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September 9, 1927
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The Jewish Open Forum.
There is no royal road to knowledge. Learning is
at best a grinding task and, what is more, a task that
has no ending. He who would be really well informed
must pay the price of the scholar—unremitting toil.
And, truth being only relative and forever in a flux, he
must be forever beginning over again.
Yet, although there is no royal road to learning,
there are certain wavering paths in the wilderness that
one may follow. One of these paths is the public plat-
form. There are doubtless thousands of people to whom
the public platform is their principle, if not their sole,
book of instruction. They require a predigested diet
that will not demand too much of their intellectual
stomachs. It is not the best fare they could find but it
is often the only fare they can swallow without diffi-
culty. To them the public platform is an important and
a valuable agency of information and instruction.
'bo
13Y"
GiAS.
Many of you have read "Ariel," Maurois' novelized
life of Shelley. it was one of the most fascinatingly in-
teresting biographies that appeared in many years. Now
comes Maurois with a novelized biography of ''Disraeli"
that should be a real treat to every admirer of "Dizzy."
It will appear first in the Forum, and begins in the Oc-
tober number. By the way, Andre Maurois is going to
deliver a course of lectures in this country this fall.
Reading Glenn Frank's syndicated article, "Preaching
to the Chinese," reminds me of the Socratic Hottentot
who, in Sarah Millin's book, "God's Stepchildren,"
quizzes the Rev. Andrew Flood, who has come among
them to Christianize them. The missionary says, "We
are all God's children." The aged Hottentot interrupts,
"But is not God Himself white'!" The missionary hest-
tates, then the Hottentot very simply adds, "Perhaps we
brown folks are His stepchildren." That's one drawback
with the value of missionary work—they take a white
man's God with them, rather than a universal God.
4 ' 4' 4 kl t ta
I 'Z
t
Weizmann's Message to the
Fifteenth Zionist Congress
l
e
(Editor's Note:—Dr. Chaim Weizman!' delivered two prin-
ciple addresses at the Fifteenth Zionist Congress in Basle, last
week. The first, delivered at the opening session on Tuesday,
was of a general nature, dealing principally with the history
of the movement and the significance of the present congress.
The second address was devoted to an outline of his policies
and a review of the political and economic situation. The text
of both addresses, in part, is given below.)
Time and peace link this gather- inactivity is merely a temporary
ing in a symbolic manner with the state and although it is true that
beginning of the Zionist movement. individual Zionist enterprises have
Three decades ago a new epoch in already developed satisfactorily,
justifying our hopes, it would be
the history of the Jewish people
was begun here. It was here
• that a unpardonable to permit the present
border line for the centuries-old situation to he prolonged further.
Jewish Diaspora was drawn. Basle The Zionist Organization must do
was inscribed in our modern his- everything within its power to re
tory by the first Zionist Congress, vive the productivity of Palestine.
This is primarily a question pooc-
m sva
•
11 Ie mogra
where theas
a If
our Gaining
g to the middle class inuiti-
adopted, with whit h the e Fl
declaration] is undestroyably eon- gratin, inasmuch as the forces of
i la n I t o t orisait a h o eth::, r rertaen td pvo r:hpaotrtiis ohlonh k e- .
noted both in name and in content.
Our Cultural Agencies.
As such an agency the Jewish Open Forum of
Last week we reviewed in these columns the philan-
Detroit ranks with the best in the country. Its speakers
Dear Sophie Irene Loeb:—I knew you long before
thropic, religious and recreational agencies of Detroit
have always been of the highest talent. The wide range
Judge Gary, or Governor Smith, or Margaret Woodrow
Jewry. This week we shall direct our attention to the
of its subjects, always thought-provoking, has made the
Wilson, or Herbert Swope, or Adolph Ochs, or Dr.
We have gathered here again in
cultural agencies. Of course, the religious and philan-
Stephen 11. Wise, or any of the other thousand notables
Jewish Open Forum a popular institution in the cul-
the shadow of that genius, Dr, tween capital and labor.
who have paid you homage. And I know what time and
Thirty years. ago we proelainucl
thropic agencies are not without their cultural aims.
