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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE FROM
Edwin Denby
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VAST SUM SPENT
FOR PALESTIN
relationships With them. They had to
dress differently and to wear badges
—"the Jew's badge"—which every-
where identified them. They were de-
barred from all professions and trades
practiced by the Gentiles. They could
not travel without paying heavy tolls
and without carrying many passprts. Seven Millions Expended for
Philanthropic Purposes
Small wonder that the Jews became
the pariahs of the new, enlightened,
By J. D. C.
cultured and scientific age. The'mar-
vel is that they retained their high
NEW YORK.—(J. T. A.)—Figures
spiritual and moral qualities and that showing the expenditure by the Joint
they developed an intellectual acumen Distribution Committee of nearly $7,-
not only equal to that of Christian 000,000 in Palestine during the past
scholars but even superior to it.
ten years, for various philanthropic
The Jewish Middles Ages had a de- purposes, including the support o f
leterious effect up(in the condition of schools and hospitals and reconstruc-
the Jewess. There could be no ad- tive work, were made public by its
vancement in her status while her peo- chairman, Felix M. Warburg. This
is one of four under ,
ple, did not progress. Her inferiority or
was in direct proportion to the zeal whose auspices a nation-wide confer-1
and thoroughness with which the Tal- once will be held in Philadelphia on [5
mudic laws were executed and the September 12 and 13, to consider plans 1 1!
Talmudic ideas accepted. Greater or- for raising $15,000,000 primarily for
thodoxy and conservatism of the ghet- Jekish colonization in Russia.
Palestine has been one of the coon-
The German Jewess had much toes meant less freedom and opportu-
nity. The Jewish woman's life was tries coming within the scope of the
fewer opportunities for individual
worse than it had been in Joint Distribution Committees philan-
scarcely
achievement than her sisters of Spain,
thropic efforts since the creation of
for her people were more conserva- Talmudic and later times. But forces that body in October, 1914, to act as 1
and conditions cannot remain static—
tively religious and fanatically devot-
there must be progress, or decline will the distribution agency of the various) I t
ed to the Talmud. Still, in spite of
set in. Since there could be no ad- Jewish committees organized that
these disadvantages, there arose many
vancement, retrogression came. And year to raise funds for the relief of I
women Talmudists and students in
although, during their medieval ages, their •ar-stricken brethren abroad,
the ghettos. The distinguished Rabbi
the Jews did not deteriorate spirit- and it is anticipated that a consider-
Radii, who considered matrimony and
ually or morally, their intellectual able part of the contemplated $15,000,-
women "fetters," had three dough-
life, forced to a standstill, necessarily 000 fund will be devoted to recon-
, ters all of whom were well versed in
declined. In their train came super- structive and welfare work in that
the Hebrew language and in Talmudic
stition, bigotry, narrowness of vision, country.
and Biblical lore. If there arose no
Up to the beginning of 1922, be-
destructive to the a( -
famous women rabbis there were all of them
fore the work of the Joint Distribution
many cultured and brilliant women vancement of woman.
Committee was departmentalized, a
When we come to compare the pone
precentors and preachers. To the is-
total of $5,419,015 was sent by it to
courses of Urania of Worms even tion of the medieval Jewess with that Palestine and credited on its books to
of
her Christian sister, we find that
Rabbis and Talmudic students came.
"palliative relief." But, while a large
it was, in the main, superior and hap-
Dolze, the wife of Eliezer of Worms,
part of this sum was spent for the ,
pier. In his established world, man
was exceptionally well informed on
relief of the indigent population of I
had given little to woman. He had
religious observances and duties and
Jerusalem, the bulk of the money was'
put her outside the scheme, his scheme,
held public lectures on them, while
utilized for reconstruction work, the
of things. She was always more or
Miriam Schapiro, the ancestress of
subsidizing of schools and hospitals,
less enslaved and degraded. Woman's
the famous Luria family, was a popu-
anti-malarial campaigns, and the rec-
theoretic emancipation is scarcely
lar and clever lecturer who emulated
lamation of swampland for coloniza-
more than a century old; while onI$
the Greek Hypathia by screening her-
tion purposes, and has greatly aided
during the last few decades has she
self from her students so that her
the Zionist effort to re-establish Pal-
Thus.
liberty.
beauty might not disturb their atten- been able to obtain real
ior x of her estine as a homeland for Jews.
tion. These learned women were not considering the entire hi.
Since the installation of the depart-
sex, the Jewish woman': position on
indifferent to the plight of their un-
mental system by the Joint Distribu-
the whole has not been reatly infer-
educated sisters. They translated and
tion Committee on January 1, 1922,
wrote prayer books and religious ior, while during the Middle Ages it and until the end of 1921, that organ-
books in the vernacular for these was even better.
ization has appropriated for Palestine
Medieval Christianity merely tol- $065,451 for reconstruction work, in-
women who knew no Hebrew.
erated marriage, but neither praised cluding $200,000 for the Ruttenberg
Another proof of the comparative
it nor considered it as an ideal state . project; $229,231 to the Central Bank
I freedom of action that the medieval
Jewess enjoyed is seen in their work Consequently, the Christian woman of Co-operative Institutions for loans
could not possess much influence and to artisans, merchants and farmers;
I as printers. In the fifteenth century,
wife and was $133,151 to the Kupat-Milvsh, another
when printing was discovered, the respect as mother and
not protected against her husband's credit-loan institution; $408,777 for
Jews were the first to make use of
vagaries and moral lapses. Her in- orphan care; $200,200 to the Hadas-
this new art and develop it. It not
tellectual and cultural standing was nab Medical Organization. Other ap-
only afforded a means of a livelihood,
sister of the propriations, mainly for the Hebrew
but it was work of religous value. It far below that et her
ghetto—Wnai B'rith Magazine.
