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April 27, 1923
Two Great Pulpits Filled.
Our New York Letter
In choosing Dr. Louis L. Mann of New haven to succeed the
late Dr. Emil G. Hirsch as its Rabbi, the congregation of Tern-
ple Sinai of Chicago has displayed good judgment. So often
it happens that in the choice of a minister, congregations are A Half Century of the Jewish Stage—A Prosperous Present,
But What of its Future? The Phenominal Progress
not discriminating, with the result that their pews remain un-
of the Jewish Drama—Eleven Jewish Thea-
occupied, that it is gratifying to find the choice of a leader
ters in New York Can't be Ignored
wisely made. Dr. Mann is we believe, as well equipped as any
—The Defection of the Stars
rabbi in this country. Ile is recognized for his scholarly at-
and its Cause.
tainments; he is a keen thinker; a ready writer, and a splendid
organizer. Particularly has he excelled in building up a great
By GERSHON AGRONSKY
religious school in connection with his congregation at New
(Copyright, 1923, Jewish Correspondence Bureau.)
Ilaven. All of these abilities will be of signal value in the man
who is to assume the leadership of Sinai. Moreover, Dr. Mann
The celebration Sunday in the Sev- and player, the progress the Jewish
has charm of personality, a gracious presence, and fine ora- enty-first Regiment Armory of the stage has made is prenomenal. It
torical powers. We predict that under his guidance, Sinai will fiftieth year of the Jewish theater should be recalled also that the Jew-
grow in power and influence as a factor in shaping the future calls attention to the fact that wheth- ish drama reveived very little encour- •
er you love or fear it, the Yiddish agement. Hounded by the official au-
Judaism of America.
cannot be ignored. Depending thorities in Russia, boycotted by the
Just a few weeks ago, another congregation—in point of stage
always on your point of view, it is Jewish orthodoxy as something im-
wealth and unmbers, the greatest in Arnerica—Temple Eman- either a powerful factor for good in pious, frowned upOn by the Jewish in-
uel of New York, elected as its Rabbi ai4- associate to Dr. H. G. Jewish life or a deplorable breeder of tellectual snobs who naturally turned
Endow and in succession to Dr. Joseph Silverman, Rabbi Na- evil. With the Yiddish press and lit- detractors of an effort they loudly ac-
the Yiddish stage represents claimed when initiated by non-Jews,
than Kress of the Central Synagog. It, too, has we believe erature,
a determination on the part of the what chance did the Yiddish stage
chosen well. The pulpit of Emanuel is one which not every wide
masses
mas.
to s survive
aree as Jews, main- have? And yet it succeeded. And,
rabbi could—or would—fill. Here is a congregation strategi- tenting old contacts under new, some- without any traditions of its own, it
cally situated in the greatest Jewish city in the world and with times untried, guises. ,The Yiddish did marvellously little borrowing from
u not only wills to live, but to con- Goldfadden in 1577 to Sackler 1923,
all needful material resources at its command. But despite stage
• R ici
thy,.„( 7proi, n ve.
imp
I novsion al g ie Tit:mous - Jewish playwrights endeavored almost
this fact, its influence upon the life of Jewry has not been note-
always tee make the boards resound
l 0; such a determination will with things Jewish, with portrayals
worthy. It has the reputation of desiring its rabbi to'fo low pression
than to lead its laymen of whom it has many of well deserved not he stilled. Nor can it be killed by of actual or allegorical Jewish types
propagand directed against it as a for. and events. There has been and is a
national prominence in its roster of membership,
1 anguage instituti on It can only great deal of adaption, of which Ja-
The election of Dr. grass augurs a change in this attitude eign
site a natural death if and when the kob Gordon was a master, but of
if report of it be correct. Dr. Krass has exceptional qualities forces which called it into being dis- down imitation there is as little as
of leadership. Be has shown them in his present congregation appear. Chief among these forces, of possible.
is the public. The Yiddish
andin his splendid work in behalf of war relief. Moreover, course,
i
c ertainly
not ge will
And so we're back where we started.
he has a very quick mind and is a forceful and eloquent speak - no
prosper, without a regular pub- Eleven Jewish theaters in New York
cr. He ought to make good at Emanuel.
