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VOL. XIX. NO. 14

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926

CINCINNATI LEADER
FINDS CONDITION OF L
POLISH JEW TRAGIC

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With R abbi F;anklin
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M a aisevitch Implores Da-
vid A. Brown Ta Do All

Max

FORMER RICH VISIT

Tax Gherers Ta and Tools
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To Pay Eaxes.

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lions. Mr. Manischewitz, equally
well-known in the realm of pillion-
thropy And prominently identified
with the Zionist movement, implores'
Mr. Brown to do all in his power to
send help to Poland immediately and i
offers his own services to the cam-
paign "in any way you deem proper."
Mr. Manischewitz's letter is as fol-
lows:
"I have just returned from Poland,
where I had the opportunity to study
I feel it my
conditions first-hand.
duty to tell you of the experiences
I went through while there, and to
describe to you as briefly as possible
the conditions prevailing throughout
Poland, especially with reference to
the Jews.
"I am writing to you in full con-
fidence that my words will not be in
vain, as your name is known through-
out the land as one who gives of his
wealth and health to help Jewry in
their distress.
"While I was in Poland I heard
people speak of you in most glowing
terms as one of the greatest benefac-
tors, and many of the leaders of
Polish Jewry, with whom I had the
chance of talking and taking counsel,
asked me in particular to convey to
you their gratitude for all you do
for the Polish Jews, and also to de•
scribe to you the horrible conditions
under which they are struggling.
"lam writing this, making good my
promise which I made to them. I will
only give you some of the facts now,
as I want to make this statement as
brief as possible.
Fall of the Zlota.
You are undoubtedly aware of the
slump that the zloty has taken, but
few people know what effect this
slump has had on Jewish business,
Jewish labor and Jewish life in gen-
eral. No business man or manufac-
turer is in a position to conduct Ida
business, for there is no telling what
the Zlota may do in the next hour.
Everything is done on a cash basis
and, as may be readily understood,
it is very difficult to do business in
that manner. Bankruptcies and sui-
cides become a general occurrence.
It would not be an exaggeration to
say that there is a suicide case re-
ported practically daily. The unem-
ployment situation becomes almost
unbearabl e and tens of thousands of
Jewish laborers were thrown out on
the market, where they wander
around in utter desperation, not
knowing to whom to turn, and from
where they may expect some help.
"I have a great deal of acquaint-
ances in Poland, particularly in War-
saw, and it was my own sad experi-
ence to meet on my last visit there
many of my acquaintances who only
a year ago were considered to be
telido-do, some of them even rich
(according to American standards),
now begging
for a piece of bread.
A Unique Soup Kitchen.
"One thing which I think may give
You tome idea of the state of affairs
to Poland is a free kitchen which has
been recently established in Warsaw
and
which has a membership of more
than 500. This free kitchen is prob-
ably the only one of its kind in the
Thole world and its object is to take
rare of Jew., shy are, in the public's
estimate,
considered to be rich but
eh
, • reality have lost everything
WY ever had Among them are many
individual s I met a
year ago, who,
in order to get some food, must go
to this kitchen. So that people may
w the condition in which they
find themselve s , it was arranged that
they pay
for their meals, but the
"lea is afterwards refunded to
them secretly

Soldier s on Horseback.

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n additi• o to the fluctuation of
the currency, of which the entire
', "atrY suffers extensively, and the
ew
's, who comprise the business class
of the country, suffer in particular, a
"eat deal of distress is caused due
tothe heavy 'axation imposed upon
the Jets'. I hal
a chance to see with
,wn

on horseback came to Jewish
eetiont to confiscate furniture and
clothes from the homes on account
of bark taxation. In many places the
140,1
; tables and other belongings
which are removed from the homes
;:o the only Possessions that they
"Te; even
the very tools with which
bitadwinn e
r of the family makes
Feting
e
are taken away by the gov -
rnment on account of unpaid taxes.
„ A Cat•stroph• Impends.
have
s hour
an
with
the I leaden
of many
pent Jewry in Poland—to
inention only a few whom you Prob-
'141
know--Dr. Kumel Senator
eplievaky and Mr.

