THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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Another entire day is set aside for the discussion of the problems of
"Religious Education' and another period known as "Synagogue Pro-
gram" day is to deal from the standpoint both of the rabbi and the lay-
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All in all, if one may judge from the program thus far published,
Zatered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, the meeting at Rochester will be a most significant one and its delib-
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Editorial ContrfWeft institution on this side of the water of a branch of the League of Re-
RADII LEO M. FRANKLIN
ligions, recently called into existence in England by Mr. Claude G.
De Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subiects of interest to
Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the Montefiore and other men of his standing.
The object of the League, as stated, is two-fold. First, "to unite
views expressed by the writers.
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the spiritual forces of the world for the advancement of universal right-
Friday, June 18, 1920,
Tamuz 2, 5680. eousness, brotherhood and peace; and second, without seeking to inter-
Pin Pricks and Sword Thrusts
fere with the tenets of any religious body, to combine the activities
towards righteousness, brotherhood and peace, both national and inter-
national, of the various constituents of the league."
If, as seems altogether likely, a branch of the league shall be estab-
lished in America, and if its purposes shall be carried out broadmindedly
and effectively, there is every reason why Jews and non-Jews alike
should welcome this new force making for the spiritualization of the
world's affairs.
We shall watch with great iirest and we hope with ever-increasing
enthusiasm the development of the league in this country. Surely any
organization that may forward even in the smallest degree the day of
better understanding between men and nations ought to be heartily wel-
comed and encouraged.
It is but natural that people should chafe under the constant pin-
pricks of prejudice by which they are assailed. We cannot blame our
co-religionists, therefore, for constantly calling our attention to signs
of petty discriminations against the Jew and of resenting tokens of nar-
row-mindedness that everywhere abound.
At this season of the year, for example, we may justly resent the
fact that the graduation exercises in many of our public schools are
opened with prayer in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost. Or we may justly be peeved at the fact that at these same
exercises eulogy is paid to wha speakers frequently term our system of
"Christian education." But, however distasteful to us these signs of a
prevailing bigotry may be, we caution our friends and co-religionists
that they are but pin-pricks as compared with the sword-thrusts that are
unfortunately in these days being aimed at the Jew. With far vaster
problems on our hands, we may well let these prejudices of the thought-
less and the narrow-minded pass without protest.
But in the larger phases of prejudice, that may rightly be construed DR. M. BENMOSCHE
BACK FROM EUROPE
the
tokens of an avowed anti-Semitic propaganda, we may not sit
as
by complacently. This does not mean that every Jew who feels him-
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self hurt or offended by the tactics of the modern anti-Semites should
THE KING OF SPORTSMEN.
in his wrath cry out against what he construes to be an outrage perpe-
On Board the Good Ship Celtic,
trated against his people. In fact, we would speak an earnest word of
June 2d to 11th, 1920.
caution against such a course. Let those who in virtue of training and
By Enoch Mebs.
knowledge of the facts at issue, as well as by reason of their official
position, take up the cudgel in behalf of the Jew. Our people may be The King of Sportsmen westward
sails
well assured that their interests are being watched and carefully guarded
Across the bounding deep.
by competent men, and that the wrongs under which at times they suffer Not storms, nor waves, nor boisterous
will by every wise and legitimate means be righted. And in this assur-
gales
Can for a moment keep
ance they should rest content.
Sir Thomas here from starting tip
Is Success a Crime?
PROPHETIC SONG
Translated from the Yiddish of Bialik
I have not come here on your call,
From seven roads I come on you
And fall as rains on parched grass fall,
As falls on thirsty cornblades—dew.
In vain you noised about and blustered,
Met me with song and merry mood,
A dove for you to my heart I clustered
And lo! is snake has been its brood!
I was not moved when joy you bore me,
The welcome roar with which you greet
Lies dead now on the ground before me,
I trample on it with my feet,
And of your eyes that now are spent
I am the last, the blackest flash,
And of your teeth, ye, impotent,
1 am the last, the maddest gnash.
And when I speak, then stir not earth,
Heaven is still, when I am heard,
The stones roll up come meekly forth
And swallow thirstily God's wordl
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emotion as the Sphinx. But as only
a small percentage of this generation
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knows the Disraelian legend it cannot
be the true source of the fear of the
power of a race which is at the same
time despised for its weakness. Ant
seeing that this belief in Jewish power
in international affairs exists equally
well in Germany, Poland and Russia
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When once he plans to ''lift the cup." as here in the United States, the
The story how, will Lipton tell,
source of the superstition must go far
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That trophy to Great Britain fell.
back into the recesses of history.
