PiEncruon-lisisti PAGE SIX rtV2Z ksc4 C-',T42-15 amine the reason for the persistence of Judaism throughout the centuries. Have there not been times in the history of human- w By ABRAHAM CAPLAN ° ..:,1.:luny Ce., Inc_ Published Weekly by Tb. Jewish Chem. ity when the Jew was recognized as an equal and no Joseph J. Cummins, President and Editor discrimination shown? There have been periods in the Jacob H. Schakne, Business Mansion history of Europe when the Jew held the most exalted achieve a more or toss conclusive ad- Aside from the important character Deetrolt, justment. Like an ancient prophet, intend ai Second-clue matter March A lg.'. Ai it • ...WM. it places. Even in our own day the Jew has been on a of their mission to the Jews of this I II. h s. Mich., under the Act of IA. he sans a final resolving of his people's Enrollment. country and the distinctive position plane of equality with his neighbors both in Europe and and humanity's problems on the basis they hold in their respective communi- General Offices and Puil;catioa Building America. It is pertinent to inquire how did Judaism of reason, justice and enlightenment. N order to make sure that his 8031 ties, the presence in Detroit of Rab- 850 High Street Wert I will receive his education in the Thus, in his addresses one finds the fare in these homes and in these places. bis Abraham I. Kook, Chief Rabbi of Cel.lr AJdreeet Chronicle Telephone: Glendale 9300 college which he attended, a Syracuse fluent assurance of a man who pos- Palestine, and Mordecai M. Epstein, London Office Alexandria, Spain, Holland, do not spell disintegra- minister has entered his six-months dean sesses both a reasoned-out mental pro- of the famous academy at Slo- 14 Stratford Place, London W, I, England tion and decay of Judaism in the periods of their gran- old son in the class of 1541 in Col- bodka, was an occasion of interest to gram and a imetie conviction as to $3.00 Per Year University. The reason for this Jewish destiny and world service. Subscription, in Advance the present writer from the point of deur and brilliance, and in these golden ages our co-re- gate taking time by the forelock is that Thus it is, furthermore, that close as of their peculiar personal char- To Incur. publication. all correapondens and v.v. matter must reach this ligionists were happy, prosperous and contented. Mod- the college in question in recent years view he is to the people whom he loves with acteristics, their charm and magnet- office by Tuesday evening of le°1' week. ern England, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy and the has had to refuse admittance to large ism. Each of the two scholars has a love such as few others bear, he The Detroit Jewish Chronicle in•Ite• correspondence on subject. of Interest numbers of applicants and that the in a lofty mental sphere and United States have been singularly free from anti-Semi- tendency in that direction would most more than enough in his intellectual moves to the Jewish people, but dleclalme respon•IbIlity for en Indorsement of the detaches himself from the maddening and in the romantic nature •apremed by the writer.. tism for many years, and yet the light of Judaism was certainly become more marked in the attainment crowd. of his career to intrigue even the most years to come. Rabbi Epstein is the school man, the Sivan 4:5684 not dimmed. prosaic of persons. And yet these two June 6, 1924 type of man which impresses itself There is something constructively men, aside from their piety, scholar- We too often forget that Judaism is the progenitor suggestive in this determined plan of ship and devotion to the cause of Jew- upon those who like to search beneath Law and Social Order. of the best in Christianity and Mohammedanism, and a father to give his son an education. ish learning, apparently have little in the surface of events and conditions. A scholar who attains to the master- should like to see similar earnest- common. The varied significance that attaches to the Feast if these faiths, philosophies and ethical systems can ap- We ship of the Slobodka Yeshibah need ness and farsightedness among Jews Rabbi Kook's eminence as a many- of Weeks only emphasizes the fact that the Jewish peal to man's emotions and reasons, surely Judaism in the matter of their children's relig- sided leave no one in doubt as to the extent intellectual man and his leader- people regard life with a many-sided comprehension. has even a more potent appeal, especially when men ious training. Too long have Jews ship in the practical affairs of his and profundity of his Jewish scholar- ship. The selection of a dean for this prated about religion and missions country, such as the chief rabbi of so The purely agricultural event which Pentecost marked are freed from rancor and animosities. academy is made with the searching and pride without translating their vivid and stirring a community as in ancient Palestine is paralleled by the spiritual mean- It is no accident that the most intellectual church glittering verbiage into meaningful