A llietilail legiSk Periodical Carter CLIFTON AVILNUI •• CINCINNATI 20, OHIO PAGE THREE toracts ThcpcntopjEwisn(k_ By )am the rful the Ten be ists, are A are sia. :ab. the has to Lion lust la) inly rots dits ise; 'ger age s of lop. mes e is lent )ace lese tow, ram sue- If des- I of tout Ives tion iga- ness gold this ard- Rus- t all ling new, the and i be Mies arge sus- upa- wish over- time risis riot- eren eess- ss of p as esod fined the your et in ditor man fol- vitz: th it omo- ssion u)ple kept Icing right •taild itude who :h of 'dice t the vs of futile and Ii the upon thing eople )opu- nani- smect been 'prise r the (wing ant a abili- it for :ears) meet- Hand •nius, task hould , )wing on to ; that r per- t will leople their or the r own nality tipper- but arried PHILIP SLOMOVITZ CELEBRATE PAST- YEAR'S WORK FOR KEREN HAYESOD I Came, I Saw, I Was Conquered THE PRESIDENT'S ENDORSEMENT WOMEN Israel's Rebirth tot Z neg wtetTE MOUSE W•S.MO , ONI Noted Reform Rabbi, After Visit to Palestine, Says Upbuilding of Homeland Is a Call to All Jewry; Enthusiastic Over Pioneers in the Colonies. IONISM will mitigate the lot and elevate the status of no By DR. ALEXANDER LYONS, rer 11, 1922, ligible fraction of the Jewish race. Those who go to Mrs. Richard Gottheil; Presi- Rabbi of Eighth Avenue Temple, Brooklyn, N. Y. tine will not be like those who now migrate tee Lon- Pales dent of League, Will De- te d mere l y don or New York. They wil l not be ani liver Keynote Address. yet they are not mere farmers. They (Editor's Note:—Dr. Lyons I, et the bythhe y the matekind life surroundings of desire to lead in happier are inspired and impelled by the head of • large proaressive congrega- Ile le well formerly led in Eastern Europe. They will go in order to join Gantleteent tion of Brooklyn, N. Y. gleam of the vision of self-realization • lecturer, but •• • A luncheon which will be attended Known not a civil community which completely harmonizes with their his- in behalf of the effectuation of a magazine. the writer and editor of • I am elm glad to expreol try by representative Jewish women from for • number of years home of their own where in untram- Supplement. the torical and religious sentiments; a community bound to the land amrovel end hearty sympathy for the effort has had • wide circulation ant been all sections of New York and near-by meled self-expression they may be of the Palestine Foundation Fund, in behalf it inhabits by something deeper even than custom ; a community noted with great favor both h ere •nti true to the nobler ideals of their en- of tin restoration of falestin• as a Ilonelent • Ahmed. Ile returnol recently fr om mi cities has been arranged by the Wom- e members will suffer from no divided loyalty, not any c tire people. It is because of this extensive tour of the Near Itiaet In on• for the Jewish people. I have always 'clewed w hos en's League of the Palestine Founda- s eve ira l •pent press w hich he ome nect temptatioe to hate the laws under which they are forced to vision that they engage with marked with en interest, Mich I think is quite as on ex in. e S with ales t ion in P tion Fund (Keren Ilayesod) for Wed- we eks cheerfulness upon activities that in each practical as sentimental, the propmal live. To them the material gain should be great, but surely of hit feeling with regard to the pales- nesday evening, Jan. 31, at the hotel tine situation has been requested and is for the rehabilitation Of Palestine, end the our part of the world are assigned to the spiritual gain will be greater still." restoration of • reel Jewish nationality, and Astor. This luncheon will mark the herewith furnIshed.1 the ignorant and merely brawny. • * I hops the effort now being carried on in this first anniversary of the Women's It was a revelation to me of the and other countries in tide boaalf any met which was organized last For several years I have responded League, Arthur James Balfour, that prince among the nations whose marvelous inherent possibilities of the fullest measure of moo... year, in order to aid the l'alestine from time to time to the requests of Jewish ability to find stalwart young name will be written in Jewish history in golden letters, thus Foundation Fund to realize its hope Very sincerely, of upbuilding the Jewish Homeland the Near East Relief Organization for men and magnificent young women cote on September 20, 1918, in his introduction to the "History in l'alestine. After one year of in- addresses here and there in our larger doing the most menial work, work of o f Zionism" by Nahum Soko- tensive work, the organization is cities in behalf of its beneficient activi- considerable hardship, such as laun- low. Thus more than one great dering, rock-breaking, road building, ready to extend its activities. ties in the