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VOL. XXXI. NO. 23

REFORM INFLUENCE Rabbi Aaron M. Ashinsky Accepts Call
To Return to Former Pittsburgh Post
IS DISCREDITED BY1
UNITED SYNAGOGUE

Local Rabbis and Communal Leaders Express Regrets at
His Departure from the City; Makes Farewell
Appeal in Behalf of Allied Drive.

Dr. Kohn, in Presidential
Address, Says Tradition
Rabbi Aaron M. Ashinsky, for the past five years the
spiritual leader of Congregation Emanuel, Taylor and
Cannot be Overthrown.
Woodrow Wilson avenues, this week announced that he
CONSERVATISM URGED had accepted a call to return to Pittsburgh. Rabbi Ashin-
FOR ACHIEVING UNITY sky is to resume the post of chief rabbi of the Agudath Hake-

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1931

Theodore Levin Heads
Social Service Bureau

Theodore Levin, attorney and
prominent welfare worker, was
elected president of the Jewish
Social Service Bureau, succeed-
ing Abraham Srere, at the meet-
ing on Monday. Mr. Levin, who
at the time of his election to
this office was vice-president of
the bureau, has distinguished
himself in the past few years
by his services in behalf of im-
migrant aid work in this city.
Mr. Srere, the retiring presi-
dent, remains a member of the
executive hoard and assumes
the chairmanship of the welfare
committee of the Jewish Social
Service Bureau.

Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10 Cents

NUMEROUS EVENTS Legion Executive DR. NATHAN KRASS TO BE SPEAKER AT
FEATURE WINDSOR To Vote on Date ALLIED JEWISH CAMPAIGN DINNER AT
WEEK'S ACTIVITIES
HOTEL STATLER SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 10

Shear liashomayim Sister.
hood Donor Luncheon
On Tuesday.

JAMES WATERMAN WISE

Action to be Taken at Meet
ing in Indianapolis
May I-1 and 15.

Milford Stern, chairman of a Noted Orator and Prominent Campaigner, Rabbi of Tern-
committee which is acting in be
ple Emanuel of New York, to Open Drive of Jew-
half of Jewish members of the
ish Welfare Federation for $215,000.
American Legion in an effort to
secure a change in the (late of the
AARON
DeROY,
CAMPAIGN MANAGER, URGES
Legion convention so that it will
not occur on Yom Kippur, is in
DONORS NOT TO REDUCE LAST YEAR'S PLEDGES
receipt of a communication from
National Adjutant James F. Bar-
ton, assuring him that the execu- Leaders Join in Appeals to Community in Behalf of United
tive
tive committee will act on the
Drive; Wamen's Special Gifts Division Organized;
question at the meeting in Indian-
Farewell Appeal by Rabbi Ashinsky.
apolis on May 14 and 15.
At the same time, a letter ad
Boasting the best organized campaign force in the his-
dressed by National Commander
Ralph T. O'Neil to Sigmund Liv- tory of the community, and perhaps the finest organization
ingston, chairman of the B'nai of any Jewish drive in this country, the Allied Jewish
Cam-
B'rith Anti-Defamation League, is paign
of the Jewish Welfare Federation is entering
the
also made public. Commander
final week of preparations. The campaign officially opens on Sunday
O'Neil writes:
evening, May IN, with a dinner at Hotel Statler, Officers expect to
"I beg to advise that this matter
such the quota of $215,000 by May 20.
will be presented as a part of the
Dr. Nathan Kress, rabbi of Temple Emanuel of New York City,
program for our next national
n'011e of the best orators occupying
executive committee meeting, to
I N pulpit in this country, will be the
he held in Indianapolis May 14 and
!principal speaker at the opening
15. A communication has been
Will be Speaker at
campaign dinner at Hotel Stotler
dispatched to every executive
committeeman, stating that head-
cAllied Drive Dinner May 10. Aaron DeRoy, general
chairman of the drive, will preside
quarters has received some pro-
at the dinner.
tests against holding the conven-
Dr. Kruse was ordained rabbi by
tion on these dates, and we has
the Ilebrew Union College of Cin-
asked every committeeman to con-
ieinnati and was also educated at
sider the matter and let us have
the University of Cincinnati, Uni-
an expression . of opinion on same."

