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RATHENAU'S MOTHER
PROCEEDS AGAINST
"PROTOCOL" PRINTER
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(Ceeyertilit, 1921.
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By Ches. H. Jesseb.)
5,g Sale of New York came in to see me the other day. He sug•
gestel that we begin • campaign to raise fund. for • monument to
ns Solomon in Washington. Mr. Solomon loaned I hundred
thoi..nds of dollars to our government during the Revolution when
pre' .1 hundred thousands meant red money. I can see our Gentile
friends who have not yet read history raise their eyebrows and inky,
Jewish money lender? How much interest did he charge?" I am
sorry to disappoint them, but he didn't charge any interest on the
loan, and • Christian nation never paid him back a cent.
Hayim Solomon was • red, 100 per cent American even if he
didn't belong to the Ku Klux Klan. Patriotism of that sort is all too
...sad we think that some monument should be raised, • permanent
,vial to the patriotism of this Polish Jew who proved himself such
a r ,.i American. Maybe that monument should take some other form
thar 'hat of marble. Brilliant thought! Maybe Con* might vote
of the money that is still due his heirs to erect a suitable monu•
son ,
to the memory of the man who proved a blessing in the dark days
menu
of he Republic.
And who is Sig Sue? He looks a if he has money and I know he
h., brains, and he owns to several pet antipathies and he is a pro-
J ew who is ready to fight for his people at the drop of the hat. So all
M all I think he is quite an interesting type. He came to me fresh
from • visit to Walter Hurt in Chicago. And he and Hurt talked
about the Jewish question from 3 in the afternoon until 1 the next
orning and neither of them ever thought of food. I am quite sure
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we ,',all hear much of Mr. Saxe.
l he Rev. Dr. Joseph Fort Newton of the Church of Paternity in
New York pays a remarkable tribute to Rabbi Stephen Wise in a re.
cent issue of the Atlantic Monthly and I think it well worth quoting, as
it indicates the Christian clergy's idea of this aggressive leader in
Anu rican Jewry:
"Every time I hear Rabbi Wise it makes me want to play
truant from my own church; he is no vital, so vibrant with in-
ellectual power, so aglow with moral electricity—like a bit
of human radium. . . . Emerson said that the man who
speaks the truth will find life sufficiently dramatic. It has
been no with Rabbi Wise, who early took for his motto, 'I will
try to see things as they are and then I will try to soy them as
I see them.' His gallant fight for a free pulpit in a Free Syna-
gogue is memorable in the religious life of America. As chival-
rous as he is fascinating, in New York he is not only a per-
sonality but an institution—admired, feared, idolized by turns
—a leader of his own people and a captain of the forces mak-
ing for social justice, civic honor and national idealism."
Quite
■ tribute, say I.
It seems that Dr. Newton spoke at an East Side Settlement and
he found that Karl Marx apparently was held in higher regard as •
great man than Lincoln. He reported an interesting time and remarked
that Mares "D. Kapital" was • sort of Bible among the persons he
addressed. They knew every chapter, paragraph, sentence, line and
punctuation mark. He said the religious idea they dismissed with
scorn. I can easily imagine the makeup of that audience, but I am
glad to say that they represent after all the minority on the East
Side. And I am also glad to report that Dr. Newton is a broad-minded
man without prejudice who can see good points as well as bad points
in others.
•
I am getting all sorts of letters about this Warfield-Belasco pro-
duction of the "Merchant of Venice." Some are for and some
"forninat." I wish those who approve of Jew. producing this play
would thumb the copies of the American Jewish Year Book and dis-
cover just how many schools have eliminated, at the suggestion of
Jews, this play from their study courses. Then they will appreciate
what an awkward position Belasco and Warfield have placed us in.
Occasionally some quote to me the statement that some professor
made of how misunderstood Shylock it. Unfortunately, audiences are
not made up of professors and, further, the world has already ex-
p d its opinion of Shylock, so what's the use of trying to hood-
wink ourselves.
A reader of this column sends me • criticism of Walter Hampden's
"Shylock" from a leading daily paper and here is what I read:
"Mr. Hampden's Shylock is a bold impersonation of the Jew
as a bitterly vengeful and malignant character, a dirty faced,
leering and snarling villain. The impersonator has been cou-
rageous and has left hardly the trace of a sympathetic touch."
Now that is what the average man on the street thinks of Shylock
and though Warfield plays him as if he is one of the Prophets, he can
never change the world's opinion and the oftener Shylock is portrayed
on the stage the more prejudice against the Jew will result. The only
gratifying statement in the criticism of Hampden's presentation was
this: "The audience was very small." Something to be thankful for.
