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1,JUDAISM MENACED
' IN SOVIET RUSSIA,
REPORT DECLARES
By Chen H. Joseph.)
(Coyysoisht. 1921.
' I Ill opposed to the Blue Laws whether in Palestine or in the
states. While one can appreciate the feeling of the delegation
united
of the Jews who called on the !fish Commissioner asking for laws to
.;ie flesh of the Jewish position in other countries where we are
rial, flesh of the JeJwish position in other countries where we are
not tn
no t t
ty opposed to "blue laws" and fish of the Jewish position in
con ,i,.,. o
,t,ne. Sir Herbert Samuel did right in refusing the scum of the
p.t e
deleg•,,:in with the statement that he did not believe ins uch laws but
e good could be accomplished by moral
m suasion and good ex•
that
mor We want no "Blue Laws" whether they are for the Palestin-
ple.
am
whether
they
re
for
the
people
of
this
country.
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"But Mr. Dix was doing something quite different from
what he thought. He merely sold his business at a fair price to
those who would be most likely to continue its success—that is,
to those who had worked with him for many years. The told
part of the Dix transaction is that it has been surrounded with
emotion. An demotion has no place in industrial relations. Just
being glad does not produce goods—or wages. Ownership is
not nearly as important as management—which is the rock upon
which most emotional schemes split."
Guarantee Each Suit to Give
Entire Satisfaction
As to value! remarkable would not be strong enough—and
upon inspection mothers will agree that these are EXCEP-
TIONAL VALUES.
Included Are Suits of All Wool Blue Serge
All the materials — tweeds, serges, cassi-
meres, mixtures and cheviots are all wool, finely
woven in plain and fancy patterns.
The styles—Norfolk and Sport—are fash-
ioned along new lines that will predominate
this Spring.
Every business man in America will find something to think about
in these last few lines.
The subject of intermarriage on the East Side of New York was
discussed by • writer in the Jewish weeklies recently. Comment was
made on the surprisingly large number of such marriages that occur
each year and which are increasing in number. Of course even the
most casual observer and reader is aware that foe many years past
the Italians and the Jews are the "East Side neighbors" having sup.
planted the "Jew and the Irish" combination. This new alignment, an
to speak, is reflected according to the writer in question to the number
Jews.
of intermarriages between Italian non-Jews and the East Side
It roughly totals 100 or more each year. And it is the Jewish maiden
who weds the Italian youth—rarely does a Jewieh boy marry an Italian
girl. Intermarriages, we are told, are frequently born in non-sectarian
social centers and settlements and occur between the leachers or be•
! itism. ,,
The Jewish synagogues were often
hotbeds of agitation against Bolshe•
vism, the Soviet statement added.
"While not permitting,' said the
Soviet representative, "the utilization
of the platform of the synagogue and
the rabbinical office for the incitement
of the masses against the Soviet au-
thority, the Soviet government has at
the same time destroyed the pogrom
propaganda, which went on in the
schools and in a considerable section
of the churches and chapels."
Referring to the Soviet's prohibition
of the "cheder," or Jewish religious
school, the Soviet declared that it was
the will of the workers and the peas-
ants of Russia that the education of
the growing generation should be in
of modern science and of
pi
the srit
the odern
critical world philosophy.
m
The "cheder" is describe d by the
Soviet document as " a survival o f the
—.........,, ____
In the last issue of the Pittsburgh Jewish Criterion 1 find this an•
souncement which I submit to the consideration of the readers of this
Jewish
column without comment. It is headed "Calendar of Local
Events" and here in the list:
"February 21, Dance of Talmud Torah Congregations;
February 22, College Men's Club Formal Supper Dance; Febru-
ary 22, Y. M. II. A. of Homestead, Pa., Annual Novelty Dance;
February 28, American Ladies' Foreign Aid Society Masquerade
Dance; February 28, Young Ladies' Relief Society Annual
Winter Dance; March 6, Washington, l'a., I. 0. B. 11., 576,
Purim Ball; March 7, Sisterhood of Congregation l'oale Zedek
Dance; March 28, B'nai B'rith Annual Banquet-Dance; April
17, Jewish Children's Aid Society Dunce.
There was just one event scheduled in the list that was not • dance.
Here's a sample of what Hendrik van
Bible reading mad. easy.
