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VOL XXXIV. NO. 22
Russ Authorities Refuse To
It was distinctly a group of
Convert Synagogue
college-age young people that
Into Cinema.
crowded the registration office of
Beth El College of Jewish Studies
CIRCUMCISION IS NOT
last Monday night, and the spirit
CRIME, COURT RULES of youth prevailed over the open-
MOSCOW.—(J. T. A.)—That
there was for a time the danger
that the Moscow Temple would be
confiscated by the Soviet author-
ities, as reported in a Riga dis-
patch last week, was confirmed
when the Wzik officially informed
the synagogue authorities that the
confiscation will not be carried out.
The Wzik dismissed the applica-
tion of the Cinema ''Gorinka" for
permission to convert the syna-
gogue into a cinema.
Anti-Religious Rally.
An anti-religious mass meeting
was held Sunday in the hull ad-
joining the Polaikoff synagogue, the
largest in Moscow.
Attempts were made to disturb
the worshippers attending Succoth
services. A brass band was hired
and the windows opened wide no
that the band's playing might in-
terfere with the services.
Speakers, pointing to the syna-
gogue denounced it as a counter-
revolutionary fortress, responsible
for the communications abroad
which described the hardships of
the Jews residing in the Soviet
Union.
The hall where the meeting was
held was formerly part of the syna-
gogue used for overflow services.
Now it has been converted into a
club for Esthonian and Finnish
workers.
Circumcision Not Crime.
The high court here has ruled
that the performance of circumcis-
ion, prescribed by the Jewish re-
ligion is an act not punishable in
itself, and is believed to set an
important precedent.
The verdict was handed down in
connection with the action brought
by a Communist father against a
Mohel who circumcized his am
without his consent, although with
the approval of the child's mother
and grandmother.
The court found that the moth-
er's consent was sufficient and also
dismissed the charge brought
against the Mohel that he perform-
ed a surgical operation although
medically untrained. The court
ruled that every competent Mohel
is entitled to perform circumcisions.
The Mohel was, however, held
for trial for an unsanitary execu-
tion of his task as the child be-
came ill after the operation had
been performed.
Soviets Must Use Yiddish.
Jewish Soviets and collectives in
Crimea must in the future conduct
official business in the Yiddish lan-
guage in accordance with a de-
cision of the Crimean Zik.
The Zik declares that in the past
a number of Soviets and collectives
failed to use the Yiddish language
because of the lack of proper ter-
minology. A special consultation
bureau has now been opened in
Freidurf, which yill assist the col-
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PISGAH DIAMOND
JUBILEE PROGRAM
All-Day Celebration Planned
for Nov. 20 at Hotel
Statler.
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THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1932
CONFISCATION OF Young People Overcrowd Classes at
Beth El College of Jewish Studies
TEMPLES WILL NOT
Season of School Opens With Addresses by Dr.
BE PUT IN FORCE Eighth Franklin
and Rabbi Fram; Registrations Continue
Another Week, To Close on Monday.
Crimean Soviets Must Use
the Yiddish Language;
Leaders Expelled.
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IN MICHIGAN
from becoming too large for ef-
fective teaching.
Similar enthusiasm was dis-
played over "The Jew in the Mod-
ern World," a course in present-
day Jewish problems, taught by
ing assembly of the school and Rabbi Leon Fram, the director of
the opening sessions of the vari- the school. Given at the 9 to 10
ous classes.
hour, this course also attracted as
A class in the study of religion many students that it will be nec-
which met in a large room, seat- essary to close registration after
ing 40 people was compelled to next Monday night. The class
resort to standing room only. This meets in the small hall on the
class, in "Comparative Religion," third floor of the Temple.
taught by Rabbi Bernard Zeiger
Other Courses.
of Flint, will be compelled to
To meet the large demand for
move into a small hall next Mon- a course in comparative religion,
day night, when registrations will a second course on the subject
be closed to prevent the class has been arranged under the title
"The Origin and Evolution of Re-
ligion," the instructor being Sey-
mour Tilchin, who has the degree
of Master of Arts from the de-
partment of Semitics of the Uni-
versity of Michigan.
