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February 9, 1923

Shevat 23, 5683

What the Union Should Be in Position to Do.

nection. What is needed especially in our time is ` a close co-1
operation among the organizations that are doing related work.
There are certain phases of Jewish work which can best be un-
pigrsting
dertaken and which should in all logic be undertaken by a rab-
binical body such as the Central Conference of American Rab- I
Zhe
11.1ccit's
?Nan*
bis. All matters pertaining to religious education, we believe,
should primarily be under the supervision of a rabbinical rather
than a layman's association. But it goes without saying that a
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
rabbinical conference is not in position to finance great under-
takings of this sort. And therefore the Union should be main- The Ruhr invasion by the French
tained by the people on so liberal a scale that it can afford to promises to create another crisis for
Jewish people in that section. Ad-
finance those activities of the Conference and of other similar the
vices from Jewish institutions in Ber- TWO THRONES IN HEAVEN
organizations in which there exists a mutual interest. In a lin already are to the effect that chil-
By P. M. RASKIN
word, the rabbis who are specialists along certain lines should dren of Jewish laborers in the coal
it true, () tell me, mother,
be called upon to give their moral support to works which the and iron mines are in need of immed- "Is
What was I in Cheder told?
iate
help.
Leaders
in
Berlin
have
un-
Union RS the money getting agency would be ready to maintain dertaken to provide assistance for That there are two thrones in (leaven
financially.
these children, whose number is esti- One of tears and one of gold.

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tqc
Ciaren's 0.1orner

All that we have said' is in no wise or degree intended to re-
flect upon the efficiency of the Union or any of its officers. Con-
sidering the means at its disposal, the Union has done notable
work. But the time has come when the Jews of America must
so finance the organization that it shall not be hampered at
every step and when every worthy cause bearing upon the well
being of Jews and Judaism may turn to the Union and the or-
ganizations with whom it co-operates for help without being
met with the excuse, all too legitimate now, that funds to carry
on great enterprises are lacking.
On eeffect of the great meeting at New York should be to
awaken the Jews of this country to a sense of their responsibil-
ity to the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, to the
Hebrew Union College, to the Central Conference of American
Rabbis, and to those other organizations that are consecrated
to the perpetuation of our beloved faith and of spreading its
influence to an ever growing circle of men and women within
and without the circle of our religious household.

mated to reach tens of thousands. The
panic-stricken condition of the Jews
in that district is intensified by the
announcement that Adolph !littler,
leader of the Bavarian Fascisti Or-
ganization, reviewed 200,000 Fascisti
armed to resist the French occupa-
tion. This announcement has caused
grave anxiety in Jewish circles and
anti-Semitic attacks are feared as a
result.

Spread of Fascism.

The anti-Jewish and anti-Republi-
can tendencies of the Fascisti in Ger-
many caused misgivings in govern-
mental circles, justifying the fears en-
tertained by the Jewish population.
Particular fear is expressed over the
fact that armed hands are forming
along the lines of }littler's forces in
Bavaria. Collisions between these
forces and government authorities, as
well as the tracing of these activities
to the influence of Bavarian chauvin-
ists and anti-Semites has made the
situation acutely serious in the face
of the impending struggle between
France and Germany. To the Jews
the situation is all the more threaten-
ing because we know from experience
that in the event of a national crisis
the organization of armed forces is
accompanied by outbreaks and excess-
es against the Jewish populations,
particularly when the army is form-
ed by reactionary elements.

That the throne of gold by Gentiles
Was presented for God's use,
And the throne of tears—unused yet—
Was the humble gift of Jews.
But one day when great Jehovah,
Will ascend our throne with might
All our tears will turn to diamonds
And will shed a wondrous light.
Then Messiah lung expected
Will forsake the gate of Rome,
And wilt lead the exiled people,
Back to their ancestral home,
But alas our throne is faulty,
For it lacks a single screw
Dearest mother, what a pity!
Is it, prithee, really true?"
"True my child" the mother answered,
"What you were in Cheder told:
But that screw, it must be darling,
Not of tears and not of gold.
Nay it must he forged of courae:
In a brave true Jewish heart;
But alas thy child we cannot
Find a place that work to start.
Thus our throne remains unfinished,
And throughuout the endless years,
We are vainly weeping, weeping,
Merely adding useless tears."
For a while the boy stood musing,
Murmuring softly: "Is it true?"
Then exclaimed with childish fervor,
"Mother, I shall forge the screw."

