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Detroit3.mM Ct rodiele Invites correepondenee on subjects of tha m people. but disclaims reoponeffillity for an Incluraent to the Jewish views eapreolod by the writer.. 4 t Augus 1, 1924 Why This Plea? 4 4 Ab 1, 5684 attacks have run the whole gamut of vituperation and calumny. We are certain that the Zionist Organiza- tion has had nothing whatsoever to do with it—if for no other reason than the fact that they know the in- tense feeling of hostility which has animated the Agu- dath Israel in its anti-Zionist position. Such people are not moved from their purpose by the death of one of their members. It has merely intensified their ani- mosity and strengthened them in their determination to carry the project of opposition through. If the death of de llaan was a political act it was clone by an enemy of the Zionist Organization. for in this manner the Zionists would be blamed and conse- quently seriously damaged. It is amusing, but not without its poignant note, however, to read the owl- like wisdom of some of the anti-Zionist journals. "We always told you that the religious Jews were opposed to Zionism. We always told you they cannot agree among themselves," and it goes in this strain ad in- finitum, ad nauseam. One would imagine listening to them that all the sects of Christianity are agreed unani- mously upon all important questions. The Zionist Organization should exert itself to the utmost to discover the murderer of de Haan, for al- though it will survive the shock of this indefensible murder, yet as long as it remains unsolved too many explanations will be wanted. The whole incident is at this time very unfortunate. The many immediate problems which cry for solution, due to the large number of our co-religionists stranded in European ports, are more than enough for an or- ganization many times stronger than the Zionist Or- ganization. This affair is just an added handicap which they will have to overcome, ror AS WE GO ALONG Disadv•Mage. ORD BIRKENHEAD, In an artcle La in which he eulogized the Earl of Reading, Viceroy of India, for his fine character, legal ability and his distinguished career as diplomat and statesman, expresses wonder at the former Lord Chief Justice's accept- ance of the "disadvantages" that at- tach to the Jew. Is it possible that Lord Birkenhead has sounded the views of Rufus Daniel Isaacs as to the sad fate of the man who is born of Jewish parents? There is every reason to believe that Rufus Isaacs, who sat in the House of Commons, served as Solicitor General, graced the highest court in England as Lord Chief Justice, brought power to Britain when he gave of his talents to the Lloyd George cabinet, repre- sented his country with consummate tact and wisdom as special envoy to the United States during a critical period of the war and now stands' as a bulwark against imperial disinte. gration in India—there is every rea- son to believe that Isaacs has made little ado over the "disadvantages" of being a Jew: The Earl of Reading is a great Jew and a great Englishman. Unlike Dis- raeli whom Tories today look upon with a sort of reverence., although the members, of the Conservative party in his day squirmed when they had to do his bidding, Reading will take. a place in the affections of the Brit. ish peoples such as 'few. others hold. If Beaconsfield made Queen Victoria empress of India, Reading will in all human likelihood succeed in keeping Since the death of Lenin the Bolsheviks of the Left that mighty nation steadfast in the of British peoples. have been gaining much ground. The new economic commonwealth What Lord Birkenhead really had policy adopted under the guidance of the moderates in mind, although he hardly seems to has been much attenuated anti in many cases entirely have realiied it, WAS that those ele- in British social life whose, re- dropped. Negotiations with Great Britain have come ments ligion is not that of Rending are pur- to an impasse, due to the independent and almost arro- blind enough to deny social privileges gant attitude of the Soviet representatives who no to a man who probably never sought and whose name is a talisman doubt feet that they can carry out their schemes with- them by which their own peace and se- out outside aid. In conformity with this policy a new' curity are achieved. - 316 , The Hazanuth Question By RABBI ISRAEL GOLDFARB views for a cenference to he called of It is a regrettable fact that while the cantors serving in congregations this country abounds in institutions connected with the United Syna- of higher learning fur the training of gogue, for the purpose of standardiz-. rabbis and teachers, covering every ing the music of the synagogue and possible shade of Judiasm, there is syste nia ti zing 'the service. not one school for the of It. is admitted, however, that while the hazan who, next to the rabbi, is a conference of cantors will no-doubt the most important functionary in the accoMplish mach in minimizing the service of the synagogue. present abuses of the hazanim, a The anarchy and chaos that, as a thorough cure of the evil will not be result of this, prevail in the American effected until we develop and educate, cantorate. is aggravating to every in America, a new type of harem that loyal Jew. There being no respon- sible institution front which the can , shall fit well into the organization of the American synagogue. Such a tor can derive his authority, no cen, hazan musta possess a secular as well tral authorized body to attest to his us a religious education. Ile must be musical, cultural and religious quali- a man of culture and character. 'Ile fications, any Jew possessing ,a 'fair singing voice end having a reading • nrust bea thorough musician and pos- sess a pleasing, cultivated voice. He knowledge of Hebrew and an abund- must he familiar with our "Nusach ance of "chutzpah" can don the can- Ila-t'fillah" and 'must be able to com- tor's cap and call himself a "hazan." bine the old Jewish' traditional pray- That the effect of these untrained er-motives with the refinement and and irresponsible hazanim _en the polish of modern nit. He must al- service of the synagogue is most dam- ways remember that he is primarily aging and demoralizing, goes without a servant of God and not a concert saying., Instead of a religious func- sinker. He must avoid all the sense- tionary who understands the ;sacred- tionaliaM. of the concertist and his ness of his calling and the responsi- press agent. Ile must bear in mind bility of his office, we have, very of- that he is first and last a religious ten a would-be concertist devoid of functionary; that his is a sacred call- piety and latking the most elemen- ing akin' to that of the rabbi; that tary qualifications necessary for so while the rabbi's appeal is directed to high and exalted an office as that of a "Sh'liach Zibbur"—the "ambassa-.. men's minds by means ,of oratoric persuaaion, the cantor's appeal is to dor of the community." Instead of a touch their hearts through music's -- hazan who would intone our prayers charms. in a dignified manner, infusing into . For,tha;nast. four years the Jewish the service the sprit of devotion and Theological •Seminary has condUcted rousing the Worshippers, by his sin- cerity, to the heights of, religious a course in hazanath for the benefit of its students. This course, how- ecstasy and inspiration, we frequent- ever, waS limited in scope, since it ly meet with a so-chlled operatic star was intanded not to train hazanim, in the pulpit, 'who, being unfamiliar 'but rather to familiarize the future with our traditional chants, '.'enter-, tains" his audience by singing the . rabbis with the elements of hazanuth so that they might, in an emergency,' K'elushieh" ti Pm tune of "Toreador" be able to take the place of the regu- and "Yigdal" to snatches front "La lar bran. The real need, however; Juice." till remains unfilled. The United Synagogue of Altura • Whether or not American Jews will ea, realizing the importance of recti- reaibe the importance of this prob- fying this evil and of bringing order lem •tmd make an earnest effort to into this deplorable condition of the Solve it adequately by the establish- American cant orate, adopted too latent of • the much-discussed school reselutions at its last coneention held recently in New York. One resolu- •for cantors, no that the services in lion recommends that the Jewish. our synagogues may be made more Theological Seminary of America he ..attractive and more inspiring, con- ducted by men especially trainee' and called upon to organize special educated for their high and sacred courses in haihnuth for American office, remains to be seen. cantors.'. The other resolution pro. Leopold and Loeb pleaded guilty to the charge of murder. This plea was expected by hardly anybody. As a matter of fact everybody seemed to be very much surprised. Why was such a plea entered? Why are the lawyers of these two boys ready to submit the facts to a judge rather than to a jury? Aside from any technical reasons, what are the underlying reasons which brought about this rather unheard of procedure? If the boys had pleaded not guilty would it have been possible to get a jury that would hear the evi- dence, weigh it and arrive at a just and reasonable ver- dict? Could a jury of twelve men and women be found in 'Chicago with the moral stamina and suffi- ciently free from the vengeance complex to decide the case fairly? The lawyers for the defense apparently Education In Soviet Russia. concluded that they would fare better with a judge than with a jury, This decision is very significant in view of the fact that Clarence Darrow, chief counsel, is as able a jury lawyer as can be found in the United States. From the very outset we have believed that these boys are emotionally or morally insane and conse- quently not responsible. Nothing has happened since their arrest to cause us to change that opinion. We are interested in curing the emotionally and morally sick as well as those who suffer front recognized physi- educational program has been announced which ex- Shanghai. cludes 50,000 students from the Russian Universities, cal ailments. The crime was so shocking, so inexcusable, that 30,000 of whom are Jews. These students are exclud- slIANGIIAL you. know, is in the China. It few have been able to view the matter dispassionately. eel because they are not of the proletarian class. To dispatches e eriai t;, thinae gv e ofl( ia l n it' the ° 'itn c figure The idea of vengeance is uppermost. The crime was most of us, accustomed to discrimination on the grounds does in. Ii\o detail the committed and they should pay the penalty. Is this of race, religion and nationality, the Soviet distinction which the life of the Jewish people. , There lobby stark