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near future. It is to be hoped that the paper to be presented at
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No rabbi can attend a meeting of this character without
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the
view expressed by the writers.
finding stimulation and inspiration for his work. It therefore
behooves congregations large and small throughout the land
June 1, 1923
Sivan 17, 5683 to make it possible for their ministers to attend this meeting.
Not only the rabbis but also their congregations will be amply
repaid for any sacrifices that may be entailed in the rabbi's par-
What Now?
Now that thousands of children standing before the con- ticipation in thin gathering.
firmation altar have pledged their fealty to the faith of their
fathers, one is moved to ask what proportion of them all will
A Liberal Preacher Leaves Detroit.
remain loyal to the vows and promises that they have made.
All liberal churchmen in Detroit will regret Dr. C. F. Pat-
Will the ceremonial in which they have participated prove to
be to them an empty form and a bit of lip service whose ritual terson's decision to leave Detroit to accept a call that has come
they have repeated by rote? Will they continue their religious to him from greater Boston. During the years that Dr. Patter-
education in the various schools of religion or will they hence- son has occupied the pulpit of the First Universalist Church of
forward believe themselves above and beyond the reach of the the city, his has been one of the few voices that has been clearly
religious school? Will they be found in the synagogue on Sab- and fearlessly lifted in defence of liberal thought in the
baths and holy days or will they be strangers within those sa- churches. He has won the admiration of many persons in De-
cred precincts? Will new loyalties to religious tradition and to troit not only by the character of his preaching but as well by
religious practice have been awakened in them? Will tempta- his genial personality.
The First Universalist Church has very fine traditions. For
tion find in them a more aggressive foe than heretofore? Will
their characters show a new strength of resistance to evil, and almost a quarter of a century, its pulpit was filled by Dr. Lee S.
will service and sacrifice mean more to them than they did be- McCollester, now Dean of the Divinity School of Tutfs College.
For many years, Dr. McCollester's pulpit stood almost alone
fore?
It is as these questions may be answered in the positive or among the Christian churches of Detroit as the sponsor of a
the negative that the confirmation services in which the children wider interpretation of religion. The traditions thus establshed
have taken part will be meaningful or without purpose. What were consistently carried forward by Dr. Patterson.
It is to be hoped that whoever comes to take his place will
their ultimate influence upon our children shall be will depend
largely upon the attitude of the rabbi and the parents. If the be a man fitted by scholarship, by breadth of sympathy, and by
rabbi is content to make the confirmation the end of the child's an understanding of the task of the modern church in the social
religious training, then he has little right to expect very much scheme to continue and enlarge the fine work for which the
support for the work in which he is interested at their hands. First Universalist Church—better known to many by its former
But even though the rabbi be ardent and zealous, his influence title, the Church of Our Father—has come to stand.
over the children will be more or less nullified unless it is re-en-
forced and strengthened by the parents in the home. The con-
firmation, if it has been effective at all, has made the child re-
ceptive to spiritual influence. Let ministers and mother and
father use this psychological moment in the child's life to the
best possible effect. These children who have been confirmed
this week—it is trite to say—will be the men and women upon
whose help and interest our congregations and our various AN EVERLASTING MEMORIAL
Jewish institutions will have to depend in the future. Now is
the time to stimulate in these children a pride in their great
By E. M. EPSTEIN
past and an interest in the present day Judaism.
The immortal Shakespeare was ir- to which the contribution would be de-
For our part, we believe that these children are our great- onic about names; he thought a rose votee]. It was suggested that he cover
est asset today. What a pity it would be for our congregations would smell as sweet if called by any the cost of the site of a new Settle-
name. Yet names, too, have ment in the Valley of Jezreal to bear
and other representative institutions of Judaism not to capital- other
their significance, and the Emek of
name he wished, and though this
ize their interest, their enthusiasm, and their loyalty. As this Jezreel becames doubly dear because the
meant a still larger donation, it was
is done, confirmation will take on a new and greater meaning the name of every village, brook and forthcoming. That is the history of
both to children and to adults and there will be none to ques- hill recalls our classic history. From the village of Ezekiel, It only remains
Am Herod I crossed the railway line to add that to this day the "father"
tion the efficacy and the religious importance of the ceremony. to
what in ancient times was called

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Newly Ordained Rabbis.

