sm.

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The Death of Rabbi Koplowitz.

dig esting
As noted in our last week's issue, Rabbi Isidore Koplowitz,
for a number of years a resident of Detroit, passed away on
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Monday of last week. Though for a number of years not in the
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people, may well be construed as a monument to
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in New York last week that he would
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witz. Rabbi Koplowitz was a genial gentleman, a pleasant corn- not sit at the same table with the
subj ects of interes t to
correaondence
on
p
t
of the panion, and an ardent upholder of Israel's faith. llis passing Jew Gompers because of his stand on
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der that there are Jews leading in
will be sincerely mourned by many.
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TITVETROIT EWISIt fIRO/SIC

"A MOTHER"

(Adapted from the Hebrew of P.
Halperin.)

Famous Jewish Men

Women.

LADY KATIE MAW.,
Famous Jewish

„
English Jewry can be
other of its daughters wl
thoress
contributed
ma,
Once there was a little girl named
Esther who wanted to 1w a mother. material on Jewish Topic-
Lady Katie 'Magnus,
"Please, mamma, I want to be a
at P.-,
mother," she said to her mother one historians, was born
England, in CI t and dui •
day.
also spent much time ii
"All right, my child," answered her work, interesting herself s ,
mother, and away she went to the education of poor child: I.
store to buy a daughter for her little
Two of the institutor
girl. She brought home a lovely big she devoted considerable •
reaction. From the very first day of sleeping doll that could do almost energy were the Jews
our existence as a dispersed nation everything except walk about and Deaf and Dumb, and the
Tebet 20, 5684
we have hail in our midst "Holier- speak. Mother gave the doll to Es- Club. Feeling the need i
;,
December 28, 1923
Than-Thou" Jews who, for the sake ther, saying: "Here, Esther, is a little fled text book which would
_
of emphasis on their patriotism and daughter for you. Now be a nice teaching of Jewish Histo v
Second Publication in Series of loyalty, have gone to extremes in
mother to her."
cult, Lady Magnus brow
Jewish Studies.
their reaction. With just this addi-
•1..ET ,rEft
,
Esther wanted to know right away istence her "Outlines of
tional reference to the proposed reg- just what her "daughter" could do, tory," which has run into
friends,
the
publishers
of
the
Detroit
To all its readers and
a istration bill, on the occasion of its
An
interesting
book,
containing
so she said to her: "Open your lions and has been republi•bed
Jewish Chronicle extend their sincere wishes that the New Year One Hundredth Anniversary, course of study on Jewish prayer, has introduction in Congress by a Jew, and
eyes, my daughter." The doll opened Jewish Publication Society of .1
just been published by the National we insist that the immigrant who er eyes. "Shut your eyes, my (laugh-
may dawn for them as a year freighted with blessing. This year
Rock Avenue Temple,
h
ice. Ot er books written by
■
realization of the prophetic dream
Council of Jewish Women. This book comes here imbued with an ideal love ter." The doll shut her eyes. "Now, Magnus are "Little liliriam's
Cincinnati, Ohio.
finds the world far from the the lamb lying down in peace to-
represents the second publication is- for justice and a craving for the per- 'laughter, say 'Mamma.'" But that Stories," "Iloliday Stories"
which pictured the lion and
sued through its committee on relig- petuation of the holiest principles of the "daughter" could not do, for she "About the Jews Since Bible Ti
no Editor Detroit Jewish Chronicle:
of equaltiy among men, looks upon
gether and which foresaw a world in which war should be
Among the biographical topic!
Bens Israel Congregation (Rock- ion of which Mrs. Felix A. Lev
could not speak.
Chy ir
justice
should
run
like
a
flowing
stream.
It
more and in which
But Esther wanted her daughter to her "Jewish portraits" and '
dale Avenue Temple) over which I Chicago, served as National a- American citizenship not as a com-
political
upheaval.
