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JEWS DRIVEN FROM Jews of Russia Hold
GERMANY: PRESSED
Fast to Zionist Idea
BY ANTI-SEMITISM

.10.Hatred Sweeps Land Like
Plague; Fear Worst if
Hitler Gets Power.

Fervor is Intensified In Spite of Perse-
cutions from Jewish Section of
Communist Party

'KEHILLAHS' THREATENED
WITH TOTAL EXTINCTION

By BEN MOM-1E ZWI,
Our Special Correspondent in Russia.

(Copyright, 1923, by J. C. B.)

National Pogrom Plot in Tran-
In spite of the severe measures which has ruined Russian Jewry in
sylvania Thwarted by Over-
which have been taken by Soviet of- the economic sphere, has had one
bearing Conversation.
ficials in all parts of Russia and the good effect; it has created a young

BERLIN—(J. T. A.)—Large num
bens of Jews, especially those from
•ia are departing in masses for
other parts of Lurope on account of
the steadily growing pressure of anti-
Semitism and the difficult economic
conditions induced by the fall of the
mark.
The majority are heading for Aus-
tria and France where living is now
cheaper than in Berlin.
A considerable number, too, are
seeking to return to Russia, believing
that the new economic policy of the
Soria will make it possible for them
to earn a living there. Dr. Fridjhof
banner is negotiaitng with the Soviet
authorities in an effort to facilitate
the return of these.
The excdus of Jews from Germany
is particularly largo in Bavaria on
account of the intense anti-Semitism
there.
Berlin Jews Threatened.
A large number of Jews of Berlin's
west side have received letters threat-
ening them with death if they do not
leave Germany within 14 days. The
letters are capped with a drawing of
a skeleton and hear the inscription
'Propaganda Band." The police are
investigating.
German Jewry is now facing one of
the most severe crisis in its history.
Reports from Munich state that the
anti Semitic agitation has now reached
an unprecedented climax. Posters are
to be seen. throughout the city con-
demning Jews and urging violence on
them. The propaganda is continuous.
Dr. Van Kaar, the new military dic-
tatt, is himself no friend of the Jews.
In the event, however, the present
regime falls and Hitler succeeds to
power, it is taken for granted that the
Jess of Germany will be visited by
the most severe persecution in the his-
tiny of the country.

Rh

Russians Spy on Jews.

The impetus given to the monarchist
movement in various parts of Ger-
many is reflected in the Russian mon-
archist circles here as well.
Two of the Russian leaders, Mark-
Oil and Telmatchoff, have organized
an espionage bureau whose function
will be to list all Jews in Germany
suspected of Boishevistic sympathies.
The Russians expect to make use of
this list in the event the German au-

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Ukraine to suppress the Zionist move- Zionist generation, now growing up
ment, the Zionist Organization in in Russia, which has gone through the
Russia has not completely disap. hard school of Bolshevism and has be-
peered. Public meetings cannot take come physically and morally valuable
place, but thousands of Jews hold fast to Zionism, because it is imbued with
to the Zionist idea and in the Chaluz the idea of work. The new genera-
(pioneer) movement it has assumed a don will go out to Palestine, know-
newer, more vital form. Bolshevism, ing that the land can be developed
only by manual labor. An army of
Zionist pioneers is growing up in Rus-
sia, which is ready to sacrifice every-
thing for the realization of the Zion-
ist ideal in Palestine. They work on
despite all persecutions from the
Jewish section of the Communist
party in Russia, preparing themselves
by labor on the land for their future
life in Palestine. These young Cha-
luzim have succeeded in facing the
Abrahe m Solomon Freidus Was hostile atmosphere of Bolshevik Rus-
sia. Their fearlessness, their pure
Noted Hebrew Student
idealism, their willing self-denial, has
and Linguist.
not failed to make an impression on
the Bolsheviks. Even in highest gov-
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—A. S. ernmental circles, the Chaluzim are
Freidus, for 26 years head of the respected. It is understood that their
Jewish literature division of the New movement is not opposed to Bol-
York Public Library, Fifth avenue shevism; it is even seen that the
and Forty-second street, died sudden- movement is essentially only intend-
ly while riding in a car. Mr. Freidus ed to make the Jewish people in Pal-
was reading a newspaper when death estine a productive community. There
are, therefore, even commissaries
came.
The deceased was a Ilebrew scholar who hay's!, a sincere sympathy for the
and linguist. His knowledge of books Chaluzim movement, and the efforts
was considered remarkable. His ex- which the Chaluzim have made to en-
ceptional memory was the marvel of able their organization to be legal-
all those who visited his department. ized have for that reason not been
He was born in Riga in 1867 and wholly without success. The govern-
came to America in 1889. He com- ment has declared itself ready to le-
galize the organization, but owing to
menced library work in 1897, devot-
ing himself to that field unceasingly. the opposition of the Jewish Com-
munists no legalization has yet been
effected.
Abraham Solomon Freidus, biblio-
It has been much the same with the
grapher, was born in Riga, Russia, question of instruction in the Hebrew
May 1, 1867. Ile went to Paris in language. The Bolshevist govern-
1886 and thence to the United States ment made no objection to Hebrew
in the autumn of 1889. In March, or any other language, but the Jew-
1897, he entered the service of the ish Bolsheviks urged that instruction
New York Public Library as assistant in Ilebrew would be a counter-revo-
cataloguer, and was soon assigned to lutionary measure. According to
the department of Ilebraica and Jo- their argument, the use of the He-
deice, of which he was in charge un- brew language is a matter of religion,
til his death. This department now and as religious instruction is not
includes thousands upon thousands permitted by Soviet law, Hebrew is
of volumes and pamphlets and has now taboo in Russia, and all attempts
become one of the most frequently on the part of the Zionists to estab-
consulted Jewish collections in the lish Ilebrew classes of a purely secu-
world. Freidus' scheme of classifica- lar character have met with consis-
tion of the Jewish department con- tent failure.
tains nearly 1,000 subdivisions and
Fervor Intensified.
may be considered the first elaborate
Under these circumstances, there
scheme of classifying Jewish liters-

SCHOLAR, LIBRARIAN,
DIES AT THE AGE OF 56

RAPS

ANTI-SEMITES

ON ARRIVAL IN U. S.

Noted Rabbi Dies
In Vienna at 73

Distinguished Guest

of Jews of America

Lloyd George Predicts Great Future

for Jews in Palestine.

NEW YORK. — (J. T. A.)— The
anti-Semitic movement is extremely
stupid, the former British l'remier,
Lloyd George told newspapermen
who interviewed him shortly after
his arrival. There is a great future
for the Jews in Palestine, but the up-
building of the Jewish homeland will
require time, he added.
Among the throngs tio greet the
British statesman as he stepped off
the pier were many Zionists waving
Zionist flags. Lloyd George smilingly
greeted them in return.
Sir Alfred Mond, former member
of the ex-Premier's war cabinet, was
among the first to meet the distin-
guished visitor. A delegation of the
Zionist and Keren Ilayesod Organiz-
ations was also present at the recep-
tion held at the city hall, It consist.
ed of Samuel Untermyeg, chairman;
Morris Rottenberg, Herman Conheim,
Louis Lipsky, Emanuel lk euman, Na-
than Turel, H. L. Simone, A. Lebo-
vitz, Boris Grabelsky, Mitchel Salit,
Dr. Morris Eisenberg and Dr. S.
Bernstein. A group of lthe Zionists
headed by Isaac Carmel presented
Dame Margaret Lloyd Gitorge with a
bouquet of flowers.

MEN'S CLUB TO HEAR
MICHAEL AARONSOHN

Dr. Bloch Played Prominent
Part in ililsner Ritual
Murder Case.

Noted Author to Speak Sunday
at Large Meeting in
New York.

VIENNA. — (J. T. A.)--Dr. Joseph
Samuel Bloch, Vienna rabbi, who
some years ago was a member of the
Austrian Parliament, is dead.
Dr. Bloch was particularly well
known for the prominent part he
played in exposing the ritual blood
charges in the celebrated Hilsner
case. He was publisher and editor of
the Austrian Wochenschrift. Dr.
Bloch visited the United States sev-
eral years ago. Ile was burn in Ga-
licia in 1850.

Dr. Bloch was born in Dukla, a
small city in Galicia, on Nov. 20,
1850. His parents, who were poor,
destined him for the rabbinical ca-
reer and he devoted himself to the
exclusive study of the Talmud. Ile
frequented the yeshivoth, especially
that of the celebrated Rabbi Joseph
Saul Nathanson at Lemberg, who, in
his response, mentions Bloch, when
he was 16 years old, as one of his
most intelligent pupils.
After having finished his studies at
the colleges of Magdeburg and Lief-
nitz, Bloch went to the University of
Munich Thence he went to the Uni-
versity of Zurich, where he obtained
the degree of doctor of philosophy.
He was appointed rabbi in Rends-
burg, Holstein, afterward in Kobylin,
Posen, and Bryn, Bohemia. He fin-
ally ended his rabbinical career in
Floridsdorf, near Vienna.

Defeats Anti-Semitic Professor.
Blinded War Hero and Rabbi
The anti-Semitic movement had at
to Address Opening Meet-
that time, about 1880, almost reached
its climax in Austria. During the
ing of Season.

Tisza Eszler trial Professor Rohling
of the Catholic theological faculty of
the Prague University made a writ-
ten offer to substantiate under oath
the blood-ritual of the Jews. Bloch
then came to the front with a series
of articles in which he openly accused
Rohling of having offered to commit
wilful perjury, denouncing him more-
over as a person utterly ignorant in
Talmudic learning. After several
successful attempts to delay the pro-
ceedings, Rohling preferred to with-
draw, thus tacitly acknowledging de-
feat.
In 1883 Bloch founded the °ester-
reichische Wochenschrift, with the
aim to defend the political rights of
the Jews, to refute unjust attacks
and to inspire its readers with cour-
age and faith in the conflict that had
been forced upon them. Bloch also
attended several meetings held by
workingmen and lectured with some
success on the Talmudic principles of
Gets Only Help from His Sister.
labor and on the laboring classes in
During the war, although he could the Old Testament.
go as chaplain, Aaronsohn enlisted
Elected Parliament Member.
with the One Hundred Forty-seventh
After the death at Cracow, in 1884,
Infantry and became sergeant-major.
During the Argonne fight, whil e of Chief Rabbi S. Schreiber, who had
dragging in wounded comrades, he bene deputy for Kolomea at Perna-
was struck by a high explosive which sent, Bloch was elected as his suc-
destroyed both his eyes and part of cessor. Ile was re-elected in 1885
his face. Last June he received the and after a hard struggle with Dr.

Two features of interest will mark
the opening meeting of the Men's
Club of Temple Beth El, to be held
Tuesday evening at the temple. One
will be the address to be delivered by
Rabbi Michael Aaronsohn, blinded
hero of the World War, and the other
will be the showing of the motion pic-
tures on the work of the Hebrew
Union College. The meeting will be
in the form of a 6:30 o'clock dinner.
Though blinded in action in France,
Rabbi Aaronsohn came back at the
conclusion of the war and completed
his rabbinical studies. A fine speak-
er and one who has already attained
a reputation as a worker for the Jew-
ish religious cause, Rabbi Aaronsohn
is expected to sound a Jewish note
that should stir Jewish souls, when
he delivers his address before the
Men's Club.

ZANGWILL ARRIVES
TO ADDRESS JEWISH
CONGRESS SESSION

WILL CONSIDER CALLING
WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS

Detroit to Be Represented at
Conferences by Five
Delegates.

ISRAEL ZANGWILL,

Great Jew and noted author and
playwright, whose only public appear-
ance during his brief visit in this
country will be this Sunday evening,
when he add the American Jew.
ink Congress on "Watchman, What of
the Night?"

JUDAISM'S REVIVAL
URGED BY LEADERS

Theological Seminary Drive
for $1,000,000 Opened
in New York.

NEW YORK.—The campaign for
1,01111,000 einlowment fund for the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America was opened Sunday at the
Hotel Astor with a great spiritual re-
vival conference, attended by 600 Jews
from all sections of the country.
The needs of the reminary, which
has sent 151 rabbis to pulpits through-
out the country and in Canada, while
stressed in several speeches, became
secondary as address after address
called attention to the need for the
revitalization of Judaism In America.
This note permeated practically the
entire speech of Louis Marshall,
chairman of the executive board of the
institution, who was heralded by the
chairman, Rabbi Max Drob, as "the
lay leader of the Jewish world." Jews ,
Mr. Marshall said, are leaving the
faith of their fathers to become heath-
ens and agnostics because the syna-
gogue and religious school have lost
their attractiveness.
"I say nothing but words of appre-
ciation of these rabbis who came to
our country from foreign lands in our
earlier days,' Mr. Marshall said. "But
let us understand that we are now

NEW YORK.—The question of
convening a World Jewish Congress
for Palestine will be the principal
subject for discussion at the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress sessions, to be
held on Sunday, Monday and Tues-
day. Other subjects that are expect-
ed to be brought up for discussion are
the situation of Jewish refugees, Jew-
ish rights abroad, immigration, the
spread of anti-Semitism and the con-
dition of Jewish educational institu-
tions abroad.
The present session of the Con.
cress is attracting unusual attention
because of the address to be delivered
on Sunday evening by Israel Zang-
will, one of the leading Jewish fig-
ures in the world, who came to the
United States for the express pur-
pose of delivering this address, Mr.
Zangwill will outline world Jewish
conditions in an address which he en-
titles "Watchman, What of the
Night?"

Guest of Nathan Straw.

Here for the first time In 15 years,
Mr. Zangwill will make his only ap-
pearance during his visit in this coun-
try at the Sunday evening meeting.
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise will act as
chairman.
During his visit here, Mr. Zangwill
will be the guest of Nathan Straus.
Upon his arrival last Saturday he was
greeted by a reception committee
headed by Samuel Untermyer and In-
cluding representatives from
all
classes and groups of New York
Jewry.
Mr. Zangwill, in an interview at
the home of Mr. Straus, commended
Lloyd George for his denunciation of
anti-Semitism in an article written
several weeks ago.
"Of all the bigotries that savage
the human temper, there is none so .
stupid as the anti-Semitic," wrote
Lloyd George.

Denounces Hillaire-Delloc.

is a fortunate coincidence for
me," said Mr. Zangwill, "that Lloyd
George should arrive in America at
the time of my brief sojourn here.
The national patriotism of this clear-
headed Welshman does not mislead
him, as it does many of his Nordic
kinsmen on both sides of the water
into confusing ethnic difference with
ethnic inferiority.
"Of all the expressions on this sub-
ject that have come to my attention,

"It

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