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(CopyrighL 1921. By Chas. II. Joseph.)
Sometimes I wonder if it justifies • man to abuse the eye-sight God
hat endowed him with, to scan the generally unexplored regions of
ne wsp•pers and ma gamines, to finally come upon such • statement as
Om: "First a to the Bar (legal) in general: It ha been flooded with
young men in recent years whose fathers were brought up in the
fierce commercial rivalry of the Ghetto and whose grandparents ped-
dled in Russian cities. Naturally, these chaps, without any fault of
theirs, save heredity and environment, can hardly perceive the ethical
n uances bred in the blood of those endowed with New England and
P e nnsylvania Friends practiced for 10 generations. The strife for life
has nude the law a business, no longer • profession."
This
was written by a gentleman by the name of Gibbons. He is
so earnest, apparently, and means so well that I am sure he believes
what he has said. Now I know as well as he that there are some Jews
(or Jews he meant even though he attempted to thinly veil his allusions
under such transparent allusions as "commercial rivalry of the Ghetto"
and "whose grandparents peddled in the Russian cities"—who are all
he jays of them. But I can name a great many distinguished names
of lawyers who come from the stock he mentions who seem to have
c lifil,ulty in perceiving the ethical nuances" to which he refers. I
like to ask those gentlemen who are so intoxicated with their ancestry
who Theodore Roosevelt had in mind when he was fighting for a more
acute perception of the "ethical nuances" in the business and profes-
sional life of this nation? I would be interested indeed to know if he
i nve ighed against those "whose grandfathers peddled in Russian cities"
or against those who came from New England stock?
Governor Miller of New York said this at • meeting of the Federa-
tion for the support of the Jewish Philanthropic Societies: "The things
that you do are more efficiently and effectively done than they could
possibly be if undertaken by the state." This is very nice and I appre-
ciate the spirit in which the statement was made, but I cannot agree
with the governor. I am of the opinion that all philanthropy should
be the business of the state; that it is unfair that a group of individuals
should assume burdens that properly belong to the entire community.
Its the state's business to take care of its weaker members. Further,
every man should be taxed for these purposes and thus the burden
would be properly distributed instead of being carried on the shoulders
of the few. I am of the opinion that this idea of private philanthropy
will one day be obsolete.
I commend to the attention of everyone, rich or poor, young or old,
these two statements, one by Nathan Strauss, the other by Julius
Rosenwald. The former said: "My name has erroneously appeared
in a recently published list of the country's richest men, and I regret
that I am not eligible to that class, because I would like to have more
money to spend for the benefit of mankind. During my whole life I
have maintained that wealth, whether moderate or great, creates an
obligation upon the holder to use it for the benefit of mankind and I
have lived up to that obligation myself, even beyond what I felt was
Mr. Rosenwald said: "1 would
just to myself and to my family."
rather be a beggar and spend my money like • king, than be • king and
spend my money like a beggar."
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1 am very glad that the press of the country has spread these
thoughts of two such representative Jews to every city and hamlet in
the land. It will probably open the eyes of many whose minds have
been fed with the poison of prejudice to the real character of the real
Jew. It ought to have the effect of making • great many Christian
multi.million•ires whose religion seems to place such insurmountable
obstacles in the way of their entering the kingdom of h , follow
the Jewish ideal of giving. It should also have the effect of causing
many Jews who are what Charles Dickens would described a "near,"
adopt • more liberal policy in the support of worthy causes.
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WARSAW.—(J. T. A.)—Startling
revelations which will in all likelihood
not remain unanswered for a long
time, ire made by the Jewish Emi-
grant an organ which supplies in-
formation to emigrants, to the effect
that Jewish emigration organizations
are deriving personal profit by ma-
nipulating Jewish emigration and di-
recting it to French ports and French
bottoms.
What are purported to be proof of
the allegations are contained in a
leader in the Emigrant, showing that
the executive of the World Relief
Conference at ► 'aris had sent a confi-
dential circulation to various Jewish
emigration societies suggesting that
the emigrants be directed to embark
from French ports and on French
ships, on the pretext that immigrants
arriving on French ships experience
less difficulty in being admitted to
American' ports than others.
