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Scriptural Selections for the Sabbath
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 25:1-27:19,
Prophetical portion—I Kings 5:26-6:13.
February 4, 1938
I Adar 3, 5698
Obstacles in Hospital Movement
•
Many must have wondered why the
Jewish hospital movement in Detroit, al-
though it is more than 30 years old, has
met with failure and its appeal thus far
apparently has fallen on deaf ears.
A check-up of experiences will reveal
that every enthusiastic spell in favor of a
hospital died quickly because an economic
depression had set in. The sponsors of
the movement, instead of at least carry-
ing on their propaganda work unrelenting-
ly permitted the issue to be dropped in the
hope that it would be revived with the ad-
vent of another period of prosperity.
The present instigation for a Jewish
hospital threatens again to suffer setbacks,
not only as a result of the "recession," but
also because of the terrific blows that are
being hammered at the Jewish people in
reactionary countries, thus necessitating
the demand for larger funds for overseas
relief.
In the event that the propagandists for
a hospital should permit the recurrence of
the economic reaction and of the European
persecutions to cause a halt in efforts in
behalf of a hospital, the work for this
cause will be made increasingly more
difficult, and the movement, whose desira-
bility is gradually being recognized by lar-
ger numbers in our population and by
practically all the members of the medical
profession, will suffer a great blow.
There ought to be a lesson for Detroit
Jewry from two fronts: From the position
of European Jewries and from the liberal-
ity of Jews in many American communi-
ties. The increased restrictions on Jewish
professional men in many lands is having
its repercussions. Reactionaries in this
country learn quicker from the fascists
than they do from the world's liberals and
from honest churchmen. What if the hos-
pitals and medical centers in this country
should erect obstacles for Jewish physi-
cians similar to those that have been rais-
ed in Austria, Hungary, Germany, Poland,
Rumania and other backward countries?
' What if Jewish medical men in this coun-
try, many of whom are making great con-
tributions to their professions and to sci-
ence, should find it difficult to continue the
research work under unfriendly auspices?
If these things should ever happen here—
and we retain faith that they will not—
then we shall be lost without medical in-
stitutions over which Jews may have some
semblance of control.
Then there is the lesson in liberality
which the Detroit Jewish community ap-
parently has not yet learned fully. Many
Jewish communities in the United States
with one-fifth the Jewish population of
Detroit not only support Jewish hospitals
but do not neglect their other important
agencies. Furthermore, Jewish communi-
ties throughout the land boast of liberality
that has yet to be matched in Detroit. We
do not speak of gifts of the size of those
made by Lucius N. Littauer, who has just
given another $200,000 to Harvard Uni-
versity to which he had given a $2,000,000
gift for the Graduate School of Public Ad-
ministration. Nor do we have reference to
the Julius Rosenwald Fund's presentation
of securities valued at $500,000 to Fisk
University, a college for Negroes at Nash-
ville, Tenn. We have reference to the gift
of $150,000 to the Children's Hospital of
Columbus, 0., which was announced only
a few days ago by Leo Marks, trustee for
the Julius and Amelia Marks Foundation,
and to numerous similar gifts that are
made public from time to time. Is it pos-
sible that Detroit Jewry is bereft of its
wealthy and is too-pauperized to create
what an important section of our popula-
tion believes to be a great community
need?
Sponsors of the Jewish hospital move-
ment must not permit a depression or an-
other world Jewish calamity to interfere
with activities to educate the Jewish com-
munity to the needs for such a medical
center. Through education there is hope
that sentiment in favor of a hospital will
spread and the 30-year-old dream will be
realized before long.
that it will continue to grow in popularity.
The support given it by Justice Louis D.
Brandeis, Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Prof. Al-
bert Einstein, and other great personalities
indicates endorsement of the work of the
Ilistadruth — the Jewish Federation of
Palestine—which is the backbone of the
Jewish pioneering efforts in Palestine and
whichprovides necessary means for the
encouragement of colonization and cul-
tural projects, in addition to financing hos-
pitals and training youth for trades.
