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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
HAY M SALOMON CHARMING BRIDE WHO SPOKE HER MICHIG •
AN ANNIVERSARY: 1740-1940
SYNAGOGUE CONFERENCE
VOWS AT KNOLLWOOD ON JULY 9 TO MEET AUG. 11 IN SOUTH HAVEN
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On January 6 a few news-
papers carried an obsecure little
item reporting that on that day
in Philadelphia a group of Jews
visited the grave of Haym Salo-
e i n the
mon , whose remains lie
cemetery of Congregation Mik-
v eh Israel, of which Salomon
wa s president during his resi-
de nce in that city. The occasion
of this modest pilgrimage was
the 200th birthday of the Jewish
immigrant from Lissa, Poland,
who became one of the great
patriots and financier of the
American Revolutionary War.
To say this is to bring into
sharp focus one of the most
ironical situations in American
Jewry, for aside from this news
item, buried where the public at
large could hardly have seen it,
Salomon's bi-centennial was com-
pletely ignored.
If there are still those who
do not know the story of Haym
Salomon, let me give just one or
two brief facts. Salomon's role
as financier of the Revolutionary
War has been definitely estab-
lished through the diaries of Rob-
ert Morris, first Treasurer of the
United States. Fired by the ideal
of a free and independent Abler-
ica he threw himself with all his
zeal and resaurces into the great
struggle led by George Washing-
ton. Having amassed a consid-
erable fortune as banker he ad-
vanced large loans to the new
American Government as well as
to individual patriots who were
in straits, such as James Madison,
Thomas Jefferson, Baron Steu-
ben, General St. Clair, Monroe,
Wilson and many others. He
risked his life as well, for the
British, aware how important his
financial assistance was to Wash-
ington's cause, arrested and im-
prisoned him. He succeeded in
making his escape and at once
resumed his patriotic activities.
His experience as a prisoner in
the British fortress undermined
his health so severely that not
long thereafter, while in his early
forties, he died. By that time he
had placed all his wealth at the
disposal of the American Gov-
ernment and at his death he was
penniless. Surely greater service
no man can render.
Salomon's patriotic role has
never received proper recogni-
tion in the pages of American
history. Only scholars and re-
search workers who delved into
the diaries of Robert Morris and
into various historical documents
in the Library of Congress and
other sources, know Salomon's
story and realized that he ranked
as a great figure alongside our
Founding Fathers. But in recent
years his name has been brought
before the public more and more
openly and his deeds have been
extolled on many occasions by
public leaders.
Three years ago the U. S. Con-
gress by ioint action of the Sen-
ate and House adopted a bill ex-
pressing the nation's indebted-
ness to Salomon and resolving
to erect a monument to him on
public soil in Washington as soon
as funds for the statue would
become available from private
sources. And now it is announced
that a joint memorial to Wash-
ington, Robert Morris and Haym
Salomon will be unveiled this
spring in one of Chicago's public
squares.
These things are the result of
a movement started years ago
to establish beyond a shadow of
doubt the documentary evidence
of Salomon's record and to bring )
him the public recognition which
he so richly deservevd. In this
movement it is but natural that
the prime initiator and mover
should have been an organization
whose deep interest in and ad-
miration for Salomon were en-
hanced by mutual origin and tra-
ditions—th e Federation of Polish
Jews in America.
But Salomon's role as a great
Patriot transcends sectarian de-
mar c at ions, His achievement
should be a matter of pride to all
Americans and it reflects special
credit upon all Jews, not merely
the Polish Jews.
So I ask: where were the im-
portant Jewish organizations,
like the
Jewish Historical Society,
American Jewish Congress, Amer-
ican Jewish Committee, Bnai
Brith, and others, who are
Usually so ready to emphasize
the achievements of famous Jews
—.where, I say, were' they on the
Occasion of Haym Salomon's bi-
centennial?
Why has this all happened?
Becausea well meaning but mis-
The Western Divis 'n of Mich-
igan Synagogue Con rence will
hold its regional m ng jointly
with the quarterly s ion of the
board of directors on Sunday,
Aug. 11, at Yashenmyky's North
Shore Valley Resort, South Haven,
The business session beginning at
2 p. m., under the chairmanship
of David J. Cohen, will hear re-
ports by the chairmen of the
five standing committees of the
conference: Rabbi Joshua S. Sper- •
ka, admissions; Rabbi M. J.
Wohlgelernter, religious and edu-
cational; Rabbi J. Rabinowitz,
support of Yeshivoth and charit-
able institutions; Rabbi S. Z.
