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I people of the United States think they want? (2) What do
they really want? (3) What is wrong with the country, any-
way? A few days later the interview was held. Mr. Ford had
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prepared answers for all the important questions Mr. Wood
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When Mr. Wood asked, "What about the Tariff ?" Mr. Ford
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$3 00 Per Year. enumerated above. That is where the facetious Mr. Wood "put
alive the Jewish consciousness at id , and water your flowers? Yes, ma'am.
one
over."
lie
asked
Mr.
Fort)
about
the
"Jewish
question."
of
providing
the
means
for
a
cultur
al
Can
stay, all right. Not till five
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach
Mr. Ford answered Mr. Wood's questions very candidly. And development in our ranks that NV ill .e'clock do I take lessons in Jewish.
this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
help to perpetuate the future of t he Why vices Sully have to go earlier^
afte r reading Mr. Ford's answers, we frankly admit that Mr.
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN__ .......... - ...........
Editori•I Contributor Ford is not an anti-Semite, most certainly not. We insist, how- Jew. It is our belief that America in 'Cause he's a boy and goes to ('healer.
lewry will accept this new respons i- !ds of girls they don't learn Jewish
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest to ever, that he belongs to one of three groups: the adolescent, bility with honor and will carry it at ail; but my father he ain't so old-
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the the imbecile, the ignoramus. For no man, mature in judg- out nobly. It is our belief that th e fashioned—he says us girls should
of America has already begun to learn it, too, so I lea
view expressed by the writers.
it from the
ment, sound of mind, informed along economic, industrial and Jew
make real the rejuvenation of t
social lines would be guilty of such absurdities such as we are Jewish spirit in the New World. T he Re l guess the gold fishes want
August 10, 1923
mate
Ab 28, 5683 reprinting. It is not our custom to prove an argument by calling increase in the number of Ifebre
sr fresh water in the howl, tote, Miss Meer-
names, but the questions and answers which follow will un- schools and the rapidity with wine h gan. 3 es, ma'am, I seen Sammy Levy
old ones are tilling up; the spir it giving it to 'ant this morning,
you
doubtedly justify the descriptive adjectives used in this article. the
"Hardin Is Dead."
with which the Jew of this countr ✓ know ' how boys is. '
The y g' don't
l
) I
The following is clipped, verbatim, from Collier's:
has contributed more than $(10,001.
things half
I seen hoe
s. he only
Little did we expect whe retiring last Thursday evening
000 towards relief of war-stricke en changed the top of the water.
I
that our morning newspaper would shock us with the bold
"When the Jews take hold of anything, it goes down," was one
and pogrom-driven European fellow wisht how I could take care of the
of his commonest observations.
headline "Harding Is Dead. The optimistic reports of the
Jews; the enthusiasm with which a fishes for you after school shuts up,
"What
do
you
mean
by
Jews?"
I
asked.
President's physicians kept us from realizing how sick a man
great portion of American Israel is like you said, but we ain't got no
"The international financiers," he said.
contributing towards therebuildin , room at all, Miss Morgan! Only the
he really was. A man who two years and five months ago
"Then why not say international financiers?"
of Palestine as the national hum e - - thre rooms back of nip' father's
e
shop
stepped into the office strong, vigorous and radiant in health,
Sometimes, after that, he did, but just as often he didn't. "The
land of the Jew—all goes to offs .r we got, and they ain't light and attn-
spent his last drop of energy in those twenty-nine months; and
Jews," he told me, "are ordained by God to clean up the things that
argument after argument in favor e .( shiny enough for fishes. The doctor
are ready to disappear." Then, as though he were merely repeating
all for his country; his duty! Warren Gamaliel Harding made
our belief that American .lewry wi II says how maybe Solly wouldn't be so
himself: "These Jew financiers are not building anything. They
not fail.
the supreme sacrifice for his country as much as the boys in
thin and be sick in his head no much
wait until things begin to decay; then they get into them."
if it wasn't how our rooms is so dark.
Flanders Field.
I spent hours with Ilenry Ford, not arguing this question, but
The Adler Library.
