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hers or when it overcrowds its house of worship on the Holy
Days. The test of congregational efficiency is to be found in
the changed life of the people. When the ideals of the Jew
are high; when his spiritual aspiration is definite and pro-
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mission of religion. Whether in truth he rise to that oppor-
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*Mee by Tuesday evening of each week.
the Federal Council of Churches, is
but after they shall have passed. If then the Jew remains drafting a message to clergymen
Editorial Contributot
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
loyal and true, the preacher's work will have repaid itself. If throughout the country asking them
to exert their influence for an open
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to the he falls by the wayside and becomes as indifferent and religious- conference: "The ideal of the limita-
ly slothful as he was before, then the preacher has reason to tion of armaments conference," says
Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an Indorsement of the view
ask himself whether his work is at all worth while.
Ur. Gulick, "is that all of its meetings
expressed by the writers.

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shall he open to the public and all of
its decisions made public."
The world in general greeted Presi-
den Harding's invitations to this con-
ference with enthusiastic approval.
But amongst all the peoples of the
world there is one which is peculiarly
grateful for this step, a people "Scat-
tered and pealed"—the Jewish people.
Peace was the ancient Watchword
id! this people; and 110W, after two
thousand years of such international
experience as no other people con re-
member, the word of greeting between
its nationalists is still "Shalom"—
peace.
1Vho can teach the world the folly
of war better than the Jew who has
never failed to shed a double portion
of blood in each international quarrel
—one p:(rtion for the victor, one por-
tion for the vanquished? Who is more
eager than the Jew to endorse every
step that will help the world on-
wards to the day when the nations
will Mat their swords into plough-
sihares, and their spears into pruning

An Unnecessary Apology.

In another part of this issue there is published a letter ad-
dressed to Rabbi Franklin by Mr. William J. Norton, secretary
It was indeed thoughtful on the part of President Harding of the Detroit Community Fund. In this letter Mr. Norton
to send so gracious a word of greeting as he did to Congrega- explains that through ignorance of the fact that the Eve of
tion Beth El on the occasion of its laying the cornerstone of its Yom Kippur occurs on the evening of October 11, the committee
new house of worship this week. He voices a note of appreci- in charge of the annual dinner of the Detroit Community Fund,
ation and understanding of the Jew which indicates that he is had set that date for this important annual function, and had
no stranger to the part which the Jew has played in the shap- issued their invitations accordingly: Mr. Norton says, "May
we ask your tolerance under the circumstances, and will you
ing and in the maintenance of the American ideal.
Moreover, he proves himself to be in keen sympathy with all ascribe to Christian ignorance what seems to be a matter of
those true Americans who recognize that any agencies and any deliberate offense to the Jew." We take pleasure in assuring
men that set to themselves the unholy task of sowing the seeds Mr. Norton and those associated with him that under no cir-
of hate and discord and misunderstanding among racial and cumstances would we believe that he or his colleagues would
religious groups in this country, are by that token un-American be guilty of an act of deliberate offense either to the Jews or
and in fact, enemies of the country that we love. It is pleasant to any other social or religious group in our community., We
to know that the President of the United States so keenly recog- Jews ought surely be broadminded enough to understand that
an unfortunate error of this kind could be made without the
nizes this fact and has the courage to proclaim it.
And yet, we cannot forbear to echo the sentiment that was slightest thought o nthe part of those responsible for it, that it
would in anywise conflict with the religious scruples of any hooks.
so splendidly expressed by Dr. Goldenson in his consecration
There is even a peculiar parallelism
address at the cornerstone laying last Tuesday. A pity it is group. It is not to be supposed that an entire community shall
between a conference to limit arma-
that Israel should yet require at the hands of the great men know the exact date on which our Jewish Holy Days occur. ments and the prophecy of Isaiah re-
among the nations, what he called a "certificate of character." We deeply appreciate the effort that has been made by the garding the day when "nation shall
It is an index to the continuing tragedy of Israel. Other re- Detroit Community Fund to change the date of the annual not lift hand against nation, neither
they learn any more war." The
ligious groups in this country would neither expect nor entirely dinner to some other time when the Jewish representatives of shall
'imminent of modern armies is not a
appreciate an endorsement such as has come to us, gracious the Community Fund might be present. This has however simple thing: it is the fruit of science,
a thing to be studied for many years.
though it is. For the very fact that it seems necessary for those been impossible.
armaments a nation cannot
Even though our representatives may not be present at this Without armaments
in the high places to attest to the obvious patriotic service of the
learn war, the less armament, the
Jew and to his civic righteousness which has been proved times function as they should have liked to be, the directors and less learning of war, and the limita-
without number, indicates that the agencies of prejudice and workers in the Community Fund, may be assured of the whole- tion of armaments is a step to the
bigotry that are speaking their falsehoods and wielding their hearted support of the Jews of Detroit in/the splendid work day when nations shall not "learn any
war."
poisoned pens are even today not without their sympathetic that they are doing. We take this opportunity of repeating inure
The step which 'he Council of
what we have said many times before, that the establishment of • Churches has taken towards an open
auditors and readers.
May we not hope for the time to come when in America at the Community Fund has marked the greatest forward stej conference is one which could be well
least the rectitude, the social usefulness, the patriotic loyalty, that has been taken in the field of philanthropy in many, many ' endorsed by the Synagogues. The
I Jews have preached peace openly by
the decent manhood of the Jew shall be taken for granted and years. The Fund deserves and ought to receive the unstinte( their lives and by their immemorial
that like other men he will be accepted for what he is? In and very generous support of every man, woman and child in history. Now that their teachings are
the hastening of that day, the Jew himself can do much. As the community. Those who can should give their money and hiking fruit, would it not he well for
them to associate themselves with the
Dr. Goldenson said, he must depend less upon external in- those who are in position to do so, should give their time and t fruition?
fluences to set him right, and more, much more, upon the power their energies to this great work. Let no •one be a slacker a
Already there have been reports
of his own spirit to win the world to an understanding and an this time. The need is great and he who de.a not give his ful I that Dr. Weizmann, the political head
g of organized Jewry, may attend the
support
to
this
Fund
is
guilty
of
no
less
a
crime
than
robbin
appreciation of the part that he is playing in working out his
conference. Nothing would be more
own destiny and in making his proper contribution to the sum the poor and unforunate in our midst.
fitting than amongst the world lead-
ers which will meet in Washington
of life.

