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MANY SYNAGOGUES
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AT CHICAGO MEET
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(C•mysirlaht 1921.
Only two weeks ago I had occasion to defend James J. Davis, Secrel•y
of Labor, against the charge that he is an "anti-Semite." Mr. Davis isn't
and never was • Jew-hater, and it is unfair that such charges should be cir-
ulated. Now comes to my desk • letter written to Sol Finkelhor of Detroit
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by Secretary Davis, and it so happens thst Mr. Finkelhor is • very close
friend of Mr. Davis', so the sec r e Lary writes to him much more openly and
■
all
frankly than he probably would to one he didn't know. I can't quote
of it, but I will quote enough to prove that my opinion of Mr. Davis is
subject of court action by those he alleged betrayed him. This he brought
out in • speech he delivered in Brooklyn a couple of weeks ago. But I
of any small
■ m sure that a tactless and shortsighted action on the part in
his attitude
group of our co-religionists will not prejudice the secretary
toward 01 of us. I am not eying that Secretary Davis' position on immi.
(ration is correct, but I do say that those Jews •nd those Jewish news.
i n.
papers that are making it • personal issue are doing Mr. Davis •
justice, and injuring their reuse. I for one will not be a party to it.
..
It doesn't do any harm to hear what the "other side" has to say, even
1• • R u hman•Sh•hbander former Minister
if some of us don ' t agree.. Dr. Abd u
of Foreign Affairs in Syria, who is et present in this country, stated the
the construction in Palestine
•
other day that the Arabs were utterly against
ere it is
n, it is
he same
irk with
using of
that it
nt and
hies not
and de-
:ellectual
'LAN.
SUITS FOR MEN
' convention, changing the method of
I
I securing funds for the activities
the Union.
flying
! Among the members of Landman,
,
squadro n are: Rabbi Isaac
Rabbi S idney Tedesche, Milton Alex-
ander, Leon Harrison, A. G. Becker,
Rabbi Sam uel J. Harris, Bertram M.
Aufsesser, Edgar Cahn, Edward R.
Cohn, Rabbi William B. Schwartz, Al.
A. Rosenbuseh, Rabbi Harry Mayer,
Nathan Frank, Simon Lazarus, Rabbi
Abram Hirschberg, Rabbi Morris M.
shish,
b Tar
Feuerlieht, Rabbi
Louis Schlesinger, Rabbi Sol Foster,
....
---0-..--
Newton Trager, Rabbi J. I. Meyero-
Secretary Davis has become quite bitter, as evidenced in the closing I.
vitz, Joseph Hagedorn, Robert Gold-
sentence, because he feels that his good nature and kindly intentions were man, Rabbi Morris Lazaron, Rabbi
imposed upon in • certain case, and later his very kindness was made the Marius Ranson and Herman Wile.
Jewish
k and
Jewish
school
nity at
es that
A upon
larger
parallel
so most
y might
Jewish
is sub-
mmunal
endpoint
Is
A. It. Ith schhaum Cnnwany
"You know, Sol, I used to live next door to as synagogue and got
to know the Jew with his sterling qualities us well as his faults. I
never knew what the word 'Jew-hater' means until I came to Wash.
ington, but now I readily see how a man who didn't have the early
for forming his convictions and a tendency to keep his
feet on the ground would get to he one over night. Sonia of them,
especially those who make their living out of the work personally or
through organizations who must get their people excited to raise
funds, hammer right and left everything that doesn't exactly meet
their own views. No matter if you are trying to help them out, if
you do not do it in just the way they expect and want it done, they
•bring all manner of charges against you. One minute you will do
them a favor for which they beg with tears in their eyes, and at the
next they take you into court to set aside the action."
I.
is a su-
itisfactorily
in has a
money and
duration is
standpoint
riency is a•
terpretation
hat which is
Tour in Behalf of Plan.
A flying squadron of prominent
ground that he is opposed laymen and rabbis are touring the
tarp of Labor on his immigration position on the
country
explaining • to congregations
is absurd and utterly without warrant. If he is wrong, then it
the new assessment plan which is to
to Jews; it
not of prejudice. Here is an interesting para.
is ■ matter of judgment and
be considered at the Chicago confer-
graph. Don't become excited when you read it, but think it over and make
ence. The addresses of the laymen
up your mind whether the secretary may not have reason for making such
and rabbis deal with the proposal
statements. Remember all of us are not perfect.
' made at the recent Golden Jubilee
-
of
become
nunity,
that it
in a
s in a
. those to
directing
'es merely
ces not in
y accepted
in, and in
eir mental
the vital
xpected to
on.
Control of
)n must be
merely of
• It should
se Judaism
believe in
intelligent
policy is as
power to
re sane and
SQUADRON OF SPEAKERS
EXPLAINING THE PLAN
— __-
Special Council Result of •
'
Proposal by Jubilee
Convention.
it, but I think it
■ an attack than I am when I believe the situation justifies
to attack the Sear.-
poor judgment and worse policy for Jewish spokesmen
n
i ( 1 : rial
and so
nly to
lint to
e and
,? class
being en-
Tailored by
Kirschbaum
Plan For Financing American
Hebrew Congregations
To Be Discussed.
C I N C INNATI.—Delegates from I
the 270 congregations affiliated with'
the Union of American Hebrew Con-
gregations are being appointed to at. I
tend a special council which will be
' held in Chicago on April 13 to con-
sider a plan for financing the Union,'
according to announcement made by
correct.
______,,.........
Charles Shohl, president of the Union'
of American Hebrew Congregations.
"It is a pity (says Mr. Davis) that some of t hiss; rganizations
Mr. Shohl has been in communication
which are opposed to any restriction of immigration whatever can-
with the presidents of the various
not gee the dangerous nature of the ground they are tre ding. There
I
congregations and has received en-
many
American
organizations
which
are
clamor'
ig
for
a
pro-
BO
are
thusiastic replies. It is expected that
hibition of all immigration, that if a referendum were taken of all
a large number of prominent laymen
the qualified voters on the question of open or closed door policy,
I as well as rabbis will be in attend-
there would be no doubt but that the bars would be placed high and
ance.
nailed securely. The propaganda which is going on for unrestricted
In addition to a discussion of the
and unlimited immigration is having the effect of driving many of
proposal to raise funds for the Union
those who would really like to see the doors remain open to the
by assessing congregations a percent-'!
physically, mentally and morally qualified immigrants, capable of be-
age of their expenditures, there will
coming American citizens, over to the total exclusion side, and to
be a series of addresses on important ,
those who are interested in seeing the United States remain an im-
Jewish problems by well-known
migration country, the outlook becomes more and more unfavor-
speakers.
able daily."
Sessions will be held at the Con-
gress Hotel and Moses E. Greene-
and
that
Now I know that Mr. Davis is absolutely without prejudice
baum is chairman of the committee
h is voicinghis honest opinion in the quoted paragraph. Right or wrong,
of arrangements.
his motive should not be questioned. There is no one quicker to launch
coin-
.nd if
i pro-
unity
school
'fforts
shoots
prop-
id the
ighest
ist be
carry
assume a
loseirb.)
Charles Weinerwurst.
this
This
for
sting
ality
neral
'cher
y of
the
iitua-
'or a
f the
o his
,se places
Be Chair H.
I notice where Sir Is.. Newton died lot week, •t the ace of 87 years.
I had picked up • newspaper published in 1717.
For a moment I thought
Closer reading disclosed the fact that Sir hoc lived in Wilmington and was
lineal descendant of the great mathematician. But the interesting part
•
of it all is that he was named "Sir Isaac" by his Parents. This is an easy
gratify their lore of title. When • child is
way for some Americos to
born they can name her Princess Alice Jones, or Baron James Levy, or Sir
airs
(an.
hit•
dig-
sin-
mid
of
ent,
eith
c is
the
lace,
his
! his
n as
given a
I and to
It should
a whole,
mtrol its
It of the
'mpathize
eloped in
the edu-
r and the
it that a
rived and
first, the
elate de-
nts, and,
successful
I by Jew-
nerica but
11111111MMI
of a Jewish political and economic state, and he went on to s•y:
"We welcome the Jews there as citizens as they are citizens here,
but we do not want to be conquered by the dollar any more than
by the sword. And I may add that the native Arabs feel the same.
Sir Herbert Samuel is loved personally, and called by the Arabs
"Angel," because of the evenness of his justice. But we disagree
with his policies and the Zionism that he represents, and we feel that
the British are using the Zionists as a pawn to establish in I'alestine
a buttress for the Suez Canal."
r.
$29.50 to $64.50
Satisfaction in clothes involves a lot of things, and
among these must be the assurance that you are getting
everything you pay for. In other words, good value.
These Kirschbaum suits at $29.50 to $64.50 are notable
examples of good value.
A full range of sizes for men and young men; correct styles, the season's best patterns.
F
Many Cities Visited.
Among the cities to be visited are:
Allentown, Pa.; Bridgeport, Conn.;
Grand Rapids, Mich.; Kalamazoo,
Mich.; Kansas City, 51o.; Milwaukee,
Wis.; Mansfield, Ohio; Montreal, Can-
ada; Natchez, Miss.; Paterson, N. J.;
Pensacola, Fla.; Providence, R. I.;!