It is also alleged that 4 out of the
0 organizations invited by the "Ica"
(Jewish Colonization Association) to
send representatives to a conference
to be held in Paris on Jan. 16 have
their headquarters in that city. These
organizations are, besides the "Ica,"
the World Relief Executive, the Alli-
ance Israelite Universelle, the General
Immigration Committee of Warsaw,
which is said to be a branch of the
"lea" in Paris.
It is also held to lie a significant
fact that the initiators of the confer-
ence are chiefly leaders of the Alli-
ance who, it is reported, are the prin-
cipal stockholders in the French
steamship companies on whose ships
they proposed that the Jewish emi-
grants be carried.
The leading article does not con-
fine itself to France alone but shows
the practice of profiteering by emi-
gration is a widely extended prac-
tice and that a number of German
Jewish leaders have also been urging
that Jewish emigration should clear
through German ports and on Ger-
man ships.
As a remedy to what is character-
ized as a scandalous situation, this
journal proposes that Roumania be
given up as a trans-emigration coun-
try, that emigration should in the
main be concentrated at German
ports and that the emigration move-
. ment as a whole be delivered of its
benefactors who, under the cloak of
philanthropy, traffic with the unfor-
tunate emigrants.
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You know the man who says "Oh, if I had that man's money 1
would show the world how I would give." He is everywhere, in every
community, in every land under the sun. I have been looking for years
for some apt answer to that man. And I want to thank John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., for giving me the desired answer. Here it is—it's
the best I ever heard: "I have many men come to my office and tell
me all the great things they would do if they had $100,000. Well, the
way • man uses what money he has is an indication of how he would
use it if he had more. When my father was paying $1 a week for
lodging he gave five cents • week to foreign missions and three cents
a week to the poor." In other words, dear reader, if you learn to give
when you have little, you will readily give more when you have more.
I think Rockefeller has hit the nail squarely on the head, don't you?
Well, it begins to look a little more encouraging for my coffee and
cigar. I find this item tucked away in the legislative news from Al-
bany, N. Y. "The restrictive measures backed by the Lord's Day Al-
liance apparently are of little interest to members of the Legislature.
The measures designed to repeal Sunday baseball and Sunday movies
■ re not expected to get further than the committee."
Anxi• Yeriersk• is another of those immigrant "prodigies" who,
intoxicated by the progress they have made, begin to tell the world all
about it in the papers and magarinm. I have no doubt that Anzia
Yezierska is far above the average—so was Mary Antin—but these
women, it seems to me, adopt a satirical, cynical, sarcastic attitude in
discussing their problems that leave a bad taste in the mouth. For
example, in • recent issue of Scribner's Miss Yezierska tells of her
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noodle machine, made in Germany:
a large pot over 300 years old, used
for kneading of dough for matzohs;
a Succah with all the symbols of the
Festival of the Booths, and numerous
other symbolic Jewish things, gave
the second annual exhibit a particu-
lar Jewish touch, pointing to an in-
creased interest by artists in works
distinctly Jewish and the growth of
a Jewish are in this country.
Already other cities are beginning
to follow the example of the Detroit
Jewish community in planning arta
and crafts exhibitions similar to the
ones held here last year and this.
The success of the exhibition is due,
particularly to the work of Miss Mary
Caplan, the educational director of '
the Jewish Institute.
This Sunday evening s reception'
will be held at the Jewish Institute
for the artists who helped make the
exhibit • success. This reception will
also aim at forming a closer relation
between the local Jewish artists.
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Rented by Moses holding aloft the
tablets and pointing to the command-
ments engraved thereon. Second,
Isaiah
Prophesy, represented by
Minting heavenward. The lion and
the Iamb on either side of him are to
allegorize the Messianic hope, while
Underneath the prophet is placed the
inscription: "Holy the Lord of Hosts"
alluded to in his great vision. The
third division, the Writings, is pre-
sented by David the Psalmist, as a
shepherd-lad, making his harry intone
"Praise ye the Lord!" which is in-
scribed below. The skipping of the
lambs nearby is to accentuate the
joyful !mint embodied in Judaism.
