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Let it be hoped, therefore, that the efforts being put forth by its To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach representatives in Detroit will be more generously rewarded this office by Tuesday evening of each week. than they have been up to this time. 0 00a0000 'fil- EDETROIVEWISII etRON 'ME • RIM! (Our Croutrutpurarivv, g THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS (Copyright, 1921. By Judith Ish-Kiahor.) A YOUNG FOLKS' PAGE CONDUCTED BY JUDITH ISH-KISHOR. (The New Palestine.) the seven good years shall begin. If What is going to happen with the you desire it, before the (lay is over, movement for the American Jewish you ...hall be so rich that you will be Congress? Since the fateful Phila- Tale of King Solomon. able to support all the poor in town. delphia session, when the first Con- But after these seven years of riches, gress adjourned sine die, it has been One spring day, the young king you will again become as poor as you subjected to the vagaries of Jewish Solomon sat lost in thought. His are now. If you desire it you may life, rising and falling, manoto ring friend and teacher Nathan the Proph- have the seven good years at the end for place and opportunity in the et, approached him, and laying his of your life, and die a rich man." scheme of American Jewish organiza- hand upon the lad's head,. addressed Tovie listened to these strange tions. No one doubts the validity of him saying: the principles upon which the move- "My son, why do you sit dreaming words. Then he answered: "I do not understand how you can ment was founded. There is the under the trees? The youth raised make such an offer. I am afraid you some need for it now that there was his eyes and replied: at the time when it flamed into life. "0 master, I have been thinking think me very simple, and are trying Editorial Contributor It is said that even the pallid specter RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN that I should like to see a miracle per- to make fun of me." of the Congress acts as a restraining "Very well" answered the stranger formed." The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to The prophet smiled. I, too, wished quietly, and walked off into the grow- influence upon anti-Semitic govern- ments abroad. It is also a check the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility fe' an indorsement of the to see a miracle when I was a boy." ing dusk. Tovie strained his eyes to upon unlicensed activities of non- view expressed by the writers. "And did you?" Exclaimed Solo- follow him as he disappeared. Ile representative Jewish organizations wondered who the stranger could be. man. at home. But a strange paralysis 'Yes, my son. A man of God came The next week he again met the afflicts it. It has not yet overcome to me with a pomegranate seed in his old man in the long cloak, who helped the confusion that was created when hand. 'Behold', said he, 'What this him carry the wood from the forest, adjourned without date and im- seed will bring forth.' And he made and repeated his offer at the cross- t a hole in the ground with his finger, roads. And Tovie again answered mediately was resurrected. There were those who believed that the and placed the seed in it, and covered him: movement would come to an end with the seed with the soil. Then after he "I do not understand how you can the closing of the doors of the first removed his hand, the ground rose„ and I saw two small leaves come forth make such an offer. I am afraid you session. Its record was made and think me very simple and are trying placed in the archives, and that was and I had scarcely seen them before the end of it. But inasmuch as it the leaves closed and it became a to make fun of me." But the next week when the strang- represents a natural development in rounded stem. "Then the man of God spoke to me, er for the third time walked with American Jewish life, and expresses saying: 'Behold!' And as I looked, Tonle to the cross-roads and repeated a need which still persists, it con- tinues to live. • It suffers from the seven boughs spread forth from the his offer, Tovie replied: "If you are really in earnest, and handicap that whatever moral author. stem like seven branches on the can dlestick of the altar, and I was aston- do not mean to make sport of nie, I ity there was in it was given over ished. But the man of God told me will think over what you have pro- to the committee that was sent to to be silent, and he dipped water out mised. But I never do anything with- the Peace Conference at Versailles, of the brook, and sprinkled the boughs out first consulting my wife. Let me who when they returned to the three times, and behold, they were talk matters over with her, and then United States, delivered their reports, and with the adjournment of the Con- heavy with green leaves, no that we I shall give you my answer." "Very good, Tovie," said the strang- gress sine die, withdrew to a large were surrounded with a cool shade, and smelled pleasant odors. And I er. "Far be it from me to interfere