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…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE The only Jewish publication in the State of Michigan Devoted to the interests of the Jewish people Vol. I. No. 17 DETROIT, MICH., JUNE 23, 1916 Health and Disease Among the…

… Jews $ 1.5 0 per Year Single Copies 5 Cents 10. By DR. EMIL RICE to eliminate the consumption of crease on this continent as well as The relative immunity of the Much of this immunity is undoubt…

…- meat of animals which manifested in Europe. That the Jews guarded Jews to all contagious and infectious edly due to their strict adherence to the slightest trace of disease. And their health carefully…

… embody many rigid aphor- rejected as food by the Jews was and practice of medicine were from can prove that it still survives today. isms on bodily and dietary cleanli- bought and consumed by adherents the…

… earliest times considered of In a way it appears peculiar that the ness. Many of the apparently funda- of other faiths. Another factor great dignity and worthy of great Jew who is physically inferior to his…

… onslaught of disease, and emerge studied anatomy, physics and bot- from the conflict with a lesser mor- any without intending to practice Daughter of Supreme Court Justice tality. Physically the Jews are the…

… well re- to holy wells and sacred relics and sist misfortune. This applies not were warding off disease by the only to the well-to-do classes, but wearing of omulets, the Jews have also to the poor…

… quarter of Phila- The first thing to attract our at- delphia, I was horrified at the mis- tention today is the fact that the erable conditions under which hu- longevity of the Jews is greater than man…

… Jews were crowded into a space only suf- is fifty-seven years, while for his ficient for one ; bread, fruits and Christian hrother it is forty-one. vegetables eaten uncooked were sold For that reason…

… life insurance com- from stands covered with thick lay- panies regard the Jews as especially ers of dust and flies ; these were desirable clients. handled promiscuously by hands of Among the diseases to…

… Young People's Society, was in every sense an ANTON KAUFMAN - epochal one. About seven hundred young - people, many of xyhom Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. being strangers in the city had heretofore…

… larger things. The experiment will be Shakespeare and the Jew watched with interest, not only in Detroit, but elsewhere. Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company. - The recent…

… tercentennary of Shakespeare's death has called forth no end of magazine articles and pulpit utterances, hearing upon Shakespeare's treatment of the Jew in his works. That Shakespeare Politics never knew a Jew at…

… and misrepresentatiorrto the Jew than perhaps gretting that Ambassador Henry Morgenthau has seen fit to resign Any other single character in fiction. Even Marlowe's "Barabbas" is his post as minister to…

… people who can conceive no Shylock who is cal debt to the President of the United States. It seems unworthy not a Jew, or comprehend any Jew who is other than a Shylock. That both of the Ambassador and of…

… the Pr,esident. . Nor does it taste any the Jew was driven into usurious practices by reason of the fact that sweeter to Jewish lips because his successor is also a Jew, and inci- all other avenues of…

… Christians were infinitely harder upon their creditors brotherhood is not yet so far advanced as to make possible the send- ing of a Jew as American Ambassador to any country with which the than Jer had ever…

… been. That, as a matter of fact, the only historical Shylock was a Chris- United States is on terms of amity except Turkey. Even at the court tian, while his victim was a Jew, is also a matter of…

… indifference to of St. James, a Jew would not be acceptable. Politics is indeed a those who would condemn the J CNN' unheard. The story is well strange game. known. It happened in the reign of Pope Sixtus the…

… Fifth, that Secchi, a Roman merchant, lid laid with a Jew a wager of a pound of the latter's flesh against one thousand scudi of his own, that Sir Francis Drake had captured San l)oming - o. The Christian…

… and Business Man Regent University of Michigan One of the Duma Deputies now ill London, England, is Professor Miliukov, the eminent leader of the Cadet (Liberal) Party in the Rus7 sian Chamber…

… Professor Miliukov's belief is towards liberty—the liberty of Jew.and non-Jew alike. You know the point of view of the progressive Bloc on the Jewish question," he remarked. "I tried, during the formation of…

… the Ifloc in September of last year, to make the members realize that the equal- ization of the rights of Jews was important, not only for the in- ternal life of Russia, but in the interests of its…

… international rela- tions. I succeeded so far that there was introduced into the pro- gramme of the Bloc proposals dealing with progressive changes in the present status of the Jews, viz : (1) Further steps to…

… abolish the Pale ; (2) extended liberties for Jews in the choice of a pro- fession; and (3) greater facilities for the education of Jews. These proposals were accepted by six parties who compose .the Bloc…

…, although the Right groups had hitherto been opposed to relief measures for the Jews. It was a great step in advance, so far as principle goes, although I admit that from zt principle to its appli- cation is…

… to which the in- terpellation would give rise. He subsequently expressed his great regret at what had happened and gave the formal assurance that he adhered firmly to the pro-Jew- ish portion of the…

… challenged. "Then we may take it," said the "Jewish Chronicle," representa- tive, "that the Bloc, which forms the majority of the Duma, is still favorable to the cause of relief for Jews?" "That is so, and I…

… attach the very greatest importance to that fact." What truth, if any, is there in the charge of espionage levied against the Russian Jews? " \Veil as you know, the frontier districts are inhabited by…

… community." Were only Jews dealt with in this way? "At first. • But a few weeks afterwards Russians and Poles were treated in the same fashion. It is a very bad system, but it will not be repeated, as it is…

…, of Justice, of Americanism. Russia has been reproved! S. S. G. Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. Editor SAMUEL J. RHODES, Subscription in Advance - $1.150 per year Offices 701 Penobscot Bldg…

… editor of the Journal means to imply that the Jews of this country vote as a unit, and that they arc swayed in their choice of candidates by the appointment of a Jew to high office, then the Jour- nal has…

… much to learn about the true state of feeling among the Jew- ish people of America. The fact of the matter is that there is no social or religious group in which there is such a diversity of political…

… opinion as is the case among the Jews. The Jew is, above all, an in- dividualist. He thinks for himself and acts by himself. Even in their thinking along religious lines, where one would expect the greatest…

… harmony, there is by no means a unity or even a spirit ap- proaching that of uniformity among the Jews. And this is true in an exaggerated sense of the Jew's attitude toward great national and in…

…- ternational problems. The Jews are hopelessly divided, for instance, in their sympathies in the present war, and it would be very difficult indeed, to say whether there is a preponderance of sympathy among…

… American Jews for the Allies or for the Teutons. In American politics certainly Jews do not vote together, and tho' politicians and news- paper. men arc frequently fooled into the belief that there is such a…

… press that always betray a most hopeless ignorance about Jews and things Jewish, should fall into the error of still talking learnedly about the "Jewish vote," but that a paper usually as wide awake to…

… will see in the recent action of these two great political parties only selfish, ambitious motives. The explain their action by attributing it to an effort to pessimist will procure the vote of Jews. He…

… will give as their reason for their de- fense of the Jew, at home and abroad, their desire to gain political advantages. But, after all, the reason behind this action is not nearly so political bodies…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE The only Jewish publication in the State of Michigan Devoted to the interests of the Jewish people Vol. I. No. 8 DETROIT, MICH., APRIL' 21, 1916 $1.50 per Year Single Copies…

…. Quite a number of these are French, German, Bohemian and Austrian Jews and their descend- ants, and have been in America for 20 years or more. The remainder of our Jewish population is Rus- sian in origin…

… with them, with their racial characteristics, with their families, and their domestic affairs. I formed many warm and lasting friendships with Jews. During the latter years of my practice I had…

… associated with me as a junior partner one of the brightest of the young lawyers of my city. He was a Jew, of Ger- man extraction, and was in every respect a splendid type of the American Jew ; refined, honest…

…, courageous, brainy, and kind. The warm friendships which I have among the Jewish people have brought me into close relations with them. I flatter myself that I know the Jews. I think I know their good…

… believe I like the kosher victuals best. From my own knowledge of the Jewish race, which, as I have stated, has been most intimate both as to the reformed and orthodox faiths, I assert that the Jews…

… constitute a most important element of our citi- zenship and one which America could illy afford to be without. There are many who admire the financial instinct of the Jews, and those who are ignorant of the…

… real soul of the Jew imagine that money is the big thing in their lives. But I know the Jews well enough to know that this is not true. The big thing in the life of a Jew is his fam- ily life—his wife…

… true Jewish home. Also, I would pay tribute to the Jews' benevolence, to his fraternal instinct and to his love" for man- kind ; and there is the poetry of the Jewish soul, its music, its art, its…

… good friend Himon Abromson. The pleasure of the occasion was very great. I was well acquainted in the home of my friends, who is a Jew. The other guests were Jews, and all were of the orthodox faith and…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE The only Jewish publication in the State of Michigan Devoted to the interests of the Jewish people Vol. I. No. 22 DETROIT, MICH., JULY 28, 1916 $1.50 per Year Single Copies 5…

