1 .n1 1011 JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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September 17, 1943

GOOD WILL

Jews against Nazism, the Jewish Friediger, "but in a wholly leg al tive. Jews the world over will
Anti-Fascist Committee of the U. manner. When King Christi's n pray that the absolute Nazi rule Temple, Detroit Consistory, Car a.
van Shrine Club, Elks Lodge,
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S. S. R. was formed, Mikhoels IV, in 1616, founded the city of in Denmark will not lead to any- Knights of Pythias, and is one
,
thing
as
abhorrent
as
this
segre-
nd
Dvinsk boy to develop a was elected its chairman.
Gifiekstadt, in Holstein, it was h gation-law practice by Hitler in of the oldest members of 13ilai
Brith.
A true son of the Jewish peo- desire to make that place a trad Is
carry out this happy and oner ous
e some of the land now under his
Although a lifelong Republican,
ple,
he
has
the
full
confidence
center.
He
had
heard
of
the
grea
responsibility. His friends and ac- of Soviet Jews, as evidenced by
t hatred thumb.
Friedman has had little partici-
trade
development
in
Holland
du
quaintances followed with curi
e
Denmark has no more loyal
in party affairs. The only
ity the development of t oi- the fact that they delegated him to the ability of the Portuges e citizens than its Jewish contin- pation
s
to
be
their
trusted
messenger
to
Jews, and in 1622 he invite d gent. In the several wars with party office he ever held was that
young student—so different fr °°1
the Jewish masses of the United Portugese Jews in Amsterdam t o
of Republican committeeman from
the other students. Young M
Germany in which Denmark has
hoels was carrying many tale ik- States to strengthen the struggle settle in Gluckstadt, where h e been engaged, soldiers of the the old First Ward in 1904.
He is a member of the Frank-
on his cart and everyone tried nts against Fascism—the enemy of promised them an invoilable leg al Jewish faith always displayed
the Jewish people.
status, freedom of worship an d courage and patriotism on par lin Hills Country Club, the Stand-
guess where the cart wou t°
Id
II. Lieut-Colonel ltzik Feffer.
bring him.
trade privileges. The Jews i n with the most loyal and courage- ard Club, Economic Club, Law-
Many of them were qui to
It is difficult to find a line of Gluckstadt with the Jews in A I- ous of those of the Christian yers Club of Ann Arbor, and 11e
surprised when in the first da y3 demarcation between Itzik Feffer, toona formed the first Jewish col - faith. That in the global war to- Grill Club, of which Judge Kii-
of the Revolution they sudden ly the poet, and Itzik Feffer, the onies under a Danish ruler. Fro m day the Jews of D6nmark are dan also was a member.
Friedman is a widower and has
saw Mikhoels pull up his cart a t public figure. One complements this small beginning Danish Jew - with the Allied cause goes with-
the doors of the Moscow Jewi sit the other. His muse reacts to ry rose to a position of promi - out saying. They stand ready to one child, Mrs. Ruth Katzen,
chamber Theater, which was litt le every social occurrence. His sim- nence in Denmark, in trade, lit - aid the United Nations in what- wife" of Max Katzen, Detroit• at-
known at that time. In this the a- ple, outspoken language is as sin- erature, art and the professions. " ever attemptS may be made to torney. He lives at the Wilshiro
tre his great personality began to core and melodious as folk music
In the 1860's there were i n invade Europe. Should the de- Hotel.
Of his appointment, Friedml
reveal itself, step by step. T he and mobile as life itself. Feffer's Denmark, outside of Schleswig - cision
come that it will be Den- had only this to say :
audience discovered a great p a- poems always are a call to action, Holstein, about 6,000 Jews o
f mark which will be the second
"I loved Harry Keidan as a
triot and an ardent son of th e and are filled with unbounded whom about 2,500 lived in th O
front every Jewish citizen will
Jewish people.
love of his country and his peo- capital, Copenhagen. A great re - welcome the liberators. This not- friend, I respected 'him as a
Regardless of the number o f ple and with unlimited hatred for ligious force at the time was •
judge. I will try my best to
times you have seen them on th e the enemy of his country and his Rabbi Isaac Mannheimer who in withstanding the hardships that up to the high standards of jus-
-
would
necessarily
follow
an
in-
stage, Mikhoels' characters a people.
tice, humanity and integrity n,
troduced preaching in the Danish
vasion until the Nazis are thrown
ways show you something in
Feffer is equally mobile and tongue and modernized religion s from Danish soil as leading to the set on the bench."
structive and usually somethin g full of action in his private and education and confirmation fo ►
Judge Friedman was sworn in
penetration toward Ber- on Friday, Sept. 17,
that stirs you to deeds. In eac h social life. Aside from being a the Jews. Tito most notable figure further
1943, at
lin
and
victory.
10 o'clock, at the Board of Su-
and every one of his character s very talented poet, Ferrer is also in religious development, how - '
the Jewish spectator meets ne w a gifted journalist and a splen- ever, was Chief Rabbi A. A . •
pervisors Room in the County
and more profound expressions o f did speaker. Both his journalistic Wolff, who was called to lea(
Bldg.
