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(Copyright, 1921. By Chas. II Joseph.)

Rabbi Joseph Silverman of Temple Emanu•El, New York, is much
pertrurbed over the outcome of the Genoa Conference in relation to
the British Mandate over Palestine. He feels that the anti-Semites
are bending every effort to prevent this consummation, which, accord-
ing to Dr. Silverman, "is devoutly to be wished." I think that our
w orthy rabbi need have no fear on that score. Great Britain will
obtain the unction of the allies to the mandate, but if he thinks for
• single instant that such unction will make for an end of the troubles
in Nicotine he is quite mistaken, as future events will prove.

•

Genius is poorly paid. Professor Einstein, traveling recently to
Paris to deliver an address before a scientific body—and he and his
wife traveled all the way in • coach without any sleeping accommodoo-
oi ons —gm• as his reason that he couldn't afford such "luxuries."
Money seems to be quite scarce; that is, red money, in Germany, ex•
cent with Stinnes and Walter Nthenau. I am glad to mention in
passing that Stinnes, the "money-baron" of Germany, is not • Jew;
on the contrary, he has some of that "Gohineauxian" antipathy to
"aliens," and makes • first-class Jew hater. When men in commercial
enterprises have no real money, how should • man like Professor
Einstein expect to have any? He evidently doesn't.

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Victor Rosewater is one of America's distinguished Jews, but I
shall qualify the statement by saying that I don't know whether he
is • religious or racial Jew. One must be careful these days to observe
these fine distinctions. At any rate he is one of the leading figures
in American Jewry. Philadelphia is preparing for a grand celebration
of I don't know how many centuries of existence. You probably re-
member how our American Danish friend Edward Bok offered Hoover
$50,000 • year for five years to take charge of the celebration. At
joy rate, there was a movement on foot to make Rosewater director
of the publicity, but the suggestion was deftly pigeon-holed by the
Ben Franklin boys who sit in the front windows of the Union League
Club and who attend the assembly. The reason given was "a religious
one." I understand that they have a bell in Philadelphia that once
rang out proclaiming liberty. I think it is time to ring it again. In
the meantime Mayor Moore has made Mr. Rosewater his assistant in

the celebration event.

The Jewish Tribune of New York publishes letters that were ex-
changed in the New York Times between Carl Laemmle, president of
the Uni I Film Manufacturing Company, and a certain Charles
T. Williams, presumably • Reverend and ■ "D. D." The Reverend

D. D. says:

"I would say that the American public is in no need of your
opinion on the subject of Hollywood. It is only too well
known that this is a plague shod in our national life today, and
a Jew, a member of that race which has brought everything
it ever touched to its own infamous level, should be the last
advocate in this country to attempt any whitewashing process.
Infamy has its satellites and always shall. But this nest of
degenerates must be cleaned up, for it has become a veritable
Augean stable and stink in the nostrils of every Christian man
and woman throughout the country—and for this we must
thank the Jew."

Rather strong words, those, "D. D.," rather strong words. I don't
like that emphasis you constantly put on "this country," as if this
were your country and the Jew was an outsider and was here merely
on the aufference of you and the other bigots who insult the very
meaning of the initials you have stuck to the rear of your name—
"D. D." You are a Doctor of Divinity, of which your church should
be proud. What you have learned from your master, a Jew, and
from your Savior, • Jew, evidently does not help you to act in His
spirit toward His brethren. At least, doctor, you must admit that
your loose thinking and your looser conversation have led you in
course of your rabid denunciation to insult your own Jewish god.
Perhaps you never thought of it judging by your statements, thinking
is apparently something that doesn't disturb you. Your letter writes
you down as a disgrace to any church, to any religion. Mr. Laemelle
told you what he thought of you, but it seems a waste of time to
answer one who is so utterly stupid and intolerant as you appear to
be. I am beginning to favor home missions and am willing to con-
tribute if they begin to work on the Reverend Doctor Charles T.
Williams and try to make • Christian out of him.