… ,1111111111111111111 You wish to know whether Jews are now prosperous in Russia. Well yes, business is not bad. Some Jews even made fortunes. You must not forget that the country is enjoying a wave of prosperity, one…

… wife, which costs a hundred roubles. The value of money is all upside down right now. There is a stream of prosperity through the country, and it is not to he wondered at that Jews get their share of the…

… wave of prosperity, but you may believe me that z any number of Jews, even of these who have made a fortune amounting to several hundred thou- sand dollars, those who have ac- cumulated a half million…

… Russia. There is only one wish, that of saving one's life. This is not due to the feeling that the way in which money was accu- mulated is a disgrace to the Jews. not even on account of some humil- iating…

…, he is greeted with the question. "You are a Jew ?" "Yes." is the answer, "I am a Jew, and I have been given this contract by the ministry of war." "Get out of here." A raised 1.t points to the door…

…, and the Jew ir; ordered out in the most disgraceful fashion. But even not on account of such experiences are people tired of their lives, nor because the whole country is under a pall of dishon- esty…

…$1111111111M11111111111111MOMMIIMMIIMMIBM 11111111111111 K which has no parallel even in her and .the fear which has seized the own history. The Jew as merchant Jew. The real cause is a fear, a is actually…

… thousand roubles. eclipse everything that horror- stricken Jewry has ever witnessed before. After the Greek Easter holidays, every Jew asked .himself, "Why was there no pogrom?" He had expected it. Comical…

… is almost as one would say, "Wait, brother, it won't take very long." The gen- eral conviction among Jews and non-Jews alike, is that pogroms are bound to come. The whole life of the Jews centers…

… need for a greater moderation of opinion On the part of American Jews. No sooner was it discovered that President Wilson's nomination of Mr. Brandeis was not going to InA't with unanimous approbation…

…, there is some justification fur this attitude. l'n- doubtedly, the fact that Brandeis is a Jew militated against him in some quarters. But the great bulk of the opposition to his continua- tion was not…

… high time that some of our Jews realized the harm caused by this constant talk of prejudice and anti-semitism. Some time ago there was published in the "Warheit," a Yiddish daily of New York, a statement…

… that all of the justices of the Supreme Court opposed Brandeis because he is a Jew, a statement both false and malicious. What true American, whether Jew or Gentile, could read that article without…

… similar abusive charge was hurled against the person of Ex-Presi- dent Howard Taft. And resentment against individual Jews, fed and:nourished by incidents as those mentioned above, soon de- velops into…

… 895 NEW TICKS l''IJRNISIII.:1) 359 Michigan Avenue Detroit, Michigan "You can see the difference" Our organization offers you store fixtures of advanced design, pleasing appearance, combined with…

…America lavish Periodh 6 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company. ANTON KAUFMAN - - - - General Manager Michigan's Only Jewish…

… Tuesday morning of each week. Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879 FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1916. The Soul of a Jew . In these…

… days of the high cost of living, when every commodity has advanced to almost unthinkable prices, the soul of the Jew still retains its place of supremacy as the most valuable of all precious things to be…

… other for the privilege of saving the benighted Jew from eternal damnation. No other goal is so dear to them. Even their own fellow-Christians may languish in the foulest moral filth—but the Jew must be…

… saved. Christians who fall from the heights of righteous living may perish in their sins—but heaven forefend that the Jew should die uncleansed of the foul influence of his Judaism. This is the only…

… logical conclusion that can be reached from an unprejudiced study of the frantic efforts that the missionary agents to the Jews put forth in season and out of season. These agents are frequently those who…

… a Jewish soul is . better than a month's salary. They have not read the hook recently published by the Rev. Samuel Freuder, for two decades a missionary to the Jews, but whose soul at length re…

… of the "Friends of Israel" Society that has opened "a mission to the Jews" in the heart of the Hastings Street district, where Jews of all grades of manners and morals may, by a simple confession of…

… ?—even the least worthy of them all may himself, in a few months or even weeks, if luck be with him, be a "missionary to the Jews" with a pretty com- fortable salary paid by the "Friends of Israel" in…

… addition to good pickings at the meetings and such "gifts" as friends of the cause may be inspired to contribute to the great and holy work. Verily this is a great day for the Jews of Detroit. Now that a…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company. General Manager ANTON KAUFMAN Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. SAMUEL J. RHODES, •dit…

… u second class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1916. "The Jew in Politics" From a New Angle A glance at the public…

… to be found a goodly proportion of Jews. Among these is sure to be found the professional politician, whose chief ambi- tion in life is less to serve than to feed at the public crib. lie is the one who…

… ALWAYS boasts that he carries the "Jewish vote" in his vest pocket. He is, as a rule, the discredited and not incorruptible scion of the house of Israel, whose chief interest in Jews and Judaism manifests…

… he is really "proud to be a Jew." As a general rule, such a man can hope for little support at the hands of his fellow Jews who are self-respecting or who have regard for the interests of the Jewish…

… community as a whole. For it may be fairly stated that the better class of Jews are deeply sensible of the duty that they owe not only to the community, but to themselves, in the choice of public officials…

…. Given a choice of voting for a Jew of questionable qualifications and a non-Jew of manifest fitness, the Jews will be the very first to cast their votes for the latter. Even if a kind of questionable…

… sentiment might at times incline them to the other course, a sense of self-preservation would sway their judgment and action. They know that a single unworthy Jew in a place of re- sponsibility and power is a…

…, unfortunately, always the case with minority peoples. They are judged by their least worthy representa- tives. A hundred Jews may be exemplary citizens and one a rogue— the hundred are forgotten and the one…

… remains to many the outstand- ing type of the Jew. For this reason it may be safely asserted that no Jewish candidate for public office may plume himself upon the prospect of winning the votes of his co…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE The only Jewish publication in the State of Michigan Devoted to the interests of the Jewish people Vol. I. No. 23 $1.50 per Year DETROIT, MICH., AUGUST 4, 1916 Single Copies…

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… for a British notonous factors of blood and gold. age Of a high Russian government, showing how Jew to openly range himself against 111111111011111111111111M111111111111111111M1111lt1111MITI11111111 III…

… keep the Jews• treatment of his Jewish subjects. from dominating Russia. Such a man is Israel Zangwill, the Says he great Jewish author and play- book, en- "I could almost fancy myself lis- wright. In…

… his latest .' for the \\Todd tening again to that Russian Baron- "The War titled Zangwill has some very frank ess who, brought to luncheon at my Mr. things to say concerning the Jew- house one day by a…

… common friend, problem arising out of the war fell to expatiating on the 'terrible ish to help the and calls upon England , problem' of the Jews in Russia. A Jews obtain Palestine in atone- sympathetic…

… soul, thought I, till ment for her approbation of the gradually I became aware that the anti-sernitic policy of her Russian 'terrible problem' was not for the Jews but for the Russians. ally. "Once, in…

… Slavinic supersti- make .no greater stroke of policy breaks upon one. The Rus- , , than to call in the Jews to regen- sian Empire—even without the ter- erate it for her. Failing this con- ritorial gains the…

… war may bring it quest, even if Turkey, under Ger- —stretches over nearly nine million man shrewdness, made a similar sqtiare square miles and occupies one-sixth ..'4, offer to the Jews, I for one would…

… advantage of continuousness, is in- Jewish history. habited by • nearly a hundred and "But even under British suzer- eighty million people, of ,whom only ainty the restoration of the Jews six millions are…

…BRANDEIS CONFIRMED THE JEWISH CHRONICLE The only Jewish publication in the State of Michigan Devoted to the interests of the Jewish people Vol. I. No. 14 DETROIT, MICH., JUNE ‘2, 1916 $1.50 per…

… statements alleged to have been made by hint of the Jews of Poland and Russia. The following is the full text of Mr. Schiff's address in which marks as the spirit moves me, and a religion, and as a people in…

… great moral suffering. I am second The great advantage that Jews pos- Jewish people of New York or to thousands of Jews in New York to none in my feeling for our op- sess over any other people is that the…

… Po- beginning, from the day when the zone. I le claimed that I was dic- I am afraid, he was right. What land, not only for what they are law was proclaimed upon Sinai, tating to the Jews of New York he…

… what the Jewish people pressed it, and, moreover, hundreds siderable thought I have given to ever been assembled of the highest of America wanted to have done. of thousands of the 3,000,000 Jews this…

…—that if the Jews of Russia, civic law. ( )ur Torah is a religious He meant, if I wanted to he a of the United States feel that the and the Jews of Poland would not book because, as I have said, with leader…

… which ligion. That has been so in all ages, they have been subject would not i:, so, or should be, to this day. .\ have reached the stage to which we friends, Jews of the City of New all regret it has…

… unfortunately come. York as we all are, we stand in And so it is here, if hundreds of these times at the parting of the thousands of Jews in America in- ways. Are we to he American sist that the Yiddish language…

