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Someone sends me an interesting clipping from what apparently is
a magazine devoted to legal questions or discussions of matters per.
taining to the bar. Under the caption "Shylock • True Cosmopolitan"
I read this: "It may be true that the Shylock that Shakespeare immor-
talized was • Jew, but the character pictured by the master's pen in
the 'Merchant of Venice' has been found in all ages, among all races
. Unfortunately, no race has a monopoly of him
a nd in all bus'
a ge that does not produce too many of him. Thus it is when
one is selfish, covetous, grasping, when he drives • herd and one-sided
b ar gain, he is not infrequently referred to as Shylock." And this
statement forms part of the opinion of Judge Evan A. Evens, United
States Circuit Judge, on motion for new trial in United States vs. Heit•
ler, 274 Federal Reporter, 401.
I have given the full reference number of the case no that some
en terprising lawyer who has easier access to, and more time to seek
the volume in question, may discover the whys and wherefores of the
case in question. But I am interested in the statement of the judge
to the extent of agreeing with him on the general proposition that
"Shylocks" belong to all peoples, race., creeds, and that the term "Shy-
lock" is given to persons who are grasping and who exact more than
justice permits though the law sometime. allow.. Yet all this does not
alter the fact that a Jew is taken to be the prototype of that sort of
undesirable citizen by reason of the fact that Shakespeare deliberately
tools • Jew for his character. And who can measure the injury that
has been done the Jew and the misunderstanding that has been his lot
on the part of the world because Shakespeare created "Shylock"
The municipal authorities of Frankfort, Germany, have decided to
name one of the principal streets "Jacob H. Schiff," who was born
there in 1847. It is reported that the Schiffs have the oldest pedigree
of any Jewish family, reaching far back into the fourteenth century.
It seems unusual that Germany, the hotbed of anti-Semitism, should
thus honor a Jewish name. As an sap n of appreciation Schiff's
heirs presented to the authorities some 2,000,000 marks. Arthur Bris-
bane, in commenting on this news item, drew the parallel between the
Schiffs and Hohenzollerns—the former having even an older family
tree than the kdser's, and he also intimated that the "everlastingness"
of the Jew as evidenced by this record of the Schiff family should be
• warning to the Junkers that the Jew could not be "•nti•Semited" out
of life, and that the Jew is a better man to be on friendly footing with
than to have him as your enemy; because he certainly does hold out
long enough to see his enemies vanquished.
Speaking of this reminds the historian that the Jew has not alone
witnessed the passing of his individual enemies, but he has sen some
of the greatest nations of the earth pass away, nations who tried to
make short work of his earthly ; but, seeming to possess super-
human qualities of resistance, he has lived despite the crushing attacks
of the most powerful people of the world. No need to mention the
Babylonians, the Assyrians, the Romans, the Greeks, to say nothing of
the modern Spsni, as well as others who have given a twist to the
thumbscrew—and of course I must not overlook the Egyptians—well,
the glory of all these would not make • decent Fourth of July celebra•
lion in an American village—and the Jew still keeps on—while the
Dearborn Independent is gasping for breath.
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Before dismissing the name of Schiff from this column I am re•
minded of just a mere suggestion of veiled criticism that is present
since the publication of the amount left by Jacob H. Schiff. Some
$37,000,000 is *reported, but "experts" tell me that the real sum must
have been near $50,000,000. At any vale even the former sum is
enough. I wonder if the following statement from one of our New
York Jewish newspapers does not in a measure reflect the sentiment
of many Jews who, though loyal to the memory of Jacob H. Schiff and
not unmindful of the great part he played in thewelfare of world
Jewry, feel • sense of disappointment over his will. The paragraph in
question reads:
"But we confess a feeling of disappointment that Jacob 11.
Schiff, notable public figure and communally-spirited man as he
was, should have allocated only a paltry part of his great estate
l$I,:150,0001 to philanthropic purposes. .. Certainly,
Jewish tradition marks out a course to be purseued by our rich
men which is quite different than was followed by Jacob II.
Schiff in his will."
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men of great wealth among our people die without leaving anything
to speak of to philanthropic purposes. One needs only to look over
the wills of, say, Pittsburgh milLonaires to realize how little they
have lived up to "Jewish traditions," which seem to be even more
Christian than Christian traditions. I am not mentioning names, !nit
amounting
within recent years Christians have died leaving estates ■
upwards to the hundred millions with practically nothing contributed
to the philanthropies. I know that Jews, whether wealthy, rich or
moderatley well to do, who die without leaving charitable bequest,
usually come in for severe criticism. Our Christian neighbors seem
to be immune frrom such criticism.
