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and privations before which any other people on ea rth sou
have succumbed. In the face of the magnificent showing that
has been made by the people of Beth El, let pessimists hold
silence. Let there be no further talk about the flagging in-
terest in things Jewish and about the unwillingness of Jews
to make high sacrifices for the sake of their religion, but let
us awake to the fact that while here and there, there will be
shirkers as there are in every group, the vast majority of Jews
and Jewesses know their duty and are courageous in the doing
of it. We feel that the entire Jewish community of this city
feels a sense of pride in the achievement of Beth El and that
they share in a sense of joy at their rather remarkable achieve-
ment.

Mill) Air
Cgantrinpararirti

JOIN A CONGREGATION

(Copyright, 1921. By Judith hh-lishor.)

A YOUNG FOLKS' PAGE CONDUCTED BY JUDITH ISH.KISHOR.

The Blessing on Hearing
Thunder.

(Jewish Review and Observer.)
It is the duty of every Jewish man
and woman to join a congregation.
Every Jew and Jewess must be affili-
ated with a congregation to be in-
spired with the true spirit of Jewish
life.
It is much to be regretted that in
every Jewish community there are a
great many wealthy people who are
not affiliated with any congregation.
Many of them say that the synagogu e
is not in harmony with their ideas.
Again, there are others who think
because they have acquired wealth
that they do not need the synagogue.
This is a great mistake, because it
makes no difference; rich or p000r
require spiritual as well as material
sustenance. It reflects very little
credit on those who can afford it to
ignore their financial obligations to.
wards the synagogue.
Sometimes it may be difficult for
people to join a congregation, for
financial reasons, but where there is
a will there is a way, even though
frequently it may invlove some sacri-
fice, and surely there is no more
worthy cause than that of congrega-
tional affiliation.
When a young man gets married
it is his duty to identify himself with
a congregation, if he has not already
done so. We should attend divine
service in our hours of joy as well as
in sorrow.
There are too many people who
wait until death comes into their
midst before the synagogue appeals
to them, and then if they do not re-
ceive the attention which they think
they should from the rabbi they feel
hurt. Judaism is for the living and
not for the dead. The synagogue is
not merely a place to say Kaddish.
Parents owe it to their children to
give them the advantages of a re-
ligious education, and there is no-
where else where they can secure it
more thoroughly than in the religious
school.
It is very commendable to be a lib-
eral contributor to Jewish philanthro-
pies and take an active interest in
Jewish communal affairs, but this Is
not sufficient to satiny the require.
ments of our Jewish faith, for it is
the synagogue that is the unit of Jew-
ish religious representation.
Our co-religionists who are not af-
filiated with a congregation lose far
more than they gain. Every one of
us needs the congregation as much as
the congregation needs us.
Those who do not support a con-
gregation are lacking in the perform-
ance of an important duty in life.

