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I Dr. Heller on "How Peace
Might Have Been Secured:•

Pp Chas. H. l•s•mh.)
1CapywrIshl, 1921.
. (III Sunday morning next, we shall
hove the pleasure of hearing in our
nxious to see if any denial will be forthcoming of the statements'
a
I am
abled
to
this
country
in
the
name
of
the
Pope
to
the
effect
that
pulpit an unusually able speaker
t h a t were c
t h e a tt,eks on the Catholics of Russia have been inspired by the Jews of upon x particularly interesting sub-
ountry and that the Jews of this country should app.!. the brethren ''''t. Dr. James G. Heller of t• incin-
i s recognized no one of the most
that c
desist from such mad acts. This would be amusing if it were nati
ie tO
in the
in Roche
tragic. The Jews themselves have had their religiou. institutions brilliant of the younger men
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not
destroird
and their religion prejudiced by the acts of the Bolshevi.ts and pulpit today. lie is a deep thinker
lie sure to hear
it l oo k, peculiar, to say the least, that the Pope, who, above all others, amt a real orator.
he cognizant of the facts, should endeavor to give the impressiOn " UM
that the Jews of the United States have anything in common, or that we
a
. th *id
power to influence Trotsky and his decisions. Why not appeal to A Spring Fant•"'
hoes the
Under the direction of Mrs. Mann,
eistian. to use their influence with Lenine? I think that the Vatican
the C li
who has had charge of our dancing
is the name of simple justice owes it to the world to retract such utterly

classes this season, a Spring Fantasy
will be given in the chapel on next
Sunday evening, May 13, at S o'clock.
An encyclopedia or • dictionary should be published in the interests
This entertainment, in which the pu-
exact information uncolored by prejudice. I have tried to interest
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pils of the dancing classes will par-
Jewish organizations in having eliminated from the dictionaries the present
ticipate, promises to he one of un-
prejudiced and unfair definition of "Jew" which still continues to he pub.
usual beauty. You and your friends
Hiked. Now comes the Encyclopedia Brittanica with an article by • British
are invited.

unfounded insinuations.

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writer on "Polish Jews." It is an unfair article and should not find a place
publication of the type of the Brittanica. Most of on are indifferent
Sisterhood Annual Meeting:
ins
But when we stop to
le these things; in fact, most of us never see them.
(in Monday, May 14, the Temple
consider that dictionaries and encyclopedias are presumed by many to be
Sisterhood will hold its annual meet-
partial in their statements and that they are consulted by millions of
im
ing and election of directors. A fine
for information, that anything which appears therein prejudicial to
musical program will follow. All
does much more permanent harm than some ephemeral article
members of the Sisterhood should at-
e mc people
prid in • current newper or mag•sine by • halfdsaked •nti.Semite.
nte
tend this important gathering.
moltento the attentionof the Anti•Def•mation League.
I call these molten
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Sinclair complains that Hearse's International eliminated from Temple Arts Society:
Next Tuesday evening, May 15,
Upton
the serial pblition of his bok, "The C•rpenter," the chapter referring
the Temple Arts Society will present
nching
of Jesus by the American Legion. At the same time he
three one-act plays, all of which are
to t he l y
there me limits to which • magazine may go and still remain, written by members of the society.
realizes that
at
■ least Upton has sorne original idea. on the crucifixion. 'they are said to be of unusual ex-
in busines.. Well,
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eelience• The "afterglow" program,
Rabbi Silver of Cleveland resigned the other day from the Chamber of
be unique. Members of the
Commerce on the ground that the chamber was lending itself to propaganda too,
will will gather at a ti o'clock din-
din-
society
for closed shops against union labor in the guise of "open shops." In other nee after which the annual meeting
open shop campaign was simply to give capital an opportunity to
words the
ill
held:
from another angle, While Rabbi Silver did not use the w ill order
that the general member-
attack unionism
In
same terms that I am employing, that is -in effect what he meant. He is ship of the congregation may be priv-
in favor of an honest open shop; that is, where both union and non-union ilegel it; ettend the performance, the
,
find employment without prejudice. But he seems to think that
" "' the Arts Society has
labor can
this is not the sort of open shop that the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce ' " Ili.
at a
ell tickets of admission decid-
ss throws an eight-column ed to s price, They may be secured
has in mind. So he resigned. The Cleveland Press
to
head across the front page and there is some interesting correspondence ' from members or at the temple ad-
r.
exchanged between Newton Baker •nd Rabbk Silve
' ministration offices.
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Some time ago • writer in one of the leading magazines; I just can't1The Year Book:

