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°'1?ASKIN. AN ARTIST CARTOONIST'

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Why, then, to I work? Well, because
:ate'. all, I am not so certain that
what I do is bad. And so things go
on. The artist sways between high
inspiration and bitter despair. Now
he thinks that God alone knows what
a wonder-work he has created, and
then it seems that he never . saw a
Uses work in caricature. They
h •
more repulsive and banal t ms. It are
notable for painstaking workman.
is, therefore, the most painful thing ship such as is rarely to be found in
imagi • le to have your own pictures
the work of a cartoonist.
in your room, because there come
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hours loubt in yourself, the artist
Born 45 years ago in the squalor
looks over one picture after another,
and ignorance of a small South Rus-
and each one cries out to him with a sian village in a dark room filled with
thousand reproaches.
the stench of the furs in his father's
"Fortunately," continued Mr. Ras- shop, Saul Raskin seemed fated to
kin, "there are also other, brighter follow the trade of his father, a fur-
moments, when he thinks that every vier. But, early in boyhood, his little
part ofhis
is work is full of soul, of
charm and beauty." . . . The few• hands took to the pencil with uncanny
Ile delighted to while away
cartoons by Mr. Raskin reproduced skill.
rainy afternoons sketching the peo-
on this page are typical examples of

The Progressive Views Of Ludwig Vogelstem

pie who passes! h is father's shop, or
drawing the stuffed skins as if they ,
were in ambush for some unlucky
passer-by. As he grew older, Raskin's I
Intent became more and more evident, 0
and he was apprenticed out to a litho- 0
grapher in a nearby city. He served $
his timti, learning all that there was 0
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to be Yarned of lithography.
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In 1904, Raskin found himself in
America and decided to stay here. I
Since then he has contributed art
criticisms, short articles on recent
trends in Yiddish and Russian litera-
ture; he has drawn sketches and car-
toons for the humorous papers, and
fills in his spare time with painting $
and lecturing to workmen on the sub. I
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ject nearest his heart—art.
His art? "I cannot peas judgment
on my work," said Mr. Raskin, "not
because I am too bashful but merely ;
because I do not think much of it. :i

