THE JEWISH CHRONICLE

PAGE SIX

way-Strand Theatre secured the and which makes more difficult

elimination of an offending par- the efforts of the Anti-Defama-

tion Of a comedy by the Famous tion League to cause them to

years ago. In his advertisement available as to the teaching in the
The parochial sch o ols, vvhere • efforts
he specified "Nodews."

Players-Jesse Lasky Company. Change their lines. Only a few

publicity which was given to this at correction arc almost futile,

These two instances are repres•n- weeks ago the Detroit conunittee

advertisement served to cause a

tative of the part the Anti- was treated to the spectacle of a

Severe financial loss to the adver-

Defamation League has played in Gentile mauager demanding that

censoring •

motion

pictures. a team of Jewish actors change

Scarcely a month passes but that their material so as not to offend

some changes are suggested, and their co-religionists.

(Me of the biggest forces

usually•matle, in films that Ares-

OBJECTIONABLE ADVER
TISING BARRED.

discourage such vicious attempts

at comedy %you'd be the deter-

BIG MINDED MEN IN
INDUSTRY.

MinatiOn On the part of the Jew-

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ish

theatre-goers to refrain from

From time to time moving pic- laughing at the sallies aimed
tures, favorable to the Jew, and against th e ir ow n p eo pl e .

Iris peOple, hate been presented ;

THE ATTITUDE OF THE
PRESS.

and it is inure than likely that

the general consideration which

THE CHURCH.

fertile field of Jewish
tiser
tiser and to hasten all aludrigy .
'1 one which is less
and a promise not to repeat such i ticiat.'14+1;11 11.
ed than any
n of the
advertising as well as to occept 1 re:" 111 ;
ound ill the . church.
t h ee;, 1: !itl fi
in
the
'future.
,
Jewish employee
z its s ill ag e :, past, the ortlio-

ent—or rather misrepresent the which would temi kto discredit and

Jew in offensive roles.

When it comes to the attitude
has been shown by the moving
picture companies is the result of newspapers and magazines.

not only of the ownership, which the Anti-llefaination League has

is largely Jewish, but also of the again had important work to

big-minded type of men who are It seeks to censor the editorial

and advertising columns of all
dominating this industry.
On the stage, t00, the Jew has publications and to eliminate

often been misrepresented; and such matter as may be classed as

no misrepresentation of a serious defamatory to the Jew. Nlost of

/lox Christian church and

-

:•still(htv

.it,s

school, present an old-

fashioned theology with the Jew

.\41vertising for the rental of

playing the role of the Christ-
wonder that little
apartments and homes, Ivhich hiller. It

specify the lack of acceptability ch il dren who arc taught perverted

of leas il"vc been barred imm tales retain their Jewish prejudice

all Detroit newspapers and the' through the years.

.\ mi-Defamation League has the

Nloreilver, it is one Of t h e his -

that this particular

aSSUranee

appointing features of the prob-.
form of objectionable publicity I ca that many clergymen who

will not again be permitted.

profess to he broad and liberal

rii " . " 1•ts " i ill '''. in their ideas still resort to the
nature are barred and hence can old suliteritige of blaming the

`L ' Iv(

have no psychological effect upon

left s for everything- that
woraiy pastor
the readers--the practice vvhich W rong.. :Ever,

they represent is still

t, f a wealthy Nlethodist Episcopal

tit clt broadcast. Ninny 1)etroit Church, from his pulpit. con-

apartments still deny their Ilmrs

nature ha,: e‘ er passed unchal- the mediums of national circula-

lenged by the Anti-Defamation tion have given the Jew a square

League. \'ery fortunate it is that deal, the flagrant violator of this

among the so-called "legitimate phase being "Life." published in

Incidentally, the stage has

SOME PAPERS OWNED BY
JEWS.

. played an important part in pre-

T h e newspapers of the country

senting the brighter side of

e w

-

slackers.

suaded many of them of the in-

business, and in
politics,
In
organizations
the ‘, arioti , ei‘

justice ;old folly of such a course.

