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HOW GRAND RAPIDS BECAME THE
FURNITURE CAPITAL OF AMERICA

REP. W. W. COHEN
SPONSORS CONTEST

working machinery have found it
profitable to locate at Grand kap-
being impossible to carry samples ds because so many of their cus- His Gift Makes Possible
about in a suitcase, illustrated cat- tomers visit this city in connection
National Young Judaea •
alogues were necessary, and for with the furniture expositions.
Oratorical Affair.
the purpose of producing these,
Western Michigan was irighial
great printing establishments lo- ly settled by immigrants from the 1
As an indication of his interest
cated in Grand Rapids, using the Netherlands and as Grand Rapids
highest skill in all branches of the grew rapidly in industrial Minor- in the education of Jewish youth,
printing art. A factory manufac- tame these people from Holland and for the purpose of stimulating
turing the mirrors for dresser and flooded tee this city in considerable interest among young boys and
other pieces lif fur niture located numbers. Today one-half of the girls in the rebuilding of Palestine,
in Grand Rapids and manufactur- foreign born population of Grand Congressman William W. Cohen of
ers distributing their product na• Rapids is Dutch and there are in New York, has established a fund
thornily established branch houses this community about 40 Dutch to provide fur the third nation- -
oratorical contest under the
here to sell mirrors to the furni- churches, several Dutch parochial
ture trade. In addition to the ac- schools, Dutch nt•wspapers, etc. auspices of Young Judaea, nation-
al
Jewish
youth organization, ac-
cessory houses located in Grand This labor is clean, wholesome a n d
cording to an announcement made I
Rapids, a large number of nianu- thrifty.
by
Dr.
Israel
Goldstein, president'
torturers whose plants were in
Another outstanding feature of and Samuel J. Borowsky, executive'
other cities sent their sales repre-
the
labor
situation
in
Grand
Rap•
chairman
of
Young
Judaea.
sentatives to this new furniture
The contest, which will he open
center to establish permanent sales ids is its freedom from industrial
strikes.
In
the
past
17
years
there
to Young Judavans between the
offices, and these men handle ve-
eers, furniture
fniture trimmings, wood hasn't been a strike in the com- ages of I4 and IS, will be devoted
neers,
finishes, sand paper, punnet. stone, munity that seas more than a rip- to orations on the subject of "l'al-
woodworking machinery, etc. Con- ple on the surface, 111H1 what small estine and Jewish Survival," em-
' sequently a strong and vigorous disturbances have occurred have phasizing the influence of the re-
unit of the United Commercial been due to national matters rath- building of Palestine on Jewish
life in the United States as well
Travelers has flourished in Grand er than local.
Grand Rapids is probably the as in other countries. The ora-
, Rapids for the mot many decades.
Soon other inanufacturers, real- world's greatest health resort. No I tions will deal with the past, pres-
' izing that Grand Rapids had de- community could aloolutely estah-1 ent and future, considering what
veloped a class of skilled wood- lish this fact because adequate sta- American Jewry has clone towards
Grand Rapids
workers, were attracted tee Grand tistics are not kept by foreign the re-establishment of the Jewish
Rapids to utilize this labor. In countries. However, according to National Home in Palestine; what
this manner kindred industries es.' the Department of Health at Wash- it is now doing for the economic
tablished themselves here to pro- ington, D. C., so far as statistics upbuilding of the country; and
WE SERVE PRACTICALLY ALL OF EASTERN MICHIGAN
duce carpet sweepers, show eases, are kept, Grand Rapids enjoy:- what influence Palestine is having
refrigerators, school seats, church this enviable position. Only' three and will have on American Jewish
pews and opera chairs. Now the communities in the United States life.
largest producers in the world of of the same class as Grand Rapids
The winner of the contest will
these products are located at Grand have a lower infantile death rate, be given a free trip to Palestine.
and the general death rate is so Regional contests will be held in
Rapids.
low that the citizens of Grand Rap-
In 1876 during the Centennial ids would all have to average 1117 1I centers, including New York,
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
Exposition at Philadelphia, the years before passing on in order Brooklyn, Newark, Boston, New
Haven, Rochester, Philadelphia,
' URGED BY CHANCELLOR manufacturers of furniture of to maintain it.
