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Sabbath Reedi ■ gs of the Torah:
Pentateuchal portions-Lev. 6:1-8:36.
Prophetical portions-Mal. 3:4-24; Or Jer. 7:21-8:3; 9:22-23.
Passover Torah Readings:
Morning of First Day, Thursday, April 5:
Pentateuchal portions--Ex. 12:21-51; Sum. 28:16-25.
Prophetical portions--Josh. 3:5-7; 5:2-6:27.
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March 30, 1928
•
I came to the United States at the request of Dr. 'feral
in 1902, and found myself in possession of a theoretical
E30-a-week job as secretary of the Zionists and editor of
the Maccabean. Therefore, during the whole' period that I
held this office, that is to February, 1905, I used my pen
to eke out my living. As I had to begin earning a real
living on March I, 1905, the date on which I married, I
threw up both jobs and neither asked nor took from Zion-
ists. In May, 1916, I was forced to accept the Executive
Secretaryship owing to the comparative failure that had
been made by those in charge. I held office until June,
1921 • and by my own vote limited myself to a point that
I had to use my own means to maintain my family in its
station and incidentally the work was so exacting that I
had to sell my property, the Jewish Advocate of Boston.
Nissan 9, 5688
The Lesson of Passover.
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It is very unfortunate that Mr. Isadore D. Morrison,
who was a delegate, or volunteered, to write a brief in
defense of the administration of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, should have launched upon a personal
attack upon Mr. Jacob deIlaas, in answer to whose ar-
ticles his brief was aimed. Mr. deliaas is not the only
Zionist who questions some of the methods and tactics
of the administration. Comments upon a recent lead-
ing article in The I)etroit Jewish Chronicle, came, in
addition to Mr. dellaas, from Judge Henry Dannen-
baum of Texas, and were widely discussed by local
leaders. Then, we already understood that a personal
attack would be made upon Mr. deHaas, in view of his
official connections with the Brandeis-Mack adminis-
tration. In a letter dated Feb. 27, 1928, Mr. dellaas
authorized us to make the following statement :
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Managing Editor
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JACOB H. SCHAKNE
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
MAURICE M. SAFIR
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That is the story of my having been on the Zionist pay-
roll. I will not again go on the Zionist payroll, and for
excellent reasons. Only fools would accuse me of job-
asnting-only blackguards would repeat it with con-
viction.
The Passover festival, which begins at sundown on
Wednesday, antedates by thousands of years every
known modern movement for the emancipation of a
people from slavery and oppression. The holiday is
referred to as "Zman Cheruscku," the season of our
freedom, and marks one of the most *portant periods
on the Jewish calendar.
While we celebrate this freedom from Egyptian
slavery of more than 3,000 years ago, however, there
are staring at us, as we prepare for the Passover Seder,
very unpleasant facts. In a certain sense the majority
of our people remains oppressed and enslaved.
Throughout the world, except in this country and in
very few other sections of the globe, Jews are economi-
cally impoverished, politically oppressed, spiritually
humilated.
In Soviet Russia, of the 2,800,000 Jews still residing
there, more than 1,000,000 are starving for the immed-
iate necessities in life.
Of the 3,000,000 Jews in Poland, one-third have
been declared to be "excess baggage," and only their
migration to other lands will, so leaders who should
know declare, relieve the economic and political situa-
tion for the others residing there.
In Hungary and Rumania Jews are being subjected
to such abuse and humiliation that the blood of liberty-
loving Jews must boil on the occasion of the celebration
of the Passover festival.
In the Orient, from Yemen and other parts, appeals
come to us for the relief of fellow-Jews in these remote
lands.
To Greece have been taken the myths of the "Elders
of Zion," and our fipple there is placed on the defen-
sive against the stupidest bit of forgery known in all
history.
But on the days of the Passover, in spite of all these
heartrending conditions existing everywhere, a mighty
army of voices, joining from every corner of the earth,
will blend into one, exclaiming the expression of hope
from the Passover Ilaggadah: •
"This year we are enslaved, but next year, we hope
to be free men."
Such is the indomitable spirit of our people. We
may be oppressed and hounded, but we have not for-
gotten the lesson Passover. The hour of freedom must
come. Israel shall be redeemed with justice. And
when this justice begins to rule on earth, the world will
benefit.