vengeance attitude not a form of mob emotional is anomolous and without precedent. And yet, on the are ,) t e z Pennsylvania JEWISH PERSECUTIONS IN PERSIA derangement? This striking back blindly does not theory of their social organization they are entirely York in one day than can be .nUemw- really accomplish anything either for the victim or for justified, for their scheme demands that one must be be of Shanghai, port reat I rien a ad •, h aeCelestial Em- treat y c ity By MIRZA MOOSA SALIM • the perpetrator of the crime, or for society. c a produ er in order to enjoy the advantages and bane- re• Buyt Shanghai • Not many years ago the insane were kept in cages fits of education, political preferment and social posi- et fra o rlibe lspirit, outweighs . many; . (Copyright 'by Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Ltd., 024.b. and fed like wild animals. We have given up that tion. However, the distinction made is invidious and a n affluent iii i , New dta ueient co religionist • • barbaric practice and are rather ashamed of our an- works unmerited hardship upon ambitious students York t 1s m tionse the T P gift or whicnh 'The change hem a nienarchy to' a " In the past, the Jews of Persia have cestors for their ignorance and cruelty. We still do who are scholastically qualified, and to us the only munificent ga Fund thus far has re- been generally Poor, buf their position constitutional government and the lit- a hi a nig.e His name the same with the socially sick whether the malady plausible, persuasive reason which can be urged is car ved a iferat come from vand in this :creel is improving rapidly tie education the Persians have been' Israel and today "they are regarded with en- getting during the last few years, is one of environmental maladjustment or heredity. lack of scholastic fitness. We can no more agree with is goodly name it verily is. vy by the Mohammedans, who often Jewish persecution to . have lighteried When we are not too severe we are guilty of maudlin the Soviet authorities in excluding 50,000 students be- Shanghai apparently does not need complain to tile government, that the some extent but persecution still con sentimentality. Many a feeble-minded murderess in cause they are not proletarian than we are in accord Ked S renh I ahyesod cam paigns, banquets tinues, even in the capitol itself. .A Jews have concentrated the commerce ndo artful ma- an t e thou and ane of the country into their hands. Most Jew 'is regarded as defiled and may our larger cities has been acquitted because of this with the numerus clausus of Poland, Hungary and Rou- uvers which precede a drive for 'not touch anything belonging to a Mo- of the younger Jews are engaged sentimentality. In the trial people It goes over the top, not with importing goads from Europe, a prof; hammodan even if he intends to buy are interested in of finding out charged whether with they mania, which is invoked to exclude Jewish students funds. a hang, as American communities italde business at the present time and it. At Yedz, a Jew may not Tide a crimes we the offense charged or they did not. A because they' are Jews. These arbitrary attitudes are committed think they do, but with a calm that the most educated among them are donkey or a horse inside the city, and is thoroughly Oriental. And Shemtov constituted to admit or intrinsically unsound and we do not relish extrinsic employed in government offices.• he must wear clothing of the old Per- is not the only Jew in his city who h as been onst Having lived in Persia for several co mplicated sian style. most vital is left out reason in matters of such serious import. gives to the Karen Ilayesod with an Only two years 'ago the mullahs, Centuries, the Jews have acquired al- exclude e vidence, very o ften the however, almost inconceivable that 30,000 eagerness that is genuinely respect- (Moslem It seems, most the same customs as the afoham-' priests) of Teheran drafted or admitted. But why the anti-social act was com- of the 50,000 students denied admission are Jews. We able. medans (except those of religion). a list of '14 restrictions against the When the next drive, whatever be mitted is of little concern to our infantile population. Jewish women, like the Mohammedan, Jews and insisted on the government get a rather mixed feeling from this piece of intelli- its nature, don along, e of e not wait comes s aal turecaaa m wear the black chador' (black cloth and the. majliss ( paaliament) ' having To inquire into that would require too much mental gence. We are elated to think that such a large nu- m e xamp l e, example, or for over the body) when going out, and them enforced. ,When the government effort and too many long cherished superstitions would will set. e gh your neighbor .they believe in many superstitutions a charge ber of Jewish young men and women have prepared that delayed, the mantilla invented in a rt cit antis Ch, po , the hanghai of S which are expressly condemned by Ju- . have to be surrendered. against the Jews of Teheran to incite themselves for university life, which fact indicates a ,a , rf l la rie cat% el v ig etrah tee ere latZaedyuesaias d nia the population to massacre them. A' ,daism, They believe in ',demons and, If ever a case has brought to a focus the hatred love for learning surpassing even the most optimistic when a member of a family is,suffer- donkey belonging to pneof the