THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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"FAILED"
A Faulty Diagnosis
THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Our editorial colleague of the Jewish Monitor is entirely mistaken
when he believes that the Central Conference of American Rabbis Failed! Abraham Sheinberg. failed! You don't mean to say it's so.
it from Smith at the bank? Well, he's a man that should know,
through its executive officers expressed the opinion that the use of Had Forty-two
cents on the dollar? I cannot believe my ears,
President unfermented wines for ritual purposes was permissible because of its
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JOSEPH J. CUMMINS -
There's no such thing as judging a man by the way he appears.
• Secretary-Trey/mg fear that the "Gentiles might possibly think ill of us for doing that
NATHAN J. GOULD -
which we have not only a moral right to do but a legal right to do." Yes, you may well say "failed;" there's more than the term implies,
Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the.Postoffice at Detroit, IIis diagnosis in fact is absolutely wr o ng.
When all there is of a man in a hopeless ruin lies,
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
To come after twenty years of a stubborn up-hill strife,
The attitude of the Conference was shaped by its conviction. first
It isn't a business smash so much as a failure in life.
that there is nothing in the traditional law of Israel compelling the
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use of fermented wines for ritualistic purposes, and second by the fact Gold was always his god—he'd nothing else in his soul;
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that the organization feels that it is had policy for Jews to ask for or Money, for money's sake. was ever his ultimate goal,
A "self made man" they styled him, for low and poor he began,
$3.00 per year to accept special privileges at the hands of the government when it is
in
Advance
Subscription,
But now his money has vanished, and what is left of the man?
not absolutely necessary to do so. Other considerations of a practical
Ti insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach character which we need not here detail have likewise played their He had no eye for beauty, for literature no taste,
die office by Tuesday evening of each week.
part in shaping the decision of the executive officers of the Conference. Buying pictures or books he counted a shameless waste,
Nothing he cared for art or the poet's elaborate rhymes;
Editorial Contributor
The fear felt by many of us that the privileges granted to Jews
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
His soul was only attuned to the musical jingle of dimes.
to might be abused has not, we believe, been altogether unfounded. Nor
Chronicle
invites
correspondence
on
subjects
of
interest
The Jewish
has
the
possibility
of
profiteering
on
the
part
of
some
authorized
agents
of
the
Selfish, exacting, and stern, a hand he would treat like a slave;
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement
been an ungrounded source of anxiety to us. As a matter of fact, the Long were his hours of toil, and scanty the pay that he gave;
"lows expressed by the writers.
opinion of the "Gentiles" in the matter has played practically no part
Made of cast-iron himself, his zeal in the struggle for gold,
Left him no pity to spare for those of a different mould.
lyar 19, 5680. in the whole matter, though to be sure, desire to retain the good opinion
Friday, May 7, 1920.
of our neighbors would in no Sense lie reprehensible. So far as we are
Never a cent for the poor, for the naked never a stitch;
concerned, we are perfectly frank in expressing our hope that ere 'Twas all their fault, he would say, they should save like him and grow rich,
The San Remo Conference
another year shall have passed, the government will have repealed the
Now and then for charity he'd forward a liberal amount,
Duly set down in his books to the advertising account.
Far be it from us to grudge even one iota of the rejoicing that will legislation which grants special privileges to our co-religionists in
mark the Extraordinary Convention of the Zionist Organization of the matter of using fermented wines for ritualistic purposes. And So he succeeded, of course, and piled his coffers with wealth,
and health,
America that is to take place on Sunday of this week to appropriately until someone comes forward who with the authority of unquestioned
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mark the decision of the San Remo Conference to issue to Great Britain
a Mandate over Palestine upon the terms laid down in the Balfour
Declaration. We appreciate to the full that to many thousands of our
co-religionists who have eagerly longed for the day when the land of
the fathers might become officially the land of the children, this decision
at San Remo must seem an epoch-making event in human history. Per-
haps in some sense it is no less than that.
