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much ill feeling among the alumni, undergraduates
and outside objectors.
It would be most undiplomatic and in decided bad
Published Wieldy by The Jewish Chronicle Publiehleg Cm, Inc.
taste to state specifically that these students are to be
By LAWRENCE LIPTON
denied admission to the university on the ground of
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS, President
...
.
race, color or creed. The libertarian traditions of Har-
Politics and Anti-Semitism
JACOB MARGOLIS, Editor
plendid
an s ts h e,
"these
at rh a o enaos aso
ones,'
The recent political changes in Roo-
vard would hardly admit of such a crude piece of tact-
u.,iiriitt r , ,l ,
'Fifth Aa n n IExhibition
The
JACOB H. SCHAKNE, General Manager
which
large
1.1,
mania,
as well as what is being termed
a t Jew,
h
Showing the
less
discrimination,
while
the
Unitarian
tradition
would
Detroit.
east wall—it
"the unceasing pogrom on the Jewish
Entered ., Second-dam mstter Ilf•rch E 19U, at the Postoffice e
which was on view o , Temple
Mich , under the Act of Horeb 3. 1319.
listed
in
the
catalogue)
bespeaks,
tenia
make it rather difficult for the authorities to place the se taueclae;intst linia Iteiamaantarny of anr
.:,
'f,' 1'
a depthrees,p•ar teas:
from March 22 to April 5 proved to
me, the triumph of nature over
ov th.
Jewish student in an inferior category because of his
be a show of uncommon interest. For
'a ci'h i of
General Offices and Publication Building
ramshackle
devices
m
uninspired
coon
red
it
he
tine Jew from that country. Dr. Will-
l.P
it was a world-wide exhibit and con-
religious views.
still, ,h the
h a
i
525 Woodward Avenue
m Filderman, , are the subjects ds-
c lam
rained representative work of nearly
ni 'jo
Cable Address: Chronicle
the
However, an expedient seems to have been hit up-
in the A ddi sh prkss.
Telephone: Cadillac 1040
every school of graphic technic and
daring nature that y, with all its bei.i. 1 1.‘.'
London Office:
r
Thus
it
of-
The
Day
thinks
that
the
fall
of
the
medium.
medium.
Thus
.
of
me
iet
and
to
us
it
is
about
as
absurd
and
untenable
as
any
every
On,
must submit to the intelligent selecti• '
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England.
to fobserve
a „ay
Bratianu cabinet will, of course, not
7 rra r' e esp,•r
of the reasoning of East and Ward anent racial stocks be
ity of the artist. Schwartz disc n ..1 .
lamented by Jews, who have suffer-
experiments
and compare opportunity
$3.00 Per Year
,i Be c„,,,
d with nature.
atu r.
Subscription, in Advance
and Nordic superiority.
ed the worst persecutions the most
samin
painters,
etchers, sculptors :0'targonencte„hmilliedy"1
J,,,,ewies,rhaftp
beyond
savage
forms
of
anti-Semitism
under
To Insure publication, all correspondence and new. matter must reach this
Students
are
to
be
admitted
not
on
the
basis
of
—out
of
whtl
i
l,
li
cloth. ' t
oat. by Tuesday evening of nob week
ow 'n
rule of that irresponsible adven-
em
Nlanievitchand
William Schwartz skies are not selective forms wrung
scholarship, but upon personality. We are further in- t the
u
w
r aatsi ndaa_
ed '
t erseeansi
wuar:ri.a peI,w
e' itch, on
dominated the show. Maniv
with
much
T
toil
from
the
aitnlessness
..1
The Detroit Jew1 , 11 Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of Interest
B
Roumania
if Ro
wuh
formed that the school now wants the student to con-
to :he Jewish people. hitt disclaims respomibillty for an Indorsement of the
first view, appears to possess a great-
nature. They are half-forms of ie
Mews extract. d by the writer.
to imi-
tr
er mas t er . of his palette than doe s
ccort g to the new formu- ing everything in its power
treating
masses
of
alines,
as
in
hi
tribute variety and co 1 or. According
.
the former -
Schwartz but on closer examination it
"Emancipator" or threatening disa.-
lyar 2, 5686 la, it is not sound educational policy to have too many tale
apaitricrazaredss-,
ianmitsafhiattsrefielwand,gestem
April 16,1926
becomes clear that this is not at all
ters of forbiding form in his "Befor
m
the
same
community,
nor
of
the
same
religious
true. Schwartz, color for color and
