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WORLD LEADER

PALESTINE—FOUNTAIN OF JUDAISM

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By ALVIN D. HERSCH,

Vice-Chairman of the Trades and Professions Division.

is most gratifying to find every element of Detroit Jewry
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co-operating in this campaign. .While group consciousness
lies rmant, at tmes like this when a reat
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. unto ai group to do, it will respond; so that
work, • given spirit
indomitable
that has kept alive Jewish thought and Jew-
ish hone throughout the ages, flares forth now with an inten-
sity that betokens a successful conclusion to our efforts. Per-
wally• I feel like Exhibit A of this campaign. because as a
m ember of the fourth generation of coy family resident in this
ity and of Reform or Liberal Jews, I am a living answer to
c the
fear that Jews with more than one or two generations of
Americ:ill life and liberal religion will cease to hear the group
call. Nita four but unnumbered generations from now on will
American Liberal Jews still find a community of interest wits,
rthodox brethren in the things that are really Jewish.
their o
This fie•t should be a . source of confidence and inspiration to
may sometimes wonder whether the future genera-
those h0
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the old Temple, the fountain of Judaism, for all the Holy Land
is a temple! It has been given unto this generation to do really
constructive work. Ills inconceivable that Detroit, the dynamic.
should not over-subscribe its quota! Give not as fulfilling a
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RE-READING THE BOOK AT
THE SOURCE

PAY YOUR MAASER

KEREN HAYESOD REMITS HIGH COMMISSIONER
OF NEW PALESTINE
250,000 TO PALESTINE
IN LAST THREE MONTHS a.

By JACOB MILLER,

Secretary Keren Ilayrood.