And yet, it were well if even the most ardent of the political Zionists
would consider well just how much or how little the decision arrived at
may mean. Will it mean for those hundreds of thousands of our co-
scholarship can point to page and chapter in the rabbinic law demanding
the use of fermented wines, we shall have no occasion to change this
opinion.
Missing pleasure and culture, and losing vigor
Now he's down at the bottom, exactly where he began;
Even his gold has vanished, and what is left of the man?
A self - made man, indeed! Then we owe no honor to such;
The genuine self-made man you cannot honor too much;
But be sure what you make is a man, with a heart, and a soul and a
mind,
Our Chicago contemporary, "Unity," comments .very gracefully
Not merely a pile of dollars, that goes. leaving nothing behind.
George Lester in the Jewish Tribune.
in one of its recent issues upon the outcome of the conference held in
"Unity" on Unity
New York a month ago between representatives of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ and the Central Conference of
American Rabbis. \Ve believe that all forward looking men and women
religionists whose backs are broken tinder their burdens of oppression of whatsoever faith or creed will be inclined to endorse the opinion of
and whose soul life has been repressed to the point of deadness, relief our Chicago contemporary, which reads as follows:
and release from their horrible state? Will it mean that the hungering
"It is a satisfaction to hear that the Federal Council of the
Jews of Europe will at last be fed and the naked among them clothed? Churches of Christ of America is using its influence to stop the tendency
Will it mean that the lash of the taskmaster shall have struck its last now well under way to use the Americanization movement as a cloak
blow on the servile Jew and that a man among men, he shall be able for Christian propaganda. In a statement recently issued by the
to stand upright and look the hest of his fellows squarely in the face? Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Federal Council, and the
Will it mean that the end of his martyrdom has at last come and that Home Missions Council, it is said: \Ve disclaim and deplore the use
his mastery is at hand, Will it mean that now he shall be of the term 'Americanization' in any case where it is made to mean or
the day
to imply that there is no distinction between the words 'Americaniza-
' able to live his own life unhindered and unhampered by unfair legisla-
mean
' lion, by social prejudice and political discrimination? Will it hint tion' and 'Christianization,' or carries the implication that Jews or
arrived
at
a
point
where
none
can
disfranchise
that finally he has
people of other religions and other races are not good Americans. No
or impose upon him limitations of citizenship rights, of which all too church should use the term 'Americanization' as a cloak for prosely-
tizing to its distinctive religious views.
tong he has been deprived?
"Unity rejoices in this statement ; it is a proclamation of all that
Certain it is that in the minds of hundreds of thousands of Jews the
world over, the San Remo Conference decision means nothing less it has been standing for, lo, these many years. The first step toward
than all this. Would to God that there were just cause for such inter- spiritual unity is respect one for another. Out of respect will come
pretation of the action that has been taken. But, alas, those who arc love, and out of love the organization of brotherhood. Jews and
not dazzled by the romance of the situation-realize only too \yell that Christians here in America are destined to become ever more and more
one, not by Jews becoming Christians, or Christians becoming Jews,
it does not and cannot by any stretch of the imagination mean this.
Truth is that there is no element of surprise in the decision that has but by both becoming to the full the neighbor, the fellow-citizen, the
been handed down. We fail to conceive how after all the promises spiritual brother, in which they realize and fulfill together the common
that had been made by and in the name of Great Britain, any other life of men."
In the last paragraph of this statement is the gist of the whole
course of procedure would have been possible. Nor do we question
in any measure the sincerity and the good will of the nation that has matter. Jews and Christians are likely to conic to a better under-
accepted the mandatory over Palestine. Still, facts are facts. The standing, not by giving up the ideals that they have been taught to
mere acceptance of stewardship by England does not put into her hands cherish, but rather by living those ideals whole-heartedly and sincerely.
the tools with which fair dreams may be transmuted into soul-satisfying Uprightness of purpose and integrity of daily living will do more to
realities. Despite the heroic efforts to physically rehabilitate Palestine bring about that unity for which we are all hoping than all the ef forts
that have been made by the Zionists and others, the land is still unable of the conversion agents. Inevitably as. men approach the truth, they
and is likely for ,many years to be unable to bear a large population. approach each other. Happy the day when Jew and Christian shall
The story of its needs is too well known to require repetition at this have found the truth. That day will have come when each shall be
time. To no small degree, an arid waste must by modern and very true to the deepest convictions of his inmost soul,
difficult processes of irrigation be changed into productive soil.
