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September 23, 1927 - Image 110

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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle, 1927-09-23

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PAGE THIRTY-FOUR

Graff Family is Motivating Force
I n J ew i s h Community of Kalamazoo

held for 20 weeks, offers work in 1 Two country club golf courses!
8,mmercial, industrial, mathemat- ; and the municipal golf course cater 1
,
les, English, household arts and cit- to golf enthusiasts.
.
i
I

iznship. The night classes are at-
For years Kalamazoo has been
tended annually by a large percent-, the only city in Michigan having a '
age of the relatively few foreign-', grand circuit race meet. The best i
lawn residents, by young people 1 horses in the country come here I
.
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.oho have gone into commercial life,,annually.
By BORIS S. HOLMSTOCK,
'three tine theaters furnish
:Ind by older men and women hold- I
State
Manager
of The Chronicle.
ing responsible positions in Eala-1 vaudeville and the best in road
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111117.00 l a industries. ; shows and pictures. There are also
Work Done With Most Modern Machinery.
Traveling about the state in the ant there are 55 members under the
The Kalamazoo public library en. I two exclusive picture houses. Con-
•aerates with the public schools in 1 tinuous shows provide entertain- interests of the Anglo-Jewish press, leadership of Rabbi A. Slasburg
one obtains a most interesting and who also directs the activities of
addition to its important contribu- I ment at all times.
The Redpat h chautauqua is an comprehensive view of the Jewish' the Hebrew school. There is a La-
t Mn to the business and home life
' of the community at large. The annual event under the auspices of people and their activities. Ofton dies' Aid society, headed by Mrs.
1017 SEMINARY STREET
PHONE 2.1813
it is apparent that whatever or- Mitchell Sternfield.
',plod library with its numerous the Western State Normal.
The officers of the Congregation
The auditoriums of the Central ganization exists among the Jew-
Iranches, catalogues approximately
Residence
Phone
8648
:51000 volumes, as well as a vast and Lincoln high schools and the ish people is almost entirely due to of Moses are: Isadore H. Graff,
president; M. Friedman, vice-pres-
armory are ,,CCUpied during the one man (4; family.
mount of current literature.
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
In Kalamazoo, the GratT family ident, 1111d Max Fisher, treasurer.
The educational advantages of w inter season by splendid courses
entertainment
that
bring
world-
is
obviously
the
motivating
force
It is interesting to note that Mr.1
of
the city are indeed outstanding,
in the Jewish community. This Graff has repeatedly accepted the
11. C. KOEHLINGER, Manager.
among the reasons why Kalamazoo famous artists.
The music lover finds pleasure in family consists of David Graf! and presidency only because it Was the
Is a splendid city in which to live.
Altruistic. Kid/allays, Symphony orchestra his two sons, Isadore II. and Sam- last wish of his mother, who passed
Phone 7078
622 SOUTH BURDICK ST.
away three years ago. She was
Kalamazoo's altruistic spirit is concerts, recitals by Metropolitan uel.
David Graff was born in Nur- very much interested in the welfare
.xemplified in many organizations artists and local musicians ,if note.
and institutions, which are ever Kalamazoo is noted for its excellent land, Russia, in 1851. Ile came to of the synagogue, having d o nated a
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
music. Municipal band concerts are America with the early imini- holy Scroll about three months be-
ready to help those in distress, care held throughout the summer sea. gr
it ,annuti,,i ,h,sret ,t,Ifing
„i‘ fri „, 111,rlyueC titoy.vaArif, t,ue sr fore her departure.
for the unfortunate, or elevate its son in the parks.
The Graft's are a most progres-
:Biz, nship. Interesting
111111 ['hanging economic conditions, sive and inspiring family. They are
linf*""'" : 4. ,, o . I he moved to Kalamazoo, In Kahl- respected by all, Jews and non-
The Associated (charities, II-
l',
pul
Ilion
within
limits,
nanced by a co mm u nity budget,
' nuizol, th e elder Gra ffd
an his two Jews. The great business which
'i(7,n5 ..et. .. G reater Kalatnazo?
t
avonotrompoworoewoo.W00000GWAWAWAVOAAVIO co nsists of the C c Improvement 1 6:51ula
sons founded their present gis4antic they established continues to op..1
area stimuli miles. Pi al
league which looks after the city's .,, i 00; area,
,:
II
organization,
D.
Graff
and Sons, crate under its original officers,'
, native born po , n
oo conducts infant welfare, pre• t h t.“ e ,
pr,
u. , the largest dealers in paper-mak- with David Graff as president,
.
83 5 per cent. southeastern
school dental, pre-natal, tubercu-
..
,( ,, , ers supplies in the country.
'
'
Samuel Graff as vice-president, and
e adenoidal clinics lat
Europ ean
an immigrat1011, O.1 t 1 '. I
CANINE SPECIALIST
losis
onsil and
Although he enjoyed a distinct Isadore II. Graff as secretary and
and prootem
in city
promote, general community cent• assessed valuation
' economic success, David Graff was treasurer. ])avid Graff, however,',
.,
g . , , ., y e . snuu .
Foundling
home;
Whatsoever
$73,677,000;
tax
rate,
total
or
prop-
welfare; Cribside society; St. Ag•
re , tt disappointed
milted i in the Jewish

