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.Frkieve Auguif 7,

THE JEWISH NEWS

Jewish. Welfare Board Sends
Supplies to War Prisoners

Shipment, Transported Through Cooperation of the Red
Cross, Includes Bibles, Prayer Books and
Musical Instruments

Jewish Boys
In The War

Lieut. Jack A. Sill, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Solomon Sill of 13325
LaSalle
"7-1. 5'1,7EFT1 is stationed with
A shipment of Bibles, prayer books, religious articles
.04. the U. S. Navy
**;$ " somewhe r e "
and books for American prisoners of war of the Jewish
`:overseas. A
faith held by the Japanese has been made by the National
',-.graduate of
Jewish Welfare Board through arrangements with the
Northwe stern
War Prisoners Aid of the World's Committee of YMCA's,
High, he re-
of Geneva, Switzerland, it was announced by Louis Kraft,
ceived a diploma
executive director of the Board.
from the Wayne
The materials provided by the Board, Mr. Kraft said,
U. College o f
form a part of a larger ship-
Medicine a n d
ment of materials for American
served his in-
war prisoners of the three major
ternship at Receiving Hospital
religious faiths who are now
for two and one-half years. In
being held in five Japanese
1939, Lieut. Sill received an hon-
prison camps. The shipment has
or award from Wayne U. for
been made up into five units.
placing at the head of his June
Religious materials for the use
class. He enlisted last January.
of Jewish men is •included in
Camp
Chelsea,
camp
for
moth-
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each of the five units.
ers
and
young
children,
lo-
The Jewish religious and rit-
Samuel Shier, Petty Officer,
ual materials provided by the cated near Chelsea, Mich., is now U. S. N., Second Class, son of
Board include . Sefer Torahs, accepting registrations for fam- Mrs. Minnie
abridged prayer books and ily camping for the week of Shier, 3 7 1 1
bibles, phylacteries, prayer Aug. 16. This means that in ad- Webb Ave., en-
shawls, full text Bibles in both dition to the women and child- listed in the
English and Hebrew, and other ren regularly registered for Navy in April.
synagogue appurtenances, and camp, husbands and fathers may He is now sta-
Jewish histories and literary join their families. Inquiries and tioned at Camp
works. In all, 30 items are in- registrations may be made with Bradford, N o r -
cluded. A Sefer Torah is includ- Mrs. Grant, camp registrar at folk, Va. Before
ed for each of the five prison the Jewish Community Center, h i s enlistment,
camps.
8904 Woodward Ave., MAdison he was associat-
Each library unit contains 8400. Rates are $15 per week for
ed with Aurora
8,000 books ranging from light adults who are not Mothers'
Gasoline Co. He was graduated
fiction to text books. The mus- Club members; $13 weekly for
from South High School of
ical units include string and members; $10 weekly for child-
wind instruments, phonographs ren of non-members; and $8.50 Youngstown, 0., before coming
to Detroit with his mother and
and records.
for children of members.
sisters 10 years ago.
The shipments, Mr. Kraft
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Men coming to Camp Chelsea
pointed out, have been organ-
Dr. Carl Gussin, son of Max
ized under the terms of the for the week of family camping
Geneva Convention of 1929 rel- will find a delightful spot for Gussin of 16647 Parkside Ave.,
ative to the treatment of pris- rest and play. In addition to an left last week for active duty
oners of war to which most of improved camp, there is excellent
the United Nations and Axis fishing in Lehmann Lake, bad- and is stationed as First Lieu-
Powers are signatories. This first minton, baseball, swimming in tenant with the Dental Corps at
shipment of five units is being Cavanaugh Lake, and outdoor Fort Grant, Ill. Lieut. Gussin
transported through the coop- ping pong. A good golf course made his mark in athletics while
eration of the International Red is not far from camp. Programs
at Alma College and was named
Cross and the American Red are planned for each evening.
The week of August 16 will on the all-state basketball and
Cross. It is the first of such
services rendered to American mark the end of a highly suc- football teams.
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prisoners of war in the present cessful eight-week season, that
Corp. Charles M. Garvett has
conflict.
marked a record registration. It
is urged that registrations for returned from the Air Base at
Piano-playing Harry Rosen- the week of family camping be Pendleton, Oregon, for a visit
thal is very near F. D. R. in the made as soon as possible so as to with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
National Encyclopedia of Biog- avoid last minute disappoint- Morris Garvett of Longfellow
Ave.
ments.
raphies.

