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the time of San Vicente Ferrer's pinoza and a Heine, what matters the
preachinge, and curiously enough, rest?" Then pointing with his finger
among them were many rabbis who to a distance: "Do you see that small
afterwards became priests of high square, over there, near the palace
rank, as Fray Alonso de Espina, the of the richest Chueta? In that place
Bishop of Santa Maria, Geronimo de were burnt in 1691 sonic of the last
Santa Fe (the famous ex-rabbi Ye- martyrs of your race." And he re-
hoshua Hallorqui), Perdo Alfonso de minded me of that horrible phrase in
Toledo, Alfonso de Burgos, Alfonso the "La Fe Triunfante" in which the
de Zamora, Pablo de ileredia, Anto- Jesuit Francisco Garau, an eyewit-
nil Carrara, Pedro de la Caballeria, ness, narrates the martyrdom of Ra-
Alfonso de Cartenena and others, fael Valls, heroic heart and honor of
some of whom even became confes- his sect: "Ile was fat like a milk-
sors to the Queen. And, cruel as it pig and was red-hot even before the
was, among the most zealous perse- flames had reached him, his flesh was
rotors of the Maranos were several like a burning coal, and bursting in
persons of their own blood. It is the middle of his body, his entrails
believed that even Torquernada, the fell out as those of Judas." And that
bloody Inquisitor General had Jewish "plazoleta" is vainly awaiting the
monument that the Chuetas, as sug-
blood in his veins.
gested by Don Gabriel Alomar, should
During my stay in Patina de Mal-
lorca, it was my privilege to become erect to the noble martyrs of their
acquainted with, and befriended by, race!
It is marvelous how those Maranos
Don Gabriel Alomar, a very liberal
Mallorquin, philosopher and poet, of persisted in keeping their faith, with
tenacity,
and in the midst of unspeak-
the most distinguished in Spain. He
is not a Cueta, although he would able torture and persecution. Of
course,
those
that abandoned wealth,
like to have had the honor of being
one. He is a professor of philosophy, honor and a motherland, like the ex-
iles
who
refused
to wear a mask of
and by the way, teaches evolution in
the University of Palma de Mallorca. hypocrisy, were still more heroic.
The Spanish Inquisition did not
Ile is also a fervent hebraizant end
admirer of the Talmud, some pas- persecute Jews as such prior to the
sages of which he read and translated expulsion edict. That tribunal was
for me in the course of our long con- first established in France by a bull
versations. One evening, we were of Pope Gregory IX. It took a stable I
chatting on the terrace of his chalet form in the last number of crypto-1
overlooking the "Mare Nostrum." Jews. After October, 1492, no Jews
We spoke of various subjects related could live in Spain, and the Inquisi-
tion continued with renewed zeal, al-
to our history. When I told him that
the generalization of the type of Shy- most exclusively for the "new Chris-
lock as characteristic of the race has tians," and occasionally, some Maris-
cos, Protestants, Freemasons and
done a great deal of harm to the Jew ,
he answered me: "When a race has free-thinkers.
The great majority of the Maranos
among its sons an Avicebron, an Ez-
RUSSIA MOST IMPORTANT TODAY
By FRED M. BUTZEL
On the eve of the New Year, no matter pending before
the Jewish people seems to exceed in importance the con-
templated colonization of our co-religionists in Russia as
part of a general rehabilitation plan. Unfortunately, noth-
ing that is done for the Jewish people or by the Jewish
people, in view of our tragic history and especially the aft-
ermath of the war, assures complete confidence in all quar-
ters. The restoration of Palestine is founded on faith,
hope and effort. An English bug-a-boo, an Arab threat, a
new war menace and smug Jewish prejudice in the dias-
pora can always be invoked against this wonderful enter-
prise. Likewise, Russian pogroms, czaristic restorations,
banditry and Soviet insincerity can be invoked against any
restorative measures on a big scale in Russia. I remember
very well, during the first Joint Distribution campaign, the
exaggerated fear of many who were asked to contribute,
that the money could not be sent across the water and that
it would be confiscated and that there would not be enough.
