ETROn EWIS
I
I CLB
February 18, 1938.
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
Save Your Eyes
WITH
SPREAD OF NAZISM THREATENS
REIGN OF TERROR IN NUMEROUS
LANDS THROUGHOUT EUROPE
LADIES' AID SOCIETY
PURIM FETE MARCH 6
LEON BLUM'S JEWISH BACKGROUND
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)
"Caravan Trails in Arabia"
Subject of Motion Picture
Lecture on Sunday
Anatole France. At 17, an es-
'Ile Hebrew Ladies Aid Society
say of his was hailed as an out-
The thrill of watching a camel
will have a Purim dinner-dance power but who was a most philan- standing achievement. Until he be-
on March 6, in the banquet hall thropic person. "All his sons were came a member of the Chamber of feast of 20,000 Arabs will be en-
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)
come to this country recently. of the Bnai Moshe. There will be to inherit from him a tendency to
joyed by those who attend the mo-
Deputies he derived his livelihood
Rumania will attempt to make in-
of reactionaries and royal favor- ternational agreements with other entertainment by a popular gypsy discreet, anonymous but bountiful as a member of the Conseil d'Etat. tion picture lecture, "Caravan
Trails in Arabia," to be given at
charity." His mother was a tradi- Later he turned to law.
ites headed by the frankly anti- ,countries which claim a surplus
Detroit Institute of Arts,
tionally observant Jewish women,
Semitic patriarch of the Orthodox Jewish population, to provide a
Some light is' thrown on the the
Eyes Examined, Glass Fitted by
but her mother was "an ardent Dreyfus affair in a brief chapter Woodward at Kirby, next Sunday
oar DOCTORS of Optometry,
Church, Premier 51iron Christea, new fatherland in which Jews
registensl under the State law.
revolutionary" and she left her im- describing Blum's activities in de- afternoon, Feb. 20, at 3:30, by
announced that virtually the en- would like to live." This presages
print on the mind and character fense of the Jewish army officer Clarence W. Sorensen, adventur-
tire anti-Jewish program promul- a Polish-Rumanian understanding
31U111tAY'S
of the future premier. The only who was falsely accused of selling er extraordinary.
gated during Goga's 44-day tenure to further enforce Jewish emigre-
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Sorensen has braved mobs in
remnant left of his strict, early military secrets to Germany, The
would be carried out. The sole tion to some place like 51adagas-
OP. I. :venture 1:11111 a o'Clook
Jewish upbringing is said by the attitude Of the Jews at that time forbidden holy cities. hunted
difference is that under the pees- car.
authors to be synagogue attend- is said by Blum's biographers to
migaminumonwinmomp
ent regime anti-Jewish ,measures
ance on the anniversary of his have been that "the sooner the
will be effected ...ith more eau- Italian Agents Recruiting for Pal-
father's
death.
Dreyfus case is forgotten, the bet-
Lion, less spectacularly, without
estine Arab. in Libya
"Nesrr did n day pow, after he bad
violence and with due considera- LONDON. — (WNS) — Italian
left the paternal home to found 1100 of ter.' French Jews felt that a Jew
his 01,11, that he did nil 1 . 1■11 upon had betrayed their country and
tion to their immediate effect on agents have been trying to recruit
his I oe are told proof of
the one relationship heloern Blum tool they wanted the curtain of oblivion
foreign public opinion and on the Arabs of Libya, Italian North
Ms parents. sAtiguele Blinn Oils Miler) to drop. Then came revelations
domestic economy, which had been Africa, for a terrorist campaign
liv ed to the oge of MIL After him which caused the stir that shook
seriously undermined by Goga's in Palestine, but have met with
death In 192I, mem, senr olth the xingle
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est...1 ,110n of 11/311, warn a fast and tart- not only France but the entire
anti-Jewish policy. no success, according to a report
ish) elretonsl campaign .4 on. Leon world, and Leon Blunt played an
COLUMBIA
The new regime's program, in the Manchester Guardian. The
Blunt net. fall. 110011 the . ..nary
important part in the great fight
of the 1041 11111 to KO
the ynagog-1th
s
made public in a 14-point mani- paper says that the Libyan Arabs
VENETIAN BLINDS
oitit Ills brothers In pious homage 10 1110 for justice.
