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This ten piece dining room suite con-
sists of a china cabinet, buffet, server,
table, five dining chairs and one arm-
chair, in genuine Walnut.
This is the style which is now found
in the best furnished homes.
The large square table and the pan-
eled-door cabinet combine the practi-
cal with the beautiful in at rare'degree.
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BILLIKOPF URGES
Anti-Semitic Conference
BUY FURS
CONSTRUCTION OF
DETROIT
Y.
M.
H.
A.
of King Tut-ankh-amen
(Concluded from Page One)
rend ered two solos, accompanied on
the piano by Hatrison Burch.
Miss Hart Honored.
Mr. Butzel said that this year
By RABBI JOSEPH THUMIN
marks the twentieth anniversary of
The Talmud claims that a confer- heaven. It is saying: 'The more we professional standards of local chari-
ence of Job, Bilam and Jithro was persecute the Israelite, the mightier ties. Ile said he has seen an un-
responsible for the enslavement of will he be.' I see a lighted star. It willing community joining in the
the Jewish people. It holds that these is drawing nearer, nearer to us. What work and has watched the improve-
three individuals were instrumental is that star? In our country will be ments in professional work. Mr.
Butzel lauded Miss Hart as the per-
in bringing about Pharaoh's decision born their protector."
son responsible for this work.
that all newly-born sons to the Is-
King Tut cried out in astonish-
Milton M. Alexander, speaking on
raelites should be cast into the river. ment: "Great prophet, advise us:
behalf of the board of directors of
If we concentrate our meditations hovo nischachmo lo! How shall we
the United Jewish Charities, an-
This plate is our
upon the foregoing Talmudic state- prevent the approaching peril?
nounced that Miss Hart was prepar-
signature and
, tnent, we can imagine a conference
your assurance of
Bilam replied almost instantly: ing to leave Detroit 011 a temporary
under conditions here described.
honesty and
"My plea is: 'Let us dispose of their leave of absence and in behalf of the
I.
newly born sons and thus take from board presented the executive secre-
sincerity in
When young — King Tutankhamen them their prophesied protector." tary with a valuable piece of jewelry
furniture
ascended the throne of Egypt he
The plan pleased his majesty and as a tangible expression of esteem
culled an assembly of all the wise Was accordingly put into effect.
in which she was held. Miss Hart re-
men of the land. In this assembly
Jithro, overpowered by his sense sponded by expressing her apprecia-
he asked them to inform him of all of justice., rose and bespoke him- tion to the presidents and the board
Mails
'the problems of the land, especially self of the following: "Is it in ac- of directors who co-operated with
to advise him what he could to to cordance with principles of justice her.
obtain the love of the people so that and reason to dispose of innocent
The statistical report of the United
they would make him the greatest lives? To extinguish a lighted star? Jewish Charities for 1922 showed
tomb of all the Pharaohs.
Would to heaven that I could feel that the total number of applications
All bowed to the earth and an- the warmth of its guiding light. were 15,53(1, of which 3,478 were for
swered in one voice: "0 gracious Would that toy dark eyes—"
relief and 8,7(13 in the clinic. The
king, the greatest service you can
Tutankhamen angrily interrupted: number of beneficiaries were 2,467
render is to rid us of the great evil "Jithro, have you came
here to de- and the number of applicants receiv-
called "the Jewish menace."
liver a moral sermon? This is a hovo ing material relief 1,838, of these
0,1,4* 4
• •
"What sort of a beast is this?" p,n
ni, s ii..h til i , (;hmo conference. Speak to the 260 being families and 1,064 indi-
asked King 'rut curiously.
victuals. The number of families to
They answered'? "0 noble king,
Jithro boldly continued: "It ap- whom personal service and not relief
there is among us a people, the sons pears evident that your hatred to- i was given was
of Jacob, immigrants from Canaan, wards the sons of Israel is due to
The statistics also deal with the
who came into ewe country during their superior mentality and higher clinic and hospital departments, the
the hunger period and have taken wisdom. My plan is to educate our- fresh air department and the educa-
into their hands the control of all the selves, to better ourselves, so that we, tional activities.
granaries and treasuries of this coun- too, may attain the standard set by
Prefer
try. The land is full of them—they them. In other words, hovo nischach-
WORLD MEETING DELEGATES
are the managers of all institutions; mo lo, let us be as wise as they. And
NAMED BY WOMEN'S COUNCIL
they control all busimse::„.„.