Romance coupled with reality are inter-
mingled in the Nachshon project. It marks
the return of Jews to maritime activities.
Arising from the construction of the Tel
Aviv Port as well as from the introduction
of a new fishing industry in Palestine, the
Nachshon movement is one of the most elo-
quent proofs of Jewish pioneering accom-
plishment. Jews are proving good sailors
and able fishermen. The Jewish flag is
now flying on boats that travel on the
high seas. The name Nachshon is derived
from the legend about Nachshon, the son
of Amminadab, whom the fable lists as
having been the first to spring into the
water when the Israelites crossed the Red
Sea. The name Nachshon—or Nachshol
—means "stormy sea-waves," and it is by
virtue of this fact that he was selected to
be the first to bring the dedicatory offer-
ing.
That excellent children's magazine, Ha-
boneh, published by the labor Zionists of
this country, in a recent issue related the
legend of Nachshon as follows:
And it came to pass that when Moses led
the children of Israel out of the bondage of
Egypt, they came to the shores of the Red
Sea. And hard on their heels were the Egyp-
tians, hastening to overtake the hosts of Is-
rael and to retur n them to captivity. And
there was no other way, and Moses com-
manded the son. of Israel to go into the wat-
ers, which the Lord had commanded him to
do. But the sons of Israel were still slaves
at heart, and they feared the waves.
"Who will be the first?" cried Moses. "The
sea leads u. to freedom."
And Nachshon sprang from the ranks, he
was the brother-in-law of Aaron, the brother
of Moses.
And the waters rose. and became high walls,
and in between it was like dry land, and when
the Israelites saw that it was safe, they fol-
lowed Nachshon, and came into Sinai.
And Nachshon was greatly honored, and he
was named "Ruler of the Waves" and so it
is recorded in history.
It is in keeping with the practice in
vogue in modern Judaea that ancient
Biblical names are being revived and are
applied to the latest creations and achieve-
ments. In the instance of Nachshon it is
the application of an historic name to a
great and romantic enterprise. It is an
effort that should appeal to the imagina-
tion of every Jew and that should receive
the wholehearted support and co-opera-
tion of every Jewish community in the
world.
Our Doors Closed to Immigrants
Nachshon and Gewerkshaften
A report issued by the State Department
on the number of immigrants who came
to this country indicates definitely that
America's doors are closed to newcomers
who seek a haven of refuge here. This re-
port shows that only 53,610 new immi-
grants were admitted by the United States
out of a legally possible quota of 153,774,
for the fiscal 'eyar that ended last June 30.
In addition to this number, it is reported,
4,255 visas were granted to immigrant
aliens returning from temporary sojourns
abroad, to immigrant alien students and
those in similar categories.
The report further states that the num-
ber of consular immigration visas, totalling
57,8651$ compared with 41,202 issued in
the year ending June 30, 1935. In the
year ending last June, consular officers
abroad examined 99,074 applications,
while in the previous year they dealt with
only 77,537 requests. Of the visas granted
last year only 30,898 were chargeable to
national quotas under the Immigration
Law, or about 20 per cent of the total
that might have been admitted. The
movement toward immigration into this
country varied widely in the different na-
tions which are subject to quota restric-
tions. Quotas for 'Albania, Greece, Ru-
mania, Syria, Turkey and the Philippine
Islands, were exhausted, whereas only 91
per cent of the legal total was admitted
from Germany. Other countries fell be-
tween these two extremes.
From these figures it is clear that even
the small allotted number under the quota
law is not being exhausted. This condi-
tion surely is not due to prospective set-
tlers' failure to apply for admission to
come here. Evidently entrance is made
hard for wanderers. And yet, those who
hate the alien—in most instances without
rhyme or reason—will not let up on their
dislike of those who may come here and
prove to be unlike them. How unfortunate
that this land, which was famous for a
century as the haven of refuge for the op-
pressed among the nations of the world,
which remains the wealthiest nation on
the globe, should shut its doors to the
hordes who now need this haven more than
ever before.