Charles Norris is • good writer; not nearly so good as his late
brother, Frank, but above the average. He, too, has written a novel
of California life under the title of "Broom," but, like all too many
writers who discuss the subject of California, he had to drag in the
intolerance of the Japanese and to do it in such a way that it merely
and prejudice. It read uncom-
to fan the flames of hatred ■
fortably familiar because it did not require very much imagination on
my part to substitute the word "Jew" for "Jap." To me the whole
Japanese question in this country is a tragic joke: bemuse it seems
as if Christianity cannot stand the test in the face of economic rivalry.
Christianity spends millions to convert Jam to Christians in Japan,
but when Japanese come to this Christian nation they find that Chris-
tianity in practice is far different than the Christianity preached to
them. The following paragraphs from Mr. Norris may interest my

readers:

"Look about you, citizens of Vacaville! Observe the in-
sidious results of nurturing within the boundaries of your
fertile lands this cankerous parasite which thrives upon your
blood and vitals! Ilalf this fair town is under the dominion
of an alien race. • • • • Do they patronize other com-
mercial industry outside their own? Ito's brick bank across
the street is the single evidence of civic interest one of them
has shown, and God bless my soul, gentlemen, I see nothing but
arrogance and insolence in their flamboyant golden Japanese
hieroglyphics which cover the front of that building."

"Before God, gentlemen, I call upon you to exterminate this
Pest, tear out this canker, cleanse Vacaville of this putrefying
ulcer which is contaminating our community. 'It's perfectly
true, Judge,' said one, 'but you can't run 'em out of town,
You know'.' Can't run them out of town?' repeated Judge
Baldwin. 'Did you ever hear of St. Bartholomew's Eve, Jasper
Sprague?' Can't say I have, Judge.'
" 'What do you think we'd better do?' asked a thin, blue-
eyed man at his elbow.
"'I'll tell you what I'd do, Joe Church,' said the Judge
solemnly. 'I'ld let my fruit drop to the ground and rot there
before I'd let one of those lying, yellow-skinned mongrels set
foot upon my land!' "

Th. Federal Stock Food Company of Mifflinsburg, Pa., has a very
foolish, or perhaps it would be better to say • very indiscreet and •
eery poor manager who commits such statements as these to writing
to a man to obtain his services as • district manager. It so happened
to whom this food company manager wrote is ■ Jew, so the letter
came to my hands. The statement in question reads as follows:

"Beware of a party selling a competitive line who tries to
impress you that he is a Gentile, but he is a Jew. Ile recently
was in our employ and travels under assumed names. He
forged our name to several checks. We can prove our state-
ment if called upon to do so."

Now, I am not interested in what the accused did or did not do,
but I fail to see any reason except for downright meanness for men-
tioning the fact that the man is a Jew. What in heaven's name dif•
ferenc• does it make what he is? Some men who claim to be business
men ought to go to school.

Now I learn that members of the French Academy would not
receive Einstein because he is • "German." Well, well, well, we surely
are getting on. A Jew in Germany is • German when somebody living
outside of Germany doesn't like Germans. But • Jew in Germany is
not • German in the eyes of the German anti-Semites. We presume
the same holds true in France, too. A French Jew is not a French-
man except in time of war, or when he goes to Germany, where he is
looked upon as • Frenchman and not • Jew. This reminds me of the
confusing song called "Witch Harrel, Which Mosel," or "How Old is
Ann?"
•
I always read with • questioning smile those "cordial" interviews
with foreign political leaders regarding how much they admire and
respect and love the Jew; and what fine patriots and citimns they are;
and how rapidly all anti-Jewish feeling is disappearing. Recently I read
such an interview with Poincare of France. .1 for • moment forgot
that a politician was talking and believed what he said. Yesterday
morning I noticed that Professor Einstein, just about ready to address
the Academy of Science of France, was obliged to withdraw in order
to forestall a hostile demonstration, I would be glad to receive further
information concerning the incident, which on the face of it is unac-
countable.

The Jewish Ledger of New Orleans said recently that one of the
New Orleans dailies scored • mild ion by announcnig that • Jew
is to be inducted into the priesthood, but upon investigation it was
discovered that the gentleman was not • Jew but • Syrian. I thought
the editor of the Ledger was very clever ip closing his editorial in
this fashion: "But why wonder or be surprised—has not the son of
an obscure Jewsh carpenter became a Christian god?" This is the
statement I am so fond of making when some of my Christian anti-
Semitic friends begin to talk loosely about the Jews. How I do enjoy
reminding them of what they either have forgotten or never seem to
have I d in their Sunday School, that the brother of the people
they hate is their Savior. Yes, after all is said and done, there is much
of human nature left in some of us and while we are willing to turn
th e other cheek we hold • big stick in our hand while we are "turning
,
the eh.ols."

