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tate the achievement of this object" of a national home
for the Jewish people, as pledged in the Balfour Declar-
ation, they have seen obstacles placed in the way of
Published Wesley by The Jewish Chrookle Publishing C...1...
By M. SHERMAN
Jewish industrialists who came to build for a Jewish
.President
JOSEPH J. CUMMINS
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posterity.
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Secretary and Treasurer
JACOB H. SCHAKNF
Managing Editor
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
But an American has actually
Theoretically Colonel Amery is right when he says:
here is where I throw a scare into the Shriners, the
Although Latvia has a very fine
Advertising Manager
MAURICE M. SAFIR
arreested for looking like
"Nothing would have been more fatal to the progress Union League Club of Philadelphia, the A. P. A., the daily Jewish newspaper, Jew sh been
Lord's Day Alliance, Bradleys of Palm Beach, the Uni-
representatives in parliament, a Trotsky. First he was expelled
Entered an Seeoncliciaa• matter March 3, 1916, at the Postoffice at Detroit,
and development of Palestine than if we had encour-
from Russia and then he was ar-
Mich., under the Act of Mach 3, 1879.
versity Club of Pittsburgh, the Ku Klux Klan, George
goodly number of Jewish parties,
tY
aged an indiscriminate host of emigrants to come in
Babbitt, the Brighton Hotel, Atlantic City, and the Junior
and an excellent Jewish theater. rested in Esthonia. His name is
General Offices and Publication Building
Jewish life in this little republic is John Adkin. Ile came to Lenin-
and then found them helpless, out of work, within a few League.
525 Woodward Avenue
not very eventful. It is very much grad from America in 1926. He
For President in 1932—Louis Brandies.
months." But practically he is wrong. Because the only
Cable Address: Chronicle
For Vice-President in 1932—Rabbi Stephen S. Wise.
in miniature. The storms and found it impossible to obtain
Telephone: Cadillac 1040
work. Wherever he went he was
London Office
conflicts, the rejoicings and the
guarantee we have of being able to supply our pioneers
14 Stratford Place, London, W. I, England.
told that he would first have to
achievements are all on a very
with work is that colonies will be built without being
I have been asked not to reveal the name of the writer
join the Communist party. Ile
small
scale.
Even
anti-semitism
in
$3.00 Per Year
of
the
following
letter,
who
lives
in
California,
but
read-
Subscription, in Advance
burdened into bankruptcy by heavy taxes; the only
traveled all over Russia, and final-
Latvia is trivial and homelike in
ers of this column will find it an honest expression of a
ly was arrested on suspicion of
comparison with that in the neigh-
assurance we have of our ability to hold the settlers on
To insure publication. all correrpordence and news matter must reach thia
Jewish public school teacher on the subject of mingling
office by Tuemlay evening of each week. When mailing notice..
boring big states. And so life in being a spy. On the eve of the
the land is that whatever industries will be established Christian hymns in public schools:
kindly use one able of the paper only.
October celebrations, he was re-
Latvia is concerned chiefly with
leased from prison and taken to
in Palestine will have the government's co-operation,
the life in the neighboring coun-
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invitee correspondence on subJecta of interest to
Dear Mr. Joseph:
the Jewish people. but disclaims responsibility for an Indorsement of the view.
tries, Russia, Lithuania and Ger- the Esthonian frontier. He was
and will not be used merely for being milked to supply.
I have more than once felt sick at heart and
expressed by the writer..
many. The big news in Latvia is told to cross the frontier and
discouraged with the Jews and Jewesses of this
a surplus for the treasury of the British Government.
always the news which conies from warned that if he did not cross he
5h'vat 19, 5688
February 10, 1928
city simply because they, as teachers, have by their
those countries, which after all would be shot. When the Estho-
There are two parties to the agreement for a Jew-
own will allowed this (singing of Christian hymns)
nian frontier guard arrested him
are more likely to influence the fu-
ish Palestine, and their duties have long ago been out-
to become a part of the work at Christmas time.
ture of Latvia than anything that on the other aide they really'
"King of Kings" Must Be Withdrawn.
