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Shabbat: Friday, Dec. 25, 4:47 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Dec. 26, 5:53 p.m.*

Shabbat: Friday, Jan. 1, 4:47 p.m.
Shabbat Ends: Saturday, Jan. 2, 5:58 p.m.*

* Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

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Quick Click ... From the William Davidson Digital
Archive of Jewish Detroit History

Mike Smith

Detroit Jewish News Foundation Archivist

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ometimes one discovers inter-
esting facts while researching
a completely different topic. It
began like this — I am a Detroit Lions
fan. There are many of us. We follow
the Lions because we are from Detroit,
a great sports city where we are loyal to
our home teams; but when it comes to
rooting for the Lions, we have suffered.
Being a Lions fan is sort of like being in
a cult. How else do we describe follow-
ing a team that hasn't won a champion-
ship since 1955?

I knew that the Lions also won an
NFL championship in 1935. The Lions
beat the New York Giants on Dec.
15 that year, in a game played at the
University of Detroit Stadium, by a
score of 26-7. So, now that the Jewish
Chronicle has been digitized, I thought,
I wonder if the Chronicle covered the
big game? It did not.
However, I found this most interest-
ing article about the 11 members of the
Jewish All-Pro Football team from the
Dec. 20 issue. It is a little bit "tongue-in-

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JEWISH ALL-PRO FOOTBALL TEAM

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Fenn. All.Amerkan Fullback et U. .1 N. D.. and Sport. Edit.
of Senn Art. Fmk.. Seediest.

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climbed out on a lob in seleotinee
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t—end Mrs we go with another.
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ional team, mid we hardly expect
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no :eft off some Mar.
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The All-Jewish Professional foot-
ball team:
L. FL Singer, N. Y. Giants.
L T. Gorden, Chicago Cardinals.
L. G. Kaplan, N. Y. Giants.
C. Barrage', Green Bay Packers.
R. G. Runner, Chkego
dingle.
R. T. Kiihn, Boston Redskins.

R. E. Fo•niedmar, Green Bay
Packers,
Q. B. Nevem., N. Y. GAM..
L. II. Gromman, Brooklyn Dods.
en.
IL II. Goldenberg. Green Bay
Path.,
F. B. Wrinotork, Philadelphia

And Wee you lane
1, no
moreno Ina. Because there are
in Jewish backs in theleague and
we needed only four. we shifted
Sekaledman of the Puke, to right
end. And Joe Kahn, formed of
H1,th Carolina and xw of Boston,
hat
potty he kplaced at • Welk post.
lion. All others are Arlene:. seise.
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pmt.
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All-Amerken teem. we poled the
Pros to nod out if they'd appre-
ciate gold foothills. "Gold foot-
be!ber they sniffed. "We got all
we ever went.
the VA kultla
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How about
*Minato, go
tacks!"" So the All-Jewiah pro
team won't get gold footballs -or
gold hooks, either!

Exit 198 from 1-94
Exit 20 from 1-275

cheek:' There were only 11 Jews in the
whole league in 1935! *

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