fie. It will not prosper as an exotic are here, and since no government
With two of the largest and wealthiest congregations in this replica of the fast vanishing ghetto subsidizes them, and the managers are
country under new and aggressive leadership, we have a right for the up-town stor m ier, Jewish and not philanthropists, it evidently pays
to be here. If it pays now, it will pay
to hope that much of the sluggishness in the congregational life non-Jewish.
for some time to come. The Jewish
of our country will give way before a more aggressively con-
And there's the rub. The Yiddish theaters are therefore here to stay,
structive spirit. It is of interest to note incidentailly that both stage appears to be enjoying a pros- for a while at any rate. How long
of the newly chosen rabbis are graduates of the new Hebrew perous present without any prospects they will stay depends on a number of
the volume of Jewish immigra-
Union College. What would have become of Judaism in Am- of a future. It is in the same boots things,
the Yiddish press and literature. tion one of them. But even without
erica had not this institution been created by the genius of as
The growing Jewish generation in a great increase in the Jewish popula-
Isaac M. Wise to provide our people with religious teachers and America is, with rare exceptions, not tion, the Yiddish stage cannot only be
part of the Yiddish-reading public and kept alive but powerfully energized if
preachers?
-
theater-audience.
A noted Jewish
may- publicist remarked recently that there
is precious little joy in writing always
f r o , o ., r o li n gm iit,lu dil:i c ic und pma t i ( l e aged
Despite the approaching celebration of his eightieth birth-
ps
ower-
day, Dr. Kaufman Kohler, President Emeritus of the Hebrew !reached himself. The present Yiddish
Union College, is mentally as virile and active as ever. Once !reading public is not entirely middle
yttrik r e mNe ,indsa
a o it . , d•
more his wide schloarship has proved itself in the publication l wcr
Dr. Kohler's New Book.
by MacMillan of his new book "Heaven and Hell Comparative I
Religion with Special Reference to Dante's Divine Comedy."
Dr. Kohler has long been recognized as one of the greatest
living authorities upon the subject of comparative religion, and
in this book he has drawn copiously upon his rich resources and
has added besides the results of research recently made by him.
The work throws an altogether new light upon "The Divine
Comedy," that master creation of Italy's poet philosopher, since
Dr. Kohler interprets it from an angle from which it has never
before been approached.
Because of this, his work will be of interest not merely to
the theologian and to the student of camparative religion but
as well to the literateur and to the serious reader generally.
It should find a place in every well selected library. For any
man, the writing of this book would be a great achievement.
For an octogenarian, it is a triumph. We trust that the world
may be enriched by many another volume from the pen of this
great scholar whom we all delight to honor.
Small Communities.
We hear so much of what is derisively called "small town
stuff" that we are often prone to believe that little or nothing
of intellectual or spiritual value emanates from the smaller
communities. One needs only to travel a very little, however,
and put himself in touch with such communities to realize the
utter lack of justification for any such generalization.
We have just returned from a brief western trip during
which we were privileged to meet intimately the members of a
very small Jewish Jewish community and to observe at first
hand the communal work it was doing and the spirit in which
that work was undertaken. Many a great city might take ex-
ample and inspiration from this town having a total population
of less than fifty thousand and a congregation recruited from
several nearby towns with but sixty-five members. Despite the
paucity of numbers, this congregation is thoroughly alive. Its I
services are well attended week by week. Its religious school
though inadequately equipped, does as telling work as any. ,
Its Council of Jewish Women is busy and energetic. Its Aid
Society is active in good work. There is a spirit of real fellow-
ship among the members of this small Jewish community among
whom are men and women whose intellectual and spiritual
gifts would grace any group anywhere. But above all, there
is manifest an intensity of Jewish community life that we fail
to find in the larger cities. And if this is "small town stuff."
would to heaven we had more of it in most of our boasted met-
ropolitan centers.
Blue Laws.
Senator James E. MacMurray recently introduced into the
Legislature of Illinois, a bill making it an offense to promote
or attend movies, baseball games and other entertainments on
the Christian Sabbath. Although the bill was later withdrawn,
the proposal contained in it called forth as might have been
expected, much comment both favorable and unfavorable.