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ingest
newspapers in Poland,
,F,Z! ,n1 others, and they were all
"'• *Pinion

end

that immediate help

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of the Jewish homeland is at stake.
"The British government, the Jews
and Palestine are not to blame. The
fault lies with the Zionist policy and
unless this is submitted to a complete
'revision in the near future our work
in Palestine may be lost."
Jabotinsky, who at various times
has been denounced by Jews as well
as by non-Jews as a Socialist and
' militarist, a Bolshevik and Fascist,
has had a striking career. Ile has
'been consistently opposed to the po-
, sition of the Zionist majority headed
lby Chaim Weizmann of the World
Zionist Organization and Louis Lip-

Numerous Benefits Cause of
"Main Street is not a place but a
Increase Which Becomes
state of mind," declared Norman An-
Effective May 3.
Igell in a lecture delivered before the

Institution Founded in 1910
With Home at Brush and
Winder Streets.

SIDNEY ALEXANDER NEW

ORIGINAL MEMBERS

ANTI-DEFAMATION HEAD

Addresses Delivered by Max
Edwards and Leonard
Braun, Detroit Tenor.

The new lodge rooms of Pisgah
Lodge No. 34, I. 0. B. B., in the
B'nai B'rith Community House, 275
East Ferry avenue, were the scene of
an interesting business meeting last
Monday night, Feb. 22. The audi-
torium was filled to capacity and the
members present were fully advised
of the various activities of the lodge
by the reports of the committee chair-
men.
The most important business of the
meeting, apparently, was the rendi-
tion of the first and second readings
of the American Zionist Organic-, of a resolution increasing the initia-
I ation. Born in Russia, at a very' tion fee for admission to membership
early age he displayed considerable in the lodge to $25.00. The third and
I literary talent, and as a young man final reading will be had at the meet-
was regarded one of Russia's most ing of March 1 and it is expected that
striking publicists and critics.
the resolution will be adopted at that
Attracted by the Jewish nationalist time. The resolution provides that
Reform, Conservative and Or- movement, he forsook Russian litera- the increase in the initiaiton fee shall
ture and assumed leadership within become effective May 3, 1926. The
thodox Jews Plan Closer
the World Zionist Organization, first fee at present is $10.00.
Affiliations.
as publicist and later as organizer.
Prominent members of the lodge
For his liberal activities he was stated that this action was necessary
NEW YORK.—The fir,t step for- thrown in jail by the Czar's govern- because of the many benefits accru-
ward in the organization of a na- ment.
ing to new members as a result of
On Alli•s Side.
tional conference of Jewish religious
completion of the new B'nai B'rith
During the World War, Jabotinsky Community House. Prospective mem-
organizations was taken at a meeting
of representatives of four national took the side of the Allies and single- bers are being urged to make appli-
Jewish congregational and rabbinical handed organized first the Jewish cation at once for admission into the
organizations held at the Harmonic Mule Corps and, after this was de- lodge in order that they receive the
Club. A resolution was adopted de- stroyed, the Jewish Legion. Despite benefit of the lower fee.
The next group of candidates to be
claring that all announcements of the his non-British citizenship, he was
initiated into the lodge and order will
joint conference must have the granted a captaincy in that legion.
Immediately after the war, owing be known as the "Aaron Droock
unanimous approval of the constitu-
ent organizations as expressed to his disagreement with the Pales- Class" in honor of Past President
through a majority vote of each dele- tinian policy pursued by the military Aaron Droock under whose adminis-
gation. The resolution as adopted government of General Allenby, he tration, during the first half of 1925,
resigned from the British army, or- the foundation was laid for the pres-
reads:
"Resolved, That all pronounce- ganized the Jewish Self Defense ent activity and healthy condition of
ments of this joint conference shall Corps in Palestine to crush the Arab the organization. His popularity is
have the unanimous approval of the I pogroms against the Zionist colonies. attested by the fact that 95 applica-
constituent organizations as ex- For this act he was sentenced to 15 tions from men seeking admission to
pressed through a majority vote of years of penal servitude by a British the lodge in the "Aaron Droock
military court, but in a short time Class" were read at the last meeting.
each delegation."
