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Reception Honors
Her Engagement

SCHECHTER

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January 10, 1941

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

disciples
these
Schechter.

of

Solomon

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It is strange, therefore, that

ZIONISTS

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made possible by leaders of both those who take pains in having would feel once again that serve
orthodox and reform groups. The it known that they have called of participation in the rennii-
Seminary at that time was on the Schechter Master, should seem sance of a people, and that ap-
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decline. Its founder, Sabato Mo- to be indifferent to the honoring p reciation that we cannot duli-
rais, had passed away in 1897. of the memory of him at whose pate anywhere in the world; that
MIAMI BEACH
Its faculty had been reduced in feet they sat; that they should emotional attachment which so
With a beautiful private
size and authority; its few stu- seem to be indifferent to the many of us feel within or with-
swimming pool, beach,
dents were doubtful of their fu- place the Schechterian tradition out the homeland.
cabana club and an acre
in an institution unable to occupies not only in the Seminary
"While the Jew can and will
of tropical gardens. The
Sands is acclaimed one
make progress. The coming of itself, but in the traditions were be hapy in nearly every part of
of the nation's finest re-
re the world, and will make his just
Schechter was the beginning of American Jewry. If it
sort hotels. DINING ...
a new life, a stabilized future, a otherwise, would they have neg- contribution therein, in no other
indoors or on the terrace
clear destiny. It raised the Sem- lected to observe his 25th Yahr- place can he establish for him-
. . . superb French and
American Cuisine.
self the permanent position as
inary to a new high level. The zeit?
Schechter died in 1915. His a people with greater right, with
first utterances of Schechter in-
MORTON KIRSCH
Managing Director
dicated the advent of a powerful heart broke after the first year more integrity or with stronger
factor of decision as between of the Great War that started "belonging" than in this land of
extreme reform and extreme or- in 1914. He could not bear to his fathers.
"Even a cold-blooded and crass
thodoxy. The Seminary became read the news of German victories.
the center of a counter-reforma- During the 25 years since his realist like myself can become
tion calculated to weaken as- death, the institution to which tremendously emotional over this
similation and to strengthen the he gave the fruits of his mature experience. Attachment by mem-
Wit
influence of tradition. life moved along the beaten path. bership would be no task at all,
New buildings were erected, ad- if others had had the good for-
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ditions to the library were made; tune to share this experience.
Miss Phylis Jane Greenblatt
For 13 years Schechter was its graduates came to occupy "If we could build a homeland
ON THE OCEAN AI 1611 SWAT
The Milton E. Greenblatts of the Rosh Ha-Yeshivah, president some of the best pulpits in the without political action, without
Tuxedo Ave. entertained at a of the Seminary. He was chiefly country. The Alumni Asosciation united pressure, without the pres-
supper dance Sunday, Dec. 29, s scholar, and knew little of an
and s' the United Synagogue con- tige and strength which numbers
at the Statler Hotel, honoring the forms that go with official tinued to grow. Professors Fried- and devotion compel, we should
their daughter, Phyllis Jane, and representation. But his deep re- lander, Jacobs and Davidson
d away, but Professors Gins- not a be e quite
her fiance, Herbert Ruttenberg, ligious convictions, his genuine passed
ei much in need of
D etr so
son of Mr. and Mrs. David Rut- piety, his concern for the future berg and Marx continued; and a large
membership.
Detroit with approxi-
"But
tenberg of Chicago.
of the Jewish religious life and new men were added to the fac- mately 80,000 of our people
for the future of Jewish scholar- ulty. The name of Schechter is should be able to add at least
ship, forced him to make the at- venerated in every corner of 2,250 new members, the goal set
The Pioneer Women of Detroit Villard to Speak
tempt to bring the Seminary into the Seminary. The heard of his for us. To be a pro-Zionist in
will present Julius Chajes, well
the center of an active, compre- voice