Moth (United Orthodox ('ongregations) of Pittsburgh, a position he
TO SPEAK ON SUNDAY
held f(oo rng 2, 5 ,..g yneta i(r, s ith pr ai r o e r t ao n o his coming
o mwi
t o e n,, t;
August, 192 11.
Religious Tr - aining Praised
with II
'A U latihi Ilakehiloth of
Sisterhood's $10 and $5
at Convention; 400 Dele-
7Pittsburgh. Rabbi Ashinsky and
Luncheon to be Addressed
1 family will leave Detroit about
gates Attend.
by Mrs. A. L G ordon.
May 16.
Rabbi Ashinsky's efforts in he-
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Dr.
A
series of important events will
half of Orthodoxy in Detroit and
Jacob Kohn Of New York, in his
feature the activities of the Wind-
Pittsburgh hive earned for him
esidential address before the an-
presidential
sor
Jewish
community during this
national prominence.
His activi-
nual convention of the United,
week - end. The contribution
ties in behalf of Kashruth, and his
Synagogue of America, opening at
luncheon
of
the Shear Ilashoe
.
, I Dr. • Hyamson Prepares Mem - efforts to secure the enforcement
the Hotel Breakers Sunday, di-
of Kashruth laws have earned for
dared that the Jews of America ,
orandum for League of
are as jealous of their spiritual'
Nations.
Will Address Jewish Radio
heritage an d as determined to pre-
serve It ns were their ancestors.
Forum on Allied Jew-
The League for Safeguarding
More than 400 delegates were
ish Campaign.
present at the convention, which the Fixity of the Sabbath has sub-
is being held jointly with the con- nutted a memorandum, prepared
Mrs. Ilenry Wineman, chairman
ventions of the Women's League hy the league's president, the Rev.
of the women's division of the Al-
and the United Synagogue and the Dr. Moses Ilyamson of New York, ,
National Federation of Jewish to the League of Nations and the
, lied Jewish Campaign, which will
The convention ; advisory
Men's Clubs.
and technical committee
he' held from May 10 to 20, will
lasted until Tuesday.
of the League, protesting against
address Cantor's Jewish Radio
"We are convinced, Dr. Kohn
the proposed blank day device in
declared, "that Judaism which the , the reformed calendar.
Forum from 1 to 1:30 p. on
Jewish heart craves and which
Sunday, May 3, over station
The memorandum points to the
alone can be effective in molding..
versity of Chicago and Harvard
i
WMBC. Mrs. Wineman will dis-
life, must be built upon the basis injustice
of the blank day and re-
University, receiving his doctorate
O'NEIL TO PROPOSE CHANGE
of Jewish tradition developed.inds the League that the 1926
cuss an important angle of the
from the latter,
IN
LEGION
CONVENTION
DATE
I
along traditional lines. Neither the report on calendar reform stated
forthcoming drive. Aaron Kur-
Dr. Kress an Able Campaigner.
DA L•AS, Tex.—An intimation
slogans of official Orthodoxy nor that it was unanimously agreed
During the war, Dr. Kress
land is chairman of the forum,
that the opening day of the na-
an d that no reform of the calendar
the modes of Jewish life
earned
the reputation of being one
tional convention of the American
which is sponsored by Joseph Can-
thought crystallized in the Reform was Practicable without ana g ree-
of the country's leading campaign-
Legion, now scheduled to begin in
- mein between the various high re-
tor of Cantor's Furniture Shop,
ers. Ile toured the United States
movement are for us quite ale
Detroit, Sept. 21, may be advanced
quate expressions of the genius of ligious authorities concerned."
from 1917 to 1921, in behalf of the
on Twelfth street.
in order to avoid it conflict with
Appended to the memorandum is
the Jewish religious tradition. No
Liberty Bond campaign• and the
The program on Sunday will be
Yom Kippur, which is also on Sept.
Judaism of either left wing or another pamphlet containing Dr.
Jewish War Relief Funds. From
21, was made here by National
featured by an interesting musi-
1919 to 1921 he also visited In
right wing tendencies less vital Ilyamson's reply to Dr. ('harks F.
Commander Ralpt T. O'Neil, in a
cal program. Rev. Ruben Boyar-
France, Austria, Rumania, Bees-
than the Judaism of our historic Marvin, chief of the United States
statement to the Jewish Tele-
sky, noted cantor who possesses a
arable, Bukowina, Poland and Rus-
tradition will in the long run sat - weather bureau. and Moses B.
graphic Agency.
RABBI A. M. ASHINSKY
voice of exceptional quality, will
• ( owsworth, propagandist for the
JAMES WATERMAN WISE I
sia, and made a study of the po-
isfy American Israel."
In view of the nation-wide pro-
be featured in an all-Jewish pro-
grom and food problems as special
Judge Hyman J. Reit of New Eastman calendar reform plan. him the respect and admiration of
gram. There will also be selec- mayim Sisterhood, the (opening of cots on the part of the Jewish
delegate and member of the execu-
York said that due to intensive, who maintained that "Moses was all elements.
