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The the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the views success of the Fund will depend upon the whole-hearted interest expressed by the writers. that is manifested by every social and religious group in the city of Heshvan 12, 5681. Detroit. October. 22, 1920. JEWS BIDDEN TO SEEK JUSTICE OF NATIONS' LEAGUE Earl Corson Tells British Jewry to Cases of IlbUse Before Tribunal. ati45.1 lEfgEz(LEati 1 JACOB H. SCHIFF Lay London.—Earl Curzon, the Foreign Israel rose from the cinders of sorrow, Secretary, in a recent letter to the Proud in her grief ; her voice was mild ; Joint Foreign Committee of British Jewry notified the committee that in "Men like you shape the new tomorrow," the future all cases of ill treatment She thought of tier favorite son—and smiled. of Jews should be taken up with the League of Nations and not with the "Men like you are the world's salvation; British Foreign Office. On receipt of the Foreign Minis- They bless the spot wherever they be; ter's communication Lucien Wolf, For them a paean of all creation Secretary of the Joint Foreign Com- Sounds high praise on land or sea. mittee, took up with the League the question of the ill treatment of Jews in Poland, but was informed, It is "Giant soul! In the world's mad blindness stated, that the League at present had You saw to heal its pangs and smarts; no machinery to deal with such emer- You sowed the seeds of human kindness, gency cases. Mr. Wolf thereupon re- turned to the Foreign Office and You reaped the harvest of thankful hearts." asked England's protection for Jews. A special conference of representa- —By Elias Lieberman. tives of all the Ukrainian Jews in this country is in progress here. The conference, which was called to aid New Book Another Jewish Canard the Jews of Ukrainia, has decided to The subscribers to the Jewish Publication Society of America bring a large number of orphans of In these columns we have several times voiced our protest against are again indebted to that association for a very charming little pogrom victims for adoption by Jew- families in this country, to es- JEWISH ASSEMBLY APPEALS the proposed Anti-Parochial School Amendment because it is vicious book from the pen of Elm Ehrlich Levinger, whose Jewish stories ish tablish orphanages in Palestine and RABBI DECLARES GREEKS in principle and un-Amercian in spirit. It is the outgrowth of relig- that from time to time have appeared in the press have won for her to send tools to Jewish workmen in WARM TOWARDS JEWS TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO SAVE EUROPEAN JEWRY Ukrainia. It was also decided to seek ious prejudice and is directly aimed against the Catholics and their well-merited praise from high authorities. protection for Jews still exposed to system of religious education. It has nothing to do with the lifting Mrs. Levinger not only wields a virile pen but she writes with excesses in Ukrainia and to co-oper- CONSTANTINOPLE.—Rabbi Bena- LONDON.—Before coming to a of educational standards in this State. It is simply and solely an the depth of feeling that can spring only from the soul that is Jew- ate with the International Relief roah, the Rabbi of Adrainople has re- cently been interviewed, while passing close the Jewish National Assembly attempt to weaken the power of Christians of the Catholic faith, and ish to the core. I-Icr latest book, entitled "Playmates in Egypt and Communities in Copenhagen. in Palestine decided to issue an appeal Dr. David Jochelman is presiding through Salonica by a journalist who the attack upon their schools is merely a veil under which religious Other Stories," contains stories appropriate to each of the holy days over put to him certain questions concern- to the world at large and to the the sessions of the conference. bigotry is hiding. We cannot too insistently or too impressively and holidays in the Jewish year. Each is complete in itself and is Sir Herbert Samuel, High Com- ing the attitude of the Greek Ad- League of Nations in particular to save the Jews of Poland, Ukrainia, for l'alestine, expresses ministration towards the Jews. emphasize our conviction upon this point. strikingly appropriate to the occasion for which it is intended. The missioner Rabbi Benaroah, was one of the Galicia and Hungary from further All the more surprised and distressed are we, therefore, to find little booklet of one hundred and thirty pages will surely be widely himself as highly pleased with the delegation representing the popula- pogroms and persecution, says a dis- present condition of Palestine in a that the promoters of the Educational Liberty League—a Catholic welcomed and it ought to find a place in the library of every Jewish letter addressed to the Jewish Board tion of Thrace, which went to Athens patch from Jerusalem. The Assembly created a national of Deputies, the most representative in order to transmit to M. Venizelos organization which is attempting to frustrate the evil designs of body of English Jewry. Sir Herbert the congratulations of the Thracian committee which will be the sole rep- those who are pushing the passage of the proposed amendment— home. says that harmony prevails in all the inhabitants on his recovery from the resentative body of Palestine Jewry should themselves resort to a species of bigotry that is as vicious as communities of the country. recent attentate , and their deep grati- and in which all elements are repre- Rabbi Jacob Meier was anything that has been brought