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TilEDLTR1 VE111S110RON

PAGE TWO

I

K. K. K. DENOUNCED
BY U. A. H. C.; WINE
ABUSES CONDEMNED

(Continued from page 1.)
olution, were induced to give him a
lesson in the true principles of Ameri-
can religious liberty, which he was
constrained to follow thereafter.

Religious Status of Colleges.

existence in order to make it possible."
Henry Morgenthau introduced as a
substitute a resolution which said
briefly that the convention favored
the physical reconstruction of Pales-
tine, but opposed all forms of Zion-
ism. This was opposed on the ground
that it would needlessly antagonize
Zionists. Dr. Silverman and others
made a hard fight to save the resolu-
tion, denying that any endorsement
of Zionism could fairly be read into
it, but the resolution was tabled.

thoroughly threshed out before house
and senate committees at Washing-
ton before the Volstead act was passed
and that both committees were con-
vinced that it should be exempted.
Putting aside the question of neces-
sity Dr. Samuel Buehler said that the
use of the wine, as an ancient re-
ligious custom, should be exempt from
attack.
"Grape juice, according to Jewish
law, is not wine, and hence cannot
replace wine in the ritual," declared
Dr. Philip Klein, Rabbi, First Hun-
garian Congregation of Ohov Zedek.
Dr. Jacobs, Rabbi of Montefiore
Congregation and Chaplain of Sing
Sing, suggested that instead of re-
voking the laws completely there
should be "stricter regulation and
prosecution of wrong-doing in-
dividually."

DE YOUNG RETIRES
FROM ACTIVE WORK
FOR PHILOMATHIC

atia—oas;- of it. able
members. At this affair, Mr. st
Young will enter the ranks of the
alumni of the club.
From his entrance in Pilo, N,
Young has been prominent is the af.
fairs of the Philomathic. Ile h as
occupied the three highest A ss,
served on the board of directors an4
acted as chairman of all important
committees. Ile spoke at tb.- eighth
annual oratorical contest and at the
nineteenth and twentieth memorial
meetings, winning the Bross silver
medal at the last contest. work
won him a place on last yeas', phi'.
omatic debating team.
In school life, DeYoung achieved
high honors. Ile is a member ,d the
January, 1922, class of Centrs1 Hi gh
School and a student at the Detroit
College of Law, where he W1171 honors
in the freshman oratorical ,,,ntest.
His latest honor was to to :elected
to represent his college on ths varsity
debating team.