I liu,in
u t t,( s ly father he don't have much
Too frequently in our age sound and fury are mistaken for
trying to get his point of view. All at once it dawned on me. Per-
s, and anyway, me and Solly
The spiritual responsibility that
haps he didn't say anything that he hadn't said before, but he used
intrinsic worth. Those who measure people by the "sound and
t
placed on our shoulders will 110 daub we got to live there and fishes they
terms which I could understand.
fury" yardstick will perhaps not accord to Warren G. Harding
be followed up by the transferene •e. don't, And for over
year now my
'
"Any busines," he said, "which is doing a necessary social service
Greenlet she lives with us, and that
of leading Jewish institutions t
a place among the great presidents. But those to whom pro-
ought to be able, as a general thing, to finance itself, just as any
makes it more , closer yet in our house.
these
shores.
We
are
looking
to
th
fundity, consideration and poise are of consequence will place
man who is working steadily ought to be able to keep out of debt.
Grenna? She's nip father's mother
creation in America of higher Jew •-
him with the gentle, patient, profound Lincoln. His passing
Unless there is some laziness—unless somebody is lying down on
ish institutions of learning, to th • what used to live in the Old Country
the
job—an industry is not apt to get into a fix where it needs help.
is a terrible blow to the nation—the time too short and the blow
--Yes, ma'am—in Russia. We call
building of Yeshivahs and theologic
But the minute it does slow do'w'n, or tries to expand abnormally,
seminaries and Hebrew colleges. An d • her Grenna-1 guess it means kind of
too great for us to realize our great bereavement. May God
the Jews sense it. They are keen-scented watchdogs in this respect.
the first step towards the creation if grandmother. She's the one what
give strength to his devoted wife to endure hers, the greatest
Any institution which has ceased to progress belongs by rights to
Caine once to an entertainment with
a greater spiritual force in Jewr
loss.
them and they prepare to take it over. Pretty soon you will find
my mother—yes, ma'am, the one what
THE Irl
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TAiithrrn's Tor=
The Yiddish Rennaisance.
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is
ISRAEL
Self Sacrifice.
A Ford Interview.
RABBI
An Austrian entree•roe asked of the
celebrated Rabin Loew, "Why is it
that you Jews, who are but a handful
of people, do not believe in Christ
when thousands upon thousands m o re
than you say that he lived, was the
son of God, and after his death are,
from the grave in the pres•nce of
many people?" The rabbi thought for
a few ninnies how to Helmer him, and
finally said: "Well, in a week or so
I shall give you the reason, 0 Ent-
peror."
The matter passed entirely our of
the emperor's memory. But the
rabbi, who had not forgotten it went
nut One day from his house be
prominent church that had a very
large steeple, before which he stood
gazing stedily and long. A rich
banker passed by and seeing the vele-
hreited rabbi, whom he knew well,
looking so (earnestly at the steeple, he
also looked but could see nuthing.
"What are you looking at, Rabbi
Loos'?" he asked.
"What?" said the rabbi, "don't you
see how prettily the angels are ding-
ing on top of the steeple? See now,
their ye bite wings ere fanning the
air, causing a great breeze."
The banker, knowing the rabbi was
a sensible and sane ratan, believed that
Rabbi blew actually was seeing an-
gels up there, and he was ashamed tee
acknowledge that he himself could n o t
See them, so he bee said that he saw
them and stood with the rabbi book-
ing at the steeple.
A prominent lawyer soon passed l:
and asked the rabbi _the same ques-
tion, "I'm surprised, my dear sir,"
exclaimed the. learned man, "that you
ask such a question when the angels
are sporting about up there as plain
as daylight." The lawyer, also in
shame, pretended that he SAW the
angels and he tee stood there gazing.
A learned professor teas in a similar
manner added to the number of the
gazers, This continued for hours, melt
upon men coming, asking, pretending
they saw' and remaining to gaze, until
about a thousand OF more people were
before the church. So great was the
crowd that the emperor heard of it
and he, too, came, walked up to Rabbi
Loew and stood gazing at the angels.
"Don't they dance prettily?" asked
the rabbi.
"Yes," answered the emperor,"what
graceful figures they go through!"
"It is a lovely sight," said the rabbi.
"flow pure and innocent in all their
whiteness!" exclaimed the emperor.
"Well," continued the rabbi, "one
could stand looking here a year, but
I, to my sorrow, must attend to hOMe-
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Charles W. Wood, of Collier's Weekly, went to Dearborn to
Interview Henry Ford on what I (Ford) would do "If I Were
President." The interview is published in full in Collier's of
Aug. 4, 1923. "There are approximately 110,000,000 people
in the United States," said Mr. Wood, "and 90,000,000 of them
want to know what you are going to do about tbe presidency."
