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$155,000 GIVEN BY 'Ignitor still El
Notes
17 MEN TO YESHIVA
115
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$5,000,000 Fund for Jewish Sunday Services:
Next Sunday morning Dr. Franklin
College "to Bring Torah
will give the final sermon in his
to American Jews."
course on the symbolism of the tem-
-
Jo.eon
11• Chas
, PIP windows under the special topic,
1C.warrwrIsht, 1921.
NEW YORK.-(J. T. A.)--A total The Least i.nd the Greatest of Sins."
Wel-
of Pittsburgh is • "National Jewish Institution" e nd w hen ,
Iodae was only 1 of $155,000 has been given by 17 men Services begin at 10:45. All are
' h Cohen
.10tia
ia birthday It is of national interest• The
campaign come.
cclehrstes I l
the to launch the $5,000,000
stepping
along
him
old Thanksgiving Day and if you had seen
Theo-
Rabbi Isaac Elcha nen Theo-
I II years of Atlantic City, getting such • rapid pace that it kept the writer i of .the
Sabbath Services:
Seminary.
boardwalk
si this column hard put to keep up with him, you would realize that here logical first contributors were: Ilarry
Ra bbi Henry J. Berwowitz will de.
The
is a rmn who has discovered the fountain of perpetual youth. But Judgel .
liver
the service this Sabbath morn-
$30,-
and
Samuel
Greenstein,
schel
deal more to commend him to the re.Pec the esteem, Fi
000
each;
Morris
Glaser,
Mendel
Got-
ing
at 10:30.
reat
has ■ g
Cohen
h. good-will and the affection of American Jewry than the mere fact ltesman, S. A. Israel, Nathan Lam-1
e
t
Freehof's Last Lecture:
of 83 and st ill in active service on the bench. H
rt, Joseph Polstein and Gustave S. professor
his reaching the •ge
He ha. been R
On Friday afternoon, Dec. 21, Dr.
f ,,, o fpineag t o Ms people and to his fa it
R oth, $10,000 each; Nathan Roggen,'
*has lived ah Iii. o
for the welfare of the Amerimn Jewry over •
$5,000 Bayer
each; and
Mark Fr
, eehof will deliver the last lecture
Leon
Kamaiki,
Samuel
uartrnitliog
But he has not limited his service. to Jews alone, but
of his series. A large attendance is
in ears.
Ana
Brot h e rs,
period
b 5 y one of the outstanding leader. in the life of his home city, 1Roggen
ha. of
been
for.
I
by the people of all , Horowitz, M. W. Levine, Abraham hoped
I,.
and he has been honored innumerable times
1Levy, Abraham Cohen, J. Siegel and
Pittsburgh,
whether there is • man in the city of Pittsburgh who
each.
Arthur, $2,000
Suet '
faiths. 1
such • wide acquaintance or who Is so generally beloved •s u go
Bernard Revel, president of the PICK MEMBER OF THIRD
Cohen. It is interesting to note that on the day of his birthday he Yeshiva-Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theo-
GENERATION PRESIDENT
Josiah in Atlantic City his "young" friend, the Rev. Dr. Armhold, who is logical Seminary, announces that of
visited
OF MONTEFIORE LODGE
nly 95! Thes• two youngsters enjoyed • long visit and-let me whisper the 11 students graduated from the
o
Teachers' Institute of the seminary
it-both of them are inveterate smokers!
Montefiore Lodge No. 12, Free
in the impressive exercises two weeks
Thursday
smile, ago, 10 had accepted positions in Sons of Israel, at a meeting
Please read the following letter slowly. It will surely make you
evening, elected the following new
the
various Jewish schools before receiv- officers: Max Michelson, president;
you happen to know Zangwill. This letter ma. written to
es pecially if
ing their diplomas. The eleventh Joseph Mellinoff, vice-president; Jo-
editor of the New York Times:
graduate decided, instead of accept- seph Lichtenstein, treasurer; Harry
ing a teaching position, to continue York, secretary; Arthur Gottesman,
"Mr. Zangwill is mistaken when, in his farewell message to the
his studies at the Yeshiva.
