border wars with the Spanish
Some Surprises in U.S. Jewish thstory ' colony
of Florida. Nobody could
speak the Indian language, but
Holiday Best Wishes
there was a Jew present to in-
terpret Spanish. We do not even
4T)r. Levinger, now a chaplain with the Veterans' Administration at Los Angeles,
is the well-known World War I chaplain and historian, His book, "History of the know his name; his very exist-
Jews in the United States," was published by the Union of American Hebrew Con- ence is known to us only in the
gregations, through whose courtesy the following article appears here.)
obscure reminiscences of a col-
Jews bob up at the most un- year 1695 the governor of South onial governor.
expected places, from early col- Carolina desired to interrogate
'When John Charles Fremont
onial days to the present. In the some Indians captured in the made his epochal fifth expe-
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dition across the Rockies in
1854, tracing the route for the
future railway to the West,
Sincerest Wishes on New Year's
one Solomon Nunes Carvalho
was the official artist of the
rioliday Good Cheer
expedition.
In 1803, when New Orleans was
LIVONIA RIDING &
still French territory, - a retiring
young
man
of
21
settled
there
BOARDING STABLES
1300 Broadway, Corner Gratiot
and opened a shop; when he died
Hayrides, clubroom facilities and reservations for private parties.
exactly a century ago, Judah
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Successor to Morton's Riding Stables.
Touro was famous the country
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over as a generous donor to
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2 Blocks N. of Fenkell between Inkster and Middle Belt Roods
many causes, Jewish, Christian
and patriotic.
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Every section of the country
welcomed a few Jews among
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the pioneers, and usually one
of them was an outstanding
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figure. For the Republic of
Texas this was Henry Castro,
born in France as Henri de
Established 25 Years
Castro, member of the famous
Complete Collection Service
Jewish line. He made a con-
G. Lopez — Monufocturing Hand-Mode
tract with Sam Houston in
Investigation and Reports
1842 to find colonists for the
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empty land, and in the follow-
Catering to Box Trade
ing four years brought 5,000
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immigrants from Alsace and
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the Rhineland, investing a
fortune in the enterprise.
1
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; I The first president of the
I American Federation of Labor,
who held that office for 38 years,
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was Samuel Gompers, an English
' Jew.
At the historic siege of Fort
McHenry in 1812, Francis Scott
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e Key, an observer, conceived the
Dies, Tools, Jigs, Fixtures and Special Machinery
I "Star Spangled Banner." But
others were present, too; the rec-
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ords show that eight Jews were
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listed among the defenders of
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the Fort.
Richard Distei
1 In the colony of South Caro-
Best Wishes for a Happy New Year
I lina, as the Revolution was be-
ginning, Francis Salvador was a
member of the Provincial Con-
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gress, the first Jew to hold elec-
tive office in this country, as '
well as one of the earliest vie-
tiros of the war.
E. E. DeMott, Pharmacist
I On the Pacific coast, in 1849,
the very year of the Gold Rush, '
two minyanim observed the High
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Holydays in the village of San
Francisco. Many a ghost town of
1938 Franklin St.
1 today has a Jewish cemetery or
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other memories of those hectic
days. The "great man" among I
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the early Jews was Adolph Sutro,
builder of a tunnel at the Com-
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stock Lode and for many years
mayor of San Francisco. The
best remembered even now is the
strange figure of Emperor Nor-
Lumber Specialists - Arthur J. Cooper, Pres.
, ton, in his fantastic uniform,
Complete Insulation
' followed by two mongrel dogs.
He lived for many years on the
New and Old Homes
bounty of the San Franciscans,
3810 Grand River
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and issued script which was ac- ,
cepted as legal tender in every 1 14731 E. 7 MILE ROAD
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restaurant in town.
1 If we look to the navy, we
Best Wishes to the Jewish Community
find a Commodore in the 1850's.
the romantic Uriah P. Levy, and
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an Admiral in the Second World
; War, Ben Morreel. Three Jews
have sat on the Supreme Court,
Corporation
and six in the Senate; their pres-
ent representatives are Justice
Wiping Clothes
Industrial Textiles
Felix Frankfurter and Senator
Structural Steel, Misc. iron Works
Tack Rags
Rewash Service
Herbert Lehman.
Textile Specialties
In 1656, two years after the
Fabrication and Erection
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I was founded in New Amsterdam,
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and in 1682 the first synagogue
1 was opened for worship in the
same city, but that time called
New York. When the Christian
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Sunday School movement was
A Happy New Year Greeting
new, Rebecca Gratz founded the
first Jewish Sunday School in
Philadelphia in 1838. Five years
later, in 1843, 12 young German
Sand — Gravel — Pebbles — Cement — Crushed Stone
immigrants met in New York
Mortar
Fill Sand
under the leadership of one
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Henry
Jones (previously Hein-
e
.
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e rich Jonas) to organize the first
DETROIT 12, MICH.
iJewish fraternal order in all his-
; tory, the Bnai Brith. One of their
purposes was to unify the little e An"•" 1"""mvss•
Jewish community, torn by the
, struggles of rival congregations.
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By the 1870's a movement to
unite congregations was consum-
mated by Rabbi Isaac Mayer
Extends Its Heartiest
Wise of Cincinnati. The Union of
American Hebrew Congregations I
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Best Wishes for a
became a reality in 1871 and the
Hebrew Union College, the oldest
AND PLATE
Happy New Year
• Jewish College to endure, in 1875.
By RABBI LEE J. LEVINGER
Maxwell Food Distributors
PHILLIP'S SHOES
DETROIT CREDIT BUREAU
LA DORA CIGAR CO.
DETREX CORPORATION
Distel Tool & Machine Co.
DEMOTT'S DRUGS
DETROIT ELEVATOR
COMPANY
Lillibridge Lumber Company
DODGE ENGINEERING SERVICE
O'BRIEN TEXTILES
DAVIS IRON WORKS
Nicholson Materials Company
PARK METAL PRODUCTS CO.
Lafayette Steel Corporation
PENINSULAR STEEL CO.
1030-40 McDougall
AMEINICIAMINIMMOT
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Friday, September 24, 1954
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