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(Copywr(ght, 1921.

ray Chas. It. Joseph.)

A few months ago I was taken to task for having written unfavor-
ably of the "Ort," • Russian organisation whose purpose is appar-
ently to promote agriculture among the Jews. I criticized the organiz-
ation for having permitted over its name the issuance of an appeal
that d to promote class hatred, involving an attack, strange to
say, upon representative Jews throughout the world. The represent••
tives of the "Ort" who were in this country at the time took the trouble
to advise me that the "appeal" to which I referred was not made by
the "Ort" as • whole but merely by a branch (I think it was the Mos-
cow branch) on its own initiative. I accepted that statement for what
it was worth and I don't think it was worth much.

Now I notice that in Detroit the other evening another represent.-
tine of the "Ort," Dr. Singalowsky, add d the Jews under the
...ices of the Michigan Federation of Ukrainian Jew.. I don't think
much of the Federation when it permits the sale of • Communistic
paper during the meeting, which, according to the newspaper report.,
it did, by offering the notorious Eme,a of Moscow. It is also reported
that Dr. Singalowsky criticized everybody and everything and it took
him three hours to do it and he was still talking after over half the
audience had gone home and were in bed dreaming peaceful dreams
in this Inad of liberty. The doctor is supposed to have criticized the
Joint Distribution Committee to the effect that the indiscriminate giv-
ing of alms was making beggars of the people. Perhaps there is some
truth in his criticism and some virtue in it. But I didn't like that
Communistic Yiddish paper to be circulated •t such • meeting. It
simply tended to confirm my first impression that the "Ort" is inclined
strongly in the direction of extreme radicalism.

Balfour Einstein, Balfour Cohen, Balfour Winston Churchill Levy,
Balfour Adler, Balfour Rabinowitz. These will won be the best known
names among the very young net in Jerusalem. Exactly as an many
parents in this country name their infants after the President, so are
Jewish families in Palestine naming their newly born after the Earl of
Balfour, who has been so much a factor in enabling them to settle in
Palestine.

Three well known books were suppressed last week, but I am not

g oing to give their names, fearing that the local book stores would be

mobbed on Monday morning with eager customer.. Asa result of this
it has been suggested that the •uthors select • censor or some pooh
bah of respectability, as in the case of baseball, movie. and now the
spoken drama with Augustus Thomas as the head. The publishers;
that is, some of them, hav e agreed to co-operate with some well known
author or critic who shall say whether a book is fit to be published
from • moral standpoint. I am utterly opposed to any one man, such
a s John Sumner, for example, to establishing the standard of any
hook's morals. There are books being circulated today :hat ought to
be suppressed and many that ought to be circulated that have been
suppressed. We are being "mothered" to death. It's about time we
stopped being "petted" and began to show some signs of being old
enough to talce care of ourselves. Soon we shall have someone meas•
wring out the sugar for our coffee.

I have before me a copy of the Arkansas Gazette, published at
Little Rock. It is filled with Ku Klux Klan and anti-Ku Klux Klan
advertising and it indicates just bow much difference there is between
people in the East and those in the South and West. We don't believe
that a single reputable paper in New York City, for example, would
crowd its columns with Ku Klux Klan advertising. Besides, the peo-
ple themselves wouldn't bother with such nonsense. It is • Main Street
organization made up of men whose minds are so small that they have
to be draped in rompers. Here is • sample ad I find in the Arkansas
Gazelle:

"A Ku Klux jury, a Ku Klux judge, and a Ku Klux prose-
cutor would be pretty bad wouldn't it, lion. W. B. Smith?
We can picture how a law violator would quial when ar-
raigned before a law assortment such as this.

Yes, Imperial Gazebo and Grand Hocus-Pocus of the Realm, it
would be pretty bad to have masked men trying other men who go
about in the open, live in the open, take their part in the life of the
community in the open vote in the open, talk in the open and fight in
the open. Yes, I .y it would be very bad to put masked juries,
masked judges and masked prosecutors to try such men. Another ad-
vertisement, signed by "Little Rock Klan No. 1," reads:

"Whom will you follow, our Protestant ministers or lion.
W. B. Smith, corporation attorney? Strange, isn't it, that all
over Little Rock the political contest which ends at the polls
today was discussed Sunday night in pulpits of Protestant
churches and without exception the reverend gentlemen let
the congregations know their sympathies were with the candi-
dates for county offices endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan?"