Two appeals for funds are currently
being conducted in Detroit under the aus-
pices of the Zionist labor parties, and with
the co-operation of friendly organizations
and the non-labor Zionist groups. Both
—the Gewerkshaften and the Nachshon
appeals — deserve wholehearted support
and liberal contributions.
The Gewerkshaften drive for the Na-
tional Labor Committee for Palestine, now
in its 14th year, is so well-established an
agency in American-Jewish life that it no
longer needs explanation. Boasting the
support of more than 500,000 Jewish
workers and their friends, this cause has
enlisted the support of 1,000 national and
local organizations and has on its rolls
50,000 individual contributors. In 210
cities in the United States and in seven
provincea in Canada, the plea for Gewerk-
shaften has already met with enthusiastic
reaprises. and there is reason to believe
The Vaad Ha-Kashruth of Detroit and
our orthodox rabbis deserve commenda-
tion for the energetic steps they have
taken to assure the enforcement of the
state kashruth law. Even those who are
unconcerned about the Jewish dietary
laws must agree that it is an extremely
unfair practice to permit the sale of non-
kosher food under kosher labels or
through advertising methods which mis-
lead the public into believing that they
are observing kashruth.
We call the attention of our readers to
Rabbi Moses Fischer's splendid analysis of
the kashruth laws elsewhere in this issue,
Rabbi Fischer's presentation will help
Jews and non-Jews understand the Jewish
regulations governing the dietary laws.
Enforcing Kashruth Laws
LEIVICK TO SPEAK Democracy Must Ha ye Allies INTIMATE GLIMPSE
HERE THIS SUNDAY
INTO THE FAMILY
LIFE OF A SAINT
Life
Robert Nathan's Latest Nove 1 Is Not Only
a Great Book But Is Also a n Intereat-
Will Deliver Address on
ing Commentary on Fr eedom
"Cultural
of Jews in
Europe and Palestine"
Robert Nathan apparently refuses to slow up,
II, Leivick, eminent poet, will and is determined that as time goes on his style
be in Detroit on Feb, 6, and his
expected visit has aroused con-
siderable interest owing to his re-
cent visits in Europe and Pales-
tine and his active participation in
the Jewish Cultural Congress in
l'aris, The Sholem Aleichem In-
stitute has united with the Fed-
erated Committee of the Zionist
Socialist movement in the prepara-
tion and arrangement of the re-
ception to be given him at Central
High School this Sunday evening.
The topic of his address will be
"The Cultural Life of the Jews in
Europe and Palestine."
These organizations are also
planning an intimate evening with
Mr. I.eivick, at which he will read
his latest works and conduct a
round-table discussion of various
cultural problems. The second lec-
ture will be entitled "The Conflicts
of Jewish Culture." The Sholem
Aleichem Institute has united with
Ikof, the abbreviation of the Jew-
ish Cultural Varband, for the ar-
rangement of this lecture, which
will take place on Wednesday, Feb.
9, at the Durfee School, Coiling.
wood and LaSalle Blvd.
To celebrate the success of the
bazaar given annually by the Sho-
lent Aleichem Institute, a banquet
took place Friday evening, Feb. 4,
at 3754 Monterey Ave.
Bruche Raskin Conducts Singing
Class with New Youth Club
The club of the United Middle
School Class, under the name of
New Youth Club, will meet every
Friday evening at the Sholem Alei-
chem Institute, 3754 Monterey
Ave. Sessions are conducted in
Yiddish and its members discuss
various problems. A decision was
made to inaugurate a singing class.
Bruche Raskin, one of the teachers
of the Sholem Aleichein Institute,
accepted the invitation to teach this
class in music. •
Bnai David Program oa Feb.
11 Dedicated to the
Boy Scouts
On Feb. 11, at 8:30 o'clock, the
Friday night gathering of Con-
gregation Bnai David, Elmhurst
and 14th, will be dedicated to the
Bnai David Scout Troup No, 34.