fr
o
the Storm." Even their color is fa,
however, that a new rater may not be
tone for tone, is as consummate a col-
beyond the most inspired moment, o!
or racial groupings.
any better than the one just fallen.
orist as Manievitch, but, whereas the
More and More Opinions.
Manievitch is a man diviii,J
If one should take the trouble and examine the N5 r,hwat are the prospects for the ini- latter is like a fanfare of trumpets nature.
against himself—the age old awe of
situation in
place of residence of the students attending any college n ement of the Jewish
and a beating of tom-toms, the form-
nature
pitted
against the age old spir.
In a recent issue of the Dearborn Independent, Hen-
The Day sees a possibili-
er does not lay down his brush till he
it of rebellion against nature.
t
ty of such improvement in a national,
ry Ford explained his at itude on Jews and disavowed or university, he will find that a majority live in the im- koumania?
has achieved the effect
of a symphony.
Schwartz is calm—but melancholy.
an government.
any special animus against them. After the unhappy mediate neighborhood of the school. Most of the stu-
a c o titi
r aoff
fiikamaatl tl em
letah aisd iiss
tWellimm
even fatalistic . In his "Meditation"
Roumania is demoralized and din-
.
the very trees droop with melancholy
mess he made, one would have imagined that he would dents at the University of Michigan reside in the State
tern of tech 1: ic, an intimately personal
organized. No single party can drag
the color is subdued with the soni-
be very reluctant to break into print again, especially of Michigan and most of the students at Harvard live her out of the marsh wherein the blind matter, it a so implies much about the and
her overtones of fatalism. Ilis figure,
artist's attitude toward the public.
and dishonest political leadership of
in controversial matters. The omniscence of great in Massachusetts and more particularly in Boston and
in "Aiming Rock" move eternally ir
for
o
ec
i
hi s public
tea
adventurers has landed her. Unless :Manievitch
g
ed be b takes
n vicious circle of doubt and question.
wealth compels otherwise silent men to become vocal environs.
-
does not, and
such a government of various parties,
ing from which high circling walls of
Curiously and yet it may be accidental, but many
,z is edidactic. lie
national government, is before, eVei
t„
and oracular.
dull greens, blues and dun brook ii,,
, ith
him
ef w
oriel ann
rW
Ista4,e affable schoolmaster.
a
escape. That their eyes can see is
One of the most discussed questions of the day is of the students attending Harvard are Jewish boys who erything
i not
it,
Jew's
as ,,w itfliiaMatnelcesvittca h m"stialkaeatt
itue
w d l ii toward 3:
it isnaoe ta, ats
the h attitude
only their own black image "through
live within 50 miles of Cambridge. They do not live in change.
Prohibition. Much heat has been generated by the
Only an impartial govern- or
a glass, darkly," reflected in a bottom-
disputants, some light has been shed upon the perplex- Cambridge and, therefore, cannot lend much color and t nrrnest iswificthhewcilol baet ar, in minwdb tlhe in- himself through the eye of the spec- less pool at their feet. "Chicago
tator Ifoe thdeaeconsciouwnss of the pub-
offers no flattering homage to the
ose
who
viewed
it
with
some
objec-
variety
and
even
if
they
did
they
could
not
add
much
h er"
ing problem by t
which will not seek rt )o anscraease ameerael
age of steam and steel. Here are two
tivity and historic perspective, but a solution of the ex- spice and charm inasmuch as they are the product of the welfare of single persons, or the behind a fore not 'wtall r or a technical masters of modern thought and mod-
i of f a u
ng I a e p ke
ao r e teyr t , nonly t t ahne
s single
virtuosity. He ma s his techn c
power
ern expression. Both are Jews ins°.
fisting problems seems impossible according to those a uniform environment. Undoubtedly, Harvard would
serve him well as a vehicle in which
far as Judaism means devotion to
who know most about it. But to men with the king or be a richly hued and fascinating place if the Funda- give the
e Jews