rganizations
and
Jewish
members
tions by an able violinist. The the United Palestine Appeal and °
tive committee of the Joint Distri-
Jewish education there is a de- the greatest of calendar reform-
National Mizeachi Leader.
f the Legion, Commander O'Neil
news of the week will be broadcast the presentation of three plays by
bution Committee. Rabbi Kress
crease of criminality among the tors." Dr. Ilyamson disproves A s a national leader in the Nils-
as agreed to lay the matter of
by Jacob II. Schakne, general man- the Junior League of Shaer
also
toured the United States in
Jewish youth. Ile urged Jews to their claims and opposes their rachi Orthodox Zionist Organiza-• ager of The Detroit Jewish Chron-
mayim are the outstanding events.I he convention's opening date be-
behalf of the Thomas Jefferson
convey to the young importance views for the introduction of the tion, and his readiness at all times icle.
The $10 and $5 contribution ' ore the meeting of the Legion's
Memorial
Fund in 1923.
of loyalty to Judaism and love of blank day, which would create a to exert his office and influence in
Nathaniel II. Goldstick, assist- luncheon of the Shaar Hash.. executive committee in Indianap-
Rabbi Kress is a contributor to
Jewish traditions. migratory Sabbath Day. behalf of the cause for the up-
ant corporation counsel of Detroit, mayim Sisterhood of Windsor will ' t olis May 23. Ile indicated today
religious
papers
and magazines.
That conservative Judaism rep- The League for the Safeguard- building of Palestine, have simi-
hat he would suggest that the
DR. NATI1AN KRASS
was the speaker of Cantor's Jewish
He is chairman of the educational
resents the only solution to the ing of the Fixity of the Sabbath is larly placed him in the front ranks
(committee advance the opening
Radio
Forum
last
Sunday.
Dis-
board
of
the
Hebrew
Educational
problem of unifying American comp o s e d of the leading Jewish of leadership among the Orthodox
date by one day.
cussing the problems facing the
Society of Brooklyn director of the
Jewish life, was suggested in a religious, social and educational in this country.
All members of the committee
Detroit Jewish community, for the
Juvenile
Probation
Association,
symposium on "The United Syne- organizations, representing all the •
While in Pittsburgh, Rabbi Ash-
have already been advised of the
founder and head of the Browns-
gogue: A Unifying Force in Ameri- Jews of the country. In order to 'risky was among the founders of solution of which the Allied Jew-
odest, as have the department
ish Campaign is to be conducted,
ville Forum, director of The Cor-
can Jewish Life." The symposium make , the protest effective, Dr. the Hebrew Institute, the Home
commanders,
51r. O'Neil declared,
ner House, trustee of the Jewish
was presented by Rabbi Leon S. I Ilyamson urgex all organizations for the Aged, the Free Loan Asso., Mr. Goldstick said in part:
adding that the committee is the
Publication Society of America, He
"There are today in the city
I.ang of N e wark, si rs , Samuel to address the following protest to elation, the Free Burial Society,
only body empowered to change
Is a memreCiif the Central Confer-
Schimmel of Philadelphia and I.. President Hoover and to Sir Eric the House of Shelter Illachnosas more than 1,000 families with an
he date. Ile said that its action
ence
of American Rabbis, Jewish
Oransky of Des Moines, Iowa. Iiiunmtund, secretary-general o f Orchim), and other important in- average of five persons to each
s certain to be taken at the In-
Historical Society, New York ('iety
Rabbi
Ashinsky
to
Bid
Fare-
family
who
need
immediate
relief
Rabbi Samuel M. Cohn, execu.'
stitutions.
He was the guiding
iiinapolis meeting.
Liberal
Ministers' Association,
(Turn to last Pagel
tive director, said that the United
spirit of these as well as of many if they are to survive the emerg-
well to Local Zionists
Mr. O'Neil explained that no,
American Oriental Society, Zeta
Synagogue had now more than 700
other important Jewish institu- ency. Shall we, whose proud boast
protest had been made when the
Beta
Tau
Fraternity and New
Tuesday Evening.
organizations affiliated with it. Dr.
thins in Pittsburgh. Ile also played it has ever been that the Jews take
19:11 convention date was first an-1
York City Athletic Club.
an important part in the construe. care of their own, deny to them a
Cyrus Adler of Philaolelphia• JUDGE JACOB PANICCNI
flounced at the 1930 convention in I
"Don't
Reduce
Gifts"—DeRoi.
Newly-elected oofficers of the
tion of the Jewish hospital in bite of fond, shelter and clothing,
president of the Jewish Theologi.
Boston, The Indianapolis meet-1
Aaron Delloy, general chairman
TO ADDRESS PEOPLE'S Pittsburgh.
that they might live?
cal Seminary of America outlined