American people, he Bays that I 'berated' him for leaving upon a
Beniamin D. Marls and Marner Le-
Dr. Revel pointed to the fact that tinsky, trustees.
certain occasion after he had made a speech and before I had made
the Yeshiva's ideal-to bring the To-
mine. That is funny, but it isn't true, and is another example of
Mr. Michelson, the newly elected
rah to American Jewry-has found a president, is the son of Leo Michel-
I and a great many other people particularly objected to in Mr.
what
ready response in the soul of the the late Simon A. Ascher, who was
Zangwill's public utterances. If you are being frank 'for somebody
young American-born Jew. A ma- non, past-president, and grandson o f
else's good' it is essential not to sacrifice the fact for the sake of
jority of the graduates of the Teach- president of Montefiore Lodge in his
be i n g witty.
Mr. Zangwill at all; I merely
ers' Institute are native-born and, he
'berate'
I
did
not
days.
'To begin with,
ill-
was
tired,
him;
he
declared, American-born boys at the
tried to explain him. Indeed, I felt sorry for
Mr. Lichtenstein, the new treas-
Yeshiva arc showing as willing ■ urer, has served the lodge as an al-
and, at times, almost floundering in his sincere efforts to
natured,
spirit in their work as the European cer for 25 years. Ile was greeted by
be unpleasant. To end with, I would be the last person in the world
students. "That is because they are the members in appreciation of his
to 'berate' any one for not waiting to hear me make a speech. I am
hungry for intensive Torah studies, work. Messrs. Michelson and Lich-
painfully aware of my lack of ability in that direction. I was merely
I
because the Yeshiva fills the want for tenstein were picked to represent the
pointing out to Mr. Zangwill that his speech lost some of its effective-
which they are spiritually starving," lodge at the Grand Lodge convention
ness by his neglect of personal courtesy. Even in England, that
sprawled out
Dr. Revel explained. "A decade ago, to be held in Chicago.
land of hardy criticism, it is not good manners to sit
Orthodox Jewry in America was gen-
in the front row of an audience reading a newspaper while other
The following new committees
erally of the opinion that the Ameri- were appointed: Social, Joe Mel-
people are speaking, and Mr. Zangwill would not have been so late
can child was not adapted to the find! and Arthur Gottesman; pub
in getting to bed had he confined himself, in his turn, to the 15
study of the Torah. It was believed licity, Mr. Gottesman; membership
minutes which each speaker was supposed to consume. Instead of
that his time was too much taken up
speaking for 16 minutes, he spoke for over an hour. It was no-
Abe Sandelman, Abe Ascher and Eh
by regular school work and that con- I Fink; auditing, Leo Michelson, Ber-
tired. If there was any personal
was
body's fault but his own if he
editorial
ditions being so different here in
chagrin on my part-and I certainly did not put it into my
America, he would not be found te nerd Marx and Adolph Freund; ath-
Mr. Zangwill-it was because, being the last speaker, I found
Litinsky and Harry
about
But the letic, Ill
be so willing a student.
myself at 11 o'clock at night, with a speech on my hands, facing an
Yeshiva has shown in the results it York. The sick committe is to con-
"STRUTIIERS BURT."
audience.
has accomplished that just the reverse sist of the president, vice-president
utterly weary and bored
- •
is true. and treasurer.
greater degree than in
The next meeting will be held on
Never were the evils of Monism displayed to ■
"I can't emphasize too strongly
the oho x' c,. and thoroughly ill-timed intrusion of Klansmen at the tia• that the Yeshiva is not primarily for Thursday evening, Dec. 27.
to
onument in Long Island when they attempted
training of rabbis. We need here
veiling of a soldiers' m
"K K K " at the foot of the monument. the
place a wreath bearing t le
in this country a real Jewish laity
To say that it outraged all sense of the fitness of things is to express it
real Jewish leaders imbued with
sn L •refused to permit the symbol of fanatiealland
mildly and the
striking the ideals of the Torah. The Yeshiva
hatred and can-Americanism to desecrate the monument. The most
The volunteers who assisted in col-
of High School has over 100 graduates,
the occasion w. the impassioned statement of Rabbi Landman
only 15 per cent of whom have con- lecting the $310 gathered on Flag
feature of
New York, who is also editor of the American Hebrew.
