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PICTURES OF THE PAST
By ETHEL TAUROG.
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It was a hot and muggy day. The / and he was friendly with people who
trees fronting the house looked much were suspected of being a little too
like trees in a painting, with not afree. We were glad it wasn't for a
leaf or branch astir. The family had I longer term. And what would we do
gone on a lake excursion, and I had i if they would send him to Siberia!
volunteered to stay at home and pre- Only nti soon as he got out of prison,
pare the evening meal. my David, he went to England. He
I took a book I had recently oh- said he had enough of Russia. That
tained and seated myself in the cum- year in prison changed him. Then
fortable rocker on the front porch, my other son, Mordecai, said that the
and became engrossed in the con- air in Russia was too heavy, he want-
to America, to a free coun-
tents. The increasing darkness of an ed to g o
incoming storm made it impossible try. So we were left with only one
for me to read. A strong wind was child, my son Abraham.
"After that picture there came an-
sweeping dust and paper up into the
air. Blinding flashes of lightning other. This one was the war, the
illumined the darkness. Thunder great war. The only clear scene in
crashed. Windows were raised, and this picture was the time when my
mothers called to the children who Abraham came to me and said be was
had been playing in the street to going to fight for Russia, because
even though she did mistreat us Jews
come i
A few large drops struck the pave- when she was in trouble we had to
mast. I rose to go into the house help. Then the other scenes were all
when I observed a short, stout confused, the death of my husband,
the news of my Abraham's death,
woman puffing and running down the
street. A heavy torrent of rain killed in the war, the poverty—.
came pouring down, and the woman "1 see your eyes are wet, so let us
paused in front of our house for not talk any more about the misery,
shelter. I rushed into the house and because if 1 should start to tell you
into the vestibule and called out about the pogroms, and the hunger,
d
an , d ot.n h: invasions.
"Will you come in!"
"Sure, thank you," she replied in
day a man from America
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in Furniture
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grateful drivt
voice. A n few
mmentx
me to the
our town.
His family
had
later sh e was sitting, in he living been
out
from
place
where
they had lived and they had wan-
room.
She was an intreesting woman to dered as far as our town. This man.
look at, with the black lace scarf coy- try son Mordecai gave money, he i
ering her head, and the quaint, old- should bring me to America. So that
fashioned earrings dangling from her is how I came to be on the ship. You
ears. Her cheeks and forehead were can aril} imagine how glad 1 was to
wrinkled and there were deep lines see my sun again. And imagine, my
around her mouth. son is married and has two children,
When I first saw her come run- a little girl and a little boy. But
ning down the street she had seemed young people, new ideas, different
to me to be a very old woman, with ways, you know the story. At first
her scarf and shawl. But when she I was treated like a guest, and after
looked at me with large, black, spark- a while like a burden. Believe me,
ling eyes, eyes that were young and it is better for parents to take care i
luminous, I decided that she was nut of ten c ildren and that ten children I
very old. should have to take care of the par-
r looked out of the window at the ea..
' , But it has stopped raining already!
swaying trees, illuminated intermit-
testis by flashes of lightning. What and the sun is shining again. I have
if they were all on the boat now, in to hurry home before my husband
this terrific storm? gets up. He likes to drink a glass of
"It looks like you are worryring tea when he gets up from a nap." 1
about something," said the strange
I looked at her inquisitively.
woman in Yiddish.
"I got married a few months ago," ;
I told her
"Eh, child, that you call a storm! she smiled at me, "and you can't
How would you like a real storm on guess with whom. With my Benja- '
the ocean, such as we had when I min. Benjamin the butcher's, you'
came over. Nothing but the sky and remember that I told you about him.
water, and the ship which the waves He heard from some Landsleute that
were throwing around as if it were a I was in America, so he came to see I
piece of paper, and all of us people, me. He was a widower, and his chils
A 4-Piece Bedroom Suite made of genuine
the printed letters. I thought it was dren are all married, and all rich. lie
American Walnut, just as pictured above. It
the end. 'Eh, Zlate,' I said to my- has a newspaper stand. lie says he
consists of a full-size, bow-end Bed, 48-inch
self, 'you dragged your bones away likes to be independent, and he makes
Dresser,
a beautiful Chifferobe, and Chair and
from one upheaval only to be food a comfortable living. He has to get
Rocker to match, all of dust-proof construction.
for the fish.' From fire into water, up early in the morning, but in the
The
vanity
of this suite can be had for $75.00
the way the saying goes. And quick- afternoon he has nothing to do, so he
extra.
ly, very quickly, my whole life pie- takes a nap and I go over to see the
tured itself in my mind, picture after children."
She got up abruptly. "He will
She
picture.