forward by the fanatics against Referring to the future dvelopment tude for the friendly attitude of the sented. The elected Honorary President. of Palestine, Sir Herbert appeals to Greek Administration. whom they themselves are making their fight. committee will co-operate with the the board for its support and declares The Rabbi stated that he was un- pamphlet entitled "The Crisis," in which the various charges Zionist organization and will seek the In a that the co-operation of Jews every- der the impression that the Greek made against the Catholics are answered, it is brought out that an where is required to rebuild the an- authorities in Thrace were warmly recognition of the government and authority to impose taxes upon the Consul in virtue of which it was ar- cient land of Israel. Anti-Catholic organ has charged that Booth the murderer of LABOR OF UNITING disposed towards the Jewish popula- community for local needs. The ex- ranged that all applications for visaes tion. Ile had spoken to many high treme orthodox elements, which origi- Lincoln— was a Catholic, to which the author of "The Crisis" should be filled out in the offices of DAVID PINSICPS PLAY FAMILIES GOES ON officials of the Administration, all of nally refused to join the Assembly answers: "Lincoln was killed by a Jew—Booth—who shouted to Commission. This increased the PRODUCED IN ENGLISH whom assured him of the high esteem because of the participation of SAYS LATE REPORT the number of visaes from fifty to five the audience at Ford's theater, while he waved his smoking pistol, in which, the Jews were held. IN NEW YORK THEATRE women voters, were finally prevailed hundred a day, as the Commission 'The South is avenged.'" "TheaFisit of His Majesty, King upon to come to the Assembly, but (Continued From Page 1.) had twelve clerks assigned to this Alexanf r to the Adrianople Syna- Why it should be necessary to libel the Jew by claiming that NEW YORK.—The unaccountable, withdrew later on when the question They also discovered that there was duty. Booth was a Jew, passes imagination. Anyone who knows the his- a night shelter for immigrants (Asilc Urge Facilitating Visa Procedure. whimsicality of Mr. Shaw which gogue," said Rabbi Benaroah, "was of the Assembly's national authority prompled his to cable the Theater a very memorable event. The cere- Came up for a vote. tory of the Booth family knows that this is an absolute and provable de Nuit) in which the immigrants Another important achievement of Guild and forbid the production of mony which we organized for this oc- The Assembly received messages of lie. But the wickedness of spreading such a libel at this time is all were lodged for the night and a day the Commission was that they pointed his "Heartbreaking House" until af- casion was one of great solemnity. greeting from Sir Herbert Samuel, the more pronounced because just now insidious forces are directed shelter (Asile de Jour) where they out to the Consul that whereas a ter our election, fearing, as he did, His Majesty was received at the door the Palestine High Commissioner; the day. This (Asile de Jour goodly ninety per cent of the affi- that his play might have some influ- of the synagogue by the most promi- Professor Chaim Weizmann and Na- against the Jew which in their unscrupulousness will sieze upon such spent was opened by Russian Jews since davits sent from America were lost ence, good or evil, on the outcome at nent Jewish and Greek notabilities of hum Sokolow. The Jerusalem Mayor a charge—false though they know it to be—to further exploit the Jew. the influx of Jewish immigrants be- in the mails, a letter to a relative in the polls, has been converted into a the community. A specially selected of the Moslem community personally It ill becomes our Catholic friends to lend themselves to such a cause. gan, and the Commissioners were Poland should be considered sufficient piece of luck. The frigid and some- choir greatly impressed the congrega- greeted the Assembly and expressed when they inspected the in- proof of his or her American kin what sinister wind of Mr. Shaw's tion by the singing of the psalms. his hope that unity would be achieved We have a right to expect that they will definitely deny this libel shocked stitution which was located in a small desiring to take care of him. Mr. Mc- arbitrary temper has blown so much among all creeds speedily. On Fri- which they have published against the Jew and that they will give store, with broken windows and hard- Bride gave the Commission authority good that one wonders if, when the "After the usual benediction, at the day afternoon last, the 250 delegates close of the ceremony, the King said the truth of the matter as wide publicity as the false charge has ly any accommodations for the refu- to obtain such letters and agreed to curtain of the Garrick ascends for the to me: 'I am very much moved,' of the Assembly, including a number grant visaes on the Commission's third season of the Theater Guild, the and he immediately added: 'I cannot of women, paid a visit to the Wailing ved. They who have suffered so much from misrepresentation gees. recei Mr. Kamaiky and Mr. Masse) im- recommendation. In the case of a customary first-nighter will not be express to you in words how agree- Wall where they rendered a prayer. and who are now organized to fight for theivights, ought to avoid mediately called on l'rofessor Back, wife, it was arranged that a letter rather a gainer than a loser. For the ably I look forward to my future re- taking up bigotry and