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Objects Of United Drive In
Light Of Jewish Tradition
the repulsive feature of the Ghetto is the cringing, sy-
cophant attitude of the Jew who is ever on the alert to
please the Gentile world. If the not too flattering pic-
asewer ■
tures of the Ghetto Jew given by Turgenev, Dostoevski,
Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing b., Inc.
Gogol and the other masters of Russian fiction fill us
•
LEWISOHN VERSUS ELIOT
By RABBI MOSES FISCHER
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with disgust and give us a feeling of nausea, we may
Joseph J. Cummins, President and
Jacob H. Schakne, General Manager
still answer that these people were the victims o a
Ito endows you with intelligen t ,,
TALMUD TORAH
Charles W. Eliot's recent statement
and the means to carry on your .
roetufliceat Detroit,
hard, fear-driven life and that had they the opportuni-
Metered se Beeofidselaes eater March II, ISIS, • t the
racial
mar-
in which he opposed inter
What is the profit
Mich., under the Act of March II, latir
"The greatest of all virtues is Tal•
Lord gains in thy succ,ssfn
ties of human beings, they would not be mendicants
theirthe tende , ncy of
rii(af, a n d drop noted
tIte„ study of and instruc-
T orh
t ald in,,
lei; , -
tine , ' i o
?
,,,,,,
their Ow n chil -
i
i tr traditional
h
•
arc
ready
to
deny
prises? T e loan thou gn ,
I
Offices
and
Publication
Building
and
hunt-lickers
who
G
newspapers
othe n
poor, the interest thou refus, s,
t o ms, htrcs :;•',I lug
850 High Street West
"The religious and moral order of
dren for Gentile favor. But recently in America we
a flood of replies, expressing various
for His sake."
Cable Address: Chronicle
re
iir n :, the pu
,, hosed l , h upo
[hr
have been treated to the spectacle of cringing, and
Telephone . Glendale 9300
"Deeds 14 kindness are gr.,r
opinions.
London Office
s
tbrt tlatrerrifd the
such letter it
is from Adolph
more meritorious than
14 Stratford Place, London, W. I, England
fawning t h at surpasses even the favor-craving arts of
he ht rt offli e child
y'et
"Pure
is
ropist
.
lanth
phi
Charity we exercise
Lewisohn, banker and
$3.00 Per Year
the Ghetto Jews of Europe all(, what is more, those who Ile takes exception to Dr. Eliot' s and pure is the 'tTora h ; let thohse who ity.
money, to the In and toe...
Subscription, in
are pure come and study the pure
speaking
im-
-
living.
Deeds of kindness we •
have sought to placate are not the jargon
views in their entirety. Ile says:
To Imre publication, all eorreepondence and news matter mat reach this
with our personality, toward ti
migrant,
office by Tuesday evening of each week.
Dr. Eliot is entirely mistaken when he
migrant, but are rather those who have lived here for
true guardians of the city are
----
te
nT
s
s
la
to-do, and even unto those- I,.
• niong Yoong
---- —
complains about the tend am
not the officers making their rounds
aubjects of
generations and who outwardly resemble the Ameri-
the ro.toms rat
departed."
Jewish people to d i
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invitee correspondence
emend of the
through the city; the true guardians
11e either forirets or does
s Jwish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement
can so closely that it would be difficult to tell them
their parent,
a e
not
Jrw
dor,
the
modern
expreased by the writere _—__-
.1 know that
and protectors of the safety of the
ORT
believe in keeping the old dietary laws con-
apart.
city are the unselfish and high minded
tained III the 11141 "Te • lament •ny more than
Shebat 5, 5685
instructors of the Law who implant
The dietary laws. hav •
the Chrivians do.