Widespread comment has been occasioned in the newspapers (not
so much in the pews) of the appeal for social justice that is found in
the revised edition of the Union Prayer Book, used for the first time
during the recent holidays. How many remember reading this p•ssage:
"We have been too ready to seize upon any excuse to hold
what we have, and even to multiply it without due regard to the
welfare of our brothers and sisters who depend upon us."
Or this passage:
If our world is torn by great divisions and suspicions due
to what is believed to be an unfair and unjust distribution of
the world's goods, we cannot and must not regard such a con-
dition as inevitable and normal. No peace of mind is possible
when one lives in the shadow of unwarranted economic uncer-
tainty and in the fear of industrial power that is felt to be
used arbitrarily."
What is even more significant than the appearance of these prayer.
is the appearance in the Jewish pulpit of an aggreaaiva attitude
against social injustice. From the leading Jewish pulpits of this coun-
try are thundered forth messages for economic justice, and less and
less do we hear from the wealthy pews the stock statement: "Why
shan' a Rabbi who doesn't understand business talk about those
things?" Well, it seem. to be the rabbi's business to discuss morality
and justice and ethics in connection with business. There have been
wit. n the past few year. instances of this so notable and outstanding
tha, they have become subjects for comment far beyond Jewish con-
fioe•. With the Catholic church and the Protestant church also begin-
ning to pursue the same course, one can appreciate that the issue of
capital and labo rwill one day precipitate a crisis in the organized re•
ligion of the world.
•
The impression has gained ground that Cuno, the Chanacellor of
Germany, is • Jew. The fact Bailin, the Jew who was the head of the
Hamburg-German lines, had chosen Cuno to direct the destinies of
the line probably lent color to the belief that Cuno, too, is • Jew. But,
according to the important German newspaper The Deutsche Allge•
meine Zeitung, Cuno is • Catholic and it takes occasion to remark at
the same time that this should not prejudice him in the mind of the
liberals. It may be that Cuno is a Jew by birth and became a Catholic.
Th ,- e have been ad many "conversions" of that sort in Germany that
it would not be improbable that if one scratched Cuno's Catholic ex-
terio r he might find • Jew underneath. But as for ourselves, we are
willing to take the German newspaper opinion at its face value.
I did not notice the name of A. Lawrence Lowell, president of
H arvar d University, "among those present" at the inauguration of
Dr. Charles Wesley Flint as chancellor of Syracuse University. I am
lorry. The following paragraph taken from the new chancellor's •d•
dress might have made an impression on Mr. Lowell's plastic mind:
"The truly American university will be open to all who can
and dare, for America will not stand for exclusion on any
other basis than demonstrated unworthiness, and even tends
to give the benefit of the doubt to the individual and lay the
burden of the proof upon the university."
Then Lowell should read this:
"It it receives more applications than can be accommodated,
then the portion of each group or class admitted should be such
as to preserve the balance and correspondence of the institution
within to society without; any other basis would be contrary
to the spirit of America."
I would like to see as many readers of this column as will take the
trouble to cut out the foregoing and crowd Lowell's mail with it. He
may soon learn that in his attitude toward the few he stands almost
a 'One. Thus far I have had occasion to quote many of the foremost
educational leaders of the country and they are not in sympathy with
the Harvard president, Maybe Harvard needs • head that is not
draped in silk knee breeches.
Lloyd George is out, but he isn't down. The Jews of England
found •tooa friend in Mr. George. And one wonders if there will
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°. • perceptible change, officially and politically speaking, toward the
J.w, now that Bomar Law has the reins. It used to be the favorite
pastime of writers In the Jewish p to comment on the inviable
Position occupied by the Jews of England. There has been a marked
since the war, And this un-
..go in sentiment toward the Jew
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E nrages,
BERLIN.—(J. C. B. Correspond-
ence).—A short while prior to his
assassination, Dr. Walter Rathenau
instituted proceedings against Colonel
Ludwig Mueller von Hausen, who
writes also under the pen name
"Gottfried zur Beek," the publisher
of the German edition of the "Pro-
tocols of the Elders of Zion," on a
charge of libel against his late father,
Emil Rathenau.
Colonel von Hansen had asserted
that the facade of Emil Rathenau's
house in the Victoria Strasse in Ber-
lin was decorated by a frieze on which
figured decapitated crowned heads.
He had then proceeded: "How often
may it be that our unsuspecting
Kaisre has crossed the threshold of
this house without knowing what
pious wishes this 'friend' of his en-
tertained regarding the future of the
hour eof Hohenzollern."
