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sent is un-American in spirit and conception and a menace to
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What is a bit disturbing in a situation like this, is that it
would appear that the Ku Klux Klans assume to speak for the
Protestant Church in negotiations of this character. There is
little question that most of the members of the Klan do belong
to one or the other branch of the Protestant Church. It would
be totally unfair, however, to believe that the spirit of the Klan
is the spirit of the Protestant Church as a whole. It is almost
time, we believe, that the representatives should come forward
through its recognized organizations with a clear and authori-
tative statement as to where it stands in relation to the Ku Klux
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:News

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
The minority peoples of Poland,
the Jewish among them, at the recent
election, showed a determination not
to allow themselves again to be trod-
den upon by the Polish "Fascisti,"
and the result of this desire for de-
fending their rights was that the re-
actionary candidate for president of
the new republic was defeated and
Gabriel Narutowicz elected. Because
the Jewish vote is the predominating
one among the non-Polish, the first
president of Poland was immediately
assailed as "Jewish" and pogroms
were again the order of the day for
a period of a week. The political
fiasco of the new state ended in the
assassination of the president of Po-
land, and martial law now rules the
land, with Pilsudski again at the head
of the dictatorship.

Aithren'5 Chortler

THE JEWISH PEDDLER

By Isaac Moder
(In the Review.)

This peddler here beside the dusty
road,
A broken man, a common jack-of-

He lays t asidehis humble, trivial load,
No doubt to count his treasure in
the shade.

pony has heard of thi and wank t
buy the land. Is it for sale?"
Not even fully
omprehend ng,
Lindbaum shook his h ad to say that
his answer was yes.
A half hour later th men deported
leaving in the hands of the astomdied
man a check for severs thousand dol-
lars.
The next night, Chanukah, vv. I ,ok
upon entirely different scene. Ci s
the same house and the same
but yet how different.
Esther sitting on a low stool in
front of a roaring fireplace, is looking
up into the face of her father, as h e,
attired in a new suit, lights the first
Chanukah candle chanting the prover
that goes with it.
As she gazed at him the years roll-
ed back. She remembered years ago
when she had sat at her motb , r'il
knee watching her father light the
first candle.
Many years had passed since then,
years of toil and suffering, but as she
looked at the tiny light of the iirst
candle, she read in its flickering beam
a promise of better days yet to out ,.
The firelight falls on two faces
aglow with the simple happiness of
peace and thus we leave them.

