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Friday, September 20, 1946

CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

HISTORY OF JEWS
IN MICHIGAN

By IRVING L SATZ

ARTICLE 31

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Center to Sponsor Chapter I, ZOA,
Saturday to Form Chorus
NIG AROUND Dance
Jack Qualey's orchestra will pro-
Formation of a choral

* With FRANK BECKMAN

vide music for the social evening
of the Jewish Community Center,
to take place Saturday evening,
Sept, 21, Sylvia Weiss, chairman
of the dance committee, announced.
Leaders of the Center's three
camps have formed a Camp Lead-
ers Association headed by Larry
Appelbaum.
The Art School of the Center
will reopen Sept. 29, Harold Arian,
assistant director, revealed.
Bowling alleys are now open
every evening except Friday, from
7 to 10 p. m. and on Sunday, from
1 to 8 p.m.

group of

both male and female voices by
Chapter I of the Detroit District
of the Zionist Organization - of
America has been announced.
Several key positions in direct-
ing and featured singing roles are
still available. Group chairman is
Bea Meisner.
Young men and women over 21
who are interested in the activi-
ties of this organization may at-
tend open meetings, Jack Nape,
membership chairman, reported.

CLASSES OPENED at Wayne
University Monday and with some
6,000 ex-servicemen plus a host of
empty-lapeled students toting text-
books through the crowded 'nails
me could al-
most find no
room to breathe.
Plenty of fam-
following is the first of a series of articles on the
iliar faces were
y'
first 50 years of Shaarey &del()
first
to be seen . . .
Kenny Shat z,
CONGREGATION SHAAREY ZEDEK of Detroit, one of the larg- former Marine,
", t Conservative congregations in the United States, with a member- looked well-
ship of over 1,100, was organized as an orthodox congregation in nourished d e -
1861, the first year of the Civil War. It is an offspring of Michigan's spite a delay in „„e4
oldest Jewish congregation, Beth El of Detroit.
spent several months in a Ger-
the arrival of Beckman
Norman Levy, of 2965 Glendale
The following history of Shaarey F
subsistence checks . . . Mark Plot- man prisoner of war camp and avenue, is among Detroit boy
first 50 years is appearing
was
reported
running
the
plaoe
kin shouted a greeting . . . tall
scouts planning the annual fall
for the first time.
Bernie Friedman climbed t h e ,,when the Russians moved in.
conclave of the Order of the Ar-
While
in
the
big
city,
Mary
Out of Detroit's population of
stairs by two's . . among the
row at the Charles Howell Scout
played
a
few
night
spot
engage-
Reservation.
45,619 in 1861, some 200 were Jews.
others milling around were Dave
Gnssin, Moe Gindi and Milt Burg, ments with Milton Berle and also
The preponderant majority of
The Order of the Arrow is a na-
tried
out
for
"Call
Me
Mister."
of the Navy, Air Corps and Ma-
tion-wide honor camper organiza-
these Jews were immigrants from
He
tells
us
he's
now
taking
bal-
rines in that order.
tion. The Detroit Area Council,
Germany, but there were also a
let lessons for the above men- Boy Scouts of America, sponsors
few from Hungary and Poland.
tioned musical comedy, That, we'd the local group.
Detroit had at that time one or-
WHILE MANY FLOCKED to like to soc.
thodox congregation, Beth El, and
Wayne, another large aggregation
one fraternal organization, Pisgah
got their shipping orders for
ALTHOUGH IRVING KELLER
other schools.
Lodge of Bnai Brith.
will not open his new Frigid
Stan
Cavern,
who
has
a
Purple
In 1861 Dr. Liebman Adler, rab-
Heart, prepared for the grind at Freeze Food Center, 20092 Liver..
bi of Beth El, was succeeded by
Detroit Tech . . . his brother, Al, nois avenue, until Sept. 24, he has
Rabbi Abraham Laser. In the
erstwhile lieutenant, trecked to already put a choice morsel on
ice.
same year Beth El purchased and
Flint for an engineering course
dedicated its Rivard Street Syna-
While relatives and friends gal-
(/lliwle . tier/mt.,
at the General Motor's Institute ...
gogue.
Lloyd I:alovsky starts at Michi- ore looked on, Iry marched in Air
Corps cadence up the aisle arid
gan State on Monday.
The dedicatiOn of the Rivard
(Ind riompit,.)
stood at attention while he was
Street Synagogue marks the be-
inducted into the married ranks.
ginning of a new chapter in the
MARVIN SCHLOSSBERG is Shirley Cohen is now the top
back after a summer's stay in sergeant.
history of Detroit Jewry. Until
New York. Mary is the former
1861 Beth El adhered strictly to
Herbert Carson will be Irv's Ten Quality Drug Stores
Air Corps pride and joy who
the orthodox mode of worship.
partner in his busines venture.
ISAAC WERTHEIMER
But by this time a number of the members, influenced by the preach-
ments of Dr. Isaac M. Wise of Cincinnati and the growth of the re-
form movement in Germany, began to advocate a change that would
bring about a more orderly and decorous service.
Plan after plan was suggested but it was not an easy matter,
especially in those days, to introduce reforms at religious services.
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THE PURCHASE OF THE Rivard Street Synagogue was a con-
venient occasion to make changes. A resolution was introduced and
passed by the majority of members to establish a choir of men and
women to sing at services. Part of the space occupied by the women
in the gallery was now necessary for the new choir and hence some
of the women were obliged to sit at least on the same floor where
the men worshipped.
These innovations were forbidden by orthodox practice and were
considered by a group of Polish, Hungarian and German members of
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the congregation as Chukas Hagoy — an imitation of Gentile mores.
They were accustomed to the strict orthodox service in their native
ON THE FAMILY!
lands and were unwilling to tamper with tradition. The result was
a schism in the congregation.
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1: The spider has more eyes than any
SEVENTEEN MEMBERS withdrew, and at the conclusion of
Simchas Torah, 5622 (September 27, 1861) met to lay the foundation
other insect.
for a new orthodox congregation, the Schaarey Zedeck Society. The
founding group consisted of Isaac and Raphael Epstein, Leopold
2. Men are more apt to be color-blind
Fink, Marcus and Jacob Freud, Samuel Fleischman, Hiram Kraushaar,
than
women.
Harris and Ludwig Levy, David Marx, George Morris, Louis Myers,
Samuel Newman, Jacob Robinson, Harris Solomon, Isaac Warshauer
3. Insufficient light, while reading, is the
and Isaac Wertheimer.
A subscription of one dollar each made at that time gave the
easiest way to strain your eyes.
magnificent total of $17.00 in the treasury as a nucleus for future
operations. The small group rented a hall over Dr. Scherer's Drug
4. A fish closes his eyes only when he's
Store at 39 Michigan Grand avenue (now Cadillac Square), between
very deep in the water.
Randolph and Bates streets (the same hall where Congregation Beth
El worshipped from 1859 to 1861). The membership increased to 36 and
engaged Rabbi M. Sapper as their leader.
5. Only 5% of high school boys and girls
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need
glasses.
ON JUNE 22, 1862, the Schaarey Zedeck Society purchased for
$450 one and one-half acres of land for cemetery purposes near the
6. Babies are naturally farsighted.
D. and M. Railroad Junction, which became known as the Smith Street
Cemetery and for which a rehabilitation drive is being conducted at
the present time.
An additional parcel of adjoining land was purchased for $1,000
Some of these statements are based
on May 22, 1891.
over your lamps and fixtures. In a few
only on interesting facts. Others are
(Next Week — Articles of Association and First
minutes, she can measure your light
House of Worship of Shaarey Zedek)
important ... for they may affect you

The Founding of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek of Detroit

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Page Thirteen

Norman Levy Aids
Boy Scout Conclave

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U. S. Boycott of British Products
Urged by Brith Trumpeldor

NEW YORK—The Brith Trum-
peldor of America today launched
a boycott of British goods and
services and called upon the Jew-
ish people throughout the United
States to adopt this measure of
opposition to British policy in
Palestine.

American Jewry was exhorted to
withdraw patronage from all firms
persist in the sale of British
nodities.
fe call upon every American
to help us make this boy-
tt hurt," the organization's state-
'Sent read. "We beseech you: Do
not exhaust your strength in vain
protestations or denunciations.
I 'Fight the devil with fire, not
I with empty words."
The organization is named In
honor of the famed Jewish Le-
gionnaire of World War I days.

'Britain's continued, cold-blooded
enmity to the Jews of Palestine,"
says the statement, "the setting
uP of a ghetto for Jews in their
own homeland, the flogging and
torturing of Jewish boys and

girls, the deportation of Jews, the
murders of Jewish patriots and
the reign of terror against the
entire Jewish population in Pales-
tine must bring every right-think-
ing man to the realization that
Britain is in fact an open enemy
of the Jewish people."

2 Builders Plait
3000 Home Units
for War Veterans

As an act o: public service, two
Detroit builders, Joseph Holtzman
and Nathan Silverman, have an-
nounced to the Detroit City Coun-
cil that they will build 2,000 single
home , units exclusively for veter
ans.
Construction will start soon on
a plot of land at Seven-Mile and
Southfield roads. Holtzman ard
Silverman have donated 30 acres
on the plot for the establishment
of a park by the city.
The builders' offices are at 1711
National Bank Building.

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6, for instance. Although very few
babies are born with defective vision,
nearly a quarter of them need glasses
by the time they've completed grade
school. The reason? Well, in many
cases—too many cases—it's poor
lighting.

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on improving it. There's no charge for
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your family's eyesight. Yes, it's a real
"ounce of protection" for that precious
eyesight! Telephone your nearest Edison
office today.

Lighting can be very deceptive. You
can grow so accustomed to a particular
lamp that you won't realize its light is
tiring. You may not notice it, but glare
from a lamp may cause a youngster to
squint as he studies—cause headaches,
poor grades, even harmful eyestrain.

You can be certain about your light.
ing, though, if you arrange to have an
Edison Home Service Advisor check

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