6 ri:it OA-nom/h, .sn PAGE EIGHT 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 /113: itfiernunkt p00ks orrs In Years To Come Your Gift Will Always Be Remembered Old friends and old books are the best combination • man can cultivate. There are many new books on our shelves suitable for gift.. A FEW SUGGESTIONS "TILE DAY OF ATONEMENT," by Louis Golding. A novel which in its understanding and insight is as true and beautiful a study of $2.50 the Jews as has been written "STRANGER THAN FICTION," by Lewis Browne. A short history of the Jews 82.50 "ISRAEL," by Ludwig Lewisohn. It is a brilliant and comprehensive study $3.00 of the Jewish Race "FABER, THE LOST YEARS," by Jacob Wassermann. A new novel by the author $2.50 of "The World's Illusion" KON'Cg 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. 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Your refrigerator ac- tually keeps itself cold. 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 until today in giving aid to the temple in matters religious, social and philan- thropic it conducts monthly meetings as a means of uplift and intercourse among its members, assumes its share of civic responsibility and supports' the cause of the National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, which was or- j ganized in January, 1913, and with which our auxiliary became identified in April of the same year. The aux- iliary continued under its original name until the spring of 1922, when, having broadened its scope by virtue' . of its affiliation with the national body, its name was changed to the Sisterhood of Temple Beth El. 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