"The subject of Jewish attendance
Against Registration of Aliens.
at higher institutions of learning in
The resolution opposing the enact-
America is so important and is at-
tracting so much attention today that ment of a bill requiring the registra-
it will be well to supplement the tion of aliens in this country was
article in the appendix somewhat. It adopted as follows:
"Whereas, there are pending before
is true that, in their origin, nearly all
our American colleges in pre-Revolu- the Congress of the United States bills
tionary days were sectarian institu- requiring the anual registration of all
tions, but the American spirit changed aliens in this country, with deporta-
their status in this respect, almost tion as the penalty for non-compli-
from the adoption of our Federal Con- ance, even in case of pure oversight,
stitution on, and the grant of exemp- and with the probable result that
tion from taxation, bestowal of large compliance will lead to an enormous
public subsidies and authorization to number of deportations to foreign
17,000 JEWS IN MOSUL
confer degrees and the like they have land , on purely technical grounds,
IS BRITISH ESTIMATE
C7 B. ):=Cor-
enjoyed, all recognize that they bear without time limit, of persons having
at least a quasi-governmental char-j their family ties and all their inter- poral Louis Abend of 2619 Pitkin ave-
LAUSANNE—(J. T. A. , -
aster, which makes them subject to eats here, and
nue, Brooklyn, has been awarded the
"Whereas, these bills are frankly Distinguished Service Cross for gal-
ing to a question by Imo Pasha,
legislative regulation with respect to
patterned on the unpopular Alien and lantry under fire. The official war
head of the Turkish delegation, Lord
racial and relgiious tests.
"In New York State the Legislature Sedition acts of 1798, and the harsh department announcement is as fol-
Curzon, the British Form, : Secre-
tary, declared the "actual pssulation"
was so impressed with the importance and oppressive Chinese Exclusion law I lows:
machinery
in
force,
and
would
give
of the Mosul district to la 7s6,000,
WILBUR DE YOUNG
"Corporal Abend, attached to Com-
of making colleges absolutely unde-
Among these he said, there ❑s e 186,
nominational that in organizing Co- unlimited opportunities throughout any M of the 28th Infanrty, First
The ninth annual oratorical contest 000 Arabs, 459,000 Kurd.. 116000
extraordinary
lumbia College right after the Revolu- the country for blackmail, extortion,
'vision, displayed
tion it even made the Rev. Gersham and oppression and are apt to cause heroism in action by assuming com- of the Philomathic Debating Club at Turks, 62,000 Christians and 17,ocoo
Mendes Seises, rabbi of the only Jew- injuries to the 7,000,000 aliens in this mand of his platoon after all officers the Shaarey Zedek on Feb. 6, will Jews. The Mosul oil 'list's, , is now
ish congregation of the state in that country, scarcely paralleled in our had been killed and later repulsing mark the retirement from active eery- held by the British and tissue] by
ice of Wilbur DeYoung, speaker of the Turks.
day, one of its trustees. Jefferson's day, despite the desire of some of two counter attacks by the enemy."
attitude with respect to the Univer- their framers that a part use of such
Buyers at the Detroit Furniture Shops continu-
sity of Virginia is outlined in his registration be to out (though inef-
ally express surprise that furniture of such unusual
own letter to Isaac liarby, reprinted fectively) in educating the immi-
in Mr. Kohler's article. Even though grants in civics, through the depart-
design, character and workmanship can be priced
it be conceded that admission to col- ment also having charge of deporta-
so low,
leges may properly be limited by a tion; be it
1
I I
"Resolved, That the Union of Amer-
test of mental ability and the like—
The explanation is simple.
unlike elementary school instruction, ican Hebrew' Congregations, in council
which should be open to all—and that assembled, while recognizing that this
Furniture manufactured and sold through the
courses in many of these institutions I is a matter concerning immigrants of
Shop rt'Orrynal" (odes
devious sales channels must bear a high percentage
must continue to be remunerated for all faiths, expresses its unqualified
of cost to pay for things useless as far as the buyer
while others, established by the state and emphatic disapproval of such
measures,
and
of
all
invidious
dis-
itself, must, under public law, be
