March 20, 1942

--CLASSIFIED

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and th. • %gal Chrcnicir

OBITUARY

LEADER OF THE JEWS

SILAS COHEN
of 3792 Clements Ave., 53 years
By ROBERT STONE
old, died on March 13. Funeral
EDITOR'S NOTE: Within the last few days, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, services were held on March 15
president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, made a speech at Lewis Bros. Funeral Home
in Clover Hill
in London considered by many the most vigorous political with interment
Cemetery, Rabbi Morris
utterance of his entire career. In the midst of war and im- Park
Adler officiating. He is survived
pending crisis for Palestine, it sounded a clarion call warning by his wife, Minnette;; a daugh-
Jews of the dangers to their future. On November 27, Jews ter, Shirley; a son, Floyd; a sis-
will mark the birthday of Dr. Weizmann who, once again, is ter, Mrs. Ruth Mevis, and two
being hailed in many quarters as "leader of the Jews."
brothers, Charles of Detroit and
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, born on of a timber-merchant; and he is Sam of Biddeford, Me. Mr. Co-
Nov. 27, 1873, in the town of still as completely in place tramp- hen had been a resident of De-
Motyli, near Pinsk, Russia, has ing a muddy country lane on a troit for 40 years.
been called by many of the fore- wet morning as he is in his own
most JeWish statesman of his library or laboratory. He likes
time. Friend of many European simple people, and they like and
leaders, captain of the ship of trust him. If you can't reconcile
state sailng toward a Jewish Na- this with the complexities of the
tional Home in Palestne, vigorous chemical approach, so much the
champon of the rights and aspira- worse for you. The complexities
WATCHES and DIAMONDS
tions of the Jewsh people, he is are prfessional, the simplicity is
Fine Watch Repairing. One Year
held responsible for a great meas- essential.
Written Guarantee
ure of the political security and
What Chaim Weizmann looks
RESIDENCE
JEWELRY OFFICE
the economic development regis- like is known to most p
eo p le
tered in Palestine in the past two Physical descriptions of him have
MORRY MEDAL
decades.
become cliches. He is a cross be- 3787 Atkinson, Upstairs—Ty. 7.1635
But Dr. Weizmann has been ac- tween Lenin and Machiavelli-

