g Lincoln's Jewish Friends;
I Politician and Podiatrist
Weizmann Institute
Gets 2 Major Grants
Past National President Mrs. Ebin
to Visit Detroit Mizrachi Women
Two major grants to the
was his turn to ask a favor. Four Weizmann Institute of Science
Mrs. Deborah S. Ebin, past
of Jonas' sons were in the Con- in Rehovoth, Israel, amounting national president of the Mizra-
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
to
almost
$1.5
million
were
an-
federate
Army.
One
of
them,
chi Women's Organization of
A month before he was to leave
Springfield for his inhuguratio n Charles, was a prisone • of war. nounced by Meyer W. Weisgal, America will visit Detroit Chap-
chief
executive
officer
of
the
f
Jonas
asked
that
his
son
be
al-
ters
during the week of March
at Washington as President o
5.
the United States, Abraham Lin . lowed to visit the father. On Institute.
One totalling $675,000 was
coin received from a friend a April 2, 1864, Lincoln issued an
Mrs. Ebin is the daughter of
gift intended to brace him agains t order reading: "Allow Charles H. awarded by the Population the late Rabbi Aaron M. Ashin-
the rough years ahead.
The Jordan, now a prisoner of war Council of New York, the other sky of Pittsburgh who also
friend was Abraham Kohn, City at Johnson's island, a parole of for $756,000 by the Edmund de served in Detroit. Her work on
Clerk of Chicago, president o f three weeks to visit his dying Rothschild Memorial Group in behalf of children took her to
K.A.M., Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv father, Abraham Jonas, at Quincy, London.
The Population Council grant many countries all over the
the oldest Jewish synagogue in Illinois." Charles came home.
world and since 1925 she has
Illinois. The gift was a hand . That very day, Abraham Jonas was awarded in support of a been a delegate to the World
painted copy of the American died. Two days later, Lincoln research program in the physi- Zionist Congress.
flag. Written on the flag, in He- appointed Jonas' widow as post- ology of reproduction. The
funds will be applied to the
On Monday, Mrs. Ebin will
brew characters, was this quota- mistress of Quincy.
• • •
construction of laboratory units meet with the Fannie Gluck .
tion -from the Bc *: of Joshua
In September 1862, a British- and animal facilities, the pur- Chapter at their open meeting
(1:9).
Be strong and of good courage; born Jew named Isachar Zacharie chase of equipment, and the to be held at Cong. Beth Yehu-
budget over a period dah, 17556 Wyoming. That eve-
Be not afraid, neither be thou came to Washington from New operating
ning she will meet with the
York, where he had acquired a of five years.
dis-rnayed;
Oak Park Mizrachi Women at
For the Lord Thy God is with reputation as a highly competent
thee whithersoever thou go- ' podiatrist with some very prom-
`Dibbuk'
inent men among his patients.
est.
T h e expression "Dibbuk?"
LIKE TO CHA-CHA?
had recommended him first appeared in a colloquial
We have the word of Lincoln's Someone
COME! BRING YOUR FRIENDS
•
to
Secretary
of
ar
Stanton,
the
EACH
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
form in the Seventeenth Cen-
private secretary, John flay, that,
in turn, recommended him tury among the Jews of Ger-
TO THE
at least as of Nov. 28, 1862, the latter,
to
the
President.
Soon
Lincoln
flag with the Kohn inscription tried the man, then wrote this many and Poland. It repre-
"has been in the Executive Man- note: "Dr. Zacharie has operated sented at first the concept of an
(Orchestras: Such as Panchito,
sion ever since the President's in-
evil spirit that somehoW at-
Ramon Cerda, Fred Netting, Don
auguration." The original was on my feet with great success tached itself to a human being
Pablo, etc.)
and
considerable
addition
to
my
lost; a replica is on display cur-
and
used
his
body
as
a
base
of
REFINED CLIENTELE ONLY
•comfort."
8952 Grand River
rently in' the Jewish Museum - of
its operations. Later it came tto
KE 3-8465, TY 4-1010
A
Lincoln,
who
signed
that
New York, as part of the Civil
represent a migratory spirit of
endorsement,
apparently
received
War Centennial EXhibition.
another human which could find
comfort of other types from Zach- no peace even in transmigra-
at
la
The President of Chicago's arie.
El
The
New
York
World
was
K.A.M. was only one of Lincoln's to say later that Zacharie "en- tion into another being, so that
it entered another living human
many ,Jewish friends, some of
Mr. • Lincoln's confidence being. We do finely that the Mid-
whom were on intimate terms joyed
perhaps
more
than
any
other
pri-
rash (Numbers Rabbah 19:8)
with the Civil War President.
One was a politician, Abraham vate individual" and stated that describes a discussion between
Zacharie
was
"perhaps
the
most
Rabbi Johanan Ben Zakkai and
Jonas, of Quincy, Ill. The other
favored family visitor at the a heathen in which the heathen
was a very strange, unusual man,
White House."
practice
of driving out such a
Lin•oln's person al podiatriit,
Shortly after Zacharie first spirit from a human being is a
Isachar Zacharie.
BY ALFRED H. PAUL
(Copyright, 1962,
the Mishkan Israel Synagogue.
