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Unique Yiddish Directory of Detroit Jewry, Jerusalemites Hear Shofar Blast
Issued in 1907, Discovered by Irving Katz from Wailing Wall in Old City
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THE DETROIT "JEWISH DIRECTORY"
... 1907...
COMPILED AND ISSUED BY
L KNOPPOW & SONS,
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
428 HASTINGS ST.
A unique document of Detroit Jewry of
more than half century ago was recently dis-
covered by Irving I. Katz, executive secretary
of Temple Beth El and historiographer of the
Jews of Michigan, during his research at
the library of Hebrew Union College in
Cincinnati.
The material consists of a 172-page Direc-
tory of the Jews of Detroit, published in 1907
in Yiddish and modeled after the City of
Detroit. It lists the names, addresses and
occupations of all the Jewish residents. It
also contains a list of synagogues and Jewish
organizations. It is replete with ads of Jewish
business firm.
The directory was published by L. Knop-
pow and Sons, Printers and Publishers. The
individuals who owned the firm were Louis
Knoppow and his- sons, Herman and Abe. All
three are deceased. The wife of Abe, who is
now Mrs. Mollie Knoppow Kalb, is a resident
of Detroit, as are Abe Knoppovv's daughters,
Mrs. Elaine Wasserman and Mrs. Beverly
Toga'.
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is the first and only one of its kind to have
appeared anywhere in the United States.
The directory. has many unique features.
It reveals the type of business conducted by
Jews in 1907. There were operators of feed
stores, harness makers, jewelers and crafts-
men.
The accompanying photograhs show the
front page cover of the directory discovered
by Katz, a portion of a page with names as
listed in the directory, a portion of an adver-
tisement by Moe Ehrlich, who was in the
jewelry business here for more than 50 years,
and a portion of an advertisement by the late
Jacob Levin who then was in the book sup-
plies and religious articles business and later
entered the tailors' supplies business that be-
came well known here under his name.
According to the Jewish Year Book for
1907-08, there were 10,000 Jews in Detroit
in the year when the directory appeared.
The nearly 2,000 names appearing in it there-
fore covered practically all the Jewish
families who lived here 50 years ago.
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Remind Britain of Pledge to Take Arms from Arabs
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — Israel in-
tends to remind Britain when
the evacuation of British troops
from Jordan begins of a Bri-
tish promise not to leave any
heavy military equipment in
the Hashemite kingdom, in-
formed sources predicted
Wednesday.
The British promise was
in Old Jerusalem, for the first
time in more than a decade.
The sound was clearly heard
by several hundred worship-
pers at the Mt. Zion services.
Worshippers straining their
eyes toward the Old City for
a glimpse of Jewry's most
sacred shrine heard the blasts
of the Shofar at the close of
Neilah services. There was an
awed silence until the word
was passed that the "phantom
shofar" was sounded for a
group of Jewish soldiers among
the British troops stationed in
Jordan.
Life throughout Israel came
to a virtual standstill on Yom
Kippur. Ports airports and
frontiers had no communica-
tion during the Day of Atone-
made, it was understood, when
Israel granted Britain permis-
sion to fly paratroopers over
its territory during the Jor-
danian crisis.
These sources indicated it
was possible that Britain would
again ask for overflight per-
mission to facilitate troop with-
drawals from Jordan.
The British Embassy in Am-
man reportedly was advising
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BY HENRY LEONARD
"Ab . that's why Moldy; Is always late on Mk route.
He kisses all the meiruzaksr
London to delay withdrawal as
long as possible, not only be-
cause of the Jordanian situa-
tion but also it was under-
stood, because Embassy offi-
cials believe that the British
presence in Jordan is impor-
tant for the internal situation
in Iraq
Israel officials abstained from
comment on United Nations
Secretary General Hammar-
skjold's interim report Tuesday
to the General Assembly, ap-
parently in agreement with
Hammarskjold strategy of leav-
ing Israel out of the discussion.
Israel newspapers, however,
were critical, pointing out that
the Secretary General appar -
ently had failed to achieve
anything during his most re-
cent Middle East pacification
mission, except for a tentative
date for withdrawal of British
troops from Jordan and Ameri-
can troops from Lebanon.
Newspapers and political ob-
servers here indicated consider-
able skepticism about the
ability of UN envoys to pre-
vent new Nasser subversions in
Jordan and Lebanon or to
avert Jordan's disintegration.
Some newspapers argued that
the only effective factor against
a Nasser thrust at Jordan after
British withdrawal will be
Israel's presence in the area.
Some observers added, how-
ever, that if the presence of
UN envoys resulted in gradual
rather than sudden takeover
of Jordan by Nasser, Israel
would be in a difficult position
of a decision to be taken for
action to protect herself
against Nasser encirclement.
Mexican Jewry Seen
As Island of Culture
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's
Jewish community is a "castle
of Yiddish" inspired by the "vit-
ality and momentum" of its
Eastern European traditions, it
is reported by Dr. Simon
Noveck, Bnai Brith's director
of adult Jewish education. He
tells of being "deeply im-
pressed" by the intensity of
Jewish cultural activities in this
community of only 22,000 Jews.
"The scope and breadth of
Jewish communal activities are
reminiscent of the dynamism of
the now lost Eastern European
world," Dr. Noveck said.
Jewish Joint Effort
Opens Algiers Center
ALGIERS (WJA)—A Jewish
Cultural Center with lecture
rooms, cinema, a lending libra-
ry and a library of musical
records is to open in Algiers in
October. The center, situated
in one of Algiers' principal
streets, is a joint venture of the
World Jewish Congress, the
Jewish Cultural Committee for
Algeria and the Jewish Agency
department for culture and
education.
of the Israelis who fell in the
War of Independence. A Shofar
salvaged from the Bergen Bel-
sen concentration camp was
sounded at the end of the Mt.
Zion service to which many
thousands had made a pil-
grimage throughout the day.
Drive Is Launched
to Sell $50,000,000
More Israeli Bonds
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
Israel Bond Organization
launched a campaign to sell
$50,000,000 in Israel bonds by
the end of this year, as the first
step in helping Israel initiate
a five-year economic develop-
ment program.
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice
president of the organization,
said the drive to obtain an addi-
tional $50,000,000 in the bal-
ance of the current year was in-
urgurated in accordance with a
decision adopted at the first
international mobilization con-
fercence for Israel bonds which
was held in Jerusalem two
weeks ago.
Dr. Schwartz disclosed that
the Israel Treasury was setting
up a sinking fund in dollars to
redeem the Israel bonds that
will become due in 1963. He
said these included the Inde-
pendence Bond issue and the
12-year Savings Bonds sold in
1951.
He reported that the 1958
recession had not seriously of
Israel bond sales and
that the campaign aimed to
make up the "modest deficit"
as compared with 1957 sales in
the four-month drive, in which
"the better economic climate"
would be a helpful factor.
Dr. Schwartz announced that
among the Israel leaders who
would visit the United States
during the special four-month
campaign would be former
Prime Minister Moshe Sharett,
Israel's Ambassador to France,
Yakov Tzur, Col. Chaim Herzog,
until recently head of Israel's
southern command, and others.
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