcely to be avoided. U As might have been anticipated, the discussion of the sub- ject at Washington has called forth crimination and recrimi- nation on the part of the advocates of both sides of the ques- tion with the result that the Jewish name has again been be- spattered. However one may feel in regard to the subject of political Zionism, he must as a Jew and as an American, regret that any phase of the Jewish problem should be made the ex- cuse for mingling religion and politics. We Jews have all the power at our command, in season and out of season, fought for a recognition of the principle of the separation of church and state. However some may construe the question, Zionism cannot be discussed without reference to the religion of the Jew. And therefore, it has no place in our national Congress. Senator Lodge either has been misled by those who have urged. him to introduce his resolution or to speak plainly, he is playing policitc at the expense of the Jew. The whole situation is utterly deplorable. We sincerely trust that a majority of the men in Congress will see the situation in its true light and by voting down the Lodge resolution, indicate that they are sufficiently American in spirit to want nothing to do with a question that runs coun- ter to the basic American theory, that Church and State must remain forever absolutely separate. It may require courage THE WORLD NEEDS THE JEWS Stunning Wraps for Large Women $25.00 to $45,00 The Return from Captivity Arise! Sons of Israel, arise! The days of thy liberties dawn; The Lord hath relented his wrath, The night of thy slavery's gone. Let the hills in thy gladness rejoice, That freedom now smiles upon thee; 'Till the ocean's loud echoleu voice Roars back to the valleys we're free. 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