Friday, July 25, 1917
DETROIT JEWISII CHRONICLE
Page Sixteen
The Voice of the
Man in the Street
Mother's Ways Were Simple, Modest
But No One Could Get Best of Her
modest, her dress neat but never •
(Continued from page 3)
uted, specifically to the Shamos.
Photos by JACK BIGELMAN
After sundown, the first order
TIME: Friday afternoon.
PLACE: Twelfth and Calvert.
of business of the congregation
was to write down the names of
QUESTION: Do you believe that the contributors. This was a joint
Jews with foreign sounding
venture of the president and the
names should change them?
officers and employes of the
PEGGY RASKIN, 1979 Glynn
Shul. Sometimes, the arguments
court, secretary.
If the names are. extremely lasted for several hours, because
difficult to pronounce and spell,
then I think they should change
them. Some-
times foreign
sounding names
lead to embar-
rassing social
situations when
you can't re-
member a
friend's name
because it is
not common.
Often job -
getting is tough if the employers
are prejudiced against Jews or
They often judge
foreigners.
you by the name before they
even see you.
If a Jew is in business where
he associates with non-Jews, or
he is in an office, then I think
-,,, he should Anglicize his name. In
other cases I don't think it is
necessary.
memories were confused.
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PAID UP AT ONCE
DAD WAS METICULOUS
about his everyday obliga-
tions. He was scrupulous about
hi:; charitable contri b ut ions.
These were sacred obligations, to
be paid at once.
Failure to pay reflected on
the individual and affected his
chances of reaching Heaven.
Contributions, in true Orthodox
eyes, were tied in with personal
religious duty. They were never
to be taken lightly or to be
broken.
Debt, any
debt, was worse
than treife with Dad. When he
completed the Ilavdallah on
Saturday night, he rushed to
the Shul to pay his donation.
JWV
Ei u LLETIN
Starvation Diet
Allotted to DP's
(Continued from page 1)
for protein-rich foods. As one
DP spokesman said: "No man,
not even a DP, is going to watch
DEPARTMENT COMMANDER his wife and children do without
Maurice Bordelove repre- necessary food day after day."
It was learned that the food
sented the department at the
memorial dedication ceremonies situation took a sharp turn for
at the Parkside Housing Project the worse following the adoption
of ex-President Herbert Hoover's
July 20.
A World War II cannon and a food plan for the German under
plaque inscribed with the names which Germany obtained large
of nine Parkside men killed in quantities of the army's 5-in-1
action in the war were installed rations which heretofore were
as a war memorial. A parade almost exclusively allotted to the
preceded the dedication cere- DP's. This development lends
weight to the charge made in DP
monies with representatives from
quarters that the army intends to
the Jewish War Veterans, Ameri-
can Legion, Veterans of Foreign place the refugees on the same
diet as the Germans. .
gaudy, her dignity quiet.
This, in some eyes. was gul-
libility, lack of intelligence and
unfamiliarity with b u s i n e s s.
While they knew that Mother
ran the business, the family, the
property for many months of
each year for many years, they
didn't interpret correctly.
There wasn't a single foolish
hair on her beautiful red head.
Some things were beyond her
understanding, to be sure. So
slse went to her advisers. She
went to a Gentile insurance man
and to "Bootzel," as Fred Butzel
was known, for many domestic
and business matters.
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Wars and Disabled American
DEMANDED RECEIPTS
Veterans participating.
PETTY RACKETEERS
Bordelove, on behalf of the
did not know our family cus- Jewish War Veterans, placed a
tom. Dad always told Mother wreath at the foot of the mem-
about his contributions. Mother orial.
knew that he always paid with-
in 10 hours. Mother also de-
THE BASEBALL TEAM of the
manded written receipts from Lt. Eli Levin Post will journey
the schnorrers who had her on to Flint Sunday, to represent
their sucker lists.
the department in a game with
Dad died in a small western members of Lt. Eli Rosenbloom
town. Mother paid a minimal Post of Flint at their annual
sum for all the formalities re- Picnic.
quired by law before a body
All members of the JWV who
can be shipped ... embalming. desire to make the trip to Flint,
casket. shipping box and delivery will meet at the JWV head-
THE
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to the train.
quarters, 8212 Twelfth Street at
On arriving home, the local 7:45 a.m.
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undertaker threw up his hands
UN Delegates Praise
Pioneer Women School
TEL AVIV—During its tour
of Tel Aviv the UN Special
Committee on Palestine visited.
one of the vocational schoo
conducted by the working wo
men's council in cooperation with
Pioneer Women. Members of the
committee expressed their ad-
miration for the excellent work
of rehabilitation of new immi-
grant girls achieved by the
school which specializes in the
needle trades.
LEO BERLIN, 3275 Elmhurst
So, when Dad died, Mother in horror. That simple black
DETROIT POST NO. 135 is
Lawrence Tech student.
casket would never do for a
was beset with petty rackets.
planning a past, commanders
Yes, they should change them.
Persons with Jewish sounding
names have trouble getting along
with prejudiced
people. Chang-
ing their names
would at least
reduce clashes
even though it
will not rid the
bigot of his
prejudice.
It's not nec-
essary to change
the name in all
cases, however. If you are a well-
known person in society or in
business, then for better rela-
tions with the non-Jews you
should change it. If you are deal-
ing with intelligent people your
name doesn't mean much. But
it's with the uneducated that you
have the most trouble. .
man of Judil's position. Mother
night for the early fall season.
stood her ground.