Anti-Semitism finds frequent ex-

Defamation Committee has per-

during the past ten years have

ish life. Recent years have seen shown a decided decrease in Jew-
such sympathetic presentations ish defamations; a condition
as "The House Next Door," "As which may be traced to the in-

a Man Thinks," "Disraeli," "Is-

creasingly-important - 'part that

rael," and "The Melting l'ot." Jews have played in the manage-
Some students of the problem ment of the press services and of

HENRY D. MARKS

di:mm . (1 the Jews as Boishin, ists

to Jewish tenants, but the .\

only recently in I me of the

pression. Its unrestricted prog-
productions" there have been fe New York. and read by Otitis- courts a ruse involving this prin-
ress is hampered by the inher-
plays in recent years %%inch have ands of Jews. This magazine has ciple was tried; but most often a
ent loyalty of the I eVeS for their
seriously prejudiced the cause of been untiring in its work of pre- landlord is unwilling to admit
own people and by the restraining
our people. Notable exceptions seining the Jew, pictorially and his prejudice :old discriminafon
influence of the .\nti-Defamation
the
low-
.of
ditorially,
as
a
butt
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were Nat Goodwin's revival of
—especially if he is in business,
1.eague.
"Oliver Twist" and the constant est form of humor. For the most as is often the case.
.\ side from the positive.work
re-production of the "Merchant part, . however, national maga-
.\ widespread practice ,,f refus- which has been done by the Anti-
of Venice." It is safe to say that cities have given the Jew his just
ing the rental 1,f apartments to Defamation Committee of the
even in the sympathetically due, and there is probably none Jewish tenants is being vigorous-
Drith, there can he no ques-
handle' "Shylock" Mr. Man- of extensive circulation which ly opposed, and all complaints
tioning the fact that its very ex-
tell does much to encourage feel- can be charged with being dis- speedily investigated.
istence has served as a restraining
ing against the Jew. tinctly Anti-Semitic.
force upon the unbridled dis-

THE JEW ON THE STAGE.

CHIEF PROPAGANDIST

Defamation Committee - a few found in the lack of information

POLICY OF RESORT
HOTELS.

crimination of a bigoted enemy.

The practice of summer resort

. Is I "ice-Prcsidcat of the Wiwi Brith club, and as ehairman of

the Propaganda Conontitee of Pisallt Lodge, Henry I). Marks
proves a busy and effective worker. He believes Pisgah Lodge
should darn Loon members—of course—and that that zooid(' be a
nice beg inning. He is the kind of member who never refuses to
help another, and whose work is always thine C011itiel••, TOW, ddill-
timid work added to it. He is one (if the men who wakes the Lodge
so sure of its future greatness and success.

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more consistent in its presenta-

more consistent in it's presenta-

tion of matters distasteful to the commercial expediency.

JON'.

Only Within the

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month at the leading vaudeville

THE PROPER USE OF
TERMS.

guests finds little evidence ill De-

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since the disastrous and prenia- I names comprising the officers of

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tore closing of a Mount Clemens

Pisgah Lodge at present, having

hitch whose attitude toward the

previously recorded those who

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were at the helm when it was

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of the First °

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Filisterwald.

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Ass't Monitor—Leon Gold-

"THE MERCHANT OF
VENICE."

Whereas the Anti-Defamation

smith.

"1000"

Warden—David J. Mary-

niont.

League has met with excellent

Guardian—I I. D. Nlarks.

Nlany newspapers have posters

• rustees—Herman Weiss,

in the
their proper
editorial
rooms
referring
logue distasteful to the Jews. It to
use
of the
terms:

defamati o n in the theatre and the

Lester J. Leopold, Adolph

sented an act which included dia-

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(ilk or Michigan: especially I

results in its efforts to combat

theatre of Detroit, there was pre-

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Pisgah Lodge

hotel owners to bar Jewiso

torial justice to the Jew is more a of Jews.

matter of simple - justice. than of

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be unfavorable. The national founded:
maintain that the psych o logical "New York Times," "New York
President—.Morris Garvett.
committee of the .\ nti-Defama-
World," "Omaha Bee," "Detroit
elect of such plays is llugittivc
Vice-Tres.—Aloph Flouter-
tion League is ever on the alert.
as they hold up the Jew as better Journal," "Newark Star-Eagle,"
however, to prevent constant ex-
wald.
than his neighbor; but it is more etc.
Monitor, Jacob Miller.
editorial
rial atti- pressions of Anti-Semitic feeling
Perhaps th fry edi
than likely that the simple men-
on the part of hotel owners, es-
Secretary—Charles Rosen-
tal processes of theatre audiences tude of many papers has been en-
pecially ill the East, and in some
thal.
•accept the implication of these couraged by the advertising pat-
Treasurer—Merman Fins-
states has succeeded in having
ronage of Jewish merchants, but
plays at their face value.
laws passed making it a misde-
terwald.
it is only fair to believe that in
Ass't Treasurer—Herman
the large majority of cases edi- MeallOr tti advertise the barring

AN UNCORRECTED EVIL.