hope, that the attitude
to convey his creative thought to the
of
truth and the courage to rebel. Both
e more are without race or nation insofar as
mentali ts of Tenness e and Mississippi were admitted te m:atird them in that country will spectator. In this s he reveals
autocrat attitude there is but one method of
of the Jew than does Manievitch. For
h ge to the better, will become more
these things mean conformity to a re-
in larger numbers, or if the sons of Klansmen of In-
and one principle of action—force.
a
has nt
o the Jew always s poke nin pr-
an
stricted dogma and a legalized out-
d ana would decide to lend their brilliancy and erud- hula other editorial, The ol)?nayt.R4,
i
diit.iise. . .
Mr. Ford would end the whole business of Prohi-
look. Both are international insofar
insTer;: e t idt c hgita e o ant i o t ll: ea other
it a t i ub a ines:t i d o anisl asNafF
a
t
e
d
s
f
as
devotion to truth and the courage
ition.
o
s
l
f
atlr
present
m
ftrh
ae
cusses
laition by using the Army and Navy. Every soldier,
natlrair-
r
a
t,
inat
a
n
de
ie
oitia
g
to rebel are international, non racial
It is true that universities have been put to uses
sailor and marine would become a prohibition enforce-
elite '
in their scope and meaning.
paper is of the opinion thrit all the
never intended by the founders, but yet despite all the
alone. Like Samson
on he answers all
Marek Szwarc was presented hy
excesses of the academic hooligans in
m c nt agent.
h at
s e, t d
r led Irees .
quest io ns
misuses the idea has always persisted that the student
of,
r esu
a alttiw
five placques of hammered brass. Ilere
aVtlicablutZes e
does
seem
a
f
a
r
cry
from
the
man
who
would
n
wi
l ies
the
It
is another interesting phenomenon. A
a u sv ep
e ture m aachea r o h ws
came to learn. If he came with sufficient knowledge
anhorli
ol fe'n,:sitcssoamiaiusas :ae°
m e t r i c a I co h o ,nfi i r i psuottshir itu n sianoigri,anenpi ilt;tubadiareio al
n g elements in Rou-
niodern Jevv who, after years of paint-
have the soldiers out. of the trenches by Christmas and
p a r t o f t h e r u hag
to qualify for admittance despite the fact that his per- mania.
o;
ing under the influence of El Greco
Invossratrloelt vaeartatfhetieaveLina- elicit:sn
he man who would introduce national martial law to
YtiTt
and Van Gogh, falls back upon a
sonality did not meet with the approval of the go-get-
stop the traffic in liquor. But upon analysis, there is ter, or the social requirements of the best families, yet Uir aean ammng peiasantry, the
i irresponsible- Lis
eral Mterpretation of the Bible and a
Schwartz? Not at all . The artist stark, r
. h saw itself at the head of
not much difference between the militant savior and
he had the opportunity of acquiring knowledge, social band which
tf ,, bresseli,:aatluiVed filr what he does,
ia a n
anew
n
o umania
'either the u tVerra:Iti i. or stiziewac rheurg
the autocrat. Both are primarily interested in their
newly
ac-
Tou
ts
a
is fl in
i in c4 - ,
rli
h i1 t r ma ns i tt ond,
iee
a m
ts, ilitant.
c atl„iei i n oeIsnn,: either
doubted R
own swollen egos. sine may appear to have an aru-
e;
lt grace and bond selling ability. But Harvard would re- `aieV7asrted
i
' ulCub tlleaseceol5mfaasatie
vitch is just as m
how
can find
population
or
for
their
own
to
quired
htudt
en to bring every- peasants, incited the latter to pogroms as Schwartz is but he chooses to Con-
verse the process. Now the
s is
compositions
istic connotation, while the autocrats ego is naked and
duct a seminar of post-graduates and
thing with him. If that is the case, why go to college,
er food for his spirit. Even the Ile-
and other crimes against the Jews.
all is an unbridled egotism
demands
t an entrance examination. He brew prophets would have found his
unmixed,
but beneath
The inevitable result of such a course
d meddlesome
spirit i which would make a vvhole there are more agreeable places to our knowledge
is didactic only insofar as all art is
ft is more im-
was
that
the
government
and
even
the
aporttamn)t, severe, and ; what
an
And it must be remembered that personality is to t lrytn;ist tyd of Roumria ari e t7,taallny dis- didactic. Both have availed them- art
