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in
the
city
with
each
ship
that
brushes
It
must
have
amused
him,
we
can
hardly
say
an-
office by Tuesday evening of each week.
more, said softly over and over again,
r
death,
and
the had fu r
past
the
statue
of
Liberty
on
Its
way
down
for
life,
asso-
oTinterr7t
o
bjects
his
most
intimate
friends
and
d
.–
"Forgive me! Forgive me! Don't
gored hint When
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Invites carrmpondence onS indorsement of the
those who are neither ve ry good nor
to q varantine, paid more than passing
ibility for an
in-
,
rem.
write me down for death!"
le,
but
disclaims
dates took him to task, derided him, mocked an
to the Jewish prop
very had have until Yon 1 Kippur to
noti ve t., the comilig ti America a
by the writers.
—
views exp
When the gray light (d (111%11 was
t open until
-
few
days
ago
of
Rabbi
Raphael
Mor
repent,
for
the
hook
is
ko
stilted
him
for
telling
so
many
shocking
and
unwanted
Creeping into her window, she fell
A dar 10, 5684
(IVai Barishansky, the martyr rabbi,
then." So spoke gram !father, his
asleep.
It seemed only a few mo-
February 15, 1924
e
light
Sep-
t
l
i
things.
y
1
an
t
:eud
-.
the famous ltussian Jewish cleric who
x r f d a r tossed
white
t te t., i:::
--
ments later when her mother
g pious, intrepid,
Lenin s camber breeze, his dim, i ray, sunken
His determination to speak but once soon gave way dared to defy the late
the Premier
awakened her "Rosie, get up! You'll
A Leader In Israel Passes.
w
stars
eom-
ntrys for speeches, Soviet government,
emand
Ire late for school, Rosie!" Then she
Few are the men in any walk of life whose passing to the repeated and insistent
rotund little man who dared to tell a
ins out (,verhead.
c,
felt the pale cheeks and noted the
which came from all parts of the dou
Soviet tribunal of "justice" that Jew-
r-
The evening life of tl w small city
could bring to so many people so deep a sense of pe
feverish eyes. "Rosie, don't you feel
came
into
y
sat
before
no
the
ishness
and
the
Jewish
soul
would
flowed
past
them,
reviled and disappointing Israel Zangwill, n
Does your head ache'!"
;tonal loss as that of Dr. Henry Berkowitz of Philadel-
a outlive Sovietism as it has outlived the little shoemaker's s am on the good?
Her head (lid ache, she said, but she
our uneventful pro sy life and gave so may of us
city.
Grand-
other governments down through the
main street of the small
phis whom the death angel kissed while he quietly
his
qiquant,
bizarre,
would
go to school. No, her throat
thumping with
ages, and went to jail for it.
father was very (dd. ' 'Most a mil-
slept early Thursday morning of last week. Dr. Berko- fearful mental
was not sore. But she didn't want
ti
The "omier
Rav"—hails from Ile-
lion!" explained i-year-o hi Max when
H
wits was one of the sturdiest of souls. He was loved imaginative, volatile, personality and epigrams..
any breakfast. She haul to beat school
which appertains to Chernigov
the question of Grand father's age
The violent reactions of his co-workers are rather met
very
early_—she
had
to
study.
Her
log
the
chil-
Gubernio—has come to America to
come into discussion sill
as few men are loved for his magnetic, genial, love-
mother shook her head as Rosie ran
stay and to spend his remaining years
on the street.
inviting personality, but he was equally respected for convincing proofs that his shafts had barbs which pene-
out the store door, her books under
in diligent effort to raise the standard s
Then Rosie, so much older at 12,
deeply
her inn, an hour before school could
carefully
en-
of
Jewishness
in
America,
just
as
he
those sturdy and sterling convections that marked his trated rather
would chide Max and
who
has
weathered
so
many
storms
,,
,,
possibly (lien.
w To call a man,
so valiantly to maintain . it .in
AL it t' was resell} mity 75, but
plain n that
In
ake r strove
But it was to Reidy Levy's house
seeker, mAny-
preaching, his teaching and his living.
home
across
Russia under both Czarist and Soviet
that suffering in the of
Among his colleagues, he as ever held up as an of unpopularity; irresponsible, notoriety
that Rosie went, rushing up the nar-
the sea had made him seem so old.
regimes.
ly dispose of the matter.
row
stairs, bursting breathlessly into
sit
with
him
Rabbi Barishansky's story is a most
ideal of what the rabbi in Israel should be.. Ile was of epigrams, does not real an
But together they wool(
the little kitchen where Rebbe nad
e, story fraught with
by the hour, listening t 0 his tubs of
the preachment of love and brotherhood, but he never one, not a fanatic partis, must admit that his interesting one,
Rebbetzin
were having their morning
a true heroism and a self-effacement
life in Eastern Europe of Talmud
-:
lacked the courage to cry out for justice and for right- thoroughly reasoned arguments,
e
coffee.
that amounts to martyrdom. Lt. is
lore and Old World folk tales.
Palestine
"Rebbe Levy, oh, Rebbe Levy!" She
the story of a fanatically religious
But now Rosie sat downcast, her
with not
in c
threw herself upon him and burst into
the last of few week h- oconnection
old Jew, but rather the story of an
eyes wide and frighten , (I. The hand
stances seemed to demand them. He was a man with- and the events of
deep, racking sobs.
a Jew isAr Entente C
intensely Jewish patriot, who was
that slipped into gran dfather's was
"What is is?" Ile started to his
out guile and without selfish ambition. He found his the attempted creation
Israel Zas ngw
st i ll willing to risk his mortal presence on cold and trembling. whispered, "is feet.
"Rosele, what is it? Who is
this
sphere
to
save
his
people
from
she
'
d
d
'
i
r
n
e
thh(s:
joy in service. During the long years of his blessed dials are rather persuasive proofs
that
Huss
e
u
e
l
f
en
': Gra
ate-
ein'
In
sick?
Tell me, what do you want?"
th. King
written
down
complete
absorption
a sin
extinction and
every
ministry, first in Mobile, Alabama, and then in Kansas was not so far from the tru
Word by word, between choking
a land, which though never tolerant
for death?"
sobs,
Rosie asked her questions.
City and finally in Philadelphia, where for upwards of ment that he abhorred political Zionism is not an idle
of the Jew, was nevertheless a
Grandfather shook I his head judi-
"Rebbe Levy, in your books you can
stronghold of ancient Jewish tradition
three decades he taught and wrought so well, his first gesture. how many of the indignant obdurate ones,
:.1"u"IY. "Who can sa y—God is the
find
out
everything. The Rebbetzin
judge—Ile sees righte ously. if one
an d learning, a land where the Jew
thought was always for the needs of his people to whom albeit uncertain, who heard Zangwill speak, a feel
quitee
said so! Dear Rebbe Levy, look it
good
We ir hazard gues s that demonstrated to the world his perse- truly repents, and tries of is make
up—what does it say? Will I be writ-
given a
against perversity and end-
he gave of himself and of the rich qualities of his mind so strongly aut it now? the
what he has done, he
has ty e xpressed verance
ten down for death? When the Angel
many have sort of modified
less persecutions ,a land where Jews
chance."
writes in the hook, will I be written
and of his heart without stint.
"To make good? 1 Srhat do you
'ctivit andpress- judgments and would perhaps not excommunicate him paid for their Jewishness in bloody
down so? Honest, Rebbe Levy,
pogroms and tortures which were no
mean?" she quavered a nxiously.
But great as was the e o
didn't mean to do it! I didn't know!
must
be
given
less
terrible
than
the
horrors
of
the
"If one steals, all
mg as were the demands laid upon him by a large con- without
asylum
today. with us, he kept up a steady fire
During
is sojourn
Won't God understand? I said all the
fifteenth century Inquisitions.
