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The workings of the quota law are best illustrated
by figures issued by the state department. No amount
How the Jews in
of argument is quite as convincing as the naked figures:
■
■
Belgium Live
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Paisiishing Ce., inc.
total quota for Germany for year 1926-27, 51,227, visas
President granted from June 30 to Oct. 31, 19,972; Great Britain
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
A LETTER FROM ANTWERP
ARTICLE III.
Editor and Northern Ireland quota 1926-27, 34,007, visas
JACOB MARGOLIS
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granted
from
June
30
to
Oct.
31,
17,724.
How
for-
General
Manager
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
By REUBEN BRAININ,
By Joel Fos.
tunate to be a Nordic for Hungary's quota for 1926-27
Dean of Hebrew Writer..
tIg I'ostoflIce at Detroit.
Entered as Seeondscai sji,..m.ant,ti e. rr thi Se ar;,hrt 3,,,f 111 rffchats
is 473 and visas granted from June 30 to Oct. 31, 163.
7
(Copyright, 1926, Jewish Telegraphic
(Copyright, 1926, by Seven Arts Feature, Syndicate.)
Latvia quota 142, visas 96. Lithuania quota 344, visas,
Agency.)
---
General Offices and Publication Building
this article on the new Jewish life in New
123;
Poland
quota
5,982,
visas
2,319.
The
whole
list
tEditor's Note :—In
525 Woodward Avenue
The Jewish community of Belgium
Russia,
Reuben
I.3rainin,
dean
of Hebrew writers, depicts life in a
tells the story of the triumph of Nordicism. We do not is the youngest in Europe. Eighty
Cable Address: Chronicle
Telephone: Cadillac 1040
typical agricultural colony in the Kherson region. What he has to
London Office:
believe this would have been possible at a time when years ago there were only nine Jew-
say
of
his
experiences
in
this
community
goes fur the majority of
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England.
the new settlements in the great back-to-the-land movement now
men did not think in terms of split allegiance, chauvin- ish fatuities in the whole of Belgium.
Jewish immigration began at the end
$3.00
Per
Year
sweeping
Russia.
This
article
is
in
the
form
of notes from Mr.
Subscription, in Advance
ism and exclusion.
of the nineteenth century. The immi-
Brainin's travel diary.)
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach this
There is no doubt in our minds that eventually the grants were mostly German and Duty
office by Tuesday evening of ench week. When mailing notices,
books; (others had a few more pictures
who founded the Jewish commun-
immigration restrictionists would have succeeded in Jews
For over a day I have been travel-
kindly use one side of the paper only.
of prominent Jews on the walls. It was
ities of Antwerp and Brussels. At the
passing a law to restrict immigration to this country beginning of the twentieth century, ing through the Jewish colonies of the evident that some of these colonists
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of interest
Kherson district, in company with Pro-
to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an Indorsement of the
Polish
and
Galician
Jews,
too,
began
to
even tried to write after their working
•
based on some selective standards, but it would have
fessor Chafkin of Paris.
viers expressed by the writers.
in Antwerp and Brussels, in
hours. At one house they told nit. that
taken a very much longer time and there never would settle
Dusk is falling.
great
numbers.
Unable
to
adapt
them-
this was the gathering place of a min-
Tebeth 19, 5686
December 24, 1926
Since early morning we have been
pan every Saturday, where 50 men
have been such drastic reductions. The extremist na- selves to the customs of the more or
reformed Western Jews, the East-
tossed about in an automobile driving
came to worship.
tionalists had to swallow one unpleasant pill for the its
In one of the homes I visited, I run
through the area of the Jewish col-
Someone Blundered.
e ern Jews founded their own conununi-
el-
large number admitted from Germany, but in order to ties. In Antwerp there are today two onies supported, directed
irected and devor-
across a medical student of Kiev Uni-
(Russian
The Dearborn Independent story of Henry Ford on put over the theory of the superiority of Western Euro- Jewish communities side by side—the aped by the Agro
versity, who had come to see his par-
ents for a few days. He told me that
community "Shomrei Ha
gan itation of the American Joint Dis-
the International Jew, which purported to be an answer
peans they were compelled to take the good with the principle
he had been excluded from the Uni-
dath," consisting of Dutch and Polish
tri'.buti on Committee.)
to the charge of Nathan Straus, bids fair to be a boom-
bad. The same stubborn attitude that characterized Jews, which has the only Reform Syn-
versity for a time because his father
We enter a house in which four
was
a Nepman. Ile was later reinstat-
agogue
with
an
organ
in
Antwerp,
and
families
live.
