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INDEPENDENT
Early Days
Cohen's narrative begins on May 5,
1860, just slightly before Abraham
The Peace Doves Chances
Lincoln is elected president, as the
in Washington
Detroit Free Press declares, "No
game has been introduced to the
The Peril of Baseball —
American public that has so perma-
"Too Much Jew"
nently won their favor as base ball."
Cohen tells of the first Jewish
Henry Ford's anti-Semitic Dearborn
ballplayer, Lipman Pike of the
Independent of Sept. 3, 1921
Philadelphia Athletics who began
playing in 1866. Six years later,
profiles of modern Jewish stars like
while with Baltimore, Pike led the
Shawn Green, Gabe Kapler and Kevin
league with six home runs and bat-
Youkilis, and even the little-known
ted a respectable .292. A speedster on
Brian Horwitz, a rookie outfielder in
the base paths, baseball lore has him
2008 nicknamed "Rabbi" by his San
winning a $250 prize by outrunning a
Francisco Giants teammates.
racehorse in a 100-yard sprint.
As for the Tigers home opener this
Pike eventually retired to his native
Friday, "Mr. Baseball" is optimistic.
Brooklyn and opened a haberdashery.
"I think the Tigers should go to the
Cohen then notes:
World Series:' he said. "Whether they
win it depends on how hot they are
New immigrants from Russia came
that week.
to New York and brought tales of horror
"I think it's going to be a very good
... Gangs fin Russia] attacked Jews at
season for Downtown Detroit:' he
will while police did nothing ... Around added. "When the Tigers first came
this time, a cholera epidemic prompted
to Comerica Park in 2000, we could
President Benjamin Harrison to issue
see beyond the outfield stands the
an order for 20 days detention of all
empty David Whitney building and
immigrants. Many blamed the influx
the empty David Broderick Tower. It
of Russian Jews on the spreading of the
looked like the demise of Detroit.
disease.
"But now, as we look out, we can
see comebacks. As our team came
Focus On Detroit
back from last place in 2003, our
Cohen also includes Detroit in his per- Downtown is coming back. It's like a
spective on anti-Semitism. He writes
rebirth:'
extensively about industrialist Henry
On Tuesday, May 7, at 5:30 p.m., the
Ford's anti-Semitic diatribes in his
Jewish Historical Society of Michigan
newspaper the Dearborn Independent
will present Cohen with its 2013
in the 1920s and details the activities
Leonard N. Simons History Award.
of the Ku Klux Klan in Detroit.
The honor will be given at an event
Cohen also writes about growing up
at the Detroit Historical Museum.
in Detroit in the 1950s with the influx
Tickets begin at $30. For informa-
of Holocaust survivors from Europe.
tion, call (248) 432-5517 or visit www.
michjewishhistory.org.
"Their children became our class-
mates in Hebrew school;' he writes,
On Sunday, May 19, at 6 p.m.,
"and we helped Americanize them by
Cohen will speak at Temple Beth
Emeth in Ann Arbor at an event spon-
allowing them to play baseball with
us. Soon they became like us, talking
sored by the temple brotherhood. The
cost is $5. For information, call Evan
baseball and collecting baseball cards:'
Cohen's story is up-to-date with
Mirsky at (734) 355-2415. ❑

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"I walk for Israel for everyone who has sacrificed for its independence and the
freedom of the Jewish people. I walk for my friends and family who live there
and, despite everyday threats to their lives, they do so with unbreakable pride.
I walk because it is a nation that stands for tradition but also is a worldwide
leader in innovation. I walk for Israel because, while I have never lived there,
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