…—not Jews or Jews who happen to dwell the Jewish language, for the Jewish - in America? language is Hebrew, which I love Very recently thet: e has been and for which I have the greatest made upon me—and I say…

… himself English, to read in English, to adopt my life of fifty-one years in the City glad because anyone can learn from first a Jew and not first,an Ameri- American ways. My friends, we want the children of…

…THE JEWISH 4 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company. Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. Editor Manager Samuel J. Rhodes, Anton Kaufman…

…•I*. • • 'Dollars among the Jews of gives us that opportunity. Shat Detroit Jews have given muc. are confident that they will give FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1916. Some Light on the Brandeis Case. Those who have kept…

… every Jew and Jewess in Detroit. Our Privilege. We are witnessing the greatest Jewish catastrophe the world has ever known. We would compare it to the Downfall of the First Temple. But the downfall of…

… the Temple affected only the political fortunes of the Jew. The present calamity threatens his very existence. We would compare it to the Roman destruction of Jerusalem. But Rome, again, struck only at…

… the Jewish state and religion. Russia aims at Jewish radical extermination. We would compare- it to. the great Spanish Exile. But the Jews could flee from Spain. The Russian Jews could not escape…

… bodies crossed and re-crossed the German armies from the West, the Russian armies from the East and the Austrian armies from, the South." Again, the number of Jews driven from Spain was half a million. The…

… number of Jews suffering from the hardship of war and Russian barbarism is seven millions. The Jervis, On March 26th delegates fro the land will assemble at Philadel posed Jewish Congress.. Much has…

… been said and writ! Je/ish Congress. Much has bees been unsaid and unwritten. Fron there exists a sharp difference of 01 can Jews. Some of 'the leading of the type of Louis Brandeis and support the…

… the Jewish Congress is a different object in mind. we Jews have suffered much f should, therefore, be tolerant towa ing views with respect. The disci , gress has revealed that the contrar (lest…

… high respect and he has well earned, it is to be ho, (lawn upon Mr. Schiff. No- Jew has ever had cause to h tunately, on the other hand, Judai• to be unashamed of some of its jev,' \\' hen parents…

… Richmond, \'a., General Manager - ANTON KAUFMAN marked in festive manner the completion of twenty-five years of serv- ice on the part of its honored and beloved rabbi, Dr. Fdward N. Michigan's Only Jewish…

… minister and his people, and it gives the lie to the oft- March 3, 1879 repeated assertion that the spirit of congregational.bossism, so called, is more rampant among the Jews than elsewhere. As a matter of…

… made of different flesh and blood than they. It is indeed the fact that the successful rabbi \\ sill s incere regret must American Jews h a ve read th e impas- enters into every phase of the life of his…

… the former of his dignity and makes for the con- The incident of last Sunday marks a crisis which was 1)1)0101 ii i tempt which familiarity brings. The Jew brushes aside alIV possible nd distiurtinil…

… between laymen and priest. Indeed, the rabbi is not the come. Dyer since NI r. Schiff came out openly against Zionism, a more particularly since lie voiced his opposition to the proposed Jew- snccessor of…

… merely the of life, interests of any one party of Jews. \\'c will not, therefore, HMV express ourselves either for or against Zionism or the' Congress move- ment. nut we will say—and both Zionists and non…

…, he had to voice it. It has long been the unchallenged boast of the Jew that no one Zionists should recognize this fact. They should treat Mr. Schiff ever could count upon his vote. The N'Ole Of the…

… real men will receive the. frank can rely with no small degree of certainty. rint th e v ote of the jew is declaration of an opponent--fair-mindedly and with respect. And if indefinite, uncontrollable…

…, uncertain in politics. It is the "N" of the Zionists will heap upon those Jews who disagree with them the in- y sonic d b election problem. The reason has long since been discovered. The t e bj ec een su as b…

… owa rd s the man who stay be regarded from many standpoints as the greatest Jew in America. We believe that the utterances of the Yiddish newspapers are the usual rabid, irresponsible rantings of yellow…

…9 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE :: Local and State News :: Y UNITED JEWISH CHARI TIES DOING SPLENDID WORK. It is doubtful whether the Jew- ish community of Detroit fully 'realizes the splendid work done…

… finding good hoarding homes for neglect4 and deficient children. There are now 11 children in the home owned by the United Jew- ish Charities on Tiendrie avenue. Only this week homes had to he found for a…

… Jew. DETROIT JEWS ARE RE- SPONDING NOBLY. From all indications the $100,- 000 mark which the Detroit com- mittee for the relief of the Jews in the war zone has set before it hill not only he reached…

… Jews have al- ready subscribed $100,000." SAGINAW JEWS GIVE AT THE RATE OF $100 A MINUTE FOR JEW- ISH RELIEF FUND. A foundation of $1,200 for the fund to be raised in Saginaw to assist in the relief of…

…,251,450.77. UNIVERSITY MENORAH SO- CIETY TO GIVE SMOKER. The annual smoker of the Uni- versity of Michigan Menorah So- ciety will be,held on Wednesday evening,. April 5. Prof.. David Friday of the economics depart- ment…

… .Abraham J. Gor- netzky of Detroit, composer of last year's Michigan Union Op- era "All That Glitters" and this year's opera "Tres Rouge" and Hilliard Goldstick of Detroit. Mr. Samuel M. Levin, instruc- tor…

… of the sturdy peasantry of Europe Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company. whom we need to carry on the hard labor which native Americans are Michigan's Only Jewish Publication…

… must from that presented to former congresses, in some measure affects the be sent in so as to reach this office Wednesday morning of each week. Jew to his advantage, since most of those of our co…

…-religionists who come here are refugees from religious persecution. , Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post Office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879 But even though every Jew were…

… Mass our protest against the passage of this bill. Should it be passed by Meeting at Arcadia Hall last Tuesday night; the Jews of Detroit the Senate,. as it has been passed by the House we have faith…

… waters. The magnificent gifts that were bestowed will carry their quota of food to the starving and of healing to the sick and wounded. The Jewish Congress as Seen by a Non-Jew But however beneficent the…

… nobly given of themselves and of diversity of opinion and a feeling of considerable bitterness among their means to the great cause. Detroit Jews are, through this gather- American Jews. It is interesting…

…, therefore to read what a non-Jew ing, lifted in their own esteem as never before. To those who have thinks on the subject. The following is an excerpt from an editorial held that the Jews of this city are lax…

…": While the selfishness and the sordidness of some individuals here and "The Jews in the present war have suffered as no other people there is to be deplored, the community in general has risen splendidly…

… united in the con- shall be protective of their racial interests leaves them the prey of viction that when our co-religionists suffer anywhere, the Jews of the each warring nation. And at th , e…

… by work assisted in making the meeting a success, our grateful Jewish daily newspaper of New York, approaches the subject. of a appreciation is due. To be sure, the work that lies before the Jews of…

… Company.' the Russian army. Finally, not the least reason for the remarkable economic and military efficiency of Germany has been the splendid Michigan's Only Jewish Publication, devotion and bravery of her…

… Jews, both on the battlefield and at home. - t Samuel J. Rhodes, Editor This is as it should he. It is well that the Jew should be a Anton Kaufman, Manager patriot of the land of his birth or adoption…

…. It is well that he should Subscription in Advance $1.50 per year be more of a patriot than the rest of its people—for, alas, tliat is expected of the Jew. But it is not expected of the Jew that lie…

… European states." Mr. Montefiore is not content - - • FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1910, with this,- but goes on to state that he would feel "a keen enjoyment in sticking a bayonet into a German who was a Jew, as into…

… they were uttered by a descendant of Moses Montefiore. What a festival of Purim commemorates the escape of the Jews, been so shame and pity, indeed, that the bearer of a name which has come to completely…

… duplicated as this year. Again enemies threaten the typify Jewish benevolence and open-heartedness, should have sunk Jews on every side. Again death and destruction stare them in the to such depths of…

… misunderstanding; targets always for the poisoned shafts of in the Ethics of the fathers (Pirke Aboth ), that treasure house of bigotry and persecution and fanaticism, the Jews today find them- homiletic truth…

… yet or some noble Esther, bearing salvation to them. It is then, to the true that many of those engaged in the work of philanthropy and American Jew that Purim must bring the most telling message at…

… pros- ganizations. Too many men and women there are who are jealous more correctly perhaps, lest they themselves do not receive the perity and progress, while in every other land where Jews live, or…

…-reaching results, that not only affect the efficiency Jew in this great land be filled with the spirit of a Mordecai. Let of the work that needs to be done, but often lead to costly duplica- every Jewess in this…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE 6 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company. General Manager ANTON KAUFMAN Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. Editor SAMUEL J…

… both the Congress Association, and the American Jewish Committee that stands in opposition. It is the hope of this Committee to iron out the differences in order that the Jews of America may present a…

… united front when at the close of the war the status of the Jew in Europe shall be defined. If anything is to be ac- complished for the permanent advantage of our stricken brethren united action on the…