And I .ay isn't it strange that we should have • body of men in
this country so un-American that they •re trying to unite church and
state? I am glad to see that a nation-wide movement under the direc-
tion of Bishop Fellows has gotten under way to wipe out these Klans•

men.

I trust the editor of the Jewish Tribune of New York will pardon
me fro smiling at his editorial on Benny Leonard. Here is what he

says:

"A modest Jewish young man whosepersonal life is in keep-
ing with the best traditions of Israel (thus far I have nothing
to say), successfully defended the world's lightweight cham-
pionship title against another young man who is also a Jew;
and he did it not by a display of brute force, but by the exer-
cise of superior intellect. This is the Jewish way, which relies
not on force or might, but on the spirit."

Well, well, I hardly think that even Benny will agree to such an
eulogy. I am of the opinion that Benny relies on the punch more
than he does on the spirit. There is no question that the quicker
thinker has an advantage over his opponent, but he must have above
MI else force and might and strength when he goes in for prize fighting.

Somebody is lying. Minium tells us that, despite all reports to the
contrary, Russia is in again for • hard winter of starvation; that the
crops will not be nearly an good as have been reported. On the other
hand, we find the papers in this country publishing information every
day that the harvest will be far beyond everybody's expectation.
Why, only the other evening I saw a moving picture of peasants relax•
ing from their strain because harvest conditions were so favorable,
beginning to take an int t in other
■
and Russians generally are
things than food. It would be interesting, not to .y very desirable,
that someone should find out for • certainty whether Nansen knows
what he is talking about. I am inclined to think that he does.

The Rev. William T. Ellis, who has a column in the Pittsburgh,
Pa., Leader each evening, writes that he has it on the highest authori-
ties, both Jewish and non-Jewish, that « soon •s the Sovite govern-
meat falls in Russia that the greatest massacre of Jews in all history
will take place. He speaks in tones of conviction and says that the
Armenian atrocities will pale into insignificance alongside this m.-
sacre. I can add to this information given to me by no less an au-
thority than Herbert Adams Gibbons that when the Bolshevists lose
out the Jews will be outraged in a manner to shock the civilized world.
What can be done? And who is there to do it?

There is only one point I want to consider in the communication
sent to me by Benjamin Scold Levin regarding the establishment of •
Jewish university. While Swarthmore and Haverford are Quaker col-
lag. and Goucher is • Methodist and Princeton is Presbyterian, yet
he knows quite well it is utterly absurd to compare them with • Jewish
university or with • Catholic university. He knows quite well that
Jews will go to Swarthmore and Princeton and to Goucher, too, but
Protestants will not go to • Jewish university nor to • Catholic uni-
versity. He speaks of the Jews as "a denomination," • religious group,
so to speak. Apparently he is right, yet there is so much confusion
today that no one seems to know whether we are • race or • religion,
whether we are • nation or not. We cannot compare ourselves with
Methodists or Presbyterians or with Quaker.. I object to Jews sepa-
rating themselves from the rest of the American people. The
trouble with some Jews is that they do want to separate, but they

refuse to accept the consequences of such separatism.

Let us consider Poland for • moment. The Jews there insist on
doing what Mr. Lenin wants us to do here. And if I interpret the gen-
tleman crorectly he would want Jewish grade schools. Surely he
must want that or he is grossly inconsistent. Because those Jewish
students who cannot eat kosher and attend universities or who do not
want to attend sessions on Saturday or on Jewish holidays certainly
are no different than the other Jewish boys who want to do the same
things while attending public schools. So, then, pursued to its logical
conclusion, Jews should withdraw from the public schools, withdraw
from the high schools and colleges. I for one do not want to turn
America to Poland. To be as Mr. Levin would have us be, we, as

Jews, would be obliged to withdraw to • large extent from all the
activities in this country. I am • Reform Jew and Reform Judaism
was brought into being largely because of the necessity and the wis-
dom of recognizing the liberalism in this country and of the desire
bility of «comniodating ourselves to our environment. If we are not
satisfied with this cnodition, then we should segregate ourselves nod

create

a voluntary Ghetto.

