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Meeting the Cultural Needs of European Jewry

By JACOB BILLIKOPF

(Continued From Lost Week.)

A pessimistic view on the last ses-
ISM e th Poetelee at Detroit.
matter lima
Nara a. Beemul-olaes
$900,000 was turned over to the r.
sion of the American Jewish Congress
1171.
e
th
Mkt., wider the Ast of March
The proceedings were clear as far
by B. Shelvin, in the "Am
constituted cultural committee of the
as the two smaller committees were
is given
0. B. Shelvin finds
J. D. C., that we have definite figure;. .
General Offices and Publication Building
kaner"
o f Nov. 6.
concerned. The Central Relief Corn-
that
of
the
five
sessions
of
the
con-
mittee
had
an
orthodox
program,
the
These
indicate a total expnded of a l-
525 Woodward Avenue
ed to any im-
gress not one was devoted
p roximately $1,240,000.
Cable Addros.: Cbroslal.
People's Relief Committee likewise
Tatapi....1 Cadillac 1040
Cultural
funds were disbursed in
portent
problem
in
Jewish
life,
says
Leaden Office
The overwhelming defeat of the Klan was not the "Russian land-settlement" plan of had a clearly defined program in the the following
manner: Through ti,
14 Stratford Plac•, London, W. t, Enisland
support of the Yiddishist schools and
achieved by any special group or sect but resulted the J. D. C. to which two whole sea-
Committee,
$649,221 u..;
Central
$3.00 Per Year
institutions
through the People's Relief Commie-
S abscription, in Advance
from the combined efforts of Catholics, Protestants, skins were given, whereas this mat-other
were in
sympathy. with
The which
33 1.3 they
per
tee,
$293,021.41;
through
the A ine
ter, which was only provoked by an
cent, however, set aside for cultural
n or L cim:r a most reach (Si.
.:
Jews and Negroes. It is one thing to parade all the error on the part
7. Moen ya ► llestIon.inal
can Jewish Relief Committee, $KI,.
work by the American Jewish Relief
917;
through
other
funds
appropri.
prejudices born of bigotry and parochialism from the tt
n omitting
in his campaign circular
i
Committee, which had by for the
The Detroit Jewish Chroelele In•Ite. eon...minden. on eubtoets of latereet
tilsGtr2i.butli:onn.
ated directly by the J$oli ,n2t3D
he clause on Palestin e, could ea ly
largest resources, was time and again
platform and yet another to entrust the conduct of
le lie 1.1.1.1. people. but dIselaints responsIbIllt. for as Indorsement ef the
Committee, $102,300; turned over to
ettledby th e leaderssiof
Ores impressed by the writer..
b
generously used to help out the other
1 and have
li
ld br brill
i discord
'II would
municipal affairs to men who
f itt,hteee fooriei go Ramie,
tehluesivccomom
both bodies privately and there was no
two committees when their own quota
religious bickerings into our civic life. The community need for convoking the congress for of cultural funds proved inadequate making a i tot Ralie o
November 13, 1925
iat. h e$3:eli:i} .
the sole purpose of having the J. D. C.
to their needs.
appreciated the fact that responsibility rested upon it
n Jewish Relief Committee ap-
nfirm the peace-pact con-
can
leaders confirm
from this frequently,
propriated directly for cultural pur-
and with this idea in mind responded. For the present eluded with the Zionists at the Phila. and It a followed
detailed examination of the ap•
A few days prior to the mayoralty election a the menace of Klan influence not to mention Klan con- delphia Conference held in September. propriations for Yeshiboth, Talmud poses from 1921 to date $355,No.
The funds appropriated directly by
No elections were held to the present
d,
statement was issued by Henry Ford in which he urged trot is eliminated.
Tourualdhs,inedsipcett
Is
w
the J. D. C. are notably those secured
congress, says Mr. Shelvin, and the
a r h get the eh col
h
h
re
o
u
lg
h
a
otf
tt
c
t
i
e
a
It
Y
at the request of Dr. Bernard Kahn
the re-election of John W. Smith as mayor of Detroit.
