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WORK IS IN FULL Young
SWING IN RUSSIA Judaea
Relief Burdens Fall Entirely
on Joint Distribution
Committee.
Club
Notes
NEW SYNAGOGUE TO BE BUILT
BY EMANU-EL IN NORTHWEST
Knights of Judaea.
The program of the Knights of Ju-
daea, at the meeting on Tuesday even-
ing, conskteil of a discussion of Jews
in lit:eball, by I. l'itzak; a review of
the week's news by Sum Must; a talk
on the Jewish college man by Morris
IN'axinan, and a discussion of the late
President Harding's friendship for
the Jew's, by Julius Kabatzky. There
was also a discussion of the value of
the Young Judacan magazine to the
Young Judacans.
Next Tuesday evening Abe Torgow
will speak on Palestine conditions;
Aaron Lifshitz will review the news
of the week.
On Tuesday, Aug. 2S, the program
will be featured by a debate on the
question, "Resolved, that nationalism
and not anti-Semittisin is the primary
cause of Zionism." The affirmative
•si lt be upheld by William Lankin and
Joseph Safrun, the negative by Ala.
Lang and Arthur Rabinowitz.
With the withdrawal of the Ameri•
can Relief Administration from Rus-
sia, the burden of the relief work has
now fallen on theJewish Joint Dis-
tr:bution Comm Accor
i. ding to
information received from Dr. Boris
Bogen, director in Russia of Jewish
relief activities, the necessary ar-
rangements have been made with the
various departments of the Soviet
go vernment, and activities are in full
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"In Odessa, Ekaterinoslav, Kiev,
Kharkov and several other places we
still have soup kitchens in operation
for adults, but these are being gradu-
ally reduced in number and in size.
"It is in supplying the children's
institutions that we lay our greatest
emphasis. We have supplies sufficient
to cover our needs till Aug. 1, turd to
avoid any emergency we are acquir-
ing additional foodstuffs. We re-
ceived sonic sugar in exchange for
coal that remained on our hands, and
Sons of Judaea.
have also obtained about $10.000
worth of milk and some cocoa, from
w .yi agogue that i. planned for th
The Sat urday evening meeting's
The above is a sketch of the n ,
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stocks of the A. R. A.
program of the Sons of Judaea con- Northwest of Detroit by Congregation Emanuel. Ground for the
"It will interest you to know that
sisted of discussion of Tisha
building was broken recently at the cur i• of Wilson at d Taylor avenues
the present cost of a food package,
by Dave Horwitz. liarry Levine spoke and a campaign is now being conductet or funds for the new house of
if the items were to he bought in the
on the life and works of Israel Fried- worship. J. Warren is president of the congregation. I obvrt Fink is th
open market, is much more than the
architect.
$10 we charge for it. The prices of launder.
This Saturday evening there will
sugar, fat and milk are very high.
discussion of the relation of the
We pay as high as 40 millions (or 25 be it
late President Harding to the Jews,
cents) for a pound of sugar. This
the discussion to be led by Morris
is a temporary situation,
however,
.
and will soon adjust itself. Rubenstein and Morris Kosak.
"I am glad to report that we have The club has organized an indoor
Max Tuttleman
large amounts of cloth in warehouses baseball ttam, with
which will supply clothing for the as captain. Young Judaea junior
By L. H. FROMKIN
winter, and we are making arrange-
—
ments for obtaining shoes, so that as
For those who knew and loved Dr. tion of 1/r. David Cassel of Berlin,
far as clothing is concerned, we shall Electrical Extension Bureau to
501,011,1 Schechter—and their nun- and Dr. Sabatio Marais, one of the'
be prepared for the winter.
first presidents of the institution.
Stage Exhibit at State Fair.
"There is one fear in the hearts of
tier is very large—there is ar. ineffable Three thousand books were added in •
the children, and that is whether they
sadness
in
the
thought
that
it
was
not
1903 by the late Mayer Sulzberger,
will be cared for this winter. There
The Electrical Extension Bureau, given to hint to have the joy of see- who presented the Seminary with the
is still in their young minds the
Detroit's association of electrical in- ing the Jewish Theological Seminary valuable collection of Hebrew and
memory of the terrible winter of a
year and two years ago. I assured terests,has arranged for another become what it is 110W, by the acquisi- Jewish books which he had gathered
event to supplement its educational tion of the Elkan Nathan Adler li- for years. This collection included
them however that the Jews of
brary, the Jewish intellectual center nearly one-half of the known ineuna-
America will not forget them, and . program, started last spring.
