Americam lewfrk Periodical Carter 3 CLIFTON AVINUI - CINCINNATI 30, 01110 PIEVEFROYIJEWISff (ARON ICUS December 17, 1937 and THE LEGAL CHRONICLF 12% With Safety , "Twelve per cent with safety" sounds too good to be true. It is, however, what a Great-West pol- icy with the Family Protection Rider will give your dependents in case of your premature death, and is called the Family Income plan. Heads Council's Committee on Discrimination One of the major undertakings of the Jewish Community Council of Detroit is the work of fighting the spread of discrimination in There are many attractive angles to this plan that are worth knowing about and without any obligation to you, I will be glad to show you how it works. SEYMOUR J. COHN 1512 UNION GUARDIAN BLDG. ?.GREAT-WEST LIFE Ais•uw^rie• ComoANT REPAIRED REA nEo C✓ IlYED JAMES I. ELLMANN EXPERT FACTORY WORK-LOW PRICES Phone TYler 6-7000 Your slaw. neNi extort allentien to keep them looking new and beautiful. 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IMO MAD dram (u.$1.0.p3Orke) ROLLS RAZORS $6.95 LAING'S DRUG STORE WINDSOR, ONT. 43 Ouellette Ave. - Phone 4.1101 (One and • Half Blocks op from Ferry) Dickerson 1 A MAN'S GIFT -a lasting Of howing thoughtful selection. CROFUT and KNAPP HATS $5 to $20 -A Gift Order in a h a ndsome miniature hat box makes an ideal gift. Thies HATS .III ism Washington Blvd. Live Wires Association contrib- uted the sum of $37.50 for the planting of 25 trees in the Fred H. Butzel Forest in Palestine in memory of Morris Graff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Graff of 3795 Humphrey Ave. Through Detroit unit of Junior Hadassah, the following contri- bution was received by the Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit: Two trees were planted in the Butzel Forest by the Ladies' Aux- iliary of the North Eaat Congrega- tion Etz Chaim in memory of Mrs. Freda Rosenberg. Trees will be planted in Pales- tine by calling Mrs. Philip Slom- ovitz, 17417 Stoepel Ave., Univer- sity 1-6972. Ladies Aid Society Plans Donor Event The Hebrew Ladies' Aid So- ciety is now focusing all atten- tion on the fifth annual donor luncheon to take place on Jan. 25, at Lachar's on Cass Ave. The committee is striving to have this year's affair excel all revious affairs financially as well as socially. Mrs. Jake Greenwald, in charge of reservations, reports that the response thus far is good. Mrs. Isador Heiman is treasurer of this affair, and Mrs. Paul R. Freeman has charge of the souve- nir book. Mrs. Philip Shapero and Mrs. Irving E. Llebson are co-chairmen for this function. The president, Mrs. I. Ausland- er, thanks all those who co-o- erated in making the Chanukah card party held on Dec. 9, an out- standing success. At the last meeting, Mrs. Abe Miller and Mrs. Paul R. Freeman were appointed to act as repre- sentatives of the society at the Gewerkshaften Rally. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 22, at the Dexter-Lawrence Hall. Fur- ther plans will be discussed in connection with the Purim party which is scheduled for March 13. J. C. P. B. Expresses Sym- pathy to Survivors of Mrs. George Cohen An expression of sympathy has been voted by the Jewish Child Placement Bureau to George Cohen and his family on the death of Mrs. Cohen, who was a member of the J. C. P. B. board for many years, and was also a member of the case committee. GIFT TIES beautifully boxed $1 to $5 sta David Whitney Bldg. employment, rentals and other fields. Under the chairmanship of James I. Ellmann, a large commit- tee is receiving complaints and is investigating reports of discrim- ination against Jews in various fields. Organizations and individ- uals to whose attention discrim- inatory acts are called are asked to communicate the facts to the office of the Jewish Commtinity Council, William I. Boxerman, secretary, 61 W. Warren, Colum- bia 1600. TREES PLANTED IN PALESTINE IN BUTZEL FOREST For "HIS" Fi test Gifts! 