The Deputy Scout Commissioner
D. Glazer, will be Tresent to speak
briefly on Scouting. Rabbi Joshua
Sperka will speak on "The Future
of a Nation."
The members of other Jewish
Scout Troups are invited to be the
guests of Congregation Bnai
David,
A social hour with refreshments
will follow. There will also be
group singing of Palestinian songs,
is to improve, his poetic genius is to climb to
greater heights and his narratives are to increase
in charm. This, at least, is the augury found in
his latest novel, "Winter in April," just published
by Alfred A. Knopf, New York ($2.).
Those who have read his stirring phantasy,
"Road of Ages," and that charming story, "The
Enchanted Voyage," will no doubt want to read
this latest work. They will not be disappointed.
In fact, a surprise and a prize is in store for them.
Because "Winter in April" is able Robert Nathan's
best work. Ile rises to new heights. There is the
some charm that is incorporated in his other stories.
This one is as enchanting as their predecessors.
But the additional tenderness, the simple beauty
that distinguishes this work, places it another
shelf above the others in greatness.
It is the story of 15-year-old Ellen; her grand-
father, with whom she lives since she became an
orphan; the young German refugee, Eric, who,
in spite of having a doctorate from Heidelberg
and not knowing shorthand becomes the grand-
father's secretary. There are also several minor
characters, but the story centers on the three
mentioned.
Youthful Ellen is aroused from her childhood.
She falls in love with Eric, makes every effort to
keep him to herself, is jealous of his other asso-
ciations. Ile, in turn, tells her she is like his
sister who remained in Europe. Iler grandfather,
at first amused, recognizes the seriousness of the
situation. But Ellen is firm. Aroused rudely and
removed front her childhood into a world of grown-
ups, she is a determined guardian of the emigre
who is twice her age.
But Eric feels duty calling him. Ile wants to
go—eventually goes—to Spain, to fight for the
cause of democracy. This angle, injected into
the story by the author, adds to the importance of
the novel. There is a discussion of freedom. The
grandfather remarks at the dinner table about
"the air of freedom." Whereupon Eric comments:
"But can you have freedom only in one country,
and not in another? I do not think for long. In
the end there will blow upon this earth only one
air. Let us hope which one it is."
Everything in the entire book is done so simply,
so charmingly. Regardless whether he deals with
Ellen's love affair or Eric's idealism, there is the
same charm, the same human touch, the same sim-
plicity. It is this that makes Mr. Nathan's "Win-
ter in April" his best novel.
Yiddish Has Its Fling
If you have not read Dr. A. A. Roback's article,
"You Speak Yiddish, Too!" in the February issue
of Better English, you must do no without fail.
You'll be amused to learn that American speech has
not only absorbed many Yiddish words, but that
numerous common English expressions are trace-
able to Yiddish colloquialisms. Our favorite story
about the origin of the word "kike" is accredited
to the late Prof. Gotthard Deutsch and the stand-
ard joke about Jews who try to speak German and
substitute the word "zayger" for "uhr" finds re-
ality in the naming of a style of watch "Zaager."
Dr. Roback writes: "All languages are spoiled, and
fortunately languages know of no racial superior-
ity or dictatorships." Which ought to eliminate
abuse in relation to this scholarly article, and should
help people read this splendid essay for the enter-
tainment and information it offers.
GOOD WILL MEETING WITH STAHLHELM
IS ARRANGED BY ROSENWALD POST FOR
FEB. 23; SPOKESMEN FOR ALL FAITHS
Spokesmen for all faiths have
been invited by Julius Rosenwald
Post No. 218 of the American Le-
gion to attend the good will nodal
gathering arranged for 1Vednes-
day evening, Feb. 23, at the Le-
gion Memorial Hall, Cass and
Lafayette Sts.
The guest of honor at this good
fellowship rally will be the mem-
bers of the Stahlhelm, the organ-
ization of German war veterans
who served in the German forces
during the war but who are now
American citizens. The Detroit
chapter of Der Stahlhelm is said
to be the largest post in the coun-
try, with a membership of 86. Her-
bert Busse, the Stahlhelm com-
mander, who was a submarine of-
ficer during the war, will be one
of the speakers,
Others who have been invited to
attend and to speak are: Rabbi A.
