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By Chat, H. Joseph.)
Recently The Nation of New York sent to the Jewish press through
out the country a reprint of an article called The Jews Turn to
Genoa," with the request that it be either printed, commented on or
considered. The article in question consisted of an address delivered
broadcast to Jews in Russia and Poland who had suffered from pogroms
calling upon them to file • claim for damages at the Genoa Conference.
It was signed by the Praesidium of the Ort in Moscow. The language
was no radical and the tone of the communication so prejudiced and
unfair and contained such • scurrlious attack upon the Allied nations
a nd even upon the Jews of those nations that I felt called upon to
attack the communication unsparingly. As ■ result of this attack I
am in receipt of the following communication:
"In your column, 'Random Thoughts,' appearing under date
of May 8, you allude to and comment upon the appeal recently
issued by the Praesidium of the Ort in Moscow. In the name
of the Ort delegation now visiting in this country, I bey to call
your attention to the fact that the appeal issued was in no wise
authorized by our Central Executive Council and was issued by
the Moscow committee of the Ort, on its own initiative and re-
sponsibility. Trusting you will make the proper notation with
reference to same, I am, (signed) L. Bramson, vice-president of
the Central Council 81111 member of the Ort Delegation to
America."
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I am glad that this criticism came to the atten:ion of the head of
the Ort delegation now in this country, for he can now notify those
in Moscow that not only the Jews but all America resents such mis•
chievous propaganda and furthermore I take this opportunity again to
say that it is a matter for surprise that The Nation would publish such
an unjust &ppml without fully inquiring into the matter. Nothing is
to be gained by irresponsible agitation and I should imagine that "The
Association for the Promotion of Trades and Agriculture Among the
Jews" or Russia would have something better to occupy their atten-
tion than to deliberately alienate the good will of the peoples of the
Allied countries. I am pleased at least that the Central Council has
disavowed responsibility for the terrible accusations contained in the
appeal of the Moscow committee.
"Christ is coming with the eye of one who is aroused and
indignant, in whose being beats the pulse of hot anger. . . .
He comes forth as one who no longer seeks either friendship or
love. . . . His garments are dipped in blood, the blood of
others. He descends that He may shed the blood of men. . . .
lie will enunciate His claim by terror and might. He will write
it in the blood of his foes. Ile comes like the treader of the
winepress, and the grapes are the bodies of men. He will tread
and trample in Ms fury till the blood of men shall fill the earth.
He will tread and trample them beneath His accusing feet, till
their upspurting blood shall make them crimson. Ile comes to
His glory not as a savior meek and lowly, not through the suf-
ferage of willing hearts and the plaudits of a welcoming world,
but as a kind and autocrat, a despot, through the gushing blood
of a trampled world. And those who follow this emergent,
wrathful King of Heaven . . . are represented as armies.
They come forth as a body of fighters. They come to assist the
Warrior to make war on the earth. In this way the kingdom
is to come, not by the preaching of the Gospel and the all-per-
suasive power of the spirit of God."
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Probably you are under the impression that the foregoing st•te.
meat was made by an inmate of an insane asylum. I shall not blame
you for thinking that. It is the reported declaration of the Rev. Dr.
I. M. Haldeman, • prominent New York Baptist minister, who is one
of the chief advocates of • group of Baptista known as the "Funds.
mentalists," who are campaigning for • sort of back to the "infallibil.
ity of the Bible, special creation, total human depravity, virgin birth,
the atonement by blood, the ultimate damnation of most of mankind,
and all the other dreary dogmas of the Dark Ages." How are you in.
eeeee ted in all this? I will tell you. Dr. A. C. Dieffenbach, editor of
the Christian Register, the leading Unitarian weekly of the country,
sm.: "The second coming of Christ as preached by the Fundamen•
Witt. will stir the world into religious fanaticism," and he warns us
against the frenzy he believes will seine the world should the doctrine
be widely accepted. You know and I know what religious fanaticism
can do; what unspeakable horrors follow in its wake; and yet, strange
to say, so strong is this troup of Fundamentalists that the whole Chris•
Sian church of all denominations are disturbed by them. Oh, God,
what crimes are committed in Thy name!
An earnest Jewish woman writes to me: "There is so much at
slake that had I the powerful pen that is yours I would not want an
my conscience that fact that I have withheld a helping hand to to im.
portent and vital and undertaking." My conscience is perfectly at
mane on the subject of Jewish nationalism. The lady in question be.
limea that the solution of the Jewish question in this and apparently
all other countries lies in Palestine. I don't. Regradless of whether
there is • Jewish state or not; regardless of whether there are 50,000
or 1,000,000 Jew. in Palestine, the Jewish problem in all countries
will still remain • Jewish problem. I have written in favor of Pales.
tine as a haven for opp d brethren; in fact every Jew has favored
such • project. On this issue there is no difference of opinion. I
maintain that the Jews of Russia will live their lives and solve their
problems in Russia and so will the Jews of America and of every other
country. Once let Rassia return to normal and desirable living con-
ditions where there will be freedom and equality for the Jew, and I
question whether there will be • country on the face of the globe more
favored than Russia by the majority of Jews.
