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SEMITIC MUSEUM AT HARVARD
MONUMENT TO JACOB H. SCHIFF,
CATHOLIC PRIESTS
RULE POLISH SEIM
Nioabites. The style of writing is the
ancient Hebrew which was discarded
by the Jews about the time of Ezra.
The works are separated by dots; and
the spelling is but slightly different
from the spelling of the same words
By Louis G. Zelson
in the Bible,—the use of vowel—let-
ters being used more sparingly.
(In the Roams Jewish Advocate)
Cast of the Siloam Inscription. It
is a six line inscription that was
endowments of the late Asa, king of Judah. Ashurnasirpal in
NE of the
carved on the solid rocky wall of a
Schiff is (he Semitic his far reaching campaigns came close tunnel which brought water from Gi-
O Jacob H.
Altoeunt at Harvard University—one to the outposts of the northern king- hon to the Pool of Siloam in the an-
of the institutions to which he made
additional bequests in his last testa-
ment.
The Semitic Museum, though pri•
manly intended for students in Sem-
itics, is also open to the public; and
any Jew interested in the past of his
people will find in it many things of
wide interest. Its exhibits are fascin•
ting and instructive—for children
who may see therein living illustra-
tiollsof their Bible lessons, as well
as for adults who will find themselves
an atmosphere of a dif-
for a time in
ferent age and clime; while for stu-
dents of Biblical history it is a place
where they may spend many hours
profitably. The Museum is especially
valuable to the people of especial
wi.ons it is within easy reach; and it
is indeed worth while even to those
living at a distance.
a
Has History.
dom, thins preparing the way for his
son, Shalmaneser III (859-825 B. C.
E.), who made attacks on Isreal. It
may be mentioned that the latter is
the first of Assyrian rulers who in
cuneiform records makes mention of
conflict with Israel, and of the battle
of Quargar (854 B. C. E.) in which
Ahab, king of Israel, took part.
Cast of thelDbelisk of Shalmaneser
HI (195-825 B. C. E) In it is a scene
representing the 'Tribute of Juhu of
the Land of Oniri.," and Jelly, King of
Isreal is also represented kneeling
before the Assyrian monarch.
Important Replicas.
Casts of bas-relief: from the palace
of Tiglath-pileser IV (745-727 B. C.
E), the first Assyrian ruler mentioned
by name in the Bible ("1'111" in 2-
Kings 15:19 and 1-Chron, 5:26; "Tig-
lath-pileser" in 2-Kings. 15;29, 16:7,
and 16-10, and "Tiglath-pilneser" in
Museum
I -Chron. 5;6, 5:26, and 2-Citron.
The Museum has a history, but only
a few of the more important facts 28:20),
Casts of bas-reliefs from the pal-
may be mentioned in this article. It
aces of the Assyrian kings who came
was founded in 1889 from an initial
in
serious conflict with Isreal, or
gilt of $10,000 by Jacob 11. Schiff, and Judah, or both—the members of the
was first located in a room in the
Sargonic dynasty:
Peabody Museum of Harvard Uni•
Sargon (722-705 B. C. E.), men-
versity. The collection grew by ad-
tioned in the Bible (Is.20:1), who
ditional gifts of the late Mr. Schiff
captured Samaria ill 722 B. C. E. after
and of other friends of the univer-
Semitic collection the siege commenced by his prede-
sity. In time, the
cessor Shalmaneser V (727-722 II. C.
outgrew its limited quarters in the
E.), who is also mentioned in the
Peabody Museum, so that many of
Bible (2-Kings 17:3 and 18:9).
its object: were left in cases without
Sennacherib (705-6e1 B. C. E.)
being unpacked for lack of space for
whose name occurs several times in
exhibition. The need for ampler quar-
the Bible (2-Kings 18.19; Is. 36.37;
ters for the Semitic collection having
and 2-Chron. 32), who in his records
become felt, Mr. Schiff offered to do-
boasts of having taken over 200.000
nate $25,000 if other people would
exiles from Judea (excepting the city
contribute an equal amount toward
of Jerusalem). On one of the has-
which
-
the erection of a building
reliefs he is represented sitting on his
;hold contain the Semitic Museum,
throne and watching the booty from
lecture rooms, and the Semitic Li-
Lachish, a Judean city (Jos. 10:32),
brary, the beginnings of which—lo-
pass before hint.
cated in a room at Sever Hall—had
Esarliaddon (681-668 B. C. E.). who
been previously founded by Mr.
is also mentioned in the Bible (2-
Schiff. In a few months other friends
Kings 19:37; le. 37:38; and Ezra
of the university, mainly in and about
Boston, subscribed for about $20,000 4:2).