To meet the demand for courses
in Bible History additional courses
being
offered are "The Origin and
Peiser To Deliver Address;
of the Jewish People,"
Extracts from Education Evolution
by Rabbi Elmer Berger of Pon-
Month Addresses.
tiac; "An Introduction to the Lit-
erature of the Bimle," by Mr. Til-
The graduation exercises of the chin.
United Hebrew Schools have been
Dr. Leo M. Franklin's course in
definitely set to take place Wed- "J e w i a h Customs and Cere-
nesday evening, Nov. 9, at the monies," which he is now giving
Philadelphia-Byron Auditorium.
for the third time in succession,
Kurt Peiser, director of the because it has become a favorite
Jewish Welfare Federation, will in the community, drew a consid-
extend greetings to the graduates erable enrollment, composed of
and to their parents and friends parents of children in the Relig-
in the name of the Federation of ious School.
which the United Hebrew Schools
The usual quota of Christian
is a constitutent agency.
ministers in the city were present
Two gold medals will be given to avail themselves of the oppor-
this year to the two best students. tunity of studying Hebrew under
One will be awarded by the Coun- the expert instruction of Miss
cil of Young Israel. This medal Rose Pike of the United Hebrew
will be presented by A. J. Rosen- Schools.
shine, president of the Detroit
The course in "A Popular In-
Council of Young Israel. The Fei-
to the Talmud," found-
genson Brothers gold medal will troduction
ed
last year by Rabbi Fram, at-
again be given by their representa-
tracted
quite
a number of stu-
tive, Milton Bernstein.
dents again this year under the
Week'. Radio Add
instructorship
of
Walter Farber.
The observance of Education
Official Opening.
Month continues this week with
was ad-
The
opening
assembly
the following addresses over local
dressed by Dr. Franklin and Rabbi
radio stations:
On Sunday, Oct. 23, Sol R. Levin Fram.
"This spectacle of so many
will speak over Station WJBK,
during the Jewish Radio Forum young people gathered to study
the
history and meaning of relig-
Hour , from 2:40 to 2:45 p. m., and
Abraham Lachover will speak over ion," said Dr. Franklin, "is indica-
tive
of the revival which is piing
Station WMBC, during Altman's
Radio Hour, from 7:30 to 7:35 p. on today in the life of the Jewish
m. On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Simon people."
Rabbi Fram welcomed the stu-
Shetzer will he the speaker over
Station WXYZ, from 6:55 to 7 p. dents, old and new, to the eighth
m. On Saturday, Oct. 29, Henry season of Beth El College of Jew-
Meyers will be the speaker over ish Studies.
Station CKOK from 7 to 7:05 p.
"We scarcely knew," he said,
m. On Sunday, Aaron D. Mark- "when we founded this school in
son will speak over Station WJBK, 1925, that we were starting a
during Weinbergs Yiddish Hour, movement of national proportions.
from 12:45 to 12:50 p. m.
We had touched a need of Jewish
Succoth Celebration.
life in America and we had hit
While a good deal of time is be- upon a way of meeting this need.
ing devoted at the United Hebrew The result has been that letters
Schools to the study of the holi- have Come to me from Washingtin
day Succoth, its origin and dif- and Buffalo and Rochester and
ferent customs and ceremonials Los Angeles and most of the
connected with it, a special effort other large cities of the country,
is being made to celebrate Simchas far and near, seeking guidance
Torah because it is a celebration in establishing in their cities this
in which children can very well institution which has appealed no
participate. The marching with powerfully to the interests of the
scrolls and flags, the special Sim- Jewish people of Detroit. Next
chas Torah songs, and the design- week I shall travel to Montreal,
ing of the flags which is done by at the invitation of Temple Eman-
the children—all this is taken ad- uel, to deliver the opening ad-
vantage of. A celebration such dress for Emanuel College of
as this adds interest and injects Jewish Studies, an institution
life into the study connected with founded upon the model of our
Succoth.
own school."
