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SlIFFRAGE CAUGHT
WOMEN UNPREPARED
0000000
it
of Council's Civic
Work Analyze Shortcom-
.
Ings of Woman Voter.
Leaders
141.5 to 1447 cj 1O10 WOODWARILAYX
Well, well, a letter from Dr. Nachman Ileller of Brooklyn. I hope you
are not sensitive about your age, Doctor, but I remember when I was in , NEW YORK. — Three prominent
knee pants and editing a newspaper that you used to be one of my most women in the rank of the civic work
faithful correspondents. One day I met Frank Harris, who was a friend of the National Council of Jewish I
of Thomas Carlyle, and told him that I was amazed that one so young could Women have given expression to their
have been a friend of Carlyle's and I always imagined him t o b e a t least ! opinions on the question: "Has suf-
1,000 years old. Harris' mustache bristled, which I interpreted as a sign (rage caught women unprepared?"
of danger to me, so I quickly changed the subject. Now I am not going Mrs. Siegmund Herzog of Cleve.
to charge Rabbi Heller with being 1,000 years old, but he and Nissim Behar land, national chairman of the corn-
must be well above the allotted three score and ten. mittee on civic and communal affairs
of the National Council of Jewish
At any rate I didn't start out to have a fanning bee on the length of Women, summed up her analysis in
,
man's years on earth, but to tell Dr. Heller that I was very much interested the following statement: "Looking
in his statement on "Evolution Through Rabbinical Spectacles" and I am 1 back over the span of years to that
sure that many of my readers will be interested, too. Dr. Ileller assures us memorable August day when the'
that there is nothing new under the sun, at least very little. For, says he, voices of the nation's womanhood
that the rabbis of old in commenting upon the Biblical passage from Genesis joyfully proclaimed the victory of the
11:7, "And the man became a living being" took the position that the term suffrage amendment, one often won-
"living" is an anchronism and should rather assume the significance of ders just what has happened since.'
matter of fact, both "living" Five years have gone by, and it is
"beastly:" the Hebrew "Ilayah" fathering, as a
and "beast." On the strength of this, says Dr. Ileller, Rabbi Jehudah specu- still the old leaders, those who were
lates the following in the Midrash Genesis Magnum: Since Adam and Ilayah prepared through working so fear-
are Hebrew terms of multifarious characteristics and a nebulous nature ' lessly and valiantly for their rights
may infer and establish the fact of Adam being created with a tail like and ours, who are in the front ranks. 1
one
a beast. In other words, Adam was not a man, but a being with a tail, a True, others have joined their forces.,
monkey, if you please! And one wonders whether Darwin plagiarized Rabbi A few have been elected governor, ,
Jehudah or merely guessed Rabbi Jehudah's ideas. Well, my guess is, Dr , judges, members of state legislatures. !
the na-
Heller, that Darwin neither plagiarised nor guessed Rabbi Jehttelith'h ideas. Some have been given seats in
Bu the ;
tional party conventions. But
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One can never judge by appearances. To look about one would imagine ! averagewomen care nothing about
that everybody one knows is rich. So there must be something peculiar an Mrs.
intelligent
Ernest citizenry."
Jaros of the Columbus,
about this income tax business. Instead of a millionaire on every corner Ohio, section, who has been active in
find only 86 who had incomes of a million or more in 1923. id
There
wen
We
taxes
on local and state movements, asserted:
pa
exactly 7,608,321 taxpayers in 1923. Of these 2,615,324
"I should say that suffrage found the
incomes of $1,000 to $2,000. Then 2,470,970 received salaries of fromm . majority of women unprepared, and
$2,000 to $3,000. And 1,125,462 earned from $3,000 to $4,000, while .
592 166 received salaries of $4,000 to $5,000. Now you can figure
Particularly
the Jewish
women. in
I
b all for
myself
began working
for suffrage
,
yourself just how many have incomes of more than $5,000. Judging y a ! Columbus 15 years ago. For several
the stories one is obliged to listen to of "killings' made in .Florida real years 110 Jewish women in our coo-
estate, there should be at least 5,000,000 more taxpayers this year who will munity showed the slightest interest,
although I know that our women in
report fabulous incomes.