Our own people participated in the election to a
convoked the old congress
mittee they managed to re- m
for
the
educational
institutions
of
while
having
no
program
to
bring
be-
tural
co
This naked fact would be of little consequence but greater extent than ever before. This was not an acci-
ceive considerably more than the
Germany, which received $il h nOig,s 0 ,0000t ie s nr.
fore them.
sums that otherwise might have been
when taken in connection with the reasons for the en- dent but was due to the efforts of a body of men which
4 .
4m tirlg a0, 0:. :10 ici9 n tt lle,9120 .
The writer resents the fact that the
n arrange for some forthcoming from the Central Com-
t1r9y ,.
u
h a e N
a n :DJ:
, dorsement we confess that we are not a little puzzled. was deeply concerned about the dangers inherent in leaders did not eve
alone. Institutions which
mittee
the prominent European guests
Henry Ford deplores the injection of religion in the Klanism. These men had a job of no mean proportion of
neither the Central Relief Committee
things, he rendered a very interesting
present to be heard. Dr. Eisenstadt
h
nor t e People's Relief Committee
political affairs of our municipalities. And yet we can on hand in an effort to overcome the passivity and indo- might give a report on
report on the status of the cultural
the present
felt disposed, because of the limita-
Ile made the statement that,
readily see how he can consistently maintain the posi- lence of the voters. The act of voting on election day condition of Jews and Judaism in tions of their funds or for other tea- work.
notwithstanding the fact that no spe-
lion that his anti-Semitic propaganda had no religious is not all that is required of the citizen. He must register Soviet Russia, Dr. Leon Reich on con- sons, to grant support, received by cial department had been created by
ditions in Poland and many interest-
controversial ingredients. He did not attack the re- before he qualifies as a voter and with great distances ing and important things might have far the largest part of their assist- the J. D. C. for the cultural work, a
deal had been accomlis'ied. He
g
been told by Madame Annitta Mueller- ance from the funds of the American
ligion of Judaism, but he did attack the sinister, cor- to travel to City Hall his inertia is an obstacle which
Jewish Relief Committee. For in-
Jewish
said: "The education of ew
ish chil-
s of this, Dr. Eisenstadt
Cohen. In tead
stance, the Tarbuth Schools in Eu-
rupting methods of Jews in business, commerce and in- only strong urging and an aroused sense of responsi-
dren
would have been impossible
was not heard at all and Dr. Reich
rope, i. e., the Zionist cultural or edu-
without the support of the J. D. C.
dustry is the way his apologia would read. . bility can overcome.
and Madame Mueller-Cohen were only
cational institutions, were mainly
The entire educational system of
We must perforce admit the soundness of his posi-
The individuals who worked tirelessly and continu- given an opportunity to deliver short, supported from the funds of the Eastern
Europe had been broken
tion for although he has not violated the letter he has odsly to arouse enthusiasm and overcome resistence mass-meeting ovations.
American
Jewish
Relief
Committee
down
on account of the war and quite
ins go J p toiumrinsatt o ttf sNtouv.t 1.,1e,
because the Orthodox committee with
a
new
system
of education had to be
done serious violence to the spirit. What man with any were A. C. Lappin and Dr. Charles Smith, ably assisted A ben Gh
Goldbergn
i
oeld
its inadequate funds considered itself
Installed." It may be of Interest to
knowledge of the history of anti-Semitism does not by many of the public spirited Jews of the city. They present and future of the congress. If ly
in duty
bound Yeshiboth
to look after
the
strict- note that of the existing schools very
Orthodox
and
Talmud
s sessions brought no sensations of
know that any criticism or villification of the Jew has conceived the idea of a Civic Duty League as a neces- it any
few were in existence before the war.
kind, they were quite normal. The
Torahs first. The People's Relief "For Instance, we had in Poland
always resulted in an attack upon him based upon
eery instrumentality for bringing home to the voter his congress fulfilled its function in con- Committee was also called upon for only eight Yiddish schools, 61 Ortho-
sidering
Russian
colonization,
the
most
crucifixion which took place more than 1900 years ago.