would be a terrible sin. No, I will not
lend you the bread either."
"Then—shall I die of hunger at
Chronicle
your feet? Will God, the protector of
Glendale 8326
(Translated
into
English
verse
by
widows like that better?" exclaimed
LONDON OFFICE
Jessie Sampter.)
Shunamis. The rich man answered
14 STRATFORD PLACE
Not only the Catholics of this city, but all men who are in-
clamly:
LONDON, W. 1, ENGLAND
"You shall not die at my feet,
terested in the better things have, in the passing of Father Blessed art Thou, 0 God our King,
widow, for I shall help you—with a
$3.00 Per Year Ernest Van Dyke, lost a good friend and one who was inter- The Lord of life and everything,
Subscription, in Advance
Whose strength and might do fill the piece of advice. Listen to me. To the
ested in their well-being. Nothing that was human, nothing
world.
things which have been left by other
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
that was humanitarian, was foreign to this man. A great- (And when His thunderbolts are people, you have a full right. And
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
hurled,
hearted, far-visioned man who loved his fellows was Father
for such things, you need thank no-
I still am safe within His arm
body. Now go to my barn. Beneath
Editorial Contributor Van Dyke.
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
Whose might and strength are shields the floor, where my flour was kept
For more than half a century he had served a single con-
from harm.)
before I brought it to king Solomon,
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to gregation as its spiritual guide. Within the fold of that con-
there are yet some handfuls of flour.
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the gregation, old and young loved him as a father. No such man
Go
gather them up, make bread for
The
Wind
on
Trial.
view expressed by the writers.
yourself, eat, and be happy."
can live without leaving upon the people of the entire com-
The widow Shunamis did as the
munity
the
impress
of
his
fine
personality.
We
are
richer
for
Niaan 23, 5682
Translated from the Yiddish of Isaac rich and pious man had told her. She
April 21, 1922
having had Father Van Dyke as one of our fellow-citizens.
Leib Pere:.
cleaned out from under the boards of
We are the poorer for his leaving us, but his memory will abide
the broken floor, several handfuls of
as an enduring inspiration to those who held him dear.
(Note: Perez was one of the
clean flour. On the way home she
collected some pieces of wood, and
greatest
of
Yiddish
writers
and
John Haynes Holmes delivered at Temple Beth El last week,
that night she built a fire and baked
story-tellers. If your father likes
an address that was intensely interesting, highly stimulating,
three loaves of bread. She thanked
to read Yiddish, he probably has
and provocative of earnest thought. This is of course no more
The Prayer Book Revision Committee of the Methodist a volume or several volumes of God and his pious ones, and she was
than might be expected of a man of Dr. Holmes' caliber. He is Episcopal Church has decided to recommend to the next bien- Perez's stories. For Perez is one about to break a piece from the first
loaf and put it to her mouth, when
the men who have made the
a man who throughout his career has shown himself to be nial convocation of that great church the omission of the word of
the door was burst open and a man
Jewish people proud of the Yid-
unafraid.
"obey" in the marriage ceremony. The amount of newspaper dish language, because they have rushed in.
While one may not with any justice speak of him as a man space that has been given to this proposal indicates that among written in it so beautifully. You
"Save me from death," he cried.
who does not respect the proper conventions, he stands out as our goods friends of other faiths this represents a tremendous see, the Jews now have two "Three days and three nights it is
ebrew, the language
since I have eaten anything." And,
an individual who will not be bound by conventions that enslave advanced step in the recognition of the equality of women languages—II
that the Jews used to speak in
with excitement, he told her
the soul. Such a man is always subject to misinterpretation and with men. To us, however, the only surprise is that it has Palestine, and in which the Bible trembling
the story. A terrible fire had broken
taken our friends of other faiths so long to realize the injustice and the Talmud and other great out in his village. While the whole
even to malicious misrepresentation.
So far as his Detroit address is concerned, there is not a of incorporating a promise of obedience on the part of the wife books were written, and Yiddish, town was wrapped in slumber, a flame
the language that millions of
came down from the sky, and the
sentence which he uttered which taken in its proper context in the marriage ceremony.
Jews speak at the present day.
storm spread the fire everywhere.
We Jews have never done so. With us the formula of mar-
could justly call forth a word of criticism. On the contrary,
Read this story and you will
Everyone was devoured by the curse
