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got your from giving. Ile may find his bank account
somewhat reduced, but he probably need not forswear
any comforts or luxuries for himself or his family. We
By D. WEDECLEFSKY
are not unmindful that the numerous calls for local,
y The Jewish Cluseskie P0,141.108 Ca- lac.
Published Weekly ►
national and foreign assistance have been rather annoy
PAPER ISSUES 10,000TH
their Christian neighbors afterwards.
Joseph J. Cummins, President and Editor
ing to some, but with good grace it must be remembered
The strong Jewishness of the Jews
NUMBER
I was very amused once to hear tat,
Jacob H. Schakne, General Manager
of the South African Union has been
that this is not a local condition but unhappily one
The Jewish Daily Forward, The
Jews hotly debating a point in Chris-
the subject of a good deal of specula-
e York
as Beeond-clase wetter March 3, 1911, at the PostofEc• at Detroit.
Yiddish
daily
of
Na'
tiara dogma which had been raised by
obtains
everywhere.
Socialist
which
tion. It has aroused admiration, it
ast....4
Mich., under the Mt of March 3. ISM
the local preacher in his sermo n .
and the second oldest Jewish daily
t t ions as to why in
This city has its quota of tubercular who must have
rtused quist,
l ,
newspaper in the greater city, vele-
has
r
General Offices and Publication Building
h'
medical attention and the comforts of a sanitarium or
t
scs•nappearance
o
• tt ri: th.
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b
e ef a tesd pot!: tl turse
isptihrt African l e ' oi (-)
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i In Jewish
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t
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n
850 High Street West
that their lives would be te'rr iai'le.' it
thousandthttli
thousandth
tuberculosis hospital. Two institutions in this country
strong among the Jewish population.
Cahle Address: Chronicle
manage to* be close
occasion the Forward reviewed its
ey
th
Telephone: Glend•le 9300 London Oflit w
.
Immanuel
Olsvanger,
the
Jewish
Dr.
have devoted their kindliness, effort and thought to
and the
interest in each
own growth end developm
fr ie nd
orist, whose book of collected folk
folklorist,
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England
ent a nines,
making the lot of these sufferers as pleasant as possible.
comm
others'
i dig kst .
• o doings.
growth
v
"Almonds and Raisins," put :
$3.00 Per Year
In
Namaqualand
the
Jews were the
particularly in Greater New York
The Jews of America have responded to the calls which
fished a year or two ago caused wide-
Subscription, in Advance
iermanent house ( , f
• • r s since the appear-
hest
est
during th 27 jta
spread interest not only among Jens
k roost reach this
from
time
to
time
were
sent
out
and
Detroit
has
done
ve
rtter
r
worship. The pastor of the Dutch Re-
a nte of its first issue.
has been for some years past in South
T. Meer• yobileation. m all kcoriespo:dence.eind ne
o
formed Church praised the Jews in his
B. Batvinik, one of the Forward
its share in this necessary and helpful work. The latest
Africa. In the course of his stay he
interest
sermon and appealed to his congrega-
writers, concludes a lengthy review of
Chronicle incites correspondence on subjects of
has
travelled
through
the
length
and
undertaking
on
behalf
of
the
National
Jewish
Hospital
DetroitJewish
rs.
but diselaim. responsibUity for no indorsement of the
tion to follow their example and to
the
development
of
Jewish
settlements
1e the Jewieb people,
breadth of the country. Ile knows
- man
flow. expressed by the writer..
in this country since the Forward was
build also a permanent house of wor-
tor consumptives in Denver was practically none
.: •ry outlying place of Jewish settle-
started,
with
the
fellow
mg
pars-
about
Nissan 30, 5685 job, splendidly done by Milford Stern, who raised
April 24, 1925
graphs:
there
e
t
with
the younger generation things
s
l
e
'1"\P
V.
tSr
ett
i
at
nii
Palestine
es
l
'
i
roceed
N ";;)
I to
t' e p t.
$9,000 of the $15,000 quota for Detroit.