A Gracious Message.

Another year. What does it have in store for us—Jewishly sprat.
ing? I have asked that question for many years—Each time I have
sought to find something better for the Jew tomorrow in the signs of
the time. But the signs failed me. I should think that the faith of the
most religious Jew would be strained to the utmost—I mean faith in
his own people—when he sees what is happening year after year. Zion.
ists will probably point to Palestine a an achievement of this year
and will read into the future wonderful hopes for even more wonder.

ful achievements next year.

They tell me that I ■m a pessimist. But I notice that my optimistic
friends lose their optimism very quickly under attack and that they
come running breathless to the pessimist with the appeal to do some.
thing desperate to meet the lunges of the enemy. (I hope the printer
won't make that word "lungs"—because speaking of lungs I think our
own people can hold their own in such • contest.) I am not • pessi-
mist nor tam I an optimist—I am just trying to view conditions as they
are—or at least ars they appear to me.

I em sure t h at the Jewish question was made more of an issue in
this country than ever before since the day the first Jew came to the
United States. And surely no one will insult my intelligence by telling
me that our brethren fared well in foreign lands. Again, I am sure
that all too nanny Jews have forgotten the obligations of and to their
faith. I have watched them chasing all sorts of rainbows and interest•
ing themselves in almost everything else but Judaism. All too many of
them I feel have been successful enough in this adventure to find • pot
of gold at the end of the rainbow. And I say "all too many" because
some of them have hurt the name of their people by the mean. they
adopted to get the pot of gold. I know this sort of talk falls on deaf
ears and it seems futile to talk this way. Yes the Christian, or the one
who p for a Christian does "those things too." I have heard that
until I am sick of hearing it. Some argument isn't it an excuse for
wrong doing? We lack courage—ninety-nine per cent of us, when it
comes to taking • stand for the right. This is why the Fords and the
Watson's and all the rest of anti-Semitic tribe find so much to use and