H;
Theodor
Herz!, who created the
tural life of our community. Nearly every phase of
thought and effort you invested in a career that was to
i here. We have made
Zionist Congress and we propose to a great deal
But every progressive Jewish community possesses cer-
make you one of the most constructive forces in Ameri-
Jewish life, nearly every Jewish problem has at one
an
important stride forward on the
dedicate
our
deliberations
to
his
ca's social life. So it is a real satisfaction to have the
a
tain distinct institutions whose sole object is the hitel- time or another found expression on its platform.
memory, which is enshrined in the way of realization. Today, the
moral, liberating and transforming
!CS
opportunity at the end of a score of years to renew my
precious reminiscences of an al- effect of the Zionist and Palestine
lectual welfare of the people.
Through the lectures of the forum the habitual reader
tit
contact with you, even though it be in form of a long-
ready legendary tradition.
Let us confess at the very outset that in this respect
work
is
great.
A
handful
of
ens
.'
distance
letter,
unstamped
and
unsealed,
and
open
to
the
has been able to supplement his reading by personal
Our movement was created by a thusiasts who were ridiculed by
's?
eyes
of
the
public.
And
to
make
it
the
occasion
of
Detroit is not very richly endowed. It helps us not at contact with authors and not a few of the lectures, espe-
minority
of
the
Jewish
people,
a
others
30
years
ago
have
become
1
warmly congratulating you on your selection as adviser
minority which had little, if any,
all to - recall that very few Jewish communities in Amer-
• s(i
cially during the last season, conveyed ideas that the
the bearers of a great responsibil.
to the social service section of the League of Nations in
ay.
experience
in
political
life
and
in
Jewess
its child welfare work. I am glad, indeed, that a
ica are really rich in cultural institutions. Yet we would
most voracious reader had not met with in books.
colonizing effort. This small begin-
'4't
This fifteenth Zionist Con ro
has been privileged to contribute no much to the public
not give the impression that Detroit Jewry is totally
ning has already to its credit a
..,,s
o''
th e respons,-
g ' 7
must
ed p r oc! — eq ua l I t 0 the
welfare, and has been so signally honored by the great
No one should depend entirely upon the public plat-
two-fold
achievement.
First,
it
is
devoid of cultural institutions. On the contrary there
bility
resting
upon
it.
powers of the earth.
:?s-
form for his supply of facts and opinions. The vast field
responsible for creating within
handclasp
across
the
miles,
and
may
you
are a number of very excellent ones. But, taken all in
j
:
's
All
SO here
,
Jewry a crystallized Jewish con-
of contemporary literature should not be a closed book
continue in the noblest profession that can engage any
(The following is from Dr. Weiz-
all, there are not enough, and those we have lack ade-
munel life, and, second, in normal-
woman, the conservation of the rights of the neglected
to anybody. But as a supplementary source of know-
'it
's h adsoi l t r u es asti inn tihnetraok,tito
e n „ toLn: m
izing
the
attitude
of
the
world
to-
quate facilities and support. They do the best they can
children
of
society.
CHARLES
JOSEPH.
Palestine.)
ward the Jewish question.
ledge the forum has a definite and necessary place in
No sensational developments in
with the means at their disposal and, in some cases,
o e
The Jews
J
v. .h
o h • settled
the cultural life of the Jew. The Jewish Open Forum
always working in some good
Marcus M. Marks
they have been able to make as good a showing as 'any
Palestine have demonstrated their the political field are to be ex-
must be a slow
of Detroit is among the very best in this field.
cause. The last time I saw him he was attending the
natural
creative
abilities.
This
has
similar institutions in the country. But a number of
1 ,7tt'sdiea(d)yu. , r la
m'lritc.hY forward. It is
International Good-Will Conference oof the churches.
led to a total change in the aspect
already potasible to point to a better
Once I met him touring the country with the late Alfred
very necessary improvements will have to be made
of the Jewish problem, for the
Mosely of England, who was no much interested in study-
world was thus given an opportu- and deeper understanding in the
before we can congratulate ourselves on our cultural
the Zionist move-
Cultural Groups.
ing at first hand the economic problems in this country.
city of seeing the Jewish people in relations between
agencies as we are jukified in doing on our philan-
ment and the mandatory power.