more than it could give to the Yid- dox schools and three Tarbuth
civic duty. Sidney Alexander, Charles Goldstick and
o fall ptreseini t trioubulemos,r atnhde
dishist schools and workers' institu-
schools. Only those Orthdoox schools
Who does not know that the mediaeval minds of Elias Goldberg undertook the direction of this organi- ins
s f
e p
reelpectriusu
o ,
tions were defined as cultural and de- are maintained here which are con-
today think of the Jew only as a religious non-con- zation. The large number of stay at homes who regis- fuetuvraer and elections. r(idauy groups rived their support largely from the nected with some organization. We
and
organizations
have
pledged
their
formist? What Fundamentalist is able to think of the tered and voted attested the splendid work done.
American Jewish Relief Committee.
there
meu1
db.
before thkuwuriar. dt;h
ell
g
:Tip° lritv to thuemcbolne greusus A a
It is to be noted, in passing, that,
were thousands
Jew on the basis of citizenship and occupation alone.
Once the necessity of voting penetrated the minds
th ili itasdlife may
t
roughly
speaking,
one-third
of
the
Chedorim
and
hundreds
of
Talmud
He ascribes all his shortcomings to his religious errancy. of voters it was necessary to make them realize the be nowlere is hope that it will be- funds of the Central Relief Commit- Torahs and Yeshibahs scattered all
come more respectable."
The latter day bigot finds his racial inferiority a prolific serious menace of the Klan. In this respect
tee were devoted monthly to the sup- ove th
the present area of Poland.
Mr. Lappin
.
It was quite a superfluous enter.
.
.
po of cultural institutions in Pales-
, t ii e first year of the war,
"In 1914,
source of wickedness. But in the main the failure of and Dr. Smith rendered
service as prise, thinks S. Niger in The Day to port
co nspi
In addition, Palestine received the following schools were added with
the Jew to accept Jesus as the Messiah is the basic tea- entitles them to the thanks of the who Jewish corn- call a special session of the congress tine.
from the funds of the American Jew- the assistance of American funds•.
in order to destroy, under the chair-
ish Relief Committee from time to Two Yiddish, two Orthodox and seven
son for hostility. Henry Ford did not attack the relig- munity.
manship of Rabbi Wise, what was at-
time substantial subventions. Hebrew,
ion of Judaism but he fomented more religious hostility
tained with the participation of the
"n the secnod and third years of
On this basis of separate allotment
same Rabbi Wise not long ago in the
in this country than all other 'agencies combined. Did
the war, the increase was 27 Yiddish,
very same Benjamin Franklin hotel by the constituent committee!! the
19 Orthodox and 32 Hebrew. From
he imagine that the evangelical fanatics who are the
cultural
work
was
carried
on
virtual-
in Philadelphia.
For many years the Jew has labored to dispel the
1918, following the Armistice the
ly until the summer of 1922. In De-
backbone of K. K. K. and similar organziations would
This writer wonders if the "har-
growth of the schools was very rapid,
m ny of words" effected at the recent cember, 1921, the executive commit-
study his diatribes? They read head-lines, accept slo- erroneous notions which grew out of the Protocol of
so that since that there have been
relief conference held in Philadelphia tee of the Joint Distribution Commit-
gans as eternal truths, regard the sacred pronounce- the Elders of Zion forgery, the fantastic theory of In-
added 138 Yiddish 284 Orthodox and
ur oia
id .
c that in cot r a de .oazu
e bueuLtnuds rueie ;IT Itschoeudgrneoz, tee had resolved
i tit t S
e re pttle, m
161 Hebrew making a total at this
end t to effect
ments of Henry Ford as holy and inspired and they ternational Jewish bankers control and Jewish domi-
duplication
ad
'
time of 208 Yiddish, 728 Orthodox
z
.
