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PIED El' ROITJEWIS
SI ORON1CLE
EIROY 7 EWI
THE ILAl
Cif RONICIA
and teacher of his people. While at the time that this editorial
is written, there is no official verification of the report that
Rabbi Hershman will remain here, we have good reasons to be-
lieve that it is true. We certainly hope that it is.
Pigrsting
Zile UlecIt's ( MI5
MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
Published Weeky by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.
Joseph J. Cummins, President
Jacob H. Schakne, Business Manager
Sense and Sympathy. •
Q.Tornor
It is a very poor week that does not bring to the desk of the
minister of a metropolitan congrgeation, one or more appeals
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Entered as second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit,
to use his influence in behalf of this or that man who for some
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
decision by the Harvard Board
violation of law has come into contact with the police. The of The
Overseers that race and religion
mere fact, however, that a man is a Jew should never warrant, are not to serve as bars to admission
General Offices and Publication Building
garb you wear suits you well
THE SHULAMITE
for his fellow Jews interceding in his behalf for clemency if he to the university is a tridmph for
850 High Street West
group of Jews who may tie called "mil-
is
guilty
of
the
crime
with
which
he
happens
to
be
charged.
Cable
Address:
en' N uog th hic. ig daunted, the heathen went
Teelphone:
itant." When the storm first broke
By S. FRUG
to !Niel with the some request, and
Chronicle This of course is the consensus of opinion among sane and sen- out as a result of the suggestion that
Glendale 9300
here he was more tenderly received.
sible Jews.
the per cent norm be introduced at The Shulamine sings
LONDON OFFICE
-My friend," said 11111e1, "you
Unfortunately, however, there is always a small minority Harvard to restrict Jewish attendance, In the ancient olive-garden,
14 STRATFORD PLACE
surely recognize the great necessity
LONDON, W. I, ENGLAND
among all social and religious groups who seem to believe that Jewish ranks were divided. There was Iler voice is young,
for very careful preparation fir so
a class that favored hushing the mat-
sacred an office as that of chief ser-
;3.00 Per Year it is their duty to exert all their influence for the release of one ter up and even submissively consent- Her voice is magical,
Subscription, in Advance
rant to the Most High God."
of their number who because of his wrong doing has been sent ed to the instituting of a percentage She sings and calls
To the white, bright atmosphere:
"I leave myself in your hands,"
to prison. This is sympathy misplaced. It is sentimentality run basis. Many Jews argued at the time
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
was the reply, "and will submit to
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
to seed. We can conceive of no attitude more harmful to the that it would he best for the Jews that Thou warm, clear sky
any course of study you may pre-
their university students be divided Awake from thy sleep!
Jewish people as a whole that the tendency on the part of a few proportionately
scribe,"
among-the various col-
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN ......... ............ ........ Editorial Contributor
11 began from the begishing,
good hearted and well intentioned persons to make it easy for leges in the country. But there was Make now an end
T o thy age-long nap,
taught the man the Hebrew alphabet ,
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to wrong doers to escape the penalties of their crimes.
also a group that was more concerned Put forth thy starry radiance,
to read, to translate and understand
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the
with
the
principle
of
the
thing,
and
to
For our part, we believe that the very reverse ought to be
0, night, put forth thy Ins:ening splen- the Scriptures. All went well until
view expressed by the writers.
it was more a mutter of prevent-
dor.
true in the case of Jewish malefactors. Because they are Jews them
they came to the words, "And th e
.
ing the introduction
itto free Amer-
stranger that cometh nigh shall be
and as such have the finest traditions of morality and decent ica of the Russian system of academie
lyar
4,
5683
ye? See ye?
April 20, 1923
put to death," when the woulii-lie
living, the greater is the obligation upon them to live clean and persecution. It is because the latter llear
My bridegroom calls,
proselyte recanted and declared his
law abiding lives. Moreover, when one Jew does• wrong, 'his raised a mighty protest against the My own, my genial soul,
inability itnoqupirroecd e
Three Decades` ofService.
proposal
for
percentage
admissions
evil act adversely affects the standing of all his co-religionists. that the overseers voted for unrestric- How weary he is,
Hillel
ed
the
he reason for this
On the twenty-sixth of this month, the Jewish Chautauqua
How hard and wearisome
of mind, and received the fol-
the eyes of many, all Jews are of a type and instead of judg- ted attendance.
