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Dr. Stolz' Anniversary
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March 18, 1921.
cago and for its gifted and beloved minister—Rabbi Joseph Stolz. On
this occasion, there will be celebrated simultane ou. sl • the twenty-fifth
niversary of the founding of Isaiah Congregation and of the ministry of
Dr. Stolz.
It is no small distinction for a rabbi to have ministered to a single
congregation from the hour of its foundation until the time of its silver
anniversary and to have won during that long period, the full respect and
the undivided loyalty and love of all his congregants,
Dr. Stolz is a man to whom the ministry represents above all, a con-
secration. To the manifold duties which the high position implies. he
has given without stint all the energies of his rich mind and of his splen-
did spirit. But he has by no means confined his activities to his own con-
gregants. Ile has set the mark of his personality upon the life of his
city as well.
During the years of his ministry which began in 1 8S3, Dr. Sledz has
never failed to be the student as well as the preacher and the organizer.
But above all, he is the friend and the man. Broad in his sympathies,
loyal in his affections, discreet in his judgments, untiring in his zeal to
help every humanitarian, educational, and civic cause, his ministry looms
large in the annals of Jewish life. May it be granted to him and to his
splendid congregation, that together they shall be able to achieve new
laurels and to serve even store greatly in the years that lie before, than
has been their privilege in the Past.
Purim
The annual recurrence of Purim will, we fear, in the light of the
presently prevailing Anti-Semitism, give excuse to many a preacher to
rail against the modern Haman; and to call down upon the heads of
the modern anti-Semites , those penalties which their malevolence so
richly merit.
But for our part, We would refrain front any such exhibition of
temper. We have full confidence that evil always reacts upon the evil-
doer and we arc quite content to feel with the ancient prophet, that
"Vengeance is God's." What behooves us in tinter like these is not to
berate the Haitians of our day who seek the undoing of the Jew and
the destruction of Judaism, but rather to raise up and to encourage the
Alordecais and the Esthers, those men and women whose lives are keyed
to an ideal and who for the sake of their conscientious convictions are,
ready to make supreme sacrifices. In a word, we can well afford to I
disregard the rantings and the railings of our malicious detractors
whose outpourings of venom tend to hurt nobody but themselves. But
tee must stand squarely hack of those who bellying in the mission of
the Jew in the world, are it spokesmen of the Jewish cause and, by
that token, friends of humanity as \veil.
The Purim story should impress no lesson more forcibly than this
that what we need today is the united effort and the whole-souled en-
thusiasm of those touched by the Jewish spirit. \\'e have paid too
ouch attention of late to the vicious and the foolish charges that have
been made against its by senseless and selfish propagandists. The
Ilamans will lyork their ova destruction, but the Nlordecais and the
Esthers require and deserve the loyal support and the unquestioned
appreciation of their co-religionists.
Mothers and Daughters
Those who are at all alert to existing conditions cannot be stir-
prised that at last the responsible heads of our high schools have
aroused themselves to the necessity of action in regard to the moral
conditions prevailing among their pupils of both sexes. Perhaps the
claimer of the situation has been somewhat exaggerated and a great
inji lice may have been done to the overwhelming majority of high
school boys and girls by the articles appearing under flaring headlines
in the public press and in which the moral laxity of practically all the
young people was implied.
lVe should be very loath to believe that any such implication would
be even in a small degree justified. .\ s a matter of fact, we are firm
in the conviction that most young men and young women not only arc
able to take care of themselves, but that they have as keen a conscience
in regard to the maintenance of their self-respect as ever had the young
people of any other generation.
But the fact has remain that the folly of a few has made rather
drastic action necessary. If it is true that the dances in which high
school students participate are frequently so suggetise in character as
to verge upon indecency, if it is true as is maintained that kottng girls;
are in the habit of changing the garments with which they leave home
before going to the dance hall. if it is true that they come to their class
moms so painted that frequently they must be ordered by their teachers
to wash their faces and if other things of similar character are true. it
is high time that strenuous measures were taken to put an end to them.
But the fact stands out that the fault lies less with these young girls
than with their mothers. It passe: our imagination how mothers can lie
so utterly blind—one might use a stronger term in dealing with such a
situation--as to permit their young daughters to lay themselves (yen
to the temptations that they do.
