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January 27, 1928

Sh'vat 5, 5688

Our Octogenarian.
Nathan Straus will be eighty on Tuesday. The ap-
proaching anniversary of one of the most beloved fig-
ures in Jewry is serving as a signal for blessings for him
from Israel throughout the world. On every tongue
there is praise and prayer—praise for what this great
philanthropist has accomplished in his lifetime, prayer
that he may be granted continued strength and happi-
ness.
Nathan Straus, always ready with a helping hand
for everything worthy among his fellow-men, whether
Jewish or not, has ever been impatient with those who
failed to do their duty. Typical of his wrath was the
letter he wrote to the Cleveland Palestine conference in
which he took issue with those who had the means and
did not give for worthy causes, and those who pledged
and failed to pay.
His work among the young and in the saving of the
lives of babies he considered the most' important ac-
complishment of his life. It is this great task, perhaps,
that has kept him ever young. So that when National
Young Judaea needed a chairman for its board of trus-
tees, Nathan Straus, already in his late seventies, as-
sumed the chairmanship. Even the grey of his beard
has failed to conceal the youthfulness of his spirit.
In Palestine, to the upbuilding of which Mr. Straus
has devoted himself with a love seldom equalled, it is
only the name of Baron Edmund de Rothschild that
tops his on the honor roll of the great builders of Zion.
Nathan Straus, your name is a signal for pride in
the heart of every Jew. Our heartiest blessings for a
happy birthdayl

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The Michigan Relief Conference.
The Michigan Constructive Relief Conference,
convening here this week-end, should serve a greater
purpose than merely to stimulate the collection of out-
standing pledges. Gathering from every corner of the
state, from the upper peninsula and the central Mich-
igan cities, this and similar conferences have helped to
create a bond that ties this state's Jewry into one.
Many of the cities to be represented here have a
Jewish population of a dozen or less families. Many,
also, are so far removed from Detroit that co-operation
with Jewry here becomes an impossibility. The state
conferences that were held in recent years were the
only instruments of bringing together these communi-
ties. Convening as they have, however, for a single pur-
pose, and in every instance for a single day, the dele-
gates failed to discuss their own needs. Pressed by the
important task of fulfilling their obligations towards
their less fortunate brethren in Eastern Europe, they
have forgotten their own need, of creating a permanent
body of Mlchlgao communities, to encourage, through
a central committee, greater effort in our own Jewish
life.
The smaller communities, in Michigan as elsewhere,
suffer from a lack of educational institutions, and from
such organized strength that guarantees a deep-rooted
Jewish interest among the young as well as old. Where
the Jewish population numbers only a handful, it is im-
portant that the larger neighboring communities supply
them with visiting teachers and lecturers, and share
with them their spiritual wealth.
Thcipe are numerous ways in which co-operation is
possible, but in order to bring it about it is first neces-
sary to create a central body to supervise and guide
such action. The present conference cannot deal with
this problem. But during their stay here, it would be
well for the delegates to consider these needs. At some
future date, perhaps, they may convene again to
strengthen the bonds of Jewish fellowship that is now
so unorganized in the smaller American communities.

since created on this committee, one of them by the res-
ignation front the committee of Professor Mordecai
Kaplan ; another by Miss Henrietta Szold's departure
for Palestine as a member of the Zionist Executive
there. And forthwith Abe Goldberg's name was re-
placed on the a41,ministrative committee.
The clique in poye'er is evidently determined to re-
tain control, in stifudiation even of a national conven-
tion's decision, wrong as that decision may have been.
Another convention is coming at which the National
Administrative Committee will in all probability be
asked for an accounting of this action. The battle-
ground IS evidently being prepared. In Nev York,
Jacob de Hass, who was the executive secretary in Jus-
tice Brandeis' administration, is advocating "Back to
Herz!" ideas. In Texas, Judge henry J. Dannenbaum,
who was the chairman of the Cleveland convention
w hich ousted Judges Brandeis and Mack, is endorsing
this "Back to Herz!" movement. But•the'average Zion-
ist knows nothing about it.
For the upbuilding of the Jewish National Home,
the movement fur which all-Jewry's support is now en-
listed, it is necessary that our finest and most capable
men be enlisted. Against the present administration
there are charges that it has mismanaged and that it
has shelved the holiest traditions of Zionism. There
is a secret opposition movement on foot against the
present leadership, but this opposition is veiled in se-
crecy. The Zionist constituency should know about
it that it may act wisely and may be prepared also to
deal justly if it should be called upon to change its lead-
ership. A mere red-pencil-marked article on "Back to
Ilerzl" by Judge Dannenbaum in the Texas. Jewish
Herald is not enough. The upbuilding of Palestine is
too sacred a task that any effort for it be clouded with
secrecy.
We repeat: Zionists in particular, and Jews gen-
erally, have a right to know what is happening in the
councils of Zionism. Something seems to be wrong in
Judea, but the opposition to the supposed wrong-doers
is veiled in secrecy. For the sake of Zion's welfare, the
present secrecy should be lifted. Let us have an open
discussion of facts so that we may be able to judge
wisely and fairly in the event the next Zionist conven-
tion turns out to be a second Cleveland upheaval.

