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How the Work of Three Pioneers
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Rabbis and leading laymen It was reported that the Ye-
Developed Passover Aid Movement Mark 'Isaac Wise participated
in an emergency shiva last year had a deficit of
What can three men do?
relief organizations, a system Sabbath' Tonight confer e=n c e at Cong. Beth about $30,000 in a total budget
Shmuel and issued an appeal of $260,000.
was established which coordi-
The story of Mo'os Hitim is
a dramatic answer, for it is a
story of a good deed by three
pious Jews that today has
grown to cast its shining light
upon the entire Jewish Com-
munity of Detroit.
The story goes back to the
beginning of the century, when
three good and pious men —
Louis . Smith, Jacob Levin and
Aaron Ackerman,—were sorely
troubled by the plight of fellow
Jews who could not afford even
the Matzos for the Passover
which was then approaching.
With the aid of friends, these
three men saw to it that the
need was met that year, and the
year after that. Every year,
when Pa s s o v e r approached,
their friends knew they could
expect a visit from these three,
soliciting aid so that •the Pass-
over would not pass over the
needy Jews of Detroit. Out of
these yearly efforts, the Mo'os
Hitim Committee was born.
From all over the city, those
who needed help at Passover
time would gather at the Old
Folks Home on BruSh Street
and Edmund Place, where the
distribution would take place.
There were piles of Matzos,
Matzo meal and Matzo Products,
and the amount of cash given
in each instance would vary
with the number of children in
the family.
But as the city grew, the
problem grew. Each year, more
came, and finally it was more
than the-small committee could
handle. Confusion and duplica-
tion developed as other organi-
zations did their best to meet
the growing need.
In 1926, Mr. Smith learned
from the members of his fam-
ily how a new volunteer or-
- ganization, the Home Relief
Society, was handling similar
problems. He invited Mrs.
Harry M. Shulman, who was
then president of the Home
Relief S,ociety, to help system - .
ize the investigation and dis-
tribution of Passover aid.
Gradually, out of, the separ-
ate and duplicating efforts,
Mrs. Shulman, with the help
of members of the- Home Re-
lief Society and Mrs. Rose
Lipson, who was then director
of the Jewish Social Service
Bureau, developed a single
clearing house with one Mas-
ter file.
With the cooperation of other
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nated all Passover aid, avoiding
duplication and making certain
that all deserving pers,ons in
need would be helped without
embarrassment. This is the sys-
tem that is still in force.
Each year, the names of all
Jewish cases known to the De-
partment of Public Welfare, Old
Age Assistance, the Blind and
the Handicapped, the Aid to De-
pendent Children, as well as
names from the lists of private
relief giving organizations, are
complied anew in the One Mas-
ter File. There are also included
the names of families who are
self-supporting, but who need a
bit of .extra help for the holidays.
To these people are sent checks
and Matzo orders, by mail, with-
out embarrassment, without any
loss of pride or dignity.
Today it can be said, with the
`help of many contributors, par-
ticipating organizations, Syna-
gogues and Temples:
No Jew in the city of De-
troit needs to be withoUt the
necessities for Passover.
Upon the death_ of Louis
Smith in 1932, the leadership
of this movement was taken up
by his son, Charles Smith, who
continued until his health oblig-
ed him to retire in 1950. For the
next two years, the committee
was led by Mrs. Peter Miller, as
past president of the Home Re-
lief Society.
In 1952, Harry Cohen, a past
president of ConVegation ShaaL
rey Zedek, was invited to head
the committee and has been re-
elected each year since as presi-
dent. Harry M. Shulman, also a
past president of Shaarey Ze-
dek, who helped to coordinate
all synagogues in this work, has
been serving as treasurer.-
Mrs. Joseph Markel, secretary
of the Jewish Social Service
Bureau, too, has been reelected
each year as secretary of this
committee. Other officers of the
committee, which is now incor-
porated in the State of Michi-
gan as the., Mo'os Hitim Or-
ganization of Detroit, Inc., in-
clude four vice-presidents, this
Year's being Mrs. Paul Deutsch,
Mrs. Joseph Fisher, Morris
Gould and Abe Katzman. Mrs.
Maurice Garelick was •re-elected
financial secretary. There is also
a rabbinical advisory board and
a board of directors, on which
representatives of participating
organizations serve.
Thus, from a small private ef-
fort of these good men has
grown an organization which
helps 2,500 people • each year
with necessities for . Passover,
and the spirit of the holiday is
to be found in their selfless la-
bors.
Midwestern Yeshiva
PTA Conference Here
On March 24 the Midwestern
convention of the National As-
sociation of Yeshivah PTAs will
meet at Yeshivath Beth Yehu-
dah.
Educators and PTA delegates
from Chicago, Cleveland, Pitts-
burgh, Toronto, Cincinnati, Min-
neapolis and St. Louis, have an-
nounced their participation in
the conference.
Dr. Kaminetsky, Rabbi M.
Belsky and Rabbi M. Weis-
berger of Torah Umesorah will
direct the proceedings.
The highlight of the conven-
tion will be a mass meeting to
be addressed by Roshey Ye-
shivah.
Chairman of the convention
is Mrs. Jack Isbee, Detroit PTA
president. Mrs. Israel Rocko -e
is chairman of the arrangement?,
committee.
The principals of the Mid-
western Yeshivath will remain
in Detroit and will hold a con-
ference March 25 and 26, 'de-
voted to questions of curricu-
lum and methods. Rabbi Joseph
Elias, principal of Yeshivath
Beth Yehudah, and vice-presi-
dent of the National Conference
of Yeshivah Principals, is in
charge of program arrange-
ments.
In observance of "Isaac M.
Wise Sabbath," by Reform
congregations throughout the
country, the three local Re-
form Temples—Beth El, Israel
and Emanuel—will hbld a joint
service at Temple Beth .E1, to-
night, at 8:30.
The guest preacher will be
Dr. Ferdinand M. Isserman,
rabbi of Temple Israel, St. Lou-
is, who will speak on "Reform
Judaism Around the World."
Agudath Israel Chief
to Sneak in Detroit
Rabbi Izhak M. Lewin, head
of the Israeli Agudath Israel
party, will address a meet-
ing to be sponsored -by the
Agudath Israel organization of
Detroit at 8
p. m., Tuesday Ati;
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Dexter.
Rabbi Lewin,
former Israel
cabinet minis-
ter of welfare
a n d signer of
the Israeli dec-
laration of Rabbi Lewin
freedom, will report. on the cur-
rent Middle-Eastern situation.
He also will present an ortho-
dox Torah perspective.
The community is invited to
attend the event.
to the community to help alle-
The meeting called for a self-
viate the critical financial situa- sacrificing effort by the Ye-
tion of Yeshivath Beth Yehu- shiva's friends to help remove
dah.
the financial burdens. One of
the means of solving the prob-
Bar Mitzvah Club to Lead lem will be the Founders Din-
ner to take place May 26.
Ahavas Achim Services
Members of the Ahavas Ach-
im Bar Mitzvah Club will con-
duct late services of the con-
gregation at 9 p. m., today.
Participants will be Skip Snov-
er, Allan Wilson, Wayne Co-
hen, Allan Lite, Bob Bazell,
Rodney Burke and Michael Tar-
now.
The group, organized for
post-Bar Mitzvah age boys, 12
to 15, meets at 9 a.m., each
Sunday for services, a break-
fast and study period.
Following today's service,
Mr. and Mrs. William Lite will
be hosts at a social hour.
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