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I UNEMPLOYMENT IN
PALESTINE IS LOIN
Keren Hayesod Report Shows
Three Per Cent; Fund
Assists Laborers.
NEW YORK.—A detailed report of
I met wee of the characters in Sinclair Lewis' "Arrowsmith." I don't 1
know whether I am permitted to reveal his identity or not. I think, per- Weir conditions in Palestine received
better await his permission. I spent a most pleasant aftertioor by the Keren Ilayesod and made pub-
haps, I had
has another Jew in his book-- 1 tic recently reveals that unemploy-
with him recently. He is a Jews And Lewis
Professor M as Gottlieb, who is pone other then the late Jacques Loeb of ment in Palestine has been reduced
the Rockefeller Institute. And what confirms this in my mind is that Dr. from 11 per cent to It per cent. The
with his medical information, is con- total number of Jewish workers in the
Paul deKruif, who supplied Lewis
nected with the Rockefeller Institute, and de Kruif has written an article , country exclusive of officials, teachers,
clerks and other similar ts•upations
Loeb which will appear in one of the leading magazines next month.
on
is 15,122 of whom the largest single
Tired business men, I advise you In read Dr. Joseph Collins' article in class, amounting to 3,683 are engaged
Collier's on 'the subject "Do You Ever Get Fagged Out?" It will make yon in the building trades. The building
These , industry is expected to continue to be
stop, look, listen and take physical and mental stock of yourself.
few words might interest you: the leading one in Palestine for n
great many yearn to come.
The Koren llayesod is the leading.
We are hearing more than ever about golf as a life saver for over-
agency engaged in seeking out new
worked men. But the man who thinks he can balance his account
sources of employment and is to he
with nature after six days' overwork by gutting himself to a stand-
chiefly credited for the reduction in
still Saturday afternoon and Sunday io making a big mistake.
the unemployment figures. Out of ap-
I don't know whether to give II. L. Menken or George Jean Nathan proximately $150,000 allocated out of
fonds for developing
credit for this interesting statement in a recent issue of the American , Keren Ilayesod
sources of empyment,
out $25,000
to
5y of American magazinedom:
Mercury, the Peck's Bad 13 .
was spent by the department of labor
of the Palestine Zionist Executive in
The late James Gibbons Iluneker observed that in recent years
aiding workers to find employment in i
the best way to distinguish between Jews and Christians was that
, the older Jewish colonies. This sum
now had Christian names and most of the Christians
, was loaned to the workers for the con-
most of the Jews
had Jewish ones. There is still another way to tell them apart. You
' struction of barracks the purchase of
will find the Jews admiring the interiors of the fashionable Episcopal
' and equipment
, draught animals, t ools
churches. You will find Christians admiring the exteriors of the
k
; and water i nstallati o n s. This
humble synagogues.
I is solving the problem of helping Je•-
z.
I would call that rather Zangwillesque—clever—sounds well—but hasn't I is labor gain a foothold in the col-
onies and dapt themselves to con-'
I ditions in I'alestine.
either truth or sense.
Charles the Second, aged 7, is discussing Adam and Eve with me. He I Prominent in the labor work of the
cannot understand why God should have "tooken" the legs off all the snakes Keren Hayesod is the development of
just because one snake "done" wrong. He would have been satisfied had the quarrying industry through loans
the snake which committed the crime been punished. but to have punished advanced to the Sold Bent+, the gen-
ation.
en-
co-op erative labor organizin
all because of the error of one seemed to him an injustice. I looked at eral
evelopment has resulted
him sternly and told him that if he didn't watch our William Jennings Bryan, This d
e of the most important
God's official interpreter, would catch him. Sometimes wisdom cometh out ' ahling
isticlud
uild somn
Pale ne, in in the
build
; University, to he constructed with
of the mouths of little children.
—
A. L Smotritsky of Baltimore. Md., sends this interesting communi. 'Jewish stone." The sum of $1,500
' was also granted the Mizrachi for the
station: training of 30 masons. Considerable
. funds were also advanced for the con-
From your remarks about "Eili Eili," I gather that you would
struction of roads between colonies,
translation of the song, and I have made this trans-
,,Ti Mount Carmel end in Jerusalem.
like to have a
Loans were likewise extended to
lation for you:
I groups of women workers engaged in
"Oh Lord, Oh God, why dust Thou forsake us?
the building trade, tree nurseries, etc.
Oh Lord, Oh God, why dost Thou forsake us?
These loans which have amounted to
about $5,000 have been repaid with
At the stake we were burned,
We were mocked and jeered at in every land,
. regularity. The chaluza, or girl pio-
neer, is thus assured of a place side by
But no one has succeeded to estrange us
From Thee, 0 God, and from Thy Torah and Thy Commandments.
