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BESSARABIA FAMINE
NOW HAPPILY PAST
Famous Jewesses of Europe
stein is the most substantial actress
in Europe today. Her interest in the
I stage is equalled by her interest in
literature. Her literary salon is the
I talk of the continent. Many a great
By MAXA NORDAU
I novel and poem is conceived under the
NEW YORK—The Zionist Labor
:aegis of her roof. Her contributions
(Copyright, 1926, by Seven Arts Feature Syndicate.)
party, Zeire Zion Ilitachduth, in a
!for the aid of struggling artists have Country, Which Six Months
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congratulatory cable to the actions
1 often attracted considerable attention.
Ago Was in Hunger Belt,
committee of the World Zionist Or-
(Editor's Note:—Maxa Nordau, famous artist and daughter of
! One interested in tracing her gifts
the late Dr. Max Nordau, who recently visited the United States
ganization, which has just completed
Is Now Prosperous.
; should not be surprised if the great
its sessions in London, also requested
for an exhibition of her paintings and a lecture tour, here jots down
Rubinstein occasionally displays a
that a special delegation be sent to
sonic notes on outstanding Jewesses of Europe. It is not her inter-
partiality toward indigent Jewish ar-
NEW YORK.—David A. Brown,
tion to survey the achievements of Jewish women. She declares that
Itists and writers.
chairman of the $23,000,000 United
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the modern Jewess in Europe has entered into a new era, and pro-
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One of the notable literary figures Jewish campaign made public a cable
th e examples of several celebrities
seeds to prove that by c i t i ng
of France is Claire Coll, a young worn- from Ds!' Bernhard Kahn, European
among her co-religionists.)
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; an, who has not yet reached 30. A relief director of the Joint Distribu-
We women have set a new date from European .lewess was the one most ' brilliant novelist and poetess she has tion Committee, announcing that the
famine relief committee for Bessara-
which all things are reckoned. I re- affected by this condition of affairs. ' attracted notice even outside of this
Today, the Jewess has penetrated country. She has managed to over- bia has been disbanded, and that 300,-
far to Aug. 6, 1926. Americans may
are now enjoying .normal
have been intensely overjoyed when literature, athletics, dramatics, art . come the handicap of being the wife 000 Jews
economic conditions there. In his ca-
PA' the cables flashed the news that Ger- and even politics. Their accomplish- of a famous writer, Ivan Coll. It was ble, Dr. Kahn pointed to the Ilessara-
trade Ederle had conquered the Eng• meats are recorded in the annals of she who first brought the now-famous
dish channel, but they can hardy imag- history or in the daily news that tells Jewish artist, Mare Chagall, to the bian situation as a "typical example
ire the effect which this magnificent of the temporal achievements of note. attention of the world. By frequent of the good results of the Joint Dis-
feat had upon European women. It The time has passed when individuals articles in the press (she writes equal- tribution Committee's work in time of
WO- I}' well in French and German) she acute distress." Funds contributed by
amounted to the opening of a new who wished to compliment Jewish
to or- men naturally referred to one specific forced the admiration of reluctant art American Jews to the United Jewish
epoch. How pleasant it now is -
critics, until today Chagall is as much Campaign, helped to tide the liessara-
gar with 4 man about the relative notable, Sarah Bernhardt. g€Snhieusad,f a name in American art circles as he bian people over until the present har-
merits of the sexes. There is always quately represented the
vest time, when good crops brought
the inevitable summation: "Yes, Ger- Jewish womanhood, but today, there has been in European. Mile'. Coll is
trude Ederle beat the best record are a great ninny women who rank especially noted for her brilliant ad- uttered conditions.
Less than six months ago, Bessara-
style
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by more than two among the foremost in many fields. venturies into the unusual. Her
made by a man
The tradition o f R osa Luxembourg has elicited favorable comment from bin was one of the horror spots of
That
hours."
rgotten.
noble
France's
most
eminent
writers.
It
is
hunger-ridden
Eastern Europe, due
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has not been f o
Fderle's triumph over the tur - Jewess who fought for a free Ger- extremely doubtful whether there is to two years of successive crop fail-
bulent waters of the channel is gym- many, and who had t o pay the final any Frenchwoman who can measure ores. At that time, Miss Irma May,
both: of the transformation which has penalty, is the inspiration fora great up to her powers as a novelist. former New York social worker, ca-
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h-Jtew-
- . bled
, to Mr. Brown:
rdually been affecting the life of many others of her co-religionists who
ga
In speaking of famous Frenc
"Nly whole trip through Bessara-
modern woman. Even before we have have entered the arena of politics in asses one must mention Suzann I'
thge
bia
has been a hideous nightmare. It
4 come to realize it, women have come order tel gain additional privileges for ! glen. I have heard that it is as indeli•
is imperative that relief be sent here,
to he regarded the equals of men in their sex Cr greater freedom for all sate to speak of the origin e of'''n
otherwise the Jews of Bessarabia, es-
the citizens of their country.
n practically every sphere of activity.
greatest woman in tennis as it is to pecially, the children, will not be able
This metamorphosis is also evident
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Naturally, I am most thoroughly speak of the origin of that great to remain alive until the next crop.