Nit.!

Dovid's locksmith shop, will I,

so. "Here comes a Jew,"
• •
one day as he came out of I. .isor•
"let's pull his whiskers!" TI •
huge joke, and they darted .•
But in Russia Reb Sholom
had
fared on coa rse black bread .s. good
cow's milk and on summer
he
had slept under the stars
, uten
and taken long breaths of y
vet
air. The work in his shop I.. kept
his muscles firm, and when , ;se ,
dashed at hint they felt a M., , Lean
fist. Reb Sholom Dovid • no
fighter. II is was a defensive -.! dcgy,
He stood and waited for a 1, at-
tack. But the young bullies f th e
neighborhood picked them,' c- up
and slunk away. The next do:. when
Reb Sholom Dovid passed On c, they
touched their caps and said, "Good
morning, Mr. Cohen!" It is hest to
he friends with a man who hat a fist
like that!
When any one dies HIM Ag the
orthodox Jews in his city, Reb
Sholom Dovid is always s s rat for
Ile leaves his workbench arsi goes,
no matter what the time or wt.s.iv the
place. I!? arranges the sall.l e fa-
neral—orthofMx Jewish funei ale must
alway: be simple—and he go, with
the [until ,' to the burial ground—the
"house tit life," as the Jews chit it
Does he do all this for money?
Heaven forbid! This is a mitzvah, •
service rendered to a brother in need.
But woe unto the man of evil-doing,
should Reb Sholom Dovid hoar of
his deeds! Quietly at first, and with
all the gentleness of a loving father,
he will admonish him; but should
he persist in his mistaken ways, then
Reb Sholom Dovid will denounce his
Sin with all the passion and fury of
the prophets of old.
To the widow and the fatherless
Reb Sholom Dovid is like a spring
of living water in a desert land.
When one of these is in necil, Reb
Sholom Dovid will go with another
man of the Shul and they will col-
lect alms. No one will know to whom
the money goes; no one will ask, and
so the needy will not be shamed be-
fore the people.
Now you know why Reb Sholom
Dovid's voice is clear and mellow
and why he chants the Hebrew pray-
ers with a wistful and sweet sim-
plicity. And now you know why the
women weep and rock their grief to
sleep, and why the men ask hint most
often to read before the ark.