January 30, 1925
We most assuredly do not believe that the Gentile
inr been made more than 3.000 V 1.•,,, ago.
the knowledge of God, religious pas-
"It was said: •Workship is I,
should be offended or adversely criticised because he
were probably frooeled opon rearons
sloe, obedience to duty and practice of The Jew says: 'Mellichall is M. ' ,
and were imite •nitable at that time
the Law in the hearts of our children
is a Gentile, but as Jews we certainly have a right to health
eh,' work is rulership, as it makes ' , ,m
for tar eastern countries. Modern JkolaiAni
The Union Convention.
14 • reform of the Old TeAanient. the sae
are thus instrumental in raising
independent of his fellow mac
maintain our integrity and uphold our dignity among an is ehristianity. leaving out such t'a'le and and
a
nobler
generation
and
creating
a
"
i
mites him dominion over his own
h Old Testament as •re he for
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the the people with whom we live. W hy must so many of te
ti
"For seven years famine sidt.
better future...
the present site. The re are vrry few of the
meet who know
ewe
whom
we
are
apt
to
The
greatest
rabbi
is
not
one
gift-
through the city, but it could rod on.
the leaders in American Jewry constantly apologize
National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods and the Na-
-
anything almol the, olbolyte laws.
rd and graced with eloquence or who
ter the home of the humble but did.
to the Gentile for some passionate outburst of a co-re-
tional Federation of Temple Brotherhoods held then:
gent artisans."
is endowed with a keen mind able to
We have great resp ect for Mr.
ligionist? Why must they perforce deny with startling Lewisohn as a philanthropist and a penetrate the intricacies of the Law.
joint convention in St. Louis beginning Jan. 18 and end-
"Greater is the merit of the 111:1II
ing Jan. 22. It is obvious that the hundreds of Reform emphasis any statement which challenges their 100 per humanitarian but it is not difficult to Neither deserves the greatest credit who lives from his toil, who earns hi,
the
rabbi
who
scales
the
high
mount
of
bread
front the sweat of his brew,
in the paragraph quoted, indica-
leaders, both spiritual and lay, realize the necessity for cent Americanism because of the fact that they are see,
philosophy or who plumbs the depths
than of the pious beggar who pr;,y.
tions that Mr. Lewisohn cannot cl aim
of
Jewish
lore.
The
greatest
rabbi
the
Lord
and depends on the grit'' , of
JON' s?
to he an authority on Jewish law and
vitalizing Judaism in America.
is the humble teacher in Israel who
men."
Why must so many when speaking before Gentile tradition. We do not doubt that transmits
From the opening address of Rabbi Abram Simon,
"It
is
the
duty of a father to tea,
to
the
mouth
of
babes—the
"there are very few' of the Jews"
youth and men of the future—the
a son a trade in order that he (bland
president of the Central Conference of American Rab- audiences create the impression that the Jew hopes
o
e
not
on
men
for his livelihood and that
traditions of Israel and thus
some (lay to be as good as the Gentile? Why must h
to the very last expression of the final symposium
Vt'i t ,nktiNilort: :nevwdtnaltt taitt t s ttir goti holy
his,
lights the everlasting Menorah in the
he be not forced to dishonest means to
a
lete (^I laws,"
but We c n ' te11 111r.
ounded,
not
so
much
from
fear
intelligent,
more
astute
in
business,
more
dis-
is
s
e
more
b
sanctuary of Israel's soul."
secure his sustenance."
abseo,
the note of f danger
tnhttiLt. hat;
criminating in his taste to be on a parity with his Lew o n l y
"The Scripture commands: 'Thy
that Judaism will not continue but that it may cease as
t America mions
brother shall live with you.' 'chi- in•
To
all
of
this
there
is
who not
f
J
REFUGEES
lli
in
oews
fferent
faith?
di
spiritual force evoking the noblest sentiments and
neighbor of a
junction
Of the Bible indicates the
know s' omething about these laws
but one answer. The ghosts of the Ghetto, the spirit only
practices underlying the philosophy of Jewish life.
duty to instruct youth in trade.,
but who, strange as it may seem to
"Do not be 1111 onlooker and passive
hand
crafts
in order that, next to
of
sufferance,
the
cringing
attitude
is
stronger
in
those
bystander when thy brother bleeds and
Mr. Lewisohn, observe them with
David Lefkowitz of Dallas, Texas, struck the
Rabbi
he may depend on himself and to
is in grave peril."
