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ICepv.ight. 1921.
Women Meet Six Hours Weekly
To Study Jewish Life and Lore
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Now In Progress---One
of the Year's Greatest
Events In Our
Store---
Mothers and Grandmothers Affiliated With the Society for Ad-
vancement of Judaism Assert That Problem of Jewish
Culture Begins With Selves; Foster Ideals of Leader.
13y Ch. 11 Joseph 1
NEW YORK- -A Hebrew school! riters who have made the Hebrew
The general superintendent of the New Ciovenant Mission of Pittsburgh whose students consist solely of worn- i language
live again."
The study
of conversational and
en! A Hebrew school whose stu-
1+11- smitoogue Hebrew IT the activity of
writes me this letter:
1
it e
cots
deem in high school,' college and Ile- , but one of the classes in this remark-
have read with interest your strictures on the Jewish articles
brew school! able school. Other classes are devoted
I aring in the Literary Digest concerning "Christianizing the Jew."
That is one of the interesting and, to lectures on Jewish history and to
pe
ap
we agree with you that
a study of contemporary Jewish life
yin-N',
Looking at it from a human point of
significant activities conducted by the throughout the world 211111 of current
the chances of Jews of any considerable number going over "bag and
Society
fur
the
Advancement
of
.1u-
problems of world-wide significance.
baggage" to Christianity it not bright. But from a spiritual stand-
daism, organized three years ago by
Study Background of Jewry.
point it is different. One of the most eminent Jews that this world
Proft-sor Mordecai M. Kaplan as a
"It is highly essential," Mrs. Lam-
has ever known has saint that there is coming a time when All Israel
religious fellowship of Jewish men port continued, "that the Jew of to-
shall be saved." Meanwhile there is a "remnant ncconling to the
and women determined to make Ju-
in order to understand more
election of grace," and I know that you will be interested to note
da
daism function as a living, ethical
in the enclosed pamphlet that many eminent Jews have entered into
influence in their everyday lives, thoroughly his Judaism of today,
the fulness of the Christian faith and accept Jesus of Nazareth as
banded together to restore their re- should know something of the lifee Of
ish
his petiole in other lands in former
never be nble tHad ay tht• Jewfor
e Gent iles
fission to its original 'moaning --a civil-
their le M essi ah, W have
i not been
ill through them. o rept
wed
rece iv
what
we
for
ization guiding their mode of living days. That is why we find our study'
peop
the Jew named Paul, we might still have been groping in heathen
seven days in the week. of Jewish life of other ages so en-
lightening and inspiring—to know
ilarkness. Thank God, my dear sir, we (10 know the Jews, thousands
The society numbers many of the the political and economic background •
of them have come into the Christian church during the past 100
Jewish communal leaders of New of Ghetto life and the social life of
years, and still they come. Our prayer is that you also may come to
York among its members, including the ancient Jew is as important as a
knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. Yours in the name and
:1
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Lamport, who knowledge of present-day Jewish life
service of Jesus Christ.
recently sailed to Palestine to view and contemporary international goes-
at first hand the land for which they
The interviewer asked MN. Lam-
think the name is), is sincere if he is misguided on ' have given devoted service or many lions."
port if the Monday school were not
II
McFadden
his Mr.
zeal.
I always experience a keen regret upon the receipt of such letters Years. Mrs. committee
Lamport is of
chairman
of
the society.
a direct challenge to the map jong
that so much earnest effort is spent in the futile task of making Christians .which
and bridge-playing NI olllet1 of Amer-
which is engaged
out of Jews. It would be a vastly more meritorious achievement cultural,
and mucn
, d in various
Jewish
philanthropic
and social
ac- . l ea. "It is not a challenge " MN.
p, wou ld b e
we
tivities. Chief among these are the . 1 antport answere dcertainly
"but ce
more to the point if the united efforts of all missionary grou
-Jewish study classes established this feel
'
that life consists of more than a
devoted to converting Christians to Christianity.
year for the women members who series of card- partie• and conversa-
' every Monday spend six hours at the ions about the latest styles. alith
society's building as students of long and bridge are 0991 games and
This is the third time I have been invited to becomea Christian.
se devoted to the Hebrew lan- I believe most of us enjoy playing
first time was many years ago, when some members of a foreign missionary c lass
k ; work in the Far
e Fast: fine, high guage and Jewish cultural subjects. th m. But they have their place—
group were prepartm,
.lust before she sailed to Palestine, and not a very important place either I
minded, spiritual men, who tried to show me the light. The second time
with
Friars in a monastery at Garrison, .N. 1., told me that a MN. Lamport was inte
1111,1 I believe we have shown in our'
when
the g ood
s litt le Monday group that serious
welcoming
hand would be outstretched if I would climb the hill that led to regard to this unique and significant
a
S111
e
.
,iny.
p
Asth
the
her
subjects which should
s
first
entered
sc hool, in whose organization
s e w , B ro
But I pre f erre d to let theon
and last played a leading part as head of the , study
be of given
the most vital concern to us,
the monastery.
lit havi ng been
njo y the distincti
atholic
retreat,
e
' can arouse even more interest and
that C
women's committee.
Jew to enter there,
produce more genuine and lasting
Problem Begins With P•rents.
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lion of
lequato
of their
ly atliii-
ns that
I ocat hon
lot eau
cancan
impart
take for
miter
t IL c,
nod sy-•
g refer-
is W e lls
lies the
ho riral•-
Omerhan
iugh the
pression•
and (nitr-
o( sten.
ore build.
king for
Is not
uous and
notability
iim in hi.
spiritual
I elOto to
1 /11 , X1 10
earlier to
other, re-
urageil to
he educe-
Ms should
air
the Inf.
(Ins, a- Is
igious in
oil hours,
r strength
igher type
Association is Christian in fact as well as in name. I mean that everything
done in that organization is evangelical in purpose. In the final analysis
the mission of the "Y" is to encourage young men in Christian living. If
Jews are to sit on the board of the Young Men's Christian Association, ne- •
in orders is to invite a number of Christians to become members of the hoard
of trustees of Young Men's Hebrew Associations. What's the matter with
. whether they ary
some of our co-religionists? They don't seem to know
requested to attend this great sale
and share in the savings afforded
by the Profit-Sharing Offerings.
We believe that few times in the
merchandising history of Detroit
has such an array of values been
set before the people of this city.
coming or going!
the son
rdova. II -
a child :vs!
toy to I.••••
neither •••
Ins
ed hint e •• h
despair. !••
egoism , ., •
re the I- •
•
Suicide Follows Breaking of Vow
Made Many Years Ago.
—
GRODNO.--- bl. T. A.)—An event
New Groups of Women's Coun -
which resulted in the suicide of an old
the mother of an only
cif Organized in Many Sec -
wish
Je .wish
son, because of the religious signiii•
lions of the Country.
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1413 to 1447 cuno
ao
EDER
WOODWARD
Art
canoe attached to the sacristies., of :
sealedby'a handshake, C011
lercury.
eri
NEW YORK.--Opt•ning wedges in ,P••, ', ruing a matrimonial matter.
Now it isn't quite as had as this. A writer in the Amcan
S
h '
this paragrap
Years
ago
a Jewish woman in thi.
