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THE DE1 ROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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Friday, February 6, 1920
Shebat 17, 5680
The Morgenthau Report.
At last,
the Morgenthau report on conditions of the JON'S in Po-
land has been published in its entirety. It is a document that will
not satisfy some of our people %dui perhaps were all too eager to
have every exaggerated charge made in the heat of passion against
the Polish government, absolutely verified. But to those who react
dispassionately and who are willing to accept at their face value the
well authenticated facts arrived at by so statesmanlike a man as Mr.
Alorgenthau, as well as his judgments upon those facts, the docu-
ment will prove to lie an eminently satisfactory one. It is true the
report does in great measure exonerate the Polish government for
responsibility for the brutal attacks that were made upon the life
and the pro,, erty of Polish Jews, laying the same upon the soldiery
of that country.
Let none imagine, however, that because the government as such
did not order the pogroms and because the numbers of Jewish vic-
tims were infinitely less than the first wild reports had had it, that
the skirts of Poland are clean and her hands pure. The economic
discrimination against the Jew in Poland is, as we know, no new
thing. It antedates the period of the war by many years and slimily
became aggravated in these last times.
(In the other hand, Mr. Morgenthau points out that the lews
themselves are not entirely blameless in the matter. Internal differ-
ences, internecine strife, a lack of unified spirit, all intensified by
religio-political conditions in these last years, have tended to bring
about a situation that has made the Jews more or less hateful iu
the eyes of their Polish brethren. We do not justify this attitude on
the part of the Christian Poles but we follow Mr. 11hirgenthau's
attempted explanation of it. Certainly in this we must agree with
the report, that if Jews arc to remain in Poland fn large numbers—
and this is apparently inevitable—they must make a decided effort
to live on amicable terms with their neighbors, else the spirit of
hatred will grow rather than decrease.
•In the meantime there is a tremendous amount of suffering
al11011g the Jews of Poland. The American Jewish Relief Commis-
sion which has gone over recently under the leadership of Dr. Bogen
will do much to relieve the material distress of the people. But
greater problems still loom before its in relation to the Jews of Po-
land. I'ray God that we shall be able to solve them for the peace
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of the Jew and of the world,
Lessons in Americanism.
The series of Sunday evening lectures 'recently inaugurated at
the Jewish Institute of this city will prove to be an effective instru-
ment in forwarding the cause of Americanization in this city. Men
Who know their problems and who know their people, too, are pre-
senting themes of present importance to the American people in a
manner that cannot fail to appeal sympathetically to the group to
whom they are addressed. Much of the failure of the immigrant to
enter wholeheartedly into" the American ideal is to he traced to
gross ignorance of the fundamental principles of Americanism.
While abstract education of and by itself is not the one panacea
by which the ends sought are to lie realized, a fair and frank presen-
tation of the aims and purposes of government in language free
from technical terms and which the people can fully comprehend,
will go far to dispel that suspicion out of which anarchy and hate of
government arc hound to grow. On the whole, see believe that so
far as the immigrant Jew is concerned, the implications of Ameri-
canism can most effectively be brought home to hint by his fellow
Jews, speaking under the auspices of Jewish organizations. It is for
this reason that we rejoice in the program that has been initiated by
the Jewish Institute and that is being carried on amid such enthu-
siasm and with such notably beneficial effects.
Max Heavenrich.
"A prince and a great man has this day fallen in Israel." Seldom
might these words be spoken with greater appropriateness than in
this hour when we contemplate the passing to his reward of Mr. Max
Ileavenrich, of Saginaw. Ilere was a man princely in character,
sterling in manhood. For half a century lie has stood as the leader
of his community in matters Jewish as well as civic and communal.
There was no cause that appealed to the generosity and the hu-
manity of men that was not loyally sponsored by him. Proud in his
Judaism, he gave of his time and of his means without stint to the
building tip of the Jewish life of his community and it was the dream
of his declining years that Saginaw Jewry should eventually worship
in a home of its own.
BUt his sympathies were by no means narrowed to the interests
of his own brethren in faith. As organizer of the Associated Char-
ities of Saginaw and as president of that organization ft ir a long
period of years, he gave with equal enthusiasm of his energies and
of his means to the cause sponsored by it One of the leading spir-
its in the establishment in Saginaw of the Interdenominational Com-
munity Thanksgiving Sen ice, he preached as lie practiced in his life,
the message of tolerance and mutual respect among the creeds. A
friend of the poor, his annual Thanksgiving dinner to the newsboys
of his city had become an established institution. A loyal A merican,
he might be counted upon to raise his voice in behalf of true Amer-
icanism and of clean citizenship. A friend of education, it was char-
acteristic of him that he had established scholarships both in the
high schools of Saginaw and in the Hebrew Union College at Cin-
cinnati. In fact, few are the men with whom it has been our privi-
lege to come into intimate contact, the breadth of whose sympathies
and the generosity of whose impulses were as pronounced and as fine
and as big as those of Max I leavenrich.
