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EXCLUSION AND EXCLU-
SIVENESS

(Copyright, 1921. By Judith Ish-Kishor.)

A YOUNG FOLKS' PAGE CONDUCTED BY JUDITH ISH-ICISHOR.

(American Hebrew.)

Arises Professor E. B. Conklin, a
biologist at Princeton, and informs
The Attic.
the Academy of Natural Sciences at
Philadelphia that the peoples of
A Story of Passover.
Southern and Eastern Europe are in-
ferior intellectally to the Anglo-
The whole house was in confusion,
Saxon stock; hence immigration
for it was the day before Passover.
ought to be restricted. Comes Fred-
Mother and big sister were going
erick C. Bowe, for three years immi-
about with handkerchiefs on their
gration commissioner at the port of
heads and with aprons that covered
New York and declares before the
them from head to foot, climbing and
City Club of Cleveland that the Jews,
dusting and rubbing, while the ser-
the Irish and North Italians are the
vant scrubbed floors and polished win-
best endowed Europeans seeking new
dows, "as if", Sant said disgustedly,
homes in America; hence the immi-
"as if the President were coming to
gration gates should remain opon, at
see us!"
least to these. The theorist in his
Even when Sam went up to the big,
university stronghold and the prac-
long room at the top of the house,
tical boserver out in the world very
where the children were usually al-
rarely agree; and if, in this case, hu-
view expressed by the writers.
lowed to play undisturbed, sister came
manity and ideals were not at stake
and made him help her tidy it up a
we should make no comment on the
Nisan 9, 5682
though there were so many old
April 7, 1922
merry controversy. But the suffering
The MacMillan Company has just issued Professor Moses little,
and broken things there that it was
and injustice caused by the 3 per cent
Buttenweisser's new version of the Book of Job, a book which scarcely possible to make the room
limitation clause are real; the injury
no serious student of Biblical literature can afford to do without look ready for Pesach.
being done to American ideals by the
"Where shall I put these old kitchen
for any length of time. Professor Buttenweiser is a recognized
present propaganda fur a closed door
asked Sam, "and what shall
is indubitable. The arm-chair theor-
The officers of Temple Beth El have announced that on April master of Biblical interpretation and in this latest work he fully chairs?"
I do with this metal tea-set? It's turn-
ist, like Professor Conklin, is all for
17, there will be undertaken a one week's drive for funds with lives up to his well established reputatoin. Many have been the ed all black and nobody wants it."
the closet-discovered philosophy; the
which to finance the magnificent new Temple, religious school, commentators on Job, but none has so clarified both the English "Oh, I'll tell you what," said his big
student of immigrants and immigra-
sister suddenly, "suppose you call in
and community center, which is fast reaching completion at the and the Hebrew text as has the author of this latest book.
tion at first hand, like Mr. Howe, is
and you and
Micky
front
next
door,
for the practical economy of the open
corner of Woodward and Gladstone avenues. That this struc-
Professor Jastrow in his recent edition of Job has made a Dave and Abie play in here while we
door. "We are keeping out men who
ture will be one of the monumental church edifices of this coun- notabl econtribution to the arrangement of the English text. clean up the other rooms! Only don't
work," says Mr. Howe. "We are be-
try, all who have seen it as it has risen to its present majestic But Buttenweiser has published in connection with the English tear up the carpets and old furniture
coming a nation of sabotagers and ex.
proportions are agreed. Classic in outline, pure in design, it also a re-arrangement of the Hebrew. Both for those exact any worse!"
ploiters instead of a nation of pro-
"No, no we won't", cried Sam joy- eating.
ducers and idealists." Herein lies the
stands a living monument to the strength and the dignity of scholars then who can turn to the Hebrew understandingly and fully,
and away he ran to find his
id you search for Chometz in the
and un-American-
that faith in whose honor and for whose furtherance it is being for those whose reading must be limited to the vernacular, brothers. And they brought up heaps attic?" asked his grandfather in Yid- short-sightedness
ism of the anti-immigrationists.
Buttenweiser's book will be an inspiration. Its publication puts of jelly sandwiches, and bread-and- dish, balking rather queerly at him, as
erected.
Few, if any, are the church edifices in this country which not only the Jews but every serious student of the Bible and butter, and a bottle full of milk, and he stood in the doorway, opening and THE UNDYING FAITH OF
two bottles full of water, and they
his eyes.
are better equipped for the religious, the educational, and the particularly of the entrancing story of the classic sufferer under called in Micky from next door, and shutting
"Er—A little bit," said Sam, shame-
ISRAEL
social activities that logically fall within the scope of the con- a new obligation to the mail to whom Biblical scholars have they all filed upstairs in a long, noisy facedly, for he guessed what everyone
(Jewish Review and Observer.)
gregation. While whose who have been responsible for the long been greatly indebted.
row, and disappeared into the big thought.
''Na, you made it a little too quick,"
room.
creation of this great edifice have never for a moment forgotten
The Jews have been the objects of
They (lid out go up without all sorts said the old man, blinking, "and you intense hatred for many centuries