Membership Drive Intensive.
The conference was called at the the sentence was annuled.
The Jabotinsky incident was one of
The membership drive is being di-
request of the Union of American
I
the
causes
for
recall
of
General
Al-
rected
by Sol Blumrosen, chairman
Ilebrew Congregations in pursuance
of the membership committee, who
of a resolution which was adopted at
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announced
that an intensive member-
its last biennial convention, asking
ship campaign would be carried on
for the calling of a conference of
until
the
last
day of the drive.
Jewish congregational organizations
Jacob Rosenberg, chairman of the
for the purpose of effecting a pro- TALMUD TORAH PLANS
gram for closer religious fellowship
COLORFUL PURIM PARTY entertainment committee, announced
that hereafter the second Monday
and mutual co-operation in religious
endeavors.
Very elaborate preparations are be- evening in each month would be de-
There were present representatives ing made for the l'urim entertainment voted to an open meeting to whin
of four leading national Jewish con- and play which will he given by the each member would be urged to bring
gregational and rabbinical organiza- pupils of the Philadelphia-Byron Tal- a non-member. Appropriate pro-
tions representing the Reform, Con- mud Torah on Sunday, F'eb. 28, at grams will be arranged for these
meetings and refreshments and
servative and Orthodox groups of 2:30 p. m.
American Jewry. The organizations
The pupils of Michael Michlin and "smokes" will be provided.
It was also announced by George
represented were the Union of Amer- Abraham Silverstein will give a play
ican Hebrew Congregations and the entitled "Mishloach Monoth," "Ex- Comer, head of the social service
committee, that a splendid program
Central Conference of American Rab- change of Presents."
Miss Chagah King is preparing her of entertainment would be furnished
bis for the Reform group; the United
Synagogue for the Conservative class for a playlet entitled,"Leitzon-eg the inmates of the Detroit House of
group and the Union of Orthodox ['urine," "Purim Clowns." This play- Correction Sunday afternoon, Feb.
Jewish Congregations for the Ortho- let is full of mirth and laughter and 28, under the auspices of Pisgah
'it reflects the spirit of the traditional Lodge.
dox group.
President Julius Deutelbaum an-
Purim.
Resolution Adopted.
David Becker's class is preparing nounced the appointment of Louis
The call for the establishment of
Gunsberg to the general committee;
several
l'urim
recitations
and
a
pu-
a national conference is based on a pil of Max Gordon's graduating class Samuel Lenhoff to the chairmanship
resolution adopted at the first meet- has been chosen to tell the story of of the sick and relief committee; and
ing of representatives of the three re- Purim In Hebrew.
Sidney Alexander to the anti-defa-
ligious groups of American Jewry.
Morris D. Margolis, one of the in- mation committee. It was also an-
This resolution reads:
structors and a trained singer, is di- nounced that owing tee the resignation
"We, representatives of the Union I recting the school choir. The choir of David W. Simons as a member of
of American Hebrew Congregations, will be accompanied on the piano by the board of directors of the B'nal
the Central Conference of merican Miss Minnie Tobin.
B'rith Community House, due to his
Rabbis, the United Synagogue of
The young teachers, the Misses Ju- departure for Palestine, the election
America, the Rabbinical Assembly dith Lipa and Judith Lippitt, are pre-
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and the Union of Orthodox Congre- paring their little tots for a few
gations, recognizing the fundamental mirthful sketches.
spiritual unity which bind= us as
There will be a dance by Miss Ger-
Jews, believing that the synagogue is trude Zeman, one of the pupils. A
the baste and essential unit in our number of vocal solos will also be giv-
Jewish life, and believing in the de- en.
Admission is 25 cents for adults and
sirability of taking counsel together
for the sacred purpose of preserving 10 cents for children.
and fostering Judaism in America.
Charles Crawford Gorst, Nat-
recommend to the organizations rep-
uralist, Will Entertain
resented at this meeting that a con- MRS. LAMPORT TO SPEAK
FOR SENIOR HADASSAH
Youngsters,
ference composed of national congre-
gational and rabbinical organizations
Children's Day has always been a
of America be formed for the purpose
Mrs. Samuel C. Lamport of New
of enabling them to speak and act York will address the Senior Hades- time honored event on the year's cal-