The children's Simchas Torah
Registration will continue
celebration will be held at the dif- through next Monday night, after
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U. H. S. GRADUATION
PROGRAM PLANNED
B'nai B'rith's Junior Auxiliary
The Reason's Which Motivated Sam Beber of Omaha To
The committee on arrange-
Organize Aleph Zadik Aleph in 1924—The
ments of the diamond jubilee
Fraternity's Aims and Achievements.
celebration of Pisgah Lodge NO.1
34 of B'nai B'r'ith announces that
By EDWARD E. GRUSD
definite'plans are now being for-
Assistant Editor, B'nai B'rith Mag•xine.
mulated for an afternoon and eve-
ning program at the Statler Hotel
on Sunday, Nov. 20.
This date will mark the seventy-
fifth anniverary of the granting
of the B'nai B'rith charter to Pis-
gall Lodge. In 1857, when the
charter was granted, the interna-
tional B'nai B'rith order was 15
years old. Detroit is honored by
having one of the oldest links in
the order. Adolph Finsterwald,
honorary chairman of the diamond
jubilee celebration, states that a
program befitting an unusual
event of this nature is being
planned.
In the afternoon of Nov. 20. a
large class of new candidates for
membership into Pisgah Lodge
will be initiated at a formal ini-
tiation by Pisgah Lodge's degree,
team, with the impressive B'nai
B'rith ritual. This membership !
class is called the Milford Stern
Memorial Class in honor of the i
late Milford Stern, prominent
communal worker and active in
DEGREE TEAM OF HERZL CHAPTER NO. 112 OF ORDER
the ranks of B'nai B'rith. The
ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH, OF WINDSOR, ONTARIO.
new members will be addressed by
n nationally prominent speaker.
Editor's Note: The following I manifested by an important erten-
This initiation ceremony will be is the third in ■ series of nr• ! sion of A. Z. A. activities.
open to the public.
tides by Mr. Grand, dealing with
Beginning with the school year,
Pla n Memorial Service.
the achievements of the Order Ithe junior order has been lending
Following the initiation exer- B'nai B'rith and its numerous sums of money, without interest,
cises there will be held the tradi• constituent agencies. The De- to those of its members who could
tional memorial services in mem- troit Jewish Chronicle is pleased not carry on their education with-
ory of the founders and those who to publish these articles on the out this aid. The money for this
carried on the work of the B'nai occasion of the seventy-fifth scholarship loan fund comes from
B'rith during the past 75 years in anniversary of Piagals Lodge, ■ reserve which, in the put, had
Detroit who are no longer among Detroit's branch of the Order been contributed to such agencies
B'nai B"rith, which is to bo u the National Jewish Hospital
the ranks of the living.
In the evening this gala event ob d on Nov. 20.
for its Children Preventorium, J.
will be climaxed with a banquet.
R. S., and the National Home
Aleph Zadik Aleph of B'nai C.
Th e principal speaker at the ban-
for Jewish Children. These insti-
quet will be a prominent orator.' B'rith—the order's junior auxil- tutions will not suffer, however,
Officers of the constitutional iary—approaches the beginning of because the A. Z. A. is also en-
grand lodge and officials high in its ninth active season with con- couraging local chapters to make
d state will tinued faith in the Jewish youth
the attain
of America. This faith has been I (Turn to Page Oppodta Editorial)
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Report Rabbi Is Held
As Hostage by French
JERUSALEM.—(J. T. A.)—
The chief rabbi of the Jibuty
Jewish community has been ar-
rested by the French authorities
and is being held as hostage
pending the payment of a claire
entered by an Arab against the
family of a deceased Jew, RC•
cording to reports reaching here.
The arrest occurred this week,
it is stated.
An Arab claimed that a de.
ceased Jew owed him money and
that his family refuses to make
payment on the pretext that it
has no money. The Arab as-
serted, however, that the de-
ceased Jew left sufficient funds
to pay the debt. Whereupon the
authorities arrested the family
as well as a number of Jewish
leaders, including the rabbi, the
latter being held as hostages. '
DR. A. M. HERSHMAN
ELECTED FOR LIFE
Isaac Shetzer Succeeds A.
Louis Gordon as President
of Shaarey Zedek.