The
colony,
the bone drys is found among the hardened immigra-
erang.
Jewish
lish
Je
"
consisting
ex-
ed. He planned to establish himself in
"Machz ikei Hadath
Trotzkya, is only 14 months old, and
For years Mr. Ford has spoken loosely and ir- tion restrictions. To them any modification is unthink- the
ws , I n B russe l s
Trotzyka after his graduation, in One
elusively o f po
this house was erected only three
responsibly about the Jew. Ile was never taken to
able even though the amendment is consistent with or- the two communities were joined only months ago. The home is not yet al- year. He was also planning to estab-
lish a hospital in co-operation with
a few days ago.
together completed, but on the wall
task in any forum where he could be made to substan- dinary decency and humanity.
some of the neighboring colonies. I
Jewish communities are to be found
N. d Gaon,
hung a painting of theinn
tiate the accusations made. Not satisfied with unflat-
In the forthcoming session, the modificationists are also in the prov a i cial towns, where is
found this medical student a Zionist,
a reproduction of a Bible illustration,
few Jewish families.
who knew Hebrew as well as Yiddish.
tering generalizations which condemned a whole peo- satisfied with most modest changes. Congressman there
All t are only
and some family photos.
he communities together elect out
Although he was (opposed to the com-
While the males of the house receive
ple, he must needs drag in the whole financial structure
Pearlman merely wishes to include a larger number of their number Jewish consistory
munists, he favored the Soviet govern-
us, the two women, wives of the coi-
of the American republic. Aside from the gratuitous among non quota immigrants. It appears that Secre- in the French fashion. The consistory onists, do not interrupt their work of ment. llis final conviction was that
insult offered the leaders of American life when he tary of Labor Davis, Commissioner Hull and Assistant l= its headquarters in Brussels and is washing. We are soon surrounded by the establishment of colonies such as
led by the famous Jewish philanthro-
was merely instrumental in pre-
charged that they had not the courage to sit in judge- Secretary Husband are in favor of the proposed amend- pist, M. Franz Phillipson, the presi- dozens of colonists, and those who can- these
paring Russian Jews for migrating
not get inside look in through the win-
ment upon the Jews, he made the specific charge that ments. The proposals are such that one could scarcely dent of the Ica.
to Palestine.
lows; it seems as though the entire
The leading Jews in public life in
During a conversation with a group
the International Jew is in direct control of all financial imagine opposition to them.
male population of Trotzkya has turn-
Brussels are the native Belgian Jews
of the colonists in Trotzkya, one of
cal
out.
centers of government including the United States Fed-
Congressman Perlman wants the parents of citi- who were under the leadership of Dr.
them
happened to mention the fact
taglol ; ttrhaedy-
that there was room in the commun-
eral Reserve system. In our last issue we asked for zens; children of citizens between the ages of 18 and Bloch, the late chief rabbi of Belgium. ersAall itithtelseenti.orloentihs atsn ‘aveyr(ea s r na
He, an opponent of Zionism, was
ity for a general store. But no colon-
proof of this allegation, inasmuch as we were unwilling 21 ; husbands of citizens, minor children and wives of among well known protest rabbiner led a precarious existence under im- ists would undertake to run the place.
possible, nay inhuman, housing-condi-
to take the unsupported word of Mr. Ford.
All of them spoke with the utmost dis-
those aliens admitted before July 1, 1924, and declared signing the famous rabbiner against lions,
in some small town. Fifteen
This is really a grave charge. All of Europe rocked their intentions of becoming citizens, included among Ilerzl. When a new chief rabbi was months ago, the spot which now holds gust of trading life. They sharply
to be appointed two years ago, the Bel-
criticized the members of the old col-
when a less serious charge was made that the German the non-quota immigrants. In view of the hardships, gian Zionists made an effort to secure Trotzkya was nothing but an empty, onies in the Kherson region, some of
Krupps were subsidizing French newspapers to stir up the lawlessness and misery which these separations the appointment of a rabbi who was in dead steppe; no human being lived whom had gone back to petty trading
here.
with the movement. When
in the colonies.
the war spirit in that country. This charge is infinitely cause, it is hardly conceivable that there should be any sympathy
Now, splendid•wheat fields meet the
the present chief rabbi, Dr. Ginsburg-
"Innately our natures are opposed to
more serious. The International Jew must of necessity argument, but yet the restrictionists flushed with vic- er, was appointed, his electoral ser- eye. Strange miracle. These Jewish small trailing," these new colonists as-
small
trailers
of
yesterday,
these
city
mon
contained
a
declaration
favor-
sured
nie.
include the Jews of Germany, France, England and tory will be adamant. It will take a long time and in-
people have worked their fields more
to Zionism. Friction is develop-
Russia, not to mention those of the smaller countries of finite patience and energy to wipe out the evils of this able
effectively than their Russian neigh-
ing now as Zionists charge that he has
burs, the peasants of many genera-
Europe. These people are plotting together with
HONOR AND DISGRACE
not acted in accordance with his dee-
hasty, prejudiced legislation.
tions.