unitedly in furthering such religious , ah members at their anniversary endar. This season the council will
interests as all these constituent na- luncheon, which will be held Tuesday, entertain the younger generation in a
tional organizations share in com- March 2, at the Book-Cadillac hotel. novel way. On Monday afternoon,
mon; it being clearly provided that Both Mr. and Mrs. Lampert are very March 1, at 2:30, they are to listen to
such proposed conference in no war well known for 'heir philanthropic the gifted "Bird Man," Charles Craw-
ford Gorst, an eminent naturalist
interfere with the rel.giou= or admin- and communal work in New York.
istrative autonomy of any of the con-
Mrs. Abraham Cooper is chairman whose life has been given to an in-
of arrangements and is being assisted tensive study of bird lore and bird
stituent organizations.
"Further, this meeting recom- by Mrs. A. C. Lappin, Mrs. Charles song, and imitations of the latter.
lie has perfected more than 600
mends that each o rganizati o n herein Hamburger, Mrs. Samuel Frank, Mrs.
represented appoint two representa- Phil Bloomgarden and Mrs. Ilimon songs of 200 birds and the reproduc-
tives on a general committee whose Kaplan. The members of the board tions are so exact that the birds them-
purpose shall be to work out th e b asis of directors and the membership com- selves have been fooled time and time
again at special tests given before
mittee will act as hostesses.
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The following wlil participate in a competent judges.
This talent, (for it really amounts
musical program: Mrs. Mirah Cohen
Redfield, vocalist, accompanied by to that,) is neither whistling nor sing-
MANY WILL
Miss Margaret Mannebach; Mrs. A. ing but a bird-note broken into 20
C. I.appin, vocalist, accompanied by tone variations by diaphram, larynx,
soft palate, tongue, teeth and lips,
Mrs. Samuel Popkin.
----
Mrs. Lamport is national chairman with a range running three octaves
is Assemble
Sha•rey Zedek Members
above the very highest human tones.
lladassah
and
act-
for
on membership
at Social Function.
ing president for the New York chap- He uses beautiful pastel paintings in
-----
his lecture recitals. In many years of
Interior decorators have ..rt atm' a ter.
appearance before the public, Mr.
colorful setting for the Purim ban-
Gorst has never had one disappointed
quet which will be held at Shaarey
audience.
Zedek Synagogue Sunday evening, WILL SPEAK ON WORK
John Burroughs, the eminent author
st 0 : an o'cleck. A gathering
OF MEXICAN ZIONISTS and
naturalist, when asked to express
which
will fell the large dining hall
Feb. Swill
an opinion said: "The bird songs
of the synagogue is expected to at-
The last meeting of the Zionist Dis- which you have reproduced are most
tend the banquet, which will be the trict of Detroit was held Wednesday, admirably done. Your rendering of
most important social event arranged Feb. 17. A large and enthusiastic au- the songs of the robin, the bobolink,
by the congregation during the pres- dience was present. Dr. Fhilip H. the cuckoo, the meadow-lark, the pee-
ent season. An elaborate meal will Brood° spoke on his experiences on wee, the indigo bunting, the cardinal,
be served.
selec- his recent visit to Palestine. Aaron the mocking bird and others are by
During the evening musical
Kurland spoke on behalf of 30 young far the best I have ever heard."
he Cantor Sam-' men who joined the district. I. Car-
tions will be rendered Weisberg,
Mr. Gorst, in his charming imitation
a gift-
mel, member of the national execu- of wood notes has actually succeeded
uel View's and Jack
violinist
who
is
receiving
his
train-
on
Zionist
conditions
In
imitating the humming bird. So
ed
De; tive ,
threughout the world.
high is the tiny voice of this bee-like
ing under S. Szmulewicz of the
Symphony Orchestra. The prin-
was
elected
Morris
Mendelsohn
bird
that even some of the bird lovers
trnit
cipal speech will be delivered by 'Rab- financial secretary. The next meet- are not aware that he is singing at
and brief address- •
bi A. M. Hershman M. H. Zackheim. ing will be held on Thursday, March all. This is a far higher form of art
es will be made by
S. at Philadelphia and Byron Talmud than the stage-trick often attempted.
nresident of the congregation: Robert Torah. Jacob Rosenberg, president of There is a decided aesthetic +etlue In
and Mrs. M.
the Zionist organization of Mexico, his rectial, as well as plenty of enter-
Matron!. Louis Smilansky
president of the Ladies
guest of honor and will tainment and jolly fun for the young
H. Zackheim.
chairman will be the
Auxiliary. Abraham Srere.
review the Zionist work in Mexico.
folks.
of the board of trustees, will preside.

