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December 05, 1958 - Image 38

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1958-12-05

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, December 5, 1958-38



Holiday Best Wishes

NATIONAL COAL
& COKE CO.

Just Good Coal

9141 MONICA & PMRR
WE 3-4444

Ninety Jews Who Helped Establish the Republic

1776-1865

- An AJP Hanukah Feature

In his recent book, "Jewish
Notables' In America," (Green-
berg, Publisher), historian
Harry Simonhoff puts before us
a clear picture of 90 great

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Hanukah Greetings

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BARNETT DETROIT
CARTAGE CO.

Division of Rider System
24-Hour Service

Complete Steel Supply
Supplies for Builders

2660 WEST FORT STREET
At St. Anne (19th St.)

24220 TELEGRAPH
KE 7-1100

TA 6-1236

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Hanukah Greetings •

M & J GRILL

18925 LIVERNOIS

Best Wishes on the Holiday

PARKS WINDOWS, Inc.

Specializing in Windows — Door Frames -- Sash
Free Estimates

KE 4-4957

Livonia

12283 Merriman

Happy Hanukah to Our Friends and Relatives

CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY

Gas — Oil
Warm Air — Air Conditioning
Repairs of All Kinds

UN 2-9517

15905 James Couzens Hwy.

Greetings of the Holiday Season

THOMAS GOODFELLOW, INC.



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Millwright Service - Crane Rentals - Heavy Haulers

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Best Wishes on the Holiday

Federal Maintenance Co.

Brick Cleaners - Sand Blasting - Steam Cleaning
Water-Proofing
Commercial and Residential - Fully Insured

WA 8-6132

3005 SOUTH FORT

Hanukah Greetings to Our Friends and Patrons

ERB LUMBER COMPANY

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803 S. MAIN ST., ROYAL OAK — LI 8-4000

12600 STARK RD., LIVONIA — KE 7-5550

Greetings and Best Wishes

GEORGE F. BLOCK

Conveyor Hangers and Iron Works
U-Bolts
Rod Threading U-Bolts

6415 WEST VERNOR

VI 1-5154

Holiday Greetings

General Hardwood Company

Wholesale Hardwoods and Pattern Lumber

Virgil J. Leech

7201 E. McNICHOLS

Frederic C. Leech

TWinbrook 1-5566

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American Jews who played a
vital part in the molding of our
nation. He begins with the year
of American Independence and
tells the story of the outstand-
ing Jew of each year ending
with the gigantic struggle that
saved the Union. These stories
of 90 men and women command
attention for their sheer human
interest. The following is the
list of personalities author Si-
monhoff discusses in his 402-
page book:
Francis Salvador, alien pa-
triot, 1776; Aaron Lopez, mer-
chant prince, 1777; Joseph . Si-
mon of Lancaster, 1778; Mor
decai Sheftall, commissary gen-
eral, 1779; Abigail Minis, matri-
arch, 1780; Hayim Salomon, pa-
triot financier, 1781; Rebecca
Franks, the Tory belle, 1782;
Jacob Philadelphia, myst i c and
scientist, 1783; Hayman Levy,
Indian trade r, 1784; David
Franks, the Tory man of busi-
ness, 1785.
Aaron Levy, Aar onsb er g,
1786; Colonel Davis S. Franks,
treaty bearer, 1787; Jonas Phil-
lips, staunch libertarian, 1788;
Gershon Mendes Seixas, patriot
rabbi, 1789; Isaac Pinto of New
York, 1790; Michael Gratz, col-
onizer and trader, 1791; Myer
Myers, artist and craftsman,
1792; Moses Mendes Seixas,
sephardi parnass, 1793; Colonel
Isaacs Franks, alleged aide to
Washington, 1794; Colonel Solo-
mon Bush, office seeker, 1795.
Solomon Simson, mer chant
and correspondent, 1796; Ber-
nard Gratz, colonial enterpriser,
1797; Moses Michael Hays, grand
master, 1798; Simon Nathan, an-
cestor, 1799; Major Benjamin
Nones, Jeffersonian, 1800; Gov-
ernor David Emanuel, Georgia,
1801; Jacob I. Cohen, Richmond,
1802; Benjamin Gomez, book-
dealer and publisher, 1803; Old
Mordecai of A 1 a b a m a, 1804;
Isaac Moses, merchant and pa-
triot, 1805.
Judge Moses Levy, Philadel-
phia, 1806; John Hays, sheriff
and Indian agent, 1807; Moses
Myer s, Norfolk, 1808; Jacob
Henry, legislator, 1809; Jacob
Mordecai, schoolmaster, 1810;
Naphtali Phillips, lived almost
100 years, 1811; Captain Mor-
1812; Harmon Hendricks and
his copper rolling mill, 1813;
Jonothan Horwitz and the first
American Hebrew Bible, 1814.
Joshua Montefiore, adventur-
ous author, 1815; Samuel Noah,
class of 1807 U.S. Military Acad-
emy, 1816; Rebecca Gratz, Scott's
heroine, 1817; Joseph Samuel
Christian Frederick Frey, mis-
sionary, 1818; Sheftall Sheftall
of Savannah, 1819; Moses Elias
Levy, dreamer of a Zion in
Florida, 1820; Captain Jacob De
La Motta, surgeon and scientist,
1821; Israel Baer Kursheedy,
erudite layman, 1822; Solomon
H. Jackson, opponent of mission-
aries, 1823; . Isaac Harby, first
Reformer in American Judaism,
1824.
Mordecai Manual Noah, "gov-
ernor and judge of Israel", 1825;
Joseph Jonas, founder of the
Cincinnati commun it y, 1826;
Solomon Etting, civil rights
champion, 1827; Samuel B. H.
Judah, playwright, 1828; Samp-
son Simson, founder of Mt.
Sinai Hospital, 1829; Benjamin
Gratz, railroad organizer and
president, 1830; Levy Charles
Harby, captain in the U.S. Ma-
rines, 1831; Bernard Hart, N.Y.
Stock Exchange official, 1832;
Lorenzo Da Ponte, librettist to
Mozart, 1833; Commodore Uriah
P. Levy, 1834; Penina Moise,
blind poetess, 1835; Lieutenant
Meyer M. Cohen in the Seminole
War, 1836; Colonial Leon Dyer,
venturous yet solid, 1837.
Jacob Newton Cardozo, editor-
economist, 1838; Judah Touro,
philanthropist, 1839; Isaac Lee-
ser, Orthodox leader, 1840; Re-
former Gustavus Poznanski of
Charleston. 1841; Dr. Isaac Hays,
co-foundero f A.M.A., 1842;