In a statement just issued, the Na-
tional office of the Keren Ilayesod for
America reports that during the
months of September, October and
The key to Palestine is in your hand. The Keren Ilayesod
November 1022, it remitted to Pal-
drive has begun. All representative Jews in this city, regard-
estine the sum of $259,190.51. This
less of religious interpretations, have united to make this drive
money has been expended in Palestine
chiefly for the care of the immigrants
complete success.
and the maintenance of the immi-
The funds raised for the Palestine Foundation Fund will
grants quarters at Jaffa and Haifa;
enable us to open wide the Gates of Palestine to those who are
the agricultural colonization of the
Chaluzim in Emek-Israel and several
patiently waiting for the opportunity to enter.
other parts of Palestine; the support
We, the fortunate citizens of this land of freedom, oppor-
of the Medical Unit; loans to work-
tunity and religious toleration, have not suffered from the
men and co-operative groups; the
effects of the World War, and it is therefore the paramount
maintenance of the agricultural ex-
periment stations and etc.
duty and holy obligation of American Jewry to prepare the only
The statement points out that the
seat 01 refuge and peace for those of our brethren whose lives
amounts remitted during these three
have been filled with persecution at every turn in every Eu-
months compares favorably with thv
amounts remitted during the corres-
ropean country.
ponding months of 1921. Neverthe
Let its unite our efforts to build up the land of our fore-
less, emphasis is placed in the fact
fathers so that those who conic there may develop the country
that during the month of November,
into a real Jewish homeland where true Jewish ideals and Jew-
the American Keren Ilayesod was ab-
le to remit only a part of the mini-
ish culture will flourish.
mum monthly remittance due chiefly
Pay your Manser.
to the fact that many pledgers, from
whom payments were due about this
Let not your Netter be broken.
time, have delayed sending in the reg-
DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN,
ular installments on their pledges. As
SIR HERBERT SAMUEL
President World Zionist Organization a result, there was a critical situation
developed in P I tine , particularly
with regard to the schools, which were and if the great etTort to establish
in danger of being closed down. It ourselves as a free nation again is to
that which faced the Jew of the Baby-
was only by strenuous efforts that the be justified, it can be only hecause of
lonian Exile—the luck of as spiritual
Administration of the Koren Ilayesod our aspiration to preserve our spirit-.
center. In our own time the danger
averted that danger by sending a sum ual heritabe and to create new spirit-
of disorganization and disintegration
of money to Jerusalem especially for ual values. The thunder of extremis t
Joint Resolution Favoring the Establishment in Palestine
is far greater than it ever was at any
opinion may at some moments break
thee period of our history. The old this purpose.
of a Natinoal Home for the Jewish People, Unani-
The statement concludes by point- out in loud crashes, but in the end the
-enters of Jewish life in Russia an
mously Passed by the United States Senate
ing out the fact that during the per- still small voice of the Jewish con-
breaking up and conditions in West
the House of Representatives and Ap-
iod in question no campaigns were science will be heard and heeded. Jew-
ern Europe, while allowing greater
conducted in any of the principal ish history shows many evidences of ,
proved by President Harding on
individual freedom, give little oppor-
cities except Boston, and that a much the backslidings of Israel to the wor-
tunity for the development of Juda-
September 21, 1922.
larger income was confidently expec- ship of strange Gods, but in the huge,
ism. The authority of the Torah is
ted as soon as the other communities perspective what people shows a more
shaken, divisors are multiplied and
started with their campaigns for tenacious and more consistent loyalty •
each Jew tends to become a religion
which preparations are now under to its God?
unto himself. Our spiritual life, which
way in Hartford, New Haven, Albany,
Upon the clear understanding of
has stood the test of centuries, is in
Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Chi- our single minded purpose depends
danger of total disintegration. We
cago, St. Louis and ninny other cities the ultimate, success of the Zionist
must have a rereading of the Book, is
throughout the country. Simultane- movement. The spiritual ideal in our
re-establishment of Torah on a Jima
ously the expenditures of the Organi- people's life is the one force that can
foundation. Those who are concerned
zation have been considerably reduc- harmonize conflicting elements in our
for the perpetuation and development
ed. Economics amounting to over ranks. It will give us also the support
of Jewish cultural and religious life
$600 a week have bene effected in the of the world at large. Above all it
must unite to establish a center in
National Office. It is reported from will give us the spiritual satisfaction
harmony with the true spirit of the
Jerusalem at the same time, that dur- of loyalty to our own character, har-
Torah, and in accord with the needs of
ing the period from July to Novem- mony with our own history, and un-
modern life. And once we establish
ber, the Zionist Executive, which ad- derstanding of the ideal of our own
our religious life for ourselves, may
ministers the funds of the Keren life—"And this is the convenant that
hoped
that
we
may
again
it not be
Ilayesod in Palestine, has reduced its I will make with the House of Israel
give new spiritual values to the world,
staff by dismissing 20 officials, there- after those (lays," saith the Lord. "I
that we may yet be a light unto the
by decreasing the monthly expendi- will put my Torah in their inward
nations to guide and to give hope in
All the administrative parts and in their heart will I write
those troubled days of doubt and dis- tures by £100.
expenses in Palestine now amount to it and I will be their God and they
illusion?
five and one-half percent of the bud- shall be niy people; and they shall
A liable of voices of accusation and
get.
teach no more every man his neighbor
of defense makes indistinct the clear
and every main his brother, saying
call of Jewish history. "Israel is not
know the Lord, for they shall all know
a nation except through its Torah and
me, from the least of them unto the
its faith." For thousands of years
greatest of them."
we have suffered persecution from

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PALESTINE JEWISH HOMELAND
APPROVED BY UNITED STATES

and

Reflections on Leaving Palestine,

By SOL ROSI.NBLOOM

(Copyrighted, 1922, Jewish Correspondence Bureau.)

It is a privilege for any Jew to be' difficult struggle of language and have
able to rnnu to Palestine and to spend given our ancient tongue its rightful
several months here as I have done place as the carrier of Jewish thought
and to be in some degree a factor in Jewish learning and Jewish idealism.
The all 81111 the young, scholars and
the great task of the re-building of
Palestine. For myself, I can say that farmers, practical men and dreamers,
professional
men Had laborers, are 1111
it has hren the greatest satisfaction
of my life to have had this privilege— touched by the new spirit and are
working
together
for the rebuilding of
to fulfill a longing which I have felt
for many, many years. To may that I the New Zion..
The
Jewish
world
at large, parti-
have been inspired would hardly he
adequate to express my sentiment. cularly the Jewry of America, I judge
have
not
appreciated
to the full tht
all of owe is this place. Surely the
Lord is in his place." Such was my sacrifices that have already been made
and
that
the
workers
in Zion are
feeling as I travelled throughout the
length and breath of the land and ready to make, as well as the possibil
viewed the holy places of Israel, the flies of the new life in Palestine, ant
tombs of the fathers, the Wailing therefore perhaps have not matchac
Wall, the spot where the Temple stood the idealism of the Palestinians in th
the places where kings fought. proph- performance of the full measure o
their duty. The Jewish world ough
ets preached, and the psalmist sang
the songs of the Lord. These were the to know more of what has been done

Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
United States of America favors the estab-
lishment in Palestine of a National Home for
the Jewish people, it being clearly under-
stood that nothing shall be done which may
prejudice the civil and religious rights of
Christian and all other non-Jewish com-
munities in Palestine, and that the holy
places and religious buildings and sites in
Palestine shall be adequately protected.

