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December 30, 1927

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Our Bereavement.

This week our news columns report the passing of
t wo leaders in Israel, Dr. Jacob Solis-Cohen and Rabbi
Benjamin Frankel.
We feel sure that we are only reflecting the feelings
of all Jewry when we voice a deep sense of bereavement
in the death of these two familiar figures of public life
= --how different and yet how similar in their lives and
works.
It is one of the beauties of the Hebraic thought that
the eradication of error is often spoken of in our Bible
as a process of "healing." In that sense Rabbi Frankel
was a "healer" even as Dr. Solis-Cohen was. Both lab-
ored for the "healing of the nations." Both brought
to bear upon their times, each in his appointed way,
that power of healing that has always been conceived
as the supreme duty of man towards man.
At 89, with the hand of Time heavy upon aim, with
a far-flung fame that girdled the world, Dr. Solis-
Cohen, after a life that has been rich in service to his
fellow man—rich beyond all the multitudes of his well-
won honors—has layed down the burden of life as one,
whose work completed, lies down to sleep.
At 30, with the swift pulse of youth still throbbing
in his temples, with the laurels of fame still fresh and
green upon his brow, Rabbi Benjamin Frankel has been
taken from us in the full strength of years.
In a sense all death is cruel and untimely. Yet there
is another sense in which death is never cruel and never
untimely. Death, when it lays its hand upon a heart
that has loved mankind and known the freely-given
love of mankind, is honor added to honor. Death, when
it stills the hand that has ever been busy with the labor
of kindness and mercy, is as beautiful as the sunset that
heralds the passing of a beautiful (lay. Death, when it
closes the eyes that looked on life without fear or fal-
tering, is like the final benediction that sends the wor-
shipper once more to his home.
Such is the passing of these two Sons of Israel.
Youth and age. Healers of men. Gone alike to the
common home of man. May their memory be forever
green in the hearts of our people.

.MZM7r,RWMKM

Concerning Mr. Hurt.

In Charles H. Joseph's column, immediately to our
right, the reader will find a letter from Walter Hurt.
It is intended to be a sort of valedictory to the Jewish
people by one who has been our friend and, in a sense,
our resident consul among the Gentiles. It is always a
sad thing to bid a reluctant farewell to one who has,
with the best intentions in the world, striven to do us
friendly service. But, from certain passages in Mr.
Burt's letter, we derive the consolation that, after all,
lasting friendship between Jew and Gentile must find a
stronger basis than sentiment or good intentions. Even
the admirable spirit of tolerance is not enough to weath-
er the pitfalls that beset the path of all friendship,
however well intentioned.
When Mr. Hurt says that "Jews themselves are the
explanation of anti-Semitism, rather than the extrinsic
reasons that for ages have been given to shift from Jew-
ish shoulders the responsibility for racial discord," he
shows that he has merely permitted his emotions to
swing from the extreme of sentimentality to the ex-
treme of suspicion. Heretofore he has expressed him-
self as of the opinion that the prejudices of the Gentile
were responsible for anti-Semitism. \Ve have never
been convinced that the Gentile who takes that simple
view of anti-Semitism, however complimentary it may
be to the Jew, has grasped the entire situation.
There is also a point of view from which anti-Semitism,
or rather some forms of anti-Semitism (never the vio-
lent kind) are unavoidable—and, in fact, even compli-
mentary to the Jew. This is an angle that few of the
"better understanders" and good will enthusiasts, even
among Jews, ever stop to consider. One might almost
say that a little anti-Semitism—of the right kind—is
not a bad thing for Jewry. That may seem strange, but
a moment's reflection will make it clear.
3w Hurt, it seems. has been among those Gentile
friends who, with all their good will, have failed to
grasp the Jewish point of view in its entirety. Hence
his present disappointment. Hence also his swinging
from one extreme to the other—from laying all the
blame on the Gentile to laying all the blame on the Jew.
Another point. We do not know who the Jewish
friend is that told Mr. Hurt that "Jews buy few books"
and that "such books as they read they get mostly from
the public library." But, whoever he was, he was part-
ly misinformed. Every publisher knows that the Jew-
ish public offers at least as good a potential market for
his books as does any other group. And there are a
number of publishers—especially those who specialize
in the better literature—who have stated on occasion
that the Jewish public is the best possible buying pub-
lic for books. At the same time it is also true that the
public libraries report a high percentage of Jewish
readers—which is not something we need to be
ashamed of, of course.
That Jews do not read books on Jewish subjects
is, we think, quite true, but we would remind Mr.
Hurt's Jewish friend, that nearly every book on Jew-
ish subjects that has thus far appeared has been of
practically no literary merit or so dry and uninteresting
that it did not deserve a large circulation. Only within
the last year or two have there appeared any books
that were not either religious tracts or propaganda of
some kind. The two or three books that have made
their appearance lately, dealing as they do with live,
recognizable American Jewish human beings, have en-
joyed wide circulation among Jews.
As for Mr. Hurt's assurance that he still retains "an