The Leadership of Our Laymen
That this may be accomplished, those who go to Palestine at this
time must be picked men, artisans of no mean degree, engineers, agri-
The conferring within recent weeks of the honorary "Chaver"
cultural experts and others of similar type. To empty into Palestine degree upon a prominent Jcw in recognition of his splendid commun-
at this time, great masses of men and women unskilled in the industrial ity services, emphasizes the important part that the laymen (if we may
arts would be to (loom them to a fate perhips worse than that under use a term that has no proper place in Judaism, but for which we know
cf
NEW YORK JEWS
LAUNCH $7,500,000
RELIEF DRIVE
vas not yet declared
till was raging.
and
the conflict
Tells of Plague's Ravages
"Suffering," said Mr. Marshall, "has
not decreased, but increased beyond
what it was in the active days of the
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war. Despite all we have told you
is proper for me, ill my official, in the past, there are even lower
capacity. to certify to this great Rath., depths, people are falling victims to
ering of men and women of may own typhus in East Galicia, in Poland and
city that the appalling conditions the Ukraine, and unless we send food,
which have been related to you and clothing, the proper apparatus and the
of which yon have formed very' vary- means to operate that apparatus, not
ing realizations are true beyond the thousands, not hundreds of thou-
power of words to convey adequately. sands, but such vast numbers of our
people will die as will stagger the
World on Brink of Disaster
imagination."
"My friends, the world is really not
Dr. I. Edwin Goldwasser begged
at the brink of a great disaster, but the workers for team work, urging
of utter disaster, and if there is any-, them to function like Kiplines "Ship
thing of high resolve, of fine courage i That Found Herself" with the uni-
and of unselfish purpose in humanity, form Imin of one vast tnachine, with
the appeal so powerfully made by the all parts driving together to a uni-
mute suffering . and silence of these' form end.
conditions, so inadequately empha-' Judge Rosalsky expressed the com•
sized by any word we can titter, is mittee's thanks to the workers and to
worthy of a response that is only ! the non-Jews who are co-operating in
measured by your virtue, by your the campaign.
vitality and by your strength.
Felix M. Warburg told how first-
The Secretary went into some de-. hand reports from unquestioned
scription of conditions in the de- sources ronfirmed the worst that
vastated districts. begged that human could be imagined of some of the
sympathy should rise equal to the stricken districts. lie explained how
demand upon it, and then said:
the fiendishness of underpaid soldiers
"And let me say just a word about under arms for live years had caused
the general attitude of our country in much of the misery, and defended the
this time of great perplexity, of doubt Jews in sonic places from the charge
and of uncertainty that hovers and of Bolshevism, asserting they were of
broods over all nations. Let us not a class tyhn never would have in-
ronfiteers upon our geographical dorsed propaganda of the nature.
be
p i (
Judge Abram I. Elkus told of the
"Let us not he profiteers upon our horrors of the sights he had seen
comfort and security and God-given ;abroad with women and children dy-
and personally quite undeserved com- ing and their piled-tip bodies tilling
mercial and trade advantages. Pos- the streets. Ile said he wished that
session implies stewardship. Power lie might take all workers to the
implies responsibility. , and there rests stricken lands that they might sec
11111,011 this great and powerful Re- directly the aw fill need that must be
public, blessed above all lands, for- met.
tunate beyond the dream of the men
who founded this country, a reciprocal I. 0. B. A. LAUNCHES
duty to the world.
which they have heretofore suffered, but even more tragic than that, no substitute) may take in shaping the activities of the Jewish OM'
it would spell the end of the very ideals which through these last years 'nullities throughout the land.