y retired
t h,nirfariurinn oaft• ttihv ,e, I
Office and Hospital, 2230 East Ave.
ti: $32 f8
e t
Phone 7791
1101.1
i n
Bonded indebtedness: City, gen- community of Kalamazoo. Of orth-
Free Bed association; Child's Wel-
I o , lox belief, he could not feel at company.
W12,000; per capita, $
fare league; Children's Aid society, eral,
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
The Gratis are One of the finest
school, $2,569,000; per capita, home until, noire than 20 years ago,
and Douglas Community House for
with the aid of Max Fisher, the of families. They have done much I
$41.43.
Negroes.
prt;sigeirietiztait•tiinmsu,r, trN
fi , ihoese,sirganized the for Kalamazoo, and the people of
Building
permits,
1924,
1,282;1
The Young Men's Christian as-
tountahsis.
building perits,
m value, $1,611,955; 1 co
sociation and Young Women's
An e the years hu s
by the p
thraog
t
Christian association, both housed bank assets, $23,317,738; post of—
has
prospered.
At
ores-
suming
Ott 0 0 00rion000000-oo-o-000 00 0nriomocEmaGoo-o-o-oorl0 00
in splendid buildings, provide lice receipts, 1921, $497,025; post synagogue
dormitories, gymnasiums, swim- office carriers, If; newspaper citctitie..,
Such
personifications
as
the
Jew
ming pols, etc., and take an ac- lethal, dail, 26,500; city
IKALAMAZOO
of Malta, Shylock and Fagin have
tive interest in the care and up- phones, 13,429; gas meters, 12,670;
of streets, 147; miles of paved ACTIVE
building of the young men and
TEMPLE done us more lasting harm in the
sew-