!" lie stroked ht ✓ brown curls
prayers I know wand I am afraid,
gregation, Dr. Berkowitz felt that as a teacher in Israel,
The
Soviet
government
two
years
or
bac
4
grieved
an-
a:
h
and his trenchant, ambiguous, penetrating wisdom
tendkerly. " If e
Rebbe Levy! If I ant written down
more ago ordered that the teaching of
rn
he owed an obligation to his people that extended far
other, he mu st ask tot giveness. Each
for death, who will take Max across
beyond the domain of his own community and congre- really did stir us a bit, and disturbed many a corn- Hebrew to Jewish children be stopped. one, knows his own sir
the car tracks when he goes to school?
It was ordered that the Hebrew Inn
placent, stodgy human mind.
But sonic thing, Kr andfather, you
And I have to help my mother all the
gunge
must
no
longer
he
used,
for
the
Tiey
didn't
hurt
gation. He was convinced that the salvation of Israel
l
can't make goo d!
We are down - right sorry to see him go, but we are
time, 'cause she ain't strong! Tell
reason
th
Hebrew—at
least
this
was
you
do
then?"
de
at
us
to
make
anyone
else.
What
must come in greatest measure from within. He felt
al_.
w do us long enough
r
op
Him not to put me down so, Itebbe
th
hewith
iisoinnisslhipch
h voice. The
hu- tthaitiiisd r a olan.onnd tetnhtaitonB—olisshe,7i
There were tears in her
be thankful
Levy! Maybe He'll believe you that
improve the q uality of
cou ld be saved only as he shoul d past
men
tha t
n p u t his s a rm a round her.
realize that at some was
ceouuelhd
o
I
d
men
,
i
lisdn
eia
I didn't do it on purpose!"
ati e nenetie
e international
with
a proper sense of pride in his own
one in a rather uncon-
"Are you a 'yeshila ah b ochur' that
thrilled
Jew
The old man held her close and
only of a
and in the
part that he had played and was destined to inanity, even though it may be clone
not permit
you ask such question s? What have
and unexpected manner.
waited for the agonized sobbing to
baseeZnidoaneisieme. to be promoted within its
ventiMay
you to do with sin? Would my soul
play in the working out of human history. Hence, to
die
away. "Itosele," he murmured,
worry.
of
his
mind
continue
unabated
and
sinners
were as spotle! Lel
onal the vigor
"little Rosele! Who has frightened lit-
Rabbi Barishansky not only refus-
him, education was the indispensable condition for the
You—you will sse
b wri tten down for
hu
m
tie
Rosele?
What child of Israel talks
o
perpetuation of Jewish idealism and Jewish life, It undulled. We await his return with a feeling that he
ed to aide
by
the
Sviet
d
ictut
-and
play!
It
b
The life! Run away now
like this? Stop crying, Resole!"
even militated against it openly.
is not well for little people to think
was this thought in mind that as a young man, he will be welcomed by many who are now undecided
long
voice
had
Slowly
the
crying stopped, and with
famous rabbi, whose
founded the Jewish Chautauqua Society as a means whether his wisdom was too profound or whether he
wet, frightened eyes she looked up at
but not to
A
e ven a power in Russi a , at least so deeply."
Quietly Rosa stole away,
him.
"It's
awful
to do a sin, Rebbe
was irresponsible.
among Jews, persisted in the use of
play. She sat by 1 he little upper
of popularizing Jewish education and of spreading a
Levy! I know it! But I didn't mean
the mother tongue, taught it and in
window, watching hot v one by one the
es
in
h
practic
to. And mist it's soon Rosh ha Sha-
cited others to follow in the trail
stars came out— how i quickly the moon
know e ledge of Jewish history and Jewis
A "Pacifist" Organization..
which he so gloriously blazed. A little
them—how
children were
still nah—and the Book will open—and—"
thos small communities where Jewish l eadershi p was
t h h e e her place among
The sobs threatened to begin again.
