M.TRon;Awisi PAGE SIX KOA IG ME VETIWITJEWISR 44RONICLE deed a series of Strack's writings in defense of the Jew are at present ready for publication. It is likely that as a conversionist, Dr. Strack was no morel MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION successful than other men who have sought to win the alleg- Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc. iance of the Jew from the Thora to the cross. But he will be Joseph J. Cummins, President remembered in gratitude and appreciation by our people for his; zealous and unflagging efforts in securing j justice for the op- ibliered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit, pressed and persecuted among us as well as for his scholarly Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879. reseaches in the realm of Biblical and Talmudic literature. General Offices and Publication Building 850 High Street West Cable Address: Telephone: Chronicle Glendale 8326 LONDON OFFICE 14 STRATFORD PLACE LONDON, W. 1, ENGLAND $3.00 Per Year Illabeerintion. in Advance. To Insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week. RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN Editorial Contributor The Jewish Chronicle Invites correspondence on subject of interest to Ike Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the Mew expressed by the writers. Heshvan 26, 5683 November 17, 1922 The Synagog The Community Church and the Je'w. In a recent issue of Unity, Dr. John Ilaynes Holmes, the pastor of the Community Church of New York and a well- known figure in the religious world, publishes an article en- titled, "The Community Church: a Meeting Ground for Jew and Christian." To the article is apended a footnote reading: "This edit( -jai was written for a prominent Jewish magazine in an- swef to a request for a contribution and then refused publica- tion." We do not know what Jewish journal it was that was so ungracious as to refuse a contribution made by a man of the ability and charcater of Dr. Holmes after such contribution had been requested. Nor do we see any good reason why the par-1 ticular article might not have been published in a Jewish mag- azine as representing the view-point of its author. We can readily enough understand on the other hand, why Jews should not enter sympathetically into the thesis laid down by Dr. Holmes, for he bases his arguments upon the theory that within the fold of Judaism, there are vast numbers to whom neither the Reform nor the 'Orthodox synagog apeals, but who would find themselves perfectly at home in the so-called Community Church, a church, if you will, without a creed and in which every man—to use the phrase in a less offensive sense than it is used in the Book of Judges—"may do what is right in his own eyes." The argument that the Community Church alone responds to the cry of the soul for universality and for the largest possible vision of spiritual things, can scarcely be defended. The syn- agog that is "the house of prayer for all peoples," that preaches the brotherhood of man; that defines religious duty in the prophetic words "What requireth God thy Lord of thee, but to do justice; to love kindness; and to walk humbly before God ;" and that asks the question: "Have we not all one Fath- er?" Bath not one God created all of us?" needs make no apology for its universal outlook and need not give way to any creedless church whatsoever name. We have nothing but respect for Dr. Holmes high purposes but we believe that so far as the Jew—even the non-observant Jew is concerned, the synagog and not the Community Church will gain and eventually hold his allegiance. One note rang clear above all the rest throughout the in- spiring services of dedication at Temple Beth E. Orthodox and Reformer, rabbi an layman who participated in the program agreed upon one central fact, viz.—that the synagogue is the soul and center of Jewish life. Before it, all other so-called Jewish institutions pale into insignificance. Whatever activi- ties, spiritual, cultural, philanthropic, or social, are undertaken by Jews as Jews, are primarily the fruitage of synagogal en- deavor. Whatever high standards of social righteousness and civic justice are attained by Jews as Jews must somehow be connected up with the religious teachings of which the syna- gog is the sponsor. It is therefore quite apparent that all other interpretations of Jewish life are secondary to the religious interpretation. We have no quarrel with and no criticism for those who dif- fer from us in their special viewpoint as to the mission of the Jew in the world and as to the best means of its fulfillment. We concede at once the full sincerity of those who feel the impor- tance and the value in Jewish life of the movement that makes for nationalism, though