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A Unique Occasion.
An occasion that perhaps stands unique in the annals of the
church and synagog, was the function that took place at Temple
Beth El on last Saturday evening when the highest dignitaries
of the Roman Catholic Church in this city gathered to break
bread with representative men and women of the Jewish faith.
Leaving aside altogether for personal reasons the particular
occasion that called forth this notable and unusual gathering,
the significance of the event cannot fail to impress the thought-
ful reader. That a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church to-
gether with other high officials of that church should see fit to
come to the synagog to participate in honoring a Jewish re-
ligious leader, is indicative of a widening of the spirit of tol-
erance that must bring joy to the hearts of those who are hoping
for the coming of a better day.
Time was and not so long ago, when such a meeting would
have been beyond the range of possibility. However, not less
significant than the gathering itself was the character of the
addresses that were delivered. There was an entire absence
of that sickening flattery which unfortunately is characteristic
of meetings wherein non-Jews assemble under the auspices of
Jewish organizations. Our Catholic friends did not veil their
unflinching loyalty to their own faith, a fact which gave them
the right without fawning upon us, to voice in no uncertain
manner, their conviction that only that Jew can justify his de-
sire to win the respect of his neighbors of other faiths who is
true to his own teachings and traditions.
It is good for us to have this message come from other than
Jewish sources. The gentlemen who spoke to us at this meeting
had no favors to ask at our hands and they had nothing to gain
except our good will and friendship by speaking frankly to us.
The very keynote of their message was that the Jew who is self-
respecting and who has the courage in the face of every cir-
cumstance to live out his religion, is the one who will find his
place in the sun and win for himself and his people, the whole-
hearted respect and the decent recognition of his neighbors.
Equally gratifying it was that the Jews who participated in
the program of the evening sounded exactly the same note.
There was no spirit of patronage on either side but simply a
good fellowship that is the inevitable result of mutual respect
and mutual confidence. Such a meeting as this suggests the de-
sirability of similar gatherings from time to time by represen-
tatives of all the religious creeds. Certainly there is no one
source of prejudice and intolerance so general as ignorance on
the part of one group of another. If only those who hate each
other might come into more frequent contact, much of the in-
tolerance that now stains the page of history in the making
would surely be overcome. Protestant and Catholic, Christian
and Jew, would be mutually benefited by a greater frankness
one to the other. And this can come only out of a closer fellow-
ship. The meeting at Temple Beth El was unique in its charac-
ter but we trust that even though it be the first of its kind, it
will certainly not be the last.
The Woman's Hospital Campaign.
In these days when the demand for money for the support
of social service institutions are so many and so varied, it is
sometimes difficult to distinguish between the more and the
less worthy of them. There can be no doubt, however, that the
appeal of the Woman's Hospital and Infants' Home for funds
with which to erect one of the four proposed new units, should
meet with the gracious and generous response of the people of
Detroit. This institution which was established fifty-four years
ago has grown from a live room cottage to a one hundred bed
institution. It is practically the one maternity hospital worthy
of recognition in the city. Its management is in the hands of
responsible and conscientious people. Its officers make no dis-
tinction whatsoever among the patients received as to race,
creed, or color. All—the poor and the better circumstanced
alike—receive the best possible care at the hands of physicians
and nurses of recognized ability and standing. In a city the
size of Detroit, such an institution as the Woman's Hospital and
Infants' Home is indispensable as a factor in our social service
work.
The amount asked for at this time is comparatively modest.
The sum of six hundred thousand dollars—of which one hun-
dred and ten thousand dollars will be used to discharge debts
upon recently acquired land—is asked to erect one of the four
units planned by Mr. Albert Kahn who is to be the architect of
the new building. When the entire scheme is completed, De-
troit will have a maternity hospital of four hundred beds. A
hospital of this size is actually needed at the present time.
Those of us who are familiar with the character of the
work done at this institution feel that the appeal presently be-
ing made for funds should meet with an especially generous re-
sponse at the hands of our co-religionists. Among the bene-
ficiaries of this hospital, are very large numbers of our Jewish
people, many of whom both mothers and children—would of
necessity be without adequate medical care but for the gener-
ous assistance of the Woman's Hospital and Infants' Home.
We trust therefore that those of our people who may be
among the one thousand to be approached in this worthy causc
will come forward with the characteristic generosity. The cause
is one that should make a very strong appeal to them. It
should be said that while the Woman's Hospital is one of the
beneficiaries of the Community Fund, capital expenses, includ-
ing the erection of buildings, are never included in the budget
of that organization. It is to be hoped therefore that the cam-
paign for this new unit of the Woman's Hospital will be a com-
plete success. You, dear reader, can help to make it so.
The Army and Religion.
A rather unusual and somewhat significant conference was
that called last week between representatives of the army and
leading churchmen and welfare workers. The meeting was
called by the War Department. Among the speakers were
General Pershing and Secretary Weeks, both of whom empha-
sized the imperative need of the influence of religion upon men
in the army. The soldier to be at his best must of course be a
clean man and as General Pershing said: "Religion contains
the secret of and the impetus toward clean living." Therefore,
he continued: "A steady effort is being made to put the hearts
of men in right relation to God." And Secretary Weeks gave
expression to the sentiment that "nothing will hold mankind
better together or be of as much benefit to men of all nations,
as religion."
These are strong and worthy sentiment coming from men of
this type. But they express the growing conviction of thought-
ful men in every walk of life that what more than anything else
perhaps has tended to undermine the moral foundations of our
present civilization, is the lack of a spiritual ideal. Religion
the greatest men of affairs are insisting, must be made more
And more an active and 7 telling factor in the lives of men. By
Generalizations.
It is the attest of a narrow and frequently of a prejudiced
mind that it phrases its opinions in general terms. It seldom
comes down to specify cases. It passes blanket judgments. It
deals with groups and classes and rarely with individuals. It
accepts the individual as a type of the group in which he hap-
pens to be placed. Of this type of mind, the Jew has especial.
ly been long the victim. One Jew steps from the straight path
and immediately all Jews are called criminal. A handful of
Jews may be flashy and loud and immediately these unpleasant
characteristics are accepted as characteristic of all of us.
The Jew asks for no indulgence. He seeks for himself noth-
ing more and nothing better than he believes ought to be the
portion of every other element in the community. But he does
resent being made the victim of blanket judgments for which
there is no justification whatsoever. Each Jew wants to stand
on his own feet. He wishes to be regarded as an individual and
judged as such, just as other men are judged as individuals. If
this were generally the case, much prejudice now existing
would disappear. Judgments would be more just. Merit would
be more generally recognized than it is today, even in the Jew.
Wrong doing would be penalized in him as in others.
The Jew, too, should recognize this in his attitude toward
his fellow-Jews. He should not make sweeping statements as
to the characteristics of any group among his own people. Rus-
sian Jews or Polish Jews or German Jews cannot all be describ-
ed by any single term. Generalizations are always dangerous.
Let us be clone with them.
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Polish Jewry is facing another
crisis as a result of the change in
government and the rise to power of
the Peasant party, with Witos as
Prime Minister. One of the first re-
sults of the rise of Witos was the
resignation of Professor Ashkenazy
as Poland's representative to the
League of Nations. Himself an ex-
treme assimilationist, Professor Ash-
kenazy was nevertheless forced to
quit as the representative of Poland
because of the anti-Semitism brew-
ing in the land. Professor Ashkenazy
found himself in a peculiar position.
Ile could not defend Poland very
well in her acts against the Jews, be-
cause no matter how much assimi-
lated he neverthless felt to some de-
gree the sufferings of his people. Ile
could not speak in the name of the
Jews as against Poland, at the meet-
ings of the League of Nations, be-
cause he, after all, represented the
Polish government. The only safe
road led to resignation. From the
Jewish point of view, it is well that
Professor Ashkenazi has resigned,
thus putting an end to the comedy
of a Jew representing a government
thoroughly anti-Semitic and openly
breaking the post-war agreements for
the granting of rights to minorities
in Poland. The new Witos adminis-
tration has given other evidence of
its anti-Semitism. Joining hands with
the Christian Nationalists and the
other reactionary groups, the Peasant
party has approved of the Numerus
Clausus, the proposed measures for
the limitation or total exclusion of
Jewish students from higher institu-
tions of learning. There is no doubt
as to the anti-Semitism of the present
government. Polish Jewry is forced
to continue on the guard.
The Hebrew Student.
Vienna Conference: Herald
Of H umanity and Peace
By ESTELLE M. STERNBERGER,
Executive Secretary, Council of Jewish Women.
(Copyright, 1923, Jewish Correspondence Bureau.)
A real step forward to world peace
and international understanding—this
fact sums up the significance of the
American and European Conference
of Jewish women, which met in Vien-
na at the call of the Council of Jew-
ish Women. Associated with this con-
ference are many remarkable events
that shall become treasured recollec-
tions, events that are epochal in their
nature.
The very scene of the Conferences
opening sessions was a silent witness
of democracy's triumph. In the castle
where Austria's emperors had once
lived and reigned, there assembled
Jewish women, representative of prac-
tically every European country and,
through the Council's delegation, of
America. Austria, in whose borders
the spark of the world war had been
kindled, greeted an international
gathering that talked of world peace
and humanity, in the hall where roy-
alty alone had been accustomed to
meet in imperial c ' ouncil.
The setting and background did not
even compare with another remark.
able incident of that opening session.
Just as the delegates had seated them-
selves in the conference room, Mrs.
Alexander Kohut, the chairman of the
conference, entered with Frau Anita
Mueller-Cohen of Vienna, escorting
president Hainisch of the Austrian
Republic, and his 83 year old mother,
Marianne Hainisch, that veteran
champion of woman's rights. While
students throughout Austria's univer-
sities clamored for anti-Jewish re-
strictions and while unreasoning mobs
were flaunting the "Swastika", the
symbol of their hate toward the Jew,
the president of Austria gave a silent
rebuke to this raging intolerance of
his fellow-citizens. It is interesting
to record that there was not a single
session of that week's conference
which was not attended by non-Jew'-
ish observers and non-Jewish students
of social programs. Their eager at-
tendance indicated that the problems
of the Jew reflect the wrongs and in-
justices that touch the whole world's
progress and welfare.
When the cable, bearing the greet-
ings from Miss Ruse Brenner, presi-
dent of the Council of Jewish Women,
was read, tribute upon tribute was
paid to the American Jewess for her
vision in making this world conference
possible. It seemed altogether fitting
for this conference to met in 'Vienna
for it was in that city that the first
Jewish women's organization in the
world, the "Israelitische Frauenver-
ein," met and organized, in the year
1816. Its establishment resulted from
conditions so very similar to those
that were responsible for this world
conference. The tremendous refugee
problem, after the Napolenic wars,
was the immediate cause that urged
the Jewish women of Vienna to unite
and to give the first impetus to Jew-
ish womanhood's ideals of humanitar-
ian service. As if by some strange
coincidence, the problem of the mi-
grant refugee was again the factor
that moves the heart of the Jewess, on
this occasion, to world-wide co-opera-
t'
The Vienna Conference schemed
something more: It carried out the
spirit of the Council of Jewish Women
in bringing together Jewish women of
all shades of opinion. There were ad-
dresses by Jewish women of Poland
who stressed the national aspect of
Jewish thought and education, and by
women of Germany who emphasized
the religious interpretation of the
Jewish heritage, and mission. The
Palestinian question, the peace prob-
lem, the immigration situation the
child welfare program and the plight
of the Jewish universtiy students—
all were discussed in an impartial and
broad spirit.
World-wide Jewish womanhood has
felt its responsibility. It has arisen
to a new understanding of the tasks
that await it. These momentous days
of solemn discussion and earnest ex-
change of counsel shall be the founda-
tion-stones 011 which the Jewish wom-
en throughout the world shall together
build a superstructure of service to
Faith and Humanity.
