THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, October 3, 1958- 1 2 •;411111K 7Wowgki , , Unique Yiddish Directory of Detroit Jewry, Jerusalemites Hear Shofar Blast Issued in 1907, Discovered by Irving Katz from Wailing Wall in Old City JERUSALEM (JTA) — The ment. This year's readings on Shofar was sounded on Yom Mt. Zion were from a Torah tznsnmy, trillD Kippur, at the "Wailing Wall written especially in memory 3x,73,7-11N 118cry11-1 nrs' CV, 1411 1 11P 17 1907. j:1 43 1;;;:cy-ra4 .i.,:cy:•;58 -3"8 yVy:11 8 nycnkr Cl."1 'OD W331rCEr;ri -pirt .1y3r ;i11 -kek: ,ivrotrnas -5nrcn ,nrrcr. 1114 jyt351t10t73it DCbtrarl JACOB LEVIN coy-11; 1y tip nvel trim ,CM"ILID mr=o4n 35 25 pz ivr,44o •ro$ tr;p .mlyskels 11/4' 111._13C'118 pr4 j11=1;:311 114 j1D jVC") T1K ,103"1M .C117M115 j1K 742 pts iy.:3;4no+vr,;r, 131a4 11N )1t$I1:q. , anyt•5z1s 118 onycrns ontar: itzv-trz: alrrow4rt -363 %m.o. 1,377V-VD "Au .1047110'COr14 1,O18: - 0:n3;trat Zpr -12S si rt YliV Cor. Adams al Hastings .jerV'D ,tr1CV -T Phone Main 619141 • •■ • 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'. According to Katz, this Yiddish Directory rZ5';11 j1K ,i7ore, t.cs5p 1Y era?: 1T 174_411 r:‘,51;11 i;trl -.•c ;07;5 sr rins wrzy: nros 01:11 ,tc ,5 j;11:"1 114 111M*3 WV, .tyvi-ma rr510v • C.:13,'1y 32 , • 11V::: vem,o5-Ittt,t, 149 .:t:t .1117110 ,Cryie:711 p5priz itot mnptrr .91n tort rrally 527 ;13:Ckt12 .11y p-rly-10 2711 ,CFItt7p ,T*1415 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. _ 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 fa, 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. OPPORTUNITY Discover How to Bake Like An Expert —Even If You've Never Baked Before! Golden pound cake ... spicy gingerbread ... delicious corn muffins and date muffins—bake them all with ex- pert ease, even if you've never baked before ! Dromedary Mixes give you perfect results — first time and every time! They're foolproof .. fast . . take only 3 minutes from package to pan! 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