falsehood as a means d winning their fight President of this Asile de Jour and from her husband stating that he promised substitute for "Heartbreak lations with the Jewish people.'" WILL NOT RECOGNIZE others connected with the institution, would send her money for all ex- House" is David Pinski's "The Treas• for justice and personal liberty. The journalist also asked the Rabbi ITALIAN CLAIMS UPON and were informed that a house had penses, would be accepted as suffi- ure," a play which has never before what were his relations with Mr. JERUSALEM COEANACULUM been purchased for the purpose at cient evidence in lieu of an affidavit. been performed in English, and the Sahtouris. The Rabbi replied that he The Commission also succeeded in first, in fact, of the Yiddish play- No. 16 Rue Lamarck, and, before had been received very warmly by leaving l'aris, the Commissioners had persuading the Consul that every emi- wright's dramas to see an uptown LONDON.—According to a report Politics and Mr. Sahtouris and had discussed with the satisfaction of seeing the new grant living outside of Warsaw presentation. him very many important questions. appearing in today's Times the Brit- became the should, instead of coming in person, Who is David Pinski? That ques- shelter opened, which also We commend Rabbi Joseph Kornfeld of Columbus for the manly Paris headquarters of the Hebrew be able to send by mail to the office tion might have been in order sonic In his capacity as High Commissioner ish government will give no recog- to the claims of Italy upon the and vigorous protest which he has made against the infusion by Sheltering and Immigrant Aid So- of the Commission, his or her appli- years ago, prior to 1915 to be exact. the latter had assured him of his nition Coeanaculum, where Christ is said cation for a visa, Polish passport and But since that date, since the publica- friendly attitude towards the Jews, to have had his Last Supper. The de- certain parties of the Jewish question in the President'al 'anvciign. ciety. necessary documents, thus spar- tion of "The Treasure" and later of whom he characterized as an ele- cision regarding this holy place as The opponents of Senator Harding have seen fit to seek to invoice They also did all in their poster other ment of progress and prosperity and the 500 young men detained in ing them the expense and hardship other plays, David Pinski's name has who are an important factor in the well as that of others, the report against him the enmity of Jews by the assertion that he voted against for of traveling to and from Warsaw been as well known as those of Yeats, Paris who were without passports and says, will be left in the hands of a the present conditions. Both, Synge, and the school of dramatists State. He assured hitn that the Jews special commission which will deal Mr. Justice Brandeis when his appointment to the Supreme Bench succeeded, in a few cases, in inducing tinder would always have the support of the the American Consul to accept letters the Consul and the Ambassador, were who are concerned with promoting with religious questions in the Holy was under consideration. favorably impressed by this sug- a folk and back-to-the-people art of Administration. Land. Italy's claim upon the Coca- Senator Harding was not the only man who voted against the from relatives in lieu of affidavits. very gestion and promised to cable the the theater. Mr. Pinski is, first of all, naculum is based chiefly upon the fact The Passport Situation. confirmation of Mr. Brandeis, and even if he were, that fact in itself TIe report next goes into details whole plan to Washington on a a New Yorker and not as some peo- J. D. C. WITHDRAWS that the Sultan of Turkey presented it would be no assurance that he did so because of the fact that Mr. ahrt the passport situation and gives recommendation for favorable action. ple suppose from a reading of "The to King Victor Emanuel. Treasure" a resident of Russia. He RELIEF IN POLAND Arrange for Transportation. notion which j is e Brandeis happened to be a Jew. Such an appeal to the prejudice of has been a New Yorker for some i as n miit t o d LITHUANIAN JEWISH vies merican ew who l' The next Important problem was religious groups is thoroughly unworthy and can only react agaltist to help his wife, children or other to arrange for transportation. The seventeen years, has been connected PARIS.—We are informed from COUNCIL SENDS APPEAL the interests of those who put it forward. near relatives to come to this coun- port of Danzig was selected by the with an east side printing press, fol- Warsaw that at a conference of Re- But there are other ways in which some are attempting to infuse try. An emigrant destined to the Commissioners as the easiest route. lowing on the side his real vocation lief workers there, Dr. Bogen stated KOVNO.