American Jews belonging to the international war mak-
We are in favor of this amendment and would like location.
These newly-made colonists look
Although Brussels is the capital of
The fact that thousands of Jewish
ing gang to involve us in a world conflict.
to see modifications which would remove the discrim- Bel ium the center of Jewish public o happy. They thank G d that they are boys
and girls in New York City and
If this is so, non-Jewish America is really entitled inatory features which are a shameful reflection upon life is Antwerp, where 90 percent of able to produce their daily bread. An elsewhere
in America are the bene-
extraordinarily contagious, physically
the resident Jews are engaged in the
to know the facts.. To this end Representative Bloom our democratic beliefs.
ficiaries
annually of Christian gener-
healthy atmosphere emanates from
diamond trade. It is a well known fact
osity is to me a painful exposure of
(Democrat) of New York introduced a resolution in the
that the diamond industry flourishes
these people.
the failure of Jews generally to square
I visualize a "Nap" family I knew
in Belgium only because of the initia-
House to inquire into the sources of Mr. Ford's infor-
with the requirements of Jewish duty.
during my stay in Vitebsk (White
tive of the Eastern Jews. When the
Costly houses of worship which are
mation and to discover the truth of the allegations.
Will Yiddish Die?
Russia) the father, a man of 38 years,
Belgium government wanted to revive
only used adequately twice a year the
a wife and two children of eight and
the diamond industry after the war, it
Committees of the House and Senate have been appoint-
Jews
will build but they let the young
This is the title of an article in The Jewish Tribune was compelled to send delegations to three. In pre-soviet days, the man
ed to investigate matters of less import, and it is, there-
manhood and womanhood of their de-
was
the
proprietor
of
a
prosperous
to-
of New York by Dr. A. A. Roback and is an answer to the Jewish refugees in Holland and
nomination of the community wait or
fore proper, that this matter should receive a thorough-
bacco business. When I met him he
England in order to get them back in-
the pessimistic prediction of Alter Brody in a recent is-
be compelled to accept inferior or
was acting as manager of a govern-
going airing. Mr. Ford holds a conspicuous and respon-
to Belgium.
inadequate accommodation for social
ment retail tobacco shop, with a salary
sue of the Nation and reprinted in full in The Detroit
The Antwerp Jews are. therefore,
sible place in American life. He is looked upon by
and cultural purposes. The son or
of
35
rubles
(about
$17
per
month.)
an important factor in the economic
daughter of rich Jewish parents in
An intelligent man, with a university
many as possessing Messianic attributes. By millions Jewish Chronicle.
life of Belgium. The diamond indus-
New York City can easily find what
education,
this
existence
had
made
of
In the words of Alter Brody :
try has for the last 30 years contribu-
he is considered infallible because of his enormous suc-
they really do not surely need in in-
hint and embittered cynic, a hopeless,
ted large sums of money to the Belgian
cess in the automotive world. Millions of others lend
stitutional accommodation. But the
desperate
being,
who
has
lost
faith
in
Exchequer. In no other trade do the
A language is (lying intestate and without issue. At the
multitudes of Jews and Jewesses of
and
fate.
people,
God,
workers
obtain
such
high
wages
as
in
credence to his fulminations because they believe that
height of its power and affluence, in the fullest possession
moderate means and deficient homes
The family lives in one room. No
the diamond industry. The Belgian
of its faculties, with a literature, a theater, a press of its
he has access to facts beyond the sphere of ordinary
accept an elementary provision or
beds
or
=tresses
are
visible.