Around the top of the medallion is
placed the quotation taken from Deu-
teronomy: "This is your Wisdom and
Understanding in the Sight of the
Peonies." which is to indicate that VIENNESE JEWISH SCHOLARS
our faith is based on the Law of
AID JERUSALEM UNIVERSITY
Moses and is to teach that one of the
'Main contributions to the world was
VIENN A. — (J. C. B.)—Chief
made by Judaism through the Holy
Rabbi Chafes is responsible for the
Scriptures.
formation
of a non-partisan commit-
Distinct Jewish Art.
A bow and arrow outfit for Lag tee of well known Jewish schola rs
and university professors who, when
rOmer and • wooden sword used by required, will place their services at
children in the Lithuanian villages
the disposal of the projected Hebrew'
on Tisha B'Ab are other articles of
university in Jerusalem.
distinct Jewish interest exhibited. A
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JEWISH CALENDAR
5682-1922
Rosh-Chodesch Adar, Wednesday,
March 1.
Purim (Feast of Esther), Tuesday,
March 14.
Rosh-Chodesch Nissan, Thursday,
March 30.
l'assover (Pesach), Thursday, April
13.
Passover (Seventh Day), Wednes-
day, April 19.
Rosh - Chodesch Iyar, Saturday,
April 29.
Lag b'Omer, Tuesday, May 16.
Rosh-Chodesch Shan, Sunday, May
28.
Shabuoth (Confirmation Day), Fri-
day, June 2.
Rosh-Chodesch Tammuz, Tuesday,
June 27.
Rosh-Chodesch Ab, Wednesday, July
26.
Fast of Ab, Thursday, August 3.
Rosh-Chodesch Ellul, Friday, Au-
gust 25.
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Now, •II this is interesting, but there is an undercurrent of "smart-
mss" about it that annoys one. And while I do not wish to doubt
the lady's story, yet it seems incredible that anyone seeking • servant
should handle her in the way she describes. I am sure that no house-
wife reading this will credit the statement of such a flagrant attempt
are so eager
to pay an immigrant girl wages; on the contrary, they
to obtain household help, even of the immigrant kind, that they pay
run-
very good wages. 1 have noticed this same cynical, sneering tone
ning through other articles written by the same author. It is in bad
reason why Foch whipped him than that the Jews were disloyal.
to
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Zawl
"My first job was as a servant in an Americanized family.
Once, long ago, they came from the same village from which
I came. But they were no well dressed, so well fed, no suc-
cessful in America that they were ashamed to remember their
mother tongue. 'What were to be my wages?' I ventured
timidly to ask, as I looked up to the well fed, well dressed
'American' man and woman. They looked at me with sudden
coldness. What have I said to draw away from me the
warmth? Was it on low of me to talk of wages? I shrank
back into myself like a low down bargainer. Maybe they are
no well up in well being they can't any more understand my
low thoughts for money. At the end of the month I rushed over
to my American lady and gentleman: '0i, weh! the money, my
money, my wages,' I said breathlessly. Four cold eyes turned
on me. 'Wages? Money? Haven't you a comfortable bed to
sleep in and three good meals a day? You are only a month
here. And you already thinking of money?'
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first coming to America, and how she applied for her first job. And
here is the way she tells 4:
The surely have us coming and going. In Russia the Bolshevists
are the Jews and the capitalists are the Jews; Ludendorff says that the
German Jews helped the Allies and the Allies any that Jews sympa-
thised with Germany. When the world flips • coin with the Jew 4 is
on the basis of head. 1 win tails you lose. About 100,000 Jews in
the statement
Germany participated in the World War, according to
80 per cent
of Dr. Jacob Segall, who has made • study of statistics,
killed; 35,000 were
d actively at the front; 12,000 Jews were
decorated, 23,000 promoted and 2,000 made officers. In view of these
gures I think that Ludendorff will have to discover some more plaus-
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