There
is
little
pulsion but as a privilege; not as a he able to speak. At least she de- Makers of England." In her
have the honor to preside, will cele- man for the past six years.
is a time of social unrest and
It contains eight lectures, in addi- means of possessing a document that .ided what she should do. She prayed words, Lady Magnus, in ores,
its 100th anniversary on Jan.
stability in our moral situation and religious are warring with brate 1921.
We are very anxious to tion to a very interesting introduction will exempt him from paying a tax to God, saynig: "Please, God, send her books to the public said in
IS,
by
Prof. I. Elbogen of Berlin, who is as an alien, but rather as an oppor - an angel down from heaven to teach "But so complicated a history
each other. All this gives little reassurance to the optimist and learn
whether there are any lineal
as one of the greatest au- tunity for joining the ranks of a
so advanced a civilization as t
is not without some apparent justification for the cynic and the descendants of the founders of the regarded
speak."
thorities
on the Jewish liturgy, in the great nation, whose acts for justice my child how to agel
congregation living anywhere
a" appeared at her the Jews, is not quite suscepti
Instantly
scoffer.
course
of
which
he
writes.
and
righteousness,
without
racial
or
entirely simple treatment. 1 ea
What
one
reads
history
aright,
he
will
find
that
through
side
and
asked:
"What
is
it
you
wish,
throughout the country. The thought
Still, if
"For a century now, our own chief
discrimination, has placed it
plead that I have told the who
has been a gradual upward trend and it is safe hs occurred to me that possibly some task has been the regeneration of our religious
my child?"
to
at
the
head
of
the
peoples
of
the
the years, there the
beautiful, heroic history of m
of your valuable paper will
"Oh, please, I want my (laughter
times in which we live despite the apparent readers
to believe that
he able to give me such information. own service by steering the way be- earth. Candidly speaking, a registra- he able to speak like all the other with the keenest sympathy;
retrogression of our generation to barbaric standards, will when The founders of the congregation are: tween tradition and innovation, ac- tion bill is nothing more nor less children."
can only hope that the moral a
"Your wish shall he fulfilled," an- meaning of it all which ,are 9
Jones, David I. Johnson, Mor- cepted liturgy and spontaneity. We than an indorsement of the anti-alien
history is finally summed up, show a steady advance over the Joseph
have
had
a
measure
of
success.
Our
clause
in
the
platform
of
the
Ku
Klux
ris Moses, Jonas Levy, Solomon
swered the angel kindly. And sure - clear to me, may be found b
ages that have gone before.
Moses, Simeon Moses, Phineas Moses, work, however, is far from done. May
who Klan, and when a Jewish Congress- enough, as soon as she had disap out between the lines."—Nell
man introduces such a bill he merely peared, the dull opened her mouth and letsky.
At any rate, in America there seems to be coming a new Samuel Jones, Solomon Buckingham the present booklet acquaint all y
read it with the history and ppose serves unconsciously as a tool of the
called out: "Mamma!"
awakening to civic and patriotic responsibilities and the very and Morris Symonds.
opinions as to the stand that we should take in regard Let me thank you for your courtesy of our prayers and our prayerbook, Klansmen.
"Oh, I'm so glad!" exclaimed Es-
LOT'S WIFE.
• clash of international relationships indicates that we are thinking in inserting this communication in so that an enlightened public in may
ther joyfully. "My daughter can
thi s
bring
to
modern
problems
our
to our
your
columns.
Very
truly
yours,
really
speak."
And
running
up
to
her
know-
Ile tried to coax sod carry m
Christmas, Jaws, Sabbath, Etc.
field, not on ly spirituality but
DAVID PIILILPSON,
deeply as to how to balance our duty to our country with the
doll she asked: "What do you want, He never liked niy merry. was
ledge and devotion."
Cincinnati, Ohio.
larger obligation that we owe to humanity as a whole.
a complete out-
At about the same time that a re- little daughter? Do you want to go "Don't! Don't!" he said cunt!