Among those who protested against the passage of the bill was
the Rev. G. C. Whimsett, Pastor of the South Chicago Presby-
terian Church who denounced the proposal on the ground that
"blue laws are un-American, un-Scriptural, and un-Christian."
"The Constitution of the United States," he went on to say,
"guarantees religious liberty, and the making of such laws
which define how a man shall observe Sunday is imposing upon
him the lawmakers' and not his own idea of religion."
Here is an example of good sense and fair judgment not
always to be found manifesting itself in the utterances of some
of the more conservative pulpits. All the more gratifying it is,
therefore, to find a minister with the courage of his convictions
and with the conscience that will not be satisfied until he ex-
presses them. May the number of such men in the pulpits of
all denominations steadily increase.
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from overseas and ' who had not olis-
ranted it directly they learned to un-
told the English newspapers. But
they are all tincture men and women
by now. The Jewish youth, however,
the second generation of the immi-
grants who came from Russia in the
eighties and in 1905 may or may not
read the half-page or single column
of English in the Jewish dailies. But
except with the aloofness of one per-
forming an unusual feat, they do not
turn to the body of the Yiddish news-
paper. The same youth may on oc-
casions be persuaded to accompany
the parent to a Yiddish performance.
At all other times the ways of the
parent and the child part near Times
Square, the youth packing balconies
of the Broadway theaters, the older
folks going on to Twenty-seventh
street and Madison avenue, and way
down where Second avenue ends.
the youth turn to it—that section of
the youth only which does not regard
Yiddish as ■ menace and everything
calculated to foster it, a traitorous de-
terrent to Americanization. The num-
ber of this youth is substantial. They
like to see Jewish things. They crowd
to see "Aide's Irish Rose" because it
sounds Jewish, And yet, they (lo not
come near the Jewish theater when a
Dymov play is pronounced, they pay
high prices tee see the same Dymov's
"Bronx Express" on Broadway. It is
notorious that a Jewish play in a
Broadway theater is never as good as
in the original, "Anathema" with Mor-
ris Swartz at the Forty-eighth street
Theater proving this, and thereby
showing there are mighty few excep-
tions to a real rule. This is not with-
out its effect on the Jewish players,
and as many of them as are able to
do so follow their youthful audiences
tee Broadway. Than the elder Schild-
kraut, Bertha Kalish, Jacob Ben Ami
and others, have been enriched. Their
defection may lie due to a natural
craving for a trigger audience. But
it is not likely that if the Jewish aud-
iences were bigger and more to the
taste of these artists, they would have
remained where they were rather than
risk a cool reception on Broadway.
The Yiddish stage then, cannot he
ignored. Those who fear it had better
keep away from it. But those who
don't had better draw closer to it for
fear it Will he doomed to middle-aged-
ness and premature senility just when
it has really only gotten to prosper.
The trouble with the Jewish thea-
ter? Its trouble in this country is
then, that it has no youthful audience
to keep abreast of its, development.
There is nothing else itttrinsically the
matter with it, Considering its humb-
le beginning and tender age, remem-
bering that 5(1 years ago there was no
such thing as Jewish drama, drama-
This is the punishment of the liar,
tist and player. It should be recalled that when he tells the truth nobody
also that the Jewish dramadramatist believes him.—The Talmud.
Jewish Girls of Wealth and Fashion
Jewish girls of wealth and fashion,
Future mothers of free burghers,
Culling all the latest knowledge
In the dearest Paris pensions.
Know by heart the names of mummies,
All the stuffed Egyptian Pharaohs,
Merovingian shadow-monarchs
Whose perruques were yet unpowdered.
Also pig-tailed Kings of China,
Porcelain-pagoda princes,
Pat from tongue it all comes tripping.
Clever girls! But, oh, good heavens!
Should you ask about the famous
Names that formed the golden triad
Of our Jewish constellation,
Our Arabic-Spanish singers.
These three stars if you should ask of,
Our Jehuda ben Halevi,
Or our Solomon Gabirol,
Or our Moses Iben Ezra.