re fidelity as well and, further-
keynote of the convention when discussing "How to 1)e - who are out of touch with the living current of Jewry • gat
der
that,
next
to God, he alone sh , e11,1
"Give of thy bread to the hungry,
rein„ th,l autittehese Jews conshler the m-
create the means of his livelihood "
velop and Maintain the Interest of Our Young People and consequently have not the strength and pride
and to the unfortunate, homeless poor
I
in Judaism." A few pertinent paragraphs from his which would be theirs if they had a more intimate feel- q uite su itatile mi rer thin mil ," and I a ' t ! . prepare unto him a home"
"Who opens his door to a homeless
Y. W. H. A.
lands, as they were (as Mr.
speech indicate an appreciation of the problems con - ing for all the past and present achievements of their western
fellowman opens his very soul unto
Lewisohn admits) 3,000 years ago in
Ow 'n ptop t.
"Beautiful
indeed
are the daughters
Eastern countries.
him."
fronting the rabbi today;
o Spread like the protecting night
We think it is high time for the Jew in America t0
Mr. Lewisohn declares, also, that if
of Israel but poverty, under-noie
ment, lack of air and of exert ise
Dr. Eliotds were
advice
against the
racial
as- the wings of thy love and give shelter
all the time the development of
similation
followed,
Eng-
shed his Ghetto raiment and to rid himself of the no
First and foremost and
them of their inherent beauty, lo,e-
dispersed the
dispersed
interest in things Jewish among the youth must come
tion that he must be twice as good to be half as good as lish should marry with the English. • to "Great
of Obed
as he r
linens and happy disposition."
t
through Jewish knowledge and something more than a
mannnered,
cf
-
"In ancient times the taught'
the
Scotch
with
the
Scotch,
the
the
Gentile.
We
need
not
be
truculent,
ill
mere cursory trip through Biblical history, post-Biblical
French with the French, the Germans Edon,
for
sheltered
in his greater
home
the ark
of he
Lod.
Dow much
Israel praised Saul because he d lo
Gentve
no
need
ha
lly
story, a few stray bits about our festivals, which form the
rea
ostentatious in our Judaism, but we
'll
be
the
reward
of
those
who
shel-
them
in
purple
and
gems.
Pro.,
with
the
Germans,
the
Italians
with
will
curriculum through which most of our young people pass.
ile who is the
for constant apology. Obviously the
and thanks in the present day ate dio
Italians.
we se
should
have in ter and provide a home for the living
America
50 Then
or 100
of nationali-
There must be a saturation in the Jewish spirit to build
ts
to excuse us may come to the conclusion
to those men and women who
ah retov f„the Lord, for a fellow hum
up as someone has put it, into something more than the
told
repeatedly
•
•.
to the overworked and overstrained
ties
and
no
Americans.
Americans.
It
is
lea
y
shadowy thing it so frequently is, the Jewbehind
that there is something wrong with us.
•-•
t
op-
daughters of Israel of our day Cu'
an impossible idea, and just the op-
FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION
freshness, vigor, vivacity and luster
ite
has
taken
place
and
should
po
s
But even this does not touch the core of the matter
of
youth
and
hope--the
most
precious
i 4.h,. .
, g.c;i• f,
a kri ste t •E p,i s ln a
htwha,,v ,o i, s t eet f
ant totsr
Orr
,
as eloquently as the following:
.v . hiesortnnie
e • tures • of th I d II
ornaments of growing womanhood."