5% oz. Shalimar $18.00 113c dram i Strangest nickname for a rabbi wor belongs to Rabbi Harry J. Stern, who is now marking his 10th an- niversary at Temple Emanu-El, Montreal . In his undergraduate days at the Hebrew Union College " he was known at "Jesus," the Greek for his middle name, Joshua. !! Chronicle Want Ads Pay il w AUCTION By order of Maurice H. Schwartz, Trustee under Trust Chattel Mortgage We will on MONDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 1937, at 10:30 A. M. (E.S.T.) commencing at 10922 GRAND RIVER AVENUE, cor. Oakman Blvd., thence to 5031 GRAND RIVER AVE., DETROIT, MICHIGAN Sell at public auction the assets belonging to the estate of: E. ROBINSON, INC. --- Furniture I (CONCLUDED FROM PADS I) But after a bit of persuasion he went on, "Roosevelt is much too cultured to have anything but loathing for discrimination against Jews or any other minority," said Dr. Ludwig. "He is utterly anti- Fascist and uncompromisingly op- posed to any and all theories of racial superiority. As a matter of fact he gets a great deal of fun out of knowing that his enemies call him a dictator or see in him a potential fuehrer. Ile told me he would hate to be a dictator be- cause he would be bored without opposition. Roosevelt has too much of a sense of humor to take seri- ously the dictator charges flung at him. Likewise he jokes about the mythical story no assiduously spread by anti-Semites that his name was once Rosenfeld. CM. Favors Furthering Jewish Genius maonor.wislicieso SHOES ROOSEVELT HATES ANTI-SEMITES THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCKS OF FURNITURE EVER OFFERED AT PUBLIC AUCTION, consisting of LIVING ROOM FURNITURE Living Room Suites, Studio Couches, Davenports, Cogswell, Occasional, O verst u ffed an d Chairs, Leather Chairs, Commodes, Cellarettes, Coffee Tables, Cocktail Tables, Console Sets, Octagon Tables, End Tables, Smokers, Telephone Set., Mirrors, Magazine Racks, Floor Lamps, Table Lamps, Bridge Lamps, Junior Lamps, Desks, Radio Benches, Pier Cabinets, etc. DINING ROOM, BED ROOM AND KITCHEN FURNITURE AND OTHER ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION Sale will be in bulk subject to parcel bids and subject to confirmation by the Trustee. A de- posit of 25% (CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK) will be required from each purchaser at time of sale and balance (CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK) when merchandise is called for. MAURICE H. SCHWARTZ, Trustee, 2100 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Mich. FRANK E. KENNEY, Attorney for Trustee, 2230 National Bank Bldg., Detroit, Mi ch. For further information regarding this sale inquire of: Jos. B. Whitman Company, Auctioneers CADILLAC 0649.0650 5 WEST LARNED ST., DETROIT, MICHIGAN Having pursued this subject be- yond his pleasure we turned quickly to a new phase of infor- mation and asked Ilerr Ludwig what he would do to deal with the problem of anti-Semitism if he could determine the policy of Jew- ish leadership. It was immediately evident that we had hit upon a topic about which the celebrated biographer had well-formulated ideas . He frankly admitted that as a minority people there was no offensive policy that Jews could adopt with any hope of suc- cess in dealing with anti-Semitism. But defense was an issue to be coped with psychologically. "The defense against anti-Semitism," he said, "should consist in the fur- therance of Jewish genius. To be outstanding in moral life, in the arts, in literature, in science and in commerce is the Jew's only an- swer to those who would destroy him. But he also has another idea, one with which Jews generally are not prone to agree but which, nevertheless, has his firm convic- tions, namely that Jews ought not to assume too active a role in pub- lic affairs. "Whenever there are Jews in a government and some- thing goes wrong in the country the Jews are blamed" was the way he put it. "I believe Walther Rathenau was the greatest Jewish thinker of modern times. He was a dear friend of mine, But still I feel it was a fatal error for him to have become foreign minister of Germany. I have met Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and like him. But I believe it would be unwise if more Jews became members of the cabinet. Nor do I think it advisable to have more Jews on the Supreme Court. I should