recall who the writer was nor can I recall the name of the publication, but '
Members who have received the re-
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ontents of the article are fresh in my mind. He was pointing out the , et:fitly
published Year Book are en-
the c
sharp division that was threatening church organizations today. The ever thusiastic in regard to its form and
by
the
younger
promoted
contents. The special thanks of the
increasing spirit of social justice that was being

and more progressive elements among the clergy on the one side and the congregation are due to Morris Stein-
"standp•tism" of the reactionary group on the other side. In other words berg and the Morris Prniting Com-
there is, thank God, an ever increasing number of spirituel leaden who on) , for their personal contribution
understand that economic injustice is as much a sin as failing to believe ' of the very beautifully embossed
No ume.
that Jesus walked on the waters or that Moses was found in the bulrushes. I cover page of f the volume,

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ERY TOPCOAT

TRIBUTE PAID MEMORY
OF A. B. SEELENFREUND

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By ADOLPH KRAUS,
I read with intense interest Lewis Browne'• article in the current issue ,
Yiddish Literature Dying?"— ' most ``" President Independent Order of B'nai
of The Nation on the subject "Is
B'rith,
workable article, and one I commend to the attention of all readers. In

and s

A stringent rule of our store is not to carry garments from one season to another. May is
on. So we have taken our entire stock and renal ked
passing, and all topcoats must b gone very so
the prices to $14 and $24. Certainly , a fine Birthday offering to buy these splend id new standard
quality coats at such lows prices.
All sizes, all styles, all models.
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Full belts, half belts, beltless, form-fitting,
OF TWO-PANTS SUITS
semi-fitting, and loose fitting bodies.
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Better be here early and participate in this
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great Birthday feast.

for the Mid-West
convention of the United Synagogue
of America in Kansas City have been
completed. Delegates and rabbis
from communities in Colorado. Okla-
homa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas
and Iowa are to attend the conven-
tion. The mayor of the city will wel-
come the delegates. The local com-
munity, under the leadership of B.
M. Achtenberg, chairman, has mat e
elaborate preparations for the enter-
tainment of the guests and delegates.
There will be a banquet in their
honor served at the Athanaeun on
Sunday night, May 13.

Preparations

Monday afternoon, May 14, the
delegates will be taken on an auto-
mobile trip through the world-famous
boulevard system of Kansas City, to
be followed by a tea at the llotel
Bray.

The business session will be held
at the Baltimore lintel and will con-
clude with a public meeting at the
Beth Sholom synagogue on Monday
-
vening, May 14.

trying to recall Browne I had to turn to The Nation for enlightenment and
found that he had been until recently the rabbi of Temple Israel at Water-
bury, Conn., and he resigned because of the disapproval (probably by his
congregation) of his stand in favor of free speech at the time of the sup.
pression of the anti-Fasciti meetings in Waterbury. I haven't the spac• to
discuss that at this time, but it is easy tot understand why the conservatives