Joseph, Mo.; Springfield, Ill.;
St.
Springfield, Ohio; South Bend., Ind.;
Terre Haute, Ind.; Zanesvi 11 e, Ohi o;
Trenton, N. J.; Charleston, W. Va.;
Easton, Pa.; Hazleton, Pa.; Louis.
ville, Ky.; Reading, Pa.; Troy, N. Y.;
Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Louis Untermeyer calls "the
wittiest column in America," main-
tains its high level. "Between the
Book-Ends" considers critically an un-
usual number of books of significant
Jewish interest and the new depart-
ment, "Notes for a Modern History
of the Jews" presents in small com-
pass a realistic panorama of the Jew-
ish scene.
Articles of Holiday Interest Abound
which
APRIL MENORAH HAS
COLORFUL CONTENTS
in Number.
Superb examples
of value-giving
i B O O K REVIEWS
,
'Nordic' theory is a monstrous statis-
tical romance given a certain plausi-
bility by th tone of solemn dogma-
tism, the use of quasi-authentic tradi-
tions and the show of psuedo-sclen-
title method."
The importance of this article has
already been recognized. It has been
incorporated in the minority report
on the Johnson immigration bill pre-
sented by Congressman Samuel Dick-
stein which appears in the Congres-
sional Record.
Mr. Smertenko believes that the
nebulous "Nordic" is a mixture of
the Caspian and Mediterranean races
and that, due to the fact that bronze
was unobtainable to the people of this
type, the Nordic civilization was de•
layed in its development until the
South-European and Asiatic people
had established all the foundations of
present-day civilization. Ile charac-
terizes Lothrop Stoddard, Madison
Grant and the other propounders of
The Menorah Journal for April, in
its felicitous combination of present
"Pat" Hay. and "Georgie" Mundelein once upon • time were just ■ day Jewish life and achievement with Vital Summons to the Sober Judg-
couple of Catholic kids living and playing on New York's lower East Side that of more remote times, mirrors
ment of the American People.
—romping around and undoubtedly "pal•ing" with the Jewish kids and the excellently the spirit of the Jew, at
Protestant kids in that very democratic neighbohood. Today they are once "the oldest and the newest of
PATRIOTISM OF THE AMERICAN
Princes of the Catholic Church. These men, one the Archbishop of New the peoples of the world." The issue
JEW:
York and the other the Archbishop of Chicago, seemed never to have out- includes, for example, two beautiful
ay Samuel W. McCall; Foreword by Charles
grown their thorough going democracy, which they acquired in that Uni- art inserts. One is devoted to eight
W . Eliot. 288 pages. New York: Plym-
versity of Hard Knocks, the poor district of • great city. This probably full-page reproductions of the Sara-
outh Press. $2.50.
accounts for the widespread interest and remarkable evidence of approval jevo Haggadah, that magnificently
The late Samuel Walker McCall
with which their appointment as cardinals has been received.
illuminated 13th Century festal hook
which if perhaps the highest artistic was a statesman whose career was
Someone sends me • Beaver, Pa., newspaper containing a notice of the accomplishment of the medieval Jew. marked by a loyalty to the best tra-
t of 14 saloonkeepers for violating the prohibition law, with the com- The other presents the work of Anne ditions of New England. For three
ment that not • single one of the names of the violators is American. I
Broiler, the California painter, prob. terms he was governor of Massa-
don't want the editor to feel disappointed over this, no I suggest that he ably the finest woman artist the Uni- chusetts and for 20 years he served in
read the news from Washington, D. C., every day. He will find plenty of ted States has produced. "Waxened the lower house of Congress. He dis-
100 per cent Americans, though some of them may have to be fished out of Ears" a story of the famous con- played independence, fearlessness and
oil barrels. There is nothing quite so dumb as the sort of statement that tinental novelist, Max Brod, is a the quality of mind and of thought
I have quoted. For example, if I wanted to be mean, I might call the delicate rendering of a poignant that reveals the scholar and man of
tine fact that William H. Anderson, former
phase of medieval life in the Prague letters.
editor's attention to the in r
That a man like McCall should find
head of the Anti-Saloon League, is now serving a sentence for forgery. ghetto. "The Seder" by the young
brother.
Chicago writer, Meyer Levin, depicts it necessary to indicate the part play-
stuff,
Cut out the small town
the Je w in America is both a
dramaticall y the confth e between ed by
o
present
se
a
of the riousn
Barney Bernard gave • great deal of pleasure to • great many persons, Jewish tra ditions and lict ever yday mrk
his "Abe Potash"
situation in our national life and a
though th ere were a l ar ge number of Jews who resented
American
environment.