,
streets, 4,6 1 i ; miles of sanitary
more advanced countries in modern
women of the city.
.
EENIS MeQUAID
times than all of the writers who
W. B. DONOHOE
Three homes for the aged are ers, 108; miles of water mains, 11,1;
femple Waal Israel of Kalama-
Proprietor
Proprietor
operated under denominational con- miles of gas mains, :12.7; fire loss, zoo was organized about 50 years. have assailed as in what might be
-
per
capita,
$1.80;
number
of
tire
called direct frontal attacks. Shy-
trol. Six hospitals 14 the major
r
f.
line of the most
472 WEST MAIN STREET
lock on the stage and as a text-book
I ' ' f
I. '
Ir l
class care for the sick and injured. men , 8;3;
I progressive temples in the state,
:2:
to hospital is under state control, a-'-' number of parks, 15; Park having its own home on South Park in the schools has done more than
ea. acres, :110; per capita area,
Phone 6848
one municipal, three denomina•
street. Its activities are many and any other libel to turn to hatred
and suspicion of Jews the adoles-
banal and two private. All are en. square feel' 25°
Public library, vo lumes, 73,500;
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
ce llently equipped and offer admit-
five of a better and finer Jewry cent mind in its most impression-
for
Kalanuirmos
bituminous
coal
consumption,
tons
able period, at a time when it
a bl nervier at moderate rates. Both
able
,
old and new Burgess and Bronson per annum, 765,000; passenger
he officers ,,f Congregation should be the task of every good
man
and woman to correct the evil-
hospitals are liberal in their care trains inbound ( and outbound daily 11Mai Irrael are: Louis Rosenbaum,
b
other rent-
VOM14%%.1011LIMICSICICSIMIZOOLVIMCIAM , of , hurry patients.
Mails), 34; best
bent that had been given it in the
residrut;
Folz, secretary,
223 SOUTH BURDICK
TEL 2-7322
als,
per
annum,
per
square
churches,
Sunday schools and in
Pretty Lake A- acation camp pro-
. ""t ' i fl ed I ci 1..1
0
vides outings for the children of $1.50; industrial rentals, per an- I board ,,f trustees is made up of • many Christian homes.
4:104:41:405,414:404:4400-0440140041101)(404:404X454) 41-01:440-0****(4,40:41:41:40-0
KALAMAZOO,
MICHIGAN
num,
per
square
foot,
25c
;
street;
Sol
Soloman,
Lester
Rosenbaum,
One of the most unfortunate re-
the less fortunate during the sum-
car rate, 6 to c ; average residence 1
mer months.
sults
of
the
war
has
been
the
re-
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Herman Friedman, Gus Cramer
crudescence of anti-Semitism, run-
A boys' farm cares for indigent rate per kilowatt, electricity, 1 . 5 ej I and Ito rry Folz.
ning the usual gamut so familiar in — —
boys and supervises their education. gas rate, per 1,000 feet net, $1.30; ,
- . --
-- -•- -
-
all so-called Christian countries,
An orphans' home cares for girls. water rate, begins at per 1,000 feet'
ranging from slander and misrep-
Several patrols of Boy and Girl net, 55e; insurance rate, 26.6c;
✓esentation in our own country to
Scouta are active in scout work and death rate, 10.6 per 1,000 residents;'
rape, murder, arson, and robbery
are provided with summer camps. assessed valuation in Kalamazoo
county, $112,571,000; hard-surface
in
the less civilized countries, such
Recreation.
road in county, miles, 75; railroads 1
as Ukrania, Poland and even Hun-
Whatever your recreational hob-
in county, miles, 115; interurban
gary,
which has reverted to type
by may be, Kalamazoo presents the railroad in county,
By Boris S. Holmstock,
, miles, 25; pop-
anal fallen tothe same level of civ-
opportunity to indulge in it.
retail trade area. 150,000. l Stale Manager of The Chronicle. ilization, or rather lack of it, as
Fishing, boating, bathing in sum- —Courtesy Kalamazoo Chamber of