we claim an equal sincerity for those who like the writer, take the opposite viewpoint. Ritual ob- servances may seem to be of more importance to one group in Jewry than another, the deepening of the religious conscious- ness is the essential task of the Jew, a task that can be fulfilled only through the %efficient functioning of the synagog. The unsynagogue Jew must somehow be brought under tse influence of the religious organization if he is to be a counting factor among the forces that unite to lift the Jew into his proper place in modern life. The Jew who stands outside the syna- gog may be a perfect gentleman, may rise to affluence and influence in the business of the professional world, may be a patron of the arts and sciences, but until he definitely links himself up with his fellow-Jews in whom the consciousness of a mission as a priest people is dominant, he will not be truly serving at the altar consecrated to Judaism's ideals. This fact must be brought home more and more to the men and women of our faith. The one great contribution which Isreal has made to the life of mankind through the ages has been religion. It must be recognized that the best that the Jew has given to the world in the realm of poetry, of art, of music, has been shot through with religious spirit. All the tragedy and all the exaltation that is to be found in the writings of great Jews is tracable to the spirit born of his sufferings and of his achievements in religion's name. Now the synagog is the mouthpiece of the Jew's religion and as to it he remains loyal, he proves himself worthy of his heritage. Every new synagog or temple dedicated to the service of God and of man becomes therefore a new instrument to carry to fulfillment the best and the noblest of which the Jew is capable. It is only when men and women of our faith realize this fact that they fully sense what the consecration of such an edifice as the new Temple Beth El means not to a single con- gregation but to the whole community; yea, to all Israel. A Plea For Co-operation. In his very splendid and stirring address made at Temple Beth El last Sunday morning, Rabbi Hershman of Congregation Shaarey Zedek gave utterance to this telling thought: "Every Jew who has leaning toward Orthodoxy should be brought un- der the influence of Orthodox Judaism. And every Jew who has leanings toward Reform Judaism should be brought under the influence of Reform." "But those affiliated with either the Orthodox or Reform movements are not in the majority. Those who are altogether unaffiliated are more than these two combined. And the two great branches in Judaism should unite to bring this vast mul- titude who stand without the synagog somehow under its influence." The great force and the timeliness of this assertion, no one will qeustion. Divisions in Jewry should cease and we should present a united front in spiritual endeavor to the world. There is, however, but one, phase of Rabbi Ilershman's statement which we would be inclined to change a bit. We believe that it would go far toward bringing about the larger unity if those of our people who•have leanings toward Orthodoxy migbt to a reasonable extent be brought under the influence of Reform and similiarly that those who have leanings toward Reform might be brought to a reasonable extent under conservative influences. The difficulty now is that the two great parties among our people do not know or understand each other. Each believes the other to be a kind of a bogey that must be shunned as some- thing more or less fearful if not utterly abominable. Reform Jews, many of them to their shame be it said—have absolutely no conception of the high spiritual values of Orthodoxy. They know Orthodoxy only a mass of ritualism and ceremonialism. They see only the crude body of its observance but they never sense the surpassing spirit that makes that body live. And similarly. many Orthodox Jews regard the Reformer as one utterly cut off from the traditions and the spirit of the ancestral faith. They look upon him as an iconclast who would if he could, altogether escape the implications and the obliga- tions of his religious heritage. And these perverted views on the part both of Orthodox and liberal Jew tend to constant misunderstandings and to a lack of brotherliness and of co-operation among its various groups. Here in Detroit at least, the time has definitely come, we believe, for a better understanding in these matt6rs. The chal- lenge has been thrown out to us recently to lead our sister con- gregations in the land. Here we boast numbers and wealth and equipment. These count for nothing unless they become to us the means of carrying forward the spiritual progress of the Jew, a task to which Orthodox and Reform leaders stand ready, we