like to see Jews voluntarily limit their political activities." When we pointed out that there were no Jews in important gov- ernment positions in Germany in the years preceding the Nazi revo- lution and that none sit in the seats of political power today in Poland or Rumania, he brushed aside these objections by citing again the example of Rathenau. " through Switzerland. Based upon this knowledge is the theory which he has devised regarding to fu- ture of European Jewry. "What will happen to the Jews of Europe?" Slowly he reiterated our question, staring wistfully out of the window overlooking Central Park. "That depends on what country they live in. In Eastern and Central Europe the inevitable war will at first worsen their situ- ation. There will be pogroms, many of them. But in the long run the war will cleanse the air of all ra- cial prejudices. In Western Eu- rope there is no likelihood of any intensification of anti-Semitism," But Emil Ludwig was becoming impatient. The constant flow of visitors, interruptions by messen- gers and telephone calls made him restive. But in the course of one telephone conversation we had heard him refer to one of the larger Jewish organizations, and when we took advantage of the sit- uation by asking pertinently why he had not taken amore active part in Jewish affairs, he seemed to have been awaiting this question and answered with anote of bit- terness, "I have had some unfor- tunate experiences." He then went on to tell us how the Jews of Swit- zerland and France has assailed him for taking up the cudgels in defense of David Frankfurter, the young Jewish student who shot the Nazi leader of Switzerland. "I was the only Jewish writer to say anything about this case," Ludwig reflected, "When I pub- lished a book about it and turned the proceeds over to the Frank- furter defense fund I was warned that my action was unwise and dangerous, and was urged to re- main silent. That experience show- ed me that Jewish leadership wasn't interested in me. This and a similar experience with some of the leaders of the World Jewish Congress prompted his decision to stand aloof from organized Jewish life. Lest we might think his ref- erence to the congress implied criticism of Stephen S. Wise, Lud- wig hastily added that Wise was one of the Jewish leaders who wel- comed his aid. To the greatest of contemporary biographers we then put the ques- tion of what Jews he would include among the great men and women of the present era. A trite ques- tion, we nevertheless hoped for a well-founded, perhaps unique, an- swer. As we had suspected, the question was not well received and there were long momenta of hesita- tion; then with ease and rapidity name followed name: Rathenau, Leon Blum; Bruno Walter, the con- ductor, Stefan Zweig and Lion Feuchtwanger, Max Reinhardt. He paused for further thought and we mentioned the name of a great scientist but he brushed it aside and added Schoenberg, not the composer but one of the inventors of television. Were there no wool- en, we suggested, that might be included? According to the emi- nent writer's analysis there are no contemporary Jewish women important enough. But now we had already over- stayed by 15 minutes the time al- loted for our interview; and Lud- wig had gotten up and was walk- ing toward the door-a none too subtle gesture to usher us out. Then he remembered he had not returned a pencil he had borrowed from his interviewer. This re- minded him to remind his depart- ing visitor not to forget to send him Roosevelt's letter to Slomo- vitz. And while Ludwig jotted down his address for us, we asked, as a parting shot: "Do you ever intend to do the biography of some contemporary Jew?" He smiled and answered, "Well I did the biography of Jesus-but I suppose that can hardly be called contem- pory." ar "What about Herzl?" we asked. "That's been done," said Ludwig opening the door. Brachah Zfirah, Gibson and Nardi Here on Dec. 26 With a repertoire which rep- resents the symbols of a genuine 0 rennaisance of the Jewish Dias- pora, the ancient Ilebrew and the 2 Systems - Audits - Taxes CHARLES K.HARRIS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT 0 2 1317 1,181.1WOLD BI.DO. CAdillso 3338 3 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 678 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 VISIT SCHOR 9 WHOLESALE SHOWROOMS BUY Fine Furniture wholesale through any dealer of your own choice. BRACHAH ZFIRAH present-day Chalutz, Brachah Zfirah, Michel Gibson and Nahum Nardi will appear in a joint re- cital under the auspices of the Jewish National Workers' Al- liance on Sunday evening, Dec. 26 at 8:30, at the Central High School auditorium, Tuxedo and Linwood. The program promises to be a well-balanced presentation of the various phases of Jewish culture, with Brachah Zfirah interpreting Palestine and Oriental folk lore; Michel Gibson, Yiddishist, acting and reciting; and Nahum Nardi, composer, playing the piano. In a statement issued by the Jewish National Workers' Al- liance, it was declared that "the combination of Palestinian and Diaspora elements in this pro- gram are symbolic of the all- inclusive interests of the Work- , era' Alliance-interests which find their expression in a program of activities seeking to embrace all the needs of Jewry in America , and throughout the world." WE welcome the opportunity of show- mg you around without any obligation to buy. OR FUMITUU COMPANY 8928 TWELFTH ST. WHOLESALE ONLY Showroom Hours-9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Daily Monday and Wednesday till 9 P. M. Now Save on Vitalize Thy Cleaning! NEW CASH' AND CARRY SERVICE AN OPEN LETTER MEN'S SUITS TO DETROIT JEWS or Ladies' Plaits BY RABBI A. M. ASHINSKY Editor'. Note: Rabbi Asbinaky, now of Pittsburgh, was fornumber of a year. rabbi in Detroit. Il ls open let- ter, which we are pleased to publieb, Wall written a. an appeal for the ob- servance of kashruth. DRESSES $ 1•09 Pick-Up and Delivery Price $1.25 -Save the Difference DRY CLEANED "BE EXCEEDINGLY CAUTIOUS CONCERNING YOUR SOUL" and Hand Before I venture to approach Finished the traditionally inclined Detroit Jewry with my following message of warning and admonition, I take New Phone for Pick-Up and Delivery the privilege of stating that what. ever I write, emanates from the Against Partition heart of a well-meaning friend Sensing once more that a change and admirer. of topic was in order at this point I have lived and functioned in we turned to the subject of Pales- your midst and thus I am thor- tine. And Dr. Ludwig, since he Dyers oughly familiar with the outstand- had not been there within the last ing and commendable Jewish sen- JOHN R 8CPIQUETTE , eight years was not eager to ex- Stores timents that permeate the hearts Centrally Located press his ideas in that regard. He FOREST & BEAUBIEN of your community. I am in a did, however, disclose the fact that position to bear witness to the he is furiously against partition. fact that as a whole you are most " . . but," he added, "I don't liberal and responsive to every know if there is a better plan. At Jewish cause, whether local, na- any rate, whatever happens in tional or international; your sys- Palestine will depend greatly upon tem of Hebrew schools is an out- the coming war. Yes," he went on standing example worthy of be- to prophesy: "a war is coming. ing emulated by others. The sub- Soon, too." lime ideal of Zionism in all its ..... This brought us to Europe. phases and ramifications finds a Ludwig lives in Locarno, Swit- stronghold and an impetus in your zerland, the little town where once , ranks. was signed a pact designed to ..., So far all is good and Praise- usher in a new era of European worthy but in one instance, alas, peace. Ile has seen the plight of there is obviously a regrettable European Jewry through his and unpardonable neglect, name- travels over the continent and ly, in the control of kosher meat, through his constant meetings with poultry and delicatessen markets. influential personalities passing (Copyright. 1937. 