"The East Side and Williamsburg
are beginning to he different. Their
permanently. tie is a man whose
The balance of $6,000 which Detroit is asked to con-
then (meaning 27 years ago) the
Rabbi Hershman on Hadassah.
education
for the last 10 or 15 years
k e
knowledge of South African Jewry is
sections,
Jewish
nt
orta for the Hadassah Bazaar to be opened
imp
1
has been outside the home. The Jew-
only
tribute must be forthcoming at once if this wealthy,
I bespeak
as wide us his travels among them. 13 Y
Brownsville was just beginning to de-
'.e .
is
receiving
ish
child
in
South
Af:
temperament and inclination he has
Sunday afternoon the hearty and generous support of
dynamic, responsible city is to maintain its place among
velop; the Bronx was all undiscovered
a European education which his par-
busied himself not only with the places
country for the Jews; Harlem was in
cots did not have. They get new ideas.
the cities which have a social and civic conscience.
e has gone d eply in-
he has visited, but
the community.
its first stages; 'Boro-Park and other
The parents are unable to satisfy
to the character and the life of the
The Hadassah is a remarkable organization. Its
Frankly, Detroit should give from its abundance
present day Jewish sections were eh-
'
their spiritual longings. Sonic of the
People.
for a reason which is not nearly so persuasive for other
one preoccupation has been The healing of the breach
solutely unknown. Now we have a
best schools in 'SouthJ Af rica are the
In his opinion one of the principal
a
number
of
great
flourishing
Jewish
ewish
paren
nts
Cac conve.
of the daughter of my people." It has proved to be
cities with large Jewish populationy The fact which
reasons for the strong Jewish feeling
communities in New York of which
i n country
ou
places, do
thse
o
especially th
which exists among the Jews of South
powerful factor in the work of rehabilitation going
we have in mind is the absence of a Jewish hospital ;
the East Side is the metropolis, the
ei r c hild re n, particularly
not like
Africa, is that the Jews of South Af-
most important of a number of Jew-
while
in
cities
of
lesser
Jewish
population
they
do
have
their
daughters,
to
board
in
private
on in Palestine.
rico cane from Lithuania 20 or 30
ish cities in America. All the great
houses; so they board in the convent
The task in which it is engaged should appeal to
commodious, splendidly-staffed Jewish hospitals which
years ago full of Jewish national feel-
Jewish sections in and around New
ts at onversiby
en
N o
schools.
ing. It has remained within them be-
all Jews. It maintains hospitals, clinics, laboratories
serve the needs of our co-religionists. Detroit Jewry,
York and the Jewish settlements all
attempnvents
ceither
co
are m ade i n the
cause there was nothing in the life in
over
the
country
are
giving
the
East
the
principal
or
the
teachers,
but
the
and a Nurses' Training School. It is responsible for
although at present remiss in this most needful hospital-
South Africa to call to it to mingle
Side a new significance and a n e w
child is during the most important
the medical and sanitary services in the immigrants'
ization, should consider itself fortunate that it is not
and become diluted. There has been
educational years deprived of all Jew-
mission.
0 0 assimilation movement in South
camps and hostels and in many of the Jewish colonies,
taxed more for these tubercular institutions, for had we
"Great and important changes or-
ish influence. That is a grave fault.
Africa because there was nothing to
cur
during
the
10,000
days
of
the
For-
C
It should not be difficult for South
and for the medical inspection of the Jewish schools.
already established our hospital the tax placed upon
attract the assimilative tendencies of
c
ward's existence. The Fermin' was
African Jewry to establish Jewish
the Jews. The culture of South Af-
Its hospitals and clinics are freely open to all sections
Detroit Jewry for the sick would be ten times as much
an important and a leading factor
a
lrordig
n schools in which to educte
a
riea WaS not strong enough to influ-
nt
during
a
these
changes.
Ten
thou-
hildren.
