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sad THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
October 20, 1939
A Review of "Stories"
By H. A. Friedland
writing, displaying and selling Aaron Rosenberg to Address
FIRST LADY MAKES
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Large Delegation of Detroit- Morris Adler as speaker at the
mezuzoths and tefilin in one of the
Philip Lipson, 17527 Fairfield,
Shaarey Zedek Y. P. S.
synagogues. Reb Mordecai finds
DEMOCRACY'S PLEA
Shaarey Zedek.
ers to Attend Hadassah
University 1-9440, and to Mrs.
Sunday
Afternoon
tCONCLUDEL :ROM PAOE ONE)
himself,
and
towards
the
end
of
B y BERNARD ISAACS
'
Convention
David
Seligson, 3343 Sturtevant,
Nov.
14
is
the
date
for
the
paid-
wos(i.s.DED FROM i'AOE I)
the sketch we see our hero once
up luncheon for all members in Townsend 8-8472.
Aaron
Rosenberg,
attorney,
will
again playing with a couple of
(CONS:LI:DEB F ROM PAGE ONE)
several Southern papers, declared
A
large
delegation
of
Detroit
good standing, at the Shaarey
little kittens. Ile is perfectly at address members and friends of and religion against religion,
the other day that "there's some- women will represent the Detroit Zedek.
the Young People's Society of Con- "threatens our unity and vitality"
his very death bed, will be pub- home in his new environment.
Barn Dance of Zedakah
The following contributions to
and "is a menace to the peace and thing fishy about 'Nordic super- chapter of Hadassah at the 25th
gregation
Shaarey
Zedek
at
their
lishes! in Palestine soon.
The last and preponderant
security of our nation," Mr. Mon- iority' if 85,000,000 Germans annual convention of the organiza- Jewish National Fund have been
Juniors on Oct. 29
group of stories deals with life next open meeting to be held Sun-
Striking Characters
can't survive competition with tion in New York at Hotel Astor made:
sky
quoted
from
a
recent
speech
The book of "Stories" consign in America. But here too there day, Oct. 22, at 3:30 p. m. Mr. by the Rev. Bernard Shell, Auxil- 400,000 Jews without using guns" from Oct. 24 to 29. Reservations
. 0m renal°. to the Golden Book
Rosenberg
will
discuss
"Jewish
Zedakah
Juniors' annual barn
are
several
divisions.
In
one
group
of three groups, stories dealing
Inscription of J. I' Roaenthal were
iary Bishop of the Catholic Arch- . . . Winchell reports a sign on a may still be made for special train ntade by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tobin, dance will be given at the Carl
with life in the email town of the of these stories with an American Humor" and present several hu- diocese of Chicago, to emphasize New York Ninth Avenue beanery
and hotel rates by calling Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Louis 'Tobin, Mr. and E. Stitt Legion Post, Meyers and
morous
Jewish
readings.
old world, characters whose life is background he presents a social
Mrs. Moe Leiter, Mr. and Mrs. Morry
which reads: "Believe it or not,
Murray Jacobs, program chair- the danger of attempts to force but we don't hate anybody" .. . Aaron Silberblatt, Un. 1-55550, by Fenton, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Zaek• Lyndon Road, Sunday evening,
divided between the old and the problem, and while the author
het nt.
decisions on problems of national
noon Monday, Oct. 23.
new worlds, and stories dealing writes with utter objectivity, these man, has planned an entertaining
Vontribution• In memory of alas Oct. 29. This is another of the
The
$50,000
bail
money
for
Fritz
interest by unworthy propaganda
On Oct. 25, an. Honor Roll rally Iterneteln by Mr. and Mrs, lime eart• series of affairs given by Zedakah
with life in America. To the first stories nevertheless convey a program featuring several more
Kuhn didn't come from the rank
ser,
and
by
appeals
to
the
emotions
of
Mrs. J. P. I Cement hal, Dr.
and
groups belongs "Ilamman's Ilam- moral lesson, and they sometimes readings by Wayne University stu- men. and file of the German-American meeting will be held at the home Mrs. Perry Burnstine, Mr. and Mrs. Juniors to procure funds to send
Louie Barak, Mr. and Mrs, B. I.
mer," a soul-stirring sketch de- even hide beneath the surface a dents.