It requires a week or two to put a great meeting such as
that of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations which
took place at New York in its proper perspective. When one
stands too near to the event, he is likely to be overwhelmed by
mere considerations of magnitude and size and to gain impres-
sions that are the results of mob psychology. Certainly it is no
small thing that in a materialistic age thousands, of people
The Grant Case.
should ptrt aside their personal affairs and journey from every
part of the country to a common gathering place to consider
Clarity of thought is no less an essential in the man of power
than is freedom of thought. Those who have read the details
purely religious problems.
of the Percy Stickney Grant case cannot fail to be impressed
It is fair to say that in all our history there has never been with the fact that while Grant is a courageous man and one
Reb Sholom Dovid
seen another gathering of our people even remotely comparable whose soul rebels against the fetters with which an outworn
to this. Despite the Yiddish press which has been bitter in its theology would bind it, he does not seem to be altogether clear
By LEAH RACHEL YOFFIE.
(In the Survey.)
denunciation of the meeting and even despite the one rabbi in in his thinking in regard to the polity of the communion whose
After a hard day's work in his
the metropolis who had the bad taste to decry the meeting and representative he is.
Danger of Fascism.
shop
Reb
Sholom
Dovid always goes
The danger of Fascism to the Jews
its achievements on the Sunday morning following the close of
is not merely a fear, but is already to the synagogue to read a page
the convention, the Golden Jubilee meeting of the Union of Am-
All lovers of freedom will sympathize with Mr. Grant in his expressing
from
the
Talmud.
Every
evening just
itself in demonstrations 'I
u-icon Hebrew Congregations will go down in history as an attitude toward miracles. All men who believe that the the- that may result in massacres and pa, before sunset the older men of the
Shul
come
together
around
epoch making gathering and one the results of which will be ology of Orthodox Christianity is outworn so far as present day groms on the Jews of Germany, simi- table in the dim outer room the of long
the
felt not only among the Jews of New York City but as well spiritual needs are concerned, will be glad that a man of the lar to those that have taken place in synagogue and study the Talmud,
Poland and the Ukraine. Jews out-
throughout the Jewry of this entire country.
type of Grant has arisen to proclaim publicly what thousands side
Germany are already asked to first one of them taking the lead in
before him have felt but which few within the church have had intervene in an effort to avert a po- interpretation, then another. They
The fact that the religious note was strongly and clearly
grom wave and liberal German news- chant the old Hebrew words, and
struck at every stage of the proceedings, and equally by lay- the ability or the courage to express in words.
papers predict a general uprising en- then sing-song the explanation of
text in a regular rhythm, tradi-
men and rabbis, is in itself indicative of an awakening to the
But those who think clearly upon this subject will be unan- gineered by the National Socialists, the
tional and quaint. Sometimes a ques-
truth sometimes forgotten that the essential distinction of the imous, we believe, in the belief that now that Mr. Grant has led by Adolph }littler. These reports tion
is asked and the group becomes
bespeak the tragedy of the Jewish peo-
Jew is a religious distinction and none other; and that insofar come to the conviction which he so forcefully expresses, it is ple everywhere, and particularly the electrified. The droning chant is for-
as he proves faithless to his faith, does the Jew fail in his world time for him to step out of the pulpit of the Episcopalian Church German Jew. We shout our patriot- gotten; there is quick, hot discussion
for a while. Then in a few minutes
mission. In its emphasis upon this central truth, the New York to whose doctrines he can no longer give assent, and to preach ism from the house-tops, and are al- the
regular droning exegesis begins
ways more loyal to the lands of our
meeting has sounded the keynote of our situation.
forth the word that is in him either from the pulpit of some birth
again.
or adoption than the natives
more liberal denomination or from some public platform where themselves, Yet, in every instance, Suddenly all becomes quiet, for it is
A Tale of Rabbi Meir.
But the Union must not rest content in merely awakening
A charming story of Rabbi Meir,
Jew is the scope-goat. The Ger- time for evening prayer. One of the
the Jews of this country to the fact that we represent a religious his doctrines will not be entirely inconsistent.
I the
m an Jew's tragedy is a particularly men is chosen to chant the service, the greatest disciple of R. Akiha,
community. It must be in position to make our religious mis-
No man, we believe, has a right to preach from the pulpit heartbreaking one, because he has standing before the altar wrapped shows the limits to which the true