QTorner
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By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
From time to time one hears the
opinion expressed that with immigra-
tion to this country entirely shut off,
Jewry will, within 20 years, become
unrecognizable. There are pessimists
in our midst who would have us be-
lieve that the Jewish spirit will die
out without newcomers to replenish
the ranks of American Jewry that are
being diminished by the thousands
who are either indifferent or are
ready to forsake Israel's ideals. Hav-
ing observed the progress made in
our own community during the past
two years in the cause of Ilebrew
education, a progress which appears
to us indicative of a country-wide ac-
tivity in the interest of Jewish edu-
cation, and having seen and studied
the results, we are convinced that
there are reasons for being optimis-
tic about the future of American
Jewry. We are convinced that with
the advancement of Jewish education
we shall have nothing to fear from
assimilation or indifference. A well
educated Jewish youth in America
will mean a youth trained for Jewish
work of every nature, in the interests
of the Jews in this country as well as
abroad, for the cause of Palestine and
every other movement of worth. A
nucleus of such a force has already
been produced. If there are doubt-
ers, lot them attend the graduation
exercises of the first Hebrew class to
complete the course of the United
Hebrew Schools of Detroit. Fourteen
boys and girls, ranging in ages from
13 to 18, are to receive diplomas
from the local schools for having
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A CHASSIDIC FABLE
To the Americanized young Jew
the word Chassid, if it conveys any-
thing at all, is generally linked up
with some obscure variety of Juda-
ism, with queer, uncivilized customs,
with unconscionable piety and with
occasional parodies on the Yiddish
stage.
It is likely that in native-born
American Jewry there will never
grow up a realization of the profound
inherent beauty of the beginnings
and of the essential philosophy of
Chassidism. It grew up in a distant
country, in surroundings vastly dif-
ferent from those of our day, here in
America. And it is easily degene-
rated, in most places, into something
which the founders never foresaw,
let alone wished.
Here is a typical Chassidic fable
which gives some insight, even for
Americanized Jews, into the founda-
tions of Chassidic philosophy.
The fable tells of an ignorant Jew.
ish drayman, or wagoner, in a Polish
village. One Friday afternoon he
was driving his cart and horse home-
ward, when a storm overtook him.
The road became muddy and the
wagon slipped with two of its wheels
into a deep rut, and try as he would,
he could not free it.
So he struggled for hours, until
the Sabbath began to approach, and
he was overtaken with fear that he
might be left in the middle of the
road even during the Sabbath. Sud-
denly there appeared, apparently
from nowhere, a number of peasants,
who, without a word, pulled the
wagon out of the mud and set it
again' on the level road. This done,
they disappeared.
The heart of the wagonner was
filled with gratitude to God. Ile felt
in himself a passionate desire to pray
— but, being ignorant and incoherent,
could find no words. In a blind in-
stinct of joy and thankfulness, he
raised his whip suddenly and cracked
it toward heaven so mightily that a
spark flew out and ascended ever
upward.
The fable tells further how, at that
moment, God was deliberating on the
destruction of the world. He had
found mankind wanting in love and
gratitude, and it seemed that the best
thing would be to destroy humanity
and begin all over again. Then sud-
denly there came floating up the
spark from the whip of the wagonnet
— and God decided that for the sake
of this man's love the world should
be saved.
In this legend lies the basic philos-
ophy of Chassidism: that true emo-
tion, true love, however uncouth and
ignorant, is the noblest of human at-
tributes. Sincerity and devotion
count for more than scholarship and
wisdom.—The Day.
SABBATH IN
THE
DESERT
(From the Hebrew.)
A caravan of Ishmaelites was
traveling in the Arabian desert. In
this caravan there was also a Jew
whose name was Eliezer. For six
days they traveled through the hot
sands of the desert and on the sixth
day, as the sun was setting and
Sabbath eve was approaching, Ell'
r
said to the Ishmaelites:
"Behold, friends, my Saliba!) ..:
here and I cannot continue my
,ney on this holy day, for it ha. ■ ,•.,
commanded to us by our God ■ '•.:
the seventh day we must make it
day
of rest. Stay, therefore, here
your camels nail rest ye from iii.
of the journey and on the ned-
when the sun sets again, we , .11
c ontinue our journey together. -
But the Ishmaelites were unw d. ng
to obey the words of the pious El.e4.
r aid said: "No, straightway -hull
we continue our journey and we -.all
not wait here for your Saitb a , n
The Ishmaelites, therefore, left Eder.-
er alone in the desert and w•rt ..a
their way.
