RAGE FOUR
THEPEntortiarisa
GRAND RAPIDS
The Patten
Monument Co.
GUARDIAN MEMORIALS
1219 Plainfield Ave., N. E.
Phone 71893
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
SEASON'S GREETINGS
H. F. WELLS
MOTOR CO.
CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE
2044 S. DIVISION
Phone 3.2246
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
The Corner Garage
ll's the tear•oe on the cnenee
thr aqua,.
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Patiently wsiting In hear roue troebleg,
Phiate14n.1 we'll ...Ill he then
ferert. w 11 tall
11111 for and deliver,
Which I. another e
treagule.
To geese 111,1 make ,ou aatiafied.
1.4 what we call a Pleasure.
Smith Auto Service
234-236 Market Ave., S. W.
Phones. Shop., 6.6093 — Reswirnen, 7.2245
IlltAND RAPIDS. 4411111
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Facts About Grand Rapids. '
OLD SLOBODKA AND
AMERICAN JEWRY
fiROX IC LE
MUSKEGON, WEST MICHIGAN'S
BUSINESS CENTER
Population Jan. I, 1928, esti-.
mated at 1140,300.
Population-
By RABBI I. L. BRIL
),re wth, 13,000 annually.
Greater Muskegon, according to . pact clay subsoil, which tends to
Slobodka!
The 1928 city directors enti• 1
To the average American Jew it the 1920 census, is the fastest grow- keep the overlying sand moist and
mates population of Greater Grand '
mg
community in Western Michi- productive.
means nothing at all.
Rapids at 192,25t1.
gall. From 1910 to 1520, the coifs-
Huber.
But what is Slobodka?
Ranks second among the larger
Well,
Slobodka
is,
if
you
must
ty
had
the fourth largest popula-
Muskegon's landlocked harbor is
cities of the Uniteid Staten as to
percentage of home ownership, know, a suburb of Kovno, the thin increase in the lower Michi- the best on the east coast of Lake
gun peninsula, being preceded Michigan.
It is formed by the
50.2 per cent of its homes being famed Lithuanian city.
Well supposing it is, you ask, "olE by Wayne (Detroit), Gene- lower end of Muskegon river and
owned by the families occupying
we and Oakland. During the 10- Muskegon Lake, the latter con-
them.
what then?
'rhea I have to go further and Year Period Muskegon county's fleeting with Lake Michigan by
One of the very healthiest cities,
according to U. S. government tads- tell you that in Slobodka there is I Population increased 53.7 per cent. nitians of a channel a mile long
The population of Greater Mus- and 300 feet wide, dredged to a
tistics.
a world-renowned Yeshiva by the
Illls absolutely pure water sup- name of the Slobodka Yeshiva.
kegon in 1921 is approximately minimum of 20 feet. The harbor
new
light
may
dawn
upon
50,stiO,
of which 10,000 is in Mus- basin is five miles long and from
ply.
Now a
Leads all cities in the country in yOU•
kegon Heights, silo in North Mus- one to two miles wide, being deep
infant welfare work.
in the suburban enough to permit Boating of the
Let me tell the story if that kegon, and I.000 i..
Zoning
plan, effective
since y es hi va ,
largest lake vessels. It is open at
additions to the three cities.
March 2, PJ 2.1, sets aside sections
all seasons of the year.
Area.
to be used for residence, business
Greater 7Itisktigon has an area
Industry.
Rabbi Israel Salanter.
,, f approximately 12 square miles.
and factories.
:Muskegon ranks fourth aiming
Exports from the 1:niversity of
Fifty years ago. Rabbi Israel The municipal corporation of 71us. the cities of the state in the nun:-
Chicago have declared the school I 0 i ani . er Who , real name W11 , keg, II has an ar ea of t; 2 - 3 ,,,,,,.• 444.14 111 industrial employes and in
system of Grand Rapids to be one Israel Lipkin, ' founded the Ye'- miles, .11,200 acres. Of this the wages Paid.
if the best in the COuntry.
Greater
Muskegon
industries,
water area is 1,730 acres and the
shiva ill Slo
Slobodka,.
City's assessed valuation in DJ2/4 '
•isroel Salanter, so called after net land area 2,5311 acres.
'rhe which include more than 200 state-
is $267,690,240•
of residence Salanty, was area of Muskegon Lake is 1,330 inspected factories, employ more
his
-
'
'
City's wholesale business is es- not
only a great scholar, but an acres.
than I 11 ,01111 work errs,whose an -
timated at $75,000,000 a year,
The area 11f NIuskegon county is filial wage ill:I:regale , al 1 1 11.11 x 1.