Dr. Rathenau's mother has now no-
tified the court that she is taking up
the charge against Colonel von
Hausen, previously standing in the
name of her son.
It is believed that the whole ques-
tion or circulation of the "Portocols"
in Germany will be brought up at the
trial, and in view of the pronounce-
ment 011 the subject made by the
Supreme Court at Leipzig at the trial
of the assassins of Dr. Rathenau, it
is probable that an order will be made
for the suppression of the book.
tiCemple Seth El
Notre
Sunday Services:
On Sunday morning, Dec. 3, at
10:45, the pulpit will be occupied by
Dr. Nathan Stern of New York City.
Dr. Stern is a member of the Tract
Commission of the Central Confer-
ence of American Rabbis and the
Union of American Hebrew Congre-
gations. Ile has a wide reputation
as a scholar and lecturer and our con-
gregation is privileged to have him
As a guest on this day. Do not miss
I this opportunity to hear a message
from one of our gifted rabbinical
leaders.
The First of a Great Series of Christmas Features Will be Open-
ed to the Public Saturday
4,800 Celebrated
These Shirts Will Cause More Talk Than Anything We Have Done in a Long Time—We
Could Take a Whole Page and Write Until Our Fingers Ached, But We Would Have Only Begun
to Tell the Story of This Brilliant Marchandising Achievement.
We want to get this mes-
sage forcefully to the many
thousands of men who are
about to buy their winter
shirts. We want it to reach
the thousands of women and
men who are planning to
buy shirts as Christmas gifts.
Friday Evening Lecture Courses:
On Friday evening, Dec. 1, Dr.
Franklin will give the first of his
series of lectures on "A Literary
Study of the Bible." This course of
lectures is the result of much study
and research and will afford a splen-
did review of a most important and
interesting phase of Biblical study .
The following Friday evening, Pro-
fessor Henry Slonimsky of the lie-
brew Union College will open his
course on "An Outline of Religious
Philosophy, I'opularly Presented."
Those courses, sponsored by the
Young People's Temple Club and the
Men's Temple Club, respectively, of-
fer an unusual opportunity for our
people to obtain a larger store of Jew-
ish teachings and Jewish knowledge
presented in a popular yet scholarly
fashion. Dr. Franklin and Dr. Slo-
nimsky will alternate every Friday
night, the lectures being held in the
chapel at 8 o'clock. The public is
cordially invited.
'1.65
It is the biggest shirt news offered to De-
troit in six months at least. Have you heard
of anything like it?
All Sizes and Half Sizes-14 to 17.
Plenty of Salespeople.
The shirts, to begin with, are the sort that any man with eyes in his head can see are thor-
ougly high-grade. The "Bond Street" name is an assurance of quality and good workmanship.
And what is most remarkable of all, we are going to sell them at $1.65, at a time more shirts are
being sold than at any other season of the year.
Fine Russian Corded Madrasses, High-Grade Woven Madrasses,
Other Well-Chosen Shill tings.
Tract Commission to Meet Here:
On Monday and Tuesday of the
coming week there will be held in
our city an important meeting of the
Tract Commission of the Central
Conference of American Rabbis and
the Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations. This meeting will be
held at the temple and will bring to
Detroit a group of prominent rabbis
and laymen from all over the coun-
try. This commission edits and dis-
tributes every year thousands of
tracts to Jews and non-Jews for edu-
cational purposes, so that the world
at large may have authoritative in-
formation as to the nature and scope
of Jewish ideals and viewpoints. The
press of America is particularly in-
debted to this commission for its au-
thentic accounts of all Jewish holy.
days and celebrations.
Shirts
BOND STREET
Every shirt is spic-and-span. The patterns
are in good taste—NO flashy or gaudy ones.
The shirts are full length, full width, and are
finished with careful attention to detail.
Because of the timeliness of the sale and the
certainty that it will be largely attended, we
have given most of our men's furnishing section
to the event, and provided extra salespeople and
wrappers. Selling starts at 9 tomorrow.
IMPORTANT — Christmas Sale )f Men's Ties, 65c, 95c, $1.15
A few days ago we snapped up 12,000 smart ties at a
fraction of their usual cost. Financial necessity forced the
maker to let them go at an actual loss.
Silk Ties—Grenadine Knit Ties—Silk Crocheted Ties.
They'll be bought for gifts, and men will lay in supplies
for themselves.
Imported and domestic silks in fancy stripes, dots, figures
and floral effects. Also fine fibre silks.
Pure silk crocheted ties that are full fashioned and hand
framed—in heather mixtures, embroidered data and stripes.
