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Historical Data Shows How Jewish Contributions
Aided First Detroit Hospital, Now St. Mary's

News Brevities

FANNY GORDON FAMILY
CLUB will Mold its second an-
nual donor dinner Wednesday,
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March 9, at Lachar's. Tickets
BY IRVING I. KATZ
and should be answered as the Jews may be obtained by calling Mrs.
Executive Secretary, Temple Beth Ej•
have ever answered such requests.
Ethel Lakind, TO. 7-6254.
"Hence, the undersigned will be
In the course of the writer's investigation into the history
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happy to receive donations from all
of the Jews, in Michigan, much material has been unearthed who may feel disposed to aid in reci-
JOSEPH HOLTZMAN, who has
the good feelings of others
which shows that a number of Jews were tradincs in the procating
towards us, no one will be called on resigned as a DSR Commissioner,
for assistance, for the fullest convic- recommended that -the system be
.territory now known as Michigan as early as colonial b times.
satisfies the writer that the spon- centralized under the Mayor's
Ezekiel Solomon was in Mackinac in 1761 at a time when tion
taneous offering of all Israelites• will
make
collection worthy of the office.
the Jewish population in the United States was, very small cause, the
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and conductive to cement that
(at the time of the American Rev-
happiness which is enjoyed by every
On Oct. 17, 1944, a large white
of hope in the land of their
olution there were about 2,500' entire area occupied by Detroit pilgrim
adoption.
rabbit, six feet, one and one-half
Jews in the 13 colonies) and is was about a square mile.
S. M. ISAACS inches tall- (invisible to some in
regarded as the first Jew in
669
Houston
Street,
Feb.
7,
5610
- Two-Story Structure
the audience) settled into a chair
Michigan. Chapman Abraham,
"The books will be kept open for
The building was a two-story four
weeks, all donations will be pub- beside star Frank Fay on the
Who was in partnership with
unless otherwise desired, and stage of the Copley theater in
Ezekiel Solomon, Levi Solomons, structure; the upper floor was lished,
the whole amount, after being audited,
Boston and thereby made the-
Benjamin Lyons and .Gershon used for women patients while
ST •MAAT'S H OSPITAL
atrical history. The tryout run
Levi, all Jews, was in Detroit as the lower floor was reserved for
of "HARVEY" was limited
early as 1762 (the population of men. There were about 12 beds.
to two weeks in Boston. Then
After about five years in this
Detroit in 1768 was 678, exclu-
New York took up Frank Fay and
sive of the garrison) and is, in location, the Sisters erected .a
his pal "Harvey" and the play
the opinion of the writer, the building on Clinton Street near
St. Antoine, and the name was
which won tha Pulitzer Prize the
first Jew in Detroit.
then changed to 'St. Mary's Hos-
first year on Broadway did not
Beth El Founded
have an unsold seat for the first
The founding of the Jewish pital, which continues to this
community in Detroit did not day. This building was opened
two seasons in New York. "Har-
occur, however until the middle Nov. 6, 1850. On Nov. 21, 1879,
vey" with Frank Fay in the star-
of the 19th century, the period a new structure facing St. Antoine
ring role and most of the New
known in. American Jewish His- Street was formally opened,
York cast again is on the road
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tory as the Second Wave of Im- which has been in use to this
and on Monday, March 7, opens • a
migration from Germany. On day.
limited engagement of two weeks
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The text of the appeal in the will be transmitted as- emanating from at the SHUBERT-LAFAYETTE
Sept. • 22, 1850, Temple Beth El
Israelites to the Sisters of THEATER.
was founded by a small group Asmonean, headed "JEWISH 'The
Charity'."
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BENEVOLENCE. An appeal
A similar, though briefer, ap-
from the Sisters of Charity, St. peal appeared also in The Oc-
RABBI LEON FRAM has been
Vincent's, Detroit Michigan" is cident and American Jewish Ad- invited to participate in the Uni-
as follows:
vocate for April, 1850, the Amer- versity of . Michigan's "Religion
"The undersigned deems it a duty
and Life Week" program, de-
he owes to the sacred cause of • hu- ican Jewish Monthly Periodical
manity, to place before the Israelites of which began publication in 1843 signed to re-emphasize the role
the United States, an appeal made for in Philadelphia, under the ed- that religion_plays in the life of
the exercise of, their benevolence,•
the students. Rabbi Fram's sub-
which he is convinced their character- itorship of Rabbi Isaac Lesser of
istic virtues will not allow them to Congregation Mikveh Israel of ject will be "Religion as the
disregard. In order that the call may
Basis of Human Freedom." He
be properly understood, it will be nec- Philadelphia, one of the then out-