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But one thing is clear, this legend
CHORUS.
should be studied back to its source
The "cup," for sixty years or more,
just as was the legend of the "Blood
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Has pleaded to be taken.
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Accusation."
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At last Sir Thomas' Shamrock Four
For it is a no less dangerous dogma. x
Will now "bring home the bacon."
It keeps the Jew at arms length, it is
the cause of much anti-Semitism and
And with him go the wishes true
inspires opposition to the free par-
Of all the world of men,
ticipation of the Jews in the public
And add to them this jolly crew
life of the world. What fact or tnyth
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On the good ship Celtic, then
first taught the world to fear the po-
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He must bring home the cup this time, litical power of a race that finds it
b (1
That it may breathe another clime.
so difficult to help itself?
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FURS are valuable as diamonds and require
In spite of all the years that's passed,
He will bring home the cup at last.
greater, care. Jewel risk is from thieves alone
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One.)
JEWELERS 81 e
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One of the favorite types of story that used to be released to the
youths of America had to do with the man who riseti from small be-
ginnings, had by earnest effort and unwavering ambition, ascended
through the years to some place of prominence and power. One of the
lessons impressed upon the minds of the youths of our nation was that
success in its highest sense was, as, a rule, not the result of graft or
selfishness or a lack of scrupulousness, but, on the contrary, that it re-
flected conscientiousness, unselfishness, thrift and ambition. The fail-
ures in life were, as a rule, pointed out as those who had neglected their
opportunities.
The preachers never tired of telling us that for the mats of right
ambition there was always a place at the top. And so, as Americans
PHILOMATHIC HOLDS
we came to believe in the doctrine that success in the main was not to
CHORUS.
18TH MODEL MEETING
be construed otherwise than as a mark of worth and manhood. Of
course we know that there are those who heap up piles of gold through And when the years have passed
Bigger and better than ever was the
away,
unworthy means, as there are some who gain their fortunes by inherit-
The world will tell the story,
verdict of the large audience at the
ance. But this is by no means the general rule. The man, therefore, How
Lipton won the cup one day
18th annual Model Meeting of the
of foresight, of courage, of ambition, is in nine cases out of ten the one For Britain's pride and glory.
Philomathic Debating ('tub, held Wed-
who wins success.
nesday evening, June irth, fit the
Now, however, a new thing has happened. Success has come to be The verses were sung by all the pas- Shitarey Zedek. The feature of the
sengers
to
the
tune
of
"Maryland,
My
construed as the crime of the Jew. Because the Jew from small be- Maryland," and the chorus to the tune program was a debate on the subject
ginnings has scaled the heights of achievement in the financial world, he of the first part of "Yankee Doodle." of compulsory arbitration by six
chosen members of the club. The
must, of necessity, have done so by crafty and unscrupulous means.
Clears"International Situation."
silver trophy cup, awarded by Judge
Because he has risen high in the realms of scholarship and statesman-
A fellow-voyager of Dr. Benmosche, tlarry J. Dingeman, was won by the
ship, he must, by some species of underhandedness, have gotten the who
arrived in Detroit to visit the negative team, consisting of Jacob
better of those who lagged behind him in the race. Because the Jew, large plants here, told the Chronicle Rosenthal, Reuben }Stillman and Max
a mere handful among the multitudes, has left his impress upon the that the art of "Enoch Mebs" was Schuster, by fhe close vote u t the club
civilization and the culture of our times, he must assuredly be working utilized to clear up a very delicate members of 16 to 16.
in co-operation with the forces of evil, and therefore the pernicious in- situation that arose in the course of Tne affirmative side was composed
ship's voyage. A tug-of-war con-
fluence of his success must be counteracted by the Gentile community the
test had been arranged between the of Irving Iskowitz, Max Cohen and
who never have been able to catch up with him. At least this is the British pasengers and the American Harry Halter. The gold and silver
argument of the newest anti-Semitic forces that stand arrayed against us. passengers, with Sir Thomas Lipton medals, annual awards of Louis Sm11-
A paeon of praise is sung to the poor peddler among the Jews who captain of the British team, and Otto ansky and Mrs, Jacob C. Brown, hon-
Kahn, the New York banker, cap- orary members of the Philomathle,
buys up the old clothes of the Christians its the community. The Jew H.
tain of the Americans. A dispute were won by Reuben Kallman and
whose poverty compels him to continue to live in the crowded, swarm- arose after the contest as to which Max Cohen, respectively, while Harry
ing ghettoes of our cities is lauded for his stability of purpose and for team should be awarded the title of Baiter was given honorable mention.
his strength of manhood. The Jew who comes as the suppliant for victor. and the arguments that fol- The judges were Judge Pliny W.
lowed bordered close to the possibili-
favor or a beggar for bread is regarded as one to be admired by the ties of international complications. In Marsh, Fred M. Bittzel and F. C.