the Balkan states.
mer; duck hunting, ice-boating, Commerce.
As is so often the case, of the
This recrudescence of barbarism
skating in winter, on the scores of
Jewish organizations of Kalamazoo. originated with Germany and her
lakes in the vicinity.
excepting, of course, the synagogue allies, the outcome of their efforts
Thousands of cottages and many NEW VIENNA AGENCY
and temple, the 11'1mi B'rith is us- to shift the burden of their awful
resort hotels dot the Flores of the
TO AID EMIGRANTS ''1 "uhtedlY the most important. The crimes from the shoulders of their
lakes.
Kalamazoo lodge is One of the old- people at large, upon those of the
Many athletic fields and six play-
in the state. h aving been estab- Jews, hoping thus to appeal as fel-
PHONE 4161
VIENNA.—(J. T. Ad - -A can- fished more than
grounds under the direction of the
65 years ago.
lo•-Christians to the victorious'en-
city recreational department, pro- tral agency to lend aid to Jewish
Nlanuel N. Newl nader is presi. ony and in some measure escape
vide outdoor sports for adult and emigrants who pass through Vien- dent tit' the Kalamazoo lodge of
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
child.
na will be created, according to it 11 . 11111 Writh, and it is to him that making reparation.
In England the attack has as-
Football, baseball, track and bas- decision of the Vienna Kehillah the lodge is largely indebted for its
ketball teams of the colleges fur- board. success. 51r. Newlander has great sumed somewhat greater propor-
tions. Those most active in the
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
nish high-class athletic contests.
faith in the possibilities of the
Twelve baseball diamonds are
When two friends have a cam - Wind Writh as a unifying force movement appear to be either Ro -
man Catholics, or ,of the so-called
daily occupied in season by busi- awn 11111,e, one sings and the other, among American Jew ry.
high church element, whose religion
ness, factory and church leagues. weeps.
• An enthusiastic supporter of the is practically identical with Roman
Hillel foundation, Mr. Newlander Catholicism, with the exception
I
looks to that organization to bring that it does not accept the autloir-
; to the younger generation a higher ity of the pope and the hierarchy
Jewish culture and appreciation of at Rome. .lust why it is this class
things Jewish.
that is waging this iniquitous ,rti-
Born in Odessa, Russia, >Ir. siole it is difficult to toll.
*
Newlander immigrated to America
In this connection a well-in-
: in 1892, going immediately t11 Chi- formed Englishman writes:
. cago. In 1901 he received an archi-
"I hardly think that the anti-
tectural degree from the Armour Semitic ring in the English press
I Institute of Technology in Chicago. is directed by the Roman Catholics,
Later he moved to X111111111aZOO, though certainly there is a strong
I where he founded the architectural high ehurch element in these
lion of LeRoy and Newlander, (among them members of the Cecil
The Bank of Helpful Service
. which is today one of the most sue- family) who, a little unconsciously,
219 EAST RANSOM
PHONE 2-8021
' cessful organizations of its kind in abet it. Bello(' and Chestertan are
CAPITAL $200,000.00
'the city.
of course,
SURPLUS $150,000.00
Catholics, but the
"Morning Post" is rigidly Church
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
137 SOUTH ROSE
PHONE 2.1531
of England and "The Times" 11. ,, rd
Northcliffe) is anything which hap-
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
pens for the moment to suit its c:in
evidence. As a fact, I think the Ito-
man Catholics in this country are
more unpopular than the Jews,
I.
yonstarararmaIneam
ait ,
both in high phices and in low-,
♦ !'
partly, I suppose, owing to their
Kalamazoo's Leading Insurance Office
The worst enemies of the Jews political center at Rome, the paral-
are not the journals and men who lel to which in a Jewish state my
attack them openly. Na, it is not friends and I have been fighting so
these who harm as most. Their hard and comparatively success-
• venom and desire to injure us are fully/ during the last few years."
so evident, their charges so obvi-
These outbreaks in press and
ously ridiculous that they carry in periodicals are, however, at worst
themselves the antidote that makes sporadic and make little impression
their poison
largely harmless. upon the people at large. It is the
• Those who injure us most in the malicious portrayal of the Jew in
estimation of our fellowmen are fiction :Ind drama as the unscrupu-
those writers of fiction who, when- lous, greedy, grotesque villain that
119.25 W. KALAMAZOO
PHONE 4191
, .ever they introduce a particularly: I does the lasting harm and serves
' mean and sneaking villain into to keep alive and strengthen the
Phone 6109
1 their story, make of him a Jew and growth of anti-Jewish prejudices,
PHONE 2-8432
256 NORTH BURDICK ST.
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
.1 usually a grotesque one, even when whose seed is planted in the minds
KALAMAZOO,
MICHIGAN
he might just as well he of any of little children by the teachings
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
either faith or race, and often when in Christian Sunday Fehool and ; ♦
I the characterncl•s attributed to banes.
.. him are in Siele”on of well known
verities. Just how they reconcile
, such arts to their conscience, if
they have any, it is hard to con-
Rosh Hashonah
; rely°. Perhaps it is that writing is
Greetings.
an art and morality has no place
I • in art, according to modern ideas.
; The authors of fiction, that is, some
- , f them, portray their characters
CI as to produce the greatest
sihle effect and as, rightly or
wrongly, they appear to think that
1 making of the villian a Jew, will
,make his villainy appear more
lainous, they do not hesitate to af-
SPECIALIST—Permanent
fix that religious libel. True, they
; claim that the name "Jew" con-
Hair Cutting, Facial and Scalp Treatment
Phone 2-5451
notes a race or nationality. not
706 NORTH BURDICK
DIAL 2-3614
necessarily a religion, but it is
none-the-less a fact that when the
395 PORTAGE STREET
E. Patterson Ii G. R. & I. R. R.
PHONE 2-4015
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
average man speaks of some one as
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
being a Jew, he certainly means a
Kalamazoo, Michigan.
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN
person who is not a Christian.

