Amu ei PAGE FOUR E ')Enconlixissi Rom luz MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION Published Weekly by The Jewish‘thronicle Publishing Co., Inc. Jcseph J. Cummins, President. Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, Midi.. wader the Act of Marsh 1, 1879. General Offices and Publication Building 850 High Street West Cable Address: Telephones: Chronicle Glendale 8326 LONDON OFFICE 14 STRATFORD PLACE LONDON, W. 1, ENGLAND Subscription, in Advance • 13.0O Per Yeal To Insure publication. all correspondence and news matter must reach this office by Tuesday el ening of each week. RABBI LEO,M. FRANKLIN. Editorial Contributor The Jewish chront.li' invites correspondence on subjects of interest to the Jewish people. but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the view expressed by the writers. March 25, 1921. • sri 2 Adar Sheni 15, 5681. Organizing Anti-Semitism. vocations and, moreover, the results of the efforts put forth by the•rabbi are not always as obvious or as tangible as the fruits of other men's endeavors. Moreover, there has been a far-reaching opinion which those who know the truth are unanimous in branding as utterly unfounded. that the ministry is not. in the best sense of the word, a man's job. The fact is that the very reverse of this is true and could men and women know what a direct and often what a tremendous influence is exerted upon the per- sonal and the social life by the minister, they would soon com- prehend that the task of the rabbi is one well worth the efforts of the staunchest and theemos virile of our young men. More- over. the work performed by the rabbi is by no means without its compensations to those who value service and the honest pursuit of an ideal. • At the Hebrew Union College, which is the only theological school in this country for the training of rabbis for Reform con- gregations—and we imagine the same is true of the Jewish Theological Seminary of New York:which is more conserva- tive.i% spirit—the equipment is such that a very much larger number of students than are presently enrolled could be com- fortably and adequately provided for. We therefore commend to the parents of young men who are clean of character and keen of intellect and who are willing to make some sort of sacrifice for their fathers' faith. to turn the thoughts of these men to the ministry. Those who take up the rabbinate in the proper spirit anti with true devotion to the cause will never have cause to regret it.' It will be to them a means of high service to their fellows as well as a proper vehicle for true self-realization. It passe; belief that in this twentieth century. there is a Good Friday Closing. spot anywhere on earth where such a gathering as that which • The Acting Mayor of the City of Detroit has issued a assembled in the City of Vienna within the past fortnight. pre-;:tmation calling upon the business men of the city to close could have taken place. We refer. of course. to the Austrian . their places of business from 12 to 3 o'clock on Good Friday. Anti-Semitc Congress which foregathered there as preliminary There is no question that the vast majority of Jewish mer- to a World Anti-Semitic Congress to be held in Budapest some chants will. as a mark of respect to their Christian fri.bids, time during the coming fall. gladly accede to this request and shut down their places of It is the purpose of this organization to gather al the anti- business at the time stated. Semite forces of the world, that they may take counsel together This is as it should be. One religious group should show as to the sspeediest and most effecive way of ridding the world respect. so far as they can without violence to their own con- of its Jews. So far as we Jews are concerned. this gathering victions. to the sincere sentiments of neighboring religious in no way affrights us. It shocks us, however. as being a hor- groups. Indeed, if there is any one thing for which America rible commentary upon what little Christianity has been able should stand sponsor above others. it is a cordial religious fel- to accomplish in the cause of human brotherhood during these lowship among the various denominations. twenty centuries of its existence. But the meeting at Vienna. To be sure. Good Fr:day. and particularly the hours of like the pogrom at Berlin which preceded it by a few days, the day that recall the crucifixion of the Man of Nas••eth. inerests•us for another reason. It indicates definitely from a does not holcdfor the Jew the same sacred reminiscences as it new angle the German origin of the tidal wave of anti-Semitism does for his Christian brethren. To him it is.a time of sadness that has been sweeping the earth, including our own beloved and of suffering, for it recalls to mind how upon him has been country. It tells anew those who are spreading the virus of laid the resprsosibility for an act whiCh history proves he did race hatred and of religious antagonism are taking their inspir- not commit and which. in the nature of things. every student ation, nay, perhaps. they are even taking their orders from of history knows that it would have been impossible for him those countries against whose barbaric and inhuman cruelties to commit. The responsibility for the crucifixion or the Chris- this country and her allies rose in their strength and against tian Savior rests upon the Romans. in whom solely and alone— whom that war was waged in which the flower of our youth as is well known—was vested the right to pass and execute laid town their lives. the sentence of death in Judea in the time of Jesus. But the But it also tells something else. Germany and Austria to- classic lie that the Jews crucified Jesus has come down through day are not only humbled before the nations of the world, the ages. one of the most fruitful sources of the anti-Jewish but their people are starving and naked. and so burdened with prejudice and persecution that forms' so large a chapter in taxation that at any moment they are likely to rise against the the history of his martyrdom. newly esablished governments. Therefore, it needs that a But the Jew as a good neighbor is willing to forget this scapegoat shall be found upon whom shall be laid the burden and to join with his Christian friends this week in making it of having created the conditions out of which the war took Oossible for those who are moved to do so to join in worship rise. What better scapegoat to be found than the Sew. He in their various. churches. The good will of the Jew in this has always been the one ready at hand to bear the sins of the matter and his willingness to sink his. own emotions that are nations. One afer the other. governments caught in the nets quite as sacred as those of his Christian brothers. must not. which they have laid for their own people. have tried to divert however. give warrant to those in our state who are seeking the attention of their subjects from their own wickedness by to make Good Friday a legal holiday. to believe that he will urging them to vent their venom on the Jews. Germany and look upon this attempt as righteous and justified. The 'Jew Ausria are but repeating these tactics today. The pogroms at . will oppose this with every honorable means at his command Berlin. the Anti-Semitic Congress at 'Vienna, are but,thessips because he believes that it violates the fundamental American of their despair and of their degradation. principal of the separation of churct and states Voluntarily Therefore. the Jew need not fear them. He will go - on he will go very far to show his good will to his fellow Ameri- speeding the processes of civilization even when they. under cans of other faiths than his. But as an American, he will the righteous wrath of God. shall have gohe down to unmarked stand up for the protection of convictions and sentiments that graves. are as sacred to him as are the religious convictions and Rabbi Fox Speaks Out Once More. sentiments of any man of any .faith: And in this stand he feels In a recent issue of his paper. The Jewish Monitor. our definitely assured that he will have the sympathy and the co- genial colleague. Rabbi Fox. devotes two full pages to a dis- operation of every right-minded American of Christian faith. cussion of our editorial in which we expressed it as our humble opinion that it was poor judgment and worse taste for him to The Exhibit of Jewish•Arts and Crafts. have nominated a successor to Dr. Kohler as President of the it w as as a happy thought on the part o f the Educational De- Hebrew Union College before that great scholar had tendered partment of the Jewish Institute to arrange, for the splendid his resignation to the college authorities. Dr. Fox in his wis- exhibit of Jewish Arts and Crafts which during the past ten. dom does not agree with our opinion and is very frank in say- days has been viewed by many hundreds of persons in all ranks ing so. That again is a matter of taste. of life and by delegations from practically all the public schools We wonder. however, how the ethics of the-situation would of the city. The exhibt gathered together nomerous, varied strike Dr. Fox if some editorial writer would be minded to and very valuable examples not only of Jewish craftsmanship suggest through the columns of a public print to the Board of but as well some exceedingly interesting ceremonial objects Directors of his congregation at Fort Worth that while Dr. used in Jewish worship. Fox is a very learned gentleman and a good rabbi. he might Moreover. the addresses given each afternoon and evening better serve the cause of Israel by devoting all of his time and :n connection with the exhibit must have been highly stimulat- energies to the editorship of The Jewish Monitor. And pro- ing and of great educational value to those who heard them. ceeding upon this basis. what would Dr. Fox think of this gen- A permanent exhibit of this sort would be of great value. as tleman, who. not content with the suggestion merely that Fox it would throw considerable light upon many of the ritual prac- retire from the pulpit without a pension. would proceed at tices of the Jews that are now but little understood by the once to name for the position to be thus vacated. some other majority. rabbi as his particular choice? And suppose furtherthat this A traveling exhibit ofs this kind would also serve a useful gentleman. in the full belief that his judgment was saner and purpose., If we are not mistaken. an arrangement can be made his wisdom greater and hie interest in the cause to be served by communities in different parts of the country with the Na- surer than that of the Board of Trustees of Dr. Fox's congre- tional Federation of Temple Sisterhoods for the temporary - gation. would imply' that his advice was necessary in'the prem- loan of the splendid collection of ceremonial articles owned ises because these gentlemen of the board were prone to play by them and housed in the Hebrew Union College. politics for the advancement of their particular. friend, and s Some' of our congregations also have very good but •by no that therefore it was necesssary for him to speak out—what; ''m eans complete collections of ceremonial articles: It would we wonder. would be Dr. Fox's opinion of that gentleman and be worth while. we believe. for some concerted effort to be of the ethics of his position? made in our various communities to gather together ceremonial Yet. to be perfectly frank. this is exactly what Dr. Fox has articles of interest that are undoubtedly to be found in many done. The fact which he quotes. that as a result of his edi- of our homes but where their value is neither understood nor torial, a number of his colleagues have endorsed his candidate. appreciated. ••••• makes the situation no better if. in fact. it makes it no worse. A gift of such a collection would no doubt be of great value On the other hand. we might tell Dr. Fox that men of standing to our new Public Library • or even to our Art Museum. At in the American ministry. men whose loyalty to the interests any rate. the exhibit given here this week under the auspices of the college cannot be doubted. including his own candidate of the Jewish Institute has been suggestive as well as interest- for the presidency of the college. have endorsed our stand that ing. We trust that it wil_1.1Sadlo further endeavors along the the editorial in question was ill-timed and out of place. same line both here and In other communities. Now that Dr. Kohler has resigned. it is perfectly permis- • sible. we presume. for men who have the welfare of the college at heart to suggest the name of those whom they believe fitted by scholarship and by character to be considered as possible 0 7 104.-wee.."--..) . successors to Dr. Kohler But may we suggest that, even in that case. good judgment would dictate that these names be presented through private correspondence to the authorities __,....--Th tnsrr. up , the group to which they of the college and that names of men be not bandied about in (Ns.._ —7/ telong. and no one tries to brand the the public print as possible candidates for so exalted an office T-- / entire group for their wrongs. We as that of President of the Hebrew Union College? ....1 a... also know that whatever offense a 11 , 11111 I ll We regret to write this editorial. but Dr. Fox's reply to our J , t . • f. ; Jew may be guilty of is due entirely • ° t h .h i i i , iii,,,n di ii dn c u ileavleoi in httehhreei t :LI r a eol enni.: 71 ou n t r (.' . t no comment on his original statement unfortunately makes it ii " )1 k!.. 1111 I C .111 p u r a rt C 5 necessary. So far as we are concerned, the incident is now Ls-- closed. Rabbinical Students Needed. In his forceful address at Temple Beth El last Sunday morn- ing. Professor Julian Morgenstern, of the Hebrew Union Col- lege, made a very stirring plea to parents to encourage their boys fitted by character and ability to enter upon that work to consider seriously the rabbinate as a life vocation. The demand for religious leaders among Jews was never so great as today. For the fourteen men who are to be ordained as rabbis at the Hebrew Union College in June, more than fifty congregations have applied and Dr. Morgenstern predicts that within another few years there will be a demand for not less than one hundred new rabbis each year. This is entirely natural. New congregations are springing up in every corner of the land and the older established congre- gations gaining in strength and numbers are finding that their activities are so many and so varied that no one man can ade- quately supervise them all. Hence, assistants and associates are in demand. • There are perhaps more or less obvious reasons why young men are not attracted to the ministry in the same proportion as they turn to other professions. From the material stand- point. the rabbinate is. as a rule, not as attractive as other once that produces offenders in any other group, and not to the fact that he is a Jew of Jewish descent. If, for instance. a Jewish youth develops American Jewish World. I into rammer and gunman, it is for the tame reasons that youths of other These are times when it behooves groups, be they Yankee, Irish, Scan- us Jews in America to sternly set dinavian, or Italian. at and the our faces against any evil doer in present time Dutch become gangsters our midst, or even against any occa- hold-up artists. Time was when a sion or temptation for any one in youthful Jewish highwayman was must be higher1 Let us, then, take this lesson to heart. Let some large representative Jewish organization of every community turn a search- light on every nook and corner where there is ground for suspicion that some one of our own is en- gaged in some course of action or conduct, be it civic or commercial, that will bring him into conflict with the law. Let us use every lawful means to bring. pressure to bear upon such a one to make him desist. Let no Jew be connected with any ques- tionable line of business. Should such a one refuse to heed our de- mand, then complete ostracism and silent excommunication from our midst would be as severe a punish- ment for such a one as the law could ever inflict. At least, we should then have done our duty, our duty to our- selves, to the name Jew. It is in line with this duty and this necessity that we must urge our peo- ple, even the most orthodox, to de- clare to our government that we do not wish to avail ourselves of the privilege of using fermented wine for sacramental purposes. Pure, tin. fermeted grape-juice will answ" • the purpose just as well. The temptation is always there for sonic one to abuse the privilege, and again to re- flect discredit upon us. It is in line with this duty to ourselves at the present time not to take any stand as Jews against any "blue" laws that the so-called reformers of our coun- try wish to see - enacted. Every Jew as an individual and as a citizen may I juin any organization, civic or po- litical, that will tight with fair means against such legislation. But let us not do so as Jews. Let us put no weapon into the hands of our enemies to be used against us. If all our fellow-citizens were fair to us, if they judged us without ma- lice or prejudice, we should be un- der no such restraint. But they are not fair to us, and malice and preju- dice against us are spreading. By insisting too strongly on every right and every liberty we shall harm not only ourselves, but also those unfor- tunate thousands who are longingly turning their gaze toward this coun- try as their future haven of refuge. LETTE1R. El OX PURIM Editor Jewish Chronicle: By the time your esteemed paper will be published, the Purim festivities will be over and the season of most joy for the Jew will have passed. Never. theless, I to not think it will to all be out of place to make comment on the lessons that can be derived from the Purim festival. The writer sincerely regrets the feat that Purim is a holiday of only one day's duration, and his wish is that a holiday of the type of Purim could be extended to last for a period long enough tq make the impression it can make upon the minds o f Jews. It is also to be regretted that a holi- day with so many moral lessons should be graded by our synagoguel heads as a - minor holiday." To me Purim is more than a minor festival. At this particular time I believe that Purim teaches us the example of the'llamans--ancient and modern—who would undermine our very existence as a people. It is needless to say but that the tribe of Haman was not exterminated with the original one, but that with ever: age a new Haman is certain to soling up. But what the story- of Purim teaches us 1;, trot that the Haman tribe is an eternal one. I rather be- lieve that the moral lesson of Purim is that the Jew who fears these 'le- mons is a historical coward, because no Haman has as yet triumphed, nor will ever triumph. History repeats itself, and with it we witness a con- stant repetition of the downfall of one Haman after another, one Jew- baiter after another, and the even- tual failures of all movements that are aimed against our people. Truly. "Israel's Fuardian neither sleeps nor sluTmhbeer a s. e' atest lesson the writer can learn from Purim he derives from the noble character of Mordecai, and what he would conclude from it is that the time is here when the Jews should act as Mordecai. I believe that there is too much "knee-bend- ing" being done before our modern Hamans. I believe that in offering our reply to Jew-baiters we are too soft-tongued and rather give one an impression of seeking compromises. That is the only thing I could infer from the manner in which the nas- tiest lies of modern anti-Semites have been answered by our Jews. Purim should teach us not to fear and to learn to look peoPle straight in the eye, for our cause is-a righte- ous one, and we have a right to be proud of our inheritance. Then we must not forget Esther, whose brave life recalls that: "The path of the righteous is ever God's vigilant rare and cause, And honesty, virtue and justice, Are heaven's immutable laws." The signs of the times are that Purim has a greater future in store for it. In the past few years it has become the holiday of the younger generation and is being celebrated in a manner worth while. We hear of Purim masquerades; we hear of Hebrew and • Sabbath scholos cele- brating the festival by entertainment and show, and that is encouraging. It gives one the hope that the com- ing generation will not fail us in our tasks and will nobly uphold Israel's banner and Israel's ideal. It gives one the hope that the future genera- tion of Jews will be a much more free people that will not bend a knee for -anyone as long as the righteous ideals of our people are involved. PHOEBUS. REMOVE THE EVIL our midst to do evil. It is a sad the rarest.bird imaginable. We Jews commentary- on this our twentieth present position in the world in cen- are not responsible, at least no more than other for the conditions tury- and on the attitude of the so- under which groups, we at 41e present time called enlightened portion of human- - live. sty towards us, that we should labor under such a necessity. We know But the fact remains that as soon that at any time and in any country as a Jewish name appears in print we Jews have never had a propor- in connection with any crime or law tionately larger number of wrong violation. we all hang our heads in doers. criminals or law-breakers, shame and grief. for we know what than any other group; that, on the our enemies say, and what capital contrary, certain kinds of criminal- they make of it against us. Does ity. especially crimes of violence, it not seem as tf a Divine Wisdom were at one time so race in our midst I is thus teaching us the wholesome as to be entirely unnoticed. We i s lesson that it is not enough that we also know that the evil doers of any Jews as a group are as good or any other group are individually .branded' other group. but that we must be as such and no reflection is cast by Lett. r and that our average in,rasts • FaitlIrr . . A face more vivid than he dreamed'who drew tit Thy portrait in that thrilling tale of old! Dead queen, we see thee still, thy beauty cold As beautiful; thy dauntless heart which knev. No fear,—not even of a king who slew At pleasure; maiden heart which was not sold, Though all the maiden flesh the king's red gold No hour saw thee forget his miser y; Did buy! The loyal daughter of the Jew Thou wert not queen until thy race went free; Yet thoughtful hearts, that ponder slow and sleep, Find doubful reverence at last for thee; Thou heldest thy race too dear, thyself too cheap ; Honor no second place for truth can keep . HELEN HUNT JACKSON. - - s jiiS011. 0Ir9 - 1-1T; GIA9. Who mad what is E. C. Liebold? Pipp, the former editor of the "Dearborn Independent," learns to believe that he is Ford's evil genius and the evil genius of the Jew; that it is Liebold's mind and Liebold's machinations that have made the present campaign possible. So sup- pose we find out something about Mr. Liebold; who he is, where he came from? Why does he hate the Jews so intensely that he is satis• fied to poison Mr. Ford's mind and to poiso n the mind of the Ame r i. can people? Let us concentrate on Liebold, Ford'. private secreta ry . One thing I am convinced of, and that is of E. G. Pipp'. honesty, and whatever he says mm , be considered with respect. Does anyone know anything of E. G. Liebold, Henry Ford's secretary? Let's look up his records. If you find anything, send it in. I am sure that'Mr. Liebold with his Prussian sympathies must have boiled inwardly whefi kk read the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin passed • resolution that inasmuch ■ as certain public are trying to stir up race hatred and creed hatred through the istri- bution of a pamphlet called "The International Jew," that the egis. store places itself on record as opposing such anti-rasa propaganda I don't know when Floyd Dell ever found that Jewish newspaper proprietor, Rosenthal, that he tells us about in his book, the "Moon Calf." If any man ought to know something of Jews, Floyd Dell is the man. But when he Iris, to tell us that Rosenthal threatened to discharge one of the reporters because he didn't want the name "Jew" mentioned in his paper because "Old Rosenthal thinks it's a reflection coa his race," it is an absurdity. The reporter in question had written in his article the sentence, "The B'nai B'rith, ■ benevolent association of Jews," and this was considered a valid reason for a Jew to discharge the writer. It shows how wide the mark some writers shoot when they deal with things Jewish. It is true that Rosenthal, the character in question, very properly objected to using the term "Jew" in connection with some overt act committed by an individual who might be • Jew. In other words he took the very sensible position that no one should report a fact in the following language: "Jacob Stein, • Jew peddler, was ted last night, etc., etc." But to give the reading public through such a widely read book as "The Moon Calf" (and a gone book it is, too) the impression that Jews do not want the name "Jew" mentioned in public print with reference to proper Jewish activities of a philanthropic, religious or social character is utterly misleading. And I think Mr. Dell should correct such a flagrant misreading of the real condition. The New York "Herald" suggests that m'• result of President Wilson's "pocket veto" of the Dillingham immigration bill, the cow, try will have an opportunity to get over its hysteria over the in.', in! . ho•des of immigrants who are going to ruin the c ountry. We certainly do become superlatively hysterical and effervesce in this country like a sedlits powder over certain situations that seen, preg- nant with evil consequences. Maybe the Saturday Evening Post ne in discussing this question, because it surely will now become sa has been erratic in its treatment of late. Rather exciting, this anti-Jewish business of Ford's—probably his son Edgel will be able to get • taste of that excitement nad action that he missed by side-stepping • trip to the "front" during the war. Dr. Burnley, who is in prison in connection with the New lork Even- ing Mail pro•German scandal, seems to have been • "buddy" of E. G. Liebold's, Ford's private secretary—and Liebold and Rumley agree that their anti-Jewish opinions, or rather their opinions of Jews and Jewish questions, were in accord—Rumley was out to see Liebold before the EveninirMail was bought — so now we know that Liebold, who seems to be the gentleman firing the bullets "made in Germany,", must have bens in sympathetic relations with the German propagan- dist. All this explains layet Ford was duped. Plenty of excitement for everyone these days around Feed's plant and estate. In the mean , while let's keep our eye on Liebold fso-nds like a German name), who will be smoked out in the open sooner or later. I beg leave to correct the Literary Digest's statement ti at "the Protestant and Catholic are concerned 'to rid the screen of the moral filth which is p tint the minds of our young' " by adding, the n t words "and Jew". Just because a large number of Jews err i er- ested in the movie industry does not in any way influence the Jewish press or the Jewish pulpit in sitting silently by while all the rottenness and filth of the movies are poured into the susceptible minds al the young. They are opposed with • all their power to this misuse a nd souse of one of the most potent forces in existence in influencing the minds of the public. There are Jews in the movie business who would be a disgrace to any business—they are evil men—not because they are Jews, but despite that fact. And being evil men and having only in mind get- ting whatever money they can rregardless—they sloop to anything that will bring them the results they have in mind. But there are other evil men, too, in the movies who are not Jews — exactly as there are high minded Jews and non-Jews in the industry. So please, we beg of our friends, do not make of this question a JEWISH issue, as some are trying to do. - •-eiee-• — - Rabbi Samuel Goldenson of the Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pitts. burgh, is going to deliver a sermon on "What is RIGHT with the. World?" mentioning in the announcement that some folks are w on- dering if there is ANYTHING RIGHT. Some philosophers believe that the normal condition of mankind is pain, and pleasure is merely the absence of pain. We hear so much, too, about this "vale of tears" and "life is just one thing after another." So it looks After summing up all the whine and the wail in the world that pain en, misery and suffering and evil are the positive forces in life, while the good things are the negative. I don't subscribe to that doctrine, but one can understand how easy it is to pin that impression. Maybe ighrteaidse ran D a rr.ou Gg oh ld o e u n t l n h tarvye train!. ewprtin „ s is o •tnhaytthJinegwisrh heteed ” t lane wil may world that contains so much wrong. NITED FUEL &SUPPLY Cr). BUILDING SUPPLIES & COAL Mb POT FOR TODAY OR TOMORROW BUT - BUILD FOR THE WITH SUPPLIES I P. P Fr Ed LEADING ARCHITECTS SPECIFY1 HEM - BEST BUILDERS USE THEM — -