tinued their Ilebrew work. The rest Day, Dec. 2, for the Jewish National
pursuing higher academic courses, Fund, follow, with the amounts col-
Klansmen not to promote discord and are
lected by each committee: Henrietta
training for professions, etc., in
Dr. Landman appealed to the -
dissension, for the very boys-Protestant, Catholic and Jews-to whose
universities. But t hey are Katzer, $29.63; Betty and Jennie
this monument was being unveiled, had fought side by side-all lyres wart
and and uncompromising ng to Horvitz, $30.81; Ruth Neiman and
f
stalwart
o
memory this
Sarah Gittleman, $20.89; Ben Cohen
returni
Americans-for the glory of their country and for the common good
often be
who
r epresentatives of a
and Bessie Silverman, $20; Eva Croll,
' d He remarked that on Thanksgiving Day
a ll the Yeshiva to study."
Naomi Buchhalter and Mollie Cha-
denominations had held union services to commemorate the gr
igious beliefs on the subjct of Ameri•
, hensky, $18.60; Sylvia Pelavin and
day. Regardless of differences in eel
eal
to
the
reason
of
men
1Ethel
Olender, $4.22; Anna Matoff
tempt to app
canitm, they stand as one. But to at
I of the rabbi the Klansmen
I and Evelyn Newman, $8.65; Harry
the
who have noreason ss futile, so after
Stoffer, $4.05; Harry Katz and Julian
again attempted to place the wreath symbolizing dissemion on the monu- Weekly Dances:
Saturday evening, Dec. 15, the final Grace, $11.86; Fagan brothers, $3.21;
ment, but they were driven off by the real 100 per cent Americans! The
Jennie Schechter and Bertha Tem-
decision
will
be
made
on
the
prize
New York Times says editorially:
elimination contest. Expert judges chin, $11.32; M. Stern and Lawrence
will be present to choose the prize Jacobs, $8.40; Fred Malannui and
"Not much force, fortunately, was necessary. No yearning for
Morris Soloveichick, $4.62; Harry
martyrdom was shown by any of the Klansmen, and their defeat was
dancers.
Lauder and Max Chomsky, $7.69;
a sorry spectacle for their deluded admirers."
Nathan Shur and Elkan Buchhalter,
Pa l" .:
good book to read? Hare are four that Heywood Brous "Y" The first "Y" paper will be pub- $10.47; Meyer Harrison and Seymour
Do you went ■
lished for the next monthly meeting, Tilchin, $17.05; Theodore and Abe
gays he has enjoyed most among the recent publications:
Dec. 30. Send all social news to Miss Baruch, $2.01; Gilbert Miller and
Rose Miller, care United Jewish Char- Norton Rosen, $6.68; Sam Nushef-
"A Lost Lady," by Willa bather; "The Puppet Master," by
sky and David Edelheit, $3.86; Lot-
687 East High street.
Robert Nathan; "Antic Ilay," by Aldous Huxley, and "Lummox,"
tie
tie Gantzevitz, $7.75; Harry Steer,
by Fannie Hurst.
$4.15; Mary Newman and Fay Gore-
,
S mphony Concert:
be read quite so y A party to Symphony Hall to at- , lick, $9.07; Helen Gorelick and Anna
If you want something • bit stronger and that can't
am i n i ck , $7 . 91 ; Sam Kalman and
tend
the
popular
concert
is
planned
R
If a. those Braun mentions, I sugars. "K•ngaroo," by D. H. Lawrence.
for Sunday afternoon, Dec. 15. Meet ,Sol Rabinowitz, $3.54; Jack Allweil ,
If you intend to go to New York in the near future and want a good play- I at the clubhouse at 2:30 sharp and $1.36; Sylvia Weinberg, $3.35; Reu
here are the seven that Braun picks out as his favorites, and he is an Cu- i
ben Cohen and Aaron Lipshitz,
' we'll all go together.
thority on plays:
814.26; Joseph Solomon and Miss N.