in a praying shawl—the tallith. Very servant of the Lord will go in Order
sion somewhat effective. It must become the instrumentality of a church whose doctrines are subversive of the basic dogmas been a leader in German art, science, often
Reb Sholom Dovid is the can- to preserve peace. R. Meir used to
literature, as well as in affairs of the
in co-operation with other organizations like the Central Con- of that church. So long as one wears the garb of a preacher, government;
the German Jew has tor. His voice is clear and mellow, hold his lectures until late in the even-
ference of American Rabbis, the Jewish Chautauqua Society, he•must himself believe in the things which the church that has been the greatest exponent of German and he sings the ancient Hebrew ing. A certain woman, who soul
the Jewish Publication Society, and other organizations of sim- ordained him as preacher holds as sacred. We do not maintain kultur. Yet his reward is no differ- prayers with a wistful simplicity. thirsted for knowledge of the law of
is nothing affected about him, God, used to attend his lessons. One
ilar purport to carry the message of Judaism to Jews and to that a minister who has once accepted the creed of a given ent from that meted out the Jew of There
Poland and the Ukraine. Per- nothing of the pompous preacher, for evening she returned home from the
Christians. It dare not rest content until it shall have the means denomination may not outgrow that creed. But once he does Russia,
in
the
orthodox Jewish synagogue school later than usual and f o und
haps our people will begin to learn the
and the equipment at its disposal to translate into fulfillment, so, he must have the courage el/en at the cost of tremendous lesson of emancipation, and will rath- there are no ministers or preachers her husband there before her, en-
and
very
seldom is there a rabbi for raged because she was not yet at
many of the fine ideas and ideals which now perforce are but sacrifice, to step down and out of the pulpit of that church and er strive for self-emancipation..
each congregation. Sometimes one home and the evening meal had not
in the stage of theory.
find a place where his preachment will be in accord with the
rabbi will serve many congregations, been prepared. He WAS a boor, alto-
An Outrageous Lie.
Burton J. Ilendrick's concluding ar- for a rabbi is a teacher and a judge— gether without appreciation of the
Of course that this may be the case, the Union must have at doctrines of the denomination which he chooses to represent.
on The Jews in while any layman may read the serv- Torah, and thought only of his ap-
its command infinitely greater financial resources than at the
As already stated, Mr. Grant has no doubt done a notable ticle of his in series
the February issue of ice before the altar of the High petites and pleasures. When he heard
present it has. The tentative plan of re-financing the Union un- service to the cause of liberal religion in proclaiming publicly America,"
that she had remained away so long
the World's Work, is the most out- God
der which the monies for its support shall be guaranteed by what many less courageous than he, have been thinking for rageous and lying ever published in a When Reb Sholom Dovid chants just to listen to It. Meir's lecture his
evening prayers, the few women rage hecame extreme and hl• hove
the constituent congregations may or may not work out suc- many years. But his service would be multiplied many fold magazine of standing in this country. the
It exceeds the limit of decency and who sit in a secluded corner of the her from the house, vowing that he
cessfully. In any event, the Jews of this country must be alive if his courage would grow great enough to bid him leave the right
even to a far greater extent than synagogue weep and sway from side would never re-admit her until she
to the fact that the cause of religion and of religious education pulpit of a church which he has definitely outgrown and pro- did Henry
Ford's Dearborn Indepen- to side, as if rocking their grief to had first spat in the face of her re-
should come to them with no less insistent and imperative an claim himself as being what he is—a Unitarian in thought and dent. The very title of the article, sleep before the all loving Mercy vered teacher. In sorrow and shame
"The 'Menace' of the Polish Jew" sug- What is it in Reb Sholom Dovid's the woman left the house. Alnwst un-
appeal than does the cause of philanthropy. The Hebrew belief.
gests an attempt at vicious propagan- voice that makes the women weep and consciously her feet carried her back
Union College which despite all its critics and detractors has
da against a part of our people which makes the men ask him most often to the school whence she had departed
done more than all our other Jewish institutions in this country
so joyously a short time before. Slowly
is oppressed and persecuted to an ex- to read before the ark?
You cannot answer this question and sadly she entered the mini where
combined for the salvation of Judaism in America, must be sup-
tent of being forced to look for other
"Jews and Christians."
countries to adopt as their homelands. unless you know Reh Sholom David. the great teacher still sat with a few
