co No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next. —Edgar W. Howe Passover Greetings 00 G 4, THE DETROIT JEWISH r/2 POLLAK PRINTING CO. Civil War Centennial Reminiscences Lincoln'sJewishFriends,,His l Rescinding of Gen. Grants Anti-Semitic 'Class - Bigotry fessing a Christian. faith, the By CHARLES M. SEGAL Next year, Americans will in- story was different in the North. Downtown-Union Printers ; augurate the observance of the H e r e, regimental chaplains 100th anniversary of the out- were to be "appointed by the 2420 Grand River • : break of the American Civil regimental commander on the WO 3-0895 vote of the field officers and War. Many of us will take time out company commanders present," to think about a man named and the candidates had to be 1 Greetings an the Holiday I Lincoln — "Honest Abe," and "regularly - ordained minister(s) i "the baboon" and "the turtle" of some Christian denomina- tion" to be eligible under the !O'Brien's Drug Store i to others. American Jews have special law. 1 Prescription Pharmacy reasons for remembering Lin- In September 1861, when a We Deliver coln as a friend of "the Isra- YMCA worker discovered Mi- I 20655 West 7 Mile at Braille 1 elites." Lincoln had many Jew- chael Allen, a Philadelphia Call KE 2-2410 0_,, j• ish friends including Abraham Jew, serving as chaplain to Jonas of Quincy, Illinois; Leo- the "Cameron's Dragoons," pol Blumenberg of. Baltimore; such a furor was created in Holiday Greetings Simon Wolf of Washington, D. the press and in the Adju- C. His Jewish chiropodist, Isa- tant General's Office that Al- MICHAEL'S char Zacharie of New York, "so len was impelled to resign TAILORING CO. often put me upon my feet," the rather than face dismissal President once said, "That I with dishonor. We Convert Double-Breasted Suits To Single-Breasted would like to give his people a The Allen incident set the 1425 Broadway, Fourth Floor I leg up." Lincoln made this re- stage for a concerted effort to I mark while expressing an inter- have the discriminatory clause WO 3-5776 est in Palestine as a Jewish Na- removed from existing law. If Wait. tional Homeland. But all of Jews were free to fight a corn- - these things are merely inter- mon enemy; if Jews were free Passover Greetings esting. What is significant, how- to sacrifice their lives for the ever, is what Lincoln did to freedom their country espoused, McN ICHOL'S combat two major challenges to surely they were entitled to the the American Jewish commun- benefits of freedom, and that HARDWARE ity. included the same freedom in 13308 West McNichols } When the Civil War envel- religious matters that their I oped the country in flames, Christian comrades-in-arms en- UN 3 - 0838 -, there were about 150,000 Jews joyed. and South; thousands en- This issue was brought to the "'" ■■ ••• ■ WOW North listed in the Union and Con- personal attention of President Passover Greetings federate armies. No previous Lincoln by the Rev. Arnold American conflict had seen so Fischel, representing the Board Maldaver Brothers Imany Jewish boys in uniform, of Delegates of American Isa- and that created a chaplaincy elites. In a conference, Lincoln Tailored Auto Floor Mats problem for those in Lincoln's told Fischel that "it was the Precision Cut to Fit All Cars army. Although the Confed- first time this subject had been erate government did not con- brought under his notice, that ,18,1 Burnette WE 3-4600 fine appointments to its Chap- it was altogether new to him, laincy Corps to clergymen pro- that he would take the subject into serious consideration." Two Greetings on. Passover Greetings on Passover days later, Lincoln notified Fi- schel that "a new law broad Mercury Roofing & PRINCE enough to cover what was de- Sheet Metal Co. sired "in behalf of the Israel- Michigan Macaroni Approved Bonded Contractors ites" would be presented to the Manufacturing Co., Inc. appropriate Congressional com- 567 LIVERNOIS 65 Bellevue 3261 Ferndale 20, Mich. mittee. 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"I esteem them not better In an effort to meet this than other people, not any situation, General Grant, com- worse," he said in Cincinnati, manding the Department of en route to the White House. Tennessee, issued an order on "It is not my nature when I see December 17, 1862, which a people borne down by the constituted one of the most weight of their shackles—the anti-Semitic edicts in Amer- oppression of tyranny—to make icon history. This General their life more bitter by heap- Order No. 11 condemned the ing upon them greater bur- Jews "as a class," charging dens; but rather would I do all them with "violating every in my power to raise the yoke regulation of trade estab- than to add anything that would lished by the Treasury De- tend to crush them." partment," and ordering their SUL SULA expulsion from the Depart- Greetings of the Season ment within 24 hours under penalty of imprisonment; BOOKER'S there was no right to redress. CAR WASH Human compassion and hu- man decency went out the win- Simonize - Blue Coral Waxing and Polishing dow as Yankee soldiers began 13972 Joseph Campau implementing the Order. Jews TW. 1-9842 were treated worse than cattle. • In Padukah, "respectable Un- ,J1McirTtrincrninniMinnr 2 ion citizens" who had "at no time engaged in trade within Sincerest Best Wishes the active lines of General Grant" were expelled with their Art Window & families. Jewish property was confiscated and Jews were de- House Cleaning Co. nied transportation. Why were 894 Neff Rd., Grosse Pointe the Jews singled out for such TU 5-7060 treatment when the greedy speculators also included men of other faiths and national or- igins? Said one soldier: "Be- Passover Greetings cause you are Jews, and are neither a benefit to the Union BERT BAKER or Confederacy." 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