COURAGE OF CONVICTION
No message that may be brought to the House of Israel
by the preacher of today can possibly be more timely or more
(The Hebrew Standard.)
significant than the words spoken some 2,500 years ago by the
It is pathetic when a man realizes
"There has been no substantial
great "unknown prophet of the exile" and which, recorded in
controversy between the two Ameri- that his life-work is it failure. Noth-
the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah, form the prophetic reading
can groups. The differences are niece ing is more provocative of the sym.
at the morning services in the Synagog. It is well we believe,
trifles which, I believe, can still be pathy of right-minded persons than
to reprint the chapter here so that it may be carefully read
healed unless irritated by unwise act- the confession of failure made by
those who are the flotsam and jetsam
ion on the part of the Congress.
and digested by men and worsen of today. So many there are
on life's sea. And when, as happens,
"I entered the movement, entirely
who believe that by fasting and prayer they can wipe away
these wrecks are men who devoted in-
neutral. I entered at the earnest re-,
their sins, that they need to be reminded that these ceremonials, Untermyer Declares Difference quest of Nathan Straus who asked tensive years of labor to the prepara-
tion for the tasks they aimed to ab-
important though they be, as subjective expressions, are by no
Between Factions Are
mu to use my influence in healing the
solve, the pathetic character of their
differences. I know that Dr. Weiz-
means a final attest of the repentant soul. }Inman nature, it
"Mere Trifles"
failure is but heightened.
mann conceded every material de-.
greatly
changed
through
the
centuries
and
it
When confessed failure makes its
seems, has not
mend made by the Brandeis group and appearance within the rabbinate the
was apparently necessary ill the day of the Prophet, as it is
NEW YORK.—Samuel Untermyer, throughout the negotiations showed
sad impression is accentuated, al-
undoubtedly needful in our own time, to stress the fact that who recently returned from Europe, the broadest and most conciliatory though in this railing the reaction
self-affliction unaccompanied by rectitude, that weakening of where he met leaders of the World spirit, and eagerness for peace, thus front failure on those who followed it
Zionist movement and many promi.
my complete confidence al- is not so pronounced. The rabbi who
the body without purging the soul, is the act of the hypocrite nent Jews, believes that the differ- winning
though a stranger to me, as against forsakes the pulpit for a different
who can by no means find acceptance at the hands of Israel's anewwhich have arisen between the my own friends.
field of usefulness is usually a man
two groups of American Zionists can
"I had secured complete agreement able to function usefully otherwise
God. •
be healed and maintains that' on every point raised by both sides.
The fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah to which we have referred still
as a citizen of the State. Ile quits the
"mere trifles" separate the two op- :The document was approved by both
ministry for reasons which need not
reads as follows. May it be carefully followed by every Jew posing camps.
parties, but I was unfortunately 'til- he detailed, as a rule, and which may
The knowledge comes to hand with
and Jewess ere entering upon the observation of the Yom
lable to attend the Cleveland Conven- be summed up in the phrase, greater
the complete text of a cablegram of !Con where the agreement was repu-
opportunities beckoning elsewhere.
Kippur fast:
greeting sent by Mr. Untermyer

ZION BREACH CAN
STILL BE HEALED

"Cry with a full throat, spare not, like the cornet lift up thy
voice, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the
house of Jacob their sins.
Yet me do they ever seek day by day, and to know my ways
do they always desire; as a nation that bath done righteousness,
and bath not forsaken the ordinance of their God; continually do
they ask of me the ordinance of justice—do they desire to draw
nigh unto God.
Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest it not? have we
afflicted our soul, and thou regardest it not. Behold on the day of
your fasting ye follow your business and all your acquired grins
do ye exact.
Behold for contention and strife do ye fast, and to smite with
the fist of wickedness; ye fast not so at this day, to cause your
voice to be heard on high.
Is such then the fast which I can choose? a (lay that a man
affilicteth his soul to bend his head as a fulrush, and to spread sack-
cloth and ashes for his couch? will thou call this a fast, and a day
of acceptability unto the Lord?
Is not this rather the fast that I will choose to open the .snares
of wickedness to undo the bands of the yoke and to let the op-
pressed go free, and that ye should break assunder every yoke?
Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry, and that thou
bring the afflicted poor into thy house? when thou scoot the naked,
that thou clothe him; and that thou hide not thyself from thy own
flesh?
Then shall break forth as the morning (lawn thy light, and thy
healing shall speedily spring forth; and before thee shall go thy
righteousness, the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer; thou shalt cry,
and He will say, Ilere am I. If thou remove from the midst of
thee the yoke, the stretching out of the finger and speaking
wickedly:
And if thou pour out to the hungry thy soul, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall shine forth in the darkness thy light, and
thy obscurity be as the noonday;
And the Lord will guide thee continually, and will satisfy thy
soul in times of famine, and will strengthen thy bones; and thou
shalt be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, the
waters of which will never deceive.
And they that spring from thee shall build up the ancient
ruins; the foundations of many generations shalt thou raise up
again; and thou shalt be called the repairer of the breaches, the
If thou restrain thy foot for the sake of the Sabbath, not doing
restorer of paths to the dwelling-place.
thy business on My holy day; and if thou call the Sabbath a delight,
the holy day of the Lord honorable; and honor it by not doing thy
usual pursutis, by not following thy own business, and speaking
vain words;
Then shalt thou find delight in the Lord; and I will cause thee
to tread upon the high places of the earth and I will cause thee to
enjoy the inheritance of Jacob thy Father; for the mouth of the