… part of American Jews is an absolutely indispensable con- dition. The Rabbinical Conference Judging by all reports the twenty-seventh annual session of the Central Conference of American Rabbis which…

… enter. Indeed it is not too much to hope that under such circumstances Jews of all shades of religious opinion will march under the banner of Zion. A Disgraceful Bit of Journalism Every once in a while…

… course of an advertisement for "a m'n who has a person- ality" permits itself to print these words : "This is not a Jew picnic, but a business proposition." \Ve do not know what is meant by a Jew picnic…

… malignment of the Jew. Our President and the D. A. C. The President of the United States recently honored Detroit with a visit. Among those organizations which entertained Mr. Wilson was the Detroit Athletic…

… democracy cannot be entertained at any place where democratic ideals are properly regarded. A Jew of prominence and position in this community was invited to dine with Mr. Wilson last Monday noon at the D. A…

…. C. Truly, he is one of the most representative of Detroit's Jews. He is admired and respected by Jew and Gentile alike. Mr. Wilson would have been hon- ored by this Jew's presence at that dinner. No…

… dinner without some such representative of our people could rightly be called a dinner by a great American city to the chief executive of the nation. With a striking dignity and self respect, the Jew who…

… office of United States Senator from Michigan, to a representative of the Jewish Chronicle, "that I believe it is my duty, as a candidate for a seat in the nation's highest legislative body, to make a…

… devotion of the Jew. And among the millions of American citi- zens there is none more loyal, none more patriotic, none more intensely American as our fellow citizens of the Jewish faith. "This great world…

… w ith Jew or Gentile. And because I am pinnacle of national deeply convinced of the boundless an oppressed and down-trodden love overflowing the heart of the working class, and one of the fun- ew for…

… never d eve lop an d grow strong tin as it has been the mission of the e less adequate provision be made for Jew to teach to the world the lesson its protection and security. and 1 of the unity of God, it…

… strength of mind and purpose. • Recruits are wanted. Whence they come, what be their race or religion, whether they be Jews or Gentiles, does not matter. "Let us all unite in this great work. Let us stand…

… together, man to man, shoulder to shoulder, and with that veteran of the world's campaigns, the Jew, in our midst,. let us all fight America's common fight, the fight for democracy and Americanism." William…

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… Cents PROMINENT LOCAL INSTITUTIONS II TEMPLE BETH EL. The Jew in America By SENATOR JAMES A. REED Editorial Note:--lion. James A. Reed, the senior senator from Missouri, is one of the leading figures…

… of incomparable architecture and conquerors. It has not 1)e,en so upon sublime, ancestral achieve- ment and noble race history, feels with the Jews. Who seeks the riddle's answer not that exaltation…

… heritage. diszi:peared. The present inhabi- of home, race and religion which If I were a Jew I would teach tants. of Egypt could not be in- have always possessed the Heb- my fellows the proud story of my…

… spired with the resistless courage people. I would inspire them rew people. of the soldiers of Rameses.- The For two thousand years the with the thought that in them spirit of Thermopylae no longer Jew has…

… survived. when crime flourished and idol- too 'weak to wield the sword of The story of mankind furnishes atry was universal, the Jew Caesar. taught the sublime principle of no similar record. The world is a…

… Highest Quality Detroit, Michigan Sales Department r 1 Phone r as an entity. Of particular interest, therefore, to Jews is the candidacy of CHARLES S. HAMPTON for mayor. lie stands for those things the Jew…

…- one and since that time he has served his party and State in numerous capacities. Besides a number of minor offices, he has the record of being the most efficient Game and Fish Warden that Michigan has…

… this taken out of the hands of ourimitation career and the ballot for from our imitation of BOSS Murphy of that institution. alty race this year is a crisis in our civic The Jew has always stood for…

… clean, honest government. The office should be cast only after the most serious deliberation. In this deliberation the name of CHARLES S. I I AM PTON, can- vote of the Jew is a sacred, holy thing. 1 lis…

…. The vote of the East Side where the Jewish population is greatest—that vote alone Boss Mur- consideration. phy never attempted to foretell. For the Jews have suffered too long not properly to appreciate…

… holds most dear—political freedom and popular government. He oppose4those, things the Jew most opposes—autocratic, BOSS rule. "I do not ask the Jew to vote for me," said Mr. Hampton to representative of…

… the Jewish Chronicle. "The vote of the Jew, I know full well, is too personal a matter to be promised or bartered. But I do ask the Jew to take special interest- in the mayoralty race on account of the…

… moral issues which it involves. The Jew has lost none of his antagonism to oppression. He cherishes the same old love of liberty. li- He does not tolerate political despotism and machine rule in city posh…

… Caricaturing and Defamation of the Jew in Local Theatres and News- papers--Rabbi Leo M. Franklin to Act as Advisor to Committee. \ step which is bound to prove fruitful in its results was taken by the lloard of…

…-Pa "Truth - Com rnittee. The purpose of the Com- mittee is largely indicated by its name. Its aims, briefly, is to en- deavor to establish the truth as far as the Jew is concerned. .\1i misre1l7esentation of…

… admitted to practice of law in the Michigan courts and on the 20th of February, 1900, was admitted to practice in the Federal courts. During six years was Deputy Clerk of the Recorder's Court, appointed by…

…TjHjE JEWISH CHRONICLE 8 SWISS JEWS ORGANIZE TO AID OPPRESSED Want to Convene Public Con- ference of Jews of Neutral Lands in Switzerland. The Jews in Switzerland have or- ganized to aid in the…

… emancipation of the Jews in Russia, Poland and Roumania. The movement is en- titled, "Pro Causa Judaica," and ad- dresses itself to the whole world. It knows nothing of secrecy or mystery. The members of the…

… possible, of Am- erica, in Switzerland, for the dis- cussion of the Jewish question. "3. To organize a Christian-Jew- ish conference in the federal capital of Switzerland, in order to direct the attention…

…_of the world to the Jewish question." The circular calls attention to the absolute need of a conference of the Jews of the neutral lands, and adds : "We lay particular stress upon the fact that our action…

… in northern Michigan. Per- sons desiring to communicate with him may obtain his address from Mr. Louis Welt, president, or Mr. Adolph Freund, Secretary of the Temple. (Continued from page 5) Mrs…

… Jew- the wonder of the world. proval by the Board, and that all cine. The further mandates for- ish community of Detroit could al- This great phenomenon of his- meats sold by them must bear the tory has…

…. rael was given a pure food law, I cannot be too fervent or too which was beyond any similar law emphatic in my appeal to the Jews of which any religion at that time of this city for a greater observ- was…

… spirit and to comprehend the soul of spect. Judaism. They are the kind who This fact has now come to be uni- smile when they see the conserva- versally recognized, and all over the tive Jew turn to Mizrach…

… the 'yearning and the love American Medical Association now which the Jew has kept in his breast being held in this city, attended by for ages for that land in which his such eminent physicians and au…

…- Michigan, and Dr. Blue, Surgeon- believe Judaism." General of the United States Army, the regulations of the Jewish reli- The Emperor of Austria has gion, concerning food, have come in conferred the silver…

… of dragoons this point. ways boast of a systematic and effi- for bravery on the field. The At the very beginning of Judaism bidding to the Jew the flesh of rep- dent method of inspection of all baron…

… a knowledge of geol- Of the normal total of about.: the operation of the Rabbinical mals, unless it were made a peace ogy that remains unattained even Board of Kashruth, our brethren in 2,450,000 Jews…

… in Poland, Lith- offering upon the altar. This cere- these days. Let the Jew adhere to this city can be absolutely certain uania and Courland, 1,770,000 re- mony was one of holiness. Later a strict…

…. Undoubtedly there are difficulties Board, comprising such well known are in Poland, and 50,000 of this . tary law which requires an exami- representatives of Orthodox Jews number are persons who are with nation…

….`6 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE 6 even discourtesy. When we read the other day in one of the English dailies in connection with the Schiff case that "Mr. Schiff has quit Jew- Issued Every Friday by the…

… KAUFMAN have become Jewish politics because they are characterized by the same lack of moderation, the same display of temper, the same indulgence in Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. personal insult…

… about united action by the various parties in American Jewry who are interested in securing for the Jews of the world full and equal rights at the conclusion of the war, the gathering will rank with the…

…-stated. The unfortunate divisions that have arisen among the Jews of America in these last years, and that have become more sharply defined by the issues of the war, have been less iniquitous in the immediate…

… influences that they have exerted upon us, than in their ultimate effects upon the position of the Jews in the war-ridden countries • of Europe. The moral influence of a united American Israel upon those who…

… have in their hands the shaping of governmental policies in dealing with the Jews of various lands is tremendous. Except for his brethren in America, there is none at this time to speak for the Jew in…