In
Society will celebrate the completion of thirty years of activity ing all of us by our best representatives, they invariably accept
The wayside w 15 to him.
How he suffered and sickened
lowi
"n
r g hi.
the eourse of our readisc
with a banquet in honor of its founder and Chancellor—Dr. the lowest individuals who call themselves Jews as typical. For
Europe's Scapegoat.
And waited, as long
found that the great God dig:oiled
Henry Berkowitz of Philadelphia. The Jewish Chautauqua So- this reason, we hold that common sense rather than an un-
The Jew continues to serve as Eu- That God might redeem him.
your race to be 1.111l0 Him a kiiinsism
ciety has been one of our national organizations that during restrained sympathy should direct any efforts that Jews make rope's scapegoat. In Warsaw, the an-
of priests and a holy nation, and yet
the entire period of its existence has unostentatiously but stead- in behalf of their fellow Jews who have gone wrong. To be ti-Semitic Rozwoj party calls for the Awake thou today,
the intrusion of any of them, not of
arrest
of
all
rabbis
in
Poland
and
the
My
dear
one,
my
friend.
priestly birth, unto His altar Was
ily done a service for Judaism, the importance of which cannot sure, there are cases where religious prejudice has played a part notification of the Soviet that unless
Be mirthful and happy once more,
punishable by death. How nnieh
be overestimated. This organization has—we believe it may be
Bishop
Cepliak,
who
is
serving
a
10
the
conviction
of
some
of
our
co-religionists.
In
such
cases,
Forget
thy
pain,
greater would the crime be if I of
said without exaggerating—clone more than any other single in
sentence, is released, the rabbis Awake thy gayety,
heathen race were guilty of this of-
effort should be spared to obtain justice for these victims. year
no
agency to popularize the cause of Jewish education in America. But as a general rule, if a man has been found guilty by a jury will be hung. On the other hand, Cap- Straighten out thy sick
fence. Nevertheless, may blessings he
M'Cullough, the New York Her- Come, come to me,
upon you, for your meekness pat
It has not only brought home to the teachers in our religious of his peers, it is well for his fellow Jews to follow the rule of tain
ald's special correspondent in Mos- For with thee
for me the path to the everls
schools a sense of the consecration of-their task that ought to keeping "hands off,"
cow, predicts that massacres will fol- I will share all my strength and hope. life which Shammai's illtem per sous!
low the loss of government control by
rest upon them, but it has actually furnished them with the
have withheld from me."
Jewish communists in Russia. In the Nevermore
means by which their teaching may be made more efficient.
This man afterwards named his s.;.
Ukraine, an uprising against the gov- Shalt thou know tears,
after Hillel.
But its work has been carried far beyond the domain of the
ernment was marked by attacks on the Thy last woes shall be healed!
religious school. By its correspondence courses, the Chautau-
Jews. The campaign against East- The Shumalite sings,
THE KING'S ORCHARD
qua has made it possible for many a small community to prop-
European Jews in Germany continues, And like silver bells resounds
and in Bavaria the peasants are ter- Her song—the flowers are all in
rely educate the children of its few households to an under-
A Parable from . the Talmud.
rorizing our people and urging them
bloom,
standing of the tenets and the ideals of our beloved faith.
to liquidate their affairs on pain of For the Shulamite sings
Through its courses of lectures on Jewish subjects at most of our
A king had an orchard of fine ties,
brought Nahalal twenty minutes dis- having their property burned. A sad- The new song of Zion.
NAHALAL
great universities, the Soctety has interpreted the teachings of
which he prized most highly. That
tance fro mNazareth and one hour der condition never before existed in
the fruit might not be :stolen
from Haifa. It is worthy of note that Jewish history.
our religion to thousands of men and women who are destined
A Snake in the Grass.