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other communities were working. In
Please don't say when you read this instalment of Random Thoughts:
"I'm surprised he didn't comment on this or that in the public eye at the
year early
my ef-
will fact,
forts during
a very one
charming
and in capable
moment." Dear reader, whatever happens to be in the public eye
. Jewish woman was president of the
have to be removed by someone be for the time being. For pi,
the will
moment
h as , Ohio Suffrage Association. In the
I ama professional vacationist. And if you want to find me
years just preceding our securing of
to page me at "Sconset Moor," on Nantucket Island, Mass., where I'm being the ballot, one or two evinced a faint'
psycho-analyzed. I didn't know who to get to "sub" for me. After all, why interest and did a little work.
"We are intensely clannish, exces- !
get my friends into trouble? ----.........-----
!
I can't say that it gives me joy to read that the first Hebrew parochial sively
race
Civil ulness
and po-
of
m ean a forgetf
ical w
ork conscious.
school in New Jersey will be established in Jersey City on Sept. 1. Why all such clann ishness and a conscious-
Hebrew parochial schools? Why accentuate separatism? Do we want to
only of a larger community life
' nes,
be recognized as separatists? Truly we are a peculiar people. Now we and purpose. The necessity for con- !
do and now we don't. The next in order is a Hebrew University in this , centrated and organized effort during 1
country. Keep it up, gentlemen—maybe you know what you are doing, but the war, the consequent necessity for
following leadership, and again our I
_
I don't think you do.
club activities, too, prepared us in a
I notice a headline in the Jewish Daily Bulletin: "Anti-Semitic Chris- measure for political activities.
J.
Our women are quick to adopt the
lion Democratic Party Gives Notice That It Will Ignore Polish-Jewish Agree-
meat." I love that "Anti-Semitic Christian." 1 wonder if Jesus was an latest fashions in dress, but our
minds,
like
most
human
minds,
are
!
anti-Semitic Christian?
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prone to be centuries behind the fash.!
Dr. Jehudah Kaufman, chairman of the book campaign committee, makes . ion. We did not want to enter upon
new duties, which our fathers, hus-
a public appeal for books in this fashion:
(bands and brothers had always at-
tended to. We did not want to exer-
The Workers' Organization in Palestine is largely composed of
cise our lazy minds to study the laws
individuals of high education who left universities all over the world
of our city, state and national goy-1
to come to Palestine to do their part in upbuilding the country.
They formed a circulating library for themselves, which, due to their
ernment.
"But we must change our mental
limited means, is very far from satisfying their needs. A committee
has been formed in New York to help them in this matter. Books' fashion. Indeed, the National Coun-
cil of Jewish Women, through its sec• !, - —
mostly wanted are literature and science, especially in agriculture,
•I
lions, has wrought miracles in de- .
manual trades, education and social movements, in English, Russian,
hood has been instrumental for some system of religion, the temple. Wei
veloping this change in mental atti-
German, Jewish and Hebrew. Address 133 Second Avenue, New
are
now
a
potent
factor
where
tern-,
section, with its cam-'
new inspirations, some added infor- pies exist and we foster a religious•
, lode.
'
York City.
mittees on civic affairs and legisla-
mation to our storehouse of facts.
atmosphere where there are no tern-'
This should receive attention from some of the readers of this column. ! lion, is a focus from which radiate
What more noes our sisterhood do pies.
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or ssIsc. MAX FRAVENBERGER,
interest ana endeavor . I remem ber
a.
for
us?
In
what
other
way
is
it
valu-
V
regarding
the
lack
Char
eston,
Therefore, should we not derive the
I ,
V
rag on
. istmet I
There seems to be a d
iscussion
got in New York
able? We have spoken of its broaden- greatest gratification in knowing we
givics an d legisPation was s lgst organ-
Vice-President West Virginia State Federation of Temple Sisterhoods.
chliiilles eliminates democratic representation. ized in our section about five years
!
ing
influence,
we
have
touched
upon
entiettiflt why tectehtilig
are of value and importance? Should '
Here's a statement that appeared recently in the New York Jewish Daily ago. One of the prominent women
How should we profit from being' scientiously work for the improvement its religious aspect with and without, not our sisterhoods make us realize
that should invite consideration on the part of those interested
in
•
in
our
community
asked
why
should
and
have
featured
its
educational
ad-
•
that through them we have found a:
of their churches. The sisterhoods
N
space m
is Jewish women want a committee like members of a sisterhood?