… Russia, in Poland, in Roumania. Let them be divided into parties and factions and let the word go forth that a divided opinion is setting Jew against Jew even here, and the last chance that the oppressed…

… Jew of other lands will be given even a fair modicum of consideration is likely to be lost. It is therefore to be sincerely hoped that the two parties will get together. While some of us hold that it…

… with the securing of equal political, re- ligious and economic rights to the Jews of the world, it is likely that these points can be amicably adjusted if only there is agreement on funda- mental issues…

… spiritual energy and as the inspiration to right living and high thinking. The Jew in Medicine An anonymous writer in a recent number of the America's Hebrew makes the claim that while historically the Jew…

… women. Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. Editor SAMUEL J. RHODES, $1.50 per year Subscription in Advance Offices 701 Penobscot Bldg. Telephone Cadillac 2588. The Jewish Chronicle invites…

… contained the great message of faith, of morality and of social justice, which the Jew has been chosen by (iod to teach to man- kind. One need not follow the lead of the higher critics who hold that the Law…

… spiritual message which it is the part of the Jew to sound into the ears of all the generations of num. Confirmation No ceremony in the Reform synagogue seems to have won a place of greater influence than…

… is a Jew, as must have been evident 1( ) antune whin saw or heard him. I It received favorable press comnumt for his number, and there is no disputing the fact that the greater portion of his audience…

… was appreciative. However, his portrayal of the Jew was as uncomplimentary as it was untrue. It was one of the half-lies that contain just enough of truth to make them doubly dangerous. As is usual with…

… unable to develop a source of humor to replace the primitive and malicious "Yiddish burlesque." It is all the more de- plorable that Jews, thi.mselves, have assumed the leadership in this form of…

… entertainment. Even the redeeming - quality of being "an .act" __ w hi c h th e Christian caricature of the Jew might possess—is `unit' time ago Irish-Americans emphatically voiced a protest against the…

… ridiculing - of their people on the stage. -o emphatic was their objection that the Irish comedian has now almost become a thing of the past. Put Jews still permit other Jews indecently to caricature and…

… misrepresent them without protesting - . That the ignorant and uninformed Christian believes the type represented by "Al Shayne" to he the real and only type of Jew in this country is a fact that cannot be…

… denied. \\Te have much to thank Such men for the perpetuation of prejudice in America. And even though there were no prejudice aroused by the portrayal of th e Jew as peculiar, mercenary, and cowardly, the…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE 6 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company. ANTON KAUFMAN - - - - - General Manager Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. Editor…

… Wednesday morning of each week. be — — _ sympathy with those Jews who try to force themselves into places where they know in advance that they are not wanted. \Vc are es- pecially disgusted with that group…

… of our co-religionists, to be found everywhere, who Ilattct themselves that they are sufficiently unJewish in appearance and manners to be admitted even where their fellow Jews are not acceptable. But…

… self-respect. And so, in planning for their vacation, Jews and Jewesses should be warned in advance that there are some places where people of the Jewish faith are not wanted, and they should give such…

… places a wide berth. in nine cases out of ten, they are not resorts which Jews, accustomed to live in cleanliness and comfort, would care very much to patronize. The Lure of the Open It is one of the…

… signs of the times for which we are deeply grate- ful, that more and more, in common with his neighbors, the Jew is becoming a follower of outdoor sports. The country club, in prac- tically all the larger…

… at cards and other games of chance. We say this not in criticism Exploiting the Jew of the ordinary social club, though we feel that most Jews join in the It has been one of the elements of tragedy in…

… the history of the sentiment that it is a good thing that the Jew is spending more and Jew that he has been exploited in every country and in every century more time in the open, and is finding his…

… desirable that men should turn to monuments to their own greatness. In the Middle Ages, when the games involving physical alertness rather than to those which have in Jew was excluded from all the trades and…

… gave them. In our own time, Jewish trade is eagerly sought after by those A Striking Letter to the Editor who are leaders in the business world, but though taef trade and barter with the Jew to their…

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… say "ad meoh shono." American Israel rejoices with this faithful servant of God and of man. uncompromising opposition to an organization that treats Jew, unfairly should be displayed wherever the same…

… conditions obtaii The rule of every self-respecting Jew should be to have no dealin! with those who treat the Jew as an inferior or as an undesirable. thereby giving them .a dose of their Own medicine. An…

… meeting the Council will dispose of this important matter, realizing that as the greatest village of Michigan, the eyes of a commonwealth are turning slowly but surely upon them. The peOPle- 6f - thi…

…S- State, Jew and Gentile alike, wish to be authoritatively ad- vised whether Highland Park is an AM ERICAN village or whether by some freak of nature, it is that political monstrosity--a bureaucratic city…

… in a democratic state. S. S. G. The time is at hand when congregational and communal activities You Are Right, Sentinel! will be aggressively resumed. Let every Jew and Jewess in Detroit Commenting…

…-Semitic policy of the latter in refusing to adroit Jews to membership, the•Sentinel of Chicago, under the title "Fighting Back," pays them the following splendid trilvte: "Rabbi Leo M. Franklin and Mr. Fred M…

… it said to their lasting credit, did not hesitate for a moment. They would not think of attending an affair at the Detroit Athletic Club which refuses to admit Jews to membership even if it was given…

… relief measures for suffering Jews, to enter Russia is in no way surprising. The leopard cannot change his spots at will. Russia has fallen so far into a state of national degradation that even the…

… no personal axes to grind can take only one attitude—and that is, that greater than the interests of any party in Jewry is the need of securing safety and equal rights to the Jews of the whole world…

… misinterpreted? Editor 5JR/AF. The Only Jewish Puhhi-ation in the State of Michigan Devoted to the Interest, of the Jewish People The Jews of the world will be plea . sed to know that a committee, headed by a…

…6 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE THE JEWISH CHRONICLE report of the Joint Distribution Committee of the American Jew h Relief Committee. Issued Every Friday by the Jewish Chronicle Publishing Company. "The…

… cars so closely, that many Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. of them died from suffocation. In one instance out of 250 who SAMUEL J. RHODES, Editor started on their journey, but 73 reached the point of…

… report of the Staff Correspondent 4 Offices 314 Peter Smith Bldg. the Associated Press. Phone Cherry 3381 Jews of America, keep these facts in mind. Think of your ltreth- The Jewish Chronicle invites…

…. ment of views expressed by the writers. As reads the appeal just issued by the Central Committee for the Relief of the Jews suffering through the war, 63 Park Row, New All correspondence and society…

… Need of a Jewish Press Bureau THE JEWISH CHRONICLE DETROIT, MICHIGAN 'OFFICE OF THE EDITOR August 2, 1016. Hon. Charles E. Hughes, New York City. Dear Sir: When in you will undoubted ly be…

… only the Jewish, but the secular press as well, and thus be a powerful influence in doing away with the erroneous and misleading reports of Jews and things Jewish which to our disgust we must so…

… importance to our people are frequently unnoticed in the Jewish press, and what is worse, they are hopelessly distorted in the daily newspapers. What wonder then, that the activities of Jews are generally…

… funds gathered for the relief of Jews in the zone of war. While there has been no reason to doubt that all these funds were being wisely and effi- ciently administered, it will be reassuring to have men…

…, Destruction, the destruction of millions of Jews by fire and sword, by lust and murder, by hunger and disease. Lest we be accused of exaggeration, here are the facts: "There are 17,000 Jewish children in Warsaw…

… .\leicheni, the noted Yiddish lationships of the Jews, they tell of author, Mr. Louis T. 16)senberg. of Hebrew boy:: at school, how they this city, who is himself a writer are treated by their teacher, or of…

… and a member of the Michigan .\ii- the relationship of children to ani- before his tliors' (•lub, said "Sholent .\leichem mals. I read not long death a remarkably clever story of was the last of the…

…." "There is none to take his place," \lr. Rosenberg continued. "In de- picting the life of the poorer ele- ment of Jews he was Nvithout an equal. I lis humor was deliciously quaint, and altogether inimitable…

… it presents to the reader, better than Jews marooned on an any epic of tragedy, the misery, one represents a type and they cover poverty and suffering of the Jewish every class of Jew in a remarkably…

…, and I make Teacher,' and 'The Passover ( ;nest.' this statement critically, Aleichem "1)1(1cl - standing the poor Jews as was not more widely recognized be- he did, lie was lionized and beloved cause…

… authors. • TURKS MAY SELL PALES- TINE. Ambassador Morgenthau Thinks That Jews May Buy Holy Land. Cincinnati, May 2 1.—I teary tor- genthau, recently resigned ambassa- dor to Turkey, told the \Vise ("en…

… Christians would allow the Jews to possess Palestine was thoroughly discussed. "I told the ministry that if a har- bor was built at Jaffa, Jerusalem would yearly attract 5110,000 visit- ors, who would spend at…

… asking for information as to summer hotel owners who advertise the fact that they do not cater to Jewish patronge. A sharp distinction should be Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. drawn between a protest…

