A merican Pprish Periodical Cotter CLIFTON ATINUI - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO filEperitorkAwistiOttoxIGLE Club Notes DR. HYAMSON GIVES JEWISH WINE LAW SENIOR JUDAEANS TO GIVE DANCE MARCH 4 Bible and Talmud, He Says, Not Opposed to Its Use in Moderation. Young Judaea Wool Sweaters and Scarfs Just the thing for the girl who loves outdoor sports. All very moderately priced. ZIONISM UNDER THE CZAR Amazing Story of Growth of Zionism When Officially Banned By DR. ALEXANDER GOLDSTEIN (Copyright, 1921, by Jewish Correspondence Bureau.) It WAS the old story of a cat play- tral Committee. When we sent out a ing with a mouse, not wishing to call for a meeting, it was an invite- kill it, not wishing to free it. That tion to a wedding Or birthday party. w as the plight of Russian Jews under We had a bride, bridegroom and rabbi the Czar. Russia didn't want them, and buests already, refreshments but the Czar wouldn't let them go. spread, every phase of an actual wed- While she persecuted them, thousands ding carefully arranged in case of a of young and old Jews were . looking surprise visit by Cossacks. We used hopefully toward Palestine and were synagogues largely for our meetings, striving to effect a Zionist Organize- for in the event that they were raided, tion which might provide a land of and very often they were, we turned refuge for them, So, the Russian our faces to the wall and chanted our government which hated the Jews and, prayers. Maps an Receipt.. • proven, sponsored pogroms it has loon "On our Central Committee were against them, decreed that Zionism was an illegal movement, forbade many prominent business men. When meetings, publications and activities decided to send out several hundred in its behalf throughout the empire. form letters, we divided them among But in 1917, when the Kerensky gov- these business houses, sent out letters ernment permitted Zionists to hold on their stationery with their mail. their first convention, and to take the All letters were in code. When we first membership census, it was dis- asked for 1,000 price catalogues, we covered that there were 179,000 pro- were actually requesting 1,000 shekels fessed Zionists in this secret organi- (a shekel is a Hebrew coin, represent. ing the membership in the Zionist zation. The amazing story of the growth of movement). We sent maps of I'ates- Zionism under Czar Nicholas was re- tine AR our receipts. "We never published minutes. Our lated at Hotel Conmaalore, New York, e by a man who was a gui ding spirit 'memories served this purpose. in that movement. Ile is Alexander held our conferences abroad. In 1914, Goldstein, a lawyer, who came to because of the war, our work became America recently with Nahum Soko- much more difficult because all cables low, Vladimir Jabotinsky and Pro- and correspondence were strictly cen- fessor Otto Warburg, as memlwrs of sored. When in 1915 we sent three the Zionist Delegation to assist here delegates to the Zionist convention at the growth of the Keren Ilayesod Copenhagen our representatives were arrested, despite declarations that (Palestine Foundation Fund). they went on private business and A Game of Wits. Surrounded by official spies, every the fact that no incriminating papers movement wacthed, the Zionists play- were found on them. One was ex- ed a game of wits, out.plotting those pelled from Petrograd. The other two who plotted against them. Prison were released. and Siberia were the penalties for Many Meetings Raided. holding Zionist meetings and accept- "We were able to organize the Zion- ing collection's. In 1912, there were 145 trials for collecting funds and Hit Club.We called it Bezalel. Its purpose was ostensibly the develop- other Zionist activities. Many of the I ment of Jewish art. Tic carry out this defendants were sent to prison, amongi subterfuge we had a few painters as them a member of the former Central members. We also had a police rep- Committee at Vilna. Hereupon the resentative on our payroll, whose job Zionists found it necessary to work was to see nothing, hear nothing. illegally. They transferred their com- Bezalel held balls and bazaars. The mittee to Petrograd, where its activ- money went for Palestine. When it ities could more