I think a
sist h a
federated charities. I should be glad indeed to at aside some
have helped as prove to our non-Jew- vantages. But does it not do even real place of usefulness in this world?!
that? This is just the attitude which paramount an important, a most dis- ish friends that we in not differ from more? Does it not through its pri- And as the thought of woman's equal.:
column for expressions of opinion on this statement:
— -
we must combat if the Jewish woman
mary cause of existence as an auxili- ity with men grows (we know it is.
is to do her duty, not only to her tinctive gain is our intercourse with them in the interest and enthusiasm
It cannot be said that in the "good old days," when every Jewish
ary to the temple, give us the greatest still in its infancy) so will our sphere
, our fellow members. How many times I we entertain for our religion.
institution conducted its own work independently, true democracy
country but to her people."
Through the educational programs comfort in knowing we are of real of activity in temple affairs and tem-
y neve
Mrs. Jennie Loitman Barron of we hear the expression—
prevailed and those who supported those institutions had a full say
service to our faith and our fellow- ple politica keep pace with the times.
' Boston, chairman of its committee on , see her except at the. sisterhood." A of our sisterhood, many occasions are men? We often wonder now when we At present our sisterhoods influence
the administration. Nevertheless, there was a semblance
!legislation, declared: "Preparedness sisterhood meeting is a place where given for enlightenment. I have read hear of the endeavors of sisterhoods is apparent. We rejoice in our ability
an illusion of popular decision. Today even that illusion
di
with
interest
an
outline
of
various
pro-
has disappeared. The thousands, the hundreds of thousands of Jews
for suffrage does not mean learning every circle, every clique, every fac-
in behalf of their respective temples, to be of some utility in our religious
has
how to mechanically mark a ballot, tion should assemble on common grams throughout the state of West why our temple's existed for so many life, but I believe we have not reached
who support the Jewish institutions of New York no longer have the
saunter down to a voting booth, give !ground. Whatever distinction, what- Virginia, and from them I would con- years without the co-ordinated assist- the zenith of our growth. The future
least say in regard to the policies in the administration of these insti-
' your name in clear tone to an official, ever difference we may have on the clude that sisterhoods aid materially ance of the ladies. I presume the will demonstrate to us more ways and
tutions. So far as the elections in the Jewish institutions are con-
fold your ballot with a proper num- outside, we should congregate under along literary and educational lines. wives of members in the past always more methods of 86'8 neement
cerned, the Jews have become disfranchised—they have lost their
her of creases and deposit it skillfully ' one roots and for the time being work We have come to expect educational took a sort of desultory interest in Through unity our fields of usefulness
voting rights. They are neither called to the elections nor is their
' through a slot in a box. Prepared- for
. a common objectise -our religion. features in our sisterhood's yearly temple proceedings. But now with the
opinion invited on the matter of the proper persons to be chosen
will ever expand.
plans. That education may take form
ness for suffrage means something' We should no longer be scattered in-
well-organized, well-balanced and con-
for office.
' bigger. It means a constant, ever-. dividuals, but a collective body of in a purely religious way. It may centrated movement of sisterhood or-
The institutions are not to be blamed for this state of affairs. It
mean
the
reading
and
discussing
of
The worst sin towards our fellow
! lasting seeking for the higher things women whose sole purpose is the irn•
all began when individual institutions voluntarily gave up their inde-
ganization so far advanced, we should
of life." petus can give our religious efforts. good hooks. It may indicate a wide rise up in our pride and calf ourselves creatures it not to hate them, but to
pendence and accepted the authority of the federation.
and
varied
scope.
But
whatever
it
is,
'Tis true, there are factional differ-
The federation is a great and useful achievement in the life of
blessed—blessed Iowans'. we are now be indifferent to them; that is the es-
aces at some time in sonic sisterhoods, we may say when we sum up the an integral part of that wonderful sence of inhumanity.
New York Jewry. Through its establishment many of the evils and
'
but I speak of these net as the usual year's achievements, that the sister-
had practices of former charity work were abolished. But the feder-
but the unusual. Slight differences
ation has brought in one bad feature: it has destroyed democracy in
should be welcomed as an added stim-
of the Jewish charity institutions.
she
_—. -..
to our work, for there is always
Lamport
Will
Buy
Tract
In
ulus
C !Solomon
. Dr. Albert C.
danger of stagnation, if affairs run
Pelestine for B'nos Zion.