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Missing—William J. Cameron, one time editor of the
Dearborn Independent. Several of my readers have asked
nie what happened to Cameron. Well, friends, plenty!
He was put on the skids, given the gate, took the air, re-
signed by and with the approval of a certain Henry Ford.
That is what I glean from the historic visit of Mr. Ford
to Mr. Marshall. The editor, says Mr. Marshall, is no
longer in the employ of Mr. Ford. That's good news. I
ant not hypocrite enough to be sorry for Mr. Cameron.
Ile did too much harm. Ile is probably in position to give
more attention to his Bible Class. And while I have no
desire to rub it in, there are many passages in the Bible
that Mr. Cameron can read from now with great profit.

We are assured by Louis Marshall that Mr. Ford is
genuinely desirous of making full amends to the injury
he did. And that Mr. Ford is sincere in his retraction.
Every effort of Mr. Ford is now being put forth to destroy
the pamphlet, "The International Jew," which is stilt
being circulated by European anti-Semites. Mr. Ford
says that a great weight has been lifted from his mind.
I can well believe it, for he certainly was given a run for
his money. And there were many times when he was
much irritated over the situation. However, it is all over.
Officially over, for now we have Mr. Marshall's word
for it.

I read that Matheson Lang has bought the English
and American rights to the play, "The kw Suss," based
upon Lionel Feuchtwanger's "Power," and that he will
bring the production over her p. in the spring. I hope he
doesn't. I haven't read a UO1 in many years that made
me feel so uncomfortable, speaking as a Jew. It is ex•
traordinarily interesting and well written but it leaves a
had taste in one's mouth. I don't know how it has been
adapted for the stage, but I cannot imagine in a way that
can possibly make it pleasing to a Jewish audience.

I note where Prof. Levin, of Yale, is the attorney and
adviser for the Yale students who were arrested for dis-
tributing circulars concerning the neckwear strike in New
Haven, news of which the New Haven papers refuse to
give much space to. The professor is the husband of
Justine Wise, daughter of Rabbi Stephen Wise, and her.
self an ardent leader in the cause of unionism.

In spite of this, however, the group that was respon-
sible for taking a dispute on pureF Jewish religious
matters for decision by Christians announces its deter-
mination to appeal to a higher court from Judge Pow-
ell's decision. Their original action was without ques-
tion a Chillul Ilashem, a desecration of the holy Name
of God, which threatened to put all Jewry to shame.
But to continue stubbornly to battle through a non-Jew-
ish tribunal for power in a congregation the vast major-
ity of whose members repudiated them, and after a
Christian judge has attempted to teach them the com-
mon sense of religious propriety, almost approaches
the ridiculous.

Jewish public opinion in Brazil
was greatly perturbed recently
over reports which were supposed
to have orntnateil from official cir-
cles and which indicated an unfav-
orable tutu in the government's
policy toward immigration.
Of late considerable numbers of
Jewish immigrants from Eastern
Europe have been arriving in Bra-
zil. The Jewish community in
Brazil numbers today 30,000, of
whom 14,000 are concentrated in
Rio de Janeiro. Communities of
3,000 to 4,00'J each are to be found
in San Paulo end Porto Allegro.
In the other centers, such as Per-
nambuco, !Sable, Santos, Santa Ma-
ria, Curetiba and Cruz Alta, there
are about 5,005 Jews. Four thou-
sand are scattered throughout the
country and in the Ica colonies in
Southern Brazil.
The control of Jewish immigra-
tion to Biazil was, one could say,
in the hands of the Jewish Coloni-
zation Asociation which until re-
cently had, on the basis of an
agreement with the government,
the right to organize groups of
Jewish migrants front I.:astern Eu-
rope for immigration to the coun-
try. The Jewish Relief Society
which is functioning here to aid the
immigrants has of late started to
expand its activity in this direction.

