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NA NSEN SAYS DISASTER
IN RUSSIA INCREASING
LONDON•—(J• c.
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B. by Mail.)—
In support of the appeal of the Fund
for the Relief of the Jewish Victims
of ft , - War, Dr. F. Nansen, High
Commissioner of the 'League of Na-
tions for Russian Refugees, hes tele-
grap3ed to Mr. Lucien Wolf :
-Allow me to express wholehearted
s upport of your timely appeal for
more funds for Jewish refugees. The
High Commissiariat for Russian Ref-
ugees has received hither to invalu-
able assistance from Jewish organi-
saticos, especially yours. But the
disc-ter is rapidly increasing to an
impaling situation, demanding instant
action. The condition of the refugees
•
in Inc states adjoining Russia be-
u m, s more serious every day. Num-
erous refugees endeavoring to cross
the Polish frontier bring epidemics
which are threatening both Poland
and all Europe. The Jewish popula-
tion in the Ukraine is also in extreme
straits and starving. In Constanti-
nople, thousands of refugees—large-
ly Jews—are critically situated. All
financial help is therefore now of su-
preme importance. Relief must come
quickly."
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PREPARE FOR 25TH
ZIONIST CONVENTION
Important Questions to Be Dis-
cussed at Annual Meeting
to be Held June 25
Preparations for the twenty-fifth
annual reinvention of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America which is to be
held in Philadelphia, Pa., beginning
Sunday, June 25, have already be-
gun. Following the receipt of an
official order issued ly the organiza-
tion, the districts throughout the
country are arranging for the elec-
tion of delegates to the convention.
All election returns, according to the
instructions issued, must reach the
national office not later than June 15.
In accordance with a referendum
vote of the districts, the basis of elec-
tion for the convention is one dele-
gate for every hundred members in
good standing or a major fraction
thereof. Thus, a district having 50
members elects one delegate; a dis-
trict having 151 members elects two
delegates, etc. This rule applies
equally to all organization units affili-
ated with the Zionist Organization of
America — Hadassah chapters and
camps of the Order Sons of Zion.
Contests arisnig out of the election
must be immediately communicated
to the department of organization,
and decisions will be made in accord-
ance with the constitutions of the
Zionist Organization of America, and
the precedents hitherto followed by
the department of organization.
The Election Call.
The call for the election of dele-
gates concludes with the following
paragraph :
The highly intensified political
situation which the Zionist move-
ment had to face in the course of
the past year will make the twenty-
fifth convention one of great impor-
tance in the history of Zionism in
this country. The work of the ad-
ministration was fraught with mane
difficulties. Both the Political work
and the efforts to raise money for
Palestine have revealed a number of
new phases which will have to be
carefully deliberated upon and made
the basis of our future policy. The
Zionists should make every effort to
make this gathering as representative
as possible."
Among the questions that will in
all probability be placed on the calen-
ilar are the flolowing:
The registration of the Palestine
mandate and the recognition of the
Zionist Organization as the Jewish
agency to co-operate with the Pales-
HUDS
tine government on all matters re-
lating to Jewish interests raises a
question which has already been al-
luded to at the last meeting of the
greater actions committee held in
Berlin last March. Shall the Zionist
Organization make an attempt to or-
ganize the Jewish agency, providing
for the inclusion of dewish groups
interested in the building of Pales-
tine, or shall a World Jewish Con-
gress be convened for the purpose of
establishing an all-Jewish representa-
tion to act as the Jewish agency.
The Karen Hayesod.
"The development of the Keren
Hayesod has disclosed certain flaws
in relation to its status is-a-via the
Zionist Organization. The Keren
Hayesod is the Jewish national treas-
ury; it is the treasury of the Zionist
Organization for laying the founda-
tions of the Jewish national home.
The Keren Hayesod is legally a sepa-
rate corporation, maintaining its own
administrative force and conducting,
to a large extent, a propaganda fur
the collection of funds in which the
Zionist Organization is one of a num-
ber of factors. Should the Keren
Hoyt-sod administration and propa-
ganda for collection be consolidated
with the administration and propa-
ganda of the Zionist Organization or
shall it remain as it now is?