the "Tabun" Well, and taking out my
Bible, most fascinating of all the
guides to Erez Israel, I went over the
site of that moving scene of King
Saul's last conflict with the Philis-
tines. At this well, we are told in I.
Samuel 29 i, the Israelites encamped
while their enemies gathered at Shu-
nam, close to our 3Iorhavia. Just a
stretch tit' three kilometres of non.
Jewish land separates MO from the
next Jewish estate., which also includes
Tel Adas and Balfeuria, else I could
pass todny from the Tabun Well to
s Shsu snain without leaving our own pos-
sessions.
ions. I picture the moody monarch
wending his way at dead of night
from the camp at the well to the
Witch of Endor which place lies op-
posite as I face north: his gloomy
forebodings as he re-traced his fad-
steps till he reached Gilboa hills trav-
ersing the ground in which I stand
now looking at the Labour Legion
working in the fields of Ain Herod;
the dismissal of David by Achish and
the recovery of his captured wives;
and the final battle on this spot in
which a King of Israel wooed death
rather than fall into the hand of the
conqueror. Mere historic names? but
these names are our title deeds to Pal-
estine. Down the ages they speak of
the connection of our ancestors with
Erez Israel.
Today we are forging other links
with the old-new land; Nahalal, Ain
Herod Merhavia—the pulse of new
life beats there; the promise of an-
other fanning generation is given by
their little ones, and the Emek hums
again with the Jewish songs of Jew-
ish laborers. But they are not un-
accompanied; behind them are fellow-
Jews whose eyes strain towards Zion
from for off climes and who send our
Haluzim their spiritual and practical
blessing. And they, too, would bind
their names or those of their dear
ones with the revivifying work in
which they participate by their con-
tributions. Hence, in the twentieth
Century when the Israelites encamped
tTw
ab hlicn h M a e they called
faces
f .es Ain Herod
—Kier En ze etCiel.
When the story of that change of
name was told to me I said that senti-
ment was not dead in Israel. A Jew
living far from Palestine was asked
to support the Zionist work. Ile gave
what he felt he could afford to the
Jewish National Fund and that was a
handsome sum, and he asked that the
name of his late brother might be as-
sociated in some way with the object

On Sabbath of this week, a class of eleven young men will
be ordained at the Hebrew Union College as rabbis and teach-
ers in Israel. Were the class to be graduated many times larg-
er than it is, there would still be not enough of these young men
to fill the pulpits that are awaiting them. When about half a
century ago, the Hebrew Union College was founded, the pre-
diction was made on ninny sides that there would never be a
demand for the services of its graduates. It was rather taken
for granted that American trained rabbis would not meet the
needs of Jewish congregations and that we would have to con-
tinue to bring our spiritual leader from the other side of the
waters, Today, everybody knows not only that the leading
pulpits of the land are occupied by graduates of the Hebrew
Union College, but that these men have been largely instrumen-
tal in saving American Judaism.
Dr. Isaac M. Wise, the founder of the College, was far vis-
ioned enough to realize that only men who were filled and
thrilled with the spirit of America could present to the Jewish
youth of this land, the message of their faith in such form as
would appeal to their sympathies. He prophesied when he cre-
ated the College, that it would eventually mean a rejuvenation
of the Jewish spirit in America. His prophecy has been richly
fulfilled.
In more recent times, the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America has added its quota of men to the pulpit of Jewish
congregations in America. These men for the most part, are
serving them well. Under their leadership, many formally
small organizations have developed into great religious institu-
tions that take rank with the foremost congregations every-
where.
Now the third institution has been added to the schools for
training rabbis in this country, viz.—the Jewish Institute of Re-
ligion recently created by Dr. Stephen S. Wise. It is of course
too early to predict what the methods and policies of this
new school will be or what place its graduates will take in
molding the Jewish life of America. It is to be hoped that its
scholarship standards will be equally as high as those of the
two older schools and that the men who shall leave its halls w
• ill
be as well equipped as any to assume the sacred and important
responsibilities that rest upon the Jewish minister. At the
present time, however, the older schools are growing in num- again
'4' at e the
bers and in influence and their graduates are eagerly sought
for.
We in Detroit are particularly gratified that among the
young men to be graduated from the Hebrew Union College
this , is one of our native sons.
Walter Rothman, who will be ordained to the rabbinate next
Sabbath, wilifno doubt bring honor to our cause. He is an ex-
cellent student, a young man of clean character and right am-
bitions, and one who we believe possesses exceptional qualities
of leadership. Before entering the pulpit, Rabbi Rothman is to
take a post-graduate course in a European university and we
confidently expect that when he returns, he will take a leading
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and an honorable place among his collegues in this land.

The Program of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis.

Memebers of the Central Conference of American Rabbis
have just received the tentative program of the next meeting of
that organization which is to take place at Cape May, New
Jersey, during the week beginning June 27. The program as
outlined suggests a meeting of considerable interest to the rab-
bis, but it is not lacking in discussions of a purely practical
character.
A paper to be presented on The Jewish Student At the
University" ought to bring to the forefront a situation of unusu-
al importance. We have always held that the full significance of
the problem presented by the Jewish student has not been rec-
ognized by our national organizations. True, the Confederate
has interested itself in the Jewish student in a number of ways
through many years and the Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations has also done something along these lines. But
neither one of these organizations nor the other, has met the
situation as it must be met if we are to capitalize as we should,
the enthusiasm and the interest of the young men to whom we

of K far Ezekiel has concealed his
identity from the public; he has per-
formed his duty, why trumpet the act
abroad?
The village now contains 00 fami-
lies, and in plan it is the twin of Na-
halal; a Smallholders Settlement
(Moshav OveliniI built on the same,
familiar, ring model. The circle of
stables is already complete but the
settlers still live in barracks. The
first buildings to be put up will be the
school • and Kindergarten. A road,
paid for by the Jewish National Fund
has been laid down from Ain Hanel
past the railroad station to the center
eef the Moshav and trees have been
planted each side of the avenue with-
in the borders of the village. For a
long time the settlers had to bring
their water in pails from the Tabun
%Sell. It was placed in large, barrels,
one in each "street" eef the village, and
the housewives helped themselves.
NOW, however, their drink comes from
the Well of Herod, sent to them by en-
gine power, and received in a reser-
voir which they built, from which
pipes run to each home which has its
own tap to yield as much fresh water
as desired. The water installation
greatly eased the lives of the workers
besides reducing the expenses of
transporting so many pails of water
each day by donkeys. They owe this
improvement to the National and.
The mixed farming system, it is
now generally established, is best suit
ed to our type of agricultural worker .
It gives him scope to exercise his in-
telligent initiative. The scientific
management of animals, the dairy,
sowing grain and planting fruit trees,
vegetable growing, poultry keeping,
all require the use of his brain as well
as his hands, and saves him from be-
coming a dull peasant laborer. The
men and women of Kfar Ezekiel pass-
ed through a difficult time when first
they pitched their tents owing to the
severe shortage of funds. They have
since been provided by the Keren
Ilayesod with certain credits and
work is ping steadily forward. With
every dunam plowed and every tree
planted, the settlers are rooting the
Jewishpeople to the soil of TErez Is-
rael and these workers at Ezekiel's
village are at the same time establish-
ing an Everlasting 31ernorial tee the
generosity of one of their own people.
Will he alone be thus remembered, or
will similar gifts enable us to extend
the National Fund Emek lands till
one passes over Jewish soil from end
tred?
r end of the historic valley of Jez-

pigestin g

Zip Week's ',Icitts

riler

By-PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

The coming visit to Detroit of Dr.
Chaim Weizmann recalls to mind the
great wave of enthusiasm that spread
all over our city two years ago, when
the world Jewish leader first came
here. Never before in the history 1,1'
the Detroit Jewish community was
there ouch a manifestation in honor of
an individual and a movement. A
half-day holiday was declared and ob-
served and thousands upon thousands
turned out to greet Dr. Weizmann. It
is needless to say that the tribute was
deserved by the ('resident of the
World Zionist Organization. But if
honor was duly paid him during his
first visit, it is due him 10 times more
today. Coming as Dr. Weizmann did
in 1921 under adverse circumstances,
he returns today the victor in the
great struggle for the reconstruction
of our national life. Mainly through
his efforts, point after point has been
gained for the Jewish cause, and it is
only right that the Jewish people hon-
or the man who bears the burden and
responsibility of the Jewish national
movement.

Other Cities Set Example.
Whereever Dr, Weizmann has trav-
eled, in every American city of impor-
tance, he was greeted with even great-
er enthusiasm at this time than dur-
ing the first visit tee this country. In
every instance, without exception,
thousands were turned away from the
meeting halls where Dr. Weizmann
spoke. These cities have set an ex-
ample for Detroit. We have manifest-
ed our enthusiasm two years ago, in
a manner that will be remembered by
every Detroit Jew, and it is to be hop-
ed that the second coming of the world
leader will not be passed by unoticed
in our community.