easily he concealed became necessary to send out letters and for five years Zionism grew and to the 800 towns where he had flourished in the shadow of the branches, we used envelopes of dif- Czar's palace. ferent sizes, shapes and colors, ad- "iVe devised codes and planned dressing them in different handwrit- every step carefully," Mr. Goldstein ings, sending them at different times. explained. "our code word for ('en- We wrote our letters in Hebrew, for tral CommittKowas "Merkaz," a Ile- we were practically certain that the brew word. When a member receiv- language could not be understood. e letter telling him to "please send to Nevertheless raids were frequent and Mr. Merkaz," he knew that he was punishment drastic. One meeting at directed to communicate with the Cen- l'insk seas raided and 23 persons sent to Siberia " With Vladimir Jabotinsky, the Bas- • lan "advocate" who founded the Jewish Legion, Mr. Goldstein publish- ed "Razweit" ("The Dawn"), the only LEN JO SHOP—Orders now taken Russian newspaper for Jews. It pub- for spring frocks ladies' and chil- lished articles on the theoretical prob- dren's. Remodeling at reasonable lems. At the end of n long theoreti- prices. 505 Fisher Arcade. cal article would be printed a brief note—in code—so that it seemed a BEAUTIFUL eight-room flat to rent. typographical error—sonic announce- 1409 Burlingame Ave. Hemlock ments of importance to the public. 6624 or Main 5464. The gaper tried to keep within the — -- censorship, but its publishers were FOR SALE—Furnished or unfur- frequently fined for printing articles nish e d bungalow, Cass Lake, Keego that were considered "too strong." limbos, small equitey. Mrs. E. W. The name of the paper was changed Curian, Keego Harbor, Mich. five times in attempts to evade the — -- law. NICE LARGE ROOM—Steam heat- First Zionist Congress. ed, for one or two gentlemen. 291 "The movement secured its first Glendale East Forest avenue. recognition in 1917, when Kerensky tf 7140-M. s,ave the Jews an opportunity to hold the first Congress of Russian Zion- BUSINESS WOMAN—With two chil- ists. here the underground move- dren, age 12 and 10—wants to ment emerged into light. Delegate's share apartment with small, intel- were present from all its branches, ligent family. Box 204, Detroit some from towns outside the pale of Jewish Chronicle. lowish settlement, 65 representing Jewish soldiers at the front. Here BOSTON BOULEVARD LOT—By- the first official roll call of the move- ron and Wilson; paved alley. Free ment was made and its membership and clear. Deal direct and save set at 179,000. When votes were agent's commissions. 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CHARLEVOIX HOTEL Main 6352 2025 Park Blvd. The second annual dance of the Senior Young Judaea Council, which includes all the senior clubs of De- troit and the one in Windsor, will be held in the Board of Commerce Audi- torium on March 4. Committees were chosen at the last meeting of the council to take charge of arrangements for the dance. Har- old Levin was appointed committee manager. The tickets for the dance will be placed on sale next week. Jewish congregations throughout the KNIGHTS OF JUDAEA mented wines in religious services. Circumstances necessitated the post- ponement of the Knights' debate on the question: "Resolved, That the three Zionist parties should combine in their work of rebuilding Palestine." The debate will, however, be held dur- ing the meeting of Saturday, Jan. 21. Team 4, consisting of Sam Firestone, Sol Slomovitz and William Lankin, will uphold the affirmative; Irving Cohen, Morris Waxman and David Cooper making up Team 5, will de- fend the negative. As a substitute for last week's pro- gram, the Knights had extemporane- ous speeches by the members on cur- rent Zionist news. BAR KOCHBA JUDAEANS Sam Weisberg, active member of the local chapter of the Intercollegi- ate Zionist Association, last Sunday took over the leadership of the Bar Kichba Young Judaea circle. Mr. Weisberg, who has had considerable experience in the past, is arranging for a series of interesting programs. The club will henceforth meet on Monday evenings. The following new officers were elected at the last meeting: Isadore Silverstein, president; Jacob Gilbert, vice-president; Sam Goldman, treas- urer; Isadore Burnstein, secretary. Plans are being made by the group to celebrate their first anniversary of the club's existence. The B'nos Yis- read were invited to attend the anni- versary celebration. YOUNG JUDAEA DAY NEW YORK 4—(J. C. B.)