Henry Castro, Texas colonizer,
1844; Abraham Hart, publisher,
1845; David Camden DeLeon,
the Fighting Doctor, 1846; Ja-
cob de Cordova, publiciser of
Texas, 1847; Warder Cresson,
convert, 1848; Abraham Wat-
ters, itinerant, 1849; Ernestine
L. Rose, suffragette, 1850; Max
Lilienthal, educator and spokes-
man, 1851.
Justice Solomon Heydenfeldt,
1852; Morris Jacob Raphall,
fundamentalist, 1853; Major Al-
fred Mordecai, conscientious ob-
jector, 1854; Solomon Nunes

Carvalho, artist-explorer, 1855;
Isidor Bush, abolitionist, 1856;
August Bondi in bleeding Kan-
sas with John BroWn, 1857; Ab-
raham Jonas, friend of Lincoln,
1858.
David Einhorn, radical re-
former, 1859; Michael Heilprin,
encyclopedist, 1860; David Levy
Yulee, Florida's first senator,
1861; Cesar J. Kaskel, shtadlan
for a day, 1862; Judah P. Ben-
jamin, statesman and jurist,
1863; La Belle Menken, enchant-
ing rebel, 1864; Edwin De Leon,
Confederate agent, 1865.

Greetings on the Holiday

JOYCE INSURANCE AGENCY

Underwriters of All Kinds_of Insurance,
Life Included

21440 GRAND RIVER

KE 1-4500

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Hanukah Greetings to Our Friends and Patrons

GREENBLATT and WRIGHT

Painting - Decorating — Interior - Exterior
Commercial — Residential
Brush - Spray — Fully Insured

18086 PENN I NGTON
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Holiday Best Wishes to All

HAGOPIAN & SONS

COMPLETE CARPET SERVICES

15180 WEST 8 MILE RD.

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FEDERAL PACIFIC ELECTRIC CO.

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Complete Credit Collection

Finance Service

16953 JAMES COUZENS

UN 4-7000

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3146 EAST JEFFERSON

The Holiday's Most Cordial Greetings

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Best Wishes for a Happy Hanukah
To Our Friends and Patrons

BUTCHER & PACKER SUPPLY CO.'

Parts for All Meat Grinders - Scales - Blocks - Cutlery
Sausage Casings - Twine - Spices

1454

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