Swan," "Sancho
Finkelstein, $10.45; Marion Golden-
Ethics
Class:
Social
"Tarnish," "Rain," "Aren't We All?" "The
Mrs. David Epstean will address berg and Sophie Horvitz, $6.05; Ben
Panto," "Queen Victoria" and "The Nervous Wreck."
the social ethics class on Tuesday Ropes, ;2.74; Anna Meyers and Miss
unusual sig- evening, Dec. 18, on "Personality Kovalsky, $12.84; Louis Levine,
A reader sends me the appended editorial. It is of such
that not alone every Jewish newspaper but every daily newspaper, and the Art of Conversation." $1.62.
G1AS. JOSEPH--
wits ki] for
*tit f cape.
Idfon,
he an-
, in th e war
mid.
and vvospie.
chart. es of
I it,-teal for
i,1
ailing
anti rs were
pen:al.le on a
may' Bic fully
anxiety to
d and
time; there-
I
would
at
ler the Anier-
n under any
dickered out
,
.xpression.
he said.
like my Ad-
har• several
P his service
rerespect for
his loyalty.
nd, I meet a
y respect his
11T it." With
yule the Em-
weld out of
!nt again over
1, he heard a
I the other
was standing
is head con-
that couldn't
'A man that's
often as you,
rt.martialed,"
its anger, at
ul men who
[ have always
very slightly
t believes the
corporal pun-
mia rkable how
te an interest
k?" he said to
just come up.
mtenant Levy
's shouldn't be
nation and so
wy should not
nswerisl Levy.
salve and bra.
rave seen them
very little rea.
that this form
he abolished."
.evy turned to
al which had
4s he did so he
Ish in the eyes
holding the
his teeth with
at day that law
rasa.
maturelIriah
ranking officer
[any, died, they
done. "lie was
or the abolition
;I r e of corporal
ivy." Ile had
iretudice which
'broach his CA-
him at last to
navy • before II
had proved so
lism and
dee,*
raordinary ANL
reinstated with
. most, and had
0. To this disc
vablahle chart
at made. and
the navy. both
at his own ex-
Linn.
'oung Judi. an.
A.erty with the
hand to riches
)n why
cars
d do not
ire too
!rs and
which
in off
and pre•
in any
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iparison
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J. N. F. NOTES
Y. W. H. A. NOTES
nificance
every magazine in this country, should find room for it. Just at this time,
idespread d e monstration of per-
when the country is being treated to a w
verted Americanism, religious and class hatred, the act of Alexander Sond-
heimer, • Jew (the basis of the editorial) points • moral that should be of
great value in bringing about a return to "normalcy" in American life:
cam ill afford to spare such • man.
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EDER
WOODWARD Art
The name of Dr. Louis II. Land-
Campaign of the Palestine De-
man, the well known physician and
velopment Leagues in
Zionist of Cincinnati, who died last
Full Swing.
year in Jerusalem, has been in-
scribed, together with the name of I
Palestine De- the late Mrs. Landman, in the Golden
establish
Book of the Jewish National Fund by
lopment Council to
leagues and to organize groups of their daughter, Miss Eva Landman
workers for the economic upbuiltling of New York. The late Dr. Land-
of Palestine is in full swing in New man is the father of the well known
York and other cities. anti-Zionist, Rabbi Isaac Landman of I
A very successful meeting
Brooklyn.
I held in Brooklyn Monday night, Dec.
The recently deceased Louis No-
13, which was addressed by Judge Ju-
I than W. Mack and Joseph Barondess. vick, a Zionist of Boston, requested
persons
enrolled
as
his
children in his last will to always
I More than 50
members of the Greater New York been a National Fund box in their
homes.
His seven sons and daughters
League. Judge Mack and Mr.
sondes will again address a meeting have promptly complied with his wish.
in East New York Saturday evening,
.
-
Dec. 15, at Temple Sinai. Other en.' 1 The Congregation Ahavath Zion of
gagements for Judge Mack in New Detroit sent in to the J. N. F. Bureau
York and Brooklyn include an ad- $50 as part of its ticket sale for the
dress at the Brooklyn Jewish Center, I High Holidays.