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tv t Alexan-
der II. Seelenfreund, born in Hungary,
„tho, o ,,,i for the
ago,
wax
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relative who was
! Rabbinate under r a re
Hungary. He left his
chief rabbi of
, studies for Vicuna where he spent his
of Waterbury did not want Fascisti to he denounced.
' young manhood and came to Amer-
_,—
Ica in Dna
! must quote this paragraph from Browne's article, it is so full of beautyil
' Soon after he became a civilian
and of meaning and of truth:
•
, clerk in the Quartermasters ('ores
of the United States Army, being as-
"Pathos, of course, predominates among, the tones in Yiddish
signed to various western posts, Il is
literature. Even the humor, of which there' is considerable. is im-
abilities were recognized by the late
pregnated with deep-running sorrow., That, however, is not surpris-
' Nelson !Morris, the meat packer, by
ing. It would be monstrous fora people conceived in misery and
whim: he was employed. Seelenfreund
a
mass
beaten
and
flaunted
and
crushed,
to
be
reared 'in squalor. -
'rose to become private secretary to
able to sing without sighing or laugh without tears. It would be
Mr. Morris, and his personal represen-
folk freezing or sweltering in Essex street
' altogether unearthly if A
tative until called from that service
could look out on Park avenue and still be lighthearted and blithe.
there
runs
it
strain
by Adolf K raus to assume the dual
-
and
prose
Throughout the best of Yiddish pantry
position of secretary of the district
of great and noble protest, a strain at times softened and subdued,
'
of the Grand Lodge No S and secre-
but more often bold and imperative. No other literature in the
tary' to the executive committee of
world voices no poignantlytnan's loathing of the cruelty in the world.
the constitution ledge of the iiinai
of
silver,
a
near
past
blood-red,
a
present
Everything—a far past -
, Brith.
`deep black, and a future sun-golden! a passion and a world-weariness
, In that capacity Seelenfreund serv-
nurtured in the Orient, and a weakness for tinsel learned in the
ed Is years, rising to become a great
:pent in dredging taks,from the Talmud, and an
West; a childhood
mover in the order. In addition he
,
nxlaljng Tur renev and Zola—everything
PPe. ip
was for many years a attestor o
seems to have conspired to give to Yiddish that uniqueijess.
Denver Ibmpital for consumpeives in
. .
Rabbi ,Browne does not think that Yiddish literature will long survive. Chicago, a member of the B'nai Brith
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. council of the Cleveland Orphan
What's in a name? The divorce proceedings instituted by Olg• Samo. Home, the Leo N. Lev' Memorial llos-
Nathan plOrphanage
refl. against her husband. Leopold Stokowski, the famous leader of the pital, the Mark s
Old Peoe's Ho me,
Philadelphia Orchestra, bring to light that Olg• S•maroff is not the Russian of Ch icago, the
was
in
charge
of
the
American Care
Princess I thought her to be but that her name is Olea Hickenlooper and
that she was born in San Antonio, Texas. Thus are the dreams of my for the Jewish War Orphans Commit-
tee,
and
ninny
other
Chicago
National
childhood shattered! Anyhow "she fell in love with his eyes and he with
and International activities.
her hands.” • •
All his life, head of communal af-
fairs of many kinds, he was one of
Pope might be 'interested in the news that comes from Moscow
fields
to be placed on trial in the town of Gomel for "as- the best workers in all Jewish
thatThe
•
I rabbis are
advising Jewish litigants to in America and Europe. lie made a
in
seaming the prerogatives of state courts"
number of trips to Europe on behalf
have recourse in Jewish ritual courts of law. One of the rabbis, named
seven month; imprisonment for attacking of American and B'nai Brith activi-
Barishansky, has already
ties in that field as well as the Orient.
th e Jewish section of the Communist early in his .eeches. All this is
lie was a forceful speaker, and ear-
interesting in view of the suggestion (?) made at the Vatican, that "the
nest and conscientious workers in ev-
attacks on Catholics are instigated by Isr•elites," and that the Jews in this
ery field in which he applied himself,
country should protest to their Rossi.an brethren guilty of those acts, to
and ranked aiming the best known
desist: It looks to me m if the Jews of Russia have their own troubles.
Jews in America. Ile was a most ac-
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l tive factor in grand jury investiga- .
While our zealous foreign missionary societies are bringing the gospe
:-
o n of school board frauds in
of truth to the benighted heathen I?) in India, China and Japan. not to (i
and the Jews," • rotten place like the • •agn for a period of nine months. His
mention the "Turks, the Infidels ■
sudden death was hastened by over-
and
- Israelite House of David can exist for years in Benton Harbor, Mich., "b
k work neeessiatated in the Public Ser-
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sire.