You see, if our Jewish fathers and mothers and
thought that he was Trotsky, be-
happens inside the country. And
lined. On the one hand is the Jewish people; on the
shall I say educators?—fur there are many of
Except for a few minor alterations, rabbis on the
important arrivals come from cause he resembled him so. Adkin
other is the British government. Every Jew, rich or
them among our own people—if they would put
was taken to Revel and handed
those
countries
who
bring
a
breath
Pacific Coast who have seen the supposedly revised ver- poor, is obligated to co-operate in the upbuilding of the
their foot down and say, "No, I refuse to sing," it
of new life with them. And, of over to the American consul there,
would help. I am a kindergarten teacher. When
sion of "The King of Kings" report that the picture re- Land of Israel. No holier task has ever before faced
course, lying as it does on the road who, after a great deal of difficulty
Christmas comes, my co-worker begins her pro-
between Soviet Russia, and the succeeded in convincing the police
mains the same as before.
our people. And the British government is obligated
gram of hymns, etc. Two years ago she asked me
bourgeois world outside, Riga is that the real Trotsky is still in
In a letter to rabbis throughout the country, the
how far she could go in Christmas work. I re-
"to facilitate the achievement of this object." Success
full of rumors about Moscow, Moscow, and that although he has
plied
she
could
go
as
far
as
she
chose,
providing
Board of Rabbis of Northern California now states that will never be facilitated if the Palestine government
about Trotsky, about the Luba- been expelled from the Communist
she would bring in the study of the Jewish people,
vitcher
Rebbe, and many other im- party, he has not yet been expelled
"the objections to the further showing of the film re-
will insist upon burdening the settlerrs with heavy
the Mexican or Spanish people, or any other group
portant folk. And often imagina- from Russia.
we had enrolled. I am on probation as a new
• • •
main unchanged." The appeal is contained in this let- taxes.
tion runs ahead of events, so that
teacher and must keep within bounds. Neverthe-
The Labor Movement.
ter to continue your earnest efforts to forestall its
Riga is generally found anticipat-
That the burden of the colonists will be Efted has
less, I have walked into school rooms and ob-
We have just had a congress in
ing
or
exaggerating
the
things
that
showing in your community."
served them literally covered with Bible study pic-
already been pledged in London, and to Mr. Louis Lip-
Riga of Lithuanian political emi-
take place in Moscow.
tures, and in Jewish districts, too.
When the revision of "The King of Kings," the most
We have only just done with the grants, and there was a good num-
sky at Montreal by Colonel Amerry. We hope shortly
Why don't our Jewish parents talk to their
ber of Jewish political emigrants
big sensation which was caused by
dangerous anti-Semitic photoplay in filmdom, was first to hear from Jerusalem that Great Britain has institut-
children and tell them not to sing these songs?
the arrest in Leningrad of the front Lithuania among them, peo-
presented to us by the International B'nai B'rith Presi- ed such reforms which will atone for the discourage-
ple who were compelled because
Lubavitcher Rebbe and the various
Francisco and Los Angeles Jewish papers please
dent Alfred M. Cohen as a great triumph for Jewish
stages in the affair culminating in of their political opinions to seek
ment heaped upon many of our pioneers in recent years. take San
note. I have strenuously opposed the singing of
refuge in Latvia, Soviet Russia,
his
arrival
and
decision
to
settle
efforts at preventing the fanning of anti-Semitic flames
Christmas hymns in the public schools, but in the East,
in Riga. By the way, it has come Germany or other countries. One
as a result of prejudices engendered by this picture,
as in the West, our Jews take these matters lightly and
out that the final release of the of them told me that the Jews have
refuse to "bother."