A Character Study of Dr. Chaim Weizmann

WANTED—School teachers, men FOR RENT — Nicely furnished
and women, for counsellors of
room. Reasonable. Good trans-
children's camp near Detroit.
portation. 3401 Atkinson Ave.
State age, experience and salary
Tyler 7-7236.
expected. Write Box 350, De-
troit Jewish Chronicle.
FOR RENT—Large airy room
for one or two gentlemen.
EMPLOYED MOTHER and col-
Cross ventilation. Near Dexter
lege son desire two rooms in
bus and Linwood street car
home of fine family. Reply to
lines. 3202 Pasadena. Town-
Jewish
Box 100, Detroit
send 5-5821.
Chronicle.
FOR RENT—Large airy fur-
nished room in home of adults
FOR RENT — Beautifully fur-
for a gentleman. Good trans-
nished room for gentleman in
portation. Garage if desired.
home of three adults. Near
3742 Monterey. Davison 7118.
bus and car lines. Garage if
desired. 3026 W. Grand Ave.
FOR RENT—Restaurant conces-
Townsend 6-7749.
sion in beer garden. Big
money maker. Small invest-
FOR RENT—Nice room in home
ment. Willing to help finance
of small family. Gentleman
right party. Apply Sunday to
preferred. Good transportation.
A. Zameck, 5826 Hastings St.
3276 Clements. Townsend
5-8632.
FOR RENT — Lovely bright
comfortable room for a lady.
FOR RENT — Nice, furnished
All conveniences. Quiet at-
room in modern home of
mosphere. Private porch. Good cused by his enemies of being a w i t h m o r e benevolence than
couple. Good transportation.
transportation. 2271 Calvert, compromiser, of whittling down either. What he sounds like is
1710 Clairmont Ave. Madison
Rev. Cantor
upper. Townsend 7-6201.
fundamental objectives. If the equally well known to the great
9562
World Zionist President could be masses f o J e ws w h onave
h
ears
h ar
Jacob
FOR RENT — Large, pleasant FOR RENT — Cheerful newly charged with evasive, diplomatic hm throughout the 20th century.
Silverman
furnished room in modern language, if he could be accused His voice is low-pitched, husky
SUROIC II.
room in private home of couple.
Molt iti,
home of young couple. Home of avoiding vigorous emphasis on and normally unemphatic. Yet
Near Lawton and Dexter bus
25 Velars'
privileges. Unlimited tele- elementary goals, such allegations one remembers without effort
lines. Telephone. 3032 Fullerton
Practice
phone. Gentleman preferred. would fall of their own weight what he has said, for he has the Recommended by
Ave.
and
1413
ale
6111
University 1-3930.
in
to in the
report
re describ-
which gift of the telling and evocative
he relation
presented
London
FOR RENT—Nice room in single
phrase.
9371
home. Gas heat. Air conditioned. FOR RENT—Furnished room in ing the futile efforts to gain con-
"Think of the grandsons, not
Wildemere
private home. Good transport- sent for a Jewish Army and as- of the sons!" . . . "You cannot
Good transportation. Call Town-
TY. 4-0062
ation. 3345 Richton Ave.
send 6-2524 any day except
sertin g that "disappointment and feed a cow with
th speec h es !" . . .
Marriages
Saturday.
the only
onl fruits
. world outside ha d pa id
f
t
ti
"
rus
ra
on
were
"If
the
Performed
FOR RENT — Nice airy fur-
of
co-operation
of
the
Jewish
more
attention
to
the
crackle
of
nished room for a business Agency with the British Govern- the flames round the German
FOR RENT — Furnished room
girl or gentleman in home of ment. It was a courageous state- the flames round the German
for a gentleman or employed
small adult family. Shower. ment to make in war-time. But Synagogues, we might not now
The Well Known Rev.
couple. 2249 Pingree Ave.
had to listen to the crackle
Telephone. Good transporta- to many it revealed even more have
near 14th.
of the flames round Westminster
tion. 2716 Elmhurst, upper.
th e d anger
n r ge of the as h p xiation
y
Abb ey IP
FOR RENT—Large airy room,
of Cong.
f
Jewish
national
as
p
irations
in
o
HE Is A EADER
newly decorated, for single or WANTED—Business or profes-
Seth Tefilo
Palestine after the war, unless
newly_
Palestine
There
are
moments
which
re-
sional woman to share
couple. Good transportation.
Emanuel
bestirred themselves in time
furnished apartment. Boston too guard their heritage and their veal the depths and the simple
2948 Elmhurst Ave. Town-
Capable and
surfaces of Chaim Weizmann.
Specialized
near
Linwood.
Call
send 7-4452.
h.
ope
Vignettes that summarize his per-
7-5572.
sonality. There is the picture of
RISES TO OBSTACLES
FOR RENT — Newly furnished
The facts of Dr. Weizmann's Weizmann walking on the sunny
room. Gentleman preferred. WANTED — Young woman to