'
a
nation-wide
drive
to
organize
sec-
s•
discussing the subject of "Saving Souls in New York," has
t tans in unaffiliated communities are! ei IV( whose only son was still an in
tucked away in a corner of one of the pages:
:low being made, according to an an- f a nt, promised her neighbor, who had
a baby daughter, that when the two
.lows is to to hold the younger genera-
n ouncement by Mrs. William Loeb of ,
The chief problem of the J
this cite, national chairman of the' g new up they would be bride and
Mr. Ochs, Bishop Manning stated: mod feel that it will be a singularly
thin and they have become frantic at their failure to do so. When
dayer.
committee on extension of the Na- , room. To seal the promise, the two • delubra I shall be pleased to suliscrilx• "This gift, like all others relating to interesting and significant addition to
a Jewish boy makes a success as a prize tighter, a jazz band i
and I
$10,000
to
your
building
fund
tii
-
ethers,
in
acronlance
with
an
an-
tional Council (if Jewish Women. The, '
the fabric of the cathedral, will have the cathedral, bringing into view the
a theatrical manager or a garment salesman he usually forgets
all
blonde
e amt Jewish rite, took an (oath by a also wish to assure you of the sym-
the architect and relationship between the Old and New
see fir-t state to report is Pennsylvania, I h
about the God of his fathers. When such apostates mate with
pathy of the New York Times and its to be submitted to
when. Mrs, Charles Long of Wilkes-
andshake. The handshake is,
beard of trustees, of course, but I wish Testaments, and emphasizing the
Gentile damsels, the rabbis tear their hair in fury. Worse, they
Church
burro, president of the state confer- , i s h folk lore, deemed the highest kind'. purpose to aid enthusiastically in sz. to soy fur my own part that I regard spirit of brotherhood in which the ca-
a constant stream of Jews going into the Christian Science
0 f promise, the breach of which is curing the 315,000,000 fund."
ens, , of council sections and state or.!
the gift as a noble and Iseutiful one thedral is being built."
to get relief from asthma or female weakness, and they have to fight
In cionituointing upon the gifts of
successfully ei moidered an unpardonable crime un-!
supervisor,
the doings of that monstrous creature, the Young Intellectual. Yet
! " 14
i vaniz
launched a section at Scranton, under l e ss one of the parties absolves the.; -
worse, they may lose many rich social pushers to the Eniscopalians.
!thto presidency of Mrs. Lester Pollak. '0' ther from his promse.
St. Bartholomew's Church is full of these victims to ambition.
Since then the two mothers consid- •
; Mrs. • Miriam K. Arnold of Phila-
d t e red themselves relatives, being vir-
1 elphia an h onorary vceresien
i
As our much quoted Ilerbert Spencer once remarked (in substancel, d
of the c'ouncil , participate d in the pre - ually "mothers-in-law" of each oth-
there is a soul of truth even in error. Our breezy friend has ushed his' limitary meetings at Scranton. At e' r s child.
1
Imagination to the danger-line, yet there is truth in what he says. Yet he Pottstown, l'a., Miss Adele Levi of
The promised lad, having grown to
surely would not be prepared to raise his right hand and solemnly swear ' Philadelphia united the local Jewish a utnhood, travelled to Vilna, where he
that "it is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
women under tht• leadership of Mrs. in et a girl with whom he fell in love.
The wedding of the two will take place
Iliseph I. Prince.
+sow.. --
r
gil
Rival!" betwe en l'enn'Ylvanin . a thts - 3110111Y in Vil
bout '
ti
His ! old motnhae'r, unwilling to inter-'
William Allen White —"Bill"---of Emporia, Kan., is writing just a
most sensible size-up of President Coolidge it has been my good for . New
being reflected
in ania fere with her 1, 011 . 11 feelings,
•
did not
w Jersey
includt is campaign.
1 tnnsytt
the
th" was catapulted into fame. estension
.
s
43
sections
and
New
endeavor to dissuade him, b ut felt it .
a •
no
a
tune to come across since
ollowing closelylnecessary to ask his "mother-111.18w
21 sections. Following
J
Here is a paragraph that may interest my readers:
upon the announcement of two nett to release her of her promise and
sections in Pennsylvania, MN. Nathan handshake. The girl's mother having
In Vermont, crabbed taciturnity is accounted a virtue. New Eng-
busty of Newark, state organizing! refused, the boy's mother hanged her-
land was settled by a race that wanted to he let alone They were
supervisor. reported the establishment self with a towel to the door of her
a throwback, spiritually, to the men of the Old Testament. They
of a section at Morristown, of which home.
s'
cultivated Old Testament virtues, parsimony in all human relations.
Mrs. David Solny was chosen presi-
A Yankee can skin a Jew. Moses was aslow of speech and of a slow
dent.
tongue." Coolidge looking down his nose seems "as meek as Moses."
In California, Mrs. Charles Stern,
•
He isn't. Neither was Moses.
president of the San Francisco sec-
lion,
reports the successful organiza-
It is written only
—
! tion of a large section at Oakland,
This biography began in Collier's, issue of March 7
Adolph S. Ochs Also Gives 310,000
as White can write.
• with Mrs. Henry G. 11111 as its presi-
to St. John the Divine Fund.
dent.
Organizing supervisors in every
NEW
YORK. -- (.1. T. A.) -- Ten
I simply can't resist this "bit" from the same biography—besides any- state have made an intensive study
of the Jewish population statistics, thousand defiers donated by Adolph
thing Coolidge is quite apropos:
!under the direction of Mrs. William S. Ochs, publisher of the NOW York
00
Loeb. As a result of this campaign, Times, to the $15,0,000
fund neees-
Behold the lanky man who quacks when he talks to save his dia-
d h t lar se number sans fur the completion of the Cathe-
phragm, a man with pursed lips looks too stings' to spit; a
, it is anticipate
of new s(•ctions will be added to the drat of St. John the Divine, was one
spiritual hermit, greedy of his silence; a hedonist lolling in the lap
of the first gifts announced when the
2214 lineal units of the council.
of industry; a fanatic flagellating his emotion to numbness; a Yankee
Supplementing the extension cam- drive for the fund started last week.
ascetic in small politics, following dumbly his meager aspirations
ate adily
paign, section presidents are appoint- In addition to the gift of 310,000 •
their soft impeachment; climbing
as though ashamed of
ing special committees for lineal mem- Mr. Ochs, in a letter addressed to
through one little honorary office to another, seeking plly,
as
another
bership campaigns. Many sections Bishop Manning, expressed his readi-
a penitent walking inner thorns, one starvation job after me
have already reported large increases, ness to contribute two seven-branched
that costs money which he earns by weary work: taking ti which
with indications pointing to a dou- bronze candelabra in the size and
he hoards for himself like a miser and faithfully, even generously
h
and
the
fruitful
span
of
tiling I tripling of their member- form of the Menorah.
is •
The letter in which Mr. Ochs made
litical service.
spending the fragrant years °
-hip by May, when the annual meet-
manhood in the dull day's work of almost petty po
of the sections will take place. his gift known reads as follows:
ta
M hat a picture! There stands your ancient Purin—cold-nosed.
"If it fits in with its architectural
miserable, glorify- in Mrs. William D. Soorborg of Port
Dinner Dance in Blue
hard-hearted, half-abashed, undramatic and
and wholly
plan and would be acceptable to the
routine
so in dull
the
du of
Chester, N. 1., first vice-prest e
Room every night ex.
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, I
ing the main chance with a holy
the
National
Council
of
Jewish
V.
adrab life laying the founation
of a noble civilizatton. Coolidge,
d
en, was elected president of the New should be pleased to contribute two •
dr
ceps Sunday from?
ccession of minor village and state offices,
!York City Federation of Women's seven branched candelabra, to be in
gr inding through his lung su
I a. m. Music by
Clubs. Her selection for the position size and form a bronze facsimile of '
is like that,"
superb Bode- Cadillac
is regarded as • recognition of her the Menorah, which, as you know, was
of Solomon's Temple.