influ- wish to wait until the next drive and the vengeance of the masses of men it is the Loeb- hopes we ever entertained, but on the other hand we Ise ential mullahs was driven in among a •ing from a nervous disease, say that round, .1er with a its tom-tom of comer mine around, he is being attacked by the demons Leopold case, It is a very sad commentary upon the crowd of Jewish bpys leaving a school s ommittees a e s c itig and g o a 1 i tan matte e gloomily pessimistic when we are brought to whom be has intentionally or uninten- building. The boys beat it off and.the low state of the mentality of the people that the law- are little s and banquet!,e the realization that so many of our brethren have again now tiapally offended. In Order to effect a raised that the Jaws had din. cry was by sending in your check to the yers for the defense will not submit the facts to a jury cure, a great banquet is arranged, by honored the Mullah. The Jewish become speculators and Nepmen un der the new eco iDt eitarao yi t eCaha aJtat d e re otfa lelaaadvaasasalfla es of atahlt which the victim seeks to appease the Moslems arm- quarter was invaded by of their peers. nomie policy of the Soviet regime. Anti yet who can demons. A room is beautifully decor- We do not think that the Jewish factor enters into blame one who follows the line of least resistance and that are imperatively needful or be- ed with swords. .. ated, the tattles are heaped with fruits The Jewish shop were closed for this case in the remotest degree. Any two boys of does that work for which he is best trained and of come a life member of the Hebrew over a week, a number of Jews were and delicacies, music is played and an Free Loan Association and sustain an 'extra dish of food is added. When it similar social position of any denomination would be and several houses were activity than which n nothing that Jews wounded which he has the most k ewledge. appears as if the food had been touch- sacked. It was only by the interven- do speaks with a more compelling elo- in the same predicament. This discrimination is only a passing phase. It is a eluence. Or do both of these things. tion of Rabbi Kornfeld, the American ed (probably by a mouse), the house- A Chinese doctor will paint the diseased part of hold rejoices, accepting it as a sign minister to Persia, that a pogrom was condition which can easily be remedied. One is not of forgiveness, relatives and friends the body red because the devil will not cross a red line. averted. born a proletarian. If the the social structure built up- Idealism. aro called in and everyone eats and is This being so in the capitol, in the Incantations, charms and magic are still used to cure The same method is adopted Sovietism endures our Russian brothers will readily midst of authority, the position in the on T simply will not do! You may distant provincial towns may be merry. disease among primitive people and even among some to conciliate the demons if a child dies accommodate themselves to the new world. The future I talk of idealism in business, in young. If a bath (public bath), a pit imagined. Any Mohammedan who who are not so primitive, but in the main we do not generation will be proletarian to the same extent as communal work, in politics and in has a grudge against a Jew, can vent or a kitchen is believed to be haunted • try to appease angry gods or vanquish devils in the ffairs, but you must international affairs, by demons, none - enters a bath alone his spite by crying out that he saw keep it o of education. The school treatment of disease. We have abandoned these in- the non-Jews. and pours hot water into a pit, or the Jew speak to a Moslem woman or A hopeful incident occured in connection with the the s eia etea must t e be practical, throws a stone in a kitchen without heard him insult the Mohammedan re- fantile methods and consequently have made the lives h Detro i t's public expulsion edict. The students held demonstrations of r i fi n c re n e l'u ef, saying the word "Pahriz," (meaning, ligion. This immediately brings to man a of many happier and prolonged the lives of still more. Idealism, quoth he, never made of which 700 look out), for fear of injuring a de- the scene a crowd of Mohammedans sucNeveossit o ‘l.obyreiottfa a r f sh• In man's relation to man we must eventually curve protest in the university towns as a result mon. who fall upon the unfortunate Jew, were arrested. This is just the opposite attitude of Persons going on pilgrimage to Je- and after he has been well beaten, he to the same objective and realistic position. If a man an educator, spealinrge toinsiZcheoroal many of the Roumanian. Hungarian and Polish stu- when rusalem are called Ilaji and such per- will be taken to the police station, men and women, in order to display commits an anti-social offense, vengeance wall not cure dents who were the conspicuous and ambitious leaders a msaiorataottepa ermspaikceueityar ptleeasttg to an tried and punished. A Jew must net sons usually wear a red Turkish cap it nor prevent another from doing the same thing. We to show that they have been on a pil- play any sort of musical instrument in the anti-Semitic riots. Even sincerity is not an ade- grimage. in his house for three months during ev we must attempt to ascertain the causes which produce cotton mill, suggests that of for common sense, and in the latter Jews sit on the ground with