Again I met Marcus when he was president of the
a different light than that ill which
Detroit
is
undersupplied
with
Jewish
cultural
Borough
of
Manhattan.
Then
I
saw
him
shortly
after
it
had
been
seen
before.
Zionism
This
understanding
will increase
thropic ageficies.
steadily. The underlying principle
Roosevelt had called him to straighten out the anthracite
was responsible for stimulating
groups. But those we have are good ones. As in a
At another time we shall have occasion to comment
coal strike, when Mitchell was president of the miners.
those creative abilities which were of our attitude must tie complete
number of other things we err only on the side of
confidenee toward the mandatory
on the things we have left undone. For the present it
I haven't been able to index all of his activities, for he
demonstrated in Palestine,
'.;S
there is no rexnn
has
been
too
rapid
to
keep
up
with.
•By
the
way,
he
is
insufficiency.
Fractions of the Jewish people p tii t wi.; ,r , , gu ot t i h actri ‘ u v,!7 ,
will suffice to review the things we have done and see
~ j
The political sae-
the man who put over the daylight salving time. So if
I
were brought to the land of srayl,
The Interprofessionul Round Table, the Ilaskalah
Hi
the
Work
of
the
Zionist
Es-
how well we have done them.
of
MPS
you don't like it, blame Marcus Marks.
where they are beings fused to- .
ecutive will he in a measure pro-
Society, the Philomathic Debating Society, to mention
• —
gather into an economic and cut-
los
with the Zionist achieve-
But I really didn't intend to say all those things about
tural entity. Notwithstanding all Porl!''nflte
only a few of the cultural groups that are functioning
The United Hebrew Schools.
ment in Palestine, the greater the
the
difficulties,
all
real
experts
alp-
my good friend, but merely to call attention to the fact
material
achievements,
the
greater
in
our
community,
are
all
useful
and
efficient
organiza-
The story of Hebrew education in America is one
m
that he is chairman of the committee on travel and study,
predate the achieve ents of the will Inc the political
successs.
tions. In addition, there are a number of excellent
Jewish settlers as contributions of
whose duty it is, each year, to award a certain number
of the most fasciniting chapters in the history of the
Our sphere of influence in the
of
"travel"
scholarships
to
undergraduates
of
American
great
value.
e c.,
League
of
Nations
and in public
western migration. It is a story of complete disorgan- dramatic societies, notably the Temple Drama League,
The Jewish problem today is no
universities that will enable them to spend their third •
which every season does some interesting work.
longer the same as it Wits before opinion of the world has been con-
college year studying in Europe. What impressed me
ization followed by rapid progress under the most
•V s t
siderably
broadened.
Even
in
those
the Zionist Congress in Basle on
was that out of the five funds available, four have been
The women's cultural groups, perhaps the most active
adverse conditions. Hebrew education in America fell
Aug. 30, 1597. The Jewish mob- countries where there is no direct
created by Jews. Thus doth the Jew continue to be the
where,
alestiteanoi
o
of
all,
are
also
doing
good
work.
Some
of
these
bring
interest
in
Palestine
very low before it began to rise again. And no true
hem today is no longer the painful
generous patron of education.
next
puzzle which has no solution. The cours e, the a is harder.
important speakers to our community. Others are
story of its rise is complete without a full and complete
Zionist Executive will have to cre-
world today understands this pro t
imagined
that
members
of
England's
nobility
were
chiefly devoted to good reading and discussion. All are
I
account of the United Hebrew Schools of Detroit. And,
and
it
knows
that
it
can
and
ate
possibilities
by
which
sympathy
lent and
gentlemen. Of course, I suspected that here and there
s,
and greater support fur our ideal
actuated by the highest motives and intelligently
must find its natural solution. In
by the same token, no true story of Hebrew education
might be found a backslider, but not a Curzon! How-
4!
in the public opinion of England
the process of the development of
in America is complete without the name of Bernard
guided.
ever, I was mistaken, judging by this very interesting
n o u teg ol
I hl, oco is ,a t
n:,t, T a t ity h .ed wiin i I the
the ioZ hion hi tt s st
letter of Walter Hurt's:
Isaacs, director of the United Hebrew Schools of
In many respects the individual little cultural
Oovernment has of
late taken a store active part in
Jewish communities and their po-
groups, like the women's clubs, the Philomathic and
Detroit. .
