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DETROIT JEWISH GIRL
STARS WITH LOUIS MANN
IN "FRIENDLY ENEMIES"
The answer found is, that the fault
lies not with the mind of man, but
with the Jews themselves. Their col-
lective shape—or rather shapelessness "Friendly Enemies," showing at the
—precludes the mind alike from syn-
Garrick this past week, by reason
thesis and analysis.
of the presence in the Cast of Miss
The human mind follows its own Marcelle Nelken, a young local Jew-
laws, and its thoughts of any matter
are shaped by the looks of the mat-
ter itself, as, for instance, leaves with-
in a binding, presenting a certain ap-
pearance, will evoke the thought, a
book. But the same leaves, scattered
and without a binding, evoke, the idea
of leaves only and not of a book.
Social units composed of men, such
as nations, federations, orders and so
forth, local, national or international
in their scope, though their member-
pin) is scattered, acquire'the form and
tefience of Mtity through the element
of representation—the headship. Ter-
ritories or boundaries are not an es-
sential of such collective entities. A
mass of people with a common soil
but without representation and rider-
ship, is a mere amorphous multitude—
an anomalous body.
The Russian people is a fitting illus-
tration for our contention. The Rus-
sians are on their own soil as they
ever were, lint being now without the
element of representation, without a
recognized leadership, the Russian
people is now in a state of chaos and
Miss Marcell. Mum.
appears as au amorphous multitude
attached
to
Particular
interest
without a status. The mind can now
ish girl, who has shown marked abil-
no longer think of Russia and its peo-
ity
during
the
year
of
her
stage
life.
ple psych o logically and logically.
The other elements, such as name, Miss Nelken who is well-known in
aim, etc., are important for corporate Detroit is only 19 years old. a niece
existence and corporate conduct, but of Frederick A. Nelken, 399 Dexter
Miss Nelken is not
are all dependent upon the essential Boulevard.
of common representation and head- enamoured of the glitted of the foot-
lights,
but
takes
an earnest and sin-
ship, which indicates the sentiment,
expresses the will and directs the ac- core interest in her art. Her work
has been so uniformly good that
tion of the entire body.
The Jewish people lacks a headship predictions of "Stardom" within two
—it is a corporate body without the years have been freely made by prom-
most important essential of one, which inent theatrical managers.
In addition to her work on the stage
renders it an anomaly among the na-
tions, and which cannot be understood this week, Miss Nelken was kept
in its essence since its abnormal sales very busy by the many delightful
prevents the mind from working along social affairs given throughout the
psychological and logical lines when city in her honor. While in the
thinking of the Jewish people and the city Miss Nelken is living with her
Jews. The mind, when busying itself cousin Miss Helen Nelken, 399 Dex-
with the Jews, does not embrace the ter Boulevard.
psychological unit of the Jewish peo-
ple because there is no such unit, and
therefore in default of being psycho-
it is also in default of hieing
logical.
Even a man like Professor Graetz,
who wrote a history of the Jewish
The Auxiliary of Zion, one of the
could not mentally embrace local junior Young Judaea circles, last
the psychological unity of Jewry as is Thrnsday evening staged one of the
evidenced by the queer title of his most successful Purim celebrations at
of the Jews."
work, "The
a social gathering given at the home
As stated already, the mind of all of Edna Wexherg, 19 Bushey. The
men works along the same schematic program included a mock trial of
order and in conformity with the same Homes, a short sketch, "A Purim
positive laws, valid alike for the cul- Injunction," a play, "A Grown-Up
tured and the crude. The cultured Children's Play for Purim," and a
mind is yet more prejudiced against short play written by Mary Markof-
the Jew because its greater amount of sky, a member of the circle.
thinking creates greater confusion of
The cast in the play, "A Grown-Up
thought and consequently results in Children's Play," included Reuben
greater prejudice.
Wax as the Manager, Rose Goldfaden
It is now manifest why anti-Semit- as Queen Esther, Edna \Vexberg as
ism is the common property of all Vashti, Ralph Rosen as Mordecai, Na-
classes of men, and why the Jews than Rosen as King Ahasuerus, and
themselves are participating therein. Isadore Raitt as Homon. Those who
The Jewish mind is subject to the took part in the events included Anna
same laws that govern the workings Bookstein, Ben Lipshitz, Rose Book-
of the non-Jewish mind, and for that stein, Sophie Dwork, Rachel Gold-
reason falls victim to the same con- laden, Dorothy Levenson, Anna Raimi,
fusion regarding the Jews and the Rose Raitt, Mary Markofsky, Fanny
same prejudice against them that Blonde and Sarah Washer.
holds all other minds in subjection.