Palestine Jewry well might enjoy, has earnestness such as would mark the ing which is ascribed to the festival. To celebrate the in America, the Unitarian, has for all purposes accepted conduct. Many Jews seem content to brought him to the attention of the election of a president of Yale or Johns Hopkins University. their children roam through life Jews of the world to an extent shared giving'of the Ten Commandments on a day which was the philosophical tenets of Judaism, with Jesus as an let As one would expect, Rabbi Epstein without achieving a speaking ac- few other men in his calling. As observed as an important one in the calendar of the additional prophet. And it will be no accident if many quaintance with the history or relig- by is charmingly unworldly in his gener- a rabbi, his orthodoxy meets all the tiller of the soil is to affirm not only the dependence of of the sound intellects among the Modernists shall ac- ion of their people and with the posi- requirements of the Shulchan Aruch. al demeanor. That he braved the dif- ficulties that beset Jewish scholars in which they are to hold in the mor- As a communal leader, he commands mortal man on the spirit of God but the insistent need cept the fundamentals of Judaism on the same basis tion Russia during the war and the official al economy of the future. general respect by virtue of his bound- reign of terror instituted by the Bol- of law as a regulator in human life. There is no way of bludgeoning in- as have the Unitarians. less love and respect for men, regard- shevist government, would seem to men's and woolen's minds the fact What the world seems to lack most is an affirmative of their point of view, if it is a When the smoke of battle has passed away, when that to deny young people a religious less strange only to one who does not know set of guiding legal principles, worthy of men's obedi- the persecutions and discriminations have ended, we education is to deprive them of their point of view honestly and sincerely the stern stuff of which the exponent As a thinker, he probes ence and compelling in their force. What now largely shall find that Judaism will make a stronger bid for rightful heritage, to rob them of mor- maintained. of the Torah is made. When the town deeply into intellectual problems and goes for law is simply oppression, a corruption of the recognition as a valid mode of life than ever before. al strength, ethical stability and a combines the colorful richness of in which the academy was located had to be evacuated, the Slobodka dean as- richness of imagination that the know- the Talmudic scholar's interpretative sort of law that makes for justice between men and Jews surely have no need to feel ashamed of their re- ing Jewish child acquires in the pro- sembled his students and proceeded imagination with the severe procedure with them, as Caesar in his Gallic men and for the peace and concord which is the ulti- cess of obtaining its religious train- of the professional logician. ligion, philosophy and ethics when they find the Chris- wars, in the manner of forced ing, But above all, Rabbi Kook is essen- mate objective of law. Laws of justice, of elemental tian world coming more and more to their position. marches, first to one city and then to tially a poet—a philosophic poet, not American Jews would not like to be humanity and of basic morality must, according to some another in the interior of Russia. But unlike the galaxy of poets that daz- told by their enemies that they are The eternal mystery of the persistence of Judaism just as soon as conditions had under- people and groups of people, be guides for individual zles the Jewish mind as it contem- their children on the altar is no mystery at all. It has not survived because of sacrificing gone a favorable change, the dean took plates the bright-hued chapters in me- of foolish indifference and on that dis- conduct, not for nations and for the world. his student host hack to the seat of Jewish history, the Spanish The Jew thinks otherwise. He looks upon law as persecution ; but despite it. It will flourish and grow credited thing called comfort. But dieval learning which generations of study period in particular, as well as that that is substantially what they are when man is at peace, when good-will prevails and and religious greatness had hallowed the indispensable need of the world, the force that safe- which records Jewish spiritual devel- doing. and made famous. opment in France and Italy. The guards the aspirations of men in their efforts to build up when hatred and persecution are forgotten. Judaism We of this day, reading of our im- has a place in the spiritual sun and no spiritual com- close affinity between philosophy and an enduring social order. mortal sages, often wish that we Paradise. poetry in the case of the medieval petitor can deprive it of that place. We want a return might stand in the living presence of poets and philosophers, consistent GERMAN archaeologist, in a to the times when men have more opportunity and time an Akiha, a Hillel, an