Friday evening, Dec. 14, and a talk
!
at Rabbi Israel Goldstein's synagogue,
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, New Union of American Hebrew
$150,000.
York. Ile will also be the guest and
$50,000,
C o ngregations Announces
To the United Charities, 10 per cent, or approximately
speaker at the regular meeting of the
,
G i fts of $52716.
one-half of which is to be devoted to the day nursery and one-half
Gr and Street Boys, Tuesday evening,
to the old folks' home.
Dec. 18.
Gifts
totalling
$52,716.67,
were an- 1
To the Boy Scouts of Muskogee, 10 per cent, or approximately
Mrs. Caroline Greenfield was the
nounced by the Union of American
guest and speaker at a dinner Dec.
$50.000.
Hebrew
Congregations
last
week. I
To the Beth Ababa Jewish Congregation of Muskogee, 10 per
3 of the Buffalo Palestine Develop-
cent, or approximately $50,000.
ment League. The dinner was very These gifts were received since June.'
The
largest
gift
is
for
$50,000
which !
largely attended, there being over
At the date of this distribution the estate will, under the most
was given by the New York Conven-
conservative handling, total $500,000. And it all goes into the
600 members in the Buffalo league.
1
tion
Committee
of
the
Jubilee
Conven-
charity in Sondheimer's home town. Ile was a Jew. Ile
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise will speak
broadest
tion. The other gifts were from Otto
was foreign born. But both in life and death he proved himself a
in Hartford, Conn., on Dec. 23.
Rice of Chicago, for $250, towards the
most heroic type of an American.
scholarship fund; from Mrs. Mollie
There is a tremendous lesson in this story. And there is also an
B'nai B'rith Dance Sunday, Eppinger of Bismarck, N. D., for $100
overwhelming rebuke. Let all of us receive meekly both the lesson
December 30.
toward Memorial Fund Hebrew Union
and the rebuke.
Coliege, in memory of her sister Nan-
Pisgah cy Nathan; from Henrietta Klein of
The
Ladies'
Auxiliary
of
Here is an item of real interest. I could scarcely believe the evidence
w i ll
New York for $100, a memorial do-
eyes when I caught sight of this headline in • daily papers Lodge No. 34, I. 0. B.
of my own
itg'next monthly dance at Hotel Start- { nation in memory of her husband,
ler on Sunday evening, Dec. 30.
The Klein;
from the Rodef Sha-
Samuel
ASKS DAMAGES FOR JEWS.
of Pittsburgh, for
proceeds will go for charitable pus-liSu
Warsaw Protests to Berlin Against Mistreatment of Polish
poses.
Regular meetings of the auxiliary I 8300, toward the Scholarship Fund in
Citizens.
honor of Dr. Kaufmann Kohler 's 80th
are held on Monday evenings at the birthday; from Touro Synagogue,
•g•inst the smstreatmen
But it was true h An official protest
er with other PJew s, suf. B'nai B'rith club rooms, Brus h
New Orleans, for $100, a donation in
wish citizens P
of Poland, toget
Plundering which Jewish
olis h Am - Adams. All interested are invited memory of Rabbi Isaac Louis Lewitt; !
t
d b yhe
f„di„,
th.'
fere ,' during the recent disorders in Berlin, was lodge a of d e
from Mrs. Millard D. Lowenstein of
•
j ba ,,,,
to
,, , ador with the Chancellor. It is charged
couraged the rioters. And Poland
Cincinnati, for $100, a donation in
, In m•ny inst•nces the police en
erhe d•m• Detroit Life Reports General memory of her brother-in-law, Sig- 1
fficials and reparatio n for t
o
w.ots Germany to punish the guilty
the dawn o f a be tt era for
mund Feld; from Isaac Kuhn of
Business
Betterment.
ages. All this d is very interesting an
Champaign, Ill., for $100, toward the
the Jew in Poland.