"Stick around for a few days and I will tell you," answered Mr.
Ford. He declined to be interviewed immediately, but gave
Mr. Wood the following three questions: (1) What do the
A WISE
here was the arrival of the Elka
Nathan Adler library, which was a c- cried all the time. Always she cries
quired by the Jewish Theologie al when she sees the flag,. Why? I
guess you don't know about Russia,
Seminary. The addition of this I
brary to the seminary makes the Ne w do you Miss Morgan, and lots of
York institution the greatest cultur , other places where Jews live?
You
oughtto hear Grenna tell! Grenna,
Jewish center in the world and ale
great prestige to the American Je w •- she hid in a little closet two whole
Buys 'cause the street was full of
ish community in general. Its se
quirement by American Jewry is sig drunken soldiers who were killing and
robbing Jew's. She seen her sister
nificant and indicative of the ne
spiritual growth of our people i w killed, and a baby stabbed, and—yes,
n
ma'am,
I'll stop, I know it ain't nice
America. The generosity of the fe
wealthy American Jews who mad wi • to tell—hut it's all true—and worse,
,
Grenna
knows.
If you could hear her
possible the purchase of this librar
is an encouraging sign of the interes 'I tell you'd know why she cries when
I
she
sees
the
flag.
You don't know
taken in cultural Jewish matters b
the mass as well as by the wealthie e y what a mezaza is, do you, Miss Mos-
r
gen?
Was you a Jew, you'd know.
and money class. And we feel cons
dent that the Jews of this countr "' Well, any way, on every Jew's door
will do their full share towards th Y is a little tin box, and in it is a pray-
perpetuation of Jewish ideals and to ' er, and when a man he conws in, al-
wards the building in America of - ways he kisses his fingers and touches
a
Jewish community that will be worth ,' the mezaza--it's to show he remem-
3
of the heritage that is ours. Lon ' bees the prayer. 1Vell, so my Grenna
g kisses a little flag what's she got.
:enough have we fooled ourselves the
Last Fourth of July she got it. She
we made sacrifices for the benefit o •
ruined European Jewry; long enoug ,t ain't got no money, and we ain't got
have we boasted of our generosit " only a little, t takes an awful lot,
when the relief funds were spoke Y Miss Morgan, just to feed four young
of. The time is now ripe for a con ones—and Solly and we are the old-
structive Jewish activity, when Amer ' est. Well, the parade it came down
scan Israel will pride itself not or our street. First, Grenna was afraidi
the amount of charity it does but o ' and she ran with the baby into the
the contributions it makes toward " corner behind the bed. You see, she
hadn't been here long and she was
the spiritual and cultural life of ou
people. America, as the most impor r afraid of the soldiers. liut for awful
long my father and mother talked
pleased to accompany you,"
tent Jewish center in the world i
point of numbers, must also heroin n to her, and bye and bye she some out aalll the emperor, and away they
the most important culturally an. ',' and my father took her 0I1 the side- went.
' . walk. And what do you think? One
did manhood, with rich promise of a spiritually.
While walking along, the rabbi con-
of the policemen in the parade knew'
yet greater maturity.
tinued to speak about the angels, and
my
father
and
talked
to
him
in
yid-
Edwin Johnson, of the '14 class,
the
emperor answered in ever-increas-
We Need No "Herhsh•r."
dish—and Grenna almost died! You ing rapture.
told of the good results he is attaining
1, ers in Jewish educational cam
- know where she came from no police-
on his farm near New Britain, Pa.,
But
now tell nee, did you really
paigns, particularly in New Yor
k man was ever a Jew.
which he recently acquired. Other
see, the angels?" filially asked the
City, made it a practice, as a mean s
Well, anyway, Grenna found out rabb i.
visitors were henry J. Liva, of the '22
for assuring success for their drives
, that nobody was gene' to hurt her and
class, who is engaged as assistant
Th e emperor looked here and there
to elicit the approval of leading Gen - that she had as good
foreman on a farm at Edgemont, Pa.;;
a
to be and then answered cautiously: "To
tiles. On one occasion the Vice-Pres - . there as any' one. And the right
parade was tell you the truth, I didn't, but was
Leo Bennett, '22, who is farm assist- ,
dent of the United States wrote an just full of flags :art sh
ant on the Thistlewolde Farm, Hat-
ashamed to say so."
e
interesting letter endorsing an vela
- thought that they had something to
bore, Pa.; Louis Riesling, '22, who is
"There," replied the rabbi, "you
rational campaign. More recently the . do with nobody hur
located on a farm in Jersey,
ting an yhudy an d have the answer to the question you
governor of the state of New York e with the policeman who was a Jew
In recent letter from David Auk-
asked of one one or two weeks ago.
wrote a letter to the Jewish Educe
burg, '22, superintendent of the farms
- and with us all living here and geeing When Christ lived and died some few
of Leitner, La., Grangeville, N. Y., Donal Association of the metropolis , to school all right; and there was a men made great ads about miracle,
encouraging it in its educational cam
he writes and asks for more assistants
man what was selling little flag pins and wonders they claim they saw him
paign, and the letter WAN broadeastee
from Farm School to help him in har-
, and Grenna looked and looked at perform. Those who heard of them
and capitalized in order to enlist the •
vesting the crops and in developing
I them, and my father he bought her were so weak-nth- Ad that they swore
aid
of
more
Jews.
The
capitalization
one for a quarter. He said as how to them and added still others. But
the agricultural facilities of the place.
From far away Palestine we learn of of such propaganda material is neces- he'd buy it if it was the only quarter the Jews, however, were manly enough
the marriage of Abraham Krotoshin- sary but unfortunate. There are en- he had. Grenna wears the pin all the to express their honest disbelief. You
tirely too many Jews who always look
sky, class of '21. He will be remem-
' time and when she's saying her pray- can, as a rule., get thousands to swear
bered as the hero of the "Lost Bat- for a "Ilechshar" from non-Jews; too •rs, and that's half the time, she to anything you say. The strong-
talion" in the Argonne Forest. Since many seek the approval of the Gen- kisses it.
minded men are but very few in num-
his graduation from Farm School he tile in matters that are. entirely in-
What did you say, Stirs Morgan? ber."
has been engaged in agriculture in the ternal with the Jew. It is not neces- Do you, honest? The most beautiful
Colony of F.kron, Palestine, purchased' sary for us to wait for the. endorse- compliment our country could get?
In the town where one lives the
for him by Mr. Nathan Straus, New ment of the non Jewish coiffillppnity I'll tell that to Grenna. Say, to you
when the question of Jewish lduca- know what she said on Pesach? Well, name will do; outside of it the dress
York.
must
do.—The Talmud.
tion
is
involved.
iVe
are
guaranteed
Cecil J. Tool', '18, who was formerly,
my father seas reading what it says in
instructor in poultry at Farm School the right to offer a Jewish training the hook, that we should be in.Ier u-
by
the
onstitution
and
traditions
of
has just purchased a poultry farm
salem for Pesach next year, and Live within your means; spend
near the School. Morris Ulman, '11, the United States, and every time we prayed that way, but she ain't goin' I
eek for the approval of the Gentile Grenna says as how all her life she ; more on your clothing and most on
r eports that he' has rented green-
your home.—The Talmud.
houses covering 80,000 square feet, we merely lower the standard of our
near Morton, Pa., for the coining sea- own cultural and spiritual needs and
aspirations. The Jewish spiritual
son.
erowth must come as a result of our
Under no consideration lead men ` ewn desires and our own inner urg-
rigs. We need no "Ifechshar" from
astray. — The Talmud.
he non-Jew.
them injecting their wonderful embalming fluid into it which they
call 'finance.'
"You probably think the labor unions were organized by labor,
but they weren't. They were organized by these Jew financiers.
The labor union is a great scheme to interrupt work. It speeds up
loafing . It's a great thing for the Jew to have on hand when he
comes around to get his clutches on an industry."
The issue of the Nation of August 8 carries an article en-
titled "Yiddish Literature: A Product of Revolt." The writer
of the article recognizes in the various cultural developments a
Jewish Rennaisance. Let us for a moment consider the Jew
of the pre-Rennaisance period. The pre-Rennaisance Jew was
And thus proeeded Mr. Ford's intelligent discussion ad nau-
satisfied with the past achievements of his race. He pointed seam. We will leave it to any intelligent person who reads the
with childish pride to Moses, Isaiah, Hillel, Maimonides and interview (anti we will abide by his judgment) whether Mr.
Spinoza. He glowed with genuine warmth when he repeated Ford merits even the slightest consideration on the part of the
the indignant retort accredited to Benjamin Disraeli: "When American people as a candidate for the Presidency of the
your people were feeding swine and living in rude huts (mean- United States.
ing the English), my people had already created a glorious
civilization."
Continuing With Mr. Ford.
It was a source of intense joy to many of our co-religionists
To the verbal absurdities of Mr. Ford is added a pictorial
to speak of the learned rabbis who confounded the gentile in absurdity, one which we cannot resist mentioning. Collier's
subtle and learned disputations. We as a people have harped have reproduced in the interview a photograph of Mr. Ford,
too much upon our past and too many of us keep constantly taken with Secretary of War Weeks, in Washington, in the
reminding our own brethren that our ancestors came from latter's office. The photograph recalls another interview, this
Bavaria or Portugal, that our families belonged to the privi.
between Henry Ford and Secretary of War Weeks. After
• leged few who were permitted to reside in St. Petersburg or time
the interview Henry Ford gave out such a report to the press
Moscow, It is obvious - that when one is compelled to resort to that the following day the newspapers of this country carried
such proofs of superiority that the person has no merit of his headlines across their front pages, "Secretary Weeks Calls Ford
own, produces nothing of value and is usually an inferior a Liar." Mr. Ford surely has the faculty for unfortunate in-
person.
terviews.
When a nation everlastingly refers to its past accomplish-
ments and achievements, it is culturally and spiritually bank-
rupt
We recognize without difficulty that the Greek of today is
not entitled to a place in the cultural sun because some thou.
sands of years ago they had a golden age of Pericles, or be-
cause they gave to the world Socrates, Aristotle, Phideas, Doings at the National Farm
Archimedes and scores of artists, poets, philosophers and scien-
School.
tists. A glorious past is not to be deprecated. But for us a
glorious present is of infinitely greater moment. And it is with The students at the National Farm
a feeling of genuine pride that we point to those who have School, near Philadelphia, are en-
thusiastic about the quantity and
made it possible to speak of a Yiddish Rennaisance.
of alfalfa hay that has been
The men and women who are making this Yiddish Ren- quality
harvested. It is the generally con-
naisance are not satisfied with past achievements, but are creat- ceded opinion that it is almost impas-
ing a distinctly new Yiddish art, literature and drama. They sible to raise alfalfa in this section of
know too well that world culture is made up out of the contri- the country. Alfalfa was planted at
School this year as an experiment.
butions of many national groups, and that they must give their the
results amply justify further ex-
share if they are to be counted among those who will make The
periments along that line next year.
the present' age compare with the past. They are creating an The corn crop is also making splendid
art, literature and drama in the aggregate surpassing anything progress. On Farm No. 1, an experi-
ment farm, the students are trying to
clone by the Jews since the Diaspora. They are realists and secure
a high quality of wheat by
respond to the question, "What are you doing today?" with storing
it prior to theshing. Wheat
all of the power, insight, fervor and intelligence transmitted has also been harvested on Farms No.
to them by their poetic, prophetic and philosophic ancestors. 4 and 6. The students have exhibited
interest in the increasing yield
But as men and Women, conscious of their own power, they great
milk, and considerable competition
insist uphn asserting their own spiritual values, and refuse to be of
is going on to secure the highest quan-
known because of the past achievements of the race.
tity from some of the foods. Quite
The creators of the Rennaisance will more than any other a number of the graduates have vis-
the School (luring the past few
fact make groundless the accusation that the Jews are material- ited
Among thou, J. Taut*, who
istic. In all candor, this accusation of materialism had a meas- is weeks.
a student at the Massachusetts
ure of truth. But the past generations of Jews in America were Agricultural College, where is special-
pihneers as were the past generations of their gentile brethren. izing in agriculture, reports that five
And all pioneering people are governed by one motive and have other students of Farm School are
advanced courses in agricul-
but one thotight in mind : enriching themselves materially. For taking
ture at the same college.
they must overcome material difficulties and obstacles and con-
Another visitor was Solomon I'izer,
sequently have. material values. But a great portion of the a member of the first class, "Pioneer
present generation of Jews. those responsible for the Jewish Class," who was graduated from Farm
in 1901. This was Mr. Pizer's
Rennaisance, have discarded those matetial values and have School
first visit to his Alma Mater since
replaced them with spiritual and artistic values.
graduation, and the picture presented
There are those to whom lax observance of the ritual and to his eyes was a pleasing contrast
those early ;lays, revealing as
The thief's end is the gallows.-- 1
ceremonial is indicative of the passing of Judaism. They fail against
it did not only growth of an idea, but The Talmud.
The Jerusalem "Script•."
to realize that these forms belong to a departed past and can- tangible,
actual expansion everywhere.
To the credit of the Zionist move-
not stand the test of modern critical standards. The Jew today To him it could he likened to a strug- There is no greater evil-doer than ; ment is now to he added another
is contributing living forms and is making Judaism a living, gling., delicate infant now grown, he who takes away the earnings of l a chievement. The publications that
a re to be issued under the auspices
• pulsating reality. As long as a distinctively Yiddish literature, with love and care, into robust, splen- the poor.—The Talmud.
of the Jerusalem University and Li-
drama and art are. created by the Sons of Israel to hold its
brary, contribute as they will to every
place in the world, then we need have no fears that Judaism
, branch of science, will( serve their
is dying.
greatest purpose in the creating of a
TwO outstanding American rabbis have died within recent
months in the prime of life: Joseph Krauskopf of Philadelphia
and Martin Mayer of San Francisco. There are many who are
under the erroneous impression, by reason of the beautiful
synagogues and. temples, the luxurious appointments therein
and the many social functions hell within their walls, that all
the rabbi is required to do is deliver a sermon, attend a few
social functions. and his work is done. On the contrary, the
time, zeal, devotion and effort put forth by the average rabbi
in the pusuit of his various duties and functions is so laborious
and taxing that many of our spiritual leaders are called beyond
in the prime of life. It is a serious blow to a country and a
people when it loses such men as J. Leonard Levy, Joseph
Krauskopf and Martin Mayer. for they are not very easily
replaced, in fact we cannot find substitutes. The day of self-
sacrifice is a living fact in the pulpit.
to no more, 'cause sh's here and I ere
is good enough for her!
Oh, iny goodness, Miss Morgan! My
feet is all wet! Look what I el
I been watering and watering thcm
plants all the time. I been telling .r.o
about Grenna! I'll wipe it up, Allss
Morgan! Well, anyway, they'r gol
and wet! Sammy Levy don't l'ilf
do it.
0 Master-Workman, toiling age by age
To shape the stubborn nations of the world
Making staunch plowshares for unbroken fields
From iron sword-souls of the Tartar East,
Setting mysterious jewels in dim gold
From Asia; from pale silver of the North;
Hammering great beakers that shall hold thy wine,
Red wine, strong wine, the wine thy sons shall drink—
The vintage of the Masters of the tools.
Stern toiler in the workshop of the Lord,
Thou workest with all metals and all earth—
Glowing reality God's dim design.
0 passionate workman turning into vast,
Thine eyes are dull with straining after visions,
Thy back is bent with making and unmaking
With infinite patience destinies of peoples.
Thy face is seared by furnaces of beuaty,
Thine are despair and weariness--and thine
The sane and saving dream, 0 Israel!
Lo,
I, the meanest of the Master's tools,
Have made this song for pride of Israel.
CONSTANCE RAMSAY GIDEON, in Ernanu-El.
, common meeting ground for Jewsih
scholars in all countries. The impor-
tance and value of such an inter-
change of spiritual thought can be
gathered from the names included in
the list of scholars who will partici-
pate in the writing and issuing of
these publications. Professor Albert
Einstein, the greatest genius of our
age, who will do the editing of the
Publications dealing with the Exact
Sciences; Professor A. Von Wasser-
man, the authority on biology and
emistry, and leading scholars from
every portion of the globe, including
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Eng-
land, Sweden, France, Italy, Pales- ,
tine and the United States, will serve
as an educational force that should
prove stronger than any other con-
ceivable weapon in combatting anti-
Semitism. The publication of the
"Scripta" will offer an opportunity
for the Hebrew University of Jeru-
salem to enter into an exchange of
publications with u n i v e r s i ties
throughout the world, and the result
is bound to be of greatest benefit to
the entire Jewish people.
ch
The Future Versus the Past.
Too long have we gloried in the
accomplishments of the past. We
have boasted entirely too much of
the 2,000 years of Jewish martryr-
dom and Jewish ability to survive and
, live in spite of persecution. The time
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