its spirit, as most of us are, is
At Cass Town Hall hensive
stories
ryi ll be card in
vo i may still
known pianist and composer, and
exig-
Jewish religious commu- halls. Wise words he said,
hardly sufficient to meet the exig-
Miss Marguerite Kozenn, brilliant
On Friday Morning nity. He enlarged the faculty
o his per- encies of our position. We need
c,
soprano, at the 10th donor lunch-
of the Seminary. He made pas- sonality
h e told,
descriptions
f
1ity are
passed down
from far more than that. Every in-
eon to be held Jan. 15, in the
the establishment of a class
Oswald Garrison Villard, one
to class. But there has been telligent Jew in this community
c
Masonic Temple.
must be given an opportunity to
replacement of Schechter.
The musical career of Mr. Cha- of America's most distinguished Teachers' Institute; he inspired no rep
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jes began at the age of 9, when journalists, will be the speaker and led in the formation of the
the privi-
i the
he first appeared as concert pian- for the Detroit Town Hall, at the United Synagogue, a con like-
like- For twenty-five years, for be not only pro-Zionist,
but an
of all congregations like
d responsibilities of mem-
ist. His first composition also Cass Theater, on Friday morning, tion
minded
in
their
attitude
toward
reasons
hard
to
fathom,
a
sue-
active
participant
in,
Jan.
17,
at
11
o'clock.
Mr.
Vil-
dates hack to that early age. In
the ideals
of conservative Juda- cessor to Schechter
could not be bleegress and
"Practically
everyone
in our
1933 he was the honor prize win- lard spent the summer and sev- m
ism;
he
drew
hundreds
of
young
found.
The
place
he
occupied
was
ner at the first International Com- eral months late last year in men within the magic influence not filled. There was a vacancy
Europe and his conclusions are
petition for Pianists in Vienna.
religious and a vacuum; and guarding the the Zionist movement and Pal-
of
scholarship,
of
estine. Time and sound planning
Miss Kozenn is a graduate of covered in his lecture "Behind the thought
and practices, and turned Shrine, so to speak, stood the have seen to that. He has not
Scenes
in
Fighting
Europe."
the Milan Conservatory, the Vi-
them
into
the
field
of
Jewish
personality
of
the
Administrator
Mr. Villard has been owner and
enna Music Academy. She was
who was dedicated to the task already joined because in most
he has not been specifi-
the honor prize winner at the editor of two of America's famous service.
of conserving the assets of the instances
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cally invited. This is the first op-
1932 First International Competi- papers, The New York Post
He was not at home in the House of Learning. He was a
tion at Vienna. She was engaged and the Nation, and is now con- formalities of the institution he good Administrator from the first portunity given to many to ac-
to give several concerts in Pales- tributing editor of the Nation. He had created. He was rough and days. When Schechter died he cept the happy responsibility of
tine and sang for the British is a grandson of William Lloyd ready in speech. Even when his took over, pro tem, all the bur- active support for the Zionist
Garrison, the abolitionist, and son
Broadcasting Co. in Palestine.
hair was white, he remained the dens of the Seminary, all the cause."
The personnel of the commit-
Miss Kozenn made her Ameri- of Henry Villard, who completed red-head he was born; quick in burdens of the presidency, ex-
can debut in January, 1940, at the Northern Pacific Railroad. His anger ; tempestuous, argumenta- cept the burden of the Master. tee working with Mr. Ellmann
Carnegie Hall. Her repertoire in- syndicated articles appear daily tive, hot in attack of sham and His many years of association will be announced next week.
Membership committee workers
cludes operas and songs in 13 dif- throughout the United States. His hypocrisy; but his anger quickly with Schechter may have made
meet on Wednesday evening
Books
include
"John
Brown—A
will
ferent languages.
and left him contrite. him jealous of the kind of Mas- to complete solicitation plans and
Biography Fifty Years After," passed
Thus he was in conversation. He ter who might follow. There were to commence enrollment activities.
"Germany Embattled," "Some
pride in nursing hates with men proposed who, in his eyes,
Herman Jacobs to Review Newspapers and Newspaperman," took
a good-natured tolerance of his did not measure up to the task.
Books at Jan. 13 Book "Prophets, True and False" and weakness. He was pious, but not Younger men were too young.
