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A JEWISH BURIAL
A True Story.
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G1AS. - I-k c.)
(Copywright, 1921:
By Nahum Sokolow.
I (Translated from the Original Yid-
dish by Bernard G. Richards.)
PLEAD FOR WELCOME
INTO JEWISH FOLD
Portuguese Marranos Declare
They Are Surfeited With
Masked Existence.
By Chas. H. Joseph.)
PAGE FIVE
&MICA
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Both were the oldest physicians in
J ERUSALEM.- (J. 1'. A.)-The
Kelitzky,
For fear that thousands of Jews who fought in the war might feel in- Warsaw. We will cull one
Kelitzky was application of the Portuguese Mar-
clined to rush pell-mell into the Ku Klux Klan as a result of the statement the other Lilienfeld.
and
Lilienfeld
ranos
to the chief . rabbinate of Pales.
made recently that Jews who are ex-service men are now eligible to join about 90 years of nge,
s •
I regret to announce that the distinguished Imperial Wizard, SU. They wee both assimilators, for tine for permission
hard- Jewish religion was made ill a letter
the
"Doc" Evans, says it isn't possible. So the Baltimore lawyer who gave out in the former generation, it was wish
dated
Lisbon,
June.
5,
and
represents
J
e
o
f
a
conceive
the statement must have received information from some little nix-nix ly possible tee
not hold the as- a unique document in the history of
Klux-Klux, from possibly some such section as Gopher Prairie. I wish to physician who did
Jewish people.
announce again for the benefit of the innocent and unsuspecting that until similationist point of view. Ni, doe- the "Most
of the Ma rl'alios," the letter
the Ku Klux Klan changes its ritual it isn't possible for a Jew to join the for would, for instance, speak-Yiddish
states, "are farmers." The rest are
Klan. So, whenever you hear any more stories of certain exceptions being to a patient, and if the patient ;Metres- professional
men, including doctors
made for certain Jews, you may put it down as piffle. When I say this I sad the physician in that language,
intend any reflection on our co-religionist in Baltimore, because he the latter would at one time pretend of medicine, lawyers and scholars.
not
to
understand
it,
and
at
another
Very
few
e,f
them
are merchants or
do not
received the information, but from an unreliable source.
may have
would as a matter of pity, give some industrialists, "The. baptism of our
been
,
forbears,"
it
proceeds,
"was 11111)• pre-
nodding recognition of what had
tended tosoluse of the terror of the
The other evening, driven into a corner by the ancient game of the Man- spoken.
In
darins, I landed in an easy chair and right at my elbow was a new volume
the auto-eta-fe.
and
Both Kelitzky and Lilienfeld felt as Inquisition
of sketches by Theodore Weiser and hefore I was conscripted to do the proud of themselves as if they were the depths of our hearts, however, we
coolie's job of building the wall (now know why the coolies like the game) noblemen, for had they not graduated their decendants, have maintaineel
Jew..
I found time to copy this out of the book:
from a university, and were they not our love and our loyalty to our
accordingly superior to other persons? isle people. We marry only among
"Take your place on Williamsburg (New York) Bridge some
and, even if we are bap-
And they were not at sell ungenerous ourselves
.
morning, for instance at, say, 3 or 4 o'clock, and watch the long and
or ill-natured persons. On the con-, tam as e
ng to Catholic
quite unbroken line of Jews trundling push carts eastward toward
Crary, they were in many respects are. married accordi
es as
the great Wallabout market over the bridge, a procession out of
very kind. But that is not pertinent. rites and are laid n i o ur g
rav Jews
Assyria or Egypt or Chaldea you might suppose, Biblical in quality;
l ves
,
we
feel
ourse
Cath
o
to our immediate subject.
or, better yet, a huge chorus in some operatic dawn-scene laid in
Kelitzky was Mi years of age, and more than ever. In the course of the
I'aris or Petrograd; a vast, silent mass it is, marching to the music
' was still practicing his profession. Ile centuries we have lived under the
of necessity. They are so grimy, so mechanistic, no elemental in
had a great reputation. His memory • pressure of clericalism, cut off from
their movements and their needs. Ruchareat and Lemberg and
with Jass's. The
lie interesting and e very communi catio n
went back to most
Odessa come to the flowery and add rich, (lark, colorful threads to
had served in Jewis h laws have beco me strange to
stirring events.
phases
of the moon we
the rug or tapestry which is New York."
the army of Napoleon the First, nod us. By certain
ed the possession of a med. know when tis Yom Kippur, which
have h e stil l priz
as
I
didn't
game,
according
to the
lievoutly
I hope the lady invites me again to a mah jong
al bestowed upon him by the P amper we observe
or himself. Ile was honored not only commands which have wen an( se
an o pportunity to finish the book.