AUTHOR OF FAMOUS
DECLARATION

without and self-imposed restraints
from within in order to preserve our
distinct spiritual life in the re-birth
of our people. No one with knowledge
and insight into Jewish history will
LONDON.—(J. C. B.)—The tour of Dr. Ben Zion in
fail to emphasize the importance of
the Arab-speaking countries on behalf of the Koren Haye-
the Hebrew language, in which our
sod has yielded excellent results, it is reported. Ile has
great cultural, spiritual and religious
found the Sephardic Jews in the Orient eager to help in
heritage is expressed, but it would ap-
The reports of the trade and in-
pear sometimes that the concentration
the work of reconstruction in Palestine. One prominent
dustry departments of the Palestine
upon the instrument for the revival
government furnish the following in-
Sephardic Jew has legally made over to the Keren Ilaye-
of Jewish thought has made some for-
formation as to the commercial situ-
sod a sum of £50,000, payable after his death. It is un-
get its ultimate aim—Jewish thought
ation in Palestine at the beginning
derstood that the Keren Ilayesod will proceed to mort-
itself—and has led to the exultation
of April, 1922.
of the Hebrew language as an end in
gage this sum immediately in order to be able to use the
In Jerusalem the wholesale prices
itself. Hebrew is the key to the treas-
of foOdstuffs and fuel have fluctu-
money for work in Palestine.
ure house of Jewish thought and
ated to some extent during the spring
ideals, but it is not the treasure house
months. Taken as a whole, prices
itself.
are at present about 10 per cent high-,
Only through the united efforts of all
I am a lover of the Hebrew lan-
ymbols of a glory that Was, memories
er than in February, and about 7 per
f great things done in the distant Jewry can we hope to accomplish our guage and I have at all times seized
cent higher than in the middle of
great aim—the Restoration of Zion. every opportunity to plead its cause
past.
March. The retail trade has natural-
ra
But even more, I must confess, was I wish that I had the strength and the and to support its development in hear the thought of political ambition I b enefdted fro
the to us
ri t tffic
.
I moved by the spectacle of the new gift to impress upon American Jewry practical ways, yet I regret to see how an ddomination. We are an old pm_Y
during
February,m M arch and th e be-
life developnig in Palestine, by the their duty to help in the great tasks the enthusiasm of some has made an pie, and the teachings of prophets and i
April.
of the
pni. export figures for l
signs of an awakening of the Jewish that still lie before u,s to make them idol out of the instrument and has rabbis have combined with historical gnning
In Haifa
people, that promise much for the fu- rise to the great occasion to which our brought conflict into our own ranks. circumstances to convince us of the March show a great improvement,
own history of the world has brought Thus sonic of the most conservative vanity and futility of political mas-
ture.
1 329 000 kilos of cereals having
A !lendc epic could be written of the us. With my limitations, however, have been estranged, for to them Ile- tery. I have no doubt that the masses been
compared with
t ,
o en ,impor
story of the Jewish agricultural set- I shall bend every effort to make clear brew is holy only becuse the Torah, of our people and its leaders under-
tlements, of the patient struggle the general Jewish responsibility to which is written in Hebrew, is holy; stand this very well. But I sometimes
against a neglected soil, against dis- the new Zion. I shall count my visit and so many others have been misled fear that the stress of circumstances
ease, against bands of marauders. to Palestine a failure if I do not suc- into a confusion and misunderstand- and the tasks of the moment have led
e
They had little support from Jewry at ceed in influencing American Jewry in ing of our true purposes, because th some to make statements, which, mis-
large, little hope of success, and even some measure to understand its para. over-emphasis upon Hebrew as a sec- interpreted and torn from their con-
ular tongue implied to them the set- text, have given watchful enemies an
little encouragement. More often they mount duty toward Palestine.
Deeply appreciating as I do what ting up of a petty nationality bereft opportunity to twist them into carica-
struggled against ridicule and cyni-
cism, but their patience and persist- has already been done in Palestine, of our great spiritual history. Unity tures of our aim. Absorbed with the
ence hate begun to he rewarded. what its responsibilities are, and what in our ranks will be promoted if we problems of the moment, the problems
Sandy wastes have been turned into the responsibility of world Jewry is view the Hebrew language as the of ways and means,—may be that our
gardens and rocky hills into fruitful towards the work of rebuilding., I may means to our great end, the rebirth leaders have failed to lay sufficient
orchards. They have, moreover, the allow myself—indeed I feel it to be my of the Jewish People and its cultural stress upon the ultimate purposes of
•
our movement. "Wise men, be care-
spiritual satisfaction of loyalty to duty as a love of my people—to point and spiritual ideals.
out that Zion has also its responsibili•
Likewise, the political aspect of ful in your utterances!" Leaders and
their ideal.
ty
to
the
rest
of
the
world
Jewry,
and
Zionism
must
be
clearly
understood
to
scholars must be careful to express
The rew spirit of the work and ac-
compli:hment I have seen also pene- to tell you in a few words what I be- be secondary, a means to attain the themselves accurately in order to con-