This affair is sponsored by the
HE PROMISED ME
Besides, he said, Jewish law
post annually to honor all past
DIED in the West. Mother forbids that type of casket.
commanders of the post.
came home with hint In her Mother didn't fall for that. Only
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D AD
grief, in the days of Shiva!).
she was plagued by chiselers,
and leeches who saw an oppor-
tunity, they thought,
to get
a
a special casket, costing $350
plus all the incidentals) would be
suitable.
Dad was buried, in decency.
in the original casket.
few pennies from a "simple
peting in the finals,
woman."
Mother was simple in her own
so
here's
a list of the lads: Pete Kaiser-
concept of herself. She gave her-
man and Al Weiner are the
self no airs. Her appearance was
catchers and Neil Turner, Bob
Feldman, and Mel Volin are
'r
Teen-Age
Sophisficales
pitchers. The others are Ron
Gluskin, Chuck Weingarden, Ed
Steinoff, Earl Woolf, Bob Pike
and Aubrey Deim .. .
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FIATS OFF to Sheldon Roth
for being one of the winners in
the talent program sponsored by
HERMAN J. FISIIKIND, 10236
ICE COOL, ICE COOL what?
Twelfth street, photographer.
Who's fooling? It's hot and WJR. Shelly plays the drums
I personally don't think that
we should change our names to
suit other people who are unin-
telligent bigots.
But often for
better business
relations that is
the only alter-
native.
My wife
wants me to
change
my
name, too, so
that I won't
encounter those
conflicts in my business.
Actually, Jews don't want to
change their names to camouflage
their Jewishness. But in the face
of the obstacles they are con-
fronted with because their names
suggest foreigness, they change
them to have peace of mind.
MRS. ROSALIE ANSTANDIG,
2903 Elmhurst, housewife.
Yes, if many Jews with those
long, unpronounceable names
would make them more simple,
they would get
along better in
this co:mtry.
that
you should be
ashamed of
your foreign
It's not
damp, but there's a remedy as
Marcia Kleinman is finding out
the opinion of all who heard him
on the Boardwalk at Atlantic
banging away in the finals at
City and it's the cool Canadian
the Noble School ... Luck to you
air for Bernice
taken his 1933 jalopy up North
to see how far it'll take him...
Ilow about the return trip? Rita
Schneider, the 16-year old Sax
model from Chicago, is visiting
her cousin Maxine Wolfe . . .
Also for a stay in Detroit are
Nuncie Puglise and Wibbs Chap-
pie, two cute fellows from Pitts-
burgh . .
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so many prej-
udiced people
in this country,
there's no sense
in throwing difficult names in
their faces.
Many non-Jews don't under-
stand just what a Jew is. When
they hear a peculiar name they
HERE'S HOPING you win the
associate it with some fable or
prejudice. We could avoid such title, Billy Rogell Stars in the
15-16 age group! The lads are
un7leasantries if the names didn
in second place right now corn-
suggest any false concepts.
't
for your future in music.
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CHARLES AND AARON KO.
GAN post will hold memorial
services Sunday at Congregation
Bnai Moshe. Rabbi Eliezer Levi
will officiate.
a a
GEN. MAURICE ROSE post
will sponsor a moonlight boat
ride at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Pro-
ceeds will be used to benefit a
European war orphan whom the
post is planning to adopt.
For further information call
Morton J. Sobel, UN. 1-4501.
Coal Heating Service of Detroit is ready
with trained personnel and modern
equipment to put your furnace or stoker
In prima condition at reasonable . rates.
Call your retail coal merchant
first; If he has ne Immedl.
°tory available focilitim
ofCpu
CHerry 4331
Here's How to Make a
Good Picnic ... BETTER...,
TAKE ALONG
A CASE OF SCHMIDT'S
Israel who's
WE CAN BE mighty proud of
near Montreal.
Mary Katz. the four Jewish boys from De-
that popular troit who will attend the In-
fellow who
ternational Boy Scout Jamboree
just graduated
at Central, is in France .. . Mel Wachs and
seeing plenty his pal Mary Marx have done
of that cute a lot of wonderful things at the
doll Renee Parkman library where they
Share, mean-
originated the Stamp Club. Mel-
time, it's out to South Haven
vin, Sid and Dave Klause and
for Renee this week . . .
Henry Green, the latter three
Arnie Rosenthal, who has
come hack from the East, has of Shaarey Zedek explorers
TINE KNOLLWOOD Country
Club dance was a wonderful af-
fair. We saw Nancy Alter there
with Jerry Weinberg. Eleanore
Koppi with Ilarve Edelman and
Betty Zeckman with John Hopp,
among others.
The engagement of Joan Zeck-
man to Art Koppi has just been
announced *. . . Joanie has just
graduated Central . . . Good
•
luck to you from all the gang.
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origin, but with
almost like Krupa: at least that's
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troop, will leave for Europe
where they will tour England,
Belgium, France and other coun-
tries ... We hope to tell you
more about their trip in later
issues.
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IT'S NICE TO do volunteer
work for the community like the
members of the Junior Misses
and Mr. Juniors of the Parkman
branch library who are under
the direction of Miss F. Burn-
side ...Lois Franks, Shirl Gold-
stick, and Eunice Michelson do
work telling stories and helping
with other library tasks. Its the
same with Rhoda Kohn and Ro-
chelle Tilchen . . .
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THERE REALLY are some
swell shows in town, amongst
them "The Stranger," which is
playing at the United Artists. So
be seeing you there.
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