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GEORGE ELIOT AND JUDAISM
THEDLTROITJAVISIIORONICLE
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RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
be remembered that in one of the
chapters
in "Daniel Deronda" we are
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to
lAs Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the told that Deronda bought from a sec-
ond-hand
bookshop a small volume
Mew expressed by the writers.
which contained the story of the life
of Solomon !daimon. This Maimon
Ellul 19,
August 31, 1923
(1754-1800) was a writer of abil-
ity, and his literary activities merit
for him a high place in the realm of
philosophy. But he was somewhat of
a cynic and a Elliptic, and thought
of wounding the religious
As the high holidays approach, all of our co-religionsits, nothing
feelings of his pious benefactors, who
no matter how much they may have neglected their religious had done so much for him during his
years of extreme misery. Graetz
duties and obligations during the year, realize that they are many
sums him up by saying that although
Jews.
he did honor to the Jewish race with
mental powers, he altogether dis-
The two- or three-day a year Jew, busy with worldly af- his
honored it in his actions. The author-
fairs, ambitious to succeed in business or to advance in social ess hardly does more than mention the
by name, by way of introducing
circles, fails to recognize dangers which constantly operate to book
Deronda to the coreligionist who was
undermine the ancient faith of Israel.
in temporary charge of the shop. But
is an interesting fact which
There are militant organizations of Christians whose sole there
shows that she must have herself read
purpose is proselitizing the Jew, and very recently, in Chicago, the book very carefully, for the actual
the Hebrew mission of that city was ordered to discontinue copy of the book (in the original Ger-
man) which she read is in Dr. Wil-
meetings on the streets in the Lawndale district. We cannot liams' library, Gordon Square, Lon-
don.
Dr. Abrahams' reference to this
approve the method used against the Chicago Hebrew Mission.
fact in the chapter alluded to induced
We think it ineffective, un-American and un-Jewish. The me to proceed, some time ago, to this
American Jew, by his indifference, thoughtlessness and sheer library, and I examined the book with
deep interest, for throughout the book
mental indolence, has made it possible for such institutions to there are in the margins and else-
survive all these years. We advocate a greater interest in where penciled notes, beautifully writ-
ten in what is obviously her own writ-
Judaism, its history, its traditions, its philosophy as an antidote ing. It will be of interest to note
some of these comments (some of
against this poison of conversion.
which are referred to by Dr. Abra-
What has Christianity to offer to the Jew in ethics and hams). In the first place, George
morals which the Jew does not already have? And in prac- Eliot indicates her sympathetic ap-
preciation of Jewish teachings by the
tice, is the Jew to follow the so-called Christian nations of the pencilled note above the introduction.
This book," she says, "might mislead
world?
many readers not acquainted with
Germany, the actual fomenter of the world's war, was a other parts of Jewish history." She
Christian nation, headed by a despot, who even now, in his re- carefully corrects printers' errors in
the spelling of the names of Jewish
treat of Doorn, is trying to separate all portions of the Old Rabbis. On one page where Maimon
Testament from the Bible, and who insists upon a Christianity gives what he calls his own explana-
tion of some idea, she writes: But
purged of all Jewish influence.
this is simply what the Cabbala!
Holy Czarist Russia was a Christian nation, with its ghettos, teaches, not his own ingenious expla-
nation." She—the non-Jewess—actu-
pogroms and massacres.
ally defends Judaism against him.
The Ku Klux Klan, with its fear-inspiring, white-robed When he talks of what he calls "the
morons, with its whippings and lawlessness, is a Christian or- abuse of Rabbinism" (in tacking on
new laws to old texts), she writes, "Its
ganization.
origin was the need for freedom to
The Fascisti in Italy and Bavaria, in Austria-Hungary and modify laws." She is also able to
Roumania, are Christian organizations.