Ashlturbanipal (668-626 B. C. E.),
toward the sum required to olstain
the last and greatest of the rulers of
Mr. Schiff's offer. When this was re.
the Sargonic dynasty who is men-
pay
all
ported, Mr. Schiff offered to
tioned in the Bible by the name "Os-
the money necessary for the erection
!tapper" (Ezra 4:10) and known by
of the building if the subscribers for
Greek writers by the name of "Sac-
the $20,000 would consent to allow
flaitapalos." After his reign, the
their money to be used for the pur-
throne of Assyria was occupied by a
chase of additional specimens for the
few mediocre rulers until the fall of
Aluseum. This was agreed upon by
Nineveh and the Assyrian empire in
the subscribers; and the work of put-
606 B. C. le., to which the Prophets
ting up the building was begun in the
refer (Nahum 1:8 ff.; 2; and 3).
auttonn of 190), at an estimated cost
On the various has-reliefs arc rep-
of $60,000. The building was com- resentations of Assyrian divinities,
pleted in the autumn of 1902; and sacred trees, symbols of the gods,
with the cases and furniture, the cost
sacrifices, libations, and tine Assyrian
went up to about $80,000, all of which treatment of captives to which the
was given by Mr. Schiff. 'Fite build- Prophets refer (Is. 20:4; Antos 4:2;
ing was formally opened on February
and Nahum).
5. 1903, with addresses by Professors
Cast of the liammurabi monument
D. G. I.yon and C. E. Norton, Dr. —the statue of the great law giver
Cyrus Adler, President C. W. Eliot, who is believed to Ire identical with
and the donor, the late Mr. Jacob H. Antraphel, a contemporary of Abra-
Schiff.
ham (Gen. 14). On the upper part of
Prof. Lyon, Curator.
the monument is a has-relief repre-
The Curator of the Museum is senting the king receiving the Code
l'rofessor I). G. Lyon, who is also of Laws front Sharnash, the sun god.
professor of Hebrew and other orien- The Code itself is inscribed below the
tal languages in Harvard University. bas-relief, in cuneiform characters
l'rofessor Lyon has been connected running belt wise around the stele in
with the Semitic Museum from its parallel columns. One may mention
very beginning; and on various occa- in this correction that the Curator of
sions he has spent several months the Semitic Museum, Professor Lyon,
abroad in the interests of the Sem- has contributed much to the study of
He also headed the the Ifammurabi Code. He has dis-
itic Museum.
Harvard University archaeological covered that the laws have a definite
expedition in Samaria, the results of structure; and his analysis of the
which are to be published in full in Code has become generally recog-
the near future. I'rofessor Lyon is nized by scholars.
especially well known for his work in
Hittite Specimens.
The scanty specimens of Hittite ex-
Aesyriology, having been one of Am-
hibits are also of peculiar interest,
erica's pioneers in this field.
Anyone entering the building of the corning as they do from a people that
Semitic Museum notices immediately has long since disappeared from the
that he is in an atmosphere of a dif- face of the earth, of whom but little
ferent age. This is the feeling that is 'known beyond the Biblical refer-
one gets even on the ground floor. e nces.