'
work, the con-
know he is anti-Semitic, which means but one thing to nation of Bolshevism. These anti-Semitic canards were if this harmony will now be a lasting lion of the cultural
(including the Galician and other
deirto ap-
be
invite
teesu
stituent
co
mmit
leader
o one.
n "Certain J Vews, under the
them—that the Jew is damned because of his religious not circulated to help Jewry but to injure it. It is not
schools) and 226 Hebrew, all con-
h
m hue:
twinoitteem
a 7e ; iti)uttout
act ontide leudptum
sa e. uouft Rabbi uNinitse,nu
nected with organizations.
wor
k
ea
opinions. We do not excuse Henry Ford but having no at all surprising that calculating autocrats or chagrined
'Joint'
"In Lithuania, where the same con-
and made peace. Now develop a plan for the distribution of
malice we are pleased to note the liberality of the senti- defeatists would resort to such propaganda, but when conference,
ditions reigned, before the war, we
same Jews again made war— the funds and to present it to the
an ardent nationalist Jew is guilty of a.similar practice these
now
have 73 Tarbuth schools, 115
s
Joint Di tribution Committee.
ment expressed.
a d concluded peace again.... When
n
Orthodox 'Jayne' schools, 50 Yiddish
When in 1922 the executive com-
does a poor man rejoice? When he
However, the endorsement showed clearly how the it is time to call a halt.
schools.
for further xcultural
Robert Stricker, a leader of the Zionist opposition, has lost s m thi and then recovers mitt allocated
In Latvia, where the distinction
t r e ey
l .
Klan mind works. Immediately upon the release of
tthhee suuunl t i u r o af l a y,p. opr7
el ou ta'i:
s
.tnitrhe ah etw
between the different types of schools
was
the Ford story the Klan leaders busied themselves in an in a splenetic article in the Weiner Morgenzeitung calls ther ;,. 11i
r9t00,t
i 0ig,
resolutions
is
not
so severe, we have 145 schools
tion
of
a
c
constituted under the dire
on organ-
effort to make capital out of it among the Jewish citi- the Russian land settlement scheme a collosal fraud. ization and on a cultural C ommission,
• commi . ee known as the cut in all, of which 53 are elementary
specie
will open a new future for the con-
zens of the city. The argument had plausibility. If The following excerpt shows his attitude:
grass, is the opinion of B. Rivkin in the tural committee of the. Joint Distri- schools, 59 chedorim, 11 middle
Jewish World of Philadelphia. The bution Committee, the chairman of schools, four trade schools and eight
Ford is for Smith the Jews should be against him ; if
The gain to the country, the advantage for the inner
resolution on Organization, however, which was Dr. Cyrus Adler. Other Talmud Torahs, as well as some
the arch anti-Semite of America favored Smith for May-
policy of the government, is equalled by the profit in for-
is but an ambiguous formula for no members were: Peter Wiernik and others.
"The schools in Poland are fre-
eign politics. The initiated of Moscow have openly ad-
Rabbi Meir Berlin, who represented
or the Jews should repudiate him. But nobody was
practical way is shown how to get all
mitted that the Crimean plan is the beginning of a political
quested by 120,000 children. Half
the Central Relief Committee; Dr.
Jewish national organizations into the
taken in by the political trickery of the Klan leaders.
offensive against England and Zionism. England and Zion-
Nathan Kress of the American Jew- of these children go to the Orthodox
congress. This is to a certain degree
ism are considered unpleasant opponents. In England Mos-
Henry Ford's endorsement of Mayor Smith did not
schools, and we may assume that
ish Relief Committee, Meyer Gillis
strengthened by the second resolution,
cow is seen as its arch enemy. All other foes do not weigh
about another 70,0000, especially in
and Alexander Kahn of the People's
mean that Smith would become unfriendly to the Jews
on culutral work. Such work, the
as heavily. England is strong and the only power which
Galicia, go to government schools. In
Relief Committee.
writer thinks will indeed bring to.
as citizens. A personal endorsement of a man who (le-
can stop the triumphant Bolshevist invasion of Asia, and
Lithuania, schools are attended by
This
committee,
on
June
8,
1922,
Ober all live Jewish organizations of
thus avert its ultimate victory. Hence no opportunity
18,000 pupils and in Latvia by about
voted much time and money to the spread of anti-Semi-
reported to the J. D. C. "that it was
the country under the banner of the
pupils. In other countries we
must
be
lost
to
hurt
England.