By E. H. EPSTEIN
abused
he placed two watchers in the
the
former
town
which
but
a
short
to be leaders in their various communities. Indeed, to detail
In This Period of Mourning.
A soothsayer, the Talmud relates, orchard, and that they themselves
time ago contained not a single Jew
all the achievements of this organization would require far
the
company
of
Rabbi
The best aria from a hygienic (its population like that of all the sur-
might
not be tempted partake of
111
was
once
The present series of outbreaks
more spate than is here at our disposal.
point of view for the establishment of rounding villages is Christina) now against the Jews ominously conies (lur- Samuel when a man passed who was the fruit he chose one of them a
the
Settlement,
was
on
the
highest
making
his
way
to
a
neighboring
blind
man,
and the other lame. But
counts
58
Jewish
souls
according
to
And practically everything that has been achieved by the
ing the Sephira, the period of mourn-
to cut a load of grass. "This lo! when they were in the orchard
Chautauqua has been under the inspiration of the gracious and ground in the Nahalal area but this the official census just carried out. So ing that commemorates the disasters meadow
man,"
said
the
soothsayer,
"will
not
the
lame
man
said to his companion:
not lend itself to the general plan agricultural development brings about that were Israel's during the Cru-
sympathetic personality of Dr. henry Berkowitz. Here it a did
of the Moshay. It was necessary, an increase in our Urban Settlement sades. During hte first Crusade of return alive from his errand, for he "I see very fine figs; they tire luscious
man whose work in the ministry has been uniformly of a con- therefore, to eruct the buildings lower also.
1096 Jews were slain in Metz, Speyer, will die from the effects of the bite and tempting; carry nu: to the tree
that we may partake of them."
structive character. His ripe scholarship which is recognized down, though this meant battling with Within the same year Nahalal has Worms and dozens upon dozen of of a snake."
and which is to be clearly traced not only in his several books swamps on all sides. The workers at put up 70 wooden dwellings for as other communities, by undisciplined Soon afterwards the man returned So the blind man carried the lame
with a sackful of grass on his back man, end they ate the figs.
first encamped on the hill descending
mobs,
on
their
expeditions
from
west-
but in his published sermons, has never made him the mere to what was then a dangerous zone to ninny families. No funds are avail- ern Europe to recover Jerusalem. As which the soothsayer, astonishediat When the king entered the orchard
bookworm but he has touched the lives of men and women for work. Four springs, all bordering on able for brick buildings and the pres- in our day, the Jews at Mayence form- the failure of his prediction, •bade he noticed at once that his finest ties
temporary ones have been erected ed an armed defense, but notwith- him open, when they found that the were missing, and he asked the
good in uncounted ways. He is one of these men whom his Nahalal at different points were re- ent
to ht aside of the site of the house standing, that they were all killed ex- bag contained, among the grass, the watchers what had become of t!isin.
people love and whom his colleagues honor. During his long sponsible - for the fever-causing
sin that when the
latter It is is built
which had to he dried up be-
The blind man answered: "I know
stores.
in cept the president of the congregation body of a snake cut in two by the
and highly successful ministry, he has never spared himself but marshes,
they will be used as
not; I could not steal, I urn blind;
fore the settlers could establish them- they
and 53 others Au hid themselves in scythe.
this
respet't
that
the
help
of the Ieren the treasure house of the cathedral.
he has given of the best that is in him to the cause of Israel.
"This man," thought Rabbi Sam- cannot even see them."
selves. Today, except at one spot
is most needed. By gsanting
Of all his achievements, however, perhaps the foundatiop where the well causing the swamps Hayesod
uel, "must have some special merit
And the lame man answered:
a loan to the settlers for building par- According to the Jewish Encyclopedia,
and direction of the Jewish Chautauqua Society stands fore- forms a boundary and a mutual ar- poses it enables them to fortify them- a number of Jews who had defended thus to have escaped from death," "Neither could I steal them, I could
and
he
made
inquiries.