Loon is doing with his up-to-date story of the Bible, soon to be pub-
fished:
ere
"And so Joseph became Potiphar's house slave, and
long he was the Captain's right hand man, kept his accounts,
' f
and was overseer of all the workmen on the estate.
tunately l'otiphar's wife admired the handsome, black-haired
boy. But Joseph, who knew that too great familiarity between
masters and servants invariably lends to trouble kept at a re-
spectful distance. This hurt the lady's vanity and scion she was
telling her husband that his new foreman was a very insolent
fellow-, and as for his honesty—well, she had her doubts, and so
Middle Ages.
on and so forth. In ancient Egypt a slave was a slave. l'oti-
phar did not bother to investigate these accusations. Ile sent
for the police and Joseph was taken to prison and locked up,
although no charges were preferred against him. But there
again his good spirits and his pleasant manner stood him in good
stead. Joseph was given the freedom of the jail so to speak
and he spent a good deal of time with his fellow sufferers."
1 urn sure that the Van Loon edition of the Bible will move far
more popular in hotels than the one that is now being distributed by
the Cideonites.
Well, there is some consolation in knowing that we Jews are not
responsible for our big noses. The Nation is beginning a series of
articles on the Jewish Question and in the first one, written by Roland
Dixon, I find this statement:
of what is miscalled
There seems little doubt that the origin
the Jewish nose is to be found among the ancient non-Semitic
of
the
Asia
Minor
plateaus.
It
was as strikingly
population
C., PS
characteristic of the Hittites of the second millenium B.
many
of
the
Semitic
and
non-Semitic
peoples
around the
it is of
margins of Anatolia today. It is characteristically absent
, among all non-Jewish Semitic folk of Arabia and Mesopotamia,
and we have good reasons to believe that previous to the Dis-
persion it was not generally characteristic of the Hebrews,
except perhaps along the northern borders of Palestine, where
inter-mixtures with Hittites and other non-Semitic peoples
coming from Anatolia had taken place."
Well, all this is comforting, isn't it?
up and tried
It s about time that the Roumanian government woke
Jews
to rut an end to the disgraceful student uprisings against the
that hare created very unfavorable comment throughout the world
•"°o• thoughtful minded persons. All the universities throughout
year
Roca aria have been closed down until the end of the scholastic
c onfiscation of
Joir• The officials have threatened penalties and
the only way
properly if the students persist in •nti.Semitism. That is pportunity
of
d eserve the o
4", stomp out these firebrands who don't
university education who are so utterly lacking in char'
•
t a rater.
hic, .th e Tr bLe pity of it is that the Jewish students, too, must suffer
d
Nothing can surprise us these days. Moses Cotsworth is annoye
p resent calend•r system and he wants thirteen months of 28
h in each year. The odd day he wants to be known as , Skip
w ith
D•1,.. which we will shut our eyes to. Everything worth while will
fall on the same day each year, even your birthday. Christmas will
every year and New Year on S•turd•y. There are
fall on • Mo n d ay
two embarrassments that will have to be ore came: one is that every
will fall on • Friday, and how can • civilization
thirteen of • month
condition which brings about
such mi ours view with equanimity ■
thirteen Fridays in • year felling on the thirteenth of the month.
And then there is going to be one Sunday falling on the eighth instead
of the seventh day. It has been suggested that there be two Sundays
•t the end of the year. This is causing serious concern to the Lord's
DAY Alliance. This thirteen month year has been backed by the
New YorkChamber of Commerce, so please do not smile too quickly.
live near a
Mothers will profit greatly by bringing their
boys here for clothes.
J. D. C. RUSHES AID TO
of Grand Rapids. The sons are Isaac
of New York, Mendel of Bay City
ISOLATED
and Morris of Detroit. She is also
survived by a large number of grand-
MOSCOW—(J, T. A.).—Despite
children and great-grandchildren. The
funeral was held Sunday afternoon the great transport difficulties caused
Mrs Hanna Levinson, 90 years old from the family residence, with Rabbi
by the narrow gauge railway being
died at the home of her daughter Kleiman officiating. Interment was
blocked by STIO•, the Joint Distribu-
Mrs. R. Hannan, 314 North Jefferson in Temple Abraham cemetery.
street, Saturday afternoon at 4:30
tion Committee is rushing relief to
after an illness of only three days
the city and district of Tchernigov.
