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Thursday, March 23, 1950

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

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Beth El's Patriotic Record Establishes
Shining Example for the ,Community

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The Jewish Chronicle is the
only newspaper that gives com-
plete coverage of Jewish events
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its taste and quality
have no equal!

tireless in his efforts on the home
By HAROLD S. COHEN
front. lie visited Ft, Knox and
BUCKHANNON, W. Va. —
INCE THE EARLIEST days of
delivered a major address before
(WNS)—A.
A. Schiioleria, – dean
the American republic Jews
the soldiers there on the , "Demo-
of
West
Virginia
Wesleyan Col- gefilte fish at its hest, with that
from all walks of life have rush-
cratic Implications of the War."
ed to the defense of the country
He visited Percy Jones Hos- lege, confirmed in a letter to the eld•tirne taste and tondernesst
in times of war and emergency.
pital to speak to the veterans and Seven Arts Feature Syndicate
Members of Temple Beth El have
cheer them up.
that his Institution "would like to
been no exception we find if we
WAR BOND SALES
be of service to a much larger
note that 11 years after the
War bond sales were important
number of Jewish students."
founding of the Temple, mem-
then to the war effort and the
bers of the congregation were
Dean Schoolcraft states that
Temple and its auxiliaries sold a
called upon to serve their coun-
total of $11,000,000 in bonds. A the report carried by the Seven
try.
number of awards from the gov- Arts Feature Syndicate about his
The number that responded ,
ernment were presented to the
was amazing. Exact figures are I
Temple for its accomplishments. request to the Bnai Brith Anti-
Defamation League to place him
not available but there were
Two members of the Temple,
in touch with any Jewish agency
under :i 3 O00 Jews in Michigan in
Nate Shapiro and Leonard N.
through which interested Jewish
1861, most of them in Detroit
Simons received the Treasury's
and 210 men answered the call
gold medal for bond sales. Only students may be contacted, was
to arms. This is almost 10 per ,
.50 of these medals were awarded correct in every respect.
cent of the Jewish population.
in the entire United .States.
On November 7, 1861, the
FOR YOUR
The Sisterhood's Red Cross
women of Beth El, not to be out I
Unit
surpassed
its
record
in
the
LEONARD N. SIMO NS
done by their men, organized the
first World War with its activities
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Ladies' Aid Society afterwards
With World War II, Temple for the wounded.
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called the Soldiers' Aid Society.
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They were the first in the United Beth El rose to the gravity of the
DR. ELIASII BURIED
States to organize to aid the men situation with a Miry of sus-
SPECIAL !
JERUSALEM — (ISI) — The
tained activity.
$495
at the front.
Senii-Porcelain
Mordecai
Eliash,
Is-
Dr.
body
of
While 518 members of the con-
In 1865 the Civil War was
20-Piece
rael's
first
minister
to
the
Court
over, but tragedy lurked for the gregation entered the services, of St. James, was buried at the Service for Four
nation. When news reached De- the members on the home front Sanhedrin cemetery this week in
troit that President Abraham went into high gear.
The women organized a USO the presence of 2,000 mourners,
Lincoln was assasinated the en-
UN. 4.9555
committee to attend to the wants including senior government of-
tire city wa:', stunned.
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7631 W. McNichols
Of the service men and women. ficials and representatives of all
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Service men were invited to walks of Israel life.
On April 19. all the churches Seders from camps in Michigan.
of the city called for noon day The Temple became a first aid
memorial services for the presi- center under the Civilian Defense
dent. Temple Beth El responded
program.
to the call.
GIFTS FOR SOLDIERS
Dr. Isadore Kalisch, 4 the rabbi
FOR PASSOVER
Gifts for service men were col-
at the time, addressed a pricked
lected
at
the
Temple
and
de-
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synagogue at the stroke of noon.
1
lie likened Lincoln unto Moses livered by the Men's Club to
those
in
service.
who had brought a new way of
Jewish refugees received hun-
life to his countrymen.
dreds
of boxes of clothing, food
He reviewed Lincoln's fight
for the equality of man and re- and supplies from the Sisterhood.
called that Lincoln was the first A single shipment in 1946 con-
president to appoint Jewish sisted of 182 boxes.
DF. B. Benedict Glazer was
Chaplains to the United States
Army. Dr. Kalisch himself had
led the fight for the appointment
"Good Deal Markowitz" is
of Jewish chaplains.
what they call me. Yes, I
The Spanish-American war of
1898 was a brief affair which was
give the best
over before it started, but the
records still show that eight
BUICK
members Of Beth El enlisted.
REMEMBER THE MAINE
DEALS IN
Rabbi Leo M. Franklin, in 1899,
a few days after his arrival in
TOWN!
Detroit. preached a Sabbath
Memorial service for the soldiers
THE UNITED DAIRIES WILL AGAIN PROVIDE
and sailors on the battleship
Maine which sank in -Havana
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Harbor and started the war.
Jerk Alarktmiti
When World War I broke out
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Temple Beth El had 600 families
SACK
MARKOWITZ
in its congregation. From these'
(Ass't Sales Mgr.)
families 207 men joined the war'
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and four paid with their lives.
CARSON BUICK
The Sisterhood Red Cross Unit
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13900 HAMILTON AVE.
was the largest and most active
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