5-Piece Bedroom Suite made of fine Mahog-
first picture, a young Zlate, worry about me, because I am always
any. It consists of a full-size, bow-end Bed,
Zlate the Rabbi's as they used to call home when he gets up."
and
large-size Dresser, a spacious Chifferobe, an
me, was sneaking out of the house on
I went out on hte porch and
exquisite Vanity Dresser and a Rocker to match.
a hot Sabbath afternoon. My father watched her walking down the street.
This
suite would make anyone proud and will
and mother were taking a nap after As she reached the corner she turned
enhance the neat little bedchamber. A real
the big Sabbath dinner. Dressed in back and nodded her head in friend-
hurried
to
Value!
my best Sabbath cloths I
ly fashion.
the woods to meet Benjamin, the
butcher's so , who had n sipped a love
note into my hand the day before
A 4-Piece Bedroom Suite constructed of genu-
asking me to meet him. It was a
t% ins American Walnut in a popular design. It
still, hot day. The sky was a deep
consists of a large-size Dresser, a roomy Chif-
blue, and soft white clouds moved
ferobe, a full-size Bed, and a chair to match. Not
along slowly. The air was filled with
By HENRY BERKOWITZ, D. D.
$300
the sweet odors of herbs and wild
very often does one have the opportunity to pur-
flowers. All kinds of insects were
The Hebrew Union College
chase such a beautiful suite at such a low price.
crawling and flying about, making
Press, Cincinnati, 1921. Price
soft noises, and Benjamin and I
$1.50, postpaid, from the Union
walked around under the trees, hand
A 4-Piece Bedroom Suite consisting of a full-
in hand, like Adam and Eve in the
of American Hebrew Congrega-
size Bed, a pretty Vanity Dresser, a large
Garden of Eden. We walked and
tions, 62 Duttenhofer Building,
Chifferobe,
and a Rocker to match. This beau-
walked, talking quietly, when sud-
Cincinnati, Ohio.
tiful suite is constructed of genuine American
denly I was pulled away from Ben-
$385
Walnut
and
truly is a value that cannot be sur-
fell
jamin with so much force that I
Modern Judaism has reared over
passed elsewhere. All we ask you to do is to
against a tree. I heard a gruff voice, a thousand Temples in the United
see
it—you
will take it.
and I saw a red, hairy hand raining States. In this country its manner
slaps on Benjamin's cheeks. I rec- and method have become American.
ognized the red, hairy hand as be- Its rabbis are graduates for the moat
longing to my Uncle Noah, my fath- part of colleges and universities of
A 6-Piece Bedroom Suite made of high-grade
er's brother. I did not wait for him the highest standing. Its appeal to
American Walnut. It consists of a full-size
to escort me home, but I ran as fast the socialized and humanized con-
Bed, a large Dresser, a spacious Chifferobe, a
as I could. That was the end of our sciousness.
Vanity Dresser with full-size center mirror, a
romance. I had disgraced myself and'
To understand the life and func-
my parents. I, Zlate the Rabbi's, and tion of the rabbi and to comprehend
Chair and a Bench to match. But to appreciate
an only child, should lower myself the communal life of the Jew, one
the beauty and value of this suite you must see it.
to meet a butchers son! It was a must read Dr. Berkowitz's new book,
blow to my father. Very soon after' "Intimate Glimpses of the Rabbi's
I was married to my cousin Reuben, Career". The author is the Rabbi
A 4-Piece Bedroom Suite made by the Sligh
a son of my Uncle Noah. Benjamin of Rodeph Shalom Congregation of
Furniture Co., and one of high-grade con-
was recruited to serve in the army Philadelphia, Penn. ,and has had over
thirty-five years of experience in the
struction. It consists of a Bed, a large Dresser, a
and we never heard of him.
The old woman sighed deeply., active ministry.
Chifferobe, a Chair and a Rocker to match. Twin
The book of Rabbi Berkowitz is the
"That was one picture, child. Then
Beds can be had with this suite if you so desire—
there came another, a cold winter first publication of the Hebrew Union
that is for you to decide when you purchase it.
evening, my husband wasn't home, College Press, established at the rab-
neither was David, my oldest son. binical college at Cincinnati. It is
The two younger children were sleep- neatly gotten up typographically, and
6-Piece Bedroom Suite made of fine Ameri-
ing. I kept a hot samovar sizzling, so is substantially bound in blue cloth.
they could have hot tea when they It will bcome a standard text book on
can Walnut. It consists of a large full-size
pastoral
practice
for
rabbis.
came in from the cold. A loud
Bed, • 48-inch Dresser, e spacious Chifferobe, an
The work consists of four lectures
knocking on the door.