Baltimore, Atlanta, Cleveland,
Grand Rapids staged an exhibit.
Allier
Furniture
Capital
of
The
High Commissioner Says Time I s This exhibit proved wonderfully ica Is, growing in population at the Cincinnati, Chicago, Omaha and
, San Francisco. The winners in the
Experiments in Villages. attractive, and it was concluded to
establish a permanent furniture rate of about 11,000 annually and regional contest will participate in
. - i
00
will be close to 2,000
when the
JERUSALEM.—Sir John Chan- market at Grand Rapids and the census of 193(1 is taken by the fed- the semi-finals which will take
place during the month of May in
cellor, High Commissioner for fleet market teas held in January.
eral
authorities.
a large Eastern city. The nation-
l'alestine, voiced some of the views 1878. The furniture trade of
..
The city operates under a corn- ' al eliminations will be held during
' -■
he had reached as a result of his America was invited to come to
the month of June, at the twen-
14
munici-
mission-marninger
form
recent tour of the various kinds of Grand Rapids, inspect the exhibits
and place orders for Grand Rapids- pal government, efficiently and eco- tieth anniversary convention of
colonies here.
nomically administered, and kept I Young Judaea.
Ile granted an interview to a del- made furniture. In November, uousually clean and attractive at
In announcing the gift which
elation of the B'nai Binyamin, a 1928, the 102nd consecutive mar- all times. It maintains an asso- makes possible this national con-
young Jewish farmers' organiza- het was held These markets are coition of commerce, which has op- test, the largest contest of its kind
lion, all of whom are native holm. nrov attended by about 3,000 fur- erated consecutively and without ever sponsored by a Jewish organi-
They reported the progress so nit ore buyers and 1100 salesmen.
far made in settling the new gen- In addition to the exhibit of Grand interruption for the past 41 years. zation, Congrt•ssman Cohen ex-
Taking into consideration its ex- ' plained his interest in youth and
eration on the land on a basis of Rapids-made furniture, several cellent form of govt•rnment, its in Jewish education as the reasons
private ownership. They empha- hundred furniture inanufacturers
, very high grade school system, its which led him to make the gift.
"A good retch all the tittle"
sized the progress of their new set- Itarated in other cities have estab- exceptional system of parks and
tlement Nuthanin, named after fished permanent exhibits in Grand
playgrounds, the general health of
it benefactor. The I Rapids and send their samples and
Nat han Straus, its
delegates requested a grant of I salesmen to this city during tht • the condminity, the high perc:nt- TO LAUNCH MAGAZINE
government lands and exemption semi-annual markets. On account age of home ownership, its numer- DEVOTED TO LEARNING
of so ninny furniture manufaur - ous churches, etc., Grand Rapids
from taxes for five years.
A quarterly magazine devoted to
turers visiting, Grand Rapids each is justified in assuming the slogan
DEALER IN
The High Commissioner in reply year, concerns producing wood "A Good Place to Live."
Jewish education will he launched
stated that the work of the organ-
in February, 1929, by the National
ization had the full sympathy of
Council for Jewish Education.
the government. Having visited LIBERAL JUDAISM IN ENGLAND CONSERVA-
This was decided recently by the
. the Jewish villages where the corn-
Council's Executive Committee,
TIVE
IN
PACTICE,
RADICAL
IN
THOUGHT.
munal experiment is heing carried
convening in New York, N. N.
out, he said he had arrived at the
Dr. Alexander M. Dushkin, axe- I
conclusion that such experiments Dr. Mattuck Discusses Varying Shades of Liberalism in cutive director, Chicago Jewish
were not in place there, although
,
England
and
Germany.
America,
Education
Commission, is the edi-
1046.1048 OTTAWA AVE., N,
much effort had been put into them.
much
tor. The editorial board consists
was
as of the opinion that co-
rn
Telephone 9.3569
of
Dr.