Last week the King of Italy and other notables from all over the
world were present at the opening of the Sixth Assembly of the Inter-
national Institute of Agriculture, in Rome, when Signor Bertini, the
Italian Minister of Agriculture, paid a high tribute to the memory of
the late David Lubin, the American Jew who made possible this great
international institute. David Lubin was a great idealist who believed
that the Jew's mission was to serve his fellow man and to consecrate
hsi life to the welfare of humanity. In doing this he believed that
the Jew was living in accordance with the highest principles of his
faith and as one of God's chosen people. His was • life of love and
labor for the men and women of the soil, and • result of years of
unremitting toil he left as • heritage the institute that was established
in Italy with the help of the liberal-minded, far-visioned king, Victor
Emanuel. David Lubin was • brother-in-law of the late Rabbi J.
Leonard Levy, who greatly encouraged Mr. Lubin in his work for the
agriculturists of the world.
George Horace Lorimer, editor of the Saturday Evening Post, re.
minds me of the old-time Republican who used to blame the Demo-
cratic party for everything that happened in the country, even to the
failure of the crops. Lorimer and his boss, Cyrus Curtis, are "hipped"
on the menace of unrestricted immigration; for that matter, on any
immigration except from those countries that produce those gorgeous
blond Nordics that are coming to play a much • part in our magmine
literature as eugenics or psycho-analysis. Mr. Lorimer week after
week in his popular rnagmine hammers immigration and he has blamed
everything that is undesirable in this country to the immigrant. I
thought he reached the limit last week when he wrote this astonishing
and I must say mendacious attack on the immigrant. I know that Mr.
Curtis and Mr. Lorimer and Mr. Curtis' son-in-law, Mr. Bok, are all
such fine gentlemen that one hesitates to use offensive language, so I
shall confine myself to the mild term "mendacious." Here is the way
Mr. Lorimer insults the intelligence of his readers (whatever the sum
total of • chronic Saturday Evening Post reader's intelligence may be):
"Every thoughtful novel reader and playgoer in middle life
must be uncomfortably aware of the striking changes wrought
during recent years in the prevailing standards by which
younger people judge current books and plays. . . . Some-
where between the rollicking bawdiness of old times and the
finical nasty-niceness of today there must be paths that can be
trod with clean feet. The gradual shift of style from one ex-
treme to the other is en infallible sign of degeneracy in a cer-
tain group of authors and in the growing audiences whose mor-
bid tastes they address. . . . Basic standards of decency
are ignored or sneered into the background. Far too commonly
is our body of current fiction and drama defiled and brought
into disrepute by those who find lewdness delightful, once it
has been dusted over with sachet powder and tricked out with
the cosmetics of catch penny art."
So far so good, Mr. Lorimer; no quarrel with you yet. But let as
read on:
"Thin contamination, this fouling of our own nest is part
and parcel of the punishment that is visited upon us in conse-
quence of a generation of unrestricted immigration. The poli-
cies that have permitted our clean old stock to be steadily and
mercilessly mongrelized now make possible the intellectual
subjection of American young manhood and womanhood."
Now this is pure drivel and shows how the hrad-pressed editor is
obliged to labor to make out a cue against the foreign•born. I wish
I had the time and apace to answer this lie completely. I suppose
Theodore Declare, who has had • run-in with the censor, is probably
one of the fictionist. of which Lorimer wouldn't approve. He was
been in Terre Haute, Ind., and came of good native stock. And Jame.
Branch Cabbell of "Jurgen." fame, born in Richmond, Va., and is a
real blue ribbon native. And Joseph Hergetheirn is no milk-sop who
it comes to rather meaty literature. Joe was born in Philadelphia sad
educated at • Quaker school. "The Sheik" was not written by • Rus-
sian Jew but by an English writer. Likewise "The Green Bough" was
written by an Englishman. I could go on without limit and show that
the authors of the very book, that bulk large in the class that Lorimer
is talking about were written by English and American authors cad
all his talk about unrestricted immigration is veriest nonsense. I sup-
pose Mr. Ford and Mr. Lorimer will now join hands in ■ a effort le
prove that all rotten literature in America is written by Jewish writer*
with Gentile names.
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(Copyright, 1022, Jewish Corres-
pondence Bureau).
It is rare indeed that the Jewish
youth follows the sea as a profession.
