Friday, March 19, 1976 37
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
A Bicentennial Feature
Cultural Chronology of Jewry in the United States, 1907-1932
(Editor's note: This is tablishes Free Synagogue in
the third portion in a NewYork; Nachman Syrkin,
weekly series prepared by ideologist of Zionist Social-
the Tarbuth Foundation ism, settles in New York.
for the Advancement of and becomes helmsman of
Hebrew Culture and dis- "Poale Zion." Dropsie Col-
tributed by the American lege for Hebrew and Cog-
Jewish Press Associa- nate Learning, first post-
graduate, school for Jewish
tion.)
1907 — Stephen Wise es- studies in the world, inau-
gurated in Philadelphia;
Order "Sons of Zion" chart-
ered; Albert A. Michelson,
head of physics department
of University of Chicago,
first American Jew to win
the Nobel Prize.
Latest medically approved
1908 — New York Kehilla
dermatology equipment used
organized by Judah L.
Magnes; American Alliance
of Polish Jewish Societies
created.
35 Years Experience
1909 — HIAS (Hebrew
Doctors Referrals
- Immigrant Aid Society) be-
gins operations; Young Ju-
dea founded; Dos Yiddishe
BE HAIR FREE
ELECTROLYSIS
$7.50 1 /2 hr.
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THE HOLOCAUST
A LESSON TO BE REMEMBERED
Important Exhibit, Films, lectures
Co-sponsored by Histadrut and Shaarit Haplaytah
OPEN TO PUBLIC MARCH 22 through 26
Labor Zionist Institute, 28555 Middlebelt Road, Farmington
Monday, March 22
7:00 p.m. Trade Union Meeting
8:00 p.m. Official Opening of Exhibit
Guest speaker: Charles C. Benham, National
Vice President and Regional Director of the De-
troit Round Table of the National Conference of
Christians & Jews.
Tuesday, March 23
Morning & Afternoon: Special programs for stu-
dents
8:30 p.m. Warsaw Ghetto documentary film,
discussion
Wednesday, March 24
Morning & Afternoon: Special programs for stu-
dents
8:30 p.m. Ira Lipsius — Slide lecture on last
summer's student trip to Holocaust sites.
Thursday, March 25
Morning & Afternoon: Special programs for stu-
dents
8:30 p.m. Full length feature film, "Shop on
Main Street" Donation $1.00.
Friday, March 26
Morning & Afternoon: Special programs for
students
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CALL
HISTADRUT at 851-0606
Folk, Yiddish organ of Fed-
eration of American Zion-
ists, commences publica-
tion. United Romanian
Jews of America add to kal-
eidoscope of ethnic Jewish
organizations.
1910 — Jewish National
Fund established in Amer-
ica; Bnai Zion (fraternal
Zionist organization of
America) lends special
aspect to Zionist activity.
Louis D. Brandeis' first
contact with the life of the
Jewish masses — emerges
as chief architect of the
"Protocol of Peace,".. set-
tling the strike of 60,000
cloak makers in New
York.
Mizrachi-Organi-
1911
zation of America rallies
religious Zionists for its pro-
gram.
1912 — Hadassah organ-
ized by Henrietta Szold;
Jewish National Workers
Alliance, a Zionist spin-off
from the "Workmen's Cir-
cle" comes into being;
Young Israel started in New
York. Ladino newspaper La
Vara first published.
1913 — United Synagogue
of America, national organi-
zation of Conservative con-
gregations, initiated by So-
lomon Schechter; Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith set up. "The PromiSed
Land" by Mary Antin, pub-
lished — first book about
American Jews to win na-
tional and international at-
tention; H. Leivick (pseu-
donym Leivick Halpern),
Yiddish poet and dramatist,
arrives in America — called
The Voice of Conscience in
Yiddish Literature.
1914 — Emergency Com-
mittee for General Zionist
Affairs activated. Chair-
man: 'Louis D. Brandeis.
Der Tog (The Day) Yid-
dish Daily appears; Jacob
Glatstein, Yiddish poet
and writer settles in
America.
1915 — Menorah Associa-
tion and Menorah Journal,
Jewish campus organization
and magazine founded by
Henry Hurwitz. Alexander
Kohut Memorial Founda-
tion dedicated to Jewish
Culture, established; Se-
phardic Brotherhood of
America organized.