On mounting the stairway to the
which is merely the study floor of the
building. This floor contain: a de- nest floor, one again stops to examine
partmental library, two class rooms, the photographs on the walls beside
and a larger lecture room. Yet, even the stairway. and which become even
this part of the building is awe in- more nuermous on the third floor.
spiring. Facing the entrance stand , The third floor is occupied almost
a huge cast of ant Assyrian deity or entirely by the Palestine room, in
protecting spirit bearing an inscrip- which are exhibits representing Pal-
tion in the quaint cuneiform charac- estine, Phoenicia. Carthage, Palmyra,
ters. It is an exact copy of a com- Damascus, Metal,, Arabia, Philistia,
posite creature such as stood at the Egypt and Persia. The following
doors of Assyrian temples and pal- exhibits in the Palestine room are of
aces. The creature reminds cote of special interest:
Models of the Tabernacle (Exodus
the allegorical beasts of Ezekiel
(Chaps. 1 and 101. It is a huge crea- 25-40), the Temple of Solomon (1-
ture with the body of a lion, the Kings 6; 2-Chrott. 3-4), the l'alace of
wings of an eagle, the face of a Mail. Solomon (I-Kings 7), the Temple of
and is crowned with the horns of a Zerubabel (Ezra-3-4); the Temple of
bull. The atmosphere of antiquity is Jupiter (built in the second century
intensified by the photographs on the B. C. E.); the Temple of Herod
walls—in the hallway as well as in (which perished in 70 C. E.); Haram
the lecture room, on the side of the esh-Sherif, which occupies the site of
stairways and running up to the third the Temple of Solomon, with the
floor—picturing foreign scenes and moeque of Omar in the centure, and
ruins of ancient temples and palaces models of famous churches.
Relief maps of Palestine and Jeru-
that have been unearthed from (obliv-
ion. A little further in the hallway, salem.
Geological
specimens from Pales-
-
one also notices a cast of an Egyp
tian has-relief. This is a crude ob- tine including fossils from Lebanon
and
Mount
Olives.
ject; yet, it is interesting for its an-
A collection of glassware, pottery
tiquity, and representing as it does
the artistic effort--if it may be so and utensils—ancient and modern.
called—of a people of the hoary past. Medi of the pottery were excavated
in Palestine, and are from pre-Israel-
Pictures of Jewish Interest.
Walking up the stairway to the itich or Canaanitish
A collection of Palestinian coins
Assyrian and Hittite room, one stops
to look at the various photographs and ornaments of various periods.
Various manuscripts and fragments
on the walls, many of which are of
great interest. On the top of the of papyria. Among the manuscripts is
stairs one notices a picture of the also a scroll of the Samaritan Pen-
"Wailing Wall," which is one of the tateuch, written in the old Hebrew
scenes that a traveler in the Holy characters.
Casts of old Greek inscriptions
Land does not fail to witness. And
before entering the Assyrian and Hit- found in Palestine from the period of
tite room, one's attention is directed Ifelenistic influence.
Casts of Aramaic inscriptions in the
to a large cast standing near the door
of the Curator's room. It is a cast of square characters—the forms which,
according
to tradition, has been adopt-
a diorite stele that Esarhaddon, King
since the time
of Assyria (681-668 B. C. E.), erected ed for Hebrew writing
of
Ezra.
The
Palmyrene inscriptions
on one of his campaigns to Egypt.
On it is represented in bas-relief the of which there are examples in the
mighty Assyrian ruler holding ropes Museum are also written in similar
fastened to the noses of his captives. characters.
Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions.
the kings of Tyre and Egypt (the
Cast of Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar
Assyrian practice referred to in Amos
E.)
4:21, who are kneeling at his feet, II, king of Sidon (circa 330 B. C.
while above his head are the symbols with a long inscription in the old
of his gods. The inscription is in Hebrew characters, the style of writ-
cuneiform characters, and it runs over ing used in the most ancient Hebrew
and I'unic inscriptions of which there
the figures in the bas-relief.
It would lead too far to say even a are spec imens in the Museum.
Cast of the Moabite Stone which
few words on the many casts of bas-
reliefs and monuments from Assyrian was set up by the Mesha of Moab.
temples and palaces, original cunei- in the middle of the ninth century
his success
form inscriptions on stone and clay, B. C. E., to commemorate
clay tablets, seal cylinders, inscribed in throwing off the yoke of the House
of
Omri
of
Israel.
the
event
of which
building bricks, statuettes, boundary
stones, etc., that are found in the may be referred to in 1-Kings 3:27.