Congregation Shaarey Zedek,
at its annual meeting held Wed-
nesday evening, elected Dr. A. M.
Hershman as its rabbi for life.!
A resolution adopted at the
meeting, which was preceded by
the annual congregational dinner,
Per Year, $3.00; Per Copy, 10
DR. A. M. HERSHMAN
Waldman States He Did Not
Speak for American.
Jewish Committee.
J. D. C. ALSO SAYS HE
SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF
Brown Defended in State-
ment by the Editor of
American Hebrew.
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of Zionists from his city, will at-
tend the conference.
Flint, Bay City, Muskegon, ML
Clemens, Saginaw, Kalamazoo,
Pontiac are among the other
cities that will be represented. A
delegation of prominent Zionists
is also expected from the Upper
Peninsula.
Midwest Executive To Meet.
The conference will be preceded
by a meeting of the executive of
the Midwest Zionist Region, on
Saturday evening, Oct. 29, at Ho-
tel Statler, Members of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Zionist
Organization of Detroit will par-
ticipate in the deliberations of
the session.
Greetings will be extended at
the Sunday morning session by
a spokesman for the important
groups in Zionism, after the offi-
cial opening of the conference by
Simon Shetzer, chairman of the
conference committee. Meyer W.
Excesses at Vienna Univer- Weisgal, executive director of the
Midwest Zionist Region, and Max
sity Follow Clashes
Shulman of Chicago, president of
With Socialists.
the region, will be among the
spea k ers.
BULLETIN
The morning session will be fol-
A cable to the New York lowed by a luncheon arranged by
Times states that 25 Jewish stu- the Jewish National Fund Coun-
dents were badly hurt in at- cil of Detroit, of which Leon Kay
tacks by Hitlerites who used is the president. State leaders in
"dubs, steel rods and knives Jewish National 'Fund work will
and kicked their helpless vie- lead in a discussion of National,
time after felling them." Ac- Fund problems. Reservations for
cording to this cable, many of the luncheon, at 51 per plate, may
the Jews than hurt had "blood :be made by calling Mrs. Philip
lag from wounds In their Slomovitz, 3272 Monterey, Town-
heads as they were taken to • send 7-0108, who is in charge.
police statiqn for first aid." Noted Speakers.
The principal addresses at the
VIENNA.—(J. T. A.)—Fifteen afternoon session will be deliv-
Jewish students were injured, four ered by Morris Rothenberg, presi-
seriously, in Nazi attacks Monday dent of the Zionist Organization
morning at the University of Vi- of America; Prof. I. Leo Sharf-
enna and the Polytechnic Institute. man, head of the Semitics depart-
The Jewish students were beaten meat of the University of Michi-
and stabbed with knives. A num- gan, and others. Greetings will
bee sustained broken skulls and be extended by Mrs. Louis Leb-
arms; others had their eyes gouged ster of Flint, president( of the
out. After being thus attacked, the Michigan Region of liadassah.
Jewish students were thrown out Lively discussions on important
of the college buildings and nIT the Zionist problems are expected to
campus. feature the sessions.
The distprbances began when the
Under the auspices of Iladas-
Nazi students sought to revenge sah, a dinner is being arranged
themselves upon the Socialist stu- following the afternoon session.
dents for party clashes where soy- Reservations, at $1.50 per plate,
eral Nazis were killed. may be made by calling Mre. Wil-
The incidents, however, quickly liam B. Isenberg, Longfello
The an anti-Semitic character.
The mass meeting on tr t
The University was closed for evening, which will conclude the
three days by order of the rector, conference sessions, will mark the
who announced that the university thirtieth anniversary of the Jew-
will not reopen until the govern- ash National Fund and will be ar-
ment guarantees are received that ranged by the local council.
the disturbances will not be re- Speakers at the mass meeting will
peated.
include prominent national and
The closing order was issued fol- state leaders, and leaders of the
lowing a conference called by the Detroit Jewish community. A
rector, which expressed "its soli- feature at the mass meeting will
darity with the German students be the sketch of Chalutz life in
in their protests against the mur- Palestine to be presented by the
ders which has as their victims Heshomer llatzoir. Palestinian
several Nazi students."
songs will feature the sketch.