that the prime purpose of the Jewish congregation must be to
of things to play with, you may be ate bread up there today. Wait, I'll and every attempt has been made by
nurture the spiritual life of the people and while accordingly
A western newspaper has conceived the idea of publishing sure; and their sister had to keep run- , g .a iim i n lle y?s, r:If and see. Where is your the 11108t barbarous measures to co.
thier first stress has been laid upon the need of providing ample New Testament which it refers to as "the Bible", in newspaper ning up for the mop, or the wash-
terminate them, and yet today they
facilities in beautiful surroundings for religious worship, they paragraphs with appropriate headlines, subdivisions, etc. The board, or the broom, which they were "It—it went out and I lost it."
are more numerous than they ever
for the mast of a ship. But the
"Aha, I see—well, I will get it." were in the history of the world.
have not been unmindful of the fact that the modern congre- idea is not a bad one, provided the headline writers are persons using
sheet which was supposed to be the And his grandfather rose, lit another There has never been a time in their
gation falls short in its purpose, if it functions only during those who are well grounded in Biblical literature and that they will broom, would not stick out straight candle,
and went out.
eventful and stirring history, from
few hours when religious services are held.
after the broom was gone. So bye-
"I'm coming too, grandpa," said the time eef the Egyptian Pharaohs
let their imaginations run riot.
and-bye, they stopped being ship- Sam. He really was a little ashamed thousands of years ago until today,
Traditionally, the synagog was not only a house of prayer. not What
has perhaps militated as much as anything against
Second in importance only to worship itself, was the educational popularizing the story of the Bible is the fact that it has as a wrecked and tried of think of other of himself. And together the two when Russia is leaving no means un-
went up. Sam wondered if his grand- tried to make their lives most miser-
function which the synagog had to perform. That was no more rule, been printed in rather forbidding form with no essential games.
"I know!" said Micky suddenly. father would hear the noise too.
that there have not been brave
true in former days than it is now. If there be one sin among difference in typography between prose and poetry, and with "Everyone go out, and one of us hide, Hear it they did. As Sam, on his able,
and heroic defenders of our faith, who
the modern Jews more pronounced than any other, it is the sin no paragraph headlines to distinguish between the conclusion and after you count ten, one of us hands and knees, was picking up some deem no sacrifice too great to save
conies and looks."
crumbs left from that day's feast, the it from destruction by its enemies.
of ignorance. The Jew—who has been called the people of the
"Oh, that's an old game, and there low, painful sound came again, and a
theme and the beginning of another.
A vast majority of the Jewish pe o -
Book—let it be confessed in shame, frequently knows less about of one
There have been sporadic attempts, it is true, to print the aren't any good hiding-places in this white face, almost at the ceiling, ap- ple in the lands of the dispersion are
his great Books than do his neighbors of other faiths. This Bible text in more attractiv eand more logical form. The so- room," answered little Davy, in great peared to them. Sam gave a yell of imbued with that true and loyal spirit
fault in the Jew must be corrected, if he is to attain to a proper called King James version of the Bible has prefaced each chap- contempt.
fear, but his grandfather stood to their Judaism that inspires them
"You be quiet, Dave," said Sam awhile, perfectly calm; then he said:
fight for it heroically.
dignity in the present time.
ter with a headline but unfortunately, the writers of these head- loftily. We'll play that." So they "So Micky was playing with you to Sometimes
we are induced to lay
With this fact well in view, the builders of Temple Beth El lines were under the obsession of telling a story much as are the played; but it was really too easy, and today?" Amazed, Sam could barely
aside the glasses of optimism and take
are erecting a building for religious school purposes that shall headline writers in our newspapers today, and the result has Sam at last exclaimed:
stutter out a "Yes." What was his a discouraged view of Judaism's fu-
lack nothing in the equipment of a modern school building. been that the titles given to the chapters correspond only in the "I don't think this a game at all. grandfather talking about?
ture, because of the religious indiffer-
You're not so clever to think of this,
"Well, go and tell Mrs. Cohen not ence of so many people, but let us not
Practically thirty large well lighted rooms sufficient to accom-
fewest
cases
with
their
actual
contents.
Mick".
to
worry
any
more.
We
have
found
be pessimistic, fur when a real risis
modate fifteen hundred children at one time, will be a part of
Many and many a Psalm, for instance, which the author "Oh, I'm not?" answered Micky, Micky." And he approached the cor-
our co-religionist+ will always
the equipment of the religious school of Temple Beth El. It is intended to represent a paean of praise to Israel's God, is made angrily. "All right, it's my turn now. ner where the small face was looking occurs
come to the rescue, and not only our
the aim of the congregation in erecting this great structure to by the headline writer in the King James version, to represent You just see if you find me! If you down. A loud burst of crying greeted co-religionists, but those of other