believe, to consecrate themselves anew at this time. Certainly such consecration would spell a high service to world Israel. A Great Scholar Passes. In the death of Professor Herman L. Strack, who recently passed away at Berlin at the age of seventy-five, the world of scholarship mourns one of its most distinguished Orientalists. Few are the men of any faith who have contributed more to re- search in the field of Bible and Talmud than Professor Strack. But Professor Strack's career presents a series of most un- usual contradictions. On the one hand, he devoted a large part of his life through writing and through work to the evangeliza- tion of the Jew and he sought by every means that to him seem- ed justified, to bring the Jew into the Christian church. On the other hand, whenever the fair name of the Jew was attacked, he found no more ardent defender than Herman Strack. In- ith,c ltircles am ture will study by light of candles provided by themselves, the institute having no budget for either heating or lighting. All lectures in this' Soviet collegiate Jewish institution are delivered during evenings. Tui- tion is free to students from all parts of Russia, and most prominent Jewish scholars are on the faculty, including Chief Rabbi Eisenstadt of Petrograd. Students with scholarships granted by communities in Siberia are in at- tendance. Courses offered at this in- stitute include Ancient, Mediaeval cd1Z1lod rn J Jewish hr y , lwe A ramaic, Arab ic, the 7 history of the Talmud, religion, art, literature. All this sounds like a fairy tale. Soviet Russian Jewry, with all its handicaps, with all the obstacles placed in its way by the Soviet re- gime, is able to offer so diversified a Jewish course. Jewish students, economically at a disadvantage, sup- ply their own candle-light and attend lectures on Jewish matters. Grant- ing that the conditions are intellect.. ually as rosy in Soviet Russia as the above would paint them, there is no fear for Judaism. Jewish learning will continue as long as there is a desire such as is manifested by the students in Petrograd. The Bible in Yiddish. For the first time in history, the Bible is being published in Yiddish. The Yiddish daily, the Day, an- nounces the publication in serial form of a translation of the Bible into Yiddish. The translator is Solomon Bldomgarden (Yehoash). Even among the Yiddish readers there are so many that do not know the Bible, that the announcement of the Day ought to be welcomed by the Jews. Yehoaah's translation 41 undoubtedly, like the writer's other works, a pro- duction of art. That he should be the first to translate into Yiddish ■ Holy Book of our people that has been translated into every other Ian- , guage but Yiddish is a mark of honor for this author. Political Incidents. Our New York Letter IF:h tt);:sZrir And who is He that sculptured in huge stone, Sitteth a giant, where no works arrive Of straining Art, and hath so prompt and live The lips, I hasten to their very tone? Moses is He—Aye, that makes clearly known The chin's thick boast, and brow's prerogative Of double ray; so did the mountain give Back to the world that visage, God was grown Great part of! Such was he when he suspended Round Him the sounding and vast waters; such When he shut sea on sea o'er Mizraim. And ye, his hordes, a vile calf raised, and bended The knee? This Image had ye raised, not much Had been your error in adoring Him. ROBERT BROWNING At (1,1lilbren's Grim. By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Jewish students in the Petrograd Institute for Advanced Jewish Cul- The New York Socialist daily, the Call, calls attention to a letter sent to voters in the interests of a judic- ial candidate by Mayor John 1'. Ily- Ian. The letter was written in Yid- dish, "signed by the mayor, but not in Yiddish." The Socialist daily ob- serves that three years ago Social- By GERSHON AGRONSKY. ist street speakers who spoke in (Copyright, 1922, Jewish Correspondence Bureau.) Yiddish were arrested, while the Every conceivable point of depart- "Jewish",) so also would it be unfair mayor is today learning this very ore can be indicated between the elec. to impute restrictive immigration ten- I language. A New York Jewish con- Bons which are held about the same derives to the man that vied and al- temporary relates an incident in the political campaign years ago between time last week in New York and War- most tied for his place in Congress. John Henry McCarthy and Henry saw, and not a single point in simil- • • • M. Goldfogle. The former erected • arity. In Warsaw and throughout It may be a mere coincidence, and large sign on East Broadway, read- Greater l'oland, including Eastern Ga- licia there was a distinct Jewish issue. if so a very striking one, that the Jew- ing: "Stihmt fir John Henry Mc- The issue was the election of the max- ish voter in New York and the Jewish Carthy, der Freind von Yiden," with imum number of Jewish deputies to voter in Warsaw did not elect the Jew- a translation in English. Irishmen the Polish Diet. Whereas here and ish candidates that ran on Socialist passing by and reading this sign were throughout the country, certain candi- tickets. London's defeat in New York piqued at this show of favoritism on dates happened to be Jews, and this is as hard to explain as the defeat of the part of a compatriot, and went "Happened" for most part in districts the two Jewish candidates on the Pol- right off to vote for McCarty's op- which are predominantly Jewish, there ish Socialist Party. Meyer London's ponent, Henry M. Goldfogle. In- was nothing accidental about the Jew- job in Congress was not exactly all cidentally, we learn from our con- ishness of candidates in Poland and "skittles and beer". Ills was often the temporary, it was commonly reported Galicia. There were Jewish tickets voice crying in the wilderness. And during the campaign that Judge Gold- in Poland and Galicia—tickets which the road of the two Socialists in the fogle was of Irish origin, descended polled enormously because they were Polish Sejm would not in all prob- from the original Guilt° les. Such is Jewish or because, thanks to the fore- ability have been strewn with roses. greatest Jewish center sight of the Jewish politicians, com- But there is no reason to suppose that binations were affected with other mi- they enjoyed their defeat. Meyer — — nority groups, such as the Germans London, above all, had as powerful Celebration vs. Work. and Ruthenians, who were as keen on backing and as strenuous campaign. We are asked why we failed to ing and sustained electioneering as celebrate the anniversary of the Bal- electing Germans and Ruthenians. any candidate could desire. Ile had The combination scored most suc- the most widespread Yiddish news- four Declaration, the occasion of the cessfully, so that the minority-bloc paper literally going the limit for him fifth year of the issuance of the fam- with its eighty deputies of which document that gave our people makes his debacle all the more ous about half are Jews, will be the sec- which the great opportunity for the re.es- ond strongest group in the new Sejm. inexplicable. tablishment of our homeland. For • s • • • • • a moment we could not reply and Comparatively is known of Carl we searched for an answer. 'Why is And there is also this great differ- it that we, ardent Zionists, ready to Sherman, the Buffalo Jew, who has ence between, say, the Jewish voter in Buffalo and the Jewish voter in Biel- been elected Attorney-General for sacrifice our best for our cause, pre- pared for any struggle for the realiza- New York State. Mention was made ostock. The latter cast his vote with the minorities because he wanted to be by his toasters of his various Jewish tion of a dream that we cherished since days long before our Bar Mitz- connections, and some emphasis was represented by a Jew who would shield him on the floor of Parliament against laid on the fact that he is a Zionist. vah; why is it that such as we should let a great day like this pass by un- But it is certain that what swept him political aggression and physical vio- lence. The ballot thus became an in- into office were not his Jewish affilia- noticed and un-celebrated? We soon found an answer that satisfied our tions but the Democratic landslide. strument of protest against the things In New York, the re-election of Jus- conscience: Political declarations will for which the non-Jewish minority of tice Irving Lehman to the Supreme not restore Palestine, valuable as they that Parliament stands. The Jewish elector of Buffalo took the ballot of Court, is a fine, but not surprising have been in securing for us the thing, especially since, being listed as recognition of the nations of the his party and almost always voted "straight." The was no "splitting in "Democrat-Republican," he is probab- world of our historic connections with ly above either party. the Holy Land. Celebrations will not favor of a Jewish candidate or a can. rehabilitate Palestine. Jubilations • s • didate who happened to be a Jew. and the singing of Hatikvsh will not • s • Aside from the elections which pro- facilitate the settling of Chalutzim in Perhaps the quotation marks on duced so little excitement that a sec- the homeland. Men and money are "Happened" can stand explaining. tion of the press deplored the fact, needed to build Palestine, and if men There is no sense in denying that par- things have been quiet in Gotham. and money are not forthcoming, why ty tickets are so drawn as to present The new Zionist