Awir Iambi P4**1 ONO name • ento ear ea ass 711E9)LTKOITILWISt1 State Section I Season's Greetings New Year Greetings from State Capital Eat at CASE'S CAFETERIA LANSING, MICH. rats PAGE NINE, RON 1CL£ Open II A. M. to 2 P. M. 5:00 to 7:30 P. M. GEO. C. CASE, Proprietor SEASON'S GREETINGS LANSING'S PIONEER LUMBER COMPANY 60 Years of Dependability i ing in Kobe were ninny orthodox Hews — Rusian, Arabian HMI . Egy ptian - who desired some or- h worship and the ALTHOUGH WITH DIFFICULTY 'r""" of 1 eeping r(il t• as ruth. The coin-I ' IN JAPAN, TOO, JEWS ' IS GUIDING SPIRIT CELEBRATE ROSH HASHONAH OF LANSING JEWRY Our Motto: Service, Courtesy, Homeloke, Good Food 109-11 South Washington Avenue I HALL LUMBER COMPANY LUMBER — MILLWORK 250, Alex Cohen Directs Destinies of Beth El of That City. Temple !munity now numbered about souls. :A movement gained ini- 1 I ',etas, and approximately 2,000 . yen was sul•scrib e d for the build- By DAVID H. WHITE 606 Shiawassee Street Phone 2-1238 EDITOR'S NOTE.—The Jewi,, 11 run, — the English Jews wantin • a The dosing of another year of ...it,' Yr Jal . art 11 . , alall .1,1 tent w," more liberal interpretation, the i4 1 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 U activities in Lansing again draws ""`"" """'''. " a """v ""it "'""""a• i 'rhel: ,i, ' te, 'r the ' , .11y it J. 1,,,t Monant ta. bill a+ the llri• Russian group wanting a stricter ‘,1(1'ii.nSU'S'g l'I iIlr ':I'U: .. 11 :11.NrIlitS.CeN ni'll:I:Sh'' — attention to the leadership of Alex ,.„,„1,,,,,,,,,,,, of ,),,d,,i,,,, it k ,,iiniiticant orthodoxy. As a result of this many. A Happy and Prosperous New Year to All Our Friends rA , h., il,......"--• , i"- ", •-i-s-^,- t (ioAs hen . pre bickering and ha • tlin • r. , r lill • ' ... =7, s — ,,, , ,,ill,,t,,. , ,, , ,,,',,i',,a , ' thil..., ' Then C81110 MiSUnderstanding, resident of Tile Beth or ., ,,,,d == u l i : ra ' t in' ' ' rnil lt. hittlt rol•T‘'.',i l ie'.'1 •X'iltl: Itl ,".• a !al Naasaki. The English II = of that city, Mr. Cohen directs the .irett” as or e.b i l, :till lind a way to celebrate cY111111Unity didfall foster ,sync-• k inerican Jews opposed the strict 1:,,, h Ils4lonsh. ..- gogue. To top off this state of , , ,• ', , orthodoxy of the Russian. As , , Yokohanut, the great port of Jo , , , tn, mane)' ne y runs fel ur neu to 1= . l'1 , 1 1 . ' ' H ' iti, ' 'frot n Iritu‘ . ',:i;' l e t ' ,;:i f i n 'd",g , n ',':■g , ::- 1 " ,,e, . ' '' ' ' where I started my search for ' p Jews in dit , kind , i f „b erry bi ns . many declared this an act of God il, li ii"i' itl a ',,I iil,yhtlaa tlii I' i tnsi ,lbserlial" tl tial ' '= pronounced '• and on, '-a. co- mere. '" at one time had a lar ge, well- doereeing that the Jewish corn = organized Jewish community. With ;nullity should not be. = The Yokohama disaster Matte I= t he opening of the World War and The Sino-Japanese war brought the Jews forget their internal = the dosing of immigration ports prosperity t o the port of Naga- „. strife, worked e , l " ,h "''',"""Y .—= t" Central Europe and Russia, a saki. flour- "',41 " " rk ' to he l p their unio unfortunatenrethren. .-- great number of Jews had taken fished. A new element chino ill t , , , = t sum of money was raied, the !, - -Z• 116 South Larch Street Phone 2.9411 the Siberian road to America. displace the old — the Russian 1 . Ass ociation roll- B usiness was good and they real- Jews. Most of these colonists hall ''''..'''' Iv " l , lla" w"'", .;,_. --- - ganizeo rind again sev- E ,=.• LANSING, 1\11(11. = . ized that a great opportunity lay felt the heel of oppression in Rus- , era! minyans met and the holidays = = in Japan for amassing a sizeable sir, alai this land of freedom an a l = observed, especially Rosh l= fortune and living a comfortable tolerance seemed a veritable f»tra- a'''''' observed, ,11 , isl arnah and Voni Kipp. ur. No E-.- --. . Oldest Bank in Lansing disc to them. They had no into): 1 life, and they remained. hiiweter, of dealing their tiiiet ganization was est: I, F_-' = \11‘.