Frank & Seder—Men'. Store—Third Floor.
Charge Account. Invited.
D
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141.5 to 1447 cu io vo
WOODWARD AVL
Y. W. H. A. NOTES
Sight Seeing Tour:
The group will meet at the club
house on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 1:45 p.
m. The bus will leave promptly at
2 o'clock on a visit to various places
of interest. Among the places to be
visited will be the new Temple Beth
El, the public library, the Harper
Hospiatl Nurses Home and the art
museum. All "Y" members who are
interested are asked to register in ad-
vance at the club house, 89 Rowena
street.
The charge will be 35 cents
Religious School Time Schedule:
Parents and children are earnestly for the trip.
requested to note the new time for
the starting of Religious School on Chanukah Entertainment:
Sunday. Beginning with this week
Plans are now being made for an
(Sunday, Dec. 3), the classes, with elaborate Chanukah entertainment to
the exception of Nos. 9, 10 and 11, be given during the holiday week at
will report at 10:30 and will go at the Balch School auditorium. Full
once into the assembly. Class work particulars on this entertainment, to-
will begin after assembly and will gether with other events for Decem-
continue until the dismissal of the ber, will shortly be mailed to the
temple services at 12:15. Classes 9, members.
10 and 11 will report as usual at
9:45, and will go at once to their Weekly Dances:
classrooms for instruction. At 10:50
Saturday evening dances are being
they will go into the temple to attend held at the Shaarey Zedek Syna-
the services as a regular part of their gogue for "Y" members and their
school schedule.
men friends. Members are urged to
attend these affairs and also to send
Temple Arts Society:
in the names of their men friends to
On Tuesday evening, Dec. 6, the the office no that invitations may be
first evening of plays to be given by mailed them.
the Arts Society will take place, and
it is with a great deal of pleasure
that the board of this society an-
nounces that the plays will be given
for all of the members of the con-
gregation who care to attend. Tick-
ets will be sold at 60 cents and can
CAIRO.—(J. T. A.)—Field Mar-
be obtained from Mrs. Frank Martin, shal Lord Allenby is leaving for the
the president, or at the temple of- Sinai Peninsula to examine the sit-
fices.
uation arising out of the reported
raiding by the marauding "Wahabi"
Sisterhood Meeting:
tribes.
On Monday, Dec. 11, the Sisterhod
Large forces of Wahabis were said
will have as its speaker Rabbi James to have been located recently by
G. Heller, the brillians young rabbi British aeroplanes south of Moan in
who has won such a fine reputation Transjordania. Fears of Wahabi
for scholarly and oratorical ability in raids on the frontiers of Palestine
Cincinnati. His topic will be an- and Egypt have been widespread. Fol-
nounced next week.
lowing reinforcements of the troops
and camel corps protecting the fron-
Sabbath Services:
tires, reconnissance had shown, the
The regular Sabbath morning serv- British declared at the time, that the
ices will be held at 10:30 o'clock on Wahabis had in fact disappeared.
Saturday morning in the chapel. The
More recent reports had it, how-
sermon will be preached by Rabbi ever, that Arab sheiks from Pales-
Berkowitz. Larger attendances are tine and Transjordania had met to
being attracted to these services and take measures against the invasion of
the rabbis look forward to still larger the Wahabi, deciding to meet them
congregations for the Sabbath morn- in the open. It was planned that
ing worship.
should the Arab irregular troops re-
cruited for the purpose, succeed in
WEIZMANN TO PALESTINE, repelling the Wahabis, then the mob-
SOKOLOW TO LAUSANNE ilized forces of Transjordania would
make a double attack on Palestine,
LONDON.—(J. T. A.)—On Mon- upset the British government, de-
day Dr. Weizmann, president of the stroy the populous centers of Pales-
World Zionist Organization, left for tine, especially the Jewish colonies
Palestine, accompanied by Colonel clustering on the Jordan, and then
Kisch, who is to join the Palestine take possession of the country. This
account wan dismissed by the British
Civil Service.
Simultaneously, Mr. Sokolow will as "local color."
proceed to Lausanne in itme for the
Near East Peace Conference. An Arab
Among the prominent passengers
delegation will also be at Lausanne, returning on the Cunarder Aquitenia
holding itself in readiness to press was Nathan Straus, philanthropist
their complaints against the Zionist and pure milk advocate, who had been
policy in Palestine.
in London attending a milk confer-
ence presided over by Lord Astor,
As a tree is known by its fruits, so Mrs. Straus accompanied her hus-
man by his works.—The Talmud.
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