I want to reach my hand across to my old friend, the Rev
' too smoothly all the time
Dieffenbach, editor of the Christian Register of Boston, who, in a sermon
. do you realize what this mix-
nos Zion, an organization o('
in New York took occasion to refer to Fundamentalism as a re- '
Rut
The Boos
Detroit women
whose
purpose it to
is t tore of all factions does for us as in-
ligion of authority and a treason against a free country.
Ile
attacked
Bryan for being an autocrat in the guise of a democrat. Dr. Dieffenbach I !buy land in Palestine in order to as-' dividuals? Were we not to meet in or-
we would continue to live
one of America's liberal churchmen and is the kind of a Christian that ! sist the chalutzim, will make its ins-'.
anluti "ns '
is
rakes the Christianity of the Bryans suffer by comparison. One is begin- fiat investment at an early date. At ' g in our narrow circles; ; we would be-
lose our
co
Zconvention
held in come self-satisfied; we
fling to wonder if we are not forgetting what the word "America" stands for. the recent ionist
-
Washington, three members of the broa der outlook on life. That inter-
-----r'—'-
Oh, yes, we have Jewish bigotry and intolerance, too. A good example society, Mrs. David W. Simons, Mrs. ' mingling which a sisterhood offers us
is that reported through the London Jewish Chronicle of 16 Jews in
the Joseph II. Ehrlich and Mrs. Morris
their stores Friedberg, conferred with Solomon changes our usual trend of thought.
It reveals ne w vistas, it gives us the
town of Kovno who, because they were not permitted to open
on Sunday, decided to keep them open on Saturday. They were set upon Lamport of New York and arranged opportunity of hearing expressions
by an angry crowd of fellow Jews, who threatened them with all sorts of 1 with him to look for a suitable par- fromothers whom we meet at no other
his Lamport,
forthcoming
visit is to
disaster. But it was left to the rabbinate to set the example of in- chase during Mr.
who
a time. It changes our daily current,
dire
tolerance and fanaticism plus. It decided to excommunicate Jews who Palestine.
noted Zionist and philanthropist, and naturally we are bound to he ben-
trade on the Sabbath and to refuse to their families wedding and burial ' sailed on July 30 and will commons- efitted; we can't help but be stimulat-
by.absorbing the thoughts of oth.
rights and to their children the sacred Covenant. Now will all the fanatics
the B'nos Zion as soon as , ed
in the world step forward. We want to discover if there are any worse , cat
I ers, we increase our intelligence, we
possible.
further our education. For what is
than these rabbis. I know that some of my readers are going to get excited Poe
ss'me.
The officers of the society are: Mrs.
ng of
over this statement of mine. But instead of getting excited they ought to
111 cew education but the assimilatcontend
L.
someone else's knowledge ? I
send in a rousing protest to the rabbis guilty of such monstrous acts. Those J. Grosberg, president; Mrs.
cowitz, vice-president; Mrs. .loses that a siste rhood, be it large or be it
rabbis are worshippers of the letter, not of the spirit of Judaism.
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Kaufman, secretary, and Mrs. Sarah small, is one place where we can ex-
that there are articles which Gittleman, treasurer. David W. Si- . the our vision. It is one place where
w ho a l so
Since Mr. Ford has sworn to a statement
the chance is given us to set Bride pet-
appear in his newspaper that he knows nothing about, that he has never seen mars and Joseph H. Ehrlich,
or read, and which he has not approved, one may gain an idea of the value . attended the Zionist convention, act- ty distinction. It is one place where
I all barriers should be down, and as
of "Mr. Ford's Page," that we strongly suspect is written by someone else, ell as advisors to the committee.
d which is not read by Mr.
d
such, it should serve a noble puprose
.
d
who possibly does not show it to
M r. Ford seems as well verse
in every community where it exists.
s '
Ford until it is in print. Some ou
jrnalist!
nt
as
he
is
in
United
State
Now what else does a sisterhood do
Independe
in what appears in the Dearborn
acpl e-
,
for us? It viki.lees it iour t religious ebm
e,
f
nlo:: um, v eone
nnueeo
am p a g
e,, Bnet t tcyT
history.
is true
ps
as
' the Mp rs ;
ial treat of ice cream and cake to should be our greatest source of re-
The Zone of
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n Lod • NOS
Pim.), • •
All summer long you can have a cold refriger-
NOT ORIGINAL WITH HIM , he entire camp last. Saturday in ligion, I regret to say that many of
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ator without giving a moment's thought to
always constant temple attendants.