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by Jews, but also by Christians, and down by tradition. It pains use that
thanks to his name, which did not we do not understand the words of
Ilere're a letter front our old friend Walter Hurt:
sound altogether Jewish, and to the the Ileterew commands. We Marranos
"This is to thank you for your tribute in 'Random Thoughts' to
fact that his household was not con- never cease to speak of our return
my dear friend, Edmund Vance Cooke. lie is one literary celebrity
ducted in accordance with Jewish cus- to Jerusalem. We speak of it with our
there is no risk in praising, for he never disappoints, either by per-
toms, his rare was forgotten. Ibis children and we believe in it firmly.
he came
the most joyful interest in
formance or by personality. . I have known Cooke since
sons and daughters had during his We take
into my office in Cincinnati 30 years ago and presented see with an
ligotime already begun to desert the the present recontsruction work of
autographed copy of his first collection of poems-a meager volume,
Jewish camp, and as he grew older, he our Jewish brethren in the land of
entitled, I believe, 'A Bed of Pansies,' and now long out of print.
WW1 almost entirely surrounded by our fathers.
t tolerant fair.minded, broad-minded
Never ease t o tse sews.
is nee f the mos
apsta tes. Whether he was satisfied
. . .
''The spirit of liberty for all peoples
men I know-a friend of all humanity; just the kind of a person that
with this or not, no one knew.
now passing
'Moses,'
the
verses
might be expected to write such a poem as 'M
Lilienfeld was a famous physician., and nations which is
He occupied an important position in' through the world, the breaking of
quoted by you."
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Mr. Burt, by the way, was among' the first, perhaps the first, to publish he the
Jewish
hospital.
Like
Kelitzky,
the has
old led
chains
modern
civilization
was
among
the first
Jewish
physi-
the by
leading
personalities
'clans. His education he had secured among the Marranos to believe that
some of Cooke's poems and recognize his worth.
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In an endorsement of Collier's Weekly's campaign to encourage the abroad, for in those days Jews were there is no longer any to
reason
hide why
their
teaching of non-sectarian ethics to the pupils of public and private schools, not yet permitted to attend a univer- they should continue
Rabbi Joseph Silverman, rabbi emeritus of Temple Emanu-El, New York sity in Poland, but after they had feelings and thoughts under a mask.
modern
graduated abroad they were permitted
spirit of toleration and
.
, The
.
ure sdominant todayin Por-
City, says in a recent issue of that magazine:
to take examinations at educational culture
avow
institutions of their native land, and tugati and the Marranos wish to
1,f the an-
"It seems to me that some way can be found of teaching the
having studied in Germany, Lilienfeld , themselves openly as sons
science of ethics in the schools without stressing the theological sanc-
remained to the end of his days a Gee- cient Jewish people, to which they
man. have never ceased to belong with
tion. As an indication of what I think possible, I would suggest that
soul. Many of us have al-
the following code, framed on a placard, be hung in every class room:
As far as Judaism is concerned, heart and
there was little difference between him • ready applied to the Jewish commun-
"I. Seek the truth and defend it.
which, however, for
in
Lisbon,
of
ity
"2. Execute justice, tempered by mercy.
and Kelitzky. Owing to the mode
life which he had observed among his political reasons has been reserved
"3. Be humble and benevolent.
and
tee
the
fact
that
he
had
a
.
with
regard
to
our desire to return
"4. Do thy work, and do not prevent another from working.
parents,
Judaism. The term 'Marrames'
stronger tendency toward religion, he to
"5. Protect life and health.
hypo-
observed niece closely than did Kelitz- we feel describes a condition of
"6. Develop body and mind.
end cowardly in-
"7. Be pure in thought and feeling.
ky the important requirements of the critical make-believe
faith. But in other respects he was sincerity. We wish to participate
"8. Honor parents and teachers and be civil to everyone.
altogether Kelitzky. Like physician openly and honestly in the lot of our,
"9. Be loyal in friendship and love-to home and country.
and attorney of his class, especially people throughout the world, for we 1
Cherish
liberality
and
tolerance.
