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DETKOIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

and The Legal Chronicle

July

THE LORD'S WORK

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stalked there and found an out
took to the king's palace, so the on book
let in pools of brimming tears.
APPOINTED
that by the time the roup
g ar- young pe woman. to
By SIDNEY STERN
Lashes which graced a shimmer - —
"You" g lad y
rived at the palace there were Rheabsiai:Las
ing lake of blue drooped like l
erg "I left
will the
whe
do paln.
threats of violence from mobs best."
A Short Story
my
petals lashed by rain. A face !
be
m i I I i n g around the gates.
that should have been youthful !.
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The narrow street down which 14 creased with lines of care. :
n
Loewenberg
Rabbi Loewenberg walked was
Paula Loewenberg, Reb Loew- t
Jewry of Vienna against attack ace that Friday aft
teill-t sbbin
afternoon,
i
unberg's
wife,
had
answered
the
'
le
practically deserted. It was sun- k
cx
went
e p nete to h n w into
30 minutes he was due
a n yt h ien opalace gtorouhna(
nock n t e door, and ushered
, at the synagogue to 4 deliver
down, and the Jewish popula_ her in. On her request to see the
vlse evening's disco
discourse, Ile
on e of their members injured
tion of this section of Vienna rabbi, Paula said that he was
y the missiles which were flung tell of his secret visit to would
by
had all come early to the little very busy preparing the sermon !
king, and of his plea for the
at their heads. And it was this ho
ff's
Schul where Reb Loewenberg and could not be is
editorial that led to the arrest would be liberty.
his rec Bitter indee d
un-
presided, for they knew that this less it
a nd imprisonment of Kurt West- as soon as his deed
eption. became
he West,
were for a d veturbed
felt,
lt
ry imp o r - i
was
to
be
an
unusually
inter-
tant
r
hoff on charges of slander
ea
e king evening. Gathering his
eason.
son.
known
to
the
Jewish
Commu.
"Imp
against the king. In jail, West- fifty. It might swan the e
reason?" echoed
coat more closely about him, the Important
hoff had shown a
ca ll er, Madam
nd
"
defiance typ- of his entire rabbinical
Loewenberg,
pea
the
rabbi
hurried
across
the
it
meas
the
difference,
perhaps
ical
of his former actions. Not Well
n
tr
career,
sheet to the door
,
perhaps
the
the of the sc
only did he claim that his at-
sacrifice he
for he was, for
was making of his care er
first timeh u l, --of life or death!" And with
tacks on the king were justi- be
and statement
ment she started to cry
would
his life, late for the services. in this
repaid
by
the
fled, but he threatened the kin g plea
fact that his
t that she might
g
be
on Westhoff's behalf
About four days previous to abl
s‘;k14
unless
he
woke
up
and
destroed
would
9,
Y
Zattgx
e to speak to the Rabbi.
help end the aura
this particular evening, there
of martyrdom
Dr. J. J. Singer, one
"the Jewish menace that was which
Paula went to summon her
of the fore.
had fallen on th e sn ivel.
had come to the home of Reb husband.
threatening
to
bring Austria to ing anti Semite.
most tuberculosis authorities of the
Loewenberg in the Leopold Stadt
nation, named medical director for
destruction morally and finan-
Loewenberg
came out to
"Perhaps," he m used
section, a young woman. Comely the Reb
room
wh
cially. He was immediately in
Los Angeles Sanatorium, 30•year old
she was, and with the bloom of man
ere th
s as he turned into to him-
national, non•sectarian tuberculosis
carcerated
in
a
military
prison,
elf,
the stree t
was, and found young
wo- hospital
h er wee
seated
for indigent sufferers,
youth in her cheeks. But in her in a chair near the stove,
there to await trial for threats where his Schul was located, it
p-
eyes lay the story of some in- ing bitterly.
will
at
least
keep
a
future
West.
against the government, an of-
human experience. Stark tragedy
hoff from thinking: 'The
fense
punishable
by
death.
Jew
"If you will tell me what you
. y. 1 ,4
" I am sorry, Madam, but I has no
netty official in the city educa-
wish, perhaps I can help you," Petty
Rabbi Loewenbe rg stopped at
spoke the Rabbi, touched by tional system, Westhoff had been can do nothing for you," said the corner across from which
SALE—APARTMENT PROPERTY
her tragic appearance,
advocating a policy of anti- the Rabbi, as he tried to lift his synagogue stood, and
pre•
he is
young . woman to her feet. pared
to ro.
With a pleading look in her Semitism in the choosing of t „.
p
s s the street.
eyes the youn g woman gazed personnel for the city's teach- it s Useless to ask—I cannot youth who c saunter
I
b
ta
y eyed
into the eyes of the Rabbi. ing staff. This policy had en- help a man who has done so him curiously as he stood
CAPITAL'S LAST
there,
ere
"Rabbi,” she said, between sobs, cleared him to the anti-Semitic much to hurt my people."
and watched him as he crossed
"I
have
come
to
ask
you
to
save
bloc
of
Vienna's
Socialist
party
"'Rabbi,"
the
young
woman
the
street
STAND
and
disappeared
into
to the extent that he had been sobbed, "Rabbi—in the old testa- the doorway of the synagogue,
