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RABBIS AT CAPTURE OF
JERUSALEM CELEBRATION
IN GEORGE CATHEDRAL

JERUSALEM. — (J. T. A.) — AU
creeds and nationalities joined in the
celebration of the fourth anniversary
of General Allenby's capture of Jeru-
salem. Sir Herbert Samuel, the High
Commissioner, attended the St.
George Cathedral in state. The re-
ligious ceremony overlooked none of
the faiths, so that the chief rabbis,
Isaac Kuk and Jab Mayer of the
Ashkenasic and Sephardic communi-
ties respectively, read passages from
the Scripture. They were preceded
by the Grand Mufti, the chief Moslem
dignitary, and followed by the Greek
Patriarch.
This is the first time perhaps in the
history of the Holy Land that Rabbis
of such unswensing piety .took part
in a religious ceremony in Jerusalem
church. The rabbis recited their pas-
sages in the original Hebrew.

JEWISH CALENDAR

6083-1922

Fast of Tebeth

Friday, Dee. 29
5683-1923
Rosh-Chodesh Shebat
Thuraday, Jan. l6
Itosh•Chnclesh Adar
Saturday. Feb. 17
Purim (Feast of Esther) ....Friday, Much
Rosh-Chodosh Nino
Sunday. March lil
Passover (Pesach)
Sunday. April 1
Passover (Seventh Day) ...Saturday. April?
Ruch-Chodeeh liar
Tuesday, April 17
Lair b'Otner
Friday, May
Rosh-Chodesh Alvan... .Wedneaday. May 16
Shabuoth (Confirmation Day/
Monday, May 21
Roth-Chodoh Taltn*.
Friday. Juno Is
Itoah-Chodesh Ab.
Saturday, July 14
Feat of Ab
Sunday, 201Y 22
11.11-Cbodesh Eilul
Monday. Au. IS
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Attractive in its appointments was
the dinner given by Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Lefkofsky at the Hotel Addi-
son Monday evening, Dec. 26, in cele-
bration of their tenth wedding anni-
versary. The tables were beautifully
decorated in smilax, silver ribbon and
roses. Favors for the ladies were
silvery tin baskets and for the gentle.
men miniature champagne bottle's set
in tin pails. The participants were
Mr. and Mrs. Ilarry Wheeler, Mr. and
Mrs. Goodwin Letkotaky, Mr. and
Mrs. Ilarry Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Kane, Mr. and Mrs. Ilarry Sellins,
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Cohen, Mr. and
Mrs. Max Cohen, the Misses Rose
Weitzman, Rae and Ann Cohen,
Messrs. Sam Cohen, Jean Lefton and
Alex Cohen of Lansing, Mich.

Honoring Miss Rose Steinberg,
whose marriage will take place on
Jan. 1, Miss Frances Steinberg en-
tertained 25 guests at her home at
a beautifully appointed luncheon and
personal shower. The bride-to-be
was the recipient of many beautiful
gifts. After the wedding, Mr. and
Mrs. Spira will leave for Florida,
where they will spend a few months.

Miss Fannie Weiss of Farnsworth
avenue has returned from Duluth,
Minn., where she spent the past two
months as the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Bernard Silberstein, and other
relatives.

Among the Detroit girls who at-
tended the Alpha Beta Fraternity
dance in Flint are the Misses Marion
Serling, Florence Kaplan, Betty Gold-
berg and Annabelle Price. Miss Price
and Miss Kaplan were the guests
of Miss Evelyn Kostoff and the
Misses Goldberg and Serling visited
with Miss Charlotte Lebster.

Professor Louis Cantor of the
North Dakota Agricultural College
was extensively entertained here the
past week during his visit with rela-
tives and friends.