countries in behalf of and swamp draining, and yet doipg it non-Jew wrote and spoke, be- The program will include a recital which it was organized. I have cheer- cheerfully because of its contribution cause to the Gentile Palestine by Mrs. Shomer Rothenberg, noted these invitations, Lo the realization of the ideal nearest Toren Hayseed, is synonymous with Jews and soprano. Mrs. Rothenberg is an fully responded to and dearest to their soul. Further, Palestine Foundation FAA, artist of great merit and her singing as my many other engagements al- their actjvities are conducted under Judaism and the return of the bu Union Squere, lowed, on the ground that that organ- the imminence of constant danger. Jewish people to the ancient pee lore. ISA ization was nA only helping unfortu- The Arab is not yet reconciled to the homeland he connects with the nates of my own faith, but has been new control of what so long has prophecies that "Israel shall be doing a humanitarian work that is been his habitat. And so these Jew- redeemed with justice." More great spiritual and intellectual center. Because the new set- ish pioneers must face and constantly irresistible in its appeal to every fear the dangers of attack that beset than four years after the above tlers are people with a vision, they visualize the new Pales- heart of any sympathy. In recog- the pioneer everywhere. Accordingly, historic words were written by tinian homeland not as a means in itself, but as means to a nition of what my efforts on the plat- their life is conducted under guard, Lord Balfour. the Jewish peo- greater end—to make the old-new house of God and Israel form may have accomplished the Near especially by night. What they are ple is happily uniting for the serve as a clearing center for the teachings of the Hebrew East relief invited me to make a tour accomplishing in the multiplication of the territory of its operations and and richness of the products of the great task of rebuilding the sages and prophets, who have been read anti re-read by all thereafter in behalf of its purposes. possibilities of the Palestinian soil is homeland and of proving itself peoples, but have not been practiced. It is a Utopia the Jew- Accordingly it was my previous priv- at once evident to one who makes worthy to the trust placed in ish pioneers look forward to, but they aim at realizing their ) ilege to have a considerable stay in even e cursory saw o swo t investigation. it by the nations in the world, ideal in a practical way, the benefits to be reaped by all Jewry l ife of Turkey, Syria, Greece, Palestine and what e rn Egypt. During several weeks in the these splendid Jewish young men and when they decreed that Pales- everywhere. Holy Land I had unusual opportun- women of the hills and dales of tine is to be our national home. ities of observation through the very Palestine must change his opinion Twice has the Jewish people courteous representatives of the even if he was adverse before, from The Talmud says that "Israel will not be redeemed except been ejected from its land. It through the power of the Maaser," and the tithe has been re- Keren Ilayesod, which to my mind is opposition and criticism to compli- up to the present time far in the lead ment and co-operation. returned after the first exile vivedby the Keren Hayesod as a means of self-taxation by Jews of every other endeavor in rehabili- and close to 1,853 years have for Palestine's rebuilding. It is peculiarly coincident with the Genuine Enthusiasm. tating the home of ancient Israel. passed since the second exile. Palestine ideal that the Maaser, once as familiar to the Jews I feel that I am competent to speak What is being done throughout Pal- PHIL SLOMOVITZ Yet, during these eighteen and as the Ten Commandments, should be reinstituted. The Maaser with some authority of the signifi- estine and more particularly in Jeru- cance of what I saw, for two reasons. a half centuries of homelessness, and persecution and contempt a long and interesting history. In times of distress among In the first place, mine was not a tour salem under the guidance of the Ker- that went with Israel wherever circumstances drove him. the the Jewish people of the Middle Ages, the Maaser was re-', of a flying person. I visited exten- en Ilayesod in the direction of the Jew has not failed to pray that his eyes "may behold a return sorted to as a means of raising funds among the more fortunate' sively among the colonies and ob- promotion of Hebrew culture in the MRS. SIMON ROTHENBERG unto Zion with mercy." For close to 19 centuries he prayed for the alleviation of the sufferings of the less happy and in all! served intimately. In the second schools and in the benign and con- place, I went in a somewhat critical structive labors of medical and sani- will