, author, an organizer and an ad.
111
Combined
li llilit1.11 - SUrpillS
5112,3
square
miles,
this
mileage
in_
'nattily
$211,000,000. Th e valu e o f
minis( rotor.
, .
building and loan assoc iations,
i lsroel Salanter, we are told, eluding lake,. Of this total. 29u manutactured products is $911,000.-
$24,000,0110.
000
Labor C 011 tlaillrls
was considered ion. of the most squat,• mile.-are in farm lands.
alinuallY•
Capital, surplus and undivided
eminent Orthodox rabbis of the :--7.1 per cent of the total land area .l ' e l ' I ' lld, bo th fr"i" the standpoint
profits of bank, and tru:t com-
nineteenth century, because of his i f the county being devoted to ag - of worker and employer, and
pinks Oct. 3, 192S, $11,03921:2.
broad Talniudic scholarship, his rieulture. Of the farm land 5:13, strikes virtually
are unknown.
T otal bank deposits Oct. 3 . 1928,
deep piety, and his personal influ- or al per cent of the county's t o tal 'nu. citizenship is composed large.
$8.1,.139,762.
ence for good. He was probably land /flea, is improved. A consid- ly of the descendants of Scandi-
Bank clearings for 1028 totaled
the. only rabbi of his tim e th a t erable part if the land in :Musk,- MIVitIll, 11 , 111111141 and Anglo-Saxon
$446,960,168.
Building permits issued in 1922 exerted a wide influence on his fel- got! county is covered with a coni- stock. The majority of them are
home owners. All excellent school
low rabbis and on the Jewish nom-
totaled $8,2311,285.
system and unlimited opportuni-
Postoflice receipts for 192S niunities throughout Russia and
ties for 1110111111r l i elirtlititin rontrib-
even beyond that country.
were $1,1:63,1:16.
ate toward making Muskegon a
It
is
not,
therefore,
at
all
sun-
Ilas largest of all carpet sweep-
l esimble city in which to live fr"m
ere school seat, window sash pal- Prising that there should have
the average man's viewpoint.
lay's, excelsior, sticky fly paper, Rocked to Slobodka students from
the
land.
To
have
studied
all
ilVer
Industry Diversified.
.•liow case, and refrigerator foe-
at the Slobodka Yeshiva, to have
tories.
Another important factor con-
"Furniture Capital of America." identified with Yisroel Salanter Police and Clergy in Polish t. miri ng to the development of
and WAS a life-
Le/Ids all cities in the output of gave one standinand
Village Act to Calm
71uskegon as an industrial center
Its 1:tt furni- long source of pride even handed
quality furniture.
is the diversity of its Illiltillfactur-
Population.
tare factories employ 13,000 ar- down 11S an heirloom.
ing interests. Muskegon is di no
From Slobodka have (4 0111e some
lists and craftsmen.
sense cone-industry its although
W A If SA W. -
..A.)1 — T he
Largest producer of high grade of the most learned and greatest
the automotive predominates. This
The police and clergy acted in Unison
printing in the way of direct ad- rabbis of modern days.
has a tendency to equalize the lit-
vertising literature Of any city its graduates of the :Yeshiva, rabbis to 44(4/1 Its Well as prevent further ben demand durin g ( he veer And
and laymen, have left their impress ilkturlianies of an 1111(1...leWiSh un-
size,
preduce steadier employnnict, store
Employes in all factories nuns - upon Jewish life in the last three
there is considerable varialice in
day, March 27, during Purim cute-
her upwards of 30,000 men and and four decades.
the pdakload demand fur labor in
isroel :mations at Bialoczow, district of
First the influence of
women.
the NACiolls lines of iirlustm'.
In
Government statistics show that • Salanter and that of the leaders
Several scores or the Jewish CPS- short, NIuskegon escapes :hi• feast
the average annual wage in taand who sotTeedell him created in She
or famine in labor supply (4c1 gen-
idllas
wellr
Rapids in 1925 was $1,429, which boilka an atmosphere. fostered an
reported to have been
erally i, found in the on •. iiillosti)
average was greater in 11 1 26 and environment that left an siverlasr. the vietinis of attacks which Were
city.
1927.
Mr impress upon those who lived the result of t•Nellt Dien( 1 4 ,11l1S44 of
During winter months h • heel
Pennsylvania, Mirhigiul Central, within it.
the traditional Jewish Purim plays.
supply of labor is atioeiiiittil I.:.