It seems quite obvious that the Jewish people must take
chances and make experiments if the Jews are to be kept
alive and self-supporting and thereafter Jewish life must
take care of itself. I have sufficient faith in Palestine to
ardently desire this great experiment in Russia to succeed
and, if a large number are trained in agriculture in Russia,
it cannot help but have a splendid effect on Palestine. The
Russian government has everything to gain and nothing
to lose by placing under obligations a large influential and
intelligent people and by bringing them into a normal rela-
tion with things as they are in Russia. No matter how
much we may resent dispossession and uprooting of the
Jews, it is obvious that turning them from dependency or
even from being middlemen into primary producers is not
an evil no matter where it takes place.
Mr. Crudder then became associated
with McFadden Motors, Inc., as gen-
eral sales manager and under his di-
rection one of the strongest retail
selling organizations in this district
was built up. Mr. Crudder's genial
personality and desire to render real
service has earned for hint hundreds
of friends.
The Central Chevrolet Company is
New
Year
To the Jewish People of Detroit and to Our Hun-
dreds of Jewish Friends on the Occasion of the
Most Important Holiday in the Lives of Your
People.
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
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lighting a lamp and then covering it
up. But how many stumble along the
path of life because t4y let the lamp
that would guide them be hidden un-
When a stupid man is doing some- der • multitude of matters of no last-
thing he is ashamed of, he always
ing worth!
declares it is his duty.
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We also wish to take this occasion
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member of the Detroit Chevrolet
Dealers Association, Inc. The serv-
Ise station, situated in the rear of the
building, contains the equipment rec-
ommended by the Chevrolet Motor
Company.
g-ti-miofteevv -L -e00-
were converted to Catholocism long E. M. Rosenthal Says New
Model Has Made Chevrolet
before the expulsion, and baptisms en
masse began since 615 A. D. during
Beat Car for Price.
the reign of Sisebuto, and conver-
sions only stopped when there were
In an interview with E. Si. Rosen-
no more people to be converted.
On the eve of the discovery of thal, president of the Central Chevro-
let Company, located on Jefferson at
America, in which Jews and Maranos
Chene street, he stated, "The new mo-
took so great a part, all the Jews who tor, axle, clutch, springs and brakes
still persisted in their Judaism had
of the 1925 model added to the new
been expelled from Spain. Their num-
Fisher body with its improved ap-
ber varies according to the estimate
pointments has made the Chevrolet
of various historians, from 10,000 to
one of the best cars in the market at
800,000, but it is a safe estimate to
the price and is meeting with the
put it at an average of half a million
wholehearted approval and praise of
exiles, full one-quarter of which re-
car owners everywhere."
turned, not being able to stand the
Mr. Rosenthal, in relating the phe-
hardships of their wanderings through
nomenal gains in sales of Chevrolets
inhospitable lands, and offered them-
of the Central Chevrolet Company
selves for baptism. After that epoch,
since he became connected with it two
all Jewish life in Spain is centered in
years ago, declared that it was due
the Maranos.
to the untiring efforts of Harry Crud-
We find in the archives of the "auto-
RIDE ALONG TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN
der, general manager, that the Central
de-fe," the perduance of Maranos as Chevrolet Company has become so
YELLOW CABS.
late as in 1820, in Portugal, Spain widely known. Because of his excel-
and America. I shall not dwell here lent work, Mr. Crudder, who was for-
in the narration of their long martyr- merly branch manager of the Chev-
dom, but must not omit to mention
rolet retail store, has been made a
only a few of the most distinguished partner of the firm and is now secre-
victims: Trevino de Sobremonte and tary and treasurer.