- "All th •I•
a
Even in Palestine.
t ' s• • • e d
h
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Comment
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Then our Jewish worship must be more joyous, that
youth may take his part in it with better heart; an active,
not passive service; joyous, not solemn; though serious
‘ ont on
Ti t gr Th't rtriti titht ' b
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CHAUTAUQUA
hi
g,
When w e read some time ago that the number of French , or German , or Italian, Amer- {yore
from the e day some of its r gays oitarIrri ° ro
fro1
the day from the night its darkening
leans? Is the ideal American, then •
is knowledge; it comes from
rants entering Palestine was far beyond expects-
the result of a mixture of all the
enough, ardent, not frigid.
o and it leads to God. Therefore
Cl
lions, we directed the attention of t h e responsible lead- races of the world? Does Mr. Lewis- and
cooling
shadows.
t ear
rows
front heaven
its T
dew
and rain,
knowledge is placed in the Scripture
ers of the Zionist movement to the fact that there were
the heaven borrows from the earth
Reform worship in America has patterned itself
ontin believe that, without racial inter-
between the two designations of end,
and the ocean its vapor and forms it
cannot have a citizenry
entirely too much after the model of Anglo-Saxon ef- grave and serious dangers, due to the fact that prob- united in we
Ft Ii, ooth A sal
M en, animals
its faith in and adherence
into floating clouds.
"Israel, thy priests guide and guard
lams of assimilating and settling might work insuper-
ficiency and austerity. It savors entirely too much of
and
plants
borrow
from
one
another
to American ideals?
As for the intermarriage of Jews and loan to one
another, thus helping knowledge. Thy election to be a king-
t
an icy puritanism which makes it an unpleasant duty able ha
hardships.
one
another
to
achieve
per-
dam
of God could only be through
and aidin
and non Jews which Mr. Lewisohir
These difficulties have appeared much sooner than
knowledge. If thou despisest hr al-
to attend synagogue service. And above all the wor-
tt
fection. Should man alone refuse to
favors by implication, we ask him
edge, the Lord despises thee and di.
ho
feel
and
believe
people expected, especially those w
shippers are not vocal participants; and though they
help his fellow men? Should he alone
merely to seek the opinion of the
vests thee of thy ornament, of thy
.
that
practices do not operate in Palestine. teachers of so called "modern Jutlai- refuse to lend to his brother tram the priesthood."
may meditate, yet that intimacy which comes from
- ' economic
-
ism," the Reform rabbis. We think
ric h blessing of the Lord?"
"In the desert pave the way, clear
They
would
have
us
believe
that
the
laws
of
physics
participation is wanting.
"Thy partner, 0 man, in all thy en.
a surprise is in store for him,
.
the road to God."
We repeat, w e have profound re
t erplises and Undertakings, is God.
Reform worship has carried the serious aspects of anti chemistry are suspended, that mathematics have
all these de-
t for N
Judaism to a point where the synagogue in many re- nothing to do with the case, but despite
i e rd le ft‘iv zi4 " 7 n maas n' JeW
Pub ic
sri
may not
be consc
spects resembles ths .school room, hard, inflexible, ef- lusions we do find that Palestine is not immune and is (f
he
ious
or, though
POLITICS ()F YIDDISH PRESS
ust
as
is
any
other
place.
There
as
well
of
the
flirt,
a great deal of his nobil-
conditioned
j
ficient and frigid. An infusion of the Chassid spirit in
ily of character is traceable' to his
Reform worship would give it that touch of the joyous as in Detroit, New York and elsewhere the laws of sup-
By ARNOLD MARGOLIN
Jewis ancestry and to Jewish do g.
necessary and beneficent. ply and demand affect rentals, food. clothing and all trine ), h but we would suggest t,
hat in
tion and vigorously anti-Comment!':.
so
The immigrant press of America is
matters involving Jewish law and tra-
er necess iti es of life.
A New York weekly which leans to-
All educators have learned the need for making o th
read by wage earners predominantly.
read that ditio,
ward theoretical anarchism and is
In a recent issue of the New Palestine
That is the fact most important to re-
with all due respect to him, are
lace
as
well
its
the
subject
attractive.
Attention
actively hostile to Communism is the
until
the p
member and most co mmonly over -
i morn
d, ztricris:un t, with these matters.