The rector called upon the Ger-
One of the principal speakers
man students to remain calm. There at the mass meeting, in addition
is not a single reference made, to Mr. Rothenberg and others,
however, to the injuries sustained will be Dr. A. M. Hershman.
by the Jews.
Detroit Wood Drive.
Under the chairmanship of Ir-
Clash*. in Rumania.
win I. Cohn, solicitations continue
BUCHAREST.—(J. T. A.)— for the Detroit Wood in the Wash-
Se rious anti-Semitic excesses occur- ington Forest in Palestine.
red at Radom, near Belz, in con-
Reports of workers will be sub-
nection with the election campaign mitted at a special meeting called
of a Cuzist condidate for the Sen- for Wednesday evening, Oct. 20,
ate, Novitzki.
Among those severely injured are at Jewish National Fund club-
Sudel Savovic, Idol Schwarzman, rooms, 9036 Twelfth street.
Confidence was expressed by
Moise Kira, Favel Kaufman and
the project's leaders that the mini-
Baruch Robs.
mum
quota of 1,000 trees, at $1.50
The police came on the scene
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Large delegations are being
elected by numerous Jewish corn-
munities throughout Michigan to
attend the all-day Michigan State
Zionist Conference to be held here
at Hotel Statler on Sunday, Oct.
30.
A delegation of 15 will attend
from Grand Rapids, the Zionist
Organization of that city decided
at a special meeting held Tuesday
evening. This delegation will be
held by the Grand Rapids Zionist
president, Louis Rabinoff.
The Ann Arbor delegation will
be headed by C. Zwerdling.
Rabbi Jerome Folkman of
Jackson, together with a group
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—The
allegations made by David A.
Brown that no spefic misery exists
among Polish Jewry are termed
"not unusual for one possessing
Mr. Brown's characteristic" in an
editorial which appeared in the cur-
rent issue of the l'hiladelphia Jew-
ish Exponent.
Mr. Brown's allegations concern-
ing the situation of Polish Jewry
and his charges that the Jewish
press and the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency in America misrepresented
the situation, continue to arouse
comment.
The executive committee of the
Federation of Polish Jews announ-
ced that it has unanimously resolv-
ed to take such additional appro-
priate action against Mr. Brown
as the circumstances require.
At the same time, the Federation
through its executive director, Z.
Tygel, issued a statement charging
that the American Hebrew is at-
tempting to becloud the issue.
The Federation also made public
replies it has received to its com-
munication asking action against
Mr. Brown for his utterances, from
Joseph C. Hyman secretary of the
American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, and Morris D. Wald-
man„ secretary of the American
Jewish Committee.
J. D. C. Statement.
Both replies disavow any respon-
sibility for the utterances of Mr.
Brown on the ground that his mem-
bership in these organizations does
not give him authority to speak in
their behalf.
Mr. Hyman declared:
"We have received no report or
communication from Mr. Brown
directly, and we have no informa-
tion concerning any statements that
he is said to have issued. We need
hardly add that Mr. Brown has not
anywhere stated that he is study-
ing conditions abroad in behalf of
the Joint Distribution Committee
or that he speaks for this organiza-
tion. As apparently Mr. Brown is
speaking as an individual, under
the circumstances we do not feel
that the Joint Distribution Corn-
mittee should officially enter into
the situation.
"We have from time to time,
especially within the last year, is-
sued the official reports of our
European director and of our col-
leagues abroad, which point to the
acute conditions of need of the
Jewish population in Poland and in
other Eastern European countries,
and from which you may have seen
that these reports of ours fully
coincide with the situation as you
describe. We shall continue to
make clear to the Jewish commun-
ity of this country how sorely our
brethren in Eastern and Central
Europe need our sympathetic aid,
our encouragement and our co-
operation at this time."
Mr. Waldman's Letter.