Mr. Monsky quoted Bishop Band ... It came in a few lump of Mrs. Philip Lipson, 17527 Fair- Kavanau and Mr. and Mrs. Louis underpriviliged children to camp,
field,
at
12:30
o'clock.
Mrs.
Cecilia
and is under the chairmanship of
picting the life and struggle of goodly amount of preaching. Such
9
Shell as saying: sums from some "business friends"
Contributions in memory of Aaron Yetta Menenberg.
Sorch Feige, a middle-aged wom- are the stories "In Honor of the
"It is not time for slogans and of the Nazi fuehrer ... The Dies Razowski, director of migration for
To
Unveil
Tombstone
in
Torah,"
and
"Zedakah,"
"The
Ex-
an who supported herself and half
Entertainment was arranged by
r
the llr tit
r
emotional outbursts. The decision Committee might look into this the National Refugee Service, New S' A s "11 tire hM Boe Vin
wedding annivesary of Mr. and Mot Ida Sklar. Refreshments will be
a dozen orphan grandchildren by pert From Out of Town," and
Memory of Rabbi S. M. as to the wise course to follow in Although Kuhn's trial had been York, will be the speaker.
Rosman by Iir. and Mrs.
supplying the town with wine for others.
■ Streit of On Nov. 4, the first Oneg Shabat Emanuel
Fine
on
Sunday,
Oct.
22
foreign affairs is an amazingly set before Judge Saul
Perry Burnelne.
served. Margaret Weiss is in
In the "Ilonor of the Torah" is
Kiddush and Ilavdalah, and at the
complicated business and depends General Sessions, it will be pre- will be held at Congregation Shaa- of A tree In honor orthe Bar Mitzvah charge of the sale of tickets. For
Morris Drown by Mr. and
Mrs.
same time constituting a living depicted the life of the go-getter
An unveiling of a monument In on a sensitive balance of knowl- sided over by another judge . . rey Zedek.
Samuel gehaflander.
further information call Yetta
who
sprawls
all
over
the
newly-
newspaper for the town. She did
On Nov. 7, the first study group
Contributions to the Jewish Na- Menenberg, Townsend 7-3876, or
memory of Rabbi S. M. Fine will edge of a thousand factors, which Streit himself asked for the
not merely disseminate news, she built Jewish section and supplies take place on Sunday, Oct. 22, at few men have. The devising of ac- change, because of his non-Aryan- meeting will be held with Mrs. tional Fund can be made to Mrs
Margaret Weiss, Townsend 6-3934•
interpreted it, commented upon it the new settlers, who are pre- Machpelah Cemetery. The family tion in such circumstances Is a ism ... Isaac Carmel, of the Amer-
and, when necessary, sought, de- occupied with their own adjust-
gift of a statesman. It is derived, lean Jewish Congress organization
of
the
late
Rabbi
Fine
and
the
manded, and obtained justice not ments, with all sacred necessities.
Vaad liorabonim of Detroit invite as the Vatican newspaper says, department, has this to say of the
for herself, no one would dare Ile is the Schochet, the Rabbi, the
relatives and friends to meet at from 'concrete experience'. English, French and German
wrong her, but for the unfortu- Mohel and the teacher. Nothing
"It is not something to be de- views on freedom .. The Eng-
the Beth Israel Synagogue, Lin-
nates of the town whose con- is too hard, too low, too undigni-
fined by emotional charlatans who lishman, he says, treats liberty as
science she was. Soreh Feige had fied for Mr. Teitelbaum. This wood and Buena Vista, at 2 p. m. have become statesmen over night a man treats his wife . . He
a weakness for shrouds. A well- creature is especially busy around
and whose unctuous voices betray makes no fuss about her, but let
prepared, nicely-folded set she the High Holy Days. These are brushes the whole matter aside. It a first urge to hear themselves, no any one dare attack her and he
had tucked away in her large old his heydays, and nothing is too is too petty, too insignificant. But matter whose thought they son- rises to fight in her defense .. .
trunk, but if occasion demanded, sacred to squeeze a dollar from. it won't be brushed aside. It keeps vey. You know what—and whom The more romantic Frenchman
In "The Out-of-Town Expert,"
she would lend them to any needy
treats liberty as he would his
on disturbing her peace of mind. —I mean.