Jewish Chronicle a writer mentions that the Depart-
In the Detroit
meet of Commerce set. the number of the Jews in the United States
t 2,043,613. "This figure," Bays
who claim Yiddish as their language ■
the writer, "speaks volume. of truths and fact.." It certainly does,
brother, but not the volume of truths and facts you have in mind. I
think it indicates that • very undesirable condition is present when
of people out of • total number of slightly over 3,000,-
over 2,000,000
000 "claim Yiddish as their language." I should imagine that after
showing, instead of glorifying it, it ought to be the occasion
ouch a
n alarm and suggesting that the English language should
for sounding ■

be encourages!.

PAGE FIVE

Editor, Detroit Jewish Chronicle:
In this age of advertising it pays
to advertise religious activities the
same as those of a business nature.
The same great agency that is such
a potent factor in making known the
worth and importance of the purely
material things in life is equally el.
fective in spreading the spiritual
truths that underlie the outward
manifestation of religion. This idea
has been followed with great suc-
cess by many religious denomina-
tions. Many people are attracted by
the subject of the sermon, and fre-
quently attendance which has only
been occasional becomes regular.
There are many congregational func-
tions that are not largely attended
because they are not known to the
public, therefore much of their effi-
ciency is lost.
Advertising of religious activities
must be conducted in the moat ju-
dicious manner. It must be remem-
bered the aim of the synagogue is
not the building of any temporary
structure nor the merits of the
spiritual leader, but its aim is to sat-
isfy the spiritual conceptions of the
members, and all who wish to par-
ticipate in this great privilege.
There are probably no more effec-
tive mediums for this kind of adver-
tising than the weekly publications
of the various religious denomina-
tions and the daily papers. Too
much stress cannot be placed upon
the publicity of the congregational
religious school, as it is one of the
principal cornerstones of religious
development.
We believe that the time is not far
distant when there will be much ef-
fort spent in securing competent per-
eons to advertise congregational ac-
tivities, no that they may be far more
widespread than they are at present.
Advertising is a mighty and pow-
erful weapon for good in the church
and synagogue when used with wis-
dom. It is a sort of missionary work.
It is of vital importance that religion
be spread widely among the people.
MAURICE J. WEISZ.

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Criticizes Chronicle Report.

Editor, Jewish Chronicle:
In your report of Aug. 11, in which
you have shown—in contrast with
many other Jewish nod English-Jew-
ish periodicals—a tendency to harm
the Ort, you have indulged in quite
a "free" version of my speech. With-
out going into the analysis of the
causes which may have contributed
their influence, I would request that
you give space to the following state-
ment:
1. It is not true that in my speech
I criticized Zionism as such. I did
not touch once upon the program of
Zionism or mention the name of that
party. The parts of my speech that
could be construed as bearing upon
Zionism were two. The first is—
when characterizing Jewish political
and public life—I said that, when-
ever it comes to plans for the future,
the Jews show all the wealth of their
phantasy; but, when facing the prob-
lems of the present, their intentions
often go no further than a kitchen
for the poor. That did not neces-
sarily mean Zionism.
Another place had some relation
to Zionism and not an unfavorable
one at all. In trying to prove the un-
partisan character of the Ort, I said
that the varied composition of the
membership of the Ort could be ex-
plained by the fact that it is possible
to arrive at the recognition of the
Ort from various motives and view-
points. "The Zionist, for instance,
is for the spreading of productive
labor among Jews because he real-
izes that with agitators and school
teachers alone it is impossible to
build up a Jewish land."
In general, a representative of the
Ort cannot speak against Zionism ex-
officio, because there are many prom-
inent and active Zionists in the cen-
tral council of our association, as
well as in the local committees.
The work of the Ort for the benefit
of the Chalutzim is the best proof of
our neutrality.
2. It is not true that I "made the
charge that J. D. C. refuses to give
its funds for reconstruction work in
Eastern Europe." I emphatically
stated that J. D. C. has so far ap-
propriated a considerable sum (about
one-third of our budget) to be ap-
plied by the Ort for the assistance
and c redit to Jewish artisans. I
stated further that during the time
of our delegation's sojourn in Amer-
ica the J. 'D. C. has appropriated
$100,000 for the Jewish starving
colonists in Southern Ukraine, which
slim is to be put to use through the
Ort. I stated also that we hope to
obtain from the J. D. C. further ap-
propriations for the work of the Ort
in Soviet Russia.
I said: "It is certainly a very fine
thing to assist the needy one with
some change, a loaf of bread and a
shirt for his body when he is hungry
and naked; but it helps only for the
moment, and if this form of assist-
ance is repeated and continues for a
long period of time, then it demoral-
izes the object of help and makes him
incapable of self-support. Machinery,
implements, seeds, means for work—
this must be given to the ruined Jew
if it is wanted that he should at some
time begin an honest, productive,
self-supporting mode of living."
I was proving further that, whether
it be. the J. D. C. or any other for-
eign organization, they are unable
with the best possible intentions to
conduct alone, by themselves, recon-
struction work in Eastern Europe.
The economic reconstruction can be
done best only through the Russian
Jews themselves and through their
organizations in which all sections of
the population are represented. Such
an organization is the Ort aociety.
The J. D. C. should reserve for it-
self the rights of the widest control.
Its funds, however, should be put to
use through the local Russian organ-
izations and, when it comes to recon-
struction, through the Ort society.
This is the position which I defended,
pointing out that, until that principle
is recognized, the American Jews and
especially those coming from the Uk-
raine, must support by all means and
efforts the work of the Ort society.
Had your reporter, instead of mak-
ing statements: "Dr. Singalowsky
criticizes everybody and everyting,"
"Dr. Singalowsky accuses," told your
readers about the question at hand,
he would have been more helpful to
the cause itself and to the Ukrainian
Federation, which arranged the lec-
ture.
As regards many other incorrect
and unpleasant "trifles" with which
the report is studded, I am prepared
to believe that this has not been
caused by any bad intention, but
rather by the fact that the reporter