open to the
world fit the pattern of its distorted self adulation.
ofcgmmasrtoeg suspicion of tale mrimitiv°Ps
'ihoenz
E
etermined not by any standard tests, but is to be
(-igt
d °fife eo ff ctl
more
than
once
let
it
be
be
o
I
t
i
,
s
r
.
r
e
ct
v
t
e
a
t
elt
anting him his primitive technic, he
Such is Henry Ford who has
there m is no p erePsseaunee'at
known that he was omnipotent in his own world of left entirely to the discretion of certain designated ever
ed to the full by the vast stoer Luse f r still liable to the charge of anover-
men opposed to the present regime
What chance would a Jew or Negro or East- are elest in the people. "The pres- of fruit garnered by the old m asters
ond antiquarianism. Nell, he is i not
automobile making. From omnipotence to omniscience persons.
the field of design. Both under-
h
sentimental, and that is more than
ern European have if East and Ward should have any- ent crisis n Roumania is s t e result from
stand
form
and
its
uses.
But
Manic-
a ,o a
tte utoftdn,le,
and incapable re-
could be said for
to nine
is but a short step.
thing to say—not much. Discretionary authority is at of an a ,ry irresponsible
in the language o f th e
m ne which rse dares ti p m ue rsw l its rT- vises speaks
It is very unfortunate that Mr. Ford did not have best a most unsatisfactory and dangerous method, and
tan-
speaks
in
s
t
a
rrrte
zt
d
gee],
w
studio
gm, and
Compare he
traditional themes.
perhaps
David Spying on Bathsheba" with
hangs
over
the head of
the discipline of education or the restraining in fluence of
when revolution
one knows the bias of certain
individuals
it is
overprove my point. The language of
.f
iorr at lIn vrw'su
. t.rnon
ayt io
of broad culture. Intellectual humility is something sheer foolhardiness to expect any fair treatment from undemocratic regimes everywhere.”
the street is after all (how can I for-
.s ant
tar
Referring to a recent statement by
to which he is a total stranger. He knows how to cure them.
get it?) the also and jargon of the
.a. .1
S ■ A•fir,
becomes clear at o fice t hat
Bratianu published in the New Yor
iri
caught
the
frank
spirit
of Ob
has
winding road to Home
every social ill, because he knows how to make more
We think John Harvard will just have to forget Times, the same paper points out that chromo—the
Sweet Home, the photographic pot-
narrative while Italian':
nt
t
Testame
fa st:ati.k
.
the
very
fact
that
M.
Bratinau
finds
automobiles than anybody else. He would make short this new fangled piece of snobbery and continue to rely
trait and the everlasting etching of
mous picturess are soft, evasive ant
it necessary to attempt to make the
old Jew in the skull cap. No, his
shrift. of these piddling, hesitant officials who would
sentimental. Still, question whether
upon mental tests, for despite all their shortcomings world believe that democracy, equality the
language
is
not
the
language
of
the
it
is
feasible ' for the twentieth Cell
and liberty for all inhabitants of Roil-
hesitate to take drastic action.
and inaccuracies they are still the least discriminating.
street . It is rather the language of
mapntd to opuratcto fh
fury yr iJn etiow iti oeb attempt
mania, irresponsive of nationality or
the
Imagine the United States of America overrun with
If the Jewish student qualifies, Harvard cannot keep race is what the Roumanian govern- cfiidvei nliez e nd oc fo i ncvenrasbantr o ntn, ,thoer, htoonensstectohne- sel f
ment wishes most, this very fact
soldiers, sailors and marines, searching, smelling, him out and should not try to do so.
phonetics
of
Yiddish
speech,
of
cha-
s
_
u
c
e
ne
l';
ma
by
their
eyes,
,
in ■ seeeLing ;Bin/he
shows what course the Jews ought to
snooping. In the most serious industrial crises in which
'
%l yri —comrades in spirit. Neither
t
work with their hands? The a Biblica
take. They ought, namely, to draw
i
men
could
possibly
have
these
of
Jew has spoken for himself in th
the normal processes of life were actually in danger of
the attention of the world to the sort
found the e cramping limitations of the
cwarc
t r .
b
Bible.
Why
should
M
r
k
S