Ile
fobnd
themselves
all
day
in
a
fortified
posi-
rangement
with
the
neighbors
,
is
be-
not
approach the tree."
most. It must be a source of great joy to Dr. Berkowitz to see ing negotiated, the and is no longer selves; and their colony. Such loans tion found it untenable as night came that the man was exceedingly charit- But
the king was wise, - knd he' an-
the fruition of the seeds of his planting. May it be given him boggy; much of it has alrady been cul- are repayable in 30 years with an in- on and killed themselves rather than able. He and other workmen used swered:
"I.o, the blind carried the
for many years to come( to see the beloved child of his spirit I tivated and the workers live secure erest of four per cent. The two funds fall into the hands of the enemy. The to set apart daily a portion of their lame," and he punished them.
and
Koren
Ilayesod,
Knyenwth
Keren
Mayenee
dead
are
said
to
have
num-
own
food
to
distribute
among
the
So it is with us. The world is the
from illness. The drainage work, the
grow from strength to strength.
are thus found working in Palestine
The Way to Celebrate.
News comes from Cincinnati that on the occasion of her
birthday anniversary, Mrs. Meyer Oettinger, one of that city's
good mother's in Israel presented to the Jewish Hospital the
sum of ten thousand dollars. To Mrs. Oettinger this seemed a
fitting manlier in which to express her gratitude and joy for
the boon that had been granted her in being privileged to reach
three score and ten years.
When one realizes how few people there are who under-
stand that the real joy of living is to be measured in terms of
what one gives rather than of what one gets; of what one adds
to the sum of life rather than what he takes out of life, it is a bit
discouraging. And accordingly, it is a source of gladness and
of gratification now and then to come upon a person who does
understand that the supreme happiness for which human be-
ings can hope, is inevitably and invariably to be found in the
sense of satisfaction that comes in doing good for 'others.
We have no criticisms for persons of large means who enjoy
the comforts of life and who indulge themselves in those lux-
uries which money can obtain for them. But we do believe that
unless besides themselves they think of others, they miss the
real joy of living. Particularly would we commend to our
friends the example of the good Cincinnati woman to whom
we have made reference. Every occasion of great jOy in the
personal and family life of people materially well endowed,
should be marked by some gracious act. Gifts to charitable,
religious and educational causes on the occasion of birthdays,
weddings, anniversaries, etc., gives to these occasions a deeper
significance. How much better it is for instance to share with
needy persons and worthy institutions, a part of the expense
that is entailed by lavish celebrations, than to fritter away one's
money in a few hours of festive pleasure. But there are com-
paratively few who realize this. Too many of us live for the
moment! Too many of us think only of ourselves! Will we
ever learn the better way?
Harvard Votes Down Restriction.
According to press reports, the Board of Overseers of Har-
vard University unanimously voted on April 9th that in the ad-
ministration of rules for admission to Harvard College, the tra-
ditional policy of freedom from discrimination on grounds of
race or religion, be maintained. This vote, says the report, was
taken after the Board had accepted the report of a committee
appointed last year to consider and report to the Governing
Boards "principles and methods for more effective sifting of
candidates for admission to the University."
We trust that this report is accurate in every particular and
that the decision of the Board of Overseers will be carried out
in letter and spirit. Moreover, we are hopeful that this ends
the discussion of the disagreeable so-called "Harvard incident,"
and that the example of the Board of Overseers will be followed
by the Governing Boards of other educational institutions in this
country that may have been infected by the virus of race and re-
ligious prejudice.
American institutions of learning cannot afford to turn their
backs upon the best traditions of our country. The attempt at
discrimination against the Jews was less a challenge to the Jew
than to the spirit of America and of American education. We
are happy that those charged with the responsibility to inter-
pret this spirit at Harvard have read the challenge aright and
have acted accordingly. America and Harvard are to be con-
gratulated upon the outcome of an incident which we would
like to see obliterated from the memory of men.
Good News.