be one of the main features of and hoped for Zion, and vowed never to forget Jerusalem. Jewish modesty be it said, the wealthy of Israel have proven I attitude that was more disposed to be tary specialists unavoidably heightens the affair. Dozens of generations have read and re-read Psalm 137, mourn- their worth as the sons of the prophets by giving nobly and f Mrs. Richard Gottheil, president o unfavorable than otherwise. Zionism ones interest in this great reconstruc- ing their homelessness: by yielding a full tenth of their possessions. The present is I :the league, will be the main spea k of as a political enterprise had never tive venture. It has been my privi- iittse t appealed to me, although I had never lege during recent years to visit many also a time of gravest problems and most important happen ial t uli n ch teho en.,tho I short year of i ex- openly fought it. I always felt that communities in different parts of the "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, and we also wept when ings in the life of the Jewish people. While fully half of our her that as long as many of my people were world and come into close relation has we remembered Zion. Upon the willows in her midst had we hung I istence the league people is in dire need, hundreds of thousands, perhaps mil m os t interested in the movement something with diverse Jewish enterprises but up our harps. For there our captors demanded of us the words of lf a reputation as one in of the oust un- would be sure to come out of it that nowhere have I sensed such genuine song: and those who mocked us, joy, saying: Sing for us one of the ve wome groups would bear the imprint of Jewish Jewish enthusiasm as I did in what their birth, the nations of the world have placed a trust in us 'acti songs of Zion. How should we sing the song of the Lord on the soil and spirituality and no has come to be called the Home-Land of the stranger? If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, may my right hand in the form of a privilege to rebuild our ancient homeland. tr y' As one of its most interesting ven- idealism would be fraught with some benefit. - the Jewish people but, what prop- grow slack. May my tongue cleave to my palate if 1 do not remem- While an army of half a million men and many women is forced tures, the Pyramid I, und can be point When the cession of l'alestine to the of erly backed as it ought to be, is bound ber thee: If I call not Jerusalem at the head of my joy." , ed out. The object of the pyramid to stay organized for the protection of the Jewish people in committee is to enroll an army of 1 Jews was confirmed and the actua in the proper acceptation of the term n n was set afoot to become their homing land in the buildig And in anticipation of the coming of Israel's emancipation southern Russia, another army of workers is invited to come' tributin 13 0,000 Jewish women who, by con- work of up g $1 each, is expected to raise seriously, I could no longer remain sense that there the Jew will be en- to Palestine and till the soil that it may again become fruitful the sum of $120,000 for the heren neutral but must assume an attitude. abled to cultivate, conserve and ex- from exile, our people joyously recited Psalm 126: I was unwilling to be guided by the press his nobler fundamental powers. • ' ra in offer a peaceful home for the Jew who may ilayesod. Through its pyra,"fun enjoy life "under his vine and fig tree." This is not a dream. conflicting opinions of others. I felt Hy- chairman, who is Mrs. Charles In general then, what I would say "When the Lord bringeth back again the captivity of Zion, then that I was old enough and thoughtful with regard to what I beheld in Pal. shall we be like dreamers. Then shall our mouth be filled with It is, in fact, too much of a reality. But Jews must learn to enough to have a judgment of my own see the practical without forever remaining the dreamers. This laughter and our tongue with singing; then shall they say among the and whatever may be the sacrifice, I estine, especially under the directive influence of the Keten Ilayesod is nations: Great things bath the Lord done for these. Great things is the Jewish opportunity. The Keren Ilayesod and the Maaser should make it in order to react in- that the confirmation of England's would the Lord hove done for us, whereat we should be joyul. Bring are the instruments for the solving of a grave problem. Every telligently, and, so, judiciously to the back again, 0 Lord, our captivity, like rivulets in arid land. Those endeavors of so many of my people. cession of l'alestine to the Jews is a Jew, in his own way, whether he pays the minimum tax of $25 that sow in tears shall reap with joyful song. Ile goeth forth indeed Fortunately my mission for the Near call to all