NEW YORK.—Soldiers on horse-
back ride up to homes in Poland and
take away the last pitiful piece of
furniture and confiscate precious
heirlooms and even tools for non-
payment of taxes which the suffering
Jews of that country are unable to
pay, says Max Manischewitz, indus-
trial leader of Cincinnati, in a letter
to David A. Brown, chairman of the DR. LYNN HAROLD HOUGH
115,000,000 United Jewish Cam-
paign, Mr. Manischewitz, whose ,
name is a familiar word in every
Jewish home and hundreds of thou-
sands of non-Jewish households
throughout the world recently re-
cently returned from Poland, where

be saw the IP

Pulpit
INITIATION FEES OF "Babbitt" Discussed (To Exchange
1 DIRECTORS OF OLD
With Reverend Ho ugh I
By
Noted
Speaker
PISGAH LODGE ARE
FOLKS HOME GIVE
Vladimir Jabotinsky Sees No
N
r
t Illusion" A ntt i l rrz es of
Chance of Peace With
INCREASED TO $25 (Iiraen American
FULL ACCOUNTING
culture.)
Arabs In Palestine.

about Palestine."
"Zioni.m is now undergoing a seri-
ous crisis," he declared before a ca-
pacity audience in Orchestra 11,111.
"Palestine is in danger. The future

NEW SOUP KITCHENS

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"Bird Man'' to Talk
On Children's Day

DINE
AT PURIM BANQUET

".opy, 10 Cents

Zionist Policy Is
Severely Attacked

Vladimir Jabotinsky, the Jewish
"stormy petrel," on Thursday night,
Feb. 18, assailed the policy of Zionist
leaders and revealed to the Detroit
Jewry what he regarded as "the truth',

In His Power.

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1Council of Jewish Women on Tuesday
evening, Feb. 23, in the chapel of
Temple Beth El.
Mr. Angell, the author of the "Great
Illusion which originally appear:el
anonymously, was born in England,
i educated in France and has spent
I many years in America. Ile is noted
' both as a publicist and lecturer and
I
has paid special attention to the prole-
; lem of war and its attendant evils.
Mr. Angell mixed compliment and
criticism in describing the Babbitt of
Sinclair Lewis and II. L. Mencken.
"The critics of Babbitt have been
rather hard on him and have not done
him justice," he said. "Babbitt has
performed miracles during the last
30 years; he is responsible for a real
social revolution. Gopher Prairie
has gone forward in the last 30 years,
while England has stood relatively
still. Ile has created a mechanical
and material civilization and culture
which differs materially from that of