"The German Phoenix."
e were
we too old. There I.O.O.F. Encampment
Chat at Jewish Center
bigoted. He hated ignorance, but Older men
he loved Jews. He had the spirit were those in whom the Admin-
Installs Officers
of a Chossid, and it was because istrator detected the taint of
"The Bottlenecks of Business" Cha jes and Kozenn
he
loved
the
ordered
life
of
the
heterodoxy,
or
who
would
not
by Thurman Arnold, assistant
Jericho Encampment, I. 0. 0. F,
religious man that he observed fit into an American environ-
attorney general of the United At Musical Evening
No. 173 installed its officers at
States, and "The Triumph of Of Temple Men's Club the law, that he chanted the ment., Whatever the reason, the 2705 Joy Road on Jan. 2. Grand
gg the traditional Seminary was doomed to move
pra y,
ers sin in
American Capitalism" by Louis
melodies.
He
had no grudge on without a replacement of the Senior Warden, Walter Mueller
Hacker, professor of economics at
of the encampment of Michigan,
Julius
Chajes,
eminent
com-
against
the
ungodly
who were Master.
Columbia University, will be re-
And as the Administrator attended the ceremonies. Percy
viewed at the Book Chat on Mon- poser and pianist, and Marguer- deprived of this deep spiritual
of Old Glory Encampment
day, Jan. 13, at 9:30 P. M., in ite Kozenn, distinguished soprano, experience. He believed in the gazed at the vacant chair of Crooks,
the Adult Lounge of -the Jewish will be the featured artists at the spark of divinity that is in every Schechter, lamenting that it was No. 171, was a participating visi-
musical evening to be held in the person. He was rich in love of vacant, and finally regarding him- tor. Sam Rose, deputy grand pa-
Community Center.
chief pa-
The reviewer will be Herman social hall of Temple Beth El on humanity. He could not bear to self as the inevitable ersatz, he triarch and out-going
yncampment,
Wednesday
evening,
Jan.
22.
triarch
of
Jericho
dismiss
a
clerk
in
the
Seminary,
was
soon
morally
convinced
that
Jacobs, executive director of the
They will present a group of saying, "it is the first time that there was nothing wrong in oc- installed Louis Shiell as chief
Jewish Community Center. Dis-
cussion will follow the review. The vocal and piano selections—classi- I have taken away a person's cupying the seat himself—pro patriarch; Percy Crooks, deputy
Book Chats are open to the pub- cal, Hebrew and Yiddish—includ- living." He was often violent and tern. The Administrator sighed priest, installed Aaron Echstadt
ing some of Mr, Chajes' own belligerent, unruly and reckless, that so much responsibility was as high priest; Sam Mann, dep-
lic free of charge,
compositions.
but in his writings he revealed devolving upon himself, and took uty grand junior warden, install-
Mr. Chajes first gained fame a style that reminded one of the over the intellectual and spiritual ed Nathan Katchman as junior
Shaarey Zedek Girl Scout as the master pupil of Moritz Ro- best traditions of the English es- leadership of the Jewish Theo- warden; Henry Feinberg, deputy
senthal. To his musical achieve- say. This Yeshivah-bother who logical Seminary. Not a voice of grand scribe, installed Edward
Troop Sponsors Chanu-
ments in Vienna, and later, in had come out of Rumania and protest was heard. Perfect dec- Swartz as scribe; Maurice Bor-
kah Dinner Party
Palestine, he has lately added had spent only a few years of orum was maintained. The dis- delove, deputy grand treasurer,
Under the leadership of Hen- considerable favorable comment by his life at Cambridge, was able ciples of Schechter throughout installed David Richman as treas-
rietta Weiss, a successful Chanu- his recitals before several dis- to write English prose which the country may have whispered urer. Nathan Geer, Meyer Kauff-
kah dinner party was given by tinguished New York audiences. could stand comparison with the among themselves. They may man, Michael Weiner, Jacob Pa-
Congregation Shaarey Zedek Girl He recently came to Detroit to best in English literature. He have exchanged interesting let- cow, Ben Chudun, Harry Kas-
Scout Troop No. 47. Twenty-four accept the post of musical direc- was not only at home in the old, ters. When the Alumni met, they mer, G. Lenoff, Sam Morris and
girls scouts and their mothers at- tor of the Jewish Community musty manuscripts of the Genf- may have said things in execu- David Butrimovich were installed
zah. He had thoroughly mastered tive session which revealed what in appointive offices.
tended, and a program of Chanu- Center.
Miss Kozenn began her sen- the styles of Charles Lamb and was in their hearts. But they did