ing will )(le first °moor unity to , Jewish National Flied Council of of the campaign, in an appeal to
Detro it will to
be he
inst a ll ed at a Tpub-
His Detroit Activities.
the aims of the seminary and its TOOL BANQUET SUNDAY
"The Jewish Old Folks Home
consider the protest, he pointed1
ues. the Jewish community of Detroit,
lie meeting
he ld this
It'hile in this city. Rabbi Ashin- must remain a refuge for the shel-
relationship with the United Syna-
out, adding, that olifliculties lie in
day
evening,
May
5, at the Shaa- (Turn to Page Opposite Editorial)
ormer
gogue.
sky
was
the
leader
in
the
move;
terless
aged
in
our
city.
Shall
the
the way of such a change because!
; judge Jacob Tonkin, f
Old Folks Home be closed or shall
hotel reservations have already t•y Zedek branch synagogue
•president and now chairman of the (Turn to Page Opposite Editorial)
Twelfth and Atkinson. The oc-
it continue as a harbor, bringing
been made fur Sept. 21.
board of directors of the American
relief to those shipwrecked barks
Nevertheless, Commander O'Neil casion will also mark the celebra-
Ort, will be the guest of honor and
who
can
nn
longer
withstand
the
out he is anxious, as far as 1111 , - tion of Lag b'Omer, the scholars'
the principal speaker at the third
festival.
storms of life?
ible, to comply with the re•tie,t
annual banquet of the People's
Aaron Kurland, retiring presi-
f the Jewish Legionnaires.
"The House of Shelter, a ven-
aat m 1 .i t a r i if,nwt hiri. ,;;S nu po i m,oln y
MRS. A. LOUIS GORDON
dent, will preside at this meeting,
Four
erable
institution
that
has
become
ring, C
and Rabbi A. M. Ashinsky will in-
a tradition in the history of our be held at the banquet hall of the
hundred people, representing 4S
stall lien F. Gasman, newly-
people in this city, needs assist- synagogue Tuesday, May 5. Lag
organizations, are expected to at-
elected president, and other offi- U. S. District Attorney G. Z.
ance. Shall we lend a willing ear, h'Omer.
The proceeds of the
Board of Education Votes tend.
cers. Rabbi Ashinsky will, at this
or
shall
we
force
our
homeless
luncheon will go toward paying the
Madalie to be Guest of
A musical program will be given Occasion Celebrated With Jews
3 to 2 on Gorman's
meeting, hid farewell to Detroit
to
seek
the
roof
of
the
flop
balance
of
the
$5,000
Sisterhood
listin-
by Emma lazaroff-Shaver,
Honor at Dinner.
Zionists
on the eve of his depar-
Dinner
at
Bronx
House
house and the omission?
pledge to the synagogue,
Resolution.
guished soprano; Ida DivinotT, vio-
ture fur Pittsburgh to resume his
What promises to be a highly
Founded by Him.
"The needs of these three very
linist; Rebecca Katzman, pianist.
NEW
YORK,—Created immed.
old
post
as
chief
rabbi
of
the
worthy causes—Emergency Relief, entertaining as well as educational M. W. Carson Named to Post
The Detroit board of education.
With this banquet, the People's
United Orthodox Congregations of lately after the World War for the
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.1—The the Ohl Folks Home, the House of program, to follow the luncheon.
by a vote of 3 to 2, went on ree-
In Federal Labor
purpose
of
placing before the Peace
Toot Campaign begins its third
that
city.
enl as opposing the passage oof a year of activity for the declassed seventy-fifth birthday of Ilenry Shelter—are represented in the has heen arranged by the educa-
Conference at Versailles the de-
Department.
The meeting will also be fea-
hill now pending before the state Jews in Russia and Eastern Eu- Morgenthau, former American budget of the Jewish Welfare Fed- tion committee of the Sisterhood,
mands
of
the Jewish people in
tured by an interesting musical
Legidma'e at Lansing providing, rope. The campaign aims to pro- ambassador to Turkey, was cele-, erasion for the first time. They of which Mrs. Maxwell Schott is
Eastern Europe, the American
chairman.
NEW YORK.—.lames Shushan, program, which will feature the
for compulsory daily reading of vide tools, machinery and materi- brated with a dinner in his honor represent urgent appeals for help
Jewish
Congress
is about to cele-
Mrs. A. Louis Gordon of De- son of the late Louis Marshall, has noted Cantor Ruben Boyarsky,
the Bible in the schools of 'Stiehl als for those Jews who in the past at the Bronx Ilouse, the settlement in our community, and it is for
brate the culmination of 16 years of
you to answer whether they shall troit, Michigan, state chairman of been unanimously elected chairman Rev. II. Milkovsky will also partici- rigorous activity in the interests
gan.
have been deprived of their right
be sustained decently and cour- the Women's League of the United of the advisory committee of the pate in the program.
The resolution opposing the to work under the rules of the
of the Jewish people the world over.
ageously or whether those they Synagogue of America, will be the New York County Republican Com-