A
Society
of
Jewish
Pacifists
is
the
name
of
the
pro-
n
rer ageosih se tess e sis arrested
-
wanting. To the Jewish Chautauqua Soc raft' Dr. Borko-
a n' c iet t r ied n for Y
playing on the stree 't , and then came Then Rebhe Levy spoke, tenderly, but
h
witz consecrated h is bes t energies and it stands today posed organization of Dr. Abraham Cronbach, pr ofes
ing to obey the lprP oe nunciaLe nt n o e of the
evening traffic-
sternly.
powers that be. The Soviet tribunal a rumble of the early art of the little
• Rosele, whom did you kill?"
a monument to his genius, to his loyalty, and to his sor of Jewish Social Studies at the Hebrew Union Col-
she low not a
''.
She looked up hastily. "Oh, Rebbe
and
sinner,
lase. Dr. Cronbach asks the members to sign a pledge o a f , "justice" were gracious enough to but
s
a
—she
wi
world
een
inutes
to
speak
in
m
bevy, I didn't kill anyone!"
never wavering desire to serve his people.
hi m
fift
,he was to be
I i Av
his own defence. "The Homier Rev" on Rosh ha Shanah t 1th!
Dr. Berkowitz was a friend of man and among his which is to be a public declaration of their suppo rt of
"Nu, how much money (lid you
d_him for his own written down for de
steal?" Ile smoothed the wet curls
and
she sobbed
u s ed the time allote e
a
mourners are those of every color and of every creed pacifism.
dry
her
mother's
from
her forehead.
We certainly have no quarrel with those portions
PerVaaVaill-1 soirtil';.t"gto came' '
••,
who have felt the benediction of his life resting upon
e i' t n se ntso tit d u e =
1 Rebbe Levy! Steal?" There was
and mother wasn't strong!
dishes
them. All the principles of right living and of high of the pledge which are germane to the avowed par- o t arraignment of the tyrannical, Who
horror in her tones.
would take Ma x to school, Max
urr of the Inter
but we really cannot reconcile ing
"Nu, you didn't murder and you
sou(levourin,semea:dr
the car tracks?
tl- n l
thinking which are associated with the preachments pose of the organization ,
When
didn't steal! Tell me, Rosele, what
e fe. there' errands in
her
o
e
e
d
d
ar
os
u
le
tt
Wa
..i
1
1(
1
'o
exemplification
in
his
ourselves
to
a
program
which
has
so
many
contradic-
and
"You hirveiTi;isTrruP iw
did
you do?" The Rebbetzin leaned 1
:i
(ef:
rely
he
couldn't
no
:'t
Si
i
of Dr. Berkowitz found a
by the broadcasted program. TI
the incorrigible little rabbi retaliated ry the little shop?
forward to listen, clicking her lips and
own life. Side by side with his devoted wife—to whom tort' purposes as revealed
!
a.f e br si,s i rdeei u ni affoR rd eeti( e i ,pay eaan
The first paragraph reads as follows: I shall never
call from below.
tongue pityingly.
he never failed to say he owed the largest measure of
urge thosewhi
Slowly, Rosele lifted her eyes, then
o now . with the a m things to Rebbe
use or threaten to use or do anything to encourage,
n
ersist": "It is not I ad
p ersists:
let them fall. "I—I—ate—trefa!"
his inspiration—Dr. Berkowitz lived what he preached
cep-- only just now canoe the herring
weapon up on any hu- tragically
"Trefa?" Nu, you ate trefa! Are
.lewishness which h ave fini sh ed it i s Lev
• girl, go!"
a life that was full, that was rich, that was inspiring or necessitate others to use an y
he
wants.