Freie Arbeiter Stimme. Among all
looked by critics. It explains why
came extortionate, that building operations have suf-
the Yiddish weeklies a benevolent at.
ity
furnishes
the
fuel
s
foreign
language
newspapers
give
so
ie.
' .
interest is easily maintained, curio
titude toward Communist thought is
and the learning process becomes a pleasurable as well fared because the newcomers are satisfied to get any
much attention to events which bear
displayed only by the Fortsyhrit ,..
upon the welfare of the masses and
kind of shelter and will pay the price demanded. The
FAIR HISTORIES
journal of organized clothing work
why superficial observers often loose-
as profitable exercise,
ers.
No rabbi questions the intrinsic beauty of Judaism owners of the properties and the hotel keepers are co-
ly tern, them "pro-labor" and even
At
the
recent
meeting
of
the
Amer-
There are in the United States Ii
religionists of those who rent front them, but that does
as a whole. The Yiddish
kith catholic Historical soci et y , "radical"
or its validity as a philosophy ot life. No cultural re-
these
newspapersmonthlies
published in Y ddish.
m
press is typical e)f
not
prevent
the
'landlord
from
getting
all
the
traffic
1 . .ei lpalidlr, , sev -
„il,:
i
i;(
Ln
rl:h
2:e,l
,
w
tr,
rh
ar,
f
,
:i
;
of them with a general i lterary t ic,
whose readers earn their bread in the
madver ion ,
ligion has a fund of wisdom on a Parity With it while will bear. This is no t intendewho
d as an
are anillowin
acter, and no definite political
sweat of their brows, but an analysis
itnd universalism no
t•t'
to co ninZn s
gseco- and essays took otca,:ion
fo
dency. Zukunft, a Socialist no,d1 ,
t he fundamental thesis of unity a
Tit ic ittm of those
of its political trend will show that
•
nor ale
•
e unfair treatme nt ate° , t
with anohtighliesl i t nertearyhocet:tudrthj; ;‘,‘•
inextricably woven in the cloth of Jewish life makesi its
few Yiddish pape rs are liostlie
mimic laws. The purpose of this statement is to bring of
the
church
anti
its
adherents
by
Catho
does
as more than a
s
to the prevailing, social r order.
e rw;i
,,,;any
the
mirage
the
fact
that
there
hii;rial writers
in modern
t
in
tia::..
appeal to all C•ho have envisaged lif
ellers
many aspects of radical though'
home to those dw
Eleven daily newspapers in Yiddish
mere vegetative existence. But the youth of America,
the Freund, are the only eNt • •`
are no fairy lands on earth. How absurd is the love t ( t;, . tIltv,:, 1 i' , Outlook
d in the United States, of
ihe,g
o f 'II) tor vw!' bnyt a tIlle.
wre
O
sti
t
of
every
age,
must
be
to a general conservatism pro
h y:t ..
w : eilni,,t,e;:r:ek . v r:1:. ;n:
i. t i e m , u o N ti rf,;t. .:ht
that idealistic. passionate youth
ge text-
p e ( ,im
and college
talk about the ability of Palestine to absorb v ast num-
• a five
among the Yiddish monthlies.
all
these
precious
heritages,
not
toil
is
h ae. . largest
pa
ls:,
the
subjects
of
coin-
:
t
tto
Forward,
,e
iai
e
i
i
,
h
i
c
ri
f
patient
preparation
and
books
r
l
e
a
Nve
ght
in
touch
w
In the face of these full> .
brow ht
bers without years o
j
a i u a n in excess of I ho,000. It
ath olics h ave eust
tained and easily verified fact . •
by means external to Judaism, not by fads and spur-
demonstrated very forcibly by this incident in Tel Aviv.
t in referenc to
reason
for
complain
a mere display of ignorance, or
gn to the Jew-
and ev,rywhere
All agencies in Jewry interested in Palestine must
p o sed t, the
ious attractions which are entirely forei
as the} undmiht'''''Y
for ,v anyone to contend that tr. , 1
rie a '' number
ehi'th
s,
else.
e
h
t
h
.
in
Russ
i a
he
n
quite
of
instance
re
he
i
redouble their efforts if the stream of .low's headed for
dish press in America gives
ish spirit.
p
iNrs•h:: .
ane ..: at ,w
r bn i:t ,t,: the
f.: wabout
i
n
:rey
s
i
, , a niI.