In his passing his city, his state, his community, his co-religion-
ists, lose a leader and a friend. In the rich inspiration that his life
will inevitably leave for many, his family will find a source of high
consolation.
to the intellectual rather than to the emotional nature of the people.
The head is fed to the point of over-satiety while the heart is fre-
quently permitted to starve for lack of nutriment. Especially since
social justice has become the magic word with which the preacher
conjures, the true purpose of the pulpit which is to preach the love
of God and the love of man, is frequently forgotten before the lure
of the social service message in one form and another.
Although the vogue of Christian Science and sonic of the other
newer cults may be easily explained tin other grounds, some meas-
ure of their popularity must be attributed to the fact that in their
preachments they a d dress themselves essentially to inan's higher
nature; they stir his emotions; they seek to awake the spirit of love
and of generosity and of kindliness and of hope and of cheer within
him. And it is this appeal that finds all answer at the hands of the
pei Th.. \\'c are entirely convinced that the cause of Judaism would
be better served if more of our rabbis would preach along the lines
of religion as such than if they would deal with every manner of
speculation in which fronyj.t.: he nature of things they cannot be
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experts.
One hears it said very often that they prefer the si.Pralleil "heart
to heart" talk that is given initially of our pulpits on the traditional
Sabbath rather than the more intellectual address on other occasions.
What they mean when they say this, is that the heart is what they
want. They want the content of their lives to he sollIC11 ,, W enriched
and purified by the message of the pulpit. It is time that our rabbis
began to sense this fact. As they do so, they will surely obtain a
readier and a more constant response to their appeal (tom their
people.
"Cum Laude."
A study of the records of last week's graduates front several of
our high schools presents interesting tiistinbsty as to the high aver-
age scholarship of our Jewish students. In certain of the schools it
stands out that out of all proportion to their total number are the
Jewish boys and girls who receive scholarship Minors ;it the gradua-
tion exercises. It is more or Ices trite to point out the fact that the
Jew has always set a high value upon educati , nal opportunities ;Ind
By Enoch Mebs
Down the aisle of year,
Through the vale of tears,
O'er the dreariest deserts of sadness,
You have mapped a way,
Into the fields of .1/ay,
To the greenest of pastures of gladness.
In your strength and youth,
Year but point to truth,
.Ind to shame that accompanies shirking.
If
you have, you earned,
if
you know, you learned
113' the dint of the hardest of working.
Versed in ancient lore,
Your memories store,
Leads to the broadest vistas of learning.
In spite of its stings,
Your chiding but brings,
For the ideal, the keenest of yearning.
Success brings no gain,
Sorrows lose their pain,
When we view all the years of your living.
man above all,
With freedom from gall,
And 0 wonderful way of forgiving.
To live and to learn,
To struggle and burn
For the things that are higher and purer
Than the dross of earth,
Your friendship gives birth,—
To the realms where successes are surer.
Down the aisle of years,
that even the poorest ;inning our people has been ready to make ,
Through the vale of tears,
great sacrifices that his children might go to school. This is but in
O'er the dreariest deserts of sadness,
line with the high trailtions of the Jew. In ancient da r e the great
You have mapped a way,
ambition of Jewish parellis Wa , not that their daughter should marry
Into fields of May,
a man of great wealth but lather that she should gain as her hus-
Tet the greenest of pastures of gladness,
band a man of high scholarship. Iii en today ;inning the poorest of
the poor of our Jewish immigrant classes, fathers and mothers will
work their lingers to the bone rather than take their children out of
school. Learning is a passion with the Jew as it has alisa). Men,
and it is because of this more than fur any other reason, that the the university when established. cial both,. for Judea, attached to the
line recook made by our Jewish boys and girls today in their school .Albert Einstein, the famous physicist, Federation of Judean ioluuie, , for
work 111;iy he explained. has indicated that he will do every- Samaria in 2ichron lac ~ , b, and fur
i lling in his power to further the Ile-
t orew miiversity. Prof. S. Freud. the tactic,' to their respective
Federa-
por no us creator of p•ycho - analysis. has
expressed keen interest in the scheme,
all the•c judicial bodies in
as also the venerable Geheintrath. the Sum eine Midtpat
laShall MI
Prof. Dr. Leopold Landau, who be. Jaffa. The Supreme "ltlishpat Haslia-
now taboo. But though they may be socially excluded here and fore th e
war lent his support to the lom" is the highest court both for ju.
there, it is a noteworthy fact that they are found in full proportion Zionist promoters of the university dieial and fur administrative matters.
in those organizations to which scholarship, ability, and industry scheme. Similar promises were re- All cases. such as those of great com-
are the sole marks of eligibility. .\11(1 so long as this is the case. ceivtol from the physicists, Prof. Orn- munal importance, disputes between
stem. of l•trecht, Prof. Ehrenfest, of colonies
or
institutions, appeals
surely the Jew has no cause to complain.