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misunderstood certain parts and did
not follow up certain connections.
Hoping you will give space to the
above in your valuable publication,
I remain,
Respectfully yours,
A. SINGALOWSKY.

(Editor's Note—The Chronicle has
at all times kept its columns open
for the Ort as a Jewish movement
worthy of support and we feel that
Dr. Singalowsky does us an injustice
when he says that we show a ten-
dency to harm the cause of Ort. In
analyzing the purpose of the move-
ment in the article referred to, we
did not differ from the explanation
given by Dr. Singalowsky himself.
But where our report referred to
certain criticisms made by the speak-
er against the J. D. C. and Zionism,
it was evidently not incorrect, judg-
ing by discussions of the Singalowsky
lecture in certain Jewish circles and
by an unpleasant incident at the ban-
quet, when an anti-Zionist interpre-
tation was made of the lecture. As
far as the Ukrainian Federation is
concerned, the Michigan branch
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Members and Guests Speak on Oc-

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ist Woe..

The Detroit Zeirei Zion on Tues-
day evening, Aug. 15, held a cele-
bration on the occasion of the open-
ing of its new clubrooms in the new
I. 0. B. A. home, 682 East Warren
avenue.
Zalman Wasserman, as chairman,
spoke of the future policy of the or-
ganization and declared the. the new
clubrooms will mean a new soul for
the organization. In a similar vein
spoke Miss Anna Sandweis, J. Wilk,
Morris Lachovitzky and Albert Sil-
verman. Jacob Spaeter also spoke.
The guests of the evening were
Philip Slomovitz, Israel Zilber and J.
Miller. Mr. Slomovitz advised the
organization that it adopt for its
motto the llebrew phrase, "Say little
and do much," and that it use all its
energy for the cause in which they
are enlisted. Mr. Zilber spoke of the
urgency for work for the Jewish Na-
tional Fund and the part the Zeirei
Zion must play in furthering it.
Mr. Miller spoke in the interest
of the Keren Ilayesod. He declared
that the Zeirei Zion must become ac-
tive in the movement and extended
an invitation to its members to take
a greater part in the work.
At • meeting of the organization
held on Aug. 22 a committee was ap-
pointed to arrange for the Zeirei Zion
third outing, to take place on Labor
Day. Miss Esther Bookstein wee ap-
pointed chairman of the committee.
A committee was also appointed to
arrange for a lecture on the life and
work of David Frischman, the great
Hebrew writer, this Tuesday evening.
Thirty-five nhkolim were reported
sold by the members.

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