It begins to look as if Jerusalem will soon be as ompetitor of
Hollywood in the film business. And probably this will give the un-
generous the opening to say that since the movies are controlled by
Jews it is logical that the headquarters of the industry should be in
Jerusalem. And it has all come •bout because • group of American
movie actors have recently arrived in Jerusalem to film the story of
King David. About 5,000 persons are to be employed and, interesting
to note, the same number of sheep as persons-5,000—and 1,000 goats
and 2,000 camels. And it is said that Palestine is unsurpassable for
film productions owing to the clarity of the atmosphere and the natural
beauty. This will be the first time that a play of this magniture has
been filmed in the Holy Land. The whole experiment will be watched
with closest interest by the whole world, regardless of religious OW,
lion.
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I can make • good guess what this is about. Here is the Associated
Press dispatch in question:
"When Senator I:al...Bette in the treaty debate was talki:,,t
of Japan's policy in the Par Eeast, Senator Watson of Georgia
interrupted him to say: "It has come to me from a source which
I cannot reveal, but upon which I can rely, that the ingdor who
opened the conference with prayer had in his prayer an allusion
to the merits of the blood of our Savior Jesus Christ and he was
asked to strike it out and he did strike it out.' Ile denied his
Christ,' replied LaFollette. 'Yes, and he did it because of a
nation (said Walsh) which at the very time was crucifying Him
anew.'"
Some clergymen who have had experience when offering prayer at
members present of differing religious
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a gathering where there are
beliefs have the good taste and tact to so couch their utterances as
not to offend the sensibilities of those who are not of the same faith.
I have been present at such gatherings and have felt uncomfortable
when the officiating Christian clergyman has stressed his sectarianism;
■ and this is probably what happened at the conference. Judging from
some of the utterances and writings of Watson, all the crucifying
"anew" of his muter is not confined strictly to those who are not
members of Watson's church. Some men make one very, very weary
with their loose
ion .
Here is • story told by Jacob Billikopf of an incident witnessed by
him when swinging around the country during the Jewish relief drive:
"At Elmira a poor-looking junk dealer came forward to
make his contribution. The managers of the meeting thought
he would give a dollar or two. But the Junk dealer's contribu-
tion was the largest at the meting—$725—money he had just
received from the War Department as an installment on the
$10,000 policy that had been taken out by his boy, who had died
in the ArgOnne. 'I don't want this money,' the junk dealer said
in Yiddish. 'I don't want any money from America because my
boy, my only son, gave his life for this country. I stn proud
of him and I am not going to spoil his memory by taking such
money.'
And yet those long, furry-eared gentlemen who are constantly
braying (I hope the printer doesn't make that word read "praying")
about "undesirables" could learn from this immigrant something of
the spirit of American patriotism.
The editor of the Hebrew Standard of New York usually has •
"stinger" at the point of his pen, but even if I don't agree with him,
I enjoy reading him. Here's • sample of the "digs" in which he sevens
to take unholy glee:
"Anent our criticism of Rabbi David Philipson of Cincin-
nati for declining to participate in the Cincinnati welcome to
Nahum Sokolow, Charles II. Joseph says: '• • • when they
men like Sokolow and Weizmann) come to a community on a
special mission and are avowed spokesmen of a movement
(Zionism) with which other Jews do not sympathize, it becomes
then a question whether these Jews should place themselves in
the position of giving the public impression they are Zionists.'
To which (says the editor of the Standard) all we need to say
is 'Nebbich.' It would have 'injured' Rabbi Philipson if the
non-Jews of Cincinnati had looked upon him as a Zionist. A
'fat lot' these people care whether Rabbi Philipson is a Zionist,
anti-Zionist or non-Zionist!'
1 think the editor of the Hebrew Standard is unfair in making
suds • statement. After all, one should be true to one's convictions.
What would any esteemed friend have said if an Orthodox Rabbi
should ham participated in a welcome given to one who bade come
for the purpose of "modernising" and "reforming" all American
Jewry and whom avowed purpose would be to turn all Orthodox con.
gremtions into Reform? I am sure in such • cam our militant Ortho.
dox champion would have an entirely different editorial to write.
What say you, brother?
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Congressman Sabath Warns
Jews of Danger of New
Johnson Bill.
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W ASIIINGTON.-0. T. A.I—At
least one Jew,ish Congressman, Rep-
resentative Sabath of Chicago, is
alive to the necessity of taking some
action regarding Chairman Johnson's
new naturalization bill, requiring
among its numerous innovations the
annual registration of all aliens. Con.
gressman Sabath is convinced that
the measure in substance will become
a law in view of the strong combina-
tion formed by administration lead-
ers in Congress and the Department
of Labor. The over-crowded con-
gressional calendar notwithstanding,
advocates of the measure have an-
nounced their intention to attempt to
rush the bill through this session.