dialed by the Brandeis group on a
Lately a case of this nature arose,
from l'aris to the Zionist Congress (purely collateral, fictitious issue not
where the rabbi quitting the active
which met recently at Carlsbad. Mr,
!affecting Zionism. Dr. Weizmann was , ministry sougbt to fasten the blame
Critt•rmy•r's message reads:
charged with having authorized Mr. for his wreck* career on religion in
"American newspapers are publish-
I,ubin of Chicago to say that Mr, general and ours in particular. He,
ing inspired cable reports from the
Felix Frankfurter and Mr. Jacob De of course, is blameless; he naturally
Congress concerning debates aver the
Haas must he eliminated. This, Weiz- is an inspired spiritual guide. His
controversy between the Weizmann
mann promptlf denied. The whole people are adamantine to all religious
and Brandeis groups. These reports
thing was incredibly childish.
appeals. They do not immediately re-
are both inaccurate and misleading.
"I have profound respect and ad- act to his expert preachment Hence
If uncorrts•ted, they will widen the ex-
the ministry is not the place where
miration
for
the
splendid
and
distin-
isting breach and seriously cripple the
his remarkable talents may be prop-
American Zionist movement. It is guished men in the Brandeis group.
erly exercised. And he leaves the pul-
They
are
entitled
to
our
gratitude
for
being reported that Dr. Weizmann's
pit to lesser mortals and the claims
insistence on making the movement 'their unselfish services, but their at-
of religion to be advocated by 'prey-
nationalistic is one of the causes titude cannot be justified.
(
Dee
tongues.
"I hope that Weizmann will re•eirt
which brought about the breach. This
Where the actual situation as de-
•
is untrue. No such issue was ever the unqualified endorsement of the
-
scribed
in the preceding paragraph,
raised. Americans of all groups be- (Congress. His life and soul are dt•di
( the rabbinate and Judaism were in
lieve that any contention of this na - voted to the Zionist cause and he
I
sorry
case,
indeed. But we scarcely
Lure would destroy the American should be encouraged. I consider him
• think the situation discussed hears
Zionist cause and , injure Jew!' a great and inspired leader. Nobody
these
outlines.
We regard our faith
could replace him."
throughout the world.
as living, not moribund; our people
15 eager for religious pabulum, not
the reverse. The vice in the situation
considered resides in the forsaking
iabbi, who had not sufficiently culti-
vates' the homely virtue of patient
labor, of sowing the field painstaking-
ly. The fault, then, rests with him,
not his flock. The rabbinate is still
a vital force, like our religion.

Lord bath spoken it."

Congregational Efficiency.

.1

At this season of the year, practically all of our congrega-
tions are adding new names to their roster of membership
Places of worship on the High Holy Days are crowded to their
capacity, and great is the enthusiasm on the part of the people.
Let no congregation however, pride itself that' it has reached
the highest possible efficiency merely when it adds to its num-

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KOL NIDRE

In lonely hours of thought I long
To hear again that sacred song,
So solemn, beautiful and soft,
Which years ago I heard so oft!

No song of war or jilted love,
Nor of the moon and stars above;
A wandering tribe without a goal
Asks pardon from its very soul.

Kol Nidre, masterpiece of art,
Thou outcry of a weary heart,
Sublime, seraphic, seems to me
The sweetness of thy melody.

No other song is half so rich,
And none may ever so bewitch
Like thee—For magic is thy spell
0 hymn of Israel.

M. OSIAS.

to abuse.

I for one refuse to stick my head into the sand. The rest of you
may do it—it's your privilege. But if you think you see fooling any-
one but yourselves you are mistaken. The sooner leaders in Jewry
begin to exact • higher standard of conduct from those who would
receive community recognition — the sooner we shall have less of that
which is undesirable in our communities. But they lack courage. As
conversationalists they rank high—but as doers they lamentably fail .
We are not going to get anywhere next year if we don't make up our

minds to recognize our vices as well as our virtures. And to do soma

thing about it.