LOUIS JAMES ROSENBERG
She was born at Libau, Letvia, in
WILL SPEAK ON "FAUST" This district is practically isolated
1833, and came to Bay City in 1893
and the situation there is more diffi-
Mrs. Levinson, who was the last of
Rus-
Louis James Rosenberg, well known cult than in other parts of Lttle
her generation, is survived by eight
owing to the slowly improving
children, five daughters and three local attorney and former United sia,
industrial
conditions.
By
all
reports,
sons. The daughters are Mrs. R. Han- States consul at Seville, Spain, will
however, children's homes are now
nan, Mrs. B. Hirschhorn of Bay City; address the Greener Winkel at 5 p. m.
amply supplied for the winter, and
Mrs. M. leisher and Mrs. Eddlestein Sunday, at the Jewish Institute. His
homeless children adequately clothed.
topic
will
be
"Goethe's
Faust."
of Mt. Clemens and Mrs. B. Minitel
temple sell El Nag (gilt; Notes
Notes
'Has Religion • Double Standard?"
Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz will dis-
cuss this important question at the
srervices next Sunday morning. Serv-
ices begin as usual at 10:45.
Purim:
Purim this year falls on Friday,
March 2. In the school of religion
the boys and girls will be entertained
in celebration of the holiday on Sun-
day morning, March 4. The members
of all the classes below the high
school are asked to be present in the
chapel at 10:15. An interesting pro
gram has been arranged for the oc-
casion.
Prof. Slonimsky Friday Evening:
On Friday evening, March 2, Prof.
Slonimsky will continue his course of
lectures. Members of the congrega-
tion are urged to take advantage of
this fine educational opportunity. The
lectures begin promptly at eight
o'clock. Prof, Sloninisky will address
the staff of the religious school at a
supper meeting the same evening.
Societ's Answer,
Men's Temple Club March 7t
Answering the charge that the
On Wednesday evening, March 7,
Soviet Government is taking away
from the Jewish population the "con- there will be a dinner meeting of the
solation and hope of their religion," ]den's Temple Club. The speaker will
the Soviet statement declares "that he Prof. Charles Zuehlin of Boston.1
very considerable sections of the Jew- His topic will be, "Is Europe Going
ish ppoulation are more and more de- or Coming?" Mr. Zueblin is the
cidedly turning away from this 'con- author of important works upon gov-
ernment and democracy. He stands
solation.'"
Thousands and tens of thousands of pre-eminent among the critics of our
men and women workers, the Soviet national life. Members of the Men's
avers—among them gray-haired men Club must reserve promptly.
and women—are voluntarily giving up
their iiabliath, taking part in anti- Remember March 20:
Members of the congregation are
icligiots manifestations and on Sat-
:114as, instead of going to the syna- urged to keep the above date in mind
for
on that evening the Men's Club
gogues, are going to the factories and
will bring Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt
wrkshops.
to
our
temple for a special concert
The • So, eit denies that there has
born :illy interference with worship in open to the members of our temple at
a
very
nominal cost. No tickets will
the synagogues, or that there is any
religious persecution in Russia. be sold outside of the congregation
until
all
those members who desire
"Those Jewish citizens, it declares,
who still adhere to their religion are to attend this concert have been taken
care
of.
A date will he set for this
not only allowed to practice it openly
without hindrance and to preach it public seat sale, but this date will be
under the protection of the Soviet fixed no that our members will have
authorities, but are freed from work first choice of the seats. Watch these
on their holy days in Soviet institu- cnIumns for further announcements.
tions and enterprises. There are no
:
religious persecutions in Soviet Rus- Dancing CI
The second term of ten dancing
sia, and any of its citizens can seek
'consolation and hope' in any religion lessons begins on Saturday, March 3. •
Lessons payable in advance $7.50. Will
he pleases."
The statement of the Soviet con- you please help us by not forgetting
cluded with an attack upon members to give your child the fee on-the first I
of the .newish Board of Deputies and day ?
Mrs. Mann has consented to make
upon the United Stales Government.
"During the war," it say's, "thou- up lessons missed through illness in
were
thrown
into
the
the
first term for those children who
people
sands of
orisons of England—arming them also are taking the second term, in order
Jewish workers--whose faith would that they may keep up with the class.
not permit then, to take part in the A signed note stating the number of
war. Even now there are in the lessons missed, is necessary,
Mrs. Mann will stage an original
prisons or all the western states thou-
sands of pepole for the one crime dancing extravaganza during the sec-
of having ideas contrary to the in- ond term, and expects excellent re-
terests of the governing classes. Yet sults from the children.
the Jewish capitalists sitting in your
committee consider this violation of MOTHERS' CLUB TO HEAR
the conscience of citizens, including
TWO IMPORTANT TALKS
those of their own faith, quite es in
the ordinary course of things. They
talks of interest will be given
Two
not
protest
against
similar
iilso do
at the meeting of the Mothers 'Club
, force used against workers (including
Jewish workers) en strike in the sr the Jewish Institute on Saturday
afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock. Miss Jes-
United States."
sie Talmadge will speak on "Arts
Use thy best vase today, for tomor- and Crafts," and bliss Ida Lippman
row it may, perchance, be broken.— will talk on the work of the women's
division of the police department.