there was not a single utterance of his that must not meet with riage has always read: "Be thou sanctified unto me by this ring agree that beautiful things have —men, women and children. He alone
been written in Yiddish.)
the ardent approval and the whole-hearted endorsement of according to the laws of Moses and the customs of Israel."
had escaped, and for three days he
had been pursued by the fire, borne
every reasonable, straight minded, forward looking man With the Jews, marriage has ever been a sanctification, and not
In the days of King Solomon there along by fear, without a morsel of
merely a legal formula . We believe that it is not to exaggerate
and woman.
in his mouth.
lived
a
woman
named
Shuamis,
To be sure, his theories call for a more or leas idealistic the truth to say that it is largely because of this fact that the whose home was a straw-roofed but food
The widow gave him the loaf of
society. But he was entirely frank in his recognition of the Jewish home has always been recognized as a sanctuary where in a fishing village, near the coast of bread: "Take it, and eat of it, and
fact that the day of peace for which he was preaching was not love has been the ministering priest. Under the domestic roof, the great Mediterranean Sea. Shuna- live" she said. "But leave me, for I
to be attained today or tomorrow or in the immediate future, the Jewish husband and wife have always been equals. One mis made a living for herself by hard am a widow, and I live here alone."
Then the widow praised God, for
weaving and mending the nets
or Indeed at any time without its price of the highest sacrifice has not been master, the other slave and servitor. Under such work,
lie had not only given her bread, but
for the fishermen of the village.
that men have ever made in any cause being fully paid. We an arrangement, obedience has had no place in the marriage Now it came to pass that a number had put it in her power to do a good
cannot therefore quite understand why in virtue of this particu- relationship, and because of that fact, Jewish marriage has of terrible storm arose, and not a ship deed. She had saved a life. She was
would venture out to sea. There was about to eat of the second loaf, when
lar address, there are those who should acclaim Dr. Holmes as always been upon a very high plane.
no work for Shunamis to do, and she the door opened again, and a second
the radical of radicals or why some thoughtful persons should
found herself without a morsel of man fell into the hut, and he, too,
say that his is the sort of radicalism which ought to be preached
bread in the house. She would not cried:
"Help me, or I die!" He had been
from all the pulpits in our time.
go to the huts of the poor fishermen
to beg for bread, for she knew that a rich man. Many herds of sheep
For as a matter of fact, is it not true that the pulpit in
and
oxen had grazed in his fields.
none
of
the
fishers
had
enough
for
general has invited the criticism of conservatives by preaching
themselves; so she went to look for Suddenly a band of Bedouiss had
the very doctrine which Dr. Holmes—more forcefully it is true
fallen
upon him, slaughtered his
help at a distance from her home.
than the majority—has enunciated? He is a radical but so is
A number of miles from her village, household, and taken away his wealth.
lie
alone
had escaped, and it was now
date, law and peace will prevail in there lived on a grand estate a Jew
every other man who has the wisdom and the courage to go to
Palestine, and the Jews will then be whom God had blessed with great three days and three nights since he
the root of a matter and to reach down. to fundamental prin-
enabled to proceed with their work to wealth and with all manner of com- ha dhad a morsel of food in his mouth.
ciples. Indeed, that is the meaning of the word radical. He is
rehabilitate their historic national forts. To this man Shunamis—cov-
Shunaims gave him her second loaf,
not one who shocks the decent sensibilities of people, who goes
homeland.
ered with her thin, torn shawl, which and thanked God again that He had
"With
the
Mandate
fully
establish-
made
it possible for her to do a second
she
wore
by
day
and
used
as
a
cover
to ridiculous extremes in his thinking and in his utterances, but
the Balfour Declaration takes on by night—came to ask for relief. It good dead; and this man, like the
he is simply one who sees through a matter to its logical con- Jews and Non-Jews Demand ed,
greater significance, and Jewish activ- happened that as she approached the other, took the loaf, opened the door,
clusion. In this proper interpretation of radicalism, we know
ities in and for Palestine will be re- magnificent gate, she came face to and vanished into the blackness of
That Palestine be Made
of hundreds of preachers whose names in many cases are not
generated and manifoldly increased. face with the rich man himself, and the night.
Safe for Jews
When the League speaks at Geneva when she saw him she bowed so that
And now the widow Shunamis took
widely heralded, who are quite as radical as Dr. Holmes.
for the Mandate, its voice will re- her forehead touched the ground.
up the third loaf of bread, but as she
