1 Docembor 27, 1940 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle 16 CYRUS ADLER—WHO FATHERED JEWISH BIOGRAPHY IN AMERICA Sincere Holiday Greetings Rosenbloom Elected Co- Treasurer of United Jewish Appeal A Joyous Chanukah to All Charles J. Rosenbloom, Pitts- By ABRAHAM CAPLAN "Cyrus Adler — biographer." inevitable that the author of this burgh Jewish leader and national ales- Among the many descriptive biography should be Dr. Abra- treasurer of has the been United Appeal, elec P Pa d l Made in Detroit terms which may be applied to ham A. Neumann, Dr. Adler's tine this extraordinary man is the disciple, the rabbi of the con- succeed the late Arthur M. Lam- by Detroiters one suggested in the opening gregation of which Dr. Adler 12005 DEXTER sentence. For Dr. Adler was in was a life-long member and at 1359 MONROE AVE. (Corner Elmhurst) a real sense the father of Amer- one time its president, the Mik- CAdillac 0863 ican Jewish biography. He it veh Israel of Philadelphia, which NOrthlawn 9444 was who conceived the idea of recently celebrated the two hun- an American Jewish Year Book, dredth anniversary of its found- a source book of biography as ing. Chanukah Greetings! It is not the purpose of this well as an annual compilation of varied Jewish statistical mate- article to review Dr. Neumann's rial. He it was who organized short but eloquently written re- the American Jewish Historical cital of the life of the man whom Chanukah Greetings! Society which concerns itself with he undoubtedly revered as his unearthing and preserving his- master. Until the time when a torical facts bearing upon the full length biography shall have work and achievements of the been done, Dr. Neumann has per- Jew in the American scene. formed a signal service to the JOEL BLAU, Prop. And now Cyrus Adler, who for cause of American Jewish history a number of years edited the by writing this well-balanced Year Book and penned some of story of the man whom the pres- 2559 HILLGER the biographies appearing in it, ent writer regards as perhaps 2915 GRAND RIVER Phone LEnox 2241-2242 is the subject of the leading anti- the most gifted, the most con- cle in the 1940-1941 issue. structive figure American Jewry CHERRY 2330 To the present writer it seemed a" produced. rus Adler, born in Arkansas Cy in 1863 and reared by his wid- owed mother in Philadelphia in a circle peopled by such men as Chanukah Greetings! Sabato Morais, Mayer Sulzberg- CHARLES J. ROSEBLOOM er and Solomon Solis-Cohen, he became in turn the first Amer- port as national co-tr usurer of icon to obtain his doctorate in the United Jewish A meal for Sernitics in an American univers- Refugees and Overseas Needs in r ity (John Hopkins), curator in behalf of the Joint Dist ibution the Smithsonian institution in Committee, the United Plc ;tine The trouble-proof double hung Washington, a diplomatic repre- Appeal and the National Refu- window — one-piece zinc sash sentative of the United States gee Service, it was announced guides-2x4 jambs—no weights Government, one of the men who by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver and —aluminum primed frames— re-organized the Jewish Theolog- Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, national sash waterproofed. chairmen. ical Seminary, a founder of the American Jewish Committee and later its executive chairman, the 14 Jewish Women's Reading FItzroy 2612 first president of the Seminary, 2137 GRATIOT Circles Function Here succeeding the great Solomon Schechte•. Fourteen Jewish women's' read- In this man there converged nearly all the forces and activi- ing circles now function in De- Chanukah Greetings! fies which in their organic total- troit. In their tenth year, these ity constitute the flowering of circles meet regularly to discuss Jewish life—religion, education, latest important books as well as We extend sincere good wishes for a the spread of a knowledge of literary, economic and political C h a n u k a h filled with happiness and Jewish literature through the questions. Members also report With or without frames, also any medium of the Jewish Publica- on English and Hebrew books, blessed with full measure of prosperity size fireplace mirror made to order. tion Society, the translation of and an outstanding: work is re- Old mirrors resilvered like new. and may these wishes continue to find the Bible and the publishing of viewed weekly. "Bas Zion" by Yehuda Burlo, Protect your furniture with glass fulfillment into the many years beyond. the Jewish Encyclopedia, the mag- nificent work of the Joint Dis- the Sephardic Hebrew author, tops. Personal attention given by tribution Committee in succoring were among the latest books to MR. SPIEGELMAN. stricken European Jewry since be reviewed. CHARLES H. LOTT OAKLAND GLASS CO. 1914. All these activities bore Theatrical producer Otto Lud- Manager the impress of the indefatigable Ty. 5-9262 Adler. For in his heart there wig Preminger is rapidly becom- 8619 Grand River burned a fire of love for his ing Americanized, we note peol de and its immortal tradition •uly, the overshadowing pas- BEST WISHES FOR A JOYOUS CHANUKAH sions of this giant among men DETROIT. MICHIGAN r. "- Ly'( Each and Every One of You. To were God, Israel and the Torah. A Joyous Holiday with an invitation to see CASS—BAGLEY We of Detroit have a special interest in the life story of Dr. the NEW AND BEAUTIFUL- Adler. In 1927, he addressed a banquet which honored Rabbi A. M. Hershman, who had then con- cluded twenty years of service A JOYOUS CHANUKAH TO ALL! as spiritual leader of Congrega- tion Shaarey Zedek. That visit was the first Dr. Adler had made to Detroit and the address was the only one he had ever deliv- ered before a congregational aud- Excellent Hungarian-American Kitchen ience. His presence at that func- 12020 JOS. CAMPAU AVE. tion, one of the most brilliant TEL. TOWNSEND 8-8555-6.7-8 GYPSY MUSIC in the annals of Shaarey Zedek, SARAH CAPLAN may be regarded as one of the MORRIS SHORE Secretary most precious events in the con- Sales Manager EUGENE BLUMENTHAL, Prop. gregation's history. Dr. Neumann's excellent biog- Vinewood 2-9742 8160 W. Jefferson Ave. raphy is, for the nonce, a fitting Corner Sloan memorial to the man he loved and revered. It is to be hoped that full-length biogrphy of Dr. Adler will be published without loss of time, since the man who, in this writer's opinion, is best equipped for the task is avail- able in the person of Dr. Neu- mann. And a book on the life of Cyrus Adler, making full use of his correspondence with the men who figured in his long career WISHES TO EXTEND TO ITS MANY and utilizing the notes, diaries and observations/ which he is FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH FAITH known to have wfitten during the SINCERE H 0 L I D AY GREETINGS! years of his busy, fruitful life, would constitute a mine of in- formation, a running commentary CADILLAC 2292 601 BAGLEY AVE. on American Jewish history for a full half century, a book of surpassive interest and color. Detroit Elevator Co. DEXTER AUTO *ASH EAST END LAUNDRY CONTINENTAL BAKING CO. Non-Stick Window N. S. W. CO. MIRRORS DETROIT-LELAND `HOTEL 1941 CHEVROLET MODELS At Our Showroom Dick Connell, Inc. 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