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I izations, to establish and dt•veloo
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schools. That's part of our work, el
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Jas the organizing of student services se
is part of our work. It is the aim of
An Interview by L. H. Fromkin.
to do such work as the in-, .0"%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %,%%%%%vossosissooss.
the union
"Fifteen hundred children attend dividual congregations are unable to
Though Ludwig Vogelstein dis-
these schools and participate in their do.
the honor—hut not the respon-
„ soro. y etingregations not in the
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religious classes. Numerically, that
sibilty—he is the defacto head of the is but a drop in the ocean, taking in- union will benefit from our Teachers'
Union of American Hebrew Congrega- to consideration the enormous number College in NOW York. The men -eve
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tions. (His election as chairman of
of Jewish children in NOW York City graduate front that institution, which
the executive council created by the who are not receiving any Jewish edu- has proved tremendously successful,
St. Louis convention, makes him so.)
will be available for any religious
JESSY M. MARKS
Ile was very emphatic in his dis- cation.
desiring their services. And
SAMUEL S. BANKLE
"I said a moment ago," Mr. Vogel- school
claimer of the honor when I went stein
continued, "that the number of Inc regional rabbis will be very glad
down to his office the other clay to talk children attending these schools is, af- to co-operate with every congregation
to hint about the union, its plans for
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whether it belongs to the union or
ter all, very small. But, from
a.
PACKING
DISTANCE
the future, its program for
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he was very willing to talk, as chair- standpoint, the number is very large. not."
Somehow our conversation drifted
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will agree with me when I tell
n of the executive council, about You
into the personal. I wanted to know
you that all of these children are o
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the questions that were in my mind.
why this man, head of one of thee
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"I want one thing to stand out Orthodox parents. From that stand- greatest corporations in this country,
point I feel I have the right to say
sharply, if I may suggest it," he be-
Was SO intensely interested in religious I
gan. "That is, that the Union of that the work of the school extension
695 DIVISON
matters.
American Hebrew Congregations is a committee has been very successful.
"That's a duty," he said. "That's
"Do you know to what I attribute
union of religious bodies and that the
a duty that devolves on every Jew!
worts of these bodies is for the advance this success?" he put the question, and who has risen above the struggle for
answered
it.
"To
the
fact
that
we
of the Jewish religion. Just that, and
existence. We owe it to Judaism, we;
nothing snore, except that this union scrupulously respect the religious owe it to America. The privilege of
1J
7 of religious bodies is doing all in its point of view of the children's parents. living in this blessed country is so!
We are not proselytizers. We are nut
power to spiritualiie its work.
can ex.
great that the best way seevelo
"And there is another thing that I trying to force a particular point (4 press our gratitude is to dt•p .1u- ,
view down the children's throats. We
should like to have stand out sharply
daisin at its best, its finest expres-
EXTEND THE SEASON'S
in whatever you write," he continued. want only to bring religion and a
GREETINGS TO THEIR HOST
"That is, the work we are doing in the knowledge of Jewish history to them.
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found
out
something
else.
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"I don't regard religious education
congested section of Greater New
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found out that he comes by his relig-
RS a psnocca for all the internal ills
York—our religious sc oo
ious enthusiasm by inheritance. His
established six already, including one that are afflicting the Jews of this father was the leader of Reform Ju- •
1 country. But I do beliebe that if we
in Greenpoint, L. I., and have a sev -
daism in Germany. Il is brother is
with in contemplation. That will be can implant a not religious spirit in
!
the souls of the children, they use a now the leading Rabbi of Breslau.
established in the Bronx where
word "Re-;
better chance to become good men and And he doesn't like the
svoi!k since 1118. The Ezra School,
form," he prefers a word like "Pro-
Ezra Salmi has done such spndid women, good citizens,"
We swung into the broader ques- gressive." He has no prejudice
by the way, was the first Una WC
against the sincerely Orthodox.
founded, and it hns been supplemented tions.
This lost came out when I spoke to
"What is the program of the Union
by the 11'nni Zion, Beth-El, Emanu-El
at the
of
American
Hebrew
Congregations
him ab out the resolu ti on offered Ab ram
, The new school we are about
ils
Subso
St. Lo uis eon vention by Rabbi
to open will make a total of live in for I125?" I asked Mr, Vogelstein.
Un-
"I think that before I go into that," Simon 14 Washington, and passed
the Bronx. In addition to these we
said Mr. A'og„elstein. "I ought to say animously and adopted, calling for a
Imes. estaised
the Kaufman Scool
bl h
conft•renct. t4 Reform, Conservative
something
about
the
resolutions
adopt-
in William sb urg and the Greenpaint ed at the St. Louis convention, espe- and Orthodox congregations, to or-
Hebrew Schol.
cially those based on the report of the ganize a body which shall be the
Committee of Twenty-Six. This com- s pokesman for American Jewry on all
mittee was appointed at the Chieago religious questions.
"That is a splendid idea," he replied
onferenee 1121 to present to the
its Professor
S. REUBEN
St. Louis convention such recommen- with real enthusia , 111.
dations as would tend to strengthen Graets snit! once, we have more things
in
common
to
work
for,
than
things
the work of the union and increase its
about which we differ. Surely we can
add of usefulness.
We are your friends and we deem
unite for united effort on behalf of
"One 14 the recommendations made
it • pleasure to serve you.
the Committee of Twenty-Six was the things we have in common.
"The union is doing that. It is eng-
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a system of regional rabbis. The plan
If you are in doubt concerning any
1.r to find a common ground for work
provides for six, operating in differ-
of Judaism. It has
insurance matter, call us- —we are
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ent sections of the country. They are with other wings
all to be salaried men and their duty bes.n working in harmony with repre-
always at your service.
will be to stimulate the spread 14 Ju- sentatives of all the various shades of
daism in this country by helping ex- Jewish opinion. As I said a while ago,.
w e respect the wishes of the children
isting congregatiens to grow and or-
hold that
ganizing new ones, especially in the who attend fur SeholdS. I
any form of Jewish worship is entitled I
rural sections. Nut only synagogues,
to
recognition
and
respect
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long as'
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but also schools are to be developed by
there are Jews who practice it, and I
the regional system.
don't believe in proselytizing Jews
shall
be
able
to
go
in
"How far we
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that direction depends on two factors
just as it
—money and men.
nn. I do not expect It seers no useful purpose,
that we will be able to carry the plan serves no useful purpose to convert
out to its full extent during 1125, be- had Jews to an even worse Christian-

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cause we haven't enough money, in the ity.
"Let us strengthen every phase of
first place, and in the second place,
there are not sofficient number of Judaism. I hold that this is better than
Jews conform to a ter-
trained men available. But we shall to try to Make
toin, fixed standardized Americanism.
go OS far as we can, depending upon The better the Jew, the better the
how much money we will have at our
command. At any re, I hove hope American. And for the sake of Amer-
that we will get eat least two of these ica, let us keep religion out of the puts-
lie schools."
regions started in 1125.
"Of course, there are other things
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that we have to do, meanwhile. We
The Rev. J. F. Stern of London,.
plan to strengthen the boar o mane- known as the "Jewish Bishop of Step-
seers of the department of synngorue ney," on Jan. 2 celebrated his sixtieth
and school extension so that we may birthday.
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expand our educational work as far
as possible and to find the men who'
can effect this expansion.
"Then we must recognize the board
of governors of the Hebrew Union
College. That, as you know, is now a
separate entity. That doesn't mean
divorce from the union, which still
controls it, only that it is to be char-
tered as an independent institution,
in order that contributions and en-
dowments for its support and develop-
ment can be made to it dirmtly."
"Will you tell mi., Mr. Vogelstein.
how the union promises to strengthen
its present constituency, the congre-
gations that belong to it?" I asked.
"One of the plans we have in mind,"
he informed me, "is to create an or-
ganization of presidents under the
auspices of the union. This organiza-
tion will meet periodicaly, in differ-
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I asked next.
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