Dance Orchestra
That is real writing, ladies and gentlemen!
qualities of leadership. During Mrs. • feature
"1 make this offer in the hope that I
Sporborg's presidency of the New
love that expression), be- York City section, that organization it may be regarded as an appropriate;
1100 rooms with both
one of t Jewish faith who I
II
notablee incr ease i n its gift from
Really it's amus i n g. A Jewish gentleman
eng agementt period wou ld attained
g those contributing!
of its wis hes to be among
scope
during
thee
i
to
membership
and
even
came engaged to many daughte rs and check
t
h
s.
the Jewi•h gentleman
was tried and convicted. , influence. She also served as presi- to the establising
of your grea ca.!
give the al mos tsmothers.lo-law b ogus
ic monument dedie ated
475 rooms at
the New York State Confer- thedral as • civ
ROY CARRUTHERS, President
that sort of engagement and the worst type of crook, the very lowest that dent of
minimum rate ancillS
and the
of
Council
Sections
and
is
•
to
the
'fatherhood
of
God
ence
was
e
said
that
h
"you
even
swindled
d
as
an
en.'
The judge
of man' an
out
his feel", of.
Yes,
Judge
that's the worst crime , member of the executive committee brotherhood
could possibly
be of conceived
Why,
the Collins,
judge said,
council's national department presaion that spirituality has an ahid-1
■ of the
,
Your lawyer
0 those who have dined at
the Book-Cadillac, little need
be said of the epicurean
achievements of Book-Cadillac chefs,
' he
of Thy
•
ophet E'
, that I r
aard-heai • •
But all may not know that the culi ,
nary delights of the Book-Cadillac
arc priced no higher than the ordi•
nary cafe or restaurant.
PRESENTS MENORAHS
AS CATHEDRAL GIFT
- -
Ii'
r with a In ,
hint: "M•iti
Ise of GV -
trouble a• ,i
:ranger -:rd
I. Will Y
and folly ,
The Special Luncheon at 3 i.25
is served daily, except Sunday,
in both the English Grille (reserved
for men at the noon hour) and in the
attractive Blue Room.
with him.
(ed present
I by his fate.
vs flew about V
11 young fur-
: in the syna•
sr of fens ,
o a sermon.
s young marl
out 24 ye , .
niched at his
I to make hire.
, and then it
them that he
raised son •of
f
Hs father and
tome joyfully.
is
"Don't Fail to Attend This Sale"
Enjoy Book•Cadillac Cuisine
at These Reasonable Prices
AJAH
ghter of Mr
rg of Wilkes-
, Golden Eag-
I Scout move-
the highest
Scout orgao -
I is • student
was conceived by the owners of this
Store as an expression of reciprocity
to the citizens of Detroit who have
helped to build this great business.
During this sale we will share our
profits with them.
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• rned wish
r (levelop•
Iness, not
im•ulest..I
of hunnl•
use of pr.,
as of 19.
is not ni •
aergie- :,1
thins- • '
res. II ,
as, his h.-
(equen• • -
,herefors• •
?It there
ned 0111
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Event
MOTHER'S PROMISE
RESULTS IN DEATH
TO UNITE
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All readers of this paper are kindly
"Jewish education is our most im- pleasure among modern American
We mustn't be too finicky. Several readers have sent me clippings
whi of
c h protant problem," Mrs. Isamport be- women than the most lavish and ex-
"but
all papers,
of our time !citing bridge party. And if our school
an editorial which gan,
appeared
in one we
of the devote
Pittsburgh daily
and I can be the means of bringing that
trying to tied effective ways
lows
reads as fol:
l• h ;me to other women outside our
means of giving our children a •
own membership, can stimulate then,
thorough Jewish training. But what
Attorney Darrow! says the race isn't worth saving, but he is willing
to give thought to a more intelligent
about the Jewish narents of America.
to accept big money for his effort to save about the most worthless
direction of their activities, we shall
Wt• err appalled at the wholesale way
part of it.
; in which our childn are breaking be turn more gratified at the success •
e f o r e , an d I wishlaway from Jewish life, but how many !of our experiment."
Furthers Kaplan Ideals.