Kurt Westhoff."
Sound
!teal
Estate—Secure
In-
Reb
Loewenberg's
features elected its leader. As leader, ment is a statement that is
come property. What are we head-
Some years later the youth
ed for—read the daily papers. Act
contorted; his face became
mine red he had openly advocated anti- taught by all ministers of all wrote the following passage in
promptly with business Intelligence.
' Semitism in all political and creeds.
Love thy enemy,' it his book, "Mein Kampf
Not too late to save yourself. See
'":
"One
as though
someone
had and
struck
are a man of kind-
him
across
the mouth,
he governmental offices, forced many says. You
Mr. Redford for Facts and Figures:
(lay when I was walking through
rose with anger flashing in his a Jewish officeholder out of ness, Rabbi Loewenberg. Can the inner city (of Vienna) I
PENT HOUSE APT. Private ele-
usually kindly eyes.
office by jibes and accusations You not have pity on one who suddenly came upon
vator. large rooms 2 baths show-
a being clad
"Kurt Westhoff!" he repeat- which it would have been folly has erred?"
ers fireplace marble stairs the roof
in a long faf tan, with black
ed. "Kurt Westhoff! You have to attempt to defend, and suc-
I vac steam. Also .1 apts 5 &
cu
Reb
Loewenberg
sat
down
and
bath and janitor apt. 4 bk gar.
come to me to save Kurt West- ceeded in turning two news- looked across the room. On the curls.
Only one In t his vast city. Con-
"Is this a Jew?" was my first
hoff?"
papers into Jew-baiting publics- table near are window was the thought.
struction cost $75,000. Forced sale
.
only $20,000 terms $7,000 clown.
"Oh I know it sounds unbe-
gemurrah, open at the page
"Secretly and cautiousl y I
lievable,
Rabbi
Loewenberg," tions.
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It was in these newspapers front which he had taken the watched the man, but the longer
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all hot and cold water 90
ssage which was to be the I stared at the strange face and
cried the sobbing girl, "but you that the real campaign of villi- pa
nassage
baths. Large lobby elevator good
are the only one that can save fication and slander against title of his Friday evening ser- scrutinized one feature after
cond. Rent $40,000. Close estate only
h'
"
.
$100,000 terms $25,000 down.
Jewr be g an. No Jew in hi h g mon. It was to be the most another, the more my mind re-
"Enough!" said the Rabbi, position es caped attack, and no important sermon of the year, shaped the first question . . •
$14.625 DOWN-21 apt 1 to 5 rooms
fine property. New Moves new frig-
quickly. "I will have nothing to Jew in low position could be because the publicity attendant I began to read the anti-Semitic
Moires new tankless hot water.
do with either Kurt Westhoff expected to get any mercy in upon his visit to the king had pamphlets that were being sold
New roof fireproofed lockers. Now
or his friends. Please go."
their cam paign to denounce the brought messages from every in Vienna, and gradually began
earns $2,000 cash at cheap rents
"But Rabbi, Rabbi, I love Je w as- ' an insi d ious enem
after taxes upkeep & 449 % contract
y of well-known Jew in Vienna, and to hate the Jew, for I realized
him," pleaded the young wo- society.
payts. You cant beat this If you
he knew that ninny of them that the Jew has no mercy .. .
look all summer.
man. "I was to become his wife would
Therefore,
I believe that I am
be present this Friday
next month. Don't y ou see his
CHICAGO BIND.
Y. certain Jews could night to hear his serm
$25.000 swings
H e acting in the sense of the Al-
outstanding apt 2 to 4 rooms. New
life means my life?" And with stand it no longer. They formed had spent many hours on. porin mighty Creator: By warding off
tenkless hot water new stoves new
a
delegation
to
lodge
a
corn-
over
the
gemurrah
for
a
fitting
these
words
she
threw
herself
the Jews I am fighting for the
refri g fire proofed lockers. Grand
at the feet of Reb Loewenberg, plaint with Franz-Joseph, the subject for this occasion, and Lord's Work."
property. Now earns $4,000 cash
at small rents after taxes upkeep
sobbing hysterically.
King-Emperor, who was known had finally chosen the theme--
and 5% payts. Liquidation 50 cents
The Rabbi stood there with to have a friendly feeling "Thou shalt love thy neighbor
on the dollar.
mingled emotions fleetini toward the Jews. As head of as thyself," a theme which he
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58 Years Dependable Service
Westhoff incident was well Loewenberg, for all Vienn a ing a future Austrian common-
Dime Bldg.
At a recent
meeting
the Jews
newly
Ca. 0121
known to him, as it was to Jewry looked to this spiritual wealth in which Jew and Chris- organized
United
Rumania
every other Jew in Vienna. A leader for guidance in all of its tian would live in complete har- elected the following officers:
moral, spiritual, and charitable many and accord, a picture Honorary chairman, M. Kar-
undertakings. He it was, who led which he knew was dear to
Jew- man; president, R. Schayovitz;
the movement to erect a house IA