A man of homely mold, a dog of
earth:
Croesus, ride by, and throw him
The Jewish Chronicle Invites correspondence on subjects of interest to
scarce a look;
die Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the
Marked you his gloating o'er his prize
New expressed by the writers.
of worth?
Not his gold he counts; he deeply
An Act of Self-Defense.
reads a book.
Tebeth
3,
5683
December 22, 1922
At this time it is uncertain what
effect the murder of the president of
TWO CONTRIBUTIONS
Poland will have on the pogromists
in their attitude against the Jews.
This week we print two contribu-
It is to be expected that the dictator-
Miss Annette Kohn writing to one of our contemporaries ship will put down any uprisings that tions from our young readers. Both
At this season of the year, the majority of people enter upon
may occur. But it is nevertheless deal with Chanukah themes, and al-
a perfect orgy of gift giving. People who feel that they cannot suggests the timeliness and the feasibility of changing the name certain
that the dark forces of Po- though this holiday will be over by the
afford to indulge themselves in even the slightest luxury, people of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations to the Union land will never forgive the Jewish time this paper reaches the readers,
who even deprive themselves of some of the necessities of life, of American Jewish Congregations. Unless we are in error, voters for having swung the election we feel certain that you will be inter-
at this time of the year simply plunge headlong into the stores this is not the first time that such a suggestion has been made. in favor of a liberal, such as Naruto- ested in the two contributions. One
was. Of course, the Jewish is from Esther Caron, 13 years old,
and shops and spend money for trinkets and trfles to give away If our merory serves aright, the authorities of the Union are wicz
CHANUKAH
members of the Sem followed the who is a member of the Roses of Zion,
which in their sober moments they would not dream of buying theoretically in accord with the suggestion but they find certain only possible logical course. They a Young Judaea club in Detroit. It
legal obstacles would have to be surmounted before the pro- used the ballot as a weapon for self- i is a poem entitled "Chanukah." The
By Esther Caron
for anybody under any circumstances
posed change could be made. Should it be possible from a legal defense. The position of the Jewish other is a short story by Leah Gold-
We are not of those who speak lightly or slightingly of the standpoint to eliminate the word Hebrew from the title of the people in Poland is yet uncertain and man, also 13 years old.
Oh! candles, you shine so bright,
Giving your true and glimmer,' g
Christmas spirit. We believe that any occasion that makes for organization and to substitute for it the term Jewish, we believe the deputies, as the spokesmen for
the
Jew,
had
it
as
their
duty
to
cast
light.
THE
FIRST
LIGHT
a kindlier feeling of man toward man and group toward group, that there ought to be not a moment's hesitancy on the part of a ballot for the man who can best
The story I seem to hear
deserves encouragement. Perhaps always selfishness has been the authorities in making the change.
protect the interests of their con-
Is
to
you
and me so dear.
By Leah Goldman
the besetting sin of mankind. But whether or not this has al-
stituents. The hostile demonstrations
In
season
and
out
of
season,
we
are
saying
from
our
pulpits
that
were
staged
by
the
Polish
"Fas-
You
tell
of
the olden days,
ways been the case, it is true today. Now, when even for a few
Esther Lindbaum sighed as the 5:30
immediately after the election, whistle blew. It had been a busy day Of the Greeks and their ways.
days selfishness may be subjugated and thought of others hap- and in the editorial columns of the Jewish press, that we are cisti"
coupled
with
cries
"Down
with
the
Solomon's Emporium. She sighed Of the five sons and their deeds,
piness brought to the forefront, it ill behooves anyone to estop not Hebrews but Jews. Constantly we are protesting because Jewish president," and accompanied at
anew as she straightened her cheap Of its people and its needs.
or impede the change of attitude. Aside from any religious some of our non-Jewis freinds insist upon calling us Hebrews by riots in which many Jews were winter hat in front of the cracked
implications therefore that the Christmas season may hold for as though to the name there attached a certain measure of op- seriously injured, merely pointed to mirror and daubed a bit of powder on Of that great Judah
And his warriors,
any considerable number of Christians—and we believe that for probrium. Such protest is measurably justified in the minds a renewed struggle on the part of her nose.
Jew for equality of rights in Po-
Once outside the door, she shunned Of the army and the war,
the majority it has been changed from a Christian holy day of those who know the historical origin of both titles. We are the
the merry girls who, arm in arm, Of our victory and its score.
land.
These
very
riots
proved
con-
into a public holiday—we cannot find in our hearts to ask that Jews and not Hebrews. Therefore it seems highly inconsistent clusively that the Jewish deputies walked off, confiding to one another