E''TIope
In politics, Babbitt has been woe-
fully deficient as compared with Eng-
land.
Nothing reveals this more
clearly than in the field of crime where
America had 15,000 homicides com-
pared to 700 in England last year.
"Babbitt has failed as a statesman
and as the order of civil life becomes
more complex the decision of Babbitt
is required more often in political mat-
ters as, for example, on legislation
touching railroads, banks, etc. An
important problem for the future is
"Can Babbitt be made a wise person
in politics as he is in industry?" This
is not simple inasmuch as the forces
which play on the mind of Main street
have made the trivial things the vital
ones, while the important ones are
overlooked. If Babbitt is tee be trans-
formed into a real personage politi-
cally and industrially, his emotions
must be brought under intelligent dis-
cipline and particularly in those ca-
tastrophic impulses which lead to
war.
"All of these efforts in order to at-
tain any success must become part of
the moral obligation of Babbitt."
Mrs. Joseph Welt, president of the
National Council of Jewish Women of
Detroit under whose auspices the
meeting was held, introduced the
speaker.

EXCHANGE PULPITS

FOR SUNDAY, FEB. 28

Dr. Hough and Rabbi Franklin Will

Occupy Each Other's Pulpits.

In connection with the second an;
nual city-wide interchange of pulpits
between ministers of various denomi-
nations, Dr. Lynn Harold Hough, the
gifted and eloquent minister of the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church,
will on Sunday morning occupy the
pulpit of Temple Beth El in exchange
with la Franklin. This is perhaps
the first time in history that a rabbi
has occupied the pulpit of a leading
Methodist church at a regular Sun-
day service.
Dr. Hough is so widely known as
a scholar, thinker and orator that he
needs no introduction to any Detroit
audience. He is a man of the very
broadest sympathies. For a number
of years before assuming the pulpit
of the Central Church he was presi-
dent of Northwestern University and
in a recent poll in which it was sought
to enumerate the 10 most popular
Christian preachers in America, his
name was included.
The officers of the temple extend a
very cordial invitation to all who are
interested to attend the services next
Sunday morning. They will, as usual,
begin at 10:45.

RUTENBERG SCHEME IS
NOW PAYING DIVIDENDS

JERUSALEM.—Pinhas Ruten.
berg is a persistent fellow and is
beund to reach the goal he has set
for himself. He will harness the
water power of the Jordan in spite
of all obstacles, even if it takes him
five times as long as had been plan-
ned. While his larger scheme is still
unrealized, however, he plods ahead
with his electrical stations, conquer.
ing one place after another. lie start-
ed with Tel-Aviv and Jaffa, extended
his operations to Haifa and Tiberias,
and soon will have the whole of Pal-

estine ronnected in one electrical sys-
tem. His plans for Tel-Aviv were
modest and did not call for profits
for some years. But the development

has been so satisfactory that the

Jaffa Electric Corporation has de-
cided to pay a 6 per cent dividend out

of the net accrued profits of last year.
The consumptien of power in Jaffa
and Tel-Aviv has increased 100 per
cent as against the last year. This is
the first public utilities corporation
in Palestine that has ever declared
• dividend. We have no doubt that
the prosperity enjoyed by Ruten-
berg's enterprises will help him in
bringing to a successful conclusion
his efforts to establish the larger
scheme—altogether too much delayed
—which involves the harnessing of
the water power of the Jordan. Rut-
enherg deserves congratulation and
applause.

DO NOT HAVE TO REST

RIGA.—(.1. T. A.) — The Jewish
mutation of the Republic of Latvia
will not undergo the hardships im-
posed by the compulsory Sunday rest
law, it became known here following
• meeting of the Judicial Committee
of the Latvian parliament. The com-
mittee accepted the motion introduced
by the Jewish deputies to leave the
egulation of the Sunday rest ordi-
nance to the local administrations of
I the towns and village., who were in-
structed to act in accordance with hte
requirements of the situation.

r

STILL ON BOARD

One Hundred Seventy Seven

Made Application To En-
ter Since Opening.

DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN

ATTACK ON AGUDATH
ISRAEL IS ANSWERED

Dr. Elia Jung Makes Specific
Denial of Charges Made

By Zionists.

