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November 21, 1941
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
ENTHUSIASTIC CONGREGATION GREETS DR. GLAZER AT
HIS INSTALLATION AS RABBI OF TEMPLE BETH EL
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Midwestern Young Israel Meets Here '
Saturday Afternoon Session at Bnai Moshe; Evening and
Sunday Events at Detroit Leland
Capacity Audience Present at Ceremonies Marking His Succession to Dr. Leo M.
A delegation of 20 New York- ing Rozman of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Franklin as Minister of Oldest Detroit Congregation
A capacity audience witnessed appealing to the Jewish people.
the induction of Dr. B. Benedict
Dr. Morgenstern praised Dr.
Glazer as rabbi of Temple Beth Franklin as one of the great rab-
El, succeeding Dr. Leo M. Frank- bis in Israel, and lauded him for
lin, last Friday evening.
his contributions to Jewry and
His former associates in Tem- to America during the past 45
ple Emanu-El, New York—Dr. years.
Samuel Goldenson, and his teach-
Dr. Goldenson seconded his
er who ordained him rabbi, Dr. sentiments in lauding his former
Julian Morgenstern, president of associate's predecessor. At the
Hebrew Union College—were the same time - he tissured his audi-
guest speakers who joined in ence that Dr. Glazer will give to
lauding Dr. Franklin, in praising Temple Beth El a "ministry of
Dr. Glazer as a worthy successor character." He declared that this
and in commending Temple Beth is the only type of ministry that
El on its standing as one of the counts, and he told of the new
leading Reform congregations in Temple Beth El rabbi's sense of
responsibility and dependability.
Detroit.
Dr. Franklin's address was a
Responding to the installation
addresses, Dr. Glazer pledged touching message to his congre-
himself to service to his con- gation, a moving welcome to his
gregation, to the Jewish com- successor and an evaluation of
munity, to the American com- his creed as a Reform rabbi. He
stated that his heart would be
munity.
Dr. Glazer stated emphatically hoavy that night, in relinquish-
that he is prepared to aid every ing the ministry, were it not for
genuine Jewish cause, and that the fact that he had faith in the
he is ready to participate in the unfailing loyalty of Dr. Glazer
advancement of the best causes to American and Jewish ideals
and to the Reform rabbinate.
George Galvani and his Tem-
ple choir conducted the musical
portion of the installation serv-
ice, and Ilya Schkolnick, concert
master of the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, played a violin solo.
The president of Temple Beth
El, Joseph Welt, pledged Rabbi
Glazer the loyalty and coopera-
tion of the congregation.
Rabbi and Mrs. Glazer were
honored at a reception in the
social hall after the services. In
the receiving line, besides the
participants in the installation
program, were Mrs. Welt, Mrs.
Franklin, Judge Charles C. Si-
mons, who was chairman of the
pulpit committee that selected
Rabbi Glazer, and Mrs. Simons,
Mrs. Henry Meyers, president of
the Temple Sisterhood, Mr. Mey-
ers, Benjamin Wilk, president of
the Men's Club, Mrs. Wilk, Leo-
nard T. Lewis, vice-president of
the Temple, Mrs. Lewis and Irv-
ing I. Katz, the Temple secre-
tary.
Parent-Teachers'
Shaarey Zedek Library to Have
Associations
Special Exhibits on the Occasion
Of Annual Book Week Observance P-T-A's have been organized of
On the occasion of annual ob-
servance of Jewish Book Week,
the Shaarey Zedek Library will
have special book exhibits this
week.
Nov. 23 to Nov. 30 will be
observed as Jewish Book Week.
FirSt featured in 1925, in Boston,
and formally inaugurated on a
larger scale in 1927, Jewish Book
Week has been gaining wide
recognition in the United States.
It has become a national cele-
bration. To rabbis, educators, li-
brarians, publishers, this period
is the occasion for arousing and
stimulating interest and knowl-
edge of the wealth of Jewish
literature available to the public.
The Shaarey Zedek Library of
Detroit will observe Jewish Book
Week by having open house and
by featuring an exhibit of books,
pamphlets, periodicals and cere-
monial objects.
The display will include rare
volumes, representative publica-
tions in Hebrew, English and
Yiddish, magazine and newspa-
pers, and children's books. There
will be also a table set aside
illustrating the various stages in
binding of books and explaining
the various phases of library
work.