.1;ihne,u ' 1 11alt,i,(riliii ,i nig, a.1,,, tuarunia,c1,h l: , ' i i it ,hp (, rt) ,r0 0,:f) ?
l
y
e
l!.(
,
s
th,
a
,
o
r
h
i
,
,
i
hr
t.(:,,
e
T
is.
.
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encouragement to subversive
As long as the Gentile world continues its present
Palestine is to be cared for in a manner that will insure
movements,
the Republican party unit conserve-
hate taken the trouble to treat Jew-
attitudes there is little danger that Judaism will sutler.
their
remaining.
o in ui every respect. Next in point
tifye
o
One cannot stress the fact too strongly that often
but to be satisfied with an inert, it static Judaism is
NEEDY INTELLECTUALS
'7,
0
,
,
r00
but
,
:,,
,
,,
,
,
i
l.hp
Most of the treatment accorded to 'it.
,,,,iezrc , a ntidna ispntl?ie„Dayf
tantamount to an acknowledgement of defeat.
largeness is the most certain indication of failure. Many
of the sub.
Among
those who bear the lira , •
p
9:::
b
•
en
peam
kt r of
y. yix strongly
,i1,i.,,:bottilli,r al i iisn,nat ,i(,t , t n.is, i :i :,•nh,_
This defeat is seen in its most pathetic aspect in of the prehistoric animals which once roamed the earth
disaster, who suffer most when
i
h tfigJewish
io' .
i) - r ea j !Tni'lei: n
n'e'tnwy'a ill: v : t'dee'n'Ic (e;lf: a i lgim
became extinct just because they were so large in body id:, influence
row
overtakes
them, are the io '
Germany. According to Ludwig Lewisohn, everywhere
uasnu l lliy,a ,t ai;
on the progress of thought
asI-S, the educated, the prof. -
ws meeting together, with such small minds that they could not adapt them-
ly
on the 11 , pub'li t.'a' nwithattrb
e
,a,, n11 i,, cinv,i1,,i tii o et,. niu n the Middle Agt•s
h goes he finds Jews, Jews. J
e
intellectuals.
The need..
the
als,
circulation of about 60,000. Weakest
entitilni
ei,Y airg,:i
selves to their environment, while the inconspicuouss
h,isispreeotm
nor
...
them are or were on the oil-
socially, artistically. despite the enormous assimilation
• tnbe,t number of readers ( fig-
ed, Wells, in t
-
continue
to
flourish
and
mill
starvation.
They
could
not '••
that has taken place. They are excluded front the in- insects with large brains
is the
ail
(u'freas n a trte
widely boomed "Outlines," shows a
t Fret-
-
themselves
to
join
the
breaddig
•
'
the
e
I
•
Jewish
daily
in
tiply.
A
sure,
substantial,
healthy
and
intelligent
Pal
the
on
),
degree
of
prejudice
that
putsheit
woeful
tier circles of German social and artistic life and at the filly,
'
their less learned and less "hek..
-
him out of court as an impartial nor
country
that supports the Communist
same time they have abandoned the life - giving heritage estine, even though the numbers be few, is to be pre
neighbors; and in the disorder , I
Intensely bitter polemic,
tt.ementi.
.,.
