Axerkaif Apish periodical Carter Friday, Sept. 13, 1946 CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle `Avoid Differences in Picking a Mate' HISTORY OF JEWS IN MICHIGAN By WINO L KATZ ARTICLE 30 Detroit As Seen by Dr. Wise in the 1850's 1 IN PREVtOUS ARTICLES, we gave an account of the history of the Jews In Michigan from 1763, the year . in which the first Jewish trader, Ezekiel Solomon, is reported to have come to Mackinac, un. til the year 1850. We then traced the history of the Jews in Detroit from 1850, the year in which Michigan's first Jewish congregation, Beth El of Detroit, was organized, until 1860. t In the next series of articles we will continue to set forth the gradual development and growth of the Jewish community of De- ' troit. In 1856, Dr. Isaac M. Wise, Rabbi of Congregation Bne Yeshu- run in Cincinnati and founder of Reform Judaism tin the United States, visited Detroit for the first time and reported the following in his "Reminiscences": • "From Milwaukee I went to De- troit, where I found the beginning of quite a congregation. They met in the second or third story of some building. Mr. Adler, whom 1 had sent there some time pre- viously, was preacher, chazan, and teacher. (Author's note: This re- fers to Dr. Liebman Adler, who DR. ISAAC M. WISE became Rabbi of Beth El in 1854). Things were apparently moving along well, although conditions were quite primitive and poor. I journeyed homeward from Detroit. (Continued from page 3) criminal all exhibit marked de- viations from normal conduct. Despite promises and oaths, these are not dependable persons. a a UNABLE TO ADJUST 111 HE DIVORCED—especially if I divorced more than once — show some inability to adjust, re- gardless of the reason for the divorce. Divorce means mental laziness—hasty marriage, unwil- lingness to face life, set habit pat- terns, or basic fear of sex. All these make re-marriage a great handicap. , • • Mr. Anonymous drops in on a community. Nothing is known about him. No girl should suc- cumb to fast talk without cor- roborated information. No man should object if he has nothing • Page Thirteen to hide. Anonymity may mean an undivorced wife and family. A mate should be in good men- tal and physical health; an ob- server of the law; stable as to work and habits (demonstrated instead of talked about); a mod- erate drinker or an abstainer; with sufficient intelligence to earn a living or manage a household; easy to get along with. The life of the mate show these qualities clearly, as positive proof. The dating process, intelligently applied, will help find these peo- ple. That is why we stress so often a complete knowledge of the mate and his or her family (Your questions on personal problems will be answered as far as possible by mail or in these columns. Send your ques- tion and a stamped, self-ad- dressed envelope to Dr. IV. A. Goldberg, 1314 Broderick Tower, Detroit 26, or to the edtior of the Jewish Chronicle.) Evening Program to Start at Central C. W. Kammerer, principal of Central High Evening School, an- nounces that registration is on for all evening school classes. Classes begin Monday, and in- clude health education, commer- cial classes, academic subjects and homemaking and technical courses. Classes in citizenship and In elementary grades 1-8 are also a part of the curriculum. LIKE ACTING? Join dramatics club. Get theatre experience; expert direction. Tryouts 7 p.m., Mon., Sept; 16th 7320 Hamilton at W. Grand Blvd. I • "OUTSIDE OF DETROIT, I had not, in the whole course of my journeyings, found one teacher, chazan, reader or congregational of- ficial who had enjoyed even a common-school education. I had come across not a single congregation that thought of reform, and had noticed not even any beginnings suggestive of higher strivings in Jewish circles. The whole section of country through which I had traveled during these five or six weeks appeared to me, as far as Judaism was concerned, like a dead sea. There was no life, no effort, no becoming, no formation; and yet I was wrong. "Every word that I spoke during that trip was a fruitful seed that took root and sought the light. New congregations were formed in rapid succession In the places where I had stopped, and questions of reform were agitated so strongly that they never ceased being debated. "I returned to Cincinnati dissatisfied, because I had expected to find harvests where, in fact, seed had still to be sown, and because my enthusiasm had not found what my imagination had pictured. It was only later that I became convinced that not a word had been lost, and that I had sown on fertile and productive soil." • • DR. WISE WAS AGAIN in Detroit in 1859 and observed in his writings that "Detroit had about 60 Jewish families of the middle class, mostly young and industrious. Some of them were active in politics and very popular, but there was no synagogue or speedy prospect of getting one, and they did not show much enterprise in religion." Dr. WO° made friends wherever he went, particularly in the west. His religious views, advocating a moderate reformation of the services In the direction of decorum, brevity and modernity of thought, appealed to the ?lounger generation of Jews. He no doubt acquired friends in Detroit, for in 1861 he was in- vited here to dedicate the Rivard Street Synagogue of Temple Beth El. (Next week—The foun-ding of Congregation Shaarey Zedek, first of an illustrated series on that synagogue's first 50 years). Ban on Passports Lifted in Prague NEW YORK—Polish Jews who fled anti-Semitic uprisings and ul- timately were stranded in Czecho- slovakia because . they were re- fused passports by the Polish con- sulate in Prague are to receive passports so that they can emi- grate to other lands, a cable re- ceived by Isaac L. Asofsky, exe- cutive director of Hebrew Shelter. jag and Immigrant Aid Society, indicated. Officials pointed out to the Warsaw regime that the several hundred Jews who fled for their lives when pogroms broke out ap . 4 ,. ' Finegold's "for Finer Foods" Ready to serve you with a complete line of Groceries, Fresh Vegetables, Dairy Pro- ducts and Kosher Meats. CALL UN. 1-7491 or 1.7237 for Prompt Delivery Service 8540 W. 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