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unshaken faith in the Messianic mission of Israel and
its ultimate fulfilment," we can only say that there are
many Jews who are not nearly so convinced of that
Mission as is Mr. Hurt. We suggest that if Mr. Hurt
had taken pains to inform himself a little more fully
concerning other things than the so-called Messianic
mission of Israel he would not have suffered such keen
disappointment.
"I shall deem it my duty," concludes Mr. Hurt,
"with the aid of Jewish testimony and through the var-
ious channels open to my pen, to clarify the situation
as far as I ant able for the Gentile public—a public
that I have innocently been instrumental in misleading
regarding Jewish social aims."
Would it seem ungrateful, we wonder, to inform Mr.
Hurt that, since he has already done so much on our
behalf, he may well spare himself the trouble? Really,
Mr. Hurt, if anybody is going to "clarify the situation
for the Gentile public," if anybody is going to speak for
us, we would prefer to appoint our own spokesman.

Two Films: A Contrast.

At one of the local motion picture theaters there is
showing at the present time the film version of the well-
known play, "The Jazz Singer," with the popular Jew-
ish musical comedy star, Al Jolson, in the leading role.
Viewing this film one is struck with the vast contrast
between this frank and realistic portrayal of Jewish
life in America and such a picture as "The King of
Kings" with its falsities and misrepresentations.
That "The Jazz Singer" is sure to be one of the
major financial successes of the film industry is instant-
ly apparent to anyone who sees it. It will deserve suc-
cess. And by that very success it will defitonstrate to
even the most acquisitive motion picture producer that
a picture can be true and fair in every detail without
losing one iota of its box office appeal. By offering to
this film the full extent of its patronage the Jewish
public will be teaching the film producers still another
lesson. It will be showing that the Jewish public wel-
comes and is ready to applaud and patronize any pic-
ture concerning Jews—as long as the picture holds up
the mirror to truth. We do not fear truth. It is the
"Lie of Lies," as our English brethren characterized the
"King of Kings" on its first appearance in London,
against which we are impelled to, and feel justified in,
raising our protest.
By patronizing "The Jazz Singer" we Jews are
helping to make pictures like the deMille production
impossible in the future.

Straight To the Point.

Dr. Felix Levy, addressing a session of the Assembly
of the Jewish Chautauqua Society drove straight to the
root of the whole matter when he pointed out that the
absence of Jewish studies in the colleges and univer-
sities was in large measure responsible for their de-
Judaizing influence. Jewish scholarship has no stand-
ing in the eyes of the Jewish college student mainly be-
cause it does not receive proper attention at the hands
of the faculty. Every other culture, every other lit-
erature, comes in for at least passing attention. The
culture of the Jew is completely neglected.
The omission, Dr. Levy pointed out, is not always
due to prejudice. Usually it is due to plain ignorance.
And, for that ignorance, we have only ourselves to
blame. When American Jewry becomes aware of this
phase of the problem something may be done to relieve
the situation. But, so far as we can see, this view of
the matter remains totally unknown to the large forces
that are now wrestling with the problem of the Jewish
college student.
Every movement that has so far been initiated has
begun by acting outside of the college itself. It has
not occurred to the youth crusaders that something
might be accomplished by working from within. The
colleges are making a very good job of Ilellenzing the
thinking of their students. Greek history and Greek
learning are important in the curriculum of every col-
lege. If they made half as good a job of imparting
Jewish learning, half of our problem would be solved.
With this secular background it would still remain
for the Ilillel Foundation and other organizations to
do their work of religious re-awakening. But the foun-
dation would have been laid.
It seems to us that in Dr. Levy's suggestion there is
much that the various agencies now intent upon "sav-
ing the college youth" might ponder over and act upon.