New York Central, Pere Nlarquette
In this country there are thou- Several err, unts are current as to
Worker.; f1,111 the lama. 4111,110 4 -
and Grand Trunk 11'estern rail- sands of old Slobodka Yeshiva the origin and cause of t ho tliS4111144
.4M I he entire NIusk•giiii trail.
roads enter city.
Bochurim who lovingly look back
area. hundreds of fat, iic. Tier:
Street railway won the Charles upon the days spent in the old Ye-
Tile Slott, 1{41iloile..kie. 1111
4111i1 Worker, find laotitald.• en"
A. Collin Award for outstandine shiva. These memories are So
1,41 paper, Published a sensa-
pli.yment hire during th . season
achievements in 1927.
and
ecru
the
rush
tumid
account
of
the
event
which
precious that
City owns 902 acres of park and the noise and the hustle and hustle led to coati-ration of the is$the by when they lire not needed in di: I I-
boulevard lands in or contiguous if modern American life have been the authorities, acconlin,.... to the cultural pursuits.
to municipal limits. There is a unable to obliterate them.
Pulish 'rut, graithh. Ageney. Tht
park or playground within 15 min-
There in brief you have the paper reported that the di:tut -fi-
utes' walk of every home.
❑ nc•s were caused by "a lielAi l/lia•
story of Slobodka.
Ample hotel accommodation:
t i ll, eaten 1111 the part of the Jew-
Not Interrupted by War.
make Grand Rapids it favorite con-
ish populatien."
The Slobodka Yeshiva always
vention city.
To the correspondent of the
bochu•
Semi-annual furniture markets had between 300 anti 400
Jewish
Telegraphic AfrelicY the
conducted in May and November. rim. And even during the war district Chief of Police stated over
to
the Yeshiva went 011. (loving
the long distance telephone that
war conditions it had to move to
the riots were the result of a skir-
Krementchug, but that was only
The City of God.
mish between Purim players and
temporarily. As soon as circum-
"Do not seek for the City of God stances
number of Polish )'rung men in
permitted the Yeshiva re-
on earth, for it is not built of
the street. The pollee intervened
turned
to
Slobodka.
wood or stone; but seek it in the
immediately and restored order, he
But Eastern European Jewry
soul of man who is a loser of true
stated.
has fallen upon evil days.
wisdom.
The district chief of police if
It has become a supplicant in-
If a man practices ablutions of
stead of being self-supporting. Opuczno headed a commission
Phone 22-869
the hotly, but defiles his mind if
which
proceeded to Bialoczow to in-
I heard the story of Slobodka
he founds a temple, adorns a shrine
vestigate the matter. The Catho-
from two visitors who are now in
MUSKEGON, MICH.
and does nothing to make his soul this country, to-wit: Rabbi Baruch lie authorities instructed the local
beautiful—let hint not he called
. tpii,itili tu3latthharti
eIteri gt yttti,i ,( s.nt ti nfli ,alit.ai hfyt,dtlti,ttt
Ilurwitz, the Rosh Yeshiva of So- H
religious. He has wandered far
bodka and president of the Agu-
from real religion, mistaking ritual lath Harabbonim of Lithuania, the events were the result of a
for holiness; attempting, as it were, and Rabbi Isaac Ogulnick, known Plai,"itIt'."ilmliimf.ifiisrto,(.)LI,tti:f(titht. Interior at
to bribe the Incorruptible and to
as the Passvoler Ran, and a stem- The issued a statement giving
flatter Him whom none can flatter.
bar of the executive committee of
God welcomes the genuine service
some details of what occurred. Ay-
the Lithuanian Agudath Harrah-
of a soul, the sacrifice of truth;
cording to that statement the tit-
bonim.
but from a display of wealth He
It is a sad tale. In the course lagers attacked a group of Purim
turns assay.
of years Slobodka has accumulated players who e arried an effigy of
Will any man with impure soul a deficit of $50,000.
Approxi- 1111111111/. Which they used in the
and with no intention to repent, , mately $36,000 annually are re- inlay they
beYholuIr,ft',seifintetilhe tf(tiiroagliti(fr,;;: i
dart( to approach the Most High quired to maintain the Yeshiva. house
God? The grateful soul of the The leaders (lid not bother much planner. When attacked the Pur-
wise man is the true altar of God." about the deficit. But at last they 1 ,11 players fled leaving the effigy
Floorrro for Srrr y Orrosioa
nthlt; street. Unknown provoca-
Philo-Judaeus, First Century.
had to, things simply could not
along. picked up the
g' ilors elligy and nailed
1411 Pine Street
prass
a
.4,10i(l arranged
tibreanitgaed
a .
A perfect vase never came from
And so Rabbis Ilurwitz and I nit tt( r(a,s,ptill..ite
thus
a had potter's wheel.