"10.
long to it y blood, race and spirit-
of those who had been successful, and lee
"11. Seek peace and pursue it.
a
Try
to
achieve
the
brotherhood
of
man."
had amassed a fortune, he was high-
"12.
ly respected. But these two men (slit-
0,
-
Well,that's a good "daily dozen."
fered entirely in their early educe-
GERMAN MINISTER
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It takes years for truth to emerge from chaotic conditions. It is quite tion.
EXPLAINS HIS ACT'
Kelitzky, as physician in Napoleon's I
natural that the wildest stories should have come from Russit since the
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period of the revolution. The wonder is that so much truth came to the army, hearing a Polish
name, was die-
and
ta ntly mo reremoved from Judai
Makes Declaration Called "Lame" by
sm, with
surface! The situation gave everyone an opportunity to use his imagination was
i ated
closely
assoc
Leading Newspapers.
about
•
to the limit. Honest men and women went to uss ta an
much of the country as one would see of New York in a day's time and Christians, among whom he had a
BERLIN.-(J. T. A.)-Dr. James,
obtained just about as intelligent an understanding of the conditions, yet large practice. Lilienfeld, how-ever,
they returned to this or that country and gave out lurid statements. All was one of the attending physicians federal minister of the interior, has
of us remember the absurd stories of the"nationalizationf R • of the Jewish hospital, and even if he given an interview to press repre-
ntatives to explain why he refuse
women." And I recall a former member of Kerensky's cabinet saying to felt so inclined, could not p keep aloof
since se allow a Jewish chaplain to speak
from hi s o wn peo ple,
Frank k Seder-Boyle Clothing
me that such a statement was an insult to Russian womanhood! He was he had no such in clin atio
ese,cand
n iallyprized , to
at the war memorial demonstration
and Furnishings-Sixth Floor .
astonished that such stories could be given belief in this country.
his racial descent. Besides, a certain Aug. 3. The demonstration, Dr.
---o-----
So here I find in the year 1924, in an article in the Nation, written by inner impulse drew him to his faith. ;Jarres said, was arranged as a epic.
Ile often attended services in the re- I bration of the Reichswehr, and there-
Louis Fischer, statements such as these:
form synagogue, and frequently um- fore only active members of the
need to himself sonic of the melodies Reichswehr could take part.
"The Russian Communists are puritans without religion. In the
The Vossische Zeitung declares this
from the liturgy.
matters of morals the Communists advocate and agitate but do not
While Kelitzy's children gradually is a lame excuse and makes the mat-
use force. Only in case of members of the Communist party do they
drifted away from Judaism, the sons ter worse. it was not the Reichs-
interfere, if the individual's actions are likely, directly or indirectly,
and daughters of Lilienfeld clung wehr, it writes, but the whole Ger-
to discredit the party. . . . The Communists discourage divorce.
closely tee parent, though at heart I man nation and all those members
Within the party it is looked upon with disfavor. . . Trotzky, who
they may not have been any more de- of the nation who were capable of
has given more active attention to these questions of personal be-
voted to the Jewish people than the , bearing
arms who fought at the front.
1
havior than any other Communist lender, seeks to reinforce the col-
in There is no justification for the min-
young members of the Kelitzky fain-
lapsing buttresses of the family. . . The family life of most Com-
ily. inter trying to make it appear that A mmimmimmmusemM•ils.
munist leaders would probably find favor in the eyes of the Bishop
Both physicians had known each the demonstration was organized
of New York and we can imagine Cotton Mather, if he returned to
of the Reichs-
ti
other for 40 or 50 years and they only as a celebraon
the flesh and visited Moscow, would hurry to Trotzky, slap him on
of
a
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the back, untheologically, and say, 'Thou art a man.' . . . The Com-
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munists have initiated an anti-swearing campaign. In factories the
never been ill in their lives, and even demonstration of a rabbi who served —
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workers themselves decided to fine anyone who used an 'expression.'