LONDON.—(J. C. B.) — General
!laded Pasha, representative in Lon-
don of Kin Feisul of Mesopotamia,
died in Nice, following a relapse af-
•Another reason why there should b. • limitation placed upon the num. ter an attack of sysentary. The gen-
be r of Jews admitted to higher institutions of learning. Moses Finkelstein,
eral WAS A leader in the cause of Ar-
aged 10 lean, "as • final achievement in the most remarkable school record
ab Independence, and was among
ever attained by • Syracuse pupil," won the honor place of valedictorian those who favored an understanding
in the Julie graduating class of the Central High School of Syracuse, N. Y.
with the Zionists.

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publiiihed by the boys and girls of
. Temple Beth El Religious School, will
be out this Sunday. As it is to be
the last issue this year, the Bethelite
will contain many extra features, the
most important of which is that it
will contain two extra pages. Any
members of the congregation who
wish to secure a copy can get one in
tions and so on ad nauseum. Old stuff, brother, old stuff.
the lobby of the school, back of the
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What's it all about? Intermarritge. But the author leaves God to temple auditorium.

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the author had quite stupidly seen fit to harp on that worn out string of
I wish
Jewish cupidity, the audience was absolutely free from prejudice.
a piece of my
I could have had that author for • few minutes to give him
mind when I saw Solomon' Levi examine the engagement ring of his son s
wife to judge its value, end when he examined her furs for the same reason.
That is crude, raw stuff that doesn't belong. It was unnecessary. Like.
c omplaints about the
wise, his putting into Solomon Levi's mouth constant
cost of this or that; of the cost of the wedding; of the cost of the decors-

no one ;ley. any attention to it. What is needed in this country
to • the home" movement where busybodies will Place their own houses in
order before meddling with their neighbors. Again I want to remind the
careless newspaper reader that the House of David was founded and main.

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Every Herringbone Topcoat
Every Gabardine Topcoat
Every Cravenetted Topcoat

Every Tweed Topcoat
Every Covert Topcoat
Every Whipcord Topcoat

Mothers' Day. Why not sent a

why it has lived so long.

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I finally got around to see "Abie's Irish Rose." The first thing that im• Uniongram of loving greetings to
d me was the character of the audience. It was pig's knuckles, corn. your dear mother on that day?
p
beef and cabbage, gefiflte fish, noodle soup and k•tchka. This statement Uniongrams may be obtained from
is meant for those who understand. It was an audience of emotions and Mrs llarry Farbstein, chairman of
heart. It was an audience of feeling. It laughed boisterously and it cried Sisterhood Uniongram committee, or
administration offices of the
easily. It was the first "mixed" play that I have .ever attended where the at th e
and that was because the Irish weretemple,
oon•Jews outnumbered the Jews, ■
interested.
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Final Issue of Bethelite:
The final issue of the Bethelite,
And here's another thought that came to mind. Despite the fact that

' work out the answer. It is quite a 'comfortable business all around. The
priest, the rabbi and the audience all root for the young couple. Its low •
It has ■ tremendous heart anneal. That is
comedy, yet nothing vulgar.