e ss ary to give a short sketch of the standing figures in the Amer- will speak Sunday afternoon,
Cause which gave rise to the applica-
March 6, at the Hillel Foundation.
ican Jewish Rabbinate. '
tion for assistance.
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"Some time since, the lamented
The signer of the appeal in the
Benedict Joseph was taken ill on the
DIANE SAXER, 15, of 8103 W.
Western route. On landing at Detroit Asmonean, the Rev. Samuel M.
he was immediately admitted into the Issacs, • was in 1850 the. minister 7 'Mile Rd. and SARAH GOREN,
Hospital at St. Vincents, and there he
16, of Outer Dr., students at Cass
received that kind attention • which of Congregation Shaaray Tefila
must endear the Sisters of Charity of NeW York of which Dr. Tech High School, have entries
to every son of humanity; their un-
in the seventh annual Michigan
ceasing attention and unremitting care Bernard J. Bamberger is the
formed the theme of admiration of present spiritual leader. This regional scholastic arts awards
all his friends who were present on
exhibition being held Feb. 28
that sad occasion. The writer was Congregation was formed in 1845
assured by Messrs. Hart, Godfrey and by a group of about 50 members through March 12 on the fourth
Feuchtwanger that the most eloquent
floor of Crowley, Milner and
tongue must fail in describing the kind- who, together with Rev. Issacs,
ness of those ministering 'angels. After withdrew from Congregation Company's east building.
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a long illness he died, his remains Bnai Jeshurun, NeW York's
REV. SAMUEL M. ISAACS
brought to this city, and as a conse-
BETTY
KOWALSKY
will pre-
second
oldest
Jewish
congrega-
quence the undersigned was officially
of German Jews. Detroit had at employed to offer suitable .acknowl- tion and its first Ashkenazic con- sent the following -pupils in a
that time a population of 21,019, edgments for their disinterested kind- gregation. The Wooster Street . piano recital at 3 p.m. Sunday,
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which• included 12 to 15 Jew- ness.
"Last week a letter was received, Synagogue was the first house March 6, at the Jewish Com-
acknowledging the tribute of respect, of worship built and occupied by
ish families.
Munity Center: Annabel Weiss,
then the letter continues: 'we have
In reading the Asmonean, the and
since had another of your nation, who, Congregation Shaaray Tefila.
Phyllis Pullberg, Michael Gantz,
first Jewish weekly in English from existing circumstances, excited
`Benedict Joseph, the deceased Barbara Littky, Marvin Littky,
even - a greater interest in our feel-
in the U. S. published from 1849 ings
than the lamented Mr. Josephs,
to 1858, the writer came across it was a Miss Siggel, from Neiv York, mentioned in the Asmonean, was Geraldine Stashefsky, Shirley
an interesting item in the issue en route to St. Louis, became too sick one of the 50 charter members of Chicorel and Edna Zucker. Ad-
proceed, was brought to our Hos- Congregation Shaaray Tefila. In mission is by invitation only.
of February 8, 1850, which makes to
pital and died of congestion of the 1847, he and another member
lungs.
A- dark mystery hangs over
reference to an appeal for money
fate. Should any of her friends, made application to the State of
made by the Sisters of Charity her
Rev. Sir, come under your notice, you
of St. Vincent's in Detroit, a Cath- can state that she died here after New York for a charter for
every kindness and attention. Shaaray Tefila as a congrega-
olic institution, to the Jews of receiving
Poor girl!'
tion.
New York.
" 'Now we have a request to present
St. Vincent's, the first hospi- yhich is hoped will not displease but
rather meet with a fervent reception
Tall Towers Nominations, •
tal in Detroit and Michigan : was from
every Israelite around you to
established as , a charitable, non- whom it is_addressed, it is to make a
little collection for us, to aid us in
sectarian institution by four being enabled to afford a larger share
Tall Towers will meet March
Sisters of Charity in an old log of comfort to the sick stranger.' This 10 at the home of Caroline Hart-
is the nature of the request which
building on the southwest cor- then
I feel sure will find a response in the man, 1502 Edison. Nomination of
ner of Randolph and Larned heart of every well-thinking Israelite. officers will be held. Air members
Streets and was opened for pa- Members of the Wooster Street Syna- are urged to attend.
gogue are already contributing their
tients June 9, 1845, when the modicum, but this is a national affair,
Max Brod, Prof. Epstein
Win Tel Aviv Annual Awards
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Tel
Aviv Municipality's annual Bialik
prizes for belles lettres and Juda-
ica were announced here over the
week-end. Max Brod won the
award for belles lettres for his
book, "Galileans in Shackles,"
and Prof. Itzhak Nathum Epstein
was awarded the Judaica prize
for his work, "Introduction to
Mishna Versions."