The Civilized Sex.

The Detroit Council of Jewish Women, in co-opera-
tion with a number of Gentile women's organizations,
is helping to promote a series of lectures on internation-
al relations to be delivered by the Rev. Rheinhoid Nie•
buhr of this city.
What strikes us as especially interesting in this
item of the news is the fact that the subjects to be treat-
ed in this series of lectures are all of a highly involved
character, necessitating more than a little strenuous
thinking. There is, for example, the relations between
the United States and Nicaragua. Another lecture will
deal with the position of this country in China. An-
other will touch upon the delicate problem of our re-
lations with the Latin-American countries.
Still another interesting feature of this announce-
ment is the fact that these lectures will be delivered by
the Rev. Niebuhr. We can state, without the slightest
hesitation, that no better choice could possibly have
been made. To have selected the Rev. Niebuhr for this
task is, in itself, a tribute to the ladies who are sponsor-
ing these lectures.
This enterprise is just another proof of the oft-re-
peated assertion that the women are the "civilized
sex." At least in America. We know of only one or
two small groups of men in Detroit who would have
attempted to project so ambitious a program of lec-
tures. What is even more remarkable is the fact that
the speaker is a local man and, however competent he
may be, a local mar, is usually not a big "drawing card"
for a lecture—let alone a whole course of lectures. In
this case it is the lively interest of the subjects and the
well-known brilliancy of the speaker that is the sole
attraction. And, if the project succeeds, if the lectures
are consistently well-attended, there will be still an-
other reason. It will prove that the women of Detroit.
Jewish and Gentile, are genuinely interested in the
things of the mind. Which should not surprise us at
all, in view of past performance. What would give
us at least a mild surprise would be a large and con-
sistent attendance by the men. who have been invited

to the lectures.

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II. Kahn, the New York banker, has written a
letter to the Jewish Chronicle of Newark, N. J., in which
he takes exception to my statement that he joined the
Episcopal Church. I am very happy to hear this, for it
has been generally understood (erroneously, of course,
now that we have Mr. Kahn's Own denial) that Mr. Kahn
was not actively identified with Jewish life and that he
was in fact a member of a fashionable New York Epis-
copal church. Therefore, in justice to our co-religionist,
I ask that not only the newspapers that carry Random
Thoughts but other Jewish journals, both in this country
and abroad, will please give this letter of Mr. Kahn's
space in their publications:

In your issue of Nov. 25 you say that I
"joined, in later life, the Episcopal Church." Per-
mit me to say that you are mistaken. I have not
joined the Episcopal or any other church. A year
ago I made the following statement for publica-
tion: "Religious observance is installed in one's
youth. My parents were not practicing Jews and
did not bring me up to be a practicing Jew. Rut
I never left Judaism and have no idea of do-
ing go."
That statement continues to hold good.

A biographical note concerning Dr. Will Durant, the
modern philosopher, caught my eye the other day. It re-
ferred to Dr. Durant's parents as having been Roman
Catholic, but the doctor evidently was not very devout,
as his liberal tendencies displayed themselves at an early
age. But I failed to see mention of the fact that Dr.
Durant married a Jewess. In this connection I am re-
minded of a statement made by Dr. Durant at a dinner
given in his honor in New York last year, at which I
was present. Ile paid a high tribute to the sacrifices
made by his parents which enabled him to obtain an edu-
cation. Then he said that he would rather raise a tine
family than write all the books of Shakespeare and
Bacon. Which, after all, shows that the philosopher
appreciates the true values of life.

The Hebrew Watchman of Memphis, Tenn., believes
in goodwill in action, not in words. Even Santa Claus
has his place in furthering a better understanding. Re-
cently the Watchman broadcasted the news that Edward
Salomon, a Jew, was the biggest contributor to the Santa
Claus fund in Memphis, and, just to show that that sort
of thing hits the heart, Clarence Saunders (he must be
the Piggly Wiggly Saunders) turned right around and
made the largest contribution to the Jewish Ladies' Aid
Society's annual bazaar. Saunders the Christian and

Salomon the Jew point the only path to goodwill. I hap-
pen to know Mr. Salomon of the Bry, Bloch Company,
Memphis, so I reach my hand all the way from Pittsburgh,

Pa., to the Southland to wish him a Happy New Year
and to express the hope that he will continue to level the
barriers of prejudice and misunderstanding by just such
generous acts.