"Go Back to Your Synagogue."
we felt that the mere patching up of the sore spots will
always been to the fore in the
rabbi and his permission to leave
Lithuanian labor movement. But
Russia turned upon the vote of a
not correct the wrongs done and the dangers threat-
Should young Jews who regard their own religion
I have solemnly subscribed to the belief that writers
Jewish deputy in the Latvian par- they are not found in the political
ened.
should be read and not heard. But occasionally one of
liament in favor of the Latvian- sections of the movement. The
with apathy be converted to Christianity? The Home
Here is a movie every foot of which shouts at the Missions Council of the Federal Council of the Churches us has an outbreak of curiosity and wants to take a look Soviet trade agreement.
Lithuanian Social Democratic
• • •
some of our readers to see how they are taking their
Party, for instance, contains prac-
Jew : "Christ-Killer!" And we were asked to believe of Christ in America, in session in Cleveland, found it- at
punishment. I suppose that's the reason that I was finally
tically no Jews. The Bund, as a
The Lubavitcher Rebbe.
that a mere prologue exculpating Jews of the guilt in
Since the Lubavitcher Rebbe has party, was dissolved in 1920, and
self divided on the advisability of such conversions. cajoled into going to Baltimore to speak on Monday,
Feb. 13, before the joint meeting of the Sisterhoods of
the death of Jesus would right all wrongs.
come to Riga, the Yiddish daily since then there are practically no
Dr. Ernest Milton Halliday's opinion was:
that city. I will probably come back home a sadder and
Frimorgen writes, there has been Jewish Social Democrats in Lithu-
The fight on this dangerous photoplay is now re-
a wiser man. Shortly before Zangwill died, I talked to
unceasing stir and movement here. nia. Some of the Bundists have
newed and every effort will have to be bent for its com-
him about this matter of writers running around on top
I would say to a young Jew who has left his syna-
A good many important social af- joined the Communist party, and
gogue: "Go back to your rabbi and your synagogue and
of the world trying to make speeches, and he said that he
the majority have given up politi-
plete withdrawal. So long as intolerance continues to
fairs are linked up with his pres-
preferred to talk to his public at long range, the longer
the God you and I hold in common."
ence. Ile himself may not know cal activity. But there are many
rule and the Jew is judged through prejudiced eyes;
the safer. There are four other invitations that I take
Jews in the Communist party, and
about them, but the Agudah lead-
so long as there are Christian fanatics who believe that
Dr. Halliday has taken a wise stand. Why gamble out occasionally, look at, and then carefully replace in ers are endeavoring to exploit the of course in the Communist Poale
my
safe
deposit
vault.
Some
day,
I
suppose,
in
a
moment
popularity
of
the
rabbi
for
their
Jews secure Christian blood through ritual murders for on one who is unfaithful to his own? Isn't it an almost
of weakness I will yield to the temptation that comes to
own purposes. Conferences are Zion. 1020, when the Left Govern-
use in Passover Matzoths,—and news reports from Eu- foregone conclusion that he will be equally lacking in
men to become intoxicated by the sound of their own
ment of Slieszevitchus was in
being held, cable messages are sent
voices, and go to Minneapolis, Detroit, Newark, and
ropean countries contiuue to bring stories of anti-Semi-
to America costing hundreds of power the Left Pottle Zion grew
devotion to his adopted religion?
Rochester,
N.
Y.
rapidly and was very powerful.
dollars, Jews are brought over to
tic violences arising from such fanaticism,—then every-
In the meantime a lesson is taught young Jews: "Go
Riga from other countries. In fact But it did not last very long. After
thing possible should be done to prevent the circulari-
back and get acquainted with the Laws and Ethics of
be
done,
and
that
is
the Fascist rising all labor organ-
There's just one thing that can't
an attempt is being made to create
izations were declared illegal and
zation of this photoplay.
a new federation in Riga not only
your synagogue and the culture of your people."
to reason against prejudice to a bigoted mind. I question
for religious and political purposes, closed down. In addition to the
what value such resolutions will have on a Catholic-hater,
In all fairness to the Jew, however, and to right
last
week
at
a
meeting
of
the
execu-
Communist party and the Left
but
also
for
relief
work
in
Russia
as the one adopted
the wrongs of the centuries that have accompanied the
tive committee of the National Conference of Jews and
and elsewhere, which will be kept Poste Zion, they closed down the
The
Jewish
Arbitration
Court.