England
is
the
center
around
decided
in
order
to
avoid
duplication,
e movingly, Towica rnmr.Pss.
.
. 12,000 .
.
.
., not analogous to the endorsement of an or-
tism
which Russian foreign policies circle. Through the pro
and as a basis for a precedent in mak- have also, if not by organized en."
The Daily Jewish Courier of Chl-
ganization that had a militant program of standardi-
motion of Zionism and as benevolent protector of Pales-
but by individual support, built up
ing
future
allotments,
a
detailed
bud-
cago found that however ambiguous
tine
England
has—of
this
the
Moscow
politicians
are
con-
get is to be submitted by each of the the school system so that we can safe-
zation and discrimination. The Jewish citizens of De-
the aims and functions of the Ameri-
vinced—won all Jewry and with the Jews everywhere won
ly say that through the efforts of the
three constituent committees." In this
troit rather consciously or subconsciously recognized
can Jewish Congress may tie, it may
valuable sympathy and moral support. The Crimean
J. D. C. it has been possible to edu-
report Dr. Adler expressed the opin-
serve and does serve an important
the difference which the vote indicated.
scheme, represented to the world as the most magnani-
este about 225,000 children. For in-
ion
that
as
conditions
in
most
of
the
purpose: While making our own prob-
mous and generous aid to the Jews, is designed to rob
stance, in Austria, in Constantinople,
countries of Eastern Europe, with the
The defeat of the Klan and the plea for the ex-
lems clear to ourselves, it at the same
England of its prestige as the only protector of the Jews
in Czecho-Slovakia, in Hungary arid
exception of Russia and the Ukraine,
time makes known to the world that
clusion of religion from politics made by Ford are not
and to place Russia at its side as an equivalent rival.
in Roumania, we supported partly in
were
improving
and
the
average
lay-
American Jewry is not indifferent to
man
understood
the
necessity
of
giv-
an
organized effort and partly by sub-
unpleasing.
maltreatment of Jewish minorites
ventions an additional 65 schools of
When did the initiated of Moscow openly admit the
ing
his
child
an
elementary
education,
in European countries, and, insofar as
types.
that the Crimean plan is the beginning of a political our attitude is made known to the the support of elementary schools all "An
effort has ben made to main-
should be gradually decreased and the
offensive against England and Zionism? According world, the resolutions of the "Con- efforts of the committee should be tain all the higher types of Jewish
gress"
may
have
some
influence.
A number of serious minded persons in Detroit have to the published reports of Peter Smidovitch, president
schools and Jewish institutionsof
concentrated on institutions of high
J. Entin, in the Naye Warheit
learning, such as Jewish theological
realized the need for authentic information on many of the Comzet, and Commisar for Foreign Affairs thinks,
learning to prepare students to be-
on the contrary, that the con-
schools, seminaries and teachers, col-
controversial questions which have caused no end of Chitcherin (and they are among the initiated) no such gress, humble though it appears at come rabbis and teachers.
leges, in all countries.
The 900,000 placed at he disposal
this time, is the most important or-
misunderstanding in the Jewish community. They hit plan of action has been formulated.
"A special effort was necessary in
of the Joint Cultural Committee was
ganization of American Jewry and has
order to maintain the cultural insti-
upon the medium of an open forum as the most effec-
divided into monthly budgets on a
In the superheated fancy of Mr. Stricker England amply justified, even by its actual descending scale, starting with $64,- tutions in Germany, for these insti-
tive means toward clarification and crystallization. and Zionism occupy positions of equal importance in achievements, all that might have been
tutions have an influence on Jewish
000, reducing by $2,000 monthly and
With an appreciation of the fact that ex-cathedra ut- the minds of Soviet leaders. "England and Zionism are expected from this body. The fact that totalling approximately $810,000. In learning all over the world.
