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CHARGE THAT THERE IS "A JEWISH
CRIME WAVE" ATTACKED BY LEADERS

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came officially before the court in
'r* WOODWARD AT STATE
the Washington Zionist District, 1914 was 31, and there has been a
and Rabbi Gedalioh Silverstone. gradual decrease in the number
Both of them denied the existence from year to year, until in 1929
of a Jewish crime wave. Spiegler but 14 appeared in the court.
Ile pointed out that in 1928
said "Judge Cayton's charges have
no basis in fact. There is no Jew- there were received in Atlanta
' ish crime wave, although of course penitentiary 2.621 persons, 149 of
the soother of Jewish criminals has whom were Jews; in Leavenworth,
increased proportionately to the I 70 out of a total of 2,581; at Mc-
general increase in crime. Neither Neil Island, 12 out of a total of
is there any basis for the state- 655, and at the Chillicothe Re-
ment that Jews 'have failed in, formatory for persons between the
their duty as Americans.' Statis- ages of 17 and 30, 11 of the 490
tics of the accomplishments of were Jewish.
After voicing a protest against
Jews during the past 10 years show
that they have done their part as Judge Cayton's accusations, Rabbi
Simon concluded by saying that
citizens in every field."
Rabbi Silverstone insisted that "we Jews must therefore resent'
charges of an increase in crime with all the power at our com-
among American Jews were er- mand, the unwarranted statements'
Formerly up
Formerly up
roneous and far from accurate. made by an inexperienced youth."
The fact of the matter is, he point-
to $15.00
to $20.00
ed out, an increasing number of QUOTE PRISON FIGURES
Jews each year are winning high IN REPLY TO YOUNG JUDGE
NEW
YORK.—(J.
T.
A.)—The
places in industry and the profes-
If you need new footwear for daytime or
Jews of New York state, who con-
sions.
afternoon wear, by all means, take advantage
The rabbi asserted there were no , stitute a bit more than 16 per cent
figures to prove that criminal ten- of the total population, furnished
of this sale! Included are suedes, lizard,
dencies are more pronounced little more - than 10 per cent of the
satins, and kidskins, in all the wanted styles.
among Jews and cited the names inmates of all of the penal institu-
Incomplete size ranges.
of great leaders of the race who, tions in the state during the dec-•
he said, were winning respect and ode from 1915 to 1925, it was
learned
by the Jewish Telegraphic
renown for Jews everywhere.
Agency, investigating the mattter
Demand Apology.
of Jews and crime in connection
"For this contention and for his
with the recent statement of Judge
assertion that 'a Jewish crime wave Nathan Cayton of the Municipal
of considerable proportions exists Court of the District of Columbia,
SHOES s s . FIFTH FLOOR
, over the country,' Judge Cayton that there is a "Jewish crime
owes an apology to the Jews of wave" and that the "Jews of Amer-
i Washington and to those of Amer- ica hove produced for more than
ica," Rabbi George Silverman as- their share of criminals."
The
lured an audience in the Tiferelh above figures are the result of
will speak on "Rare Books and Col-
/I "RARE BOOKS," STERN'S
Israel Synagogue.
study of Jewish prisoners in the TOPIC FOR HADASSAH lections."
Cayton's remarks, which have penal institutions of New York,
Mr. Stern, one of the best known
, evoked to much excitement, were made in 1928 by the statistical de-
MEETING
ON JAN. 15 civic leaders in Detroit, has for
--
made after a reference to the prob- partment of the American Jewish
many years made a hobby of col-
lems that beset the Jews during Committee.
lecting rare and precious volumes
Next Wednesday evening, Jan. from all corners of the globe. Ile
the days of Maccabeans.
This study was based on tit:. °M-
' 15 at 8 o'clock, the monthly cul- will illustrate his talk with an ex-
"A situation no less serious and cial reports of all of the
icesnaa's
`demanding no less courage faces stitutinns in the entire state,
co've' r- in- tu;a1 meeting of Senior and Jun- hibit of some of these books, to-
Ius today," he said. "Our trouble ing the 10 years from 1915 to
gether with interesting letters ac-
is our own making. I refer to the 1025. The official statistics
cumulated during his collectings
stp
Jewish crime wave.
from famous people from all parts
the inmates in these institutions
"There was a time when n Jew- were ovals•zed on the basis of bola
of the world. Each member of
' ish gunman was unheard of and their nativity and religious faith.
