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Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Welt, of
Connecticut :1,ve., are traveling in
the East. •
Mrs. N. J. Newman, of Fred-
erick Ave., is taking a short trip
in Upper Michigan.

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few verses before, in the same
chapter of Deuteronomy, NIT
read, "IF there be among you a
poor man" (v. 7). Moses did not
believe there was any necessity
for poverty or poor people it
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righteousness and justice ruled
Mrs. \\'m. Rindskoff, (8 Tenne-
A SANE CELEBRATION OF the mother,herself misinterpreted
son:A ve., entertained the ladies. the nation. In this spirit Moses
life's message? Of which would
CONFIRMATION.
who participated in the play at legislated for his people. Chris-
you rather stand accused?. • ..
tianity
taught
that
the
poor
are
By Mrs. Ben I. Greenbaum.
Temple Beth El on Feb. 27th, at
If the family physician should
as
much
a
part
of
this
world
as
her home on Thursday afternoon.
the ocean, the mountains and the
It is a generally accepted be-. chance to say : "Madame, you
Several pretty functions are be- lakes. By handing to the poor . lief
that no woman is more de- are ruining your child's digestion
s .
ing given to honor Miss Adah small pittances in charity, men voted to the welfare of her chil- forever by unwholesome food,"
Lewit, of New York City, who could receive pardon for their dren than the mother in Israel. the Jewish mother would snatch
is visiting the Misses Tobias, 86 sins.
Not long ago a social worker, it away in pale consternation,
Elmhurst Ave.
and commit any sacrifice to rem-
It has been said that the great- not of our faith, said to me: "If edy the fault. But if the physi-
The Misses Straus, of Lothrop est discovery of modern times is I could be born again, I should
Ave., are entertaining the 0. N. the "re-discovery of the Old Tes- choose to be born of Jewish par- cian be a spiritual adviser, who
says : "Women of today, your
S. Club on March 12th.
tament." Its ideals are being un- ents. .1 have worked among - all false pride, and over-indulgence,
creeds and nationalities, and I
Mr. A. Blumberg announces the derstood and correctly, breathed have found no women so ab- and devotion to material things
Bar-Mitzrah of his son, Abraham, into life. We now know that sorbed in the interests of their are tainting the souls of your
Saturday, March 4, at 10 a. m. at poverty is absolutely unneces- children, nor so willing to make children," the Jewish mother
Shaarey Zedek. Reception Sun- sary. It will be abolished, surely vreat sacrifices for them, as the smiles serenely ,and - thinks, "I'm
day, \larch 5, after 8 o'clock, at abated, as soon as we are de- Jewish mothers."
sure lie can't mean me."
termined and resolved that this
349 Hendrie Ave.
Doesn't it seem a bit incongru-
Naturally, we are proud of this
disgrace of modern civilization
ous
on Confirmation Day, to hear
Mrs. Lewis Berger, of 'New shall be wiped out. Scientific reputation, and not desirous of
a
little
girl, in a dress cut after
York, who was visiting her par- management has transformed the changing such opinions, but •per-
the
latest
exaggeration of fashion,
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Jacob, has Panama Canal strip from a ma- haps this thought has come to
with
a
hair
bow so large it ob-
returned home.
laria jungle to a healthy district. many: Is the Jewish mother a structs the view of the child back
Mr. dud Mrs. Chas. L. Ben- Typhoid fever, small-pox and wise judge of what constitutes of her, to hear . her say with a
jamin, of Cleveland, Ohio, an- other forms of death-dealing di- the best interest of her child? Is break in her voice : "Man looks
nounce the betrothal of their seases were formerly considered she, in these (lays of 'luxurious upon the outward appearance, but
daughter Myra D. to 'Mr. Fred as visitations of God ; now we living, and careless thinking, giv- God searclieth the heart?" Or to
Babin.
know they result from the crim- ing her child a proper sense of hear a Jewish lad repeat soulful-
inal negligence of society and life values? Or is she drifting ly: "Man is like unto vanity,"
The marriage is announced of can be prevented by
along with the tide of the mo-
proper
Mr. Ben \feistier and Miss Sadie
ment,
trusting to some inherent while a caterer is at his home
tation. So, in every way, man-
preparing elaborate appointments
Grynberg, which took place on
kind makes progress and ove .- ffift to help her child distinguish for a reception, and dozens of ex-
Tuesday, Feb. 22, in the Tree of
comes obstacles to life and hap- between the essential, and the travagant gifts are displayed as
Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
piness. Remove the causes of non-essential, between superficial trophies of the occasion?
