Friday, September 27, 1946 can." Voraciously he had devoured once had become saturated with the the writings of the great Ameri- liberty-loving spirit of America. So it was, just 100 years ago, cans of his day and in consequ. LIFE OF ISAAC MAYER WISE, STORY OF A TRUE AMERICAN (The story of Isaac M. llrlse who came to this country 100 years ago to build Liberal Judaism in the U. 8.) By DR. MAURICE N. EISENDRATII (Director, Union of American Hebrew Congregations) One hundred years ago Isaac M. wise came to this country, a Bohemian Immigrant rabbi. He had a vision, a Judaism firmly rooted In the tradi- tions of both the Hebrew prophets and the founding fathers of the American Republic. From this vision was born the Union of American lielhewCon• regations and the Hebrew Union College, the twin fountainheads of Reform Judalem In America. Today, the Union comprises 332 congregations through- out the United States; the Hebrew Union College, which gave ono hundred of its eons to the chaplaincy, has trained almost 500 men for the rabbinate. —EDITOR'S NOTE The glorious and thrilling epic of America is filled with dramatic and daring tales . of many a daunt- less pioneer who coming from the far ends of the earth and searching for some friendly and hospitable spot, came at last to one or another frontier settlement and established there his humble home. Sometimes he dug his eager hands immediately into the pre- cious soil of this new and sponta. neously cherished land, removing with back-breaking toll, the stub. born stones and the deep-rooted trees, that he might, in such free- dom as he knew not in the serf- ridden lands he had forsaken where he had planted vineyards that another might eat their fruitage, where he had built hous- es that another might inhabit, here, at last, however, on the free soil of America, the lowly immi- grant did indeed build houses and, be they ever so humble, himself inhabited them; planted his vine- yards and himself ate the fruit thereof. Others tunnelled down In. to the bowels of the earth to bring forth the nation's hidden riches; built roads across its far- sprawling prairies, flung bridges over Its teeming rivers and streams. Still others, starting mod: estly as itinerant vendors of a motley miscellany of merchandise, by fair dealing and simple friend- liness, saw their peddler's packs, once carried humbly on their backs, grow into the crossroads' general store; then, into the proud emporiums of the great cities, Into instruments for education and philanthropy, into the industries and trades which have helped make America the mighty nation of today. Such is indeed tile epic of America. But those who thus came from the ends of the earth did not bring physical gifts alone. They did not only contribute their brawn to the building of America. They brought much spiritual bounty likewise. They bore with them offerings of the heart which have made America truly Amer can:—a wondrous amalgam of all the highest hopes and noblest dreams of those who were drawn to this new world to rear here a nation "one and indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Among the bearers of these la- ter gifts of the mind and of the heart was one who reached these shores just exactly one hundred years ago this year. It was in those restless, tempestuous days just prior to the European revo lution of 1848, that this particular Jewish teacher and rabbi, Isaac Mayer Wise, by name, was seized with an implacable longing to set out for America. He had no sto. mach for the pride and prejudice of nineteenth centry Europe which should have served as a warning; which has indeed proved but a prelude to all the hideous terror that has followed in our own time. This freedom-loving rabbi could • * H. J. MARSHALL CO. REALTORS—U.N.R.A. RUBIN'S FURS CA. 8745 1456 Broadway Mortgages, Property Management Sales and Insurance 2617 Joy Road TY. 4.7700 ilIMINIMM ■ INEWINII ■1■ 111•11111 ■ 0, Rosh Hashonah Greetings SEASON'S GREETINGS J. LIEBER 8 Son DETROIT SHOE TAILOR LEATHER CO. 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Even in Bohemia he stood valiantly, as a Gibraltar Rock, in defense of his people and in opposition to those who sought to rob them of their God.given rights and liberties; already there, as ho tells us: "I was an Amer'. !I- Etsol Page Eleven DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle • WHALING'S NORTHVILLE LABORATORY Manufacturers of 8622 OAKLAND FLAVORING EXTRACTS MA. 4379 NORTHVILLE, MICH. SIX SEVENTEEN WOODWARD