1.1 A. F. p.7 4 ' A community of your size, num- bering thousands upon thousands of loyally observant Israelites who are faithfully adhering to the vi- tal rulings of Kashruth-should have an authoritative organiza- (CONCLUDED from EDITORIAL PAGE) sty Intelligence and ability. And ail no them, ext. the moot unlettered, ...en, tion of the Rabbis and influential ed to ha, a completely n.loral un- sincere communal workers as a gene Cant of the South had of affected Interestand respect for the "Kashruth Association" whose aim art., or for scholarly and Intellectual New York in his first days there all•intuent. This cirranedance-thls re. and object shall be the guarding mukable fusion In one poor family of and preserving of the sanctity and as he taught at City College: elements which would halo seemed almost incredible In the families, of purity of the dietary laws and to "At night. When hr went to best his littlecell at the cheap little hotel peer laboring or country people Puree. be alert and watchful over all where he lived. the thought of had known before-this combInall. of that are engaged in furnishing the the clue he hod to nieet the next day the manual, the commercial, the *Nile fed at his heart and the bowelswith Or and the owholarly In one p oor fam- such food to the observant Jewish coId poisonous mouths of fear, land as ily--seemed no natural both to him and public, so that the unscrupulous the hour for • chi.e drew nigh he would to them that Eugene never found It login to shake and tremble no If he had strange or wonderful until yearn toter." in their rank could not possibly thought net the brawl. an • nlif practice fraud and deception on "0 Time and the River" is one innocent people, preying on their Ing •nd arty corridors of the anther/4W. which drowned one, body and eon). with 39 This is a man's idea of "solid their swarming,shrieking, shouting of the landmarks in twentieth pockets and violating their souls. tides of dark amber Jewish flesh. and century American literature. for During my sojourn in your city, comfort." Soft kid operas 4 thence Into the comparathe sancia.1 of the el.. room with Its smaller horde its catapulting of a refreshingly as you will recall, I succeeded in and everettes - every pair of 30 or 40 'Penn and Jewesses, all having the State Legislature pass laughing, %hooting, screaming, thick original writer and for its breath- with their hots and swarthy 504)-stPellS, taking panorama of the American a Kosher Food Bill, and with that with solid leather soles. their strong female odic" of rut and scene that is more genuinely stir- instrument in your possession you crotch and arm - pit and cheap perfume, Black, blue, red, brown. and their hanl male smells that were ring than the most rabid patriotic are enabled to bring such offend-1 ers to Justice. Sizes 6 to 12. rand), stale and way.' pamphlet. I, therefore, appeal to you most Inevitably, as a writer digging To quote such passages from Wolfe and then condemn him as below the surface reveals the ver- earnestly and urgently not to de-' Wives I Daughters I Sons I Give Your an anti-Semite is as reasonable min as well as the luxuriance of lay the formation of such a vigi- as to quote a particular passage the earth he must bring into his lant authority. There is a sacred and unavoidable duty resting upon from James Joyce and dismiss him narrative every type of individual Dad a Pair for Christmas I as • pornographer. Nowhere in within his experience. There are every influential Yehudi to lend American literature is there a Jewish gangsters, Jewish econom- his untiring efforts and zeal to- more sympathetic characterization ic plunderers, Jewish adventur- wards its establishment. Out duty does not terminate of a Jew and of a Jewish family ers. To deny that fact is to be than Wolfe has written of Abe self-deluding. If an artist, be with only "Doing Good." but it Jones and his people. Abe was he Jew or Christian, paints such also requires "To Depart From the terror of Gant's teaching days. moles in a canvas showing a full- Evil." In him Gant saw the essence of sized man, it is unjust and even Well may I conclude these ad- MEN'S STORE-SECOND FLOOR involuted Jewish intellectualism. self-defeating to concentrate at- monishing lines with the warning But then the beak-nosed Jew came tention on the moles, which, per- of our Rabbis: "Whoever is in a closer to Gant and we find