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ct. 21, 2015, may have been
Back to the Future Day —
the day Marty McFly and
Doc Brown took the time-traveling
DeLorean to the future in the famous
movie; but Oct. 29, 2015, could be
considered "Back to the Past Day," as
the Detroit Jewish Chronicle becomes
searchable on the William Davidson
Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit
History.
The pages of the Chronicle are
indeed a mechanism to travel back in
time to some of the earliest recorded
history of the Metro Detroit Jewish
community. Published from March
1916 until July 1951, the 50,000 or so
pages of the Chronicle tell the story of
Detroit Jewry — and the city itself —
during the early to mid-20th century.
"Through the generous support of
hundreds of people inside and out-
side the Detroit Jewish community,
we're pleased the digitization of the
Chronicle has been completed and its
contents are now searchable to the
public at no cost:' said Arthur Horwitz,
founder and president of the Detroit
Jewish News Foundation, which has
digitized the contents of the Detroit
Jewish News as well.

ONE WEEK IN 1930
Here's an example of the history you
can experience, taken from the front
page of the April 25, 1930, issue of the

Detroit Jewish Chronicle:

CLARENCE DARROW TO
DEBATE PROHIBITION
Aaron Droock, chairman of the intellec-
tual advancement committee of Pisgah
Lodge No. 34, I.O.B.B., has completed
negotiations for the appearance here of
Clarence Darrow, famous criminologist
and orator, and Dr. Clarence True, gen-
eral secretary of the board of temper-
ance, prohibition and public morals of
the Methodist Episcopalian Church. The
debate was to feature both sides of the
prohibition question. [Prohibition lasted
until 1933.]

FIFTH LUBAVITCHER REBBE TO
VISIT DETROIT SYNAGOGUES
Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneursohn,
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Lubavitcher Rebbe, who has won
fame as the fifth of the dynasty of
Lubavitcher Chassidim, will arrive in
Detroit at 1:15 p.m. this Sunday for
a 11-day visit, during which he will
address audiences in leading congrega-
tions.
Followers of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
will hold a parade Sunday to and from
the depot.

ever heard of. As commonly encoun-
tered, they lack many of the qualities
that mark the civilized man: cour-
age, dignity, incorruptibility, ease,
confidence. They have vanity without
pride, voluptuousness without taste,
and learning without wisdom. Their
fortitude, such as it is, is wasted upon
puerile objects, and their charity is
mainly a form of display."]

SHAAREY ZEDEK IS BUILDING
CHICAGO BLVD. SYNAGOGUE
Enthusiasm marked the semi-annual
dinner-meeting of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek held in the dining room
of the old synagogue on Willis and
Brush on Tuesday evening. Reports of
the progress that is being made on the
construction of the new synagogue, on
Chicago Boulevard and Lawton, elic-
ited applause ...

MICHIGAN CONFERENCE OF
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
More than 300 delegates, representing
100 Jewish organizations in Detroit
and in a number of state communities,
are expected at the Michigan confer-
ence in the interests of the Jewish
National Fund, to be held at Hotel
Statler all day Sunday.
With Maurice Samuel, noted novel-
ist, essayist and lecturer, as principal
speaker, both at the conference and
at the banquet to follow the sessions
in the ballroom of Congregation B'nai
Moshe, and with a number of promi-
nent leaders in Detroit and from
visiting communities participating,
the conference is expected to cre-
ate a strong organization to increase
efforts for the redemption of land in
Palestine as the property of the Jewish
people ... *

RABBI LEON FRAM REPLIES TO
H.L. MENCKEN'S ANTI-SEMITISM
"Religion Under Fire" will be the
subject of Rabbi Leon Fram's sermon
Sunday morning, April 27, at Temple
Beth El, Woodward at Gladstone.
The sermon will be in the nature of
a reply to H.L. Mencken's book on the
history of religion, titled Treatise On the

Gods.
[A revised edition of the book in
1946 eliminated this controversial
quote about Jews that the rabbi likely
addressed:
"The Jews could be put down very
plausibly as the most unpleasant race

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visit www.djnfoundation.org .

David Sloan

Harry Kirsbaum

Contributing Writer

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ttorney David Sloan is
vying to replace longtime
Huntington Woods mayor
Ron Gillham, who has decided not to
run in the Nov. 3 election.
Sloan is a longtime Huntington
Woods resident and member of
Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park. He
will face current Huntington Woods
Commissioner Bob Paul in the non-
partisan election.
Sloan decided to run, in part,
when the city passed what he consid-
ers an overreaching tree ordinance,
which requires permission from the
city before a resident can remove a
tree, and to increase communication
between the city and its residents in
face of the 2011 flood, which devas-
tated the surrounding area.
The Jewish News submitted ques-
tions to Sloan:

Q: What are the most important
issues facing HW, and what do you
plan to do to improve things?
Sloan: We need a solid plan for
flood prevention. After a 2011 flood,
city engineers recommended the
televising of the entire city sewerage
system to determine a priority list
for maintenance.

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