now in their advanced years, they in the field to represent the Jewish =
—
Wherever one goes, in industrial plants, in beer saloons, ni clubs,
were surprisingly free front the frail- soldiers.
one sees the colored 'Don't Swear' poster. . , . It is bad form for
Lieut.-Gen. Freiherr von Stein —
ties and infirmities of age, but men
women to use the lip stick. . . . A Communist should not play cards.
are mortal, and their end, too, was publishes a letter in the German press -M
A member of the party will not enter a gambling casino.''
denouncing
the prohibition by the =
hound to come.
:
A day came when the servant of Ke- police authorities (since cancelled by
Rather a decent program of living, one would say. But some day Russia
the intervention of the Prussian min-
nney be civilized a la Western Ilemisphere. Which reminds me of what the litzky hastily entered Isilienfeld's later of interior) of the special service
house and asked him to come and see
at the Jewish cemetery in memory =
Philadelphia Inquirer said the other day:
Kelitzky
as
speedily
as
possible.
"0
Lilienfeld at once rode over to his of the Jewish soldiers who fell in the =
just been
"The first electric chair ever used in the Far East has
friend's house and found him sitting war. The prohibition, he declares, is =
utilized in an execution in Manila. It may take time, but we are
treason to Germany's dead ------
—
at his d esk. Keli tzk had been a an act of
world."
gradually introducing civilization in that part of the
years,
y ears, and had and to all German soldiers.
widower for about
-_-_--::
ow
Another Jewish menace! Sidney Howard, writing in the New Republic living with him a daughter, a mi
on "Professional Patriots," calls attention to that Professional One Hun- but at this time ehe happened to be stand of whom his friend was afraid,
dyed Per Center, Ferd R. Marvin, of the searchlight department of the away
from home.
but he did not dare to ask. For an- = ,
Lilienfeld
approached his friend.
Sew York Commercial, who shouts to the world:
"Dien dobri! Yak siemas?"' (Good swer, he pressed hia friend's hand.
"Mordecai," went on Kelitzky, his
morning, how are you?) said Liken-
--
"Nowadays there be too much howling about 'Brotherly Love' and
fell, addressing his friend in Polish voice becoming weaker, "there on top E.
and Freedom, 'Industrial
-_
'Internationalism,"No More War,'
and taking hold of his hand. Kelitzky of the wardrobe is a prayer book ; "E---
Democracy' all beautiful expressions in the abstract, but not one
take it and read to me a few words ,=
sat quie tly, and looking into Lilies-
of these slogans originated in the mind of an American. All of them
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mind face, said in Yiddish, "Never of Jewish prayer."
e
• .
Lilienteld went over, took down the
were manufactured in other lands and sent across the ssa
mind the 'Dien &den and the a
F.-
-
-
country to destroy the morals of the American people, that we, in
prayer-book,
found
an
appropriate
siemas,' and sit down here."
paryer and sitting down near Kelitzky - 1 _
the end might, as a nation, be destroyed."
Lilienfeld could not understand
. . why
began
to
read.
Kelitzky
repeated
the
for he now talked to him in i is •
wands after bon
That is interesting b unco mbe; the kind that has made it possible
1,a Follette to become such an important figure in the Presidential sweep- first he thought Kelitzky was joking.
-
Suddenly Is illienfeld remembered 5. :
a
ot
surprise
anyone
if
he
nosed
under
the
wire
a
win-
The situation was, however , such
stakes that it would n
again that he was a physician and he
-
ever. Mr. Howard, in commenting on the verbal apple sauce that the patriot serious one that Lilienfeld soon
under-
_,
-
prayer.
Ile
s.
far from in- broke off the recital of the
stood that Kelitzky Was
jests. Lilienfeld sat down wanted to offer some medical help; tee
serves, remarks:
A New Show of Amazing Brilliance.
dulging in
Ke.
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, near him and continuing to speak in give the patient some water, but
as
litzky, resisting such offers, pointed -=_
"And quite ri ght Mr. M a rvin is about that foreign origin, if You
Berutiful and Talented Chorus.
