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field than the proporotion of our
justified. Jews have
fought for America ever since its
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founding. They_ took part in the
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Revolution against England, in the
Mexican war, and on both sides dur-
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President
ing the Civil war.
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
"Some of America's most famous
Secretary-Treasurer ship and responsibility in order to
NATHAN J. GOULD
answer the call of suffering Jewry admirals and generals belonged to the
Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit. abroad. A committee composed of Hebrew race. In the last war„Atl-
Dr. Cyrus Adler, Judge Otto A. Ro- mire! Straus, a Jew, was responsible
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
salsky, Ur. J. L. Nlagnes and Shalom for the laying of the famous Ameri-
Ash has been appointed to formulate can mine barrage across the North
plans and make all necessary arrange- Sea. The various war hoards num-
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ments for memorial meetings to be bered Jews among their members.
held throughout the country. Mr.
$3.00 per year Warburg has received messages of
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condolence received from a number of
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REPLY TO HENRY FORD
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
Editorial Contributor
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subiects of interest to
ths Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the
views expressed by the writers.
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Friday, July 23, 1920.
A Deplorable Tragedy
The tragic murder in Soviet Russia of Professor Israel Fried-
laender of the Jewish Theological Seminary and of Rabbi Bernard
Cantor of Flushing, L. I., adds to the already long list of Jewish
martyrs two additi o nal names. When the names of her o es shall be
spoken, theirs shall henceforth be among them. \Then the lists
shall be made up of those whose love of humanity has put thought
of self far into the back-ground, they shall surely be included. With
eyes open to the dangers that they must surely face, and will full
understanding that they could count upon no protection from our
government, these brave Melt went as emissaries of the )(Olt Distri-
bution Committee upon their errand of mercy only to meet death
in its must horrible form at the hands of the bl o od-thirsty bandits,
whose lust and greed and passion seem insatiable.
In the death of Dr. Friedlaender, the world of Jewish scholar-
ship loses a very prominent figure. As teacher, author and trans-
lator he had won a noteworthy place. To his work and personality
the Jewish Theological Seminary is indebted for a large part of its
splendid achievements. An ardent Zionist, he was yet a man whose
sympathes were so broad, that he could understand and appreciate
the viewpoint of the men who did not share his interpretation of
Israel's history and destiny. He was a man of keen intellect and of
great heart. His place in the world of Jewish scholarship will not
easily be filled. But he will also be missed in that wide circle in
which his fine humanity made hint a prominent figure.
His younger colleague, Dr. Cantor, who with hint fell a victim
to Russian brutality, will also be gratefully remembered by a great
host of admirers. A good student, a use organizer, an ardent Jew,
a loyal American, a genial friend, a true man, a friend and helper
of the down-trodden, his few years in the ministry, stand out as a
real contribution to the cause of Israel and of humanity. In the
passing of these men, we are all afflicted. Their righteous memo-
ries will surely be a blessing tutu many.
The London Meeting
All is not harmonious.at the London meeting of the Zionists
if the reports in the public press are to be regarded as at all trust-
worthy. At almost the very outset of the gathering sharp differ-
ences of opinion are said to have arisen, so that even so remarkable
n chairman as 1\1r. Justice Brandies had to discontinue the session
until order has been restored. We take it that differences in lan-
guage, as intimated in the reports, were not solely or even chiefly
responsible for the outbreak.
Mr. 'Max Nordatt is for "dumping" some half million Jews into
Palestine at once, while others, more sane, we believe, realize that
the Jewish majority may not be created in this fashion. But hack
of all the discussions seems to be a general uncertainty as to the
ultimate purpose of Britain in regard to Palestine. Delegates are
openly asking—and why should they not—as to what the Balfour
Declaration actually means. Does it mean anything or nothing?
Is the Jewish state to bra reality or is it not? Is Palestine to be a
haven of refuge for a handful of oppressed Jews, or is colonization
in Palestine to be encouraged and made possible on a large scale?
Is Britain's first interest in her Palestinian affairs in the Jews, or
does it lie elsewhere? All these questions are troubling some or
all of the delegates. Will the London meeting be able to arrive at a
satisfactory solution of them? Time alone will tell.
the name of the "Mizrachi" and Judge
Julian W. Mack, who writes in the
name of the Zionist Organization.
End of Brilliant Career
Born in• Russia 43 years ago, the
son of Pinkus and Gitel, Israel was
educated ill Berlin University, the
Rabbiner Seminar and the University
of Strassburg. He was admitted as
pnvatdozent for mimetic languages in
1902. Since 1905 be has been at the
seminary in New York.
Dr. Friedlander was chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the Bureau
of Education of the Jewish Commun-
ity of New York city, and a member
of its Executice Commission. Ile was
also trustee of the Educational Alli-
ance, New York city. Ile was a mem-
ber of the Publication Committee and
of the Jewish Classics Committee of
the Jewish Publication Society of
America, an associate of the Exectt-
nye Commission of the Federation of
American Zionists, a member of the
Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesell-
schaft, the American Oriental Society,
a corresponding member of the Indian
Research Society, Calcutta, and a
member of the Oriental Club.