The
original
mounment
was
found in
Assyrian and Hittite room. It may,
however, be of special interest to 1868 in the site of the ancient city of
Dibon
which
is
mentioned
in
the
Bible
mention the following exhibits which
(Nu. 21:30, 32:34; Jos. 13:9, 13:17;
are more closely related to Biblical
and "D:mon" in Is.
Jer.
48:18;
48:22;
history:
Casts of a monument and bas-re-
liefs from the palace of Ashurnasirpal
11 (883-860 B. C. E.), the aggressive
and cruel Assyrian ruler, a contem-
porary of Omri, king of Isreal, and
(Continued from Page One)
pression you would have been all the
more astounded were you to wait
long enough in order to see where
his conclusions lead him, what aims
and purposes he has and in whose
behalf he utilizes his masterly arts.
He it is who is the parliamentary
leader of the People's Democratic
Party wherein are concentrated
Poland's most reactionary forces.
Quicksilver of Seim.
.\ thin, energetic figure, his silk
Jesuit shawl always about him, his
black eyes ever twinkling, always
restless, watching and searching at
the sane tune, he moves in between
the benches on the right, among those
He may
immovable estate owners.
well be dubbed the quicksilver which
the reign of Hezakialt (circa 736 B.
cient city of Jerusalem, built during
C. E.). mentioned in 2-Kings 20:20
and 2-Chron. 32:30, and perhaps re-
ferred to in other places in the Bible
(Is. 8:6 and Neh. 3:15). The char-
acters used are also the ancient Heb-
rew, similar to the writing fon the
Moabite Stone. This inscription
shows, no doubt. the style of writing
empttlyed by the great Prophets
Isaiah, Micah. and the other prophets
of the period.
I
B'NAI BRITH FORMS
STATE COUNCIL TO
PROMOTE WELFARE
INITIATE 200 AT
SUNDAY CEREMONY,
Two hundred candidates were initi-
ated into Pisgah Lodge, No. 34, I. (3.
B. II , at ceremonies conducted at
Temple Beth El, Sunday, December
5. 'Pits Pisgah Lodge Glee Club and
Degree Team assisted in the cere-
monies.
During the ritual the ladies accom-
panying initiates and members were
entertained with moving pictures and
a musical program in the gymnasium
under the direction of Jacob Mazer :
Following the initiation ceremonies
the entire assembly was addressed by
Rabbi Alexander Lyons of Brooklyn,
N. Y., and Rabbi Leo M. Franklin.
• • •
GIVE CONCERT AT
SANITARIUM.
'flue Social Service Committee of
the B'nai Brith, under the direction of
the Red Cross. gave a concert at the
Tulterculosi• Sanitarium Thursday.
Entertainment was furnished by the
Pisgah Lodge Glee Club, as well as
other lodge-members, Miss Myea
Finsterwald, aesthetic dancer; Nfiss
Miriam Finsterwald, popular dancer:
Miss Maxine Finsterwald, reading;
Sir. Ilarry Gurovitz, violin-solo.
A similar concert will he given in
the near future, under the same
auspices, at the Marine Hospital, and
House of Correction.
Mr. Lester J. Leopold has been in
charge of arrangements.
Ciob Jittruiturr
operates in the thermometer of the
Seine.
The bitterest and most outspoken
opponent of Bolshevism and its ex-
' ponents (the Bolslieviki shot two of
Iris brothers in Moscow' for their po-
litical activities) he is himself the
greatest Bolshevist among the ele-
ments on the Right side.
He knows of no compromise and is
:11W ays ready to play his last card.