„trite .mono the
as
to
Bernard
s
pop
harbinger
of
hope.
"Patriotism
of the
But there was never any question
On J • h N rvousness
services, when every
Dr. Joseph Wechsler, associate in American Jew" is a necessary piece
stage folk, and this was demonstrated at the funeral
not only officially represented, but hundreds and neurology at Columbia university and of apologetics, because it comes at a
theatrical organization was
fellow players were present to pay tribute to his memory. noted New York nerve specialist, time when darkness seems to envelop
hundreds of other
Glass has done
There has always been • question as to w e
• • ' "Nervousness and the the minds of the unthinking elements.
stories and
the psychological factors under-' It is at the same time a call to arms,
harm or good to the Jews through his Perlmutter and Potash
the
sympathy
of
the Jews are Jew"
lying the "nervous disorders" of the as it were, to thoughtful Americans
plays. S em . contend that the "heart" and
the weak•
shows
contend
that
he
Jew.
He considers in succession and a sharp reminder of the utter
,
w
hile
others
r
a
d
van
t
age
to
rea
shown
garment industry,
fleas,' an d pecu li ar iti es o f a cer t a in type of Jew in the
various immediate causes of Jewish senselessness of an attitude mar ked
tends to lower
and
stood
by
the
people
at
large,
nervousness:
oppression, poverty, 1 by hate for people not of Anglo-Saxon
the type that is not un d er
One thing seems certain, that the public will miss familial disharmony, etc., but finds' origin.
the standard of all Jews.
"Abe Potash"
to
accept
another
McCall brings to bear facts that
a
hurry
d and will not be in
B
ea
• n more significant the Jewish tra-
rley std.
,8:h
ditional insistence on "facing theshould
.
leave no doubt in the minds of
men
who think of the Jew in
facts" which denies to the Jew that
refuge for his peace of mind that derogatory terms that their suspicions
The Chicago Americo print. this in its editorial column:
might come from the erection of an are unfounded and that the Jew has
"This additional fact will interest you, and ought to interest nar-
imaginary dream world. "On a Jew- played an honorable, not an ignoble,
row-minded bigots that seek to stir up religious and race antagon-
ish Humanism" recommends to the i part in American life. Facts of his-
Jew an absorption in Jewish history, tory cannot he disregarded, even
isms in the United States:
"Of the three men, Meigs, Black and Curley, that manage the
literature, and culture as the best though morals and religion may he
means of producing a humanistic team- adjusted to one's perverseness. That
Chicago American, one is a Protestant, one a Jew, and one a Catholic.
"And all three together make up a fine fighting, working, har-
per of mind and a liberal attitude to- the Jew, on close inspection, has
ward contemporary problems, both in- struggled with and for America and
monious newspaper combination.
has done so out of love for his coun-
"And no it ought to be, and will be throughout the nation when
' dividual and social.
"The Refugee" a one-act play by' try, whether it was his native or
all citizens understand each other, seek to co-operate with each other,
Dr. Joseph Krimsky is a transcription adopted land, "Patriotism of the
and find, each in the other, that which is best, instead of looking
from life of the moving tragedy of American Jew" fully demonstrates.
with the eye of envy or criticism.
a pogrom refugee caught in the meshes The book is timely and informative
of the immigration n quota law, and is and is written in a calm, thoughtful
now 11, of whom six are from New especially timely i in view of the pres- and j udicial style. It is a book that
JEWS IN UNITED STATES
Great
Britain has 12
York
ish members
City.
Ci
of Parliament
and Jew.
six 1 ent agitation for further restriction both the Jew and the Gentile would
ESTIMATED AT 3,500,000
of immigration. In the literary field do well to read. Charles W. Eliot con-
Jewish Privy Counselors. There are
letters, Babette Deutsch, the well- tributes a preface in his inimitably
32
21
baronets,
known poet, contributes "Jewish Poets • clear manner. An appendix contain-
NEW YORK.—The Jewish popula- besides four peers,
tion of the United States, according knights. On the Whole the Jews s of in Germany," a critical estimate, with I ins a miscellany of information on a
to the latest estimates, is 3,500,000. England make a better showing than liberal quotations, of a significant number of subjects of historical and
One can not be certain, however, that those of the United States. The en- group of modern poets, and David de contemporary interest concludes this
this is even approximately correct. tire Jewish population of the Empire Sole Pool arid Joseph Auslander prey- vital hook.