Workers' Home named after Born-
catcalls of "Christ-Killer," the fight for the withdrawal
as a special reserve for Agudists.
Christians:
chov, the Jewish Athletic Club,
The Joint Distribution Committee
of this film ought to be conducted by non-Jews, and the
Arbitration is not a new practice in Jewish life. It
The National Conference of Jews and Chris-
has been approached for a large and the Jewish Yough organiza-
Christian church should take the lead in stoppong it.
tians deplores and vigorously condenins the in-
sum of money in this connection, tions. The period of terrorism
was due perhaps more to the settlement of Jewish dis-
jecting to race or religious prejudice into presi-
the purpose being to assist Ortho- started which still holds Lithuania
The misrepresentations of the photoplay, if continued putes among Jews by Jews, throughout the ages, than
in its grip. Many Jews were ar-
dential election. It directs the attention of the
dox Jews in Russia and elsewhere.
to be broadcasted, will be of great discredit to Christi- to anything else that our people has been saved the
The Lubavitcher Rebbe has rested. Two Jews—Charny and
American people to the great danger of contami-
anity. We suggest to Rabbis Nieto, Coffee, Newman humiliation of non-Jewish interference. Oppressed as
nating the ballot with religious and racial hatreds.
brought a great deal of activity Melamed—were shot. Several
into the life of Orthodox Jewry in other Jews were sentenced to
and others who are now leading in the fight against our people has been on all sides, and encircled as our
Show that to a man who pays $10 n year for the privi-
Latvia. And Soviet Russia has death, but their sentence wsa
"The King of Kings" that they call upon the non-Jewish
ancestors in many countries were by Ghetto walls, the
lege of wearing a night cap and a night shirt in the day-
thus, by expelling the Lubavitcher commuted to imprisonment. There
spiritual leaders of America to combat the spreading fact that they were able amicably to solve their own
are nearly two hundred Jewish po-
time, and who believes that if Al Smith is elected, the
Rebbe, done a good turn to the
litical prisoners in the prisons of
Pope
is
coming
over
to
live
with
him
in
the
White
House,
Jews of Latvia.
of the evils threatened by this falsely-religious photo- problems has been a blessing.
• . •
Lithuania today. Only a few of
and he will probably tell you that the Jews and the Pope
play.
them have ever been tried and
cooked
up
the
resolution,
and
as
for
him,
he
doesn't
pro-
Name
Is
Trotsky.
His
While the Din Torah, or arbitration of disputes by
In the meantime the Jewish actors who participated
sentenced by a court of law. The
I have a friend, a Russian jour-
pose to see this government turned over to a lot of
a Jewish committee, according to Jewish law, was in Catholics who, if given the chance, would amend the Con- nalist, Ilyah Trotsky, who before rest are in prison without trial,
in the movie—the Schildkrauts—stand branded as trai- a sense a law court, it was nevertheless made devoid
the war was the Berlin correspon- without any real charge against
stitution so that every member of the Ku Klux Klan
tors not only to their people, but to their profession as
dent of the big Moscow daily Rus- them, and without having any
of the technicalities which prevent justice, and when- would have to attend mass.