ported on a generous scale from this time on. And since the
The dastardly lie that the World's He is Amos thundering retribution of his chosen disciples. Now the
funds at the disposal of the College come by way of the Union,
Under the above title, The World Tomorrow—a magazine Work writer hurls against the Polish before the luxury-loving Court; he prophet Elijah had appeared to R.
Hosea pleading with wayward Is- Meir and had revealed to hint how the
the Union must win the unstinted support of all the people.
published by the Fellowship Press of New York—contains in Jew reflects not against the latter is
alone, but against the entire people. rael to return to the loved one. He cruel husband had treated his wife.
Yet the College though it represents the most important its January issue a series of eight highly illuminating articles Hendrick says of the Jew in Poland is Gideon smiting the Midianites; he When R. Meir saw the woman he
offspring of the Union, is by no means the single institution that on the general subject of anti-Semitism. The theme is handled that "he treats his womankind in a is David singing sweet songs before gan to blink his eyes and to rub them
as if they troubled him. Then he called
demands adequate support. The Department of Synagog and from various angles and by men of such eminence as Felix way that suggests his Asiatic origin," Saul.
Last week Reb Sholom Dovid saw out "Does not someone here know a
quotes what he announces to be
School Extension of the Union has attempted many forms of Adler, Frank Boas, Samuel McCord Crothers, William P. Ladd, and
Isaac
Levin
coming
down
the
street
remedy for sore eyes?" In those days
the "prayer of thanksgiving with
useful activity in the past years. Some are inclined to believe Henry Hurwitz, and others of equal standing in the scholarly which he begins his day" as being: and Reb Sholom crossed to the other it Was a common belief that if certain
side,
so
that
Isaac
should
not
see
persons would spit upon sore eyes
that it has' undertaken too much work for the means at its com- world. The mere mention of these names indicates from what "Thank God I am not a dog, a woman
Isaac owes him money. The they would he healed. Therefor , R.
mand and that as a result, its work though covering a large widely different standpoints the subject under discussion is or a Christian." Nothing more mali- him.
Talmud
tells
us
that
we
must
never
Meir called nut what he did. At first
indecent and untruthful was
field has been deplorably thinned in spots. To mention only a viewed. We may not agree with every word that is set down cious,
ever written of the Jew. There isn't embarrass our fellow beings or cause there was no response. But when he
few cases that may ilustrate our point: the effort to carry the by the participants in this symposium though we may say in a a member of our race anywhere on them shame. And would it not cause had called again the woman can, for-
message of Judaism to the scattered rural communities and to general way that seldom have we read a series of articles deal- earth who ever recited this prayer, Isaac shame to see Reh Sholom ward, trembling and abashed and said
Dovid when Isaac's wife was sick at "Master, I can heal thine eyes." "Do
organize religious schools in places where the Jewish commun- ing with the subject of religious differences and the prejudices and there isn't a single historical fact home
and he could not pay the money so," said R. Meir. With that she spat
to back the supposition that it ever
ity is limited, cannot be too highly commended. But we insist that spring therefrom, in which there is throughout a finer spirit existed.
he
owed?
in his eyes and immediately he soused
There isn't a single refer-
that such efforts are bound to be of comparatively little avail of fairness and a truer attempt to deal objectively with a dif- ence in the Jewish prayer book, which But there are times when Reb to blink. He looked at her fur is ino-
unless they are constantly followed up by personal visits on the ficult subject than is shown in the series of articles referred to is used by the Polish Jew as well as Sholom Dovid does not hesitate to tnhwennt hnefilstalliyd, a,,nado hbotimneevoalne,nitlt.,,u and
the American or Lithuanian or the cause embarrassment or discomfort
part of rabbis and teachers. However satisfactory printed re-
It would be impossible in a brief notice such as this even to Russian, or any other, to Christians, The gang of idlers who loaf in the husband that thou has spat in the
ports of work undertaken along these lines may appear, the sketch in outline the points made by the various writers but we and
the prayer referring to women, alley which borders on Reb Sholom face of Rabbi Meir."
truth is that sporadic efforts by the sending of an occasional welcome the opportunity afforded us by this column to call at- which every observant Jew recites
"Blessed art Thou, 0
lecturer to a country community are in the end ineffective.
tention to a series of articles that are fairly unusual and of such mornings,
Lord our God, who hest not made
This fact finds an even more ready application when it is merit as to warrant their careful reading by all who are inter- me a woman," is merely recited as