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JERUSALEM.—(J. T. A.)—Sharp
criticism by Arab members of the Ad-
visory Council of the annual budget
of the Palestine government led Sir
Herbert Samuel, the High Commis-
sioner, to remind the critics that they
were serving only in a consultative
capacity, the Legislative Council not
hAving been elected as yet.
The criticism was levelled at the
High Commissioner because of the al-
leged delay in submitting the budget
as the financial year ends next April.
They asked also that administrative
expenses be decreased.
A committee of five was appointed
by the High Commissioner to examine
the proposed budget, consisting of 3
Arabs and 2 Jews, or half the mem-
bership of the Council.

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the Kurdish brigands in the Urumiah
district. The money was cabled to
Minister Kornfeld at his request, fol.
lowing a pogrom against the Jews.
"There is ample opportunity for the
Joint Distribution Committee," he
writes "to render helpful service t o
the native population whose conditi o n
is •fer from satisfactory. May 1 em-
brace this occasion to commend most
heartily the work of your organiza-
tion. Your service to suffering hu-
manity entitles you to the genet oils
support which I am very happy t o
note you are receiving."

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N. Pleasant announces the engage Room Correspondent of the Jewish
Correspondent Bureau.
ment of his daughter, Fay, to Arthur
Benson, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Ben
son.
(Copyright, 1922, Jewish Correspon-
dence Bureau.)^
Mr. and Mrs. Ilarry Mindel of
Grand Rapids announce the engage-
Dr. Eliahu Arton, Chief Rabbi of
ment of their daughter, Dorothy, to
Harold W. Kline, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tripoli, who is now on a visit to Italy,
David Kline of 1493 Calvert avenue. has given me an extremely interesting
account of Jewish life in his country.
To begin with, he said, there is not
Mr. and Mrs. S. Kaplan of Toledo,
Ohio, announce the engagement of the remotest resemblance to the
scarcely
pekeptible Jewish life found
their daughter, Lillian, to Ben Freid-
FRANCE TO REMAIN IN
in Italy. Visitors become immediate-
man of Detroit.
SYRIA, SAYS POINCARE
ly aware of the intense Jewish atmos-
JERUSALEM.—(J. T. A.) —
J. D. C. HELPS PERSIAN
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Fineberg of phere, and although the Jews consti-
tute
but
a
fifth
of
the
total
popula-
French
government is resolved to ful-
3333 Gladstone avenue announce the
VICTIMS OF BANDITS fill the Mandate
tion, the general impression is as if
for Syria and the Le-
engagement
0 their
jose daughter,
,
i3en
Tripoli
were
a
Jewish
town.
That
is,
banons,
it is affirmed in a message to
te
t
a
m
to
Benjamin
in the first place, because the Jews of
Dr. Joseph S. Kornfeld, American the French High Commission e r at
of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tripoli are a highly important sec-
Minister to Persia, has written to the French High Commissioner at
tion of the population, and rigorous-
Henry II. Rosenfelt, national director Beirut from Premier Poineare. This
ly observe the traditions of Jewish
of the American Jewish Relief Com- message is being widely circulated to
life. They do not attempt to conceal
mittee acknowledging receipt of $3,- dispel widespread rumors that F ro oce
their Jewishness in the slightest, and
000 from the Joint Distribution Cum- intends to evacuate Syria.
they are officially recognized by the
law as Jews.
SEGAL-GASSEL
Practically every shop in Tripoli is
Mr. and Mrs. G. Cassel announce
closed on Saturday and the whole
the marriage of their daughter,
town
bears a sort of festival air. It
Myrtle, to David Segal, at the Wol-
is soon seen that the economic life of
verine Hotel on Dec. 21.
the town comes to a standstill on the
Jewish Sabbath, not on the Mussul-
BANKOW-CANTOR
man Friday or the Christian Sunday.
Mrs. Frances Cantor of 677 lien- The same thing is apparent in the
drie avenue announces the marriage schools and in the government office
of her daughter, Nettie, to Samuel where the absence of the Jewish
Bankow of Davenport, Ill., on Sun- translator is immediately felt. • The
day, Dec. 24. Rabbi J. L. Levin offi- Jews in Tripoli observe the Sabbath
ciated at the ceremony at the Mogen strictly, as they also observe the die-
Abraham Synagogue on Farnsworth tary laws in relation to both meat and
street, followed by a dinner at the wine.
bride's home. Mr. and Mrs. Bankow
There are thirty public and private
left for a honeymoon trip through the Jewish houses of prayer in the town.
western states.
Half of them are open on week days.
No cantor is employed, because there
Many women who could well afford more
is always someone in the congrega-
DANCE OF OLD FOLKS'
expensive closed cars prefer the sedan for their
tion who is able to conduct the ser-
HOME PROVES SUCCESS vice.
The meetings of the communal
personal use.
organization are broken off at stated
The thirteenth anniversary dance of intervals to assemble for afternoon
They find it easy to drive, easy to park, econom-
the Jewish Old Folks' Home, held on and evening prayers. Jewish religious
Tuesday evening at the Arcadia, life is not kept locked up away from
ical to run, and comparable in the beauty and
proved a tremendous success. The Christian eyes as is done in Italy. In
richness of its appointments with can much