delegates, Dr. Ar- celebrate? For our part, we would ■ semblence of representation for the thur Rupin and Dr. Schmarya Levin much rather help in securing the, major racial or religious groups. It appear to be resting on their oars. money in this country, that the men is not accidental that certain candi- They both have a great deal to say to in European countries may settle in date on each of the contending ballots American Jews and hinted at some Palestine and that the successful cul-1 are Irish, Jewish and Italian. Nor is things at the reception on Wednesday mination of our cause may call for a it a trick of fate that Jewish candi- at the Astor which deferred from genuine celebration of something dates are chosen to run in Jewish sec- other receptions of this sort in htis, more concrete than a document. We tions. And nobody minds that par- that the guests had the floor to them- are not dreaming. We feel this to ties frequently slate their tickets so selves. Dr. Levin was his usual elo- be the most practical way of building as to present a Jew for the Jewish quent, albeit somewhat oracular, self. ' Palestine. candidate on the opposing ticket, caus- He was brilliant and scintillating as ing Jew to run against Jew. Thus usual, and fascinating. Dr. Rupin Election Results. Assemblyman Dickstein who attained was surprisingly eloquent for a think- A number of results of the recent popularity because of the Kosher Bill, er, sociologist and theoretician whom election have a particular interest for defeated Congressman Meyer London, the vicissitudes of the Zionist move- the Socialist: Thus also did Congress- ment turned into a ready reference the Jew. Outstanding among the successful candidates is Justice Irv- man Rosedale suffer defeat at the library, combined with an illumina- hands of a Jewish contestant. And ting fact-machine and constructive, ing Lehman, Democratic nominee for the New York Supreme Court, just as it would hardly be fair to say harshly practical, statebuilder. As that Perlman won because liberal im- both Dr. Rupin and Dr. Levin will be who was re-elected to the bench. He was entered as "Democratic-Republi- migration legislation was written seen and heard in many parts of the large on his banner (the only issue country, there seems to be no need for can." Carl Sherman, Buffalo Jewish leader and active Zionist, was that may conceivably be regarded as heralding them any further. elected Attorney General for New York state. Morris Koenig was elected as a New York General Ses- sions Judge. Of interest in the Con-' gressional campaign is the defeat of Meyer London, the Socialist, by The "Moses" of Michael Angelo 411•1111ilkt.or, VIII•1111111M pi5esting Samuel Dickstein, Democrat, in the Twelfth New York district. Dick- stein is known as the sponsor of the Kosher Bills in the New York as- sembly. These bills made it criminal for delicatessen stores, meat markets, etc., to advertize food as Kosher when not and called for permits and rabbinical supervision on the part of dealers in Kosher food articles. The announcement of the defeat of Lon- don by Dickstein was a signal for jubilation by the Orthodox Jews on the East Side of New York. Other Jews elected to Congress are Emanuel Geler of the Tenth New York Dis- trict, Brooklyn, who defeated Lester D. Volk, the present incumbent; M. Jacobstein, Democrat, of Rochester, N. Y.; Samuel Marx, Democrat, of the Nineteenth New York District, and M. A. Michaelson of Illinois Jews who were re-elected to Con- gress are Julius Kahn of San Fran- cisco, Cal., Republican; A. J. Sabath of Chicago; Democrat; Nathan D. (Turn to last page.) — — — I AM A JEW. no man there had any heart to it. By Rudolph Levi I am a Jew; Why are not you, My Gentile friend? Why should offend One the other, Brother—brother? Is it not time We understood The truth sublime, One fatherhood? I am a Jew; Why are not you, My Gentile friend? Then let us blend And cease to vex With things complex; Is it not time We understood The truth sublime, One brotherhood? "Sholom Aleichem," said a "Is there any place near here v .r a Jew may join the Sabbath ser, . es, and pray?" They looked up. A 'all, old man, whose beard gleamed sil very, against his Arab burnous, was standing in the doorway. Why hey were they hardly knew. Perha it was the rich voice of the stra: musical and full as the flowing a deep brook. Perhaps it was hi height and the kingliness of his bear ing—he stood the equal of the strap ping Yeshoshua—be that as it may Reb Mordchai was the first to re cover himself. "Aleichem Sholoml" he said lic..rt ily, his hand outstretched, "You ar indeed welcome. Join us here, and our Minyan will be complete." The newcomer laid a gracious in on the shoulder of the Roy. "Come, let us hasten to welcome the Sab bath," he