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HISTORY OF JEWS
IN MICHIGAN

By IRVING I. KATZ

Article XIV

Biographical Sketches
of Detroit Jews

1850-1860

Solomon Bendit

NE OF THE EARLIEST Jews to come to Detroit was Solomon
Bendit, grandfather of Mrs. Edward C. Simmons and great-
grandfather of Mrs. Emanuel G. Klein. He was born in Fuerth.
Bavaria, on April 20, 1816, and educated in the schools of his native
place. On August 10, 1840, he was married to Babette Vorhaus and
immediately thereafter they emigrated to the United States and locat-
ed in New York City where Mr. Bendit engaged in mercantile busi-
ness. Seized with the western fervor, he moved to Ann Arbor, Michi-
gan, and in 1845 to Detroit where
his name is listed, among the two
Jews, in the second Directdy of
Detroit. In the fourth Directory of
Detroit of 1850 we find listed
among the three Jewish firms,
that of "S. and H. Bendit & Co.,
dry goods." Later Solomon kept
the S. Bendit store, at the corner
of Jefferson and Randolph. The
business done was that of a gen-
eral store, but chiefly • dry goods
and millinery.
Mr. Bendit was a chatter
member of Temple Beth El and
its first vice-president and treas-
urer. He joined the Bnai Brith in
New York when it was first or-
ganized and continued a member
thereof up to the time of his
death. He was an alderman of
Detroit and was offered the may-
oralty but refused it. He was a
man of scholarly tastes, a fine
mathematician, a great reader,
and a fluent conversationalist.
In 1854, Mr. Bendit moved to
St. Clair, Michigan, where he con-
SOLOMON BEND IT tinned in the mercantile business
for forty-six years when, as a result of his advancing age, the store
passed into the hands of his granddaughter's husband, Mr. Edward C.
Simmons. Mr. and Mrs. Bendit had one son, Samuel.
Mr. Bendit was the oldest of a family of fourteen children and
the last one to die. He was the laSt charter member of Temple Beth
El at the time of his passing on September 4, 1902.

Adam Hersch

Adam Hersch, grandfather of Alvin D. Hersch, Detroit attorney,
came to Ann Arbor, Michigan, with the 1848 group of German Jews.
and after a brief stay there moved
to Detroit. At first he was con-
nected with Jacob Silberman in
cigar manufacturing, under the
firm name of Silberman and
Hersch, but soon entered the meat
business and became one of De-
troit's pioneer meat dealers. For
many years his business was lo-
cated in the Old Market Building
which is now the center of Cad-
illac Square, later moving to the
north side of that square. He was
a charter member of Temple Beth
El and active in Pisgah Lodge
Bnai With. He resided on Con-
gress Street, East, across the
street from the Cozzens residence
where Temple Beth El was or-
ganized. He was a big man phys-
ically, modest, retfl;n- ∎ , and de-
voted to his family and home. He
was married to Hannvh Gutten-
berg and they were the parents
of David A., who continued the
meat market; Martin, who moved
east and became a merchant and
banker in Pennsylvania; Bertha,
ADAM HERSCII
who became the wife of Judge
Louis Morris of Manistee, Michigan; Rose, the wife of Solomon Levi
of Amsterdam, N. Y.; and Setta, the wife of William Rosenfield of
Milwaukee, Wise.

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Page Three

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Friday, May 3, 1946

Director of JDC in. Berlin Speaks For
AJC at Many Detroit Rallies

Philip Skorneck, director of the
Joint Distribution Committee of-
fice in Berlin, spoke in Detroit
during the past two weeks in be-
half of the United Jewish Appeal.
Skorneck was responsible for
the relief and rehabilitation of
7,000 German Jewish survivors in
the community under his jurisdic-
tion. He arranged for the impor-
tation of 200 tons of food for the
starving population and promoted
the re-establishment of Jewish
businesses and medical practices
in Berlin.
Indications that all-out com-
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munity support could be expected
formerly with
for the 1946 Allied Jewish Cam-
Preston-Sweet
paign were confirmed last week
when 21 organizations throughout
PORTRAITS OF
the city submitted pledges at a
report rally April 28.
DISTINCTION
Major Hirsch L. Freund de-
In your home
scribed the plight of Europe's sur-
by appointment
viving Jews at a meeting of the
only-
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PHILIP SKORNECK
Many members responded to the
Weddings,
Almost 1,000 volunteers are cov-
plea with pledges to the campaign.
formals and
Over 50 persons attending a ering the Jewish community this
candids
week
as
the
Junior
Division
of
session of the Restaurant, Bar
the
Allied
Jewish
Campaign
be-
rj
and Night Club Section at the
Ft. Shelby Hotel April 25 heard
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Skorneck and Mrs. Dora B. Ehr-
Direct Mail Advertising
lich speak in regard to the AJC.
From the Original Idea
rlyettirr's
Philip Adler, foreign correspond-
to the Post Office.
ent and staff member of the De-
troit News, addressed the Printers,
HUGH ALLEN, Advertising
Publishers and Advertisers Sec-
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tion on May 3 at the Book-Cadil-
lac Hotel.
ciar*oon-0-010-1:
Applying
"group solicitation"
techniques to the collection of
emergency supplies for overseas, a
number of women's organizations
sponsored showers throughout the
week for the SOS Emergency Col-
lection drive. Most of the showers
were for food, although other ne-
cessity and comfort items were
received.
An evening devoted to the SOS
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Night held by Temple Israel on
May 3. Mrs. Samuel Danto, Mrs.
Henry Stark and Mrs. Harry Sin-
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Agency and neighboring Arab
states on development plans.
8. U.S. - British intervention to
secure giving immediate effective-
ness to Human Rights provisions
in the UNO charter.
Since the committee gave out its
recommendations, a seething state
of unrest is reported among the
Arabs with threats of all sorts of
economic and political repercus-
sions. There is talk of a general
strike among all Arabs. There is
also a threat to go communist,
one which is aimed at arousing
sympathetic interference on the
part of the British government.
Jewish opinion in this country
is not yet solidified. Some think
the admission of 100.000 Jews to
Palestine is all that can be ac-
complished at this time. Others
feel that now is the time to de-
mand a Jewish state.
Action on the recommendation
by the British and American gov-
ernments is in the offing. Just
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the governments will stick to the
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unusual amount of space given to
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4nglo A► erican Inquiry Committee
llakes Formal Recommendations

The formal Anglo - American
Committee report has been releas-
ed by President Truman. In effect,
it recommends the abrogation of
the White Paper of 1939 including
existing restrictions, immigration
and land acquisition.
The recommendations are as
follows:
1. Immediate issuance of 100,000
.tisas to Jewish victims of Nazi
and Fascist persecution enabling
■ fri their admission to Palestine in
1946, if possible.
2. Continuance of the Mandatc
pending execution of the trustee-
ship agreement with the UNO
with mandatory power to facilitate
Jewish immigration apart from
the 100,000.
3. Neither a Jewish nor an Ar-
ab state.
4. The ultimate Palestine gov-
ernment to protect the interests
of all faiths under international
guarantees.
:5 Cooperation of the Jewish
Agency in suppressing terrorism
and Illegal immigration.
6. Raising of educational and
economic standards of Arabs.
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volunteers.
Results of personal solicitations
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