FRIEDMAN
Jewish thought, reflecting every - writings and his speeches possess the Jewish community in 1829.
thing that has been progressiv e a captivating simplicity. They are His training was both talmudic
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in the Jewish past, and wh ich laconic, witty, quick and colorful and liberal, and he succeeded in
ISRAEL
he is asked to merge with th e His articles and speeches are re- bridging the traditional and lib- of the board of that organization
progressive life and the socia I plete with wisdom.
eral elements. In 1883, the great since 1907.
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justice that marks the entire de
Feffer was an active partici- Crystal Street Synagogue in Co-
He is a member of the board
velopment of the Soviet Union.
pant in the civil war and the penhagen was dedicated. It sym- of Congregation Shaarey Zedek ; reel holds all its sessions at tln.
It can be safely said that from story is told how he would wan- bolized the religious unity of the the only living member of the Hampton Public School, 18460
h is very first performances, th e der through the streets of Kiev, D anish Jews. The Centenary of
original board of trustees of Clo- Warrington Drive.
Soviet Jews sensed that in M ik . which was held by White Guard- this Synagogue was observed on verhill Park Memorial Cemetery,
Temple Israel will hold its
hoels they had found much m OTC ists, with a boot-black's box over April 21, 1933, in the presence a board member of the United Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur
than an actor. He deepened th eir his shoulder, only accepting cer- of King Christian and members Hebrew Schools, and a member services in the Auditorium of the
self-consciousness. He linked th em tain customers. For his "custom- of the royal family.
of the board of governors of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Admis-
closer with their past and at t he vers" were underground fighters
On the death of Chief Rabbi Jewish Welfare Federation.
sion is strictly limited to mem-
same time he helped to bri ng to whom he passed along word of Wolff, Dr. David Simonson be-
Friedman is a member of the bers. The office of Temple Israel
them closer to the great ide als mobilizations, guerrilla forays came the first native-born Rabbi executive committee of the Jew- is open daily from now until
of their country. He called on and other anti-White Guard ac- of Denmark. He attained more ish Community Council, a mem- Wednesday, Sept. 29, for the en-
them not to be Philistines a nd tivity. Now Feffer has again en- than local fame for his culture ber of the executive committee of rollment of members.
tried to arouse them to actio n. tered the battle against the ene- and humanitarianism and was in- the Detroit Round Table of
The Sabbath Eve services of
He was a teacher who throu gh my with both his pen and his vited to join the faculty of the Catholics, Jews and Protestants, Temple Israel arc being held ev-
his own greatness gave a high CT sword.
University of Copenhagen as and r. former board member of ery Friday night at Room 14 of
value to every word and actio n.
When the present war broke Professor of Semitics. Upon his the old Detroit Community Union, the Boulevard Bldg., 3076 E.
In the first years following t he out, it found Reffer in the uni- death, his world-famous library forerunner of the Council of So- Grand Blvd. The service begins .
October Revolution, there we re form of the Red Army, with a of more than 40,000 volumes was cial Agencies, a non-sectarian at 8 :30 and is concluded at 9.
still some dissatisfied elemen is rifle over his shoulder. He was presented to the Royal Danish agency.
After Rosh Hashonah and begin-
among Soviet Jews. These peop le one of the first writers in the Library.
In the legal profession the new ning with Friday night, Oct. 1,
welcomes the civic rights th at Ukraine who took leave of his
Dr. Friediger as Chief Rabbi judge is known as a careful, con- the Sabbaths Eve services will be
they gained and the happy oppo r- family and friends and left for proved a most worthy successor scientious, scholarly practitioner. held in the Lecture Hall of the
tunities for their children. B ut the front to defend the country. to Dr. Simonson and often has His work in recent years has Detroit Institute of Arts.
the ghost of their old professioi Is Amidst thundering Messerschmidts been invited to lecture before been devoted largely to the prepa-
was still disturbing them, as if and Soviet anti-aircraft guns, audiences of his Christian fellow- ration of cases for trial, rather
constantly whispering in the is. Feffer's voice came over the ra- men.
than in courtroom practice. He
ears "You've lost something." It dio: "To battle, comrades and
The rise of Nazism in Ger- is a member of the Detroit, State
was then that Mikhoels appeare d friends! To battle against the many has not failed to now and and American Bar associations.
before them as a deliverer, wh worst enemy of our country, of then have its repercussions in
He once taught real property
drove away the ghost. Throug h our people, and of all humanity! Denmark, but even though the law at the University of Detroit,
his marvelously conceived cha r- To battle to the last drop
few
Danish
Nazis
have
tried
to
and is now chairman of Wayne
of
acter of "Shimele Soroker" i n blood!"
nersuade Hitler to introduce the County Draft Appeal Board No. 2.