hall was literally packed and the pro- some synagogues the services are con-
ceeds are expected to go a long way ducted with the doors leading out to
higher in price.
towards supporting the institution.
the streets wide open. At funerals,
Holders of tickets are urged to psalms are chanted in the streets. On
The upholstery is done in genuine mohair velvet
make returns for same at the home, certain Festivals there are solemn
of a singularly rich and beautiful pattern ; The
Brush street and Edmund place.
processions through the town, with
An ear-ring lost by one of the la- the Scrolls of the Law carried at the
seats are roomy and luxurious. The hardware
dies at the dance is in possession of head.
and minor fittings reflect thoughtfulness and
Mrs. M. Weiswasser, 422 Erskine
The Jews of Tripoli are for the
street, and will be returned when most part not merchants or shopkeep-
rare good taste.
called for.
ers but artisans. They are a homo-
geneous population, and are recogniz-
Steel disc wheels (with cord tires) screen the
ed by the law as a legal entity. The
under part of the car and harmonize in a most
Tripolitan law thus sanctions a state
of affairs which Jewish emancipation
effective way with the new grace and smartness
has abolished in Western Europe. The
which Dodge Brothers have recently brought to
JERUSALEM.—(J. T. A. Corres- autonomy of the Jews in Tripoli is,
pondence.)—The chief secretary to however, purely religious in charac-
the lines of the body.
the Palestine government has issued ter. Family institutions, marriage
a statement on the subject of the new and divorce, etc., are exclusively in
water supply of Jerusalem from the the hands of the Rabbinical court.
The price is $1497.60 delivered.
With regard to the cultural life of
Pools of Solomon. "An event of con-
siderable historic interest," the state- the Jews of Tripoli, it may be said
ment commences, "has occured. Af- that those possessing no education at
ter many centuries of disuse, the Pools all are a rapidly dwindling minority,
of Solomon are again supplying the of course, not counting the women.
DOYLE
THOMAS
Holy City with water." It is stated Most of them have studied the Torah
w.n. RAN
that the department of public works and the Talmud and have a good
Wava..-fiutroto
has for some time been engaged on grounding of Jewish education. There
the restoration of the Pools of Solo- is a third group, also a minority,
mon and the erection of a pumping which has had both a Jewish and a
plant designed to force the water secular Italian education. These are
through the pipe line laid by the army highly cultivated individuals, possess-
in 1918. The work proved more diffi- ed of considerable Jewish and general
cult than was anticipated. Leakages learning.
Jewish education is conducted on
occured in several places. "In bring-
ing once into use these ancient reser- traditional lines and does not include
voirs," the statement continues, "such history and grammar. The language
experiences are almost unavoidable; in general use is the local Arabic dia-
it is a modern example of the parable lect written in Hebrew characters.
of putting new wine into old bottles, The Hebrew language is understood
but in this case there is fortunately by most, but the vocabulary is not ex-
no doubt as regards the structural tensive. There is generally a lack of
co-ordination between the'Jewish and
stability of the bottles."
The leaks were not stopped unfor- the European culture, mainly due to
tunately in time to enable the bottom the small number of competent teach-
pool to be filled by rain water of early ers available. The attempt of the Al-
spring. "It will be remembered that liance Israelite Universelle to rectify
the 'latter rains' failed this year. A this state of affairs must be consider-
considerable quantity of water has, ed to have failed. The Alliance school
however ken collected in both middle was not well attended and was not
and bottom pools which it is hoped popular. The only thing the Alliance
will enable the present supply to Jeru- has really done is to attempt to spread
salem to be maintained during the a certain amount of education among
next three months. This period is al- the women who are educationally
ways regarded as the most difficult backward owing to the atavistic tra-
from the point of view of water sup- ditions and the surrounding Arabic
ply on account of the seasonal lag' of atmosphere, which is hostile to female
spring discharges behind rainfalls. It education. In general, the women
is clear that in order to make these have neither Jewish nor European ed-
ancient reservoirs watertight beyond
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the possibility of doubt, the whole in-
ner surface should be rendered in ce-
ment. This would be costly work and
the department is reluctant to recom_
mend the necessary expenditure until
the efficacy or otherwise of the repair
gir
Detroit's Leading
work now in hand is proved. It is
Detroit's Leading
haped that the work undertaken may
Furriers
Furriers
be sufficient to render the full capacity
of the bottom and middle pool avail-
able for this winter's rains. Our work
is for the present being undertaken on
the uper pool.
"A visit to the Pools of Solomon,"
concludes the statement, "'is well
worth while, both from the point of
view of antiquarian research and also
from an engineering aspect. Illus-
trated brochure dealing with the
works will be ready for the coming
tourist season."