In response to your public request for informa-
litical life has ripened. The ex- the efforts aiming at the rebuilding
tion, I will say of my own knowledge that Levi Z.
There are a few who think that it is still necessary the Ilaskalah Society, are more important, culturally,
ternal
stages
of
this
development
of
the Jewish national home. It
Leiter never made any attempt to conceal his
has extended aid in the unemploy-
are: the issuance of the Balfour
to plead the cause of the Hebrew school in principle.
than the forums. They encourage the individual to do
Jewishness, although the family stock has been
7:4,4
ment situation, it has promulgated
declaration,
the
San
Remo
decision,
But, without wishing to seem ungrateful to such cham- his own reading and his own thinking. They create a
camouflaged by his children and openly denied by
the confirmation of the mandate for the Palestine communities ordi- pi
his grandchildren.
and
pions of Hebrew education, we would remind them
community of interest in things cultural. They bring
Palestine
by
the
League
of
Nations,
nonce,
it
is
improved,
partly
In all American commercial history there is no
°l 1
in an unsystematic manner, the in-
and the creation of stable political
that the Hebrew schools, as we know them in Detroit,
people together on a somewhat higher plane of com-
more- honorable record than that of Levi Leiter,
o;
dustrial legislation.
conditions concerning Palestine.
who began as an itinerant pack-peddler and com-
are quite able to plead for themselves, if, indeed, any
mon interest than bridge or pinnocle. They tend to
The Jewish people hove welcomed The next Zionist Executive will
pleted his career as a partner of Marshall Field
pleading is necessary. Those who have availed them-
eliminate the noxious snobbery that is so common in
with
joy
and
confidence
the
accep-
also
have
to
continue
the
negotia-
and Potter Palmer in the world's greatest incr.
tance of the mandate by Great tions concerning the state lands, in riss
selves of the privilege of inspecting the United Hebrew
other groups. They constitute no drain on the public
chandising house—Field, Potter & Leiter.
Britain. Our creative work in Pal- which there are limited possibilities
Levi Z. Zeiter was never 8 "grain dealer" and
Schools at first hand, are all of the opinion that Hebrew
funds. They ask no favors and need no favors.
estine has brought Zionists in but some are possible of achieve-
never a speculator, although his son, Joseph
closer
relations with the mandatory ment if the government will take
education in our city is on as high a plane as any edu-
After all, public education is, at heart, a strictly
Leiter, when a mere youth, engineered the most
power. With the continuous prog- a favorable attitude, particularly
.
famous and spectacular "wheat corner" in the his-
cation in the country.
private affair. It means that the individual must be
ress of the work, this understand- in the region of Beisan. it is neces-
tory of the Chicago Board of Trade. Lord Cur-
Discipline, which was the most serious problem con-
47
ing
has
grown
stronger
and
deeper
easy
to
see
to
it
that
all
land
avail-
willing to make an effort to enlarge his little stock of
zon, an admitted anti-Semite, was, I have been in-
i,s
in public opinion in England and able he secured for Jewish colonize-
fronting the Hebrew teacher in the days of the cheder,
facts and do some thinking about them. But, in prac-
formed, so great a cad that he was accustomed to
3_
other countries.