Senior and Junior Hadassah is in-
lJewish citizenship was synonymous
vited to bring a friend.
Briefly stated, the results of the
'with good American citizenship.
investigation were: Whereas the
fel "But almost overnight we have Jews constitute something more
produced far more than our share than 16 per cent of the population
MORRIS FISIIMAN
of criminals. The Jewish crime of the state of New York, only a
Vice-President
Young Folks' Activities:
wave is an actual, shameful, awful little over 10 per cent of the in-
On New Year's day the club
reality."
mates of all the penal institutions
held open house in the clubroom.
Judge Cayton blamed the wave of the statetakentogether are
An interesting program seas pre-
on lack of training in the home Jews; and in New York City.
sented, arranged by Miss Grave
and synagogue. Ile said:
where the Jews comprise over 27
Lovinger and Alex Rosenthal. At
"I believe that during the past per cent of the population, only
the next meeting of the society,
decade we have definitely failed to 19 per cent of the inmates of the
4:30 p. m. Sunday, Jan. 12, Rabbi
perform our duty as Jewsntnii penal 'institutions of the city are
Moses Fischer will talk on Pales-
' Americans."
Jews.
tine and its outlook for the future.
Attacked by Dr. Simon.
Though no similar studies for
The public is welcome.
"No article front the Dearborn other states and cities have been
Independent has been as scathing made by the American Jewish
Sunday School:
and condemnatory of Israel, and Committee, its statistical depart-
At the present time there are ap-
no Ku Klux orator has been more ment reports that it is not unreas-
proximately 200 children enrolled
unrighteous," was the unsparing onable to assume that conditions
in
the various classes. The honor
denunciation of Judge Cayton's re- elsewhere are, generally speaking,
roll which will include all students
MILFORD STERN
cent charge in an answer delivered not unlike those in the largest can-
attending the classes regularly, as
here by Rabbi Abram Simon, for- ter of Jewish population.
or Hadassith will be held at the well as those having the best aver-
mer president of the Central Con-
The complete memorandum as Utley Branch Library, Woodward ages, will appear in the next issue
ference of American Rabbis, from prepared
by the statistical denart-
meat
of
the
American
Jewish
Com-
and Alger. Milford Stern, who of The Chronicle.
his pulpit in the Washington He-
mittee follows:
brew Congregation.
Sisterhood:
"ad the address been deliver d
Total No. Jewish
"BUD" GREETS THRONGS REV. SCHECHTER DIES
e
by a non-Jew, one
might have said Penal Institutions
No. Years. Prisoners. Prisoners. Pet. . The New Year's dinner-dance
4,818
10.38
given
by the Sisterhood proved sac-
'Well, what can you expect?' But N. Y. State Prisons
1917-1926
46,433
WHO COME TO DISPLAY
AT 87; ACTIVE HERE
'then one of your own household
Annual average
4,643
OF NEWEST CHEVROLET
FOR PAST 25 YEARS outdoes the Dearborn Independent
4
9
8
2
-
9
10;87
dent
Of
e th . Sisterhoo(1,
':
together
e th ir
State Reformatories (men)
1916-1925
8,547
with a large committee, arranged
and prints poison to become anti-
Annual average .
855
the
affair.
State Reformles (women)
1916-1925
Rev. Joseph Schechter of 2047 Semitic meat, what self-respecting
2,631
2 9 73 3 10.38
When the Chevrolet Motor Car
Annual average
263
Company made its startling an- Hazelwood avenue, who died sud- Jew can withhold his righteous in-
to
Defective Delinquents ..._
1922-1925
2 6 74 10.89 Bicur Cholem Society
588
nouncement last week, the automo- denly on Monday morning, was a dignation?" declared Rabbi Simon.
resident of Detroit for 25 years
Declaring that "no respect of
Annual average
147
.......__ - _.
Hold Charity Dinner
1,157
and has during that time been a mine can withhold me from calling County Jails
1915= 1926 303,049
11,57
1 6 3 . 3.83
Feb.
16.
very active figure in Detroit Jewish Judge Cayton, the Jew, before the
Annual average
At a board of directors meeting
bar of American public opinion for County Penitentiaries
congregational life.
1916-1925
89,216
1,057
1.18
of the Bicur Cholem Society, held
his
unseemingly,
gratuitous,
un-
Annual
average
8,922
Rev, Schechter was 57 years old.
in
the
form of a luncheon at the
1916-1925 590,402 113,7 1 8 ° 9 6 19.27
Ile came to this country from Mo- true and cruel condemnation of his N. Y. C. Penal hosts
home of the Junior past-president,
Annual average
59,040
11,379
hilev 25 years ago and settled in pe ople and religion, and yours and
Mrs.