is concerned—high shipping cost, high rents, and
gratuitously and universally rendered criminations against, and segregation
high selling cost.
—such civil rights acts as have been of aliens; and be it further
"Resolved, That copies of this reso-
referred to and the American prin-
But by the unique method of marketing em-
ciples under lying them cannot prop- lution be forwarded to the Board of
ployed at the Detroit Furniture Shops, buyers
erly justify curtailment, avowed or Delegates on Civil Rights to the Presi-
money pays only for good materials, honest, sin-
devious, on the lines of race or re- dent of the United States, to the Sec-
ligion. Supposed personal advantages retary of Labor and the Chairman
cere workmanship, a trifling expense for our sales-
to the institution of learning itself, of the Committee on Immigration and
rooms located at the factory, and a moderate profit.
and desire to cater to the snobbish Naturalization of the United States
'loyalists' of students, prospective stu- Senate and House of Representa-
Is it any wonder, then, that we can produce fur-
dents or alumni can no more justify tives."
niture of the finest made anywhere in the world,
The following resolution of congrat-
such discrimination and tests as to
and yet sell it at prices no higher than you are
American colleges and universities ulation to Nathan Straus on his sev-
enty-fifth
birthday was adopted:
asked to pay for the ordinary, carelessly made kind?
than in the case of public theaters and
"Whereas, the seventy-fifth birth-
the like, whose claims to manage their
day
of
Nathan
Straus, whose noble
own affairs as they like, regardless of
such principles have been regularly philanthropies for the benefit of Jew
and
non-Jew
alike
for decades past
overruled by our courts for decades.."
have made him beloved by Christian
Resolution on Sacramental Win..
and
Jew
alike
the
world
over, will be
The resolution against sacramental
cgiam. aaopelle
wine did not definitely ask Congress celebrated next week, and
"Whereas,
Nathan
Straus'
eminent
to amend the Volstead act so as to
DETROIT MICHIGAN
abolish this use of wine, but asked services in saving the lives of thou-
sands
annually
through
his
self-sac-
the Executive Board of the Union to
take proper action. The resolution rificing campaign for pure milk have
reflected great credit on the Jewish
read:
"Whereas, The Central Conference name everywhere, and
"Whereas, Nathan Straus, was a
of American Rabbis, the largest
rabbinical organization of liberal leader both in the cause of securing
equal
rights for the persecuted Jews
your assurance of
Judaism, has gone on record to the
This plate is our signature and
effect that fermented wines or spirit- of Eastern Europe and Asia and for
remain
honesty and sincerity in furntturs building.
uous liquors are not necessary for other minorities through the Peace
Conference, as also in ameliorating
186
HIGH-TYPE
COATS,
WRAPS
Jewish religious observance; and
"Whereas, Scandals are often aris- their condition abroad and aiding in
CHOICEST FURS, OF LAST
ing because dishonest persons in re- an eminent degree in clolecting funds
ligious guise have by willful misrep- in the United States for Jewish re-
MINUTE
STYLING
AND SUPERIOR WORK-
construction
abroad.
resentation obtained from the Gov-
"Resolved, that the Union of Amer-
ernment permits to secure so-called
drastically lowered
MANSHIP
ican
Hebrew
Congregations
in
council
'sacramental wines' for pretended re-
assembled extends to Nathan Straus
in
price
ligious
ceremonials,
when
such
per-
By REBECCA RUBIN
mits were obtained frequently to se- its hearty congratultions on his sev-
cure wines for commercial purposes. enty-fifth birthday, and hope that he
will be spared for many more years
Israel, my people,
Be it therefore
limited
value
The triumphant blasts are blowing!
"Resolved, That this Union f Amer- for the benefit of our country, our
remarkable,
ican Hebrew Congregations, in faith and all humanity."
we
Ended are thy days of exile.
Shohl Re-elected President.
council assembled, protests strongly
There stands a house with portals open wide
Marcus Rauh of Pittsburgh in his
against such abuses, and that the Ex-
Toward which the weary wanderer wends his feet,
ecutive Board be instructed to carry report on Hebrew Union College
out the spirit of this resolution by urged the establishment of the endow-
'Tis Palestine, thy time-forsaken home,
such action as it may deem necessary. ment fund for a professorial chair