person. This generally happened Abe Rogolf, the director of a Bu- A couple of years pass. Nothing
Mr. Monsky hailed Bishop sweetheart The Germans, how-
reau
of
Jewish
Education,
is
in-
when someone passed away on a
occurs to substantiate her suspi- Shell's address as "a forthright, ever, treat freedom as a man treats
Friday and there wasn't enough vited by the local Federation to cions. But then something else courageous and most significant." his mother-in-law.
time to sew the shrouds, or, when make a scientific study of the edu- happens — again something very
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mr. Monsky • • •
a poor person died and there wan cational institution. The local petty—and his eyes again flare up were guests of honor at the birtk
not enough money collected for principal is a Ilebraist, while the with that ominous heathen fire. It day luncheon of the Argo Auxilf- LEGAL BRIEFS
When Justice Frankfurter was
the purchase of the material, then "expert" is a statistician who,jug- is • very trivial matter. She takes
Soreh Feign would bring forth her glen with figures and flirts with away his cigarette case and teases ary of Bnai Brith, which installed in England recently he was enter-
its
new
officers
following
the
prin-
tained
at a banquet attended by
treasure and graciously lend it scientific phrases. The "expert" him, only to notice suddenly that
Mrs. Morris Ge- famous British barristers . . . In
to the needy family. But from pays a cursory visit to the school uncanny light in his eyes. It is, cipal
•irz, addresses.
retiring president, presented their speeches none of them
then on she was in a state of un- and is ready for his voluminous however, immediately subdued.
Monsky with a check for $500, agreed on how many justices the
rest until her own shrouds were report. The president of the Tel- But a certain fear creeps into Ha- Mr.
h alf of the auxiliary's pledge to- U. S. Supreme Court actually has
replaced and again neatly tucked ms! Torah invites the "expert" dassah'e life. She feels that some- ward
the newly-established Bnai
, In order to impress them
away in her old trunk. Her son to dinner where he spends much thing catastrophic is impending. It
passed away and three more or- time in the company of the presi- is in the air. It is in his very be- Brith Hillel Extension unit at the with the correct number once and
University
of
Maryland,
Mrs.
Hen
for
all Frankfurter finally told
phans] were added to her house- dent's son and daughter with whom ing. It must come, and—it comes.
Morgenthau, Jr., is honorary them: "There are nine members in
hold. The following Thursday he discusses baseball and other Their little boy disturbs his pet ry
president of the auxiliary.
our Supreme Court—nine, the
when she made the rounds of her sports. The president's children flowers, This annoys him. He ad-
same as on your cricket teams."
customers, selling them their wine, are greatly impressed with the monishes him once, a second time,
The Cincinnati law firm of Cohen
she took her new charges withher. "educator's" profound knowledge then suddenly something lets Lecturer to Speak on Hamlet
OR savings—for service and for satisfaction in paying for your new
and Mack, formed 46 years ago
She introduced each one of her and versatility. The "educator" loose, The devil in him gets the
Tuesday at ,Jewish
by former Bnai Brith prexy , Al-
car—tell your dealer you wish to arrange your payments through the
grandchildren by name, age and promises to return In a week and upper hand. Ile grabs the little be-
Fred M. Cohen and Common Pleas
"yichus," and concluded by noti- submit a full report, and the presi- wildered child by his neck and
Center
Industrial Morris Plan Bank—or, when your deal is ready, phone
Judge Alfred Mack, has to change
fying the customers that from now dent's daughter with whom he throws him with all his force
Randolph 5960, Automobile Loan Department, and give details of your
The community is invited to at- its name, because of a ruling by
on the price of her wine went up dances so elegantly after dinner against the atone railing. Hades-
one kopeck per quart. And no decides that he is Indeed one of sah faints. "I knew it would tend an outstanding dramatic pro- the American Bar Association
transaction. A check for the balance due will be mailed promptly to
customer objected to the rise in the greatest pedagogues she has come," she mumbles.
gram, sponsored by the Jewish frowning on the retention oe a
your dealer.
judge's name in a law firm . . .
price, he didn't dare. She was ever met.
Such a story as this where the Community Center, at which Sam
There are advantages in paying for your
ready to fight for her own rights
In the story "Zedakah," the author takes the germ of an idea Pearce of the Maurice Evans Pro- Mack had retired from the firm in
as she was always fighting for Ilerson family struggles desper- and develops it step by step until ductions will lecture on "Hamlet 1930, when he was appointed to
new car the Industrial Bank way.
the
bench,
but
had
asked
Cohen
to
the rights of others.
ately to make ends meet, Mr Her- it reaches full bloom is typical of in America," on Tuesday, Oct. 24,
• Low rates
• l'rompt service
keep his name in that of the firm.