The
hook
includes
In the industrial world, there seems to be a growing appre-
And 0' the crawling, empty
line, of the eight lectures that follow: sponsible representative of the Feder- out into the garden?"
ciation of the interdependence of groups and the chasm be- LAUNCH COAST-TO-COAST The first lecture on "The History of ation of Temple Sisterhoods of Amer- But Esther's joy quickly turned to With no song but my spinnini
sorrow
when
she
saw
that
her
"dough-
ica
issued
an
appeal
to
Sisterhood
When I.ot would smile on m
tween capital and labor seems to many to be not quite as deep TUBERCULOSIS CAMPAIGN Jewish Prayer," is by Doctor Abra-
S Gp or dyed or
praise
e ek s dit y teh ne id il n t, mo et : 111%1N:pe h. eas
tt ucd w hdahr ia n Es
ham Cronbash of the Hebrew Union memberships throughout the country ts ntE
a n
e,
Submission and nip industry;
as it was in the first years following the war. The churches have Now York Women Hold Successful College. Dr. Cronbach prefaces his against the exchange of Christmas
tribute greetings with their non - Jewish angel down from heaven to teach my And never dream I hated him
lectur
wh
this
appreciative
recently been speaking with a clearer voice in regard to a pro-
Under Auspices Ladies'
study friends, placards posted by the anti- child how to walk."
And longed to break niy wheel
justice and whether the phrase means anything Ball
Auxiliary Jewish Consump-
gram of social
to the e council, in preparing this
The angel again appeared d to her And dance with Marduk in tl
Semitic Polish paper Roswoj called
some of them, preachers are stressing with a little
tives Relief Society of
of prayer.
and
asked:
"What
is
your
wish,
my
or not to
Praising a kinder god who I
"No speaker in this series of stud- upon the Christian population of
Denver.
How a girl's heart goes.
more vehemence than was their wont, the sanctity of human
ie in prayer should open his remarks Cracow to boycott Jewish stores dur- child?"
Oh,
please,"
answered
Esther,
"I
brotherhood. All these signs tend to counteract the ominous
Here in this desert his god t
"
Last Saturday the Jewish com- without a word of commendation of ing the Christmas shopping period. want
my child to be able to walk like I wait the world's end. On 0
that
still
abounds
in
many
quarters
and
if
they
do
not
The
Sisterhood
plea
advised
the
post-
Council of Jewish Women upon
unrest
with munity of New York saw the pesent the
all the other little children I know." Lot will come back to me an ,
give absolute assurance that the New Year is one pregnant
coast-to-coast tuberculosis campaign this worthy and sacred project. A ponement of an exchange of greet-
"Your wish shall he fulfilled," said "Even as I told you—" Oh,
of hope comes to the sympa- ings between Jews and non-Jews un-
promise, at least they do weaken the stand of the pessim ist who off to a glorious start. At the Hotel breath
the angel, and he vanished.
These righteous men! Ilk sr
Plaza the New York Ladies' Auxiliary thetic observer of Jewish life. Per- til the civil New Year. The Roswoj
And behold, the doll actually shied
sees nothing worthwhile for humanity in the lap of the im- of
flow
placards,
on
the
other
hand,
stated
the Jewish Consumptive Relief So- haps we are really beginning to lift
eet nd began to walk up Over old pebbles, like some
that
an
economic
boycott
of
the
Jews
upon
her
f
our
heads
from
the
dust.
Perhaps
an
ciety of Denver held their annual
mediate future.
oom.
Esther
haul
sev-
room.
r
Seeking
the sea too fast to
is
never
more
imperative
than
during
and down
ball and entertainment, the proceeds end has come to the contentment with
eral playthings—four little gla sses
parched grass it does i
of which are this year to be devoted w hich we have taken our prayerless- the Christmas season. While the Sis- made of clay. The doll ran at (ince At the
But
my
small hand will r
to he devoted to the new women's ess and our unfamiliarity with the terhood's declaration on the occasion to the table where these toys stood
clutch
great things in Judaism. Perhoapsowm'e, of Christmas is more liberal in its
pavilion of the society.