There
is
a
moveme
as
Denver
and
Los
Angeles
ask
of
us.
ll
ir
c
the
of the community.
once the Jewish culture which they
ues had already appeared.
sand
The Hadassah has a glorious record of achieve-
The $15,000 quota for Detroit is not for mainten-
They iss
were 10,000 great and valuable brought with them. The government among many of the African Jews to
senei
i not
f to settle in
r
d th children,
of South Africa has been tolerant of
ment to its credit. Its appeal should find an answering
ance but for extensions in the form of the B'nai B'rith
lessons in Jewish life in America. The
Pal es tine , at least to study there at C
national movement. Under General
I,
number
10,000
printed
on
the
front
the
Hebrew
University.
This a very
echo in the heart of every Jew and every Jewess. Its
Infirmary building which was to have been completed
Smuts it was notoriously friendly to
W
page of this issue of the Forward is
important move, for the young JOS
effort to raise funds should meet with an enthusiastic
Jewish national aspirations. General
before this time. It may come as a surprise to Detroit
1
m
hereby called to the particular etten•
who
will
return
to
South
Africa
fro
(
.Smuts left his sympathies i n t hi
s li
Jews to learn that Detroit is the last city in the country
thin of our readers. Let them stop
their schooling in Palestine will bring
response.
section in no doubt. General Hartzog,
RABBI A. M. HERSHMAN.
and
consider
its
significance."
with
them
a
new
feeling
of
Jewishness
to collect its quota. We can explain this on no other
the present Premier, has shown him-
h to the next gener-
The editorial of the Forward in the
wich
will impregna
h
self no less sympathetic to Jewish na-
theory than the failure of the people to grasp the sig-
same issue reviews the career of this
at i on of the Jewis population of
Donal ideals.
paper
as
a
socialist
publication
and
nificance
of
the
need.
Detroit
Jewry
should
respond
The
Jewish
communities
in
South
country
and
keep
alive the strongly
The Smaller Michigan Cities.
reaches a gloomy conclusion because
ndal a wishnessof wh ch is now so
natioke
with characteristic generosity and put this over the top.
Africa live isolated lives. Everythin g
The United Jewish Emergency Fund did not write
Siouth African

Jews Who Live In the Veldts of South"Africa

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the Forward has not yet lived to see
Jefeatu.ree
m ar
ithin
they have in them remains
the establishment of Socialism. The
editors consider that the paper has not them. There are places in South Af- Jewry.
eer, as the good folklor-
i
Dr.
Olsvani
rice which are hundreds of miles from
as yet fulfilled its mission and must
ist he is, could not help observing the
any railway station. The people
manner
same
The negligible vote received by Eric von Loden -
va:ostittii,rti,t5i,edintisinw(tanke in the
ly conie to the large towns, they are growing up of specific Jewish customs
dorff in the recent German election forcasts a definite
not in close contact with civilization, among the Jews of South Africa Inc.
ing the course of his travels. "WIRT-
—
and that is certainly one of the rea-
return of peace psychology in Germany. The Fascist
AFTER THE PARADE
n), of people live together
ever a (crooinninnstml
sons for the phenomenal success o
enders
-
the
Day,
intent
on
o,
nioroosisfariTy ar as,p' rith:
forces behind Ludendorff were the noisy bitter
t •Ltro
fo
kotThtenge(a ltrs t of
e great enthusiasm of the Zionist fund-raisin campaigns t
"
8
re-
s
aid,
of Germany. To these militant psychopaths motivated
American Jews for the Hebrew Uni- South Africa. The peogp le irithese in
mote places, cut off from outside life, up a certain amount of folklore, that
by the kaiser outlook the only
a hope for Germany lay in
varsity in Palestine, published an
is to say, of typical stories, jokes nd
are overwhelmed when they get a vie-
editorial on April 2 in which the ne-
customs common to that particular
the repudiation of every agreement which denied the
iron coming to them in their loneliness
university
for
the
cessay
of
ac
ion
t
u. o
who tells them of great movements community. And to such specific .
vivid and penetrating.