M. Hershman, Rabbi Leon Fram,
Philip Slomovitz, a Catholic priest ;
a German Lutheran minister, the
editor of the Abend Post and
spokesmen for the daily news-
papers.
Entertainment will be provided
by the German Submarine Band
and the Glee Club of the Faust
Post of the American Legion
EXTENT OF SELF-SUPPORT PROGRAM
FOR MARGINAL FAMILIES IN DETROIT
Interesting Report Made by Jewish Social Service Bureau
Shows Activities to Aid the Needy During
the Past Five Years
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)
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Jewish Publication
Society Will Issue
Seven Books in 1938
PHILADELPHIA. — (WNS)
—In celebration of its 50th
year, the Jewish Publication
Society of America has em-
barked on an ambitious pub-
lishing program for 1938 dur-
ing which it will issue seven
books, according to an an-
nouncement by J. Solis-Cohen,
president. The first book will
be a reprint of three of Israel
Zangwill's works, "Children of
the Ghetto," "Ghetto Come-
dies" and "Ghetto Tragedies,"
due February 1. This will be
followed on April 1 by the two-
volume study "The• Pharisees"
by Dr. Louis Finkelstein. Nor-
man Bentwich's "Life of Solo-
mon Schechter" will appear on
May 15, to be followed in Sep-
tember by Volume 40 of the
American Jewish Year Book.
The other volumes will be Dr.
Julius 11. Greenstone's "Com-
mentary on Numbers," "The
History of the Jews in Regens-
burg and Augsburg" by Dr.
Raphael Straus and an English
translation of Joseph Opato-
shu's "In Polish Woods."
CHICAGO RABBI AT
ZIONIST MEETING
ON FEBRUARY 16
February 4, 1938
PURELY COMMENTARY
Py PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
David A. Brown Speaks of Youth
David A.Brown, as dynamic today as he was
15 years ago when he accomplished the great task
of securing $18,000,000 in a relief drive, told a
good story the other day. Ile recalled that when
*he visited a Jewish old folks' home in Budapest,
several years ago, in the company of the superin-
tendent, he approached one of the very old resi-
dents there and inquired about her health. The
woman sighed. "What's wrong," he asked. "There
is only one thing wrong with me," she replied.
Brown turned to the superintendent and expressed
the belief that if there is only one thing wrong
with her, then it ought to be possible to help her.
Ile then turned again to the elderly lady and asked
what this one wrong thing is. "Mein jugend," she
replied. "I lost my youth."
Having told the story, Brown turned to two of
the younger men in his audience and said: "The
trouble with many of our young people is that
they, too, lost their youth." There is a world
of truth in what is said. In a sense, this story,
and Mr. Brown's own commentary upon it, carry
with them an interesting philosophy on life. Many
middle-aged and elderly men are young compared
with sonic of the young men who have aged pre-
maturely—for the simple reason that the former
retained their spirit and their courage, while the
latter are losing faith and confidence.
David A. Brown—if you have not seen hint
since his return to Detroit you must make it a
point to meet him again—belongs to th e never .
aging people. Ile is as dynamic as ever, and as
courageous today as if he were still "towering in
the confidence of twenty-one." Watch Dave
Brown. Some day he is sure to be recalled to
give evidence again of his ability to do great things
for American and world Jewries.
•
An Injustice to William E. Dodd
The Detroit newspapers blundered during the
brief visit here of Dr. William E. Dodd, former
United States ambassador to Germany. As a re-
sult, the eminent scholar who resigned as our
envoy to Nazi-land because he could not longer
tolerate Ilitlerite injustice was rendered a grave
disservice. One of the three daily newspapers
went so far as to say that he "skipped" Detroit
before his scheduled address. Another reporter
stated that he was called back to Washington on
sonic "secret" mission, or for some "secret" rea-
son. It now develops that this commentator was
the only press representative present at the con-
ference with Dr. Dodd who gave the true reason
for his departure before the meeting held in
protest against Ilitlerism, on Jan. 25. Not be-
cause we are smarter, but because we took the
trouble to ask hint whether he had planned to re-
main for the demonstration, and if not why not.