contradict the explanation which Mai-,
gives in regard to the annulment
We do not deny that the lowly Nazarine preached the gospel mon
of vows in the Kol Nidrei. Readers of
—"Peace on Earth, Good Will to Man"—the gospel of humility, The Jewish Chronicle will remember
kindliness, friendship and love. But did not all the prophets the discussion in regard to this pray-
in Israel, before Christ, preach similar doctrines? If the Jew er, provoked by "Mentor" in October,
1921. "Mentor" declared the Kol
showed the same interest and zeal in his religion as do these Nidrei
was a dangerous declaration
well-organized and well-financed missionaries, we would not and a blot on the Jewish ritual. He
be insulted by the attempts of these "well meaning" fanatics strongly advocated its elimination. On
to foist upon the Jewish community a religion which the learned the other hand, the retention of the
was stoutly defended by those
and intelligent Jew has rejected for nineteen hundred years. prayer
who argued that the vows referred to
Let us make an inventory of our shortcomings; let us take stock are not secular pledges. And there •
of our deficiencies; and let us give to our children an adequate were others who, whilst they agreed
understanding of our ancient faith and a knowledge of our re- that the wording was misleading, still
one
dea
t tamper
t mgpe
ligious treasures so that it will be entirely impossible for mis f e l t that naogvion
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Christianizing the Jew.
-
stuns to the Jews to continue .to live in the land of religious
freedom America.
—
Poor Business.
The formula for success in business is to be able to offer
your customers service, courtesy and proper price. When a
Jewish merchant, for example, goes into the market for mer-
chandise, he does not inquire whether the firm from whom he
is buying is Jewish. His chief interest is where he can buy a
stylish garment, made of the best possible materials, at the low-
est prices.
This formula for success in business does, no doubt, obtain
in the insurance business. There are numerous insurance com-
panies operating in Detroit, among them is the Detroit Auto-
mobile Inter-Insurance Exchange, affiliated with the Detroit
Automobile Club. It has come to our attention that one or more
of their solicitors find it necessary to use anti-Jewish arguments
to convince their purchasers to place their business with them.
In several instances the Inter-Insurance Exchange representa-
tives, when told that the prospective purchaser was placing his
insurance with firms represented by Jews and firms upon whose
boards of directors Jews were conspicuous, were asked, "Do
you know that you are dealing with Jews?" and "You don't
want to have 003-thing to do with these Jews, do you?"
Needless is it to express our contempt for such methods of
solicitation and business. But we belong to the Detroit Auto-
mobile Club, and we feel certain that the heads of the Automo-
bile Club are wholly unaware of these practices. We trust that
the offenders will be "called on the carpet" and thoroughly re-
buked, if for no other reason than that they are poor salesmen.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
think, a pity that a more inspiring
prayer or Psalm, free from any of
th ese mi sum ors t am rags, was not
no se-
lected for the opening of the Atone-
ment Evening Service. But the point
of interest is that George Eliot wrote
the following pencilled note to Mai-
mon's view of Kol Nidrei, "These are
religious vows, not engagements be-
tween man and man."
That George Eliot must have taken
every opportunity to understand the
underlying ideas of the Yom Kippur
prayers is evident from the passage
in "Daniel Deronda," quoted in the
Chief Rabbi's "Book of Thoughts" (p.
161). This passage, referring, as it
does, to a Synagogue service on Fri-
day evening when the worshippers
wore the Tallith, speaks without a
doubt of the Kol Nidrei service (see
Dr. S. A. Hirsch's Essays, p. 271).
She expressed an important truth
when she writes, "The chanted
liturgies had to him (Deronda) a
strong effect which was independent
of detailed meaning," for one of the
great arguments for the retention of
Kol Nidrei is the appealing force of
the melody of the tune to which it
has been set (even though this tune
is said to have been originally bor-
rowed from a melody of the Church
of Rome).
In the next sentence she again gives
expression to an essential feature of
our prayers. "The prayers seemed
to seek for nothing special," she says.
She realized that (although Hebrew
Literature is rich in devotional pass-
ages for private use) the service of
the Synagogue is a service of Israel
as a congregation, and expresses the
hope s and dil s of collective Israel
(c f' M
I‘L a Josep(he ,Judaisc
a
' m
o as Creed and
Life, p. 221).
Many of our ceremonial Laws are
ridiculed even by our own people, but
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will soon open its tenth
season. In past years the Orchestra has found itself, at the end
of the year, with a large deficit, and we trust that the coming
season will be an exception. Perhaps our readers do not know
that a few patrons of music in the city of Detroit have carried
heavy burdens so that the people of our city may enjoy the
finest music obtainable.
Our own people have been rather conspicuous by their ab-
sence on the lists of patrons and supporters of this most excel-
lent musical organization. They have always been ready to
give for the hungry, the sick, the destitute, the suffering. They
supported magnificently where the appeal was purely an emo-
tional one, where it was entirely a matter of negative action.
But we connot resist the impulse to speak out and call upon I
them to do something in a positive, definite way for the cultural
betterment of our city.