Such is the lesson of Passover which teaches that
freedom is yet to be achieved. The liberation from
Egyptian bondage is one thing, but the more oppressive
bondage of ages of Jewish suffering is another. And
the liberation from the agony of modern oppression
will come because our people persists in declaring: "I
shall not die but live, to declare the works of the Lord!"
This statement, we believe, should allay all fears
and charges that Mr. dellaas is hunting for a job, and
the questions at issue should be discussed dispassion-
ately, calmly, without resorting to sensationalism.
Zionist; of the standing achieved by Mr. Morrison owe
it to the movement for Palestine to eliminate the per-
sonal element. Dr. Weizmann, too, has charged, upon
coming to this country last week, that American Jews
have failed in their duty to the Jewish Homeland. If
not enough has been done for Palestine, the first natur-
al thing to question is the administration's efficiency.
But the administration now in power will accomplish
nothing either for Palestine or for its own ambitions to
remain in control of affairs with its present methods,
because it does not answer the charges made against
it by making a personal attack upon a former official,
and because the official thus attacked does not in him-
self represent all of the critics. There is an army of
Zionists asking questions about matters of the Zionist
administration and these questions must command a
calmer answer than has been given by Mr. Morrison.
The resignation from the American Zionist Administra-
tive committee this week of Samuel J. Rosenson, chair-
man of the United Palestine Appeal finance committee,
and of Lawrence Berenson offers further proof of the
fact that there is something wrong; that the criticisms
are due to a certain weakness in Zionist policy; that the
present administration is in itself not united on the
policy it is pursuing.
Dr. Weizmann, when asked for an opinion on the
so-called oppositional squabbles in Zionism, promised
that he will make it a point to ascertain the cause of
dissatisfaction during his visit here. We await with
great interest Dr. Weizmann's statement on the ques-
tion of opposition to the administration. Zionism is
faced with a terrific battle. The primacy of Palestine,
in movements for Jewish colonization, although de-
manded by the able Dr. Stephen S. Wise, has not yet
been established, if we judge aright from the new $10,-
000,000 Russian colonization scheme towards which
Mr. Julius Rosenwald has given $5,000,000. Dr. Weiz-
mann will have to act quickly, first in the establishment
of the Jewish Agency, and secondly in smoothening out
such differences which will in the end re-establish the
representative character of the Zionist Organization of
America.
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By RABBI HERBERT PARZEN
--
Right in line with my views expressed in last week's
column on converting Jews to Christianity is Arthur
Brisbane's statement in his column, "Today"-Says the
"One-Man University":
Dr. Herring, chairman of the National Confer-
ence of Jews and Christians, says it's wrong to
Christianize Jews. lie especially objects to "evan-
gelization hidden under the guise of ice cream
parties." Considering that we borrowed our re-
ligion from the Jews, fixing it up our own way,
it is rather impertinent to demand they take our
version of it. However, there is little danger of
successful evangelizing. If fire, torture and re-
ligious hatred spread over nearly two thousand
years couldn't do it, ice cream parties won't do it.
A whole lot in that to make well-meaning Christian
divines think twice before they allowed themselves to be
hoodwinked into the notion that they can convert Jews
to Christianity.
Frankly, after reading "Upstream," I didn't think
much of Ludwig Lewisohn as a Jew. But it seems that
he has been moving forward, Jewishly speaking. Accord-
ing to a writer of the Seven Arts Feature Syndicate,
Lewisohn is now making his permanent home in Europe
and is writing on Jewish subjects. Renee Strauss, the
writer in question, says that Lewisohn has writ-
ten a novel which is to appear in this country in the
very near future, the title of which is "The Island
Within." lie tells the story of a Jewish family which
begins in Vilna, goes to Berlin and ends up in New
York. Orthodox Jew, liberal Jew, apostate Jew-all
of them are put under Lewisohn's powerful microscope.
In this book he discusses a marriage of a modern Ameri-
can Jewish physician and a Christian girl whose living
cross-section, Renee Strauss says, is not likely to be
forgotten by assimilation)st Jews. I shall look forward
to reading this book with great interest as Lewisohn is
an extraordinarily fascinating writer, even if we are
not always inclined to agree with his views.