..
in this rather than in decrees lies the
"0 gracious king, i t you could remedy."
NEW YORK. — (J. ('. B.) —'1'he
'grant us this small favor of extermi-
rile, Of indigation pervaded the Council of Jewish Women has named
nating them, we will adorn your dead Atmosphere. "Let us exile him" Ivies
Floyd Hickman Superb Orchestra
four delegates to the World Confer-
holly with beautiful and precious heard from all. Thus ended the
con- ence 01 Jewish Women's Organiza-
Jewels to such all extent that it will ference.
The decrees passed were tions tie be held in Vienna May 6
be a pleasure to behold you and your enforced.
to 1I.
predecessors will turn in their grieves
Jithro fled to Million.
The star
En route there., the delegates will
with envy."
— 1115149=r1ral
sought him out and reached him visit the principal port cities of Eu-
Overwhelmed by the prospect, he there—the protector of Israel, the
BEAUTIFUL NEW COLONIAL
rope and study employment and
ordered them to elect delegates to a benefactor of the world—Moses.
SUMMER AND WINTER HOME
housing conditions affecting detained
conference of "hove, nischachmo lo"
Surrounded byseven
ot, Stole
On dying, King Tut said to his peo- emigrants and refugee's.
Iliahway
the outwardly civilized gentile world. delegates.
I/. U. H. xtop.
ple: "I have been unable, to ex-
Irons Detroit. Two.var
The delegates are Mrs. Alexander
The masters of the Torah declared it
0440 COIliPin. 10 hare
oom, at.1 two
terminate
the
Israelite.
I
am
to
Me
Kohut
of
New
York,
Mrs.
Nathaniel
sinful for Jewish workmen to take
bathrooms,
The election wa in full swing. In-
the floor, Str i ctly in.ier. is
part in the building of these centers terest reigned supreme. Many politi- with my task undone. Bury me in a E. Harris of Bradford, Pa., and Es-
over,' way. the eery latent colon.; •tyle
tomb with till doors shut. Open them telle M. Sternberger and Cecilia Ra-
inside. Lot 100,200; inure aereato. if de.
of condoned crime.
cal parties set up their candidates. only to bring me the message that
-fired.
If you are intrrested in a
mtrY
zovsky of New York.
Israel's homilists would console Enormous expenditures were in-
home (hi, place will mirpri.u. ,o4 for
others have accomplished that which
the price.
their people with visions of the future volved in the election campaigns. I could not.
Write P. 0. BOX 402, OXFORD, MICH.
when the theaters and circuses, at The results eif the election showed
present contaminating the sacred soil the following three successful candi-
It was only a few months tgo that
of Judaea, would lee converted into dates: Job, or the business men's
synagogues and Houses of Learning , candidate, had the largest majority; this tomb was opened. We wonder
Sales of Cadillac cars during the
where the l'rinces of :Judah would the magician, Bilam, nominated by what Tut thought when they opened week ending March 24 surpassed
hold forth public discourses on the the magicians' ;nifty, and Jithro, the the tomb. We believe his thoughts sales for any preceding week since
Torah.
priests' candidate, were the other two ran something like this: "Ah! they the introduction of the Type 61, ac-
have brought the good news. My cording to Jay W. Dunivan, Cadillac
R. Simon ben Paxi, a great preacher elected.
At the appointed time the three hope and ambition has at last been manager of distribution.
who flourished about the end of the
third century, basing his remarks up- delegates met in the luxurious and fulfilled."
Shipments from the factory also
But, if so, he was doomed to dis- largely surpassed shipments for any
on Psalms, I, I, strongly inveighed richly furnished cabinet hall of King
against the theater and circus as the Tut. The king opened the confer- appointment. The English expedi- previous week during the same'
Prices Will Advance in Spring.
Omelets of low frivolity, incompatible ence with a lengthy address on the tion ewhich opened his tomb had an period.
with the Jewish view of life., and its need of remedying the existing evil entirely different message for him.
Mr. Dumyat) s statement appears
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All attempts to suppress the Jew simultaneously with an announcement
lofty tasks, and as a perennial source in Egypt. He concluded his discourse
All other sit, act
of distraction from the study of the by asking each delegate to render his has ended in failure; the Jew has from the Cadillac factory that pro-
Torah.
viewpoint. 'Novo nischachmo lo,' let come into his own. His homeland duction for the first quarter of 1923
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has been established, and he is con. was exceeding by a large margin out-
At certain times the stage, tee sat- us advise each other and act wisely.