NEW YORK.—The following an-

swer to an anonymous attack on the
Agudath Israel, which appeared in
the New Palestine of Jan. 29 is given
by Rabbi Dr. Elia Jung of New York.
"It is untrue that the Agudath Is-
rael deputies refused to join the Jew-
ish Political Club of the Polish Par-
liament. The Agudath Israel depu-
ties are members of that club.
"It is untrue that until the close
of the war the rebuilding of Palestine
was not part of the program of Agu-
dath Israel. The Kattowitz program,
voted on and adopted in 1912, in-
cludes definitely and emphatically
Palestinian reconstructive work.
"It is untrue that the Agudath re-
proached the Mizrachi for giving no
much attention to Palestine. The only
and constant complaint of Agudath
against Mizrachi was the decision of
the Tenth Congress to undertake cul-
tural work, to sponsor and become re-
sponsible for the apikorsuth of Pales-
tinian schools of the Herzlia type.
The Mizrachi, in joining the Zionist
Organization, assumed moral and
technical responsibilty for this irre-
ligious school system and hence mer-
ited the censure of Orthodox Jewry.
The Mizrachi thus is responsible for
the division in Orthodox Jewry.
"N. P. says: 'The Agudath suc-
ceeded in their destructive process by
clashes in the courtroom, before
non-Jewish judges, who have been
unable to orient themselves in mat.
ters of inner Jewish interest.' This
is a malicious falsehood, an assault
on the honor of both the Aguclah and
the Palestinian courts.
"It is untrue that Dr. Weizmann
was willing to make any compromise
In the matter of the Kehillah draft
ordinance. When our proposals were
submitted he found it impossible to
make any concession in this respect,
"It is untrue that the Agudath Is-
rael has not even kitchens for hun-
dreds. Agudath Israel in Tel Aviv
and in Jerusalem has kitchens which
feed hundreds of Jewish workers
every day of the week.
"It is untrue that the Agudath 11a-
rabonim of America state that the
United Zionist Appeal is essential, a
statement in which should convey the
impression that that great organiza•
tion endorsed it, The Agudath Ha.
rabbonim declared it an Isur Gemur,
i. e., absolutely interdicted the par-
ticipation in the appeal work by
Orthodox Jews.
"It is untrue that it is a universal
mystery where and how the Agudal ..
got its 100,000 dunam. On the con-
trary, the transactions are registered
and can be seen in the respective
government offices In the Holy Land.
Such unworthy slur is indeed most
reprehensible.
It is untrue that 'nobody seems
to know where these schools are and
how many pupils they have.' The
location and the number of the
schools and their pupils have been
published here and abroad, accessible
to all Jews, and thus also the anony-
mous writer of the new Palestine.
"It is untrue that in all Agudath
schools Yiddish is the language of in-
struction. In a large number of these
schools the language of instruction
is Hebrew. All information, as de-
tailed as desired, may be obtained
from the American central office of

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CHILDREN TO STAGE

PURIM CELEBRATION

Sha•rey Zedek School Program Sun.
day Afternoon.

On Sunday afternoon, Feb. 20, the
children of the Shaarey Zedek school
will observe the feast of Purim with
an entertainment in which the partici-
pants will he groups of boys and girls
from various classes as well AS indi-
vidual pupils. Under the direction of

Emma Lazaroff, supervisor of music
and assembly programs, there will be
given a tableau ballade which will be
sung by • chorus of more than 20 boys

Pursuant to the request of the
board of directors of the Jewish Old
Folks Home of 318 Edmund place,
, the books and available records of
the home were examined by Eisen-
Co.,
berg, Purdy &
ublic arrount-
ants, with offices in the Lafayette
Building, Detroit, for the period be-
ginning June 30, 1912, and ending
Nov. 30, 1925.
At another place in this issue will
be found the balance sheets as of
Nov. 30, 1925; an analysis of sur-
plus; a comparative statement of
operations from June 30, 1912, to
Nov. 30, 1925; and statement of cash
receipts and disbursements from
June 30, 1912, to Nov. 30, 1925.
The directors of the Jewish Old
Folks Home felt at this time that it
was necessary to acquaint the Jewish
community of the city of Detroit
with their stewardship and to give a
full and comprehensive account of
what has been done for the old peo-
ple of the community.
A survey of this sort could only be
made in a satisfactory manner by em-
ploying the services of competent ac-
countants and therefore Eisenberg,
Purdy & Co. were requested to fur-
nish this report.

