October I, 1943 5 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle .°. A WOMAN O1 VALOR .•. By DAVID S. JACOBSON poor Jews lived. Immediately, Miss Montagu set to work to re- build, and within one year, a new home has been established. At its dedication recently, Miss (Reprinted from "Liberal Judaism") Montagu revealed that she and Undaunted by the ravages of world were heart-broken when, her sister had planned to turn Editor's Note: A vivid vortrait of Lily H. Montagu. pioneering figure in the Liberal Synagogue of England. war which shattered the institu- tion she founded and to which she has devoted her life, the Hon. Lily H. Montagu of London, England, one of the most re- markable women of this genera- tion, is "carrying on". Her friends and admirers all over the over a year ago, the West Cen- tral Jewish Settlement and Club, which she established, was en- tirely demolished by enemy ac- tion. 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However, she said, the task before them required a rededica- tion of their labors. For the West Central spirit of love, loyalty and service was stronger than ever. Through the club, many members had found their way to God. Now they all had to devote their best powers to evolve a better world after the war. They had to establish a new freedom—the Jewish ideal of freedom; freedom to serve the Highest. Th history of the destruction and rebuilding of the West Cen- tral Club conforms to the pattern of Lily Montagu's life, for al- ways she has had to face almost impossible obstacles. Yet in every instance she has succeeded. To understand this extraordinary character who has the simplicity of a saint, but whose life is as complex as a character in a novel, one must go back to her early life. Lily Montagu's father has played the chief role in her ca- reer. Born Montagu Samuel, his name was reversed by his parents in early boyhood. He became very successful in London, and founded a large banking firm which bears his name. Very early in life he became a prominent figure in the Jewish community, and was particularly interested in establishing many synagogues throughout England. He was head of the Orthodox community and extremely pious. When he en- tered Parliament to represent the Jewish district of Whitechapel, he would break off his own speeches in order to recite the evening prayers. Whenever Par- liament met in an all-night ses- sion, he would go to one of the rooms of the historical building, don his praying shawl and phyl- acteries, and conduct morning worship before going out to have breakfast. He was a courageous man, and, when in 1886 he visit- ed several towns in Russia to consider emigration problems, he was so pointed in his observa- tions that he was ordered by the Czarist government to leave Moscow within 24 hours. In 1894 Prime Minister Glad- stone made him a baronet, the first Lord Swaythling. The influ- ence of Sir Samuel on his fam- ily was, of course, very great, and his children inherited his ability as well as his character. One of his sons, for example, was Financial Secretary of the Treas- ury during the First World War. One was awarded the Distin- guished Service Order. On the impressionable young girl Lily, living in the confined circle of his family, Samuel Mon- tagu made a very deep mark. Somehow he never quite under- stood his daughter, who resembled him so much—with the same large, piercing black eyes, the same strong jaw, the same ideals and character—this (laughter who, like him, had a mind of her own. Perhaps Lily, too, was overfill- pressed by his grandeur. 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