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Job stood up and addressed the stantly obtaining a higher degree of put for any previous first quarter in
isfy the anti-Jewish proclivities of the
freedom
and
independence.
the history of the company.
mob, indulged in many an outrageous delegation as follows: "I address, you
caricature of Israel and his religious in the some of reason. Our country's
observanees, thus furnishnig a proto- wealth and prosperity is due entire-
type for some. modern performances. ly tie the brain power and to the abil-
This however, would not seem to have , ity along all lines of endeavor of the
been a general or habitual feature of ' children of Israel. Recently compiled
the theater in l'alesine, Had this been statistics show that the sons of Chom
the case, reference would have been ' have very little mental capacity. And
made to the fact in the Agadie denun- as a result thereof it is these immi-
ciations against the theater, or, bet- grants of Canaan who are the men
ter still, there would have hardly been of power, the influential business
any necessity for efforts on the part men.
"The plan I have to offer is to keep
of he spiritual leaders to influence
their flock against the frequenting of the Israelites at 01.1• mercy; to force
places of amusement. R. Alba bar them to labor hard and long, and set
Kahana, a homilist of the third cen- them to constructing pyramids,
tury, commenting up Ecclesiastes ii. monuments, temples and treasure
2, "Of laughter I said, It maketh one cities. We must force them to occupy
mad, and of mirth, what do this do," their minds producing mortar and
says, How turbid is the laughter in bricks. Thus will we succeed them
which the Geniltes indulge at their as the men of power. And so will
theaters and circuses, and what has a honor and glory be brought upon us
Tao Extra
man learned in the law to do there?" and our land.. All applauded and
We clearly see here the anxiety of the remarked: "Job is a good business
Jewish moralists tee keep away from man; he has presented us a highly
the Gentile places of entertainment, if admirable plan."
Jithro questioned him: "How will
not the people as a whole, at least, the
learned classes, the. • s honor and glory be brought upon our
land?"
Whatever popularity the theater
Job answered: As I have men-
and circus may have gained with the
Jew, the Jewess strictly abstained tioned before, these Israelites are
highly
developed intellectually. The
from the joys and diversions offered
by these characteristically non-Jew- monuments and temples we will force
them
to
build for us will be master-
ish establishments. The inmate vir-
tues of the daughters of Israel remain- pieces of art. Thus in centuries to
come
we
will gain the admiration of
ed proof against all temptation and al-
lurement. A passage in the Midrash the world and enjoy the reputation as
great
architects
and builders. It is
Rabbah depicts Naomi as delivering
an admonition to Ruth, on the latter we who will be credited with all these
creations.
You
must
admit that my
expressing her firm resolve to em-,
brace Judaism, that henceforth she plan is indeed masterful. Think—the
future
generations
will
say: 'The chil-
would have to deny herself the pleas-
ures of the theater and the circus. dren of Chom were learned men,
poets,
men
with
a
taste
for fine arts
"My (laughter," Naomi is represented
as saying tee the would-he Jewess, "it inherited from their father Chom."
Job
ended
with
the
words:
'hovo
is met the practice of the daughters of
Israel to frequent the theaters or cir- nischachmo lo,' verily, we will be-
I
came
wise
men
on
account
of
the
cuses of the Gentiles." To this Ruth
replies, "Whither thou wilt go, thith- works of the children of Israel.
The plan was put before the coun-
er shall I go."
Whatever measure of favour the cil and passed unanimously.
The children of Israel were to be
theater may have ultimately secured
among the wider strata eef Jewry, oppressed with hard labor.
neither in Palestine, nor, indeed, any- ' Bilam, the magician, Was next
where else, it would appear, was ever called upon to speak. Ile rose and
the attempt made to create a Jewish spoke as follows: "Tutankhamen,
playhouse. The theater always fig- heed the words of Bilam, the son of
ures in ancient Rabbinic literature as Boer, who can foretell the future. I
hear a voice. Ah it comes from
a peculiarly Gentile institution.
The modern Jewish theater, with its
flagrant violation of the Sabbath,
would have assuredly caused our land keeping them away from idle talk.
masters of old to turn in their graves.
