ThEVETRorriEwunkaiRcrociz PAGE EIGHT JEWISH LIFE IN BELGIUM ig-)Y743/1A By J. FUSS Immigration into Belgium, which the Jewish communities and the s ',Lopped some time ago, has Talmud Torahs and it has even new teen resumed and is proceed- granted recently n subsidy to a ing normally. If you go out into Yiddish socular school en the type the streets of Antwerp or Brussels, of those in Poland. The leaders of the central Jew- you will meet on most streets faces which recall to you Palish, Ruman- ish charitable institution were re- inn or Lithuanian Jewries, newly- eently decorated by the King. Pro- arri ■ ed immigrants going about fessor Ginsburg, the president, trying to tied employment. In was made a Knight of the Order most cases they find a job very of Leopold, and the other members soon; in Antwerp in the diamond of the committee were made industry. and in Brussels in the Knights of the Order of the Crown. fancy leather coeds industry, A while ago the government ap- which are both in Jewish hands. pointed a commission for immigra- 'she Jewish community in Belgium tion and nominated the president is thus growing by leaps and of the Jewish Emigrant Society (Ezra) M. Tolkowski, as vice- bounds. The Jewish streets in Antwerp president of the tommiesien. The a re becoming too small for their president is to high government of- populations and new streets are fiend. The friendly latitude of the goy Do you want your adver- tieing taken into Jewish occupa- t ion. Whole Jewish quarters are eminent towards the Jews is not tisements to stand forth springing up overnight, and some- dependent on which party happens -7:- from the printed pages— 777 times you will find yourself stand- to be for the time being in poaer. strikingly effective because g. ing stock still in the midst of a It is characteristic of all the Bel- street in Antwerp wondering gian political parties. Very often of their originality? Buy whether you are indeed in Belgium the tatholic Party is the most your Engravings wisely! or whether you have suddenly been friendly of all to the Jews and in transported to IVareaw or Berdit- trying to secure larger subsidies EVERTON •hev. As it happens, one of the for religious institutions makes ef- new Jewish quarters is actually re- forts also to obtain them for the ENGRAVING COMPANY ferred to by the Antwerp Jews as Jewish religious in s t i t utions. loccad no. Ito. Building the Nale•kis, the name of the Jew- Throe months ago a Catholic dep- Retinae It. allefftne. uty introduced a resolution into ish quarter in Warsaw. em.. Croy as The government apparently is Parliament to make Sunday ob- favoring this new immigration servance compulsory, but his res- movemenL which without doubt is ',lotion was defeated. Jewish life in Antwerp is full stimulating trade and industry in the country, especially in advanc- of vitality. There is a Yiddish ing the diamond industry in which weekly in the city. The various Belgium is in competition with Jewish parties all have a central Ace in Antwerp and in general Holland. the Jews of Antwerp live a distinct Question of Citizenship. 11111.11Lith11114, There is one difficulty which the life. so much so that it appears that if they live the rest of their lives Belgian Jews have to face and that in Antwerp under such conditions is the question of citizenship. Not- thee will not learn a single word withstanding the friendly relations of French or Flemish. between them and the authorities, Communists' Growth. 95 per cent of the Jews in Belgium are aliens. Recently there has The growth of the Jewish can- been a slight improvement in this munity in Belgium necessitates al- To Our Many Friends respect. Thanks to the efforts of so the expansion of the Jewish so- the Socialist Deputies, several cial institution and there is talk hundred Jews have been natural- of establishing a Jewish hospital. ized, but the difficulties in regard It is very difficult for a Jew who 'r to the mas of Jews still remain. has to go to a hospital to find him- Nevertheless, the Belgium Jews self visited by a priest. There feel their lack of citizenship very have even been cases in Antwerp little and generally speaking they where Jews lying on their death- suffer few disabilities because they bed in hospitals have been baptized are technically aliens. The govern- by priests and there has been an merit treats them as if they were outcry in Antwerp over this. natives. It provides subsidies for There are internal disputes, of course, among the Jewish residents. There is the conflict between the Agudist community, Machziki Ha- Rosh Hashonah doss, and the Mizrachist cemmun- ty, Shomreh Iladass. The Shorn- Greetings reh Iladass, which regards itself 92-98 GARFIELD AVENUE to all as the official community, not long ago decided to build a new syna- Glendale 0750-8379 gogue, a synagogue which would not have its like in Europe. There Was talk of the government hay- : ing promised to make a grant of 11111.11 ISE et eft' several million francs for the pur- pose and some newspaper repre- sentatives wrote up a story that , the king himself would nttend the ' corner laying ceremony and would 252.7052e70_52_525? .2.525252 lay one of the foundation stores. NORTH J. LUSK The st ,ry appears to have been premature. Over a million francs Landscape Gardener were put into the fe'nelation and 15664 NORMANDY wa d Happy New Year to All My Jewish t vl i & heeg g ° a , ltNdheer na r ie n prit c l a s f t . „id ro its us 1 ifneeil e Longfellow 0050 Friends and Patrons - f sud de nly and L the government found itself in rea t financial difficulties. The community had to be \ satisfied with a