Appeals to Sense of Duty
have spurred to their heroic ef forts, the friends of Palestine.
No honor that could be bestowed upon men of the type of Felix
"I am told that this God-given year
Warburg
at
the
hands
of
his
co-religionists
would
he
over
great.
The great clatter is that the declaration at San Remo will have
of wasted opportunity has been de-
The conferring upon him of the "Chaver" degree is but a slight voted to the Americanization of the
this very effect. Indeed, if press reports are at all to be relied upon,
great Treaty of Peace which provided
recognition
of
his
services
to
Judaism
and
humanity.
It
should
tend,
hundreds of thousands of Jews arc even now knocking at the gates of
method by which America could
Palestine with the hope of being admitted. As a matter of fact, Max however, to inspire other men in our various communities to take up a take
its place at the council table
Nordau, in a recent article. holds that unless Jews of this type, or some of the heavy burdens that now weigh all too heavily upon the with the nations and perform its equal
indeed, Jews of any caliber at least to the number of half a million, shoulders of a few. They should recognize the fact that not merely and proper part in the great work of
are immediately admitted so that the Jews resident in Palestine will the rabbis and the other congregational officers are charged with the world recovery. I deny that the
outnumber the Arabs there, Zionism may as well consider itself de- task of forwarding the Jewish cause, but that every man gifted with specious plea of Americanization is an
for our national or per-
the power to do so, must do his share. It should lie the task of the absolution
feated in its aims.
sonal duty. You are not American-
rabbis in their various communities to inspire the men who sit in the izing an American obligation when
But here is the very' crux of the situation. .\s most leaders of the
pews to do their part. Perhaps it is because some of our rabbinical you are coupling it with reservations
movement understand, to admit such Jews in such numbers would be leaders in their overzeal attempt to do too much, that many of the lay- or expressing it in terms of repudia-
absolutely suicidal to the movement. Not to admit them, according 0) men feel that there is nothing left for them to do and hence they fail tion.
"America is acting falsely to that
Nordau's statement, would equally amount to dealing a death blow to
to sense the responsibility that rests upon them.
simple and rugged honesty which is
Zionism. Therefore, perhaps the San Remo decision coming at this
I.et this condition be changed so far as possible and let there arise part of the American character when
moment may not be tin unmixed blessing. It would have been far
in every community one or more 111C11 worthy to receive the "Chaver" it hesitates and draws back upon the
better had it conic fome years hence after the pathfinders and pioneers degree.
performances of a duty or the grasp-
made up of sturdy' and intelligent workers had prepared the land to
ing and embracement of an oppor-
tunity. Let us give of our political
receive its new inhabitants.
power, of our political experience, of
For these reasons, we cannot fully share in the rejoicing that will
our commercial strength, of our pe-
undoubtedly mark the ekercises at New York this week. In saying
cuniary power, to the succor and re-
lief of this sorely afflicted world.
this, we would not be misunderstood. \Ve hold as we have always
"lt is not only our duty as human
held - a fact that may lie verified by reference to our published ad-
beings, hurt it is the only enlightened
dresses upon the subject—that Palestine should be made habitable so 1700 DELEGATES ATTEND ! of all natural resources and of al I policy.
Shall a man who is riding on
far as possible for those of our co-religionists who wish to dwell there.
whole people ; the promenade deck of a great steam-
THE SPECIAL ZIONIST ipublic utilities in the
Because of its sacred associations, it holds perhaps greater attractions
ear "P"ative prim - er profess himself to be wholly tin-
the
C . ' a?"licati""
CONVENTION IN N . Y . C
club. as far of
as feasible
in the organi - concerned With the fact that there is
as a land of refuge for a consiedrable number of Jews now in their
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zation of all agricultural. industrial a gaping whole in the hull of the
lands of persecution than any other place on earth. For this reason,
commercial
and
financial
undertak
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v ■ .e hold that it is the bounden obligation resting upon every Jew to
ings; and the establishment of a fis• sh I ip ..o?t.i . is Marshall said that those who
migrants
w:Il
be
permitted
to
flood
cal
policy
which
shall
protect
the had labored long for the relief of Jew-
assist in the work irif restoration.