I am in receipt of this letter from McKeesport Pa.,
which I think should be published in the interest of the
}Niel FOundation, for which the B'nai B'rith is sponsor:
When I came up here (University of Michigan)
last September I was a total stranger. My first
step was to go to the Foundation and meet Rabbi
Fink, who is the director. He told me that the
purpose of the Foundation was to bring all the
Jewish students together and it had already suc-
ceeded in doing it. Open house was held every
Sunday at the Foundation and there, through
social intercourse, became acquainted, and every-
body is made to feel at home. Discussion groups
are held during the week where Jewish literature
and history are discussed. Orthodox services are
held every Friday night and Reformed services
on Sunday. There is always a large attendance
at both services. I could never tire praising the
Foundation because it has been of so much benefit
to me. I can't realize how Jewish students would
become no well acquainted if it were not for the
Foundation. . . . I sincerely hope the Foundation
will be established in more universities so the
Jewish students everywhere may not feel so alien.
It is interesting to receive such an endorsement from
a student and it should prove heartening to those who are
BO energetically supporting this movement.
A reader sends me the following item from the
Legal Intelligencer:
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 4 FOR THE
COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA,
Of December Term, 1927. No. 17750.
Notice is hereby given that an application will
be made to the above Court on Friday, the 16th
(lay of March, 1928, at 1 'o'clock p. m., under the
"Corporation Act of 1874" of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, and the supplements thereto, for
the charter of an intended corporation to be called
"The Jewish Evangelization Society of Philadel-
phia," the character and object for which the said
corporation is formed are for the purpose to pro-
mote the intellectual, social and religious welfare
of.the Jews and of all other nationalities, and to
collect and receive moneys and contributions for
the maintenance and continuance of such work,
and to have, receive and own real estate for the
purpose of its incorporation, and for these pur-
poses to have and possess and enjoy all the rights
benefits and privileges of the sid Act of Assembly
and its supplements.
The proposed charter is now on file in the
Prothonotary's office,
GORDON BUTTERWORTII,
Solicitor.
They Don't Speak Like Free Men.
The late Professor Israel Friedlander, in his "The
Jews of Russia and Poland," offers the following expla-
nation of the "Ma-yophes" Jew :
Rosenwald-Great Philanthropist.
Julius Rosenwald's $5,000,000 contribution towards
Russian Jewish colonization, announced last Friday,
placed the Chicago Jewish philanthropist at the helm
of Jewry's great benefactors.
Baron Edmond de Rothschild in France, Bernard
Baron in England, Nathan Straus in this country, have
given liberally and nobly and have won the esteem of
the Jewish people, None of them, however, has given
a sum as large as the one announced by Mr. Rosenwald.
If for no other reason, therefore, this becomes a great
historic act.
The condition made by Mr. Rosenwald, that a simi-
lar sum be contributed by other wealthy American Jews
without a public campaign, will, we have reason to be-
lieve, judging from past experiences, be fulfilled. The
announcement made by the Communist Yiddish daily,
the Freiheit of New York, that Soviet Russia is to add
an additional sum of $10,000,000 for the development
of new colonies for Jews in Russia, if true, will create
the largest colonization fund in the history of the Jew-
ish people. This, therefore, is a gigantic undertaking
commanding the interest and attention of all Jewry.
We await with the keenest interest the development of
this new scheme.
In the meantime, the praise of all Israel goes forth
to Julius Rosenwald. Ile has surpassed his own splen-
did record forgiving to great causes. Ile is today the un-
questioned leader in American Jewish philanthropy.
Having no regard for the Jew's life and limb, the Pan
certainly had no respect for his religious susceptibilities.
Ile would occasionally call his Jewish tenant and make
him stand on one foot while reciting to him Mayophes,
one of the hymns sung at the Sabbath table, a practice
the memory of which has survived down to this day in the
expression "Ma-yophes Jew" which is widely applied in
Poland to the type of modern Jewish flunkey, a direct de-
scendant of the old Pan-ridden Jew.
That the Ma-yophes type of Jew still exists is evi-
denced in at least two news reports of the past week.
From Riga comes a news dispatch to the effect that 31
rabbis in Soviet Russia have been coerced into signing
a protest against resolutions adopted by the Polish rab-
binical conference at Cracow and the Mizrachi confer-
ence in Warsaw. The Jews in Poland, so these pro-
testing rabbis believe, have less rights than the Jews in
Soviet Russia, and should therefore mind their own bus,:
iness, or attend to their own wounds. That these rab-
bis did not speak like free men is to be react on the very
surface of their protest. It is merely the singing of Ma-
yophes for fear of the whip.