—Feb. 12 has been fixed for the celebration of Young Judaea Day. The Young Ju- daea Day celebration was a great success last year. In order that it should be still more successful this year, preparations should begin very soon. The national office is issuing a special program outlining suitable events to bring home on this occasion to parents and members the signifi- cance of Young Judaea. Every Ju- daea Club is expected to celebrate Young Judaea Day, the national office proclamation states. MACCABEES OF JUDAEA The Maccabees of Judaea, under the coaching of Allen Blonds', a former ('ass Tech man, organized a strong basketball team this year. The first real game of the season resulted in the defeat of the Maccabean Sports by the score of 17-5. The Maccabee team is composed of Nate Lesser, Charles lilondy, lien Labret, Maurice Goldman and Sam Silverstein. SOVIET RUSSIA MAY BE VISITED AGAIN Cunard-Anchor Line announces that they are ready to accept bookings for Soviet Russia provided passengers will obtain permission from the Soviet Russian foreign office to enter their territory. Cunard-Anchor Line has prepared application blanks which may be ob- tained from any steamship ticket agency representing the Cunard Line. Such application blanks will be fur- nished free of charge and the agents will furnish the necessary information and will also assist the intended pas- sengers to fill out such declaration. It must be certified by a notary public. This filled out application should be sent to the Cunard office or to their branch agencies who will forward such applications to the Russian au- thorities, without expense to the ap- plicant, except where a cable answer is requested, the nominal charge will be $1, to cover cable expenses. The company also advises that they are selling prepaid tickets for Rus- sians to visit the United States. The Cunard office abroad are in postal communication with the northwestern part of Soviet Russia and are able to reach passengers in that district for whom prepaids have been purchased or may he purchased. With these prepaid tickets, a reasonable amount of cash may be included to be paid to passengers for their expenses. The Cunard Steamship Company has printed application forms which will be furnished free by any of their agencies, upon request. Third class rate from New York to Libau via England is $110, plus $5 war tax. Prepaids via England to New York are as follows: From War- saw, Libau and Kovo, $106; Riga, $107. (U. S. head tax $8 additional.) LONDON.—(J. T. A.)—That the Arab delegation from Palestine in- tends to put their case before the electorate during the forthcoming general elections is a statement made in well-informed circles here. Funds for this purpose are said to have been collected in Palestine and in England. HOTEL ADDISON BEAUTY SHOP Shampooing, Marcel Waving, Ma- nicuring, Hair Dyeing, Water Waving, Facials. Scalp Treatments a Specialty. Phone Cadillac 790 J. Lieber Custom Tailor Showing the Latest W Room 207-09 Broadway Market Building PAGE THREE ■ ■ ■ 1111111•1111111111110 NEW YORK.—The Rev. Dr. Moses Ilyamson of 1335 Madison avenue has recently had printed and distributed among the rabbis and members of , country a four-page leaflet giving "The Jewish Concept of Wine and Its Use." - The leaflet has particular try significance at this time in view of the discussion of the use of unfer- Dr. Ilyamson has met with some of the committees at work on a plan to guard against the abuses that have crept into the handling of sacra- mental wines. In the summary of his treatise on the subject Dr. Ilyamson says: "The Bible and the Talmud are not opposed to the use of wine in moder- ation. They are opposed to intem- perance. They recommend abstin- ence for the sake of example.. "Wine should be used for Kiddush, Ilabdallah, marriage ceremonies and the first nights of Passover. But it need not be intoxicating, and, dor Passover, mead may be used if wine is not procurable. On Purim