What really was the thing for which he stood in his Detroit A number of prominent American sound
throughout the world; the Star
"Why do you how before me, wom- was about to break a piece from it, a
address other than this: he laid down a three-fold condition as Jews and non-Jews have issued state- of David will shine like a great lumin- an?" he asked. "Tell me who you are, terrible gust of wind tore it out of
essential to the establishment of peace in the world. First, the ments about the threatened disturb- ary and Palestine's future greatness and what it is you wish." Shunamis her hands and flung it far out to sea!
in Palestine caused through the will be secured."
Then the wind died down.
answered:
acquisition of a mental attitude that is opposed to war and all ances
delay in the ratification of the Pales-
Dr. Krauss' Views.
The widow stood and thought.
"I am a widow, and I live in a fish-
that makes for war. Second, the exaltation or sublimation of tine Mandate. The rights of the Jew- Dr. Nathan
Krass, Rabbi of the ing village, on the shore of the great
Soon it was morning. And what a
patriotism to such a degree that love of one's own country will ish people to Palestine are warmly de- Central Synagogue: "I was greatly sea. It is long since I have had a morning!
The 'sea like a beautiful
carry with it as inevitable the love of every country that any fended in those statements and warn- shocked by the report, given ubiquit- piece of bread in my mouth. Be no mirror, reflected the dazzling rays of
ing is given to the Arabs to withhold ous publicity and authority by Lord kind, sir, as to spare me a loaf of the rising sun. Soon the village
man calls his own. This incidentally he well illustrated by the their
unjustified wrath against the
to the effect that the corn- bread." The rich man pointed in the would awaken. The fishermen would
love of a man for his wife. He said that a man must so love rightful claim of the Jewish people to Northcliffe,
ing months portend pogroms in Pales- direction of the court-yard.
rush tothe shore, the children would
his wife that because of her, he cannot do wrong to any woman Palestine. The statements follow:
tine. England is assuring the Jews
'Look yonder, woman. They are leap after them—there would be great
Mr. Hamilton Holt, the Executive of a protectorate in the Holy Land unharnessing
So patriotism, Dr. Holmes holds, must implant such love of
the horses that have joy. Soon there would be bread again.
of the Woodrow Wilson most explicity indicated that not one
country in the heart of a man as to make it absolutley unthink- Director
me from the palace of our But the widow Shunamis did not think
Foundation: "The Balfour Declara- jot or title of the rights of Christian brought
great
king Solomon. You should have of all these things. Another thought
able for him to do wrong to any country on earth. And thirdly, tion in favor of the establishment in or Musselman shall be impaired. On
the palace. It was wonderful. was struggling in her brain.
he holds that religion must cease to be a thing which men only Palestine of a National Home for the the contrary the followers of the three seen
What had God wanted of her? What
When I entered I saw the king, with
profess and must become a thing which they practice. Jews Jewish people without infringing upon great religions that drew their in- a golden crown on his head, reclining had God done to her, a widow? One
rights of the other inhabitants of spiration from Zion were to exemplify on a throne of pure gold. Many loaf had been taken from her for the
and Christians preach the doctrine of peace but do they practice the
the Holy Land, should be ratified
good and how pleasant it is for people, lod and young, were standing survivor of the fire. Well done! Praise
it? Peace will be eternally unattainable until religion actually without further delay if peace and 'How
brethren to dwell together in unity.'
him, and he spoke to them to His name! The second for one
becomes not merely the theory but the realization of brother- order are to be restored in the Holy "The Jews who know what it is to before
words of wisdom that were as pre- who had escaped from murderers.
hood among men, and until lip service shall have gvien way to Land. This is a matter of supreme be the underdog of human society will cious
as
pearls. Now listen to what Certainly, he deserved it more than
not only to the Jewish never act in a retaliatory manner.
she. Rut the third loaf? To take it
practices that are dictated by human love and by the spirit importance
people but to all lovers of law and Jews and Arabs and Christians can he said, woman: 'Ile who wishes to out of a widow's mouth, and simply
live,
does
not take gifts.' Do you
of humanity.
order in whatever land and of what- together develop the sacred soil in the
understand that? You want to sin fling it into the sea? She could not
If the preachment of this doctrine makes Dr. Holmes a ever race."
orient and make it blossom not only by taking a gift from me, but I will understand it. It suddenly occurred
radical, then pray God, to make us all become radical. His Dr. Charles S. MacFarland, Gen- with fragrant fruits, but with spirit- never help you to sin. God is the to her that God had known nothing