Assure Yourself of a Year of Health and
Ilappiness by Taking Our Baths.

Season's Greetings.

Kalamazoo Monument Co.

Mausoleums, Monuments and Markers

The John F. Class

ED. T. KEIS, Prop.

Health Fume

System

Greetings of the Season.

Dr. E. C. GOODRICH

Veterinary Physician and Surgeon

The Season's Greetings.

Donohoe McQuaid
Sales Company

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STUDEBAKER

Sales and Service

HAS

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A Happy New Year to You.

g.

Van Bochove I
and Brothers

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FLORISTS

r

A Happy and Prosperous New Year to
You All.

l N e wlander Heads
Kalamazoo Lodge
Of B'nai B'rith

CHECKER
CABS

Rosh Hashonah Greetings.

ALAMAZOO LAUNDRY

Family Washing, Rug Cleaning, Dry Cleaning

Phone 5841

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Rosh Hashonah Greetings.

We Wish All Our Jewish Friends and Patrons
a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Holiday Felicitations.

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IV ilk Products

Jackson's
flower
yloer Shoppe

auk

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KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

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In Fiction



The Season' Greetings.

A Happy New Year to You.

E. S. Rankin Agency

Greetings of the Season.

A. L. Lakey Co.

(mcortroRATED)

Baxter Laundries Inc.

PAINTS, OILS

Prompt Settlement of Losses by Resident
Adjuster.

Painters' and Roofers' Supplies

Kalamazoo National Bank Building

Season's Greetings.

Edward

L.

Carl E. 'Walters

WIRING

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

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moEsileautyShoppe

Permanent Waving, Marcelling.

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Holiday'Greetings.
Holiday'

EVERYTHING To BUILD ANYTHING

Vande Berg
& Son

Largest Display of Lighting Fixtures in City.

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PHONE 2-2821

holiday's Greetings.

Greetings of the Season.

Goodale

KALAMAZOO
LUMBER CO.

Co.

,

Rosh Hashonah Greetings.

Holiday Greetings.

Wagner Brothers

Title, Bond & Mortgage
Co. of Kalamazoo

Transportation
Company

409 EAST KALAMAZOO

PHONE 2.7811

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

Abstracts of Title and Title Insurance.

Good Bonds—Land Contracts and Mortgages.

125 Exchange Place—Old Gazette Bldg.

Phone 6137

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

Greetings of the Season.

Kalamazoo
Buick Sales Co.

BUICK SALES AND SERVICE

543 WEST MAIN STREET

PHONE 2-3531

KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN

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