South
tout
is particularly stressed. The Day
j oth,s.cateRendntthat h aasinntgotnS
For several weeks past we have read his accounts supremacy of German militarism and Kultur.
on ftoirte- (,,,ruisgetotahAirtneows•tnrinligtstIte,f }Zintnert toms,
25,000,000 votes cast Ludendorff received 250,000, or
ay has
fgeoatrstLhasto(oiuroropeoof pltehti.Irre jaopyt to
-
as w'eeldino .
(lay
of
festivities,
of his activities and the responses he received. In prac
one per cent. Ordffiarily such a humiliating defeat
Jewishriess. They respond enthusias-
after the celebrations and it
ng wide their hearts and bar mitzvahs and social gathering. f
morrow
tically every case he found a lack of enthusiasm for
i
tLailly, 00pen
t
a j o ,Ary
e a o n f important
Nov that t
tN
u rignetir t h
lel,.
li
irP
t
Jewish,
especially
among
the
younger
people
er
Zr
l'fa
l
.
•Zist1;lilrisbliirc
life
hat :j
h
development
':I
anything
have had practically no Jewish influences. Among a mission and is chosen to save the whole world from
T rhep r e r l'a etshins of the Jews to South
re is a good deal of the life of
universitgy is also new. rIt,
mew. The yet
n
the institution that we Africei with the non Jewish population and there
Who older ones, those who brought their Judaism with annihilation such a defeat is only a temporary setback.
the local Jewish community to be
is not a s
are e x ellen.t. In the small towns the
No doubt we shall hear that the Jewish bankers are re -
a founda-
it if this fact is follow-
the
NiVioonul d like to be; it is but w
J e s a c nd Gentil es live on the best of learned
from Europe, who had partaken of the vast store
. I attach a great deal
; t h e structure is yet to conic,
sponsible for this crushing defeat a dministered the open
ems
together.
When
a
prominent
ed
up c arefull y
them
for or te
Where are we to get the means
e
and
learning
and
who
had
some
ex-
preacher comes
to the local church the of importance to folklore, which I re-
r
of Jewish cultu
enemies of the German people.
it, who will furnish them? An appeal
gaol as the only study which can re-
to
listen
to
him
go
ridden
world
of
their
youth,
he
Jews of the town
Before the election many observers were under the
parlance
in the pogrom -
will be made shortly to the Jewish
p
sermon with Oral the character of a people."
people to help build the university, too and they discuss the
nd a keen interest and a willingness to contribute
impression that the war psychology was so alive due to
fou
just as they are being appealed to to
the mind the Ruhr invasion and the continuous presence of for-
and co-operate.
help in the upbuilding of the Jewish
The inescapable question which arises in
homeland and help the suffering Jews
of every leader in Jewry is what has produced this eign troops that many would cast their lot with the
on the other side of the Atlantic. '
''This will he the test. When the
apathy and disinterestedness among these people con- war forces as represented by Ludendorff and Hitler.
Apparently the democratic creed has penetrated the
ss strce will e
of activ e assistance
ddi-
to
read
taken up, we will find ow deep the
in Germany and today they are peace
An Artisan Who Became an Artist
y,
industry
J ewieh sentiment is and how genuine
this lack of enthusiasm? The answer is obvious to masses
cafe teir
h lives to t he esta blishment of
• will prove whether the
the joy. This
those who will recognize the facts. The Judaic culture
By JOSEPH WOLFF
rtat(i lt ei : wdefr. really . htek true mani-
, vital and dynamic to compete and social advancement.
e the people
t he w 1 o 1
n
Although the election did not choose a president it
is not sufficiently robust
„, r rit
ner's brain that coins can be made
sensation
of
passing
value.
mere
ntage
in
or a
Saxon culture which dominates these appears that the definitely republican coalition is
schavly, n i. little vi
R r
with the Anglo -
a medium between art and the pen-
We hope that the Jewish parades are
-
Russia, w .ere genti ay ruled and the
communities. It has been swamped because of its pal
soldiers but of
f
not
parades
o
wooden
people
worked,
a
boy
of
15,
bundle
in
pie. He saw the value of an artistic
Ion and weakness. In some of the remote parts of the stronger than the nationalist forces represented by von
true soldiers who go into the fray
mitn l a l te l wro coin in the awakening of a love for
set t otfo a wit fkasme.
thc gra
enthusiasm
and
the
beauties of the sculptor and the
world where the Jewish culture is a living, virile thing, Hindenburg, who was named
in
place
of
Jarres.
