PAGE THIRTEEN THE DETROIT EWISH CHRONICLE and logically in the matter of the Jews? tea nanway 7 1,1 . 1 s and Betterments 11 111 111 111 1111 11 1111 111 11111111 1 11 1 11 11 1 11 11111 AND ti ' z 6 • -... (e:,4.'' '• ■ / /....'• Q,:k411- mr -/ 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 THE AUXILIARY OF ZION GAVE A SUCCESSFUL PURIM PLAY, THURSDAY / .../ 9 Ili story a h',4A•Ptfi t uutajM2-11-11-8-Rmirmrsmat j ""T t k irs.....„ • • • • • • • /bResr iY4R/iVN k • 4 "1 • • is • • • II • a•firrom r""*".....•.. ∎ .............j 11 la N 1:1 IIIIII ILA KIM 1 I Ili • • • J r Ve nt r study the Street Railway tracks now ow circles are those which the Detroit United Rail- pow nstruct by Municipal or other authority. I 11111 11 11111111111 11 1 n T i te d -1 il l xtensions which the Detroit U late 1111 1111 11111 1111 11111 11 me requirements of the city. use IY on the experience of the Transpor- ilso many suggestions that have been made by the City IisF 1pment of the City as a whole. They are subject 011 Ln n e d er YOUNG JUDAEANS FOR GIVE JEWISH RELIEF direct. to construct these track extensions, ecessary Cars, Power Houses, Yards, Car Houses nt and to construct other lines as the growth of the er one rate of fare and liberal transfer arrangements the Public. d to the People from whom the money is borrowed. his ment is Paid for by the DETROIT UNITED RAILWAY. 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 Pa1.17 permanent International Jewish Con- 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 1 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.