\101.\\ 11.11 MI MIMI) W ith the influx of mm iigrants um". dished, ite ano ori worship was metre = thr eshold. A build- and the need for organization, 0 . 4 Hebrew s,,,iiiiity the es- ing was „aside,' through peputae less a hit and miss proposition. ...--. Immigrant Aid Today orthodoxy plays no part 10111 a senile' . torah = tablishol headquarters in Yoko- subscription r ',bared d s in the ar k w i t ), j ,,y,,,, , t, i It t lie lif e of the Jewish communi - = LOOK FOR THE SIGN ha nut. For nearly three years = first functioning ty in Kobe. Only two homes TIIE BANK T II A T SERVICE BUILT pi, o f ' , ration -- the IIIAS did a remarkable = of kashruth. T he = synagogue in the island of Japan. tam Ii S1 ii work in rehabilitating the suffer- E.... - I, 0 Ez- - — Life's realities are a lot harsh ing Jewish 1'111110i,, ,oho passed with o ut k 'l" ' effort " " I = 1 11 11111111111111111111111111111111 • through Yoohama on their way to and crud. At a time when the ' 1(1111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111111011 oral persuasion is during Rosh The Power to Pass, That's friends and a better chance of a Jews of Nagasaki were beginning Hashanah and yen , Kippur ALEX COHEN t" feel the Of obis sun of pros- • livelihood. ces. Et. en then there is but a a dark cloud oblit his congregation. With so many transients aug- ' rat " all :nen. handful and etaisillerable tiro„ and forces V isiting rabbis from Cincinnati morning the number tit' Jews who Om jOY. is spent "talking it out." English have found him to be helpful and alreadyhad establishol their homes ""t "f their e""tr"I brought the iii . ganizi , d Jew i sh deluge, and they suffered intense- and American .lows do not mix courteous. Not content with the 'in the lily', with Itus•dan. A ralliart Jew's Viral y litAs retained them ,111 ill life tcs poss ib le dict a he "ed h'tW'en the AS11 .1011,1"./.iiti not in keeping collthieting services, ND'. Callen en- ,eyiees of a rabbi, cantor and l'"ssi" dadJ"I'""' ""ii t h e Je w s with their Sephardic beliefs; the I DISTRIBUTORS • • tertained (hum nifil conk torental Schochet, established a kosher kit- of 1""s!"talt a e st ' i";t."'" int.\''gal".'h l highbrows -- and there area feu ' 1 eare of the rabbinic students. .. Lansing, Mic. I, .. A 0 1700 North Turner i c h ar- , erected temporary quarters '''''''''' ,'" °"! full ," "i "'it "' s"` I"'' '"' do not mix With their low-clown A _ilio ng the important netit . flies to house the inu»igrants. The and hole that war engenders. , I I -- Phone I, Stations on lirincipal C orners brethren. These are briefly the Ii • of Temple Beth E ••1' l Lansing last t ;wits t,pIe t 1it • il• leader ' 'detrime ntal features to be found. l .1 t their share and "' " O e " all i"e "t Jod i,. i i ", servicelati,,,,1 ,, wild a ,, ii r lli a 1■ 11.\\11 ■ 11 ■ 11.\\\1 ■1■ 1 11.11"1 ■■•■!■\\1■11■ 11.18:11MILILI ■ r ,.; , r ,,,, t h e „, persecuted, and a s 11 result Most synagogue. the goo d tes ol and - colony e for o th er r rotill- . held 'I"' . l iv "e e ' " f this ism daily need, ;iandthe "I the(,"11l" , ii, r„ service was as follows: . , si , i. yiet . s were tee n atten d e d . H u , I rit, . ,, 1,, ,, ,ung. tenac iously I , whit,. .. . to N %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%% there nu regular regular / Shabuoth serVICes, I, 111011 I I , 11Yer we ,. with fl it , te i ,sin g. of th e quota their homes and set about wi th go • t • ' • ; Book, pages 203-24»; entrance , 116r:dile coUrage re.liabilitate ligious worship, there remains that immigrati on I law ano tile reopen undying Judaic spirit. The unwrit- / children en of SUliday School; open- of ,, p or t,. 