Another sample of the lack of Jewish pride is of-
fered us by the Jewish members of the Kossuth delega-
tion. At a time when Jewish students in Hungary are
not only being discriminated against. but are subjected
to the most insulting humiliations, Ilungarian Jewish
leaders are singing to Hungary's Jew-hating elements:
"How beautiful,"-"Ma-yophes." Thus, a member of
the Kossuth delegation is quoted as having said: "My
life begins and ends with love for my country." And
in the same interview with this Hungarian Jew, Count
Perenyi is quoted as charging the "Communist Jews"
for the situation created in his country. The refuge of
the first is cowardly and does not befit a free man. No
one dare question the Jew's loyalty to his country,-
that is the only attitude for proud Jews to adopt. Count
Perenyi derives courage from just such an attitude
which leaves doubt as to the loyalty of some Jews in
Hungary, and therefore falls back upon the old and
worn-out charge of Communism of some Jews as respon-
sible for existing discriminations.
There are Jewish spokesmen who have yet to learn
how to speak like free men.
Rumania Fears Her Own Shadow.
Rumania is beginnkng to fear her own shadow. The
government press spokesman, summoning all foreign
press correspondents to his office, at Bucharest last
week, hinted at a very strict news censorship when he
told them that
much as it would regret to do no the government will be
forced to withdraw its hospitality in the case of every man
who In the future sends abroad any report which presents
the government In a bad light.
We wonder if it Is the conscience of Rumania that is
beginning to bother her, as in the case of Hamlet:
"Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all."
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WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
124 South 17th Street, Phila.
It smacks of another "Ilebrew-Christian" missionary
organization of which there are all too many in the city
of Philadelphia. A reader of the daily press would be
inclined to believe that there is so much work to be done
by Christian organizations in the state of Pennsylvania
that they would let the Jews go about their business in
peace
A young woman asks this question, which I pass on
to the readers of this column:
If a Jew is discriminated against by a Catholic
Institution, by a Protestant institution and a Jew-
ish institution, where shall he look for employ-
ment? I would like to hear from your readers on
this subject.
I will say this much, however, that the economic
opportunities of Jewish youth is surely becoming limited
just because of the discriminations suggested by my cor-
respondent.
Meredith Nicholson, the novelist, thinks that Indiana
is now "well out of the control of those people who
wished to wear their bed clothes in a cornfield at night."
Ile thinks the state is rapidly recovering from the Klan
slump of the past few years and beginning to return to
normal. Yes, it is a sad commentary on civilization when
millions of men transform themselves into jackasses and
wear night shirts in the daytime. However, our old col-
lege chum, "Doc" Evans, the Wizard Dentist, is getting
ready to pull some new stunts down in Washington.
This may not suit some of our Jewish readers but I
think that Congressman Emanuel Celler of New York is
on the right track when he calls upon Frank Kellogg,
Secretary of State, to discourage the attempt of the
Rumanian government to float a loan of sixty million
dollars in this country. The congressman is not very
polite, but he is very forceful when he says that Rumania
is "the most bureaucratic and most medieval govern-
ment in Europe," and that it would be inimical to the
general public interest and contrary to the grounds of
high morality to grant such a loan to a country "that is
■ pariah among the nations and which has never kept a
promise or a treaty." As I started out to say, this may
not prove pleasant reading to the gentlemen who believe
in Watchful Waiting in the Rumanian situation, but it
will meet with hearty approval by those who are sick and
tired of government-sponsored oppression of minority
groups. Let Rumania act like a civilized nation and then
she can ask for loans with good grace.
There wasn't much noise made by that five-million.
dollar conditional pledge made by Julius Rosenwald to
the farm-settlement movement in Russia, provided that
an additional five million be contributed by the remainder
of Jewry. I have known more noise and more advertising
about a few thousand dollars contributed to a cause. Mr.
Rosenwald gives easily when he is interested in a move-
ment and he gives large sums. The other day he was
given signal recognition because of his contributions to
the cause of Negro welfare.
Congrega tion Aha•ei Shalom, Portland, Oregon
The following is the concluding article in the interesting
series written for The Detroit Jewish Chronicle by Rabbi
Parzen, a former Detroiter.
The dreary chaos in which Amer.