L.
Miller of 2257 West Es-
Certain that he will not be able'
Detroit. Ile was during that time mine," Rabbi Simon launched into
clid avenue, arrangements were
connected with Congregations an extended reply to the young to substantiate his charges, the '
made
for
a charity dinner to be
Jewish
Welfare
Federation
Emanuel, Nusach Ari and Mogen judge who has brought down upon American Jewish Congress has
held at Temple Emanuel, Wilson
his head a veritable tidal wave of demanded a retraction and an
Flower Fund.
Dovid.
and
Taylor,
on Sunday, Feb. 16,
Funeral services were held on Jewish indignation since he made apology from Judge Cayton in the 1,
, The demands for assisting needy
hiisghitl.l-fated remarks at the Ades following telegram:
Tuesday, with interment in Nusach n
Contributions to the flower fund sick, has been so great this year,
"We are astonished and ex-
Ari Cemetery. Rabbis Eisenman, Israel Synagogue last Friday
the new
tremely distressed to read your of the Jewish Welfare Federation
Fein, Ashinsky and Aishiskin of-
era t i o Nn
'T rso. f lad lal
statement in the Washington Eve- have been received in memory of s
"Nonchalant Words."
ficiated.
Louis
and
has
appointed Mrs. Goodman
"Ordinarily
one
con
dismiss
with
Mrs.
ning Star of Dec. 28 and other Mra Jacobson from
Surviving Rev. Schechter are his
182
Monterey as chair-
widow, Mollie; two sons, Harry a smile what Mr. Nathan Cayton newspapers on the alleged Jewish Loewenstein; in memory of Mrs. ‘'elick of
this dinner, to be assisted
Geom. Lewis
Saul Lewis
Daniel Lewis
Seymour Lewis
and Herman, and four daughters, says, but what Judge Cayton says, crime wave and enlarging upon Hattie Lieberman from Mr. and man ' of
3,, r Mrs. Anna 1 11.1dinytuhse, Mrs. Anna
Rose, Dorothy, Jennie and Ethel. a government official whose posi- several forms of your claim that Mrs. David Oppenheim and family. ,! lI,3'
tion calls for judicial temper, wide the Jews have produced far more
Luster, Minnie Silver, Mrs.
reading and an understanding than their share of criminals of Jaffin Opens Law Office at (fiddle
.
Goldman
and Mrs. L. Miller.
heart, is quite another thing," de- every class and description.
9002 Twelfth Street.
The society is sponsoring a ba-
clared Rabbi Simon. "However, I
"In view of the seriousness of
zaar
to
be
held in the near future.
am not asking myself what will the the charge and the grave injury
Abraham II. JafTin has moved his The committee is out getting pack-
Gentile say, I ant not asking what with which it threatens the good
name
and
standing
of
our
people,
law
offices
to
9002
Twelfth
street
ages
for
this
bazaar.
motives could have prompted
The nett board of directors meet-
, "BUD" STRENG
Judge Cayton to deliver such a we demand that you immediately where he will again devote him-
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
at
h
le:13
,10 apt . trn
If
to
the
practice
of
law.
His
'
Jan.
14,
he
he. home of Sirs.
oni
- i.,
carefully prepared address to the produce facts and figures to sub- self
bile public did not realize that they
will be open from 9 a. m. to Velick, 182 Monterey, on Tuesday.
press before the lloover Crime stantiate your amazing assertions.
In loving memory of my dear
would also reduce prices as well
Commission has reported its find- Being unable, as we are certain 9 P. m.
as produce a smoother, faster, bet- husband, our father and beloved ings. The very words written so
you will be, to prove your conten-
ter six with new bodies by Fisher. grandfather, Samuel Schlussel. nonchalantly and yet containing
tion, we will insist upon an im
who passed away five years ago to-
In the Streng Chevrolet show-
hidden
dynamite
should
have
burnt
mediate, complete and unequivo-
day, Jan. 4.
rooms at 8510 Twelfth street,
in his soul at the possible effect cal retraction of every damaging
"Bud" Streng, Detroit's most pup-
Loving end kind In all hid W.,,
they must eventually possess. I part of your preposterous address
Upright and just to the end of hi. days
ular "Chevy" dealer and one of
' am not interested in hiding the and an apology to the community.