that the money will be forthcoming. The main building at the State Fair of the world, For him, especially, the hula and some 400 manuscripts. But
"Their faces do not brighten up Grounds has been leased for the du- great treasure which is now assent- Judge Sulzberger's interest in the li-
Fair— bled under the roof of the building brary did not cease with his gift. A
and they do not prance with glee ration of .the Michigan State Fair—
SEMINARY LIBRARY AMONG GREATEST
BEFORE ADLER ACQUISITION; IS NOW
JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER OF WORLD
on West One Hundred Twenty-third few years later he added the library
street which for so many years he of H. Hallictstam of Berlitz, Austria,
glorified by his presence, would have consisting of 500 Woks and 200 manu-
been a source of delight. How he scripts anti other collections of Ile-
would have fondled, the while he brew, :ludeu-Arabie and Judeo-Span-
oo and Ma llUSCril ltS Wh ich had
scrutinized with scholarly insight, ish books
each precious scrap of the 4,200 man- been assembled by Ephraim Deinard.
The next great acquisition by the
uscripts, which are the crowning glory
of the collection. Many of them he Seminary was made possible by the
would have hailed as old acquaint- lamented Jacob 11. Schiff, who pur-
avers whom he had found and deciph- chased for it the great library of the
ered during the years he spent in the famous scholar, Prof. Steinschneider,
Cairo Geniza. consisting of about 3,000 Judaica,
It was Dr. Schechter, of sainted 1,500 Ilebraica and 300 manuscripts. •
memory, who was the first to reveal Five years later, in 1911, Mr. Schiff
what had been accumulating in that purchased for the Seminary the li-
historic cellar during the centuries. brary of Prof. E. Kautzsch. Mr.
All the thrills that were recently felt Schiff's generosity to the Seminary li-
by the explorers of Tut-ankh-omen's brary has been emulated by his sun,
tomb were felt by him as fragment Mortimer L. Schiff, who, as was an-
after fragment came under his gaze', flounced last week by Dr. Cyrus Adler,
shown.
As is customary with all displays shedding light on many dark periods took the initiative in securing the El-
held under the auspices of the Elec- of Jewish history. It was a task in kan Adler collection and giving a sum
trical Extension Bureau, everything which he' joyed. Unlike Elkan Nathan well tivcr half of the $125,000 that
exhibited will be of a most practical Adler, he left sissy of these frog- was paid for it. This, it will he re-
nature. The bureau stresses electri- ments where he had found them. But called, is not the first time that Mr.
cal needs, paying but little attention he carried away their contents in that Mortimer L. Schiff has displayed an
to the out-of-the-ordinary and abso- prodigious memory Which was one of interest in the Seminary equal to that
lutely disregarding any devices that his great qualities. Later, in 1016, which his father felt. In 1920 he pre- i i
when Dr. Schecher was called away seated the institution with the Israel
are freakish or bizarre.
Competent lecturers will discuss from this earth, his widow and chit- Solomon collection, comprising about
electricity in its relation to the home dren presented his collection of Geni- 1,000 books and pamphlets of Anglo.'
and it is planned to have national au- zah fragments to the Seminary,where Judaica and about 1,100 prints of im-
thorities lend their services to inform for years they have been the pride of portant Jews of all countries, syna-
gogues., maps of Palestine and other I
the public on electrical matters.
that great institution.
interesting prints. Others who have
Library Great Before Addition.
The library of the Jewish Theolog- aided in the growth of the library's
ical Seminary was a great collection importance are Prof. Joshua L. Joffe,
even before it gained its present uni- distinguished talmudic scholar,
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mber of th
vernal importance by he acquisition of was for many years me
Ford trurk—ju+t the (him, for hend-
and Moshe '
the Adler collection. It included 65,- faculty, and Messrs. x
when I reassure them. They semi, Aug. 31 to Sept. 15, and the entire
to look up and there is a light in their I space therein will be devoted to an
eyes that I cannot describe. But I electrical exhibit.
Impressed by the magnitude of the
know that the words "the Jews of
America will not forget you" brings proposed display, the State Fair of-
a deep and solemn prayer—su•h as i finals have re-named the structure
can be read only in the eyes of a the Elertrical building, and several
child—such as cannot be hstught with thousand dollars have been spent in
millions In dollars, but only with the remodeling and redecorating the
example of help and encouragement building to adapt it to the Electra al
which our work has brought them Extension Bureau's requirements.
here." Electrical appliance theaters who
— are members of the bureau predict
that the display of household equip-
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ever shown in Michigan. Every
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1929 manuscripts, many of them of have made repeated donations
equal, and possibly, greater impor- portant reference books on Biblical
tance than these that are now being subjects and provided a fund out of
unpacked and identified by Prof. Alex- the interest of which caller works of
Mors. importance may he obtained.