smaller synagogue erected upon the huge foundation. merous in the university cities of Season' Greetings The competition between the two Liege and Ghent did organize in Jewish communities has led them their cities protest metings in To all My Jewish Friends to rival each ether in cantors and which the Belgian students organi- the Jews of Antwerp have recently zation took part. These Jewish and Customers had the pleasure of listening to students, numbering about 2,00), some of the finest cantors in Eu- who hose com• from Poland, Rus- „.1 rope who have been seeking to ob- sia, Lithuania and Palestine, are tain appointments in the Antwerp for the most part living in pover- synagegues. By a strange freak ty, neglected by the Jewish public of chance both communities finally and kery often they have not selected cantors from Odessa- enough on which to live. Many of l'antor Rabinovitch being appoint- them go out to work at night in Landscape Architect ed to the Shomreh 'Wass and the coal mines or the factories in Cantor Barski t a the Machziki Ila- order to be able to carry un during 7690 DE SOTO the day with their studies. The Longfellow 9357 11626 Jos. Campau Ave. dass. There are conflicts, of course, al- result is that they cannot apply so in Brussels, but in Brussels themsAves to their sludies with Longfellow 5684 Jewish life is still primitive in sufficient intensity and often it • _ form, like in a small town, and the takes them 10 or 12 years before 2S -e_enage?cace_5252.5252525251525-2_523-25252.52' conflict, too, is not as organized they can obtain their diplomas. Two new organizations have re- and developed as it is in Antwerp. But the main point is that [ki- cently ben established, both of anad,g, itself ided suggest the permanency of s di v •vhich i ♦ ♦ ■ •••• ■•■ gign Jewry VISIAWSVIsss••%• %%% ••• ■ ••11SISIAWS1s%V.••• lts and even n question like organ- Jewish life in Belgium now. There ■■■■■•■ 6\11001111.\\ •• ■■■•■■•■■■■■■•■••■■■■•■■■■■•■■■•■■■■•■ 101011,101011010106111 'e.Ve's•r . " is the Society for theellistery of sweeeelts"Welkeovs % or icing a protest demonstration against the persecution of the Jews the Jews in Belgium, whose work is sufficiently indicated in its name, ,t in Rumania, it is imposible to So- bring abut a unity between them. and there is the Jewish Music which has its own orchestra 0/ There are many Transylvanian ciety °Ol e/$ 0/ Jews living in Belgium and they and has arranged concerts in which some of the greatest Jewish 0, felt the position very keenly, es- virtuow a like Ileifezz, Mischa El- 40 pecially when ninny of them had man, Bronislav / !lawman, and , rceehed alarming reports about others have appeared. They both deed been / their e ow n relatives. It had in- . l'f trend o f J • l , It is becoming r rooted be Id in Ant- in Belgium. n, of all partiaersr t think and has time to moment dig. and firm 0 jr, t,% arose and ttaht record s and is l g htoric d the l_itlemonstra- of coii g e ing ng eel music. d l e In Brussels wa s a ar ru'aela '20e a meeting was held, but differencesornimzp If a man doe s not go after e i..- C FA'; , arose during the meeting g and it come aft •i . • om will not come s d om tom , wi st roi broke up in disorder. ".el% who are mt. }dm.' The Jewish students •- r E E A.13. SEE ELEVATORS 31tosi! Nrut Drar iliragagr (firectilt96 It is a matter of economy to be happy to view life and its conditions from the highest angle; it enables one to seize life at its very best. It ex- pands the soul and makes life worth while. In that spirit we greet our JewiFih friends on their New Year with best wishes. Ii. (6ritit&Snit ltOrrtaltrni A.B.See Elevator Co., Inc. ' 56 Henry Street Detroit, Mich. A JOHN PARDONNET r $0, 35 05 ' I Flattery is a base coin to which only our vanity gives currency.— La Roche. Even for the rebuilding of the dreg the instruction of the cbil- must not be interrupted. d k When the ship has e h have u very- knows how she sunk ,, , en saved.—Italian Proverb. one Dodge Announces New Senior Six Models ;0,11 el/ 1332 Book Building Randolph 8214 GA RAGE OTTO E. HALLBROOK, Prop. Be 5: 0 01 le 41 HUDSON — ESSEX SALES AND SERVICE 7590 %%%%%%%%%% PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IDEAL Call GLENDALE ■ c GREETINGS OF THE SEASON "Home Service Bakers" COURTEOUS SALESMEN Co. Mana4ement Immo.") lurailawswaraiww ,,swocworoomoviazzal wcs MILLS BAKING CO. 200 S exton Li ro, To the large number of readers of the Chronicle whom we are ,privileged to number among our friends, we extend our sincerest good wishes. iagnigniumvgain9 The Mills Baking Company extends to its many Jewish friends greetings of the New Year. Having served Detroit for many years, we feel a dear obligation to our many customers for their continued patronage. It is only occasionally that we are able to express our appreciation publicly, and so in the columns of the Chronicle this year we bestow a small measure of our gratitude in our hearty good will. p the learned man called his servant and asked him to bring him him the t Bible which he had left in his room. The servant brought the heavy and sacred Bible. The woman nat- urally surmised that the rabbi would look for a passage concern- ing her, But the latter simply opened his Bible, took his glaeses which- had been left between the pages, adjusted them carefully and gazed at the plaintiff. Then, with a wave of his hand, he said: ""Madame, anyway this man is right." A fatly!' Nrtu ilrar ,:Al ,i!T NIVIIIMilPr.1411'.C1111'. .1111111 4101146t1L101111111EIVIII:[;111 ,!'..r.11.:: A Happy New T ear me.' Whereupon 111rn!' 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