Fathers Invited
To Camp Chelsea
For Closing Week

Sergeant Shapiro
Leaves the Police
Force for Marines

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QUIZ BO

its ANSWERS

Detective Who Holds -Marks-
manship Records Com-
missioned Captain

Detective Sergeant Albert Sha-
piro, one of the ablest marksmen
in the country, is taking leave
of absence from the Detroit Po-
lice Force, having been commis-
sioned a Captain in the Marines.
Captain Shapiro has been
awarded more than 300 medals
for marksmanship. Two of
these awards have been for set-
ting world records.

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RESTRICTIONS TIGHTENED
STOCKHOLM (JTA)-The ex
pulsion of thousands of Jews
from Holland by the German oc-
cupation authorities has been fol-
lowed by a tightening up of anti-
Jewish restrictions, it is revealed
in the Joodsche Weeksblad, offi-
cial organ of the Amsterdam
Jewish community, which
reached here this week.
Intensifying the curfew restric
tions for Jews, who are not com-
pelled to remain at home be-
tween the hours of 8 p. tn. and 6
a. m., the Nazis have ordered
that Jews are forbidden to lean
out of windows or stand or sit
on b alconies that face the street.
A threat that Holland will be
made "judenrein" by the middle
of next year is contained in the
"Storm Weekblad Der Neder-
landsche S. S.," also received here
this week.

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WOMAN DOCTOR ALIVE
One of the best surgeons in
Russia, Dr. Chana Frumina, is
"the darling of the Red Army,"
Russian newspapers assert. She
has been working overtime since
the outbreak of the war in mili-
tary hospitals and has saved
hundreds of soldiers from death.

That speech in "Mrs. Miniver"
-"This is a war of the people,
of all the people, etc."-was
written by the director, William
Wyler.

. _ To Questions on Page 7
L ^ Oscar Stares.

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Beaver Street, in 1695. •
3. Roderigo Sanchez, Col
bus' interpreter.
4. Isaac Touro of Ne
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5. Florence Praag Kah
who filled the seat of 11 ,-
husband, who died in o

fice.
6. Rabbi Joseph Kornfeld.

7. Judah P. Benjamin.
8. Louis D. Brandeis, Benj
min Cardozo, Felix Fr
furter.
9. Paul M. Warburg.
10. Bernard M. Baiuch.

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The History of the Jews in Michiga

(Continued from

• -e 6)

Alex Cohen of Lansing served in the state legisla-
ture.
Ludington (population 8,701, census of 1940) has
about 60 Jews. An Orthodox congregation, Sons of
Israel, was established in Ludington in 1893 and con-
tinued until 1900. Israel Rotenborsky (1883-94) was
the first resident rabbi. William Zeiv was mayor of
Ludington in 1917.

Mackinac was one of the places where Jews first
settled in Michigan during the 19th century as well
as in the 18th. In 1845 Lewis F. Leopold (whose name
had been Freudenthaler), a native of Baden, Germany,
with his wife, Babette, who was a member of the
Austrian (Osterreicher) family, their infant son, Lewis'
sister, Hannah, and Lewis' -brother, Samuel, were at
the island. The brothers became pioneers in the fishery
business and were soon shipping a thousand barrels
of salted fish to Cleveland every season. Samuel Leo-
pold left Mackinac in 1853 to become one of the first
white men to settle at Don du Lac, Wisconsin. Edward
Kanter, who worked for the Leopolds and Austrians
at Mackinac in 1846, left the island in 1852 and became
a resident of Detroit. He was a member of the state
legislature from 1866 until 1870.

Marshall (population 5,253, census of 1940) has very
few Jews. As early as 1848, Samuel and Marx Hart,
who came from southern Germany, had settled there.
Mount Clemens (population 14,389, census of 1940)
has about 300 Jewish residents. Congregation Beth
Tefilath Moses (Orthodox) was organized in 1912. The
synagogue was dedicated in 1920. The .first resident
rabbi was Meyer Davis who served from 1912 until
1920; the rabbi in 1940 was David Winchester.

Muskegon (population 47,697, census of 1940), has
about 300 Jews. Sons of Israel (Conservative) was
organized in 1911 as an Orthodox congregation. It
became Conservative in 1937. Services were held, at
first, in the home of Henry Rubinsky. The synagogue
was dedicated in 1917. Benjamin Cohen (1934-36) was
the first resident rabbi; Aaron Cohen was the rabbi
in 1940.
. Petoskey (population. 6,01.9, census of 1940), with a
Jewish population of about 75, has an Orthodox

congregation, Bnai Israel, organized in 1894. The
synagogue, dedicated in 1911, was originally a Baptist
church. The first resident rabbi was I. Koplowitz
(1911-15). Bnai Israel Cemetery was organized in 1895.