Argument is hardly necessary to convince any informed
person of the value of classical music, and unless those who are'
able undertake to promote and carry- on these musical organi-
zations the same fate will likely befall the Detroit Symphony I
Orchestra as has befallen similar organizations in other cities.,
In the last decade we have become accustomed to giving
frequently, until it actually hurt. and for worthy causes and
humane purposes. The days of distress are in the past. The I
days of upbuilding are in the present and in the future. And
we would be more than pleased to see the same representation
among the art and music patrons as was found on the list of
the Community Chest.
digesting
zt,e pews Nan
George Eliot rightly says, in referr-
ing to a certain branch of Jewish cer-
emonial, that "they indicate a rever-
ence for the human laxly which lifts
the needs of the animal life into re-
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
ligion (see M. Joseph, loc. cit., p.
277). She realized that Judaism is
The Bureau of Jewish Social Serv-
concerned with the perfection of the
body as well as the soul, that our re- ice announces as a result of its latest
ligion is a life as well as a creed, that survey, that there are 3,600,000 Jews
it covers not only theology, Sabbath in the United States, making this
and Festivals, but all phases of country the leading Jewish center in
point of number. Poland comes sec-
thought and action.
It is to George Eliot that we owe ond with 3,500,000, and Russia, until
the
war the largest Jewish community
the familiarity of Leopold Zunz' s fa-
mous saying in regard to Israel's suf- in the world, is third with 3,100,000.
Americo
thus becomes the center of
ferings in the Middle Ages—she
quotes at the head of the 42nd chap- world Jewry. While numbers don't
as
a
rule,
count, American Jewry has
ter of Daniel Deronda: "If there are
ranks in suffering, Israel takes pre- had placed on its shoulders, as an im-
mediate
result
of the World War, that
cedence of all the nations; if the dura- I
two of sorrows and the patience with responsibility which places upon it
which they are borne ennoble, the the duty of preserving Judaic ideal-
Jews can challenge the aristocracy of ism and for keeping alive the tradi-
every land; if a literature is called tions and aspirations of Israel that go
rich in the possession of a few classic to make of our people an entity, na-
tragedies, what shall we say to a Na- tionally as well as spiritually add re-
tional Tragedy lasting for fifteen hun- ligiously.
dred years, in which the poets and the
Future Centers of Culture.
actors were also the heroes"
Ity virtue of her numbers and the
It has been pointed out by Dr. Israel
Abrahams that in translating this economic position of her Jews, Amer-
passage from the German she has in ica is to share the future cultural lead-
troduced the words "nations" and ership of Jewry with l'alestine. The
"national" which are not to be found establishment of the Jewish homeland
in Zunz's original. (A translation of and its auxiliary cultural and spiritu-
the passage by Dr. A. Lowry is quot- al instruments in Palestine, and the
ed by Paul Goodman in his "Syna- prosperity of American Israel, will
liogue and the (Church," page :31). She make the Jews of the two lands a fac-
was manifestly a strong believer in, tor that should lend glory to our name
the nationalist solution of Jewish and history, the kind which has
problems. But even those who do not not been equaled since the Dispersion.
share her view on this question owe While the expected revival cannot
her much gratitude for familiarizing come in a day, the present generation
us with Zunz's fine epigram, for, with is charged with the responsibility of
or without the "national" addition, it making it possible for the youth to
cannot fail to call forth a reverence make a fact tomorrow that which is
and an increased loyalty to the de- our dream today. The responsibility
is a double-fold and clear one: It in-
mands of our race and our faith.
And can one improve upon the fine volves Palestine as well as the Diaspo-
passage in her hook, in which she re- ra. The rebuilding of the homeland,
fers to Deronda's discovery that he on the one hand, will create an inter-
was a Jew? After telling us,that the national culture center; the strength-
reason why he had' regarded Judaism ening of the existing educational and
as a sort of eccentric fossilized form traditional institutions in the Diaspo-
was because he was ignorant of Jew- ra will make possible the building of
ish history, she eloquently describes a partnership for a glorious Jewish
how he was aroused to consciousness. future. American Jewry is privileged
'There flashed upon him the hitherto that it should be charged with these
neglected reality that Judaism was two duties at a time when our people
something still throbbing in human is faced with a world-wide crisis, and
lives, still making for them the only we have faith that it will not fail.
•onceivable vesture of the world."
Growths of Jewish Numbers.