"At the present time, the head-
quarters of the Zionist Organization
are located in London, the Keren
Hayesod headquarters are likewise
situated in London. With the regis-
tration of the Palestine mandate and
the recognition of the Zionist Organ-
ization as the Jewish agency would it
not be desirable to transfer the Zion-
ist headquarters complete!• to Pales-
tine, leaving in London only such es-
sential branch offices as are practi.
rally required?"
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WHY WE RECITE THE KADISH
By MILES M. GOLDBERG
Yisgadal, Ve-Yiskadash, Shmai
Rabboh, these are the opening lines
of the sacred Kaddish said in memory
of the dead by Jews for their loved
ones throughout the world. Perhaps
no prayer in the Jewish Book of Books
is so universally known as is the Kad-
dish. From time immemorial it has
been recited by the Bolls or other mem-
bers of the family at the death of a
parent, and it can be said without fear
of contradiction it is in use in one of
its various forms more often in the
Orthodox synagogue than any other
form of prayer.
The Kaddish has a remarkable his-
tory. Originally it had no relation to
the regular Jewish form of prayer
and still less to the dead. It was most
generally rtsited by the reader after
Scripture readings and after religious
discourses. Its style is unique and in
its five forms it has an awe inspiring
effect whenever recited. The most
common form of the Kaddish is the
full Kaddish recited by mourners.
When the full Kaddish is recited
by the mourners in the synagogue,
Yehe Shmai Rabboh is responded in
unison by the congregation. It was
Over
700,000
owners
In recent years the melodies used
have become more formal in structure
and thus more nearly allied to melody
according to modern conception. It
is not uncommon even now for a
Cantor to improvise his melody as he
goes along. Majestic or pathetic
tunes are the favorites of the old
fashion singers. Without exception
the Kaddish is always sung in a
minor key.
Celebrated Jewish composers like
Sulzer and Lewandowsky have adapt-
ed several melodies to be used in
chanting the Kaddish that are truly
representative themes. They have
brought a definite form to this com-
position and some of these settings are
compositions that will stamp them so
Jewish classics.
As in nearly all typical Hebraic
music, the melody is soft and touching
and when the Kaddish is sung by the
Cantor it never fails to make a deep
impression. There is something stout
the Kaddish that is sacred to the Jew,
old and young alike, and when sung
to the tune of the Sulzer composition
hardly a Glee is tearless.
Since time without recollection
nearly all the sacred prayers and pas-
sages in the service used by the Or-
thodox .laws were chanted. Some of
these melodies have become famous,
as the Kol Nidre. Because of the fact
that there was no set melody for the
Kaddish and that a different pepulai
folk melody was used in the various
European countries, there is no one
melody that can be traced back as the
original Kaddish tune. Various scales
were used in the Kaddish settings, ac-
cording to the melodic conception of
the singer, and only in recent years
has an effort been made to standardize
the melodies used in singing the
Kaddish.
That the Kaddish will continue as
one of the most sacred orders in the
Orthodox service cannot be doubted
and no matter what tune the Cantot
will use the Kaddish will ever hold
its place as one of the most sacred
and solemn prayers fur all times.
said by the wise men of old that this
has the power of influencing the
heavenly decree in one's favor or ob-
taining forgiveness.
An ancient writer says: "At the
time of the Messiah God shall sit in
paradise and deliver a discourse on
the new Torah before the assembly
of the pious and the angelic hosts,
and at the close of the discourse on
the Torah before the assembly of the
pious and the angelic hosts Zerubbabel
shall rise and recite the Kaddish with
a voice reaching from one end of the
world to hte other; to which all man-
kind will respond 'Amen.' Then the
10,000 gates of Gehenna shall open
and all the redeemed of Gehenna, the
wicked ones of Israel, and the right- JEWISH LEGIONNAIRES
enus of Gentiles shall be ushered into
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paradise."
