Sidney Wisch to Speak
To Marshall B.B. Tues.
Figures on House of Shelter Bring Warm Glow to Community
One of the most used expres-
sions today is the phrase "cold
statistics." Perhaps, though, in
this era of red tape and mul-
tiple calCulations, it isn't alto-
gether unusual to hear the
words mentioned so frequently.
But, it is a welcome relief
when you hear some "warm
statistics."
The 1500 warm meals and the
550 warm nights provided last
year for 220 individuals at De-
troit's Jewish House of Shelter,
do indeed fall into this category
of "warm statistics."
This year • finds the House of
Shelter entering into its second
half-century of activity, provid-
ing shelter and feed for indigent
transients in our midst.
The House dates back to 1902
—when it wasn't a house at all
but a room in the synagogue lo-
cated at Russell and Adelaide.
Funds were raised by assessing
members of the congregation,
while today the economics are
taken care of by the Jewish
Welfare Federation.
Back in 1902, a Mr. Cohen
depression years and saved an
institution that was perform-
ing a vital public service from
becoming extinct. The same
year saw incorporation into its
program of work formerly
carried out for non - family
resident men by the Jewish
Unemployment E m e r g e n cy
Council.
Two years later, while the de-
pression was still at its height,
the program of -the Kosher Kit-
chen—feeding unemployed Jew-
ish people—was merged with the
House of Shelter.
Meanwhile, new quarters were
located at 77 Alger Street, but
in 1936 because of a shift of the
Jewish population, the institu-
tion was moved to its present lo-
cation at 1620 Taylor.
In back of the program at
the House of Shelter is the La-
dies Auxiliary, which in 1939
provided funds for the addition
of several beds, bringing to 27
the number of men it could ac-
commodate. Part of its facilities
uled this year for Oct. 23, at
Zack's.
So, three guardian angels, the
Jewish Welfare Federation, Jew-
ish Social Service Bureau and
the Ladies Auxiliary have been
responsible, through the years,
for the success of the House of
Shelter, which is in keeping with
the age-old Jewish invocation to
take care of the oppressed.
In addition to its work
around the h o l i d a y s, the
women visit hospitals around
Detroit, taking gifts and lux-
ury items, like cigarettes, to
Jewish patients. All the fur-
nishings in the House of Shel-
ter have been provided by
Auxiliary funds, which a r e
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and agricultural sell-sufficiency, she fortifies
Federation came in the early
1:4;
Sidney Wisch, "Big Brother"
at Belief aire in Cleveland, will
address the first joint meeting
of the year . of Louis Marshall
Men and Women, at 8:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, at Workmen's Circle,
There will be entertainment and
refreshments. The public is in-
vited.
and .Exchange Commission, which does not pass on the merits, of ony registered securities.
The very next year, after
learning of the effectiveness of
the House, a Mrs. N. Ginsburg
(again this is the only descrip-
tion available) donated a home
on Division and Antoine. A
caretaker couple was employed
to manage the home and to
provide meals. -
Then, as now, the House was
designed expressly for t r a n-
sients, men down on their luck,
some ill, others unemployed, still
others considered too old to
. work but traveling from city to
city in the hope of finding some-
thing useful to do.
The real guiding spirit behind
the House of . Shelter was Na-
than Bielfield, who served as its
first president. His grandson,
Jerry Bielfield, is keeping up
the family interest in the or-
ganization's work, and currently
serves as its president.
Others who helped to found
the group and remained with
it for many years were Moses
Leavitt, Jacob Levine and Isaac
Rosenthal. Mr. Rosenthal, until
his death last year, was honor-
ary vice-president.
In 1917, the House of Shelter
moved to a 15-room home at
299 Winder, and for the next
12 years the home's facilities —
and its 40 beds—were used fre-
quently.
Expenditures were still met_ by
dues-paying members, but when
the full effects of the depression
were felt in 1929, the assess-
ments fell off.
Financial assistance ` f r o rit. -
The perfect gift for the holi-
day season is the subscription
to The Jewish News.
gathered through the group's
annual games party, sched-
These securities, though registered, have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities
devised the plan for the House
of Shelter. A half - century
later, his first name has been
forgotten, but older residents
of the community will 'remem-
ber • him as "C ohen the
Magid."
The Yiddish Scientific Insti-
tute—YIVO—will publish .a. his-
tory of the Jewish labor move-
ment in the United States, Dr.
Nathan Reich, chairman of the
YIVO Commission on Research
has announced.
Dr. Reich, professor of eco-
nomics at Hunter College and
editor-in-chief of the historical
project, said that members of
the Editorial Advisory Council
will meet in all-day conference
on Sunday, at the YIVO, 535 W.
123rd St., New York. The con-
ference is called to define the
character and content of the
work.
were used in 1947 to house Jew-
ish families from war-torn Eu-
rope who had just arrived.
Although administrative mat-
ters are taken over by the Jew-
ish Social Service Bureau, an
agency of Federation, the Aux-
iliary does much of the servic-
ing of the institution.
Its honorary president, Mrs.
Hyman Altman, with her late
husband, devoted much time to
the problems at the House of
Shelter. Mrs. Morris Dorn is
president of the group, which
is especially active around holi-
day time, seeing to it that local,
homeless men as well as tran-
sients can enjoy a holiday meal
in a home-like atmosphere.