extent their personal responsibility for the further activities of the Con- cried: 'How comes this fragrance in with such a good custom". Tonle hurried home. His wife met gress. This took away from the Con- the air?' gress a great deal of its authority. him at the door of their poor hut. Ile "And the man of God answered me, saying, 'Do you not see how the pur- quickly told her all about the old man It created confusion. It made it difficult for those who assumed sub- and what he had promised, ending: ple-colored blossoms shoot out among "I believe the stranger is in earnest. sequently responsibility in the dev- the leaves and hang down in bunches elopment of the Congress movement I Is not know who he is, but his voice and give us fragrance?' And I would have spoken, but the man of God left was so gentle and his eyes so kind that to wield an influence that would inspire general confidence. This I feel certain that he was not making me, and I was greatly astonished at fun of me." Tonic's wife thought a handicap must be overcome. It can what I had seen.' be overcome. At a small meeting Nathan stopped speaking, and Sol- while before she answered. "I believe . . . . l'erhaps it was held in New York last week, Dr. omon, who had been listening eagerly cried out: "Where is he, the divine the prophet Elijah. Ile may not conic Wise reiterated his faith in Jewish man who brought this thing to pass?" again, but if he does, tell him to give people. It was decided at this meet- ing to step forward with confidence But Nathan answered him quietly: us the seven good years at once." "But," objected Tovie, "now I am and proceed with the arrangements "Son of David, I have related a vis- still young and strong, and can work for the holding of elections. Those ion." Then Solomon was grieved and dis- hard. One day I make more, one day who are now vested with responsibili- appointed, and he reproached Nathan, less, but all the same I am able to ty in the Congress movement should Copies U. S. Way.. saying: "0 master, I believed that work. But when I am older, it will take advantage of the opportunity Dr. Lupu paid a visit to America you were speaking truthfully, and lo, be harder to make a living. Why that confronts them of raising the some time ago and witnessed one of should you spend your last years in Congress to a position of authority you have deceived me!" By SOLOMON SUFFRIN our presidential campaigns. He has and influence. It may be that the But Nathan answered him, saying: misery and want?" copied our way of campaigning and "Surely, I have not deceived you, son "True," answered his wife. "But enthusiasm for it has subsided. but Roumania's Political and Economical introduced it in Roumania. He is of David. In your father's garden, we must think of our children. For that enthusiasm can be reawakened called the Roumanian-American can- you can see with your own eyes the their sake, we must have the money by conservative and responsible Condition, and Its Relation to the didate and has a tremendous follow. now. Only today our children were action. We do not doubt that it Jewish Population, Seen Through ing both in old and in new Roumania. things that I have told you." "But,"said Solomon, "What you sent home from school because we would now be possible to bring to- the Eyes of an American Jew, Who Immediately upon his arrival from saw took place in but a single min- could not pay for their tuition. Learn- gether the Congress and make the the United States, he accepted post Just Revisited That Country. ing is worth more than bread, and it beginning in the establishment of a ute." in the ministry, which post he has "My son," Nathan answered him is better for us to be hungry in our permanent American Jewish Organ- (Copyright. Jewish Correspondence since resigned. gently, "you believed that I was de- old age, than for our children to grow ization in accordance with the views Roumania has now become the scribing a wonderful miracle when I up ignorant and without a chance to fu the original promoters of the Bureau, 1922.) most important political factor in the told you of my vision. But, are the learn." movement. Balkans. Besides that, Prince Carol, changes that take place daily in the (NOTE:—Solomon Suffrin, a You are right," agreed Tovie. the successor to the throne, has mar- world shout us any less wonderful, "You arc always right. It is better New York attorney, formerly a ried the daughter of the King of because God accomplishes them quiet- to have the seven good years now." member of the State Assembly Greece, the youngest Roumanian ly and without haste?" and prominent as a leader of Ile returned to the cross-roads, and princess, Marjorie, has recently been Roumanian Jews in America, has Solomon was struck with the froth there was the tall old man waiting for (The Hebrew Standard.) bethrothed to the King of Serbia and of what Nathan said, and he did not him. Tovie gave his answer. just returned from a 10 weeks' The executors of the late Jacob II. the wedding will take place imme- look any more for greater miracles visit to Roumania and Bessara- "And what about