Wolfe force, he had to draw instead of position to protest against and writing that Abe was "a dogged, commenting on the portrait as a prevent wrong practices in the loyal and faithful friend. the salt whole. sphere of his family, or even to In the majority of cases writers the extent of the entire communi- PERPETUATE NAME OF of the earth, a wonderfully good of their tuition fees. It will also rare and high person." Jerome accused of anti-Semitism are judg- ty, but shirks from his duty-the provide these 'ell-deserving child- Weidman, a Jew, can give us the ed from the national instead of same is held accountable for the RABBI SCHOSTAK WITH ren with free books and transpor- GIFT TO THE SCHOOLS tation to and from the Hebrew vitriol-spattered picture of the literary point of view. It in not misdeeds of all of them." Jew in "I Can Get It For You possible to place politicians and Schools. Trusting that my appeal will Wholesale." But here is Thomas novelists on the same plane, as find an echo in your hearts and The United Hebrew Schools ac- The scholarship committee of Woife describing the family of regards the motive for their acts, I am, knowledges with thanks the re- the United Hebrew Schools decid- Abe Jones, • typical Jewish fam- words. The politician has an ul- Your true friend. ceipt of a contribution of 10 ed to dedicate • room at the Phil- terior purpose to serve; the writ- ily of New York: Rabbi Aaron 9I. Ashinsky. scholarships to the scholarship adelphia-Byron School in memory "Each of them la bin own woe arse er is merely seeking to reproduce fund of the schools from Mrs. of the departer Rabbi Schoehlk muted by • deficit. Indic...My and the environment which he is de- Independenrr of spirit which 1.14 of Sonya Schostak, widow of the late (Zev Aryeh) who was • Hebrew their been of combat, toil and straggle scribing-most often without iden- Rabbi William Schostak, and scholar and a friend of the Unit- In the cityslnotc, and Cr), although tification of himself with the views to grasp its profound love of men. Indelibly marked. scarred and hardened was attracted to the passages on children, Mr. and Mrs. Louie H. ed Hebrew Schools. by his life, wine of them had hero or the characterization contained Jews. Even these he hastily di- Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan- In announcing the gift to the brotalleed by It. la foci. ae Fore. in the book. gested, with the result that thou- iel M. Schostak, Mr. and Mrs. thonght of all these people Wier, an This cry of "Wolf; Wolf !" be- sands of people may have formed Theodore Schostak, Mayne and schools, Lei Modal( Wedged ostraordlortry qoatIty in them bo:seme Ms assistance to the schools whew! evident. It ens this: Here ass a fam- fore that depredatory animal is their judgments on his Idle gos- Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Golden- ever they may be called noon W ily of poor Fant Olde Jew, the thildr. berg, in memory of their render it. of an immigrant and tbriftleoe shoe- anywhere in the vicinity is heard sip. maker and an 01.1 orthodox Jewish we. too often in letters. Thomas Read "Of Time and the River." dearly beloved husband and fath- man. Tlw.o. ehlIdoic had •I1 to make Wolfe Is a notable case in point. • p-rgative emotional experience, er, who passed away on the 27th their ow• way, to Asht and otruggle 1,111011T for a liTing, Nna• ann. of (heal This reviewer has no knowledge and be convinced that the liter- day of Chethvan (Nov 1, 1937). Boston's pride and joy in the en- linhilpred ate, of how widely the rumor which Op, lough, Man" sad • This liberal contribution will tertainment world, Parkyakarksis, chant.. traders ml mechanica sae. originally came to him spread. ary anti-Semite is most frequent- were euecessfal milliners and deolgwera. ly the figment of an harassed tiey one year's education of • is taking violin lessons as he has nod some won. tale.. .1•- Some silly person, too tired to imagination. "minyon (10) children whose to play • solo in his new RAO pie. deat. of wins., people of extrroxilw. read the whole book or too stupid (CoPYNttil IIIT, I. A. 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