trating into the quiet recesses of Che- lieve that responsibility is. Great sac- spiritual goal of our movement. Who, vey the knowing in our hearts and
der and Yeshivah, and the passive rifices have been made and are still in our history, has understood better purity of our purpose; we must make
Idealism of study and prayer and vis- being made by the builders of Zion the import—and of the political ele- clear and explicit to the world that it
and we must understand clearly what ment in our life than Ilerzl, the found- is a deep spiritual aspiration which
ion of the Schechinah's return to Zion
is fawning transmuted into an active it is that makes these sacrifices signi- er of the Zionist Organization, and is at the bottom of the great effort to
ficant. We must know ourselves, we yet who has spoken more clearly with restore Zion. I know that even Sa-
force for rebuilding. The love of
must bear in mind our ultimate aspir- prophetic insight, saying that 'A re- tan's forces will refuse to understand
Zion, lorg expressed in the solent sac-
ations. We must recall what history turn to Judaism must precede the re- and we shall still have enethies, but
rifice of the student of the law, of the
teaches of our purposes, what the past turn to Zion?" We must, of course, our own conscience at least will be
Talmudist, of the Cabalist, is begin-
have political guarantees for the se- clear.
ning tv become active in the life of tells about the future.
Let us recall the first restoration; curity of life and property, for the
It is not in the spirit of, "What will
the vie Zion.
its purpose was to rebuild the spirit- freedom to settle, and for the auton- the nations say?" but in the desire of
I ho'.
b ' seen the Chaluzim also, with
ual center of Israel as a stronghold omy of cultural and spiritual life in being true to ourselves, to our own
the onion of the new heaven and the
for its religion and ideals. The most our own communities. But Jewish history, to the teachings of our proph-
new ttuth in their eyes, with the song
significant event of the restoration history and Jewish philosophy cannot ets and rabbis, and to the command-
of hop• on the new Zion on their lips.
was Ezra's re-reading of the Book
ments or our Torah that I say the
I hate seen them again working on
The re-establishment of the Torah up
But we have a duty to the
above.
the roads and in the fields, building
on a firm foundation almost 2,000
world at large, which we must not ne-
highways, clearing swamps, planting
years ago has preserved Judaism for
SAMUEL UNTEMYER
glect and naturally enough it is alto-
and harvesting, determined to connect
all ages, and
gether in harmony with the duty that
their ideal into action with love and us to this day and for
has,
furthermore,
indirectly
influ-
we have to ourselves, "To thine own
with labor.
enced, in a protuond way, the spirit-
self be true and it must follow as the
The teachers carry on their work
night the day, thou canst not then be
silently. They understand the spirit- ual outlook of the whole world.
Today in the second restoration we
false to any man." What shall we ac-
ual goal ni the rebuilding. They have
are faced with a problem similar to
complish for the world if we merely
won for the Jewish settlements the
set up in Palestine a petty nation with
no definite character of our own.
What significance will there be if we
produce a few more professors, a few
more lawyers, a few more scientists?
There are enough Jewish professional
men in the world; Many universities
in Europe and America think that
there are already too many. It is not
quantitive contribution but a qualita-
By DR. ELIAS L SOLOMON,
America.
tive one that the world expects from
President United Synagogue of
us. We were once a source of spirit-
ual teaching to the world and our con -
tributions in philosophy and religion
have always centered about the prob-
lem of conduct. May it not be hoped
that the spark of our genius is not al.
together read, that we may yet again
give new spiritual values unto the na-
tions to guide and give hope in these
troubled days of doubt and disillu-
sion?
For myself I must confess that this
has been my guiding hope for many
years and still remains the basis of
my Zionism. The Restoration of Is-
rae ! to Eretz Israel is significant to
DR. ARTHUR RUPPIN,
me only because I see in it the possi-
I Mortgage
bility of creating a force that will President of the G
Bank
of
Palestine, recognized as the
DR. JOSEPH SILVERMAN,
bring the world nearet to ideal life.
Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Emanuel, Because of my faith that "from Zion greatest authority in coonization of
New York, who declare. in a stat•- will go forth Torah and the word of Palestine, for 16 years • resident of
ment to Detroit Jews that ■ Il shades the Lord from Jerusalem" and the Palestine and in charge of coloniza•
and ad•
of religious belief and practice should world will thereby be brought nearer lion work as chief executive
ministrstor. Dr. Ruppin lays, "The
unite in the effort now under way to to the reign of justice and peace.
Karen
Hayesod
is
the
principal
Instr.'.
llehraiam and political guarantees
rebuild Palestine. Rabbi Silverman
urges all Jews to lay aide their dif- of autonomy in our Homeland are in- meet for the success of Jewish effort
of
in
Palestine.
Even
the
sum...
ference. and theories and unite on dispensable measures and they dare
•he main proposition of making Pales- not to be yielded, but if we are to be private enterprise. depends upon the
work
which
is
being
done
by
the
K.•
tine • homeland for Jews and a cen- reckoned a great people, it is because
of our spiritual and religious ideals, nn Hayesod."
ter for religion and culture.