Polish
said:
as
stop to think how much of that subversive philosophy originated
"Please do not disturb yourself with his finger, 'See there on the table =
Settings of Regal Splendor.
tar away as Palestine. And though it does seem a bit thick to accuse
there is nothing the matter with you." I have everything, all kinds of medi• at-
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Jesus of d es igns on our republican form of government, you can't
Kelitzky again raised his head and tines, bottles of water; read further."
Lilienfeld
continued
to
recite
the
pray-
=
at
trifles
when
you
are
saving
the
world
for
patriotism."
stop
with an accent that reminded Liken-
cc. Suddenly Kelitzky's head fell her =
and all the other intolerant feld of his own father's pronuncia-
ward; he emitted a groan-and all
Yes, the Marvins, the tusks, the Stratons,
o n, said:
reactionaries, have helped to build up in this country a I,iberal party that ti "Mordecai, sit down."
was over.
-
A. New Orchestra of Eleven Pieces.
eagerly seeking to express itself in unmistakable terms at the polls in
When his daughter, the widow, en. F -
Lilienfeld sat down near him and
November. C ommon sen se is sick of empty-headed nonsense disguised suddenly remembering that he was a tered and saw that her father Was
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und e r clap-trap phrases calculated to appeal to the ignorant !nob-mind.
physician sought to take hold of his dead, she began to wail.
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A few minutes later, all the children -.-L-
friend's hand in order to feel his
Music, Dancing,
elitzky understood what he and relations of the deceased assemh- E.
TABLE DE ROTE DINNER.
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Aid Society of America to th e Lat. ulna.
but
Lilienfeld
did
not
move
from
_
about to do and spoke again in led ,
prolongation
was
Entertainment
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the place. Ile talked to all the chit- Fa
of the residence permit of Russian 1 "What
e i. . is the use of this formality dren and relations. Quietly and ad-
ad-
Corer Charge after 9, 51.00. Saturday, $1.50.
During
Dinner Hour
emigrants who are unable to proceed
ly he answered all their questions, and =
coming to my end."
to the United States. The society is Mordecai? I am
explained to them how the end came,
negotiating
with
other
countries,
such
Lilienfeld
wished
to
prove
to
Ne-
NEW YORK.-Complying with the
and when they began to discuss the
ss Canada and Argentine, to secure litzky that there was no such serious
m
request recently made by a delega- settlement for the emigrants. The condition before them, but it was ins- matter of arrangements for the fun- E -
W a a he end, about flowers and plants to be
tion from the Hebrew Sheltering and society assures that the emigrants ' possible to convince him, for
renowned and veteran set up about the body, Lilienfeld rose FF-
Immigrant Aid Society of America, will be provided for by American rel- not himself ■
and said, "You will pardon my bold-
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headed by its president, John L. atives and will not become public physician?
Z F o
"ordecai, give nee your band," ness, hut in accordance with the last -
Bernstein, the consul general of the charges in Latvia."
will of the deceased, who is lying here iri s '
result
of
this
cabssigram
and
Kelitzky
spoke
further.
Lilienfeld,
Republic of Latvia in the United
I am in full charge of all the arrange-
the a representations made by the extended his hand automatically, and
States, Arthur B. Lute, sent • cable- of As
'Mor- ments for the funeral."
gram to the ministry of foreign af- Riga office of the Hebrew Sheltering' Kelitzky said in a feeble voice,
Lilienfeld then sent to the Jewish s'a'
stir from
fairs in which he conveyed the appeal and Immigrant Society of America, decai, you must not
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peopli, e community, requested that a number Er-
you u nder stand-theMordeca
made to him by the delegation to pro-
e nt cabled to here,
n
governm
of
Jewish men to be sent to keep
afraid
-
Latvia
-I am
has
about
ms
long the stay of the Jewish refugee- the
that
it
im
watch over the txwy and w mare a' _
nfor ming h
Mr. Lule to i allow
the Jewish emigrants you assure me--that I will be given a
emigrants in Latvia, The cablegram agreed
follows:
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C=CentvIritlfeoheblessfluanherl:11;:in
Lilienfeld
did
not
clearly
under-
I
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