The confession on the part of ' , Mlle mothers that they have no influ-
ence over their daughters in matters of this kind. i; a confession of their
failure to meet the most sacred obligations that can come to any
woman. But we believe that most mothers fail in matters of this sort
largely because they themselves do not take the pains to study what is
best for their children. This is a severe indictment of women and one
which we do not lightly make, Ind unfortunately, it seems to justify it-
self. Too many mothers care for the outward appearance of tiled
daughters, forgetful of the fact that extremes in dress, indulgence in
the suggestive (latices, unchaperoned automobile parties, and the other
indulgences complained of by our high school authorities must tend to
lower moral resistance of their girls.
Fortunately, the mothers who are thus blind :111 ■ 1 weak, are 11111para-
lively. few. But let these heware. 'Ile necessity of the high school
principals calling their meetings this week to discuss the moral situation
of the young people should he a warning to them. If these daughters
go wrong, the blame trill rest as much upon the mothers' shoulders as
upon the teachers'. We believe that these meetings and others of similar
character will go far to awaken both mothers and daughters to the
moral dangers that confront them. And if this is accomplished, even
the unpleasantness of facing the existing situation frankly and fairly
will have been amply coinpensated.
Dr. Samuel Wolf enstein
Even though he had been ill for a long time, the passing to his restart
of 1)r. Samuel 11'olfenstein, for many years the beloved Superintendent
of the Cleveland Orphan .\ sylinti, comes as a distinct shock to the col-
leagues who honored him and to the thousands of men and women w
as children called him "father." It is questionable whether there is
another man among the rabbis, the influence of whose personality
stamped itself upon so many men and women as was the case with Dr.
1Volfenstein.
In dies.: days. w hen our w hole conception of the child caring prob-
lem has been so radically changed, when social workers who have even
a,faint conception of the needs of childhood frown upon the Orphan
Asylum-and insist upon placing dependent children in homes, there is
vet a far reaching opinion that if amore men of the type of Samuel Wolf-
enstein might be found , the evil of the Orphan system would
under their inspiration be greatly mitigated.
It required nothing Ie..; than genius of the highest (inlet - on the part
of this man, to convert an institution caring for many hundreds of chil-
dren under ode roof, mitt a home with the home spirit and the home
ideal. 1Ve question whether there is another man living Delay who could
have net the same problem with the same degree of success.
nd it is because of this rare ability, that those vi Ito were his wards
Iiiok upon hint not in the role of benefactor or even of teacher. but rather
as devoted father and kind and understanding friend. It is no small
tribute to hint that of the thousands of boys and girls reared under his
paternal care, the records show that very few hate departed from the
path of clean living, while an unusual plan-non of them have risen to
places of prominence and tt ,efultiess in the professional and business
world.
Dr. 1Volfenstein was a scholar of no mean parts and a preacher of
ability. But lie will he remembered chiefly as the of the father-
less and the friend of the friendless. His life should be a high inspira-
tion to all those win have to do with our child caring agencies. Surely
his memory will be greatly blessed.
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FROM PIFFLE TO POGROM
(The New Age.)
Our beloved country has been
called "The land where hatred ex-
pires." It is indeed the land where
hatred should expire: for here, to use
a Masonic expression, "we meet on
the level and part on the square."
We have no state religion to impose
on the people; our public schools are
secular in character; and a man may
believe what he pleases. And yet,
despite all these advantages of lib-
erty, an anti-Semitic movement—
one of the inheritances of an effete
Europe—is being organized in Amer-
ica by irresponsible people. It is
founded on mere piffle; and can
never end in a pogrom in a nation
like the United States, but it can
stir up racial hatreds and alienate
people who should otherwise be
friends. This anti-Jewish propa-
ganda is not intended for the con-
sumption of intelligent persons, but
is an appeal to the ignorant; for we
cannot imagine for one moment that
any well-informed man or woman
would put the slightest credence in
such piffle. A deliberate and system-
atic effort to arouse public opinion
against our Jewish fellow citizens
and to bring about their social, po-
litical and economic ostracism—
which is a species of pogrom minus
the personal violence, is to us un-
speakable. The anti-Semitic move-
ment is based on the idea that there
is a Jewish conspiracy to destroy
Christianity, and to dominate the
world. Forged documents of Rus-
sian or i gin
been produced,
called "The Protocols of the Learned
Elders of Zion," to prove the exist-
ence of such a conspiracy and the
country flooded with them. We have,
in our Christmas editorial, dwelt on
this subject, and shall not go into it
again. The so-called "protocols" are
too silly for words, and when re-
ceived by anyone possessed of an
atom of common sense should be
carefully placed on the fire and re-
duced to ashes, for they belong with
such categories as the balloon hoax,
Barnum's white elephant, a journey
to the center of the earth, and other
pirnications of the past. And then
there is the effort to mix up Free-
masonry with this anti-Semitic prop-
aganda to denounce Jews and Free-
masons in one breath as dangerous
to the state. Who are thh real au-
thors of this attempt at persecution?
It is difficult to run them down. We
know who the propagandists of the
movement are in England and Amer-
ica, but the real "nigger in the wood-
pile"—ah, there we are in doubt!
Some say that the movement eman-
ated originally from Germany—the
classical country of anti-Semitism—
and others from Russin; but we con-
fess that we do not know for cer-
tain. It is high time for Freemasons
of all tlegres to combat this display
of anti-Semitism, and stand by the
side of their Jewish brothers. But
one may say, "Why pay attention to
such piffle? Why not treat this inter-
national cabal against the Jews with
the contempt that it deserves? If let
alone it will peter out, and die a
natural death." Well, this is the
easy way of meeting slander and
libel; but it is not always the most
judicious way. Constant dropping
will wear away a stone. Constant
lies iterated and reiterated in pub-
lic will eventually to their deadly
work. No, let us combat the anti-
Semitic movement with all our pow-
er; and fight the devil with fire.
ANTI-SEMITISM COL.
LAPSES
(The News Leader, Richmond, Va.)
The anti-Semitic campaign in the
United States has proved a fiasco.
A sinister importation, fruit of the
jealous clam system of the con-
tinent, it was marketed in this coun-
try' by unknown men of manifest
means. The absurd and puerile
forgery known as the "Protocols"
was distributed broadcast by the pub-
fishers. A rabid series of articles
styled "The Cause of the World Un-
rest" had a more limited but some-
what gratuitous circulation. Henry
Ford's "Dearborn Independent" has
given much space to -vied and in-
sane attacks upon the Jews. All
alike failed utterly to awaken inter-
est, much less to arouse hostility
against men of Jewish blood.
it was inevitably so, in the long
view, for the spirit that spreads anti-
Semitism and the spirit that feeds
on it, cannot grow in America. The
light of democracy destroys it. Im-
mediately, however, the absolute in-
ability of this (lark and hateful feel-
ing to attract even passing attention
is to be taken as a tribute to the
Jews of the United States—to their
character, their patriotism and their
services. Many a man, in pondering
the strange phenomenon of anti-
: Semitism, has been led to new ad-
miration of those qualities that have
made the Jew what he is in Ameri-
, can life today.
Well worthy of study and emula-
tion, many of those qualities are.
Take • Jewish boy, put him to work
and you find him untiring. Ile
neither spares himself nor his hours.
Ambition spure him on; he labors
to excel. If he is poor, he saves.
If he is well-to-do, he does not squan-
der. Year in, year out, he toils un-
remitingly. Then, when a compet-
ence is made, he retires from busi-
ness or passes on the detail to oth-
ers and gives himself to the pleas-
ure of his family and of his friends.
this alleged love of money is a myth,
or at least it is a love that serves a
greater-love--that of his household.
He wants his children launched in
life more auspideisly than woo he.
He wants his wife to have comforts.
He will stint himself until he attains
that which suffices for his needs—
and then he stops accumulating. This
patient self-control and this indomit-
able persistence are the inheritance
of those long centuries of repression
and of discipline under which the
Jew suffered. In fruition these qual-
ities make him the model father of
a family. At the name time, they
keep him from great wealth: On the
fingers of a single hand one may
name all the outstanding American
Jews who have made a moderate for-
tune and have continued thereafter
to seek riches.
Simultaneously, in the free air of
America, the Jew has made the posi-
tive application of the Mosaic law.
When assailed, he can strike back—
yes, "an eye for an eye." But when
he is treated fairly he does not shun
the other obligation the ancient man-
date imposes. Hence it is that when
a Jew believes in you, nothing can
shake him; that when he loves you
he will never forsake you; and that
when his honor is pledged, it is never
betrayed. In public service, the
American has found his Jewish fel-
low-citizen as zealous, as active, in
small things as in great. Ile may be
a l'aul Ilymans, heading a league of
nations; he may be a Monash, lead-
ing the magnificent troops of Aus-
tralia; he may be ,resident of a
great nations-for Mil erandl has Jew-
ish blood in his veins; or he may be
assigned to some humble task in a
city's interest: The skirt always is
the same. No citizen of Richmond
who has ever had n share in any of
the "campaign drives" and has
watched the work of individuals has
failed to notice the thoroughness,
the loyalty and the enthusiasm of
the Jewish members. Even in such
things as a tag day, it may be net
down us II fact that never has a Jew-
ish girl failed to meet her appoint-
ment and to work hard at her sta-
tion until relieved.
To dwell upon these things in
Richmond, of course, is superfluous.
This old city owes too many of its
industries to Jews, too much of its
prosperity, too much of its spirit,
and, in war-time, too much of its
safety to fail in righteous resentment
of any attack upon them. But it is
the same, in varying degree, through-
out the country. Anti-Semitism can
never spread here. Sooner or later,
its wretched advocates will realize
this and will leave in the enjoyment
of their rights men who serve their
country and their God.
DETROIT BOY WINS
HONORS AT U. of M.
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ni h81 Kirby aventle, east, is one of
the lire men honored by the law tar-
ulty of the University of Michigan by
election to the Order of Coif, do
highest honor conferred on a senior
law staltnt. Election to this national
honorary law fraternity is made
chiefly on the basis of scholarship.
August is one of the student editors
of the Michigan Law Review, repre-
sented the mu-Wert:4 as a Melillo, 1 .f
its debating tesins twice, and in Pile
was 'varsity orator. representing( Mich-
igan in an interstate oratorical con-
test in which seven other colleges
were entered. Ile received his
in 1010. and is a .member of Delta
Sigma Rho, national honorary for-
ensic fraternity.
August is active in Jewish affairs
on the Michigan cadmus, at one time
having held the office of president of
the Nlenorah, as well as other offices
of importance, in Menorah, Study.
Congregation and I. Z. A.
Y. P. S. WILL OFFER
TWO SHORT PLAYS
The Young People's Society of
Temple Beth El will stage the fourth
and fifth of a series of one-act
sketches Sunday evening, March 27,
in addition to the regular member-
ship meeting and dance.
the plays to be presented are
"Sham" and "A Marriage Has Been
Arranged," the former having been
written by Professor Frank G. Tom-
kins, head of the English Depart-
ment of Junior College. This sketch
has been used to open the Theater of
Arts and ('rafts in Detroit and has
also been presented in the Little
Theater of Chicago.
This sketch will include the fol-
lowing cast: Nina Weinberg, Gerald
Sandorf, Isadore Edwards and Jack
Friedman. The second sketch is a
satire on modern social affairs and
will be enacted by Carolyn Epstein
and Jss.ph Burak. Both playlets
are being presented under the direc-
tion of Sylvan Groaner, as were the
previous ones.
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LETTER. 13 0 X ]
Hebrew at Methodist Church.
Editor Jewish Chronicle: A me-
morial service over the demise of
Rev. William A. Kloeppel, minister
of the First Baptist Church of
Patchogue, N. I., was held at the
local Methodist Tabernacle, the
largest and the handsomest Prayer
House of the town, into the partici-
pation of which the ministers of all
religions, Jewish inclusive, were in-
vited. The lamented Rev. Mr.
Kloeppel, it is worthy of note, was
a staunch friend of both the Hebrew
people and the Hebrew tongue, man-
ifesting these trails and tendencies,
time and again, on various occasions.
After the High Council at San
Remo approved of the British gen-
erosity, expres:ed in the Balfour
Declaration, acceding to give Pales-
tine to the Jews as a national home-
land, Wm. A. Kloeppel came to the
Synagogue of your humble servant,
in the course of the latter's Fridley
night divine services, conducted by
the junior members of the congre-
gation both in Hebrew and English,
and offered friendly congratulations,
praising the performers for their
loyalty to the ancestral inheritance
and admiring their wonderful han-
dling of the Ilebrew prayers and
their remarkable reading of the orig-
inal Psalmodies.
Recently, at the burning of the
mortgage of their church by the
First Baptist congregation, inviting
the Jewish Rabbi for participation
in the services, a special request for
Ilebrew recitations by female mem-
bers of the Synaogue was pleadingly
added, which the writer of these lines
gladly and satisfactorily accepted,
selecting two little Jewish maidens,
Bella Solberg and Sarah Gersowitz,
aged 10 years, local prodigies, who
performed . the mission with docility
and precision, reciting at the Bap-
tist Church, before a Christian audi-
ence, the seventh chapter of Second
Samuel and the sixth chapter of
First Kings, dealing as these prophe-
cies are with the edification of the
Temple in Jerusalem.
And because of the particular ad-
miration of Minister Kloeppel of the
Hebrew tongue and his singular ap-
preciation of the sacred language of
the Old Testament, your correspon-
dent, the Jewish Rabbi, amidst a
Christian gathering, began his eu-
logy in Ilebrew, quoting Isaiah, :Mi-
cah, :Malachi and Talmudic litera-
ture, emphasizin the good qualities
of the Christian minister who
brought messages of Judaism to the
Jews and encouraged them in their
study of the Hebrew tongue.
NACHMAN IIELLER,
Rabbi Hebrew Congregation,
Patchogue, N. Y.
CONFERENCE WILL
DISCUSS CONGRESS
Meeting Opening This Sunday Morn-
ing to Be Add
d by Dr.
Schmarya Levin.
Much interest is attached to the
Preliminary•Conference for an Am-
erican Jewish Congress which will
he held in New York City beginning
next Sunday morning. Sessions will
be held at Hotel Astor, Broadway
and Forty-fourth street, and at Rum-
ford Hall, 50 East Forty-first street.
The l'reliminary Conference is to
lay the foundations of a permanent
organization of American Jewry in
keeping with the resolutions adopted
by the delegates who met in Phila-
delphia last May. It is to be at-
tended by all the delegates to the
former American Jewish Congress
and by the representatives of all the
various national and central organiz-
ations in all parts of the country.
The opening session will be ad-
dressed by Dr. Schmarja Lewin, the
noted Zionist leader and orator, who,
it is expected, will give a resume on
the present Jewish situation abroad
as well as on the most recent de-
velopments with regard to the re-
establishment of the Jewish Home-
land in Palestine. The official call
to the conference, signed by Nathan
Straus as chairman, Morris Rothen-
berg as chairman of the Executive
Committee of the l'rovisional Or-
ganization for an American Jewish
Congress, and the other officers, pre-
sents the Jewish situation in the fol-
lowing words:
"Recent events have with signifi-
cant force illustrated anew the need
of a central organization to speak
mind to act for all the different groups
of American Israel. Abroad our
sorely tried and harrassed brethren
of Eastern Europe look to us for as-
sistance in helping them to maintain
the rights gained at the Peace Con-
ference and to further the efforts to
have brought into effect the clauses
in the treaties intended to safeguard
their rights which still remain dead
letters. At home the mediaeval
menace of anti-Semitism has reared
its ugly head.
"The historic opportunity which is
now offered for the rebuilding of
Palestine imposes new duties upon
the organized Jews of this and other
lands. But the Jewries of European
lands for the most part are still
broken and impoverished as a result
of the great war and tens of thou-
sands of refugees crowding into
capitals of many lands and seeking
a haven of rest and a place of fruit-
ful labor constitute a difficult prob-
lem for themselves which is urgently
pressing for solution.
"In this solemn and fateful hour
we call upon your organization and
upon all other Jewish organizations
and communities organized in local
Congress committees in this country
to join us in the effort to muster all
Jewish forces in behalf of the safety,
the welfare and the good name of
Israel."
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An East End Rabbi
A pallid sunlight filters through the panes
Dingy with dirt neglected, and it falls
Upon rude benches and ill-tended walls
And on the single figure that remains
Crouching above the holy book, and strains
A rapt gaze to the Hebrew capitals.
Out in the ragged street a hawker calls,
A wagon rattles harshly, and the trains
Roar over sounding arches. But the old
Graybeard, his tall hat pressed above his ears.
His Sabbath frock-coat caught in sweeping fold
About his knees, his palms beneath his chin,
Deaf to the world, sits silent, drinking in
The golden wisdom of forgotten years.
LEOPOLD SPERO
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GAS. -H-. JOSEPH--
It was sure to happen I predicted it two weeks ago. President
Wilson vetoed that ridiculous immigration bill as he had vetoed others
equally ridiculous that have been passed by Congress during his eight
years of administration. That showed that Mr. Wilson as sick as he
is still has more real brain•power left than is to be found in the ma-
jority of Congress. I have believed and still believe in • Federal non-
partisan commission to handle the immigration question and think that
President Harding will render • signal service to the nation if he is
successful in creating such • commission.
So housewives with domestic•help problems can breathe • little
easier for the time being, as the bars at the ports of New York and
other American ports will not be raised for • while yet. But they had
better get their houses in order, hermits there will be some sort of
• restrictive measure adopted that will materially reduce the number
of domestic "specialists," "upstairs, downstairs and in my lady's
chamber."
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Frank Harris, the eccentric Irishman who seems to know more
notables than any other living human, and whose sharp pen and
equally sharp tongue have made many unforgiving enemies, rushes
to the defense of the Jews in the current issue of "Pearson's" maga-
zine. But it's not • good job; not nearly is good as a brilliant mind
like Harris can do if will get down to the job. It looks very much
as if Frank wanted a "cover" feature, and hurried this article in
while the press was waiting.
This reminds me that MacMillan's have issued Lucien Wolf's three
articles exploding the "menace of • Jewish conspiracy" in book form
at 50 cents • copy. These articles appeared in the London Man-
cheater Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and another English paper the
name of which has escaped our memory. Wolf is one of the ablest
of English Jews and whatever he writes on • Jewish subject is worth
reading.
I really must use up three or four paragraphs to tell you about the
reasons for Lord Reading's appointment as Viceroy of India. There
has been so much discussion as to why and wherefore of the appoint-
ment of a Jew to highest position within the gift of the British crown.
Again I must give credit to "Pearson's." The office carries with it
• yearly stipend of about one hundred and twenty-five thousand dol-
lars and in this instance Lord Reading continues to draw his salary
as Chief Justice of some forty thousand • year—rather a tidy sum—
when computed.
Here is the story—believe it or not as you please
Reading has
won golden opinions as Lord Chief Justice; he has not only displayed
amazing ability and a great knowledge of men, but he has been dig-
nified, courteous and has repeatedly shown patience ■ and generosity
of • high order. When presiding over appeals in the Military Service
Acts cases, everyone was struck with the t way he has handled
the peculiar beliefs of ministers of every denomination. Everyone
was surprised at Lord Reading's intensely sympathetic treatment of
their peculiar ideas.
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In every office, put to the severest test under the most trying sir-
cumstances and in the most delicate situations, Reading has risen
easily to the demands of every occasion. And now when England is
faced with real troubles in India, the most important of which at this
time is Mahatma Gandhi, Saint, who believes in the Tolstoyan creed
of non-resistance to English domination and non-acceptance of Eng-
lish civilization. And Ganddhi has won over not alone the Hindus
but the Moslems as well.
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So England, looking around for the best man to cope with one
of the most critical situations, chose Reading—and it is said that he
is the only man England has to pit against Mahatma Gandhi with
any show of success. The question of Jew never entered into the
calculations f Lloyd George; he had to have the best man, and he
,,tauk Readin, feeling -4 Reading can't "put it across no one can.
Md. that's why Lo a Curzon consented to the appointment of a Jew.
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Amiel's Journal—mod of us know it. Now some new letter. of
Amiel have been discovered and translated—letters written from
Switzerland to a cousin who went to Nebraska and joined a Com-
munist Colony known as !aria. I wish the all too many Jews w ho
attempt to seek a panacea for all the ills of human society through
the in troduction of new "isms" that seek an external readjustment
of social forms and conditions would read some of these letters which
appear in the "Atlantic."
Many years ago the late Rabbi J. Leonard Levy, of Pittsburgh.
a Jew who belonged not merely to Pittsburgh but to the whole coun -
try, said that no "system" could be devised that would create an ideal
condition in society, but that the change must be made in the mind
and in the heart of the individual—remove selfishness—which com-
prehends, of course, covetousness, greed and all the rest of the liar
Of undesirable qualities that are so human—then new economic ad-
justments might have some value.
So Amiel, writing to his cousin, says: "It is the old error of
Rousseau, •nd con in regarding the social structure, and that
alone, as • source of evil and vice and disorder, and in believing that
by changing the environment and protecting him against these eatl
influences, man has no option but to be good . . ." But, if under
the most f Me surroundings, • man can still develop evil instincts,
in other words if the origin of evil is within himself, and not in things,
your theory is vulnerable"—
Another achievement of Appleton, Wisconsin. As if it were not
to give that capable Jewess Edna Ferber to the world, for good meas-
ure it added Houdini, the mysterious, otherwise Harry Weiss, son of
Rabbi Mayer Weiss This is another proof of • world-wide conspiracy
of the Jews to fool the Gentiles. Because all of us most admit if we
■ are honest that Houdidni does fool every one. On the other hand, 0
is but another demonstration of the fact that when • man, whether
he be • Jew or a Gentile, perfects himself by diligent application to
whatever task he assays, he makes • success.
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