congress devoted two entire ses-
addition to this sum, approximately "This is the achievement of our
terance coupled with pontifical prestige is nothing more considered most unpleasant opponents." Can any other the
sions to a discussion of the J. D. C.
cultural work, for which much is
was appropriated to cover
that propaganda and with the deeper knowledge that than a defeatist, irresponsible mind speak of England colonization plan adds, in Mr. Entin's $70,000
spoken, although much has never
cultural activities not included in the
propaganda has never helped solve any problem but and Zionism and place them in juxtaposition in Bol- opinion, to the prestige of the con- regular monthly budget. The cul- been reported because there was no
gress, for it manifests an earnest de-
special department to oversee this ac-
tural work thus undertaken was to
has merely made it more obscure, the group has de-
sire and effort on the part of the con-
shevist political policy?
tivity. The work has ben done most-
the extent of about 90 per cent for
gress to introduce order where chaos
cided to bring men and women with exact knowledge
ly through the constituent societies
In all seriousness we ask since when is England and
children.
irresponsibility reigned in our
and genuine conviction to give their positions on the "the only protector of the Jews?" England is only the
of the J. D. C. I think it my special
Under date of Feb. 1, 1923, when
public life.
duty to point out what an enormous
the
special
budget
committee
report-
mooted questions of the day as well as upon the wider mandatory power under the League of Nations and, as
Dr. A. Coralnick, in The Day thinks
value this work has been."
ed on the disposition of the further
the session of the congress gave one
philosophical movements of Judaism.
The work of the cultural commit-
we understand it, the protection of all the nations in the impression of "a poor wedding," funds of the Joint Distribution Com-
tee was by no means limited to East-
We are of the opinion that not only will the audi-
mittee, $280,000 was allotted to the
the league is promised the Jews. And the United States, but it was a true representation of cultural committee. Again, on Nov. ern Europe. The range of the com-
ences profit from this undertaking but the speakers although not a member of the league, has not been be- our life.
mittee's activities is moat interesting.
20, 1924, $50,000 was granted to the
I. L. Bril, writing in the Jewish
knowing that all statements will be subjected to a criti- hind hand in protecting Jews. Our state department
We find appropriations for the Fa-
cultural committee. Small sums were
Daily News says: "The session of the
cal analysis will of necessity adhere more closely to the
Jews of Abysinia, for a Talmud
turned
over
tothe
cultural
committee
took cognizance of her citizens of Jewish faith at the American Jewish Congress was, to say by the reconstruction committee and lasha
Torah in Harbin, China; for the aid
facts. Propaganda will be minimized, loose expression time of the Hakenkreuzler disturbances preceding the the least, characterized by an ardent
of Jewish students in Florence, Italy;
by the child care committee during
desire for order in Jewish relief ac-
discarded, unbridled fancy held in check. When a
for in stitutions in Palestine; for the
1923 and 1924.
Fourteenth Zionist Congress in Vienna.
tivities and manifested an intelligent
Jewish University in Petrograd; for
A financial analysis of the moneys
speaker knows that his audience merely comes to hear
Why not carry the Stricker logic to its ultimate comprehension of the means necessary spent on cultural work is difficult. In the Jewish Ethnographic Society of
its inarticulate opinions and feelings expressed, he may, conclusiorr? Since American philanthropists are fur- for its attainment."
Russia; for the Sephardic and Ash-
the first place during the relief
and frequently does, indulge in all sorts of hokum and nishing money is there not a conspiracy between the
kenazic communities of Constanti-
period, that is, up to the year 1920,
nople;
for the Rabbinical Seminary of
we have no way of ascertaining spe-
clap-trap. But when that same speaker realizes that
FOOLISH
government of the United States and the American
Vienna; for the Theological Seminary
cifically what sums were used for
part of the audience is hostile and he will be subjected Jews to "rob England of its prestige as the only pro-
in
Budapest;
for the Neolog institu-
cultural purposes. We merely have
A Jew who flauntingly violates the
to heckling and questioning he will avoid, as far as his tector?" And cannot he stretch the conspiracy to in-
Dr. Bogen's statement that in many tions of Hungary, etc., and for the
religious
customs
of
his
fathers
may
institutions of Germany and
capacity admits, any ill-considered, unprovable state- clude the invasion of Asia by America, for the Mosul think thus to exhibit that he is free. communities the average was 20 per cultural
even an appropriation granted to
cent of the total funds applied for
ments.