II the opportunist leaders of the
peasant groups pretend in their cat
rind mouse play that in the matter of
agrarian reform, they are the victims
of the Seim and government which
militoet ales), retards the reform meas-
ure, Reverend Lutoslayski has the
courage to make the provoking sug-
gestion that the measure should be
putt t through mmediately and let the
country see who retards progress. He
knows only too well that by such a
move he is endangering the funda-
mental existence of his Party col-
, leagues, but he knows much more. He
is aware that the danger is still dm-
tart and that he can take a chance on
talking
Now and then the Polish Socialists
take it upon themselves to play the
I role of the protectors of the labor
masses and then Lutoelayski appears
on the scene and in resounding
phrases shows up their attempt and
compromises their entire position,
although he realizes full well that by
compromising the l'olisli Socialist
Party, he forces the labor masses into
the Communist camp.
Cast of Rosetta Stone.
Cast of the famous Rosetta Stone,
which was the key for the decipher-
ment of the ancient Egyptian lan-
guage. The stone hears an inscrip-
tion in Greek and h.gyptian, the lat-
ter of which is in two forms.—the an-
cient hieroglyphic and the later De-
motic.
The framed photographs are en-
largenrents showing, among other
things, the following scenes:
Various views of Jerusalem; Jaffa;
Harosheth (Jul. 4:2); Anatha. the
birth place of Jeremiah; Tiberias;
Nazareth; Bethlehem; Damascus; the
Site of Samaria; the NVailing Wall;
Tomb of Rachel; Plain of lesdraelon;
Valley of Kidron; Plain of Sharon;
Galilee Views; Mount Olives; Nfount
Carmel; Mountain Scenes in the Sin-
ante Peninsula; Sea of Galilee; Dead
Sea; Jordan River; Nahr tor-Kell) or
Dog River; l'ool of Solomon; Foun-
tain of Elisha; and Scenes on the
Road from Jerusalem to Jericho.
The Semitic Nlitseum also owns a
portrait of el r. Jacob 11. Schiff paint-
ed by I.. Loeb, and presented to the
H niseunt by Air. Schiffs' fellow mem-
bers of the Visiting Committee ap-
pointed by the Board of Overseers.
Mr. Schiff consented to sit for the art-
ist after being prevailed upon by his
fellow members, and only upon con-
dition that it would not be exhibited
during his lifetime.
(Continued from Page One.)
PAGE FIVE
An Interior
Designed and executed by Detroit Furniture Shops.
Facilitated by factory association.
Speaks Often of Jews.
And When he speaks of the Jews
as he is 111 the habit of doing very
frequently, he affords the student of
human psychology a tremendous
opportunity.
When you hear him describe the
inefficiency, the lawlessness, the per-
secution and suffering to which Jews
are subject and the irresponsibility of
the administration in dealing with
those portions of the army which
affected them, you will feel that the
utmost expression is being given to
the indescribable torture and Mundia-
timi of the Jew, and you will have a
perfect picture of the Jew's condition
in the country. To the picture drawn
no Jew kin deputy need add another
syllable. And therein lies the tuis-
chief. \\lien he speaks of the Jews,
as a portion of the country's popula-
0011 he does not refer to them as a
, religious hotly professing the Jewish
faith, but as an oppressed nationality
which refuses to be assimilated; when
he speaks of Jewish merchants Inc is
thoroughly alive to their great quali-
fications, and when he speaks of
Jewish culture he does so in terms
of the highest appreciation. All this
he conveys so impressively, so ade-
quately, that you cannot but foresee
just where he is leading you to. But
that is where his line breaks down
and the zigzag commences. Yes, in-
deed, their suffering is terrible and
utterly unjust, but. gentlemen, all that
r apart. the Jewish betrayal remains a
fact. that is the conclusion you are
finally faced with.
1
Warren and Riopelle
Open Saturday Afternoon
By automobile, via
Woodward
Avenue, east on Warren Avenue to
Riopelle Street.
Louisville Y. M. H. A.
Will Raise $50,000
PLANS HELP FOR
JEWISH ORPHANS
Telephone Melrose 1320
Ily street car, via Woodward Avenue
and Crosstown cars, east to Riopelle
Street, then walk two blocks north.
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Fireplace Trimmings at
Reduced Prices
In line with the downward trend of prices generally, we are pleased
to now be able to announce decided reductions in our lines of Fireplace
Trimmings.