f s t illiberality than is that of the anti- and began to play with them. In a The first warm hand that se
To Jews, the controversy about the Virgin Birth that is Due to the indefatigable efforts of are at the first tiny budding
moment she had broken all of them to Not cool his fingers! And in
New York women, the ball proved new life and new beauty among us." Semitic Roswoj, both represent in-
raging among the Christian sects throughout the land and the
Will go the way a dancer k
The second lecture on "The Psy- tolerance and a lack of understanding pieces.
to be a decided financial and social
which has reached its climax in New York, cannot fail to be a success. The proceeds are expected chology of l'rayer," is contributed by that is essential for friendly relation- Esther was very sorry to have her There will be many like me
playthings
broken,
and
she
cried
for laughter, cracklin
bit amusing. In saying this, we do not at all undervalue the far to be about $13,000. The leading Professor Edwin S. Ames of the uni- ships between Jew and Christian. angrily "Now you musn't play with Eager make
the pot boil. Wht
That
as we are more with the
reaching significance that the outcome of this denominational members of the New York Jewry versity of Chicago, whose special field Concerned
my playthings any more! Go to bed It so that men are fed.
strictly
Jewish
angle
of
the
contro-
is
the
psychology
of
religion.
"The
present.
quarrel will have upon the development of religious teachings were
and
sleep."
And 0, to hear a song agal
In every state of the country, from Theology of the Prayerbook" is dis- versy, we ask: Why pick on Jewish-
"But, mother, I don't want to go to
in the immediate future. But it does seem strange to us Jews New
York to San Francisco, from cussed by Rabbi Felix A. Levy of Chi- Christian fraternization during the bed so early," pouted the doll. "I To touch a warm hand an,
Wet grass under my heel!
with all our charity of opinion, that at this late day and age, south to north, the tuberculosis cam- cago. "The Jewish Prayerbook," Christmas period as a resigning of want something to eat first."
rich should still paign is in full swing. Under leader- writes Rabbi Levy, "whether it re- Jewish principles, when there are real
And Lot will try to coax n
men of liberal thought in the Christian
"I
don't
want
any
milk.
I
want
And force me into Para&
the views of Reform or Ortho- issues at stake? Why pick on the de-
have to justify themselves and run the risk of facing trial for ship of the J. C. R. S., the largest flects
bread and butter," complaints) the He'll watch me with repro;
sire
on
the
part
of
Jews
to
show
their
doxy,
Ralibinism
or
Karaism,
is
the
Jewish sanatorium in the world, com-
heresy for daring to proclaim an opinion which we Jews have plete success is confidently expected. Jew's text-book of his religion. What- friendship to non-Jews when the Jew- doll. Esther gave her bread and but- When I turn hack to earth
ever he believed and whatever he long- ish people is constantly sacrificing the ter. But even then the doll was not I wonder if his god will Ir
held for twenty centuries.
ed for was crystallized in expression very fundamental principles which in- satisfied. "I don't want bread and Sonia fountain where brig
That the victory so far as the judgment of the overwhelming NUMBER OF PALESTINE
grow,
Its doctrines are its deepest volve the life or death of the Jewish butter," she whined. "I want honey."
TOURISTS IS TRIPLED therein.
multitudes of men and women is concerned, will go to the lib-
Poor Esther went to buy honey. And a few violets to wea
thoughts, and Jewish theology and pepole? Take, for example, the Sa b-
erals rather than to the fundamentalists, there can be no pos- LONDON.—(J. T. A.)— A three- philosophy and ethics are discoverable bath. The desecration of the Sab- She came to the first store and did Into a garland? Lot will
bath day represents a more tragic not find any honey there. There was Righteous as ever, calling
sible doubt. However, here is only another evidence that the fold increase in the number of tour- in hymn, poem and s upplication.''
for Palestine is indicated in the
A clear idea of "The Structure of phenomenon in Jewish life than a none to be had at the second store, Avenging fire from heave
Christian world is doctrinally Judaizing itself. We hear fre- ists
report just published by Thomas Conk the Prayerbook" is presented by Rabbi Christmas fraternization increased a nor at the third, and she was not able Any unlike himself; but
quently the fear expressed that Jews breaking away from forms a Sons. Besides 165 Catholic bishops Samuel S. Cohen of the Hebrew Un- thousand fold could possibly suggest. to buy any until she came to the fifth Earth-lovers—shall run fi
and ceremonies which their fathers observed, are in danger of and priests, who are leaving in Feb., ion College. Rabbi Leon From of Because the latter merely means the store.