111,w
r ater. Even such a publication as 1,,,
(erred
to
a
mushroom,
unhealthy.
emotional
one.
of their communities there a
have
a,,,
of their Judaic culture. It breaks forth despite all re-
the Encyclopedia Btitanniea, in the
111 Pia -
place
for them, no need for their -
journalism
e
supplement
dealing
with
iddish
and
will
t
sur
P
e
,,,
Y
been tn,ta,.l
Never was the need for capital investments
in n t the hi
article
oc
ic rlo ee
pressive torte s in poetry, in song, in lit
ices, hence no means of earl. •
story of Poland, show s
America ever since Freiheit was
i
n.
estine more urgent that at this time when thousands
so
much
tragedy
and
pathos
Without
livelihood.
Spurred by urgent •
Jewish
bias
,r
continue to do so
a degree of reckless anti
,established.
Zion
cial considerations, or imbued
York, three Yid-
hat impeaches the reputation of that
h u ds:,
if they utilize their own precious cultural gifts, This en ready to settle. Never since the birth of the
di3O
the
desire
to
help salvage von,
,
-
ago,
printed
in Chi
dailies
e".
•
• . i It Iris there been a greater opportunity to
.
e t nterprise for fairness and accuracy.
.
T t. n t Anwrican Jews whit are
Is (qua
mints of the spiritual, intellectud
of the %dole
on e in Philadelphia. one u, 1. kyr land
enlist the financial support of all who are interested in The surn is and substance
, '
more American than the 1 00 per cent. The slime bit-
of
their
community,
or impel
any
history
is
value-
.
n
and oari Los Angeles. Two of the
matter
both considerations, the more al
papers. the Courier and the
Chicago, papers,
less unless it makes an honest effort
ter experience can be avoided in America if we but achieving the minimum program of Zionism. Much will less
Jewish
them
have
set
out
to
recoup
their
are respectively Demo-
Daily I
depend upon the amount of intelligence, skill anti re- to tied and state the truth.
tunes, or to secure needed aid.
eogn ir , ' the lilt- Hers and utilize our own resources.
erotic and Republican and both con-
AP ,n .
•
alism of those in charge of the undertaking.
Bring more of the jo.ous spirit into Jewish life and
b:Ien:ri irs in:otn,th‘t,,et,.,Inrnte•iiitsa:,1bA,::).:1
, seitN1:::::c le
ni .:11:1:h.li'.2:h:[,c d:;:o:
Ekte.% -zi, ‘ ,,thio,t,Islin:niat inho:(1.
: :,:i.'i.::,: : . (1., ,a.r , . ,ti;liv a, s n1. :It ahhn
st
nr:te T
n ehi,e,„ihelitr ta t s np.ttto',hst;li ttltro
the resells will be amazing.
g
not
to
the
class
•,••
i helon .
u rtg
CONSISTENCY
ttish •e ty
the New, York Forward, described
th e
We trust that definite plans will be formulated by
This is an unhappy time for the alien. Even Eng-
ip1r1,1h ,u ttht,!• nfi irtsetd Re
:Mortimer I.. Schiff, son of the late
the Union of American Hebrew Congregations to the
end that the synagogue may become a place of joy as land has an anti-alien minia and principles.
the London
has Times,
discov-
a' k f the g i nme'x .i;
yt ai nn,1 terrible
7ndti
and liberal
Pd uis'tln..ct in idw beleh,rsh%
eceitnintlYt(f”t5h.i
etorle
g
:L
7h.e
'
i
'
l
'
i
.
(
'ht
oi
t
l'arS
desh
known
for
its
broad
law 0 f self-preservatbm. Sono. '
...r,..hi:n.ce to . conservative se
man may meditate upon the i n . creel that the southeastern European is a menace to t :tthiotrat of St. John the Divine New their •tl'e•'
. nt i -
well as a place where
already been with us. Other-
t ■ he
f Leis An-
meant. The
York City. In his accompanying let-
the peace. tranquility and prosperity of Great Britain.
finite and the wondrous.
probably follow. What shall de
gale. is an ou't'w.cr''ohwtshtaer e
rmer
ter he based his contribution on the
.