Among the outstanding publica-
tions to be exhibited are the
following: "Letters by Certain
Jews to Monsieur Voltaire," pub-
lished in 1795; a manscript, sev-
oral hundred years old, entitled
"Peirush Hatorah," explaing the
Torah. "Yehash's Bible" in Yid-
dish; "Ben Yehudah's Milon";
"The Earliest Illustrated Hagga-
dah," the Haaretz, a daily news-
paper published in Palestine;
"The Old Testament" edited by
J. M. Powis Smith, a University
of Chicago publication; "Plants
of the Holy Land with Their
Fruits and Flowers," illustrated
with original etchings from na-
ture by Rev. S. Osher, published
in 1860; the "Allgemeine Ency-
clopedia," one of the most com-
prehensive reference works in
Yiddish, the "Talmud Bible" pub-
lished in Vienna in 1866, and a
photostatic copy of a document
giving a Jewish merchant the
privilege to do business in cer-
tain Prussian districts in the
year 1813.
The Jewish community is in-
vited to view the exhibit and to
use the other facilities of the
library.
The Shaarey Zedek Library
possesses the most complete col-
lection of Judaica in this city.
It was established in 1934 to
serve the community of Detroit.
The library is open during tha
following hours: 10 a. m. to 12
p. m., 2 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. 7
p. m. to 9 p. m. on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs-
day! 9:30 a. in. to 12:30 p. m.
on Friday; 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
on Sunday.
Jr. Service Group
Pisgah Observes
To Hear Rabbi
84th Anniversary
Adler on Sunday
Pisgah Lodge of Bnai Brith will
observe its 84th anniversary on
Nov. 24.
On Nov. 24, 1857, the Detroit
branch of the Bnai Brith, Pisgah
Lodge No. 34, was founded by
the men who a few years earlier
had established Congregation
Beth El, known today as Temple
Beth El. The founders and offi-
cers of one were the founders
and officers of the other.
Pisgah Lodge has always been
among the leaders in the Jewish
community. It maintains an en-
viable reputation by virtue of
bearing its proper share all
local charitable, cultural, spirit-
ual and social undertakings.
Edward J. Hershenson of
Chicago to Address Louis
Marshall Lodge Tuesday
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Louis Marshall Lodge of Bnai
Brith and the Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Auxiliary will
hold a joint open meeting on
Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 8:30 p. m.
at the Bnai Moshe Synagogue,
Dexter and Lawrence.
Edward G. Hershenson, a mem-
ber of the Illinois State Bar, and
vice-president of Adolf Kraus
Lodge of Chicago, guest speaker
of the evening and a very fine
program will include a perform-
ance by the Chevrolet Glee Club
and will be followed by dancing
and refreshments. All members
are urged to come and bring
their friends. Miss Jean Abrams
is president of the auxiliary.
"Palestine in the War and in
the Peace" will be the subject of
an address by Rabbi Morris Ad-
ler of Congregation Shaarey Ze-
dek at the next general meeting
of the Junior Service Group, in
the auditorium of the Jewish
Community Center, on Sunday
afternoon, Nov. 23, at 3 o'clock.
The address will be followed by
questions and discussion.
Women's Congress
Group Holds Teas
The Women's Division of the
American Jewish Congress held
a tea Nov. 14, as a project of
the membership committee at the
home of Mrs. Arnold Frank, co-
chairman of committee.
The next -tea will be held at
the home of Mrs. W. Weiner,
2213 Atkinson Ave., Friday, Nov.
28, at 1:30 p. m., under the su-
pervision of Mrs. Abraham A.
Davidson, chairman of the mem-
bership committee. Each of the
present members is invited to
serve as hostess to a prospective
members. A noteworthy speaker
will discuss the work of the
American Jewish Congress.
The chairmen of hospitality are
Mrs. Anthony Deutsch and Mrs.
Louis Gunsberg; chairman of
current dues, Mrs. Louis Gold-
berg; chairman of delinquent
dues, Mrs. Philip Shapero; social
chairman, Mrs. S. A. Singer; sec-
retary of membership committee,
Mrs. L. Haidy, Mrs. Moe Perlis
is the third vice-president in
charge of the membership.
late in several branches of the
United Hebrew Schools. The first
one was organized at the David
W. Simons Branch, and the fol-
lowing are the names of the of-
ficers of this branch: Mrs. Paul
Landy, chairman; Mrs. Ada Lin-
den, secretary; Mrs. J. Schrier,
Mrs. S. Heyman, Mrs. C. Aran
and Mrs. Philip Slomovitz, board
members.
The branch in . the Central
High School was organized next,
and their officers are Mrs. Sam-
uel Gaull, chairman; Mrs. Rudolph
Shulman, secretary; Harold Wein-
garden, Rudolph Shulman, Sam-
uel Weisman, J. M. Mathis, Miss
Annette Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Masserman, executive board;
Paul Masserman, publicity.