… Peter Smith Bldg. tality to a Jew, just as he might to a red-headed man or to a person Phone Cherry 3351 with blue eyes if these particular characteristics happen to be espe- The Jewish Chronicle invites…

… notes to insure publication must evil, contact with which should be avoided by all clean minded people. More especially is this true when classed with Jews as objectionable be sent in so as to reach this…

… hotels that decline Jewish patronage are not such as , would through their cleanliness, or their good service attract the Jews, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916. who characteristically want the best accommodations…

… of individuals. The history of all self-respecting Jews. of the Jew during the last years of the nineteenth century and the first half of the first decade of the twentieth century is the life story of…

… Jews mourn his loss, not because he was a great Zionist, but because he was a great Jew. Exemplified in him were all of those qualities which have made the Jew famous, which have en- abled him to survive…

… appears that your firm, Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co., Jews. the National City Bank, the Guaranty Trust Company and Messrs. Kid- der, Peabody & Company have arranged this credit. I decline to avail myself of…

… sound public policy. You and your associates must have been aware that, in December, 1911, President Taft, with the sane- there are men of light and leading among the Jews of Grand Rapids, lion of…

… far as to However whatever the past has held for Grand Rapids Jews, the conduct upon our soil an inquisition into the religious tenets of those future is full of promise. The congregation has just…

… treaty which might be entered into between the welcoming Rabbi Freund to Michigan, we also congratulate his new United States and any other government. We have stood firm on congregation upon the fine…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE The Y. M. H. A.—An Organization for Young Jewish Men By JACOB NATHAN, President I T will • doubtless surprise a great many of our most prom- inent Jews to know that De- troit…

…. H. A. to a large percentage of our best informed Jews and they will not know what you are talking about. At the outs0 let me state . just what the aims and purposes of the Y. M. H. A. are. If the…

… community that knew of its existence. Not that a Jewish young men's gymnasium is not entitled to the support of the Jew- ish community, but that is why the Y. M. H. A. almost entirely died out. • A…

… Employees of this Organization are con- stantly reminded that they are here to assist — not Tax Exempt Michigan Municipal and Public Utility Bonds insist. They must help the buyer and not persuade…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE The only Jewish publication in the State of Michigan Devoted to the interests of the Jewish people Vol. I. No. '2 $1.50 per Year" DETROIT, AIICII., MARCH 10, 1916 Single…

…. ' •••••• .011141... 1 • II TEMPLE BETH EL. The Jew in America By SENATOR JAMES A. REED Editorial Note:—Ilon. James A. Reed, the senior senator from Missouri, is one of the leading figures in national life. his…

…- ples have been exterminated or absorbed into the blood of their conquerors. It has not been so with the Jews. Who seeks the riddle's answer will find it in that rare fortitude of character, and…

… history, feels not that exaltation of soul which renders him incapable of a de- basement of his blood heritage. If I were a Jew I would teach my fellows the proud story of my people. I would inspire them…

… universal, the Jew taught the sublime principle of one omnipotent God. When the authority of .. brute force was supreme, when the world was peopled with slaves and masters, when right was crushed beneath the…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE 6 be an enduring source of inspiration to us to meet every call that comes to true Jews in the same splendid spirit as we have faced our Issued Every Friday by the Jewish…

… Chronicle Publishing Company. duty in this instance. The few individuals here and there who have not risen to the Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. plane of the larger community, are by than fact lowered in…

… their own esteem and in the respect of their fellow Jews. Those who have done Editor Samuel J. Rhodes, their duty are happy with the joy of giving, and they have besides Manager Anton Kaufman, the whole…

…-souled esteem of their fellow Jews and fellow citizens. Detroit Jews may well look back to the night of April 4, 1916, $1.50 per year Subscription in Advance as an epoch-making occasion in their history. May no…

… exalted than he could under the moral impetus of those Jewish throne of Freedom's God. To the Jew in America Pesach sounds a teachings which, through centuries, have kept men strong and women note that is…

… he has yielded to the temptation of his coming. He is subject to no exceptional legislation or restrictive catering to the non-Jew who is always ready to applaud the liberality laws because of his…

… religion. So he lives the life of a man, he is a of the synagogue which compromises with its own traditions. man as good as another. Well then may the Jew in America sing the This is one of the evils of a…

… dream of are meted out to them, and for the single crime of being sum themselves up in the love and service of one's fellowmen. Jews. Under such circumstances it surely behooves us at this Feast Occasions…

… Philadelphia Conference has done one thing. It proved to the world that Jews are capable of self-government and that their assemblies can be conducted in dignified faslion. If viewed as noth- ing more than a…

… government has decreed that all Jewish hostages from Galicia are to be exiled to Siberia, while non-Jews in similar position may choose places of residence' outside the sphere of military operations— should be…

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… else has ever said regard- ing the high destiny of our beloved country surpasses this brief de- scription of the Republic. It explains why Jews can be and are so enthusiastically and unreservedly members…

… furnishing relief to our suffering co-religionists, it has not even begun to do its duty. Pan now there has come an awakening. The Detroit Committee for the Relief of Jews in the war zone, under the able and…

… appointment. Several Harvard graduates have al- a movement such as this there must be no division of sentiment ready criticised the president's action. ,i-nong. the Jews of our city. This is 1114 a matter for…

… Reform Jews or The committee says -that President I /Well ' s action, especially in for ( orthodox Jews, but for all Jews. It is an appeal to ) the deepest the west, is taken to represent I larvard's real…

… feeling in the matter. and the highest emotions of the Jew. Let no man and no woman and for that reason the students' petition was circulated to place I lar- among us then stand outside the circle of the…

… for signatures. give?" for we must all give more than we believe we can afford. It ( )f the three great cultural influences of antiquity the Jews rep- is the one time and the one place where what seems…

… administration. It is conuilittee and prove to the world that they have not set their stan- . obvio us that the legal supremacy of Rome was not complete in every 'dard too high. detail. The Jews made their…

… contribution to legal development and it was an important one. If religion figures as a large factor in the lives of individuals and of nations, the laws emanating from the Jew- THE STRANGER AT OUR GATES. ish…

… religion necessarily constitute a great factor in legal history. In On Sunday morning last there was sounded in the pulpit of the art of living and in the field of thought both Jews and Greeks Temple Iteth…

…7 THE JEWISH CHRONICLE S STRONG PARTY IN RUSSIAN DUMA WILL ADVOCATE ABOLITION OF PALE FOR JEWS. OM , Bill to That Effect Will Be Intro- duced by Prof. Paul Miliukov, Leader of Progressive Party…

…. hill In abolish 111C 1 );11C and give 111 jeWS the sa u te rights as other Russian subjects will be introduced that hods convenes in November. Prof. Paul leader of the cadets, so informed the rnited…

… Detroit and Michigan State Senator ROBERT Y. OGG Candidate for Lieutenant Governor I stand squarely on my record of ten years on the firing line at Lansing. Always for progressive and…

… removal of the Pale ■ within which the Jews in Russia With 1. CW exceptions have had to make their homes), thus enabling them to live wherever they choose. The second will remove some of the educational…

… limitations placed on the Jew and the third will make it possible for him to choose any pro- fession or trade he cares to. "While abroad I had long talks with the Rothschilds, both in Eng- land and France, with…

… Prof. Levy, of the Sorbonne at Paris, and other representative Jews. At the cooling session I shall acquaint all the members with what I was told. We realize that Russia's dealings, and indeed the allies…

…' dealings, have been affected by Russia's policy in, the Jewish question." The bill to remove the limita- tions placed on Jews will not pass, however, without considerable op- position. The opponents say that…

… the Jews W(011(1 501)11 have the peas- ants at their mercy because they are keener business men. Particularly do Russian leaders resent outside interference in set- tling the Jewish problem. Count I…

…, on the business methods of the man, has helped to substantiate many a contention. It is very evident that the people of Michigan—which in- cludes the people of Wayne county—are going to nominate the…

… the supreme duty of Michigan's clean voters to boost for Sleeper of Bad Axe on Tuesday, the 29th, as the Wolverine state's biggest and best can- didate. …

…4teriaut ,fir Periodic 0 A CHRONICLE THE JEWISH The Jews In' The War Zone GERMANY. cratization and Judaization of our RUSSIA. Tire annual meeting of the public conditions." Ile couples…

… Confidential Military Orders. Society for the Promotion of Socialists and Jews together, and The following confidential Of-- the Science Of Judiasin was asks, "Shall the future state, after held here last month…

… change in the policy of the Imperial Government, which he describes as being "in the di- rection of a still greater demo- The Jewish Chronicle, 701 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Michigan. Gentlemen: - We…

… districts of .the governments of Volhynia and Podolia. Those who wish to return to Galicia may not be kept hack, if this is allowable on mili- tary grounds. Galician Jews may not he allowed into our do…

