Detroit Zionist Organization Acquires Vital
Historic Statistics; Pioneers Honored by ZOD
The Zionist Organization of De-
troit this week received from Sam-
uel Lieberman of 18985 Birchcrest
a most interest-
ing relic: the
membership a n d
financial record
of the Kadimah
Zionist Society,
one of the ear-
liest Zionist
groups in Detroit.
Lieberman had
retained
i t Sam Lieberman
who kept these scrupulous recor ds,
there are listed
such well known
names as Dr.
Noah E. A r o n-
stam, later also a
Z 0 D president;
Dr. Joseph Beis-
man, A. E. Bern-
stein, B 1-u m-
berg, F. Berman,
J. Ehrlich, M.
Ehrlich, NI.
Frank, M. F. Max Lieberman
Friedberg, B. Goldman, A. Gittle-
man, L. Gordon, Dr. L. N. Halb-
stein, B. Jacob, H. K a p l a n, A.
Klein, M. Lipsitz, Dr. N. P. Levine,
J. Oppenheim, L. Smilansky, S.
Sarasohn, H. Steinberg, J. L.
Scheinman, Schiller, J. Zechman
and others. Eight ladies are listed
as having paid dues to the society.
among the papers of his father, the
late Max Lieberman, who had kept
the record now in possession of
the ZOD. It dates back to 1908
when Max Lieberman was treas-
urer of the society, and lists many
of the pioneer Detroit Zionist
leaders, including the late Rabbi
A. M. Hershman.
It appears from the record
Similarly interesting are the
that the only surviving charter
addresses of these men listed
member of the Kadimah Zionist
in this ledger—Alfred, Brush,
Society is Maurice H. Zackheim,
Beaubien, Elizabeth, High, Han-
who later became president of
cock, Mont c al in, and other
the Zionist Organization of De-
streets in that area.
troit. He now resides at 3960 W.
The appended sheet of stationery
Outer Drive.
with the record of gifts to honor
sponse, in amounts then judged, to
what would today be $25,000 con-
tributions. Max Lieberman was
most helpful in events for Zion-
ism in the earliest years and again
during the period of the founding
of the JNF Council."
Note also was taken at the
birthdays of two of the ear-
liest ZOD presidents — Maurice
Zackheim and Robert Marwil.
Carmi Slomovitz, in behalf of
ZOD, extended greetings to both
men on their 85th birthdays.
Zackheim, one of the commu-
nity's most distinguished scholars,
is known as a Hebraist and talmud-
ist.
Dr. Neuman
hers and their addresses but also
the complete record of the dues
they paid—at 50 cents a month.
Appended to the ledger, which
is marked "Treasurer's Book," is
a statement showing gifts, in
amounts of $1 to $5, for a testi-
monial for Rabbi Hershman given
on June 11, 1909, in New York
City.
There is a list of expenditures,
as well as income, and they show
among other items the following
disbursements:
Monthly rent, to H. Buchhalter,
$2.50.
Oct. 14, 1909, banquet deficit,
$47,
The same date, stamps, 45 cents.
Expense of visit by Reuben
Brainin, $4.34.
Jewish National Fund, May 31,
1909, $25.
Purchase nine shares Colonial
Bank, May, 1909, $43.83.
Purchase of dunams land in
*
Palestine the same date, $60.
3,:
5:
There are amounts listed as pay-
At the board meeting of
ments to the Zionist Federation of the ZOD, Feb. 4, Car mi
America, for Skekolim, subscrip-
Slomovitz, president, accepted
tions to Yiddishe Folk and Mac- this ledger as a gift from Samuel
cabaean, and other incidentals, and Lieberman and stated that those
the balance on hand in June 1909 wishing to see the valuable relic
was $51.73.
may view it at the ZOD office in
Income in addition to receipts Southfield or at future ZOD meet-
from dues shows a $1.75 sum
ings.
for sale of Palestine maps, pay-
Max Lieberman, who kept the
ments for Colonial Bank and
Kadimah record, was one of the
dunams purchases, income for
pioneer Detroit Zionists.