make it possible for every Jewish child in this great city to have some phase of Christian theology. This is of course even true find me, I'll give you—I'll give you— him, and Micky's voice said through faiths, who are dominated by the ideas
And he cast a swift glance hisisniz4
ops:
of justice and humanity.
the opportunity of a well guided and well balanced religious to a greater extent when the writers of this Bible version deal anything."
around the room, and then stared
up into the hole between the
History throughout the ages has al-
education. This school will be open not only one or two hours
boldly into Sam's distrustful face.
ceiling and the roof—and I couldn't go ways demonstratml the great truth of
week as so many of our so-called Sabbath schools are, but its with the prophetic chapters, all of which are made to predict "All right; go on," said Sam at last. down—and no one came—and they the survival of the fittest, and the
a doors
will be open as often and for as long a period as may be! the coming of Jesus of Nazareth of whom in reality, they had "Come outside, kids!"
forgot all about me—and I'll never— Jew's have proved from the earliest
"You'll have to wait till I whistle," never play—with Sam any more," and times until the present that they have
the faintest conception.
necessary to supply the religious educational needs of all the not Professor
Moulton did some work that was praiseworthy in * objected Micky. "All tight then. Bet a long howl ended his speech.
the most eminently fitted to out-
children who wish to take advantage of the facilities it offers. regard to the literary arrnagement of the Bible text; but Moul- it's a tine hiding-place.' And with "But how did you get up there?" been
the mighty nations of antiquity,
But there is yet a third function of the synagog as every one ton unfortunately was a man of one idea. He believed that the this parting sneer the boys went out cried Sam, "and why didn't you call live
and though they have been only a
waited at the bottom of the flight when you heard an go?"
knows who is not an utter stranger to Jewish tradition. The literary interpretation of the Bible could explain all things and
mere handful of people in these great
stairs. Three minutes, four min-
"I put the old bed-rail up by the empires, their ideals have been worthy
ancient Jewish house of worship was a Beth Ilakneseth—a which of course cannot be true. Moreover, he labored under of
utes, five minutes went by and the wall—and climbed on it—and when of being promulgated through the
house of assembly, which really meant only this: that it was the difficulty, we are assured by those who ought to know, of boys were getting very impatient you were looking for me—you moved ages.
the center of the social as well as of the religious life of ancient being unacquainted with the original text of the Hebrew when a low, faint whistle reached it—and I didn't want to give away Their moral code of laws has been
them. They hustled up the stairs, d th oe wh nil l , ing place! And I want to come the basic element eef civilization, and
Israel. The new Temple Beth El will be such a social center
one on the other's heels, and burst
ures.
their political ideas have been the
and will be equipped as few houses of worship anywhere are , Script
the room. They quickly over-
The attempt of a daily newspaper to popularize the Bible
"Go and tell Sarah to bring the foundation of our conception of jus-
for the carrying on of the social activities of the Jewish corn-
hauled the accustomed hiding-places, step-ladder," said Sam's grandfather. tel..
munity. Its finely equipped libraries, its splendid gymnasium, I story may well be watched with interest. However, it is not looking under chairs, and inside rolls It was brought, and all the family The Jews have had a terrible fate
i likely that the results it hopes for will be very satisfying. To of carpet, and in the great, hollow conic with it, including Mrs. Cohen in Eastern Europe within the past
its commodious dining room with hotel kitchen facilities, its
the Bible in proper form, one must have an accurate closet, but Sticky was not to be found. from next door, who had been half half century. The victims a anti-
recreation rooms, its rest rooms, and in fact, its very adequate arrange
and scientific knowledge of all the sources. Rare indeed is the Sam wiped his heated forehead with cray with worry, and Micky was Semitic cruelty, they have been striven
club facilities, will make it a gathering place for men and cub reporter of a daily newspaper who would have such knowl- his sleeve and said:
taken down and kissed and cried over
pillar to post, and yet theyhate
women, for old and young, to whom it will offer the very best edge at his command. We wonder on the whole. whether the "I say, kids, he has got a good hid- by his mother, and made to explain from
survived. The undying devotion of
of wholesome recreation. The new Temple Beth El promises experiment will not be disastrous rather than helpful to those ing place!"
a dozen times how it all happened. t li h voeu ss . ands of Jews to their ancestral
give up," suggested Dave.
Only grandfather stood quietly sniff-
to be from week's end to week's end, a place of busy activity. who are seriously interested in spreading a knowledge of the "Let's
"No, I sha'nt. I'll just look around ing, and when all was calm again he faith has preserved it and it will con.
tinue to live as long as civilization
Nothing that touches the spiritual, the intellectual, the moral,
a bit more. You kids needn't if you're said to the boys:
or the social life of the Jew will not here find opportunity for Bible.