Meanwhile, Representative Sabath
•has requested the Jewish Correspond-
ence Bureau to warn through the
Jewish newspapers every Jewish non-
citizen to immediately take out the
"first" papers or attend to the final
naturalization. According to statis-
tics, there are 100,000 residents of
this country who are entitled to final
naturalization and are neglecting this
step. The Johnson bill requires every
applicant for citizenship to know
how to read write and speak English
"understandingly." Thousands of
men of advanced years will find it im-
possible to become American citizens
because of the difficulty of learning
a new language late in life. The only
way of avoiding this danger is by
taking out the first and last papers
before the law becomes effective.
With the exception of Representa-
tive Sabath the Jewish Congressmen
seem undecided as to their course and
are non-committal. Sabath, however,
seems genuinley alarmed and is par-
ticularly agitated over the registra-
tion feature, which he characterized
as "the adoption of a monarchial sys-
, tern."
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Executive Committee Calls
New Session for May 21
in Philadelphia.
NEW YORK.— (J. C. B.) —The
executive committee of the provi-
sional (organization for the American
,Iweish Congress meeting on Sunday
afternoon, March 12, in the Hotel
Pennsylvania, decided to proceed with
the election immediately and to hold
the next gathering of delegates, be-
ginning Sunday morning, May 21, in
the city of Philadelphia, where the
former sessions were held. The an-
nouncement was made that the modi-
lied plan of election previously formu-
lated by the executive committee has
been adopted in the referendum,
which was submitted to all the former
delegates. The new form of election,
us reported by Leo Wolfson, secre-
tary of the board of elections, will
consist of conventions to be held in
each city, of delegates from the vari-
ous local Jewish organizations, who
will in sessions assembled nominate
and elect the delegates to the con-
gress, in accordance with the plan
of allotment similar to the previous
system, which gives representation to
all Jewish communities in the coun-
try.
Among those present at the well-
attended meeting were members from
New York as well as from a number
of other cities. The executive secre-
tary of the organization, B. G. Rich-
ards, reported on the recent activities
of the organization, relating to work
done for the safeguarding of the
rights of the Jews in Eastern Europe
and to defense of the Jewish mime
against continued anti-Semitic at-
tacks.
A report was also presented on the
:recent work of the Committee of Jew-
ish Delegations in Paris, with which
this body is co-operating. Reference
was made to the letter which was re-
cently written by Nahum Sokolow,
urging support for the continuance
of the American Jewish Congress and
the Committee of Jewish Delegations
in Paris.
Max E. Eckman presided and, by
a vote of the meeting, Mr. Eckman
was elected chairman: of the adminis-
trative committee and to fill another
vacancy Solon J. Liebeskind was
chosen as treasurer of the organiza-
tion.
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AGUDAH ISRAEL ACTION
ANGERS ORTHODOX JEWS
WARSAW'.—(J. C. 11.)—Repre-
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I sentatives of 100 synagogues and
• Beth Midrashim have joined in a p ro-
test against the action of the Jerusa-
lem spokesmen of the Agudah Israel
who in their interview with Viscount
Northcliffe are understoosl to hove
sought to undermine the influence and
prestige of the Zionist Organization.
Resolutions declaring that orthodox
'Jewry were united with the Zionists
for Palestine reconstruction had been
despatched to Chief Rabbi Herz at
London, who had immediately follow-
ing, the interview with Lord North-
cliffe, indignantly repudiated the in-
ference that the orthodox Jews were
opposed to Zionism.
So marked is the hostility against
Agudah leaders here, that several
rabbis belonging to that corny have
been threatened with physical vio-
lence. The charge is made that the
Rabbis of the Agudah Israel denoun-
ced Zionists as sympathetic Bolshe-
vism.
KOVNO.--(J. C. B.) —A protest
against the alleged intrigue of the
Agudah Israel against the Zionist Or-
ganization has been published on be-
half of the rabbis of Lithuania re-
ferring to the statements made by the
Agudah's spokesmen to Lord North-
cliffe as "treachery to the Jewish
Cause.' The protest is signed by
Chief Rabbi Shapiro of Kovno, and
Rabbi Epstein, head of the famous
Slobotka Yeshiva.
SIX JEWISH MEMBERS OF
PARLIAMENT FORM CLUB
BUK A RES T.—(J. T. A.)—Six
Jews have been elected to the Rou-
manian Parliament, final returns in-
dicate. Besides those mentioned in
previous despatches, Elias Berkovici
and Samuel Lowicz have been elected.
The Jewish deputies have constituted
themselves into a Parlimentary Club
for concerted action on questions af-
fecting Roumania and Jewish popu-
lation.
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