Mr. and Mrs. Meisner are now poverty and the need for charity show, and intrinsic worth?
Children are most responsive
on an extended wedding trip, and
If there is one time in the life
ceases. This department is call-
to
the appeal of symbolism. And
on their return will make their ed into existence to do all with- of a Jewish child when, more
the
Dav of Confirmation is itself
home in Detroit. Miss Bessie
in its power to abolish poverty than at any .other, the spiritual but a beautiful symbol. It signi-
\Ieisner and Mr. and Mrs. Sam
and render -charity unnecessary. should predominate over the . ma- fies the child's conscious girding
\feistier were among the out-of-
It is highly significant that a re- terial, surely it is during the up of his soul with the Mantle of
town guests.
cent publication on the "Aboli- preparation f o r Confirmation Judaism, his first independent
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Levy tion of Poverty" was written by Day. It is the mother's rarest steps into the Holy Spirit Land
will give a reception at their a Jew, Professor Hollander of opportunity, the psychological of our Fathers, and the God-
home, 35(1 Ii.rederick Ave., on Johns Hopkins University. Let moment in which to help the speed of Teacher and parents on
Sunday, March 12, from 2 to 5 this be our contribution to Am- child apply to his daily life the his way.
and 7:30 to 10 o'clock, in honor erican freedom, that we give of principles, ∎ vhich (luring all the
Is it not desecration to mar the
of the engagement of their our strength and of our best to years of instruction, the Rabbi significance of such a day by
daughter, Miss Elizabeth to Mr. blot Out those conditions which has tried so faithfully to impress elaborate dress, meaningless gifts
Meyer Stone and Miss Kate to make slums, the tenement dis- noon the young mind. In this and perfunctory social customs?
Mr. Chas. E. Harris.
tricts, and for the continued need Temple the children are taught
Let us, the Jewish mothers of
that "Religion is the science of
of doling Out charity.
life: its function to teach men today, band ourselves together
Our Jewish people have conic how to live so as to fulfill the and pledge ourselves to the utter-
to America and'have increased in purpose of human existence." most sincerity in the observance
A Constructive Program.
wealth, • but the acquisition of And vet, .even here, on the day of Confirmation Day. Let us
{Continued from Page 9.)
money has not decreased preju- when above all others, the child abolish gifts and receptions and
that people whose ancestors had dice against us. We thought that might be made to feel the pur- every vestige of display and
been slaves for centuries could, when our Christian neighbors pose of existence in sincere, sim- make the day one of true conse-
not become independent and self- would learn the truth about the ple self-forgetfulness in the ser- cration to the higher life of our
supporting in one generation. In slanders against our Jewish peo- vice of others, lo! the thoughtless children. Let us teach diligently
Ito them at all times, but espe-
the New Testament this phrase ple, 1111 ell they realized that the mother accentuates in the dress
cially
at this time, the beauty of
was utterly misunderstood. in Jews did not kill their God (as if of her child, and in conventional
simplicity
and the unworthiness
three places this sentence was in- any god could allow himself to be social functions, all that is ego-
of
ostentation.
And not only
terpreted to mean that "the poor killed), the prejudice against our tistical in youth, and meaningless
shall
we
help
our
own children
ye have with you always" (Mat- people would fall away. Events in life.
to
a
truer
vision
of
life and its
thew, NXVI.-ii, Mark X IV-7. proved to tn;! tontrary. The uni-
Is it thoughtlessness, or has
(Continued
on'page
12)
and John N1I-8). For eighteen versity clubs in the different cities
centuries the Christian Church of America, where culture and edu-
believed in and taught this .cation should obtain, are practical-
Wrong interpretation, mightily ly unanimous in denying admis-
influencing- mankind and hinder- sion to Jewish people. The sure
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