MONT..
festo drafted at a meeting of the declined to go to Palestine to join
HI. OM.
rot/lees memory -
I RFAI ESTIMATES Al
cabinet council presided over by the Arab terrorists because they
Blum is described as a brilliant LEON BLUM . MAN AND STATESMAN
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' King Carol, made it plain that objected to fighting against the
lir Deoffrey Fraser and Thadee
writer and literary critic, whose
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anti-Semitism would continue to British.
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Lauds Hospital Editorial
Rabbi Sperka to Speak on
Plagiarised from French But
festo dealing specifically with
Say Jew Did It
Jews for "careful examination of
WMBC on "Ideology
MRS. MORRIS WEINSTEIN
Rumanian citizenship acquired BERLIN. — (WNS) — After
Editor, Detroit Jewish Chronicle:
of Council"
after the World War," which exploiting it for years in anti- orchestra. Dancing will conclude
I desire to commend your ap-
means a continuation of Goga's Semitic propaganda as an original the evening.
proval of the Jewish hospital
decree for revising the citizen- Jewish scheme for world dentine-
Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka on Con-
Mrs. Eugene Diamond is gen- movement in Detroit as expressed
ship of Jews; "expulsion of such tion, the Nazis have at last ad- eral chairman of this banquet. in your editorial of Feb. 4. Most gregation Bnai David will speak
undesirable elements as foreign- nutted that the "Protocols of the Mrs. Max Gross is treasurer of of us have long felt the necessity This Saturday evening, Feb. 19,
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era endanger morals of the Ru- Learned Elders of Zion," was, as this affair, and Mrs. William I. for a Jewish hospital in Detroit, at 7:30 p. m., over Station
Call TYler 5.1230
manian people ;" ''rejuvination of was exposed by the London Times, Miller is secretary. Mrs. Morris but were skeptical that the pres- WMBC, on the topic of "The
national pride with equal rights taken almost verbatim from Mau- Weinstein and-Airs. Alan Janawitz ent movement would be any more Ideology of the Jewish Commu-
THE SUN LIFE OF CANADA
and justice for all citizens, such rice Joly's Dialogues in Hell Be- have charge of tickets. Other successful than those of the oast. nity Council."
was incorporated in 186S under the laws of the
equality to include all citizens be- tween Machiavelli and Montes- members assisting are: Mesdames
Dominion of Canada. Today it ranks among the
I shared this feeling until I
This is one of a series of talks
foremost life assurance institutions in the world.
longing to minorities which set- quieu," a pamphlet written in I. Auslander, Charles Berger, had the pleasure of addressing in which speakers discuss the
tied in Rumania hundreds of years 1864 as an attack on Napoleon Sam Berkowitz, M. Birndorf, M. small groups of Jewish people on council, and the role that it
THE PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY,
ago."
III, but insist that the plagiarism Engel, E. Goodman. M. Kallush, the subject. I was surprised to should play in the life of the local
during 1937, was again marked by an impressive
The first and sixth points in the was the work of a Jew who adapt- A. Miller, and P. Schiff.
increase in Assurances in Force, New Paid For
find an enlightened interest and community.
manifesto are particular concern ed the idea for use by world
Life Assurance, and Assets.
a ready enthusiasm for the pro-
Rabbi Sperka is a member of
to Jews. The former provides for Jewry. The admission is made in
ject.
I
have
since
discovered
that
FOR OVER FORTY YEARS,
.
the
committee
on
discrimination,
"constitutional reform of moral a new Nazi pamphlet called "The Group of Methodist Girls this enthusiasm has permeated all which operates as one of the func-
the
Sun Life of Canada has maintained an active
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Guests at Shaarey
and material benefit for the na- Jewish World Conspiracy," by
sections and classes of our Jewish tioning committees of the council.
organization in the United States for the service of
tion," which probably foreshadows Dr. Karl Bergmeister. It is pub-
TRINITY 2-0100
Zedek
people in Detroit. I have come
United States policyholders who today have more
a new constitution legalizing the lished in English by the anti-Semi-
than One Billion Dollars of assurance in force, and
to believe that the hospital move-
Contributions to Infant Wel-
anti-Jewish measures declared un- tic publishing house of Col. Ulrich
own a large proportion of the Company's million
ment
by
its
universal
appeal
has
An
unique
experiment
in
inter-
LAST THREE
constitutional by the Juridical Fleischauer in Erfurt. Bermeis- religious activities is announced been the means of awakening the
policies.
fare Fund of Hadassah
PERFORMANCES
Committee in a decision that con- ter's pamphlet attacks the verdict by the consecration class of Con- long dormant community consci-
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tributed to the fall of the Goga of the Berne, Switzerland, court gregation Shaarey Zedek.
ousness of Detroit Jews.
OF OUR GUEST STAR
of its United States policsholders the Company
Mrs.
Joe Magidsohn, chairman
cabinet, Point number six de- in 1935 which held the "Proto-
No doubt, the advance of re- of the infant welfare fund of the
maintains in trust within the United States an
A committee representing this
dares "we shall organize the cols" to be a forgery as other year's consecration class will act actionary forces abroad, which has Detroit chapter of Iladassah, has
amount sufficient to cover its net liabilities to them.
emigration of foreigners who have courts have in the past.
as hostesses to a visiting grotip of served to enlighten Jews every- received contributions from the
. . . AND FIGURES
girls from the Central Methodist where to dangers which confront following:
Church Sunday School at the Sab- them, has made its impression on Mrs. Jacob Friedberg. In memory of
A ssssss cos Is Fares, December
Charles Ilona; tarend Mrs. harry
bath services on Feb, 19 of both the Jewish community in Detroit, Mrs.
52,146.581,103
310, 1937
A °gust, in memory of Miriam Buch•
the Junior Congregation and in the and has forcibly brought Jews to halter, Victoria Lining, Ixtia Levin and
New Assurances Paid for during
The Well-Known Star Actor
Pearl 'lagoons: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
250.064811
main
synagogue.
This
announce-
the
realization
that
they
must
in-
1937
(CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE)
and approbation of my doings
Will Appear With the
In n em
of Lou Levin, Mir-
Payments to Policyholders and
ment was made known by Philip telligently work out their prob- Zechinan,
iam Buchhalter and Sophie Hopp; paid
Entire Company
Beneficiaries
0. Zeinon, In memory of Sophie llopp.
ticipate in the temporal and spiri- form the purest sources of my Rosenthal, principal of the Shea- lems together.
Mahler and Inv. Zeekheinti Mr.
76,203,342
During 1937
rey Zedek School.
tual blessings of that people whose temporal felicity.
If this is so, then the Jewish J.
FRIDAY EVE., FEB. 18
and Mrs. Barry Jackson. In memory
1,122,307,344
Since Organisation
The affectionate expressions of
God is Jehovah,
The girls chosen to act as host- hospital movement will serve not of Pearl IttnrowItx; in memory of Louis
828,487,776
Assets, December 31st, 1937
from Mr. and Mrs. Burton Lieber-
"TIRE RABBI'S TO THE HEBREW CONGREGA- your address again excite my esses will answer questions that only the useful purpose, as point- Cohn , Mr.
and Mrs. Berman It. sable
801,148,223
liabilities
be put to them by their guests ed out in your editorial, of estab- and sir. and
Mrs. David Lento: Mr.
gratitude and receive my warmest will
SWEETHEART" TION OF PHILADELPHIA,
2,000,000
Paid-up Capital
and will explain the services to ilshing a Jewish hospital, but will and Mrs. Max KallIth in 110. 111ory of
NEW YORK, RICHMON
acknowledgement.
28339,553
Surplus
and
Coafiespiacy
Reserve
Julius
Fischer:
In
memory
of
Miriam
them.
be of even greater and more last-
AND CHARLESTON
Buchhalter, from Sadie Shulman. Riva
The
power
and
goodness
of
the
The
tote,
liebilitin
of
the
Sus
Life
of
Canada
is the
ing
service
to
Detroit
Jews
in
SUNDAY, FEB. 20
I,. Andric, Mr. end Mrs. Al Foreman
(fluted Rem era $287,330,911.56. The net lahAdin
The liberality of sentiment to- Almighty, no strongly manifested Contributions to the North kindling that spark which I be- and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hiegel; In
Matinee and Evening
or folly earned by emu bold is 11011.
memory
of
the
Yahrseit
of
Gloria
Joy
wards each other, which marks in the events of our late glorious
lieve now exists—the spark of a King of Mishawaka. Ind., from Me. and
End Clinic
The Annual Repon will be mailed to all policyholders.
every political and religious de- revolution, and His kind interposi-
truly Jewish community spirit in Mrs. finale) Siegel; I itiV Id s. Zenion,
Others may obtain a copy upon request.
nomination of men in this country, tion in our behalf, have been no
Detroit—a spark which can be- In memory of Fannie Nettorg of Grand
Rapids; in memory of the late Mary
North End Clinic has received come the flame of an enlightened Zeinon's
ERNEST W. OWEN, Branch Mgr.
stands unparalleled in the history less visible in the establishment of
birthday front her husband,
the
following
contributions:
our present equal government. In
of nations.
and passionate desire to create a David %anion.and her dear stands. Mr.