tion,
and
to
seek
such
areas
which
refer
contemptuously
to
his
wife
as
"that
Jewess,"
is now no longer a problem. Improved school facilities,
tice, it has been found that this object, simple as it is,
The Palestine mandate, when may be of general use. The next
7.'.s^
although he himself was reputed to have a remote
sc o ;
modernized pedagogy and a co-operative. spirit among
considered
politically,
has
not
given
Zionist
Executive
will
have
to
lay
can best be attained by organization, by co-operative
strain of Jewish blood. Moreover, he was not too
Us all that we desire and which we emphasis on the right of the Jew-
the parents have eliminated the problem of discipline.
proud to welcome the Leiter millions to rehabili-
effort. The machinery of organization is not a compli-
are entitled to expect. However, ish people as is outlined in the I'al-
sj
tate the fortunes of the impoverished house of
Visit a class room in any of the United Hebrew Schools
•'.(;
cated one. Wherever two or more persons of a studious
the door was opened for unhamp- estine mandate. The heavy injus-
Curzon.
ereol
activity
and
the
way
was
tics
in
the
present
taxation
system
and you will find that our system of Hebrew education
nature meet, you have a minyan for the study of the
All the Leiter offspring mated with Gentiles.
aced for a growing development
results in plac- ji
o
in Plo
a s s tin which
lacks nothing in that respect.
Torah—whether it be the sacred wisdom or the secular
of our life. 'We have become in the ing a great burden on Zionist work,
. s
The following communications come to me from J. C.
full sense the masters of our own
;4
As for the standards of education, we can compare
is
an
important
point
of which it
wisdom.
Hyman,
executive
secretary
of
the
United
Jewish
Cam-
fate,
politically
and
socially.
We
is possible to expect a favorable so-
them with the best we know and they lose nothing by
Of these little groups, each a saving remnant in the
paign, and in the interest of fair play they must be pub-
have reaped what we have sown.
lution in the not distant future.
comparison. All the best, most modern methods of lan-
fished. in the new Jewish magazine, the Reflex, ap-
These external results were ac-
oil
The next Zionist Executive will
ranks of American Jewry, we have in our community
peered an article upon which I commented. The author
companied by the internal revolu- have to negotiate with the Palestine
guage teaching are known and practiced. Its instruc-
It few—but all too few. Whatever can be (lone to
of the article intimated that the tour of Felix Warburg
tion which Zionism has called forth government concerning the indus-
tors are trained pedagogues. Its curriculum is scien-
in Russia and through the Jewish colonies was very per-
within the Jewish people. The great trial legislation, just as concerning
encourage the formation of such cultural groups should
;a,:
tifically devised. Its executive administration is in able
sonally conducted; that all unpleasant things were kept
new opportunity has encouraged a
;14,
,
the starting of public works for
be done.
out of sight of the distinguished visitor. That everything
people which has been downtrodden Jewish workingmen. Our educe-
'LS'
hands.
and enslaved for centuries to regain
was "dressed up" to make a favorable impression. Su
tional
budget
enjoys
the
growing
There is only one improvement we could make in
its lost national dignity. The sense
this letter comes:
support of the Palestine govern-
of life and the purpose for suffer-
our 4ebrew schools. Expand. Enlarge their sphere of
ment. It will be necessary to carry
A Jewish Public Library.
ing were again revealed to us. This through the same procedure with
At
the
suggestion
of
David
A.
Brown,
who
1.1
usefffiriesa by adding to their equipment. There is only
great transformation was the result
read with keen interest the comments in your col-
sss
regard to our health work.
The
beginnings
of
a
real
public
library
of
Jewish
improve
on
a
good
thing
and
that
is
to
get
of
limitless
devotion
and
the
un-
umn,
"Random
Thoughts,"
recently,
concerning
to
one way
The political negotiations of
and cognate literature has made its appearance in
ceasing labors carried on modestly
a
the
editorial
in
the
Reflex
entitled
"Barbarizing
:s
of
it.
more
Iw the servants of our ideal. Zion- Zionist leadership have already
People," I am sending you a copy of a letter from
Detroit. It is the library of the Jewish Center at 31
:Sir
ism has brought about a transfor- passed through the period of he-
Dr. Joseph Rosen, director of the Agro-Joint, the
rodes. At present it is possible to
Melbourne.
mation not only in the Zionist but
agency of the Joint Distribution Committee in
Beth El College.
it also gave a new value to Juda- negotiate tactfully and cautiously. '
Russia, to Dr. S. Melamed, editor of the Reflex.