Jewry, no matter what they to the Palestine Foundation Fund, or whether he gives in the believe with regard to what is called and weepeth that beareth the seed for sowing; but he will surely come East Relief gave me my opportunity. Zionism. The Balfour concession thousands and the hundreds of thousands, can share in the joy with joyful song when he beareth home his sheaves." In general, I can consciously say that spells Jewish opportunity in a sense of doing a great and constructive act. That Israel prove true while I am not any more of a Zionist has not obtained since many cen- in a strict political sense than I was that to his heritage, may his eyes be made to see the great oppor- turies. In expectation of that cession before, I must honestly' confess that Already the Gentile is quoting that ''Great things hath tunity that is ours. For the present generation has the op- Jews of Palestine and elsewhere have • the outcome of my stay in l'alestine is been setting afoot Palestinian enter- the Lord done" for us. The 52 nations that make up the portunity of a lifetime to write itself down in the history of the that I came, I saw, I was conquered. prises that ara freighted with im- Jews as the most fortunate and one that has accomplished What conduced to this result may be League of Nations have endorsed the hopes of our people for measurable possibility of good for the gleaned from the following: becoming rehabilitated in its ancient homelantl. The greater what has been a dream through a period of exiles and rest of the world as well as for all Visit to Colonies. Israel. Commercially and culturally portion of the Jews in the world sees in a rebuilt Palestine its expulsions. I visited no less than a dozen dif- the old land can be rejuvenated and only hope for a peaceful existence. Unfortunately, that por- ferent colonies in different parts of the country. I found these peopled in conformity with its ancient char- bon of the people of Israel is so situated that it is not only acterization lie made to send out The Jewish people, the majority of our nation, is placed by young men and young women from streams of milk and honey. Take for unable to contribute towards the rebuilding of the Holy Land, eastern Europe, whose embodiment of instance, its Jewish University where but that it is in circumstances that make it dependent upon in a position where it is between life and death. The European self-sacrificing idealism and far- Jewish ability of the highest available the rest of the people. Happy American Jewry, blessed with Jew particularly is facing total destruction. The non-Jewish sighted practicability can nowhere be order will not only be hindered but world, when asked for its opinion on Jewish existence, replied surpassed and only with difficulty par- prosperity and freedom, is thus called upon to do the great required to be true to its best in alleled. These young men and women task that is to stamp the present generation either as the most with offering the Jew an opportunity of rebuilding Jewish life are in numerous instances advanced thought and effort and only a superfi- in our ancient homeland. The Gentile nations decreed that cial sense of inherent powers of the heroic or as the most cowardly. American Jews are given the products of educational institutions in leading sons and daughters of Israel opportunity of writing themselves down in Jewish history either Palestine is to be the Jewish homeland, that the Holy Land their various homelands and give pal- is again to become the center of Jewish learning, Jewish MRS. RICHARD GOTTHEIL pable evidence of a high degree of in- is necessary to glimpse the tremend- as appreciative of the great responsibility that rested upon it culture, Jewish ideals—Jewish life. Now the problem is thrust tellectual and moral culture. They ous contribution to the universal or in having proven itself false to its mission and traditions. the league is reaching a larger are living simply, oftentimes with the weal the students and professors of at ourselves. The non-Jew has played his part and he is man, • • • • • and larger number of Jewish women an institution can make. through. He puts it entirely up to the Jew, and it is for the every day. Mrs. Hyman will presen denial of many of the most elemen- such Accordingly, the upbuilding of Pal- tary comforts, and yet are working Lord Balfour, speaking at a memorable Zionist gathering Jew to answer: Is the Jewish people to live or not to live? A estine with its implication of such be- t e industriously, earnestly, hopefully nign realization is the concern of and tivSheieswg aihso h nation that has survived 20 centuries of persecutions; a people Lusudmamt atrhye' offuntctLn7 and effectively with the result that in in London in July, 1920, closed his address by saying: that has been one without a country for 2,000 years; We who deal with the plans of the league for many conspicuous instances they are a call to all Jewry. Its success or fail- causing conditions of barrenness and ure will credit or discredit the Jews suffered so much and endured so ably can have but one answer: the future. sunk as a man who is not a Jew and necessarily therefore looks rs. Simon Rothen berg, who, as even worse, to bloom with beauty and for the entire world whether they We shall not shame our past and our ancestors and we must L m a s h ve bo ard, Jewish question from outside; but I should say that perhaps ti tecu wish it or not. The opportunity ap- at the man of the .eit.es bear fruit with richness. not be brand-marked by history as the generation that wasIchair w of the danger that besets the Jewish race is not that they lack, high ehfaaltivain c usLirreintge the fall It was an exhilarating experience pears to me to put the Jews on trial. e , months f t t CI 1n t e t h r e idealism, not that they are reluctant to sacrifice everything, to life composed of cowards and misers. It shall not be said of me to meet these Jewish young No Jew has acceptable excuse for re- in , for itself, to see that ideal carried into effect, but that they are car- men and women engaged in what fusing moral and material banking to that we had the opportunity and failed. Posterity shall not I will preside. The committee es Mrs. L ried awayby the vehemence of their own views, the depth and strength the event includ o ular conception regards as menial some aspect of the manifold inter- for the charge of d Mrs Jaco Si eel, g Mrs of their own convictions, and are unwilling to do that without which , :tanip us BS a people that was merely asked for money activity in the farm house and in the ests and aspirations of the l'alestine d tt Gar in owsky accomplishment of one of the greatest romances n history an any other great movement cannot succeed, are unwilling to Mrs. Louis. Mrs, Isaac Tump this and R. Poster o enthus i- now abuilding. All Jews ought to give d yet with a glow of i chosen leaders Germain, Mrs. Israel Gold: field, give that whole-hearted trust and confidence in tfro we refused to part with it. Surely, our answer will be as noble asm an that could not be greater or this endeavor all possible encourage- berg. The reception committee con- more impressive for any other pur- ment so as to settle once and for all whith, believe me, is necessary. You are drawnm every nation as is the request. under heaven. You come to London, or to any other great center, sists of Mrs. Michael Salit, Mrs. A. pose that the world would count, mis- time the question of Jewish ability at ■ - - with :dews absorbed from the populations among whom you have so- jourm.d; you come, therefore, with many different mentalities; to use a familiar phrase; you come with many different theories as to the mothrds by which your common objects can be carried out. It only becomes dangerous by their insistence that the object should be car- tied out precisely in the fashion which commends itself to them. Be- ware of that danger! I am sure it is the greatest danger which will beset you in the future. Now, I have done with the gloomy task of enumerating difficulties. "I have only one more word to say. We are embarked on a great adventure. And I say 'we' advisedly, and by 'we' I mean on one side the Jewish people, and on the other side the Mandatory Power for Pabstine. We are partners in this great enterprise. If we fail you you cannot succeed; if you fail us, you cannot succeed. But I feel Sure that we shall not fail you, and that you will not fail us. And if I am right—and I am assured I am—in this prophecy of hope and confidence, then surely we may look forward with hope, and gaze on a future in which Palestine will, indeed, and in the fullest measure and degree of success, be made a home for the Jewish people." M rks Mrs. Philip Behrman, M rs. Mrs. B. Castel& "The People of the Book" they call us, and the nations Judenfreund, Isaac Allen, Mrs. J. Kraus s, Mrs. . expect us to lead in idealism and in self-sacrifice when noble 'i.e.,' Kendall, Mrs. N. II. II Ebin, Mrs. sky Jacobson, Mrs. Louis Lipsky, things are involved. The non Jew looks to us to be loyal to S . I. Ray Raskin and Miss Sophie old traditions. In the present call that is being :qrs.' Israel's age issued to the Jew to give only money for the rebuilding of his Udine An invitation to attend this lunch- e believes that the Jew will not hold eon has been extended to the dela- homeland, th e non- Jw convention igrnetwion gold de arer than ideals and the future of the people. The gates C on - Jew also expects that his people as a whole will prove worthy Union the American of of the great trust placed in it by the Gentile