Should you bring up names of that sort,
Then with large eyes will regard you
All the girls, the pretty darlings,
Dumb-struck, mud-struck, disconcerted.
—HEINRICH HEINE.
(Tryealated by Israel
Pi5csting
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By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
"Wohin," the marching word of
wandering Jewry for centuries, is to-
day on the lips of 20,000 Jewish refu-
gees who are, in the words of the re-
porter, "on their journey to No-
where." Soviet Russia admitted •
small number, Germany is sheltering
a handful and a small group will be
absorbed by other countries. But
the thousands must personify the
Wandering Jew. A peaceful people,
these homeless Jews who are "with-
out a country" as a result of a ruth-
less war, yet they were forced to vio-
late the Sabbath. in another Exodus
that is likened to a war-time evacua-
tion. Whither are they to go? That
is not for them to answer. Their
brethren across the Atlantic, who
spent so many tens of millions for
palliative relief and have neverthe-
less failed to solve this problem of
the homeless and the wandering, will
have to respond with a once-and-for-
all practical answer. Of course, that
answer can come only in the form
of a home for the homeless. Frankly,
one gets tired of harping on this
question, but it is so pressingly an
only solution for the problem of the
unfortunate branch of East ..Eu-
ropean Jewry that the failure on our
part to solve their problem territorial-
ly becomes almost criminal.
Who Will Build Palestine?
Palestine as the solution to the
problem of the hundreds of thousands
of wanderers cannot serve any more
as a mere suggestion. It is a fact.
Only, the process for settling the
refugees is a painfully slow one. Nut
that we expect Zion to be built in
a day, but that the hour demands
greater action. So the question comes
up as to who will build Palestine?
And the answer must naturally be
that if Palestine is to be built as the
Jewish national home, the entire Jew-
ish people must build it. Leaders in
the l'alestniian movement hope for it
and strive to accomplish it, yet the
settlement of a mere 15,000 or even
20,001) Jews a year in Palestine is
deplorable at a time when such a
number is turned out of Poland in a
single day. Surely, greater action
must be demanded, and we feel con-
vinced that greater action is possible.
That Palestine be made habitable and
colonizable for the thousands who
form the army of wanderers in the
modern Exodus, our people must be-
gin to understand that it is no longer
a question of Zionism, but that Jewry
as a whole is confronted with a task
which can only be accomplished on
a national basis. While thousands
upon thousands dream of and hope
for Zion, it is a fact that only a
handful in every community help to
translate these hopes and dreams in
a practical way. But how about the
great mass? Are they indifferent and
unwilling to participate in the na-
tional reconstruction? We refuse to
believe that. It will be a each (lay
for our people when it will be neces-
sary to grant that we are an indif-
ferent lot and when we lose faith in
our own powers and possibilities. The
trouble is that the average Jew has
never been approached to 1 •- •
rebuilding of Palestine. There are
synagogue memberships that are
hardly ever asked to participate in
the work. When an international
Jewish figure come to a community
and a mass reception and welcome
is planned for him, ever*rganiza-
tion and congregation joins in pa-
rades and in cheers and in distribut-
ing honors.• Are we to believe that
if these same bodies were approached
to join in practical efforts for Pelee-
tine they would refuse? The fault
lies with those who, the shouting in
honor of a great leader being over,
feel so self-satisfied as to lay clown
on the job and not to follow up the
first work. So in order to enlist a
united Jewish support for a Jewish
Palestine we need leaders with vision
who will not only be able to lead a
brass band in shouting to the glory of
the movement, but will also be able
to serve us follow-up experts who will
be able to retain the forces once en-
listed. Communities whose leaders
lack the vision for uniting all Israel
• in the work for Palestine should look
for new one to replace those who are
incapable. For above all we must
strive for the rebuilding of Palestine
on a national basis, every man, wom-
an and child contributing to the ef-
fort for a glorious reconstruction
period in Jewish history.
E LI, EILI
TALES OF CHANINA
Traditional Yiddish Melody.