applied to the situation of Jewish students in our universities ested in establishing a better relationship between Jews and an expression of resignation on the
part of the Jewish males to the
in regard to whom the Union has made a commendable effort Christians.
greater duties imposed upon them
in these last years. The importance of bringing to the young
that are not omposed upon the wom_
en. The author of this vicious ar-
Jew in our colleges and universities the message of Judaism
ticle slandering the Jewish people
cannot be overestimated. The university of today is the re-
has written himself down as a
cruiting ground for the leaders of tomorrow. Therefore, the
is
perjurer who has added insult to the
For 1923
Jewish Student Congregation movement should be supported
injury caused by Henry Ford in the
anti-Jewish crusade. It is unfortu-
with generosity, even with magnanimity, and not in the nig-
nate
that
in
liberal
America
writers
gardly fashion that now if necessity it is. Tracts which are
should permit themselves the malici-
published under the joint auspices of the Conference and the
ousness of inventing lies against an
Union should be so financed as not merely to make possible
entire people that has already suffer-
more frequent publication than at present, but so as to insure
ed centuries of martyrdom in the
course of wanderings among the na-
their dissemination into every home and every library where
tions of the world.
a knowledge of the Jewand Judaism would serve through the
The Jewish Home.
From the
dissipation of prevailing ignorance to set the Jew and his faith
What is particularly unfortunate
Very Best
right in the eyes of men. An aggressive organ of liberal Ju-
in the modern anti-Semitic movement
is that anti-Semites first hide under
daism should be published as the organ of the Union—a publi-
Makers
the cloak of friendship for us and then
In the dark depths of those great soulful eyes,
cation however, which should be not merely an official bulletin
proceed to attack what has been the
My
little
Hebrew
lad,
I
fain
would
read
of the activities of one organization, but one which should con-
holiest Jewish institution—the Home.
The marvelous history of thy marvelous race;
tain an account of all things pertaining to Jews and Judaism
No matter what agonies the Jew was
—Many Prices
forced to endure, or what sufferings
The patience, silent suffering, cruel wrongs,
from the pens of those who may write with authority.
he has been subjected to, no matter
The courage shrinking not from tortuous death;
how changed became the fortunes of
These are but a few of the things which the Union should
Exclusive designs in
The constancy that wavers not or turns,
the Jew with the advent of the Golus
be in a position to do in a cursory fashion, not even in a manner
The faith and trust of deep devotion born
and the dispersion from the Home-
Floor Lamp s, Junior
which will give material for statistical reports, but in an inten-
land, family obligations maintained
The hope that triumphs over every woe,
Lamps,
Bridge Lamps
sive, even an aggressive fashion and after such manner as shall
their
unbroken
continuity
and
were
The love of kindred, reverence for age,
guarded as the holiest duties of the
directly affect the living and the thinking of Jews and non-
The virtues manifold that make thy race
and
Table
Lamps for
Jew.
No
matter
how
fierce
the
per-
Jews alike. The thought may perhaps be justified that with the
secutions, the purity of home life
your inspection.
comparatively limited means at its disposal, the Union has at-
was always the pride of the Jew and
Truly, God's chosen people these must be,
tempted to cover too wide a field of activity. By this, we do
called for praise from the non-Jew.
Else long since had they perished from the earth.
Respect for women was a natural by-
not imply that the organization has undertaken to do any work
When blushing I recall the insults foul
product of this home life. "I call
the doing of which is superfluous. Quite the reverse. There is
That we have heaped on them in Christ's dear name
my wife 'Home,' " said one of the
more than one phase of Jewish effort needing to be fostered
Ilebrew sages, and another said:
And think how meekly they that own not Christ
that has yet scarcely been touched. But we are impressed with
"Blessing in the household comes
Have suffered all and struggles bravely on,
through the wife." Sentiment in
the thoughts that it would be better for the Union to confine
Through sorrow, persecution, torture, death-
this direction has not changed, and
itself to a few specific activities until such time as the Jews of
! can conceive, my little Hebrew lad,
to charge the Jew with disrespect for
this country shall have awakened to the obligations which they
What pride a Jew must feel to be a Jew!
women is a grave injustice. •
3143 Woodward • Watson
owe to an organization created to initiate and supervise the
New Year For Trees.
great religious and educational works for which the Union holds
C. D.
Although Chamisho Osor B'Shvat
itself responsible.
is over, the following abstract from
And ther is one other thing that should be said in this con.
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