Progress in Palestine.
Tourists to Palestine., with excep-
tions yet to be found, speak with en-
ehusiasm of the work being done for
the rebuilding of the Jewish homeland
and of the progress that has been
made during the least 15 years. The
latest to express their enthusiasm for
the Palestinian work are Arthur Leh-
man, president of the New York Fed-
eration of Jewish Philanthropic So-
cieties, and J. Morton Howell, Ameri-
can Ambassador and Consul General
to Egypt. Mr. Lehman, whose efforts
for the relief eef war suffering Euro-
pean Jewry will be remembered as
long as the Jewish relief movement is
not forgotten, upon his return from
l'alestine two weeks ago, was enthusi-
astic over the work eef the Jewish col-
onists who, he stated, are proud of
their work and their country. Mr.
Howell, in an interiew grunted news-
papermen at Jerusalem, said he was
"agreeably astonished" at the rapid
development Palestine has made. Ile
said he visited Palestine 15 years ago
and it was impossible for him to rec-
ognize the country as a result of the
remarkable progress made since that
time. Lehman and Howell are not
the first to speak in astonishment at
the accomplishments in Palestine..
Each one of them is merely a messen-
ger speaking of peace, "that bringeth
back good tidings," telling of the Ma-
im; of the day eef Israel's complete re-
habilitation as a people on equal terms
with the other nations of the earth.

AM,

THE SABBATH LAMP

Shine, Sabbath lamp, 0 shine with
tender ray!
Pierce the soft wavelets of the fad-
ing light;
Speed the faint footsteps of the wan-
ing day,
And greet the shadow of the com-
ing night.

Cast thy rays upward—cleave the
darkening air,
And lift a stream of brilliant light
on high;
Shine on the wings of faith, and may
they bear
The wavering, wandering heart
from earth to sky.

Fling thy rays downward—may their
sacred rays
On life's rough road of earthly
travel shine;
And strew the crags that fret the
rugged way
With sparkling gems which flash a
light divine.

The elders thought that he a e hi,.,
a higher price, no they otter
en a
bigger sum.
"My father is asleep and he ! • my
keys. I cannot disturb him,"
"Go and wake him," said
tiers, "we will pay you more J , r
jewel."
But the jeweler again refus. :„,,„i
the elders were vexed and g , o.it to
have and the jeweler would ha,e
their custom.
Just then the old man awe4, and
came into the shop, and the je ‘. ler
obtained the key and showed th, dia.
mend.
The elders were delighted m
he
stone, which WUN of exceptiow hr,1-
lia nee.
"Of course," they said, "s,.
pay you the higher price NA't.
11-
tioned."
"Oh, no," replied the merchare,
will sell you the diamond for the 'um
which you first named. I did het
show honor to my father in r.ra, r to
make a profit out of it."

The Noblest Self - Defense

Oh! shine afar, and may thy waves
of light
Bring near the absent dear ones
far away;
Show us our loved ones in our
dreams tonight,
Our lost ones who rest in heaven's
Sabbath clay.

"Do you think it would be wro ng
of me to learn the art of
tense?" a young man inquired of an
old rabbi.
"Certainly not," was the answer
"I learned it myself in my youth, and
I have found it of great value eluting
my life."
"Indeed, Sir? What system did
Shine, Sabbath lamp, with ray of
you learn?"
heavenly birth,
"I learned Solomon's system,"
Emblem of faith, in hope and
"Solomon's system?"
mercy given;
"Yes; you will find it laid does in
Gleam on the rude, dark path we
the first verse of the fifteenth vhate.
tread on earth,
ter of Proverbs: 'A soft answer turn.
And light our souls to find the
eth away wrath.' It is the best sys-
road to heaven.
tem of self-defense of which 1 have
ever heard."

