Friday, May 9, 1947 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle • HISTORY OF JEWS IN MICHIGAN `Woman of Valor', Tribute to Mother becoming wise In the problems we'll all have to face est and Teen-Age Sophisticates (Continued from Page 3) By IRVING I. KATZ ARTICLE 61 Detroit's Early Orthodox Congregations IN PREVIOUS ARTICLES we dealt with the history of Congrega- tion Beth El of Detroit, Michigan's first Jewish congregation, organ- Ned in 1850 and now the leading reform Temple in the state, and Congregation Shaarey Zedek organized in 1861 at the time Michigan's leading conservative synagogue. In the next three articles we will present the history of five orthodox congregations of Detroit which were organized before 1900. • • • BNAI ISRAEL Detroit's third oldest Jewish congregation is Congregation Bnai Israel (originally ''Benei Isroil") incorporated June 19, 1871. The articles of association list the fol- lowing charter members: Isaac Levy, Kalman Freeman, Mendel Rosenthal, Jacob Burnstine, Jacob Brownstine, Mendel Starsky and Isaac Adelson. The first officers were: Isaac Levy, president; Jacob Burnstine, treasurer, and Kalman Freeman, secretary. The first trustees were: Solomon Minzer, Jacob Brown- stine, Mendel Starsky, Harris Co- hen and Jacob Burnstine. Services were first conducted in a rented house and later in Funke's Hall on Macomb street. About 1878 the congregation built Its first Synagogue on Macomb street, between St. Antoine and RABBI JUDAII L LEVIN Beaubien, at a cost of about $10,000. About 1894 the congregation moved to its second home at 55-59 Mullet street, between Hastings and St Antoine, remaining there until 1914. The congregation then moved to its third Synagogue at 578 Ferry street east, between St. Antoine and Beaubien, worshiping in that location until 1933 when it moved to its present site at 13101 Linwood avenue. • • THE FOLLOWING SERVED as presidents of Bnai Israel: Isaac Levy, David W. Simons, Louis Goldsmith, Susel Goldstick, M. Meis- ter, Morris Shvarzansky, P. S. Applebaum, Zell Goldsmith and J. Lesser, the incumbent. The following served as rabbis of the con- gregation (list incomplete): Rabbi Isaac M. Weinstein, Rabbi Jacob A Epstein, Rabbi Judah L. Levin and Rabb Fine. The first cemetery of Bnai Israel was on Williams avenue. At present Bnai Israel inters its dead in the Machpelah Cemetery. When Rabbi Judah L. Levin came to Detroit in 1897, Bnai Israel became a constituent congregatioh of the United Hebrew Orthodox Congregations of Detroit (comprising congregations Beth Jacob, Beth Abraham, Shaarey Zedek and Bnai Israel) of which Rabbi Levin was the rabbi. In 1939 Bnai Israel became a constituent of the Michigan Syna- gogue Conference, the state's organization of orthodox congregations. Enal Israel has at present over 100 members. The congregation does not have a permanent rabbi. * • BNAI JACOB CONGREGATION BNAI JACOB was organized Nov. 28, 1875. (This sionally there was a family picnic at Belle Isle, the wagon being loaded (the buggy was too small) with a hot tzimes, a cold barrel of beer and cold schave and the trimmings. Sarah's cooking was substantial but monotonous. The result is that her children to this day shun sponge cake, chicken soup with farfel and boiled chicken. Yet the three-foot, poppy-seeded white twist she baked for the major holidays . . . golden brown with egg yolk, light in weight, was not only delicious but lent dignity to the festival. • • • HONORED HER RELIGION SHE TOOK PLEASURE in her s ' God and in the observance of her religion. The store was always closed at sundown Friday and re- mained closed until Saturday eve- ning. Every Sabbath was so cele- brated, during her 40-odd years in this country . . . "A woman of worth who can find, for her price is far above rubies; "Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also . . "Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her works pralse her in the gates."