1200 Union Guardian Bldg.
A play In 3 Aete with New Hong§
In honor of Waiter
Ileasetirleh•
Cherry 7630
The affection of such a people is war He directed the sword, and in hIrtliday from Mr. and Sint. IlenrY great Jewish heritage in Detroit. and Mrs. Joseph If. Ehrlich.
Pelee.:
Wineman; In 111011017 of A. Daemon
I contain,
a treasure beyond the reach of cal- peace Ile has ruled in our councils. of
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from AI r.
NVISNINGS — 35c-50e-750-31.00
Sincerely yours,
culation, and the repeated proofs My agency in both has been guided
Bnai
David
Sisterhood
o'f"I'LnSLI
":1
T. Extra
by the best intentions and a sense Iliavenrieli front Mr. and Mrs.Henry
ERNEST GOODMAN.
which my fellow-citizens h a v
Wineinani in memory of David Davis
given of their attachment to me of duty I owe to.my country.
The Bnai David Sisterhood will
Hot° Mr. and Mrs. s,.,, Hocken°.
And as my intentions have anti Mr. and Mrs. .1. B. Neiman; in Shaarey Zedek J. Y. P. S. have an open meeting for new
memory of Julius Fisher iron, Mr. and
hitherto
been
amply
rewarded
by
members
Monday evening, Feb. 21,
Stra J. H. Neiman: Inmemory of
edly in their gutteral Arabic. The
Finsterwald from Mr. 611111 WS.
The aviation editor of the De- at the synagogue's club rooms.
vast majority of men are in Euro- the approbation of my fellow- J. Charles
II. Neiman, In ntemory of Mrs.
citizens,
I
shall
endeavor
to
de-
cards and refreshments will fol-
pean clothes but wearing the na-
Lorena Freud from Mr. and Mrs. J. It. troit News will address the Jun-
In nieniory of I. KosItehek ior Young People's Society this low. Several affairs are being
tional headdress — the sidara, a serve a continuance of it by my Neiman:
from Mr. and Mrs. I. IL Neiman: In Sunday, at the Shaarey Zedek, planned for the rest of the season.
(CONCLUDED FROM PALM ONM)
sort of high crowned -military can. future conduct.
memory of Mrs. I. Beller's Ong her
Mrs. Philip Kramer was ap-
May the. same temporal and from Si, ,, Albert Weisman.
at 2:30 p. m.
The old men wear the pre-war
For the Supplementary Medival As-
Myron Dann is general chair- pointed representative to the
keep her eyes cast down and her Turkish costume of skirts and fez. eternal blessings which you im- sista,.
Fund for Children: In meniory
woman's
division of the Commu-
TIRSIT POLICY ISSUED MR
plore
for
me
rest
upon
your
con-
man
of
the
annual
"First
And here and there is a Jew from
of
face completely hidden.
Mrs. Charles B
Bolin front
m M
and
nity Fund.
gregaticn.
Nighter."
Sam Gerson.
The decorum is perfect. Every the village who looks and dresses
man sits with his eyes on his just like his Arab contemporar-
-prayer book following the cantor ies. Only the more emancipated
as he rapidly utters the Hebrew type of woman goes walking. She
script in his old Babylonian pro- wears European clothes and ac-
nounciation. The w o r a h i p p er companies her men folk, but she
rarely speaks to his neighbor, and would never be mistaken, either
during the reading of the law he in grace or in style, as the latest
refuses to be disturbed by the thing from Paris.
