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entered practice with his
brother, Henry M.; at the
same time, he taught
English and civics in the
Jewish Institute and
organized the first night
school for foreigners in
Detroit. In 1900, he was ap-
pointed - on a committee
whose work resulted in the
creation of the Ford
Republic, a correctional,
self-governing boy's farm
colony in Farmington.
After his appointment to
the Board of Charities, he
wrote and labored for the
passage of Michigan's first
juvenile court bill. Butzel
was a membeer of the
Board of the Detroit House
of Correction under four
consecutive administra-
tions and served as its
commissioner from 1918 to
1925.
Returning from a brief
visit to Canada, where he
had witnessed the func-
tioning of the boy scout
organization, he started a
similar movement in
Detroit in 1910. During the
World War he was chair-
man of the Detroit War
Camp Committee, chair-
man of the Jewish Welfare
Board, president of the
Detroit Board of Com-
merce and was instrumen-
tal in organizing the
Americanization Commit-
tee, which supplied infor-
mation regarding service,
food and fuel control, and
other wartime necessities.
A member of the volunteer
committee which operated
the first public playground
in Detroit, he was active in
effecting the adoption of
the city's adequate recrea-
tion program.
The Michigan Daily brings
to light an exciting recollec-
tion about Jewish journalistic
pioneering — even though
Henry Butzel turned to law
rather than journalism.
Many thanks, Leonard N.
Simons, for uncovering
something that otherwise
might have been completely
forgotten. You are a real
historian and archivist,
Leonard!
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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1990
aftermath of World War II,
only 28,000 remained. To-
day 250 Jews live in East
Berlin, the smallest Jewish
community of any major
city in Europe. But still this
community is strong and
vital, and there is excite-
ment in the air as the
possibility of reunification
becomes more and more of
a reality.
Here is the East Berlin
. interview:
Claudia Lindenberg, 10
years old, lives with her
parents and younger
brother in an apartment in
East Berlin. Claudia
spends much of her free
time studying ballet.
When I will have children
I think they should learn
about their history. I will
teach them about the Jews
and how the Jews tried to
improve their lives. With
my family I would like to
visit the Weissensee Jewish
cemetery and show them
the symbolic grave of my
great-grandparents. They
were killed in the concen-
tration camp and were not
buried. There are many
names there, and this is
sad.
I really don't understand
why the Nazis caused such
Unusual
recollections are
certain to be
recorded for the
celebration
proceedings
including a rich
array of
journalists.
pain for the Jews.
Sometimes I think because
the Jews had religious
beliefs and thoughts dif-
ferent from Hitler, [the
Nazis] couldn't accept
them. The Jews wanted a
different world, and Hitler
didn't like this so he
plundered their businesses
and deported them to con-
centration camps. Their
children were killed too. I
don't think these terrible
times will happen again
because I read in the
newspapers that Gor-
bachev and Bush work
well together. And the
capitalistic countries will
become socialistic some-
day.
I went to the wall the
night everyone was danc-
ing, drinking, and chipp-
ing the stone away with
hammers. But my family
and I are going to stay in
East Germany because it is
exciting and maybe soon
we will be all one country.
I have a friend in my class
who walked across the
border from Hungary to
Austria in September. I will
miss her, but now I can
travel to West Germany
and visit her.
The excerpts symbolize the
realism of the title for this col-
lection of children's views on
their Jewish legacies. Where
a tree still stands there
stands the Jew who survived
the Holocaust. The children
provide substance for this
heritage. The explanations of
the way they live invite
studies and self-testing in the
treatment of human relations
and the continuity of Jewish
peoplehood.
The opinions, activities and
experiences in the post-World
War II era can well serve as
guides for social, community,
religious and inter-faith
studies. What we learn raises
the Strom book to high stan-
dards.
❑
Fred Shochet:
Journalist
F
red and Suzanne Sho-
chet are no longer
among the activists in
Jewish journalism. They
wrote the traditional "30" to
the June 29, 1990, issue of the
Jewish Floridian of Miami;
after 30 years of joint
management of the
newspaper, which had ac-
quired leadership On a na-
tional scale. Fred began his
interest as a youth in the
paper which his father J.
Louis Schochet founded as
editor and publisher in 1928.
Fred assumed the editorship
in 1939.
For me the association with
both began in the founding
years of the Floridan filled
with admiration for the
idealist J. Louis Shochet,
whose aim was to serve his
community and his people.
The admiration continued
with the deep friendship for
Fred Shochet, who continued
the ideal of his father, always
to keep raising the standards
of Jewish journalism. He suc-
ceeded me as president of the
American Association of
English-Jewish Newspapers
— the American Jewish Press
Association — and his in-
fluential leadership was
always on the highest local
and national scales. He was a
dedicated Zionist whom
Israel counted among its most
ardent supporters.
The Miami Jewish Federa-
tion and related movements
gave him the respect his
devoted services merited.
The cessation of his activi-
ty as a journalist invites a
note of sorrow that we can no
longer address each other as
co-workers. There is, however,
the certainty that whatever
he undertakes to continue in
his devotion to Jewry, Israel
and America will always be
on the highest level. Fred and
his Suzanne will always be
blessed by their associates. ❑