tired." But Micky seemed to have
"You ace, next game you must let
disappeared. Yet they certainly heard me play with you. I am a better
expression.
his whistle. He must he somewhere! finder than anybody."
That there has long been need of such a building in Detroit,
WILL NOT CONSIDER
• "I know. lie just slipped out while
And everyone, even Micky, laughed.
those who are even superficially acquainted with the situation
we were looking for him, and went
PALESTINE MANDATE
must know. Temple Beth El, though it has been housed in a
home," said Sam. Or else, I'll bet he's
hiding in one of the other rooms."
place of worship that has for many years been recognized as
COOKERY CORNER
So down they all trooped to look in
LONDON.—(J. T. A.) — leisap-
rarely beautiful and in its day, as one of the most commodious
religious literature of the past and other parts of the house, but the
pointment is expressed in Zionist
temples in the land, has long outgrown its present facilities. On THE NEED OF RELIGIOUS the present. It is to be regretted that rooms were clean and untouched, and
Nut Bars.
circles here that the question of Man-
BOOKS
there is need of stimultaion of the mother sent them out. By this time
the high holy days and on other special occasions, even its own
here is a recipe for Pesachdige dates, including the Palestinian Man-
interest of people in books, and in it had stopped raining; the boys felt randy that you will find very de-
membership cannot nearly be accommodated with the result
date is not on the agenda of the ap-
particular with this class of books. sure that Micky had gone home, and licious. You need a pint of honey and
By DR. MARTIN A. MEYER,
'that many of the people of the congregation have had to wor-
Society is the poorer because of in- they thought it a very mean trick. So a quarter of a pound of walnuts. Shell proaching meeting of the League of
Rabbi, Temple Emanu-el, San
difference to the religious treasures they all ran into the yard and played, the walnuts and break them into Nations..
ship at the auxiliary synagog.
Francisco, Calif.
It is stated that although the Gov-
of the world. An ignorant church is and soon Micky and his meanness quarters. Put the honey into a sauce-
The Sabbath School quarters have been filled to overflowing
ernment of the United Stales has
The ideals of religion as well as a decadent church. An uninformed were forgotten.
pan on the gas stove and let it come agreed to the terms of the Palestinian
despite the fact that double sessions are held and even then,
application to the lives of the laity is a poor basis for future effort
It was evening. The boys were hav- to the boiling point. Then drop in the Mandate, Washington is unttilling to
hundreds of children who ought to.be on the roster of the school their
are mirrored in religious and service.
ing great fun going about with father nuts and let them boil on a small light separate the question of its ratifica-
could not be accommodated. This is a condition which the faithful
The reading of religious literature and searching for Chometz (leavened from 30 to 35 minutes. Meanwhile, tion from the larger problem of Am-
literature. Beginning with the Bible,
officers of the congregation have felt dared not longer prevail. these lines of religious expression is not only a pious duty for the faith- bread). Room after room they went take a shallow pan and rub it with ericans' rights in Mesopotamia, the
So far as the recreational facilities of the present Temple are have been presented to men in such ful but an educational end for the through, until they came to the flight b utter. This is done to prevent hie exchange of notes between Washing-
as to make appeal. and to mold cultured and the socially minded. Li- of stairs that led to the attic; and it mixture from sticking to the pan. ton and London not having as .
concerned, they have for years been utterly inadequate to the form
their lives. The invention of print- braries, private and public, ought to was very dark and shadowy there.
(Turn to Page Ten)
to a satisfactory understanding.
needs of the congregation and community.
ing and the multiplication of books be well supplied with such literature.
The new building is therefore not a luxury but an absolute made these treasure houses of spir- Churches and Sunday Schools ought
necessity. Only those who are utterly short sighted can pos- itual wisdom and experience avail- to be equipped with well selected col-
able to the masses of men. To meas- lections of such books. Time was
sibly- hold it to be otherwise. Because this sentiment is wide- ure the influence of such literature when every home possessed at least
spread not only among the members of Temple Beth El, but as upon the varied activities of the hu- a Bible and a Josephus and a few
well throughout the entire community, those in charge of the man spirit is beyond the power of selected books of religious import.
coming drive are greatly encouraged. They believe that they the standards ordniarily employed. That was the time of healthy religious
most it can be but hinted at. No interest. To restore this interest and
will encounter little difficulty in securing the funds that are At
person of culture but must be at the benefits of religion can best be
necessary to finance their great and splendid undertaking. But least
acquainted with the contents of accomplished by the reading of books
that it may be an assured success, they require the whole this literature. No person of faith to supplement the preaching and the
hearted co-operation of the Jewish community. Surely in the but needs nurture his own spiritual formal educational activities of re-
life by close acquaintance with the ligious organizations.