of
democracy,
equality
and
liberty,
Grabski
Too.
suspension, the President has hesitated to call out even
pre-impressionistic painters a sufli-
ae
to speak
.
for him with1
which the minorities and particularly
a fraction of the Army, and in the matter of the en-
t vehicle for their creative
made
h.' raw
c I le . ' 1.1
I think the Biblical
Astonishment seems to be the order of the day the Jews, have been enjoying in Rou- ct h ieonnght.
Neither is a conformist.
be ter job of .it thaan . SZwaracs. ma '
forcement of a sumptuary law of most doubtful value, among the Polish government officials. Not to be out- mania under Ilratinau's government.
Neither is a courtier or a sycophant.
rout' in wood-carving an.
Armin
The Morning Journal comments on
a man does not hesitate to advise that the whole of the
To them painting is simply the mad-
Geller in pen and ink stri,
done by Prime Minister Skrzynski, we learn that Stan-
To
fot.ciros
letter from Roumania, also pub-
ium for the expression of a restless
armed forces of the United States be employed to en- islaw Grabski, Minister of Education, was astonished a lished
symbolism of line and mass. Ge
in the New York Times and
of dissent. In The Emancipa-
tposons are f rankly Bpi
let's sycomiti
force it. And what if the people remain obdurate and when informed that the Jewish Deputies had decided which portrays the political situation spirit
tor, Schwartz identifies his own hu-
sense-
lical-7- hat . is, in a literary sense-
stiff-necked, then the Army and Navy shall become a to vote with the opposition, for to Grabski the oppo- there as that of an oligarchy, while manitarianism with that of Lincoln. bo
with ..
tir
min passsioorne
hil
enaA
d
N
v
orn
the king and a group of leaders are
His Lincoln is not only as Schwartz
ri. Sa b,'
,rm
o r ar ,f,sp
part of the every day police force of the country.
passion o for
sition is made up of disloyal minorities, and how could simultaneously the Rockefelters and
hbut
Lincoln as R Schwartz
rn
Bahnc in ng
her
Under such conditions, we might just as well disband the Jews who had been treated wuth such tender so- the Fords of the country and are pri- sees
would h ave him. In this he is within
works
re ogt . na
ernels
of her other
e
rmany
the civil departments and resign ourselves to military licitude, especially by Grabski, be guilty of such in- marily interested in the promotion of his rights as an artist.
were not
their own financial and political inter-
,
The
weeping
philosopher
of
Bar-
which
I
am
familiar,
reveals
an e .
rule, drum head court martial and arbitrary authority.
ests and where elections are of no
nard is, after all, Bernard's Lincoln.
quisite sensitiveness to decorato
avail, as the outcome of all Rouman-
One must carry the proposal to its logical conclusion, gratitude.
stump-speaker with the baggy
values in form and color. Lou
This all came out at a meeting between Grabski, ian elections is what the king wishes The
and in this case how can one expect after six years of
Kamm was not fairly represents
pants and the stagy pose in Lincoln
it to be.
but his "Vanity," a tempura, was
Park, Chicago, is St. Gauden's Lin-
failure by the civil authorities that the military authori- Skrzynski and the Jewish Deputies in an effort to as-
"There is a conflict between the
coln. And the new Lincoln of St.
work of considerable skill. The tie
certain
what
is
the
Polish
Jewish
Agreement.
Cur-
ties can do the job in less time if they are to succeed.
statement of Dr. Filderman in New
Gaudens, with its prophetic head, is
York Art Center was represented
iously
the
agreement
which
the
government
holds
con-
York and that of Mr. Lucien Wolf be-
And when that job is finished why not use the Army
still the Lincoln of St. Gaudens. If
10 artists. Their work all lacked II
tains 12 cultural and political points and no economic fore the Anglo-Jewish Association. I mere making a portrait of Lincoln impression of competence that cha
and Navy to enforce all the laws.
The former thinks that the masses of
acterized
the Chicago group, but oi
I
should
portray
an
affable
story-
provisions. Where else in the world would the officials
If Mr. Ford has read something about history, in charge of a government so stultify themselves. Imag- Roumanians are not at all anti-Semi- teller with a shrewd twinkle in his canvas, "N. Y. Roofs," by M. Soy'
tic, that the entire situation is caused
was
quite
in the best manner of t
eye.
All
are
Lincoln.
There
is
room
which he is pleased to call bunk, he would discover
the government pursuing the
ine our State Department not having the complete text by
in such a figure as the Emancipa-
day. Lionel Reiss. a familiar nut
wrong cause and allowing the anti-
that man has fought many a stiff battle to get rid of
all
exhibits
artists, h
tor
for
many
Lincolns.
Schwartz's
at
of an important agreement. It is too preposterous to Semitic agitators to carry on their "Emancipator" more than the Lincoln only one etching of at Jewish
the Beth El sho
military rule in civil affairs and that not one civilized
work. All Roumania needs, according
even
think
of.
William Auerbach-Levy was rem
of the Emancipation Proclamation, is
country in the world, not even Russia and Italy includ-
to Dr. Filderman, is a better govern-
rented by four etchings—all famili
Lincoln of the Peace Terms and
The Jewish Deputies made known their economic ment, more order and the restraining the
ed, goes so far in the attempt to enforce its laws with
the Reconstruction. He is the Lin-
traditional subjects--handled wi
demands and were promised consideration. We shall of the anti-Semitic agitation. Then coln that was killed before he was his customary skill. If he would or
the military forces
the situation of the Jews will improve.
loosen up a little and permit him. ,
see, and until we learn that Jewish workers and busi- Mr. Wolf, on the other hand, gives a horn.
We were threatened some time ago with Mr. Ford ness people are placed upon the same basis as Poles,
the relaxation of a good hearty Ian
Manievitch makes his own subtle
hopelessly gloomy picture of the Rou-
in the traditional Jewish mann ,
comment on the world and Its ways
as president. We escaped that, and it is well to know
we shall not be persuaded that Grabski and Skrzynski manian situation. Inclined as we are but he does so by holding up to a man what an artist Auerbach-Levy wit
to give more weight to the words of
what manner of man he is. lie reveals himself as a
be!
Of the Detroit group the no
a mirror of his own works. Not man,
are in earnest.
native Jews as to the Jewish situa-
distinguished work was, in my op t
despot and we need no despotism here.
but the works of man, are reflected in
But astonishment has become the latest pastime. tion in their country than to the ut- the prismatic mirror of Manievitch's ion, the two canvasses by Jasr
terances of foreign Shtadlonim, we
Those who are charged with the enforcement of
This is to alleviate the suffering and mitigate the star- must admit that in this case Mr. art. A sea of drab housetops, ---a jum- Schwartzman.
Altogether it was an exhibit of t
Prohibition will not pay much attention to what he ad-
ble of crazy chimneys against a murky
Wolf's assertions seem to be borne out
vation of Polish Jewry. A lovely scheme but not ef-
highest interest and served to bri
sky—this is his comment on the Ghet-
vocates, but the army of bigots, fundamentalists, witch
by news coming to us daily from Rou-
to Detroit something of the great I i
fective.
to.
I
remember
one
of
his
canvasses,
mania, while Dr. Filderman's assur-
burners and restrictionists will take much comfort from