and for grace after meals its use was cus- tomary. The quantity of wine to be used each time is a fourth of a log, equal to the volume of an egg and a half. Wine of Non-Jews Prohibited. "Yayin Nesech does not exist in civilized countries, as the Gentiles are not idolators. But Stam Yayin (wine of non-Jews) is still prohibited. I Hence the need of having wine pre-; pared by Jews under proper super- vision, with proper precautions to' guard against direct intentional con- tact by non-Jews, in order that it may be fit for the use of Jews who observe Talmudic and Rabbinic Jo- deism." Regarding kosher wine and non- kosher wine, he says: "Kosher wine is wine that has been prepared by Jews and under the su- pervision of Jews and not touched in- tentionally by a Gentile. The prohi- bition of the use of the wine of Gen- tiles was already known in the Baby- lonian captivity. Dank.' did not de- file himself with the food of the king I of Babylon nor with the wine of the palace. (Daniel 1:8.1 "In the upper chamber of Chana- sin, son of Chizkia ben Gorion, the , school of Shammai were in the ma-, jority over Hillel's school, and 18 de- crees were passed. The seventeenth was a prohibition of the use of the bread of idolaters, their oil, their wine, and intermarriage with their daughters. The prohibition of the oil of idolators was never generally accepted, and so the ordinance be- came a dead letter. (Aboda Zara :16 a.) But the prohibition of wine was accepted, on the ground that drinking with idolators would lead to immorality and mixed marriages and subsequently to idolatry. (Aboda Zara 36 a.) "There is a tradition that, on Bi- leam's advice, the Moabite women se- duced the Israelites by first offering them wino. To partake of this wine was not yet forbidden, and when they were inflamed with wine the tempt- resses took out of their bosoms idols and said to the Hebrew youths: 'Wor- ship these.' (Sanhedrin 106 a.) Wine Poured Out to Idols. need nut dwell at length on Yayin Nesech, as this is of purely his- torical interest. Wine poured out to idols, or made expressly for that pur- pose, was Yayin Nesech, and express. ly forbidden to be drunk or to be used in any other way. Contact with it defiled as much as an idol (Aboda Zara, 30 b). "Wine prepared by, or belonging to, an idolater, concerning which we do not know whether it was intended or had been used for idolatrous pur- poses, might not be used and defiled in a lesser degree (ib. 31 a). "Wine belonging to a Jew that has been deposited with an idolator may not be drunk but may be used other- wise (ib. 31 a). "Boiled wine, or wine mixed with honey and pepper, cannot be Yayin Nesech (ib. 3 Oa). "Prohibition of the handling or touching of wine by an idolator be- gins when the juice of the grape com- mences to flow in the wine press. "Mere touch without moving the hand when it is in the wine, an in- voluntary touch, or moving the wine with a stick, would not make it Yayin Nesech. "Nowadays, according to Iserles' Nots (Joreh Deah 123:1 and 132:1), there is no Yayin Nesech. But the prohibition of the drinking of wine that a Gentile, even Moslem, has touched intentionally is still in force. "In Italy it was the custom of the Jewish communities to buy contents of wine presses full of grapes through Gentiles had trodden it. Jair Bache- rach (Chavath Jair 114) extenuates the practice, though he does not jus- tify it, on the ground that as the juice is still mixed with skins and ker. nels it is not yet wine. "As the Gentiles now are not re- garded as idolators, if a Gentile touches a Jew's wine, unintentional- ly, or to save it from leaking, or in- termediately by pushing in the spigot, he does not make it unfit for drink- ing. (Joreh Deah 124:24.) "Where a Gentile touches wine be- longing to a Jew in spite to make it unfit for Jews, Jews should drink it in his presence, so as to teach him not to do so again. (Joreh Deah 124:27.)" Dr. Ilyamson also points out in his article on what occasions wine is re- quired. STATE OF SIEGE PLACED ON ARAB VILLAGES THAT FAILED TO PAY FINES JERUSALEM. — (J. T. A.) —A number of Arab villages upon which a fine of £6,000 pounds aech had been imposed by the government for their attacks on the Jewish colonies subse- quent to the riots