The Fenkell parents were or-
ganized a short time ago, and
officers are: Mrs. Morris Swid-
ler, president; Mrs. William Shul-
man, vice-president; Miss Belle
Margolis, secretary; Irving Co-
hen, treasurer; Mrs. Irving Co-
hen, Mrs. Max Shlachter, Mrs.
Irving Waxman, Mrs. Abraham
Weisner, executive board.
P. T. A.'s of other schools are
in the process of formation.
The main function of the
P. T. A. is to give the parents
an opportunity to acquaint them-
selves more intimately with the
course of study of the schools,
and to provide a platform for
the exchange of opinions between
the parent and the teacher.
Trees Planted in
Palestine Forests
The Jewish National Fund
Council of Detroit announces the
planting of trees in Palestine
forests as follows:
In the J. H. Ehrlich Forest:
Two trees in honor of recovery
from illness of William B. Isen-
berg and one tree on the occasion
of the birthday of Mrs. William
B. Isenberg on Nov. 17, by A. C.
Lappin; one tree in memory of
Ethel Grubstein, by Rev. P. Grub-
stein.
In the Mizrachi Forest: One
tree in memory of Henry Baron,
by Mrs. Baron.
In Pioneer Women's Forest: By
Kinereth Group, one tree honor-
ing marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Gerson Berris, and one tree hon-
oring marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Benson Ginsburg; by Mr. and
Mrs. H. Paransky and daughter,
one tree in honor .of baby Ken-
neth Pearl and one tree in honor
of baby Deborah Esther Conley;
one tree in honor of baby Jerome
Michael Kutnick by Goldie Meyer-
son Group of P. W.; one tree in
honor of baby Phyllis Gordon
Kraft, by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. Kraft; one tree honoring
Chanukas Habyis of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Bloom, by Bridge Club.
To plant trees in Palestine
Forest, call the chairman of the
J. N. F. Council tree committee,
Mrs. Alexander W. Sanders, Ho-
garth 0967, 12342 Broadstreet.
SCHULMEISTER OR SCHLES-
INGER SOUGHT HERE
Anyone knowing the where-
abouts of Nathan Schulmeister
or Heinrich Schlesinger please
contact the Detroit section, Coun-
cil of Jewish Women, 7644 Wood-
ward, Madison 6970.
ers, representing the National
Council of Young Israel, joined
the men and women of midwest-
ern branches who arrived in De-
troit Thursday for the 11th re-
gional conference of the youth
WILLIAM CHERRICK
movement dedicated to the per-
petuation of Jewish tradition.
The first two days of the con-
vention included business sessions,
a Thanksgiving dinner, rallies,
and Sabbath morning services.
Subsequent functions open to the
public are planned for Saturday
afternoon in the Bnai Moshe
Synagogue, Dexter and Lawrence.
The program on that occasion
will include the study of 'Talmud,
conducted by Dr. Samson \,R.
Weiss, dean of the Hebrew Tal-
mudical Academy, Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah at 2 p. m.; and an ad-
dress by Rabbi Jacob J. Nathan;
cultural program and tea for
women will be sponsored by the
Sisterhood of Bnai Moshe at 2:30
p. m., Saturday, with Mrs. Irv-
the former Sylvia Berris of De-
troit, as guest speaker; finals in
the Intermediate Oratorical Con-
test for MdWestern champiorPship
at 3:30; Shalosh Shudos at 4:30
p. m. with an address of welcome
to be delivered by Rabbi Moses
Fischer; and an intermediate
pageant and social Saturday eve-
ning at Detroit-Leland.
At 8:30 p. m. Saturday eve-
ning, Nov. 22, the Junior-Inter-
mediate clubs of Young Israel of
Detroit, will present a pageant
"Festival of Lights", written and
directed by Miriam Pieman. The
program will be followed by a
social and dance for delegates.
The final business session will
be held Sunday at 11 a. m., at
the Detroit-Leland Hotel. There
will be reports of convention com-
mittees, adoption of resolutions,
and election of officers for the
midwesten regional council.
At the luncheon session begin-
ning at -12:30 p. m., the role
of women in Young Israel will
be the subject stressed; at 2:30
p. m., Rabbi Max J. Wohlgelern-
ter of Congregation Beth. Tefilo
Emanuel, will introduce a panel
discussion on Young Israel work
in the Jewish community of the
midwest.
Banquet Sunday Evening
The closing dinner of the con-
vention will take place at 6 p. m.
Sunday, at the Detroit-Leland
Hotel. Delegates and guests will
join with representative leaders
of the Detroit Jewish Community
at this gala affair which will be
addressed by Samuel H. From-
berg, president of the National
Council of Young Israel, Irving
M. Bunim, Charles Levine, and
Edward L. Silver, Assistant U. S.