the years of pov- Schiff entered a commendable public diately after the election. The Rou- bia. Mr. Suffrin, who has wit- than those he saw around him. erty that will surely follow?" asked service in communicating openly the manian government is now negotiat- nessed the fall of two govern. the man. "God will continue to keep details of the appraisal of the estate ing treaties with Poland ar Czech°. ments in no short a time, has an us, as Ile has always done," said of the deceased communal worker. Slovakia and immediately before my interesting story to tell about Tonic confidently. Naturally, this community is deeply departure I learned that President the influence of the rate of ex- "Have your wish", said the old man. interesteind in the affairs of him who (A Story from the Midrash.) Mazaryck and Mr. Pilsudsky will at- change on politics.—Editor.) Go home and make good use of your was, in his lifetime, its most affluent tend the conference at Bucharest in fortune!" And he disappeared. . member. The appraisal shows that Once upon a time, there lived a The government of General Ave- the early part of spring. Roumania When Tovie reached his home, he rescu, which was in power for over is now trying hard to collaborate with man named Tovie, a pious Jew, and found his children playing before the Jacob II. Schiff left a gross estate in two years, sent its finance minister her neighbors and is using all its old good to the poor. So generous was door, while his wife stood waiting for the state of New York, and thus sub- ject to the law which prescribes the he, in fact, that in a short time he to Paris for the purpose of obtaining and new efforts for that purpose. The children were digging in taxation for inheritances, of more Its moral and material status are had given away his whole fortune, him. a French loan to be used solely for the ground, when one of them sudden- the purpose of raising the Roumanian far above those of its neighbors, and and he and his family were reduced ly started up and ran to his father. than $35,000,000 dollars. This is exchange on the French Bourse. The it is believed that the recent financial to poverty. While they were rich, "See what I have found!" he cried. truly a gigantic sum for an individual minister is said to have obtained the crisis is the final crisis for Roumania. they had many friends, but now since And in his hand was a bright gold- to possess, and it reflects abounding Jews in Politics. they were poor, their old acquaintanc- piece! Tovie and his wife ran to the credit on Jacob Ii. Schiff's ability in loan, but immediately upon his re- Our co-religionists are preparing es seemed to forget about them and hole the children had dug, and sure amassing wealth. Fur he came to turn home to report to his govern- this country in early youth with only themselves to enter into political life. ment, while he was at the Simplan, left them entirely alone. enough, there was a crock of shining Tovie became a woodcutter, and gold-pieces, far too heavy for one man his native ability and no capital. Be the leu fell from 13 1/2 French cen- They will enter in a manner that will bring credit to the whole country. lived with his wfie and four little chil- to carry. They poured the coins out was the architect of his own fortune. times to 11 1/2 centimes. Parliament The estate of Jacob ii. Schiff, how- then refused to give a vote of confi- They have reached political maturity dren in a poor little but in the forest. on the kitchen table, and behold, the and possess the discipline of the soul One day as he was returning home, crock was just as full as before! The ever, is not circumscribed by the dence to the existing government, amount we have just stated. The the government being forced to re- required for the attainment of po- staggering under the heavy load of seven good years had indeed begun. trust funds which he created total sign. The king then called on Take litical ideals, on which depends their wood upon his back, he heard a voice But neither Tovie nor his wife some $8,000,000 in addition, and it Jonescu, then minister of foreign af- whole life of tomorrow. behind him saying: spent their money in idle living. They Within the next few days a spe- "Wait, brother, and I will help you sent their children to school, and is probable that he gave away during fairs, to form a new cabinet. The new cabinet was formed promptly, cial congress of Jewish leaders of old car ry your burden, for it seems heavy, bought better clothes, and moved into his lifetime other vast sums. So that the current estimate of $50,000,000 and within three weeks the new gov- and new Roumania will take place very heavy." a more comfortable cottage; but Tonle Tovie turned, and saw beside him still continued to work every day, for as his wealth is fully justified. ernment also fell on the some issue. at Bucharest at which a decision will But we confess to a feeling of be reached whether or not the Jews an old man, white-bearded, but still he said: of The Roumanian leu having reached grevious disappointment that Jacob oc ei s c . . of Roumania shall or shall