Leo
Honor, New York; Dr.
By DR. ISRAEL I. MATTUCK
mural villages were for the future,
The liberal Jewish movement English, a large part consisting of Jacob Golub, Cincinnati, and Mr.
as at present they were bound to
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Israel
Abrams
of Pittsburgh. The
altogether new prayers.
rely on a continuous Sow of funds has a distinctive quality in each
E ven more impt
ortan , h owever, latter, treasurer of the Council,
from aboard to cover their deficits, country; in Germany, for example,
will
be
business
manager of the
than the changes in the form o f
Judai sm in ideas which are the changes in the : quarterly.
bld 1 it di ff
from lib
That was n ot the way to said,
The
Teacher
Training
Commit-
ica. But under the service, the services express.
England andd America.
a national home, which, he
needed a sound economic bask in the difference there is a common A full exposition of these would tee, Louis Harwich, Boston, chair-
conference
of
man, ‘ is sponsoring 11
I
order to heroine fitted to receive basis of unity. The establishment ta k e us too far—one illustration
do There is no reference in representatives of Training Schools
greater numbers of Jews. If Pal- of the World Union shows that will do,
estine was to become a Jewish na- community in thought, ideals and our s rvices
e to the Law as a reve- for Hebrew Teachers, to tie held
tional home it must base its devel- hopes. In Germany the relations o eral Judaism is somewhat conserv- probably during Passover week in
opment on linen of private initia- of the Jewish congregations to the Sinai. It shows in much of its New York
' City,
The National Council for Jew-
tive and private ownership, Sir state are very different from what teachings the influence of Bible
they are in England and America criticism, chiefly in the stress ish Education will meet next May
John stated.
.
c
in Boston. Dr. Emanuel Gamoran,
‘,
(and again they differ in the differ- whi
upon
y evelopment
d eve l opment in
c h it lays
, ' men
Cincinnati, educational director of
ant states of which the Reich is Judaism.
fialsnt
-
the
Union of American Hebrew
composed). Owing to the special "
THE PRIDE OF A JEW
em ,.
Liberal Judaism in England, be Congregations; Dr. Golub, director
relations
of
the
various
"G
The Company with the COAL and the SERVICE
cause
it
is
much
younger
than
lib-
of the Cincinnati Bureau of Jew-
lode" to the state and of the iodic
By JEHUDA HA-LEVY
iTranslated by Israel Cohen)
vidual Jews to the Gemeinde Ire- eral Judaism in Germany or, ish Education, and Mr. Louis Ilur-
CITY-WIDE SERVICE ON
With all I, heart. in truth, and passion lations which would take too long America, has had the advantage of winh. Boston, are preparing the
the experiences
in these two coon-
HIGH-GRADE FUELS
at on
og.
to set forth here, and which
are program,
which in to include dirt-
I love Thee, both in solitude and throng not easy for Englishmen and tries and the profit of their in-
cussion of "Experimental Work in
Thy name'. with me, Hone I shall not
n it
its appearance Secondary
o
th
i
i
,
Jewish Education" and
Americans
to
understand)
the
pa.
struct
on.
bide.
LOCATED ON FRANKLIN VIADUCT
g it shows perha ps
c
My friend art Thou, though others from sawn of the liberal Jewish move- and
"The Function of Religion in Jew-
me glide,
mint
in
Germany
is
almost
neces-
distinctive
English
quality,
for
it
ish
Education."
Phone 52141
My lamp art ton. my tight shall never
is characteristic of the English to
t it is
ilv d ifferent
. t e,
Nor shall my toot ,tee slip. by Thee on- England and America
. It may be retain, out of sentiment, old forms; :
.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
tied •
roughly said that, outwardly, in even while accepting new ideas, THE CHOSEN ONES OF GOD.