Leyden, Dr. Epstein of the Univer• against judgments of lower courts,
sit) of Zurich, Prof. Dessau of Flor- are considered by the supreme court,
ence, and R. Almagia, professor 01 which meets only when a case occurs
geography at Rome; from the econ- for its attention. In the cities the
umist•, Prof. Franz Oppenheimer of "Alishpat llashaloin" holds sittings
Fur the sixth season it has been the privilege this week of a
Frankfort, and l'rof. A. Sale of Mu- every evening, and in the colonies at
small group of Detroiters to hear a course of Iectttres on "The Sci- inch; from Prof. Morgenroth IRuc1, fixed periods. Front time to time
entific Study of the Bible" by so recognized an authority as Dr. Institute); l'rof. Friedemann of Her- joint sittings are held with the Sti-
'Morgenstern, of Cincinnati. What needs to he emphasized in deal- nt', Prof. Landau of Berne, and l'rof. pretne Court to consider matters af-
Ehrtnann of Vienna; from the well- fecting both
The judges in
ing with this subject is the fact that the scientific study of the Bible known orientalist, Prof. Sobernheim; the cities are parties.
appointed by the City
leads not to the overthrow of Biblical authority as so ninny have from Dr. Berliner, lecturer in mathe- Council, but in the colonies they are
matics at Bettie; and front Prof. chosen by the whole community.
supposed, but rather to the establishment of its logical validity.
• By giving to the various narratives of the Bible their proper Torczyner. They include merchants, farmers, la-
The Faculties.
borers, teachers, physicians, etc.
setting in relation to each other as well as by establishing their
.\ number of scholars of repute The entire routine of lif e passes
proper place in world literature, one gets a new light not only on have undertaken to prepare reports i before the Nlislipat flashaloni—not
the time and authorship of the various books of the Bible, but what and memoranda on the special pea-I only financial disputes, but all mat-
tures of their respective faculties in ters
a Judicial settlement,
is of infinitely more importance, upon the great religious and cul- the future Hebrew University. These such as requiring
business affairs, land disputes,
tural ends that their writers nad compilers had in view. "fliere are memoranda Will be very useful in our libel, communal matters, labor and
few men living today who have brought to the science of the Bible future work. Prof. :Alfred Zimmerli, family questions, inheritance, conju-
such high erudition as Dr. Morgenstern. It is a privilege to have 01 the University of Bristol, has pre- gal matters (jointly with the Ralibin-
pared a memorandum on the physical ical Courts) and, to a certain extent,
had him here again. Each time he comes his audience gets the sciences. Prof. Goldzieher, of Buda- acts of violence. The Nlishpat Hash-
taste fur more.
pest • has sent his rictus on the teach- alone, which were founded with the
jug of Oriental Studies, and the Chief aid of the Zionist Palestine Bureau,
Rabbi of Vienna, l'rof. Chajes, has has no police power, depending sole-
prepared a report on Jewish Learn- ly on the pressure of public opinion
ins. Col. Norman Bentwich, senior for the enforcement of its judgments.
judicial officer of the administration But its judgments are respected and
in Palestine, and formerly lecturer
obeyed, and the resort to public pres-
Cairo, prepared a memorandum on sure has, generally speaking, proved
Professor Patrick Geddes, of the the law faculty, and Dr. A. Ruppin, unnecessary.
the well-known expert on Palestinian
he
University of Edinburgh, one of the Economics, a memorandum on the
world's foremost authorities on town Economic Institute for the study of
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planning, is designing the univ ersity
as part of a scheme of modernizatioediterranean
countries.
Administration
of Justice.
n
he is carrying on in Jerusalem to
In each city there are courts of two
prepare it to receive the thousands of degrees—the first degree, or Court of
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immigrants who are espected to set- Three, and the second degree, called
Cleveland—In the sudden and un-
the conditions which will probably the there.
Conference of Judges, or Court of expected death of Michael Goldsmith,
obtain in Palestine.
The cornerstone of the uni
he versity Five, for more important matters, ap- editor of the Cleveland Federationist,
Small industries may be combined the
has Mount
been laid
already
on part
t top
of Olives.