actors. And the B'nai B'rith leaders who attempted to
koie Slovo. Ile is a Jew, and his fixed term of imprisonment to
ever a Beth Din, a Jewish court of justice, was called
real name is really Trotsky. He serve. The total number of po-
I am in receipt of a letter from n well-known Jew
mislead American Jewry into believing that "a great
litical prisoners in the country is
has to go through a lot of trouble
together, in most cases composed of a non-partisan
who says:
triumph" has been achieved by what now proves to be
every time he wants to cross the about 600, and the Jews number
group that amicably sought to solve the problems pre-
about 39 per cent of them,
frontier,
although
the
real
name
of
an insignificant change in the film, will have much to
I am very much impressed with your statement
sented to them, they were guided by the admonition of
the real Trotsky is really Braun- although the Jewish population of
that wealthy Christians when making out their
explain for their secret negotiations with the leaders in
Lithuania is only about 10 per
stein.
It
is
something
new
that
a
Zechariah (VIII, 16) : "With truth and the judgment
wills seem to think that the Jew is amply able to
filmdom,
man should be in trouble just be- cent of the general population.
take care of his own people and his own institu-
of peace judge ye in your gates."
(Copyright by J. T. A., 1921i1.
cause his name is Trotsky.
tions, social, religious and philanthropic, and
The re-introduction of peaceful methods of arbi-
therefore rarely leaves anything to Jewish institu-
tions. I had made a will intending to remember
trating disputes is of almost invaluable service to the
Colonel Amery's Statement.
many Christian institutions generously but now I
Jewish community. At least one important example in
have changed my mind and my will. If our Chris-
The speech of Colonel Leopold S. Amery, British
tian neighbors carry their unfriendliness and their
Colonial Secretary, at a tea given in his honor by the proof of this contention is the recent Cleveland Jewish
aloofness beyond the grave, then I am forced to
Canadian Zionist Federation, at Infitreal, was in a Center Case. Fortunately, a non-Jewish judge threw
the conclusion that they do not want the Jew's
the
case
out
of
court
on
the
ground
that
civil
courts
had
CIIICAGO.—(J. T. A.)—Dr. Al- stroyed if the work is unsatisfac-
presence while he lives nor his presents after he
sense a disappointment.
bert A. Michelson, famous Ameri- tory. Oils are too pretentious."
no
jurisdiction
over
purely
religious
matters.
But
even
dies.
Colonel Amery said that nothing would be more
Dr. Michelson himself adjusted
can Jewish physicist, when asked,
unfortunate than if those communities which have thus this decision has not yet ended this so-called "Jewish
in connection with the exhibition of the pictures on the wall and wrote
Too often our people make a gesture of goodwill in
monkey
trial."
The
Orthodox
group
insists
on
an
ap-
the
title cards to go with them.
water
colors
and
pen
sketches
at
their wills by leaving small sums to numerous Christian
far assisted financially in the work of the upbuilding of
Dr. Michelson's versatility is well
peal and appears to be determined to press the case. institutions. But after an experience of a quarter of a the Ida Noyes Hall, how a scientist known.
Palestine as the Jewish National Home were now to
Comments have frequently
happened to turn artist, he replied
century in observing that sort of thing, I find that the
Had there been the slightest possibility of compelling
that the question should be re- been made upon his ability as a
withdraw their support on account of the crisis or de-
seed falls on stony ground.
violinist, as a tennis player, of his
vcrsed. "It should rather be 'How
pression. Which, in itself, is true, but which, at the the two contending groups to settle their difference by
did an artist happen to turn scien- keen interest in drama and litera-
Nathan Straus, on his eightieth birthday, gave us a
an arbitrating Beth Din, this case would not have been
same time, is no rejoinder to the criticism that has been
I
can
ture, but little has been known of
tist?'" he said. As long as
new slogan in "giving," namely, "Give until it feels
him as an artist.
remember I have been interested
good." Now there is a lot of philosophy packed into that
leveled against Great Britain for its lack of co-opera- brought to the present stage.