On hearing from It. Simon ben La-
The tone of condemnation which in- kish that Jose was not only a popu-
variably accompanies the mention of lar speaker, but also a man of some
the theater or circus in the Talmud- learning, R. Judah becanie easily rec-
fluissis oil cup• ere luboceted
im and Midrashim is, however, once, ' nociled.
with an oil-can—clean. simple.
at least, somewhat modified by a note
For the inimical atitude of the an-
effective. Large s, e. require
ted
infrequent attention
tt
Paten
of appreciation, alltse'it very qualified, cient rabbis towards the theater, that
and exclusive to litahon-Et‘rx.
emanating from the famous teacher I institution Was itself, to some extent,
Al. compare shackle atfiusr-
of the law, R. Simon hen Lakish. Jose responsible, owing to its failure to rise
rnent with average type which
require insertion of metal wash-
of Maon, a popular and outspoken Ito its higher possibiliies. Yet it is
ers or shims. Only costly ears
preacher, once delivered a sermon at doubtful whether comedy, even of a
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the synagogue in. Tiberias severely nobler type than that current in their
criticising, much to the delectation of times, unless, perhaps, with a very
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vices rendered by the Gentiles through duction ,of tragedy at its best, free
their theaters and circuses. They af- from all pslytheistic allusions.
ford their people entertainment by
The Torah, in the widest significa-
means of their mimics and clowns, and tion of the term, they cherished as the
thus prevent them from idling away priceless possession of Israel, and the
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A Picturization of Imaginable Relations of Tut•ank.amen With
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By DR, ISAAC HERZOG
The theater, an institution dating of Israel—at all events (cone those
from hoary antiquity, is undoubtedly areas in which Jews formed the pre-
a powerful factor in modern life. dominating element in the population.
Whether its influence is more for good
Under Herod, the theater rose to
or for evil, it is an important element life again, the Holy City itself now
harbouring
a theater, an ampithenter,
in the complex fabric of society.
It would perhaps lie of some interest and a hippodrome. It is, however, ex-
to trace the attitude of the ancient tremely unlikely that, with all its
rabbis, than whom the world has nev- splendour and allurement, the theater
er known greater moral teachers, to- became a popular institution with the
wards this admittedly non-llebraie, if Jewish MISR'S, while it is certain that
not distinctively Hellenic, contribu- the studious Palestinian youths, far
tion to civilization.
from wasting their time at the centers
The drama, as purely literary art, of amusement and diversion provided
by
the renegade-king, kept on crowd-
was certainly not excluded from the
ambit of early Hebraic culture. flow, ing in ever.encreasing numbers the
lecture-halls
of Shammai and Ilillel,
indeed, could the literary genius of an
intensely poetical people fail to seek where they would drink deep at the
living
and
vivifying
wells of the in-
expression through one of the highest
forms of art? The Book of Job is rec- spired word and of oral tradition.
Allusions
to
the
theater
are scarce-
ognized by some of the sages as essen-
tially an inspired drama, dealing with ly to be met with in the sayings of the
sages
that
have
come
down
to us from
one of the deepest and must baffling
mysteries of life. Many a lesson of that age. It is not until we reach the
second
half
of
the
century
immediate-
inestimable value is conveyed by the
ancient teachers through the medium ly following the destruction of the
of a quasi-dramatic form; while some Temple that we find a few stray ref-
Pieces of Agadic .composition clothed erences which afford us some insight
setni-dramatic garb, variously con- into the authoritative Jewish attitude.
ceived in a tragic or comic vein, and towards the theater. Rabbi Meir, a
intuitively fashioned after the pat- celebrated teacher who flourished in
terns of tragedy and comedy respec- the second century of the common era,
ran recall at the mo-
tively, aim at a vivid portrayal of sad is, so far
or merry episodes in the national his- ment of penning these lines, the ear-
liest Palestinian authority to make
tory.
Yet there is hardly any evidence of distinct mention of that Gentile insti-
the drama as a representation of ac- tution. In an halakhah recorded in
tion ever obtaining a footing in Israel his name he bases the prohibition
against visiting theaers and cricuses
of old.