Pontiac (population 66,626, census of 1940) has
about 550 Jews. Temple Beth Jacob (Reform) was first
organized as the Jewish Community Center of Pontiac
in 1923. The synagogue was dedicated the following
year and the present name adopted in 1933. The first
resident rabbi was Elmer Berger, who served from
1932 to 1936. The present rabbi is Eric Friedland. Con-
gregation Bnai Israel (Orthodox) was organized in 1934.
Its synagogue was purchased and remodeled in 1937.
The first resident rabbi was A. E. Miller (1937-38);
Rabbi Esidore Strauss is the present spiritual leader.
The Federated Jewish Charities of Pontiac was organ-
ized in 1936.
Port Huron (population 32,759, census of 1940),
with a Jewish community of about 220, has an Ortho-
dox congregation, Mt. Sinai, organized in 1898. Its
synagogue was dedicated in 1924. The first resident
rabbi was Leon Gerstein (1898). Mt. Sinai Cemetery
was organized in 1898.
River Rouge (population 17,008, census of 1940),
has an Orthodox congregation, River Rouge Jewish
Congregation, organized in 1929. The synagogue was
dedicated in 1938.
Saginaw (population 82,794, census of .1940), has
about 475 Jews. Congregation Bnai Israel (Orthodox)
was organized in 1890. The synagogue, dedicated in
1913, was remodeled in• 1928. The first resident rabbi
was William Reiches (1890-92); the rabbi at present is
Israel T. Notis. Temple Beth El (Reform) was or-
ganized in 1903. Services were first held in the home
of Samuel Seitner. Beth El's synagogue was purchased,
remodeled, and dedicated in 1921. The first resident
rabbi was Moses Abraham (1903-04). The Saginaw
Hebrew Cemetery was organized in 1898. The Jewish
Welfare Federation was organized in 1939.
South Haven (population 4,745, census of 1940),
with about 300 Jewish residents, has an Orthodox
Hebrew congregation, organized in 1920. Its synagogue
was dedicated in 1928. The first resident rabbi was
David Rosenbloom (1928-30).

Traverse City (population 14,455, census of 194
with about 25 Jews, has an Orthodox congregati
Beth El, organized in 1883. Oakwood Cemetery
organized in 1884.
Wyandotte (population 30,618 census of 1940)
about 200 Jews. Beth El Congregation (Orthi.
was organized in 1926. The first resident rabbi was
Davis (1926-28). Rabbi Abraham Danzig holds
pulpit now.
ESIDES the Jews of Michigan in public se
already mentioned, the following from Detroit
members of the state legislature: Adam Bloom (1
83); Joseph Weiss (18893, state senate 1891-
David E. Heineman (189I93); Charles C. S .
(state senate 1903-04); Henry Marks (1908); J --
Maas and Nathan Nagel (1912 and 1920); Henry G
(1934); and Charles Blondy (state senate 1
Charles C. Simons was afterwards a United S
District Judge (1923-32) and a member of the Uni
States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth C .
(from 1932 on). Henry M. Butzel of Detroit w
member of the Supreme Court of Michigan from 1
on (chief justice 1931-39). Julius Houseman, who
the first Jewish resident of Grand Rapids, after
ing as mayor of the city (1872-76) was a represen
tive in the United States Congress from 1881
1883. Other Jewish mayors, besides those menti
include: Norman Henry Wiener (member of
city council 1928-30), mayor of Albion (popula
8,345, census of 1940) from 1931 on; Edward
dorf, in 1907 mayor of Hudson (population 2,
census of 1940); Benjamin Bloomrosen, in 1907
first mayor of Manistique (population 5,399, ce
of 1940); William Saulson, in 1911 mayor of St. I
(population 2,669, census of 1940); and Jack G
berg, in 1940 mayor of Vassar (population 2,154
sus of 1940). State officials include: Mrs. Sch
Kleinman, unemployment commission, 1931; A.
Lappin, labor relations board, from 1939 on; Sam
Metzger, commissioner of agriculture, 1933; Th
George Sternberg (city attorney of Harrisville, 19
municipal justice, Harrisville, 1932), assistant atto
general of Michigan, 1937. County officials indu
Henry Behrend, sheriff of Wayne county, 1931; .3"
Korn, prosecutor of Wexford county, 1941.

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