Also Marriages
share apartment. School teach- life are recited at every birthday. lawn at his home in Rehoboth,
2703 Sturtevant Ave. Town-
Performed.
er preferred. Ideal transporta- But what manner of man is this Palestine with Malcolm Sargent.
send 7-7211.
Service* in Eng-
tion. Call evenings between 6 tall, robust, bearded chemist-lead- the conductor, and the two 0 f
1101 and Yiddish
FOR RENT—Large comfortable
er who has managed to stir deep them trying to dissuade a baby
and 8. Townsend 5-6323.
1934 Hazelwood
affection among Jews the world antelope from devouring t he i •
room for two gentlemen, in
home of small family. Board FOR RENT — Furnished room over and at the same time evoked cigarette butts — or Weizmann,
TLler 6.6960
in home of small family. Les- unyielding personal opposition watch in hand, sitting silent and
optional. Good transportation.
intent in front of a sort of in-
lie Ave. Good transportation. among a small number?
3825 Lawrence Ave. North-
-
There are men who rise to .cubator
in a nattic laboratory
.
Townsend .5-7179. .
.lawn. 0946.
obstacles as to a challenge; others just off Holborn, count ng— or n
a
FOR RENT — Furnished room MIDDLE AGED LADY, born 'n who merely bear the obstacle a hour on end—the bubbles of gas
Detroit, business college , grad- grudge for being an obstacle. given off from a series of test-
for one or two gentlemen in
uate, would like office position. Chaim Weizmann is of the first tubes, and noting the results on
home of two adults. 3775 Cal-
Can do all sorts of office group. The darker the hour, the squared paper in his minute and
vert Ave. near Dexter. Tyler
work. Excellent pentnan. Call more serene his bearing, the exquisite hand—Weizmann walk-
2641 GLENDALE AVE.
5-0907.
To. 6-0403 about 6 p. m. or softer his voice, the more consid- ing in the moonlight through
TOwnsend 9-0344
FOR RENT — Nice airy fur-
address Mrs. S. Friedman, erate his manner—and the grim- Rehoboth's orange-groves at the
mer his edtermination. time of the Arab riots,followed,
nished room in home of mid-
2615 Webb Ave., B-5.
SURGICAL MOHEL
He is sometimes accused of at a discreet distance by the
dle-aged couple. Gentleman
privi- FOR RENT—Desirable room in having a tortuous mind, of pre- black shadows of his bodyguard,
Telephone
preferred.
Marriages Performed
home of two adults. Kitchen ferring the oblique or circuitous and at a still more discreet dis-
leges. Good transportation.
Rochester , approach to the problem. Actu- tance by the car, with dimmed
2648
privileges.
3296 W. Grand Ave. near
Apt. 204. Tyler 7-6145.
ally, his approach to any problem Fghts, and a gun in case of need.
Dexter.
is that of the chemist rather It was he who insisted on taking
than the politician; it is direct, this after-supper stroll. The po
Rev. Cantor
Ladies' Aid Society
Men's Club of Shaarey
but cautious. His approach to the lice had insisted that he should
To Celebrate 25th
"immovable obstacle" is also the not take it, unless adequately
DAVID
Zedek to Hear Britisher
chemist's. "Immovable obstacles" guarded—or Weizmann with a
Birthday March 22
GOLDEN
in chemistry are not to be charged P. G. Wodehouse novel on ship-
Detroit's Favorite
The Men's Club of Congrega-
remarking, detachedly,
51
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The Detroit Ladies' Aid So- head-on, but rather to be cif-deck--:or
tion Shaarey Zedek announces a
as he emerges from a long morn-
cumnavigated
by
devious
courses
TV ler 0-9490
ciety
will
celebrate
its
25th
an-
coming event of interest. Henry
of trial and error; failure is only ing of "pests" that he knows ex-
I% edd log Cerrit,•
S. L. Polak, member of a noted niversary with a dinner-dance to to be expected—and not once or actly how the Wailing Wall feels
nice Performed al
be
held
Sunday,
March
22,,
at
the morning after Yom Kippur.
llome and by Air.
Sephardic family of London, will
twice,
but
many,
many
times—
point ment.
When a solicitous friend asks
address a meeting of the club Lachar's, 8939 12th St.
before a way is found that leads
Mrs.
Ben
Gooze,
president,
him if he isn't "tired to death"
on Wednesday, March 25, at 8:15
somewhere
other
than
a
blank
p. m. at the synagogue. Mr. appointed Mrs. Morris Weinberg wall, even if it does not lead in after a stormy political meeting
chairman of the affair, with precisely the desired direction. in the small hours of the morn-
Polak was formerly associated as
Mrs. Jenny Gilbert and Mrs. That , way you follow, always ing, he says:
RECEPTACLES
with Gandhi, and has been an Bogarad as her assistants.
Gezira re, Ash and Rubbish.
"You see, I'm used to it. Most
beating in mind which side you
editor and lecturer in law prac-
Fully
Reinforces' Concrete.
The proceeds will be turned want to turn off, and alert for of it slides quite harmlessly over
Guaranteed. Priced Right,
tice. He will speak on "The over to the general fund of the
my
poor
bald
head
anyway,
you
the
slightest
indication
of
any
Problem of India". The public is organization to continue to aid
AMERICAN
byway in that direction. Your know! Try to remember that we
invited.
RECEPTACLE Co.
various needy families and in- route may not be a very direct are a sick people, and don't
579 Kenilworth
To, 5.5119
stitutions applying to them for one, but it does—if you are a grudge us our small reliefs."
These vignettes shed no light 1011111111•111.1111111.
contributions.
good chemist—lead you steadily
J.C.R.S. To Send Delegate
nearer the goal. The essentials on Weizmann's "qualities of lead-
To National Convention
for achievement are a limitless ership." But those are too com-
CARD OF THANKS
Monuments of Character
patience, a steadfast refusal to plex to admit of analysis by the
A board meeting of the Bro-
Morris Weine and children ex- accept defeat, and a clear knowl- ordinary biographer. Chaim Weiz-
chah Goldstein Auxiliary of the
mann is a leader. One has only
J. C. R. S. was held on March 10 tend to their relatives and edge of what and where your
to see him replying to questions
friends
their
sincerest
thanks
goal
is.
It
is
precisely
these
quali-
at the home of Mrs. A. Bakst of
at a hostile meeting to realize it:
Cortland Ave. Plans were made for the many kind expressions ties of the good chemist that Dr. his unwearying courtesy to the
URBACH
for a card party to be held on of sympathy received during Weizmann has brought to the genuine seeker after truth; his
service of the Zionist movement.
Wednesday, May 27, in Kern's their recent bereavement.
bland and deadly irony for the
auditorium, Plans were also dis-
NEVER LOST SIMPLICITY
troublemaker; his sureness of
cussed to send Mrs. Bakst as the ROSENMAN AGAIN
What is he really like—this himself. All these combine to turn
Detroit representative to the
F. D. R.'s "right hand" deliv- man who, on one day, is charged the most smug gathering of
38th national convention of the ered another blow at inefficiency with yielding up Zionist principles fault-finders into an intimate cir-
J. C. R. S. which will be held and duplication last week when for the "sake of tea in an Eng- cle of friends. But as to how he
Granite and Marble Monument*
in New York in the Astor Hotel John B. Blandford, Jr., took of- lish lord's home" and, on the does it, who can say? Perhaps
from March 21-23.
7729 TWELFTH ST.
fice as head of the newly created next, can be heard thundering not even himself.
1941, by Independent
TYler 0-7192
Natonal Housing Agency. Stories throughout the world with a • Copyright,
Jewish Press Servite, Ile
pointed
out
that
16
Federal
hous-
moral
indignation
against
Britain
IN MEMORIAM
ing bureaus were merged. They that must truly arouse the Jews
In loving memory of our dear forgot to recall that Judge Sam- and cause even the stubborn
Detroit's Finest
mother and grandmother, Bessie uel Rosenman of New York, the English to give pause?
No one is really "like" anyone
Horowitz, who passed away six "right hand" of the President,
Jewish Funeral Home
was originally appointed to do but himself.. He is a Zionist. He
years ago, March 19, 1936.
just that job of clearing up the is an Englishman. He is a chem-
confusion. But with "the passion ist—not separately, as it were,
In our hearts your memory lingers
Sweet, tender and true
for anonymity" which F. D. R. with different faces of his per-
There Is not a day goes by
loves in his associates and which sonality,'but all three all through.
That we do not think of you.
Rosenman himself prefers, the Yet he has never quite lost the
a peasant
Sadly missed by her daughter, people generally were little the simplicity that comes of
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7739 JOHN R. STREET
Mrs. J. Bronstein; her son, wiser that another contribution background. lie was born and
had
been
made
to
sound
govern-
brought
up
in
a
small,
semi-
George Horowitz, and grand-
rural
1 to wns hi p in Russia, the son
ment.
children.

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