LONDON.-0. T. A.)—That So.:
The next regular meeting of Pisgah
Kelvinator maintains a
Mrs. Sara Avrin, the camp dieti.' have many sisterhood members
ice delivery. Just install Kelvinator Electric
Lodge No. 34, I. 0. B. B., will take cialism as an international movement'
presented
with
a
box
of
who
come
regularly
and
faithfully
to
condition
of
dry,
frosty
cian, Was
Refrigeration and it will keep itself cold.
place at Temple Beth El Monday eve- was not the original idea of Karl, chocolates last Tuesday in honor of our meetings, who for some cause or
cold
that
is
constantly
number of i mor- Marx, author of "Capital," as is , her birthday anniversary. Mrs. As- other, are not so punctilious about
ning,
under
fifty
degrees.
This
usually
ascribed
to
him,
was
the:
tant announcements will be made
Kelvinator keeps refrigerators colder than ice
rin was one of the recent graduates' Friday night or Saturday services.
is the Zone of Kelvination.
concerning the plans of the lodge for opinion expressed by Dr. Clark, a of the home economics class of the i But we are glad to see them at our
does, and keeps foods longer. Kelvinator
It is much colder than
the remainder of the year. Commit- pioneer Socialist worker, in a lecture Merrill-Palmer School. She is also meetings. We know then that through
tee appointments will be announced delivered at the summer school of ' president of the Fenkell Mothers'' the sisterhood at least they are keep-
freezes cubes of ice for table use. It relieves
the average ice-cooled
the
British
Independent
Labor
party.!
Club. ing in touch with their Jewish faith.
and a report of the building commit-
refrigerator.
"Karl Marx had nothing to do with ;
the user of every inconvenience connected
tee will be rendered the members
It
is
the
sisterhood
which
is
acting
as
•
the idea of starting a workmen's in-
In this intensely cold and
present.
At the election by secret ballot for I a medium of fostering and continuing
with refrigeration and is economical. Call or
No entertainment features have ternational association. The inter. judge of the camp "night court" the a religious spirit. And while it does
dry air,foxIsnot only keep
phone for complete information.
been provided, but it is urged that national WA as formed by Mazzini who following votes were cast: For Miss this within our ranks, it also is the
fresh
and
sweet
for
days,
every member attend this meeting be- was assisted by a few friends, includ- ' Caplan, 8; for Mrs. Ehrlich, 5; for means of showing our religious fervor
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but actually improve.
cause of the importance of the busi- ing myself," Dr. Clark stated.
Mrs. Solomon, 3; for Mrs. Margolis,. to the outside world. When an occa-
"Karl Marx's 'Capital' was not
Meats become mellow and
ness to be transacted.
1, Dorothy Stone is prosecuting at-Ision arises for any conversation with
belon
original. The real credit
acquire a delicious tender-
Salmi and S•rwic•
t ". to I torney and Goldie Zarankin is lawyerla non-Jewish friend who speaks with
Robert Owens and Secretary William
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ness and flavor. Green
for the defendant. At the three ses- pride of the accomplishments of the
Thompson, from whose works Marx I
SAY PACT OVER•ESTIMATED
stone held thus far the police commis- I ladies in her church circle, we are
salads and vegetables"crisp
borrowed freely. Even the word 'So-
stoner brought 18 charges, some of mighty happy that we can tell of what
up" in a marvelous way. All
WARSAW.—(J. T. A.)—The cor- cialism' was coined by Owen. The which are: Failure to eat soup; put- our ladies achieve in our temple ottan-
perishable foods stay sweet,
socialistic ideas of the Brutish Inde-
diality with which Count Skrzynski,
i ling orange peels in the sink; letting iary—the sisterhood. Sisterhoods, as
pendent Labor party are derived
wholesome and inviting,
the lantern burn all day; putting hot you know, are not old organizations.
Polish Foreign Minister, was received
from Keir Hardie, who was greatly
The Oldest Domestic Electric Retri 00000 ion
by the Jewish press of America is re-
milk in the ice box; crying at the I But since their inauguration, we have
influenced by Owen," he stated.
' table; calling each other names, and gained a status throughout the couns
sented by several Jewish newspapers
here. The papers assert that Ameri•
putting broken glass in the garbage ! try in being able to join that vast an-
The love of economy is the root of
my of women who cheerfully and con-
can Jews over-estimate the wor
! can instead of the rubbish hole.
the recently concluded "Polish-Jewisk all virtue.
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