The
with consci
the
- hard groups is really of little
un-
t gl
faith . This is the mosorious
•
son of a metal worker
and ma ker of painter s art.
although the Jews are numerically insignificant, their total
of
reactionary
die
Through
the influence of the Nu-
bloody
war,
a
war
for
the
spirit,
a
consequence in Germany today, and no matter
who is
family seals; his name was Victor
.
mismatic Society he obtained several
war that entails no other sacrifices
David Brenner, and he was to be the
Judaism survives. It is not a question of numbers .
elected April 26, the international relations
but generosity, affinity of spirit and
commissions
for the designing of
one to bring the ideals of art home to
much as a question of profundity and genuineness of
be affected much while the domestic policy will differ
of common sense. It is this sacrifice
the common people in the form of the medals for various purposes. One of
there commissions was for the execu-
that history now demands of the Jew-
feeling for this authentic culture of Judaism. On the
to an extent that would have resulted if LaFollette had
Lincoln penny, that famous coin
hal people•"
which was such a radical departure tion of the medal that was presented
whole the Jews are but one per cent of the population
been elected instead of Coolidge. Well informed stu-
from the mediocre designs that passed to Nansen and Peary.
of the world and, yet, Judaism has survived in most in-
These commissions naturally were
dents of America know that the essentials of our eco-
THE FATHER OF REFORM
for current coinage.
JUDAISM
not sufficient to enable Brenner to
hospitable climes and milieus, under most difficult cir-
Up to his sixteenth year young
nomic, social and political condition would not have
make
a livelihood, so he carried on
Studying conditions at the begin-
Brenner was employed in his father's
cumstances. Its survival can be explained primarily
been appreciably altered had any of the candidates of
ning of the nineteenth century, we
his business and succedeed no well
little shop and learned the trade of
upon the basis of cultural strength in competition with
find
that
Judaism
was
everywhere
un-
the major parties been elected. Hail some extremist
die-cutting. NOW he wanted bigger that he began to amass a comfortable
der the sway of rigid ceremonialism
banking account. Then the artist in
work than to cater to the Russian
fanatic like Ludendorff been a candidate and had the
other philosophies of life.
and unyielding legalism, and was
him interfered. It made him close up
rural aristocracy.
Why is there no authentic culture of Judaism in
people backed him then we could have looked forward
threatened with decay and decrepi-
his shop after four years of corn-
Ile traveled about from village to
tude. In the synagogue woman Was
these smaller towns of Michigan? It is simply because
merce and transported him to Paris
village, taking orders as they came to
to an internal debacle.
relegated to the gallery to sit behind
—to be exact, to the Academie Ju•
him by chance, or soliciting work at
they have been neglected and often even forgotten by
With the menace of monarchial return laid to rest
curtains, wooden or iron railings, the
lien, where the pupils enjoyed the
the inns. lie passed through a large
those who are the official keepers of Jewish culture. Is
ground floor being reserved for the
it seems that England and France are ready to make a
tuition of Roty, then one of the not
town and entered the establishment of
Louis Busker
men and the boys only. Hers was the
celebrated medalists in Europe. Breen
it. therefore, any cause for wonder that
a firm which made line engraving for
new deal from which the unconscionable clauses of the
unique duty to see that all the cere-
nee became a pupil of Roty's and also
publications and cut rubber stamps.
should find a most disheartening state of affairs, which
Treaty of Versailles will be removed or deleted. Such
monies were scrupulously enforced in
studied sculpture with Alexander
For nine months, Brenner remained
a
veritable
has made him rather pessimistic as to the outlook?
Was
her
household.