°Rolnick have come to America.
Phone 23.532
players
pro-
sum
that
the
Purim
m
Where else could they go? There
The only way to have a friend are so many Slobodker here and faned the synilsil of the founder of
Christianity.
When
this
false
ru-
is to be one.—Emerson.
NIUSKEGON, :MICH.
the center of Jewish lift. has
shifted to the United States, that mor was spread in the village the
it was the only logical place to population was aroused and the at-
tack on Jewish homes ensued.
come to.
•
Wintbovs in 17 Jewish homes
And here are these rabbis and
leaders, not pleading for them- were smashed. No injuries to per-
selves, but for their beloved insti- sons were reported, according to
For Men, Women and Children
the Ministry's statement.
tution.
Torah
scholarship,
IA•arning,
know no frontiers. They are
world-wide.
Flor,rN of Quality
U. S. Jews Must Pay Debt.
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Cor. Manahan and Lethen
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For Complete Information
CALL 6.2555
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12.14 Commits.. Ay..., N. W.
"RESTLAWN"
Memorial Park
'i-MILE SOUTH OF CITY LIMITS ON EASTERN AVE.
ROAD
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R. TRUST BUILDING
C. C. JAMES
ROOFING CO.
For Personal Service
call
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1011 G.
MUSKEGON, 311(11.
1:2)
Dial 8-1456
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
MUSKEGON
FLORAL CO.
Arthur F.
CRABB
SAMUEL DEUTSCH
LEFT $2,500,000
I recall that in days gone by Dr.
Israel Iliblesheimer, the head of
13 JEFFERSON AVE.
the famed Rabhiner Seminar in
Berlin, would turn to Russian
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Jewry for financial aid and receive
it quite liberally.
Telephone 9-4234
And yet German Jews could
have maintained the Iliblesheimer
Yeshiva
quite comfortably.
Choice Rows Our SPeuidtf
'the Jews of A 'erica have not
received, thank Heaven, do not
need any material aid from their
brethren in other countries. but
they have received, and that quite
lavishly, spiritual sustenance from
these old Yeshivas and these note
poverty-stricken scats of Jewish
learning.
American Jews are in honor
bound to repay the debt.
And so the appeal is going to go
out first to all the old Slohodker
Yeshiva Bochurini who arc in this
country and then to all other Jews
High•Grade Automobile
to wipe that debt. Fifty thou4iind
Pam nt ins
dollars is nit so great an amount
that it cannot hr quickly raised.
"Lacquer Finishes"
Rabbi 71. S. Margolis, Rabbi Is-
rael Rosenberg, Rabbi E. Silver,
We specialize in touring and
Rabbi .1. Kahanowttz, Rabbi J.
commercial car painting, letter-
Siegel, Rabbi J. II. Levenb•rg, and
ing and general pictorial work.
other leaders of the Union if Or-
2301 Division S. Phone 3.0208
thodox Rabbis are behind this
movement.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
A strong committee of represen-
tative laymen is being organized.
May I appeal to all those wh
♦ are interested and want to help to
communicate with either Rabbi M.
S. :Margolis, 27 F:ast Eighty-sixth
street, New York, or with the re
lief committee of the Sillh11111:11
Repairing and Rebuilding shiva, :tti Canal street, New York.
CHICAGO.—J. T. A.) — Be-
quests of $10,000 to the Jewish
Charities of Chicago, $2,500 to the
Chicago Monte for Dovish Orphans
and 5500 to the Cleveland Jewish
Orphan Association were contained
in the will of the late Samuel
Deutsch, former president of the
Jewish Charities of Chicago, who
died here at the age of 63. The
will, filed fur probate yesterday,
estimated the estate of the late
Mr. Deutsch at $2,700,000.
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Mineral Fume Bath
System
PAUL L. O'NEILL
'Ralph James Talberine
MUSKEGON,
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MUSKEGON, MICH.
Phone 23-436
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Muskegon
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Horseshoeing, Auto Spring Work
Acetylene Welding
General Blackamithing
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Phones 3.2681-6.4054
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Learning has come inte the
world not merely to clear men's
eyes and give them mastery ii,er
nature and human circumstacces,
but also to hemp [Mtn young, never
staled, always new like the stars
and the hills and the sea and the
Nagrant Winds, which make nothing
of times or 014(•1144 14 ■ 115 141.1( live al-
ways in serene freedom fr o m any
touch of decay. the •oUrceS ..f
their being (aime high lase wh..
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Telephone 22-653
MUSKEGON, MICH.
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MUSKEGON, M1( H.
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