See great was the righteousne,
Rabbi Chanina ben Ithsa that, by the
merits of his good deeds, the Talmud
says, the who world was sustained,
yet, he lacked the necessaries of life
It happened once that when he carried
a basket of salt upon his head, a he:ccc
shower descended whicli threatened no
destroy his stock in trade or convert
it into brakish water, for which a Ira'.
ket was by no means a convenient te
"My God, my God, why bast thou
forsaken me?"
, With tire and flame they have burnt
us,
they have shamed and de-
,
1 Everywhere
m emo us,
Yet none among us dare depart
From our Holy Scriptures, from our
"My God, my God, why host thou
forsaken me?"
By'Alay and by night I only yearn and
pray,
Anxiously keeping our lloly Scrip-
tures
And praying: Save us, save us, once
again!
For the sake of our Fathers and our
Fathers' Fathers!
Listen tie my prayer and tie my lament-
ing,
For only Thou canst help, Thou, G o d;
nee '
, Fur li ' said: "Hear, 0 Israel, the.
Lord is our God,
The Lord is One!"—
,
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MAKING OF A NAME
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By Mike Cohn.
All the boys of Woodville High
School were !poking forward to the
big footbalk game with Centerville
High School. It Was the first game of
the season, and the boys were very
confident that they would win over the
Centerville boys.
During all the practice games
Harry Levy had gone to take part.
Harry had tried his very best to get
on the team. !tut tee no avail. It
seemed that the harder he tried to
make the leant, the less chance he had.
Harry, a strong boy of sixteen win.
ters, did his utmost to get into the
crowd. But it seemed that none of the
boys would take any notice of him.
They gave him the cold shoulder. Ile
was the only Jew in the third year of
high. As a matter o f feet there were
not very ninny Jewish families in all
1Voodville, Mississippi, a town of
three thousand people. It was a aim-
ing town and some of the Jews had
stores.
Ilarry Levy had one consolation
and that was that he had a true pal
who lived next door to him. His name
was ROY Spencer. Often after school
i ce tneeth•
curry' nnu our
er in Harry's • back yard. And again
sometimes they would play in Roy's
yard, for his yard was very much
larger than Ilarrk's.
Many were the times some of the
hr ys at school would ask Roy just
what he saw in that Jew, And often
Roy would stand by his frined say-
ing, "Harry Levy is a good fellow, he
is my friend and no one shall say one
ward against hint while 1 ant near."
An last the day for the big game
arrived. The Wojalvolle boys took the
loyal train tee Centerville, which was
about twenty miles away. There was
aiHvi ery large crowd that went on the
• .
Ilaay Levy went along as a substi-
tute, he had very little hopes tee get
into the game. Harry out in the SHOW
seat with Roy.
"I sure hope you get a chance to
play in the opening game," said Roy in
friendly voice to Ilarry .
"Roy, 1 have a very slim chance to
get into the game, lad if they do let
me play I will do my (lamest," re-
turned Harry.
"I will talk to Al Ilendet'son, the
captain, maybe he will give you a
chance to show just what • you are
nude of," Roy told Harry feelingly.
"It's no use, pal, I thank you all the
same for trying tee help me."
There was a big crowd of boys at
the Centerville depot. Many of the
town folks tame out to see the W01111-
ville boys arrive. For the town folks
took a great interest in the high school
sports and were always on hand fo
watch any game and especially It foot-
ball game.
The game was tinted to start at
three o'•lock, but like most all games
the boys were late getting started.
Woodville won the toss and Cap-
tain Al Henderson chose to defend his
goal. The game started off with a vim
and a swing. The crowds yelled like
Browne kicked - out of bounds, the
ball returned and he kicked over again
Arab Rioters and Others.
Arab sheiks are petitioning Sir for twenty-five yards. Harden of
Ilerbert Samuel to pardon Abu Kish, Woodville got the ball and ran for ten
•the chieftan who is serving a 15-year ' yards, The first down Roy Spencer
sentence for leading a mob in the Rained two yards through the center.
slicking of the l'etach Tikvah colony Leer Sanding failed to gain left end,
in 1921. In Bucharest, anti-Semitic Woodville was penalized fifteen yards
students were on striker for a (lay de, when have ( ampton aces holding.