She
a condition is a devoutly wished for consummation.
Charpentier, an adherent of the Ro
in this place, learning a new branch
slave to archaic and defunct customs.
din School. After a period of stud}
The status of these communities has very broad im-
of
his
craft.
In
his
eighteenth
year
When this is accomplished there remains but one
The Jewish man, too, was com-
in Paris, Brenner returned to No;
he halted at Riga long enough to
plications. The whole of American Jewry is in a meas-
plague area in Europe—Russia. And with present
pelled to follow unmeaning and life-
York and hung out his shingle as
learn jewelry engraving, in exchange
less religious forms, which while
ure a macrocosm of the smaller communities in Ameri-
medalist. His talent was quickly rec
tendencies there is hope that even there a basis for
for which knowledge he gave his own
beautiful in their significance were
ognized and the National Academe
of die-cutting. At 19 he returned to
ca. Every leader in American Jewry has recognized
accord and understanding may soon be reached.
little understood and soon became
placed him on its teaching staff,
his native province and set up in
the loss in warmth and depth of Judaism which may re-
The defeat of Ludendorff and the Fascisti will dis-
perfunctory. There was little dig-
But Brenner was not yet satisfies
Kovno as an engraver of musical in-
nity or decorum in the synagogue.
with his work. Three years after hi
sult from the stoppage of immigration. It is recognized
pel many fears among our own people who had been
etruments, jewelry and seals.
Any attempt to change the stetes quo
But Kovno and his work there did return to New' York he went back t
as a demonstrated fact the European Jew has a greater
impressed by the sound and fury of the Hitler elements.
was looked upon as a desecration of
Paris and resumed his studies at th
not satisfy his yearnings. At that
ri
love, devotion and appreciation of Jewish culture that
At a distance it is rather difficult to distinguish between
God's name.
Academie, with the definite aim
time America loomed up large in the
Under such existing circumstances,
finally breaking with commercial an
has his American cousin. The challenge has been made
horizon of every ambitious young
the actual and the fictitious. These noisy haters made
a leader with prophetic force was
lie remained in Paris until 12 year
man as the land of fame, fortune and
before and the effect of no contact with the living
such a din that many thought they possessed strength
needed to modernize ancient Jewish
ago, when he came back to Nov. Yor
idealism. Young Brenner came to
forms and adapt them to Western
waters of Jewish culture is apparent in its most devas-
in proportion to the strident shouting that was heard.
New York. without money but with and opened a studio where he estat
civilization. Such a leader appeared
high
skill
in
a
highly-paid
profession.
fished
himself as a sculptor and no'
tating consequences.
We may now write the political epitaph of Luden- at the beginning of the nineteenth
alist.
Ignorant of the customs and Ian-
Romancers may solace themselves with the theory
dorff. He was an excellent quartermaster general and
century in the person of Isaac Mayer
In
1905 he was chosen to desig
guage of the new land, he did not find
that being born a Jew is sufficient to keep Judaism
Wise.
the medal that was to he awarded 1
an excellent anti-Semite. but a very poor statesman.
his fit place even in the profession of
Can,
Gifted with an aggressive mind, he
engraver and had to be contented every workman on the Panama
alive. but the wise man of Israel in the dim past as well
soon saw that with state and Jewish
who remained at work for a peric
with work in a little shop on Essex
authorities opposing his liberal ten-
as the present had builded schools, yeshibahs and uni-
of
two
years.