Which brought the explanation that while he was
yet in Germany he had made an engagement to
speak in Baltimore (at Johns Hopkins University)
and that the committee in charge of arrangements
for the anti-Nazi demonstration here knew well
enough all the time that he could not remain here
for the public rally. His stop-over in Detroit for
the press interview was in itself a splendid gesture
in behalf of the cause of democracy, and to mis-
represent him, as he was, was an unfortunate and
unjust occurrence.
RUMANIAN-JEWISH QUESTION KEPT
FROM BEING PUBLICLY DISCUSSED
BY LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 1)
under 45. Although this de.
tree is not yet being enforced
today nor at any other time will thousand s of Jews have dit•
there be acts of terrorism against missed their Christian servants.
the Jews or anything resembling a
A spontaneous and unorganized
pogrom."
but mass movement to boycott the
New Anti-Jewish Decrees
government's program for revising
Meanwhile new anti-Jewish de- citizenship papers is spreading like
crees piled up. Minister of Labor wildfire among the Jews, From all
Georg Cuza forbade the employ- parts of the country it is reported
ment of Jewish waiters in restaur- that Jews are refusing to present
ants, cafes, bars, pastry shops and themselves before the local magis-
coffee houses and ordered them re- trates assigned to examine citizen-
placed by Christian Rumanians. ship papers. Underlying this pas-
Mass baptismals among Jews be- sive boycott is the feeling that if
came a serious possibility as Minis- hundreds of thousands of Jews do
ter of Culture Ion Lupas an- not submit their papers the gov-
nounced a forthcoming decree ernment will be faced with the al-
which would declare illegal all ternative of giving up the revision
civil marriages between Jews and program or deporting half a mil-
Rumanians unless the Jewish par- lion people. In the latter event the
ties to the marriages embrace Or- government would find itself un-
thodox Christianity and agreed to able to proceed because it is im-
remarriage in church ceremonies. possible to expel half a million peo-
The decree is expected to allow ple en masse.
such Jews 30 days to make up their
Merchants Pray in Stores
minds. Another decree preventing
VIENNA (WNS) — Scores of
intermarriage between Jews and
Christians is also being drafted. Jewish merchants in Bessarabia
These imminent measures created who have been forced to keep their
the fear that children of mixed establishments open on Saturday
marriages who have been raised as are staging a dramatic protest by
Jews may be forcibly converted. draping themselves in their pray-
Jews have also been ordered ex- ing shawls, and praying behind
cluded from the teaching profes- their counters while refusing to
wait on customers, it was reported
sion and from sports.
by 10 Rumanian chassidim who
Forty Christia n servant girls
managed to cross the Austrian bor-
in the town of Zitmor have ap-
der,
The chassidim have appealed
plied to the Rumanian rabbin•
to the Austrian rabbinate to sound
Me for permissio n to become
a
worldwide
alarm in behalf of
Jewesse s i n order to be able
Rumanian Jews who are being
to retain their jobs in Jewish
forced
to
descecrate
the Sabbath.
home s , Thei r actio n is moti-
They report that violence, intimi-
vated by the government's de.
dation and boycott are being util-
tree forbidding Jews to em.
ized to force Jews to keep open on
Ploy femal e Christia n servants
Saturday,
In the course of its work, the 1934, 33 per cent; in 1935, 21 per
Jewish Social Service Bureau co- cent and in 1936, 16 per cent. The
operates with many other agencies greater portion of the 1937 loans
in order to coordinate the social still remains unpaid, but it is esti-
service activities of the Detroit mated that the Bureau will suffer
Jewish community. One phase of a loss of 27 per cent on those loans.
this cooperative program is its This estimate is high because it
close working contact with the He- was made in the period of business
brew Free Loan Association.
depression and might be lowered,
Rabbi Morton Mayer Berman of
The Hebrew Free Loan Associ- should conditions improve and the
Temple Isaiah Israel of Chicago,
atitn grants loans, in time of need borrowers resume payments.