Abaya. We wish enough when one considers the ulti- book entitled The Discovery of we might behold face to face some of One Hundred Ninety-nine. to think and meditate upon spiritual things, for then is mate geld of both the philosopher and l'aradise," proceeds to prove that Par- the men who epitomize the deathless the poet—the goal which Keats epi- According to reports from Vienna there are 199 the glory of Judaism transcendent. adise was not located between the Eu- Jewish spirit, who personify the long- tomizes in his immortal line "beauty phrates and Tigris rivers but in Meek- ing of man for the knowledge of God professors of the Jewish faith on the faculty of the uni- is truth, truth beauty"—is strongly lenberg, 110 miles north of Berlin. and the wisdom of truth. In Rabbi marked in the chief rabbi's case. versity. This is rather an astounding fact in the light This quasi-scientific labor parallels Epstein and Rabbi Kook we see Jew- There is a suggestion of the mystic England and Yiddish Art Theater. of alleged discriminations and stories of actual physi- the doubtful demonstration that the ish scholars who are doing today what in his large, kind eyes, and the poet's American Indians are the offshoots of Akiba did 1900 years ago, who a cen- cal violence against some of the professors. As a news A. D. writes in the Manchester Guardian on the joyous sympathy for his people and the ancient tribes of Israel and that hence will perhaps he as roman- item this is given less space than a meeting of ir- performance of "Shabbethai Zebi" by the Jewish Art the Japanese are descendants of the for the world dominates his outlook tury tic figures in Jewish history as Elijah upon the problems of the Jewish peo- responisble nationalistic students who pass silly anti- Theater Company, headed by Maurice Swartz. of Wilna is to us of the living pres- Hebrews. ple, the strangeness of its historic evo- One thing is sure as daylight and ent. He expresses his appreciation in the following pane- Semitic resolutions. lution, its sufferings and its efforts to Must we he fed upon sensational, terror-inspiring gyric: "Mr. Swartz is an actor of fine voice and pres- that is that if Paradise ever once was in Mecklenburg it no longer is there. stories to appreciate the sad lot of our co-religionists ence who realizes the one element nobly. He has few No doubt the archaeologist was think- in Europe. Even an understatement of the unhappy 'great moments' but the character is nobly and admir- ing of the happy days before the war, and it is entrusted to him for his pru- SHEBUOTH Germany was a land of happy dent distribution. It is on Shebuoth conditions. which obtain in Europe are sufficient to ably composed and felt. Even more impressive was when burghers. But as for the actual lo- that the Jew is again reminded that arouse indignation and appeal to our sympathies. These the sense that every actor on the stage knew his busi- cation of Paradise, we thought it was Shebuoth commemorates the anni- the Hebrew word for charity, Zeda- finally, conclusively and indubitably contradictory reports are so difficult to reconcile. One ness to the smallest detail. versary of a momentous event in the kah, literally means justice. Accord- shown that it is none other than the to Judaism, charity is not an act history of the ancient Hebrews, name- is really hard put at times to draw the line between "The groupings of the crowds are remarkable with eastern shore of Maryland, along the 13r the giving of the basic law, or the ing the purely fictitious propaganda and the actual facts. their ecstatic chorus, their swayings to and fro and blue-green waters of Chesapeake Bay. Ten Commandments. It was on She- of supererogation, but a just obliga- tion. It would be no difficult matter to believe that all the their sudden silences. Here is a popular art, a folk art The universalistic phase of Shebu- buoth that, according to tradition, the oth is to he seen especially in the fact Israelites at the foot of Sinai pro- professors in European universities had been dismiss- in a full tide of expression." Reverie. claimed in one accord: "All that the that the Book of Ruth is read in the ed or compelled to resign if all the stories emanating NE does not often hear a great Lord bath spoken we will do!" And Synagogue on this festival. Ruth, the Further on he says, "a slight acquaintance with from there were accepted at face value. Gentile, because of her sincerity in ac- it is on the same day that the modern German will help the Gentile listener far, in the first O musician deliver an acceptable Jewish youth formally accepts the ob- cepting Judaism, was worthy of be- speech, but Ossip Gabrilowitsch' s plea Now comes the startling information that in one play at any rate, but the enunciation of the actors is so at the concert for the benefiit of the ligations of Judaism. coming the ancestress of King David. university 199 members of the faculty are Jewish. This Similarly all proselytes, who of clear that we would readily believe a universal lan- starving German