not put straight and vigorous, and dressed in Frch d, crc ee entir 91/2.)ar leveld "If I live in idleness now, my chil- 11. Schiff, notable public figure and forth their own candidates in the (?) . rve's a long cloak girded with a shaggy dren will grow up to despise labor, This he was, skin. The stranger took the bundle and when we are poor again, they will communally-spirited man as acting all foreign funds for the pur- form of a Jewish bloc. should have allocated only a paltry At the last convention of the Lib- from Tovie, and walked beside him, of preventing speculation with not be willing to work and earn an part of his great estate to philanthro- to eral party Ely Berkowitz, president now and then asking him about his honest living." party, the leu. The king then cal led pic purposes. We said as much when of the Jewish community of Bu- wife and children, and learning of v i.Lr atthe lefur of th e . liberal Only one luxury did Toxie and his we discussed his will at the time the charest, a prominent banker, was of- to van his poverty and his struggle to sup- who J wife allow themselves; they gave gen- n7a and called for a fered a place in the executive com- port his family. When they left the erously to the needy, and never turn- document was filed. We repeat our dissolve Parliament assertion now, when the morphology mittee of the party, which he ac- forest and came to the cross-roads, new election. ed a stranger from their doors. of his fortune is exhibited to public Within the next fortnight, eke- cepted. On the other hand, other the stranger gave Tovie his wood The seven years passed very quick- prominent Jews accepted offices in gaze. Certainly Jewish tradition tines will take place and the entire again, and said: ly, and as the end drew near, Tovie marks out a course to be purued by "Listen, Tovie. God will send you and his wife could not help feeling untry is now going through almost the Conservative and Peoples' parties. same excitement as we witness From this one concludes that the seven prosperous years. During these that it would be pleasant to continue our rich men which is quite different than was followed by Jacob II. Schiff here in a presidential camp aign. All Jews will not accept the principle of years you shall have riches and happi- (Turn to Page Ten) in his will. k in their a Jewish bloc, and that they will ness again. It depends on you when parties adopted as a plan respective platforms the rise of the adopt the same system as we Ameri- can Jews follow in the United States. leu, except the Peasnants' party head- eat 'by Dr. N. Lupu, whose main is- They will attach themselves as Rou- sue is the calling of the constituent manian citizens of the Jewish faith assembly to confirm the agrarian law to the political party closest to their views. and the emancipation law. The M iracle. A A Step Toward Unity. A very dceided step toward unity among the parties in Judaism was taken when in the City of New York, a religious ,Adar 24, $682 school organized by the Union of American Hebrew Congrega- March 24,• 1922 tions accepted an invitation to conduct its school in the synagog of an Orthodox congregation. There is no good reason, how- Personalities in the Pulpit. ever, why there should not be such a rapprochement between Whatever else men may say about Dr. Stephen S. Wise, they Orthodox and liberal Judaism. After all, the cleavage between cannot accuse him of a lack of courage. Whether one agrees or the two parties among Jews does not touch the essentials. We may differ in regard to our interpretation of the place disagrees with him, he must admire him for the straight-from- the-shoulder style in which he customarily attacks men and in- and importance of forms and ceremonials in our religious life. stitutions. His recently published address under the title We may even in certain aspects hold to a somewhat different "What's the Matter with New York Jews?" is a case in point. interpretation of the philosophy of our religion, but fundament- Going even farther than did Mr. Jacob Loeb to whose indict. ally, we stand upon one common platform in regard to our ment of New York Jewry, Dr. Wise's lecture is a reply, he does attitude toward God and our duty to men. Orthodox, conservative, liberal and radical Jew repeat with not mince words in expressing his opinion of those Jews in New York who having amassed great fortunes are niggardly in their the same fervor the "Sh'ma Yisroel", proclaiming the Oneness support of Jewish causes—educational and philanthropic in of God, a dogma that carries with it a belief in the brotherhood of man. All parties within our faith recognize equally in Juda- character. Without ambiguity he says among other things: "The sad- ism, the voice of ethical monotheism and though they may dening truth is that some Jews, yes many Jews, cannot give express their convictions in different terms and translate their decently or more than the veriest trifle because they have beliefs through practices that superficially seem very different, nothing left after using up everything for themselves, their at bottom there is unity