The Talmud.
Do not
Talmud.
Every suit is tailored perfectly. They will
hold their shape. Some of the suits have one
pair knickers and one pair golf pants.
Frank & Seder—Boys Clothing Store—Sloth Floor.
Fast Day Against Soviet.
Orthodox rabbis of Eastern Europe
last summer ordained a fast day
throe I; h itit Jewry as a protest against
ht e Soviet's campaign against Jude-
ism. Following this, the Soviet gov-
ernment forwarded a statement to the
in which the
of Deputies in
Jewish
assertion was made that the Russian
religious decree had been helpful
rather than harmful to the Jews.
"While prohibiting the teaching of
the Jewish religion in the Hebrew
schools," the Russian statement re-
cently declared, "the Soviet Govern-
m•nt at the same time has put an
end to the education of millions of
children of other faiths in the spirit
!of religious intolerance and anti-Sent-
•
We examined line .after line of boys' suits in the clothing
market before we found these. So well do these suits meet with
our specifications that we can safely
Incidents Quoted.
Diu really did. Collier's continues:
Knickers are
Cut Full
and Full Lined.
These suits have the principal features—DURABILITY and
STYLE—that mothers look for in a suit for their young sons.
the in•
Res ieWitii.; such
vasioo of the synagogues by agents of
on
1
om
Kippur,
the
anti-
the Soviet
God campaign" carried on with the
alleged connivance of the government,
the committee concludes that in the
face of such occurrences, it is "im-
possible to place any credence in the
assurance of the Soviet Commissariat
ny Rus
real libert y of conscience
that a in
sia to d ."
ex ists
cites the bur-
The statement alas} cites
lesquing of the Jewish high holidays
by substituting carnivals and so-called
"scientific propagandizing." It denies
vigorously the contention of the Soviet
that the mass of Jews of Russia ap-
prove the "atheistical" policy of the
Bolsheviki, and affirms that the great
body of Russian Jews are as "averse
to their theology as they are to their
economics." "There arc some Jewish
renegades, as there are some Christian
renegades, but their number is com-
paratively small," the statement says.
The correspondence dealing with the
religious situation was carried on be-
tween Lucien Wolf, Secretary of the
Joint Foreign Committee, and the as-
sistant official agent of the Russian
Government in London.
Now comes very pertinent and significant analysis of what Mr.
'12 4
Each Suit
has two pair
Knickers.
meat continues.
"Mr. Dix came to this country some thirty years ago, started
a hole business and made it into a fair sized one. He is well
past seventy, has accumulated as much money as he and his
family want and has a philanthropic bent. Ile pays his 400 rn
e-
'
•
' not give
ployes well and never has had a strike. But he ltd
his
business away. Ile sold it to a grasp of his executives, taking in
return their unsecured notes, the net earnings to go toward the
payment of these notes. The employes who have been with him
more than three years receive the right to subscribe for an issue
•
of preferred stock, which also is to be paid out of the earnings.
There can be no doubt that Mr. Dix earnestly believed that he
was making a needful gesture toward industrial peace."
WOODWARD AVE.
1 413 to 1447
Good Durable Suits that will
stand hard wear. All wool
fabrics. Expertly tailored.
of growing up atheists and us
the danger
structure Of Judaism in the Soviet
realm is being "perilously threatened,"
IIS a result Of the persecution of the
•Jewish faith being waged by the
:soviet government.
This is the substance of the six-
teen-page statement published by the
'Joint Foreign Committee of British
Jews in reply to one by the Soviet
government explaining its attitude to
. the Jewish religion.
Pious Jews, the Joint Foreign Cons.
mittee declares, have been compelled
, to organize secret classes to instruct
i their children in hte "tenets of their
ancestral faith." Many have been
sent to prison for nothing more than
imparting to their children this re-
ligious instruction.