PALESTINE TRADE
SHOWING INCREASE

GIVES $250,000 FOR KEREN HAYESOD

AMERICAN LEADER
IN KEREN HAYESOD

ASKS JEWS TO LAY
ASIDE THEORY AND
REBUILD PALESTINE

KEREN HAYESOD IS TO REALIZE
LONG CHERISHED SACRED HOPES

We are living in stirring times. The rati-
fication of the British Mandate over Pales-
tine which opens up for the Jewish people
the ancient Homeland, and affords tremen-
dous possibilities for Israel's growth, brings
nearer the realization of sacred hopes so
long cherished. This great opportunity for
rebuilding Palestine must be taken advan-
tage of by all sections of Jewry. "If I am
not for myself, who will be for me, and if
not now, when?"
No time should be lost and no sacrifice
spared to prove that we are cognizant of our
duty and opportunity and eager to acquit
ourselves worthily, as becomes a great his-
tone people like ours.

GREAT AUTHORITY'

BUDGET FOR PALESTINE WORK

FOR THE YEAR SEPTEMBER, 1922, TO SEPTEMBER, 1923

I. For Completing Colonization Program
£114,500
Started Last Year
II. Regular Budget-
£100,000
1. Agriculture
£37,000
2. Immigration
24,000
Labor
9,000
Industry
70,000
70,000
3. Education
4,000
4. Technicum
5. Medical and Sanitation
45,000
Work
1,500
6. Library
7. Agricultural Research 10,500
37,500
8. Ruttenberg Scheme
18,000
9. Administration
9,000
10. Miscellaneous Items'
365,500
III. Loans for Promotion of Building, etc . . 300,000

£780,000

DUTY OF EVERY JEW TO HELP
IN REBUILDING OF PALESTINE

By LOUIS MARSHALL

I feel it the duty of every Jews to help in
the rebuilding of Palestine in order that
those who desire to take up their home in
the ancient dwelling place of Israel may
have an opportunity to do so under the most
favorable auspices. It has afforded me
great pleasure to contribute to the Keren
Hayesod, and I wish those who are carrying
on the campaign for funds for that object
the full need of success.

A GRAVE AND HOLY MATTER

By RABBI B. L. LEVINTHAL
President Union of Orthodox Rabbis of America.

Together with the act of the nations rec-
ognizing the right of our people to the land
of our fathers, there has been laid upon us
the responsibility of rebuilding the land.
Our helpless and persecuted brethren are
looking to find a refuge in our Holy Land,
and if we do not act at the earliest oppor-
tunity, others will do so.
To enable us to act efficiently, the Keren
Hayesod has been established. Through the
Keren Hayesod the land will be recon-
structed.
Let those who have pledged and delayed
payment redeem their pledges immediately.
Let others give and give again, according to
their means and even above their means, for
the matter is grave and holy to our people.