youngsters for hu- The Festival of Shebuoth is the is not a piece of fiction but an actual report issued after their own accord seek admittance into mane feeling towards the childhood of Festival of Revelation—a title which guage to be already discovered." Judaism, are cordially welcome. Thus sincere as his play- as the world was it acquired in post biblical times. In careful, painstaking investigation. How many Ameri- We have felt this way about the Jewish Art ing was enchanting. Mr. Gabrilo. the Pentateuch, Shebuoth is charac- on Shebuoth the Jew, who rejoices be- can universities as large or even larger than the Uni- cause of the priceless treasure which witsch seemed to think—and no doubt terized as a purely agricultural festi- versity of Vienna have so great a number of Jewish Theater for many years past. Some of the most de- did think—that nothing is quite so val which marked the conclusion of was entrusted to him at Sinai, is ever experienced were fur- despicable as failing to feed and clothe the season of the barley harvest and forcefully reminded that Judaism is joys we lightful dramatic professors on the facutly? Not a single one. not his exclusive heritage. It was in- the children of a people against whom the beginning of the wheat harvest. Some may conclude from the foregoing statement nished by the Jewish Art Theater. tended to become the share of all hu- a conquering nation has warred. the second eve of Passover a meas- This group of artists has the same significance and These children were innocent and On that it is our opinion that there is less anti-Semitism in manity. ure (Omer) of barley was brought Vienna than here. Such is not our opinion, nor is such deserves a place equal to that of the Moscow art should not be confused with their eld- as an offering to the Temple. From who may have offended. that occasion on the Ilebrews counted the case. It is our opinion however, that by reason of Theater Company. Both organizations have refused ers, Now, EVEN FOR THE RICH if children are to be fed, carefully forty-nine days, or seven the age of the Jewish community in Vienna, its develop- to compromise their artistic ideals. No actor or ac- though their fathers have lifted up weeks, and on the fiftieth day they cel- their arms against you, why should ebrated the Festival of Weeks by Religion is not only for the poor: tress receives a place because of any social or financial ment and integration, a greater proportion are engaged people engage in the hating and the bringing to the temple an offering of it is also for the rich, for those who in the learned professions, especially teaching. The position ; but is chosen as humanly possible for ability smiting of people against whom no two loaves of bread made out of the are possessed of abundance of means, immigrant generation is of necessity interested in the and merit. war is declared? Men and women, who are healthy and strong, success- new wheat. The festival is thus call. enough, or so it would seem ed because it takes place immediately ful and happy. The rich man is sur- problems of making a livlihood. It is only after the One can scarcely conceive higher praise than that singularly to some of us, at one time were chil- following the seven most important rounded by perils nad temptations of material needs have been satisfied that people are able bestowed upon these artists in these words of A. D. dren and looked up to their elders with weeks of the harvest season. Its which a poor man has not cognizance. to turn to spiritual and ornamental pursuits. "One could readily believe a universal language to be eyes of innocence and dependence. In other name, Pentecost, which means Ile holds power in his hands, and all eyes of Goal, whom some of us still fiftieth, is derived from the fact that power is a source of danger as well But the stubborn, withal pleasant, fact remains already discovered." A group of men and women in- the worship, even men are children. How it is observed on the fiftieth day fol- as utility; therefore he needs protec- however, nearly 200 of our co-religionists are on the terpret life, portray it with such verisimilitude, realism can we hate or neglect to succor the lowing the beginning of the harvest tion and strength in the hour of dan- season, which is ushered in on the sec- ger. Great wealth is likely to bring children of the world? faculty of a university in hatred-swept Austria. and artistry that you are made conscious of understand- But those questions fail to bring with it a certain numbness of moral ond eve of Passover. Not the least of the ugly aftermaths of the war is ing a wholly foreign tongue. forth a satisfactory answer and we Shehuoth is also known in the Pen- power, a deadening of spiritual force. the propaganda mania. It may have served a useful On their return to America there is the possibility have ceased to wonder why. tateuch as the festival of first fruits, Otherwise, how shall we explain the since it marked the beginning of the fact that the wealthy classes appear purpose in arousing the necessary spirit to carry the that they will become fashionable on a parity with the season (which lasted the entire sum- to have less use for religion in their war to a successful conclusion. Those who wish to Moscow players. It is our fervent wish that they do, A Will With • Will. mer) during which the farmer in an- daily lives than the poor?