Endowment Fund: from Rodef Shal-
T he ft* riot sportmade by the De-
H•ys American Isr•el ost o ne
cm Temple Confirmation Cl ans o f
troit
Life
Insurance
Company
shows
In the death of Daniel Peixotto
n the highest
J
a rcord
of new business written in ' Pittsburgh, for $350, toward the
distinguished members. He was an American and • Jest i
e
state of Michigan in the month Scholarship Fund; from Henry
r esidence makes for preferred
meaning of those terms. If priority of
family tree that has the
' , Hirsch of Toledo for $500, a Hebrew
could boast of ■
mericanism, then Daniel P. H•y•
the Congressional of November totaling $1,522,000.
m embers of
This
brings the total of the Detroit Union College donation; from Mrs. I
older American branches than those of the
and
Bing of Cincinnati, for $100, 1
committee. He Ivas born in Pleasantville, N. Y., in 1854
Life organization up to $18,192,000 ' Jennie
the religious interests of his
in memry of her sister, Millie Living-
and the for the 11 months of 1923 just
the greater part of his life was 'devoted to
from
Summer Congregation at
passed. Compared with the same shin;
people. He w •ctive in the work of the Hebrew Union College
h•d been an officer of Temple
period of a year ago, when the sec- Sarandaga Park, Gloversville, N. Y.,'
Semiry. For 30 years he
Jewish Theolo Seminary.
mainly through his efforts that the congre•
d was $15 000 000 there is an in- for $116.67; from I. D. and .1. M. Ed-
Israel, in New York, and it was
among the c ongregations or
crease of $3,192,000, or more than el, of Houston, Texas for $200, in
• •
an Imp° ,
gatio n mane to occupy such ■
in civic work and was • re-
per cent. These figures are par- I memcr of their mother, Ella Edel,
was
deeply
interested
21
of the metropolis.
and tether, Abraham Edel, and from
spected and valuable member of many of New York's leading civic organize. ticularly interesting as reflecting a
an American citisen and
general
betterment througlout the Mrs. Sol Fox of Cincinnati for $100,
"..s. A. a Jewish lay leader, as philanthropist.
Daniel P. Hays onus an outstanding figure. This country state of Michigan. in memory of her dear departed ones.
■ s • religious Jaw,
LESSON FROM OKLAHOMA
(Tulsa, Okla., World.)
Alexander Sondheimer, a Jew, came to Muskogee many, many
years ago. He became a commission merchant, buying hides, pecans,
wool, etc. Muskogee, at that time, was not larger than is Owasso
today. But Sondheimer's men traveled over the Indian Territory
buying the products of the great reservations. The firm was a worthy
the whole territory
one, and contributed splendidly to the welfare of
and the merchandising repute of Muskogee.
in
weeks
ago
this
man
was
killed
in
a
motor
accident
A few
body was returned to Muskogee and laid to rest in the
France. His
community where his life had been so largely spent. Recently his
will was filed for probate. And now we come to the interesting sig-
nificant part of the story. The bulk of the estate is left under a
deed of trust to a prominent Muskogee bank, to be held in trust
fig 25 years, after which it is to be disposed of as follows:
per cent, or approximately
To the Y. M. C. A, of Muskogee, 30
$150,000.
To the First Presbyterian Church of Muskogee, 10 per cent, or
approximately $60,000.
To the Y. W. C. A. of Muskogee, 30 per cent, or approximately
Frank & Seder
a Great
all
---
The campaign of the
NewMotorbus
=Service=
The Detroit Motorbus Company begs to announce to
its patrons that, having received permission from the
Common Council of the City . of Detroit, service com-
menced December 11th on the following new routes:
EAST GRAND BOULEVARD
from the Belle Isle Bridge to the General Motors Bldg.
First Bus Leaves
5:53 A. M.
Belle Isle Bridge
6:28 A. M.
General Motors Building
Last Bus Leaves
12:12 A. M.
12:37 A. M.
JOHN R. STREET
from the foot of Woodward Avenue to the Ford Factory
Last Bus Leaves
First Bus Leaves
Foot of Woodward
Ford Factory
7:25 A. M.
6:45 A. M.
12:25 A. M.
11:45 P. M.
Detroit Motorbus Co.
W. F. EVANS, President: