The ne flito lT,A w i sf t( n itt vi i ca, PAGE FOUR Chesterton's Mothers' Day. /* ETRO IF JEWISH iti- RON I CIA 1 PASSOVER By proclamation of the Governor of this State, Mothers' Day will be celebrated on Sunday, May 8th. On this occasion, MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION preachers in their pulpits will be asked to stress the sanctity of the motherhood relationship and celebrations of various Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. By DR. STEPHEN S S. WISE. kinds will be held to bring mothers and their children into Joseph J. Cummins, President. closer sympathy with each other. "The New Jerusalem" is not the Entered as seconcklass matter March 3, 1916. at the Postoffice at Detroit. It is a rather sad comment upon our social situation that ,new Jerusal em edmabaudt ,jneliet ethaeliled, Ches- Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. such an institution as Mothers' Day should be deemed neces- go to Jerusalem, — sary at all. In fact, we have some question in our minds, General Offices and Publication Building it could not have been a simple whether a day specifically set aside to emphasize the proper , and matter to have transported all of G. 850 High Street West , et. Cable Address: relationship between mother and child is not superfluous. Even K i n hen ore one could oue lf d ( i t C; tliiithhr,— when Telephones: rite Chronicle though some believe that the foundations of our whole social', system are crumbling and while there are those who never tion Itr IgeastYas well ianad E n gPI at n cl SI e. Glendale 8326 LONDON OFFICE tire of witnessing to the decadence of the modern home, we I know not which is worse,—to 14 STRATFORD PLACE no shrines, as was said of Gib- cannot be quite so pessimistic. We have too much faith in have LONDON, W. I, ENGLAND bd otenlsi,aior , a4mesatye rb e said o f the un- womanhood, which manifests itself at its highest in mother.' ha e eeeeontee uto edeetoiteev n Yeas $3.00 Per hood, to believe that despite all the allurements that take shrine n and from Subscription, to Advance blacken every other altar. modern woman out of the home and that divide her interests and news matter must reach this The Chesterton theses on Jerusa- To Insure publication, all correspondence among all sorts of activities, the woman of today is less con- lem, ol d and new are quite familiar office by Tuesday evening of each week. trolled than was the woman of any other period in history by — "The New Witness" having Editorial Contributes that mother love which is her highest dignity as it is her achieved some fame as an old equivo FRANKLIN M. RABBI LEO cator. And the theses are,—well, to the noblest privilege, weekly The Jewish Chronicle Invites correspondence on subjects of Interest be found in . "New Jerusalem The First Declaration of Independence. the issue of Ford's journal, though un- tion as Mothers' Day is required to stress the filial duty of chil• Vorned by epigrams and on-enriched expressed by the writers. - dren. It is pointed out constantly by preachers and writers paradox. And again these theses Nisan 21, 5681. , — ) Jews are Jews: therefore they that children have lost their sense of respect for parents and are,—Jews April 29, 1921. cannot be patriots or gentlemen or that the old confidential relationship that obtained between father and son and, mother and daughter is altogether a thing Jou hr JewYs' must be treated as ec- Mr Hughes Is Vindicated. we recognize quite clearly on, -c i ass c iti , p while •ti zen s in Palestine and as o of the th pas t . For our art else. ry citizens ever When the press of the country spread broadcast the word that times have changed in these as in other matters, we are And it is all verifie by glowing al- that Hon. Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of States, had gone', not yet ready to endorse the view that the childhood of today And lusions to the Crusades with utter protralinvie before of his way to malign the Jews in his discussion of the immi- is altogether decadent. out to their I is true modern childhood is much indulged and our boys entire t shame. eral consensus of opinion n gration program, there was a Mr. ge Hughes the most conventional and that he had been misquoted. has always been and girls oftimes lose their sense of appreciation because of author, continental of anti-Semit es, is so u ber mem ll eld shaire recognized as a man imbued with a very keen sense of justice, the s rfeit of good things which they enjoy. But for all that, eager that the wor a t °Jae: lietw a man distinguished for his breadth of vision, a man who might our experience is happier than that of many who preach the hh -cf learsitsentsssa o fi t ee first nd for the prevailing pessimism. We believe that what has misled many a moat sta under all circumstances be depended upon to neither Papist nor Arab, of the first into believing that children have not a proper respect for their right than was the century, save as the e att si er s i of t • lay I And so it is not at all surprising that as soon as the matter parents o ay course the direct and purposive foun- had been called to his attention, M r. Hughes indignantly and case a generation ago upon the authority which parenthood ' der otate thethe r Roman church and tile. H trittaintiatiaai tron - saint o f e with great positiveness denied the allegation, not only that he confers. We recognize that the child is not a chattel and that anti- - had made the disparaging remarks concerning the Jews that' no parent has the right to presume ownership of its body and pr - "The New Jerusalem" had been imputed to him, but he categorically said: "I did : its soul. The child is an individual with rights quite as well ton In has achieved the distinction s- not make and did not intend to make any recommendations defined as the adult. The boy and the girl must be afforded writing the anti-Semite's Baedeker to not whatever regarding immigration in transmitting to Congress the opportunity of working out their lives in a normal way Palestine. Vulgarity may be mill- gated, but is not morally mended by reports from American Government agents abroad dealing with , under direction of their parents indeed but scarcely under brilliant form any more than men- their compulsion, is cleansed by putting on the the movement 'of emigrants to the United States." In other words , the American ideal of personal freedom is dacity pdox . stated that een trick garments o f au d ac ious paradox i In the Associated Press dispatches, it a The aim of Zionism, if one may Mr. Hughes had made such a recommendat ion and d h was also in the home as elsewhere replacing to a considerable extent presume t o offer any information to q uoted as saying that "our restriction on immigration should the old German idea of authority. As a result, children are a omniscience incarn " no to get be so rigid that it would be impossible for most of these peo- bit more free in their speech, in their acts and in their atti- rid of the Jewishate, is but to o get e m of their tid as e Jews pie to enter the United States, reference being made especially tudes than were those of a generation or two back, but we are by no means sure that they are any the worse for it. A greater, hgistsioem oppressors, whether these to Armenians, Jews, Persians and Russians. " The fact of the matter is that the quotation referred to was intimacy between parents and children has been established, assume the gaunt form of the erst- the while Pobiedonostieff in Russia ore ca- at best a paraphrase of a report from the American Consul but it is scarcely the sort of intimacy that breeds contempt. somewhat less gaunt form th I n at Tiflis and related only to a limited number of persons in. Rather it should be the fruitful mother of a healthy mutual so Engld. oan on in t vrting Chester England, but neither of England nor that district. The report of this Consul was only one of a confidence. which laughs with The celebration of Mothers' Day should tend above all to number of reports transmitted to the House and Senate Immi- vileged ester and on a a gration Committee by Mr. Hughes after Chairman Johnson emphasize this new phase of relationship. If it does that, it for England, all reactionary Privi- of pri the jesters of the House Committee had asked for information on the sub- will perhaps better fulfill a useful purpose than in any other as lege but laughs at Chesterton, the embryonic or full-blown statesman. ject. But in passing on these documents, Secretary of State way. To link the name of a Jewish dia- Hughes expressed no opinion as to the validity either of the mond-digger of the African Rand facts contained in them or as to the justification for any con- with that of Disraeli in the terms of a denial of the capacity of either to clusions that might be drawn from them. die for England may be Chester- It is important that this should be known, for it goes with- ' tonian, but it is also to falsify his- out saying that, in accordance with their usual code of ethics, tory and to suffer one's anti-Jewish certain anti-Semitic publications, in the face of Mr. Hughes' ' of its own teachings, and not upon, passion to extinguish one's sense of British fair play,—to say nothing of denial of responsibility for it, will use the quotation from the ---- the error weakness of any other form Christian compassion. Associated Press dispatch as though it actually represented c---- This may delight the editors of of belief. This fact has been pointed the words and the conviction of Mr. Hughes. out so frequently and convincingly "The New Witness" and less so- Pith (Our d most unfortunate, therefore, that such an error should that its further at exposition be phisticated hooligans, but it is not It is unnecessary this late should day. Ju- ir have occurred. Even though the denial had been given as ?..,_ c....uutemptIT art • cs \ deism is not "anti" this, that or the and infinitely burdensome, but it will much prominence as the original article, it would still not have other religion. Every intelligent per- history. Zionism is a problem, grave been entirely effective in removing the false impression that not Jew be solved in perfect by them Chestertonian,, that jeer of -N.._,, . son ought to understand wihtout dis- the = ,, art At any rate, we rejoice, a een bd ma e in many q uers. suasion sat argument that the asser- "Damn you, here is your last c • hd ed a It will I e l s h 0I, e though we are by no means surprised that Mr. Hughes acted tion of principles in which we be- take it i o JEWISH FARMERS a the s union solved r being is lieve is an act of positive affirmation. (The Jewish Ledger.) very promptly in publishing his denial, since it vindicated him Much favorable comment has been If others believe differently that is of the watcher at the gates of Zion, as the gentleman of honor, of justice and of American man- evoked by the gratifying results their concern. We do not deem it Britain, and of them that are enter- hood that we had always believed him to be. achieved by the Jewish farmer in this necessary to combat their beliefs. All ing therein. These enter not that _ i — country. The reports presented at that is necessary, a...1 all that the they may prosper but that they shall the last Jewish Farmers' Convention Jews as an organized religious body not perish,—not so much that they established the fact beyond doubt or I have ever done, is to establish the may be free of the Chestertonian uestion that the Jew can be and has truth of their own faith. Individual rabble, whether stone-hurling or epi- may telr,ie- a ti halLrOilteay m a or gram-flinging, but A full and beautiful life came to an end last Sunday morn- q te nm it Lited er and have e d7 a r. Jews 'ed may th successful e t s e s e f u, a l as, ear farmer. eseuL a most a of the as, heritage ee w evidence atsi al tidit, n _ tr, e, yrehree A c at last where ing when Sarah E. Krolik closed her eyes in eternal sleep. Few has by In many respects the Jewish dice train Of thought enunciated i J erusalem" are the persons who have more greatly blessed this whole corn- failed. farmer in this country may be re- other creeds. That, however, has peace munity than she. In her, the poor had a never-failing friend. garded as a true pioneer. In these, been their own individual affair, Chesterton has really attained a dis- official r t h thae o srtnhaegr ogaauneetaesa aiiii noffi tinction. Ileitis thaeatfirst Englitseh adue: Though active in philan hr pic work long before what we are terroautevsoem ete iameasawatte , ?hop to when to cultivate body accustomed to call the new philanthropy came into vogue, she asetreerlYs pogrom tit° pogrom, , last E m sanctioned alwaya'S synagogue land because it was impossible domed. h h had a vision of t e newer theories and dared to put them into their for them to secure any loan on their been wise and sensible enough to against Jews by Arabs under the in- practice. Believing that the only efficient help that may be farms, the Jewish farmer, through understand that the Jewish belief in spiration and the instigation of just h_ ton it and unqualified monotheism such Christians as Chesterton given to those in need is such as will make them self-helping th eeenFaaraeritte' Loan e "T his knirl i.ii aBouttcnoe and so be the means of maintaining their personal dignity as and cannot g thaptro _t is Bar- ston. it h 'We form ol bey- ther tab s some o other well as their social usefulness, she founded many years ago to make farming profitable. mistake, however, lief is erroneous. The laws of logic num turned historian and philoso- would be a e the Self-Help Circle, which, at the time of the cr ation of the to It think that, because the Jew has do not work that way; and the Jew pher. If Chesterton were an i Eng- of ight sa2r act United United Jewish Charities, of which she was also one of the beatt•na e has usually shown himself to be a fish gentleman, one might naavncial htte than others financial itti eba leetocr Jerusalem:" founders, became merged with that organization. To the time t,—he is ' ' to isn 'n r ni sa t ee ues . New 5 l e tN galfinite and positive re- ' ri l e of her death, her interest in these and similar organizations that because he has demonstrat e71, "alhd ivi no gicia fitness and aptness for farming, ligion of their own, the best way for Chesterton. h never wavered. A text book prepared by her for t e use of his the question of city congestion can . the Jewish people to sustain it is to c; the in domestic science sc hl oo s is b e i ng use d finally and definitely be solved by i observe cla sses sewing hout its precepts, its ceremonies PALESTINE QUESTION large numbers sofJews and its traditions. The history of country. plac i ng v throug AGAIN IN PARLIAMENT g n reeriit io el a a past heep f,uaiidasis Jewish farmer) d atlia: te th e Judaism t m w during t erms. While Always a friend of the down-trodden, she was particularly that it been able to overcome many energetic in the work of restoring to self-respect and social has LONDON.—Palestine was again ficulties which to other farmers and handed on to future generations usefulness the discharged prisoners, for whose rehabilitation seemed insurmountale, there are , by the teaching of negative ideas. the subject of debate in the House t -ho in, ho r etida of Lords recently when Lord Lam- until comparatively recent years no provision was made by some specific problems which con-IT he whittling tea ehi away so f d et lame e Ta ington questioned the government front the Jewish farmer in this coun• Jewish teachings the state. try. Although a way has been found) lead the people in the direction of n whether the attention of the League d of fine of splendid intellect a was a Mrs. s There has been too of Nations will be called to the re- to provide the Jew who cultivates the. rel igi ous spiritual gifts. Nothing that was human Volt8 foreign to her. soil with sufficient money to do his much destruction, too little conserva- port of the American Commission on Broad in her symptahies and having little patience with forms w ork tion. The discipline imposed by Jew- Palestine when the League will be to de- ish law as the result of the experi- considering the British mandate over 'fetlyl, found l t ryreanhdldas no way it he and ceremonials that were not expressive of a spiritual mes- yet to supply his social and ence of the leaders and sages of that country. Lord Sydenham and sage, she was still deeply religious in the larger sense of that quately need. And with the Jew Israel has been all too often ignored. others participated in the discussion. term. Though not born in the Jewish faith and never formally spiritual lord Londondery, replying for the are o f paramount i mportance. The positive precepts concerning re- converted to it, she consecrated a large part of her life to these ed that the ligious observance have been con- government, stated that since the re- For, it mus t be remember work among Jews and Jewesses who had been the victims of Jew is from long habit and necessity stantly violated by all too many of port of the American Commission had not been communicated to the urban in nature and i mode of living. the people. tyranny and oppression because of their rel gion. British government, there was no And, unless he can satisfy his urban Mrs. Krolik will be mourned by a large circle of friends proclivities, he can hardly be ex. It requires no intense thought or reason whatsoever why attention study to realize that the status of should be drawn to that document. confined to no particular social or religious group. She was ted to remain permanently on the Judaism as a positive religion has the friend and the helper of all. By all, therefore, will her pee farm. This probably accounts for been greatly impaired by the indif- • the fact that, in spite of the success ference and laxity now prevailing in CHRISTIANS PROTEST memory be cherished as a blessing. he has achieved in farming, the Jew many instances. The people must he AGAINST PUBLICATIONS . in this country does not yet engage brought back to the synagogue and in farming to as large an extent as to Jewish life in the home and in LONDON.—The local Christian his past success would wa rrant. all Jewish institutions if we are to organization known as the "Prophsey per- continue as an important factor in Investigation Society," which devotes The celebration of Pesach as a Feast of Freedom, inspir• ma:en o trd oe sr t , o make th e e jw the fa rm the social ing and uplifting as it must be to every Jew, is yet of small religious development. It is a sheer itself chiefly to the study of the ing would waste of effort to argue about the Bible, adopted a resolution at its last significance unless its story is regarded but as a first' spiritual side of his , nature in such to b e h religious beliefs of other denomina- meeting vigorously protesting against step in the progress of Israel from the slavery of Egypt to the have ns with all the a Tway hirn w tto s ur ro u cared tions. Let us put our own house in the anti-Semitic volumes and periodi- t,. A i order, and keep it in order by ob- cals which have recently made their moral responsibility of which Sinai is the expression. In a a t u s ion s and agedncies of r urban life. lical climax finds its og ree om, f Fd sach, the Feast o e serving the religious and moral pre- appearance. word, P ;ZIg d eg hu ae ve atn o bea praecel owuaithaine his cepts of Judaism and the customs in Shabuoth, ill which the subjection of man to the moral law s y reach; a "shohet" and a "hazan" by whit hthis observance has been is proclaimed. Did Pesach symbolize only the redemption of to be settled on the farm manifested throughout the course of a horde of slaves from their physical servitude, its influence would have him, and.. th e. very .atmosphere Jewish history. upon human history would have been well nigh negligible. w;th l i!i s i n w cl e ah th ily e 1 ,7 ei. ui,, th ouits All signs point to the fact that the fundamental teachings of Judaism as Physical freedom is only the prelude to moral freedom. And, in tetc atn uiiy aced for him.' But all this It would to the unity of God and the brother- strangely enough. only that man and only that people is . be impossible to do unless Jewish hood of man arc making headway morally f ree that has put itself under the yoke of the law. farmers settled not as individuals, the amongst many people who are no And members of the household of Israel. ae Unless at Sinai, the people of Israel, redeemed from bond- but In groups and d co oblem, herein lies the p r farmers' age , had heard the divine mandate calling unto their souls past record of great Jewish col- Jewish steadfastness and loyalty can "Thou shalt and thou shalt not," the mark of the slave would onies in this country has not been as motl y a ccelerate this development have remained upon their souls even though no iron chains encouraging nor as indicative of un- No doubt the signs of the times qualified success as that of the indi- would, at a ite glance, conclusion. The point very had remained upon their limbs. to an oppos superficial . . . And this principle always holds. Unless the ind ivid ualan vidual Jewish farmer. {fence, per- attacks on Judaism demonstrate that a are vitally concerned in the who a the effort to discredit it is simply the people clearly recognize the utter impossibility of living manent success of the Jewish farmer recognition of its growing strength full life outside the law, liberty is bound to degenerate for' , sin' eettilli ecao ruentarya d otlye tonedt eav a and influence. s jo en eha n wa iltlt them into license and freedom becomes only another phase' to his physical and financial needs, unbridled self-indulgence. The Jew has always stood for , EXPEL REFUGEES of social, intellectual NOT TO freedom under the law. It is for this reason that his citizen- but also to his wants. ship in every land where he has been given equal opportunity and spiritual WARSAW.—The Minister of the POSITIVE JUDAISM Interior has issued instructions to the has been of a high order. Demanding respect for his own' authorities in the border districts of rights, he has invariably respected the rights of others. To , (The Jewish Exponent) Poland not to expel those emigrants do this has been a command of his religion. To fail in this . Judaism in all the stages of its who have recently settled in those absolutely would be for him to turn his back upon a foundation principle long history has depended and parts. validity on the truth, strength The Death of Mrs. Sarah E. Krolik. 77 Sinai As a Goal. e The sullen ice has crept from sunny fields, The conflict of the elements is passed! Again the spring wealth of verdure yields, The probing sun has conquered frost at last. 'Tis the Passover of reviving earth, The longed for resurrection of its charms, Each peeping but a type of freedom's birth,— A conquest each o'er winter's dread alarms. All, all the sunny joys till now concealed, Are prototypes of Liberty's blest morn When Israel's rescue first that truth revealed,— To free and equal rights all men are born!" Infallible as nature in her round Emancipates herself from winter's reign, So shall the clarion note of Freedom sound And all the world the burden proud sustain. Oh mankind hear!—and to all those proclaim Who languish for the light of Freedom's sun,— Let all the Nations join the glad acclaim,— "Our God is One—Humanity is One!" DEBORAH KLEINERT JANOWITZ • - . cisicru=srsiumia _ - - GlAS. - t+. JOSEPI-h= (Copyright, 1921. By Chas. II. Joseph.) - • We hear much of the unusual recognition accorded the Jews of England in public life. But after carefully analysing the situation it seems that the United SWes has not been backward in this respect. There is • Lord Chief Justice in England who is ■ Jew, but then we have a Brandeis on the Supreme Bench and 1 have no doubt that if the opportunity occurs and there is the right man available some day we shall see • Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who is a Jew. There seems to be less prejudice there than most anywhre else, be- cause the fact of Chief Justice White being a Catholic has scarcely ever been mentioned or considered; and it should I a that way. We have had Jews in the United States Senate, Jewish governors, Jews in the House of Congress, mayors of cities, in the President's cabinet and in fact in every office except that of the President or Vice-President. We have any number of judges. So I fail to are where England has been freer in this respect than our own country. Socially England has been broader in her relations with her Jews. Speaking of social discrimination in this country, I note with considerable interest that the Hotel Raymond, in Pasadena, for years one of the Pacific Coast's leading hotels, at which many of our prominent Jews stopped, has finally come out against accepting further Jewish patronage. Now the Marlborough Blenheim and the Hotel Raymond can join hands across the continent. Business is business, so Boniface Raymond probably figures, and it means a greater income without the Jews, so there you have it. am heartily in accord with the statement issued by Rabbis Silver and Wolsey of Cleveland in announcing that inasmuch as the Central Conference of American Rabbis has announced that fermented wine is not at all y for any or all sacramental purposes and that an unfermented wine is adequate, they will issue no permits for obtaining of wine, "believing the practice not alone unnecessary but open to grave abuse., which may lead to practices detrimental to the highest interests of our people." I hope that every rabbi in this country will follow their example. I shall await with unusual eagerness and interest the forthcoming article of Prof Ralph Boas in the next issue (May) of the Atlantic Monthly, which, according to the editor, will be "a sane rebutt•l of the ■ nti•Semitic agitation now going on in this country." Professor I occasions created considerable interest in his Boas has on writings and I am sure that he will have a worth•while message on the subject of which the whole country is, I am sure, heartily sick. Now that Dr. Kohler, head of the Hebrew Union College, has actually resigned, and his resignation been accepted and he has been made President Emeritus, there need no longer be any modest reluct- ance on the part of the rabbis of the country who have inclinations to succeed the distinguished Jewish scholar as head of the Reform Jewish college. I am told that some of the younger men are in the field. Sound judgment as well as sound scholarship is needed. hed the pages of modern history to discover if possible I have whether there have been similar cases to Ford's, where a man grown suddenly rich has become obsestesd with peculiar ideas and developed into a fanatic to the extent of neglecting his own business and spend• ing huge fortunes to pursue his will.o•wisp. But nowhere have I ever discovered • ease where a Croesus has become so erratic as to take • case of bean shooters, ■ group of men and women consisting of ives, stand-patters, reformers, socialist., high brows, radicals, con low brows, clergymen and bloomerettes, suffragettes and glorified kitchen cabinets, and a job lot of tin trumpets and with such an outfit tried to stop the greatest war in history. Rabbi Leo Franklin wants the President and Congress to take some action to p t the assembling of • world anti-Semitic Congress in Vienna next fall. Dr. Franklin is right. Either our statements of • desire to make the world safe for democracy (and for mankind) are idle pretensions or we were in earnest when he called for the sacrifice of lives in this cause. The world can't be made safe for anything or anybody if the great powers that control the world permit the ore.. seed efforts to create a world pogrom. It is the duty not alone of this country but all countries to kill at birth this hideous thing that has come to life in Vienna and which through skillful play upon preju• dice easel passion threatens to spread everywhere. 'an Science I ask any Jew or Jewess who belongs to the Ch Church (it's really • contradiction in terms to speak of • Jew being Christian—whether • 'scientist" or any other kind of • Christian) ■ to consider the attitude of the Christian Science Monitor—the author. iced and official newspaper of the church—in relation to the attacks now being made on the Jews of this country. "Scientists," we know, can be comfortable at • all times and under all circumstances—but Jews who still retain something of class consciousness, wbo still have something of • Jewish "connection" and retain some Jewishness in their make-ups, I would ask those Jews what they have to say re• garding the Monitor's defense of Ford and his kind? I hope that the Christian Science Monitor will continue to make the blush of shame mantle the cheek of Jewish Christian Scientists. Then perhaps they will understand that despite the sophistries with join the which they lull their consciences to sleep that when they "Scientists" they are joining the Christian church and are in fact as Or much Christian converts as the Jews who join the Presbyterian this Methodist or any other Christian denomination. And occasionally an issue is created between Jew and fact is emphasised whenever • Christian. d. Recently the Cardinal Yet they say that mankind has pros Archbishop of Naples reconsecr•ted the little historic Church of the an Madonna del Rosario and shortly after • woman worshipper saw they image of the virgin opening and shutting its eyes. Others say saw it darting fire and pupils revolving in its sockets. So, after this, nything is it surprising that human beings can be taught to believe ■ regardless of how contrary to every semblance of reason it is? WA.102 Up !! ITS TIME TO BUILD 'Add for the age z; with KITED supplies " SL S UPPLY CD. UN.1"113 FUEL upon which his whole philosophy of life has been builded.. It SUPPLIES E. COAL