'can Jewish life has languished
since the last two decades of the
ast century, is slowly assuming a
more shapely form. l'articularly is
his true in the social and personal
relationships of life. There are in
evidence several distinctive factors
which possess potential possibil-
ities to round out the severely sharp
antagonism, to obliterate the devas-
tating differences, and to destroy
the existing prejudices through
contact and understanding. These
factors have only been exerting
their influence on Jewish life for a
short time. But their beneficence
may already be perceived by the
careful observer.
The social prejudices which di-
vided American Jewry because of a
mutually unsympathetic attitude
between the foreigner and the na-
tive, are the first to be weakened.
As the immigrant became Ameri-
canized, as he learned the lang-
uage, as he began to understand
the old settler, he became more tol-
erant and began to respect his
views and ideals. At the same
time, the older inhabitant acquired
respect and learned to appreciate
the character and ability of the
newcomers. This sympathetic rap-
prochement assumed a more col-
orful warmth as the American
trained and reared youth grew in-
to adulthood and won for itself po-
sitions of influence and prestige.
Social contacts became closer. So-
ciability created common interests.
With the complete stopping of im-
migration the tendency to arrive at
a better cooperative spirit is be-
coming bolder in outline. The
strangeness of former years is be-
ing replaced by warm social sym-
pathies as well as family ties
through intermarriage between the
various groups.
Common Effort for Relief.
Another (-lenient which consider-
ably assuaged misunderstandings
and ill feeling in Jewish life has
been the common effort for Eur-
opean relief during and after the
war. A dynamic fraternal sym-
pathy was cultivated in the begin-
ning of the joint activities of the
various elements cooperating in re-
lieving the distress of European
Jewriea This sympathetic atti-
tude was considerably lessened and
in many communities the old ani-
mosities were reawakened, during
the "priority" controversy. Never-
theless. the underlying concord, en-
couraged during these drives, was
further strengthened by the series
of drives for local philanthropy,
Palestine and nun-local institu-
tions.
As a result of these common en-
deavors, a spirit of democracy has
crept, almost unconsciously, into
the communal management of af-
fairs. The tendency to welcome all
sections of the Jewish community
in guiding and supervising institu-
tions, chests and social service
agencies fosters a spirit of good
will unknown before the outbreak
of the war. In a large measure,
the democratic principle has tre-
mendous potentialities for the per-
petuation of the cooperative spirit
in American Jewry becapse it cre-
ates comntunal contacts and a MM.
munity of interests, otherwise im•
possible.
The sense of comradship is con-
stantly intensified by the perse-
cution of different Jewries in Eur-
ope. The anti-Jewish laws in Hun-
gary, the riots in Rumania, the
boycotts in Poland, clearly bring
to the fore Jewish consciousness
and create Jewish solidarity. For
the innate cry of common blood
always evokes an unconscious
drawing together in the ranks of
the persecuted folk, no matter what
station they occupy or how far re-
moved from the persecution scenes.
The psst-war anti-Semitic agita-
tions in America which found ex-
pression in the Klan and in the
Ford accusations also aided in the
consolidation of the American Jew-
ish community. •
Demand for Unity.
This sympathetic accord in Amer-
ican Jewry is evidenced in the de-
mand for Jewish unity in the press
and from the pulpit. It is a very
favorable Farm It demonstrates
that all factions and groups want
unity of purpose and harmony in
action. Public discussion certain-
ly mirrors the opinions of the
thinking men and women. There-
fore, it mash
e accepted as a true
indicator of public opinion with re-
gard to this matter.
The Centre, as a communal insti-
titution, probably also aids in des-
troying farcical prejudices and in
achieving friendly understanding
between groups in the Jewish com-
munity. The extent to which this
is true can hardly be gauged at
this time. It depends mainly upon
the directing personnel and upon
the character of the community.
Nevertheless, the fact that such
centeres exist and vast sums of
money have been spent in their
building and in their maintenance
is additional proof that the ten-
dency for communal cooperative
efforts is an ideal which motivates
communal action. And though the
majority of community centres
merely caters to the poorer classes
of the community and is another
philanthropic activity on the part
of the wealthier charity givers, yet
it may sefely be assumed that it is
a social "leveller" of a sort and
that it does promote communal am-
ity and good will.
Another very important factor
which has reduced the militant con-
flicts in Jewish life is the removal
of Zionism from the sphere of the-
ory. Before the publication of the
Balfour Declaration, Zionism was
the "enfant terrible" in Jewry. It
aroused animosities. It enthused
the opposing groups to heated con-
troversies. It actually intrigued
personal enmities. All this changed
after the publication of the Balfour
Declaration in 1917 and its ratifi-
cation by all the civilized states.