Like
a
g
you. The Jew and his Jewishness will
you the only one? And how did you
—
Like a good girl she went, not dar-
because it was keyed to the thought that God requires man being, whether countryman or foreigner.
outlive even your government as it
come to eat trete?" Was there a bit
he light for fear
Paragraph four reads as follows:
ved all governments s d ow
of a smile in his faded old eyes?
her misty eyes.
nothing of man but to do justice, to love mercy, and to
n d someone would see
was en
Construing such acceptance as obedience to law, I thasough
outlihe ages.
"A girl in school gave me a sand-
, ed around the cor-
Re
walk humbly with Him. Dr. Henry Berkowitz is en-
,
two years in prison.
wish." The words came huskily.
to go there. But
ter,
and
she
loved
After several fruitless appeals, scat-
Leibowitz gave it to
want
to
meet
his
non-combatant service, fine, imprisonment, exile or any to ficient influence was brought to bear tonight she did not coo wise—perhaps And she Jennie
DR. LEO M. FRANKLIN.
her—that it was veal. And after-
-
keen old eyes he
,,
be a blessing.
lding
death
if
imposed
by
the
gov.
with
the
result
that
he
was
released
wards
she
told
fie—that
it was pork—
incu
into
other penalty
her son ''
after seven months behind Soviet pris- he would see throu when
gh
and she laughed! And no one knows
he knew the
r my observance of any part of this pledge.
How would he feel
—
o
lie
went
to
Moscow
and
ob
not
my
mother
neither.
And grand-
kissed her fore-
on
wallsc.itize
Percentage Norm. ernment f
tained
nship there, with a view sin there! lie alwa ys
Our le "A
Century of Immigration," Secre- These two paragraphs can be readily accepted by
head and called her "Rosele"—he father said how some are written
toward
leaving
Russia
at
the
first
op
life—and
some
for death—
re any relative pacifist, but scarcely by any absolutist pas-
In his article
down for
would never do th at again when he
portunity. His numerous requests for
tart of Labor, Davis, states some facts which were
and—"
knew!
ifist.
a visa were repeatedly refused; the
"Rosele—the old man took her hot
The Rebhe was n of at home—so the
quite generally known, but the exact figures ma
.ul .of
But in paragraph two we find this pledge: I shall
little hands in his. "When one does
Soviet overnment was fearf
e had studied long
or arove
such what he g mi g ht have ot say of its in- Rebbetsin said was tl tired, and so had not do a wrong purposely, it is no
pp
these facts more significant—at least for the Jews in
sport
aim
or
kill
an
animal
in
d
and
never m
that day
once he reached the outside
sin! The sin belongs to the one who
Always at this sea-
acts in others. This properly belongs in the pledge of stitutions After
America.
g ono for a walk.
six months he was sac-
fooled you! And does the Holy One,
world. however,
on of the year no many people came
About one and three quarter million Jews entered
and
his
arrival
in
the
Society
for
the
Preservation
of
Our
Wild
Game,
sful,
out
this
and
blessed be lie, write down the names
ces
b
-
to him to ask quest ions a
of the children, who know not what
New Y o rk followed as a matter of
out if one might
this land in the last twenty - five years, and of this num
to
find
and not in a pact fist organize lion .
about that
course.
en, to determine the
N
r ay. Be comforted; you
her only five percent have returned to countries from
ede4e a ee cer e t f aig nec i k tice k: e had and the fit-
Rabbi Barishansky refuses to be
Not satisfied with the above inconsistency, para-
-
t h h aevye n do o 7s i n
h s
•
isi
e
e
ss
ts
J
e
heees
which they came, or emigrated to oth er lands • A small
t
p
e
h
7,fe
uir
e
,A
nt
i
three provides: I shall rigidly obey, to the best
ite
t
tli
She
threw
her head back and closed
manner of things
stilled
itlu le ;e 1 iiin nd
ting penance all
her eyes. A sigh that seemed to come
)ften he had to read
(
er percentage of our co - religionists emigrated than did graph
viet
asked.