entertainment $37.75. The extent
Philip Slomovitz, who founded
of money spent also is indicated th e Jewish National Fund Council
by an item dated Nov. 26, he re in 1919, recalls that in 1919,
1908, showing that an enter- th e first year of the JNF Council's
tainment deficit amounted to ac tivities here, it brought to De-
$1.03. In one instance, M. Lip- tr oit for three showings at Mc-
sitz was paid 26 cents for stamps. C ollester Hall the first Palestine
A purchase of Dr. Theodor m ovie. Max Lieberman was among
Herzl's portrait involved an ex- th e active workers for the event,
pense of $1.03. th e committee having included
This is an historic record not Za ckhaim, Rabbi Hershman, Louis
only because it shows the differ- IX iscoff, Hyman Goldman and oth-
ence in incomes and expenses but er s. "The net income of $2,200
primarily for the list of Detroit fr om those three showings." Slom-
Jewish pioneers listed as members ov itz said, "were equivalent, in re-
of Kadimah Zionist Society.
Besides Zackheim and Dr. TH E DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Hershman, and Max Lieberman, 40 —Friday, February 11, 1966
Dr. Satinsky
Abraham A. Neuman for retire-
ment as president of the college,
due to ill health.
The resignation will take effect
Zackheim
Marwil
Zackheim already is past 85. Mar-
Of added interest among the wil's 85th birthday will be on
Lieberman papers is a copy of a Feb. 20.
Both, in addition to being past
letter that was mailed Jan. 25,
1919, appealing for the Palestine ZOD presidents, served also as
Restoration Fund, as the major presidents of Congregation Sha-
Zionist fund then was known. The arey Zedek and the United Hebrew
appeal was issued on stationery Schools.
LATE DR. A. M. HERSHMAN
dents of all faiths throughout this
country and abroad.
Dr. Neuman came to this coun-
try with his parents in 1898 when
he was 8 years old. He attended
Jewish religious schools in New
York and early in life dedicated
himself to a career of scholarship
and rabbinic learning. He entered
Columbia College in 1906, receiv-
ing the baccalaureate degree in
1909 and the master of arts de-
gree in 1912. He was ordained
rabbi, with honors, at the Jewish
ish Theological Seminary in 1912,
being awarded the degree of Doc-
tor of Hebrew Letters (Lit.D.) in
1914. In 1913 he was called to the
Dropsie College to organize the
department of history.
Hebrew Corner
The ledger submitted to the ZOD Dr. Hershman, has under the name
of the Zionist Organization of De-
troit whose address was listed as
Sh a arey Zedek on Willis and
Brush. The officers' names ap-
pearing on the letterhead were:
Rabbi A. M. Hershman, president;
Dr. W. W. Kahn, vice-president;
M. H. Zackheim, treasurer; Sarah
Wetsman, secretary. The appeal
stated:
"Last year Detroit's quota for
the Palestine Restoration fund was
$30,000 — this year it is $75,000.
The Jewish women of Detroit last
year contributed 5 per cent of the
quota and we hope we may do as
well this year — perhaps better.
"At the last meeting of the
Hadassah and Ladies Auxiliary,
the members present contributed
very generously, ranging from
$5 to $100, and we hope those who
could not come to these meetings
will make the work of the com-
mittees easy by sending in their
contributions voluntarily.
"The drive ends within a few
days, help us to go over the top
by sending in the enclosed pledge
card by return mail to D. B.
Ehrlich — 1101 Second Ave."
It was signed "Hadassah and
Ladies Auxiliary."
PHILADELPHIA—Former Chief
Justice Horace Stern, chairman of
the board of governors of Dropsie
College, announced that the board
had granted the request of Dr.
ZOD meeting on Feb. 4 of the
by Lieberman contains not only The Kadimah Zion Society the
the names of the Kadimah mem- slogan "In Nationalism Lies Our
Future." T h i s, too, is unusual,
since this slogan was short-lived
in Zionist history. The stationery
states: "Meetings Every Thursday
8:00 p.m." Its officers are given
as: "Rabbi Hershman, President,
Mr. M. Bitunberg, Secretary."