Incorporated in 1907.

The Jewish Old Folks Home was
incorporated May 21, 1907, under
the laws of the State of Michigan,
with the following charter members:
Jacob Levin, Meyer Smith, !lime
Koffman, Aaron Ackerman, William
Saulson, Hyman Ileckelman, Simon
Harris, Louis Goodman, Rabbi Judah
L. Levin.
The name as incorporated In the
charter was Anshe Chesed Shel Emes,
this name still being used in combina-
tion with Jewish Old Folks Home,
The original home, located on Winder
and Brush streets was purchased in
1910 for $10,000 and was fully paid
for prior to the formal opening of
the home on June 30, 1912. The ca-
pacity of the home was soon taxed
and a waiting list of inmates created,
necessitating acquisition of a new
and larger home site. The present
home was purchased in 1915 for $42,-
500 and was fully paid for by 1919,
with a surplus of funds created
through excess income and sale of the
Winder street property. The main
building an Edmund place was opened
in 1916 and was followed by the
opening of the annex in 1921. The
board of directors, realizing the fu-
ture need of larger and more com-
modious quarters, in a section re-
moved from the business district of
the city, in 1921 purchased a new
home-site of five acres located at Lin-
wood and Davidson.
During the lifetime of the Jewish
Old Folks Home, 177 applications
were made for entrance to the home,
out of which 57 applicants were re-
fused. Of the 120 remaining in-
mates of the home, 58 inmates have
died and 26 inmates left the home,
leaving at present 46 occupants. The
following summary gives a brief his-
tory of the present active inmates,
showing year of entrance and average
age of inmates:
Number Average
Year of
of
Present
Entrance
Inmates
Age
1912
3
89%
1913
2
71
1914
1
81
1915
1
75
1917
2
8154
1918
2
76
1919
3
8154
1920
2
7454
1921
4
77
1922
10
7554
1923
5
79
1924
3
68
1925
8
72
—
Total inmate.
46
Average age
77
The following summary shows the
total possible income from inmates:

No. of
Innostes Monthly
Total
Paying Payments Per Month

1

4
3
1
1
3
2

$75.00

$75.00
25.00
100.00
20.00
60.00
12.50
12.50
12.00
12.00
10.00
30.00
Paying annually

Grand total

Total
Per Year

$900.00

1200.00

720.00
150.00

144.00

360.00
200.00

$289.50

$3674.00

Average income
from inmates. .$ 8.29
Total paying
Not paying

5 79.87
15
31

Grand total
46
It •il Ibe noted that one-third of
the entire number contribute par-
tially to their support, while the re-
maining two-thirds, or 31 inmates,
are dependent upon the home for
their upkeep. This does not take into
consideration original payment+ by
some inmates at the time of admis-
sion to the home.
The following schedule shows the
average cost per month per inmate
for upkeep for the years 1913 and
1925:

and girls and by three soloists. An-
1915
otherprincipal number will be a play
1118
ISIS liters*.
number
entitled "Tbe Casting of Lots," the A
Inmates
L.
IS
IS
theme of which is the Biblical story Coat of siphons Per
of Queen Esther. In addition to mass
termite per month. Slil
$45.10 SUM
singing of Purim, national and relig- Income from all
source. per inintite 55.57
MIS
14.05
ious songs, there will be recitations by
Nadine Lewis and Jacob Greenberg
010 PI 110.11 S 1.10
and a solo dance by Esther limner-
In the course of the examination.
man.
■ number of test, were made for the
The entertainment will start at 2 purpose of checking cash receipts
o'clock sharp and will be free to mem-
and disbursements. Those items •
hers of the congregation, their fami-
lies and the public.
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