…- minion, and those who ha ve a l- ready succeeded, with other fu- gitives, in penetrating into Rus- sia, n1ust he sent back to Galicia. The Jews have at present settled themselves along the Austrian…

… strictly searched, that is. they must be circumvented to avoid infection. In case of need, force may. also he used-- to drive the. Jews hack in the direction of the enemy. "COLONEL STAVRONIN." I V. "Order to…

… Middle Section of the 18th Army Corps. "11 May, 1915. No. 1130. . . The Jews shall he driven hack towards the enemy: none of them must he allowed to remain in the war district. "The Chief of the Section…

…- tion, Germans who are Russian subjects, as well as the Jews who are said to have been won over for this by bribery, are expected …

… today ? What the lodge needs to do in a community like this is to reach out to the newly arrived immigrants who have not yet found Michigan's Only Jewish Publication. their place in the community life…

… lodge presented practically the only platform on which Jews of all shades of religious opinion might meet on common ground, and discuss problems of mutual interest. Moreover, in a very broad sense, the B…

…'Nai B'Rith represented the center of the social life of the Jews, and it was, furthermore, the inspiration to much of the philanthropic activity of the community In later times, however, all of this work…

… among the Reform and the Orthodox Jews, that the synagogue plays an exceedingly important part in the life of the people. Indeed, it may be fairly said that there are few cities in America where the…

… it the duty of every Jew to give to the Order his whole-hearted support. But this argument alone will not suffice to keep alive the spark of interest in local lodges. If this is to be accomplished…

… Society, as well as a Zionistic organization. Nonetheless, in a contest for the presenta- tion of essays on a distinctly Jewish theme, only two Jewish students participated as against six non-Jews, and the…

… against Captain Howard E. Sullivan of the New York National Guard, that he, in his official position, was guilty of discriminating against Jews, have been denied by the Cap- tain, who asserts in a somewhat…

… women, even the best of Jews do not appeal as being congenial, and when moreover one is frank in the recognition of the fact that not all Jews, even of the more cultured classes, are necessarily Adonis…

…-like in appearance, one can rightly understand how, upon his basis of judgment, Captain Sullivan might exclude a Jew otherwise well fitted for the service, from membership in the National Guard. Lieutenant…

… Charles King, who was one of the witnesses in the trial of the case, was perfectly frank in his admis- sion that he had a strong anti-Jewish feeling, basing his position upon the fact that although Jews do…

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… methods by which the churchmen of their village are trying to influence in a sec- tarian manner the secular education of the children. The Indianapolis Charity Conference The Jew has always been…

… thousands of Jews in the Ghettos of the Old and the New World bow their heads in mourning and grief. For Sholem Aleichem ranks among the greatest of Yiddish writers. Unquestionably lie was the greatest…

… know but littl, , Thanks to his magic pen there will live forever in the annals of history a type of Jew who is fast disappearing—the small-town Jew of Poland and Russia, reared in an atmosphere of…

… an appreciative and loving people. Flower Day The Jews of Palestine have not escaped the sad lot of their brethern in Poland and Galicia. Yet, in the collection and distribution of war relief funds…

…, the Palestinian Jews have been almost wholly overlooked. It is for that reason that the purpose of Flower Day—to raise additional funds to alleviate the plight of the Jews in the I loly Land— must be…

…- tion, should deter no one from doing his duty. For whatever may be our religious affiliations, whether we be Zionists or not, first and fore- most we are Jews—and no Jew will fail to respond to the call…

… of a fellow Jew in distress. The success of a congregation is measured not in the terms of an increased membership or of 'a swollen treasury, but only in the terms of a deepening of the religious…

…THE JEWISH CHRONICLE PROVINCE OF CAUCASIA CLOSED TO JEWS. SLANDERER OF JEWISH SOLDIERS PUNISHED. The question whether Jews should be permitted' to settle in the province of Caucasia has finally…

… been settled by the Rus- sian Government in the negative. Although according to the gov- ernment circular issued a few months ago, Jews could reside any‘yhere in the Empire, with the exception of the…

… Jewish in- terpreters are attached to the Al- lied army in France. One of these interpreters is I. Picquart, the only French Jew who has re- ceived the British D. This was awarded for extraor- JEWISH…

… conditions." Ile couples occasion of his Golden Jubilee as Socialists and Jews together, and a-chu•ch dignitary. When, short- asks: "Shall the future state, ly afterwards, the cardinal made after the war, be…

… those un- -SHIP WITH RABBI. able to work. "The great duty is incumbent The Cardinal Prince Archbis- hop Dr. !tatter, who recently died upon every Jew to grant the poor at Olmutz, very often evinced a…

… (Conlinued on page 1?) DURING THE PAST WEEK 639 MORE PEOPLE SUBSCRIBED TO THE "JEWISH CHRONICLE." WILL YOU FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE, AND SUB- SCRIBE TO MICHIGAN'S ONLY JEWISH PUBLICA- TION? FILL OUT THE…

… com- we Jews are held to a 1 the city. Then. Jews the Association became even more munal life of . grt't of accorn - ' acute. The dances and balls which bought often and cared little for _- :ions ,if it…

… rebound more quickly upon the en- over. liberal and continuous con- would 110t hesitate to contribute to tire community of Jews. than does WE CALL FOR tributions to the war relief funds. a purpose as…

… of a Jew- Making the rounds of the down- tions to the contrary front profes- town establishments. they told the ish hospital. 7.1.1 t At this stage. things began to merchants concerning the endeavor…

… happen. One day there came to of Detroit Jews to build a hospital. the officers of the liebrew Hospital and appealed to their benevolence Association a well-dressed. soft and kindness of heart to subscribe…

…,„,„„„„„„„„„„„„„„,„„„,„„„„„„,„, „,„„„,„,„„„„„,„„„„„„„,„„„,„,„,„„,„„„„„„,„„ „„„„,„,„„. An Ice Station near you West Side Station. Michigan Ave. and :" th St. . Grosse Pointe Station. Foot of Lycaste \\ \t 11; \ IA\ I I) BLOCK Walnut 5S . Hickory 193 General Offices, Washington…

… The industrial situation will the Jew. Those immigrants who concern this department. Israel were then coming to America ar- ever h onored l a b or an d th e ar ti_ ri ved largely from ( ;ermany. san…

… occurred in which the Majority American citizenship. These pion- of. employerS and strikers have eers of our beloved order - erect- been Jews. Why should not this cd asylums for the orphans, or- order, in…

…, bankrupt the days of the Russian immigra- of Prudent, conservative and lion, it-Iniost two score years ago. wise economists in the twentieth? If the first idea was to American- Our critics say the Jew only…

… ize the Jew, in the second era the knows how to make money. Let chief thought was to judaize the us prove that in whatever indus- American, Tlie American boys trial field the Jew enters he sets were…

… did me the the field will be enlarged so as to honor of extending an invitation Provide employment for the to become national director of the greatest possible number of Jews.- Social Service Department…

… Michigan Ave. three-years with much success. Ile was lately very active in the - interest of the Red Cross. A. B. NEWMAN CO. Sole Agents for J. DUSCHINSKY Foreign Exchange Bank Steamship Ticket Agency…

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…. RHODES, Subscription in Advance - $1.50 per year The same applies to advertisements in the daily press, in which in- sinuations against the character of the Jew may be made. Very often more lasting…

… both the Hebrew Union Col- By the publication of numerous tracts dealing with moot questions lege of Cincinnati and the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York, affecting Jews and Judaism, it has spread…

… a knowledge of the history have been doing excellent work in meeting this important problem. aM the ideals of the Jew into countries where before they had been All of these institutions deserve the…

… was deservedly marked recently by the Conference was held in the city of Detroit, and the state of Michigan college authorities as well as by the students and alumni of the insti- haS the : .honor of…

… various speakers upon the work of the Anti-Defamation League. most eloquent eulogy pronounced upon the (lead. The importance of that work in driving the caricature of the Jew from the stage, is…

… unquestionably of the highest importance and too much Religious services will be held this summer in hundreds of re- credit cannot be given to the officers of the B'nai B'rith and of the sorts where Jews are…

… accustomed to assemble. It is to be hoped that Leaguerfor what they have accomplished. Their hands should be up- all Jews present at such places will participate in these services for held by every earnest Jew…

…. and that of their neighbors. It should be the part of some society•in every city of considerable size Intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews may in nine cases out to watch the theater programs as they…

…adical Cotter CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO THE JEWISH CHRONICLE The only Jewish publication in the State of Michigan Devoted to the interests of the Jewish people Vol. I. No. 4 Louis…

… DETROIT, MICH., MARCH 24, 1916 Brandeis $1.50 per Year Single Copies 5 Cents Gorky About the Jews There is a haunting quality in small part of the uproar would At the opening session of the the face of…

