The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 41, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 8, 1909 Page: 4 of 10
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RABBIS DIVORCE INVALID
New Haven Conn In the superior
court here recently Judge Shumway
handed down a decision in which he
refused to make valid a divorce grant-
ed by a rabbi thus denying a decree
to Aaron Shanbrom treasurer of the
Peoples Ice Company and treasurer of
the Lapides Shanbrom Company of this
city Mrs Shanbrom is in Newark N
J at present and desertion was al-
leged
They were married January 15 1893
Mrs Shanbroms maiden name was
Mary Suckerbrod They had one son
Several years ago a rabbi in New Jer-
sey granted them a separation accord-
ing to the Jewish law with permission
for both to remarry Neither did so
Judge Shamways decision is based
on the ground that they had agreed to
separate by the decree of the rabbi
The law courts do not recognize the
divorce granted by the rabbi but do
recognize the validity of the agreement
to live apart
When Abraham Lincoln was yet
practicing law a man came to him at-
one time with a legal case which he
explained could be Avon by a technical-
ity of the law Lincoln thought over
the matter and came to the conclusion
that right would be on the side of the
defendant and that it was through
sheer technicality that the plaintiff
would have the advantage
No I will not take the case said
Mr Lincoln
Why not asked the client is
not this a sure case
Oh yes said honest Abe of
course it is But dont you see my
friend that it would not be right
You seem to be an intelligent person
Try to make some money in an honest
way
An intelligent energetic and faithful
person ought never to take advantage
of improper or unfair opportunities in
life Honesty and modesty may seem
to some a hindrance rather than the
means of advancement and success
but in the end honor and gentleness
will tell and will surely bring their re-
ward and when it somes it is lasting
and is so much more enjoyed Eman-
uel
THE JEWISH HERALD
NORDAU TO THE ZIONIST CON-
VENTION
In his letter to the convention of
the American Federation of Zionists
held in New York last week Dr Max
Nordau said The time for words
has passed the day for acts is dawn-
ing The new Turkey opens before
our people Her government invites
directly Jewish immigration and prom-
ises it a liberal welcome It is now
our business to enter into an under-
standing with the Ottaman authorities
in order to sceure for Jewish settlers
such legal rights as will enable them
to till in peace and freedom the soil
of the land of our yearning and to
become in Palestine the constituting
elements of a revived Jewish nation
Of course the final building up of the
Jewish settlement in Palestine will
have to be the result of the united
effort of the whole Jewish people
But our own assigned work is the lay-
ing of the foundation stone and even
this imposes upon us sacrifices far
beyond our present means
Ground for the Rex club and Young
Mens Hebrew Association building in
Memphis will be broken Aug 1st and
architects plans will be advertised a
few days thereafter It is the inten-
tion of the club members and the of-
ficers of the association to have the
building completed in time for New
Years The building will be one of
the finest of its kind in the South
complete as money can make it from
the ground to the top floor It will be
located on a lot at Dunlap street and
Madison avenue opposite Forrest Park
and in the neighborhood of the
proposed Shriners home Consider-
able praise is due President Otto
Metzger for having so successfully
carried out plans for financing the
building which is promised to be an or-
nament to Memphis
The YiddishRussian poet S Frug
after a residence of 28 years in St
Petersburg is now compelled to leave
the Russian capital owing to the bad
effect of the climate upon his health
He will shortly return to South Rus-
sia where he was horn
LIKE A MAN
That man Exchange says some
mighty good things occasionally and
here is one of them A newspaper is
like a man because generally it re-
flects some man and it should be
judged as a man should be judged
largely and on the whole No man
lives a perfect life no editor prints a
perfect paper If an editor is honest
he is bound to offend some one every-
day of his life if he doesnt offend
some one the editor is nambypamby
and flabby The same thing is true of
the average man A newspaper is
bound to make mistakes in getting
news it must necessarily take hearsay
But if in the long run and in the main
week after week and year after year
a paper stands for decency for honest
thinking and clean living if it speaks
fair for those who are trying to do
good and condemns sneaks and cheats
and low persons that is a good paper
Western Publisher
Mr Charles Simon one of New Or-
leans best known philanthropists
passed away on the lGth ult and was
laid to rest on the day following He
was eightyeight years old Dr Hel
lers of whose Temple Sinai Mr Simon
had been a member for many years
officiated Mr Simon had been a resi-
dent of Louisiana since 1839 coming
to this country from Bavaria when but
a mere boy and at once engaging in
commercial pursuits In only a few
years he had acquired a competence
sufficient to permit him to display that
largeness of heart and generosity of
spirit which invariably characterized
the acts of his life and in the pursuit
of these intentions he was joined by
another man of similar disposition
Judah Touro Mr Touro and Mr Si-
mon were among the first to plan and
to make possible the construction of
the great hospital which now bears
the formers name He was also active
in the repression of the epidemics of
sickness which have visited New Or-
leans from time to time and in allev-
iating by his gifts the misery and suf-
fering which these entailed He was
held in the highest esteem by all who
knew him and his death removed from
the community a man who did it great
honor
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 41, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 8, 1909, newspaper, July 8, 1909; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84776/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .