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Jewish Conditions In Persia and India
r Ici A N K
By SOLOMON SAMSON, Shire., Persia.
Shiraz is a big city situated in a high dome. There is only one tomb
very big valley surrounded ny high inside. The walls and the dome are
and low hills. All these are covered set with bits of silvered glass very
with snow and remain so till the mid- artistically and resemble the work of
By Chas. H. J....h.)
(Cosirwrtelat, 112t.
die of April. There is a very big the Jain temple in Calcutta, which is
see that Rosa Raise is getting along es nicely, thank you! market, a solid and massive building, of recent construction. The tomb is
I am glad to hosen by Maestro Arturo Toscanini to sing the leading so.
enclosed in a frame work of solid sil-
sbe hos been c of the world premiere at La Scala •f the opera "Nerone." and all things such as fancy goods,
glassware and the ordinary things for ver, and though the work is almost
g a no solo role
opinion
to
this
gifted
artist
and
corroborates
Chicago's
great tribute
human consumption are available seven hundred years old it looks just
It is n
the world's greatest dramatic soprano. One thing 1 like about
there, though they are high. It is as good as if it were dune only a few
that Raise is
lack of what is loosely termed art ester temperament, which
Reas is her
really very surprising how things are
I du not know whether
translate.' means being ill -m d. Rais• has the real artist's tempera- brought so safe here on camels, mules years ago.
with those less gifted than
human
in
her
relations
ment. But she is very
and donkeys over a distance of 250 plain or silvered glass was manufac-
miles—a journey of 10 days from Bu. tured seven centuries ago. 1 di,cov-
herself.
shire. The caravans are often at- ered afterwards that none except Mo-
of artistic temperament reminds me of those youthful•minded
Speaking
tacked by robbers, still things cone hammedans and Minims are admitted
who think they are Bohemians when they smoke cigar safe for the market. I had a guide inside. Each of the tombs mentioned
folks of both
ettes and drink • stein of near-beer. Some gentlemen imagine that to be a
with me and I askel hint to take me above is covered with a huge solid
Noth.
tie an d carry soup on your vest.
through the Jewish district. I did not ma of yellowish marble, measuring
Bohemian you must wear • flowing
sod have an
ins is farther from the truth. You can't be a real Bohemian •
enter any Jewish dwelling, though I about eight feet long, four feet bro.ol
empty heed. True Bohemianism is a matter of mind and imagination.
saw from the entrance what the ar- and four feet high. In almost all the
Hendrik van Loon told me of a supper he had in New York with Henry
rangement was inside. I will write countries where tombs are erected
Mencken, Theodore Dreiser and • few other kindred souls. There one found
later on regarding this, but I may tell over the graves of the buried, tons of
the real Bohemians. What • conversational feast that must have been!
you that as I was coming out of the stones and marble slabs are heaped
district I went into the last building ern the dead bodies.
The same day I went to see a place
The other day I sat at a luncheon that was given to a small group of oecupied by a Jew. Ile happened to
men on the Steamship Mauretania. At my table there sat one of the officers be one of the Ilakhamim or "Mullahs" called "Zireh-Qurran," which is the
of the ship and a co-religionist. The talk veered to immigration and my
s they are called here. The old man Ispahan gate. There is a hand writ- !
Jewish friend was telling the officer that the Jews should not congregate received me very hospitably as I ten copy of the sacred book of the Mo-
York and other seaboard cities, •nd should be sent broadcast called on him the usual greeting— hammedans, "Qurran," written in bold
New
in oughout the country: ticketed for this place or that place, •nd to go
Shalom Alekhem. I was offered a seat script, each letter being about three
th r
The officer replied that he did not think that would be
and a glass of the best Shiraz wine. to four inches long and very highly il-
where he was sent.
practicable, for, after all, coming to • strange land, the immigrant would The Jews are the makers of this wine lustrated. Each leaf is about three
want to be with his own relatives or friends where he would have an oppor• and other drinks such as "Arak." I feet long and two feet broad. The
tunity to become acclimated and feel at home. He didn't think that it may give below an extract from the weight of the book is, 1 was informed,
would be right to send welly hilly a foreigner to live in Montana or North book of J. Foster Fraser "Round the seventeen Shiraz "Mans," each "Man"
, being about seven pounds. So accord-
Dakota, where he would feel as comfortable as • man with • pair of fish- World on a Wheel."
ing to this information its weight is
hooks in his eyes. I agreed with him. There could be, undoubtedly, some
The Birthplace of Wine.
119 pounds. It is said to have been ,
method of distrbiution of immigrants in • limited way if very carefully
Shiraz is the birthplace of %Ville as written by Hussan, the eldest son of
But
there
was
one
thing
all
of
us
agreed
upon
and
that
was
worked out.
you
may
know
if
you
have
discerned
Alli,
over y 1,200. years ago.
that the immigration laws were aimed •t the Jews.
the similarity between the words
Ancient Mosques.
Sherry
and
Shiraz.
Indeed,
Shiraz
I wonder how many persons we know who fit this description of the
wine has a finer aroma and a more! Some months after this I went to
"nouveau riche" (the newly rich) as given by "C. G. S." in Life:
delicate flavor than any other wine. see a very ancient Mosque called the
And what other king than the re- "Jumma-Musjid," which lies in ruins
The New-Voes are just back from abroad.
nowned Jamsheed could have disco- in the very heart of the city. It is
They have had such an interesting time.
ered the luscious juice! Jamsheed , said to have been built about 1,200
Of course they occupied the Royal suite wherever they went.
was very fond of grapes; that he , years ago and one of the "Immams"
And they always had several private cars.
might enjoy theni out of season, he!is said to have preached therein. As
And a "special" yacht.
had theni preserved in jars and stored far as I am able to judge, when in use
There was something "special" about everything they did.
away in vaults. The grapes ferment- it must have accommodated almbst one
All their food was "special."
ed. Ah! exclaimed the king, "the fourth of the male population of
What they drank was "special."
fruit is poisonous." Whether he real- Shiraz. Some of the arches and pil-
And their bills were especially "special."
ly meant it or was merely acting as tars are still standing, and the letters
They brought back 87 trunks with them.
a sort of president of prehistoric anti- ' and engraving thereon are so distinct
Though most of their things came later.
liquor league, is not known. What, ; that one can easily judge the skill
They did Europe up brown.
however, is known is that all the jars with which the work must have been
They saw everything that was to be seen.
were labelled "poison." done. While walking in the enclosure
They did everything that was to be done.
It happened in those days that one I thought of the words of Sir Arthur
And they spent more in one day than any one else had in a
of the ladies of Jamsheed was stria. Conan Doyle written in one of his
month.
en ill with a sick headache, and as books. Though I do not remember
They had the best of everything wherever they went.
none of the court physicians could the name of the book and the exact
And nothing was too good for therm
cure her, she ran to the cellar and words, I put them down here as best
They visited as many as 11 museum and seven picture galleries
there, in the dim light, struck an he- I can: "Many are the strange vicissi-
all in one day.
role attitude, and in a dream-walking tudes of History. Greatness has often
They took in all the well-known ruins.
whisper said, "Poison be my drink!" sunk in the dust, and has tempered
And they bought moat of the best castles and palaces.
And she drank of the poison, and itself to its new surroundings. Small.
What they don't know about Europe simply isn't worth knowing.
drank again. Whereupon a strange !ness has risen aloft, has flourished for
The New-Voes are just back.
thing happened. The cellar began to a time, and then has sunk once more.
They have had such an interesting time.
whirl around, which was exceedingly Rich monarchs have become poor
marvelous to her, and she fell asleep. monks, brave conquerors hove lost
For a moment 1 thought that • wealthy Jew had died without leaving When she awoke the headache was their manhood, eunuchs and women
anything to charity, which would have been unusual. But reading Levy gone, but much of the poison remain- have overthrown armies and king-
Mayer's will I found that the Chicago lawyer had left an estate of almost ed. "Sweet poison," she sighed. And doors. Surely there is no situation
nine million dollars—but he has authorized the executors to distribute day by day she drank of the poison, which the mind of man could invent
as they
$100,000 within the neat two years to such charities in Chicago
till no poison remained. The king was which has not taken shape and been
may select. Levy Mayer was • famous lawyer. Arthur Brisbane told me much given to wrath when he learnt played out upon the world stage."
the story of how he met Levy Mayer in one of the New York hotels late of this. But the lady asked him to A good many mosques in India re-
is the evening and told Mayer that the Detroit Times was to be sold the make more poison, and he made it; • so-able the mosques in I'ersia. The
next morning and that he would like to buy it. Mayer told him he would and he tasted it, and smacking his best mosque I saw in India was the
get it for him, and he did, between 10 o'clock that night and the nest lips, he said, "This is delicious poi- "Jumma-Musjid" in Delhi. Almost
morning. There was • reason for his success.
son." And that was the origin of similar were those in Burhanpur, As-
wine. And the Shiraz people call it sirgurh and Ahmedabad. Mohanime-
I wonder what prompts a minister to join such an order •s the Ku Klux to this day "Zehere Khoosh," which dans have contributed much towards
Klan. It is utterly incomprehensible that a spiritual leader presumed to means in English "the delightful architecture in India and have left a
be a wide reader and deeply versed in the philosophy of life can ally him. poison." lasting record in the shape of very
self with an organization the strength of which rests on force and veiled
The old "Mullah" was, it appeared beautiful and costly buildings at Delhi,
ted in reading • sermon of Rev. John C. to me, somewhat doubtful as to wheth- Agra and other cities. There is an-
and open threats. I was inn
■ former
Reeser, pastor of the Latrobe (Pa.) Christ Reformed Church,
er I was really a Jew or not. Though ! other very ancient city in ruins near
member of the Klan. He said that he didn't realize the purpose of the I called on him the usual greeting of Shiraz, about 40 miles to the north,
Klan when he joined it and then he proceeded to say that the Protestant "Shalom Alekhem," he thought per- called Persepolis. I intend seeing it
it that the haps that I was a deceiver and had • sometime and giving you a description
church didn't need • band of masked men to save it or protect
an insult to the spirit of God. He boldly challenged gone there simply to have a free drink. of the place. I ant inclined to think
thought itself was ■
ion
on
the
subject
of
the
Klan
and
said
that
if
his
members He asked me to say the usual grace. that Mohammedan architecture in In-
his cong regat
disagreed with him he wanted to know it so that he could regulate his So to give him of course, without let- die must have been the work done
course.
It
is
equalling
astonishing
to
me
that
men
and
women
can ling him know what I understood his after the Mohammedan invasions of
future
religion of love and m •ive, I said the blessing over wine: India, mostly by the rulers of Persia.
sit in the House of God and hear the teachings of the
Purim in Shiraz.
peace and good will toward man and yet belong to an organization that "Bore Peri Ilaggofen." Ile then ap-
provokes hate and discord. It just proves the danger of mob psychology peered to be convinced. From that
Purim time my actual experiences
in society.
time till now he has been one of the with the local Jews
Jew started. I attend'.
best known to me of the Shiraz Jews , ed prayers in one Of the synagogues
I ant in receipt of • letter from • reader who objects to immigrants and my friend.
which I found in one of the narrow-
being designated as Hebrews. But in the report that is enclosed I note
est lanes of the Jewish quarters.
A Jewish School.
that the immigrants are designated according to "race, people, etc." There
For over two months and a half I , Alone I can never find it even now,
was a time when I could have, with some hope of success, protested against
had been inquiring from all sorts of though I have been to that synagogue
this action and taken the position that the Jew is • Jew by religion and
people whether there was any school more than a dozen times. There are
Out it is unfair to classify him according to "race." But what can I say,
but no one could give me cur- only about six big ones, and the small-
what can anyone say in face of the position taken by the Nationalist Jews, there,
reel information. One day as I was er ones, which are situated very close
wh o contend that we are a race? If the Jews themselves adont that atti- walking in the lanes of the Jewish !to one another in the same compound
tude, why criticize non-Jews for doing the same? Those who have followed
with the big ones, are quite numerous.'
was exactly whet section I met a young man whom I !
this column will appreciate that what is now happening
asked the same question. Ile told me', These small synagogues cannot be
1 hove always maintained would be the inevitable result of emphasizing the there was n school conducted by a called synagogues in the proper sense
racial rather than the religious.
French Jew who was usually called of the word. There are no Sephers !
"Reis" head man of the community. (Scrolls) there. About 20 or 30 men !
A man asked me the other day if 1 had it in my power to give away I was exceedingly pleased to hear that. ! gather together and start their pray-
I million dollars for • Jewish cause, whet would 1 do with it. 1 re- : asked him to send a boy with me to ers long before the larger synagogues
plied without hesitation that I would establish ■ foundation for the pro- show me the house of the Director of begin theirs, so as to borrow the
motio n of rabbinical learning; in other words, I would make such institu- the School of "Reis." The boy took Sephers from the larger ones and to
tions as the Hebrew Union College, the Jewish Theological Seminary, the me to the house and I sent him in ' return them before they are needed I
Jewish Institute of Religion, once and for all time placed in • position of with my card. That gentleman re- ' there. I was sorry to find the holy !
financial independence, so that they would be free to continue in the proper ceived me very cordially and asked me !places of worship in a dirty condi-
m•nner the most import•nt work in American Jewry. The Jews of this all sorts of questions. I had to intro- Don. By comparison, the Busreh syn.
country have been shamefully niggardly in the support of these seminaries. duce myself to him. I do not mention agogues are far better than these and
we know of no people who have so completely failed to meet their responsi- his name lest I offend his modesty. kept cleaner. I found the some con-
millions to give
bility in developing religious leaders. Any Jew who has
In the course of conversation, I learnt' fusion during prayers and the read- !
away and, what is more to the point, wants to give it away, will find in that he is the Director of the Jewish ing of the "Megillah" as in Busreh. '
this suggestion one that should invite his interest.
school here supported by the Alliance Hundreds of Jewish poor—men, wo-
Israelite Universelle of Paris. Having men and children, young and old—
plays already listed, the depart- made an appointment with him, I vis- walked around the synagogue. I was
1923-24 Text Book Catalogue the
ment now has valuable suggestions ited the school in which there were called to read the Sepher and gave a
of Union of American He-
and material to offer religious school about 200 children, boys and girls. "Toman" of ten Brans, approximate-
brew Congregations.
teachers and superintendents, to French, Ilebrew and Persian and oth- ly ten shillings, as a donation to the.
whom the problem of "something er subjects were being taught. The synagogue. This was a modest gift
substantial in my estimation, but the people from
The Department of Synagogue and new" for the next entertainment has school was supported by a
donation from the parent Alliance. A the adjoining synagogues, when they
School Extension has just issued its long been unsolved.
comparatively
small
sum
was
received heard about this from the poor, came
descriptive catalogue of text books
from the local Jews and other coo- in numbers to see who I was, peeped ,
and publications for the year 1022-
Jews
Not
Wanted
in
Australia,
munal
sources.
The
school
has
since through the small windows as if I '
'21. Among the most interesting fea-
been closed, because the funds of the were some curious animal locked up
tures is an important new book, "Jew-
Conunissioner States.
Alliance,
I
understand,
have
given
out in a cage in a zoo. There is no gal-
ish Festivals in the Religious School,"
owing to contributions made to war lery for women except in one or two
by Elma Ehrlich Levinger. This vol-
T. A.)—"The funds by members and supporters. synagogues, an d even there they are
NEW
YORK.—(J.
ume contains selections and sugges-
going. so crowded that free breathing is dif-
tions for religious school programs Australian government is not in a The local Jews could not keep it be
re- ficult and light is very scanty.
It is a matter very much to
treating on the five festivals, Suc- position at present to offer any spe- gretted,
but I hope to hear very soon Passover is observed by these per,-
coth, Chanukah, Purim, Pesach and cial encouragement to Jews at pres- of the reopening
of the school as I ple very rigidly, and very little work
ent
resident
in
Southern
European
Shabuoth. "Jewish Festivals in the
believe the Director, who has now is done during the eight days. These
Australia."
Religious School" is a handbook for countries to migrate to made
to the J. gone to France, will possibly arrange people have also got the same custom
This statement was
entertainments and serves both as a
of paying visits to friends and
Ile is expected to return
He
guide and a source book to those ar- T. A. in a letter replying to the matters.
here shortly, and I hope I shall be able tines throughout the festival. They
ranging holiday programs. In addi- agency's recent inquiry in regard to
read the "Ilaggada" the first two
tion to the model programs, cover- the introduction of Jewish immi- to give some definite news about this nights both in Hebrew and Persian.
in the near future. The Director, I
ing a period of three years, directions grants to Australia.
"The Australian assisted immigra- understood from our conversation, had A very peculiar custom I observed
for staging, costuming and so fort h,
here is that while reading the "Hag-
for several years in Morrow and
the book also includes 11 original tion activities of the commonwealth been
are
for the present being confined Bagdad before he came here with his ,Irado" they take a napkin, put in it a
plays which appear for the first time
my
best
few
Matzos and other vegetables kept
mainly
to
the
introduction
of
farm-
Ile is
wife and
in this book, appropriate for produc-
friend
in children.
Shiraz and since I came to in the Passover dish and, folding it,
tion on the holidays named and which ers, farm workers and female domes- know him we have been visiting each Place it on their shoulders. As each
tic
servants
from
Great
Britain,
and
will also be published in prompt-
one says a portion he passes on the
quite frequently.
copies by the department to sell at the British government is co-operat- other
Before I give any description of the bundle to the other and so on. The
20 cents apiece. "Jewish Festivals ing with the commonwealth govern-
first
two nights of the feast I spent
in facilitating such immigra- Jews here, I feel inclined to gi ve a'
in the Religious School" meets a long ment
tion," states the official secretary to brief account of the old and inter- with the director of the school. He
felt need for material on the subject
and
his
wife both read the "Ilaggada"
the N. Y. Commissioner for the com- eating places and things I have seen
and it is hoped that superintendents
a then asked me to read it. I read
I saw all and
here. As
a matter
of get
fact,
of religious schools will avail them- monwealth of Australia.
these
before
I could
acquainted it and they then knew, that no matter
selves of the opportunity to make use
where we Jews are, our mode of read-
with the local Jews, their manners, ing and observing the feasts is the
of this very fine anthology.
New Classes Opened by United customs and ceremonies.
same. There was no difference in read-
Another item of interest outlined
Tombs.
Hebrew Schools.
in the new catalogue is the three-year
ing except in the pronunciation, which
Hebrew course compiled by Rabbi
A few days after my coming here I was slightly varied.
Max Reichler of Brooklyn, N. Y. The
The United Hebrew Schools an- went to see the tombs of two of the
first and second year's work, covering nounce the opening of new classes of greatest poets of Persia, Saadi and
CARD OF THANKS
the Ilebrew alphabet and phraseology the new term, immediately after Ilafi . Adjoining the tomb of the',
of the prayer book, have been on the Rosh HaShanah. Particular attention latter there is a building in which
market for some time. Now the third is called to the kindergarten classes. there are several tombs of the ancient
book, based on the Ten Command-
I take this form of expressing my
Hundreds of new pupils are expect- kings. The external appearance of
ments and more advanced reading ed to enroll at all the schools, includ- the structure is very dilapidated, but sin cere appreciation for the many
and
exercises, is nearing completion.
it
is
very
nicely
decorated
inside
kind
messages of condolence during
the Kirby Center, the Wilkins
a traveler. my recent bereavement—the deatho f
With the 11 new Levinger plays, a ing
Talmud Torah, Talmud Torah on is really worth seeing by
pageant, "America and the Jew," by Westminster and Delmar and the Some days after this 'I went to see my father, William Neiburger.
Fannie Barnett Linuky, and "The
Twenty-ninth street and a place ca lled "Shaha Charag" it Is ■
HERMAN NEIBURGER.
Belle of Shushan," a Purim play, by school at avenue.
a very large massive building with
Rabbi Joseph Leiser, together with Michigan
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