"The Lighting of the Candles" son has graduated in dentistry many of his sketches.
at 8:30 p. m., in the auditorium
• • •
• Save by furnishing only fire and theft insurance
and "In the Shadow of the Grave" from a Russian university and has
The author has several weak- of the United Hebrew Schools,
•
belong to this group of atories in not been permitted to practice his nesses, or favorite patterns. He
An
automobile
loan
will
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Philadelphia at Byron. The corn- LITERARY NOTES
which you get a glimpse of the profession in the United States. has a "weakness" for the Shab-
• You'll profit by paying for your new car the bank way
Shalom Asch's book "The Naz-
"small town" and its saintly peo- Mrs. Hereon is also a woman of boa candles. He writes in a most ing of "Hamlet" to the Cass Thea-
arene," a Book-of-the-Month selec-
Remember, if you need additional funds at any time you can use your car as collateral for a
ple, people who are rooted in the culture, and in spite of their affectionate manner about the ter during the week of Oct. 30,
tion which will be out in a few
loan. No other security is required.
rich soil of Jewish heritage, to scanty means they manage to ad- Shabbos candles in many of his has revived interest in this Shake-
weeks,
will
arouse
a
great
deal
of
Loans may also be obtained foe home or business property improvements—to centralize debts—
whom this world is but a corridor, just themselves to their poor cir- stories. In one of them he refers spearian drama. Mr. Pearce's' talk
controversy ... Asch believes that
or for clones of other practical purposes including business loans
a "prozdor," leading to the real cumstances. But here the social to the candles as the eyes of deals with many of the 250 actor s
to replenish inventories,
the Christian spiritual leadership
discount bills, etc. You are invited to call at the main hank or your nearest branch where
world, the world beyond, the Olam worker appears on the arena. Shabbos. "In the window of Malke and actresses who have made the
is
much
more
tolerant
than
the
your inquiry will receive prompt and careful attention.
Ilabbah.
playing of Hamlet their ambition
Some busybody informs the local six candles were lighted, the first
Jewish, and doesn't hestitate to
The second group of :stories Service Bureau of the plight of eyes of Shabbos were opened." and who have realized it in Amer-
say so in his book The Jewish
deals with characters whose life the Demons, and a very stiff and And it seems that the author was ica since Lewis Hallam, Jr., acted
Daily Forward, Yiddish daily
is divided between the old and starched investigator appears. Her not satisfied until he devoted a the part for the first time in the
which publishes moat of Asch's
the new worlds, who spend the words, her mannerisms, her en- whole sketch to this beautiful tra- new world at Philadelphia, on
works, didn't print this novel in
early portion of their life In their tire approach is deeply degrading. ditional observance, the lighting July 27, 1759. This stage history
the original Yiddish, on the ground
home town in Eastern Europe and She behaves as if she were dealing of the Shabbos candles.
of "Hamlet" will be illustrated that it's too religious.
are suddenly torn away from their with some inferior creature or Anotherfavorite concept of the with lantern slides.
Pierre van Paassen has written
birthplace and transplanted on the rather with an inanimate object, author to which he refers in many
Admission to this program will
the titles for "That They May
new soil. Such are the stories, The investigator reaches out into of, his sketches is, as he terms it, be free.
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"Rah Melech's Institution," "My all personal and intimate corners. the "Modern Slave," the girl typist
• Jeff
at Celli•
The planning committee includes
• Grand River at Dundee
Bride-Sister," "The Scribe in Ex- She even goes as far as examining who types away her young years Harry Goldstein, chairman; Regina ever produced anywhere ... You'll
I Cratiot at Pennsylvania
Near W. Chicago Blvd.
hear
more
about
this
film
later.
Harper Ave. Intersection
ile" and others. In the last named the children's hair and teaches the in some sultry, sunless office. In Schiller, Hannah Ferman, Ida
• Fenhell at Petoskey
WASHINGTON BLVD. at GRAND RIVER
• Cass near Grand Blvd.