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Freund.
press, its efforts have nut been
The future of the Lodge looks
restricted to these fields. It has
Jew,
I
I
ebrew,
Israelite,
etc.
tre was unable, or unwilling, to These posters are furnished by
sought, with much success, to bright and promising. During
persuade the actors to change the .\ MI-Defamation League and have the "Merchant of Venice" the sixty years of its existence

is a regrettable fact that this thea-

their lines and they continued have played a part in the elimina-

throughout the week, refreshing tion of offensive editorial phrases.
the prejudice, undoubtedly, of Foreign language papefs• es-

barred from use in public schools it has fulfilled its mission. Many
throughout the country and it is hearts were gladdened through

undoubtedly only a matter of its potency. It has protected
many thousands. For the most pecially those printed in Polish, time before this prejudiced and widows, educated orphans, came
part, however, the theatres of Russian, and Roumanian, have
offensive work will be removed to the rescue of the oppressed
I ktroit have been willing and
from the curriculum of our De- and persecuted, I, rendered support
not
been
as
fair
or
as
American
eager to assist the Anti-Defama-
and encouragement where pos-
tion Committee in its work, and in their attitude to the Jews. In troit schools, where it serves to
lutist cases. however, it requires engender bitterness and hatred sible, upheld our faith and Nvere

many
changes
been
but judicious handling to bring of the Jews in the minds of many ever loyal to our beloved coon-
that have
scrod have
to take
the effected
sting
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abuts
a readjustment of such young and impressionable chil- try.
Crow various acts.
dren.
The
campaign
to
eliminate
Rut
few
of
the
pioneers are
The most frequent form of ob- Anti-Semitic policy. The case of

Polish
paper, described in Jewish defamation in the public among the living to witness the
jectionable matter called to the it a local
recent
issue
Of the "Jewish schools is handicapped in many glorious event that will be en-
attention of the Anti-Defamation
Chronicle" is typical. As this ar- cities by the introduction of the acted when the revival of Pisgah

Committee
is that
by ticle is written a change in the Bible in the public schools, where officially transpires. But a host
low comedians
and practiced
"stage I e-
its teaching may be misinterpret- of young Men arc with us. May
InTWS, " most of whom seek to editorial policy is promised as a
serve
lure their laughs by springing the result of the efforts of the .\ nti- ed or falsely presented by the the lac and the occasi•
as an inspiration to them to the
teachers.
natiun
Committee.
old "gags" reflecting upon the i)ef: u
It is an unfortunate circum- end that our beloved Lodge and
Not
so dangerous
Jew as a lire-bug, miser. braggart. but
equally
vicious in ill its its i effects
n t en t i s stance that the particular bias in Order will ever thrive fur the
and dishonest bankrupt.
Israel and Humanity.
the advertisement which casts a the minds of the teachers will in gl o w

if

MOST OFFENDERS ARE
JEWISH.

cloud upon the Jew. Every

a fact which emphasizes the of- of a large Michigan manufacturer 0)111111:linOf such misrepresenta-
fensiveness of their "comedy," which was referred to the Anti- tions on the part of various

teachers in the Detroit public

Ben Krell
Adolph Meyers
Joseph Nederlander
S. D. Rozenzweig
S. K. Slobin
Max Stotter

Morris Dreifuss
A. Gach
Harry Gerson
Samuel Gerson
Goldberg & Jagmin
Ben Kramer

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newspaper has carried advertise- minds td the children. Members
Most of these "stage Ilebrews" melds for help, discriminatiiry to of the Anti-Defamation Commit-
are themselves of Jewish faith. the Jew, a typical case being that tee have ha frequent occasion to

This Page Contributed to the Welfare of the
B'nai Brith by

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schools and happily have ever

found the authorities eager and

willing to co-operate in seeing

that

such

misrepresentations

were corrected.

One of the great difficulties of !

handling the school situation, cc-

pecially in a city with the large

foreign population of Detroit, is

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