By reason of the widespread interest in Robert
Stone's statement regarding his criticism of Walter Hurt
of Chicago, I shall close the entire matter in this issue
by publishing Mr. Hurt's answer, which is nothing less
than senstaional, and is interesting enough to hold the
attention of the most indifferent of Jews.

Dear Mr. Joseph:—My compliments to Robert
Stone and the Seven Arts Feature Syndicate and a
word of praise for both for their honesty in frank-
ly defining the actual attitude of the great mass
of Jewry toward the Gentile world. Little room
now is left for doubt in a matter that long has
been debatable—the opinion widely prevalent in
Gentile society that the majority of Jews bitterly
despise the uncircumcised goy and, whatever their
protestations to the contrary, have no desire for
the good-will of any non-Jew unless there is a
dollar in it. Mr. Stone has my thanks, for he has
rendered me a real service. Had some Jew been
equally candid with me 30 years ago I should have
been saved much time and money which during
that interval I uselessly equandered in the fatuous
belief that the Jewish people as a whole were sin-
cere in their professions of desire for an inter-
racial entente cordiale. Also, I admire Mr. Stone,
as I always admire any honest antagonist.
In view of the personnel and the clientele of
the Seven Arts Feature Syndicate, coupled with
Mr. Stone's starkly unequivocal declaration of the
attitude toward non-Jews of those Jewish ele-
ments for which he is spokesman, I think my
Jewish friends hardly will care to continue their
contention that his position represents the senti-
ment of only a negligible segment of Jewry. Nor
do I believe they will persist in their denial that
I am fully justified in abandoning a movement
that had for its objective the establishment of
more rational relationships between earth's divers
and diverse racial groups—a consummation the
Jews will not permit as long as they can pre-
vent it.
Jews themselves are the explanation of anti-
Semitism, rather than the extrinsic reasons that
for ages have been given to shift from Jewish

shoulders the responsibility for racial discord. We
here have incontrovertible proof that they will

permit no other attitude on the part of an other-
wise disposed non-Jewish public. As long as they
persist in remaining a social irritant, insultingly
rejecting all overtures for reconciliation, they
should accept the self-imposed consequences with-
out complaint. And they must expect non-Jew-
ish employers in their "Help Wanted" advertise-
ments to continue to specify "Gentiles only."
As for Mr. Stone's imputation to me of mer-
cenary motives, I care only to say that no properly
informed person would hope to derive any finan-
cial gain from writings on Jewish subjects. When
a few years ago my book, "Truth About the
Jews," was in preparation for the press, a cer-
tain eminent Jew who is genuinely my friend ad-
vised me (accurately, I may add) that it could
be published only at a loss.
"Jews buy few books," wrote this Jewish
friends, whose name is known and respected
throughout the world. "Such books as they read
they get mostly from the public library. Nor do
they to any important extent read books on Jew-
ish subjects. It is a fact known in publishing
circles that the only book definitely of Jewish
interest that has had any considerable sale is—
The Jewish Cook Book!"
This statement from a high Jewish source of
the literray status of intellectual Jewry I offer
without comment.
cherish no ill-feeling toward Mr. Stone. I
should he most unreasonable if I did. Ile should
be commended instead of reprehended for voicing
so much of truth that some Jew of equal candor
and courage ought to have uttered many years
ago. It is an excellent thing that Jewry at last
should place itself on record in this respect.
I repeat that I never resent the truth, and Mr.
Stone has, within a comparatively small compass,
told more "Truth About the Jews" than is con-
tained in my over-corpulent book of that title.
Moreover, he has told not a little truth about the
Gentiles.
Let us have done with hypocrisy on
either side.
Let me say in this, my last word to Jewry,
that I shall not become anti-Semitic as a result of
this belated frankness on the part of an accredited
Jewish spokesman. That is impossible to the
veritable social philosopher, who must be inclu-
sively pro-humanity I still vision in the far-dis-
tant future the universal Brotherhood of Man,
when the Jew shall be my acknowledged kins-
man. Moreover, I retain an unshaken faith in the
Messianic mission of Israel and its ultimate ful-
fillment. But I shall not again allow myself to
be deceived as to the true attitude of contempo-
raneous Jewry, and I shall deem it my duty, with
the aid of Jewish testimony and through the yeti-
nos channels open to my pen, to clarify the situ-
ation as far as I am able for the Gentile public—
a public that I have innocently been instrumental
in misleading regarding Jewish social aims.
WALTER HURT.