The variety is unlimited (it Is the largest showing In the middle West);
and theme reductions enable you to make Christmas Gift selections of acces-
sories for your friends' fireplaces, at most attractive prices. And they are
gifts that, coming from Netting's, bear the stamp of quality In the highest
degree.
Must Ostracize Merchants.
The Jewish merchant, lie will go on
telling you, is highly able, very use-
ful, but he must be separated, utterly
separated from the economic life of
Poland. Nay. more than that he
met be uprooted; the Jews are a
nationality, and beyond all doubt a
most able people and one entitled to
Seeks to Lift Financial Burden of every consideration of right and jus-
tice, but they will not assimilate, and
Organization by Campaign.
they must therefore be separated and
. .
placed apart from the Polish com-
Young
K
LOUISVILE.
munity, for the Jewish people is a
Men's Hebrew Association of Louis- strong people and one filled with
ville, Ky., will try to 'raise $50,000 in a enmity, for it must not be forgotten
drive on Nov. 16, 17 and lie for the "the Jewish religion teaches the low-
purpose of lifting a fiwoicial burden ish people to hate other peoples."
under which the Associatioe is labor-
From beginning to end, fie retains
ing at the present time. ''his amount a perfect measure of intensity and
will be used to may off a current oratorical power, and is full of con-
deficit of $12,500, liquidate a mortgage viction and persuasion.
indeltiedness of $30,000 and make
If there is any truth in the I'ersian
necessary building improvements in legend that the creation of man is
the way of additional locker and the result of a strenuous combat be-
shower accommodation:, more ex- tween the God of light and the God
ecutive offices, and enlargement of of darkness, Reverend Dr. Lutoslay-
certain other facilities.
ski, assuredly affords an illustration
Since the war, when the Y. NI.
of that result.
A. building was thrown open to all
And if the assertion of the modern
soldier, regardless of faith, when its cynic be true. and countries are gov-
normal activities were placed second- erned by those unobserved influences
ary to soldier welfare work, the As- which dominate governments rather
sociation has been utilized as a center than by the governments themselves
for practically every Jewish organiza- then the spirit of Reverend Lutoslav-
tion in the community. Its regular ski dominates and governs Poland.
income derived principally from mon-
III the Persian legend the God of
bership and rental fees has been in- light proved to be the victor and one
sufficient to meet the high cost of wonders which will come out victor
maintaining its activities. In addition. in the mind of Reverend Dr. Luto-
the cost of carrying the mortgage of slayski? Which forces will gain the
$30,000 is falling on its members, and upper hand in Poland?
it is felt that the time is ripe for
the liquidation of this burden. The
activities of the Association are being
seriously retarded because of the lack
of facilities.
A special committee of the Board
consisting of Benjamin S. Washer, S ', stern of "Financial Adoption."1
Charles
F. Marx,
chairman: H.
Will Benefit 300,000, Say.
Morris, Nat Hoenig, Victor Burger,
Felix Warburg.
Jacob Levy and Simon Lion is now
at work on details of the drive. Head-
NEW YORK—Broad plans to care
quarters have been established in the
Association Building in charge of for and bring up Jewish war orphans
Louis Cohen, general secretary, who in all countries were announced re•
will also act as campaign director. cently by the Joint Distribution Com-
and teams are being organized to mittee of which Felix Warburg is
chairman.
carry out a solicitation which is ex-
Three hundred thousand Jewish or-
pected will reach every Jewish citizen
phans, scattered over Europe and the
in Louisville
Near East, dying rapidly and living in
misery, are to be rescued, largely
LONDON.—An Extraordinary Corn- through the help of American Jews.
mission in Moscow has ordered the The plan has been carefully worked
arrest of the representatives of an out on a scale suited to the magni-
American organization giving aid to t r u e f1e, o ed.
fthe problem, and the co-op-
Jews, says a dispatch to the Daily eration of all Jewish organizations is
Telegraph today.
required.
"The future of the children of Eu-
PARIS—Political circles locally are rope," said Mr. Warburg, "affects not
seriously concerned over the inter- alone the future of the Jewish people
polation of the Jewish deputies in the throughout the world. but the well-
Polish Seim and the documentary being of all the countries of Europe
evidence submitted. showing clearly and of the Near East.