Dr. Buttenweiser's New Book.

The Temple Beth El Campaign.

''Ni good going up there, papa,"
said Sam. "There couldn't be any-
thing." Now papa was very tired in-
deed. Ile had worked hard all day,
and could hardly go another step.
"Well, Sam," he said, after a pause,
"I'll leave that to you. Just go up
and look around by yourself, and the
boys and I will go down and get some-
thing to eat."
There was no help for it, so Sam
went boldly up the dark stairs into
the room that was so full of great
changing shadows that he could hard-
ly distinguish between the furniture
and the shadows that they cast. And
Sam had to admit to himself that it
was a little bit "scary" up there, with
the curtains blowing about, and light
from outside, and the furniture seem-
ing to stick its feet in your way, and
the wind coming sighing down the
chimney—liark—was that the wind?
A distinct whining stole upon his ear,
and a freezing fear started at the bot-
tom of his spine and crept up and all
over him—There it came again!—Ile
turned quickly; the candle flickered in
the breeze he made and went out. Ter-
ror overcame him, and he rushed out,
beating his shins and feet and body
on the furniture that seemed trying
to hold him back. He grabbed hold of
the door, and clattered down all the
steps into the pleasant brightness
of the kitchen, where everyone was

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from the bondage of Egypt ought to be read at the Sedar service
in every Jewish home. Whatever may be held to be the value
of religious ceremonials, there can be no question in the mind
of any reasonable man that the Sedar service properly con-
ducted must leave an enduring impression upon the minds of the
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noted to the idea of gladness. In some sense. it is no exaggera-
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val. It is therefore a mistake to make the ceremonial a long-
faced affair as some mistakenly would. Every symbol of the
occasion is one that denotes the joy of an emancipated people.
As we took occasion to say in these columns but recently in
regard to one of the minor holidays, Pesach is emblematic of a
triumphant Israel. Not only are the chains that in ancient days
bound her limbs broken, but as well, the fetters of her spirit no
longer enchain her. Israel is free, at least in this land, in body
and in soul. Here, the Jew unhampered may work out his
. destiny and realize the highest potentialities of his being. He
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Pesach Le-`0sid

The clouds shall pass and earth shall grow
like heaven.
Israel in fetters still! The prophet's wand
Shall stretch across the tyrant's hapless land,
And prison doors shall straightway open wide,
And barring waters shall like walls divide,
To let the Lord's redeemed pass dry-shod o'er
And reach a brighter, freer, friendlier shore.
The angel that unseen spreads seeds of death
And on each house corrupt pours poisoned breath
Shall pass the homes of God's appointed by
And none that mark their lintel-posts shall die.
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