Reports on the accomplishments The event will take the form of a
Bible reading bill was introduced governments in many of Eastern
'
now assist shall slink into the po- principal speaker. Vocal selec- mittee, succeeding Maj. Gen, .loam's of the past year will be submitted dinner on Sunday, May 3, at the
by Inspector Frank A. Gorman and Fuviryan countries.
lice station, dependent upon the tions will be given by Mrs. A.
by the retiring officers and plans' Hotel Roosevelt , and several hun -
received the support of I)r. Burt I
Over 60 organizations of all
' casual charity of the cast-off dime Weingarden, and a play, "Every
will be made for forthcoming! dred men and women prominent in
It. Shurly, president of the board. , shades of opinion arming the Jew-
Mother," will be staged under the
or quarter."
events and for the annual Flower' national Jewish philanthropic ac-
and Dr. Angus McLean.
Mrs, ish masses of Detroit are the main
direction of Joseph Becker.
Laura Osborn and John 11. Web- 1
Day to be observed on June 7.
Participating in the musical
tivities will join with the many
supporters of this movement. Over
Members of the Sisterhood to
friends and supporters in paying
ster voted in favor of compulsory:
program of last Sunday's forum
$12,000 has been raised so far,
tribute to the work of the organi-
Bible reading. Mr. Gorman, au- 1
were Gertrude Sarnoff Oberstein, take part in the play are Mrs. Mil . 1 !
and the quota for the fiscal year is
DR. FRANKLIN TO GIVE
zation.
pianist, and Sol Sarnoff, soloist.
thor rf the resolution opposing the
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00 .
U. S. District Attorney George
bill, was the author of the bill $10,0
BOOK SERMON SUNDAY
Z. Medalie, who has been actively
which authorized the introduction
of the study of the Hebrew Ian-
On Sunday morning, May 3, un- associated with the work of the or-
ganization, will he the guest of
guage in Detroit's high schools.
;
der the title "When East Speaks
honor at this dinner, and Dr. Steph-
Views of Opponents.
to West," Dr. Leo M. Franklin will' en S.
Wise, honorary president, and
In opposing the proposed Bible
discuss "The Earth Gods" and
Bernard S. Deutsch, president of
reading measure, Mr. Gorman
other works of the great poet of
the
congress,
will speak of the
slid: 'We are running a school
the East, Kahlil Gibran, who re-
tasks confronting the body at the
The Vammol Ilarabonim, the coun-
system for all, of every class, color
cently passed away.
National
Executive
Committee
Deplores
Conditions
Which
moment.
or creed. This measure will only cil of Detroit Orthodox rabbis. at
Gibran was equally great an
Necessitate Resignation of Dr. Weizmann ; Rec-
stir up latent religious friction, a meeting on Sunday. April 26.
poet, painter and mthilosopher, and
Education Conference May 31.
ommend Administration Assume Powers,
and it is contrary to the spirit of which was attended by all rabbis
it is said that in him more perhaps
The sixth annual conference of
and by presidents of synagogues,
the tree public school."
than in any other man the spirit. the National Council for Jewish
Dr. Shurley, president of the decided to conduct an appeal dur-
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—In-
of the Eastexpressed itself, and' Education, an organization which
While the committee expressed!
ing
Shevuoth
services
for
the
Or-
board, said he believed the meas-
creasedemphasis on the economic
yet he had a full understanding of includes in its membership leading
the eagerness of Zionists to esH
HENRY MORGENTHAU
ure was unconstitutional, and thodox Theological Seminary of
aspects of the rebuilding of Pales-
the philosophy of the West for he Jewish educators in the United
t•blish more harmonious relation-,
added that in his opinion religion, Chicago. Rabbi Saul Silber of
tine as the Jewish homeland and
had spent the greater portion of States, will be held in Pittsburgh,
sh ould have no place in the schools. Chicago, president of the semi- he and Mrs. Moorgenthau founded an earnest desire to develop the ships with the Arabs in Palestine,
his comparatively short life in Pa., from May 31 through June 2,
I nearly 25 years ago. The dinner
Dr. McLean pointed out that there I nary, attended this meeting.
country in complete harmony were it emphasized its belief that this
this
country.
Israel S. Chipkin of New York,
are 27,000,000 children in public.
was arranged by the Bronx House
urged in a series of resolutions could be best accomplished upon!
"The Earth Gods," his latest chairman of the program commit-
It nosy . agreed at this meeting ' board of directors.
sch ools throughout the nation, and
the
basis
of
a
full
acceptance
of
I
adopted after an all-da
that no other appeals be made in
work,
issued from the press a few tee, announced. The other mem-
Messages and telegrams