crossed the year (the Moslem months of must relegate idealism to the cup- such crimes and treat them with sympathy and under- qua te subs legs. They eat with their fingers in- mourning and fasting) nor on any board wherein ancient and musty the Russian seems sadly deficient. standing. Once we attain to this position, we shall stead of with forks and spoons, just Thursday night, nor at all, if he hap- primers are stored away. The school as the Persians do. They can read pens to reside near a Mosque. In some find that anti-social offenses will decrease, for venge- man who puts practicality and ideal- and write Hebrew but cannot speak it, cities, a Jew must not leave his house ism in a sharp antithesis lacks the ance is in itself anti-social, even though it is directed they speak Persian and write Per- When will the spectacle of contradictions end in basic requisite of stimulating educa- on a rainy day because he may brush so sian with Hebrew letters, which is against a Mohammedan and defile by the many against the one. tional leadership. The idealist of to- Europe, especially where the Jew is concerned? The day is the practical man of tomor- him by the touch of his wet garment. called Judeo-Perstc. land of the Inquisition and Torquemada is now making row. To refuse idealism a place in the mental edifice of an educator is overtures to European Jews to settle there and build The De Haan Assassination. deny the practical man of a decade up their commerce and industry. Fashion well. Be to or a generation hence the tools of The assassination of a political opponent is always hard-bitten bitter-ender most even prosaic achievement. a mistake and does more injury to the cause of the patient and even the will eventually come to you when he has need of you. assassin than to the assassinated. It has been a com- Consecration. t ac toiuolnd. r,se_o f Ltit tribe otfh nI told n yio pti ,eso n , f "in v. f . h t wam Send daughter mon practice in Europe for If centuries, but in we no instance ORMER Crown Prince Georg, son _ to the prince's _ spy us Her ruddy, r f ai eyed king, has it accomplished the result hoped for, let alone as- of ex-King Friedrich August III of Saxony, has taken holy orders. lie Like a fruitful branch he blossoms, sisted in the solution of any problem. The favorite has become a priest because his Transplanted to a spring. land of political assassination was Russia. and with mother. a beautiful woman who had The season of discomfiture for anti-Semites seems each succeeding outrage the conditions of the people absconded with an ardent Italian vio- in full swing. Now comes news that Adolf Hitler of linist wooer, had scandalized courts Thy Torah has his worship, became worse and harder. of Europe and thus is consigned to Now comes the assassination of de Haan; it may the famous Beer Garden Revolution has been deposed. everlasting perdition. The former lie runs, to taste its charms, have been a murder, but the authoritites have digni- They want to let him down easily, so they speak of his prince has done something that savors Before Thee like a warrior, of high romance and, viewed in the fied the killing by calling it an assassination. Who resignatiln. We would not be at all surprised to learn Accoutred in his arms. light in which he regards those af- committed the crime is as yet unknown. Was it a that the Emperor of the Invisible Empire soon found fairs that appertain to the soul, con- that nightgowns were a drug on the market and would tains the elements of consistency. political offense, or was a personal score settled? De I day by day am waiting In this connection a thought occurs Haan was a member of the Agudath Israel, an Ortho- step down and out. Salvation's promised day, to us. What would be the fate of dox group, uncompromisingly opposed to Zionism. De Europe if the whole pack of throne. Inquiring how and whence it less royalists would determine to take Haan was ready to depart for London to protest Will come to be my stay. "Both are equal," declared Sir John Simon in dis- holy orders. Would life for the peo- against the granting of certain communal autonomous ples over whom their erstwhile scep- rights which the Zionists had requested. From super- cussing a bill in the House of Lords regarding the hous- ters Swayed be bettered or not? Restore the tortured People be ficial circumstances it looks as though de Haan was ing of aliens and native Britishers. What a balm to Would the condition of the Jews To the friend of her youth divine, or made worse as a re. a thorn in-the aide of the Zionist organization and his our lacerated souls after the Nordic attacks upon south- ameliorated And bring the two together sult of the conversion of gay kings eastern and eastern Europeans provoked by the John- removal would consequently not be unwelcome—to and princes? We feel somehow de- • To the house of joy and wine. put it mildly. The report of his death gave every viru- son immigration law. Some Senator may arise at the pressed contemplating a general vest- ing aside of the royal purple. We next session of Congress and deliver himself of such SOLOMON IBN GABIROL. lent, blatant anti-Zionist journal and group an oppor- wonder if the church itself receives (Translated by Israel Zangwill.) strength from such sources. tunity to attack the World Zionist Organization. The thrilling sentiment. Who will dare say no? - - 4 4 A) - For. a Marriage F -