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a among Jewish women. The (act of the acquainted with the doings of French- American comedian, Charles Chaplin. In Baltzai, there are already over
/ matter is that the Jewess has always Jewesses. Of these, the greatest is One needs only to refer to Mlle. Len- 100 Jewish cases of hunger-typhus
been freer than her non-Jewish neigh- Ida Rubinstein, who is accounted glen. Her feats in the athletic world
with only 20 hospital beds available,
bor. But though she was free within among the French, despite her Po- are common property wherever there
and the danger of the epidemic spread-
0 her group, she was more hampered
0
lish descent. She has taken the place are newspapers.
ing to the nearby colonies is very
without. The Jewish woman was sub- of Eleanore Duse. Her greatness as
Another athletic French-Jewess is grave. I visited a number of colo-
0 ject, even to a greater degree, to the an actress has never been questioned
Jane Sion, who has never achieved in- nies and found the population sub-
handicaps and restrictions forced up- by the most stringent critics despite
ternational reputation, although she sisting on a very meagre corn-meal
on the Jews throughout the centuries. the suspicion that her fame may have
is considered a remarkable sports- diet and succumbing to various ill-
Whatever celebrity she has achieved been the result of her intimacy with
woman here. I presume that her ef- ness. The death rate is alarmingly
cr was usually the result of great perse- Gabriele D'Annunzio.. Mlle. Rubin forts to cross' the channel have been high: Child mortality is ahnost 100
verence and outstanding merit. The
per cent and infants are dying for ,
noticed in the American press.
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Another woman who has earned lack of milk."
The practical answer which the
general acclaim, despite her extreme
American' Jewish Joint Distribution
youthfulness is Rachel Pasmanik, pro-
Committee made to this plea is found
fessor
of
dancing
at
the
Paris
Con-
ROOMS AT $ 4 A
in Dr. Kahn's cable, which says:
servatory. She has directed a great
J. D. C. Good Work Shown.
ninny pantomimes in the Opera Co-
"Bessarabia is a typical example of
mique, and is the originator of many the good results of the Joint Distribu-
ideas on rhythmic (lancing. The posi- tion Committee's work in times of
tion she occupies In the terpsichorean acute distress. Our Kassa (local loan
world can hardly be described to society) work started five years ago.
; Americans. One might say that a So far investing $300,000, SO per cent
word from her on dancing is as au- of which is .hint Distribution Com-
. f 4 ' thoritative, from a theoretic point of mittee money. In addition to this
./.. view, as a word from Isadora Dun- regular Joint Distribution Commit-
et CHO
tee and Foundation Kansas, gave spe-
.
In Germany, the two first places on cial relief for food supplies. Twenty-
', the stage and in literature are omen- two thousand for furl her palliative
.' pied by Jewesses. Mme. Irene Triesch, relief was given by Joint Distribu-
' usually referred to as the greatest tion Committee for famine-stricken
!Letitia Gabbier who ever acted in lb- people. Three hundred thousand Iles-
' sen's drama, is the foremost protege sarabian Jews were tided over this
of Max Reinhardt. Despite the fact period by the giving of these monies.
that she is aging rapidly, her com- After expressing deepest gratitude to
mand of the histrionic art still entitles the Joint Distribution Committee, the
, her to ranking as Germany's foremost special famine committee announced
its diiibanding. Because of good crops
!tragedienne.
Else Lasker-Schuler, born in Egypt, our normal work will be sufficient."
In making public Dr. Kahn's cable,
is Germany's foremost poetess. The
sustained quality of her work as Mr. Brown said: •
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"All American Jewry should rejoice
shown in the colonies of poetry she
has published yeat after year has at the message that has come from
gained her the appreciation of all Dr. Kahn. For months we have been
critics, regardless of their literary pleading with our co-religionists in
Arneria, telling them: "Thousands
precOnceptions.
It is interesting to note that most of your co-religionists are starving.
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Your dollars will give them life.' The
of
the
European
Jewesses
who
have
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gained fame have usually devoted response of America has been an un-
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themselves to one or another of the precedented flow of sympathy and
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arts. Few of them have become out- generosity. At present more than
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standing in communal work in the $15,000,000 has been raised in this
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sense that Miss Sophie Irene Loeb country, and this autumn will, with-
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became famous in America for her out doubt, see the completion of the
efforts in the advancement of the $25,000,000 fund which is required to
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causes of women and children. Mrs . accomplish the economic reconstruc-
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Anita
Mueller Cohen, former member tion of European Jewry.
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"In Bessarabia, about $300,000 of
of the Austrian parliament, is an out-
standing feminist worker and commu- American Jewish Relief money was
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spent
to save 200,000 lives. It is evi-
nal worker.
Deserving of particular comment is dent that the money was spent wise-
ly
and
well. From all the agricultural
the I'olish Jewess, Mme. Fania Orn-
stein. To have achieved anything at lands of Eastern Europe we are hear-
ing
reports
of excellent crops garner-
all in Poland was a miracle of the
most extraordinary type. But despite ed by a thankful people mercifully
sustained
until
the harvest time. The
her Jewishness, her astounding work
as a poetess so enriched the cultural story of Bessarabia will be repeated
many
times
in
many places this au-
life of Poland, that even the most reac-
tionary critics have had to give her tumn. This work must not be de-
terred
or
allowed
to lapse. The sav-
the highest praise. The esteem in
which she is held in Poland was evi- ing of lives and the reconstruction
denced several years ago when she of Jewish economic life in Europe is
was decorated with the double War the responsibility of the United Jew-
Cross by the President of the Repub- ish Campaign and of the Jews of this
. lie, ostensibly in recognition of her country, and the task will be carried
I services in the liberation of Poland. on until the hunger cry is stilled."
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ZEIRE ZION REQUESTS
INVESTIGATION HERE
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ence to the Jewish ,4gency. The Zeire
Z1011 iWilloie'S that the Zionist leaders
uation in this country. Explaining of America, while talking Jewish
their request, the Zeire Zion declare Agency; are actually hindering its re-
that Zionism in America has ceased alization.
to be a local matter since the progress
of future work in Palestine is closely
A man should adhere to the cus-
connected with the development of
Zionism in America. The Zeire Zion toms of the place where he comes in
would also like the same delegation to order to avoid controversies. (Pen.
investigate the situation with refer- 50b.)
America to investigate the Zionist sit-
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