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DART KorITAL RANDOLPH AND URN., man

Dr. Simon Halkin, the George
Alexander Kohut professor of
Hebrew language and literature
at Hebrew Union College-Jewish
Institute of Re-
ligion in N e w
York, has aCcept-
ed an invitation
to take the post
of associate pro-
fessor of Hebrew
literature at the
Hebrew Univer-
sity in JeruSa-
lem. A native
of Russia, Pro-
fessor Halkin ar-
Dr. Halkin
rived in the United States
at the age of 15. He received
his education at the College of
the City of New York. New
York University and Columbia
University, which awarded him a
Ph.D. degree. He has taught at
the Tarbuth College for TeacherS
and the Hebrew Union School for
Teachers in New York City and
he was an instructor of English
at a- high school in Tel Aviv from
1932 to 1939. He returned to the
United States to join the faculty
of the College of Jewish Studies
in Chicago in 1940, and accepted
his present post at the Hebrew
Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion in 1943.
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HENRY COHEN FAMILY CIR-
CLE met Feb. 6 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cohen of
Beuna Vista. Ave. Plans were
made for a Purim . party. A Val-
entine party was held Feb. - 13
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cohen of Clairmount
Ave. The group will meet March
6 at the home of Bessie Cbhen,
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3039 Carter.
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MRS. LOUBA LUPILOFF, past
department president of the Jew-
ish War Veterans Ladies Auxil-
iary, was elected third vice presi-
dent of the Michigan Women's
National Defense Council at the
recent Book Cadillac convention.
This organization comprises the
major veterans' groups in Mich-
igan and represents a member-
ship of 75,000 women.
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Dorothy Greenbaum and Reu-
ben Silver will have leading
roles in the WAYNE UNIVERS-
ITY THEATER'S presentation of
Shakespeare's Tragedy, "King
Lear" at 8:30 p.m. March 11 and
12 at the Detroit Institute of Arts
auditorium.

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Detroit's Special
Tour to the Jewish State
THE MAGIC DOORWAY
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ISRAEL

Arabs in Israel Parliament

Two of the Arab delegates, distinguished by their headdress,

are shown attending Israel's first Parliament in Jerusalem. Seated in

rear, they are MOHAMMED SAID EL ZABI and AMIN SALIB
JARJURA, both of the Nazareth Democratic party, with DAVID
BEN HACOHEN (right) of The Israel Labor party. In front are two
MAPAI delegates.

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