Dr. Abraham Neum an Retires as Head
of Dropsie College for Health Reasons
at the close of the current year,
but the board gave Dr. Neuman
an immediate leave of absence so
that he may go South for health
reasons.
At the same time, the board
elected Dr. Neuman to be honor-
ary president of the college and
honorary member of the board of
governors for life.
For the interim period, until
a new president is selected, the
board named its vice chairman,
Sol Satinsky, to serve as acting
president of the college.
Dr. Neuman has served on the
faculty of Dropsie College for 50
years, 25 of them as president of
this famed center of Hebrew and
cognate learning which draws stu-
Heinrich Heine' s Great-Granddaughter
Asks to Be Converted to Judaism
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
Glared that "the ticket to European
civilization was the baptismal
daughter of Heinrich Heine ar- ' font."
rived in Israel some time ago and
TEL AVIV — The great-grand-
has asked the Tel Aviv rabbinate
that she be converted to Judaism,
the newspaper Yediot Achronot re-
ported Tuesday.
The rabbinate refused to reveal
the name of the girl, who is 21
and lives with her parents in
West Germany. She told the rabbis
that she has wanted to become
Jewish since she was 16, when she
saw a film about the Nazi slaugh-
ter of European Jewry. She said
that she then learned that her
famous great-grandfather w a s
born Jewish.
The secretary of the Tel Aviv
rabbinical court said that the
girl gave an impression of "a
serious personality" and that he
had recommended prompt con-
sideration of her requea.
Heine, who died in 1858, under-
went baptism in Germany in 1825.
The famous poet and writer de-
Other Desecrations Told
at Synagogue Arson Trial
(Direct ,ITA Teletype wire
to The Jewish News)
LONDON
The trial of three
men charged with arson against
two London synagogues heard a
prosecution statement Tuesday
that after firemen put out one of
the fires, police found anti-Semi-
tic slogans on the back wall of the
synagogue.
The slogans were "Heil Hitler"
and "We Shall Free Britain From
Jewish Rule," the prosecutor said
in Central Criminal COurt. The
defendants are Hugh Huhes, 27,
Malcolm Sparks, 19, and Alex Gor-
don, 23. They pleaded not guilty
—
to two charges of maliciously set-
ting fire to the Ilford District Sy-
nagogue and the Leabridge Road
Synagogue last July 31.
Three other suspects arrested in
the arson efforts have pleaded
guilty. Sentence on Paul Dukes,
19. Graham Chant, 18. and Colin
Rainburd, 20, has been postponed
until the close of the trial.
Last Spitfire
A short time ago there was a
gathering of all the Araelis who served
in the Royal Air Force of Britain.
The Life of the Israelis who volun-
teered for the British Air Force was
not very romantic. Of the 1,800 Israeli
volunteers, only thirty received (fly-
ing) wings, as the British were not
interested in teaching the Israelis how
to fly. They assigned much more pro-
saic and routine duties to them.
Gen Ezer Weitzmann, Commander of
the Israeli Air Force, was among the .
lucky few who were privileged to fly.
Until he enrolled in the course for
fliers, he served as a driver in the
British Air Force. His other comrades
also worked (served) in the various
services. They were storekeepers,
clerks, cooks, etc.
The Jewish volunteers applied many
times to their British officers before
they agreed to enroll a few of them in
the course for airmen. The course was
conducted on the airfields of South-
ern Rhodesia. Gen. Remez (now the
Israel Ambassador in Britain) was
accepted for the flying course as a
British subject. Gen. Dan Tolkovsky,'a
former Commander of the Air Force,
had Canadian citizenship. Six Alufei
Mishneh (colonels), formerly of the
RAF, now serve in the Israel Air
Force.
After the end of the World War,
the young men returned to Ereti
Yisrael and established the air service
of the Hagana Organization. Later,
the RAF veterans of the Second
World War established the Air Force.
On one of the airfields of this
country, one can (today) still see a
Spitfire airplane. This plane, of Bri-
tish manufacture, is one of the few of
its kind still remaining in the world.
Translation of Hebrew column
Published by the Brit Ivrit Olamit
With the Assistance of the Memorial
Foundation for Jewish Culture.
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