Mr. Waldman wrote:
"I had your letter of Oct. 5, re-
ferring to the interview given to
the Polish Telegraphic Agency by
David A. Brown to which you take
objection. We note your statement
that 'These utterings of Mr. Brown
are as misrepresentative of your
(our) committee as they are of us
(you) . . and you suggest that
we take 'such action forthwith as
this situation . . . requires.'
"May I call your attention to the
A Sermon Preached ■ at Temple Beth El on Yom Kippur Morning,
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Oct. 10. 1932.
FIFTEEN INJURED
IN NAZI ATTACKS
"After Three Thousand Years"
PEISER STRESSES
RECREATION NEEDS
SUCCOTH PROGRAM Numerous Awards Made at
OVER RADIO FORUM Annual Pep Supper of
The Jewish Radio Forum pro-
gram this Sunday, Oct. 23, over
Station WJBK, from 2:30 to 3
p. m., will feature • playlet de-
picting the festival of Succoth
written by Pauline Sherman, noted
playwright.
Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple
Beth El will be presented in the
weekly "Question and Answer
Forum."
Rhoda Zahavie, dramatic so-
prano, will sing, with Samuel Solo-
mon as the accom;.anist.
Sol R. Levin, prominent attor-
ney, will be heard in an address
on "The Significance of Succoth."
Aaron Kurland, attorney and
chairman of the forum, evil(
preside.
ELECT LEVIN, COHN
MEMBERS OF BOARD
OF CHILDREN'S HOME
Reunion of Old and New Board
Members at Musicale nod
Tea Next Wednesday.
Sol R. Levin and Irwin I. Cohn,
attorneys, were elected to fill va-
cancies on the board of the Jew-
ish Children's Home, at • meeting
held last Monday afternoon.
Plans were completed for the
reunion of old and new board
members, to be held at the home.
Burlingame and Petoskey, next
Wednesday evening, Oct. 26, at
8 o'clock.
The reunion will take the form
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Cents
AGENCIES DISAVOW Large State Delegations to Attend
JEWISH WORKERS
Michigan
Zionist
Conference
Oct.
30
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ENLISTED TO AID
Outstanding National and State Leaders To Address
BROWN INTERVIEW Sessions
and Mass Meetings; J. N. F. Luncheon
COMMUNITY FUND
and Hadassah Dinner To Be Features,
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expressed the synagogue's grati-
tude for Dr. Hershman's influence
upon the membership, for the dig-
nified manner in which he minis-
ters to his congregation, for his
scholarship and erudition.
I. Shetser New President.
Isaac Shetzer was elected pres-
ident of the congregation to suc-
ceed A. Louis Gordon. Meyer
Stone was re-elected vice-president
and Morris H. Blumberg treasurer.
The following were elected
members of the board of trustees:
Judge Harry B. Keidan, Judge
Charles Rubiner, David S. Zemon,
Theodore Levin, Irwin I. Cohn,
Morris H. Zackheim, Robert R.
Marwil, Harry Z. Brown, Myron
A. Keys, Harry Cohen, Elconan
II. Saulson, Moe Leiter.
Gordon Is Thanked.
The congregational gathering,
by a standing vote, gave thanks
to Mr. Gordon for his devotion
to the congregation during his
three years as president. Mr.
Gordon was lauded for the deter-
mination he displayed to the end
that the present synagogue be
erected, and it was stated that it
was due mainly to his efforts that
the synagogue was finally com-
pleted.
Enthusiasm also marked the
adoption of the resolution hon r
ing Dr. Ilershman. It was de-
cided that a dinner be tendered
Dr. Hershman in the near future
in honor of his 25 years of ser.
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Michigan's
Home Jewish
Newspaper
Centers Association.
Addressing the fifth annual pep
supper of the Jewish Centers As-
sociation, Kurt Peiser, executive
director of the Jewish Welfare
Federation, last Sunday evening
emphasized the need for increased
efforts for recreational and cul-
tural activities ;
Opening his address with a de-
scription of the existing conditions
of want and despair, Mr. Peiser
declared that not only in spite of
these conditions but because of
them it ire necessary to strengthen
the community's facilities for rec-
reation and for cultural efforts in
order that the needs of the youth
may not be neglected and in or-
der that the young men and wom-
en, and the boys and girls, may
be provided with wholesome en-
vironments.