Now a second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto H. Kahn
will marry out of the faith. Though, after all, since we
are advised that Miss Margaret Kahn belonged to an Epis-
copal Church, she doesn't have much of a distance to go
to reach the faith of her husband-to-be, which is Catholic.
A son married a Catholic, while another daughter married
a Major Marroit, of London. Still, all this is hardly
worth becoming excited about, Jewishly speaning, since
Mr. Kahn says that his parents were not "practicing
Jews," and neither is he, though he still remains a Jew.
Sometimes I wonder what a Jew is.

If—IF—Governor Smith should become President of
the United States he will undoubtedly have many Jewish
advisers. Ile has many now who have helped him weather
political storms. Col. Herbert Lehman is a good friend
of his and has done splendid service in serving on com-
mittees with Smith welfare in mind. Judge Joseph Pros-
kaner is another strong "Al" Smith friend and adviser,
and of course Mrs. Henry Moskowitz is one of his most
faithful, as well as skillful guides. I sometimes think that
the Governor relies more on her judgment than on that
of many men who occupy important posts about him. A
year ago some of my readers scoffed at me when I sug-
5,- Bested that Smith would be the Democratic nominee. But
nothing short of an earthquake can stop him. And at
the risk of throwing more of my readers into convulsions,
I must say that the Republicans have a real job cut out
for them to defeat Smith.

Intelligence Tests for Aliens.
Emigrants to the United States from European coun-
tries, in applying for visas, are subjected to so-called
"intelligence tests" in which they are asked to reply
to questions of which the following are samples:

What is the difference between a tree and a log?
What is the difference between a potato and an apple?
Bow does a rabbit run?
What happens to a goat after it is seven years old?
What kind of an umbrella is the King of England carry-
ing when it rains?

These and similarly stupid queries are supposed to
test the intelligence of men who are honest and hard
working, men who would lie a boon to any country, but
who are unfortunate enough to live in an environment
of poverty which drives them to seek a new homeland.
The representatives of "the land of the free and the
home of the brave" are responding to the plea for ad-
mission to this country with tests which are even great-
er insult to the examiners than they are to the ex-
amined.
Miss Kate II. Claghorn of the New York School of
Social Work has made an independent investigation of
this shameful condition, and this is in part her ,judg-
ment:

It is outrageous to give a person the grading of a mental
defective because he cannot answer these questions. Imag-
ine the unfairness of asking a Polish peasant 'What is the
difference between coal and wood?' Coal is not used for fuel
by Polish peasants and many have never seen it. Yet this
question is frequently given, and failure to answer it satis-
factorily centributes toward a decision that the applicant is
mentally deficient.

Following the protests that have been made against
such tactics, there is hope that there will be a change
in this condition. Investigation is to be made by a spe-
cial 'commission of the stupid liberties taken by Ameri-
can officials in Europe. We suggest that recalling these
officials will not be meting out fair punishment. Be-
fore they are re-admitted to the United States they
should at least be given a mental examination to test
whether they are fit to be classed with human society.

*4=444:14.*

News Letter from Rio de Janeiro
By A. BERKMAN.

Here is a letter that I turn over with my best wishes
to any Farness of a congregation to whom it applies for
his consideration and reply. At least I got a chuckle out
of it. Here is the letter all the way from Hollywood,
California:
Dear Mr. Joseph:
Would it be possible to explain through your col-
umn what significance officers of the congregation
add to a service by sitting on the pulpit? I have
seen them cross their legs, keep the Rabbi busy with
chin-music, turn the pages in the prayer book and
go to sleep.
Final: How can we rid the pulpit of the excess
baggage?
"A."
With sincere admiration,

It

is well settled by the decisions of the court that civil
courts have no jurisdiction where the subject matter of dis-
pute is strictly and purely ecclesiastical in its character, or
is a matter which concerns theological controversy, or church
discipline, or conformity of the members of the church to the
standard of morals required of them. This must of necessity
he true, for it is not to he supposed that the judges in civil
courts can be as competent in the ecclesiastical law and relig-
ious faith of these bodies as the ablest men who have given
their lives to the study of these questions. It would there-
fore be an appeal from the more learned tribunal of the law
which should decide the case, to one which is less so. It is
only when the rights of property held by religious organiza-
tions is involved that the courts will intervene.
Accordingly it is the settled law of this state that a court
of equity is powerless to interfere in matters of conscience.
The determination of all such matters must be left to the
majority of the members of the congregation.