The home that hope sustained through endless years.
at Hebrew Union College, costing
Be it further
"Resolved, That copies of this reso- from $100,000 to $150,000. Dr. Julius
(40 inch) $145
Israel, thy dreamings--
lution be sent to the United Syna- Morgenstern, president of Hebrew
gogue of America and the Union of Union College, announced that Mrs.
Wrought at last into the real,
Orthodox Congregations for their in- Henry Morgenthau donated $15,000 to
Are they to fulfill the vision
the college, the interest of which is
fromation. And be it also
traveling scholarship
Nurtured amidst torture and suffering?
"Resolved, That copies of this reso- to be used as a
What hopes and dreams are reared in vagrancy,
lution be sent to each constituent con- for one student of Hebrew Union
College
to
enable
him to study abroad,
Have years of suffering thee nothing taught,
gregation of the Union, with the re-
quest that they take action in sym- either for an ultimate professorship
Art thou a Ghetto of Ghettoes to bulid?
the
college
or
to tour the country
pathy with this resolution and send at
the same to the Executive Board in the interests of Judaism.
At
a
special
session
of the Execu-
Israel, thou'rt wiser,
for transmission to the proper Gov-
five Committee the following officers
Thou whose learning the world over •
ernmental authorities.
were elected:
Table Palestine Resolution.
'Een in the land of oppression
Union of American Hebrew Congre-
The resolution on Palestine, which
gations: Charles Shohl, Cincinnati,
The progress of civilization sped ;
was tabled, was as follows:
president;
Julius Rosenwald, Chicago,
Thou who hast witnessed nations rise and fall
"This convention of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations Ludwig Vogelstein, New York, Isaac
Hast learnt the secrets of a land's success,—
W.
Bernheim,
Louisville; Marcus
notes with satisfaction the recognition
The happiness that high and low unites.
D. Rosen-
which the League of Nations by the Rauh, Pittsburgh, Maurice
berg,
Washington,
vice-presidents;
ratification of the Palestine mandate,
has accorded the project of opening Jacob W Mack Cincinnati, treasurer;
Israel, thy homeland
up Palestine for the free settlement Rabbi George Zepin, secretary, and
Worked by hands of thy redeemers
of
Jews under the mandatory of Great Rabbi Jacob Schwartz, assistant sec-
Shall o'erflow with milk and honey;
retary.
Britain.
From deserts shall wave fields of golden grain,
National Federation of Temple Sis-
This convnetion also records with
(45 inch)
terhoods:
Mrs. J. Walter Freiberg,
Thy hills with verdant vintage shall abound,
appreciation the fact that the United
States, through a resolution adopted Cincinnati, president; Mrs. Maurice
O'erladen shall thy orchards be with fruit,
Steinfeld,
St.
Louis,
first
vice-presi.
unanimously by both houses of Con-
The whole earth glad to yield to Israel.
gress and signed by the President, has dent; Mrs. Israel Cowen, Chicago, sec-
"
joined the other great governments ond vice-president; Mrs. Sallie Kubie
Israel, thy homesteads
of the world in lending its moral Glauber New York, third vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. Leon Goodman, Louisville,
support to this undertaking.
Let be built as garden cities,
') "
"Conscious of the spiritual signifi- fourth vice-president; Mrs. Ben Low-
Home and home with trees surrounded,
caner for the further development of enstein, Cincinnati, recording secre-
That little children shall in sunshine play
Judaism implied in the establishment tory, and Mrs. B. M. Englehard, of
Breathing pure air of scented shady trees;
of a vigorous Jewish community in Chicago, treasurer.
The new Executive Committee of
That Israel's sad countenance shall change
Palestne, and realizing the importance
of the migration of many Jews from the Union of American Hebrew Con-
Into rejoicing and to happiness.
.
the lands of Eastern Europe to Pal- gregations consists of the following:
estine, this convention urges upon N. Henry Beckman, Cincinnati;
Israel, thy grandsires
all Israel to participate in the laud- Adolph I. Newman, Cleveland; Edgar
$1000.
Old and weary of long wandering
able efforts now under way for the M. Cahn, New Orleans; Gustave A.
Efroymson, Indianapolis, Arno ld
reconstruction of that land."
Glad at last to seek their homestead
New Orleans; Isaac Goldberg,
Falk,
Favor Physical Aid.
Returning shall behold their land aglow
All Jews, according to the various Detroit; Daniel P. Hays, New York;
With plenty, and their children's voices ring