Secretary of the Federal Council ual flowers — fellowship, kindliness,
address in Detroit was an inspiring message and one which we eral
protector of widdws, and he would about this; that the wind had commit-
of the Churches of Christ in Amer-
service.
never forgive me if I helped you to ted the foul deed of his own accord.
trust he will have the opportunity of repeating before many ica: "It is my judgment that imme- sympathy,
"The conscience of the Allied Pow- shorten your life. No, I give no It could not he otherwise. She would
and many a thoughtful audience in every part of the land.
diate provision should he made for ers must be stirred by any contem- gifts."
not forgive that wretched wind. She
the maintenance of law and order in plated conduct of injustice to the Jew.
"If it is indeed so," said the woman, would bring complaint against him
Palestine. Indeed, I believe it to be America, England and the other great
from the great king Solomon. She
the duty of our own Government to powers should thunder to the deluded "I want no gifts. Lend me a loaf of would go to Jerusalem, and there put
use its good offices in that direc- Arabs, 'thou must not pelt the Jew.' bread, or at least some flour. I will the wind on trial.
tion and it should not evade this There is no doubt but that a few mis- take it home and make bread of it,
When she was shown into the
any other international moral guided zealous and bitter bigots are and save my life. I will thank you, presence
Wide publicity has been given in the Jewish press to cer- or
of the mighty king, she
and pray that you should live long
responsibility."
behind
the
pogrom
program.
They
bowed
before him and said: "Lord
and
happily."
tain correspondence that has passed between the officers of
Rabbi Silverm•n's Statement.
and will be told in no uncertain
"Neither will I give you that, king, ,, I come to lay a complaint before
the Free Synagogue of New York and of the Hebrew Union Dr. Joseph Silverman, Rabbi Emer- must
language 'hands off ; the Jews are woman", the rich man answered. y: u.
College. From this correspondence it appears that Dr. Stephen itus of Temple Emanuel: "On April friends, not enemies.'
"Against whom?" asked the king.
"Solomon has also said: 'He who
the League of Nations is to meet
"The uncertainty regarding the ac-
S. Wise had made certain overtures to the Union of American 25
"Against the wind," answered the
Geneva and one of the most im- tion of the League of Nations in lends, buys himself a slave.' Slaves widow.
Hebrew Congregations to the end that they might take over at
I
only
buy
among
the
strangers,
not
portant subjects upon which it is to reference to England's mandatory
as an integral part of the union the theological school which pass final judgment is the British power in Palestine most be dispelled among the children of Abraham, Isaac And lifting up her tear-bathed face,
he proposes to establish. The terms on which such proposition Mandate over Palestine. April 25 is because the representative statement and Jacob. Besdies, a widow! I do she told him the whole story from
(Continued on page 12.)
an important date in the in the League are unanimously in not want a widow for a slave. It
was made by Dr. Wise are rather interesting. The union was therefore
of Palestinian restora- favor of ratifying the endorsement of
to provide a budget of $45,000 per annum for the first three development
tion and it is ardently hoped by Jews, the San Remo Council to establish
years, after which a regular budgetary system was to be estab- the world over, that there will be no peace in Palestine on the terms made
delay in the League's approval of the clear by Balfour."
lished..
A board of directors of 20 or 25 persons was to be created British Mandate. The fate of Pales-
as far as the Jews are concerned,
for the government of the Institute of Religion and of these 80 tine,
hangs in the balance. At present, ad- JEWS PAYING FOR PALESTINE
per cent were to be chosen as a self-perpetuating board by— vantage is being taken by the enemies SETTLEMENT, SAYS CHURCHILL
and as we understand it from among—the members of the of Israel of the fact that the Mandate LONDON. —(J. C. B.)—Nn sub-
Free Synagogue, the union to have the privilege of choosing has not yet been approved by the ventions have been granted the Brit-
League of Nations. Arab agitators ish or Palestinian Government for
the other 20 per cent. Dr. Wise was to be president of the and
anti-Semites are vieing with one settling Jews on the land in Palestine.
new institution. In return for all of these things, Dr. Wise was another
to place difficulties in the way Winston Spencer Churchill told the
to go upon a lecture tour collecting money.
of Jewish immigration and Jewish House of Commons, in reply to a ques-
The union decided that it would not be for the best interests activities in Palestine.
tion by Mr. Conway. The cost of such
of the college to accept this generous offer on the part of Dr. "As soon as the League of Nations colonization, is being subscribed from
puts the seal of approval on the Man- Jewish sources, Mr. Churchill added.

