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he recent decision by Israel’s
States, as did 2 million eastern
prime minister and cabinet to European Jews like him, to escape
acquiesce in the demands of
from Russian oppression, poverty and
the country’s ultra-Orthodox rabbini-
pogroms. But he also came for anoth-
cal establishment and politi-
er reason — to escape from
cal parties reminds me of
the restricted atmosphere of
the situation in tsarist Russia
a Jewish community ruled by
that my maternal grandfather
the well-off together with the
and others like him sought to
rabbis. In the United States,
escape.
he enjoyed freedom, opportu-
My grandfather came to
nity and religious autonomy.
America in 1909 from David
He could be any kind of Jew
Horodok, a town in White
he chose to be. He chose to
Russia where he worked as a Robert
remain Orthodox, but freed
blacksmith. He was Orthodox Rockaway
from the pressure exerted by
and remained so all his life.
any religious establishment.
He arrived in Galveston,
What is occurring in Israel
Texas, as part of the Galveston
today reflects the kind of religious
Movement, the brainchild of philan-
oppression that existed in pre-
thropist Jacob Schiff. Its goal was to
Revolutionary Russia. Israel, which
have the eastern European Jewish
once enjoyed a liberal, moderate
immigrants bypass New York City with Orthodoxy, is becoming a place where
its congestion, poverty and problem-
ultra-Orthodox rabbis impose their
filled Jewish ghetto, and come directly 19th-century attitudes on the entire
from European ports to the western
Jewish population of the state. They
part of the United States.
are abetted in this by Israel’s feckless
My grandfather liked Galveston
prime minister, who is not religious,
and worked on the railroad. But he
but who crassly gives in to every whim
left after a few years because the city
of his ultra-Orthodox coalition part-
did not have enough Jews or a Jewish
ners in order to keep them in his coali-
environment. He made his way to
tion so he can remain in power.
New York where he worked as a night
The question is whether the major-
watchman and slept at night on a
ity of Israelis will remain passive and
bench in Central Park.
continue to accept this situation or
He then came to Detroit because he whether they will rebel. They have two
had a relative in the city who told him
options: Those who are able will vote
that jobs were plentiful, as were Jews,
with their feet and leave the country.
and the city was pleasant and less
Those who choose to remain will
crowded than New York. He arrived in unite to dispose of the present govern-
Detroit in 1913 and started to work as
ment, and by doing so will save Israel
a peddler. After a year, he brought my
from becoming a Jewish community
grandmother and their two children
from which my grandfather and mil-
to the city. Eventually, they had seven
lions like him fled. •
children, all of whom remained in
Robert Rockaway, professor emeritus at Tel
Detroit all their lives.
Aviv University, is a former Detroiter.
My grandfather came to the United

