Dr. Marcus' Tercentenary Address
Reviews Jewry's Gifts to the U.S.

A large congregation at Tem-
ple Beth El, last Friday night,
heard an important address by
Dr. Jacob Marcus, professor of
history at Hebrew Union College,
Cincinnati, on "300 Years in
America."
The first in a series of im-
portant tercentenary addresses
to be delivered here by noted
lecturers, Prof. Marcus' address
was especially notable because
it was the first to mark Ameri-
can Jewish tercentenary in De-
troit.
In the course of his address,
Dr. Marcus pointed out the fol-
lowing:
"The year 1954 will mark the
Tercentenary of the first organ-
ized Jewish community in what
is today the United States.
Three-hundred years ago, a
group of Spanish and Portuguese
Jews came to these shores seek-
ing religious freedom and polit-
ical opportunity which were de-
nied them at home. All of these
opportunities they found ulti-
mately on these hospitable
shores.
"The early American Jewish
community was very active in
the economic and political de-
velopment of what was to be-
come these United States.
"One of the great founders
of the whaling industry in
New England was the Jewish
merchant-shipper, Aaron Lo-
pez of Newport, R.I. He sent
out large expeditions in search
of whales w: • -3e oil was used
to make candles. The candles
made by the New England
manufacturers were the finest
known in the world at that
time. Frequently, expeditions
went as far south as the tip
of South America in search of
whales.
"During the Rev ou tio n,
practically all of the Jews in
the country were on the side
of the Continental forces, in
spite of the fact that in some
Colonies, one-third to one-half
of the people were Tories. A
number of Jews attained dis-
tinction in the Revolutionary
Army. and fought and suf-
fered at Valley Forge with
Washington.
"During the time of the Civil
War, there were eight or nine
Generals in:the Union Army of
Jewish descent. After the war,
many a German immigrant went
West and served with the scouts
and the troops ,bringing peace
and civilization on the plains
and on the prairies.
"The American Jew has al-
ways sought to the fullest extent
of his ability and capacity to
serve this country where he has
enjoyed the rights of religious
freedom and political equality.
"Typical of the exemplary
Jew is the Lehman family,

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-9

Friday, January 22, 1954

Meier Lehman attempted dur-
ing the Civil War, while a res-
ident of Alabama, to bring re-
lief to the Southern soldiers
who were prisoners in' North-
ern stockades. Meier Lehman
went to Richmond and in-
duced Pr e s i dent Jefferson
Davis to open negotiations for
this purpose with General
Grant. Meier Lehman was
unsuccessful in his attempt,
because General Grant refused
to cooperate in this humani-
tarian project.
"Two generations later, Meier
Lehman's son was Governor of
New York State for four terms,
and is now in the United States
Senate. He is Herbert Leh-
man. As Director General of the
UN Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration, Lehman suc-
cessfully fed millions of suffer-
ing human beings all over the
world. He continued the fine
humanitarian traditions of his
father.
"It is the hope and the prayer
of the Jew that in the next 300
years his religious group will do
what lies in their power to
strengthen this country so that
it may ever be a bulwark of
culture, liberalism and democ-
racy.

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Mannie Cornfield Head
Of BB Past Presidents

At a recent luncheon meeting,
held in the Olde Wayne Club,
Mannie Cornfield was elected
president of the Bnai Brith Past
*.::: Presidents Club.
Serving with
him w ill be
Samuel W. Leib
and Louis Bar-
den, vice-presi-
r:Tlents; Alfred H.
Bounin, seer e-
qary; Moe R.
Miller, treasur-
er; and Aaron
Droock, honor-
Cornfield
ary president.
The following members will
constitute the board of directors:
Louis J. Rosenberg, honorary,
Sidney J. Karbel, Ludwig Boraks,
Milton Weinstein, Louis Schos-
tak, Dr. Michael Engelman, Har-
ry Parr, Harry N. Katz, Harry
Direnfeld, Samuel G. Shulman,
Leo Polk, Hy Crystal, Dr. Law-
rence Yaffa, Louis Russman and
David I. Rosin.
Preparations are currently be-
ing made by the organization
for a spring event, to be an-
nounced soon, of which Max
Sosin will direct the entertain-
ment.

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.BPS to Feature Americana in 1954

The part Jews have played
in the development of this
country in the past 300 years is
reflected in the 10 volumes to
be published in 1954—American
Jewry's Tercentenary Year—by
the Jewish Publication Society
of America, according to an an-
nouncement made by Judge
Louis E. Levinthal, president of
the society. Of the 10 books
scheduled for release during
1954, six deal with aspects of
American Jewish life.
The six books in the field of
Americana include "A Jewish

Building of Yacht Club
Subject of Center Meeting

The Great Lakes Yacht Club
announces a meeting, open to
the public, at 2:30 p.m., Jan, 31,
at the Woodward Jewish Center,
to discuss the building of a yacht
club and harbor faCilities on
Lake St. Clair at Nine ,Mile 'Rd.
and Jefferson.. .. . .
The club envisioned includes
a patio, lounging rooms, kitchen
and bar facilities, storage and
gear room and locker r o o
Swimming facilities also are
planned. The officers and direc-
tors of the group expect the pro-
ject to be completed by May •15

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Every person who purchases an Israel
Independence Bond in commemoration of
Jerusalem's 3000111 Anniversary, will have ,
his name inscribed in a Permanent Record
which will be presented to The Honorable
Michael. Simon, Chief of Protocol for the
State of Israel, at the Celebration, to become
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Dr. Brin Again to Lead
Americans' Israel Tour

Miss Rose F. Cogan of the
Universal Travel Co., Cambridge,
Mass., is a guest here to arrange
with local travel agencies for
enrollment of Detroiters in tours
she is arranging to Europe and
Israel.
Dr. Alexander Brin of the Bos-
ton Jewish Advocate will direct
one of the tours to Israel — to
include Passover celebration —
similar to a tour he directed last
year. Miss Cogan will partici-
pate in this tour.
Detroit travel bureaus a r e
being enlisted to assist Miss
Cogan in other monthly tours . to
Israel and to Europe. Informa-
tion will be available from the
travel bureaus here.

Tourist's Guide to the U. S."
by Bernard Postal and Lionel
Koppman; "Awakened," a first
novel by Margaret Abrams;
"Travel and Adventure in the
Far West," by S. N. Carvalho,
with an introduction by Bertram
W. Korn ; "The Commodore," a
fictionized oiography of Uriah
P. Levy, by Robert D. Abrahams;
"Myer Myers, Goldsmith," by
Jeanette W. Rosenbaum; and
"For Zion's Sake," a biography
of Judah L. Magnes by Norman
Be ntwich.

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Let my right hand forget her cunning.
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
1f I remember thee not;
If I set not Jerusalem
Above my chiefest joy."

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