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SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PROGRESS
ADOLPH FREUND
The Jewish community of Detroit, origin in the heredity and environ-
as it was constituted 75 years ago for ment of their progenitors.
religious, cultural and humanitarian
purposes, was of the composite fibre
of the membership of Congregation
Beth El, as it may be traced and an-
alyzed at the present day. Students
of psychological and ethnological as-
pects of humanity assert with logic
that habits, tendencies, physical, men-
tal and moral attributes find their
The men and women who estab-
lished Congregation Beth El three-
quarters of a century ago were immi-
grants from Germany, mainly from
small Bavarian towns, where they
lived and labored among tolerant
Christians; where education was ad-
vanced and advancing, and where so-
cial intercourse between the Jewish
and the more numerous non-Jewish
townspeople was contented and en-
joyable and living conditions fairly
prosperous.
Young folks, having had advan-
tages of as good and as modern a
secular schooling as circumstances
would afford, yet with material ad-
vantages circumscribed, yearned for
broader fields of activities and possi-
bilities. They heard and read much
of North America and it was not sur-
prising that many decided to emi-
grate to the much-lauded "land of
milk and honey" to seek their for-
tunes and to make their homes. The
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majority of these emigrants were of root in many eastern and southern
the same section of Bavaria, where cities, and it was in 1857 that the
religious and social affiliation was t local Pisgah Lodge was established
habitual and congenial to them. All I with practically the same charter
were imbued with logical Jewish faith , members and officers as the congre-
gation seven years previously. The
lodge was actually a helpmate to the
synagogue in as far that fraternal
spirit was augmented, to visit and at-
tend the sick, protect and assist the
widows and orphans, to alleviate the
wants of the poor and needy and do
all else in behalf of the people of our
faith and humanity that does not
come within the specific pu,view of a
synagogue.
Thee sturdy pioneers builded well .
Beth El grew and prospered as years
passed. The exemplary Jewish spirit
of enthusiasm, energy and progtess
which was instilled in the hearts and
minds of these people when they de-
parted for this blessed country was
patent and unmistakable.
A most momentous forward move
wsa reached by the congregation with
the acquirement of its own house of
worship on Rivard street in 1861.
While the ritual of divine service was
liberalized, strict loyalty to all that
pertained to the intrinsic principles
of Judaism was adhered to. Evi-
dences of this fact was conclusive
with the call of Dr. Isidore Kalisch, a
ADOLPH FREUND
profound scholar, eloquent, sincere
which, while traditional in practice and of religiously liberal tendencies .
and observance, was neither too (lie translated "Nathan the Wise" of
rigid nor quite liberal. Ever con- Lessing into English.) Younger men
scious of being Jews and impelled to of our persuasion had now come to
adhere to, to live and to follow the the growing and morg populous De-
religion of their forebears and in ac- troit and loined the fold. Notable
cord with teachings and practices at among them were Martin and Magnus
home, the small group of Jewish pio- Butzel, Emil Heineman, Rothschilds,
neers who were then residing in this Julius Robinson, Louis Lambert, Sig-
frontier town combined to found and mund Simon, Simon and Samuel
Ileavenrich, Finsterwalds, Rosen-
to create Congregation Beth El.
For over three score years I have fields, Morris Fechheimer, Franklin,
lived in this community. I have Sloman, Ehrman and Cohen.
With these adhesions of younger
known nearly all the charter mem-
bers of the congregation, and I can and more ambitious men the zeal for
ritualistic
reform persisted, and when
readily recall the substance of con-
versation that very often occurred the building on Washington boule-
relative to the formation of the con- vard was acquired and remodeled into
gregation, the incidental financial a temple of Jewish worship in 1867
hardships, the occasional • disagree- very many of the Jewish theological
ments and also the gratification when laws and customs were abandoned.
synagogue and school were firmly es- However, the kernel of Judaism, un-
tablished and when the outlook for altered in principle from the event
permanent success was undoubted when those immigrants organized
and everybody was contented. Vivid- Congregation Beth El in 1850, re-
ly in my mind were those to whom I mained undisturbed and intact.
listened or with whom I discussed There exists today, as of yore, the
affairs: Joseph Newman, chairman of fraternal wholeness, the conscientious
the first organization meeting; Jacob love for Judaism.
May Congregation Beth El, after
Silberman, first president of the con-
gregation; the Freedman brothers, its blissful existence of three-quarters
of
a century, complete the centennial
Simon and Herman; Bendit, Marx,
Emanuel and Seligman Schloss, Leh- epoch ever constructively active,
ever
beneficially prosperous, ever
man, Hirsch, Hirschman, Cohen,
Frankel, Weichselbaum, Prell and progressively Jewish, and may "Let
there
be light," inscribed over its
Fleischman.
With rare exceptions, every mem- shrine as its watchword, continue by
preaching
and practice to impart wis-
ber, their wives and children attend-
ed Sabbath evening and morning di- dom, justice and peace to all the
world.
vine services and those of every holi-
day. Teachers for religious instruc-
tion were deemed of paramount im-
portance and, with every part func-
tioning successfully and harmoni-
ously, the numerical and financial
strength of the. congregation was at
hand and led to an increase of co-
religionists in the city from other
MRS. WALLACE ROSENHEIM
sections of the country or from
abroad.
At this juncture it became evident
When, 25 years ago, the Congrega-
that the members of the congregation tion Beth El found itself confronted
could not fulfill all desires and re- with the need for larger quarters, un-
quirements that were manifest within der the inspiration of our spiritual
the extent of the synagogue. The leader, Rabbi Franklin, and at his
Order B'nai B'rith had taken a firm earnest solicitation the Woman's Aux-
iliary Association of Temple Beth El
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MRS. WALLACE ROSENHEIM
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was called into being as a collecting
agency to help raise funds for the
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tial meeting occurred on Nov. 21, 1901,
Mrs. Adolph Sloman being chosen
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ably for a period of seven years.
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parties were held, various articles
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finally a fair. The fair alone raised
over $8,000.
Thus you will observe that at its
very inception the object of the aux-
iliary was to help the temple. Yet its
work was not confined to the line of
its original effort, but from time to
time, as the organization developed,
its field of activities broadened out
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thropic it conducts monthly meetings
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