—Proverbs, 31. • • • Dr. Goldberg is pleased with the many verbal comments of JEWISH CHRONICLE readers on his recent columns, "Red Whisk- ers," "Pesach on Adelaide Street," and "The Plasterer Objects to Purim." Esther Jacobs (Mrs. Joseph Grabow, 1672 Glynn Court) recalls the Rebbe's "milcheke lokshen." Bessie Brenner (Mrs. H. E. Rafel- son, 2159 Harding, says she felt "home again." Ben Sidlow, 2500 Glynn Court, liked the story of Purim. George Sternberg, now of Bay City, mentioned the wooden boards used on the sink and tables for Passover. This series will be continued. Please send to the editor or to Dr. Goldberg, 1314 Eaton Tower, other incidents to Jewish life in Detroit. Help is especially wasted from those who attended the Cheder when the Rebbe was in his prime. Credit will be given if you send in your name and address, with your items. Social Affair Planned by Detroit Adult Club Julie Green has been elected president of the Mezeritcher So- cial Club. Others elected were Norman Davison, vice-president; Mrs. Til- lie Rosen, treasurer; Mrs. Lena Miller, recording secretary; Mrs. B. Fealk, financial secretary; Mrs. Rose Stevens, corresponding sec- retary; Mrs. Ann Gutterman, ser- geant-at-arms; and Sam Gutter- man and Moe Miller7 trustees. Chosen to the board of direc- tors were Dr. A. Wolfe, Philip Stevens and Max Sosin. Single men and women, ages 25 to 40, are invited by the De- troit Adult Club to a social eve- ning at 8:30 p. m. Sunday in the Jewish Community Center. Dancing and entertainment will be highlights. For information call MA. 8400. Serving Greater Rev. Yehudah Loewy 0144E4 i et DA. 2696 • Rev. Cantor DAVID GOLDEN Detroit's Favorite 51011EL TYler 6A9490 Wedding Ceremonies Performed at Home and by Appointment • Plenty's up these weeks and loads more to come . . . Let's start right in . . . The Jays at Central are planning a wienie roast soon. Some of the members are Phil Solomon, president; Jack Stahl, vice president; Harry Gor- don, secretary; Seymour Mintz, treasurer; Ben Labe and Sandy Schiff. Another Central girls club, the Ki-Alpha-Tis sorority. The officers are Sara Kogan, president; Doris Lester, vice president; Beatrice White, secretary; and Roslyn Kantor, treasurer . . The others are Martha Meister, Norma Ri- brat, Charlotte Baugs and Estelle Dash .. . These girls have many open meetings which prove to be a lot of fun .. . • ALL•YOU SMOOTHIES must've heard of Harve Bennet Fisch- man. In case you haven't, he's that gorgeous "Van Johnson" type of a fellow who graduated from the famous "Quiz Kids" program last year. Harve has his own daily column in the Chicago Times and ,also a radio column of the air on the coast to coast broadcast of Junior Junction on ABC. Well, your reporter had a chance to keep up with Harve through the mails and in his last letter, he sent 'along a couple of paragraphs for us Jewish Teen- Age rs "Dear fellows and gals: In this postwar world of ours, the teen- agers of America have become, more than ever, a vital part of our way of life. It used to be Joe College who monopolized head- lines and activities in a rising new generation. But today, it is the high school crowd which sets the pace in fad, fashion and for- tune hunting. "We must take up the respon- __ 4 a ,,,,, JervIcs itAv otoolinf .-- -..--14 ignify CARPETS.: CLEANED IN YOUR , OWN HOME Rev. 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"We write to movie stars and ball players. Many of us carry on correspondence on a large scale. So if something gripes you, write to the newspapers and your leg- islators, make yourself heard. "We can do a lot for everyone if we use our pens and brains to think things out. We can cut places for ourselves in the jig saw puzzle of life we'll be enter- ing as adults." Let's try to follow some of that advice, kids . . . • • • ROME COMING EVENTS . . . The Aces are having a wienie roast, so is the Demolay Mosaic Chapter.. . . The Demolays are also having a hay ride in Canada, on May 17 . . . More Demolay news . . . Satur- day is the day for that bang-up dance at the Masonic Temple. Some of the Durfee fellows and their dates will be Jerry Weisman with Barbara Budson, Mery Man- ning with Corky Lunenfleld, Bob Gans and Sandra Blottner, Jack Levy with Lorreta Winick, Stan Delidow and Joanie Lewis, Jerry Varon and Lizzy Baum, Ben Labe with Mickey Cohen, Dave Lippit and Helen Schiff, Don Silver and Flo Grossberg, Sheldon Otis with Maxine Margolin, Bernard Otis with Dot Shapiro, Seymour Co- hen with Diane Katz, and Jerry Gurvis with Sharon Weisberg. • JUNIOR CONGREGATION of Shaarey Zedek: Chuck Kramer, the president, tells us that Edith Weiss, Chairman of the Social Committee, has planned a wienie roast for the board of directors, Juniors that •is, on May 17 . . . A "Bring Your Friends Sabbath" is being planned for the near fu- ture .. . Why not go down some Saturday, morning around 10 and attend a Junior Service? 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