1\ ith
of of
peals against the lower courts, fitian- which occurred at 4:45 on ‘Vednesday
with agriculture. The laborers, who the $10,000,000 cial suits above 100 pounds sterling, morning, January 28, in Mt. Sinai
will have small holdings in an indus-
T
hying raised in the
There
are judicial courts only in hospital, the labor movement
oveent of the
trial settlement in the neighborhood United States this year for the Pales-
city of Cleveland has lost one of the
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of a town, will be able, in their spare tine Restoration fund, Professor (led- nies larger
colonies;
the their
smaller
colt.- most active and conscientious work-
and farms
submit
lawsuits
time. to cultivate small gardens, des expects to have the chemical re . to the nearest "Mislipat Ilashalom," ere.
which will provide their families with
earch buildings completed this year. :111,1 one of the colonists, chosen for
hfr. Goldsmith was born in Cleve-
veactables and fruit.
It is interesting to note the names the purpose, participates in the giving land on September 7th, 1867, and
In the course of time the small in- of the famed scholars who have prom- of judgment. The colonies have
the early in life he started out to carve
dustries wit be run by co-operative iced their support to the Jewish uni. Court of the first degree nth'. For out his own career,
and in this his
associations of workmen, who will versify: These include Lord Rot hs- the second degree there is a Central success and enterprise is manifested
unite for the buying of raw materials child. F. R. S.; Prof. Achille 'at r ia, "Mishpat Hashalorn" connected
with in the position he occupied in this
and for the sale of their produce. the famous economist of Turin; Sena- the Committee of the Federation of city at the time of his death.
These associations will also establish tore Vittorio Polacco, professor at Colonies, the members being chosen
Ile was a self-made man, and it
workshops, which will put the finish- the University of Rome; Prof. \V, from all the colonies in the Federa- was through his own energy and per-
ing touches to all their manufactures. Rosenheitn, of the National Physical lion. This body takes the place of severance that he made his way
Such a form of production is the Laboratory at Teddington; l'rof. Lan- the Conference of Judges in the through life from a bootblack to the
most suitable to the Jewish tempera- dau, of the University of Goettingen; cities. In Lower Galilee where most editor of a labor paper.
ment, and should prove successful.
Prof. A. Levi, of Ferrara; Prof. of the colonies are small, two or
Mr. Goldsmith; before his death, re-
Buehler and Dr. Daiches, of Jew's three colonies join together to form sided at 8118 Whitethorn avenue, and
Commerce.
College, London; and Prof. Yahuda, a "Mishpat Ilashalom" of the first leaves a wife, Mrs. Grace Goldsmith,
With the establishment of a Pales-
of the University of Madrid. Prof. degree, add for all the colonies there and three brothers, and one sister
.
tinian Mercantile Marine and the
Cohen, of the University of Leeds, is a central judicial body attached to
Leon Goldsmith, optician, of 17
building of the great railway that is
although unable to attend, has kindly the office of the Federated Colonies. John R., Detroit, is a brother of the
to connect Egypt and Africa with all
offered his active scientific support to In this way there exist central judi- deceased.
parts of Europe and Asia there need
be no fear that the products of this
wonderful land, Palestine. will not
reach foreign markets. The three
ports of Haifa, Jaffa and Ancre, when
the contemplated improvements are
completed, will prove more than am-
ple for a marine outlet for Palestine.
There are several rather well
equipped railways now existant con-
necting Palestine with Damascus,
Beirut and the outside world. Haifa
is looked upon as the great future
port as it taps the most fertile parts
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of Palestine and Syria.
All this his an interesting side light.
cry now and then we
hear of the social disci iniination against Jett ish boys and girls in
nits r high schools. 'Die),
'D
arc not admitted into the various social
clubs that have supplanted the sororities' and fraternities which ;ire
The Scientific Study of the Bible.
500,000 TRAVEL-
WEARIED JEWS TURN
TO PROMISED LAND
Goldsmith, Noted
Cleveland Labor Leader
and Editor Passes Away
HARD COAL
JOTTER
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Education.
Palestine will have a system of
education that will be second to none.
Its elementary and secondary schools
will be patterned after the best. As
If one may judge from the reaction of the people, those who at- for higher education Palestine has a
tend religious services at church and synagog find a far greater very ambitious progrant. It is not
believed that there will be any neces-
stimulus in a good sermon than in the best organized lecture that sity for students desiring to study
may be delivered from the pulpit. The tendency has undoubtedl y branches of higher education to at-
become too pronounced in the pulpit of all denominations to appealj tend universities in Paris, Berlin.
London or Spain.
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