Tie
government
also
derives
a
considerable
own that would do honor to many a landed tongue, Yiddish
flock to the hospitality of Christian
children are huddled in a corner of the
income front the track. in uncut dia-
mortals.
in America is facing a slow but inevitable dissolution,— dy-
generosity. I wish that Jews would
windowless room, like a heap of bones
monds and as the diamonds usually
If the International Jew is actually in direct control
ing with no one to will all these accumulated riches to. But
stop for a time the erecting of luxuri-
and lifeless skeletons. The boy of 5
change hands ninny times before they
it will be a painless end, a death in easy installments, reg-
of all financial centers, including the Federal Reserve
ous costly churches which are more
who should be attending s(=01, does
are
bought
by
the
diamond
manufac-
ulated by the 2 per cent ratio of the immigration act, that
for display than for devotion and
not leave this room because he is un-
system, then indeed are we in a precarious way. Even
turers, the Exchequer is continually
cordon sanitaire which our Nordically minded Congress has
apply their money to winsome social
presentable.
drawing
taxes
on
the
sale
of
uncut
dia-
though the American membes of the International ring
drawn around the ghetto.
The mother, once very beautiful, an
and cultural accommodation for the
monds.
may not wish to do anything to damage the country or
old woman at the age of 30 sits mo-
numbers of their com-
Yet most of the Jews in Belgium
To this somber picture, Dr. Roback objects, We are still aliens, because the naturaliza- tionless and watches the children preponderant
mercial employes of modest incomes
precipitate a war, what reason could the European
would
be
happy
to
agree
with
Dr.
Roback,
but
despite
agonize. In this dark, narrow cave-
who are overlooked and remain a
tion law of Belgium demands that each
members have for avoiding such a contingency, surely
room, this family of four lives an in-
standing, reproach of that Jewishness
his sanguine hopes we are afraid that he is mistaken as alien desiring to become naturalized describable
existence — a mausoleum,
Europe has no great and enduring affection for us. If
which like its Christian counterpart
put an application before Parlia-
to Brody's unawareness of facts as well as to the actual must
haunted by feverish-eyed ghosts whose
prates about ideals and duty and al-
ment and the Senate. An exception is
the press comments of Europe are any criterion we are
laughter
is
terrifying.
lows pretence to serve for practice.
made in the case of those aliens who
forces of dissolution which face Yiddish.
What a relief to breathe the fresh
anathema over there.
I want to see every Jewish young
are born in Belgium and who become
When
he
says
Mr.
Brody
is
unaware
of
the
fact
that
air
and
look
at
these
healthy
Jews
on
man
and woman of moderate means
The whole affair has now reached a state where Mr.
Belgian citizens without difficulty
the prairie here, who only yesterday
in the big cities of America provided
nearly
1,000,000
books
in
Yiddish
were
printed
in
1925.
when
they
attain
their
majority.
Ford must either substantiate his charges or be branded
lived
the
life
of
starving
Nepman
in
with such institutional accommoda-
Under the Belgian laws, the alien
as a maker of malicious fictions—a loose and irrespon- or that he does not appreciate that 10,000,000 peo- enjoys the same rights as the Belgian various towns.
tion for pastime and uplift as will
A boy of 12 with quick, optimistic
parallel the best furnished by Chris-
sible talker—a victim of anti-Semitic delusions, or if ple speak Yiddish, he is grossly in error, for Brody spe- citizen, except that he is not allowed
eyes
listens
to
our
conversation.
His
tians to their beneficiaries. Till that
to
vote
or
to
become
a
civil
servant.
they are true, as the greatest friend of America and the cifically writes that Yiddish is dying intestate and with-
energetic, confident countenance inter-
The Jewish communities and schools
time Jewish society will condignly
out issue. Not during a period of decline, but at the receive subsidies front the government. ests me. I inquire:
suffer the disgrace of adolescent de-
true prophet of peace.
"What do you do nil day?"
linquency which is to a great extent
Representative Bloom has rendered a valuable height of its power and affluence, in the fullest posses- The 17 rabbis of Belgium are thus in
"During the day. I help in the field;
receipt
of
regular
salaries
from
the
the product of weakened Jewish ideal-
service by bringing the whole controversy before the sion of its faculties with a literature, a press and a thea- government. On the whole the gov- evenings, I read books."
ism in a materialistic non-Jewish en-
"What books interest you?"
vironment.
forum where it properly belongs. We are certain that ter, Alter Brody apparently has as panoramic a view of ernment treats the Jews in a very
"I adore travel books."
friendly manner and the (occasional
I am honored by the invitation of
the
language
as
has
Dr.