That you could save from 50 to 60 per cent on furniture,
sincere and
the outstanding automobile men in
truth or whitewashing the sins of We are awaiting your prompt
would ypu investigate? Just call me and let me explain our
A beautiful true
memory
on0 Vt
r"ei
MRS. A. ZATKIN
the city, greeted the throngs of
my people, or finding fault with reply."
new plan of working on a COST-PLUS BASIS.
Formerly proprietor of Levi's)
HARRY BARSKY
Sadly missed by his loving Wife • their sensitiveness. I am interest-
friends and the multitudes of the
Hotel, Mt. Clemens, announces , of 147 Winona avenue, Highland interested as well as the curious Children and Grandchildren.
ed in knowing the facts, however
Rabbi .
Attacked
by
the opening of
('ark, 74 years old, died Jan. 2. who poured in hour after hour to
distressing they may be, nor am I
SCRANTON, 1'a.—Rabbi Ber-
In loving memory of Leon worried at Jewish self-criticism.
Funeral services were held Jan. 3 view the new Chevrolet models on
nard Heller of the Madison Avenue
Marks, who passed away one year
from his residence. Interment took display.
"I have known of epidemics of Temple in Scranton, attacked the ;
Furniture—Rugs--Stoves—Radio
Hot Springs, Ark.
place at Cloverhill Park Cemetery.
crime due to unemployment, sui- charges which emanated from
Commenting on the amazing in- ago , 18 days in Tebet.
D. JALAN, Prop,
Hot and cold running water
Rabbi Hershman and Rev. Zalud- terest that the car-buying public Another vaeant space in our heart., , cidal suggestiveness and intense Judge Ceylon "utterly false as
room.
in every
kowski officiated. He is survived is displaying in the new models, nut memories that will live on forever . heat, but I have not known that well as injudicious. They fly con-
12701 Woodrow Wilson Avenue
Beautifully furnished rooms
by his sister, Mrs. Nathan Kap- "Bud" pointed out that in all his
there was an epidemic of this kind trary to facts and statistics.
with and without private baths.' lan; his daughters, Sirs. Samuel
Long fellow 8895
Sadly missed by his beloved breaking out more or less uniform-
many years of experience as a mo-
Located next to the best bath
Mutton, Mrs. Samuel Rivkin, Mrs. tor car dealer, he had never seen Mother, Sisters and Brothers.
ly all over the land which may be
houses, and two minutes' walk
II. Glenn Johnston; his sons, Jo- such spontaneous and universal
denominated 'Jewish.' I have no-
from places of interest and en-
In memory of our beloved bus- where heard that any one had the
seph of Los Angeles, Cal., Benja- interest in a car as the public is
tertainment
Longfellow 8439
min of Minneapolis, Minn., and showing in the new Chevrolet mod- band and a e , Isadore Feldman • hardihood or the coldness to speak
Detroit, Mick.
who passed on to his eternal rest of a Catholic or Protestant crime
Real home cooking under per.
Abe 0. of Detroit.
els
Harry Co eland for a number of
111 years ago Jan. 10.
sonal supervision of Mrs. Zat.
wave, but I have lived to know a years a Detroit resident, died fol-
"And the new Chevrolet de-
Sadly missed by his loving Wife young Jew, stepping out of his
kis.
RABBI SCHONFELD DIES
lowing a train crash in Vrede,
serves all the praise and admira- and Children.
Write for reservations, Haifa
position on a municipal bench, to South Africa, on Nov. 12, 1929,
LONDON.—(J. T. A.)—Rabbi tion that is being heaped on it,"
Manufacturers and Distributors
Hotel, Box 695, Hot Springs,
„ lay preacher in a pulpit, according to word received here
a . c a tve a . s , a
Victor Schonfeld, popular in Lon- said Mr. Strong. "With their many
In loving memory of our dear discovering what he has now
Ask Your Grocer For
Ark.
don Orthodox circles, died here new improvements as well as great. father and grandfather, Samue I christened the 'J e w i s h crime this week by his sister, Mrs. Anna
WHITE STAR SPECIAL SOUR CREAM
Plain of 2080 West Euclid avenue.
Jan. 1. Rabbi Schonfeld was an ly reduced prices, it is bound to DeYoung, who passed away VI
The tragedy occurred when he was
'active worker in the Agudath Is- hold the millions of friends it has years ago Jan. 9, 1917.