the spirit of joy which comes from giving should in any wise that our representative organization should retain the term knew how to vote and were also con- their latest fad, the newest gossip. Of Hannah and her bravery,
Of her sons and their deeds,
Hebrew in its title, discarding the name Jewish which is not scious of the fact that their vote Esther walked alone.
be diminished.
All day her thoughts had been on This story is told,
merely more appropriate but which is our logically correct meant an act of self-defense.
In the lights that shine so bold.
the
rent
long
since
due
and
the
threat
But there is this to be said about the giving of gifts. Too title.
to put them out of the little house
The Future of Poland.
much stress is laid today upon the intrinsic value of the token
where
she
and
her
aged
father
lived.
The Polish reactionaries are out
TESTIMONIAL DINNER
We trust that steps will be taken at the forthcoming meeting
and too little upon the thought that lies behind its selection.
for blood and desire to deny to the Tears came to her eyes as she mount-
TO HAMILTON FISH, JR.
We give rare and expensive gifts to those who are already of the Union to at least look into the feasibility of the change non-Poles in their midst the equality ed the worn steps but she quickly
surfeited with the good things of life, while those who have of titles so that if it be found possible to discard the term He- of rights that was guaranteed them brushed them away and bravely tried The testimonial dinner to be given
as she entered the door.
little or nothing, not even the commonest necessities, we dis- brew and substitute the word Jewish, it shall be done as soon by the terms of the Verssailes treaty, to smile
T room was chilly and as she kiss- by the Zionist Oragnization of Amer-
The
Which is ominous of a sad future for
charge with some trifling trinket which oftentimes spells to as possible.
ica to Hamilton Fish, Jr., sponsor of
the new republic, unless its people ed her father she noticed that his the
Palestine Rosolution in the House
them neither comfort nor the satisfaction of a real desire.
learn all over again what they seem hands and face were cold.
of
Representatives, which was to have
"Why
father!"
she
said,
"you
are
to have forgotten. It was not so
been
held on Thanksgiving Day, but
cold,
why
didn't
you
put
some
coal
on
At this season perhaps more than at any other, the old saw
long ago that these very Poles were
was postponed due to the sudden
fire"
holds good that "to him who hath shall be given," even if it is
clamoring for independence and for the Moses
Lindbaum
raised
his
fine
old
death
of Peter J. Schweitzer, will be
a recognition of the rights of small head and said in a voice that trem- held on
not always literally true that "from him who hath not shall
Monday night, Jan. 8, at the
Under the title "Professor Adolph Sloman," the Bi-Monthly nationalities. But to others they bled, "Esther, mine kind, there is no Vienna, 131 East Fifty-Eighth street,
be taken away." What a fine thing it would be if at a time like
would deny that privilege, and be- more coal."
Law
Review—the
organ
of
the
Department
of
Law
of
the
Uni-
New
York.
this when half the world is drunk with abundance and the other
cause a liberal was elected president
Esther winced at this reply, but
Among those who will be present
half is literally naked and starving, we would content ourselves versity of Detroit, publishes an unusual tribute to Mr. Adolph of the land, with the help of Jewish said
nothing. Silently they ate their are lion. Nathan Straus, Louis Wiley,
with merely expressing without gift our good wishes to those Sloman who for a number of years has been lecturer on criminal and other non-Polish votes, they herring, bread and coffee. Silently of the New York Times; M. G. du-
their chief executive ''Jewish" Esther cleared away the few dishes Bois of the Poughkeepsie Sunday
who have much and if we would take the thousands upon thou- law and wills in that university and who has recently submit- called
and invited massacres on a people and washed them.
Courier; Denis Tilden Lynch of the
sands of dollars that are being spent in luxuries today and send ted his resignation from the faculty.
that forms 20 per cent of the popu-
The next day, the one bf ore Cha-
York Tribune; Frederick W.
them to those orphaned children, to those helpless aged, to the
lation in the land. Such tactics never nukah, was a replica of the first. New
The tribute is worded as follows:
Wilson of the Newburgh Daily No,;
presaged a bright future for any Only a braver smile on Esther's face, Congressman Ansorge, Bond Perl-
sick and to the naked, to whom our gifts would spell life and
land, and prosperity will be spelled a little less to eat and another blanket man, Siegel, Rossdale, Fairchild,
hope and moral as well as physical salvation.
"By the resignation of Mr. Adolph Sloman, the faculty of the
for Poland only when its people will on Moses Lindbaum.
Law School has been deprived of one of its most beloved professors.
Chandler and Volk, and Senator Cald-
be ready to do unto others what they
During the summer months, Mr. Adoph Sloman, lecturer on criminal
That night a knock was heard on er.
It would perhaps be asking all too much of our Christian
to
the
board
with
the
plea
would
have
others