The sun set and it was
From the far ends of the desert the
shrieks of birds of prey and
howls of the beasts of the desert wen.
heard as they went forth to seek f.q:
food. Great terror seized Eheter ;
he fell upon his face and prayed te.:,
God that He should keep him safe
this terrible wilderness and pe,t,t
him from the wild beasts. As he nos
praying the roar of a lion was hem]
and Eliezer saw a great lion With
bristling man running towards him.
But to the surprise of the trembling
man the lion opened his mouth and
said:
"Fear not Eliezer, for no harm
shall befall thee."
Eliezer rested on that Sabbath by
in the desert, in the company of the
lion, who was standing near him and
served him in all his needs. Wh,
evening came the lion knelt befete
the feet of Eliezed. Eliezer moubt...1
the lion's back and, quick as a speed-
ing arrow, the lion carried him
the place where the caravan of the
Ishmaelites was encamped. No S....e.
er did Eliezed descend than the Inai
hurried away to his den in the oil.
derness and was seen no more.—The
Jewish Child.
THE HEBREW GENIUS
Even if the Bible writers had had
our scientific training and the most
reliable material for their facts, it is
more than likely, and greatly to be
hoped, that they would have written
exactly as they did, setting judgments
of value far above truth of objective
fact, and for this reason: The bent
of their peculiar genius markad out
Israel's world mission. God's gifts
to Greece were thought and taste;
she specialized in these and became
man's teacher in philosophy. art,
literature. God's gift to Israel were
will and heart; she specialized in
these, and religion and ethics were
her special province. . .. With their
strong sense of moral responsibility,
character and conduct were, in It,.
brew eyes, not three-fourth, but the
whole of life: "Fear God, and keep
His commandments, for this is the
whole duty of man." (Keck. xii, 13.1
Moral geniuses, experts in judgments
of value, they were born to MO,
man's heart and mould his character.
They have done it, and are doing it
in their Bible as much as ever today,
ust because they were true to their
genius.
IDGESCOM FACILITATES
RUSSIAN EMIGRIATON
NEW YORK. — (J. T. A.) — An
American branch of the emigration
relief section of the All-Russian Re-
lief Committee (Yidgescom) was
opened in New York, says an an-
nouncement by the Idgescom.
The Immigrants' Relief Section,
which has branches in the largest
cities of Soviet Russia, White Russia
and Ukraine, as well as in border
cities, are intended to provide in-
formation, legal and medical assist-
ance to residents in Russia desiring
to join their relatives in America. In
this work the Idgescom has the full
support of the Russian government
departments cancerned, the an-
nouncement states.
The American branch of this sec-
tion of the Yidgescom, it is said, is
intended to assist relatives in Amer-
ica desirous of bringing immigrants
to this country by supplying them
with information and other forms of
help. The Idgescom announcement,
states the Soviet government, does
not obstruct the departure of those
who are proceeding to join their rela-
tives in America. All Russian citi-
zens can obtain, without difficulty,
permission to leave Russia by apply-
ing for an "emgiration passport."
The American branch of the Yid-
gescom undertakes to facilitate emi-
gration from Russia and to forward
steamship tickets from here to the
Idgescom offices in Russia.
A warning against stealing fron-
tiers is contined in the Idgescom
announcement. Emigrants from Rus-
sia choosing this means of departure
are exposed to attacks by bandits and
swindling agents, it is declared.
A check on the Bank
of England undoubtedly
creates more favorable
attention than one of
equal value drawn on
a less known institution.
In Detroit there is a
similar advantage to
those who draw their
checks on the National
Bank of Commerce.
Hospitality is an expression of Di-
vine worship.—The Talmud.
TWILIGHT
Blue and very quiet hour of evening!
Silently my dream on night reposes.
Now, more burningly and brightly glimmer
The dark wounds that are my crimson roses.
Now, the street's loud murmur fades and passes.
Steps and speech sound quietly and lightly.
Eyes that long for eyes flame paler, gentlier.
Hands close-locked now do not press so tightly.
Now, my longing turns to gold enkindled.
Eye and heart a tenser warmth discloses.
Now, now, glow more burningly and brightly
The dark wounds that are my crimson roses.
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