And
they
of m knowledge, all th e l aws of the city, township, indeed a fobiddng
i
one.
r
from within her heart came sobbingly
any of the other nationals entering the ports of the
hours in his big b. mks in order to an-
couty, state and nation, particularly the laws which
ed . " 0,
government says Rabbi Barishesky,
forth. "Rebbe Levy," she
.,.
she cried
can be violated with impunity. This has the flavor and has been so successful in its prone
Rebbe Levy!" And now cri
United States.
sins in his big
"It
says
about
ganda against Jewish institutions that
•
naturally, gratefully, her heed on the
Our brothers departed from the lands of hate po- odor of the League to Enforce Prohibition.
sic, wistfully.
books ?" asked 11(e he Rebbetzin echoed.
hardly more than a fragment remains.
old man's shoulder. "You are sure,
"About sins?" tl
groin and discrimination with the avowed determine -
h
five
of
this
amazing
lodge
podge
reads:
The
spirit
of
the
Jew
has
been
brok-
Rebbe Levy?" she whispered.
Paragrap
m e It is not the Law
n ,..w;Atth l east t d this .oti true tn t the young "About everyths
lion to make a permanent home here. The!, are not the
"Am I sure?" She asks me! Am
of
the
rabbis—their
and the sayings 1
accustomed a ttar
transients who have journeyed here to take advantage I shall keep myself informed regarding my financial
I, or am I not the Rebbe, Rosele?"
question he
affairs and shall make absolutely honest repor ts to all long years of devon to their ideal names he blessed ! is Any
And
he laughed. And the Rebbetzin
a
Rebbe!
Such
a
ntribute
nothing
to
pri- persist hardily. The methods of the can answer! He
of the opportunities offered, and co
brought in fresh coffee and hard little
tax assessors, no matter what m y be the a resultant
one as those who are known for a
the cultural, civic and aesthetic and material progress
Soviet have removed from the
rolls covered with poppy seeds, and
the
old
country!"
thousand miles in
of the land. This may truthfully be said of some of vation to me and my dependents. This savors of the
thoughts of the younger Jews and
sweet butter. And Rosie found her-
, o ,p u ett t ? to i A sudden surge of
c ,m
more especially
among the Jewish
Society to Insurex the
is Collection of Taxes.
s pecially amo
self eating, and once she smiled,
.ugh Rosins soul. "1
the immigrants who have come here in the last quarter
ianingless
affair.
I
shall
never
d aring
a rne
rather tearfully, at the Rebbe's joke.
h s
h 'Idren any desire for Jewish learn-
0
a m sorr y!
Tit-
Then the Rebbetzin filled her pockets
fat
century, and that is particularly true of those who are make by speech, writing or legal affidavit, any state- i ns after the traditional manner
DrTOW." The
Nu,
grandfat hers, an d
fathers
and
with little seed cakes, and Rosie and
their
led
down
at
her.
members of the dominant groups of the countries from
ment detrimental to any individual or groups of indi- their progenit ors for thousand s of tie Rebbetzin smi Rosele is a fine little Rebbe Levy went hack to Rosie s
he says
house, although Rosie said she had to
viduals, excepting all three of the following conditions yer . hrs w .Vi o antiquity. . Jewish manner- "Always
which they emigrated.
a
seed
cake."
girl. See, here is
go to school. But the Rebbe had his
The Jewish immigrant came here and immediately obtain: (a) That the statement be true beyond the
But the usual) ; s tempting seed cake
way, and then he told the whole
isms,
Jewish
and
d
she
gave
it
to
Max,
undertook to acquaint himself with the language, cus-
was untested, an
wish c
shadow of a doubt; (b) That making the statement be
lily.