By

LOUIS MARSHALL

not become a member of parliamen .
It was only in this blessed land, in
these United States, the first time
in recorded history, since the days

It is not my purpose to discuss
any political theories this after-
noon. This is a mutter which
transcends all politics. It is one of
human rights. It is one which af-
fects the welfare of the Jews all
over the world; not merely in the
two countries that have been named
today but in other countries as
well. I shall try to discuss this
question without heat or excitement
and, I think shall please President
Robins,n when I say, without ad-
jectives.
It is gratifying that this meeting
has been called under the ausipces
of the Jewish students of the city
of New York. It would have been

of the ancient Jewish Common-
wealth, that Jews were accorded

equal rights before the law, rights
which were protected as they have
deserved to be protected here.
Whenever the rights of any citi•
zen in this country or his liberty
has been jeopardized, whenever it
has been sought to attack them, our
courts have conic to the rescue.
Within the last two years our
courts have decided that that law
was unconstitutional which would
prevent the study of any language
ether than English, in our schools.
The Supreme Court of the United
States ruled that it was an uncurl.
stitutional law which forbade par-
ents to have their children educated
in other than public schools. It Wag
by the Supreme Court of the United
States during the present year de-

morle gratifying if they had joined
with others, or if others had asso-

ciated themselves with the Jewish
students, if the meeting had been
called under the auspices of all the
students in the various colleges and
schools of the city of New York.
But the fact that a group of Jew-
ish students have taken it upon
themselves to bring us together was
the most natural way to call to the
attention of the public the occasion
for this meeting.
The Jews have been accustomed
to persecution and to suffering, in
the various lands of Europe, and
their sufferings have not been con-
fined to Europe. We have strug-
gled for centuries to secure the
rights of men and women and there
has been a great improvement over
the conditions that prevailed two
centuries ago, to say nothing about
the Middle Ages, one century ago,
60 years ago, 25 years ago and even
yesterday. There has been pro-
gress and improvement. You see I
am not too old to be an optimist.
It is only the young people who are

cided that a statute passed by the
legislature of Texas which forbade

a negro, a Democrat, from taking
part in a Democratic primary was

unconstitutional and void.

We may rest assured that the ex-
ample of this country with regard
to the recognition of the equality
of men is an example, a beacon
light for all the world. It is for
that reason that when the students,
the Jewish students of the city of
New York, have brought to their
attention certain occurences in for-
eign lands which indicate that their
brethren are deprived of those
rights and those privileges and that
protection to which they have the

right, it is they who very promptly
ask the world to behold the contrast
between conditions in this country

and those that exist in East Euro-
peon lands.
What is this contrast? Here we

pessimists nowadays, the students.
I know when my father left Eu-

rope in 1819 and when my mother
left Europe in 1853, they left un-
der the compulsion of hateful laws,
they had no political rights and few
civil rights. I know that until 1919,
the 28th of June, when the minor-
ity treaty with Poland was signed
at Versailles, up to that time there
had been no civil or political rights
for the Jews in Poland, in Rouman-
ia or Czeeho-Slovakia or Jugoslavia
or in the other East European court-
tries. I know that it is less than
75 years ago that the Jews had

establish our schools, they are
maintained by the taxpayers, stu-

dents of every race and creed and
nationality and Origin are not only
permitted but invited to attend
them. They have instruction from
the best of experts in the varinuy
lines of thought which they desire
to pursue. They may follow any
vocation, any profession that they
wish. And so long as they obey
the law, so long as they recognize

the discipline of these schools—and
there must be discipline in every

practically no political rights even

in England and that a Jew could

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How to Fight "The King of Kings"

By RABBI LOUIS I. NEWMAN,
Temple Emanu-El, San Francisco.