Teachers' &liege in Jerusalem and
made possible the publication of re-
several other schools, have brought
ligious books at little cost, thus en-
the total of the J. D. C:s appropria-
aiding many poor Jews to possess
tions for various Palestinian projects
them. Women printers were so nu-
since 1921 up to over a million and a
morons that printing became known as
half dollars, or a total during the past
n "woman's job." Many women even
An author came to Rebbi Leibekle ten years of $7,349,393.70, of which
owned printing establishments, while
Rashkis of Schnipischo•k (near Wil-
$351,012.50 has actually been
others were capable managers.
book for one all but
na) and offered him
In the fifteenth century, there ap- ruble. The rabbi was busy at the spent. The unexpended balance is
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peared in the Christian world of dark- time and asked his "dayyan" or as-(subject to call, according to Mr. War-
ness and superstition, a light, which sistant to look the book over and see burg'a statement.
though at first dim and weak, became whether it was worth the price.
"Whilst we converse with what is
strong and scintillating. This was the
Sooner than the rabbi expected the
Renaissance, the rebirth of man's "dayyan" reported to him that the above us, we do not grow old but
soul. The Christian world began to book should he purchased. young." The waters of perpetual
take stock of itself, to probe into its
"Why," said the rabbi, "you cannot youth are not to be found flowing
inner being and to discover a wealth have scanned it over in this short from sonic magic fountain, but they
of alluring phenomena. The new time; what makes you think the book do spring up in the soul of him who
beauty they found transcended that is worth a ruble?" in the midst of life's gayeties, sor-
has laid secure hold on
taught in the gloomy monasteries and
"The paper it is printed on is alone rows, labors.
degenerate churches. Man's individ- worth more than a ruble," answered the worth of truth, the value of good-
uality quickened with new life. All the "dayyan." nevi the significance of beauty, the
these are outside
about him appeared a world of fasci-
The rabbi glanced into a few pages holiness of love, for
of time, they never grow old, and he •
nating wonders. He discovered the of the book and said:
who lives with them must always re1
wonder of nature and the physical
"It may have been worth a ruble,
Lain the spirit of youth.
world, the beauty of poetry and art. by printing on it."
and the power of philosophy and
thought.
The Jew was not allowed to see this
wondrous light nor to feel its warmth.
C. E. OTTER
WM. J. OTTER
N. F. HAMILTON
It was not for him, decreed the Chris-
tian world. Nor was the Jew in need
of the rebirth. Suffering and inse-
curity had kept his soul from lethargy.
It had not been his Middle Ages.
Throughout the dark centuries, the
Eet•blished 1863
Jew's moral, spiritual and cultural
condition had been far superior to his
Christian neighbor's. Thus he was in
no need of a moral or spiritual rebirth.
On the other hand, the fruits of the
Renaissance were as essential for his
continuous higher development as they
,p,
were for non-Jews. The Jewish Mid-
dle Ages set in when the Chirstian's
ended. As the Gentile's spirit hori-
zon broadened and grew clearer, the
Jew's became narrower and darker.
There were various causes for this
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The endless persecutions and expul-
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and aroused an overwhelmingly de-
spair. Finally the appalling artoci-
ties perpetrated against them com-
Equipped to care for the modest funeral at the most reasonable
pletely broke their faith in Christian
charge as well as the largest and most exacting.
justice. They anxiously withdrew
such an authority on theology and
TalmudieNhilosophy that many rabbis
came to discourse with her and seek
counsel. One Paula de Mansi was
so well versed in the Hebrew lan-
guage as to be a competent aid to
her father in his rabbinical re-
searches. And the daughter of Rabbi
Samuel ben All gave public lectures
on the Talmud and Bible.
In Germany, adverse economic con-
ditions and persecution made the
Jew's life and spiritual and cultural
position inferior to those of his Span-
ish and Italian co-religionists. The
German Jew's life was a hard and
colorless one Over-taxed, hated,
abused and living in the midst of an
ignorant and semi-barbaric people, he
found that the synagogue, Talmud
and Bible were his only source of hap-
piness and pleasure. In them, in the
dreams of the joys of the future, he
forgot the misery of the day. German
Jewry, therefore, produced eminent
rabbis, Talmudists and martyrs.
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into other shells—the synagogue and
the ghetto—and were lost to the world.
Those who had been fortunate enough
1 to taste the fruits of the great world
without were loathe to accept their
imprisonment. These were the Span-
' h is,
Portuguese, Provencal and Italian
Jews who had seen better days and
who could not thrive in the close at-
. mosphere of the ghetto.
But the new world had closed Its
gate to them. Nor could they steal
into It on account of the many dili•
gent guards. Beginning with Pope
Innocent III, bulls, edicts and decrees
were issued which sheared the Jews
of the most elemental human rights.
They had to live apart from their
Christian neighbors and were forbid-
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Member Detroit Federation of Musicians.
Director U. S. Naval Band of Detroit.
Member American Legion.
"SAY IT WITH VOTES"
PRIMARIES, OCTOBER 6, 1925