The infractions against religious
Ipilierty are comparable to the edicts
of the Spanish Inquisition, the state-
mucktalked•of "gift" in its proper place:
Wane things than that have happened.
1
LON DON—The rising generation
of Jews in Russia is in seri
Dix, the prominent Jewish dress manufacturer, who
Henry A.
his business away" to his employes, unquestionably was prompted
"gave
more sentiment than is usually found in most successful business
by
men, even if he didn't give it away. Collier's makes a very apt corn-
went on the transaction which clears the atmosphere and places this
tween teacher and pupil.
Sixth Floor
Sixth Floor
Many Sent to Prison by Soviet
for Teaching Religion to
Children.
•••- • - — -
senbluth-Cronkhite case seems destined to be as long lived
That R o
s • Hatfield-McCoy feud. Commissioner Hitchcock decided in favor
e
of Rosenbluth when he gone • decision declaring that Rosenbluth was
Tacoma, Wash., for ano th er "trial." Then
got obliged to go back to
learn that • movement is under way to "investigate" the circum•
we
stances leading to the retirement because of his persistent efforts to
esponsibility of the death of his son at the door of Rosen.
the r
place
Muth. Henry Ford has, through his agents, busied himself in this use
because of the fact that Rosenbluth is • Jew. The readers of this
column will retell that the friends of Rosenbluth stated that certain
a t R osen bl o th c ould mate-
men higher up in Washington s uggested th
help himself if "his Jewish friends wood make up a fund." There
rally
is something rotten, not in Denmark, but in Washington. I think it
would be • good idea for the friends of Major General Cronkhite to
me a probe because then we might get some idea of where all this
It threatens to go down as one of the cele•
smoke is coming from
bested "mystery" cases of recent times.
•
•
EDER
F
Boys New Spring Suits
Boys' Furnishings
Boys' Clothing
Government Persecutions Com-
pared to Those of Spanish
Inquisition.
_
.
STATEMENT ISSUED BY
BRITISH JEWISH BODY
will any one of my readers who receives an "automobile free" (its
a Ford, of course) from the Flintier. S•lt Stock Company--or Stock
Company of MIffinsburg, P•., communicate with me and tell
Salt
what setst necessary to get one of these automobiles from
m a stactly
organise lion that tries to attract business and to obtain sucker, to
this
r product by insulting the Jews? I have •eked the postal au-
WI thei
tborities to investigate the literature sent out by this rompany to dis-
cover if they have • right to insinuate that all Jews are dishonest.
There certainly must be some law to check that gang.
"In
pious fool.—The
To have no faithful friends is worse
than death.—The Talmud.
TCHERNIGOV
THE EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U. S.
120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
The year 1922 was the most successful in the history of THE
EQUITABLE. A copy of the 63rd Annual Statement, from which
the following figures are taken, will be sent to any address on
request.
OUTSTANDING INSURANCE, Dec. 31, 1922 . .$3,061,423,952
NEW INSURANCE issued and paid for in 1922...$495,249,040
Exclusive of $48,296,733 of Group Insurance
$111,022,000
PAID POLICYHOLDERS in 1922
PAID POLICYHOLDERS Since Organization...$1,569,676,000
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1922
ADMITTED ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Mortgages on Real Es-
$170,167,336.85
Estate, 1st Lien
13,905,711.14
Real Estate
349,248,723.13
Bonds
6,604,026.00
Stocks
Loans on Societies Poli-
96,619,681.85
cies
....$542,999,380.00
Insurance Reserve
20,487,912.48
All other liabilities
Surplus Reserves:
For distribution in 1923:
On Annual Dividend
. 16,900,000.00
Policies ............
On Deferred Dividend
16,071,653.00
Policies
•
A w a i ling Apportion-
D
e
f
erred
ment on
21,597,805.00
Dividend Poilcies
43,690,313.84
For Contingencies
Loans on Collateral_
Cash 1$6,796,980.95
interest)
Other Assets
TOTAL
700,800.00
at
7,454,839.58
20,045,946.77
$663,747,064.32
TOTAL
$663,747,064.32
BROAD SCOPE OF EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE
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home; to provide life incomes for wife or children: to pay for the
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to families of employes; and to support men and women in old
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Robert M. Ryan, Agency Manager.
John T. Winship, Supt. Michigan Agts.
1510 First National Bank Bldg.,
Detroit.
A. GLAZER
President
W. H. KEIDAN
Special Representatives