of con- the national executive committee the Balfour Declaration and of
23,000,000 attending Sunday: the synagogues during Shevuoth.
days after his death. It is written bers of the program committee in-
gratulation were received from of the Zionist Organization of the mandate sanctioned by the
schools. "This shows that the par-
in Gibran's entrancing style and clude Dr. Alexander hi. Dushkin
President Hoover, Governor Roose- America, held at the Jewish Club League of Nations, by Arabs as
ents and the churches have not lost
is an interpretation of some of the and Leo L. Honor of Chicago, Drs.
w
ell
as
J
ews,
their grip of this problem," he MUSIC WEEK PROMOTED velt, Lieutenant-Governor Iler- New York City, Sunday. The
more basic phases of modern life. I Emanuel Gamoran and Jacob S.
bert Lehman and Newton D.
The conditions which necessi-
said. "Religion is a matter for !
Gibran is best known through his Golub of Cincinnati, Ben Rosen of
BY WOMEN'S COUNCIL Baker, former secretary of war. meeting, which brought together tated
the resignation of Dr. Chaim
the home and the church, not the
Zionist leaders from all sections of
JAMES MARSHALL
book, "The Prophet."
Philadelphia; Albert P. Schoolman
Besides the Bronx House, Mr. the country, was called specially Weizmann as president of the
Public school."
Services at the Temple begin at and I)r. Mordecai Sidles of New
NEW YORK.—In appealing for Morgenthau's philanthropic ac-
for the purpose of considering the World Zionist Organization and of G. liarbord, who resigned to ac- 10:45 a. m. The public is invited. York.
Text of Bill.
the observance and promotion o tivities have also included the
the
Jewish
Agency
were
deplored
cept
the
presidency
of
the
Nation-
many urgent problems before the
The text of the bill reads: "That music week, during the week of
"Hebrew and Yiddish in the
the teacher in charge shall provide May 4. Mrs. Irvin Bettman of St. Federation for the support of Jew- seventeenth world congress, which by the executive committee, which al Republican Club. Mr. Marshall,
Jewish School" will be discussed at
for a reverent daily reading of a Louis, national chairman of the ish Philanthropic Societies and the is to convene in Basle on June 29, expressed due appreciation for his who is one of the four chairmen of ZIONIST EDUCATIONAL
the Tuesday afternoon session , by
endowment fund of the Ilebre• and to formulate the attitude of services to the Zionist cause dur- the American Palestine Campaign
suitable portion of the Bible in all department of education of
Kalman Whiteman, Leibush Lehr-
c4s s rooms or assembly rooms of
Union College. Ile has also taken American Zionists with respect to ing the past 16 years. A recom- of the Jewish Agency, has long COUNCIL FORMED HERE.
er and Chaim Greenberg. A re-
National Council of Jewish Wo- an active part in the work of the
these issues for the guidance of mendation was adopted, urging the been active in Jewish affairs, par-
the Public schools, and prayer may men, has called attention to the
port of the executive committee
Near
East Relief, especially in the the American delegates to that Congress to elect an administra- ticularly in the work of the Joint
Dr.
David
II.
Fauman,
chair-
be offered or the Lord's prayer re- fact that many gifted children are
tion to assume the powers hereto- Distribution Committee.
man of the newly-chosen Zionist will be rendered by Dr. AL Soltes;
congress .
peated; but no pupil shall be re- being deprived of the opportunity assistance of Greek refugees.
of the treasurer, by B. Isaacs of
Born in Germany, Mr. Morgen-
Murray
William
fore
vested
in
the
president.
Carson
educational
committee
of
Jewish
the Zion- Detroit ,