Louis Shiell appointed Nathan
kah songs and girl scout activi-
sational musical career in Ru- Matthew Arnold, and had read not raise their voices. Many of Geer, David Butrimovich, Alex
ties followed.
Mrs. Morris Adler and Mrs. mania. Later, she, too, went to and learned from the best in them remembered kindnesses be- Spring, Sam Mann and Jacob Ba-
M. H. Zackheim were guests of Palestine. During the brief time English literature. stowed upon them by the Admin- cow members of the Entertain-
honor. Assisting in the festivities that she has been in this coun- He had no talent for adminis- istrator. Many of them dreaded ment committee.
discussion. Many of them
were Mesdames Richard Cott, try, she has been enthusiastically tration, but he was the head of public
engrossed in their own af-
Harry B. Baum, David Kallman, received by leading music critics. the Seminary and of the United were
Other features of the musical Synagogue. He lacked the feeling fairs. Many of them thought— National Bnai Brith Defense
Max Blumenthal, George Orley,
evening,
which is under the spon- for money values. He knew what the King is dead, long live the Committee Created to Aid
Jack Rosenberg, Louis Seiton and
King! The will of God!
sorship of the Men's Club of Tem-
Samuel Zeldes.
Government Program
meant. He
hum-
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ble in poverty;
he was
was not
humble
This is the first of a series of ple Beth El, will include a social poverty
hour
and
refreshments.
only in scholarship and in piety.
programs for mothers and daugh-
I said that there has been no
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Ap-
Dr. Nathan H. Schlafer is chair- He had the humility of great- replacement. That is not accu-
ters of the troop.
man of the committee in charge ncss, the kindness of a magnani- rate. When the Administrator pointment of a National Bna:
as
of the evening. He is being as- mous soul. the forgiving spirit found that his shoulders were Brith Defense Committee to
sist the national defense progran•
Flint Beth Israel Sisterhood sisted by Benjamin Wilk, Ga- he believed to be the attribute becoming
too weak to bear the
briel Alexander and Norman Thal. of the Just God. Such men are burden—a number of years ago by making available to the gov-
Buys Bus to Transport
ernment the manpower and nil(
rare.
Children to School
--he thought that the time had chinery of the 900 Bnai Brit ,
Y.P.S. of Bnai David to
He was the Master of a gen- come, before he was called to his units located in every state 0 1
The purchase of a bus to trans-
Meet Thursday
eration of young men who went fathers, to place the Mantle of the Union, in whatever way th(
out into the fields of scholarship Schechter upon a young man
port children to and from daily
The Young People's Society of and religious service. He was the whom he had selected for schol- ma ybe of service, was announcrl
Hebrew school was of primary
here by Bnai Brith, oldest and
importance to members of the Congregation Bnai David will hold father of a school of rabbis who arship, for devotion to the inter- largest national Jewish servl
its
next
meeting
Thursday,
Jan.
Temple Beth Israel Sisterhood
are now to he found in every ests of the Seminary, for piety
who have just closed another 16, at the home of Miss Helen part of the United States, and and conformity. The Heir thus and fraternal organization.
successful year under the leader- Bruson, 4211 W. Grand Ave. Plans who have been responsible for selected had all these qualities.
ship of the president, Mrs. Alan are being formulated for "La- diverting the progress of Jewish He was a man of character and died in the fullness of Yea' -•
Conga" night to be held Saturday, religion away from the crass learning. He had a hand for ad- The disciples of Schechter gal.
Forman.
The bus was purchased by Feb. 8, at the synagogue, Elm- imitations of reform Judaism, ministration and a mind for ered in the halls of the Seminal V
monthly benefit parties and a hurst and 14th. There will be an into the forms and ideals that scholarship. He was energetic and looked on the scene, a' 'I
funds from a series of M- amateur contest, and dancing to were born out of Jewish experi- and ambitious. The old Adminis- they were silent. Not even t},'
B monthly benefit parties and a the music of Dave Diamond and ence. They were the instruments trator placed the Mantle of 25th yahrzeit of Schechter h: , s
dinner.
his orchestra.
of the counter-reformation- Schechter on his shoulders, and broken their silence.

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