Jewish Imtnigrants Welcomed to Country, Minister Assures

Mr. Harry Schneiderman, editor of the American Jew-
ish Year Book, writes to say that he is surprised that I
published the last letter of Walter Hurt's, which convinced
him that Mr. Hurt is a man who ought to be ashamed of
himself. He says ''his letter was really unworthy of pub-
lication and, frankly, I am sunrprised that you should have
given space to so disgraceful an exhibition of narrow-
mindedness." Well, Brother Schneiderman, I believe in
giving two sides of a controversy even though it is per-
sonally distasteful.

Civil Courts and Theological Disputes.
The decision of Chief Justice Powell of the Ohio
Court of Common Pleas in the Cleveland Jewish Center
case promises to put an end to the controversy between
Rabbi Solomon Goldman and the Center's Board of
Directors, and the handfull of Orthodox standpatters
who are determined to have a purely Jewish matter
settled in a non-Jewish court by the decision of a non-
Jewish jury. Judge Powell's ruling that a civil court
has no jurisdiction in religious controversies is interest-
ing and important enough for quotation :

The Zionist Situation.
Something is brewing in Zionist ranks about which
the mass of workers for a Jewish Palestine seem to
know nothing about.
During the past six and a half years, since the ill-
fated Cleveland convention. many waters have flown,
and a great many things have happened to affect the
work for Palestine. An American administration,
headed by Judges Brandeis and Mack, was virtually
ousted from office, and Louis Lipsky and Company re-
placed them in the management of Fifth avenue, New
York, affairs. The new management, drunk with the
additional power that came to it as a result of its being
the "rich uncle" to the World Zionist Organizaion, and
as a result also of the sudden Palestine boom during
the years 1925 and 1926, failed to judge wisely in the
direction of Palestine's re-settlement with Jewish pio-
neers.
The crisis came because there was a lack of vision ;
Lecause the only American enterprise—the American
Zion Commonwealth-Lwas a failure; because the Zion-
ist leaders were misled by the swing of the pendlum to
the right, without making provision for the return swing
to the left. The group that directed Zionist destinies
evidently forgot that the road leading to the upbuilding
of a country as long neglected as Palestine is not
strewn with roses.
Brandeis and Mack might also have failed under
the circumstances. But that is be'side the point. The
present administration was attacked at the Atlantic
City convention last June. Abraham Goldberg was the
goat. Hadassah was appeased when this physically
undersized, but oratorically powerful, fellow was re -
moved from the administrative committee of the Zionist
Organization of America. But some vacancies were

s ss.

Brazilian Government Changes
Policy Of Immigration

The "Nation" carries a story of 8scar Ameringer, the
aggressive leader of the radical wing of the Labor Party
and the creator of the most powerful labor press in Okla-
homa. But what interests me about Oscar is the speech
he made to a group of Klansmen and their sympathizers,
in a town in Oklahorn:
"When did Jews ever do you folks any harm?
There's Jake runs the haberdashery. Didn't Jake
give you credit in the last strike? Didn't he carry
you long after it was bad business for him to do it?
Jake's all right. And the three Catholics in the town.
Pretty good fellows, aren't they? Come on, folks,
take a vote. Are we sensible, decent Americans, or
just jackasses in night gowns? All who are jack-
asses, hold up their hands."

I recommend the article on the Klan that appears in
the January number of the "World's Work", written by
the Emperor and the Imperial Wizard. I wish that it
would be published in pamphlet form and distributed
widely, because it reveals the half-baked thoughts of
Hiram Evans, and as he stumbles along trying to get the
Klan message across, any person with the intelligence of
a boy of ten could detect the word "hokum" written all
over it. Mr. Evans, or rather "Doe" Evans, may have
been a good dentist in his day, but when it comes to talk-
ing about subjects outside of dentistry, the poor old Wiz-
ard just makes a holy show of himself. He reminds nie
of a soap box orator who just talks words absolutely
without sense or meaning. And one is amazed that there
are hundreds of thousands of apparently normal-minded
citizens of this country who are willing to follow such a
demagogue and pay $10,000 a year for the privilege of
wearing a night shirt in the daytime.