PAGE SEVEN

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Passover Message

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By RABBI E. AISHISKIN
of Detroit.

The "Ilagadah" tells us the follow-
ing significant sentence: "This year
we are here, but in the year to come
we shall be in the land of Israel; this
year we are slaves, but in the year
to come we shall be free."
This sums up our situation in the
world. We live in two kinds of lands;
civilized and uncivilized. Our history
I that this has been advantage-
ous to our existence, as Jacob our
patriarch puts it "If Esau come to
the camp and smite it, then the camp
which is left shall escape". The truth
of Jacob's saying is well established
in the light of present events. In
some countries we sutler from oppres-
sion, massacres and all sorts of un-
heard of humiliation, and the govern-
nive at the outrages or actually en-
ments of those countries either con-
courage them and even support them,
' while in other countries we found
refuge; we have been granted civil,
economical, and political equality and
the governments are proud of us as
we are instrumental in bringing pros-
perity and progress in every activity.
The United States is one bright ex-
ample of this type of government.
But there is one thing in common
between the Jews who live happily in
civilized countries and Jews who live
unhappily in the uncivilized countries.
They all want a homeland, a Jewish
center in Palestine, where the Jewish
genius shall be developed in its full
glory. The "Hagadah" in the above
mentioned sentence carries its mes-
sage to both happy and unhappy Jews.
To those who prosper in civilized
countries it reminds us: This year
we are here, but in the year to come
we shall be in the land of Israel, and
to those who suffer in the uncivilized
countries it brings hope that although
this year we are slaves, but in the
year to come we shall be free, at least
But both parts of the message of
in the land where they live at present.
the "Hagadah" are really one. As
long as the Jewish people will not
have a homeland in Palestine which
shall bear its influence upon the world
to respect the Jews and consider them
as a nation, the slaves of this year
will not be free in the year to come.
On the other hand, the welfare of
those happy Jews who live in civilized
counrties will always depend upon the
existence of Jewish hope and longing,
striving and struggling for the recog-
nition of the Jewish people as a na-
tion. Then, and only then, will the
Jewish people be free wherever they
may find their refuge.

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On the sand and sea-weed lying,
Israel poured her doleful sighing,
While before the deep sea flowed,
To their fathers' God they prayed,
And behind fierce Egypt rode,
To the Lord of hosts for aid.

Then the light of morning lay
On the wonder-paved way,
Where the treasures of the deep
In - their caves of coral sleep.
The profound abysses, wht're
Was never sound from open air,
Rang with Israel's chanted words:
Kink of kings and Lord of lords!

Then with boss and banner glancing ,
On exulting Egypt came,
With her chosen horsemen prancing,
And her cars on wheels of flame,
In a rich and boastful ring,
All around her furious King.

But the Lord from out His cloud—
The Lord lookssl down upon the proud
As the host drove heavily
Down the deep bosom of the sea.
With a quick and sudden swell
Prone the liquid ramparts fell;
Over horse and over car,
Over every man of war,
Over Pharaoh's crown of gold,
The loud thundering billows rolled.
As the level water spread,
Down they sank, they sank like lead.
Down without a cry or groan.
And the morning sun that shone
On myriads of bright-armed men,
. Its meridian radiance then
Cast on a wide sea, heaving as of yore
Against a silent solitary shore.
Then did Israel's maidens sing,
Then did Israel's timbrels ring,
To Him the King of Kings that in
the sea
The Lord of lords had triumphed
gloriously!
HENRY HART MILMAN.

LONDON TIMES PUBLISHES
'TRUTH ABOUT PALESTINE'

LONDON.—(J. C. B.)—Taking as
its text the title Achad Ila'Am gave
to his I'alestine impressions years
ago, the London Times commenced the
publication of a series of articles
headed "Truth about Palestine." The
first of the series is devoted to the
history of the Balfour Declaration
and to the situation in Palestine prior
to the first l'assover riots in Jeru-
salem.
Calling atention to these articles, a
leader in the Times says: "Our cor-
respondent cannot he accused of anti-
Jewish prejudices, since in his re-
marks in the Times he attributed the
blame to all parties concerned. The
facts are scrupulously recorded."
The Times again urges the appoint-
ment of a commission to inquire int.,
the present situation in Palestin:.

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