The committee demanded the
quired to participate and, upon to develop their musical talents
Robert Szold, chairman of ad- realtor of Brooklyn, who since 1917 ist District of Detroit, announces,
written request of such a parent because of the business depression thou was educated at the College reconsideration of Transjordania
of
the
City
of
New
York
has
been
active
in
the Republican the formation of a Detroit Zionist I
and at as an integral part of Palestine ministration of the Zionist Organ-
or guardian, any pupil shall be ex-
Jewi s hH
it a l W
unemployment.
Columbia, from which he received necessary for the full development ization of America, presented
party affairs, has been appointed Educational Council for the pur-1
cused from the room during such and
DENVER, Col.—Over 500 com-
During the past year, the coun- the degree of Doctor of Laws in of the Jewish National Home, rec-
report on the negotiations between to the office of special assistant sec- pose of correlating all Zionist cul- munities will observe "National
Bible reading or prayer."
"The last clause alone shows cil's department of education 1877. In 1913 he became ambas- ommended the creation of a board representatives of the British gov- retary of labor at Washington, Mr. tural activities in Detroit.
Hospital Week," beginning Sunday,
Composed of delegates from all May 3, according to an announce-
what opposition its backers know placed at the disposal of its mem- sador to Turkey. In 1919 he was of economic development, with ernment and the Jewish Agency Gerson is 40 years of age. He be-
study course in music.
appointed to head the American powers to explore fully the eco- which have been conducted in Lon- gan his political career 15 years Zionist groups in Detroit, this ment made this week
it will stir up," said Mr. Gorman. bers a
by Rabbi W.
ago.
"I d o
Ile is a member of Congre- council will aim to present • uni- S. Friedman, founder and
In advancing the purpose of commission to investigate the mas- nomic possibilities of Palestine and don with respect to issues raised
not think it is the thing at
all for a city the size of Detroit. music week, the National Council sacres of Jews in Poland. After outlined plans for the develop. by the Penfield White Paper and gation B'nai Israel, Besides his fied Zionist program in Detroit and, dent of the National 'Jewish presi-
floe-
real
estate
activities,
Mr.
Gerson will present cultural programs be- pital at Denver.
"Our school system is for all of Jewish Women is co-operating the peace conference he toured ment of trade and industry in that the Simpson report.
also has an interest in the motion fore non-Zionist grou
th ese
the United States in favor of this! country. Tendencies which. it
During "N. J. H. Week" friends
people. We have no right to with the National Bureau for the
Israel B. Brodie of New York, picture industry and is ■
member The selection of olltcers of the ' of the hospital will be asked to
force the Bible down the throats Advancement of Music, 45 West country's adherence to the League; adopted, would result in the our-1 chairman of the national executive
of the Georgia State Canal Com- council will be announced in the' make special contributions for its
of those who do not want it."
Forty-fifth greet, New York City., of Nations-
render of Zionism were deplored. committee, presided.

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J N. F. OFFICERS
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SCHOOLS OPPOSED

FETE MORGENTHAU
ON 75TH BIRTHDAY

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CHICAGO YESHIVA
DURING SHEVUOTH

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