speakers on this resolution, favored Simeon M. Johnson, Cincinnati;
Adolph M. Johnson, Cincinnati;
dr
With laughter. Thus their hearts shall beat content,
the physical reconstruction of Pales-
Kraus, Chicago; Jacob W.
tine, but many objected to the resolu- Adolph Cincinnati;
To rest at home at last, to die in peace.
Henry L. Mayer,
tion, on the ground that the phrase- Mack, Francisco; Edwin B. Meissner,
ology of the resolution would be in- San Louis; Henry Morgenthau, New
Let be built with thought of beauty;
terpreted as an endorsement of Zion- St.
Adolph S. Ochs, New York;
ism and used for Zionistic propa- York;
Israel, thy bridges,
Herbert C. Oettinger, Cincinnati;
ganda.
Towers, roads—all that a land needs,
Henry
Oppenheimer,
Baltimore; A. C.
If we adopted this resolution," said
And great shall be thy universities,
Dr. Samuel Schulman, "we would Ratshesky, Boston; Simon W. Rosen-
dale,
Albany;
David
A. Brown, De-
Thy learning ever great shall greater be;
seem to be endorsing the nationalistic troit; Ludwig Vogelstein,
News York;
From thee a light shall glow o'er all the world,
philosophy which we have been fight-
Felix Vorenberg, Boston; Herman
ing for twenty-five years."
From every land shall Israel be blessed.
Wile,
Buffalo;
Albert
Wolf,
Philadel-
"Zionism should go out of existence
William B. Woolf, Peoria.
altogether. Those Jews in Palestine phia;
The next convention of the Union
5350
cused of not carrying out the decision will decide their own destiny, an
JABOTINSKY FIGHTS
of the last Zionist Congress to send without committing us to any phil- of American Hebrew Congregations
osophy.
Therefore,
I
more
to
amend
will
be
held
in
1925
in
St.
Louis.
delegation to Sir Herbert Samuel
• • •
LEADERS OF ZIONISM a demanding
a change in his present as follows:
"That after the convention ex- ORTHODOX DEFEND WINE
policy. Mr. Jabotinsky, it now trans-
Accuses Executives of "Injurious pires, desired to make clear to Sir presses its sympathy with practical FOR SACRAMENTAL USE
Herbert Samuel how his politics were work in Palestine we say, and we
NEW YORK.—The recommenda-
Tactics."
"damaging the collection of Zionist herewith reassert our principles as
(10 inch Models)
expressed in a number of conventions, tion of Julius Rosenwald for the
(Valu es t° $150)
funds abroad."
was op-
LONDON—(J. T. A.).—Vladimir
A resolution demanding the with- that we reject every phase of Jewish abolition of sacramental wine
nationalism;
that
we
do
not
regard
posed
by
Rabbi
G.
Wolf
Margolis,
Jabotinsky's letter of resignation drawal of the "anti-Zionist and anti- Palestine as a national home for the president of the Assembly of Hebrew
Semitic officials" from Palestine, is de-
Rabbis, who said:
made public compromises a number clared
by Mr. Jabotinsky to have been Jewish people; that we regard the Orthodox
PLAIN AND NUTRIA TRIMMED
"Mr. Rosenwald is a philanthropist,
of accusations against the Zionist ignored, as was also his resolution Jewish people a spiritual communion,
not an authority on religious
he
is
but
• leadership. Ile charges the Zionist that the Actions Committee remain a world people, whose home by right
the
Executive with having refused to con- true to Ileral's ideal and to the Basle ie in every part of the world, that matters. The reform rabbis a n the
are not authorities o
sider the urgent plea of the National
we believe America is our home; and, convention
Talmud, which they have discarded.
(36 inch Models)
(Values to
Council of Palestine Jews, condemn- program.
furthermore, we hold that it is dif-
Mr.
Jabotinsky
denounces
the
pres-
as to the obligation to
Their
opinion
ing the attitude of the Palestine Gov-
ficult for non-Zionists to help prac-
ernment toward the Jews, particularly ent tactics of the Actions Commit- tical work as long as the philosophy use sacramental wine should not have
and the "political weakness" of
great weight."
In having annulled the executive tee
the Zionist Executive whereby, he as- of nationalism is actually presented
Rabbi Solomon E. Jaffee said that
• powers of the National Council and in serts, the movement is being led to before the world by the Zionist or- the question of the religious obliga-
failing to recognize the rights of the
ganization and that we 'suggest that
downfall
and
the
Jewish
work
in
Pal-
Palestine Jews.
the Zionist organization go out of tion of the use of wine had been
The Zionist Executive is further ac- estine to bankruptcy.

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