Luis de Carbajal, Governor of the
Much of Mr. Crudder's success, con-
Province of Mexico, and his nephew, tinued Mr. Rosenthal, has been due
who were executed in 1596 (the latter to the general policy of the firm of
was the first Jewish author in Amer- giving the last iota of service wanted
ica); the savant Mimi, of Lisbon, who by every car purchaser. When Mr.
was "emparedado,," that is built into Crudder became manager he hired the
a wall, with his wife and left to ago- best available mechanics and im-
nize; Francisco Malonado do Silva, pressed upon them the fact that the
poet and philosopher executed in relationship with the customer did not
Lima, Peru, in January, 1639 (deleted end with the sale of the car.
by his sister to her Confessor), and
Mr. Crudder is one of the best-
JOHN E. MURPHY, President
Antonio Jose da Silva who was known men in Detroit automobile cir-
brought back from Brazil to Portugal cles. He originally joined the Chev-
and burnt at the stake together with rolet Motor Company in 1918 as sales-
■ 111111111~11106111111W his mother and his wife, in October, man, working under C. E. Dawson,
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1739. In one of the last autos-de-fe now general sales manager of the
in Mexico, almost at the close of the same company. Later he was made
XVIII century, a friar was punished retail sales manager and then branch
for secretly professing the rabbinate. manager, in which position he re-
Until the middle of the XVIII cen- mained until the Chevrolet Motor
tury, Maranos were fleeing from Company retired from the retail field.
Spain and Portugal and settling in
Amsterdam, Vienna, Venice, New
York, London, Rio de Janeiro, the
Balkans and particularly was almost I
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colonized by them. One of the most
prominent Marano families in Con-
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stantinople was that of Don Josef
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Nassi, whose former name was Don
Juan Micas. He had joined his rela-
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tive Dona Beatriz Mendez. herself a
fugitive from the Inquisition, in 1554,
married her daughter and brought to
Turkey all of their relatives and a
whole suite of faithful servants. As
they were immensely rich, they se-
cured privileges from the Sultan whose
courts they visited frequently and
from whom they obtained the further
privilege of wearing Christian attire
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Their
the Jews of Constantinople.
descendants still live in Constanti-
nople and gave many prominent rabbis
to the community.
There are today, all over Spain,
many persons who know they are of
Jewish descent, and although not ad-
hering to that faith, they feel very
well disposed toward the Sephardim
and work for their welfare. The most
zealous of these is Senator Doctor An-
gel Pulido Fernandez, who has been
called the "apostle" of the sephardim,
and who for over 20 years has pleaded
their cause. Raphael Canzinos As-
sens is certainly one of the most en-
thusiastic workers for the reconcili-
ation between Spain and the Jew. He
is a descendant of a Marano family
that had many martyrs, and the most
worthy propagandist of the ideals of
Have you delayed placing
the race. An author of great re-
your order for Wedding En-
nown, he translated parts of the Tal-
graving? Our complete fa•
mud into Spanish and wrote a very
con-
ciliaee under our cwn
beautiful introduction to it, which is
trol enable us to guarantee
considered a masterpiece. Ile par-
delivery as prornteed.
ticipated, about six years ago, In the
inauguration of the first synagogue,
in Madrid. Manuel Ortega, .newspa-
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perman and Academician, has also
somas wr,cs Iwo. ow.
contributed to blot out the stigma of
Woodward at Congress
the contempts for the Jew, and takes
a great part in Spanish-Jewish affairs.
A good number of famous authors and
statesmen do not deny their Jewish
descent And on the contrary, point it
out with some pride, that they are of
"the same tribe of Jesus, St. Paul
and many saints of the Christian
altars."
It is a great surprise to me that
the Chuetas of Mallorca belong today
to the conservative or clerical party ,
and that in 1870, they were the first to
vote against religious liberty, when
the fires of the "quemaderos" were
still hot! Years of isolation and per-
secution has somewhat cowed them.
The privation of liberty debases a
people, and the Chuetas, with few
honorable exceptions, adapted them-
selves to the conditions with Tartuf-
Ilan mimicry.
There is a small sect of Marano'
in Covilha, Portugal, but they, as the
Chuetas have entirely forgotten Juda-
ism.
Where are then the balance of the
Marano', today? It is another inex-
plicable phenomenon that, soon after
religious liberty and tolerance were
established in Spain, Portugal and
Spanish America, they disappeared as
by magic. They became absorbed by
the respective populations, and only
a very small and Insignificant number
of them returned to Judaism in Brazil,
Mexico and Central America, where
they still practice it today.
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