When the sun drops below the
little girl who passes (mound rose
water and sprigs of myrtle. She palms on the other shore and
must wait until the selection is Paints the sky with the most
concluded before he will snake the beautiful sunset in the world, the
blessing and smell of each. Again crowds thin out as the men leave
he will only raise his eyes from for the synagogues and the eve-
his book to say "kovod" (honor) ning service. Seated in the dusk,
to the man ascending the bema before the Sabbath is out, psalms
for a reading of a portion of the are sung in a monotonous tone.
law, or to observe the Shamash's Pungent smelling sprays of leaves
success as he walks around and are passed about so that each man
around the bema auctioning oft may participate in the "Ilabdalr.h"
the last portion only. This per- service later.
fect order is broken on the Sab-
Once a month, the Saturday
bath of the New Moon, or for a night after the New Moon, the
groom or a newly blessed father. congregation filed out into the
Then the service is interrupted by courtyard. face the thin silver
a choir of paid urchins with their crescent. and recite the blessing
lusty untuneful singing that for this occasion. One sentence
smacks of the bazaars and the of the prayer asks that The wor-
desert. And from the balcony shipper's enemies should be as
will come a surprising noise which able to reach him as he is of reach-
has the sound of "li li li" but the ing the moon. To give action to
tone of an Indian war whoop. It the word they all hope in their
is the ladies giving their famous places. It gives the masa impres-
Baghdad cheer—an expression of sion of popcorn over a fire. and
joy made by screaming with their it was rather startling at first. It
fingers in their mouths in an un- seemed a bit outside the ken of
explainable and inimitable way. conventional Jewish ritual—more
Then the worshipper turns back to like a vestige of a forgotten pag-
his book unmolested until a few anism.
minutes before the end when he
Then once again the coffee
starts folding up his prayer shawl houses fill with Jewish patrons
to be all prepared to leave on the who come to talk and play and
conclusion of the service.
smoke and to listen to the radio
Afternoon prayers are held blare the latest Arabic song from
about 12:30. This is a very popu-s Cairo, for why go straight home
lar hour and occasionally another in a land where men rule su-
service is held simultaneously in preme?
the courtyard to take care of the
overflow from the synagogue.
When the law is read again the Seek Whereabouts of Abra-
Shamash unlocks the Ark with a
ham Berkowitz; Formerly
chatelaine's key and two scrolls of
of New York, Believed to
the law are taken out, the second
iNh
Be in Detroit
for those outside. When the ,
scroll is opened and help up to:
the congregation everyone rapid-
The National Desertion Bureau,
ly touches his fingers to his lips a soda-legal, philanthropic agen-
and to his eyes successively in a'
cy, affiliated with the Federation
rather agitated sign of respect.
At the conclusion of the after- I for the Support of Jewish Philan-
noon prayers the men usually as- thropic Societies of New York City,
semble in the nearest coffee house rendering service, gratis, to an in-
to discuss all the affair that their digent clientele, has been requested
western brethren frequently do
LAWRDICE T1BBETT
during their longer service in the to locate Abraham Berkowitz. Ile
synagogue. They will sip viscous left a wife and two minor children
ANDRE KOSTELANETZ
Turkish coffee, or play tic rac in New York in January of this
PAUL W/ 11TEMAN
(backgammon), or just sit and year. He is believed to be in De-
DEEMS TAYLOR
finger their beads. It is a na- troit.
Abraham Berkowitz, is asked to
tional habit to carry beads and
PAUL DOUGLAS
serves the same purpose as toy- return home or communicate with
ing with a watch fob or jingling his family immediately, as his son,
small change. The more pious Bernard, is in a hospital very ill.
Jew does not Day on Saturday,
but he will not refrain from fre- Campus Alumni Club Holds
quenting the club-like atmosphere
Semi-Annual Election
of his favorite coffee house.
• Late in the afternoon the Bagh-
Jack
Weiner has been installed
dad Jew and sometimes his whole
family will go for a walk on the as president of the Campus Alumni
esplanade along the Tigris River, Club. Serving with him are Ber-
Then it seems as If the entire nard Greenberg, vice-president;
100,000 Jews of the city were en- Joseph Mohr, secretary; Samuel
joying the air, for the mile or two Braverman, treasurer; board of
or roadway and sidewalk is pack- directors, Dr. Adolph Lowenstine,
ed with strollers. They walk Samuel Crandon, Harry Josselson.
C.apyristu UN, Lararr R lime Tomos° Co.
slowly In grout* and talk animal- and Joseph Steinberger.
HEALTH-LITE GLASSES
fit
tigers, explored Borneo jungles.
Ile was official photographer for
the Crown Prince of Sweden on
his Transjordania expeditions and
his news reels are shown through-
out the world. By camel and
automobile, Sorensen combed the
Arabian desert taking exclusive
motion pictures of Arabian life
and customs. It is these motion
Pictures that he will show at the
Detroit Institute of Arats next
Sunday afternoon. During the
showing, Mr. Sorensen will give a
running commentary descriptive
of his adventures.
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