District Attorney of New York.
Cantor David Katzman will pre-
sent a musical program.
William Cherrick of St. Louis
is chairman of the midwestern
regional council of Young Israel.
Abbe A. Levi is president of
Young Israel of Detroit.
Inspiring Evening Marks Tribute to
Memory of Late Menahem Ussishkin
Addresses by Louis Lipsky,
brilliant interpreter of Zionism,
noted lecturer and writer, and
Dr. A. M. Hershman featured the
inspiring memorial meeting held
at the Shaarey Zedek on Nov. 13
in tribute to the late Menahem
Ussishkin, world president of the
Jewish National Fund.
The meeting was arranged by
the Jewish National Fund Coun-
cil of Detroit, composed of all
Zionist groups in the city.
William Hordes, opening the
meeting as chairman of the J. N.
F. Council, described the fund's
achievements during Mr. Ussish-
kin's leadership, showed how land
possessions had grown from 30,-
000 dunams in 1921, when Mr.
Ussishkin became president, to
560,000 dunams at the time of his
death, and in calling Detroit Jews
to renewed action for land-
redemption in Palestine quoted
Ussishkin: "When the Jewish peo-
ple will redeem the land of Pales-
tine, the land will redeem the
Jewish people."
Cantor J. H. Sonenklar chanted
the Haskarah. A choir ably di-
rected by William Gayman, well
known • Detroit musical director,
sang "Acheim Bnai Israel",
"Enoch" and "Yosher b'Seser".
Rivkah Cooper, a pupil in the
United Hebrew Schools, recited
a selection in Hebrew from Jacob
Fishman. Philip Slomovitz pre-
sided at the meeting.
Announcement was made at
the meeting that Joseph Rosen-
zweig of Glendale Ave., do-
nated two lots he owned in
Migdal Israel in Palestine, near
Tiberias, to the Jewish Na-
tional Fund.
In his address, Rabbi Hersh-
man spoke of the death of Ussish-
kin as "an irreparable loss." He
said that his going leaves a
vacuum.
"He was a man of heroic pro-
portions and an unique figure,"
Dr. Hershman said. Tracing
Ussishkin's Zionist activities to
his early youth, when heoined
the BILU movement, RI b b i
Hershman said that he never lost
faith, that he did not yield to
despair or to compromise. He de-
scribed the deceased leader's de-
votion to the Hebrew language,
his lover for Jerusalem, his op-
position to the Uganda project.
"Let us carry on his work in
his spirit," Rabbi Hershman ad-
monished the audience.
In a brilliant address, in which
he analyzed the life and activi-
ties of Menahem Ussishkin, Mr.
Lipsky pointed out that the Jew-
ish National Fund president was
never converted to Zionism; that
"he was born into Zionism."
Tracing the history of the Zion-
ist movement, he compared him
to Herzl, later to Brandeis,
showed the difference in thought
and approach of the men, showed
how Ussishkin insisted on action
and immediate accomplishments,
with regard to obstacles.
Herzl, Mr. Lipsky pointed out,
was impatient to find a solution
to the Jewish problem. But
Ussishkin and his Chovevei Zion
were building with confidence
that in the end the solution
would come. He said that to
Ussishkin the important thing,
therefore, was what Jews did for
themselves, that Jewish action
and determination were empha-
sized, that the self,emancipation
of the Jewish people was the
most valued need.
"Ussishkin was the most cir-
cumscribed Zionist," Mr. Lipsky
said. "He always remained with-
a Kehillah of Jewish life even
though he traveled widely." Al-
though Ussishkin know many
languages, he knew them poorly,
Mr. Lipsky pointed, but he pre-
ferred Yiddish and Hebrew, in
spite of his emphasis on Hebrew.
"Ussishkin always felt secure
in his faith and in his own per-
formance," Mr. Lipsky added. "He
was the stubborn man who had
the conviction that he was right."
Through the Jewish National
Fund, Mr. Lipsky said, "you are
putting life on the soil in Pales-
tine. You are making the land
a matter of collective ownership
and not a matter of profit. The
Jewish National Fund is the very
foundation of Zionism."
Describing the current condi-
tions, in Palestine and the rest
of the world, Mr. Lipsky said
that "the one serene voice was
that of Ussishkin."
Appeals, were sounded at the
meeting, at which there were no
solicitations, for support of tra-
ditional Jewish National Fund
collections and for cooperation in
the Jewish National Fund Flag
Days Dec. 6 and 7, the Farband
Colony and the annual donor
event of the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Jewish National Fund.