I just want to quote just one statement of "Doc"
Evans; it would be a shame to waste much spare on such
utter stuff and nonsense that this leader of Intolerance
and Mob-rule writes. Though I will say this, he isn't half
as big a fool as those who pay money and follow him. In
speaking of Americanism as interpreted by the Klan,
he says:
"Freedom of conscienc.e This is in effect Pro-
testantism, a s it implies so many principles opposed
by the Roman Church."
Well, I just howled when I read that piece of amazing
hokum. It would raise a laugh even at a revival meeting,
the last place in the world where one would expect to
find a sense of humor. Yet, ladies and gentlemen, there
are men and women in this country of free si.ducation who
can stand for a statement of that kind, as un-American
as it could possibly be. Shades of Washington and Jef-
ferson and Lincoln! Freedom of conscience is Protest-
antism! No wonder Klansmen cover their faces. They
should—in shame.

The old Southern war horse, Heflin, is still prancing
around in the Senate, kicking up a lot of dust and not
doing anything but creating confusion and bringing con-
tempt upon himself. One wonders sometimes how such
men ever get into the Senate of the United States. He
just bellows. Voice is ore of his greatest assets and the
second is his Intolerance. He and Doc Evans make a
wonderful team. They should travel through the country
in a circus wagon. It's about time the Heflins and the
Evans were removed from public life and let the country
get back to a normal basis of Americanism,

Two Immigration Branches.

The rumors that a stoppage of
Jewish immigration to Itrazil is
threatening had their origin in the
recent passage of a law intended
to exclude Communists from the
country. This bill contained the
provision authorizing the immigra-
tion officials to protect the country
from "an undesirable immigra•
lion." Immigration to Brazil, in so
far as the government regulations
were concerned, was divided into
two branches. There was an immi-
gration which was organized and
controlled by the government and
its agents. This class of immi-
grants were mainly contract labor-
ers who were attracted to Brazil
for the needs of the coffee planta-
tions in San l'aulo. The second
type of immigrants were those of
the so-called spontaneous immigra-
tion wave. The people came on
their own accord and at their own
expense. The government policy
was liberal and encouraging, not
only with regard to the first, which
was a state need. but also with re-
gard to the second. The contract-
ed laborers were mainly drawn
from among the Ukrainians in
East Galicia and Volyin, Poland.
The spontaneous immigration con-
sisted of groups of Portuguese.
Italians, Germans and of late of
considerable numbers of Jewish im-
migrants.
About 90 per cent of the Jewish
immigrants, according to statistics
compiled by the .lewish Relief So-
ciety in Rio de Janeiro came from
Poland, Rumania, Lithuania and
Russia.
If the reports that were circulat-
ed prove to be true, it would signify
a heavy blow to these numbers of
home seeking Jews who have to
emigrate from Eastern Europe and
who might, by stretching a point of
the low, be excluded by the arbi-
trary wish of the immigration offi-
cials.

from immigrating to Brazil. I
would ask you to let it be known
that the government of the Brazil-
ian Republic does not differentiate
between one little end another
and t hat we will welcome among
us Jewish immigrants who ore,
without a doubt, of benefit to the
Brazilian Republic. Brazil will he
a hospitable and good home for the
new citizens who are desirous of
coming here."

A Change in Attitude.

The statement of the minister of
agriculture is substantially true.
The Jewish immigrants who come
to Brazil are anxious to leave be-
hind their old political allegiances
and expunge the memories of eco-
nomic plight and political persecu-
tion. They are feverishly engaged
in building their home and in form-
ing a new Jewish community in the
new environment. In this wark
they find no obstacles. Fur in-
stance, naturalization encounters
no difficulties. However, the guard-
ed statement of the minister clear-
ly indicates that together with the
decision to cease the first type of
immigration, there manifests it-
self a change in the attitude toward
East European immigration which
is described as "undesirable."
A few words must be said con-
cerning the prospects fur the new
arrivals in Brazil. (tarring the
farmers and skilled laborers or ar-
tisans who may find employment,
the average immigrant who has no
previous training or the one who
WAR a small tradesman and chooses
to continue the same mode of life in
Itrazil, has a difficult struggle he-
fore he succeeds in settling in the
new country.
Without a knowledge of the lan-
guage, without money and without
a profession or trade, the only ave-
nue for making a living is "ellen-
teling" which is the Brazilian Jew-
ish equivalent for the American
peddling. The way of the peddler,
however, is full of difficulties. First,
he needs at least several hundred
'intros to obtain a license. Such
an amount is usually in excess of
the sum brought by the average hit-
migrant. Competition is fierce.
The immigrant Arabs and the Bra.
zilianshave also entered the "clien-
tele" business. At present the eco-
nomic depression in the country has
minimized the purchasing power of
the middle class population. The
usual terms for selling to the clien-
tele are on the lung term install-
ment plan, the first payment to be
made six months after the pur-
chase. A receipt fur the wares
purchased is not given. A note is
unheard of. The peddler thus must
have not only patience, but long
credit and indescribable endurance
not only to make a profit but to
have his capital returned.