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The Second Commandment

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this latest brilliant pronouncement.
If men would only stick to the business they know
something about.

WHEN HOLIDAY IS GONE

By JACOB V. ARIEL

A New Dispensation.

Harvard University received a bit of notoriety some
few years back which was anything but desirable. At
the peak of the period of unrestrained discrimination
the university undertook to devise a method by which
certain unwanted student groups would be excluded.
The pressure exerted upon the authorities compelled
them to abandon the scheme, but according to recent
advices the Nordic plague has infected the administra-
tive and faculty personnel.
Two outstanding defenders of the noble Nordics
are Edward M. East and Robert D. C. Ward, profes-
sors at Harvard University. These gentlemen have
written drool comparable with the best of Lothrop
Stoddard and Madison Grant. Sometimes we have the
feeling that they are competing for the distinction of
making the most absurd and unscientific statements.
In order to avoid invidious comparisons we feel they
should all be awarded first prize which should be divid-
ed equally among the four.
This brings us to the most recent proposal of stu-
dent selection at Harvard University, for it is certain
that Harvard University is determined to exclude Jews
and Negroes if this can be done without causing too

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(To Rose

Passover, the most delightful holiday is over,
And off from the table goes the snow-white cover;
And Elijah's spirit that but recently did hover
About her gently, strewing Carmel's sweet perfume,
Has now departed, leaving us a prey to gloom
That all the year long turns our heart into a tomb
Where, dead and chill, lie buried many a dream
That bloomed in our fancy—of Beauty's gleam,
And of Harmony's incessantly flowing stream.

The jolly company will be scattered tomorrow ;
Each in his house, alone, and full of sorrow,
His heart with darkness beset, will seek to borrow
from his daily work a ray of hope and light,
But will fail in his search. With no future joy in sight
Back to his pleasures past his thoughts will take their
flight,
To the friends he newly won, whose look and voice
and smile
Made his heart rejoice, his sorrows did beguile,
And with their presence sweet made his life worth
while.

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ances are only based upon future
hopes. However, there is one point
upon which we may all agree with Dr.
Filderman. The economic rehabilita-
tion of Roumanian Jewry, as that of
the Jews of Poland, will be helped by
extending credits to them more than
by anything else. It would be well
for Roumanian Jews here to organ-
ize such credits for their brethren in
the old country. Of course, guaran-
tees of order and peace are necessary
prerequisites of any such activities."
"Before the war," says the Jewish
Daily News, "we could not ignore such
an outcry, as that emited by the Jew-
ish students of Roumania. Now it is
as a voice calling in the desert. In
former times the Jews would have
aroused public opinion in America and
in England, and something would
have been undertaken in this matter.
Today nothing is done for the young
Jews who are being attacked by ban-
dits in the streets of Jassy and Buch-
arest. Is the conscience of the world
deadened to such an extent that it is
impossible to obtain any sympathy
for those who are being martyred for
no other sin than that they belong to
a certain creed or race? Is there no
one in the civilized world to condemn
a country which has its place among
other countries and which dips her
hands in blood in the eyes of all? Or
is hope within as deadened to such an
extent that we do not even attempt?
And do we bear part of the responsi-
bility for the plight of the Jewish stu-
dents in Roumania?

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"Camden, N. J." (it was not exhibi-
ted here.) that is a Phillipic against
Walt Whitman's fellow democrats,

forces that are stirring the minds a
inspiring the hands of Jews the tem
over.

IF NOT NOW—WHEN?

(Concerning Jewish Education in

America.)

By CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK

The deepest satisfaction I have had
in the course of my sojourn with the
Jews of America has been the oppor-
tunity to witness an effective revival
of interest in Jewish culture and the
inauguration of a large scale move-
ment for the promotion of Jewish ed-
ucation.
American Jewry is beginning to
find itself. American Jewry is be-
ginning to realize that it cannot live
by bread alone and while it is true
that "if there is no bread there is no
Torah" it is even more true if there
is no Torah there is no life.
The essence of a people is the cul-
ture that expresses its spirit The
culture of a people is the mirror in
which its soul is reflected. it is the
record of its innermost strivings to-
wards self-realization. A people is
great And rich only through the
wealth of its culture. A great Ameri-
can writer declared that Jewish cre-
ative artists and thinkers will only be
brilliant imitators of Western culture

until they awaken to the realizat
that the source of their greatness I
within them and in the treasures
their Jewish heritage. Only they
nore this personality-moulding in
tage they cease being interesting
cause they cease being authentic.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the great
American philosopher, recognized t
what makes • people worth while
,
its distinctive individuality. He c
pares humanity to a mighty spmph
is orchestra the choir, of which,
ferent and unique from one mod]
blend to create the divinest horn
ies. Can American Jewry afford
cast off its cultural heritage?I
told that other American think
Prof. John Dewey among them, in
terpreting American democracy, a ∎
cate the continued cultural crest
ness, along ita own lines, of each
tional group in America.
American Jewry just receive
spiritu.! sustenance from the coin
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