said. • Come, we will band Together; hand In hand acclaim As with one voice, Our common aim, Our single choice; To God above We pledge our love. To all men here, Good will and cheer. I am a Jew; Why are not you? THE TENTH MAN A Legend. • • • The service was over, but the men of Hebron, full of a strange happi- ness and well-being, did not yet dis- band. Only the stranger had left them, promising to be at their np , rn. ing services as well. "Do you know," said Asher, one of the brown-faced, vigorous, light- ning-like youth of the New Palestine,. "I have seen the stranger earlier to. day. I was riding at the edge of the fields not far from here, and I saw him standing beneath Abraham's Oak at Mamre. He was looking up at the tree and smiling, and even counting its branches, I think." "A good fancy!" laughed Chaim Winchevsky, and playfully slapped Asher on the shoulder. But the mind of every man that night was full of fancies. Their sleep glowed with dreams. They hardly believed, on awakening, that the stranger had really come or that he would be with them again that morning. But their doubts were allayed as soon as they reached the synagogue. There stood the tenth man, stately and bright. faced. They greeted him and began the service. He read with them. Ills voice flowed through the chants and melodies like a golden strand through a tapestry. Their minds were full of wonder. Who could he be? It was only natural that the Roy should call him up to reading of the law. The Sedrah was "Lech L' Cho," which told how God called Abraham to leave his home and his father's house and his country and go to a far-off land he would tell him—a land flowing with milk and honey. Without knowing why, every man in the congregation fixed his eyes on their guest and seemed unable to look away from him. Slightly swaying, rapt and silent, he stood at the read- er's desk. They came to these words: "And He brought Abram forth abroad and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them?' and Ile said unto him, 'So shall thy seed be!'" Then they distinctly saw the stranger lay his right hand on the scroll and smile and bow his head. The last strains of Adon Olom were over. "Good Shabbos!" they said to each other, and turned towards their guest. Standing at the door he blessed them. Then he raised his . hands towards the Mezuzah, kissed it, and was gone. A moment later, as though re- leased from a spell they ran toward the door to look after him. The road was empty. There was no one in sight. But on the door post above the Mezuzah, glittered an eight pointed star—the Shield of Abraham! "Abraham, our father!" gasped Reb Mordechai. "What did I tell you?" said Asher. The day was drawing near its dose. The sun, low towards the horizon, still radiated a dry peaceful heat, but the cool of sunset and evening would soon come. It was strange that the men of Hebron should find the • peace of evening unwelcome. One might have thought, from the suspense and un- easiness on their faces, that they wished the coming of the Sabbath herself delayed! "Are you sure, Yehoshuah, that Choni mid he would surely come?" asked an old man, gray haired and bent with the sorrow of the Golus. "Ile told me so, when I rode up to Jerusalem this noon," was the answer; and Yehoshuah strode to the door of the little synagogue, shrugged his broad shoulders and gazed up the road. "Ile is all we have to depend on, now that Meyer Isaacson's wife has fallen sick so that he cannot leave Bethlehem." "Let us hope Choni will still come, Reb Mordchai," said Chaim Winchev- sky, stroking his short black beard. The sun is setting," said Reb Mordchai despondently. Suddeny Ye- hoshuah was seen to wave his arm ex- citedly and dart away. The clatter of horses' hoofs came to meet him. "Ah, it is Choni!" said Reb Mord- chai. "Choni! Choni! Boruch ha Bob!" cried the men of Ilebron, hurrying to the door. But only Yehoshuah, frowning an' Usheartened, a p • peered. "Choni has sent an Arab," he an- nounced, "to say that he cannot come and be the tenth man at our service because his own congregation needs him." A groan of disappointment burst from every man there. Chaim Win- chevsky walked over to the window upon a bench, stared out at the and, flinging his short, powerful form twilight. Two stars were beaming in the deep airy blue of the sky. The Sabbath was almost here. And for the first time the little congregation of Ilebron would be un- able to hold its Sabbath services. Three of their twelve men had gone to meet their families and bring them in from Egypt. And they had Poor servants ask advice after a been unable to get a tenth man to thing has happened.—The Talmud make up their Minyan. The evening breeze, cool and dewy came in from the sea. 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