—London keep us keyed up to the danger of anti-Semitism may not so much for their sake, as really for the sake of cient Judea had to bring his first fruit Jewish Chronicle. HE father-in-law of Philip Gue- as an offering before the Lord. In reason that exaggerations are permissable, if not nec- those who understand some German. They have miss- della, one of England's noted times this festival has natur- essary. This reasoning does not appeal to us at all. ed dramatic treats surpassing in value more than 95 critics and author of The Second modern Clarence S. Nathan, of New York, ally lost its agricultural character for Empire" and "Masters and Men," has son of the late Gershom Gomez Nath- We have been fed on horrors long enough. We need per cent. of the offerings on the American stage. the large majority of Jews. It con- bequeathed a large fortune to his chil- an, died on May 10. Mr. Nathan was however, to impress upon them peace and constructive effort. Enough of shrieking What can in this day compensate the people who dren with the stipulation that they re- tinues, a member of the Empire State Society the lesson gratitude and charitable- know, understand and love the Yiddish if such per- main in the Jewish fold. If the Roths- ness. Shebuoth brings home to the of the Sons of the American Revolu- and excitement. Sassoons and Schiffs had acted tion. Jew that all wealth comes from God We offer a suggestion to the protagonists and back- formances would no longer be given. And lest we be childs, with similar caution they would, for ers of the University of Danzig. If they want to build blinded by the glamor and witchery of that which is far a generation or two at least, have kept of all their offspring undi- a university because there is too much discrimination away, we want to mention that in Samson and Delilah the blood It seems strange that, being against our brothers, they had better suppress infor- Ben And, formerly of the Jewish Art Theater, support- luted. good financiers and for the most part mation of this sort, and report the number of students ed by Lucy and Mischa German, gave a performance loyal to the Jewish religion, they in Polish universities. If, however, the Danzig project recently of poetic quality and superb artistry in our should have overlooked the potent pre- ventative represented by a will with is based upon the need for another European univer- own city. teeth in it. She stood breast-high amid the corn, sity, we recommend it. We have discussed our position But the position of subventioned Under no circumstance do we wish to deprecate ones is not to he envied. Some Clasped by the golden light of morn, in the Jewish university at Danzig. It needs no further the Russian, Italian or English drama, but we like to faithful wags will say that the conformity of Like the sweetheart of the sun, discussion here. share our delights with those who can understand a Guedalla's relatives, however ardent, Who many a glowing kiss had won. It is not our purpose to minimize the bitterness of language much more than they do Russian or Italian, is a thing of compulsion. the violation which may mean the withdrawal of anti-Jewish feeling in Austria, or in other points in and who will enjoy this drama more than English be- of their precious source of income. On her cheek an autumn flush Europe, but we do insist upon a sober. reasonable cause it is conceived upon a higher plane and executed Deeply ripened ;—such a blush of appreciation of the standard of statement of the facts. with a finer sense Let Us Protest. In the midst of brown was born dramatic art. ELIX M. WARBURG has returned Like red poppies grown with corn. rff EMIT EIVISii 91- 1tMICIA • 4 4 KON ICLE AS WE GO ALONG •••••••11 • The Rabbis Who Visited Detroit A 2 2 4 T RUTH F Judaism and Perbecution. Many superficial leaders in Jewry are actually hap- py when they read of the persecution of our co-religion- ists. To them Judaism shows signs of vitality only when those who subscribe to its tenets are made to suf- fer. They mistake group herding and solidarity (clue to attacks by a common enemy), for the substantial genuine values inherent in Judaism. Who will say that there is a greater understanding of the ideals, philos- ophy and ethics of Judaism among our people because we have been compelled to recognize our identical rac- ial and religious origins. True we have felt a more profound sympathy and realized a more intimate kin- ship with our co-religionists, but has that of itself given us a more intimate appreciation of the glories and beauties of our religion, philosophy and ideals. We have contributed large sums of money to relieve famine and distress, but has that induced many to ex- IZKVIC=i