Iside with her brother in the actual
physical rebuilding of Palestine.
"Oh Lord, Oh God, why (lost Thou forsake us?
Oh Lord, Oh God, why dost Thou forsake us?
Every day and every night we think only of Thee, 0 God!
And with awe we observe Thy Torah and Thy Commandments,
Oh save us, do save us, from all peril,
Just as our ancestors of old were saved from all persecution,
Women's League:
Hear our prayers, our supplications,
Thou alone must help us,
At a recent meeting of the Worn
en's League of the United Hebrew
Hear, 0 Israel
The Lord our God is One!"
Schools , held at the home of Mrs
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le
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to
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he
et
of
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HEBREW
Ni-
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of
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sch
The editor of The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites any opinion on the Frank Schwartz of Second boulevard
hotly discussed question, "Should Jewish Papers Report Crime?" The a report was given that enough money
ing I had been raised t o p urch ase one b
Jewish Daily Bulletin takes the position that it does not believe in
of the Talmud To
c
n-
o . for the children
es
cr e
i eps
J
mitted b y Jews against non- esys
b ut vsill not report
crimes cum
orted by Rabbi Max rah s. Members of the hoard of the
resent.
milted by non-Jews against Jews. This position is supp
wer
ranchded
stian Science Northwes tern bexten
Carrick of Erie. And Willis J. Abbott, editor of the Chri
t e o pJoseph
he cannot see Thanks• wer e
of his
Monitor, agrees with the Jewish Daily Bulletin and says that
use
David de Sole Weisman, who donated the
any reason whatsoever for giving attention to crime. Dr. York takes the theater for two nights. Two more
New
soon
as
AS
Pool of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of
position that a complete picture of Jewsih life is impossible if only favor- busses will be purchased
able news is reported. Ile believes it the duly of the Jewish press "to enough money is raised.
no
fhe
its
hat
in
red
ieey
ting
he-
Ince
'leer
sent
lions
than
dine
five
rotes-
lligent
cation,
bigot-
amino-
hope
People
1, who
ligious
publi-
ble in-
uncon-
Re-
schen,
min ∎ s-
e. Re-
ply in-
t's own
, xander
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Well tailored gar-
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suits wise men
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Men who have
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sales in previous
years know that
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Genuine Palm Beach Suits--Serges,
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What man will deny himself a cool, summer suit when he can buy it
for only ELEVEN DOLLARS—which is about the usual after season
price for these suits.
Single-breasted, double-breasted, sport models. Shorts, stouts, longs,
as well as regular sizes. All the new tans, grays and light browns.
event—and one that
This $11 sale of summer clothing is an annual
is anticipated by men interested in exceptional values.
Men's Store—Third Floor—
Special Entrance and
Elevator. at
1413 Woodward Avenue
Men'. Store—Third Floor—
Special Entrance and
Elevators at
1413 Woodward Avenue
Y. M. H. A. NOTES
Membership Drive:
report not every police court ease. but cases big enough in which the
Alumni Association:
figures in an unfavorable light . . . not to adopt sensational methods of
W e want as many members as
the Alumni
A regular meeting
es
men in De-
the gutter press and that you should feed your readers on stories of crime,
Association of the United Hebrew there are Jewish young m
but I do mean that it is not fair to report crimes against Jews and never
them.
If the establishment of a Y.
Schools
will
be
held
on
Monday
eve-
but
M.
H.
A.
is
to
succeed
we
must
have
report crimes by Jews."
ning, June 8, at the Kirby Center.
every worthwhile Jewish man in the
newspaper, whether Eva Margolis will talk on Saul Cher-
l
for u s, p ul-
Now let's see. Should crime ever he reported in a
nochovski and Mr. Selasny, a former city backing u s, w orking
it be secular or sectarian? I say yes. A newspaper is supposed to mirror
ing forus . We must have a " Y. "
on
resident of l'alestine, will speak
happenings in human society. Then if it is to be a true reflection, why
Send your names and addresses to
conditions in the Holy Land
should the ugly and unsightly be eliminated and only the comely and the
Miss Sara Landman, Y. W. II. A.
89 Rowena street, or to Bernard
good be shown? That gives us a false views
Northwestern Women's League:
-".
The Northwestern Women's League , Cohen, 687 East High street, or to
Now let's see. A newspaper is supposed to rport the doings: of human
any one of our membership commit-
society. And if it is to be a true report, it surely cannot suppress the ugly, of the United Hebrew Schools will
the unpleasant, the evil and give as only the comely, the pleasant, the good. hold a package party on Sunday eye- tee of 200. Let your
slogan
be get
"We
" and
you'll
it.