The Chief Rabbi has done well to
nclude, too, in his "Book of Jewish
The figures compiled by the Bureau
Thoughts" the passage which he of Jewish Social Research place the
quotes under the caption "Jewish Na- number of Jews in the world at 15,-
ionalism" George Eliot makes De- 500,000. There are Jewish statistici-
ronda denounce the attitude of those ans who place our numbers as high
Jews who do not "cherish the pro- as 18,000,000. In any event, it is in-
Metic consciousness of their nation- teresting to note that at the begin-
ality." They are like those who re- ning of the nineteenth century there
use to acknowledge their parents or were said to have been only a million
heir children. "Let us help" — she and a half Jews in the whole world,
iuts these words into the mouth of her and the remarkable increase, in spite
h ero—"let us help to will our own of pogroms, persecutions and total as-
iotter future and the better future of similation, should serve as a means
he world... choose our full heritage, of confidence of the indestructibility
•aim the brotherhood of our nation, of our people. We are indeed increas-
and carry into it a new brotherhood ing and multiplying, and the large
with the nations of the gentiles."
number of our people, exceeding as it
In days like the present, when there does the numbers of a great many
s so much prejudice manifested of the small nations, makes us a pow-
against us, it is pleasing to be able to er to contend with. We need now
realize that among the gifted women only realize ourselves to know that
if the last century there was at least equality with other nations is some-
one unprejudiced writer who has left thing that we can accomplish only
o the reading public a work which through our own will.
will long remain as a vindication of
he high and noble message of Juda-
Labor and Zionism.
ism and the Jew.
What was to as the most important
Zionist gathering of the past two
was held not in Karlsbad but
ORGANIZE HOLY DAY weeks
in New York City. As the Thirteenth
World
Zionist
Congress was closing
SERVICE FOR YOUTH
at Karlshad, the United Hebrew
Trades (Vereinigte Yiddishe Gewerk-
Young People's League of United schaften) of New York paved the
way for the entrance of the Jewish
Synagogue Meets Younger
S
worker on the field of action in Jew-
People's Need.
ish reconstruction. And the latter
meeting was to us of greater signifi-
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—The cance than the World Zionist Congress
Young People's League of the United because we hope, through the entrance
Synagogue has decided to organize a into Zionism of Jewish labor, to see
services to which will be invited the established in Palestine the sort of
college students in the community center which Zionism originally called
and the Jewish youth in general for: A center devoid of the modern
(those above 18) and the soldiers and social, economic and political evils; a
sailors who are in New York during center wherein the revolutionary
the High Holy Days.
teachings of our Prophets will Ma-
A committee has been formed which terialize and the world shown the pos-
is getting in touch with the various sibility of there being created a com-
colleges, the Jewish Welfare Board, munity where the injustice and ine-
and the soldiers' and sailors' organi- quality of the present system will be
zations, to inform them of the service uprooted. We hope this from the Jew-
and to extend them an invitation to ish workers because the World Zionist
be present.
Congress seems to have forgotten that
The services will he held at the Con- Zionism demands more than money in
gregation B'nai Jeshurun, which is of- the building of our homeland. Zion-
fering for the purpose the use of its ism demands the retention of the ideal,
Community House, 580 West End ave- the laying of emphasis upon the cre-
nue.
ation not of a haven of refuge alone,
Rabbi Israel Goldstein is president but of an inviting spot where Jewish
of the Young People's League of the culture may thrive and Jewish ideal-
United Synagogue, and rabbi of B'nai ism prosper.
Jeshurun.
TA! c
I' hillrrn' Q_Iorner
FOR SUNDOWN
By Abraham Raiser..
Translated by Marie Syrkin.
The sweetest melody
Your heart can sing,
Keep for your autumn hour
Not for the spring.
Glad is the blossom-time
With its own tune and chime;
Ah, but the sunset day—
Sing it away.
ELIJAH AND THE THREE
(
BROTHERS
A
Jewish Folk-Tale.
Once there were three brothers
who had no property but a beautiful
pear tree. One stayed at home to
look after it and the other went out
to work. One day Elijah, the prophet,
whose duty it is to test hearts of
men and reward those who do good ,
visited them in the guise of a beggar.
When he saw the brother watching
the pear tree, he asked him for a
pear. The brother plucked some
pears, saying: "I can give you these
from my share in the tree, but I can-
not touch my brother's." On the two
following days the other brothers,
when visited, did the same. And Eli-
jah was glad, and bade them follow
him.