Cable Address:

Telephone:

A Good Man Passes Away.

The Radical.

The Word "Obey."

PALESTINE MANDATE
RATIFICATION URGED

The Hebrew Union College and the Institute of
Religion.

A STUDY OF SHYLOCK

(The Jewish Exponent.)
In the current number of Scrib-
ner's magazine, that excellent critic,
Brander Matthews, writes entertain-
ingly about "Old Plays and New
Playgoers." He mentions that some
of the old plays, written in former
centuries, have taken on new mean-
ings when presented on the modern
stage. Amongst these he pays par-
ticular attention to "The Merchant
of Venice." Ile is of the opinion that
Shakespeare did not have Shylock in
mind as the principal character, but
that the drama was really intended
to be a Portia play. Shylock in the
early days was acted as if he were
a sort of "comic villain." The con-
ception gradually changed, although
it was still the custom in the days of
Macready, and considerably later, to
treat Shylock as merely a ferocious
and utterly unscrupulous Jew. Ilenry
Irving wrote to Ellen Terry some
years before he died: "Shylock is a
ferocity, I know; but I cannot play
him that way." Mr. Matthews thinks
that the effect of the play in more re-
cent times has been to create a meas-
ure of sympathy for Shylock, coupled
with satisfaction at the failure of his
plans. After all, it is largely in the
eye of the beholder. But it does not
appear correct to believe that Shake-
speare designed his Jew as a "comic
villain."

IMMIGRATION QUOTA
REPORTED INCREASED

WARSAW,—(J. T. A.)—Replyinif
to the representations of the Warsaw
Government, the United States State
Department is understood to have
notified Polish authorities, through
Mr. Tokolwski, Polish immigration at-
tache in New York, that the number
of l'olish immigrants admissible to
the United States in 1022 will be con-
siderably in excess of the number
previously admitted, the United States
Government recognizing that Poland
is, by reason of her territorial expan-
sion, entitled to a more liberal quota.

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Wise and his co-workers.
We have had considerable doubt in our mind right along
as to whether there is room for two institutions in America for
the training of Reform rabbis. The future will tell whether
we are mistaken. But we are entirely confident at this writing
that at least the Hebrew Union College will continue to hold
the undivided loyalty of the leading congregations in this coun-
try, a confidence that it has merited through its service to
Israel's cause through many years.

The Drive Is On.

At this writnig the great Temple Beth El campaign is well
under way, with every promise that before the end of the
week the workers will have gone over the top. Never in the
history of Detroit Jewry has there been manifested in any
cause whatsoever such a spirit of loyal devotion and of splendid
enthusiasm as has been manifest among the members of this
great congregation. People have vied with each other in gene-
rosity. Each man has sought to outdo his neighbor, not merely
in giving to this great cause, but in inducing others to give. The
attitude of these men and women is another attest of the vigor
and the virility and the vitality that characterizes the Judaism
of today. For after all the gifts which men and women are
giving to the building of this great temple are the emblems,
not merely of their pride in a great structure of steel and stone,
but much more, they monument their devotion to a faith for
which through generations the Jews have endured hardships

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Their new songs will soon be singing.

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Cloudlands drift and melt away—
Once again will skies shine azure,
Stars by night and suns by day.

New the roses, new the flowers,
Spring's new odors flow in waves,
Brilliant colors, scents and singing
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