In the personnel of the United
States Navy there is a good sprink-
ling of Jewish boys, but the Merchant
Marine service has but few.
The United States Lines boasts of
a Jewish officer who has followed the
sea since his boyhood. This man is
Nathan Levy, the navigating officer of
the Steamship Lone Star State, which
recently entered the service of the
Lines, and is now nicking her maiden
voyage.
Mr. Levy rates as one of the best
navigators in the Merchant Marine
(service of the United States. Mr.
Levy hails from Philadelphia, Pa.,
having been born in the Quaker City,
November 28, 1891. He attended the
public and high schools in Philadel-
phia, but when he was 17 years of
age, imbued with the desire for the
sea through deep indulgence in stories
of sailor life, young Levy ran away
from home and joined the Navy. His
mother was greatly opposed to his go-
ing into the service, but upon his first
forlough home, she was so elated with
his appearance that she became com-
pletely reconciled to his choice.
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Mr. I.evy served on the U. S. S.
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On his re-enlistment in the Navy as
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At the outbreak of the World War,
Mr. Levy took his discharge from the
Navy and having acquired a second
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pass=ed the stern by a few inches. Then
a running battle began which lasted
for almost two hours. A sudden fog
arising gave the Virginian opportun-
ity to escape.
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Re-enters Merchant Service.
After Mr. Levy had fully recovered
his health, he again entered the Mer-
chant Service, and has served as navi-
gating officer and chief officer on a
number of vessels.
In choosing Mr. Levy as navigating
officer of the Steam ship Lone Star
State, the operators of the United
States Lines felt that they were get-
ting a man of wide experience in
handling ships under every conceiv-
able circumstance.
The Steamship Lone Star State is
one of the magnificent vessels built
by the United States Government. She
was originally designed for use as a
transport, but following the Armistice
the plans were altered, and she was
made into a passenger liner.
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SCIENCE IN NEW BOOK
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NEW YORK.—(J. C. B.)—Placing
bluntly before the Jews of this coun-
try the problem of the menace of
Christian Science to Judaism, "The
Faith of the Fathers," a play in three
acts written by Henry Berman and
recently published by Nicholas L.
Brown, has already created wide com-
ment and discussion.
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By a skillful handling of his plot,
which is woven around the invalid
slaughter of the leading rabbi of
l'ittsburgh who turns to Christian
Science, he presents every side of the
question through his characters, all
realistically drawn—the Rabbi Josef-
fy, and his wife, her brother, one of
the pillars of the congregation, the
first big Jew in the city to embrace
Christian Science, the young rabbi
who is engaged to Dr. Joseffy's inva-
lid daughter, the Christian Science
Healer, the president of the congrega-
tion and various other members of the
board of trustees.
BRITAIN CONSIDERING
U. S. MANDATES REPLY
LONDON.—(J. C. B.)—The Brit-
ish Government has under considera-
tion the reply received from the Gov-
ernment of the United States regard-
ing the mandates, including the Brit-
, ish Mandate for Palestine, Austen
Chamberlain replying to a question by
Lord Robert Cecil informed the House
of Commons.
Lord Robert desired to know what
steps had been taken to carry out the
Mandates provisionally assigned to
the Powers by the Allied Council. In
his reply, Mr. Chamberlain stated that
in October 1921 the President of the
League of Nation' had written to
Premier Lloyd George proposing that
the powers carry on the administra-
tion of the mandated territories in the
spirit of the draft Mandate. This, Mr.
Chamberlain said, the Government
was doing.
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Receives Commission.
Upon his return to America Mr.
Levy was commissioned in the Re-
, serve Force of the United States
Navy, nad the S. S. Virginian was
placed in the Army Transport Ser-
vice. After a number of trips to
France with troops and supplies, Mr.
Levy left the Virginian, and in June,
1918, was made a Lieutenant in the
United States Navy. His first assign.
ment was at Brest, France, where he
served as assistant to Commander
Rodger Williams in connection with
the English Channel Transport
Service.
Later, he was assigned as executive
officer on the U. S. S. Lake Elizabeth,
which was engaged in the Cross Chan-
nel Transport Service. During his
service on this vessel Mr. Levy had
many experiences with submarines;
in fact, they were almost a daily oc-
currence. He continued at this work
until April, 1919, when he suffered a
physical breakdown and was sent to
the Naval Hospital at Brest. He was
later ordered home for further treat-
ment.
Just before his departure from
France Mr. Levy went to Paris where
he was married to a young woman, a
native of the Shetland Islands, Who
was a member of the British Commit.
tee of the French Red Cross. Mrs.
Levy is an authority on navigation
and for some time prior to her mar-
riage was engaged in giving instruc-
tion on navigation to young Britishers
aspiring for commissions. Mrs. Levy
is a graduate of Edinburgh Uni-
versity.
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