That would be a false and misleading picture. So long as human beings fling, June 14, at 7 o'clock at the want a Y. M. II. --
A.
persist in committing crimes then crime has its proper place in a record of Philadelphia and Byron Avenue Tal- Co-operation of Men's Clubs:
The public is invited to
human happenings. War is merely murder on a wholesale scale. Yet whs mud Torah.
The proceeds will be used' The Y. M. II. A. has sent an of-
would suggest that war be kept out of the public prints? War is surely not attend.
toward the purchase of a second bus fiend tarter to the Pisgah Lodge of
normal. Quite the contrary. We cannot cure evils by ignoring them.
to convey the children to and from the Word B'rith in which, asservating
When newspapers reveal crime they turn the minds of thoughtful persons
into channels of corrective measures for its elimination. The horrors of the Talmud Torahs. One bus has its purpose and goal, it has asked the
been already purchased and will stand lodge for its aid in accomplishing the
war as advertised to the world strengthen the position of those who want in front of the Talmud Torah on organization of a Y. M. II. A. in De-
peace. A crime wave brought to the attention of the public through the
daily prints brings in its wake a consider ation of those fundamentals which J une 14
I the city such as the Knights of
produce such criminal abnormalties in the hope that something
l 'ythins, the men's clubs of Temple
operate to
also
Beth El and Shaarey Zed
may be done to check the evil.
are and
to be asked for their co-operation
-
The contention that
Now let us turn for a moment to the Jewish press.
Mother Jewish
Clubs: Institute Mothers Club aid. What will their answer and
the report of crimes committed by Jews would give a distorted picture of
What will Pisgah Lodge answer? The
Th.,
think one of the weaknesses of the
Sea-
lacy. I
at
School,
of Y. M. II. A. Club and all who are
Jewish
life
is
to
my
mind
a
fal
Jewish press is its insistence o a policy of reporting only what is good in , will have the
its Balch
last meeting
of corner
the
n
r. son
and St. Antoine streets, on Sat- interested in its success are waiting
evil. If all c rimes, m
expectantly.
or minohe Ferry
Jewish life and suppressing tat which is
press read by JewsajIoram of t
committed by Jews would be red in the
opinion that the effect would be most salutary. I have been mercilessly urday,
June
6, at 2:30
p. will
m. talk on
Miss Blume
Levin
July Outing:
criticized for doing just that thing and accused of creating anti-Semitism
The "Y" committee of arrange-
If the position of the Jews in this country is so weak that it cannot stand "How Courts
and Juries Are Man-
aged" and Me'. M. Shubow will talk meats is now planning a week-end
the publication of the shortcomings of undesirable Jews, then we are to
in the country for all "Y" members.
be pitied. I have always believed in the policy of dragging offending Jews on
the summer
camp for
women
and The date will be July 3, 4 and 5. An
' babies.
Miss Levin's
talk
will cover
following questions: What courts outing that combines the joys of
ing them.
into the limelight and scourging
--
amp life should not be missed. Fur-
1 do not believe in sensationalism. Crime can be reported without in are there in your town? What is the
urisdiction of each? How are the t e ller information will be given later.
dulging
in
those
details
that
nierely
furnish
food
for
the
greedy
appetites
j
of the morbid. There is a limit. But the facts of crime should be published. udges
of these courts chosen? Flow All members who are anxious to par-
INST ITUTE NOTES
inis-
ason
iniis-
this
last
hem-
'ales-
who
utious
Fe wish
'rotes-
wheys
along
rence.
ss but
CLOTHING
ie •
the
sw-
serve
by a
gious
rn of
srein)
r not
them
is or
spe-
how-
t had
weifie
child
be to
pwish.
de to
thus
on to
Jew-
utnry.
to be
to he
unfair
read-
orrect
Sale Cool SummerWear
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Helping Men Get Ready For the Hot Weather
to
The religious press does not believe in publishing news of evil things. They is the prosecutor chosen? What is take should send in their names, with
, an ordinance, statutory law, the cam- suggestions, if they have any, by pos.
200 Mt. Vernon
prefer
to have
all the
misery and
the those
suffering
things beautiful
of lift
segregated
in the
back-alleys
where
who and
walk the
on mean
the broad,
men law? Trace the course through tut card to Ben Joffe
erson accused of a avenue,
avenue, or to the Y. ' W. H A., 89 R
thi They believe a- the courts of per
avenues will not ed y hese unsightly ng s.
sonp accused of a miss wens street.
a
be anno
by keeping their minds felony,
make their readers better
parently
that they can
off
the unpleasant
things. It's a mistake. Of course, where a journal dmeeanor? What is a grand jury?