Roback,
but
he
is
persuaded
Mr. Ford cannot prove his accusations against the Jews,
"What do you want to be, when you
anti-alien agitations have no real anti-
Christians to advise them how to
and he will not avail himself of the chance to do so. In that the iron ring of exclusion will topple Yiddish from Semitic basis.
grow up?"
handle more effectively their Jewish
"A fernier—but also an explorer. I
Reports of MISS deportations of for-
wards. I am disgraced by the failure
any event, it will be an excellent thing for the country, its present high estate.
want to work on the soil by day, and
of competent Jews to do their full
It would be most surprising if Yiddish were not a eigners from Belgium were current re- to
for we really have problems of importance which should
fly all over the world by night."
eently in the Jewish press, but the gen-
duty in the case.---The Supplement.
"But, my boy, are you proud to be
receive our attention. ThiS keeping the people in a con- robust and colorful language in America today, in view oral secretary of the Society for As-
a J ew ?"
sisting the Jews of Antwerp, M. Van
stant turmoil is bad for our national morale. The House of the fact that millions speak and read it.
"Sure, I am a Jew, because my par-
QUESTIONABLE
Horst, has issued an authoritative
But what will happen 20 years from now, is the der
ents are Jewish, but I have no reason
of Representatives is a good jury before which this case
statement that the government does
he more proud than a Gentile boy.
can be properly tried. The Jews of America will not question raised by Alter Brody, and any blaring account not contemplate mass deportations. to
There is a movement, organized
All nations are equal and should help
and unorganized, among American
of its present virility and sweep can hardly surpass the It is only applying more strictly the each
exercise one peremptory challenge.
other. Then there'll be no more
law regulating immigration into Bel-
Jews to secure a five-day week to the
tribute paid by Alter Brody.
wars."
gium; no immigrant will he allowed to
end of allowing their brethren to ob-
Fervently, with enthusiasm, he ex-
Even were we to agree with Dr. Roback that Yid- enter the country unless he is in pos. pounded
serve the traditional Day of Rest.
to me his naive scheme to
Amending the Immigration Law.
session of a permit. Those aliens who
What I would like to find out is what
dish would continue to be spoken by the large masses
prevent wars. This youngster is per-
enter
the
country
with
a
temporary
assurance have these religious eco-
A session of Congress without a number of immigra- of Jews in Russia and Poland, we cannot see how this
meated with humanitarian principles,
visa are required to leave on the expir-
nomic reformers that the Sabbath
tion bills is about as inconceivable as one without num- fact can possibly affect Yiddish in America, if these
which he has not learned by rote, but
at= of the term of their visa.
will be (observed if there is opportun-
worked out for himself. A fine human
berless bills to amend or abrogate the prohibition law. people are excluded from this country.
The strict application of the immi-
ity. My observation is pretty long
specimen.
graton
law
has
come
about
because
of
and broad and I discovered long ago
Both of these laws represent the triumph of hysteria at
As
I
went
through
the
various
The question of Yiddish does not differ radically
the action of the immigrants them-
that multitudes
Jews in American
houses in the colony, I noticed that no
selves, who on several occasions trans-
a time when dispassionate judgment was taboo. We do from that of German, Russian, Swedish or Italian. For
life, whose number is steadily grow-
matter what the outward poverty of
grassed the regulations in a flagrant
not mean that powerful influences were not at work to purposes of comparison, German offers the best basis.
ing,
do
not
observe
the Sabbath at
the particular but or cottage, there
manner. Another and perhaps more
present, although it is perfectly con-
make the country dry and to limit immigration, but it
was everywhere an attempt to heauti-
important reason is the anxiety gener-
The migration of Germans to America started in
venient
to
do
so.
What
is needed in
Some colonists boasted
fy things.
is safe to say that the passage of these drastic measures 1848 and continued to the opening of the century. The
ally given expression in governing cir-
American Israel is not a five-day
Iles that otherwise the country might
but a reawakening (of Jews to a sense
was far beyond the most sanguine hopes of the protag- high mark was reached during the 80's. According to a
with immi g rants from East-
be floo, led w
and acceptance of their religious
onists of aridity and restriction.
cabee, and a very strong Zionist or-
ern Europe who are now unable to em.
duty.
survey made by the Interpreter, there were more than
I am ashamed and disgusted
ganization, headed by the well known
Under the guise of an economic expedient, the coun- 800 German newspapers, magazines and periodicals at
igrate to America.
at the vast number of American Jews
Zionist,
M.
Jean
Fischer.