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they should be good supporters of the
Zionist cause. Among the manual
workers, the spirit of the Chaluzim is
very much alive, and there is a great
interest in the reconstruction work in
Palestine. Another favorable element
is the entre lack of an Orthodox op-
position to Zionism, which is to be ex-
plained by the fact that the religious
nature.of -the Jews of Tripoli has•di.
rected their Zionism into exclusively
religious forms.
The most immediate and most im-
portant task for the Jewes in Tripoli
is to train capable Jewish teachers to
take in hand the Jewish schools and
turn out well-educated Jews. If this
is done, Tripoli will be one of the pil-
lars of Judaism.

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ucation, but it must be said that they
show no inclination for education fa-
cilities. The only ambition of the girls
is marriage, and unmarried women
are rare. It is worth noting that the
few cases of mixed marriage are al-
most on the part of the women, who
have no Jewish education to restrain
them.
Under such conditions, assimilation
is of course practically non existent,
especially if we contract the state of
affairs in Italy. Nevertheless, it must
be said that there are already signs
of a slow process of assimilation.
There was no danger of assimilation
as long as the Jews came in contact
only with the local Arabs whose cul-
ture was of too low a standard to ex-
ercise any attraction for them.
The Italian occupation has changed
things considerably, and the tradi-
tional Jewish life is slowly, very slow-
ly, yet perceptibly losing its hold. To
counter this process there is nothing
but the Zionist movement. In a cer-
tain sense all the Jews of Tripoli are
Zionists, insofar as the love for Pal-
estine is deeply rooted in their hearts,
and with the aid of capable workers,

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In loving memory of our dear son
and brother, Gilbert J. Segan, who
passed away four years ago, Dec. 30,
1918.

Just when his its was brightext.
Just when his hopes were best.
Ile ca. taken from this world of pals.
To a borne of eternal rest.

Although his hand we cannot dup.
Hit smiling fete we cannot see,
Yet let thl. little token tell.
We still lore and remember thee.

Sadly missed by his loving parents
and sister, Florence.

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