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matter in a chapter in which he
discussed the activities of
Temple Beth El rabbis in the
latter part of the last and the
early years of the present cen-
turies in establishing inter-
denominational relationships,
exchange of pulpits with
Christian ministers and the es-
tablishment of citizen's inter-
denominational Thanksgiving
Service. Rabbi Leo M.
Franklin's leadership in the
inauguration of this service at-
tracted national attention.
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Rockaway historical record
deals with the DAC matter, as
follows:
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24 Friday, January 16, 1987
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jeff Donat
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Although German and na-
tive Jews may have been
acceptable in the civic
arena and in interdenomi-
national activities, in the so-
cial sphere their exclusion
was virtually complete. De-
troit's most exclusive met-
ropolitan clubs until World
War I were the Yondotega
Club, the Detroit Club, and
the Detroit Athletic Club.
Despite their recognized
economic and civic promi-
nence, no Jews appeared on
the Yondotega's or Detroit
Club's membership rosters
from 1900 to 1950.
The Detroit Athletic Club
experienced two phases in its
history. During the first, be-
ginning with the club's found-
ing in 1887, its purpose was to
field amateur athletic teams.
In 1913 the club was reor-
ganized to cater more gener-
ally to the city's business
executives. The Detroit Ath-
letic Club of the earlier phase
listed eight Jews on its 1893
roster out of a total member-
ship of 767. Among these Jews
were the Butzels, Heaven-
riches, and Heinemans. With
the club's reorganization in
1913, only one Jew, David E.
Heineman, remained among
the membership. Seven years
later no Jew appeared on the
club's roster, despite the fact
that the membership of the
club had increased almost four-
fold since 1893. While a select
group of German and native
Jewish professional and com-
mercial notables had achieved
sufficient status to be listed in
Dau's Blue Book and Mar-
quis' Book of Detroiters, their
club memberships reveal an
inability to penetrate the
more exclusive social
enclaves of the city. To all
intents and purposes, the
social elite in Detroit re-
mained gentile.
The first explicit and
widely publicized act of so-
cial discrimination against
a Jew in Detroit occurred in
March, 1893, when the De-
troit Athletic Club rejected
Herman Freund, a promi-
nent German Jewish busi-
nessman, for membership.
The incident became a
cause celebre and brought
the whole question of anti-
Semitism to public atten-
tion. Although his son,
Jacob, was a member,
(Jewish Welfare Federation)
are neighbors. Only John R
Street separates them on
Madison Avenue. Is there a
neighborly and friendly trek-
king along these few steps be-
tween their two structures?
Are there very many, on this
score, to express forgiveness
and also to chant:
Hallelujah!
Istanbul Guilt
Continued from Page 2
Dr. Robert Rockaway
Freund
had
been
'forewarned by friends that
he would be blackballed be-
cause of prejudice existing
within the club. After his re- -
jection, Freund asked the
president of the club
whether his religion had
been the reason. The
president, F. K. Stearns, re-
plied evasively that "it may,
or it may not. I do not feel at
liberty to express an opin-
ion. I regret being drawn
into this controversy, as I
have no fault to find with
you personally."
An investigation by some
of Detroit's German Jewish
leaders led them to con-
clude that religious prej.:
udice had indeed been the
reason for the exclusion. A
number of the club's direc-
tors admitted as much to the
investigators, and former
board members told Freund
that "several members of
the board had an aversion
to having Israelites ac-
cepted as members ..."
Despite their exposure,
the openly discriminatory
policies of the Detroit Ath-
letic Club continued into the
Twentieth Century. In 1907,
Jacob Mazer, a Jewish
member of the club (sup-
posedly a member because
of his basketball playing
ability), resigned from the
club because it rejected an
applicant solely because he
was Jewish. Fred Butzel de-
clined an invitation to dine
with President Woodrow
Wilson at the Detroit Ath-
letic Club "because the
luncheon was given on the
premises of a club that does
not accept Jews as mem-
bers." And Albert Kahn,
who designed and con-
structed the club's building,
refused to attend the lunch-
eon honoring its completion
because of the club's dis-
criminatory policy against
Jews.
That's the story of a pro-
gressively developing demo-
cratic trekking, gender-wise,
racially-wise, Jewish-wise.
There may already be Jews in
the membership rolls of DAC.
The question is: DAC (Detroit
Athletic Club) and the JWF
Judith Miller goes into de-
tail about Abu Nidal, who is
charged in all areas of study
and research about the major
terrorist acts and other mas-
sacres as continually master-
minding the outrages. Admit-
tedly, the numerous "cells"
associated with Abu Nidal are
involved in the crimes and
there are so many of them, var-
ied and acting independently,
that tracing them as a unified
element involved in the crimes
becomes difficult, and mostly
impossible. The placing of
blame on Syria, Iran and
Libya, nevertheless, estab-
lished a source for tracing and
punishing where possible.
With the importance attach-
ing major guilt to three col-
laborating villainous forces in
the Arab world, it is equally
obligatory to take into account
the indifference of the world's
"civilized" forces to the ac-
.cumulating international guilt
arising from the shocking un-
concern with which the multi-
plied crimes have been treated.
A sharing of responsibilities in
dealing with terrorism cer-
tainly points a finger of guilt to
the world powers who have
failed to act promptly and
firmly with the many atrocious
experiences stemming from
continuing acts of terrorism.
It is well to know the three
leading culprits, in the three
Arab nations, and it is impor-
tant they be watched and
where possible punished for
the horrors imposed terroristi-
cally upon innocent people. If
the indifference continues, the
guilty will not be limited to
Syria, Iran and Libya. It will
continue as an international
guilt.
Continued on Page 26
Sarah Davidson:
A Life-Long
Dedicated Zionist
Sarah Wetsman was a mere
teenager when she dedicated
herself to educational tasks at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek and be-
came an associate in the
Zionist cause. These identifica-
tions became a way of life in
the spirit of her father, Joseph
Wetsman, and as Mrs. Ralph
Davidson.
Her active life is cause for
many recollections about our
community. Sarah Wetsman
was secretary of the Detroit
District of the Zionist Organ-
Continued on Page 26