Encouraged by the later Ptolemies, on the ground that in these places sac-
dramatic art, particularly tragedy, af- rifices are offered to idols. The halt-
ter reaching its zenith in Greece., hamim, or other conterporary teach-
found a second, and a very congenial ers, assert that this applies to locali-
home in Alexandria, a city which now ties where this practice obtains, while,
rivalled Athens /IS a center of the arts where such is not the case, it is mine
and sciences. The large and important the less unlawful for a Jew to fre-
Judaeo-Alexandran community in con- quent the theater or circus, "because
stant touch with Ilellenic culture in these are the "seats of scorners," the
all its manifold) ceases, could scarce- allusion being to Psalms I. I.
ly remain unaffected by one of the "Happy is the man who s•alketh not
most characteristic manifestations of in the counsel of the wicked, and
the Greek genius. W ehave, in fact, standeth not in the way of the sinners,
as a by-product of this close cnotact
and sitteth not in the seat of scorners.
between Hellenism and Hebraism, a (Inc gains the impression that the
Greek drama, by Ezekiel of Alexan- prohibition against theaters had real-
dria dealing with the Exodus from ly been long in operation at that time,
Egypt, Judging from exact fragments It, Meir and the other authorities
one can hardly credit the author with merely trying to explain the grounds
high imaginative powers, though the upon which that was leased. Was It.
work is interesting from many a view- Meir inclined to permit the pleasures
point. In all probability Ezekiers com- of the play-house when not tainted
position never passed beyond realms with idolatrous associations? From
of pure literature; or does his attempt the absence of any remarks in the Pal-
seem to have stimulated—at all estinian Talmud in elucidation of the
events, to an appreciable extent—any point of difference between the opin-
further activity in that direction. The ion of It, Meir and that of his col-
idea of a specifically Jewish theater leagues one might feel tempted to de-
would appear to have curried small duce an affirmative answer. The
favour even with the Alexandrian Babylonian Talmud, however, certain-
community, eagerly as its foremost ly countenances no such interference.
thinkers strove to blend Ilellenic beau-
It would seem that tragedy had
ty with Hebraic truth,
practically vanished from the stage,
The conquests of Alexander the at all events in Palestine., about the
Great facilitated the spread of the second century of he commont era,
theater all over the Hellenic world of while comedy had sunk to the level of
Europe and Asia. l'alestine formed sheer hutionery. The Jewish authori-
no exception. The Ilellenistic period ties only know the contemporary
in Jewish history west the rise of many theaters as centers of gross ribaldry.
a theater in the Holy Land. That the In neighboring countries an even
attitude of the upholders of Jewish worse state of things prevailed. From
tradition towards this Pagan impor- a certain allusion in the Palestinian
tation was one of decided hostility Talmud it appears that the theater in
cannot for a moment be doubted. And Caesarea, the seat of the Roman pro-
it could not possibly be otherwise, for consulate, had actually become a veri-
the spirit of Judaism would instinc- table mire of pollution. Two points
tively recoil with unspeakable horror of some significance should he noted in
from the immoral features which fre- this connection. In the first place, ref-
quently disgraced the Hellenic thea- erences to the theater subsequent to
ter. On the other hand, it is ques- the age of Rabbi Meir omit all men-
tionable whether the Greek drama, tion of the taint of idolatty. Second-
even at its best as exemplified by the ly, although these references are cer-
works of ■Eschylus, Sophocles and tainly condemnatory, they would be
Euripides, would have appealed to the far too mild had the stage in Pales-
faithful custodians of Israel's spiritual tine shared the immoral trend which
heritage in Palestine.. The mytholog- characterized the contemporary thea-
ical settings of the Greek genius could ter in the Roman empire in general.
not but strongly repel the exponents It is probable, I think, that with the
anything savuoring of Polytheism object of securing larger Jewish pat-
of Hebraic truth and purity, to whom ronage, the theater in the Holy Land
would be a source of the deepest ab- gradually discarded its pagan - ele-
horrence. One must likewise bear in ments, and that, owing to the high
mind that the Greek theater, original- moral tone of the Jewish population
ly the outcome of certain religious per- as a whole, it had perforce to observe
formances, usually contained an altar a certain standard of comparative.
for the offering of sacrifices to the purity.
heathen divinities. The presence of
Yet even in its relatively chaste form
such an abomination would be suffi- the theater principally pandered to the
cient to deter any observant Jew from coarse tastes of the mob, while the
crossing the threshold of the temple Roman anphitheater, with its bloody
of dramatic art.
gladiatorial shows and combats be-
The Maccabean War, with its con- tween men and wild beasts, could only
sequent suppression of Hellenism, at inspire Israel's teachers with the pr
least in its acute forms, doubtless foundest horror at the inherent ca
swept away the theater from the land lousness and deep-rooted barbarity of
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