ED ER

WOODWARD

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A few clerical errors and omissions
'
Rabbi Silver's action is simply • symptom of the changed conditions in I i have been noticed in the book. We
the Jewish pulpit today. Any close observer can see the rapidly growing I call attention to the following:
dominance of the group of rabbis who believe in putting social justice into ' , %mom; the memorial donations. it
active practice. It is making the st•ndp•tter in the pew uneasy. He begins should have been Aided that the pul-
•
it in the chapel is in memory of
to feel that maybe the pulpit is becoming "radic•l," that it is encouraging
to
Levin Goldstein, and that the
among the workers; that it actually rejoices when bricklayers ea hit
men's
reception room is a memorial
812 s day! Terrible business, bricklayers earning $12 a day! First thing
they to Maurice Weiss. Among the mar-
you know, some of these working men will earn somuch money that
riages
that of Jacob Albert to Miss
le to rear their children properly; give them the right kind of
will be able
Pauline Walters Was inadvertently
education, and provide them with decent living conditions.
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omitted.
too, we find these
In the Protestant church and in the Catholic church,
well defined movements, tending toward the establishment of social justice. Young People's Temple Club:
lembers of the Y. I'. T. C. should
It is just about time that the Brotherhood of Man was also taken out of
aside the evening of May 23 for
the moth balls and exposed to the feesh car of daily life. If the church is set
and continue to be a force in the influencing of the lives of men, it their annual meeting,. Election of
to live
must interest itself in the living problems of men. After all, there is too officers will take place and other im-
portant business will be transacted.
much attention paid to dying and not nearly enough to living. The Here.
after is more of God's business than it is of ours, so let us leave that to
Him while we devote our time to setting our own house in order in this life. Mothers' Day:
This Sunday, May 13, will be
,
That is the meaning Rabbi Silver's action has for me.

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$10,000 Each Left for Dropsie Col-
lege and Theological Seminary.

PHILADF:LPHIA,— (J. C. B.)—
Mayer Sulzberger, eminent jurist and
Jewish scholar, who died April 20,
left an estate of $500,000. His will
has just been filed for probate with
the Register of Wills.
At the death of the brother, who is
now 112 years old, the fund from which
he receives the income will be divided
among numerous close relatives of
Judge Sulzberger.
Among the charitable requests are:
The Jewish Hospital Association $10,-
0011; Jewish Theological Seminary of
America, $10,000; Jefferson Medica l
College of Philadelphia, $10,000;
Dropsie College, $10,000; Federation
of Jewish Charities, $2,500; Gratz
College of Philadelphia, $2,500; Penn-
sylvania Hospital, $1,000; Ilebrew
Home of Philadelphia, $1,000; He-
brew Education Society of l'hiladel-
.

Dr. Adler, then to the selection of Dr.
A. Marx and Dr. Max L. Margolis.

RABBI EISENSTADT IS
UNDER ARREST AT HOME

WARSAW.— (J. A. A.) — Rabbi
Eisenstadt of Petograd, against whom
charges were preferred last week, is
held under police surveillance at his
house, it is learned. The accusation
against the Rabbi is not said to be
serious and no punishment is likely.

Program for Clover Hill Ceme-
tery Memorial Day Service.

The program of the Memorial Day
services at Clover Hill Park Ceme-
tery on May 30, at 2:30 p. m., will
consist of an invication by Rabbi A.
M. Hershman, singing of "America,"
memorial sermon by Rabbi Hersh-
man, singing of "The Star Spangled
Banner," decorating of graves by six
Sunday School children and six Boy
Scbuts, and the El Molei Rachamin.
The cemetery is at the Fifteen-mile
Judge Sulzberger had collected a
road, east of Woodward avenue.
large library containing choice books

The North Woodward branch of
the Jewish Women's European Wel-
fare Organization, at a meeting held
Wednesday at the home of Mrs. J.
Cohen, 210 Owen avenue, elected the
following new officers: Mrs. M. Gold-
berg, president; Mrs. George Cohen
and Mrs. Fred Epstein, vice-presi-
dents; Mrs. S. Schaflander, treas.:
urer; Mrs. J. London, secretary.
Interesting reports were submitted
at this meeting. The retiring officers.
reported on the work accomplished:
during the past year in the interest
of the European orphans who desire
to come to this country, many of
them having been supplied with the
means of transportation.
Announcement was made at this
meeting that a luncheon and card
party to be held at 12:30 p. tn. Mon-
day, May 28, at the Hotel Taller,
will close the year's activities. It is
urged that reservations for tickets be
made at once with the chairman of
the committee, Mrs. M. Goldberg, 302
Owen avenue, Empire 0377.

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