… alien races, and first of all, the whereas Lincoln's was distinctly The imaginative faculty which so ourselves with the Jewish ques- Jews. These people have been a gentile organ ; but the shape of…

… broadens the product of one work- tion—if one may say so—from. long and urgently assured that all the Jews are a restless people, the face, the growth of the hair er must be redueed to a minimum pogrom to…

… poe-rom, complained protested, but that is as far as strikers, rebels. Then they have in a shock which calls for taming exercise in the work of another, been told that Jews liked to drink by discipline…

… itself, and pub - with the Jewish tragedy, a great days, it is suggested to them that lic opinion insists that it must not of pugnacity behind it held in re- many sad consequences would the Jews of Poland…

… while before his first in- hears cited on every side as an liberty. It is nec to e life, t say, because auguration, and it lingers still in evidence of pharisaism in Bran- it is just at Philadelphia Jews…

… Form a /A usefa u l, to ce th e my mind, though I was a mere (leis is most unjustly thus attrib- Jews Regiment. p - of equality i n on a lane schoolboy at the time. The uted. I refer to his refusal to ac…

… Jew is (;card. tion of Brandeis. President noticeable. On the contrary, he on questions involving individual Grant's effort to promote Caleb manifests special attention to the rights, rather than the…

… muzhik hears of persecution ward movement of his own along kinds of a partisan to fill accept- of the Jews, he says, with the in- land as one of the most gallant a certain line with the last stage ably a…

… not the only Jew aboard the Deutschland. Ludwig Schwarzchild, twenty- three years old, of Massaenheim, Germany, is also a member of its fearless crew. Detroit, Michigan The Noblesville (Ind.) School…

… of dispute, it is that Jewish courage and heroism is as alive today as it was in the days of the Maccabees. Jews have furnished far more than their proportion of volun- teers in England and France, and…

… Jewish promotions are of daily occurrence in all of the ar- mies of Europe. Recently, the world has had fresh prdof of the bravery and courage of the Jew, for Paul Koenig is of Jewish ex- traction. Paul…

… Bedding. TICKS LAUNDRIED :: NEW TICKS FURNISHED Phone Cadillac 895 359 Michigan Avenue Hamburg, one to come to the United States, the other to re- main in Germany. He at once communicated with the…

… of Chicago, Ill. Noblesville has a population of 6,000, of whom only a handful are Jews. Math Israel Congregation, the oldest orthodox congregation wor- shipping in Cincinnati, Ohio, have sold their…

… Zionism is no new laughed notion. It is as old as the Jewish people itself. Throughout the entire Goluth Jews have yearned for the land of their fathers and ardently prayed for the day when they would…

… 411 the horrors of war, devastation, starva- tion. The Jewish people are being annihilated on both sides of the line of battle. Jew is killing Jew. And for what? History teaches us that after a great…

… war there is such an increase of national feeling that her doors, you were not ready ? my friends, the great problem now is, not to prepare Palestine for the Jews, but to prepare the , Jews for I…

… spend a week with relatives and the remainder of the stay at Arverene, Rockaway, L. I. iss Mabel Bloomgarden of Lincoln Avenue left lArednesday for a visit with relatives in western Michigan and friends…

… Abraham and Jew because of his superiority. iss Lillian Nlanchick of Cleve- Half condemn and despise him be- land, are the guests of Nit. and io< cause of his supposed inferiority. Mrs. Charles Monash of…

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… that organiza- tion just because they huppett to be Jews. If Mr. Roosevelt knew the true facts, we wonder how he must have felt when he spoke his words. l int we hardly believe that he knew. We are quite…

… newly arrived Jews would move out into the suburbs of the cities, it would not be necessary for them to be crowded together as they are. Undoubtedly in this argument there is sonic small degree 'of…

…, and these are essentially religious in char- acter. First and foremost it must be remembered that Orthodox Jews, laying great stress upon the observance of the Jewish dietary laws, must live in the…

… vicinity of their butcher, baker, and where their table supplies arc easily available. Nor can the Orthodox Jew live at any great distance from his synagogue, since he will not permit him- self to ride to…

… emancipates itself from untoward living conditions as does the average Jew. All these facts should be well borne in mind by those who arc accustomed to accuse the Jew of a willingness to live in crowded, dark…

… first issue augurs the standard that it shall set for itself in the future, the Jews of this country may congratulate them- selves upon having a national Jewish weekly worthy of the name. It will deal…

… exclusively with issues affecting the Jews at large and will have nothing to do with purely local matters. We wish the new publication the success that it will undoubtedly deserve. Says the Hebrew Standard…

… call Cherry 2706 The 83rd report of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan discloses that an aggressive and vigorous cam- paign to convert those who are not of that faith to the Episcopalian creed is planned…

… In addition to this dozen new parishes which will endeavor to lead the Jew from his two thousand year convictions an evangelist who goes by the name of Rev. S. K. Braun has ambitions in that direction…

…. Braun, who relates that his father' was a Jewish Rabbi (they always are), is a converted Jew. His pho- tographs show that as regards his Jewish extraction at least, he tells the truth. For years, he…

… Registration Twelve Episcopalian Missions for Conversion of Jews to Be Located Here abilities. He has established a Bible class, for the piirpose of conversion, at 913 Hastings street. Sometimes he entices…

… "Mosha" and "Becky" by "refreshments," after the enjoy- ment of which the greatly amused guests depart, not forgetting their "Shama's" before retiring. Curios- ity being a characteristic of the Jew, Braun…

…. Louis Stoll, the chairman, at 330 Penob- scot linilding. The proceeds of the day will go to the National Fund, and will he used wholly in relieving the plight of the Jews in Palestine. Do not forget that…

… the affair, announces that arrangements have been made for the thorough Prominent Men Address Michigan Menorah Society. The enorah Society of the Vni- versity of NI ichigan, a student's or- ganization…

… attorney of Chicago and an alumnus of the university, spoke on "A Jew Getting Set." On NI ay 7th, the society had the pleas- ure of listening to Dr. Max. L. Mar- golis of Dropsie College, who spoke on "The…

… connected with the management of the New York Times. His topic was "The Jew and the War." At its next meting, the Menorah society will elect its officers for the coming year. The problem is solved ! Let us…

… in Hebrew at the Syna- gogue on Saturday. picted the life of Jesus Christ. A scene showed Jews crucifying Christ, and, after representatives of the San Francisco B'nai B'rith had convinced Griffith of…

…- gram. The general topic will be "The Jew in I .iterature." Two papers \yid he presented, one by NIrs. Wallace Ros- enheim and the other by NIrs. Alfred P. Breitenbach. All mem- bers of the Auxiliary are…

… years by the Michigan l'nion of Ann Arbor. The opera will deal with Peace and !Preparedness and \yin parody many of the notabilities of the day. The book was written by kenjamin Welling- and Sylvan S…

…. Grosner, both of whom were active in the Michigan I. and Comedy of Affairs, amt the music and lyrics are the works of such well known men as Seymour Si- mons, Rowland Fixel, Normand Sillan and Leslie Gunm…

… emphasized the patriotism of the Jews. 7 You are NOT too old—START NOW. One Dollar Will Open an Account With the German-American Bank Griswold and Lafayette Chene and Gratiot Mack and Mt. Elliot…

… reading by !Tarry the relief of the Palestinian Jews. Keidan of the report issued This society, devoted to the by the American Jewish Relief purpose of stimulating - social ac- Committee on the Jews in the…

… The proceeds will be devoted to also be several piano selections by the Relief of the Jews in Pales- Nliss Gertrude Silberstein. All tine. members are urged to attend. The local lodge of the ll'rith Nl…

… chief officer, sits' of Michigan on Sunday even- and upon . the work which lie has ing of last week. His subject was accomplished. "The Jewish Consciousness.'' The • pulpit this week will be (occupied One…

…- gram of the evening was a paper on "The Jew in War," read by Mrs. Jos. Ehrlich. This was sup- plemented by lively discussions on the various phases of Zionistic work. At the conclusion of the meeting the…

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… obvious increase of intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews is giving serious concern to the leaders of American Israel. That the number of such marriages grows greater year by year, there can be no doubt…

… being gradually overcome in many communities. \Ve believe that if the young people's organizations of our various synagogues served no other purpose than to bring clean, decent young Jews and Jewesses…

… Lawsonian idea. But the American Jewish Committee seems to go about its business very crudely. By its letter to the Pope it has not achieved anything for the Jews, but it has achieved something for the Pope…

… in sending this letter was to benefit the Jews. Yet since the beginning of the war and prior to it, it has been very clear that Benedict XV is not the man who can help other people, but a Pope who…

… compliment to the papacy as it exists today, that being merely amoral force it is powerless in the war of the world, but such being the very obvious facts there is no apparent reason why Jews should now write…

… for the good of Detroit Jews by an organization of college men. And if the enthusiasm and energy which it has thus far displayed is not merely a flash in the pan but will be constant and con- tinuous…