A STORY OF RASHI

It is told of Bashi, the great Jew-
ish commentator, that he undertook
a seven years' pilgrimage in order to
take upon himself the yoke of exile,
an expression of piety which was
characteristic of the famous teacher.
It happened that he arrived during
the winter at a large town in which
there was a distinguished Beth
liamedrash, to which he, as a matter
of course, immediately went. lie
joined the students, and sat down
near the stove to warm his frozen
limbs. To his great astonishment he
heard the pupils acutely discussing a
passage in his own Commentary on
the Talmud. A number of the stu-
dents appeared to be quite befogged,
and asserted that the passage was be-
yond comprehension. But the new-
comer endeavored to convince them
to the contrary, and modestly said to
their instructor: "We can perhaps un-
derstand Rashi's meaning in this way
. . . . ." and he then explained all
the difficulties in a very clear and
logical manner. This lasted a whole
week and gave the greatest satisfac-
tion to the head of the Yeshivah and
to all the students. At last they felt
convinced that the stranger must he
the author himself, and with every
mark of reverence they bade him con-
fess that he was indeed Bashi. He
admitted the fact, but charged them
The Jewish National Fund.
on no account to reveal the fact to
One of the most important tasks in the public, as he. had commenced the
the rebuilding of Palestine is the. re- pilgrimage for the glory of God, and
acquisition of the land to become the wished to continue itler seven years
property of the Jewish people. The as an unknown wayfarer.
Jewish National Fund, one of the
earliest institutions to be established
by the Zionist movement, is the instru-
This is a story of a jeweler who
ment that aims at redeeming the soil
of the Holy Land to become the' inal- lived in ancient Jerusalem. A pre-
ienable property eef our people. So far, cious stone was required for the
more than 18,500 acres of land has breastplate. of the high priest. Only
been redeemed, Considering that this this jeweler had diamonds worthy eef
has been accomplished with the pen- such a setting, and he was approach-
nies tend nickels of the popular fund, ed by the elders, who asked him
it is a great piece of work. liut this whether he had a large diamond of
is not more than twee per cent of the absolute purity and luster, and how
redeemable land in Palestine, and if much he would charge for it.
"Yes," he replied, "I have such a
our task for the national rebirth of
our people is to be completed fully stone, and the price will be so and so
and speedily, it is necessary that the much."
"Bring it to us," said the elders.
efforts for the Jewish National Fund
The jeweler suddenly remembered
be increased. While the Keren Ilaye-
sod does the big work of colonization, that the key of his safe was in the
education and sanitation, the Jewish pocket of the robe which his father
National Fund, as the land purchas- was wearing, and his father was
ing agency, must never be forgotten. asleep in an upper room.
"I am sorry," said the jeweler,
(Turn to last page.)
"but I cannot let you have it now."

The Jewel.

In Time of Famine.

In the year 1559 a frightful dearth
prevailed in the south of Franca', Nall
the indignant population of Bordeaux
were decimated by hunger. When it
was ascertained that the Jews of the
city had imported a large supply of
corn, sullen murmurs were heard
among the people.
"Do you are the Jews?" they said.
"The public misery gives them little.
uneasiness, for they are rich, and
while others are suffering the tor-
ments of hunger they know well how
to procure provisions!"
These murmurs, fusser, soon
changed into benedictions, for the
same day the municipality of Bor-
deaux received from the Hebrew
community orders to distribut gra-
tuitously to the poor all the cern
which had been imported and pur-
chased expressly for this benevolent
purpose.
In 1770 a similar plague was ex-
perienced in Alsace, and the despair-
ing population was saved by 51r.
('e'rfberr, a Jew, who was actually
debarred from living in the province.
For this act of true charity he was
granted letters of naturalization fee
himself and his descendants.
In 1816 a great scarcityef grain
was felt in Berlin. M. I.. Bidermalle,
a Jewish merchant, procured a tilt:ft-
lily of flour and caused it to he
at the usual price, under the suieT.
vision of the authorities, anii erele•i, I
the proceeds to be devoted tee eharit.
able purposes, thus giving diode!, a--
sistance to the poor.
(Inc of the first duties of a tree
.lew is to feed the hungry.
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THE COLOR SHE BOUGHT
• Esther met Fanny on the is•turn
from a shopping trip: "E.0 her,
dear," quoth Fanny, "your hair is
simply gorgeous."
"Of course it is," was the reply.
"I had it dyed red this afternoon."
"Oh, my," the other exclaimed. "I
thought it was red when you bought
it."

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PAIN

Lichtenberg, the great German-
Jewish wit of the last century, gave
this reason for the existence of rain
in the world: "You see," he explain-
ed, "it is almost impossible to carry
the torch of truth through the crowd
without singeing somebody's bead

IMPORTANT EVENT IN DETROIT COMMUNITY

DR. CHAIM
WEIZMANN

President of the World Zionist Organization
and Leader in World Jewry

Will Address a Massmeeting at the

•4fri•• ■ ••11 ■ •"••••Mon

RESTORATION

Woodward Auditorium

(Old Temple Beth El)

(Dedicated to the Palestine Foundation Fund.)

3424 Woodward Avenue

Hear: through apace resounds an echo
Clear, impassioned, true;
Like the Eden-call "A—ye—cho--"
Brother, where are you?
Has a day been even greater,
More with wonders filled?
Who but slave and who but traitor
Will not help to build?
Why the nations all bewilder
As the earth you roam?
Ancient Architect and Builder,
Rise and build your home!

. Wednesday, June 6, 8 p. m.

The seating capacity is limited and reservations should therefore
be made at once at Keren Hayesod Bureau, 1109 Majestic Bldg.

Absolutely no reservations will be made over the telephone.
Checks must accompany all trail requests for reservations.

—PHILIP M. RASKIN.

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