"It is recognized by the committee
that the Polish government is pursu-
ing an anti-Semitic policy. Men that it is both impracticable and un-
cups
Brtrait 1/ furniture
Coal Grates, reduced to $8, $10 unit $12.50.
Spark Guards, reduced to $6.50, $7.50 and $8.50.
Andirons, reduced to $8.75, $9.75, $10, $11 and up.
Fire Sets, reduced to $4.75 u .u.
Fuel Boxes, reduced to $10 up .
Coal Rods, reduced to 89 up .
Wicker Baskets, reduced to
$8.50 up .
Gas Logs, reduced to $10.50
up.
Door Knockers
Door Stops
Desk Sets
Book Ends
Statuary
Pottery Vases
Electric Irons, Heaters, Toasters
LAMPS
"Our
Lights
Shine
Every.
where"
Library Lamps
Desk Lamps
Boudoir Lamps
'Fable Lamps
Floor Lamps
(adjustable and stationary)
Lamp Shades of Silk and
l'archment
Candlesticks
Candlestick Shades and
Shields
$10 to $300
reeled along the line of developing financial adoption, like those of the
the orphans in each country into the
most useful and patriotic citizens of
the country of which they are natives,
and especial pains are to be taken to
direct their lives toward producing
from the soil, rather than in the lines
of trade.
Funds for French War Orphans. The
financial foster-parents in this coun-
try will not contribute impersonally
to a fund, but to the care of a given
child. They will be supplied with
photographs and a history of the
child and kept informed of his or her
"To grapple successfully with this progress. Arrangements will be made
problem. the sympathy and interest for correspondence between the fos-
of the Jewish people of the United ter-parents and the child.
States must be secured, especially of
the women, to whom the subject of
the welfare of these hundreds of
thousands of children should appeal
with particular force, as was true of
the appeals made during the war in
behalf of the children of France, Bel-
gium, Serbia and other nations."
A complete census of war orphans
in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Rumania ,
Austria and other countries of Cen-
tral and Eas•-•n Europe and Pales-
tine is to be undertaken and a system
of uniform records created. AU Jew-
ish synagogues, societies, organiza-
tions, trades unions and other agen-
The first step in the program is to
cies of Jewish life in America are
enlist a great number of Americad
sought for membership in the big re-
Jews who will agree to give
lief organization projected.
year a piece for the support of the or-
The work is directly under the con-
standing very high in French politics wise to attempt to solve the problem phans in Europe. The second is to
159).
The inscription is thirty-four lines; are beginning to realize that Poland's through the emigration of any large bring about the reunion of Jewish trol of the War Orphans' Committee,
made
up of New Yorkers, under the
number
of
orphans.
either
to
America
war
orphans
with
close
relations
in
policy
with
regard
to
the
Jews
is
and it is the oldest inscription that
the United States.
chairmanship of Major Solomon Low-
has been found written in Hebrew, bound. to interfere with her political or the south.
"The
committee's
effort
will
be
di-
enstein
of the Red Cross.
The
program
includes
a
system
of
aspirations.
of
the
which was also the language
ET T ING
71 •ROADWAY
K. 0 V N 0 — Representatives of
"Chalutzin" organizations in Lith-
uania met at a conference in that city
at which various resolutions were
adopted to further the interests of the
movement. This is the first confer-
ence at which all branches of this
movement in Lithuania were repre-
sented.
At a recent gathering of prominent
Jews in Vilna, a large sum of money
was subscribed for the purpose of es-
tablishing a central Jewish bank with
the especial object of acommodating
Jews of the entire province,
At Wiazovnia, a small town in Po-
land, the Polish Commander or-
dered all Jews to evacuate the place.
They proceeded to Glinianka where
they ran into another mob of Polish
solders. These ordered Karpman,
Lomtan, Chid and Uplal to prepare
graves for the whisk company after
which all of the Jews including the
grave diggers were shot. A number
of officers witnessed the execution
without interfering.