All
other
Jewish immigration into Belgium in
try was propagandized to the point where it accepted the peak point, while in 1925 there were a little over the last three years has increased the Jewish parties have groups in Ant- who pay their rabbis to proclaim "Re-
member the Sabbath to keep it holy"
werp. There is a non-partisan Yiddish
anything proposed by those who were in authority. 200. This means approximately a decrease of 75 per
Jewish population threefold. The new
while they themselves only observe it
weekly, Di Yiddishe Presse, appearing
Jewish immigrants have in addition to
When wheatless, meatless and lightless days were ac- cent, in but a generation after the large immigration in-
with
holes, on the gulf links. Golf
in Antwerp, and there is the fortnight-
the diamond trade in Antwerp and
is not bad except as played by some
cepted as a matter of course, who would be so unpa-
ly Zionist paper, llatikvah published
leather trade in Brussels taken up
flux stopped.
people,
but to spell God G-o-l-f is
in French.
triotic as to oppose the reduction of alcohol which
branches of industry. They have
poor orthoepy, questionable Ameri-
In the light of this dissolution of German in'a gen- other
Because of the severity of the nat-
formed Jewish communities in the coal
meant a saving of cereals. The prohibition fanatics saw eration, who will really have the temerity to say that a
canism
and
dangerous Judaism.—The
uralization law, there are only very
of Limburg, Charleroi and in
Supplement.
few Jewish civil servants in Belgium.
their opportunity and succeeded in passing a law so different fate awaits Yiddish. Surely the fact that there districts
the industrial district of Liege where
It has however a number of Jews oc-
stringent that its enforcement has become at once the is a German land with a definite culture and recognized
the Jews are employed as workers.
cupying very hign positions in the
There are nut yet any statistics
CHRISTIAN HUMILITY
farce and tragedy of American life. Once committed
state. The Minister of Justice, for
language which needs no apologies, makes the case for
available to show the number of Jews
instance, who by the way, also controls
to the drastic action and crystallized in a constitutional
This is chiefly because
The
attitude of some Christians to
German as good as that of Yiddish, and yet the lack of in Belgium.
the immigration into the country, is
e
do antoi keep records of
amendment, the proponents of the dry regime refuse to
the
Jews reminds me of the two church
a Jew—the famous statesman, M.
new Germans has had this effect upon the language.
the aliens. Th e
members
of whom I have heard who
deviate from their course one iota. Their theory is no
Paul Hymans. Another Jew holding
number of Jews in Belgium is estimat-
It is true that Germans stopped coming here from choice
a hot dispute in a religious con-
receding, no whittling, no modification with the result and Jews speaking Yiddish are excluded, but the result t'd to be somewhere about 100.000. a high position in the state is the Bel- had
troversy when one of them hosing his
gian representative in the Internation-
Antwerp has about 50,000 Jews, Brus-
that no question bulks larger today in political America
patience said to the other who want-
al Labor (office at Geneva, M. Gots-
must inevitably be the same if they do not come here.
sets, 75,000, and the remainder are in
ed to know who he was; "Who I am?
chalk ; there is also General Bernheim,
than prohibition. In the recent senatorial and guberna-
the
provinces.
In
Antwerp
the
whole
To those born in America, Yiddish must of necessity
I am a humble Christian, you damned
a
few
deputies
and
senators
and
a
torial elections all sorts of claims were made by the become an acquired language, spoken not every day Jew ish tpoMe at toon . is cir°cunndtrtheedra :11 large number of University profes- old heathen!"
It is the same Chris-
wets and drys, but despite all claims it is apparent that
tian humility that obtains in aup-
sors.
but only when occasion requires. It-Ls safe to predict way prta i ' )ion and ° the diamond ex:
posed followers of Jesus who damn
In recent years, the number of Jews
the whole electorate is tremendously agitated by the
various
Jewish
social
Of the
Jewish brethren.—The Supple-
that the same fate awaits Italian, Russian and Polish in Fhange..
gerei tyl s in the Belgian army has been steadily his
t t ir 1 7. itze
ment.
question.
increasing. They are treated very well
America if the restrictive immigration laws continue.
and
a
new
type
of
Belgian
Jew
is
being
Another piece of legislation put over in a fashion The folk language of all these people will be English, which is the
split up into 17 different de:
A loyal Belgian citizen and
far transcending anything hoped for by the restriction- notwithstanding their affection for the Yiddish, Italian, partments consisting of all branches evolved.
)3
That is not life, that's only a car-
at the same time a faithful Jew and a
of charitable activity, there is also in
nival.
ists is the discriminatory immigration laws which favor
loyal
member
of the Jewish people.
Ma-
Jewish
Sports
Club,
a
Antwerp
Russian or Polish.
so-called Nordics.
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