Dr. Friedlander was editor of S. N.
Dubnow, the Judische Geschichte
(translated from the Russian), 1898;
Der Sprachgebrauch des Maimonides,
1902; Achad Ila-em's Essays (trans-
lated from Hebrew), 1905; Second
Edition, 1913; S. M. Dubnow, Die
Grundlagen des National Judentums
(translated from the Russian), 1905;
The Heterodoxies of the Shiites, ac-
cording to Ibn llazm, 1909; Selections
from the Arabic Writings of Malmo-
Miles, 1909; Die Chadhirlegende and
der Alexanderroman, 1913.
He contributed in addition many
articles and essays to American and
foreign reviews and magazines.
Friedlander was in service the sec-
ond oldest member of the faculty of
the Jewish Theologocal Seminary in
America, the oldest being Dr. Cyrus
Adler, and had been connected with
the seminary for 17 years. Ile was
Sabato idorais, Professor of Biblical
Literature and Exegesis. He was also
a member of the faculty of the Teach-
ers' Institute of the Jewish Theolog-
ical Seminary, being instructor in his-
tory.
lie started on January 10 last on
his fatal mission fully aware of the
peril he would be likely to encounter.
In March the State Department
granted permission to the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee for all Jewish
Relief Funds, of which Dr. Fried-
lander was a member, to send its
Ukrainian Commission into Soviet
Russia at its own risk. Dr. Fried-
lander and the other members of the
commission, Judge Harry Fisher, of
Chicago; Max Pine and Maurice Kass,
were then in Poland.
Dr. Cantor, Long Island Rabbi
The Rev. Dr. Bernard Cantor, until
he went to Poland, was rabbi of the
branch of the Free Synagogue at
Flushing, L. I., having been placed
there two years ago by Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise, founder and head of the Free
Synagogue, New York.
Dr. Cantor joined the Polish unit
of the Joint Distribution Committee
and sailed with its other members on
January 10 last. He had received per-
mission to return to America very
soon, but volunteered to remain
abroad several months longer. Ile had
been in charge of the distribution of
relief in 'Warsaw, and was recently
placed at the head of the Galician
division of the committee's work in
Europe. Dr. Cantor was born in Buf-
falo, N. Y., 28 years ago. He was
educated at the Hebrew Union Col-
lege, Cincinnati, 0.
A Layman's Answer to Henry Ford
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The World War.
The Jew it scents wasn't much in
the background, when, as remarked,
he took a leading part in the revolu-
tion—when whole squads were large-
ly composed of Jews, though there
were only 3,000 in the whole country.
In the late war (not to speak of the
Mexican and Civil Wars) the Jews of
America supplied 200,000 soldiers-
5% of their population when their
proportion was only 3%. There were
16,000 Jewish officers in the Army.
Navy and Marines, two Brigadier-
Generals and one Rear-Admiral (the
latter, Joseph Strauss, from our own
Lexington). Does that look like 're-
maining discreetly in the back-
ground?" But Mr. Ford says malic-
iously and untruthfully "that the Jew ,
swarmed through the war organiza-
tions in those departments which
dealt with the commercial and Unlit--
trial business of war which," he con-
cedes, thus damning them with faint
praise, "the advantage of their ex-
perience gave t hem."
Doubtless Jews got contracts from
the government. Did Mr. Ford get
any? Was he asked whether he was
a Jew, a Catholic or a Protestant?
A Touching Example.
In the Literary Digest of March
22d last year I read the following
touching story; "One of the Atneri-
can ships was torpedoed. The men
jumped in the water as the ship was
sinking, but some managed to get on
a raft which had been set afloat; but,"
the writer, who was one of the parti-
cipants, continues, "fellows kept
climbing aboard till it was quite over-
crowded There was an officer in com-
mand, who, by and by, said: 'This
raft is overcrowded. There's one too
many on her. One of us'll have to gal'
Just then there wasn't any other rat'
or boat in sight; but no sooner'd the
officer said about somebody having
to go, than a young Jew, whom we
NIr. \loses Kaufman, Postmaster of Lexington, Ky., a citizen
used to guy, saluted an 'eye, aye sir.'
esteemed by all for his civic service, his righteous manhood and his
he says, and jumped into the water:"
Did this young Jew enter the army
noble character, has written a splendid article in defense of the Jew.
for selfish purposes and remain dis-
\I r. Kaufman is rightly indignant over the unjust and senseless
creetly in the background? Where can
accusations hurled at the head of the Jew by one Ilenry Ford, famous
you find a nobler example of patrio-
for flivvers, peace ships, pacifist literature and anti-semitic dia-
tism and self-sacrifice than that of this
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young Jew 'whom everybody used to
tribes. Mr. Kaufman does not rant in his anger. Ile is very
"Even in the countries where the guy?'