Sholem Aleichem's "Two Hundre d
Nuremberg
laws
there
these
at-
Feffer's muse of "pen and gun"
Lifelong Republica n
Thousand," he convinced thes e of "smiles and bombs" reverber- tempts have so far proved abor-
He is a member of Moslem
dissatisfied elements that they ha d ated with new powers. He called
not lost riches, which they ha d for the greatest struggle for free-
hardly ever possessed, but ha d dom and enlightenment, against
lost only a lottery ticket to wi n the slavery and darkness which
riches, the installments on whit h has marked so much of the his-
most of them had been paying b tory of the Jewish people.
living all their lives in need an d
Feffer has written hundreds of
impoverishment. Thousands o f poems, ballads, songs and ar-
Soviet Jews left the Moscow Stat e titles. His writings are well
Theater in a better and happie r known and loved by Jewish read-
mood after having seen Mikhoel' s ers all over the world, Feffer is
performance in the "Two Hun - still young, and the older he
dred Thousand."
GUARDS NATURAL MOISTURE ...PROTECTS
grows, the more mature become
The delicate and original ar - his writings, and the more diver-
tistic means by which Mikhoel s sifted he, himself becomes. lie is
elevates the Jewish character to remarkably up on all affairs of
the height of universal philosoph - the moment. His poetry reflects
ical problems has_ been respon - this in its freshness and vigor.
sible for the fact that many non - But wherein lies the source of
Jews began to visit the Jewish this great vitality and exuber-
theater. Mikhoels opened to them ance?
the doors of the Jewish world and • The source lies in the fact that
offered them the opportunity to Feller is a true son of his coun-
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look in. This is beyond a doubt try, a country which has moulded
one of Mikhoels' greatest accom- a new type of human being, one
FRESH I That's how Apple "honey" helps keep
plishments, one which is highly who is ready to make the great-
appreciated by Soviet Jews and est sacrifices for the happiness of
Old Gold's choice tobaccos. Made from the
non-Jews.
pure juice of apples, this new conditioning
all. Feffer is a true embodiment
On the other hand, by his por- of this new type of Jew.
agent provides a protection tobaccos need to
stay fresh on their way to you.
trayal of King Lear, Mikhoels
It
was
natural,
therefore,
that
made it possible for the Jewish when the Anti-Fascist Committee
WHAT APPLE "HONEY"
DOES FOR TOBACCOS...
masses to look into a world which was formed, Feffer became one
Apple "honey" is sprayed on Old Gold to-
had always been alien and closed of its most active and respon-
baccos until every shred of this famous blend,
to them. His portrayal of Lear sible workers. With all his youth-
•HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT
including delightful Latakia, has been reached
has been described by the famous ful fire he threw himself into the
APPLE
English Shakespearean and the- work of the Committee and con-
—every fiber guarded from dryness.
And it is
completely tasteless!
atrical critic, Gordon Craig, as tinues
to work and fight.
the most interesting he has ever
WHAT APPLE "HONEY"
He is a suitable messenger
DOES FOR YOU...
seen on the British or American from
By guarding
the Jewish people of the
the moisture and freshness of
stage.
BACK
Old
Gold's choice tobaccos, Apple
From the first stage was for Soviet Union to the Jews of
THE
"Honey"
America
at
a
time
when
the
helps you to have all the smoking pleasures
Mikhoels a springboard to wide very existence of the Jewish
ATTACK
that
public activity. With every new people is threatened.
this fine blend can provide. Try a pack
WITH
performance he denied the nar-
of Old Golds. Then you'll really know
WAR
what
Apple "Honey" can mean to you.
row conception that the theater
BONGS I
is no more than a place of amuse-
DENMARK
ment. Whenever he appeared on
the stage he spun the threads
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which drew his talent to the Sov-
protecting
hand is no longer free
iet Jewish masses and to the en-
tire country. From year to year in the cause of the Jews is most
P. lorillord Company
we see him more and more take regrettable.
—Established 1760
Dr.
M.
Friediger, Chief Rabbi
his place at the head of public
affairs.
of Denmark, in a historical re-
The results of Impartial
The Jewish and non-Jewish trospect published a few years
tests as published by
masses not only love Mikhoels, ago, entitled "Legal Status of the
Reader's Digest In July of last year, when fig-
but have the greatest confidence Jews in the Nations," says of
ured In porcentages, show that Old Gold watt
in his abilities to make success- Denmark in its relation to its
14% LOWER in nicotine
ful any public undertaking with Jewry that "it was early known
.echo'
which he is associated. No wonder that the ability of the Jews could
10% LOWER In throat-
*This new moistening agent was first
then, that in these trying days be utilized to the country's ad- .
irritating tors and resins
developed by scientists In the Eastern
of war, when in order to vantage."
than the average of the 6
Regional Research Laboratory of the
other brawls tested,
strengthen the struggle of the
"The first Jews did not reach ,
U. S. Department ol Agriculture. We
CIGARETTES
Denmark by accident," wrote Dr. LISTEN TO: Sammy
named it Apple "Honey."

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