111.As closed their frtunes. i the ten l w of .lines supporting. their ing prayer, Bertram . ogh the organized e, Wilk the close of the war, Naga- own charities is well observed. The okohama continued saki was do rated as a port. Busi- needy colItill never turned away 2701.9 East Michigan Waiter Waiterli Dial 21511 ""'"• eitifma w t " "" ai • to function and many immigrants 'less \vas at a standstill. • S uet' ""i• ein • handed. I 3 i • ndeI. I D t. pion •it • ah, B it • sharp Remez. prayer before Torah, orah, wreaided aided through the Jewish ditions concluded the disl i LANSING, , ,.. Jorsi""• demarkation of national origins, ; t ram S. Lowe, blessings for to t h e , . . budget. The ""'r"ol'' '' li ' i b". "'""s Jewish cr""• they inwardly realize their unity . 11 Torah, Walter II. Remez; Haph- i ' "'"'"'" i :l The N't,kohanat Jewish commons- mutiny was nowreducedto a mere and stick Mort , or less together in. LANSING, MICII. Louis., Simon; coati r- 7, . torah, . Rena R . „. ‘1 ,,,„,.„. 0 ty was snared only a few years of , handful, and finally they, too, f or _ I b . . Matters of policy and friendships. s e r mon. R ab i , f s oki. o k Nagasa K _ had riii,lii A 11 1; ,11,iidatt, closing prayer, NNi alter 1roslieritN'• The oartliqua. , 0 :Ind there is it Zionist organization. Ifi this time Rube II. Itemez; presentation "f cer- September, 192n, and the resulting The c ommunity first conic in in e I tificates, NIr. Alex Cohen; ble , ing devastation by fit, brought a great I into its own as a Pit W here"' contact with Zionistie principles in ?*. of confirmands; annetineenie nt s ; . loss of life and the destruction of • the Iliad) and Ru ss ian Jews h a d 192,, through the active work ration and Kaddish. Music by much property. Nature is no re- formed the bulwark of the con, . an organizer sent to Japan by the '1,t specter of religions and peoples, Benjamin Bernstein. Allf ;nullity at Nagasaki, the English Nat ional I I ea dquarters at New r Mr. (',,hen, as President of the and all suffered. Yokohama lay in Jews were tht• first settlers in Sark. found the community '3 hob, Th e i r r e li g i t as i 11 n. yon wan.. Most of th e surx•it•ors \very nu iste by Sol J. cont. not aS rl, onsive as he Wished it . 1: 0 Phone 3335 s I , „e we. ii.t.diresiden 0 609 North Washington asst ; N. II. p re , bent 011 getting as fa r away from burning as that of the Jews to be. AS li l'sUII organiza- , 0, aurer; ieir forme r Ys and illg front the secrt•tut-tic at Nlaurice the scene of then ghettoes of Russia bon was established and the 1110Ve-le rabbi; Jean Sa.. present sorrow:, a, possible. Few Nlarriage alliances with Japanese merit itself held in disdain. Through ; L. :th.ndeihaum i, ,,,,ti,„ war of . 1. wislak, teacher of confirmants; .It•ws returned to aid in the rebuild- •voinen were not at all uncommon. Harriette Harrison and Morris ing. And today — although Yoko- Active religious organization RR , . I I 0 • .. 1 . . ' ., ' 'PI it uliortnan, teachers of Sunday'imIlla is still the foretnost port in lint thought of, ""r "tte,',"„l i teil• 'organization known as the Palm ;1 SEASON'S GREETINGS 303 East Grand River Avenue Hamm — few Jews ma}' Le found Each ma" lived his '"v" me as stine Rest"ration Association of reside, he saw fit, ant there I . . S'Irt ii •ve in charitable and civic there, ;Ind those who it toe were none .1:wan was formed in 1920. With ; Phone 2 - 0628 affairs, Nlr. Cohen is respected by with a few exceptions, hide their to criticize. an initial membership of 120, it .0 non-.lows as well as Jews. He be- identity or else deny it. To gather from this that every promised to bevonte ii permanent I•41i MODERN—EXCLUSIVE—CONVENIENT J Takis, the apanese capital, has ..leW ill the colony had lost his Jew- and unifying factor in the cam- • "Ask Your Neighbor—She Knows" ganne est a le' s o (,'yal' al and el al br e4e7 inil i( i' xi'li',.'te'-'0Irte ,als- n„ more of an organized Jewish ish spirit would he far front the infinity. LANSING, 11IICII. dent of Ill Nowsh"'' N' As'"ei"ti""' comm unity if than 'Yt•koliania. In 'truth. Although inter-niarriage es NI. Jonas, a prominent J ap- II.' W 11, a page boy in the state ' reply to ;in inquiry of mint, the l was not frowned upon, the Jews of F:nglish extra , NNNSVP.N.M.