We trust that there is truth in the well defined rumor that
Dr. A. M. Hershman has decided to decline the flattering call
that has recently come to him from an eastern congregation and
to remain as the spiritual head of Congregation Shaarey Zedek
of this city. Rabbi Hershman could ill be spared as a factor in
the Jewish life of this city at this time. He has won for him-
self a well deserved place in our community life. During the
decade and more of his incumbency of his present pulpit, he has
built up a fine, strong, aggressive congregation with many and
varied activities to its credit.
Dr. Hershman is a virile preacher, consistent in his interpre-
tation of Judaism, and one who feels very ketnly the responsi-
bility that weighs upon the shoulders of the rabbi as a leader
scheme for which was drawn np by
the Jewish National Fund at whose in close co-operation. The former
cost it was carried opt, was a triumph buys the land, builds roads, carries
in itself. One of its advantages was out the installation of water and
alone a net saving of 1,000 dunams drainage works. It leases the 111111
of •ultivatagle land. A series of ca- for a renewable term of 49 years and
nals were cut across each swamp adds to the vise rent which - is based
along which the water was carried on the purchase price a percentage to
away in large drainage pipes. At cover the cost of improvement. The
the same time the waters of one of the Keren Havesod extends the necessary
springs which had become stagnant credit to the farmer for obtaining his
and of which the Arabs used to say: live stock and putting up a stable and
"the birds who drink of those waters living quarters. The Settler contrib-
will shed their feathers, (that is die)," utes his labor, the sweat of his brass
are now used for drinking purposes by in making his farm prosperous and
men and women. The overflow from the land fruitful, for he receives no
the four springs is carried away to a money doles and he must live on what
Wali leading to the Kishon. This en- he produces with his handiwork, The
gineering feat will be the basis of Na- Jewish people's share is no mean one,
halal's prosperity: it will have water for by subscribing to this( Zionist
in plenty while freed from the swamps Funds it makes possible all our coloni-
which everywhere in Palestine are as- zation activity. When those subscrip-
sociated with that feature. This is tions fall off there is want and dis-
an example of the important work car- tress at Nahalal for they having been
ried out by the Jewish National Fund i told to expect certain credits, its mem-
without which the land coald not be bars have planned accordingly. Men
anw women have undertaken to bind
colonized.
The men of Nahalal and their wives themselves to that spot in the Emek
too, have no illusions about agricul- and not to leave it whatever the diffi-
tural life, It is only after many years culties. When the wherewithal is not
of experience in the Kvuzoth, wrest- forthcoming, fur example, to buy seeds
ling always with centuries neglected all their work is in danger of being
lost. Not only work but enthusiasm,
Foil and primitive, almost wild comb-
thins, that they are prepared to use energy, experience, hopes and opti-
the opportunity of becoming perma- mism, may all be lost. Yet much is
nent settlers. Though each family needed to discourage the men of Na-
will concentrate on its own special halal, locally known among the Fell-
plot in the Moshay Ovdim, on the pro- ahin as those who changed the pesti-
ducts of which it relies to live and lential waters into living drink. Their
rear the next generation, yet that very faith is firm in the Jewish people.
spirit of pride and love in their own When cash was no longer available
possession only intensities their com- they struck their own coinage. Cards
mon devotion to Nahalal. Thus do I were printed representing values of so
explain such wonders as the laying many piastres. A member of the Set-
down of the road to the Settlement tlement doing communal work, a tech-
from the Haifa-Nazareth highway. nical worker employed temporarily by
Previously the - soft glutinous soil had a settler of the settlement would be
been impassable after slight rain. The paid with these cards. The general
bringing up of supplies, the approach store of the colony, the neighboring
of the men themselves, wasted time Arabs and a firm at Haifa accept Na-
and energy; within sight of the farm halal currency which thus circulates
fresh horses would have to he detach- within and about the Settlement, and
tsl from their labor and harnessed to so the critical shortage of cash is to
the sinking cart, carriage or motor some extent made less severe. That
vehicle. The Jewish National Fund is the spirit of which our pioneers face
determined that this uneconomical ex- their task. Others may be dismayed
penditure could be avoided and mush when funds fail but their life, and
profit gained by building a road. This ours too as a nation, depends on their
involved a certain cost, of course but keeping a brave heart. These men are
the men reduced it by finding the met- worthy of the great green Emek: may
alling material in the vicinity. The it one day reward them as richly as
road is 1,600 meters long and it has they deserve.