Originally, the full mourners' Kad-
Detroit Jewish Legionnaires who
dish was recited for the dead at the
fought in Palestine under Vladimir
close of the seven days' mourning pe-
Jabotinsky and General Allenby or-
riod only for men of great prominence
ganized themselves last week into the
or Jewish scholars. Afterwards, not
Detroit Post of the American Jewish
to put other Jews to shame, it Was re-
Legion. J. Miller assisted in its
cited after each burial. It is recited
formation.
only in the presence of a group of at
Temporary officers were elected as
least ten men--s-a minyon—and it was
follows: Abe Weintrobe, president;
declared in the past that unless the
Sam Zellman, secretary; Samuel
responses were intoned properly it
Each, treasurer.
would not have the desired effect of
The Legionnaires went to the
winning forgiveness for the departed
Michigan Central depot in a body to
soul.
greet their former commander on his
Tradition tells us that the power of arrival in the city. A conference was
redeeming the dead from the suffering held with Mr. Jabotinsky Sunday
of Gehenna was due to the recitation evening at the Shaarey Zedek, when
of the Kaddish by the sons of the de- the group started a fund of its own
ceased. It is a well-known fact that for the purpose of Palestinian colo-
mother and father of long ago was to nization.
have a male heir so that he could say
An important meeting of the post
the greatest desire of the Jewish will be held next Thursday evening
the Kaddish when one of the parents at the Old Folks' Home, when plans
died. If, perchance, no male child was for the permanent organization wilt
born this was considered an impreca- be completed.
tion of evil by the parents and pray
ers were offered to invoke the gtmd
CHANDLER OWNERS ARE
will of the Master in Heaven. Not
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infrequently and far various reasons
a scholar or some one versed in Jewish
learning was engaged by the family
It is very noticeable in Detroit that
to say Kaddish (luring the period of
there are an extraordinarily large
mourning.
number of Chandler owners who are
The full Kaddish was recited ori- striving the third, fourth or fifth
ginally three times daily by the Chandler. There are also many
mourners for 12 months. The custom Chandler owners who are still driv-
now is to recite it thrice daily for a ing their original car with three, four,
period of 11 months. It is also recited five or six years to their credit; some
on the anniversary of the death- with more than 100,000 miles of ac-
Yahrzeit — and Yahrzeit mourners tual service. Both classes of owners
have precedence over all other mourn- give about the name reason for con-
ers in saying Kaddish. This is the tinued Chandler satisfaction. First,
custom in Orthodox circles, but in the because it is a dependable car and
Reform Temples the Kaddish is recit- satisfying in performance. Second,
ed by the rabbi and the mourners because once broken in it is seldom
repeat it after him.
necessary to make repairs or adjust-
Just what is the true significance ments of any nature. Just the other
of the Kaddish? Does it really have day one of our Saginaw owners drove
the power of redeeming the dead in to trade his 3-year-old car. After
from the suffering of Gehenna or is completing the transaction he turned
it the some thought expressed by over to as the only bill of expense
Maurice Maeterlinck, the author, in he had in over 20,000 miles of serv-
one of the scenes of his fairy play, ice.
Eight hours' labor was consumed in
"The Blue Bird"? When the children
visit the Land of the Dead they are doing this work and the total charge
for
labor and material was $27.20.
met by their Gaffer Tyl and Granny
Tyl and these lines are spoken: "We Think of it, $27.00 covering twenty
odd
thousand miles. Another Detroit
are always here, waiting for a visit
ftom those who are alive.—They Chandler owner, when shown this
bill, stated that his 1920 Chandler
come so seldom!" "When were you
had gone over 30,000 miles with an
here last?" the old folks ask, and
expense of only EV.
Incidentally,
when the children do not answer.
he has just turned in his car for a
Gaffer Tyl continues: "You thought
new one.
if us.—Well every time you think of
"It is very gratifying indeed," sans
us, we wake up and see you again.—
W. J. White, general manager of the
Yes, we get plenty of sleep while
Crosstown Corporation, "to meet such
waiting for a thought of the living
satisfied and enthusiastic owners. We
to come and wake us.—Ah, it is good
have just taken over the Chandler ac-
to sleep when life is done.—But it is count for Michigan and while I have
pleasant also to wake up from time always conceded to the Chandler a
to time."
place among the best cars, still it is
When the seekers of the Blue Bird very gratifying to find them so uni-
ask about their dead brothers and versally well pleased, and such won-
sisters, Gaffer Tyl immediately re- derful boosters for 'Chandler.' It
plies: "Ilere they are! As soon as makes me feel that I have judged
you think of them, as soon as you rightly in making the Crosstown Cor-
speak of them, they are there."
poration a 100 per cent Chandler or-
When the children are about to ganization. It is the desire of the
leave, the grandparents beg of them: Crosstown Corporation to have every
"Come hack every day. It's our only Chandler owner in Detroit and Michi-
pleasure and it's such a treat for us can inspect and take advantage of
when your thoughts visit us." all the facilities in the new home of
pur- the Chandler."