%••••• senate and acted also as stenog. olitor-puhlisher of a well-known !themselves were clannish and kept tion, wos Jew ••••NVNSISIVIAIVOSNIS8NNI•101:1•1‘. elected president; I,. Counter and Table Service rat her t the senate secretary. Ile English daily in Japan, wrote me to ' themselves. Among them were is a member of Bina' Irrith, the 1 steih i I', ti E ussi a tit v ' 00-P res i d e 1M t , MI \%.111.\• Telephone 2-1251 \\SN.1101 that he was not aware td any or- • members tot the finest Jewish tam- • .11.11MWOM .\) C . An taki, a p rominent Egyptian Lansing t hambet / Masonic order. Lan ganization strictly Jewish in To- "Hies in England, stalwart men who k w, treasurer, and I,. :Mandel- of Commerce, North Side r 01111111•r- kw or its vicinity and he himself ' had not forgotten their Jewish balm) an American formerly con- '0 riot Club, Country Club of Lon- was out of touch , with things Jew- ! forbears and heritage. When the instil with BIAS in Yokohama 4 , is li and therefore could not person- internaliOnal cemetery was• estal0 see rotary, ' • LIIIIIIIII111111111111111111111110111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111K sing and other organizations. ally help me find other individuals, . fished, »,000 yen was subset•ibed to , . • . Ire Me — how haven . pretentiou I a naMi mi an organized coin- purchase a plot of ground,, and a — touched a frank and generous of Jews in Kobe, and gave • fence was built to sepa , start and a combination of all the .., = heart is for a kind word extended meat list of members who had sub-:Jewish b- :J ewish part from that o f the rate Gen- the various groups, the organization us in our pains! The presence has deteriorated. The Zionists' FA scribed to the Zionist fund in that tiles. of a tender hand nerves a man for . ' The last Jewish families from function only nominally when the n operation, and cheers him tor' Cit y. — through Kobe yearly dues are to be paid. The dreadful interview with the Kobe is in the western part of Nagasaki in their way to America left their high ideals with which the group Japan, and western Japan has a ion = i surgeon.—Thackeray. r was organized have been lost in ! longer written history of .Iewish , sepher torah for the Kobe corn- Ts. . „, , t oluies, the 41 114 S- .i, how„- It . u, Patrick Ilenry meant by activity than the eastern half. , munity. For many years, = ' What P WRECKER SERVICE cussions, the interest in things ' r liberty, and what subsequent Amer- Among the early Dutch traders ever, it was merely a " "''''' e ''''''” ' Judaic lived a short life Lansing's Best and Most Complete ' .1 has meant by liberty, was first who made their headquarters at 1 phant" gathering dust. , al , The Jewish colony grew, flour- • There are a few intermarriages 1 0 e; the por t tot' Nt igasa ki were sed ver epen dencof d foremost native 504 N • Grand Ave. Tels.: Day 5 - 3225 — Night 2.5363 Jews. la J • had cl osed her faa's ished, changed. Individuals gn u,' 'of Jews with Gentiles or Japanese , was the l a ditical indfree dom LANSING, MICH. = all control; from all coercion, from concession from the mid-sixteenth land lost in their enterprises and at the present time. Conditions , --i all interference by any power for. to all other nations and the Dutch:drifted on. Others came to take are vastly different front those '• L 11:11,16.1 11 10%. .‘,\\%, ;VIL110 '1 to our own American selves, until the mid-eighteenth century their places. Years passed, years faced by the early settlers in ilLWWWW•• ‘310 the former gen- proved a golden nest egg indeed. , of indifference to religious organ- t hipan. Who =, —Andrew Wendell. with wished to 1.000.%%•%%'.1.%1‘..10814100.,AVAIA%V.10.