patient. Evidently he thought in writing the article that \ Ir. Ford Jew was not comfortably situated, he
Gathering Rags,
might read and understand it. We are afraid, however, that he has never lacked in patriotism. Our
"The Jew," Mr. Ford says. "is in
doesn't know very much about Mr. Ford. Mr. I:Mani:in thought, ancient ethics emphasize patriotism. business. It may be only gathering
perhaps, that emphasis might be placed on the last word of the When our race resided in Judea, that rags and selling them; but he is in
small state was a buffer between the
famous self-description, "ignorant idealist." Those nearer Detroit. north • south, east and west, but even business. From the sale of old clothes
to the control of international trade
know on which word emphasis must he placed. I lowe\er, whether in the midst of the misfortunes that and finance the Jew is suprenn•le gift-
Henry reads the article or not, is immaterial. The article is valuable, befell them, their patriotism was dis- ed for liminess. Ile exhibits a decided
neverthless. It is valuable not only because it answers for the most played under the mandatory rights aversion to industrial employment.
enioyed by certain powers.
Most of the big business," he com-
part the pseudo - arguments of the champion anti-semite but also
plains, "trusts and banks and chief
Willing to Sacrifice.
because it asks the very pertinent question, "What is it et lit want the
agricultural products, especially to-
"At 110 time even in the dark ages, b
Gentiles to do? I )rown the Jews..lturn them, or expel them as was
acco (tobacco men of Kentucky
were the Jews charged with unwill- please note and see if that is true)
done in Spain?"
ingness to make sacrifices. Consider cotton and sugar are in control of
The article, which was first carried in the Lexington Herald and the earnestness with which our race
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fought against the
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Hill monument in honor of Judah
Tout), a Jew—and \Varren, in speak-
ing of the occasion said:
"Ile Ithe Jew) belongs to the
smallest of all classes into which man-
kind can be divided; of men who ac-
cumulate wealth without doing a
wrong or taking an advantage; who
become rich without being avaricious:
who deny themselves the comforts of
life in order that they may promote
and elevate the conditions of man•
kind."
Antagonism Unintelligent.
Nit. . Ford does reluctantly mingle
some truths with the untruths but in
a way that it may leave a sling. tlr
says: "The Jews have been persecut-
ed 2000 years; but this instinctive an-
tagonism has never been intelligent
or able to make itself intelligent.
Ntarvelousl Is persecution of inno-
cent people ever perpetuated by in-
telligent minds?) \I r. Ford therefore
proceeds to enlighten the world.
"Hearing," he says, "the fervid el,.
quence of young apostles of social
and industrial reform" (industrial?)
he asserts that "Bolshevism in Rus-
sia may be traced to Jewish influence.
The German Empire's collapse," he
says, "is charged to the Jews in Ger-
many, though against remaining dis-
creetly in the background." etc.
Like Pandora's box all the evil be-
falling mankind is thus traced to the
Jew as, in 1348 the Black Death Was
laid to their door; and though they
themselves died by the hundreds,
thousands were burned alive and
murdered. Those whom the plague
had spared died by the sword. If
that only could be done now, Mr.
Ford's anxieties would at once be as-
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which lat e r appeared in the Union Bulletin. is well worth reading.
ostrs
along the Russian front. during the
and because of its value is printed elsewhere in this issue.
early part of the late war. Th, 11,--
brew race has always maintained
ancient law:
shalt not 1,,
grudge.'
"The United States has done set,
The portion of Scripture to be read on the Sabbath of this week
(lets for the Jew. It has given
is found in the lb elk of Deuteomomy, Chapter 1 to Chapter '3, verse
opportunities for self-expressioe
22. The Ilaplitttrall or supplemental Prophetic portion is taken cording to the divine plan.
In r, 111'11,
from the book of Isaiah, Chapter 1, verses 1-21. There is much he has been ready at all times to
splendid material found in both these portions and the readers of service to his country in ran.,:.
ways.
Ile has g.ven service to It.
the Chronicle are urged to study them.
United States in all branches of Ph
army, navy, and marine corms. 1,, ,,1
sending to the other side w(lt,.
workers. nurses. and chaplains. M•t•,
men and women applied for sers to et
ISPDAPEST.—The Hungarian military has found a most unique manner the welfare work than the ((ennui.,
of committing highway robbery, politely. nicely. in an official tone. :\ num- could handle.
ber of officers of the Osztenburg detachment entered the Dreehsler restau-
Many Die Fighting.
rant on Andrassystraese and stated that they held under arrest a certain
Joseph Ban, to whom Dreschsler owed 100,000 kronen, and that they intended
"In the combative service, the Jews
to collect the sum for Mr. Bat. When Mr. Drechsler told them that he have given two per cent more soldiers
never knew such a person as Joseph Bar, the officers remarked that another at the front than our population in
such statement might cost him his life. The officers receked the money the United States warranted, and
and departed.
more Jews died fighting on the battle-
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