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1M'Maves" idea, that "charity will save from death,"—sugges-
five in turn of the funeral ceremony, when a plea for some fund
• is made by imparting fear through the quoting of the above
four words
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and the spirit that animates people to give only when in dis-
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It seems as if the sufferings of our
people in the Ukraine are not to end
so soon and that a great task yet
confronts as in caring for the wants
of the unfortunate brethren of ours
in that land and in Soviet Russia.
The report that was presented by the
representative of the Jewish World
Relief Conference, Isaac Ochberg, on
his findings in the Ukraine, is a most
heartrending one and should call for
a great response, particularly on the
part of the Ukrainian Jews in this
country, for the relief of the hun-
dreds of thousands of unfortunates.
The Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in most communi-
ties have at least solved one crying evil with which we used to
1
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
be afflicted, namely, the preventing of creating new agencies
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
in the field of philanthropy at the whim of arty individual or
Contributor group of individuals and thus making for an added tax on the
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN.... ........... ............
The Food Parcel.
community exchequer.
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to
It seems to us that it is time that some such' a controlling Mr. Ochberg declares that the only
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the
agency lie created in the field of Jewish congregational life. hope that the Jews in Russia possess
vow expressed by the writers.
is the food parcel. Ile points
It is an imposition and injustice that communities should be today
out that Jews wait for days for a
Ab 14, 56831 asked to support congregations that have no special reason for food parcel to arrive from abroad to
July 27, 1923
being. There should be enough congregations to take care of save them from death. Speaking of
the various elements in a community but no more! AntNf.an the food parcel, Mr. Ochberg says:
The Home.
individual or a group of individuals wish to establish a new
"If it were not for the food par-
The centenary of the appearance of John Howard Payne's congregation and go to the community for support, they are
it is impossible to say how
"Home, Sweet Home," recently celebrated, is of importance taking from the community money that could be devoted to cel
many more tens of thousands of
to us not so much because Payne's mother, Sarah Isaacs, was other needetl purposes and are doing that which calls for con- Jews would have perished in Rus-
Jewish, but because it touches on an important Jewish virtue demnation. There should be in every Jewish community a sia and the Ukraine. In the mid-
the rate of mortality
which is becoming a Jewish problem.
group who should decide whether or not a new congregation is dle of 1922
the Jews in the Ukraine as
The sanctity of Jewish home life, the beauty of family ob- needed. Where there is a dispute between two groups as to among
a result of hunger and disease was
ligation in the Jewish home, is one of the outstanding Jewish which should have the congregation, then it should be decided appalling. The number of dead in
virtues for which we have received the praise of the world. by some organization in control whose recommendation should the old Jewish cemetery of Odessa
And to this virtue is attributed one of the most important rea- be sufficient to have one of them eliminated. This irresponsible rose last year from 7,721 to 20,-
380. In Cherson more than half
sons for Jewish survival.
business of starting congregations, then wishing them on the
Jewish population died out. It
"What the child says out of doors he has learnt indoors," community and expecting the community to maintain them is the
is only due to the work of the
one of our sages said, and it is the influence of the home upon an imposition and has become an evil all over the country. If foreign relief institutions that
the Jewish child that has kept him a staunch and loyal son of there is a Jewish gentleman who wants to have a congregation some stop has been put to this ter-
Israel the past centuries; it is the home influence that has made of his own, in heaven's name let him build one and endow it rible rate of mortality."
of the Jewish boys and girls proud sons and daughters of Is- himself ; if there is a small group that cannot find sufficient op-
The Co-Operatives.
rael. It was from the home that the school and the synagogue portunities in the synagogues that are already in existence, in
Ochberg also points out in his
derived their power, and from the home came that spirit of heaven's name build one and endow it yourselves. But don't rep t that while the Jews are kept
stubbornness and self-sacrifice that gave the Jew courage to go into the community and ask for contributions fo r something ally,. in Russia by the aid of foreign
agencies, the hope for our peo-
carry on his battles in the face of a hostile world.
that isn't needed and every dollar which is contributed means relief
ple lies in the co-operatives that are
Times are changing and we hear new cries in our ranks. a dollar taken away from some Jewish cause that needs help.
being organized throughout the land,
We hear the plea of a movement to go "Back to the Syna-
We certainly are the individualists all right. It is high time and he urges it as the duty of all to
gogue," and there are calls to us to turn "Back to the Bible." that we curb our excess of individualism and begin to work in support these co-operatives in order
When these pleas are issued we wonder whether it would not congregational affairs co-operatively and helpfully. C. H. J. to put a stop to the begging system
that is one of the horrible results of
be wiser to call upon the Jews to turn back to the home, where-
the war. Mr. Ochberg says that he
from we always drew that strength that has characterized us
has seen "two or three pounds given
a Jewish family which was reduced
among the nations.
COMFORT YE, COMFORT YE, MY PEOPLE to
to begging in the streets have en-
We fear that in our present difficulty to attract the young
abled it to re-establsih itself and be-
to the synagogue and the Jewish school the lack of home in-
By RABBI JOSEPH THUMIN
come self-supporting." Thus, it be-
fluence is to blame. Let the Jewish home become as staunch in
comes evident once more that it is
The prophetic words of Isaiah, no longer and meekly inquired of his of greatest importance to place the
its Jewish idealism as were the homes of our people during the
brother:
"Comfort
ye,
comfort
ye,
my
peo-
Jews of the Ukraine and Russia in a
Middle Age and Ghetto periods, and the problem will be solved.
"At home, in Poland, when a wed- position of independent and self-re-
read in the synagogues on Sha-
Let the home offer that training to the child which will offer ple,"
bas Nachamu, the Sabbath of Conso- ding is to take place, preparations specting existence, through the aid
the boy and girl a background for a real Jewish faith and be- lation, inspired and filled with hope for it are made in advance. Dress- of co-operatives and loans, that the
lief, and the return to the synagogue and the Bible will be easy. the Jewish heart in the days of old. makers and tailors are kept busy and begging system may not entirely poi-
Let us make "Back to the home" the aim of our people, and The Jew of tradition was ever ready cooks must be hired. All this takes son the life of our people.
to return to his homeland, Palestine. months to complete. Yet, here, noth.
the Jewish spirit will be saved for posterity.
Immediately after bemoaning the de- ing out of the ordinary is taking
The Orphan Problem.
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The Sabbath of Consolation.
Sabbath Nachamu, the Sabbath of Concolation, which fol-
lows the Ninth Day of Ab, is a holy day in Jewish religious life
that characterizes the determination of our people to live and
exist and to carry on its work in the world. It is an institution
in Jewish life which characterizes the faith of our people and
its hope that is undying and unquenchable. In every disaster,
in every calamity, the Jew turned to his God and was consoled
in his prayers by Divine assurance that "they that wait upon
the Lord shall acquire new strength." And so the fortieth
chapter of Isaiah is once more read for the comfort of our peo-
ple and the great prophet is quoted:
"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak
ye comfort to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out unto her,
that her time of sorrow is accomplished, that her iniquity is
atoned for; for she hath received from the hand of the Lord
double for all her sins. A voice calleth out. in the wilderness
make ye clear the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert
a highway for God. Every valley shall be raised, and every
mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be
made a straight path, and the rough places a plain: And the
glory of the Lord shall lie revealed; and all flesh shall see it to-
gether ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
"A voice saith, Proclaim; and he saith, what shall I pro-
claim? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower
of the field: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; because
the breath of the Lord has blown upon it; surely the people is
grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word
of our God will stand firm forever. Upon a high mountain get
thee up, thou that bringest good tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up,
be not afraid ; say unto the cities of Judah, behold, here is your
God! Behold, the Lord eternal will conic with might and his
arm ruleth for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his
recompense before him. Like a shepherd will he feed hits/flock:
with his arm will he gather the lambs, and in his bosom will he
carry them, will he lead gently those that suckle their young."
The prophecy is already coming true. Already, the valleys
are being raised, and the crooked paths are made straight.
And the consolation that comes after the day of mourning
brings new strength and new hope and a new ambition to Is-
rael. For "Zion shall be redeemed with justice."
struction of Jerusalem on the Ninth
of Ab, the words "Comfort ye, com-
fort ye, my people," found him fer-
vently longing to return to God's
haven of refuge for the oppressed
Jew, His chosen land. One people
in one land was his fond ambition.
The people were one though scattered
all over the universe; that was in the
days of yore.
Today we are faced with conditions
essentially different. The land of
hope and ambition is ready for us,
but the people are not ready. The
Jewish people must be brought back
into the fold. Today, the call "Com-
fort ye, comfort ye, my people," is
answered with conferences, mass
meetings and Jewish gatherings of
all kinds striving to unite the Jew-
ish people to work for a common
cause. It is to be regretted that or-
ganizations must be formed, national
societies organized, before the Jew-
ish pepole can be united. Therein
lies the difference between the Jew
of old and the Jew of today.
The following story brings out the
difference:
A New York Jewish millionaire in-
vited his poor brother from Poland
to attend the wedding of his only
daughter. The brother was elated at
the prospect of traveling to the New
World and immediately made prepar-
ations for the journey. His rich
brother received him royally and the
poor Polish J ew gazed in wonder and
admiration at the magnificence of his
brother's mansion. One thing puzzled
him, however. The day of the wed-
ding was only two days distant, yet
nothing was stirring. lie would not
ask his brother, for fear that his
questioning would reveal his unso-
phistication. The day of the wedding
arrived and still no signs were evi-
dent that a wedding was to take
place. Ile could control his curiosity
place. It is beyond my understand-
ing."
Smilingly his millionaire brother
replied: "Here all that bother is un-
necessary. All I ned do is telephone
department stores and restaurants
and all there is on God's earth will
be bruoght here to make a great wed-
ding. Mind you, this is New York,
not a village in Poland."
And so it is with the Jewish peo-
ple. The Jew of today can be lik-
ened to the Polish Jew who must pre-
pare far the wedding. The moment
does not find him ready for the
homeland. Organizations must be
established to imbue in the Jew a na-
tional spirit; Hebrew schools must be
built to teach the Jewish youth the
history of the Jewish people; confer-
ences must be called to gain the
financial and spirtual support of the
people for the rebuilding of the land.
And yet the wedding day is far off.
We spend all our efforts in getting
the people for the land and the land
for the people.
Our ancestors, on the other hand,
are to be likened to the American
Jewish millionaire. The telephone
call was sufficient to inspire their
loyalty and devotion to their land
and nation. The call, "Comfort ye,
comfort ye," warmed their hearts and
made them look forward with hope
to the day when Palestine will be
theirs. Then the people were ready,
but there was no land; today the land
is ready but the people is not.
Today, on Shabos Nachamu, we
hear again Isaiah's call. What will
he our answer? Will we be soft-
' ciently inspired to take possession of
the land for which our ancestors have
'so long suffered and bled? Will Jews
as a people lend a helping hand to
make our homeland an established
fact? The solution lies with us. Our
opportunity is here.
The Epithet "Jew."
The British House of Commons was in an uproar during one
of its sessions last month, when Sir George Hamilton shouted
the epithet "Jew" at Mr. Shinwell, a Laborite from Linlithgow.
The Jewish member of Parliament emerged from the discussion
the victor. by the pluck and dignity with which he handled the
situation. While Mr. Buchanan, another Laborite, shouted to
Sir Hamilton, "Stand up, you dirty dog," Mr. Shinwell's cool
statement was:
"The honorable member made reference to the race to
which I belong. and of which I am proud to be a member. The
Prime Minister in this House when he accepted office some
weeks ago pledged himself to carry out the policy laid down by
a Jew—namely, Disraeli. Why, then, should the honorable
members on the other side make attacks of that kind?"
The apology of Sir Hamilton was followed by another brief
and interesting statement of Mr. Shinwell's:
"If the matter were one which entirely concerned myself I
would not regard the expression as offensive. I am rather proud
of it, and since there are other honorable members in this House
who come under the same category I share with them whatever
that is offensive may hm e been contained in the statement.
Since honorable members on this side of the House, and very
properly, regarded the expression as offensive, and it has been
withdrawn, I unreservedly accept."
Mr. Shinwell has rightfully beep praised for the coolness
and dignity with which he controlled the Parliamentary out-
break, checking what might have resulted in a more unpleasant
incident, and he deservcs the honor of representing his people
in the British Home Of Commons.
The "Pushke"—A Story With a Moral.
A "Meshulach," a collector for a charitable institution, tells
a story that has a great moral behind it. The "pushke" (con-
tribution box) in a certain home yielded annually between $2
and $3. Recently, however, when this box yielded only 10
cents, the collector queried the woman of the home for the
reason, and was told very candidly:
"Well, we had no sicknesses and no deaths in the family the
past year. So why throw money in the box?"
There is a great moral behind this story. The story is in-
dicative of an unhealthy condition in certain of our ranks. It
suggests a situation that is ruled by the "Tz'Dakah Tatzil
Grim
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
The most heartrending part of Mr.
Ochberg's report is that which deals
with the orphan problem. The relief
representative says that while there
is no definite figure on the subject of
the war orphans, they are to be count-
ed in the hundreds of thousands.
Large numbers of them live in gov-
ernment institutions, supported by
the Jewish People's Relief Commit.
tee, the Idgescom. The great mass
of them is, however, left to their own
resources. "You will find them,"
says Mr. Ochberg, wandering about
the streets, naked, barfeooted, beg-
ging or stealing." It is a most un-
fortunate condition. The future gen-
eration is either begging or stealing,
and all that can be done for them
is to create more kitchens, which will
in all probability serve only to in
crease e sthe o begging
y t , lu f) long as
t her e
practic a l
ail; so long as tese orphans remain
on the soil where the begging and
the stealing disease is being spread
, by force of a great world drama.
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DISAPPOINTMENT
On Friday night a pious Jew
Too late from synagogue withdrew
And reached him home quite unaware
There was no lighted gas jet there.
Ile turned and searched about, but all
Was black and dismal as a pall.
What should he do! Ile could not
light
The gas himself on Friday night,
Nor ask some Gentile now to do
What Jewish law forbade him to.
(For one must ask before nightfall
If Gentiles may light up at alit)
And so he thought snd thought and
thought
Until a clever plan be wrought.
Ile went into the bare, where slept
A stable-man who there had crept;
And, shaking him, he cried: "Wake
up!
I've got a brimful brandy cup
For you!" The man arose In haste
For fear the brandy'd go to waste.
"Oh," remarked the Jew, "the room
Is darker than an earthly tomb—
How shall I find the drink for you?
The stable-man a match-stick drew
And scratched the light, and lit the
gas,
The Jew the liquor cup did pass;
And then he laughed is holy glee
To think he'd got so easily
A man to light his house, and still
Not break the law nor use it ill.
But while he joyed that he could sup
In comfort now, the bnndy cup
Was emptied quite;--the Gentile
turned
And saw where the ame gas jet
burned;
And while the Jew rejoiced, alas,
Without a word turned off the gas!
—Abraham Bumstein.
REBECCA AT THE WELL
Father Abraham had a very faith-
ful servant by the name of Eliezer.
This man was indeed more than a
mere servant; he was thu overseer of
all the wealth and property that his
master had. Abraham placed the
greatest trust in him. Whenever he
had anything very important to do,
he did not hesitate to let Eliezier do
it, fur he felt that it would be well
done.
Now, Abraham, who bad grown
very old, was anxious to see his son
Isaac happily married before he died.
Ile wanted him to marry some girl
from ibis own family. You remember
do p gu 11 , 4, my dear children,
that Abraham had come from the city
Ur, in the country of Chaldea, also
called Mesopotamia. The *hole fam-
ily was still living there, among oth-
ers the children and grandchildren of
his brother Nahor. Abraham had not
forgotten them, although it was a
long, long time since he had seen
them. So one day he called his ser-
vant Eliezier and told him to go to
the country where all his relatives
lived, and bring a girl from among
them to become the wife of Isaac.
The story then goes on in these
words:
The servant took 10 camels of the
camels of his master and departed,
for all the goods of his mar, er were
in his hands; and he arose and went
to Mesopotamia, until the city of Na-
"Oa Grand Circus,Park"
THIRTY-SIX ADAMS WEST
; posal made by the Jewish World Re-
; lief Conference representative to the
Soviet government for the colonize-
; tion of these orphans in South Africa
was rejected. The only solution to
1 the orphans' promlem today, it ap-
pears to us, is to remove them from
the soil where the diseases of the
mind and the body are rampant. It
makes no difference where they are
colonized. Let it be South Africa, or
let it be Palestine—so long as they
are taken from the Ukraine. But
' the Soviet refuses, because it wants
to have the children for itself, to im-
plant in them the communistic idea
and to make of the young the future
banner-bearers of the communistic
idea. And in the meantime the or-
1phans are starving, and their minds
!are being poisoned. This is Israel's
Imodern tragedy. That his children
!are denied him and are being trained
in a manner that they may prove in
the future to be a menace to him.
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"Art thou happy, little mother,
With thy baby at thy breast?
In thy face I see a memory
That ofttimes keeps thee from the rest."
"I have known," she answered simply,
"What it means to live in Hein
What life means in this, my haven,
Only God alone could tell!"
"Are ye happy, little children?
As I watch you day by day,
Oft I wonder at your graveness,
And your thoughtful, serious way."
Slow the dark eyes are uplifted,
"We have seen our mother's tear;
We has e throbbed at tale of pogrom!
We dare all be happy here!"
See the glad eyes as they follow
Where the flag flies free and wide,
With its hues so deep and glowing
That all things seem dim beside!
Hear its message as it flutters--
What of love and hope it holds!
"Ye whom other lands mistreated,
Rest ye safe beneath my folds!"
ISABELLA R. HESS
I (The Ark .i
Thus, the problem of the Ukrain-
ian Jew again dwindles down to a
problem of colonization. Mr. Och-
berg closes his report by asking:
"The open door for emigration
would be a tremendous relief for
the Jews in the Ukraine, but how
and where to?"
And the problem of the Jew re-
"Wohin?"
mains:
HERR LANG IS NINTH
BOMB OUTRAGE VICTIM
BUDAPEST.—(J. T. A.)—Anoth-
er victim, the ninth, of the bomb out-
I rage at the Elizabethenstadt Demo-
cratic Club on April 3, 1922, has just
died here of his wounds—Herr Au-
gust Lang.
He was seated close to the place
where the infernal machine had been
concealed. He had a foot blown off
and had to be twice operated upon,
but all the efforts of surgery have
been unable to save his life.
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ALL PORTUGAL HUSHED
IN TRIBUTE TO POET
LISBON. — (J. T. A.) — Abilio
Manuel Junqueiro, Portugal's poet
laureate and the greatest figure in
Portuguese literature during the last
half cenutry, is dead.
1 The poet was of Jewish descent.
During the funeral, which was held
Sunday, five minutes' silence pre-
vailed throughout Portugal as a tri-
bute to the dead poet. The body was
removed Saturday from Estrella
church to Parliament House, where it
lay in state until Sunday, when the
burial took place.
All phases of Purtuguese national
life were represented at the funeral.
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Orphans' Colonisation Refused.
It is to be regretted that the pro-
Wohint
"Art thou happy here, old father?
In your faded, dim old eyes
I can read the sorrow written
That was born 'neatly eastern skies."
See his face light up with rapture,
See the eager outstretched hand!
Hear the whisper, "Am I happy?
Is it not the Promised Land!"
hor. And he made the camels kneel
down without the city by the well 0
water at the time of evening, th
time that women go out to draw wa-
ter. And he said: "0 Lord, the God
of my master Abraham, send me,
pray, good speed this day, and show
kindness to my master Abraham. Be
hold I stand by the well of water, an,
the daughters of the men of the city
come out to draw water. Let i
come to pass that the damsel to
whom I shall say, 'Let down thy
pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink,'
and she shall say, 'Drink, and I shall
give thy camels drink also;' let the
same be she that thou hest appointed
for thy servant Isaac, and thereby
shall I know that thou hest shown
kindness unto my master." And it
came to pass before he had done
speaking that, behold, Rebecca came
out with her pitcher upon her shoul-
der. And she went down to the well
and filled her pitcher and came up.
And the servant ran to meet her, and
said: "Give me to drink, I pray thee,
a little water of thy pitcher." And
she said, "Drink, my lord," and she
hastened and let down her pitcher
upon her hand and gave him to drink.
And when she had done giving him
drink, she said: "I will draw for thy
camels also until they have done
drinking." And she hastened and
emptied her pitcher into the trough,
and ran again to the well to draw,
and drew for all his camels. And the
man said: "Whose daughter art thou?
Tell me, I pray thee, is there room in
thy father's house for us to lodge in?"
And she said to him: "I am the
daughter of Bethuel, the son of Mil-
cah. We have both straw and pro-
vender enough and room to lodge in."
And the man bowed his head and
worshipped. And he said: "Blessed
be the Lord, the God of my master
Abraham, who hath not forsaken his
mercy and his truth toward my man.
ter; as for me, the Lord bath led me
in the way to the house of my mas-
ter's brethren."
Then Rebecca ran home and told
the strange thing that had happened
to her. She showed the ring and the
bracelets the man had given her. Her
brother, Laban by name, ran out to
meet the man and brought him into
the house. They placed food before
him to eat? but he would not eat be-
fore he told his errand. Ile told them
how the Lord had blessed Abraham
in all things, how rich and great his
master was,. lie told them also of
Abraham's wish that Isaac should
marry a girl from their family, and
that he had come for that purpose.
Ile went on to say how kindly Re-
becca had treated him, and that he
was sure that she was the proper wife
for his young master Isaac. He asked
them whether they would consent to
let Rebecca go with him to Abra-
ham's home. He gave them all beau-
tiful presents of gold and silver and
jewels. Ile wanted them to let the
girl go with him at once. Then they
called her and asked her: "Wilt thou
go with this man?" And she said:
"I will go." So Eliezer started on
his return to his master',4 home, and
Rebecca went with him; and Isaac
saw her and loved her and married
her. She took mother Sarah's place
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