nations. But should gregations. we fail in the present task, we fear to think of the terrible consequences. The "People of the Book" may be brandmarked the "People of the Pocketbook" to whom the dollar is dearer ELOQUENT SPONSOR than the honor of the nation. If only the dollar is needed to OF JEWISH CAUSE assure Israel's future, surely it ought to be given joyfully and ungrudgingly, that the honor of Israel be preserved. • • • • - - - P,ritain will not fail us, and the Jews must not fail them- selves. With the political sky cleared, with the support of the The Keren Hayesod is the bridge over the turbulent sea European powers assured, there is only one task remaining for of obstacles that leads Israel's homeward trek from Golus to us to do--the rebuilding of the land physically. spiritually and Eretz Yisroel. As yet, however, it is the paper bridge of the culturally. The Keren Ilayesod—the Palestine Foundation Jewish legend. We can see it in our imagination. We have Fund—is the instrument that has been devised to that end. even seen its practical beginning in the preliminary work for This fund 'makes claim upon the interest of every Jew and the rebuilding of Palestine. But the concrete structure that is Jewess and demands that not a single individual abstain from to make real the dream of the Jew is in waiting for the actual Participation in the great undertaking for the rehabilitation efforts of our people. The message of Palestine and the Keren of Palestine. The Keren Hayesod has accomplished wonders Hayesod is now being taken to every Jew here, and the aim is in the past year, the first of its existence. It has built a great to compel the conscience and heart of every loyal member of medical organization, it has established a fine school system the house of Israel to share in the responsibility which is all and founded a number of banks that will eventually make the Israel's. The Jews of Palestine are watching us with great new settlers in the Holy Land independent and entirely self- anxiety. They look fo raction on the part of the richest Jewish Itillg. The Keren Hayesod provides for the incoming community in the world. Jewish eyes everywhere are riveted su c PP° haluzim and Chaluzoth, the men and women pioneers, who upon us in the great task that confronts us. The enthusiasm settle in the Holy Land with a view of starting life anew' as a with which the work has been begun must be brought to fruition free people, unmolested and free from persecutions. The vast and must result in a crowning success. • majority of the young idealists who settle in Palestine is com- posed of Jewish intellectuals, college men and women, uni- versity graduates and many university instructors, who give up "Sound the great trumpet announcing our freedom, their best possessions to settle in an uncultivated land which Set up a banner to collect the Exiles; they hope again to cause to "flow with milk and honey." Many Gather us again from the four corners of the earth— of these idealists have been seen to land in Palestine with only Blessed be Thou, Who will gather Thy scattered people, one article under their arms—the philosophic work of Spinoza. Supplemented by the spade and the shovel, they thus adopt a Israel." Philosophic view of life that is bound to make of Palestine a Who takenly I think, among its higher pur- poses and endeavors. In the private rooms of these young men and young women I found samples of the world's modern literature with which engage their leisure hours. They are trained agriculturists and MORRIS ROTHENBERG, th. moat eloquent men in the leadership of the Palestine storalion Movement in America. re. self-government in concurrence with its desire at the same time to please the world. It seems to me that the opportune time has come for the Jews to show up or failing that to shut up in the matter of self-governed coun- try of their own. CALLS ON ALL JEWS TO UNITE FOR HOMELAND IN PALESTINE By DR. JOSEPH SILVERMAN, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Emanuel, New York. . It is high time that the many differences in theories, beliefs and practices that obtain in Jewry be laid aside, and that all classes and groups unite upon the main proposition of making Palestine a homeland for Jews and a center for its religion and culture. The world has given the Jews the opportunity of restoring their ancient patrimony. Can we stand aside and say we will have no part in such restoration? I cherish the hope that Jews of all shades of religious belief and practice will unite in the efforts now being made to equip Pales- tine with homes, synagogues, schools, insti- tutions and industries of every description. I hold myself in readiness to aid the commit.: tee in charge of the Palestine Foundation Fund as far as will be in my power. 1