Fears Dispelled.

The fears in this direction were
dispelled, however, by the Brazilian
Minister of Agriculture, Lira Cas-
tra. In an interview with M. Re-
galski, one of the editors of the
Buenos Aaires Yiddish daily, "The
Yiddishe Zeitung," who visited
Brazil, the minister explained the
new imigration policy of the Bra-
zilian government as applying only
to contracted labor. The attitude
of the government toward the spon-
taneous and free imigration has
however, remained unchanged.
"Our government has of late de-
cided to discontinue organized im-
migration to Brazil. We have
ceased to contract alien labor for
the plantations. All previous priv-
ileges for this type of immigrants
have been discontinued. We will
thus be unable to extend these priv-
ileges, in whatever form they may
be, to the Jewish immigrants. Nat-
urally the same applies to the type
of immigrants brought over by the
Ica. However, we continue our
positive attitude toward th free
immigration to Brazil.
"In this respect," the n nister
continued, "we make no differentia-
tion of the various nationalities. In
particular, we have not issued any
ordinance, through legislative
channels or through the adminis-
tration, which would prevent Jews

Peddlers Turn to Labor.

Many of the peddlers, after a
prolonged period of hopes and dis-
appointments. turn to labor, which
one can find even in the municipally
run street cars and other public
utilities. The first inclination, how-
ever, of the IlVelage immigrant is
against manual labor.
The Jewish Relief Society lead-
ers are eager to advise the immi-
grants and to direct them along the
difficult way of the pioneer, but it
takes time before the new immi-
grant finds himself and before he
learns to appreciate the changed
conditions in the Ppw environment.
None the less, the transformation
is taking place and through the
sufferings of the pioneers a new
Jewish community is emerging in
Brazil.

(Copyright by J. T. A., 19281.

REAL RELIGION

Joseph Lewis, president of the
Freethinkers' Society, said recent.
ly at a memorial meeting in honor
of Luther Burbank: "A religious
person loves God so vehemently
that he has no love left fur man."
For rank nonsense I commend
this would-be wit of one who
would be more correctly charac-
terized a freak thinker. Surely
the Hebrew Prophets, Jesus and
their real followers through the
ages may be called religious and
yet no one loved man more ar-
dently. Mr. Lewis is talking about
a straw religionist of his own con-
ception and not about the real
thing. If he knew more about
real religion he would exemplify
more humility.—Alexander Lyons.

WH Y NOT

ASK THE RABBI

A Sheaf of Sheilas

By RABBI LEON FRAM
Dirortor of Reltgious Edwzation, Temple Beth El.

1. From what language is the
word "synagogue" derived?
2. What is the literal meaning
of the word "synagogue"?
3. Who was the Prophet who
said: Are Ye not as the Ethiopians
unto Me, 0 children of Israel?
What great Jew was descended
from a Gentile convert to Juda-
ism?
5. Why was the Bible first trans-
lated into Greek?
fi. Why is there no punctuation
or spacing in the ancient s c rolls of
the Torah?
7. What is Leviathan?
A. Where did the Jewish people
get the idea of the Leviathan?
9. What role does the Leviathan
play in Jewish folk lore?

10. What great American poe
wrote the poem "Roast Levia-
than"?
11. What is Tel Aviv?
12. What is Beth Midrash?
13. What is Beth Tephila?
14. What is Beth Keneseth?
15. What is Chalutz?
1G. M'ho is Saul Raskin?
17. Who were the Essenes?
Is. What famous Jew is believed
to have been a member of the Es-
senes?
Is. What is the Golden Age of
Jewish literature?
20. Who was Leopold Ililsner?

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