Some wag suggests that the film
story the author tells of Morde- woman a lesson in the culinary art. his story "Name and Fame," we Sandra Milstein, Ida Lachman, Na-
Near Livernols
Opp. Gen. Motors Bldg.
•• Vernon Highway at
chai, the scribe, a learned and The result is that Mrs. Berson. read, "The period of slavery has than Shetland, Ruth Moses, Eve- on the life of Dr. Ehrlich, now in
RAndolph
5960
Springweits
process
of
manufacture,
should
be
God-fearing man who travelled, who has been almost ready to not 'passed as yet. It has merely lyn Naftaly, Irving Better and
released under the title "Ili-Yo
htsnales Federal Reserve System and Federal Deposit Insurance Cmporation
that is, walked, from town to town accept some succor in the form of assumed a new form. These girls Sylvia Coblentz.
Salesman."
displaying and selling his wares a loan, feels insulted and lowered who sit from morning to night
of mezuzoth and of tefilin which and begs the investigator to be chained to the typewriters—they
he himself wrote. Reb Mordechai,
left alone. are the modern slaves. In his well-
It is important
however, had a peculiar weakness.
here to point out lit airy and aperients office there
Ile loved animals—doge, cats and that the author is himself a pro- sits the boss, doing nothing, and
other domestic creatures. It would found student of social science, here in a windowless poorly ven-
happen very often that on his and he is fully cognizant of the tilated room sits a young girl.
way from on etown to another fact that charity must be distrib- The door opens and he, the em-
he would stop to watch a cow ited in a modern scientific manner. ployer, blurts out, "I will be out
chew placidly her cud. He would However, he also knows the air for the day," which means that
tickle the jaw of a young calf, or of superiority displayed by some he goes to play golf. "Be sure to
gaze at the pranks of a pair of social workers, and here he longs prepare all the statements, etc."
small puppies.
for the old Jewish way of giving And God forbid if he finds some
The Tragedy of the Geloth
Zedakah, the Zedakah described error in her work tomorrow, when
This was his life in his little by the Rambam and practiced by he returns he will insult her, de-
home town. In the country of his Jews throughout the ages.
grade her and she, the modern
adoption he sold sandwiches, fruit,
Psychological Studies
slave, will bend her head and ac-
and cigarettes to the operators of
However, the largest portion of cent it as a matter of course, like
a large clothing shop on the east stories in this group are written the slave of old. This sympathetic
aide of New York. For this privi- with no other objective than the note towards the young typist
lege which his countryman, the psychological study of the char- runs through many of his sketches.
proprietor of the Khoo, gave hint acters. In this group we notice Another favorite theme of his is
Reb Mordechai swept the floors here and there the influence of the girl whom the boys won't
and assisted in the shipping room. the master story writers: Guy Dc look at. To her he devotes several
The entire tragedy of the Caluth Maupassant, Arnold Zweig, Anton sketches. In one of them entitled
is revealed in this little sketch. Chekhov, and our own G. Shut- "Miss Rose," he describes a young
But the author knows no despair. man and .1. L. Peretz. girl who is a frequent visitor in
Mr. Friedland is a man with a
A truly Chekhovian story is the Levinson home, and who
positive philosophy of life. Ile is the sketch entitled "Ile Lets chums with Ida, the oldest Levin-
a builder who sees the constructive Loose." Iladassah, the young son girl. Ida gets married and
side of life and the opportunities bride, is faintly aware of some- she, Miss Rose, finds herself sud-
offered for adjustment and re- thing mysteriously evil in her denly in the company of Ida's
habilitation. Reb Mordechai ad-1 bridegroom's character. Once she younger sister who too gets mar-
justs himself to his new world notices some strange fire in his ried, no that Miss Rose is trans-
and we finally see him once more eyes, some gleam of cruelty. She ferred to Lillian, the third and
youngest. Lilly too is snatched
away by some young fellow, and
we find Miss Rose keeping up her
visits in the Levinson 's home out
of sheer force of habit. But her
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Mr. Levinson himself, who hap-
pens to be a widower.
Still another favorite motive is
"Death." Out of 36 sketches, 16
refer directly or indirectly to
death. In some of them death con-
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rounded by halo. Sometimes
(Except Sunday, October 22)
the author flirts with it, teases it,
11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Daily
while at other times he challenges
it, defies it. The Angel of Death
is told that he is too much pre-
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