For the first quarter of the game,
!minding the release of those who par-
M'coelville's efforts tee penetrate Cen-
i petitioners assure the High Commis- ter•ille's line resembles] the bounding
sinner in Palestine that they are of a rubber ball oft a sterner wall. Then
maintaining friendly relations with canter the break, slight as it •ilS, in the
their Jewish neighbors and will con- second quarter. With the ball in pos-
' tinue to live in peace with them. In session of Woodville., Reis Spencer at-
Bucharest the students are much tempted to pass as Lee Sanding broke
bolder. They just demanded the re- through the liner to break the pass.
The grime progressed until the last
lease of their fellow anti-Semites.
'I hey merely plead for their anti- quarter not one side making a score.
Then
Roy Spencer was badly injured
Jewish cause. With the Arab sheiks
pledging peace in return for their and was taken nff the field.
All
during the game Harry Levy
chieftan's freedom, we can't help but
wonder if the 1921 attacks upon the ' was hoping tee get into the game. lie
was the only one left to play and he
Jew's would not have been prevented
his chance had come.
entirely had the policy of the British knew
The captain called out "Come on
administration in the Holy Land been
the game, am! do your
Levy
„,,
in accordance with the pledge of
Great Britain to the Jewish people.
They put Levy in the hack field.
Somehow we feel more and more con- From the very 'start they sent him
vinced that the root of the trouble through the left end and he made a
in Palestine is not so much with the gain of seven yards. Ile played to the
Arabs as it is with the British ad- best of his ability. harry knew that
ministration. It is certainly not ask- his chance had come tee make a name
ing too much when we suggest that !for himself.
a Palestine administration that is
Centerville made a forward pass.
:charged with the carrying out of the The ball bounded out of Browne's
Balfour Declaration ought at least be hands before he got set and rolled off
fair and if not pro-Jewish at least not the shoulder of Campton. Harry Levy
anti-Jewish. There are still, how- •had circled his terminal, grabbed the
ever, too many officials in Palestine pigskin as it started to fall and raced
who are anti-Semitic.
down a clear field for 35 yards;
with a grim determination he made a
A Possible Reason for Peace.
touchdown. Harry won the game. All
The day on which the Arab sheiks the Woodville boys cheered like wild
in Jerusalem petitioned Sir Herbert men,
for the release of Abu Kish there
nn the train going home Har-
appeared a letter in the Morning Post ry Levy was happy for he knew that
of London, from Shibley Jemal, the he had won the game for Woodville
secretary of the Arab delegation, in end all the bays of the school were his
•
which the latter declared that every friends.
Jew in Palestine is armed to the
Then the 'Woodville boys reached
teeth. So we connected the two dis- home they gave three cheers for Har-
patches with the possibility that the ry Levy. •
Jews being armed may have some-
INGRATITUDE
thing to do with the Arabs maintain-
When he was a puppy I fed him,
ing of peace. We hope there is more
and when he became a dog he bit me.
(Turn to last page.)
—The Talmud.
vel '' ' tL ate rri ll ' ,' he exclaimed, "the wh..le
world has joy en account of the rain
which Thou bast given, but Chamois
alone is in sorro•." The rain at ono,
ceased, and the holy man brought hi.
salt home, not math the worse for the
soaking it had received. Chanins,
however, was not quite at his ease yet,
and again had recourse to jerayer.
"Sovereign of the Universe," he be-
gan, "f'hanina is now contented;
has'savisl'his steak from destructies,
but what about the rain which is so.
much needed?" Hardly had he finish-
ed this simple supplication to tl...
Throne of Mercy when the rain 0,1111..
down in a torrent, to the delight of
the anxious farmers, a delight m
which Chanina fully shared.