Boost the "Y:"
does not pretend to be a newspaper in the fullest meaning of that term A petit jury? . _ _ _
Y. M. IL A. members! Show The
Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the
and does not print the news, why that's different. But taking the specific The New Club:
s" weekly column to your fellow
example of the Jewish Daily Bulletin, there is no reason why such a journal
At last the cat's out of the bag!
ac-
crimes of Jew s against
nonsIews
or to
of carry
non-Jews
not have
the room
all the The new- club around the corner of members, to your friends and ac-
shoul d not print news argue
rone
other
than
quaintances
Arouse their interest.
is
that it does
broadest the West Warrens
agai nst Jews. It may n. I am simply arguing the quion
est from ts i involved
is "The Jewish Athletic Club." They Have them read the "Y" column
crime items of a nation
The issue
baseball team every week and in their turn pass it
uestion of the size of a paper.
i have splendid officers, a
aspect. It is not a q
"is it right or wrong?" I maintain that the Jewish press and every other and pep and ambition. Watch them on to their friends and acquaintances.
Boost the "Y" from now to Septum-
, grow!
press should report crime.
--es-0.-s--
—
her.
One of the chief scholastic events of commencement weel at Princeton
is the Junior Oratorical Contest. Three judges are selected from the alumni '
aw, literature or the ministry. And this
... t ..—
from those who are prominent
d o in any of the most outstanding figures in .....„ y - Meetin g:
g :
n ma
1 ^,
—
matter for special ^, Election
was held Iti ■ I
honor has been con ferre
ion of office
me that it is a
sst i ss;
American public life. So it seems to
evening and three on e-act Final es
comment that one of the three judges selected by the faculty of the uni- Monday
The
Detroit
Junior
Iladassah Unit
lay , were given by the G. G. Play-
varsity should be a Jew, Benjamin Ilirshfield, Esq.. of Pittsburgh. Mr.
ting of the sea-
ens and the S. P. Players of the Y. will hold its final meeting
Hirshfield was a prize man of the class of '95 and he has attained
unusual
occupying
con-
speech delivered
son on Tuesday evening, June 9, at
nceton
W. recently
11 . A.
e of the law. Pri of
the has been
09 Rowena street.
prominence in the practic
Th e gir ls elected to hold office were the Little Theater,
siderable space in the Jewish press because
has come in as follows:
Rabinowitz. This meeting will be in the form of a
Sara Dorothy
Match. vice-president;
by Professor Brown, but the professor and nut the iratitution
o pportunity to again
e" Garfinkle. recording secretary; Shebuoth
for unfavorable notice. So I am pleased to have the
. a die
gathering
social. All
members are
urged to and
attend.
broadcast the name of Princeton throughout the Jewish communities of the ridgrit;
Anne Morrie, sergeant-at-arms.
country in connection with a signal honor bestowed upon a fellow-religionist.
---- The plays, "Between the Droner
Soup and I
D
Savor•," "The Maker of Dreams and
Plans have been completed for the
the sculptor who did the Titanic mon- „ ShadowS." represented the best dra- informal dinner-dance to be given at
the Masonic Country Club Tuesday
GIVE STATUE TO CITY
ument and who has been commission- matic work of the season.
-
evening, June 16. As only a limited
dto cut the Robert Barrie memorial
number can he accommodate ,
QUINCY, M ASS.—(.1. T. A.)—The for Quincy.
Camp
Camp
reservations
should
be
made
who desire tickets are urged to pur-
Jewish citizens of Quincy have tender-
during the month of June. Those de- chase them early. Tickets may be
ed the city a granite memorial as their
siring
to
go
should
register
early
so
Be good enough to remember that they will have more choice in the se- secured from the following commit-
gift on the occasion of the anniver-
tee: Rose Babcock, chairman; Helen
sary of the settlement of the town.
your morale are only your habits, and
,
The sketch of the proposed memor- do not call other people immoral be- lection of the period they wish to Blumroeen, Florence Krell, Rose Got
the law-giver, hold- cause they have other habits.—Epi- spend at camp.
don, Julia Klein and Rose Lipsitz.
Moses,
ial, shows
-----
ing the tablets of atone. One tablet
gram.
Social proves , takes effect through
me
The reasonable man adapts himself
in the
carries the Ten Commandnta
the replacement of old institutions by
one
unreaso nhe
Hebrew language, and th e other the
s world; the to adapt t ableworld
new ones and since every institution to r he
a
Commandments in English. Such
We shall never have real moral re- involves the recognition of the duty peist. in trying
Therefore all progress
memorial, the prpooaed donors be. sponsibility until everyone knows
it, progress must in- to himtelf.
the people
of conforming to
Rave, will appeal to all
that his deeds are unpardonable and valve the repudiation of an estab-. depend. on the unreasonable man.—
without regard to race or creed.
irrevocable, and until his life depend. lished duty at every step.—Epigram. Epigram.
The execution of the monument
on his usefulness.—Epigram.
be by John Horrigsn of South Quincy,
Y. W. H. A. NOTES
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