---•■•••-• —

This reminds me that Mr. Bernheim wants us to change our name
from "Jew" to "Israelite." We need to change something more than
the name, Mr. Bernheim. You are going to have as much and even
more of Jew-hatred next year if there are not enough courageous
souls to clean our own doorsteps. F wish you had used your effort to
have appealed for • stricter censorship of Jewish life. For the life
t in their stupidity .
of me I cannot understand why men will p

It stands to reason that if there are • hundred persons belonging to a
certain sect, or race, or religious group — and these hundred live
among a hundred thousand others who feel that they are separate and
apart—every act, of any one of the hundred, will stand out a thou-
sand times more conspicuously provided that act be an evil one. You
know that and so do I. So what in the name of sense is the use of

saying that "others do it too"?

I have been reading some immigration statistics. Do you know
that after December or January immigration will practically cease
And
from European countries until July? The quotas will be filled.
immigration has become so seriously affected that some of the large
steamship companies whose vessels have been built with the idea of •
large steerage business will have to remodel their ships or go out of
business. It has been the worst piece of immigration legislation ever
passed by an intelligent group of law makers. The quota has been
given priority over character, ability, desirability. In fact a great
many better class of Europeans decided not to come to this country
because they decided it was too great • risk to dispose of their be-
longings and to come to this country with the chance of being turned
back because ''the quote for the month" was filled. And when you
are once returned you can't make another effort to get in, for a whole

year.

7

t.

(JOSEPH- -

(Copyright, 1921. By Chas. if. Joseph.)

there should be a representative of the
people f Isaiah .

Yom Kippur's Message.

0)r-

G4AS.

NEWARK PLANNING
$500,000 BUILDING
FOR Y. M., Y. W. H. A.

Formal approval Was given last
week by the Executive Committee of
the Newark, N. J., Y. M. II. A. t.:
the architects' plans for the new Y.
M. H. A. and Y. W. II. A. building.
The plans as agreed upon woe care-
fully developed after a comprehensive
study and ample provision has been
made to allow for expansion of the
program.
The plans received the thorough
consideration of the National Office
Staff of the Jewish Welfare Board
who submitted recommendations re-
garding the essential facilities to be
included in the Y. M. H. A. building.
The building committee, under the
leadership of its chairman, A..I. Dim-
ond, spared no effort in making cer-
tain that the plans would be adequate.
Mr. Dimond expressed his confidence
that excavation work would be started
i in ■ few weeks and that before the
:end of the year the building would be
well on its way.

v-ease.•

In New Orleans, Mr. Morgan D. Hite, Chairman of Ilse Housing
Committee of that city, took occasion to refer publicly to Jews as
being "rent gouger. and•rent hogs." He was removed from office as
.
• result of the outcry on the part of individuals and the public press
He said: "Governor Parker has proven himself to be another Pontius
to
Pilate of • kind. Pontius Pilate was also • governor who listened
the cries of the Jews for the blood of an innocent man." There are
Jews who are rent gouger. and rent hogs. We have them in Pitts-
burgh and in Detroit and in St. Louis and in Baltimore and in New
York. But rent gouging is not • Jewish trait, Mr. Hite. Right around
the corner from where I live I have come into contact with soar
Gentile Rent Hogs that are put masters in the art. And if Mr. Hite
would like to have their names and addresses and other data I shall
gladly furnish them to him. I am not excusing the Jews guilty of
this sort of thing they ought to be shunned by every decent minded
person. Exactly •s the Christian Church ought to show the door to
such Gentiles as are guilty. But Mr. Hite shouldn't get so excited as
to compare his case with that of Jesus: the only man who would

agree with him is Henry Ford.

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b nos att.( other beast.
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t hat's the rule.
"Gee Wle , r." a pd Jon.,
A long, culd tomer 'n due.
I'd better buy (bated Fuel
I gen 111 be ready out. -

Bruin Horribilis, better known to most of us as the
common, ordinary, every day variety of black hear
in the Belle Isle Zoo, knows a long, cold winter

is coming.

His home-made combination winter overcoat and
sleeping bag is all finished. It's 50 per cent heavier
than last year.

And 211 the other beJ,sts and birds of the Belle Isle
animal fair feel the same way about it. Careful
and thorough preparation for winter bas been
given first consideration by them.

Like Aesop's fables, this little nature story also
has a moral.

Sewn the snow will lay its chilling blanket, blown
from the northland by icy blasts.

Everyone will want coal at once— the price can't
he cheaper and supply will he taxed.

Whynot buy a couple of tons a week from the United
Fuel & Supply Co. before winter really sets in?

..C.14 Slop./

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