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Temple Israel and the Detroit Jewish News
are pleased to present a

Metro

New Orleans
Firefighters Fund
Benefit Concert

Tuesday, November 22, 2005
7:30 PM at Temple Israel

Hear Cantor Joel Colman from Temple Sinai in New
Orleans, plus cantors and soloists from our community,
as well as a trio of top musicians from New Orleans,
as they join together to raise funds for the
victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Tickets are available for a suggested minimum
donation of $36. All proceeds will benefit
the New Orleans Firefighters Fund.

For tickets, please contact Rachel Hearshen
at 248-661-5700.

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Veterans' Day from page 25

ment, Detroit Mayor Oscar Marx
asked houses of worship to close
for some October weekends.

Election Day
With cases of the flu slowing,
Detroit voters turned out the first
Tuesday in November and elected
James Couzens the new mayor. The
ward system was abolished and
the elected nine-member
Common Council was adopted.
Seventy-year-old James Vernor,
founder of the ginger ale company,
was the oldest councilman. David
W. Simons, the well-known public
lighting commissioner and presi-
dent of Shaarey Zedek, was the
first Jewish member'of the council.
Two days after the election, the
ban on public meetings was lifted
and Detroit's theaters and movie
houses were opened. Detroiters
were finally allowed to see Mary
Pickford in person in a play and to
watch D.W. Griffith's mega-movie
The Birth of a Nation, featuring
18,000 people and 3,000 horses.
Also on that Thursday, lovers of
classical music got to see famous
Russian Jewish pianist Ossip •
Gabrilowitsch (Mark Twain's son-
in-law), perform with and lead the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra for
the first time.

The Press' Influence
Four Detroit daily newspapers
bannered the headlines — as did
several others targeting ethnic
groups — in the days before radio
and the armistice. It wasn't unusu-

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Irwin Cohen of Oak Park published
the national Baseball Bulletin from
1975 to 1980 and was a front
office associate of the Detroit
Tigers for nine years, earning a
World Series ring in 1984. He has
authored several books on the
Detroit Jewish community.

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al for the dailies to print two or
three editions to update important
events. As Nov. 11 approached,
many Detroiters bought morning,
afternoon and evening versions to
keep up with the latest news.
The armistice between the Allies
and Germans was signed as most
of Detroit slept, and by 6 a.m.
Detroit time, Monday, Nov. 11,
1918, hostilities ceased. Less than a
half hour later, employees from
newspaper offices were on the
streets celebrating. Soon, the bells
of City Hall mixed with those from
churches, schools and factory
sirens. People poured into the
downtown area, many with flags
and musical instruments, and
raised their arms and voices in
patriotic singing.
Noisy throngs marched down
Woodward from Grand Boulevard
to Campus Martius. Since most of
Detroit's Jewish community lived
between Adams and Grand
Boulevard along the Hastings
Street corridor, many took a street-
car down Hastings, transferred to
another streetcar for a few blocks
west to Adams street and merged
with the happy, noisy marchers.
The happy sounds of celebration
that percolated throughout Detroit
that day dissipated as darkness fell
and Nov. 11, 1918, melted into his-
tory. ❑

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