They followed him. Presently
they came to a lake and Elijah asked
the eldest brother what he would like
to have. And the man answered: "I
would like this water to be changed
into wine for nie." Elijah stretched
out his staff, and all the water
changed into wine, and a busy vil-
lage rose on the shore. The elder
brother remained there and the two
others weift on with the old man.
Soon they came to a field covered
by a flock of doves, and Elijah asked
the second brother what he would
like. And he answered that he would
like those doves turned into sheep,
of whom he would be the shepherd.
And Elijah stretched out his staff
again, and lo, there were flocks of
sheep and dairies, and cheese-making
and butter-making. So they left the
second brother there and the third
brother went on alone.
And Elijah asked what this young-
est brother would like, and he said
that he wanted nothing but a virtu-
ous wife.
Elijah took the young man to a
little house where there lived a virtu-
ous maiden, and after her father had
put him to two or three tests, he gave
him his daughter in marriage, and
they went away together and lived
in the forest a whole year.
At the end of that time Elijah
conic back, being bidden to look how
the three brothers were living, and
to do again for them aught that they
needed. Once more, in the likeness
of a beggar, he went to the eldest
brother and begged for a cup of wine.
But the man said: "If I gave a cup
of wine to everybody who asks, I
should have none for myself." Then
Elijah stretched out his stick, and lo,
all was changed and there was water
again as at first. And he said: "All
that was not meet for thee; go back
and look after the pear tree."
Then he went on to the rich sheep
farm of the second brother and asked
for a morsel of cheese, and the sec-
ond brother answered as the eldest
had done, and the sheep all turned
into doves and flew away, and Elijah
bade the second brother also return
to the pear tree.
Then he went on to the forest and
found the youngest brother and his
wife living there very poorly. Ile
asked a lodging for the night, and
they took him in cheerfully and were
only sorry they could offer him so
little. Elijah said he was quite ,
tent. They put sonic of their 1,
fare'to bake for him, but when I I .
looked into the oven they found •
had changed into a beautiful bugs
loaf, and they bowed their heads and
said. "We thank Thee, 0 Gout, that
now we have fit food to offer our
guest."
So they placed the loaf before him
and fetched a flagon of water for
their meal; but when they tasted it
they found it was changed into rare
wine. And Elijah blessed their
home, and it became a pleasant ,
ace, tilled with everything that
good. And he left the young ■ ss
and his wife to live together, 1.-7
and happily.—Young Israel,
Fifteen-Year-Old Lillian Yoael.
ovitz Enters Smith College.
When 15-year-old Lillian Yosels-
vitz enters Smith College this Sep-
tember with a scholarship, she will b-
one of the youngest students wh o
ever entered that institution of learn-
ing,
Besides this claim to distinc-
tion, Lillian has achieved several oth-
ers which make her worthy of praise.
Lillian is coming to Smith Colleg e
from the B'nai B'rith Orphanage at
Erie, Pa., which has been her home
since 1918, when she entered as a
sixth grade pupil. In a year and a
half she had completed her grammar
studies at the orphanage and was ad-
mitted to the Girard, Pa., Iligh
School, This spring she graduated
from high school as the valedictorian
of her class and was the first orphan.
age girl to graduate from high school.
She was at the same time confirmed
at the Eighth Street Temple at Erie.
Shortly after graduation she was in-
formed that she had passed her col-
l ege entrance examinations and had
been awarded a scholarship at Smith
College.
Lillian's father is a Hebrew teach-
er at Scranton, Pa., who when her
mother became so seriously ill that
she had to be sent to a sanitarium.
found himself unable to provide a
home for his daughter. The Erie
Orphanage, despite its name, is also
a home for friendless children, and
as such opened its doors to the little
girl.
lion. Isador Sobel has been presi-
dent of this orphanage since its in-
ception 10 years ago.
THE CARAVAN
A New Hebrew Melody by
Marlin
Feinstein, in "In Memoriam."
The camels are leaving Jerusalem,
Swarthy Arabs are driving them,
And the tinkle of eunuch bells
Rings in my dreams, though the
world's between
Myself and the City I've never se - en,
But 0, where my whole heart dwells!
The camels come softly stepping down
The road that leaves the holy town, ,
Moving in single file.
And my thoughts keep pace with the
caravan,
That's bound for Dimaschk or Hin-
dustan,
Or Cairo on the Nile;
Till the bells of the eunuchs are heard
no more,
And the fall of their feet on the desert
floor
Is lost with the sight of them.