In a great many of these cases, former associate of Dr. Stephen S.
or emergency, without interest or
service charge of any kind. The the loan was the means of keeping Wise at the Free Synagogue of
only security required is the en- or taking a family off the welfare. New York, will be the speaker at
dorsement of two responsible par- while they made a meagre living the public meeting of the Zionist
ties. When such guarantors are form the particular business enter- Organization of Detroit on Wed-
difficult to find, the Jewish Social prises engaged in, the families nesday evening, Feb. 16, at the
Service Bureau often steps into the I were enabled to be self-dependent. Jewish Community Center, Wood-
breech, and "stands good" for the
The $2,000 or so that the bureau ward and Holbrook.
amount borrowed, enabling many will have paid on these loans cover-
Rabbi Berman is considered one
individuals to maintain their self- ! ing a five year period is but a frac- of the most brilliant of the younger
respect, for with the help of a loan tion of the amount that would have men in the rabbinate. He has had
they are not forced to seek charity. had to be expended in relief, either post graduate work in Palestine
The Jewish Social Service Bu- by the bureau, or other community and Germany, in addition to his
reau has just completed the fifth agencies
studies at Yale, where he was
year of this self-support program
Both the Jewish Social Service elected to Phi Beta Kappa; Colum-
for marginal families. During the Bureau and the Hebrew Free Loan bia and the Jewish Institute of Courses in Hebrew, Bible, Jewish History, Philosophy
five years of the operation of the Association are member agencies of Religion. lie has been active in the
and Current Problems to Be Given Monday, Tues-
project, 146 loans, aggregating the Detroit Community Fund and Zionist Organization, the American
day and Wednesday Evenings at Central High
$9,049, were endorsed through the the Jewish Welfare Federation.
Jewish Congress as well as other
Hebrew Free Loan Association.
important national Jewish move-
An indicated registration of STATES (Rabid J b 1
These loans were given to 111 dif- I I
ments,
ferent borrowers. The great major- AMERICAN SPEECH
several hundred students will d.3,1'....:7t,:ei:::I
nt's:.1.1%.7
1:7
1,:
tph,je: I/fueto
c :"1-ery. '4
of*rA. tneTriel-
HAS YIDDISHISMS
ity of them were for the purpose
■ 1
ommunities In the
JUNIOR CONGREGATION mark the opening of Detroit
of helping the client to start in a
Young
Israel's
branch
of
the
Ye-
small business, or for helping him
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)
WILL TAKE CHARGE OF
shiva College extension courses at
to save the business he had al-
4 Ilehrels 111811.nces
ready started. Some of the loans Fred Whitman and 11. L. Mencken, SERVICES ON SABBATH Central Iligh School, Monday eve- a can I titution. on the Ameri -
were for the purpose of tiding over i Prof, Roback joints out, but these
ning, Feb. 14. Enrollment appli- 0: 1!•I nttea71 •1..""Ini IZ. e''t'sit
a family during a difficult period. ! able scholars were handicapped by
The Junior Congregation of cations for the various courses of- 7. t "!•1•41.1on
The amounts of the loans ranged ' their insufficient knowledge of Yid-
n rn mAitm'
eti
n en
*".
"I ''''''.
Shaarey
Zedek
will
conduct
the
fered may be addressed by writing 9. American Jealsb EAucatIon.
from $10 to $300. Most of the loans ; dish and Hebrew.
services in the main synagogue to the local Young Israel Bldg., Is.The Jewish Labor Notement.
were small, with the average at
Jimmie Durante's SCHNOZZLE, this Sabbath morning.
.