%1A.A.VVIO. With the advent of Japan into the ization and practices. Then came ' oration of Jews international brotherhood of na- , the World War. As in Yokohama, participate in married life had the ; = tions in ISN1 and the subsequent- the Jewish population here was choice of returning to their homes, e*, treaties with the great powers, a . augmented by the influx of those marrying by proxy or else taking '101 reetings and Best Wishes new opportunity for oriental trade 'Jews who found the gates in 'native wives, the present genera- tint] is nut confronted by these , al- was opened, and a wave of cam- Europe shut. I Phone 2-6713 121 W. Washtenaw The first step in the formation ternatives. With few exceptions, mercy hunters brought a new I unified Jewish colony was, the children are sent to America 0( a stock of Europeans to the island. iof = (Turn to Next Page) Carried along with the tide were caused by that undying Jewish LANSING, MICH. I k that flames up at Jewish a number of Jews, who, already,spark I -- WORK I finding the seeds of a colony at suffering. A Benevolent Asst•cia-1 1 ..„ was formed with the purpose i I extend pity to no man because j Nagasaki, made their headquarters 'tion there. The summer of ISna found , of assisting the Jews fleeing tins- he has to work. If he is worth his the first organized ininyan in Nag- 'sin in getting to their destinations., salt, he will work. I envy the man members were who has work worth doing and does 1 asaki. In preparation for the Kai- , Many of the I I days of that year, a small house 1 wealthy, business w a s good and it it well. There never has been tie- 1 I "Manufacturers ■ nd Producers was bought and equipped with the 'Was an easy task to secure enough, vised any law which will enable a I of Sweet Butter" necessities of a synagogue, except- !working capital to assist the nOrily. ; ma n to succeed save by the exer- - - 228 East Main Street Phone 2 - 1681 ing a Torah which had been or- !With the establishment of !HAS cise of those qualities which have 1 518.526 North Cedar St. ii I in Yokohama, the burden became oalways been the prerequisites of .i tiered from Russia. LANSING, MICH. Internal dissontion broke this 'less and the colony sank into its. success, the qualiies of hard work, 1 Phone 2-1619 1 of keen intelligence, of unflinching ';‘,AW‘WW:WAVIA• ••• ••NAW.V.N.WAW Ii%%.%1LIMICIC organization. Two clearly defined !former lethargy. factions Is•gan the inevitable clash1 Among the newcomers remain-1 will.—Theodore Roosevelt. 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Phone 2-1389, Lansing, Mich. HOME OFFICE SERVICE Season's Greetings The Hotel Olds ICE :: FUEL On Your Automobile Insurance Auto-Owners policyholders in I.ansing receive the advan- tage of every Home Office facility in the sure and speedy ad- justment of claims. Our Touring Bureau is always open and especially conveni- ent for residents of Lansing. State or National touring infor- mation will be readily given upon request, and policyholders are entitled to special routing service as well. Local agents offering our protection are always in close contact with every department of the Home Office. The Rikerd Lumber Co. LANSING The Big Four WILLIAMSTON The R. J. Budd Co., Inc. AUTHORIZED 615 N. Capitol Ave. Phone 2-1601 Lansing, Mich 410 West Michigan Avenue Phone 5-2024 EAST LANSING, MICH. Lansing ut extend our best wishes at din season SUNOCO—THE DISTILLED OIL Is Repair Insurance Get It Where You See the SUNOCO SIGN ARROW Oil Company Phone 2-1715 DISTRIBUTORS Lansing, Mich. ■ Season's Greetings The Apothecary Shop Lansing's Only Exclusive Sick Room, Physician Supply Shop ROEHM•LAURSCHER Inc. Sales and Service To the Jewish Committal" of 80% of Motor Repairs Are Due to Improper Lubrication Specialists in the Art of Compounding Prescriptions auto-Owners INSURANCE COMPANY ■ Season's Greetings Rosh Hashonah Greetings The Lansing Ice & Fuel Co. ■ "Watch for the Sign of Pure Drugs" SERVICE TO YOUR DOOR 218 Gram! River Ammo Phone 3032 Phase 2-2013 107 W. Allegan St., United Building NORTH LANSING, MICH.