exquisite Toilet Table, a Chair and a Rocker to
"Who is it? We are not deaf here. on the functions of the rabbi, deliv- ,
ered by the author before the students
match. A value that is typical of all offerings
Why do you knock so?"
of
the
Hebrew
Union
College
in
Ap-
" 'Open,' was the answer in Rus-
at Robinson & Cohen's.
ril, 1918, together with the questions
sian.
posted after each lecture by those
"When I heard the gruff voice, my
heart began to go thump, thump. I present and answered by Dr. Berko-
got up and opened the door. When witz, and, in addition, his centennial
you are commanded in Russian to address delivered at the thirtieth ses-
shot of the Central Conference of Am-
open the door you can't be so impo-
erican Rabbis at Cincinnati on April
lite as to refuse. Some men from the
2, 1919, on "Isaac M. Wise, Pioneer
police with an official whom I knew
Leader of American Israel". There
entered. In a small town one knows is a brief "Introduction" by Dr. K.
everybody, especially the officials,
Kohler, the president of the Hebrew
ri
"Ameca's
Finest Furniture"
and they knew me, too, the Rabbi's
Union College.
Open Evenings
daughter.
Dr. Berkowitz's book will be of
"Zlatke
Abramovna,'
said
the
offi-
"
great service to students for the min-
cial. 'We have come to search here. istry, to rabbis, to communal work-
Where does your son David keep his : ers and congrgational officers, and to
things?'
the thoughtful social worker and lay-
"You can imagine how I felt when man. For the student of theology it
I heard these words. What could they will serve as a text book on pastoral
possibly want with my David's duties. To the young rabbi it will be
things? Where didn't they look? a chart guiding past the practical
They even ripper up the bedding, difficulties which beset the inexperien- -
and they even made the children get ced
ced man at the outset of his career n
out of bed, half naked, to ook for his work in the pulpit, in the religi-
what they said was 'revolutionary ous school, and in his communal ac-
material.' A trifle in Russia, revolu- tivities.
BRITISH LABOR ADOPTS
tionary material. I began to shake
The general reader will gain an
PALESTINE RESOLUTION
like a fever.
understanding of the tasks and diffi-
" 'You idiots,' I thought to myself, culties of the rabbi's office, and no a
'what are you looking in the bedding sympathetic and appreciative spirit
for? Do you expect to find bombbs will be developed that will result in
LONDON.— The British Labor
there?' But aloud I said, 'Gospodin co-operation between pulpit and pew.
. official, you know my David. You re-
Likewise the social worker and con- Party now meeting in annual con-
member him, your honor, when he . gregational officer will profit by a I vention at Brighton has received
Why stand over a hot stove when you ran get all kinds of Cake
was a tiny boy. Do you think, Gospo- ' clearer understanding of the Rabbi's memoranda from the "Achduth Ila.
Kuchen and Struddle baked fresh every day on the premises at
avodah" party in Palestine and from
din official, that my David, the a - . functions, aims and ideals.
bi's grandchild, will do anything that
The book will be of interest to the l'oalei-Zion office in London, gin-
Christian readers — notably clergy- ng details and views of the recent
is wrong?'
" 'I believe you, Zlatke Abramov- men—because the varied aspects of disturbances in Palestine. The Reso-
na,' he answered, 'that your David the rabbi's calling which the author's lutions Committee of the convention
wouldn't do anything wrong. But I work displays, reveal • wealth of is to introduce a resolution demanding
orders are orders, and I have to look. spiritual life in the modern Jew with that Palestine be not built on the bas-
JACK CROPPER, Manager.
Ile's got some Russian books here which the average Christian is is of capitalist exploitation but rath-
wholly unfamiliar, and the existence er in the interests of the country it-
I that I'm not so sure about."
self. The Labor Party regrets that
"Then he packed together some of which he scarcely suspects.
CHERRY 5176.
Dr. Berkowitz is excellently quail- the economic and administrative unity
books that he found, drank a full
glass of home made wine, and wen t fled to speak on the subjects treated of Palestine has been sacrificed to the
in this book. Ile is a man of great imperialistic strife between France
away.
"Well, and what more do you force and originality in the pulpit, and England. The conference de-
and is a communal leader in Phila- mends that the government use its
wiiretL mblalbteerguinthpinriks tnhey.
athort d I hia. 'The lectures when delivered best endeavors to unite the eastern
and western parts of Palestine now
frIrwbffifile. the way evoked great inte st on the part of under separate administrations.
-
!the students, and the book, as Dr.
on will ' refugees whose kin are h ere a' he was
It is more then likely that the reso-
fill a serious gap
,
nflu
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Kohler
says
"w
I ty praying and waiting for it
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