A Century of Jewish Detroit
1930-1940
0
t t s , 1., 4
Cd
ro
ro
O
0
0
C)
on
ti
0
O
Cd
0
en ou ' Have
United Hebrew Schools
class at the Tuxedo-Holmur
branch, Detroit, led by
Joseph Chaggai, 1930s.
s
Call CAEAllac 8570
(No fees
- I
Sttpi)t)rit'di
MEN AND WOMEN Admixti*ttatiev,
Froi,mxiinwsi,
Inchsv.nal Avpzemtirs
Celebrating the opening o
sanctuary on Chicago Sou
in 1931 are leaders of
Congregation Shaarey Zeck .
left, Israel Katz, M. Stone, con
gation vice president; A. La ..'
Gordon, congregation
Rabbi Louis Finkelstein,:
Theological Seminary.
Abraham Hershman,'
Sales and
JEWISH VOCATIONAL SERVICE
Advertising for the Jewish Vocational Service, 1930s.
Athe?,
-,zst,s10
• 1930-1940: The decade of the '30s
.'
0.0
reverberated with the Depression and
the rise of antisemitism. As communal
organizations rose to meet the chal-
lenge of the first, individuals and
V4'. 4.,..4. it.Z.:7:...S ,..x. •.< <
<? > :: ■ ,.•,..< <., r, .,,,,,
..\„.....'.....,.....:.
*.'",,,-..'.,
, N.'
....;,n,=. 4,.., , , ,.. , ,,, ,....C;k„,,..-..,, <... x,.- N<N, Ic.': .
2
CJ
. .. , .4'''.0%:k ■ S*..iii.4*.:$4'eW.:: 4 ,,r,
;4:&1$ '
N*4 0..,. i.„.,, t. ..::.
i',,r<41]..;it' : t,§4,i4:' 4§,Ei ■
0
Cd
ro
..-. Vitbie,1..<<S:: , :r....oef:„vs,,,,,,,,,......,,,.
.....: ,,i.x*ok. ..4,- ....*.y.:...!, .........t.<5, ....,,,
t . :::../. .tw. ..#4,,,iit.:*,,..
g• ".
agencies addressed the second. The
Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation,
" :
14.00.
...
44: :i... , ..„,,,,,,, ,..,S,.....,
i
2:,,,, .',.,.. Su,
' iii*
.
$. 4..., ■ `<
..
C. :5
:*<4*4 '''.t. ‘. ■. 'k.
.. . . >41,94.04,i.A Y.,:
YYaa
*i... ..!...,...1Kit< ■ ,4..,!4**.ket6Ni ..$
Ogs t ,44,.,t4, WAV vittr2, : .
..**00:::§i -, * - , , ti::::, :::::.i.,
,,:'.*::: ', :,: • . . • •
and then the Jewish Community
,..
. .f . .
Council, each claimed to represent the
Jews of Detroit. Council, the more lib-
eral of the two, took an aggressive
stand against antisemitism. Detroit
proved to be a hotbed of antisemitic
thought, from Henry Ford to Father
Charles Coughlin. Each would later
deny his antisemitism and claim only
the advocacy of his particular con-
stituency.
Legendary first baseman Hank Greenberg of the
Detroit Tigers was an inspiration to Jews and non-
Jews alike. He attended Rosh HaShana services at
Shaarey Zedek in 1934 instead of playing the
Boston Red Sox in a pennant game.
‘•\ *.stZsT,
tk
*TN
12/31
1999
10
,is.,.. , ,:.
'4,tiiiald‘gini.c.*:,.....x.ket,-...
::■,./
J.