—Louise Driscoll, in Th
But when she returned home and
becoming Christian. The very reverse is true. If there are for an extensive tour in Palestine, the Chicago contributes the lecture on exhibition of the true feelings of the offered
the
bread
and
honey
to
the
li-
to
customary
number
oftourists
will
be
"Sabbath
and
Holy
Day
Prayers,"
and
Jewish people towards a sister re
signs of a rapprochement between Judaism and Christianity, it tripled this Spring, it is declared.
Rabbi S. Felix Mendelsohn the lecture gion and sister nations. But the for- doll, it haul already changed its mind. I ASSERTS ROTHENB
is coming altogether from the other side. This is a logical pro-
on "Personal and Communal Prayers." mer typifies the surrender of ideals "No, I don't want anything to st to eat.
CASE IS BLOCK!
ptpoo
e w
raenpda rI want ct ro dg gas tneleodIr i r dd
cess. The Jew bases none of his doctrines upon myth or miracle. W. B. Woolner Elected Presi- The seventh lecture deals with "Poet- which serve to undermine our very am E s
ANTI-JEWISH
e dthe
He mayaccept
or refuse to accept a literal interpretation of the
ry and Prayer," and was prepared by existence. So why pick on petty
dent of the National Jew-
a
her to bed.
things
when
there
are
great
issues
Rabbi
Philip
A.
Langh.
of the Bible, yet shall he he a Jew, for Judaism may
NEW YORK.—(J. T.
ish Hospital.
"Now rock me to sleep," command-
miracles
to be faced?
ing that anti-Semitic feel
test all of its dogmas by the postulates of reason.
W. B. Woolner, of Peoria, Ill., has
ed the doll.
ed rocked her until she fell influence of the Ku Klio
Not so with our sister faith. The moment the basic miracle been unanimously elected president of Zangwill'• Address in Book
National Jewish Hospital for
Form.
she was free to go out and play with making a mockery of th
The Principle Involved.
is dropped, that moment Christianity as such is threatened. It the
consumptives at Denver. Mr. Wool-
asleep. Now she thought that at last vestigation of the murder
What of the Night?",
is because of this fact that the Orthodox among our Christian ner is the third president of the hos- the "Watchman,
But there are principles and issues her little friends. But lust when she R. Rothenberg, seven ye
famous address delivered by Is-
involved
in
the
Christmas
problem.
friends are so greatly disturbed about the controversy that is pital.
was about to go. her doll woke up and was found strangled to
rael Zangwill in Carnegie Hall on
Samuel Grabfelder, of ,Louisville, Carnegie Ifni! on Oct. 14, before the While it is only proper for the Jew called to her :"Mother, take me with barn at Cedar Lawn, nui
now raging between the liberals and the fundamentalists. We
N. Y., on Aug. 29, Jonah
Ken., was president from the open- American Jewish Congress, has been to greet his non-Jewish friends on you."
Jews from the side lines as it were, may watch the outcome with ing of the hospital until his death four
n
attorney for the boy's pa
nn
e (oirht:p ,tn ut e. h ltg
, N o raeoey:it, n,r T hvh, y1hea.eihrer, t n e A ndh, reaE.h R ,arms,
et, h ., urry ttsagsl tasiel:fyi to k t. )rn et u h: ditten
published in book form by the Con- this occasion, it is equally ridiculous
complete complacency. The chances are that from the church year ago.
w hen ed to Governor Alfred E.
ol ei
for
him
to
make
it
an
occasion
for
gress, 1 Madison avenue, New York
n,ruhhtfriends der an independent' imp
Nathan I.. Dauby, of Cleveland, 0., City. With the Carnegie Hall address an exchange of gifts with his fellow-
will come a new element of strength to uphold our own position.