The water colors were made dur-
in the aesthetic side of
There are many community problems arising from slogan. Giving is really a matter of habit and education. primarily
tion in advancing Palestine's growth.
life and it was through aesthetics ing summer vacations, some in Cal-
At 50, it hurts some men to give, but at they become
time
to
time
which,
when
they
are
made
public
and
are
ifornia, some in Spain, Switzer-
Zionist leaders and those who have studied the sit-
that I became interested in science.
accustomed to it, it begins to feel good. So the more we
"I have never had any real in- land, Germany and France. Dr.
uation in Palestine are more and more coming to the revealed in their petty colors, are a discredit to the Jew- give the better we feel. I never did like that slogan,
Michelson's favorite of the group
struction
in
painting.
I
learned
to
"Give
until
it
hurts,"
because
it
doesn't
take
much
realization that what the Jewish settlement needs is ish people. There are controversies between individ-
is "Vigo, Spain" a marine scene at
draw at Annapolis as a student and
to hurt some givers. Mr. Straus has given away a
uals which, when given the publicity that is invariably giving
greater private initiative and sufficient encouragement
then I used to visit Walter Satter- twilight, done in the soft, delicate
tremendous amount of money for worth-while causes con-
lee, a New York portrait painter, colors of Whistler. His second fa-
accorded family scandals, tend to disgrace the Jewish
sidering the amount of his fortune. He is one of the most
in presently existing enterprises to guarantee their suc-
vorite is "Alexander Bridge, Par-
and get his criticisms on my at-
lovable characters in this country and everybody rejoiced
cess. Instead, both have been given almost deathly name. And there are purely business disputes which
is" which has the same delicacy, the
tempts in oil; but of all the oil por-
with him on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.
same mastery of technique as
had better be settled amicably, by public-spirited men
blows by overtaxation. Dozens of small industries
traits I made I have destroyed ev-
"Vigo." Modestly, Dr. Michelson
ery canvas. I prefer to work with
I have always had a lot of respect for Congressman
were brought to Palestine during the past decade, and in the community. because there are certain practices
water colors chiefly because the ma- says, "I have been promising my-
Meyer
Jacobstein
of
Rochester,
N.
Y.
He
has
brains
and
whose hiding in the archives of arbitrators are better uses them, which is more than can be said of most con- terials are easy to carry about and self to do better each time, but I
practically every one of them had to shut down because
never do."
because the paper can be easily de-
for the self-respect of the Jew, and if not made public
it was impossible to meet the obligations involved in du-
gressmen. I was interested in a story of Jacobstein's
and overadvertised may serve eventually to be eradi- that appeared in one of our newspapers. When he fin.
ties on incoming raw materials. inland taxation, export
ished his university course he was told to change his
duties, and red tape on top of that.
cated.
name if he intended to teach economics in a university
It was not necessary for the British Colonial Secre-
The Detroit Jewish Arbitration Court, therefore,
because of the prejudice against Jews. Shortly after
of.
tary to tell us that Sir Herbert Samuel and his successor, has an important place in this community. It is all the Jacobstein applied for appointment to the economics
faculty of the University of North Dakota, and he was
Lord Plumer, are great administrators. Of course they
more important because it has the endorsement of the
chosen out of 15 applicants, all non-Jews except himself.
are, judging by the balance in the treasury of the Pal-
Jewish Welfare Federation and because at its head And the president remarked that he selected Jacobstein
estine government, derived from taxes upon the Jewish
are ment who are Jewishly public-spirited enough to because he was a Jew, taking the position that a Jew
A Sheaf of Sheilas
ought to know a little more about economics "than other
settlers. The prayer book has preceded Colonel Amery
be in position to bring great good to Jewry.
fellows." This may be a true story, but it happens once
in the information he brought to this continent that
in a lifetime..
By RABBI LEON FRAM
Attorneys generally have done little to improve the
Jews everywhere are keenly interested in the work for most unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in our courts.
Director of Religious Education, Temple Beth El.