I
bered 1,011. The ancient custom of
Me'aser, the tithe, was put into force
when the Jews of the Rhine district
were decimal When the Crusaders
at last storm y Jerusalem on July 15,
1099, all the Jews were driven into one
synagogue 111111 there burned alive.
These outrages were repeated during
the second and third Crusades, I145-
17, and 1189-90. The Jewish Encyclo-
pedia says that the result of the Cru-
sades was that the Jews lost their
monopoly of trade in Eastern products
and that from that time onward "re-
strictions on the sale of goods by Jews
became frequent." The results of the
present-day massacres may be infi-
nitely worse, unless the more fortu-
nate Jewish communities in the world
come to the rescue of East European:
Jewry. The latter are in danger of
total demoralization and a great con-
structive piece of work must be plan-
ned at once, not so much for their sake
as for the sake of the entire nation.
A Problem of Colosisatiot
It stands to reason that the prob-
lem today is particularly one of im-
migration and colonization. In most
cases the Jews can only be saved
through the settlement in areas where
they will gain the opportunity for a
peaceful existence. The greatest col-
onization project in Jewish history is
the Palestinian movement for the re-
building of the Jewish homeland. TA
much has been said about creating
(Turn to last page.)
poor. One day he detected that a
companion had no food to contribute,
and he asked to be allowed to collect
the donations. When he came to the
man whose poverty prevented him
from giving anything, he said, "Oh,
I have already collected your share."
As a matter of fact he had given the
man's share from his own scanty
stock without anyone being the wiser,
and planned that he should . collect
that (lay in order that the poor man
might not be put to shame.
A Tale of Halal and Shammal.
orchard in which the Eternal King
has placed us to keep watch avid
ward, to till its soil and care for its
fruits. But the soul and body are
the man; if one violates the precepts
so does the other, and after death
the soul may not say: "It is the fault
of the mmly, to which I was tied, that
I committed sins." No. God will
its as did the owner of the oreluiril,
as it is written: "Ile shall'call from
the heaven above and to the earth
to judge his people." I Psalms.1 "Ile
shall call from the 'heaven oleo,:
which is the soul, and to tae
below,' which is the body."
You probably know that the two
great teachers, Hillel and Shammai
TRUTH
were of 'different dispositions. Hillel
was meek and patient, whereas Sham-
"Truth," says the Ilebrdw pro, rii,
mai was of short temper and very
"is the seal of God." he II. lir( s
impatient.
The Talmud relates that a heathen word for truth is composed of the
was once passing a Jewish school and first, the middle and the last letters
he overheard a pupil repeating these of the alphabet. This teaches that
words: "And these are the garments truth must be all pervading. "Tiuth
which they shall make a breastplate . was Thy primal word," a Jewish pest
and an ephod, and a robe, and a broi sings, and indeed the universe is
tiered cost, a mitre, and a girdle.' ' founded upon truth. It is the founda-
of society. without it there
(Ex. xxviii,-4.) Ile went to Shamma i
with a request that he should make would be chaos. If men's words could
him a proselyte in order that he migh not be relied upon commerce would
eventually qualify for the post o be impossible. Truth heads the list
High Priest and wear the beautifu of divine attributes in the pray. r
garb appertaining to that office which follows the recital of the "She.
Shammai would not hear of it. "We ma," and it is customary to exclaim
have enough men of our own worthy the word Emeth in a low voice fol•
of ministering to the altar of God , lowing- the concluding words of the
and have no need of making prose
schipe lettomfe Israelite mint
diT
lytes for that purpose. Go away; th e " ev Se hre m
b be " a
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