Cantor Sonenklar Romanian Emigration Slated to Begin Anew,
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Pres- that, for years, Jewish organ-
Elected for Life ident
Philip M. Klutznick, of izations have urged the Ro-
Yuri Suhl, author of "One
an anti-Semitic article, attack.
Foot in America" and "Cowboy
ing Jews as "about the worst
on a Wooden Horse," worked people of whom we have any
for five years gathering material
account . . ." She immediately
for a biography of Ernestine
wrote a protest and carried on
Louise Potowski Rose. The re- a correspondence to disprove
sult is an interesting account of the charges and dispel the
the famous suffragist, in his false allegations. She did not
book, "Ernestine Rose and the get very far with the editor,
Battle for Human Rights," pub- and she failed to free him
lished by Reynal & Co. (221 E. from his anti-Jewish bias, but
49th, N. Y. 17).
she was commended by a
In this ably compiled story,
Jewish periodical for her ef-
forts.
the biographer delved into the
eminent woman leader's Jewish
Ernestine Rose had lectured
background and traced her ac- in Detroit, Ann Arbor, Ypsi-
tivities throughout her active lanti, Battle Creek and Adrian,
life and during the years when and her audiences in Michigan
she was one of the targets of were enthusiastic in their recep-
the opponents of equal rights tions.
for women.
As a leading abolitionist, Mrs.
Suhl indicates that there are Rose aided the anti-slavery
some gaps which "even diligent movement and, although a
research could not overcome." Democrat, supported Abraham
CANTOR JACOB H. SON-
He mentions this one which he Lincoln.
ENKLAR, who came to the
On two occasions, to support
calls "a minor one":
"All biographical refer- herself, she created her own Shaarey Zedek in 1932, was
ences to her record her maid- brand of odor-dispelling paper elected cantor for life at the
en name as Ernestine Louise and made a cologne water, and congregation's 98th . annual
earned some needed funds by meeting last week. Cantor
Siismondi Potowski. But no
Jewish girl born of orthodox the stile of both items—the first
Sonenklar has served as presi-
parents in a ghetto in Poland in Berlin, the latter in New
dent
of the Detroit Cantors'
York.
would be named Ernestine
Yuri Suhl's story will be Association. He is a charter
Louise. This is, without a
doubt, a later modification of read with great interest not only member of the national
by women, but by all who are
the Hebrew name originally
cantors' association and in
given her at her birth. Rather interested in the battle in the 1956 was awarded an honorary
than indulge in guesswork last century for human rights in
fellowship of the Cantors In-
and invent Hebrew equiva- general and for equal suffrage stitute of the Jewish Theologi-
lents for Ernestine Louise, in particular.
cal Seminary of America.
this writer chose to use the
available name even in the
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beginning years of her life."
Where the life story of Ernes-
tine Rose is based on newspaper
and other records, Suhl is fact-
ual. He builds up an imaginary
story about Ernestine's youth, in
Piotrkow, Poland, her rebellion
against a marriage her father, a
rabbi, wanted to make for her,
and tells about a court battle to
break a marriage contract her
father schemed without her
knowledge. Then began her
travels abroad, — to Germany
and to England.
"From Piotrkow Ernestine
brought a knowledge of He-
brew, from Berlin a knowledge
of German; and in London she
earned a livelihood tutoring in
those two languages while she
herself studied English," the
story relates. It was in London
that she met and married Wil-
liam Ella Rose, a jeweler and
silversmith who shared her lib-
eral views. He was three years
her junior; she survived him by
10 years—he died in 1882 and
she passed away in her 83rd
year in 1892.
Ernestine Rose — about
whom William Lloyd Garri-
son said she was "one of the
most remarkable women of
our age; . . . as the advocate
of the rights of her sex, she
has no superior" — had many
battles. She faced many hos-
--
tile audiences. She came
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dear friends, Susan B. Anthony,
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whose name, together with that
date of withdrawal, if 6-month prior notice
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paid
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You regular
withdrawal is given. Interest
credited t
gether with the leading suffrag-
6 months by check or
ists in the world, called her
savings or checking account. You may have
deposits entered in one convenient
"brave and fearless of all
women," and the story of her,
passbook or you may receive a separate
an of your
life as told by Suhl proves the
Savings Certificate for each deposit.
validity of the compliments.
She was maligned, she was
accused of favoring free love—
an accusation that was frequent-
ly repeated in spite of her de-
nials—and she was often at-
tacked because of her Jewish
background. But she came
through it all with courage and
dignity.
She knew how to face heck-
lers, and while she had a
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marked accent, her oratorical
powers held her audiences spell-
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There was one incident
when she emerged as a de-
fender of the Jews. The Bos-
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ton Intelligencer published
Bnai Brith, made known the
results of a meeting with the
Minister Plenipotentiary of the
Romanian Embassy here, on
the subject of Jewish migra-
tion to Israel.
"I have seen the Minister
Plenipotentiary of the Ro-
manian government to the
United States," Klutznick said.
"Among other things, he stated
that I could quote him that,
in his judgment, certain com-
ment in the press on the emi-
gration of Jews from Romania
has incorrectly interpreted its
motives and its framework.
"I do not know what others
have said, but I can confirm
manian government to enable
Jews to leave Romania in or-
der- to be united with their
families in Israel.
"The Romanian government
finally agreed to take this hu-
manitarian step. I have every
confidence that the Romanian
government, having been
moved by humanitarian con-
siderations, will not fail, be-
cause of certain misunderstand-
ings, to permit this process to
continue until its consumma-
tion."
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his name . . . Sing unto the
Lord; for he hath done ex-
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1 3-THE DETROI T JEWIS IINEWS -- Friday, April 24, 1959
Yuri Suhl's 'Ernestine Rose
and the Battle for Human Rights'