1916 — Histadruth Ivrith
begins its work; Prelimi-
nary conference for creating
an Anferican Jewish Con-
gress held in Philadelphia.
1917 — Elections to
American Jewish Congress
held — 133,000 men and
women vote — 400 delegates
chosen; Jewish Publications
Society of America issues
its first Bible translation.
"The Rise of David Levin-
sky" by Abraham Cahan,
the first major Jewish-
American novel published;
Federation of American
Zionists becomes Zionist
Organization of America
(ZOA). Founded: National
Jewish Welfare Board
(JWB), National Womens'
League of the United Syn-
agogue of America and the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
serving the Jewish and gen-
eral press.
1918 — American Jew-
ish Congress convenes in
Philadelphia. Founded:
Sholem Aleichem Folk In-
stitute, Yeshivat Torah
V'Daath and Mesivta,
Jewish Teachers Semi-
nary and People's Univer-
sity, (Yiddish) and Abra-
ham Joseph Stybel of
Moscow establishes Amer-
ican branch of his Hebrew
Publishing House.
1919 — Baltimore He-
brew College established by
Israel Efros; First Hebrew
Day Nursery and Kinder-
garten established in New
York City.
1920 — United Zionist La-
bor Party organized.
1921 — Hadoar — He-
brew weekly of Histadruth
Ivrith begins publication;
Julian Morgenstern be-
comes president of Hebrew
Union College; Zionist Con-
vention in Cleveland: Bran-
deis-Weizmann split.
Founded: Herzliah Teachers
Institute (Hebrew) in New
York City, Hebrew Teachers
College, Boston, Mass.; and
Jewish Socialist Verband of
America.
1922 — Institute of Jew-
ish Religion in New York
established by Stephen
Wise; Hebrew Theological
College of Chicago (Or-
thodox Rabbinical School)
inaugurated. Reconstruc-
tionism, Propounded by
Mordecai M. Kaplan,
finds its first organized
manifestation in Society
for the Advancement of
Judaism (SAJ); First
"Bat Mitzva" ,held at
SAJ; Society of Jewish
Science founded.
1923 — Rabbinical Coun-
cil of America (Orthodox)
constituted; Histadruth
Campaign of Labor Zionist
Movement initiated.
1924 — Hayim Green-
berg, Zionist leader and
writer, becomes editor of
Farn Folk (For The People),
later renamed Der Yiddishe
Kempfer (The Yiddish
Fighter). Abraham Zvi Idel-
son, pioneer of modern Jew-
ish musicology, ("Thesaurus
of Hebrew Oriental Melod-
ies") assumes teaching post
at Hebrew Union College.
Founded: College of Jewish
Studies, Chicago; Yavneh;
Hebrew Theological Semi-
nary, Brooklyn, N.Y.; and
American ORT Federation.
1925 — Mizrachi Worn-
ens' Organization estab-
lished; Pioneer Women
(Labor Zionists) embark on
program of their own Hash-
omer Hatzair (The Young
Watchman) Zionist Social-
ist Youth Organization, set
Synagogue
1926
Council of America
formed; National Council
for Jewish Education or-
ganized; Jewish Museum
opens at Jewish Theolo-
gica Seminary of America.
World Union for Progres-
sive Judaism founded;
ARTEF (Arbeiter Teater
Farband) created.
1927 — Jewish Academy
of Arts and Sciences insti-
tuted; Radio Station WEVD
broadcasting in Yiddish and
English, begins to operate.
operate.
1928 — National Confer-
ence of Christians and Jews
launched.
1929 — Founded: Betar-
Brith Trumpeldor (Revi-
sionist Zionist Youth Or-
ganization); Jewish War
Veterans of America; Hag-
dud Ha-Ivri League (Amer-
ican Veterans of the Jewish
Legion); Union of Sephardic
Congregations and League
for Safeguarding the Fixity
of the Sabbath.
1930 — Jewish Concilia-
tion Board of America set
up for solving intra-mural
disputes.
1931 — Jewish Braille
Institute of America
founded. _
1932 — Rabbi Joseph B.
Soloveitchik, one of the
leading personalities in
American Orthodoxy, as-
sumes spiritual stewardship
in Boston.
(This feature will be
continued in upcoming is-
sues of The Jewish News.)
The most extraordinary
trait of the Jews was that
they actually strove to make
the.vision of their prophets
into the common deeds of
their lives.
—Waldo Frank
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