I have read this statement of Darrow's several times
ind b the Jewish race, parents spend any time at all in a ,
In conclusion MN . Lamport ex-
to say that Mr. Darrow did not and does not have t tom
CI
rence
Darrow in his 1 ...riot's consideration of Jewish life
•
'
plaited
that the Monday ,school was
hut the human race. We must bear
long and distinguished career as a lawyer has had a few other clients besides( nand culture; how many parents have established in order to carry out more
more than a passing knowledge of the
fully the ideals on which Dr. Kaplan
.
Leopold and Loeb.
Ilebrew language and literature anti
founded the Society for the Advance-
of .lewish history?
"The problem of Jewish education ment of Judaism. Members of the
'The California Jewish Review makes these statements editorially: That
society, in order to carry nut its pur-
Episcopal
begins
with
the
parents.
If
the
.
poses, pledge themselves to engage
c
. to be celebrated in the :Methodist
a Father and Son night
fathers do not se
that thaker
e spe of the evenIng was to mothers 91111
al
no,
nardi
Ber
Church of S
e movies; that when the time !iixample, it is almost too much to ex- in the following actisities:
th
Isincoln'
of
illings, " Abraham
be Gtoorge Ban
training which
Jewish
to the Jewish train- intensive
cantoe for Mr. Billo his
of open the door of his room, where they .whole-heartedly
should continue far into the period
otel, furred
to
found him drunk. They poured cold water on him and made hint sober ing provided
for women
them. members (if the of adolescence; to affiliate with Jew-
And
so
we
"
the
enough to navigate and presented this "Abraham Lincoln" villify
to the
the fathers
Jews Society for the Advancement of Jo- ish communal organizations which are
and sons of that Christian congregation. Ile began to
, essential to the continuance of Jew-
daism--mothers and grandmothers e ish life in the diaspora; to take pa
until he was too drunk to continue further and fell down. Now the Jews
of California are interested in seeing that Mr. Billings has difficulty in too--go to school every Monday. W part
finding audiences. if the statements are true, then this Billings should are learning Ilebrew, learning to in the restoration of Palestine; to fos-
we want to ter the knowledge of the Hebrew lan-
ge
no longer have the opportunity to insult moving picture audiences by op- speak it and read it, for a
guage and li terat ure; to encoura
renaissancl
ethodist Episcopal Church of San feel that we are
a smal part of the
the
now going in the Jewish s ch ool and pulpit
e
pearing on the screen. As for the :M
great Ilebn•w
Bernardino, all I have
to
say
is
this:
the
congregation
must
have
been
mighty
ttra tion to have contaminated the pulpit by bringing a on in Palestine and in other Jewish revaluation of Israel's past ill terms
shout the world, of the present day world outlook; to
• • •• h
a up
tom
devote some time each week to tn (i.
man in the condition alleged of Billings.
where the immortal language of the
Moat study and group discussions
Bible has again become a living
--e-aw-e-
of the ethical aspect of all problems
by in the name of common sense do Jews want to he represented in the tongue. \1'e want to be able, not only touching human life; to translate
management of Young Men's Christian Associations?
It is reported
that to
read our what
Hebrew
prayers,
but We
to their ethical ideals into actual con-
charter which
would allow',
understand
we are
reading.
duct ill their home life, in their deal-
a
NM,• York is asking for
ings with their neighbors, in their
the
Y.
M.
C.
A.
of
Jews and Catholics "up to 10 per cent," to he elected to the management, I want to be able to read and under-
work and in their play.
"in view of the large number of members in the association from these stand
not
only
the
prophets
of
Israel
but the works of the great modern
Mien ' s Christian
two groups." Why should any JOSS belong to a Young
a synagogue in
Association? It is just as consistent to ra Christian to joinrivileges
. W hat
ool p
order to avail himself of gymnasium and swimming p
I
many of our Jewish young men forget is that the Young Men's Christian !CAMPAIGN
pest • , f
;Is n, •v
f•o!
t'alr
Profit-
Th.,
fu r
ml
p.m.
to
'4 and up
se
our I frail
human
society
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