The time has come for the forma-
tion of a national committee, rep-
resentative of Christians and Jews
to secure the immediate and uncon-
ditional withdrawal from the
screen of the hate-provoking film,
"The King of Kings." The recent
statement of the Anti-Defamation
League asking that it he left un-
hindered in its negotiations with
Cecil DeMille makes clear the need
for the creation of a new group to
bring the situation to a decisive
conclusion.
The B'nai B'rith from the first
erred not only in being asfowiated
with the filming of the offensive
picture, but in counselling silence
by Jews when it appeared. This
policy proved impossible when the
picture was shown in various
American cities. Public protests
were made which not only did not
help the attendance, but rallied
Christian clergymen to the Jewish
position. NVhen the tide of protests
mounted, the B'nai B'rith entered
into an agreement to accept mere
revision of "The King of Kings" in
exchange for a promise of no of-
fense in the future and probable
withdrawal in pogrom countries.
But within and outside the B'nai
B'rith, criticism fn this agreement.
has increased, and the movement
has gathered momentum demand.
ing that negotiations look not to re-
vision but absolute removal of the
picture from the screen. Many
B'nai B'rith lodges, men's clubs,
the Rabbinical Assembly of the
United Synagogue, the Jewish
press, Christian clergymen
in
many cities and other individuals
and groups agree that thentily way
out of the present situation is to
urge upon deMille and his hackers
complete shelving of the picture.
The national committe to bring
this about should include repre-
sentatives of national Jewish or-
ganizations, such as the Rabbini-
cal Assembly, the Central Confer-

ence of American Rabbis, the
American Jewish Congress, can

servative, orthodox and reform rab-

hut'
binical and lay groups, t ogether

with associations such as the Per-

manent Conference on Gaud-Will
between Christians and Jews and
Christian units willing to co-oper-
ate. Unitedly these groups can
bring to deMille's attention that
there can be no peace until the film
is withdrawn.
Just as it has been neeCSSary to

show deMille that those Jews whom
he drew into association with hits
in the making of the picture were
not representative of true Jewish
opinion, so it is now necessary to
demonstrate that those who are
merely asking revision of the film
are not representing Jewish sent:
ment aright. Either the li't.a:
li'rith must negotiate for with-
drawal, or the new national 1, 111
mittee must take the negotiatioi ,
out of the hands of the B'nai B'rit h
and labor unremittingly and wit).
out compromise until the objective

is attained.
In the meantime and in addltp.o

rabbis and layment should brior
the attention of booking agen,.-
and theater owners in their loos!
ity the fact that public prte-t.
controversy and alienation of pot
ronage accompany the showing f
"King of Kings." In this way it
will be discovered that these iht
tern will not arrange to show th.

picture. Numerous film houses
Northern California, the Midd:

West and the East have agreed m t
to exhibit the film when once it-

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ed. Prompt and decisive action will
avert further harm. Thus, if de
Mille and his hackers will not vol-
untarily withdraw the film, they
can he thwarted in its further
showing in this country and abroad
Ceaseless and unflinching efforts
will ultimately carry the day.

ASK THE RABBI

A Sheaf of Sheilas

By RABBI LEON FRAM,

Director of Refigiou's Education,

I. What is the meaning of the
word Chanukah?
2. What is the Hebrew calendar
date for Chanukah.
3. What is the total number of
lights kindled during the eight
days of Chanukah?
4. Which holiday is more popu-
lar in Europe, Chanukah or Pu-
rim?
5. Which holiday is more popu-
lar in America, Chanukah or Pu-

rim?

C. What connection is there be-
tween Chanukah and Christmas
that brings them always so close
together?
7. What is the Shammash can-
dle?
R. What is a Trendel?
9. Who was Antiochus Epi-
phanes?
10. Who was Antioehua Epi-
manes?

Temple Beth El

11. Who is the latest Yidd ,h
actor to have succeeded on the
English speaking stage?
12. What large Jewish king-
dom existed on the shores of the
Caspian Sea in the eighth century?
13. Who were the Khazars7
14. What great Jewish philo.n.
pher wrote an essay about them?
15. What theory about the Jew-

ish race is based on the Khalars"

16. In what great legislative
body was the Khazar theory pre-
sented?
17. For what purpose WAS the
Khazar theory used?
18. What great chess genius
lives in Detroit?
19. How old is Detroit's chess
genius?
20. Whom did the Jewish Tr.h-
une select as the American Jew
worthy of a monument?

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