This, then, must be the rea I
pose of the Kaddish, to have a thought
for the dead often and wake them'. JERUSALEM GRATEFUL TO
from the death sleep. Every time we
LODGE FOR RESOLUTION
recite the Kaddish we think of the
departed soul and it must be the
pleasure that Meaterlinck describes
WASHINGTON.—(J. T. A.)—The
that corresponds to redeeming the gratitude of Zionists in Palestine for
dead from the suffering of Gehenna, the unanimous passage of the Lodge
for it is reasonable to believe that if Resolution in the Senate has been con-
we give no thought to the dead they veyed in a cable from Judge Bernard
A. Rosenblatt of New York, to the
must be lonely, indeed.
Let us continue to observe the old Senator from Massachusetts. Mr.
tradition and give thoughts to the Rosenblatt's cable reads as follows:—
dead as often as possible. This can "As the American representative of
best be accomplished by reciting the the Zionist executive and on behalf of
Kaddish for the dead daily. It is my colleagues on the Palestine Execu-
only a small thing to ask, yet it may tive, please accept our sincere thanks
mean so much for the loved one who for the splendid action of the United
States Senate in maintaining the Am-
has passed to the Great Beyond.
The music of the Kaddish is unlike
that of the famous Kol Nidre. It is
chanted in more of a monotone and
it is more informal in structure. In
many districts in Europe, especially
in Russia and Poland, the Chassis or
Cantor would use a few themes of a
folk song and this would be developed
and many runs and original passages
added. It was not uncommon to hear
typical melodies of the day sung by
the Chassis to the words of the sacred
Kaddish.
In 1031 one of the melodies used
frequently was the Marseillaise, es-
pecially in Lorraine. Gradually some
of the Chassins adapted character-
istic Hebraic melodies and now one
seldom hears the Kaddish sung to the
tuns of a popular melody.
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PALESTINE WORKMEN'S
BANK PLEASES M'DONALD
LONDON.—(J. T. A.)—Unreserv-
ed approval of the Palestine Work-
men's liank has been expressed by
Ramsay :Macdonald, British Labor
Leader, in a message to the Puale
Zion of America, transmitted through
\I r. Kaplan Kaplansky. The mes-
sage follows:
"I have just returned from Pales-
tine where I have seen at first hand
the working of the l'alestine Jewish
Co-operative Labor Movement. Every-
thing I Saw made me feel that here
is a great experiment of communal
construction being made on truly
democratic labor bases, which ought
to receive the support of everybody
interested in such work.
"One of the difficulties to be sur-
mounted is the supply of capital to
enable work like road-building, dra in-
age, planting, to lie carried on. The
Workmen's Bank is being established
for this purpose. I believe such a
bank is necessary. It is controlled I
our informed, by the same authorities
who conduct the labor activities in
Palestine today. In this way the grip
of financiers and capitalists will be
avoided and Palestine reconstruction
will proceed under the complete con-
trol of men and women giving the
labor shield to the enterprise. If as-
surance of my interest in the work is
of any use, I give it without resteve." -
WARSAW IS AIDING
RUSSIA'S STARVING
"G
Rebbe" L Head, Contributors'
WARSAW.-1.1. T. A.)—The ap-
peal to come to the aid of Russia's
starving Jews has met an unexpected
and gratifying response. The entire
population has been stirred by de-
scriptions of the misery in Russia and
the Ukraine and has come forward
with surprisingly large contributions,
the largest contribution being that of
Rabbi Alter, the Chassidic dignitary,
known as the "Gerrer Rebbe"
CONFER AS TO EMIGRATION
WARSAW'.—l.1. T. A.)—Adolph
Held, chief European Director of the-
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of
New York, has Imen invited by Dr_
Friedjhof Nansen, Immigration Com-
miser of the League of Nations, to a
Conference at Genoa to consider facil-
ities for the emigration of perialns
from Russia and Ukraine dostrovs of
joining their relatives overseas.
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