What
was
the
ate
it
gree(
ngwthheefidrasrtesto tteagyeanf--
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toms and laws of the country so as to become inte-
the stthreeeeti,izdan.fleow
certain
matter with Ro sic, anyway? Who
grated, although not assimilated. They have partici- avoid preponderance of evil for persons other than my - ture into any c thoroughfare where
pated in every industrial, political and social movement self ; (c) That there be no other way of securing the
they might be on . egat. E
that is traditionally Jewish is
for the advancement of this land.
preponderance of good, averting the preponderance of thing
caricatured as despicable and con-
During the great war, we could match our contribu-
for
persons
other
than
myself.
temptible,
says the rabbi. Obser
evil for
tion in money, men, patriotism and brains with any
he ste s ebeeraif i oert h ii, e d e -
If Dr. Cronbach offers this as a practical joke, we
hope and thought,
i thS e ao l ti e tt il va
t . s'e
0 Lord, Thou know'at my inmost
can understand it. for he has offered a platform which ‘ti: o r aliiti holidays.
group.
Theon Jewish ll home
ewish
ow'st whene'er before Thy judgment throne
And now Congress proposes to admit only 2 per
Thou
kn
will probably attract nobody, for he advocates the re- J l, ife
lo the
cornerstone
of
a
that
ng
moan.
cent of our people based on the census of 1890. which
bee hi n il , s e rio nk gen smuep tet r h e d e
fusel to obey some laws on one hand, and immediately
I shed sa a lt tears, and uttered many a
i ,,spir J ietwe is f hihh e aLv
for
vanities
that
1
besought.
means the practical exclusion of all of our co-religion- urges the strictest obedience to other laws. If on the
)t
'Twas
nt
which admits of no
mercy fraught,
by a government
ists, for comparatively few came prior to 1898.
0 turn c n me Thy look with
other hand it is a serious proposition and is seeking a fa.ps,
God t.
i
If we were a nomadic people, transients without membership, almost every member will have some men -
T yrannical as wa s the Czarist go v:
And see how envious malice makes me groan!
°ed
earint,etwas more to bepreferr
roots, we could properly be accused of being a charge tal reservation on some point. Hence, the Society of ernmrni
The pal 1 upon my heart by error thrown,
ithan is Sovieti sm, says Rabbi 13ar-
upon the country; but we are permanent dwellers,
is liberal in his
i
Remove ; illumine me with Thy radiant thought.
Pacifists will be the battleground where many bitter
shans ky, who hmself
mock,
politics. "Any government would be
builders of cities, industrial entrepreneurs, politically controversies will be staged,
At truth let not the wicked scorner spark divine.
his
sa ys in
vi e t ism he go
ta o S,"
me a
nth
alert and socially conscious, an asset of no mean value
,
that
breath'dst
in
nment
Why all this impedimenta? A pacifist is a person better
0
Thou
ver
an
y
is h , "
se.ullad he Yidd
n
e tolerant ;
The lyii rig tongue's deceit with silecne blight,
who believes that men can settle their differences with-
to any democracy.
a and not
h s
te z ;;r' teo
ta
. h
To us, th6refore, the facts and statistics are espe- out resorting to physical force. He need not be a vege - wish a r e more
u
Protect me from its venom, Thou, my Rock,
eyes twinkled ever so slightly, shed-
cially meaningful. These figures disprove and refute
And sh. ow the spiteful sland'rer by this sign
ding more light on the kindliness of
any and every argument based upon reason, logic and
become er
That TI nou dolt shield me with Thy endless might.
his
coddle or a stand - patter.
-
c
th
it
t
li
evs
m
ti ltrw ou h gI the i nj
the facts which may be used by those who advocate
i s
We shall be happy to endorse the religio - pacifist tared
and
people,
upon
his
heaped
—SARA COPIA SULLAM.
the exclusion of southeastern Europeans, and especially movement of Dr. Cronbach when it is that, and not a have been
(Turn to last page.)
Jews.
thing
of
rags
and
patches.
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