Gentiles. It is only when the Jew becomes the merchant prince and the heat of the wordy battle a com- Tompkins of the Detroit Junior Col-
financier, when he emancipates himself from the ghetto and moves into mittee composed of "neutrals," pas- lege faculty. Reuben Levine, Speaker
the avenues and boulevards, or when he rises to that position of af- sengers who were natives of other of the Philomathic, presided at the
fluence and power that others must seek his favor, that he is to be set countries, appealed to the "Poet Lau- meeting.
reate" of the ship, to do something to
down as a menace and a danger to civilization.
appease the angry contestants and
This is the inference that may clearly be read between the lines of bring peace on the troubled waters. JEWISH MINISTER DEAD
those articles published in a local sheet which have aroused the indig- Dr. Benmonsche was given just ten
nant protest of Jews throughout every part of the country during the minutes to create the required pacifier, BERLIN—Emanuel Wurm, the
at the end of which time the follow- German food administrator, died
past few weeks.
ing verses were read to the assem- after a severe operation at the age
But these arguments are on their face so insipid and so foolish that blage:
of sixty-three.
intelligent men will not take them seriously. Therefore, let the Jew,
On Board S. S. Celtic,
The deceased was for many years
June 10, 1920.
undisturbed, and undismayed, go on scaling the heights of success where
a Socialist member of the German
he honestly may. Let him not give up his ambition to achieve the best
THE TUG OF WAR.
Reichstag. In contrast to many Jew-
ish Socialist colleagues, Herr Wurm
England vs. America.
of which he is capable, but let him be buoyed up by the thought that has
took a deep interest in Jewish activi-
When England and America
always spurred the Jew—that the more he gets the more he will have
ties. He was not ashamed to have
In friendly rivalry meet,
the power and the duty to give to humanity.
people know his Jewish descent and
It is not at all the question ,
Only that success is a crime which is gained by crushing the bodies
never tried to hide the fact that he
Which side the other beat—
and bruising the souls of other men. But success which is the fruitage For the spirit of sportsmanship only was a Jew. His death has been a
source of grief to all who knew him.
of intelligent foresight and of hard labor is a blessing not only to the
can see
individual who enjoys it but, of necessity, also to the social organization The sport of the effort in manliest
glee.
of which he is a part.
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The Coming Convention of the C. C. A. R.
Those who have read the tentative program of the Thirty-first An-
nual Session of the Central Conference of American Rabbis to be held
next week in the city of Rochester, N. Y., must be impressed with its
religiously constructive character. Purely academic papers which so
often form the bulk of the work at professional conferences have, it
would appear, its this instance, been reduced to a minimum.
The rabbis having in charge the preparation of the meeting have
obviously sensed the fact that we are living in a crucial period of Israel's
history and that the one note to be struck above all others is the religious
note. For this reason a large portion of the time of the conference is
to be devoted to a very carefully prepared report of a committee on
a "Survey of Religious Conditions." It is understood that this commit-
tee through its constituent members, has, through a long period been
studying the religious problem in America from every possible angle,
and that, as a result of their investigations, recommendations will be
made to the conference which, if carried out, will go far to solve some
of the more pressing problems that present themselv;s to, the lew today.
When England and America
Their brace contestants place
To win them worthy laurels here,
With all the sportsman's grace—
Oh, they never will alter or slacken
their pace
Or dream of aught else but the joy of
the race.
A mighty cheer spontaneously rose
from every throat. Sir Thomas and
Mr. Kahn advanced arm in arm to Dr.
Benmosche and shook his hand warm-
ly. The Americans then cheered the
British, the British cheered the Amer-
icans, they all cheered the doctor, and
the contending forces and spectators
adjourned for a reunion and love feast
in the buffet.
Dr. Benmosche will narrate the ex-,
periences of his European trip in a
series of articles which will shortly
appear in the Detroit Jewish Chron-
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