want to case by the Attorney Gi
succeeded Mr. Grabfelder. On ac- is published the second address of Mr. Jews. And this not because he will
"Since the cry 'the .le
don 't
count of the pressure of business, Mr. Zangwill delivered before the dele- be celebrating Christmas, but, on the
took my blood' was raised by
Dauby thought it impossible to con- gets to the Congess Sessions at the contrary, will be failing in his duty
16
years old, a Pictish I
walked
to
pay
respect
to
a
sister
religion.
tinue as president.
her
into
the
garden,
and
they
Straus luncheon in the lintel
- Mr. Woolner is a business man of Nathan
employed by the Rothenb
Commodore on Oct 15, when he took We believe that this is the real prin-
The importance of the annual assembly of the Jewish Chau
his the highest type and integrity. lie occasion to enlarge on several points ciple at stake: That the Jew, when posed that they go home, the doll vent, and wile , is a mot
tauqua Society which took place in the city of Washington t
in the case, "the parer
has been a trustee of the hospital and of his original address, which had call- he attempts to imitate Christians in
Goldstein, "beliete that
week can scarcely be over-stated. Here is an organization
y eo- has taken great interest in its affairs ed forth much tomment in the press. celebrating Christmas, is abusing and some more. I want to stay in ' the in the case, the discovr
which, during more than a quarter of a century, has done re am for many years. The hospital is to The hook is pa .-wr bound and is pric- desecrating that holy principle of a garden."
be congratulated upon the election of
So
they
walked
on
and
on
until
it
,
hension of the murder
a c py. The introduction religious ideal held sacred by the non-
man service in the cause of Jewish education. It was the
Mr. Woolner, who will give to the in- ed 50 cents
It is the sanctity of a Christian became very dark, and a cold night sidetracked," and that
of its founder—Dr. Henry Berkowitz of Philadelphia—to cre- stitution the benefit of his fine busi- to the book is ro extract from the ad- Jew.
wind
began
to
blow.
The
doll
caught
feeling,
whicli he decbi
dress of Dr. Stephen S. Wise, chair- holiday that is involved, and a Jew'.
community al'
ate an organization which should plant deep in the hearts of ness experience.
man of the Congress sessions, who celebration of Christmas is to us like cold and became very ill. Esther took in the
and
Mrs.
Woolner
are
at
pres-
Mr.
our people, a love for education and it must be a joy beyond
presented Mr. Zangwill to the Con- the staging of a mock Seder by non- her home and called for a doctor at prejudice in favor of
ent sojourning at the Ambassador Ho-
once.
The
doctor,
of
course;
ordered
Klan,
had
supplanted it
Jews
on
Passover.
Both
of
these
measure to him that he has lived to see his dream so splendidly
gress.
tel, Los Angeles.
represent religious mockery and medicine for her, but she refused to "Edward W. Lackey,
the
family,
and the des
and
instead,
she
sat
up
in
bed
abuse.
It
is
this
that
involves
the
take
it;
realized.
The Jewish Chautauqua Society at first occupied its field
surrender of principles. Just as we cried with all her might. Esther was ents have all received
hungry
and
tired
and
sleepy,'hut
her
I-Ku
Klux
Klan,"
he con!
practically alone. But in more recent times, other agencies, too,
insist on the non-Jew respectnig the
things that are holy to us, so must we "daughter" still refused to take her.: ing ihem not to persist
have taken up the work of Jewish popular education, each how-
the
am
about
medicine
and
kicked
and
screamed''
to
bring
honor that which is sacred to the
,
ever, working along more or less special lines and without any
Christian. When we imitate the angrily until Esther exclaimed: "Oh, I derer. Some of the lett
undue overlapping. At any rate, the Jewish Chautauqua Society
God,
please
send
your
angel
right
ilv
have
advised
them
Christmas spirit by an exchange of
hla
gifts among ourselves, or by install- down from heaven and teach me what don't want their c
has gone steadily forward in popularizing education through its
they had better keep nu
ing Christmas trees, we do just that to do with my daughter."
correspondence courses, its publication of educational text
Zion, we love thee well,
The angel again appeared and asked try."
which we resent when intolerant non-
books, its annual assemblies for religious school teachers, and
Fair land of Israel,
"To me as a Jew,"
Jews mock our own religious feel- "What do you wish my child^"
For thee we long!