-
alien
complex
has
become
a
part
of
the
Ant
.fi
You'd
weekly Times and cont . allies • its core attitude to them? What else
ce
%
claim
that
the
great
edifi
(bur anti -
courtesy, generosity, sympathy? I
servativ
,
p
l'
•y
But there are times and circumstances stimulate the spiritual life of the pen-
- lera
. tIn,ece Infidc,i,i i,is
uric an Credo.
' - n R g
are men of learning, cultured. ,I
h
, a tpr=
thoug
This
i ier,v
i i viiy.•
I am in complete
temper the bitterness of our opposition. So me ple of the city.
ex-
find d and ur reputable
Tmhue.itr bp,1 i . d; id ,
gentnadb
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Who Are the Ghetto Jews?
Which
—
sympathy with such gifts. They
co sy
The question calls to the mind of most the picture of our best Nordics are ready to abandon their whole - ea7, i tIci nfyoli,i,idrea.rttil,ennoumn idneaot
inure
theory of racial superiority in the case of moribund no
-
fraternal relationships. I recall, how-
of a Jew with a beard ihabby clothes, who speaks Yid
tidily anti defunct royalty. An impecunious Italian , , tear,that dwhen Mr. Schirs daughter,
dish, perhaps some English but with a marked accent.
ahrar tiedinate,,n.ase,
nobleman Without intellect or capacity is more than - jheew.i. Jacob Schiff, rw.o: mt
and who has been born in Russia, Poland, Roumania.
welcome. This IS equally true of Russian and Hungar
-
wn
home
under
exclusively
his ,,
Galicia or some other country of eastern or south
ion wasters. None of these belong to the sacred and in
haorminaatidon.hi, Accordingly
1 1;:pisc iogpla d
eastern Europe. But is he the Ghetto Jew? Does he
a
rfit lii n.:1-;:
e
just.
m ight
have the stigma of the Ghetto because he has nut the anointed groups of betters and yet they are accepted
of consi:temory
outward characteristics of the American? What is gladly. many deferences are shown them anti in many name
that of spiritual sympathy.
of our best families are given them giftctongsrta.tt:
rSjichinffe upon
in s ex th
ms it cae
the Divine.
the outstanding feature of it
he Ghe tt
nge
for
their
gentle
breeding.
Is
it
not
pos-
exchange
hysi cal
I could have complimeMted him
e
of
the
pake
because
which
that
such an odious place? Is t
Bible that the whole anti-alien business is a political upon the arrangement of his dough-
squalor. or the gesticulating mannerisms, or even the
Alexander Lyons. in
terra marriage.
distressing oddness of speech? We think none of these hoax aided and abetted by those who seek to profit
the Supplement.
from
it
makes the Ghetto a place so dispiriting. As we view it,
—
,yr..
holds true also with the weekly'
f.x„, „.,,,,,ThNe a‘te% oicrat nr, the lAiailer
anything suggestive "of illaignitY
And what of those who art ,
Rtehee
per-
..;
nopne,.r
ioinjoatcoz ini
Volksfround . of Pittsbnufri?Ii,"tT: ;
enhianvepoinsitrn
oorf d lr St. Louis; the Saturday Poet even
,s1S.i'tonehnblatt of great writer and educator, blind
Nlilwaro17,:t";4%J,hee
poyerihrl, d or whom it ds sot
caner, the Gazette and the el3ro
ATawens:
trn
o
,,',
s;i ielle ePoost of New York, are either
rabbi 74„ur,"-;');:„7 a:70 tr`,a
rest and healing. The munificent,
°' only
erd
otTi),:rwins.7. "In"
, r fmhee tr:(Tived while j he.. dirTet%
1 Gerechtigkeit, a weekly organ of ;1
:s i b g. o pou iliiirloisIrd in New York City,
did not peirMerialTifavien7rsalthat r
a'
rigiudlaytioi no coil afibout 40,000,
secure him the needed medical
adheres
tion. flow shall these an I ■
established American so
trad
of
trade
. e tenigts
.unionism.
needy intellectuals be aided!---‘
The Wacker is of a
cialsd disposi• can Jewish World.
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