There are two or three excellent Jewish libraries
When the situation:will be consoli-
Often the thing that is common knowledge to a
ism
generally.
In response to this note, Dr. Melamed wrote Dr.
dated and when the work will go
already in existence in our community but none of them
What Zionism has accomplished
Rosen, pleading that as he is not an agriculturist
group of specialists in some given field is completely
ahead, it may at a future date he
during
the
30
years
of
its
existence
are primarily intended for the general public. This
it would not serve any useful purpose for himself
overlooked by the general public even when it is, or
possible that a new period of groat- •.;
stands alone in the history of the
or for any one of his associates to accept Dr.
library is centrally located and open to all. But there
er political work Will ensue.
oSs:
perhaps especially when it is, a familiar, everyday
Jewish
people.
Temporary
setbacks
Rosen's offer. . . Undoubtedly, Dr. Metamed
:4
The Palestine government and
is one feature of the Jewish Center's library that limits
are unavoidable. but these should
would be willing to let you have a copy of his let-
•
s . •
spectacle.
some
Jewish
manufacturers
in
Pal-
never destroy our equilibrium. Just
ter dated Aug. 19. 1 think you are entitled to a
its usefulness. It lacks books.
tst
estine are in dispute over the pros-
as it is unwise to underestimate the
copy of the subsequent letter from Dr. Rosen to
We are thinking of Beth El College.
a
public
tective
tariff
question.
Some
of
the
in
a
serious
fault
present crisis in Palestine, it is
Needless to say this is
How many of our fellow Jews in Detroit realize that
the editor of the Reflex, which speaks for itself.
pi;
dangerous to exaggerate it. The manufacturers whose demands
library. But it is not a fault that is without remedy.
t's
the school of religious education that we know as Beth
have not been met have started
foundations of our reconstruction
lack of space prevents me from publishing Dr.
A public library is a public property. All are invited
rem attacks which are directed
work
are
strong
and
sound
enough
El College is one of the foremost schools of popular
Rosen's invitation to Dr. Melamed to go to Rus-
not only against Zionist leadership
to withstand the crisis. We should
to share in its use. C.onsequently, all are responsible for
sia, but the substance is indicated in Mr. Hyman's
religious education in America? Here is a school with
but against the government. In
not, however, overlook that the fact
letter. This is the reply sent by Dr. Rosen to Dr.
its
welfare.
It
is
certainly
within
the
means
of
every
so:
no prospect for
in,.. there
all the necessary equipment of modern pedagogy. offer-
that the last experiences have principle
Melamed's refusal to accept the offer:
2
introducing a protective tariff in
Jew
in
Detroit
to
contribute
one
book
to
the
Jewish
taught
us
much.
The
Basle
con-
ing courses of instruction in many departments of Jew-
gress should tell the Jewish people Palestine.
Aug. 26, 1927.
public library.
ish and Hebrew learning, well-attended, efficiently
The
foundations
for
the
Jewish
in
and
outside
of
Palestine
that
it
Dear Dr. Moolamed:-1 thank you for your
Agency have been laid. The organ- jai
The rabbis said that he who joins a minyan for com-
has learned the lesson.
staffed and generously suppOrted.
courtesy in promising to publish my letter, but
,t
is r :u.sprte,i tyn of this agency will not come
Thirty years ago we proclaimed
mon prayer reaps the rewards of all the other nine.
regret very much that you cannot accept my invi-
All this is no secret to the professional educators of
sets
about before the joint Palestine
here the return to the old home. To
tation to visit the colonies. I am not inviting you
Something of the sort could also. and with good reason,
America. From all parts of the country come inquiries
survey
omm
m
ai
r
sch
sion
will
submit
its
this
message
of
peace,
we
have
re-
as an agricultural or sociological expert; such ex-
in
mained true. Our nationalism is a
be said about a public library. If you give one book to
about the pedagogical methods of Beth El College. The
perts are at any time welcome to make whatever
The financial situation of the
nrofession based on the spiritual
investigations they desire, but simply as a fair-
temple school of higher education is itself still some-
the public library and a thousand others give one book.
;
ion shows
t
and cultural roots of our existence, World Zionist Organiza
minded
and
decent
writer,
who,
I
presume,
is
not
your reward is the use of a thousand books in return for
just as the effects of our national that for the year 1926-7 a deficit of
thing of a novelty but, at least in Detroit, it is no longer
knowingly using his pen for ulterior purposes.
(150,000 will be incurred. It will
movement involve no aggressive ac.
an experiment. Religious educators everywhere are
your gift of one.
Had your editorial contained only discussions
be necessary to incur long-term
tion toward other peoples, but in-
of principles and points of view, I would not have
watching the progress of Beth El College and adopting
The library of the Jewish Center possesses the nec-
deed is an expression of an urge loans. There are prospects for sr-
written you my first letter, as I have full respect
for
the
reconstruction
of
our
home-
curing such loans provided the
its methods.
for an honest difference of opinion, and am con-
essary equipment. It has shelves. tables, chairs and
proper budget is adopted.
land. Just the last years of our re-
The credit for this successful work belongs chiefly
vinced that opinions are seldom if ever changed by
even an inviting fireplace. With a good collection of
The agricultural settlements in
construction work in Palestine have
argumentation. But when a self-respecting writer
to Rabbi Leon Fram. In his chosen field of work he is
strengthened in as the conviction Palestine hate remained compare-
books it can become the basis for an energetic cultural
makes a statement that—
that
not
only
Jews,
but
all
the
in-
Lively
untouched by the
today among the ablest in American Jewry. As direc-
activity in our community. The library is the heart of
It is a daily occurence in the Jewish
habitants of Palestine benefit by However, it will be necessary to
settlements in Russia, for the Russian peas-
tor of religious education his intense application and
every educational institution. Without a library the
our work. The everyday life in coravolidate these settlements which
ant to swoop in the dead of night upon a
Palestine has proven the sincerity have already been created before
pedagogical ability have raised the college to a position
cultural life of our community must be confined to
Jewish village and take everything portable
of our intention for co-operation,
new settlements are undertaken.
undisputed
leadership
in
its
field.
The
board
of
the
small
exclusive
groups
or
to
individuals
with
suflicient
—the han•est, cattle, vehicles, etc.;
of
peace and friendship with our Arab The Jewish National Fund and the
when
he
says—
temple, in whose hands is the financing of the college,
neighbors.
Palestine Foundation Fund in Pat-
means to purchase their own collections.
The watchful guides of Mr. Warburg
in the present moment of difficult estine will have to obtain individ-
deserves high praise for its generous support. And,
Detroit Jews have been generous towards the public
made certain that he should discover noth-
and worrisome work, our thoughts ual contracts with the settlers.
what is more to the point, its support has been intelli-
ing irrelevant;
are directed toward those pioneer
Reforms in the administration
library of the city of Detroit. They should show a like
he is either repeating deliberate lies, or spreading
workera who are the vanguard of are necessary. There are no petit-
gent, sympathetic and well-directed.
generosity towards the Jewish public library. All that
malicious misinformation. And you do not have
our
movement
in
carrying
on
the
ical
hindrances for continuing our
larger
enrollment,
The coming season will see a
to be a specialist to realize these facts after you
is asked of Detroit Jewry at the present time is a per-
trying work in the country. Many work in Palestine. We must meet
have once son for yourself the real situation.
increased facilities, and a fuller curriculum at Beth El
.' s s
of
our
brethren
in
Palestine
are
ex-
and
overcome the crisis in • manly,
sonal, individual interest in the Jewish Center's library.
Respectfully yours,
posed today to • life of inactivity.
College. Surely, here is one cultural institution in which
courageous manner, without bps-
Let everybody donate one book.
(Signedi JOSEPH ROSEN.
Although it is our opinion that this
lyrics.
Detroit Jewry can take pride.
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