, Scholar s View",
American Jewry is something more of Great Britain is given at 600,040,
A of Israel Zang-
than well organized. In proportion to of which the United Kingdom, that is, ' seat resPectl'elY, w
"A Poet s Vie hed translation of
Population it has more national or- England, Ireland, Scotland and and
i will'e recently publis
Ibn Gabirol.
ganizations than any other class, the Wales, have 297,000.
, the medieval Hebrewpoet,
Hebrew
Pictures of Europe's Jewries.
latest edition of the American Year
'
"In
Letters
from
Abroad"
Henry' John J. Smertenko Reveals Fallacies
Book giving no less than 92. This is
,
of Pseudo-Scientists.
Alsberg„ journalist and war relief
atOde from congregations and local GOTTHE1L IS APPOINTED
organizations, of which there are no AN EXCHANGE PROFESSOR worker, in a communication from Mos-.
NEW YORK.—The inventors
invento of
_
end. The Jews of the United States
cow, recounts in amusing fashion the)
irre- the "Nordic" theory have received •
are not very well represented in
Professor Richard Gottheil of Co- odd expedients by which, despite i
in
political
setback in an article on the subject
Washington. They have no repre- lumbia University has, with the con- , concilable differences'
sentatives in the Senate, there having currence of the president and board idealogy, the old fashioned "middle- by John J. Smertenko which appears
been but six, namely, David L. Yulee of trustees, accepted the invitation I class" Jews and the new communistic in the April number of Current His-
of Florida, 1845-1851 and 1855- of President Bayard Dodge to become Jews have achieved a large measure tory. Mr. Smertenko, who is • fre-
1861; Judah P. Benjamin of Louisi- "exchange" professor for the echolas- of friendly cooperation; Jacob Kirsch , quent contributor to American and
Jewish Art English periodicals and was formerly
ana, 1851-1861; Simon Guggenheim "exchange"
tic year 1924-25 to the American halm describes the
of Colorado, 1907-1913; Benjamin University at Beyrout, in Syria. Pro- : Museum in Danzig and its unique lecturer •t Hunter College, New
1879-
Franklin Jonas of Louisiana,
tensor Gottheil's place at Columbia , treasures; and Eugen Hoeflich con- York, discusses this theory from its
1885; 'Fedor Rayner of Maryland,
,; t he 1 for the regular departments, H. Ben-
19 05-1912; Josep Simon of Oregon, will be taken by Dr. Fitti of the Bey- tributes from Amsterdam under
as well as its popular angles
rout University, who is himself a i title, "Hucksters and Hidalgos, • scientific
189 8-1903. Prior to the present Con-
Dutch Jewry. As an d per ^tits absolute proof for hie
colorful
picture
of
graduate of the Semitic department
Note-Book,"'
statement
that "In the main, this
gress there were 21 members of the
I Shahar's "Adversary's
House of Representatives. There are of Columbia.
DISPROVES CASE OF
"NORDIC" ADVOCATES
EDER
WOODWARD AVE
1447
the "Nordic" theory In the statement:
.ta significant that the authors of
these publications devoted to self-ad-
miration exhibit similar mental char-
acteristics and qualifications and em-
ploy the -name technique in setting
down the dogmatic dicta. They are
sentimentalists blinded by fear, stag-
gering, under a prejudice and wholly
lacking in any basis of scientific
knowledge." Their work he calls "a
carefully reasoned plea In support of
preconceived notions; the authors
never admit that their main thesis is
not established and, In the present
state of scholarship, is not capable of
establishment, that their arguments
rest on debatable assumptions and
their determinations on most ques-
tionable evidence."
As to the origin of the northern
people's, Mr. Smertenko has this to
say: "Science dismisses the idea that
a tall, blond race settled in the north
while a short, dark race occupied the
south, and justifies the belief that
through countless ages the northern
people were bleached in complexion
and were increased in stature, where-
as the southerners were tanned and
diminished in size by the climate and
the living conditions peculiar to each
division of the earth. We have had
it demonstrated in the United States
that minute modifications of both ex-
tremes toward a new type, or rather
toward new types, best fitted to sur-
vive in the various sections of our
vast country, take place within one
or two generations."
Ladislas Loevi, the well-known
Jewish painter and art critic, passed
away in Paris last week at the age
of 55 years. The deceased, who was
a native of Warsaw, settled in Paris
29 years ago. Ile painted the por-
traits of a number of notabilitiea. Mr.
Loevi was a voluminous contributor
to the newspapers.
‘\.
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E
turned away from the Tax Teller's window.
Placing the receipt in his wallet, he sa . d.
"This is the bill I am always prompt to pay.
I feel that I get real value for my money
when I
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