if not uniformity. For this reason, the conception that Orthodox and Reform needs, their tastes, their appetites, their luxuries. They are poor because they mortgage income and resources in order to Jews have little in common, is an utterly mistaken one. It would feed and clothe and amuse themselves." "Many of New York's be well for Jewish congregations in all our larger centers to Jews", Dr. Wise goes on to say, "who have failed to do their study carefully the problem as to how far they may co-operate with the other. We feel assured that such study would be duty at this time eat too much and dress too well and go to the one theatre too often, altogether spend too much for themselves not only to the immediate advantage of the organizations con- and on themselves, and yet seem to be insensible to the cry cerned but as well to the benefit of Judaism everywhere. of need." This same indictment in exactly the same terms might unquestionably be made against large numbers of Jews, and non-Jews too, in every community in America. People there are for whom self-indulgence has no limit but with whom con- sideration for others has absolutely no place in their life scheme. There are not words too bitter to be applied to such as these. But in the address referred to, Dr. Wise does not speak ROUMANIA merely in vague and general terms as is the custom. He says that he sees no reason why the names of the recalcitrants should not be mentioned when a great Jewish cause is at stake, and when hundreds of thousands of little children in the Old World are going hungry, while their nominal co-religionists on this side of the waters are fed to surfeit. And he actually does mention the name of at least one prominent New York family. To quote his words: "I would for example like to know what the richest Jewish family on earth has done in this hour of extraordinary emergency for their fellow Jews in addition to a comparatively trifling gift made by one member of that family". One feels in the presence of such an inquiry that Wise has taken his courage in his teeth and in something of the spirit of a Prophet Nathan has pointed his finger at the individual and has said "Thou art the man". Perhaps the question might be asked why just one name should have been singled out when there are no doubt hundreds in the great city of Now York who have failed to do their duty. Dr. Wise must have had his reasons for selecting but one out of the many persons that he might have named. But his having used a name at all suggests the fact that perhaps the time has come when the pulpit will have to be a little less squeamish than it has been in regard to personal references. Perhaps the only way to bring certain people to a sense of their community obligation is by pointing them out in no uncertain way, that they may be held up as they deserve to be, to the disdain and the derision of their co-religionists and of their fellow-Americans. We do not mean by this that the pulpit has a duty or a right constantly to set itself up as the critic of men and to dictate to every individual just what he shall or shall not do. But we do believe that the pulpit as a great moral force in the community has both duty and right to call to account those who obviously are utterly selfish and who have no sense of social obligation. When more and more our preachers come to take this attitude, the power of the pulpit will become ever greater and greater. 0Z, TODAY THE SCHIFF ESTATE Seven Good Years. The Sin of Ignorance. One of the most stimulating and enlightening courses lectures upon Judaism that has ever been given in this city has just come to an end. In a course of eight addresses delivered under the auspices of the Men's Club of Temple Beth El, Pro- nose fessor Solomon B. Freehof of the Hebrew Union College has ' outlined the history and development of the Jewish liturgy. Tacit one of his addresses has been a sort of classic essay. Inddeed it is fairly agreed by those who have heard him that Dr. Freehof's style will rank with the best examples that we . have in our literature. But it is not merely the form in which the professor tells his e the message that attracts. What he has to say is so full of interest and of infromation that week after week his hearers have avidly drunk in what he had to say. We believe that the surpassing sin of the modern Jew is ignorance ; that is, ignorance of his own splendid history, of his inspiring literature, and of his fine religious philosophy. We are too prone as a people to leave our thinking upon religious themes to the rabbis and the professors in our theo- logical colleges. It is therefore eminently worth while for an organization such as the Men's Club to bring men of the calibre of Professor Freehof to put before the people the message which Judaism has to bring. The people of this community are indebted both to the organization and to the eminent professor for the course of lectures just completed. We voice the ardent wish of many in saying that we trust Dr. Freehof will be brought here again another season. 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