Other guests of the Council
were Mrs. Peiser, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Magidsohn, Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Slomovitz and Judge and
Mrs. Charles Rubiner.
Two Are Honored.
The election of David Goldberg
and Esther Silverstein to the
Senior Kovod Society which is the
national honor society of the Jew-
ish Center movement in the United
States, was announced by Samuel
Levine, executive director of the
Center. Keys were presentd as
tokens of this honor. Awards are
based on character, leadership and
cultural activities.
Mr. Goldberg, • member of the
Detroit Friendship Club, was for
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By DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN
Editor's' Note: The Detroit
Jewish Chronicle is pleased to
publish the following sermon by
Dr. Franklin at the request of
• number of readers.
and not a syllable superfluous. The
superb quality of this utterance lies
rather in its Prophetic character,
as that term implies the vision that
penetrates to the truth at the heart
of things; and -the will to trans-
Courage of conviction. sanity of late that truth into clear and tren-
approach and a depth of spiritual chant phrase, and the courage to
understanding in a degree rarely speak it forth bravely and force-
attained are united in what I like fully with no care as to whom it
to regard as the greatest Yom may help or hurt.
Kippur sermon that was ever
That sermon is a masterpiece of
preached. Its pre-eminence in Prophetic writing—the more to be
homiletic writing is to be traced marvelled at because it was spoken
not to its well-rounded rhetoric centuries before what we call mod- I
and stylistic beauty, though every ern civilization had begun to run
phrase is pregnant with meaning its course. Nor was it preached in
a Temple that the genius of a mas-
ter architect among men had build-
FRANKLIN WILL SPEAK ed. Nor was the congregation to
ON "STAGE AS PULPIT" whom it was addressed an ordinary
one. Among those present were
Eighty-Second Annual Meeting of the rich and the poor, the great and
the unknown, the saint and the sin-
Beth El on Oct. 30.
nee, the philosopher and the ignor-
For Sunday morning, Dr. Leo ant fool.
I Experience.
A P
M. Franklin has chosen as the sub-
this Atonement sermon was
ject of his address, "The Stage for Yet
all of them, for who among
as Pulpit and the Pulpit as Stage." them could fail to be stirred to the
In this discourse he will discuss depths of his soul by the resounding
the legitimate functions of those words of an Isaiah! The righteous
two institutions. The subject has were lifted by h I rifled
been suggested by the loss to the heights of the spirit. The wicked
cultural life of Detroit by the re- were cast down by them into the
cent death of Miss Bonstelle.
abyssmal depths of self-reproacn.
Annual Temple Meeting.
Sincere men could look the Propect
On Sunday evening, Oct. 30, in the eye as he spoke. But the
the eighty-second annual meeting hypocrite like a slinking dog must
of Congregation Beth El will be hide his face in shame. Through
held in the Brown Memorial thousands of years these Prophetic
Chapel. At this meeting reports words of Isaiah have not lost their
of the year's work will be sub-! tang and taste, the sting of their
mitted by the rabbis and officers rebuke as mighty now as when
of the Temple, new officers will well these thousands of years ago
be elected for the coming year they fell from the God-intoxi fated
and other business of importance lips of that great Prophet-preacrcr.
How deep and how high is the
will be transacted. The meeting
will be preceded by a dinner to , ethical character of this preach-
, be served in the social hall of the , ment was brought home to me not
I Temple under the auspices of the long ago by an experience that was
Temple Sisterhood
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Campaign Officially Opened
at Rally Last Monday
Evening.
DODGE COMMENTS ON
JEWISH PARTICIPATION
Many Jews Occupy Pivotal
Positions in Campaign
Organization.
More than 700 workers and
division chiefs launched the M-
teenth annual money-raising drive
of the Detroit Community Fund,
Monday evening.
The drive this year was begun
by the industrial section, one of
the four into which the work has
been divided, and is proceeding
successfully, according to unoffi-
cial' reports of the chairmen of
the divisions.