Considering
the
dill
street. There he engraved badges for
dencies, he would have little oppor-
culties and dangers of work on ter
versities to teach the Jewish youth all the beauties of
neighborhood club. and societies and
tunity to espouse the cause of Reform
reward
f,
medal was
canal,
. this medal
cut dies for jewelers and engravers.
his culture, history and religion. They (lid not put all
Judaism in Germany. Consequently
Like a bridegroom the sun
no mean effort. Then the Republ
Two years later he was sufficiently
he was compelled to migrate to Amer-
their faith in his alleged Jewishness, but preferred to
versed in the ways of America to of San Domingo commissioned Bee
Dons his robe that is spun
ica. Once in this country he began
nee to execute a series of coins an
open up a little shop for himself on
bolster and supplement the innate Jewishness with the
Of light,
to lay the foundations of dynamic,
at this time also, Mr. Roosevelt Ithi
Fulton street, and with his savings of
off
broadest and profoundest knowledge of all that has
militant Judaism. Ile soon lopped
Which from 'thee emanated
President) recognized the meanne
the previous years to send for his par-
nlr
the dead branches of Judaism's tree
h y tohfe life.
s
no
psee
.
h
o
of the face of the old penny (the I
1
upi
na
l
nR(0
ents
and
his
brother.
In
his
business
Yet in no wise abated
made
A nJdu tdna tho
e
and
grafted
new
ones
thereon.
Mixed
solution
only
dian's head) and Brenner was chos
venture he prospered greatly. Thus
s e ea hopeful
choirs, family pews, removal of hats
Thy light.
to design a new coin. v.The result a
ended
the
first
chapter
in
the
career
were all reforms instituted by this
in a homeland we cannot but repeat something said up-
h
and
sstuntropiriicsi
y
e
of Victor David Brenner.
tAhni
master mind, not, however, without
Taught to go westward round
i ts ed ig n i ty
on innumerable occasions: Palestine cannot hope to ac-
The second chapter began when
encountering much difficulty. The in-
of design, . and won for Brenner T
Professor Ettinger, a well-known oil-
With obeisance profound
commodate all the Jews, and if it could we realize that
trepid Wise was everywhere looked
lector of coins, one day came across
tion-wide renown.
upon as the trembler in Israel. Yet
To his Lord,
the hard facts make it impossible of achievement for
In the last 10 years, Mr. Brenr
a little badge in an east aide shop,
undaunted he fought the battles
He by service so loyal
permit- with the head of Beethoven as the had executed many portraits
many years. In the meantime, the largest Jewish set-
against Orthodoxy. He was
bronze, many bas-relief and scu
emblem of some local chorus. The
To
a
master
so
royal
ted to live to see his life's work
tlement in the world is here in America; the cultural
tural works for public institutio
badge interested the professor so
crowned with that success which has
f
Is a lord.
problems are most acute and pressing, consequently
medals of repute, many works
much that he made inquiries and soon
attended the institutions of which he
was the father—the Union of Amefi- located its designer. The artist of executed to the order of men or
means must be devised to meet those problems so that
While his homage each day
can Hebrew Congregations, the He- the badge interested Professor Ettin- stitutions, but to the order of inspi
our youth may know value and appreciate a culture
brew Union College, the Central Con- gee even more, and he took him to tion; and all these works Brenner
Serves to mark and display
which has endured the storm of misfortune as well as
ference of American Rabbis. Future the president of the American Na- domed with the idealism which Dm
Thy glory,
blossomed
generations will accord to Wise the mimetic Society, who showed him ly budded in Shavly and
the sunshine of success.
f
h
of coins, which the free and spirited atmosphere
mo d e rn the so ci fi e ty' s collection
'Tis Thy hand that investeth
distinction of being Israel's
he de: ar
r ae,y be sr, o
n
of
The robe on which resteth
MOSe• , leading Jewry into its prom-
san a field or his talents. It was
Brenner le d ni New York April
ised land—America'—Dr. Ira A. San-
His glory.
T h e:d enaltehd attotht
itnheBarrt
eni :
A
l9m2e4r, walt . the age of 5'2.
dens.
Many appeals are made to Detroit Jewry for the
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finis to its work when the drive ended in Detroit. Al-
though the majority of the Jews of Michigan live in
Detroit yet Jewish settlements of some consequence are
found in the smaller cities. These cities were visited
by Louis Busker on behalf of the Ort and the stranded
refugees. His findings are significant, for the condition
of these communities gives a picture of what may hap-
pen to the whole of American Jewry if contacts with
the stream of Jewish thought and life are not numerous,

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