Where were you on July 14, 1920? Probably not at “the largest Jewish gathering ever held in this city” [Denver], where Jews and gentiles rejoiced “that the Peace Conference at San Remo has decided to forever end Turkish mis-rule in the Holy Land and to restore Palestine to the world as a Jewish National Homeland.”
At the gathering, the governor of Colorado, Oliver Shoup, personally donated $500 — quite a sum a century ago — to the Palestine Restoration Fund. I. Rude gave $5,000.
“Other Large Subscriptions Received,” read the subheadline in the July 14, 1920 Denver Jewish News (IJN precursor).
Milton M. Schayer, addressing the crowd, asked: “What will you give? The price of a new car or a set of tires, a new piece of jewelry or a set of summer furs?”
Dr. C. E. H. Kauvar asked, “How much shall you give? Not as much as you are worth, but what Palestine is worth to you.”
Prior advertising for the event promised “Stereoptician Views of Jewish Life in Palestine.”
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“Miss Louise Guldman,” the July 14 edition informed us, “left Thursday to join a house party of young girls at Brookvale, Colo.”
Also of note, “Miss Minnie Klara Willens was the hostess at a very delightful card party and musical Sunday afternoon, given in honor of Miss Ruth Bluestone of New York City.”
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“Clothes as an asset rather than a necessity result from careful choosing,” reads the advertisement by Daniels & Fisher Stores Co., which notes that suits worth $55.00 have been reduced to $37.50 — “all suits remaining from the season’s stock, all of them three-pieces and of tweed worsteds, and cashmeres.”
Needless to say, “men who look to good tailoring, reliable materials, and the ‘correct’ in style, choose Daniels & Fisher’s suits.”
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“Tourists coming to Denver always ask the policeman where they can get the best Delicatessen in town and are of course told: at Brody’s.
“A customer comes to Brody’s with the intention of spending 25¢ or 50¢ but as a rule they begin to stock up and buy $2.00 and $3.00 worth because everything looks so enticing and reasonable.
“If you have lost your appetite come to Brody and you will find it.”
BRODY’S KOSHER
DELICATESSEN.
1652 Larimer Street.
Telephone Main 5899.
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Professor Chaim Weizmann, addressing the first session of the Zionist World Conference in London, “emphasized the fact that all work in Palestine would be effected in strict cooperation with the Arab people and spoke very hopefully of the future relations with the Arabs.
“The conference which was opened by Mr. Nahum Sokolow with a Hebrew address is considered the most momentous in Jewish history . . . ”
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At the annual conference in Rochester, Rabbi Leo M. Franklin of Detroit, president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, delivered a lengthy message.
“I recommend that the Central Conference of American Rabbis invite the American Jewish Committee, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Union of Orthodox Congregations, the International Order of B’nai B’rith, and such other national organizations — the Jewish and nonsectarian — as may be interested in stemming the tide of rising anti-Semitism. . . .”
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At Knight-Campbell’s summer sale, “a guaranteed piano only $135.” 1625 – 31 California St.
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(By I. J. P. B.) London — Sir Herbert Samuel declared before the Zionist Commission in Palestine that neither he nor any other Jew serving on the [British Mandate] Administration will work on Saturdays. Saturday is to become the official day of rest in Palestine for the first time since the destruction of the Temple.”
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Denver — The Arbeiter Ring gave a picnic at Golden Park last Sunday, at which $90 was collected for the War Sufferers.
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A conversation that Walter Appel heard in court after the justice of the peace noted that the defendant was not in court on Oct. 3, 1921, and asked whether it was because the day was a Jewish holiday.
The plaintiff said, “It doesn’t make any difference to me.”
The court: “It does to me. If this is a man’s holiday, he can’t come here.”
Plaintiff: “Because of the Jewish holiday, I can’t get judgement here. I thought we were all Americans here.”
Court: “Just for that reason. We respect a man’s religion.”
(Denver Jewish News, Oct. 29, 1921.)
Rabbi Hillel Goldberg may be reached at [email protected].
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