With Every Steal
in Reply.
Quote. Fig
on his way to Durban on business.
rael, world Orthodox organization. made in the past—and make mil-
Sadly missed by his loving Chil
Deliciously Different. All kinds cf Loaf Cheese
Demanding the facts, Dr. Simon
Mr. Copeland was president of
From 1920 to 1922 he was direc- lions more. \We are looking for- deco and Grandchildren.
offered his hearers quite an inter-
tor of the Orthodox Jewish schools ward to the biggest year in our
esting net of figures: "There was his congregation. Masonic finer.
in Palestine. lie was the spiritual history. Everyone of my sales-
In loving memory of our below( a time, we are told, when a prison al rites were performed at his fu
Dave Greenspan Says:
Yisroel
Syne-
leader of the Adath
men is wild with enthusiasm son, Harold Goldberg, who passed did not harbor a Jewish criminal in neral, at which Rev. S. Arenstein
gogue.
with the new models and is meet- away Jan. 9, 1929.
J
Washington. The fact remains officiated. Gentiles and Jews
"A radio in your home is
ing with the same wild enthusiasm
that there was also a time when formed the funeral procession, Mr.
worth two in your neighbor's
In our hearts he lives forever.
There is no
wherever he goes.
PH I LANTHOPIST DEAD
there were no Jews in Washing- Copeland having made a host of
home."
in Vrede and nearby cities.
VILNA. — (J. T. A.) — Israel doubt but that this •year is sure to
dly missed by his Father and ton. When I came to Washington friends
Mr. Copeland was 46 years old.
be
the
banner
year
in
the
automo-
a quarter of a century ago, there
Itunimowitz, 83 years old, founder
er.
were, in a Jewish population of Ile was born in this country, and
of the oldest Jewish bank in Vilna bile industry and the Streng Chev-
The Best in Radios
and a well-known philanthropist, rolet Co. is right nn the job to
In memory of our mother are 1 5,000, some offenders born in the in South Africa was associated
get its share of the general prow wife, who passed away Jan. 7 , Jewish fold whose names were on with his uncles in the firm of Sam
died here Dec. 30.
perity by offering the public the 1929, whose spirit remains foreve r the police docket.
Friedman Ltd Ile is survived by
DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE
kind of service it has learned to ex- , with us.
"But why get excited over it? I his wife, Stella, and two children,
BORIS STAWSKI DEAD
pect of Streng men."
declare before you today that with Aubrey and Sheila who are in
Her Husband and Daughters.
WARSAW.—(J. T. A.)— Boris
formerly
our present Jewish population of school at Johannesburg.
Stawski, president of the Zionist
EDMUND G. LEWIS
In loving memory of our belove d 15,000, or 3 per cent of the Wash-
Central Committee of Poland, died
HADASSAH SEWING
daughter and sister, Rose Eisen . ington community population, the
sr.
here Dec. 27, at the age of 68. Ile
man, who passed away one yea r percentage of Jewish delinquency
MANUEL URBACH
Was also president of the Union of,
Announcement is made by Mrs. ago Jan. 8. 1929.
is far below what its population
Hebrew University Friends and Herman A, Schmier, chairman of
Granite sad Markle.
From her beloved Father, Moth - ratio would expect."
the founder of the publishing ' the sewing committee of Hadassah,
' Stating that when he wished to
er, Brother and Sister.
house of Achiasar. Stawaki was that every ednesday is Hadassah ,
Ascertain the real effect of • crime
Delaware at Second Boulevard
also president of the Zionist Party sewing day at the Shaarey 7.edek
wave he sought out the Juvenile
on the •branch, Twelfth near Atkinson, the Contribution to North End Court records, Dr. Simon declared
.
Empire 6834
Col. 5860 5213 Hastings Court and a noted authority library
Clinic.
Code Napoleon. His great
hours being from 10:30 to 4. Ger-
New la eta Now Location
at the court's records showed
has been bequeathed to the Nation- i ments for orphans and other needy
North End Clinic has received a that in 1914 there were 852 chil-
7723 TWELFTH STREET
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al Library at Jerusalem.
children of Palestine are made. contribution from
Mrs. Celi a dren before it, and in 1929 the fig.
,1
Edmund Levis Gilbert
The chairman will gladly give sew. Frank in memory of Mrs. Celi • ;tire had mounted to 1,051. The
Euclid
7192
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number of Jewish children who

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