—The Jewish National of play writing, and is at present edi- the religious issue into this campaign. In this matter, one or two of United States must have his or her The journey from Warsaw to Dan- t or of the Times, a new Jewish news- that the Joint Distribution Commit- Council of Kovno, Lithuania. sent a visaed by an American Con- zig takes about twelve hours. The tee has decided to gradually with- teelgraphic appeal to the missions of our Jewish periodicals are at fault. We note, for instance, that they passport paper publisheo on East Broadway. in the country to which the emi- sul Commissioners arranged for special Born in Russia, he was intended by draw the assistance which is has been England, France and Italy in Vilna, publish large-type advertisements calling upon their readers to vote grant owes allegiance. Owing, how- trains for emigrants, a privilege the father to be a rabbi. And although he rendering to local philanthropic in- to take under their protection the for this or that candidate because he is a friend of the Jew. That ever, to the chaotic conditions which Polish government granted the So- was precocious in his knowledge of stitutions in Poland. According to Tews of Vilna against possible out- prevail in Eastern Europe, many emi- ciety. is the last reason on earth why any Jew should vote to place a man grants the "Talmud," it was not long before Dr. Bogen's statement it is expected rages and pogroms by the member , could not possibly remain in The Commissioners next decided to in the highest office within the gift of the people, or indeed why the Poland until passports would be is- cable to the New York headquarters the instincts of an artist began to as- that the local communities should of the Polish Legion, which recently Jew should help to put a man into any place of power. We vote sued to them. and went to France, of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immi- sert themselves and before the youth- themselves resume doing this work. occupied the city. ful David had declared his intentions Holland or Belgium without passports not as Jews but as American citizens and, while we would not with which they finally obtained from the grant Aid Society on behalf of the of becoming a writer. His first at- eyes open assist in the exaltation of any man who is avowedly Anti- Polish Consuls in there countries. The emigrants who had trouble in re- tempts with the pen and with play- money from America, asking Semitic—for the Anti-Semite cannot be a good American—our main American Consuls then told them to ceiving them to communicate with the rela- writing were in the formal and lit- concern is that we shall put into places of power and responsibility, return to Poland and have their pass- tives and request that the money be erary Russian and Hebrew. He soon visaed by the United States sent at once. As soon as the re- saw, however, that if he was to write men who are imbued with the American ideal and to whom the ports CO31•111 there. Another difficulty that mittances were received, the Com- for the great mass of the people, "WE OPERATE OUR OWN FINISH MILL" interests of the whole people are dear. stood in the way of visaes was the mission paid out dollar for dollar in which was his ambition, and to re- flect their habits, he must use the Politics and religion, however, always make bad mixture. We requirement that the prospective emi- American motley. present an affidavit from his While Mr. hfassel remained in vernacular of conversation. This de- are opposed to their being linked together either by Jews or by non- grant WHEN BUYING or her relative in America setting to use what the intellectuals Jews. State and church must be kept as widely apart as possible. forth the latter's ability and willing- Warsaw, Mr. Kamaiky went further cision inland visiting cities and towns with would have characterized as "the There is no group of people in this country who ought to be more ness to receive and take care of the a considerable Jewish population, and language of the streets," namely, the emigrant as soon as he land in everywhere he found the need of dialogue of Yiddish was as egregious insistent upon this titan we ourselves. America. This again resulted in de- work to help the would-be emigrants an offense against the standards of lay, which at times lasted weeks, if For Building and Remodeling to get in touch with their American good taste as the use of his native not months. tongue instead of the polished Latin Commission Aids Warsaw Consulate. relatives. Don't Forget by an Italian writer of the thirteenth The Length of a Sermon Opened Way to American Kin. The Commissioners came to War- century. But the young Pinski was That We Can Furnish You With "The Commission opened the way Are the value and the inspiration of a sermon in inverse ratio to saw at the end of March, and their to America," the report concludes. a radical and risked the innovation. INTERIOR FINISH problem was to find headquarters. His first success came in Warsaw "There people who have left to join its length? That such is the case seems to be a fairly general opin- first They leased a flat at No.34 Muranow- with the production of "The Mad OF OAK, BIRCH, GUM AND YELLOW PINE ion among people of all denominations. We were advised recently ska, in the heart of the Jewish sec- their relatives here and those „Ito are House." As Well As yet to come would have had to wait by a Catholic priest that not infrequently he is told by his congre- tion for a period of three years. weary, weary months before they Encouraged by recognition at SASH and DOORS Shortly after their arrival they found gants in the privacy of the confessional that they permit themselves an would ever have been able to sail for home, he went to Berlin and there opportunity to make themselves a member of the Ilauptmann Our Prices Are Low to doze during long sermons. A rabbinical colleague of ours writes useful to Mr. McBride, United States the United States if it had not been became Our Service Is Quite Prompt the intervention of the Commis- group and was influenced by the mas- that members of his congregation have told him that they will enjoy Consul in Warsaw, who applied to for ter in his use of drama as a subtle