Rachel' Goldfaden acted as Judge in
In the light of the above, we have the "Purim Injunction." while Anna
furthermore gained an insight into Bookstein distinguished herself by her
the phenomenon why mankind cannot nresentation of two recitations, "Whv
reach a definite conclusion regarding I Like Purim" and "Two Thrones."
the real cause of anti-Semitism. The The latter was especially good, the
intellect crowded out of the realms of reciter having received the praise of
psychology and logic, and failing to the author, Philip M. Raskin. when he
fall back upon itself and contemplate heard her recite it last Wednesday
the spectacle presented by itself, can while he was visiting in Detroit.
impossibly be creative of clear con-
Other splendid Purim celebrations
cepts and unbiased judgment. No were given by the Roses of Zion. the
wonder, then, if we find the numerous Rods of Judaea and the Forget-Me-
volumes on the Jewish Question a tints of Zinn. The entertainments of
mere heap of divergent reflection the Roses of Zion and the Buds of .
which leads to even greater confusion Judaea were one array of color, every-
of the mind.
one attending having been masked in
To conclude: We are forced to the true Purim fashion. The Buds had
conviction that the primary cause of Arab women's masques and clowns
anti-Jewish hostility consists in the and Palestinian, and a number of oth-
tact that the Jewish People represents
ers .
all anomalous body, since the all-im-
But while the Young Tuclaeans cele-
portant element of common represen- brate Purim with tu , snuerarlea they
tation is lacking. and that by reason of do not forget their fellow-Tewish boys
the abnormality of the Jewish col- and girls in Palestine. Several hun-
lective body, the mind of man cannot dred toys were contributed by the
be psychological and logical when Young bulaeans to be sent to Pales-
thinking of the lets: it is confused tine. a shipment to be made Sunday
and conceives a rentignance•and preju- afternoon. There Was no response to
dice against the abnormal inarticulate the appeal issued recently outside the
object—the Jews,
ranks of Young Judaea. only three
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people having responded with cash
A Permanent Jewish Headship.
contributiong.
It seems that our theory of the basic
As a Purim gift, eight of the local
cause of anti-Semitism is sufficiently Young bollea circles also contrib-
proximate to reality to grow into it.
uted $Si1.17 for Jewish relief
The element of representation can be
All the members of the Tr,';vri, the
created for, by and on behalf of the
Hebrew-speaking Voting ludlea cir-
international Jewish body.
cle, took part in the Hebrew play
'When we consider that the Jewish
staged at the Wilkins street Talmud
People has a membership of fourteen
Torah. everyone doing well.
million souls determined to remain
At the Friday night gatherings at
Jews. and that the Jewish body cor-
the synagogue on Westminister and
porate has a lofty object for its exist-
Delmar avenues it is expected that
mire, it seems reasonable to assume
Plu to M. Raskin. author of the
that with such material, and the ex-
famous "Songs of a Wanderer." which
tensive means of communication at
are used extensively by Young Itulael.
hand, it should not lie so difficult to
will he the sneaker this week. The
create a Headship to that body.
program will he made tin entirely by
Such a step would at once trans-
nnems
from his "Songs of a Wander-
form the Jews from an aggregate into
er."
1 unit—into a psychological entity
which the mind could clearly perceive
and judge. Such a Headship for Israel
can find its practical expression in a
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gress with a stable Executive. Then
only will the mind conceive of the
lewish People and tt'e Jews psycho-
Fight circles of the local Young
logically and logically, confusion of Judaea organization last week con-
thought on the Jewish Onestion will tributed 581.17 toward Jewish Relief.
the flight and the prejudice against The circles who contributed toward
the Jew will disappear.
the relief of their suffering co-relig-
The Jewish People nmst become a ionists abroad incl u ded the Forget-
normal hods- corporate with the ele- Me-Nots of Zion, Young Judaea Lit-
ment of representation or forever stif- erary Club, Auxiliary of Zion. Knights
fer from the terrible effects of anti- of Judaea. Roses of Zion, T.illies of
Semitism
Zion and Daughters of the White and
Blue. The Forget-Me-Nots of Zion
Censorship of letters and telegrams contributed the largest sum, the
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has been abolished in Palestine and others following in the order above
Syria.
enumerated.
The People's Relief Committee is
Joseph Austrian, of Chicago. III., at present outlining a plan whereby
the Jewish youth of Detroit may be
has given Yale University $6,000
organized into Junior Jewish Relief
with which to establish a scholarship
in memory of his son, Walter Aus- Clubs similar to the Thrift Clubs dur-
trian, who graduated from Yale in ing the war. to assist in the collec-
tion of relief money.
1906.