The original library contained about
5 000 volumes, mainly from the collet-
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Among the great historical posses.
sions of the Seminary library prior to
the Elkan Nathan Adler acquisition
Open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday Evenings
is practically the first book printed
with movable type, the Rook of Esther
from the famous Gutenberg Bible
printed by Gutenberg, the inventor of
movable type. Dr. Cyrus Adler, act-
ing president of the Seminary, says
of this rare volume: "It shows the
remarkable workmanship of Guten-
berg to the best advantage. It is a
cause for special satisfaction to have
this notable monument of printing
including the manner of choosing the the Seminary library. The magnitude
adorn our Incunabula collection." In- father's death and the payment, in
"Familiars" and keeping the records. of this contribution does not depend
cluded in this collection is an excel- 1722, of a hundred Reichstaler.
Particularly minute are the instruc- upon the extent to which the scholars
lent copy of Rampigolli's "Aurea Bi-
Jewish "Wicked Blood."
tions whereby a Jew may be detected of the land will avail themselves of
blia," printed in 14711, and a copy of
The Chesterton., liellocs and others and brought to trial. This rare docu- the library. It depends also, to an
the Latin Bible, printed by Frosben of the Jew baiting literary coterie of
the relationship
ment dealing with the great. Jewish enormous extent, to
one year before Columbus discovered today mild find renewed inspiration
which every Jew in this country will
tragedy of the Middle Ages is worthy
America,
feel
toward
the
Seminary,
of which it
in the "Pre-Adler" library. They of an article by itself.
what
There is, for example, the remark- could have a wonderful time reading
At all events, whatever may have is the crowning glory, and to
of
this
country
will
Jew
able collection of ceremonial objects the
"Processus Inquisitorius," the been the case in the past, the Jews of extent the
th
presented by Judge Sulzberger and record of the prosecution in 1696 of America now know what a tremen- make it possible for the Seminary to
all
usefulness
in
augmented by Mrs. Theresa Rosen- the Jews of Prague charged with hay- dous contribution they can make to attain even higher
berg• There is a tapestry of the 58th logkilled a boy. named Simon Abel's the culture of this country through of its varied activities.
century from the Prague Synagogue, for ritual purposes , Yes, and they
two old vellum fragments, one of would find there also a startling reve-
which is believed to be a part of Rob- lation, published in Berlin in 1717, or
benu Ilanalel's last commentary on the "wicked blood" that comes over
"Sots." Dr. A. 5. W. Rosenbac , th e the Jews at regular intervals. It is
noted Philadelphia collector, who vol- entitled "Endecking darer Tekufoth,
unteered his services as intermediary oder des schadliche Blut, welches abet
is the acquirement of the Adler col- din Juden viermahl des Jahres Kom-
.„
Possibly this great scientific
lection, gave the e Seminary library a _ t
'
remarkably fine copy of the Koran, treatise
contains valuable material for
e
of the
written in the 16th century. There modern antisemitic propaganda, and
A vivid and gigantic portrayal in fireworks
are some supercommentaries on as
it may prove interesting to Burton
tragedy that recently shocked the world.
one of them written in Spain in 1489. Hendrick—if that's the name of the
There is a Roman "Mahzor," in two fellow who has been so busy lately ex-
vellum volumes, written in 1424-25, posing the "bad blood" of the Polish
and a copy of Naehmanides' Disputa- Jews.
tion in Barcelona in 1261.
There is a volume, however, in.
Something of the Ghetto-life--life eluded in the Elkin Nathan Adler ac-
behind the wall that separated Jews uisition of the Seminary library
A picturesque and thrilling picturization with tons of
from the rest of the people, is por- which may prove of value to the Klu-
trayed in 18th centuryrecords of the Kluxers and others who have assumed
war bombs and fireworks of the mysterious orient, in-
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Frankfurt community, which include the patriotic duty of protecting Amer
cluding strange religious ceremonials and the destruction
engagement and wedding contracts ican and the Nordic race against the
and real estate deeds. There is also villanies of the brunette peoples, the
of a great city.
a formal protest of the citizens of Er- Jewish international hankers sred the
furt, in 1788, against permanent ad- Elders of Zion. It is nothing more
These are only two of the $50,000 free attractions at
mission of Jews, and documents re- or less than a complete set of rules
lating to a permit granted to the sec- and regulations for the successful
this five million dollar exposition at Detroit.
ond child of the "Schutzjude" Lieb- stating of an Inquisition!
man David Spiro, to marry after the
How to Conduct An
These rules and regulations, which
can only be summarised In this arti-
cle, were drawn up for the guidance
of the pioneer white settlers of Peru,
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by the "licendiado" Serran de Cere-
dT,Frann.H.iolil., : i r.; an excel, -
tiny.
aunts, to Lima in January, 1570. Ile
had been given authority by I'hillip
II to establish the Inquisition in
South America, and the royal grant
(real cedula), dated February '7th,
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