Fineberg, Flint, youth and cam-
pus; Daniel Temchin, finance and
budget. Local needs of commu-
nities in Western Michigan will
be given special consideration.
At 6 o'clock, members of the
board, regional delegates and
guests will have dinner. Reserva-
tions are taken at the conference
office, 1550 Taylor Ave., Trinity
1-2934, until Monday, Aug. 4.
Cars for South Haven will leave
from Detroit conference headquar-
ters Sunday morning, Aug. 11, at
7:30, and accommodations for
transportation will be made in
the order in which registrations
are received.
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MRS. A. BERKOVITZ
(Miss Muriel Lee. Sandler)
Knollwood Country Club was
the scene of the wedding, July 9,
of Miss Muriel Lee Sandler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
P. Sandler, and Abraham Jordan
Berkovitz, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Berkovitz. . .
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Rabbi Leo M. Franklin read the
double ring ceremony at 8 p, m.,
before an altar comprised of
palms, cybodium ferns and a
beautiful array of white larks-
pur, delphinium, peonies, glad-
ioli and lilies. Two hundred burn-
ing tapers in cathedral candelabra
supplied the lighting durMg the
ceremony.
The bride was gowned in ivory
Duchess satin fashioned with
sweetheart neckline, three-quarter
leg of mutton sleeves, hoop skirt
and a four-yard train. Her veil
of ivory satin illusion was held by
a tiara of orange blossoms. She
carried a white Bible, covered by
a spray of pure white orchids and
lilies of the valley.
Attending the bride were her
cousins, Bertha Pines, of Flint,
Mich., Edith Sandler, Evelyn
Kanat and Shirley Galin. They
were similarly gowned in con-
trasting shades of yellow and
cornflower blue net. They carried
fanlike bouquets of World's Fair
carnations and pinkish-blue del-
phinium, and yellow carnations
and white hybrid delphinium.
Arline Berkovitz of Windsor,
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Ontario, niece of the bridegroom,
who was flower girl, wore petal
pink net and carried a colonial
bouquet of lilies of the valley,
stephanola, bovardia and sweet-
heart roses.
.. Mrs, Maurice B. Sandler,. who
was the bride's matron of honor,
word turquoise chiffon. He bou-
quet was of yellow call lilies
and pernet roses.
Isadore Berkovitz was best
man for his brother and the
ushers were Robert Gerandasy,
Robert Wagner, Phil Goldstick,
Herbert Sott, Fred Birndorf and
Dr. Byron Leibowitz.
Mrs. Joseph Sandler, mother of
the bride, was gowned in water-
melon pink jersey and wore a cor-
sage of fuschia orchids. Mrs.
Berkovitz, mother of the groom,
wore a gown of orchid lace and
her flowers were orchids.
Out of town guests included
Mrs. David Richman, Mrs. Lou
Richman, Miss Maxine Muchnic
and Saul Sandler of Los Angeles,
Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frad-
kin of Washington, D. C.; Mrs.
Al Kaufman and children, Henry
and Lillian, of Alexandria, Va.,
and Oscar Seltzer of Silver
Springs, Md.
Following a dinner at the club,
Mr. and Mrs. Berkovitz left by
motor for a trip to the east
cost. Upon their return they will
be at home at 940 Whitmore Rd.
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Iry is
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guided individual once attempted
to belittle Salomon's role?
I can scarcely imagine the
French failing to commemorate
the birth of their Lafayette, the
Poles of their Pulaski or the
Dutch of their Herkiner. And
the pity of it is that, aside from
the fact that it happens to be
Salomon's bi-centennial, no time
could be more appropriate for
rendering him homage. Precisely
now, when our people are suffer-
ing a martyrdom unparalleled in
human annals, we should have
been quick to employ Salomon's
200th birthday as a occasion to
call the attention of America and
the world to the story of this
humble Jewish immigrant whose
remarkable record places him
high among the shining patriots
of America.
"ABRAHAM'S OAK"
According to tradition, Abra-
ham's Oak represents the place
where the angels came and prom-
ised Sarah a son. At one time it
was the object of Christian pil-
grimage and is believed to be still
standing at Mamre, near Hebron.
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dian; and Georgie O'Leary, dis-
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stage entertainment. "Safari,"
starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.,
and Madeleine Carrol, will be the
screen attraction.
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the Fe Theater's new season
of greater stage and screen en-
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series of "quality" stage attrac-
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traction is "Maryland," exciting
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