sion. for a loan of $5,200.00 he needed a twenty-minute sermon while under no circumstances will they them "We were told that nothing could means of propaganda for social re- the lease of a large office for the he done, that no trains would run construction. Pinski's tragedy of fac- attend the services if the interpretation of the lesson of the morning for Consulate. Warsaw to Danzig, that there tory conditions. "Isaac Sheftel," was is dragged out to thirty or forty minutes. Preachers of the Protes- The Commissioners of the Hebrew from were no steamer accommodations. the first great labor play to be writ- Sheltering and Immigrant Aid So- The Commission, however, thoi.glit ten and performed in Yiddish. The tant denominations likewise report similar experiences. advanced the money without any We can readily understand the attitude of people in this matter, ciety that what was considered a: an im- truths presented in this real and ter- interest at all feeling it a privilege to drama were of a socialistic though we fail to fully sympathize with it, or, in our own person, he of assistance to their government possibility could become a reality, :lid rible character and for that reason copies has become a reality." always act upon it. All facetiousness aside, we believe that the in an emergency. The Honorable it Mr. Kamaiky estimates that the of it were printed on gossam. length of a sermon is the least worthy test of its merit. There are Hugh Gibson, American Minister to work of the Commission will last sev- l'oland, and Mr. McBride, American some vital themes that may be adequately discussed in fifteen or Consul, received the Commission most eral years, contingent on American BERLIN—The authorities of support. It will be neces- Strassburg University (Germany) twenty minutes, but there are others that cannot be treated as they cordially and promised all the co-op- Jewry's sary to have representatives in Rot- have invited Professor Richard Gott- should be in twice that length of time. The difficulty is that today, eration possible. WALNUT 82 VINEWOOD AVE. & G. T. R. R. terdam, in Antwerp and Havre. in heil of New York to take charge of Begin Active Work in Poland. fact in all European port cities the Semitic Department. people are so restless and eager to be on the move that they have The American representatives in- through which Jewish emigrants lost their power of concentration. It is a pitiable comment upon troduced Mr. Kamaiky and Mr. Has- travel. It will, too, be essential to the nervous character of our age, that except for purposes of pure sel to the Minister of the Interior as have travelling inspectors. Besides, amusement, most people find it practically impossible to settle down well as to the Chief of the Depart- offices will have to be opened in other ment of Immigration and Emigra- cities besides Warsaw. for any considerable length of time. The real test of a sermon's tion, and these, too, promised to help Trained workers, American silken, value should be the inspiration that it leaves upon those who in the work of the Commission. who are sympathetic, will have to be ik hear it. have men been edified by the address of the preacher, As soon as the Warsaw office of s ent out to aid in this gigantic task Society was opened, it was be- ! in reconstructing Jewish family life. whether it has taken fifteen or fifty minutes for him to make his the sieged by persons anxious to join Every family reunited is just so many deliverance? Have they been inspired to lift their own lives and their relatives in America, and the lives saved. to see that their own hands are clean? Or have they merely enjoyed Commissioners were regarded as mes- Vb Proud of Humanitarian Labor. of good cheer who brought an address that may have dealt with glittering generalities but sengers greetings from their dear ones in "This is but a preliminary report. which has not stirred their emotions or appealed to their intelluctual America and who would assist them The work is going on without ces- to rejoin their fathers, husbands and sation. The Hebrew Sheltering and judgments? in the United States. Immigrant Aid Satiety, and "trough We believe that in the last analysis, the willingness of people to brothers The work of the Commission be- which the whole of American Jewry Money listen to a sermon of whatever length will depend upon the interest came noticeable at once. Upon its has reason to be proud of having 11 of the theme and the tact and the courage with which the preacher representations to the Polish authori- been the means of engaging in in's 7es treats it. It is not so much the length of a sermon that counts—as ties, a ruling was issued whereby humanitarian labor. The cry has passports would be granted to appli- been that families most be reunited. people think it does—as it is the ability of the preacher to stimulate cants in Warsaw within two or three The Hebrew Sheltering and Immi- and to inspire his people. Some preachers can say much in few days, instead of six to eight weeks, grant Aid Society heeded the cry. words ind there are some who use many words but say little. Ai after application was made as was I regard it as a privilege to have con- ease before the Commission came tributed my humble share to this ta- any ligirmAIRIMalkoLan address should never be construed as the the , to Poland. They also came to an bor of love. (Signed) LEON KA- final teat of its worth and its interest ......... understanding with the American MAIKY." 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