They little knew who have dessed
me so,
td
That shaming me dash raise my pride to ritual and synagogid arrangements however radical, which reason .: Whosoever does not persecute
services, the manifestation of holds to be true. So English lib them who persecute him, he who
and
1,....,.,
„
glow. . ., HT.. ni hi,
o ,,,,,,,:i.
is much less "advanced" eral Judaism is somewhat conserv. takes offence in silence, he who
.7,, And s ing Thy Praises, 0 rny sang.
practice, but almost radi- does good for the love of it, and he
, than in America or in the liberal alive in practice,
who is cheerful under his sufferings
synagogue at London. (There is cal in thought .
Departure From Old Forms.
—all these are chosen ones of God,
aindeed one "Reform" synagogue in
Berlin where the arrangements are
The opposition which liberal and of them Scripture declares:
t
m
I
"advanced"
and
where
ex re
land
an( has
as had to "They shall shine forth as does the
Judaism in
n E ng
the weekly service is held on Sun- face has been due more to its de- sun at noonday."—The Talmud.
,
but
this
y
day
parture from old forms than in its
y nd not on Saturda .
synagogue, though it has been es- departure from old teachings. cities of Great Britain. The num-
AN OPPORTUNE TIME BECAUSE
tablished for some SO years, is the That opposition has at times been ber of Jew. is too small. In only
•only one of its kind.) In the aver- very violent; but it has diminished. a few cities are there enough Jews
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age liberal synagogues, there are It could not, however, prevent the to support both an Orthodox and
1S'e Iake 'Miniatures
some German prayers, or there is growth of our movement; there is liberal synagogues. In such cities
•an organ, there are fewer repeti- no authority with power to inter- the time may not be far off when
Front
lions; but otherwise the service is fere officially. In England, as in liberal synagogues will be estab-
' pretty much on the actual Ortho- America, there is nothing to pre. lished. The small communities
dox lines.
vent a synagogue from adopting. present, however, an almost insol
On the other hand. while the ex- any form of service that suits its uble religious problem. Not only,
ternalists, see to speak, have not so needs, except those synagogues however, will the future, as we be-
lieve, bring an increase in the ad-
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herents to liberal Judaism, but,
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considerable
change
of
spirit.
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Synagogue;
those
cannot
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bring increased impetus to the
The outlook, the teaching, the change their services without the
GRAND RAPIDS, M IC II.
movement for change within the
ideals are distinctively liberal. The approval of their chief rabbi.
other Jewish organizations; ant
presentation is liberal, even if the
There is in the Jewish comma• these changes will bring them
.
y
embodiment. for particular reasons nity
i
in England no organization nearer to liberal Judaism.
which cannot be explained here, representing all the synagogues.
trees right. 1920. J. T. A.1
lags behind. Hence it is that the In London, theer are two organ-
. liberal leaders in Germany, ezations, representing Orthodox
whether rabbis or laymen, are Judaism; each includes a number
able first of all to combine among of synagogues. There are, how-
themselves, and constitute liberal ever, a number of independent
"unions" and associations, and, congregations that are not Ortho-
secondly, to unite in sympathetic dox. The latter are the Reform
and active co-operation with theirsY
og ues established some 80
synagogues
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WA't
fellow liberals in England and y ' ears ago. which is conservatively
America. he teaching and spirit progressive. and the synagogue he-
art. similar, the ideals are akin, longing to our movement. Ortho-
and these are regarded by all con- dox Judaism, though divided and
cerned in all three countries so not all-inclusive, is sufficient to
much more important than the ex- make progress difficult, That the
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the liberal Jewish platform that steadily in spite of these ilifficul-
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cording to the needs and wishes of strength. Inc rease
Impetus.
d
different congregations and roan-
The growth of the liberal Jewish
Grand Rapids, Mich
tries.
synagogue which has made it the
largest Jewish congregation in the
Difference of Opinion.
It is significant of the quality United Kingdom, and the estab-
of liberal Judaism in England that lishment of other synagogues
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the American delegates to the in- though these are still small, show
ternational conference held here that liberal Judaism is satisfying a
in 1926 thought us conservative, spiritual need in Anglo-Jewry.
and the Germans thought or radi- Several factor' lead to the belief
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