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
AT MEETING, MAY 9
A membership campaign will itz
launched by Detroit Lodge, No. 052,
Independent Order of fi'rith Abraham
at an open meeting to be held at
Ehrlich's hall, corner Adams and
Hastings streets, on Sunday, May 9111,
at 7 p. tn.
Prominent leaders of the order in
city and nation will deliver addresses
on subjects affecting every member
of the organization. Among the
speakers will be Mr. J. Folk, of New
York, a member of the national ex-
ecutive body, and Deputy Grand as-
ter Ben Schwartz, of this city.
The local lodge was founded eight
years ago and now boasts a member-
ship of over 250. It is hoped that
the membership drive to he formally
started on Sunday will soon bring this
number to 500.
The Independent Order Whitt
Abraham is a fraternal organization.
giving sick and death benefits to its
members. Each member is insured
for $1,000 in case of death, and pro-
tection is given in case of disability.
The officer. of Detroit Lodge at
present are: 11. 1Veitzman, President;
S. II. Scheler, Vice-President: M.
Fogel. Financial Secretary; A. Feld-
-
man, Recording Secretary; A. Bronan,
Treasurer. Meetings of the lodge are
held every first and third Sunday in
the month at Ehrlich hall. All Jewish
citizens between the ages of 21 and 45
Pale•tine, but that a well-regulated,, people from the evils of land specit- ish war sufferers had expected that years are eligible for membership and
This means of course that we sympathize as we have always sym- carcfully limited, scientific itnmigra- lation and from every other form o suffering to cease very soon after the are cordially invited to investigate the
war was over. but unfortunately peace benefits of the order.
pathized with the idea that Palestine is to be made one out 4 mane thin will be undertaken, in order to financial oppression.
the proper economic and cid- •--_..
homelands for the Jew We believe that wheres(iever the few is insure
turd development of the country.
willing to assume the obligations of citizenship. he should be privileged
to all the rights which citizenship in that land con fers. We are no
more convinced now than we have ever been that a man's religion and
his nationality are one and, therefore. we hold that sympathetic co-
operation in the rebuilding of Palestine for those of our co religionists
who desire to dwell there in no sense or degree should be construed
as an expression of sympathy with the idea of the establishment of a
Irwish state.
Just because many of the most ardent leaders of Zionism have in
these latter times expressed themselves as holding that the state idea
has become entirely secondary with them. and a matter perhaps of the
far distant future, there is a possibiilty of a rain oche/neat between the
various factions in Jewry.w lin have been almost hopelessly split im by
their antagonistic views in regard to lowish statehood. It is to be
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hoped that the San Rena, C(inierence will not- give a nets' spurt to so-
called political Zionism. This would be most unfortunate. Let us on
the contrary, indulge the hope that out of it will come a renewed
interest and a deeper enthusiasm in the work of giving to at least a
part of the Jews Who now suffer oppression in its most cruel forms,
the opportunity-ter-fire -irra land dear to their' souls, full, free, and
happy lives.
Says Land Will Support 4,000,000
Dr. Chaim \Veizmann. head of the
Zionist Commission in Palestine, and
one of the international Zionist lead-,
ers. declared recently that Palestine
could absorb an additional population
of about 4,0(X).000, through an immi-
gration of 50,000 annually. This, it
is expected, will he the plan followed
by the Zionists.
The "Traditions of social justice and
righteousness," emphasized in the call
to the extraordinary convention, are
outlined in the "Pittsburgh program"
of the Zionist movement. adopted at
the notable Pittsburgh convention in
June, 1917. when these principles
were laid down to he Political and
civil equality. irrespective of race. sex
or faith of all the inhabitants of the
land: et-H.1214y of opportunity in the
Jewish National Homeland by a pol-
icy, which, with due regard to exist-
iig rights, shell tend to establish the
muership and control of the land.'
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