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Ebin
will meet with the Northwest
Child Rescue Women at the
home of Mrs. David Samilson,
23471 Marlow, Oak Park. On
Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Ebin
will conclude her stay with an
open workshop meeting of the
Sisters of Zion Mizrachi, to be
held at Holiday Manor.
I
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trimmed Lincoln's toenails, the
President sent the man. to New
Orleans, which was under the
Union's military governorship of
General Banks.
Zacharie's principal function
seemed to be the writing of per-
sonal, confidential reports to Lin-
coln.
In 1863,.armed with a letter
from Secretary of State Seward
—and apparently with special in-
structions from Lincoln—Zacha-
Stat.. Legislature, became Grand rie was in the Confederate Capi-
Ma.ster of Masons of Kentucky. tal of Richmond, conferring with
In 11138. he moved to Quincy, the Confederacy's leading Cabinet
Ill. In Illinois, he met another members, including the Jewish
young. up-anc:-coming politician, Secretary of State, Judah P. Ben-
Abraham Lincoln, who had al- amin. There was one report that
read3- served two terms in the Zacharie's mission had involved
Illnois State Legislature. The two he arrangement of a truce and
became fast friends and political compromise between the North
allies.
and the South. The plan never
In 1854. when Lincoln made matured. But when the foot-
his first visit to Quincy, to ad- doctor returned to Washington,
dress a political rally on behalf he -went to the White House. He
of a Whig candidate for Congress, eported that, behind locked
he hail come. at the invitation of doors, Lincoln listened to his re-
Abraham .Jonas. By December of port,- "seemed to be delighted
the same year, it was Jonas who with my revelations."
doing the political spade-
There were more, long,. confi-
work among the Illinois Whigs, dential conferences between Lin-
projecting A. Lincoln of Spring- oln and Zacharie, as well as be-
field as a candidate for the U.S. ween Secretary of State Seward
Senate
nd the Jewish podiatrist from
10iir years later, Jonas was a New York.
tio.nther of a small group of lead-
Zacharie was busy campaign-
er- of the new Republican Party ng for Lincoln's re-election in
III Quincy to talk about
864. The Jews of New York
the Presidential elections to face endered a testimonial dinner to
the country in 1860.
Zacharie in 1864. By January
shortly after Lincoln was nom-' f 1865, when the Union forces
Mated to the Presidency, some ad captured Savannah, Zacha-
Democratic politician's were pre- ie was given a special pass by
lim mg an attack against the Re- he Secretary of War to visit rela-
publican candidate. They set out ives in that city. The pass had
to - prove" that Lincoln had been been issued on Lincoln's personal
frienoll with the leaders of the equest.
Etio ■■ Nothing Party—the
party
When Lincoln had been mur-
that hail a program which, to- dered, Zacharie went back into
• • •
Photographs
of A b r ah am
.Jonas show a man of high fore-
head, black hair, piercing • eyes,
wearing a grey, spade beard—
looking as if he were the original
model for the traditional picture
of l'iicle Sam. An immigrant who
hail come from England to Cin-
cinnati in 1819, Jonas lived first
in Cincinnati, moved to Williams-
town. Ky., where he ran a store,
served four years in the Kentucky
day. woulci be considered equiva-
lent to the Ku Klux Klanism. It
was Jonas who spiked that effort.
The charge against Lincoln was
to have been based on a meeting
he had allegedly had with Know-
Nothing people at Quincy in 1854.
Jonas had been with Lincoln dur-
ing that - visit—and was able to
prove before the charge was
made public that it was sheer
fabrication.
When Lincoln became Presi-
dent, he appointed Jonas post-
master of Quincy. Throughout
the war, Lincoln kept in touch
with Jonas, often referring im-
portant local issues to his Jewish
friend. When Jonas lay dying, it
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The New York Football a
Giants, judged to have been a
poor team this past season, won
the Eastern Conference cham-
pionship. Everybody said it was
due to the new Giant coach,
Allie Sherman.
Sherman was named as Na-
tional Football League coach of
the year by the Associated
Press sportswriters. And even
the sad turn of events, which
saw the Giants overwhelmed by
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Allie is 39, and learned his
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Jewish School Enrollment
A new high in Jewish school
enrollment was reached in New
York during the past year. Ac-
cording to figures released by
obscurity. Soon he returned to the Jewish Education Committee
England, where he died in 1897. of New York, a total of 152,206
He had been called sycophant, pupils attended Jewish schools
court-jester, politician, spy. This of all types in 1960-61.
much is certain: Lincoln and
Zacharie were close friends. Lin-
Many workers age 65 and
coln trusted the man. It is pos- older still have failed to take
ible that, due to the nature of his advantage of a recent change
onfidential services to a Presi- in the social security law, which
dent, Zacharie has not received permits payments of benefits, in
t the hands of historians the some cases, to people who con-
credit due him.
tinue to work past age 65. If
you are 65 or over and still
The Israel government pays working, check with your social
the salaries of school teachers security office and find out if
in the .state system, while the you can draw benefits. Ask for
local authorities bear the cost the leaflet: "If You Work While
of maintaining the school build- You Get Social Security Pay-
ings and ancillary services.
ments."
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