The sectional drives will over-
lap. The office building solicita-
tion will begin next Monday, while
the industrial drive will continue
until Oct. 28, Each section will
devote two weeks to solicitation.
The general campaign will start
Oct. 31 and continue until Nov.
11. The fund drive will be wound
up with the special gifts cam-
paign, Nov. 14 to 25.
Jewish Representation.
The fund this year is not seek-
ing a definite sum, but an inten-
sive campaign is being waged with
the object of raising at least
$3,100,000, the same as last year.
Percival Dodge, executive secre-
tary, after a thorough examina-
tion of the field and careful con-
sultation with the 80 social agen-
cies that are supported by the
Fund, declared that unless the
1932 total is at least equalled,
necessary work among the city's
needy will be crippled.
"As in former years," said Mr.
Dodge, "the Jewish community of
Detroit is ably represented in the
ranks of the volunteer workers,
without whose services the Fund
could not possibly succeed. Some
of them have worked in every one
of the Fund's 15 campaigns and
are still carrying on with the
same enthusiasm as in the early
days. Such devotion is an inspir-
ation to the less seasoned workers
and is bound to .be an important
factor in the success of the cam-
paign."
Among the Leaders.
Julian II. Krolik, one of the
vice-presidents and a Member of
the executive committee of the
Fund, is working actively as a
solicitor in the campaign. Other
members of the board of directors
actively engaged in the drive are
Fred M. Butzel, Melville S. Welt
and Henry Wineman. Jesse F.
Hirschman, prominent in Jewish
social work, also is an active cam-
paigner,
Maurice J. Caplan will head the
general campaign, which begins
Oct. 31. Mrs. Samuel Glogower
is a division chairman. Section
chairmen include Mrs. Douglas
Brown, Mrs. Oscar Robinson and
Mrs. Hugo Freund. Among the
workers are Mrs. David Huber,
Mrs. Julian Wolner, bliss Alice
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44 WILL GRADUATE
AT SHAAREY ZEDEK
Exercises at Simchas Torah
Services Sunday; Regis-
ter New Pupils.
Following the tradition estab-
lished last year under the super-
vision of Rabbi A. M. Hershman,
graduation exercises of the Sun-
day School will form part of the
Simchas Torah services, Sunday
morning, Oct. 23.
The high school graduates are:
Julian Cohen, Caroline Green-
baum, Florence Greenberg, Fayga
Keidan, Bessie Pearlman, Max
Pomerantz, Albert Rabinowitz,
Julius Schwartz, Gordon Shapiro,
Jess M. Stein, Sylvia Strub, Fayga
Weinstein. Distinction students
are Albert Rabinowitz and Gor-
don Shapiro. High distinction stu-
dents are Jess M. Stein and Fayga
Beth Weinstein.
The eighth grade students are
as follows: Bernard Barack, Ger-
aldine Bremen, Shirley Boyart,
Newton Burrow's, Mandell& Chad,
Annette Cohen, Frances Cohn,
Albert Davis, Bessie Epel, Helen
Firestone, Leona Callow, Ruth
Goldberg, Fara Goldman, Marvin
Goldman, Evelyn Hoffman, Ben-
jamin Kaplan, Clara Leach, Clif-
ford Lightstone, Pearl Miner,
Edith Nusbaum, Harold Ossepow,
Lois Ruth Paul, Jane Risman,
Lillian Roth, Marion Rubin, Alvin
Sarasohn, Sarah Silberman, Her-
man Smile, Cecile Smith, Arnold
Wine, Janet Wine, Edith Ziff.
Distinction students are: Albert
Davis, Fara Goldman, Bessie Epet,
Marnm Rubin, Sarah Silberman,
Leona Callow. The high distinc-
tion students are: Geraldine Bre-
men, Harold Ossepow, June Ris-
man, Alvin Sarasohn.
Sunday School Registration.
All parents who have not regis-
tered their children for the new
term to begin Sunday, Oct SO,
are urged to do so this week. The
applies to parents of all former
pupils as well as those who wish
to enter children for the Ant lima
Philip L Rosenthal, in charge of
registration, will be in the library
of the synagogue daily from 4 14
6 p. m.