Chanina's wife—not unlike olio. o
of her sex—considered poverty a dr..
grace, and to conceal the dire sii,no.
in which she and her husband eel,.
situated she was in the habit of knel-
ling a fire each Friday with anytime, ,
she could lay her hands on in order
that her neighbors, seeing the smirk,.
issuing from her chimney, might be
under the impression that ,p he' aa,
baking the bread and preparing the
food for the Sabbath meal. There
was a neighbor of the good woman, a
matron who was fond of prying in".
d'hanina's domestic affairs, who, o r.
der some pretext, found her wee} ir to
Chanina's house to confirm her seism,
ion that the smoke she saw issuing
from the chimney W011111, 1111 investi-
gation, end in smoke only, for
woman shrewdly guessed that the
smoke was the wife's ruse for veiling
her poverty, and that there wets noth-
ing to cook or bake within her dwell
ing. But the inquisitive woman 'cuas
(loomed to disappointment, for by a
miracle--miracles not infrequomtly
happened to Chanina and his god
wife—the oven wine found Ice be filled
with delicious and well-baked loaves,
to the envy of the prying neighbor.
At the instance of his wife, Chanina
11110 day prayed Heaven to let lain
have., in this lifer, an instalment of the
good that seas reserved for him in the
lifer to come, and in response to this
petition he received a leg from a geld-
en table. That night he had a dream,
anol beheld the righteous seated at a
table possessing only three legs, ve here
upon he' asked at once that the etr
leg be taken hack. A hand appeared,
which took this relic of paradise .t11 .q
Another miraculous story told
Chan inn is the foollo,wing: A woman
neighbor of, his was building a house,
and she found that she WAS in wast
of shore long rafters for the garret,
the timber she had being too short for
the purpose. She appealed to Chanina
for assistance., and he asked the wo-
man her name. She replied that it
was ii/1111. "1111111, " he exelaimed, "no.
bu, your rafters shall extend to the
length you require," and forthwith the
woman found that now she was able
lu use the timber for the purpose re-
quired. A man by the name of Plinio
testified to having seen the house and
the loft, the roof of which had been
built by the rafters that had miracu-
lously lengthened,
I.
Moses and Tut ankh Amen.
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As one dwells upon the wonderful
treasures which reveal the glory of
ancient Egypt and as one mantle.
plates what must have been the spies.
dor of Tut-ankh-Amen's reign, one
inevitably conjures up the thought of
that humble people who helped by
their toil and blood to build up the
monument of Egypt, and there is
such a co,ntrast between the two! Is-
rael versus Egypt, Moses versus Tut-
ankh-Amen. What an utter incom-
putability between these two types,
the one representative of a week and
humble people, the other ruler of it
mighty empire., the one meek and mod-
est, the either invested with pomp and
splendor, the one coming in the name
of Jehovah, to demand freedom, the
other tyrannizing the masses and
crushing the last morsel of energy
from their hash-driven bodies, the ell,
speaking the message of life and free-
than, the other worshipping the cult of
death.
Where is Egypt today? Where or
the mighty Empress of the world? The
prowl Pharaohs who trampled upon
the necks of their subjects. It is all
memory and a ruin, k11111 men must
dig far down into the earth to discov-
er the relics of Egyptian civilization,
whereas, Israel is still alive and bids
fair to yet attain the climax of its his•
tory. This contrast between Egypt
and Israel, between Moses and Tut-
ankh-Amen is the great vindication
hat history holds forth erf the triumph
of spirit over matter. Egypt relies1
upon its 1;0111 and silver and it: char-
iots. Israel relied upon the Eternal
Therefore Egypt is in ruins and l••-
rael lives, because Israel's treasures
are not sulr'•.rt to change of time and
circumstance's They are treasures ,r1
the spirt width, need not be sealed on
in tombs to her preserved, but thrive
in the air of fremlem and flourish le
the soil of justice. Would that the roe
Bans of today could learn the lesson
of history and rely not upon forrre. f
arms or power of wealth, but tame th.•
law of international righteousnos“.
Dr. Israel Goldstein.
THE MOUTH AND THE EARS
• By Palquera
(1264).
My friend, speak always once, but lis-
ten twice,
This I would have you know is sound
advice,
For God bath given you and all your
peers
A single mouth, friend, but a pair of
ears.
Every nation has its special guard-
ian angel, its horoscopes, its ruling
planets and stars. But there is no
planet for Israel. Israel shall look
but to God. There is no mediator
between those who are called His
children and their Father which is in
Heaven.—The Talmud.