Zionism now became a fact. It was
part of international law. It Plac-
ed definite responsibilities upon the
Jewish people.
The Palestine Movement.
The rebuilding of Palestine has
become the ptincipal task of Zion-
ism. And this program lent itself
to different interpretations. So
that opponents of Zionism find it
logical to help in this task, without
surrendering officially and formal-
ly their opinions concerning Zion-
ism. The Palestinian movement
(for it cannot be called Zionism)
reached its highest development in
the organization of the Jewish
Agency whose report and program
is expected during Dr. Weizmann's
present American visit.
It is of interest to note that the
date of the Balfour Declaration
synchronizes with the date of the
birth of all the factors which have
attempted to create an harmonious
millieu for American Jewry. They
all received their impetus from the
war. They have all been active
since the war-all contributing in
the creation of the present helpful
cooperative attitude in American
Jewry.
All these forces and factors
which aim to create .lewish unity
are limited in their effectiveness to
the physical environment of Amer-
can Jewry. They create better feel-
ings and pleasanter living condi-
tions for the individual Jew. So-
ciability, amity, sympathy am} con-
cord create fine surrounding-al for
Jews, s-- cially and personally.
But these surroundings do not,
of their own accord, necessarily im-
ply the solution of the spiritual and
religious and cultural problems of
American Jews. From the stand-
point of the Jew, as an individual,
life is pleasanter. But from the
viewpoint of Judaism, its renais-
sance, its integration and its per-
petuation we are still in the pre-
war dark chaos. It is indeed diffi-
cult to find the forces which at-
tempt to solve the problems of
Judaism. A very close and minute
examination of the intellectual and
cultural and religious life of Amer-
ican Israel may perhaps reveal
three elements which are just be-
ginning to strive to cope with the
problems of Judaism.
These I shall attempt to point out
and analyze.
Education an Adjusting Factor.
In a measure the solution of the
cultural and religious problems de-
pend upon education. Jewish edu-
cation is the hattle cry of every
public man and every public insti-
tution. It has actually become an
outstanding consideration in every
community. In this sense educa-
tion is one factor that appears to
work for the proper adiustment of
Judaism to Amercan life. Unfor-
tunately it is so defective that in
its present form it is almost value-
less as a potent agent of revivifi-
cation. This is so, in our opinion,
because there is too much brass,
tot much noise attached to it and
very little attention paid to the
method and content of Jewish edu-
cat ion.
I n the first place the Sunday
School AS an educative agency is
preposterous. Yet the majority of
Jewish children receive their train-
ing in these institutions, whose
teachers are ignorant of Judaism,
innocent of pedagogics, and indiffer-
ent to results. There certainly is
no need to labor this point. Com-
mon agreement condemns it-yet
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THE RABBI KNOWS
BASK HIM
A Sheaf of Sheilas
By RABBI LEON FRAM
Director of Reltpotts Edwatton, Temple Beth El.
(Readers of The Detroit Jewish
Chronicle are invited to submit
questions for Rabbi From to an-
swer. Address Rabbi Leon Fram,
Temple Beth El, Detroit.)
1. Name three great Jewish bio-
graphers.
2. Who is "Honest Sol" Levitan?
3. Who wrote "Judaism in Mus-
ic?"
4. What Jewish journal repre-
sents the cause of Reform Juda-
ism?
5. What Jewish journal repre-
sents the cause of Orthodox Juda-
ism?
6. What Jewish journal repre-
sents the cause of Conservative Ju-
daism?
7. What Jewish journal repre-
sents the cause of Zionism?
8. What Jewish journal repre-
sents the cause of Jewish culture?
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9. What Jewish journal repre-
sents the cause of Jewish self-criti-
cism?
10. What Yiddish paper repre-
sents the cause of Socialism and
Trade-Unionism?
11. What Yiddish paper repre-
sents the cause of Orthodox Juda-
ism?
12. What is the meaning of Had
Gadya?
13. What is the signficance
of
Had Gadya?
14. What is the Aphikemon?
15. 'Why is the Apkikmon stolen?
la. What is a Semite?
17. Name three modern Semitic
peoples.
IS. What is a shocher?
19. What is Dayenu?
20. Why is the Song of Songs"
read at Passover?
(Answers on last page.)
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