Then hack to the hill-throned City
ride,
With a song on my lips for my Ivil ∎
bride,
My beloved Jerusalem.
Reduce the
Skidding Danger!
-; Buick Your-wheel Brakes
The Badge of Labor.
SCHOOL, 80 PER CENT
JEWISH, SETS HOLIDAY
AS EXAMINATION DATE
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—Jewish
students of the Brooklyn Law School
are very much exercised over the at-
titude of the dean of the school in set-
ting Rosh Ala-Shanah as the date for
the examinations.
More than SO per cent of the stu-
dent body is Jewish. Representatives
of the students visited the Dean and
asked him to change the date, but the
Dean remained obdurate to the pro-
tests. He is reported to have an-
nounced that the examinations would
be held on that date.
Who Are the Wise?
(From Ethics of the Father..)
They who have governed with a self control
Each wild and baneful passion of the soul—
Curbed the strong impulses of all fierce desires,
But kept alive affection's purer fires;
Those who have passed the labyrinth of life
Without one hour of weakness or of strife;
Prepared each change of future to endure,
Humble tho' rich, and dignified tho' poor—
Skilled in the latest movements of the heart—
Learned in that lore which nature can impart;
Teaching that sweet philosophy aloud
Which sees the silver lining of the cloud;
Looking for good in all beneath the skies—
Those only can be numbered with the wise.
—ANONYMOUS.
We have good reason for our en-
thusiasm at labor's entering the ranks
of the builders' of Zion. We derive
our faith and trust in Zionism from
the original principles of the move-
ment, when Dr. Theodor Herz! pre-
scribed for the Promised I.and
badge of labor. Speaking of a flag
for the Jewish homeland, Dr. Herz!
proposed "a white banner, bearing
seven golden stars. The white field
symbolizing our pure new life; the
seven stars, the seven golden hours
of our working day. For we shall
march into the Promised Land carry-
ing the badge of labor.' In quoting
the late Dr. Ilerzl, we must supple-
ment the above statement with the ex-
planation that the founder of the mod-
ern Zionist movement wrote the above
27 years ago, in 1896, at a time when
the working day ran in length from
10 to 14 and 15 hours. Had Ilerzl
written his Judenstaat today he might
have looked forward to the five-hour
day. We wish it for Palestine, un-
der ideal realization , of the dreams of
a people with aspirations and hopes
for the creation of a model center.
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every driver encounters on wet
pavements.
The action of the simple yet posi-
tive Buick brakes not only slows
down the car safely but keeps it
steady, preventing skidding to
either side.
N .-
Buick four-wheel brakes operate
with slight pressure on the serv-
ice brake pedal, are of the Buick-
proved external contracting type
and function independently of the
emergency brake.
Buick has taken this advanced
step of designing four-wheel brakes
on its 1924 cars in conformance
with its well-known policy of pro-
viding owners with the safest and
most dependable transportation.
We will be pleased to give you •
you prove
the effectiveness of Buick four-
Palestine and American Labor.
The action of the United Hebrew
Trades in planning for cooperation in
the rebuilding of the Jewish homeland
came as a result of a plea from the
Jewish workers of Palestine for the
Jewish workers of America to join
hands with them in the reconstruction
efforts of Israel. The plea from Pal-
estine pointed out that 16,000 Jewish
workers are organized there, that 11,-
000 workers settled on the land since
the end of the war, and that many
of the pioneers, who had never done
any hard work in their lives, but were
rather engaged in commerce and spec-
ulation. are now employed in building
roads, stone breaking and in the fac-
tories. And the plea pointed also to
the success attained by the Palestine
workers in cooperative efforts. Eighty-
three workers' cooperative groups
have been formed, these serving as
models for the future Jewish com-
munity. The Jewish workers in the
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four-wheel brakes reduce
to a minimum the skidding danger
demonstration and let
wheel brakes yourself.
Buick Motor Company, Detroit Branch
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Harley Buick Company
1752 Casa Ave.
Louis Rose Buick Co.
1081 Woodward Ave.
Highland Park
Zeckendorf
Owen tk Graham Co.
28411 : . Crand Blvd.
at Oakland
West Side Buick Co.
5834 West Fort at.
CO.
Pfent & Decker
5740 Mark Ave.
Telot re Buick Company
G. II. Fleetham
Siegel -
4114 35 oothvard Ave.
k173 Grand River Ave.
yandot te. Mich.
When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them