"1 don't want my 'daughter' to be stein, "the farts on the
its popular lecture courses in universities.
ings: We abuse the feelings of the
Of prime importance perhaps has been its work with the
Thou art our hearts' desire,
non-Jew because our celebration is like other children any more," an-1 an intolerable situation A
swered Esther. , "Just let her be • to aid this family in
not real, but imitative.
teachers in our religious schools. It is an unfortunate and re-
Our altar's holy fire,
can."
the
plain doll like all other dolls." •
teachers in cal
The breath that stirs our lyre,
grettable fact that in many communities the foea
"But," the angel answered, "that is
To Freedom's song!
The Real Jewish Attitude.
religious schools have had no opportunity r pedagog
impossible. I can change a doll into
A JOK
a child, but not a living child into a
training and what is worse, they have had practically no ade-
---
The real Jewish attitude towards doll.." With this he vanished.
laves,
quate Jewish background. The Chautauqua Society has tried
Land which the Jordan
By Dr. Alexander I
the Christmas celebration is con.
tion
The doll still continued to cry at the
Suppleme
in considerable measure succeeded in meeting this situamen
tained in the following incident, top of her voice. Esther was so very
Land of the sacred graves,
and
which occurred in Hull, England, and tired that she burst into tears. Her
with the result that in every part of the country, young
For thee we weep!
Mr. Zangwill says I
which we quote from the London mother heard her crying and came
and young women have been induced to take up seriously the
Land where the Prophets trod,
America is a joke.
Jewish World:
into the room to ask: "What is the in
study of Jewish history and literature with the idea of impart-
Where Truth erst swayed the rod,
the reasons why so is
genera-
matter, my child?" • enjoy their usual "smi
ing the lessons of our faith to the children of the rising genera-
Where Psalmists sang of God,
"Mr. Pearlman, of Hull, who is
"I don't want to he a mother- any
Sheriff this year, is a solicitor by more. It will . be much better for me of a distinguished pa o
Thy faith we keep!
potat
tion.
profession. The other day he was if I am just a little girl like all other some kind of a
meeting at Washington this week brought together
The
astonished to receive from a client, little girls. Won't you be her ently passed around is
every part of the land who through lectures,
Thy dawn now fills our eyes,
curiosity
of
a
dry
for whom he had acted, a present mother?"
teachers from
other means which the Chautauqua employs
what it was. I was
Thy hope now tints our skies—
of a pedigree pig in recognition of
"Very well," answered her mother
model lessons and religious teacher, must have been inspired to
his services. Mr. Pearlman, to soothingly. "Just go to bed. I shall an excellent hair tom
Our
soul's
athrill!
internally. I tried it
to stimulate the
trefah,
cause to which they have given
whom
the
pig
is,
of
course,
your
naughty
daughter
A shoot from Jesse's stem,
take care of
pleased that I don't
renewed effort in Chautauqua
the sacred Society deserves the heartfelt ap-
hit upon a brillant idea for dispos-
and be her mother if yottwant me to." helps my hair or not.
Shall
rule
Jerusalem,
lie
de-
ing of the taboo animal.
themselves. The
everywhere and its honored founder
the people with hair
Bright be his diadem,
cided to sell it Si many times as
The fortune of this world is like • much as I did but p(
preciaiton of our people
knowing that the oaniz -
he snowball principle,
the full
O'er
Zion's
hill!
wheel
with
two
buckets;
possible
on
t
should be given the satisfaction of
from the way they p
rgnd
as
hi
a
hi
much s
RLAU.
the nroceeds to buy- x--- k .nt;sa
...,
and the empty
tY
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give

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An Amusing Controversy.

An Important Gathering.

A Hymn of Zion

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