When Commissioner of Accounts James A. Higgins,
the Jewish Homeland. A people that has prayed for
It is gratifying, however, to be able to record the good
who had charge of the investigation of anti-Jewish dis-
almost twenty centuries that its eyes "may behold a fortune of our own community to have at the head of crimination in Kings County Hospital, New York, Rays
10. What is the significance of
1. From what book of the Bible
return unto Zion with mercy" does not forget such a its arbitration movement members of the legal profes- that the treatment accorded three Jewish internes on are the words "Eli, Eli, Lamo the Kaddish?
June 20, 1927, was brutal and unprecedented in the his-
11. What Pope had a Jewish sec-
Azavtani"
taken?
hope overnight. We know, too, that the Arabs have
sion who are seriously and devotedly inclined towards tory of the institution, it seems about time that a huge
2. What is the meaning of the retary ?
benefitted from Jewish colonization, and that tremen-
to clean out the hoodlums guilty
12. Who is Sigfried Sassoon?
this undertaking. On the Arbitration Committee of vacuum cleaner be used
words "Eli, Eli, Lamo Azaytani?"
of such acts. They are a disgrace to the medical profes-
dous progress has been made in the Holy Land as a re-
13. Which was the first Jewish
3. What famous Jew is said to
the Detroit Board of Commerce will be found the names sion. But words alone are not sufficient. The Jews ought
congregation
to introduce the free
have
uttered
that
sentence
as
his
sult of the intensive work of the Jewish settlers. But of Fred M. Butzel and A. C. Lappin. William Friedman
to fight them to a finish. Of course, we have a very com-
seating system?
last words?
Colonel Amery should not forget; and his government and Mr. Lappin are on the Arbitration Committee of fortable group of co-religionists who are so timid that
rabbi
was a personal
14.What
What
great
singer
was
the
4.
when they whisper it sounds like a siren. They are the
should ever remember, that it was the extensive work the Jewish Welfare Federation, while to Mr. Lappin
first to sing "Eli Eli" on the con- friend of Woodrow Wilson'?
gentlemen that one finds associated with their Christian
'15.
Who
is
Nathan
der Milchi-
cert stage?
and encouragement of Israel throughout the world that goes the credit for organizing both tribunals and almost neighbors on boards of financial institutions, partners in
5. Why did Cantor Joseph Rosen- ger
was directly responsible for this colonization triumph.
law
firms,
and
other
important
professional
and
business
IC.
Who
is
Louis
Golding?
blatt refuse the offers made him to
single-handedly promoting the cause in Detroit.
combinations. But after business hours they become not
And yet, in spite of this triumph, many of those who
17.Who is Emil Cohn?
in opera?
To avoid scandals, to settle all disputes amicably, to partners and associates but Jews and Christians. These sing
18.Who is Adolph Ochs?
8. llow large is the city of Jeru-
contributed to it are now disillusioned and discouraged.
Jews are the first ones to deny that there is discrimina-
19.Why are there so many Eu-
prevent
divisions
within
the
community
over
petty
salem?
They hoped for big things, many having staked every-
tion and prejudice against us. Left to them there would
7. How large is the country of calyptus trees being planted in Pal-
squabbles,
we
now
have
an
instrument
for
speeding
never have been an investigation in Kings County Hos-
, thing for the success of their dreams for a Jewish Pal-
estine?
Palestine!
justice without resorting to the medium of force but pital or anywhere else. They are the kindly dispositioned
20.What does the Detroit Jew-
8. What is Kaddish?
estine, and they had their dreams stripped to a sorrow-
9. What does the Kaddish say ish Open Forum do?
by judging within our gates "with truth and judgment Jew who, like his brother, Jesus, when hit on one cheek
fully-looking mess because; instead of seeing the Brit-
turns the other—and gets slapped, with compound
about the departed and their life
ish government using "their best endeavorrs to facili- of peace."
interest.
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hereafter?
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