Granet Ired Archives Relates Pioneer Spirit of St. Louis Brothers
How the pioneer spirit carried Lewis, famed explorer and gov- apparently so remote from Jewish
to Raymond Horenstein Jews
on to the American frontier ernor. The land transfer details
Barbara
and sometimes away from their the parcels and prices, and was
faith is illustrated by material at signed by all parties in 1809. It
the American Jewish Archives on is part of the collections in the
the Philipson family of St. Louis. American Jewish Archives, which
America's purchase of the Louisi- includes documents from pioneer
ana Territory from France in 1803 Jews in almost every state.
ended the infamous French "Black
Other papers in the Archives, on
Code" and Spanish expulsion de- the Cincinnati campus of the He-
cree which had banned Jews from brew Union College-Jewish Insti-
the land under th-e Catholic French tute of Religion, tell bow the Philip-
and Spanish.
sons extended their wealth and in-
Among the first Jews to push terests into lead, mining, brewing
west to St. Louis in search of ad- and distilling in the St. Louis area.
venture and profit were Joseph
They also tell how the brothers
and Jacob Philipson of Philadel- each went broke through inept or
phia.
overly ambitious ventures and sup-
Joseph arrived in 1807, and his ported themselves by giving music
account book shows he made his or language lessons. They were
first sale of general merchandise highly educated with a fine appre-
in December, establishing the first ciation of languages, literature and
permanent American store in the art. Joseph Philipson had a collec-
territory. He prospered, became a ton of Old Masters. He owned a
leading citizen and was followed Titian, which he valued at $100!
to St. Louis by Jacob. Brother
What is curiously absent from
Jacob opened his own store to sup- the documents is mention of the
ply the booming frontier commu- Philipsons' Judaism. Both Joseph
nity and the men and women push- and Jacob apparently ignored their
ing on by wagon or riverboat.
faith and fellow Jews as St. Louis
Behind, brother Simon tended in- grew.
terests in the East, and for a while,
Neither man made any contribu-
all went well.
tion to the Jewish congregation
One document left by the when it was formed or is remem-
brothers is a land sale agreement bered for any contact with his
between Jacob and Meriwether fellow Jews. The Philipsons were
MRS. RAYMOND HORENSTEIN
In a recent ceremony at the
Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel, Barbara
Joy Granet and Raymond Horen-
stein exchanged marriage vows,
with Rabbi Irwin Groner and Can-
tor Jacob Son‘- nklar officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph M. Granet of Ad-
rian Ave., Southfield, and her hus-
band is the son o - Mr. and Mrs.
Hyman Horenstein of Everett Ave.,
Southfield.
A gown of peso de sole and
Alencon lace was chosen by the
bride. Her floor-length veil was
of French illusion. She carried
orchids and Stephanotis on her'
Bible.
Mrs. Joel Weingarten the bride's
sister, was matron of honor, and
Sylvia Pergament, maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Cynthia Ronson,
Rhoda Mellen, Stephanie Gross-
man and Roberta Greenlick. Min-
dy Weingarten was flower girl.
Joseph Horenstein, brother of
the bridegroom, served as best
man. Ushers were Dr. Joel Wein-
garten. Clifford Greenlick, Steven
Horenstein, Barry Charlip and Tay
Welber.
Following a Las Vegas and San
Francisco honeymoon, the couple
At the Hanuka Israel Bond dinner in Cobo Hall are (from left)
will live in Royal Oak.
seated: Dr. Jacob E. Goldman, Pinhas Sapir and Joseph Holtzman;
standing, Morris J. Brandwine, Rabbi James I. Gordon, Cantor
Shabtai Ackerman, Irwin, I. Cohn, Rabbi Milton Arm and Robert
Argentine Intellectuals
Brody, the toastmaster.
Join Fight on Soviet Bias
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BUENOS AIRES (JTA)—Promi-
Israel Bond sales in Detroit ex-
nent Argentine writers, intellec- ceeded the $3,000,000 total for ficulties encountered by the need
tuals and professionals have ex- 1968, with the $515,000 boost given to extend the defense activities.
He pointed out that from exports
pressed solidarity with a resolu- local efforts at the concluding
tion adopted by the Latin Amer- function of the year, the Hanuka of $28,000,000 from Israel 20 years
ican Conference on Soviet Jewry celebration at Cobo Hall, Dec. 19, ago, the export trade has grown to
in Santiago, Chile, several months Robert Brody, chairman of the De- more than a billion. He said Bonds
ago which demanded an end to the troit Israel Bond Organization, an- supplement the dollars needed for
industrial expansion, for domestic
oppression of the cultural and re- nounced at the event.
development, and they ease the
ligious rights of Soviet Jews and
With Jan Peerce presenting a burden that is so great in defense
their right to emigrate if they program that kept the audience in
wish.
efforts by freeing dollars from
the hall until after 10:30 p.m., and
taxes that are needed to protect
The DAM, central representa-
Pinhas Sapir, former Israel minis-
tive body of Argentine Jewry, re- ter of commerce and finance and the people and country.
ported that it has received letters now a member of the cabinet with-
"We must mobilize every
from many distinguished non-Jews out portfolio as
available resource for the coun-
guest speaker, the
supporting the Conference's stand occasion was utilized to
try's security," he said, express-
honor Dr.
which, the writers note, coincided Jacob Goldman, who was presented
ing the hope that "the brother.
with the Universal Declaration of with a Kotel Maaravi Award. Dr.
hood and partnership between
Human Rights adopted by the Goldman responded with an ad-
Israel and American Jewry will
United Nations 20 years ago.
be translated into meaningful
dress in which he expressed his
facts."
joy at having served Jewish causes
"I accept the universe," is re- here during the 13 years of his
Participants in the program of
ported to have been a favorite residence. The Goldmans are the Dec. 19 event were Rabbis
utterance of our New England moving to Rochester, N.Y., where James Gordon and Milton Arm,
transcendentalist Margaret Fuller; Dr. Goldman has become vice- Cantor Shabtai Ackerman and
and when someone repeated this president of Xerox
Corp.
Alan Rodgers, who accompanied
phrase to Thomas Carlyle, his sar-
Irwin L Cohn, who introduced Jan Peerce.
donic comment is said to have
Sapir, conducted the appeal for
been: "Gad! she'd better!"
Bonds. He announced a $50,000 Jerusalem Council Cancels
—William James.
Bond purchase by the Detroit
Bank. Irwin Green read a mes- Permit to Build Tablet
sage
from Paul Zuckerman an- to 1967 Arab War Dead
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nouncing a $100,000 Bond pur-
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addressed a group of Detroiters markers stating that the Arabs
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at a luncheon Friday at the Shera- had fallen "for Allah," a phrasing
ton Cadillac pointed to Israel's ec- held to imply that the Arabs
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onomic progress and told of the
'while fighting a holy war.
died
life that even their bitterest com-
mercial rivals ignored their religi-
ous background and that when
Joseph passed away, he was
praised by the local press for his
"constant practice of the precepts
of Christianity," although he had
never joined any Christian church.
Only in his will did one brother,
Jacob, ask to be buried in the Jew-
ish cemetery.
He died in 1858. Joseph died in
1844, and Simon, who had also
settled in St. Louis, in 1841.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
18—Friday, December 27, 1968
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