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hearts, and which was the vice-president, Sam Juster; fin-
of shelter for the destitute Jews hope of Jewish people through- ancial secretary, Ad. Wechsler;
of Vienna, and he it also was, out the nation.
recording secretary, A. Z. Ber-
who had succeeded in founding
a school for theological students — David Loewenberg looked from kowitz; treasurer, M. Harm
by personally appealing to the
king for a charter, a privilege
that no Jew had, heretofore, 1 i - r ew
dreamt of being able to obtain
in a monarchy whch had so many 6..:: ,
anti-Semitic groups close to the !
King's advisors.
On the day the delegation
hear
was scheduled to visit the Em-
peror, there appeared on the
front page of one of the anti-
Semitic sheets which the trouble-
10% of
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fluenced, an attack upon the
delegation, its leader, Rabbi
Loewenberg—and the emperor,
for his kindly and sympathetic
treatment of the Jews.
"Our Jew-loving Emperor,"
read the editorial in part, "now
is called upon to still the awak-
ening voice of the Austrian peo-
ple against the atrocities of a

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race which has as its aim the
destruction of the Austrian em-
pire. A race which brought the
civilization of Egypt to the dust,
and the civilization of Rome to
oblivion, now has the foolhardy
crust to attempt to sway the
empire of Austria. Only a weak-
minded king could be influenced
by such a delegation—a king
who is himself interested in
the

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can offer. A king who has the
best interests of the nation at
heart will not even allow such
a delegation as wishes to see
him today—a delegation headed
by the Jewish Kohilla Leader•
Loewenberg, a Jew who is only

happy

when gaining political or
financial aid for other Jews—
to even enter the palace grounds.
And a king who is a Jew-lover

should not be permitted to make
decisions which involve. the wel-
fare of the nation."

This editorial, signed by West-
hoff, was reprinted on thousands

of pamphlets and distributed
along the road the delegation

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