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Friday, May 2, 1947

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

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Hungarian Family
Thanks American
`Uncles' for Help

HISTORY OF JEWS
IN MICHIGAN .

By IRVING L KATZ

ARTICLE 83

Early Detroit Mutual Aid
Societies

(OTIIER THAN FRATERNAL LODGES)

AMONG

THE JEWS of Europe, mutual aid societies several cen-
turies old continued to flourish. Those which were merely bprial
societies, called Chevrah Kadishah, could be found in very town and
hamlet in Europe which housed a Jewish population. Out of these
organizations grew the mutual aid societies which, particularly in the
large cities, came into existence at the beginning of the modern era
and even earlier. Part of the tradition of the Jews who came to
America was, therefore, the maintenance of burial and mutual aid
societies.
Detroit's first such society was organized on Jan. 7, 1867, by mem-
bers of Congregation Shaarey •Zedek, under the name "Hebrah Kadi-
scha and Biker Cholym," (Burial and Sick Visiting Society). The
charter members were Morris Mendelsohn, Morris Jacob, Ephraim
Hamburger, Caspar Cohn, Moses Nathan, Samuel Newman, Lewis
Barnett, Henry Friedman and Harry Mittenthal.
The purpose of the society is stated in the Articles of Incorpora-
tion as "assistance and support of the members of this society in
case of sickness or inability to work, to bury the dead, and to assist
and support the widows and orphans of deceased members of the
society."
All records, except the recently discovered Articles of Incorpora-
tion by the author, were lost and we know very little about the
activities and duration of the society.

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A SECOND MUTUAL AID SOCIETY, "Chebra Bickor Cholim

(Sick Visiting Society) was organized May 16, 1874, by the following
charter members: Isaac Levy, Joseph M. Smith, Maier Jacobson,
Simon Garbassky (or Gerber), Jacob Miller, Jacob Davis and Maier
Stone. The object of the society is given in the Articles of Incor-
poration as "mutual assistance, charity and relief to members during
sickness and distress."
The qualifications for membership were that the applicant must
"lead good conduct of life, sound body and soul, and be able to sup-
port himself and family." The admission fee was $3 and the dues
were 40 cents per month.

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For months the Goodfellowship
Club has been sending food and
clothing packages to a family in
Hungary it adopted in coopera-
tion with Bnai Brith.
This week a letter was received
from that family which reads in
part:
"The day before yesterday I got
your parcel. The children and the
whole family are very happy be-
cause we got clothing, chocolate,
cocoa, sugar, coffee, etc. Little
Edith during the three years of
her life has not yet tasted choco-
late.
"You cannot imagine what a
good pleasure we get to know that
men not from our nation but
from the far America have so
good heart and do all to make
easier the life of a poor family.
"The children prayed again in the
evening and asked God to bless
the good American uncles."
EDITH CSAPO,
Lengycl, Tolna M., —
Hungary
Club officers are Harry Pome-
rantz, president; Joe Rossen, vice-
president; George Pantzer, secre-
tary; Jack Schechter, treasurer;
and Albert Magitz, relief secretary.

Pays Thlrem.

Teen-Age
Sophisticates

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By HELEN TENNENBAUM

THIS WEEK WAS sort of spe-
cial for your reporter . . . We had
a chance to chat with Harold Rus-
sel, the two-Oscar winner of "Best
Years of Our Lives." Hal is a
really wonderful guy not only on
the screen but in regular every
day life . . .
You'd think that Hal, with his
two hooks, didn't have such a
wonderful outlook on life but
there you're wrong. Hal has de-
cided to do as much for his bud-
dies as he can . . . Right now
he's on a national tour talking to
the disabled vets and trying to
give them a new outlook on life.

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YOU'VE PROBABLY seen him
as the sailor in "Best Years".
thought you'd like to know what
he thinks about us teen-agers.
Here's what he said when I asked
him to give you a message:
"Certainly you all know that the
future of our country depends on
you. Through the knowledge you
gain in your studies now, you will
be able to face any hardships that
come to you in later life. Above
all, stay in school and make use
of the opportunities of the free
Pythian Sisters Await
education system which, your coun-
Mother-Daughter Affair try provides for you."
Elsie Green is in charge of the
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Mother-Daughter banquet of the
HAL AT 32 IS continuing
Pythian Sisters of Greater Detroit
Temple No. 152 to be held at 6 his studies and he hopes to have
p. m. Tuesday in the Wilshire his master's degree in another
Hotel.
year.
Featured on an entertainment
A lot of talk has been going on
program will be Florence Plot- about a third world war and so
nick, pianist; Ida Taufer, violin- I decided that I'd ask Hal what
ist; Fred Shulak, recitations; Flor- he thought we can do to prevent
ence Weber, imitations; Lillian this. "It's all very simple, kids, if
Meltzer, poem-reading; and Odes you all learn to understand each
Elden, vocalist.
other," he said. "Be friends, for-
Cathy Goldfine is in charge of get your differences but just re-
the degree staff.
member that it takes a whole lot

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s "to unite fraternally acceptable
relief of distressed members, visit-
dead, and similar benevolent and
le association had a relief fund
✓ needy persons.

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of people to make up this earth
we live on."
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THE JUNIOR Congregation at
Shaarey Zedek has resumed its
regular services on Saturday morn
ings . . . The Junior board of di-
rectors consisting of Charles "Shy"
Kramer, president; Leonard Ba-
ron, vice president; Marilyn Gla-
cier, secretary; and Henry Lon-
nerstater, sexton. Other leaders
are Edith Weiss, Dick Sanders,
Zelda Cohen, Dan Levin, Shula-
mith Adler, Bill Frank, Al Fein-
berg and the following who were
recently chosen to be present at
a senior board meeting, Eliot and
Bud Charlip, Selma Cohen, Dale
Boesky, Charles Kramer, and Bar-
bara Sommers . . .
At the last meeting it was de-
cided that the entire board was
to put on a campaign to double
the present membership which is
150. If you want to be a real part
of your Jewish community, why
don't you attend one of the serv-
ices on Saturday morning? •
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A REAL TREAT is in store for
you at the Central Senior' Play at
8 p. m. May 8 and 9. The cast
includes Dick Gotlieb, Hal Fire-
stone, Mary Katz, Burt Imber,
Phil Newman, Marcia Mattin,
Leatrice Reffler, Harriet Stober,
June Avison, Ruth Sporov, Ruth
Frank, Herb Aranson and Larry
Hochman. The Central student di-
rector is Ruth Greenberg, and
the stage manager is Bill Frank.
Loads of credit to Milton J. Ross,
the director.
So long for a while
. What's
the matter, Highland Park; can't
you let us hear from you . . .
TO. 7-6128?

FAMILY CLUB

Twenty members of the Family
Club will meet Sunday at the Al-
bany Hotel, Mt. Clemens. Ray
Raphael is president and Jack
Finestein secretary of the group.

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Rabbis' Institute
Rips Labor Curb

CHICAGO (WNS)—A statement
condemning all legislation "which
would liquidate the improved sta-
tus which labor has enjoyed since
the passage of the Wagner Act"
was issued here by the Institute
on Judaism, Management and labor.
Aroused by the passage of the
• Hartley bill by the House, the in-
stitute, which is sponsored by the
Central Conference of American
'Rabbis, deplored "the excesses of
the Hartley bill, which among
other things has the vindictive
purpose of crippling the labor
movement of this country by elim-
inating the closed shop and in-
dustry-wide bargaining."
Management and labor unions,
the Institute urged, "should peace-
ably resolve their differences with-
out the necessity of Congress at-
tempting to club the unions into
submission."

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