and Mesopotamian oil fields are of no little consequence To my mind he advertises that he is relief, and in some communities as Bishop Balthazar of Hungary.
foolish. I may decide not to persist
Dr. Kahn's report, above referred
The innumerable Jewish relationships inseparably
high as 80 per cent.
value
in modern industrial production.
in the practices of my people. My
u. mken hdous us had
t re
Bearing in mind that up to the di-
which
tahkes
to, speaks
bound up with Zionism, Russia and America are in
If he had charged Russian opposition to England conviction and conscience may approve vision of the Joint Distribution Com-
cult
u I t three I
sistent upon solution or, if that is not possible. then and said no more we could readily accept anything he differently. I must at least respect mittee's work into what we term the preservation and, indeed, in the
of the
some measure of understanding. In the give and take may say, but when Zionism is dragged in by the scruff what others hold sacred.—Dr. Alex- functional departments, in 1921, very creation and stimulation ituti
ons
there had been disbursed by the J.
educational and cultural inst
of free and open discussion there is a greater hope of of the neck and we are told that Russia conceives of it ander Lyons.
D. G, under the head of relief all over
of Eastern Europe.
achieving these desired results for who will deny that as a danger, we confess our inability to swallow any
the world, $35,000,000, one can A very interesting report submit-
FAITH
merely conjecture what • substan- ted by the cultural committee of Ger-
the partisan spirit manifested by the protagonists of
part of the concoction.
tial sum found its way Into cultural
man Jews, through whom Dr. Kahn
these questions has generated much heat and little
arranged for the distribution of the
channels of activity.
The value of faith lies in the fact
Must the Russian controversy be carried on by it op-
that
it
sets
up
a
hopeful
attitude
of
With
the
adoption
of
the
Nov.
allotted by the Joint Distn-
18.
light.
ponents in the rare atmosphere of fancy or in the turgid expectant optimism. It may not real- 1920, resolution, authorizing each $80,000
bution Committee for the years 1923
It must be remembered that since the gates of air of exaggeration? Cannot the idea of conspiracy
and 1924, shows conclusively that
ize all that it desires, but it certainly
committee to retain one-third of its
America have been closed by immigration we are no and duplicity be excluded and the whole matter decided will gain more than hopelessness and funds to be disbursed for cultural these funds actually prevented the
purposes, we have an autonomous breakdown of ■ substantial number
critical distrust. Faith is • form of
longer in the position of a dependent person with a
merits?
encouragement by self-hypnosis. It
situation where, although In theory
of Jewish institutions during the
knowledge that a rich relative will always send him a on its
The Nesta Websters, Hillaire Bellocs and Morning realizes by assuming the reality of each committee was supposed to re- period of stringency in Germany.
remittance on the first of the month. We always mud- Post will no doubt adduce proof of Jewish control based what it wants. Accordingly, defi- port to the J. D. C. just how it had There are quoted, in free translation,
dledthrough our problems for the constant stream of upon the loose utterance of Stricker and his co-work- ciency of faith is often an excess of disposed of these funds, this prin. excerpts from the report submitted
ciple was difficult of enforcement and by Professor Gotthold Weil, secretary
immigrants kept us spiritually alive. We must live up- ers. We really need not furnish them with additional folly.—Dr. Alexander Lyons.
the records are not complete. It is
(Turn to next page.)
on our own resources now and nothing is more desirable
only from May, 1922, when the new
One today is worth two tomorrows.

The Klan Defeat in Detroit.

Cheshvan 26, 5686

Has Ford Seen the Light9

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Another Outburst.

The Jewish Open Forum.

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and needful than a careful inventory and searching ex-

propaganda matter.

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