do
unto
them.
the
door.
Esther
upon
opening
it
was
law
and
wills,
submitted
his
resignation
Reservations at $5 a plate may be
friends to dispense altogether with the exchange of gifts at a
—
that it be accepted. Mr. Sloman will devote his time to the com-
astonished to see two Well-dressed made in writing to the Zionist Organ-
season of the year like Christmas. But certainly it is fair to ask
Position
of
European
Jew.
strangers.
They
lifted
their
hats
as
pletion of his book on criminal law.
ization, 55 Fifth avenue, New York.
the Jews to whom Christmas ought to mean nothing from the
In the meantime, the position of the door opened and one of them said,
"Ever thoughtful of the student, he has dedicated his life's work
the Jew in Europe is daily growing "Is this the home of Moses Lind-
religious standpoint, if they must indulge in the luxury of gift
to this volume, in order that the path of the future Blackstones may
from bad to worse. In Roumania, boom?" Esther replied in the affirm- 450 UKRAINE BANDITS
giving at this time, to give where the gifts are needed. If the
be made easy and free from the rocks of disappointment that usually
our fellow Jews are forced to or- ative and invited them to step inside.
ROUNDED BY "TCHEKA"
Jew wishes to enter into the spirit of a joyous season like the
litter the 'Road to Knowledge.' To Mr. Sloman, the Bi-Monthy
ganize
self-defense corps in conse- , This they did and after introducing
Review extends its deepest appreciation on behalf of the student
Christmastide, let him do so by pouring out his generosity unto
quence
of
acts
of
violence.
In
Berlin,'
themselves
as
Messrs.
Roberts
and
MOSCOW.— (J. T. A.) — The ar-
body, and that his work may be a success, is its ardent wish.
circulars are being distributed by the Cole, lawyers, they seated themselves rest of 450 active members of the for-
the poor, the needy, the suffering at home and abroad. Among
thousands containing unheard-of ac- , opposite the old man.
mer Titunic and Kaley bands opera-
In losing Mr. Sloman we feel that we can bear the loss bravely,
Jews and Christians too, there are the hungry and the starving.
cusations against our people, and the I "We are authorized to tell you, Mr. ting in the Ukraine is reported from
since our foresight predicts a general benefit for humanity that
Now is the opportunity to satisfy the hungry bodies and the
national socialists of Bavaria are ad- I Lindbaum," said one, "that oil has through raids carried out by "Tcheka"
hitherto has been selfishly retained by us."
hungry souls of such. Who among the Jews and who among
vocating pogroms against the Jews. been found on that strip on land, Zhitomir. The arrests were effected
the Christians will have the courage to spend his money for
We join the students and the faculty of the University of Widespread rioting in Poland has thought worthless, which you own in agents. Included among the bandits
from Warsaw to Posen, Kat- Indiana. "Esther caught her hands caught in the Soviet net, is the notor-
them at such a time as this?
Detroit in expressing the sincere hope that Mr. Sloman's book spread
towitz and other cities, and Jews to her heart as she heard this news
bandit leader Zebra. The per-
to which he is devoting his energies will find a sure place in the generally are living in constant fear and the look on the face of her father ious
sons aprehended are all said to haw
literature of law. Mr. Sloman is undoubtedly fitted by know- of massacres. As in the days of the was one of bewilderment.
been guilty of many acts of terror
ledge and by long years of experience to speak with authority Kishineff massacre and the excesses "Surely," he said in his broken En- against the government, and Jews.
the cessation of the glish, "you are mistaken."
The raids were not carried out a bit
upon the subject to which he is devoting himself. His retire- that accompanied
The lawyers laughed and Mr. Cole too soon, the advices add, as the mem-
the Jewish people in the former
If press reports be correct, the Union of Orthodox Rabbis ment from active practice some years ago and now his resigna- war,
war zones is compelled to organize said. "W have another piece of good bers of these bands were planning to
of America and Canada known as the Agudoth Harobbonim, tion from the faculty of the school with which he has been as- self-defense units, and the conditions news for you, the Quality Oil Com- renew their activities.
is seriously disturbed by the inroads upon Orthodoxy that are sociated for some years will be compensated by the enduring that generally prevail are such as
being made by the Reform movement. At a recent convention of service which he will render through his book to his colleagues again to put to shame any civilized
nation that permits of such discrim-
the organization held in Chicago, it was determined "to devise of the legal fraternity.
inations as have been practiced
ways and means to combat the growing influence of Reform,"
against our people. But what is par-
ticularly painful to the Jew in the
not merely in the Reform Temple but more particularly in the
present discriminations • against him
Orthodox synagog of the type now popularly known as "semi-
is that the rioting is led by the col-
Orthodox" and conservative.
lege-bred and even university pro-
fessors.

RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN

Editorial Contributor

The Ethics of Gift Giving.

A Timely Suggestion.

A Worthy Tribute.

The Orthodox Union and Reform.

January Clearance Prices on

Among the resolutions adopted was one of censure for those
synagogs that permit men and women to sit together at divine
services, a breach with tradition which is becoming more and
more the order of the day among conservative congregations.
The organization went on record in regard to all sorts of so-
called violations of the Orthodox code and took steps to prac-
tically read out of the circle of Orthodox Jews those who are
guilty of such violations.
We imagine that our friends of the conservative wing of
Judaism will not be seriously disturbed by these resolutions of
their ultra Orthodox brethren. More and more, our co- religion-
ists in the conservative congregations are coming to realize that
if they are to hold the allegiance of their children, they must
make some compromise with the modern spirit. They are keen-
ly alive to the fact that unless they do this, their children will
identify themselves whole-heartedly with the Reform synagog
or they will not be Jews at all.

Frankly, we believe that in every metropolitan community,
there is room and need for congregations of the conservative
.type—congregations not as un-compromising as those repre-
',sented by the Agudoth Harobbonim nor yet as radical as some
of our Reform synagogs. The distance from Orthodoxy to real
Reform is too great to be made safely at a single bound. While
it is th personal conviction of the writer that the future in Am-
erica belongs to Reform Liberal Judaism, he yet believes that
, it would be a very great mistake indeed to urge a progarm of
Reform that would widen the gap between parents and chil-
dren.
The conservative synagog has therefore a most important
place to fill in the community life. For such an organization
as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis to antagonize the conservative
synagog as it did in its Chicago convention is worse than foolish.
It is to driv ethe young men and women of ultra Orthodox par-
entage out of the synagog altogether.

An Impertinent Request.

In a neighboring Ohio city, the so-called Ku Klux Klan has
requested the Board of Education to call a meeting of repre-
sentatives of the Klan, of the Knights of Columbus, and of the
Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, to discuss a course of relig-
ious education or of Bible reading in the public schools that
shall be acceptable to all parties concerned.
will
It is hoped that the members of the Board of Education
no
heed
to
such
a
request,
as
to
do
so
would
be
officially
give

Jerusalem

Sing on this wondrous day!
Oh, Zion, in your glory
Pour forth glad Freedom's lay!
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Still to this earth so dear,
"Hosanna in the Highest!"
God's Holy Name revere!

Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Dear City of the Past,
So long throughout the ages
Has Error held thee fast!
Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
Pride of the Moslems bold
Endeared to all Earth's peoples
By suffernigs, sad, untold!

Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Now from the Crescent freed,
Again may justice, mercy
Their holy message plead!
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Fair city, throned on hills,
Again do sacred memories
Fill hearts with mystic thrills!

Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
The dream of years is true!
Oh, City, loved and holy,
We praise our God anew!
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
Joy to our world has come!
Henceforth let all free nations,
Hail thee, their sacred home!

ELVIRA B. SMITH

(The

lowish Forum)

Jews in British Politics.
While the desire seems to prevail
in Poland for keeping the Jews out
of politics and to have our people as
little represented as possible, the feel-
ing appears to be reversed in Eng-
land. On the day following the re-
cent ,parliamentary elections, the
London Daily Chronicle contained the
following editorial note headed "Jew-
ish M. P.'s:"

"It is rather more than curi-
ous that in an election providing
more than two candidates for
every seat only 29 Jews should
have faced British electors yes-
terday. England gives to the
Jew wider consideration and
greater dignity of citizenship
than any country in the world,
yet, since 1868, when legislation
altered the oath so as to enable
their admission to Parliament,
only 142 have sought election.
Of these 49 have been success-
ful before the election now be-
ing declared, although they had
fought 250 seats in all. The first
Jew to enter the House of Com-
mons, Banassa Lopez, did so as a
Christian in 1802, and three oth-
ers, including Disraeli, were
elected in similar circumstances
before the Act of 1858. It was
a Rothschild who first took ad-
vantage of the new law by be-
coming an NI P. in 1859."

That the attitude of Great Britain
is very friendly to the Jew was evi-
denced in the last election, when, in
spite of an open campaign against the
Jews as Jews, the Palestine policy was
sustained, and, what is even more im-
portant, 142 Laborites were elected
on a platform, one of whose planks
favors the establishment of a Jewish
national homeland in Palestine.

A Sad Fact.
In the interesting series of articles
that appeared in most of the Jewish
periodicals recently, Dr. Arthur Run-
pin shed much light on the economic
conditions in Palestine and on the

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