in Jaffa have been surrounded by the military in an at- tempt to compel payment of the fine. British troops and Egyptian and Arabic military police, flanked •by armored cars and machine guns, have surrounded the villages, including the large township of Tulkeran. Arab notables and sheiks have been arrest- ed and a threat to confiscate the cat- tle unless the fine is paid has been made. A January Clearance Special! '6459-pc. Amer. Walnut Dining Suite ■ '437 0 • ■ - T HIS exclusive Dining Room Suite of genuine American Walnut is a product of the famous A. J. Johnson Co. one of the lead- ing makers of dining furniture in America, It is fashioned in the beautiful Tudor Period design in the ex- quisite antique finish, hand decorated. Suite, exactly as pictured, consists of massive buffet, large exten- sion table, china cabinet and six ehairs with cane paneled backs, seats upholstered in rich tapestry or hair cloth. Regular $95 Serving Table to match on sale at $59.00. U • io Robinson...Cohen Co HIGH STREET AT HASTINGS ■ " A merica's Finest Furniture" Fourteenth cars pass door Open Evenings III II II 1313 JEWISH IMMIGRANTS CALLED BOLSHEVISTS Senator King of Utah Reveals His Antagonistic Attitude. WASHINGTON—(J. T. A.)—In an interview granted the J. T. A. cor- respondent concerning the recent bill he introduced in the Senate to reduce immigration to 2 per cent of the na- tionalities in America, based on con- tinuance of the present quota system, Senator William King, Utah, Deeps crat member of the Senate Immigra- tion Committee, revealed an unusual- ly antagonistic attitude towards Jew- ish immigration. Jewish immigrants, he declared, as his firm opinion based on two years of close personal observation, are "overwhelmingly Bolshevistic" and objectionably radical in type. Senator King made a frank revela- tion that it was in a large measure because of the Senate's fear of this radical tendency on the part of Jew- ish immigrants from Eastern Europe that led that body to enact the pre- vailing strict quota regulations. The sentiment of the Senate has grown 0. 1 132! evenmore antagonistic, and the Sen- it quite clear that ho is in no way ate would, if possible, close the doors anti-Semitic; on the contrary he is, he said, a life-long friend of the Jews altogether, the Utah Senator said. and was chiefly responsible for the Makes Trips to East Side. election of Governor Bamberger of Senator King claimed that he makes Utah.. As a Mormon, the Senator frequent trips to New York's East even believes Jewish blocal flows in Side, traveling incognito, mixing his earn veins. His son married and among Jews, and finds the vast ma- is living happily with a Jewess. jority sympathetic to radicalism. Ile "This objectionable radical type is had, tie his utter consternation, dis- not Jewish," Senator King said, "for covered this to be equally true of they have deserted the God of Abra- Jewish college students and so-called ham, Isaac and Jacob. I view their intellectuals. apostasy from Judaism with anger At a number of Columbia Univers- and disappointment. They are bring- ity meetings he states he interviewee ing grief upon the Jewish race which many Jewish students, finding prac- has made supreme moral contribu- tically all of them atheistic and radi- tions to civilization. A Jew who de- cal. Mee God is inconceivable to me." During the past two years, Sen- Senator King also said that no ma- ator King says, he has talked to more terial has been furnished him to re- than 2,000 Jews personally, in the fute his impression of Jewish immi- course of a special study of their grants, but he would he delighted to leaning towards radicalism. be proved wrong, and would gladly At his recent debate with Senator read and study any literature fur- France on Soviet Russia at Carnegie nished him from Jewish sources. Hall, the Senator continued, 80 per Judging from Senator King's in- cent of the audience were Jews, and every time Lenin or Trotzky was tense feeling on the subject it is quite possible that he may air his views mentioned they applauded wildly. Senator King indicated that his in- publicly either on the Senate floor or formation about the radicalism of the in committee. 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