1
-
'
-
1
c
r
7
omplete
p1 e u t e.kri•P'
sch " e n dule
2691 Joy Road. A fee of $1 will
$62. Most of the borrowers were which is undoubtedly
Is thOf R t ' h e.
a great
Sam Krohn will be the chazon b e charged for each course.
courses follows:
peddlers, or small shop keepers, American institution, Better
Eng-
and the loans were used to pur- : lish points out, is • combination at the Shachris services and Can-
In
addition
to
the
subject
de-
)1( :%)--
tor J. 11. Sonenklar and his choir
A',.„.
.4 - 4htia nn ..71 ,,. Hely re w (In Ind
chase licenses, stock, make pay- lof the Yiddish word
SIINORRLE and will conduct Mussaf services.• The scribed in detail last week, the
ments on trucks, etc.
a • 5 — Jea
following courses have been out-
the English word NOZZLE. The dis- resume of the Portion of the
WI Illetory Is the tnI(ml
Law
Males (Rabbi Jaeoh Unser).
Considering the prec•rious tinctly American slang phrase will be given by Dorothy Dunitz. lined by the educational commit-
5. 15—Pernorunitie n In Jeel.h
limn-
economic position of the borrowers, "son of a gun" has its origin in David Crohn will delived the ser- tee of Young Israel:
Jr1:7orlig.trim
it is quite remarkable that the loss the Yiddish-Oriental curse "son of mon. Harvey Weisberg will be THE JEW IN THE CHANCING Mill/111)
Itrol
l'he:).("bbi M.'
—Cement
Jessiuh
Problenm
Otalibl
TUENTSU1—
to the Jewish Social Service Bu- a thief"—gun is derived from the Baal Koreh.
hem arhulm•n of Minden', Ursine...,
I • I — Erni. Religion. Laws (Rab-
reau as guarantor, is only about "guniff", the Yiddish for THIEF.
to 10 p. tn.).
The officers and members of
bi Dam 1001101.11).
one-fourth of the total amount Other flavorsome Americanisms
1. Anti-V.16m -- Its Cauees
5.111-■1 10 1,011. 111 I (Irving Schitovell.
the
board
of
the
Junior
Congrega-
Cam.
loaned. (The Jewish Social Service that are distinctly Yiddish origin
MEDNFJ, DAS —
tion
are:
Herbert
Levin,
presi-
I mooted Jew ries — Innulgeolion
II - II — Intr.:Nell. to Illbly (Rabat
Bureau pays to the Hebrew Free I are: Klemm, Sttoruu, Bwzvc
Problem, The Jen in Amen...
5.1•_4
% ,. /.. 1:17Cers
, h.e n,
f 1.
1l . int ,, I.orid
Loan Association any unpaid bal- ME, AND How, SO WHAT, DON'T dent; David Crohn, vice-president;
a. Memo. Relief Work.
sores, after attempts to collect ASK, DICE A RUN, KOSHER, ZAF- Marylin Koffman, Dorothy Da- I. American
—Carman Jewish Problems
Ilene Shiller, Philip Fine. S. Religion and rel•ention.
Iltabbl
Nihon.
Mhalnsani.
them prove fruitless.) The pro- TIG and many others. Which only vidson,
In the New Merid. Lend
Allan Barahal, Harriet Cooper, a. Orthmimy
oI Israel.
portion paid by the bureau each , goes to show that American speech
Hear. of the Royal Commlsolon.
year has decreased constantly. In and folklore are enriched from Joseph Roth, Sylvia Firestone, 1.
Queen Mary was • recent visi-
• Edoestional and Religions Trend..
Milton
Gordon,
Miriam
Zieve,
1933, the agency paid oft 40 per many alien sources, gays the learn-
The latow Movement.
tor to the London Jewish Museum
Selma Roberts, Mignon Hambur- la 111.
cent of the amount borrowed; in ed professor.
Intleeme 0 the Diamom.
and showed great interest in ex-
ger.
JewisII IlleThan IN THE UNITED
hibits of phylacteries and tzitze 5 .
ADULT CLASSES OF YOUNG ISRAEL
WILL OPEN 16 WEEK TERM FEB. 14