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Sabbath Readings of the Torah:

Pentateuchal portions-Ex. 33:12-34:26; Num. 18:19-25.
Prophetical portions-Ezek. 36:37-37:14.
The Song of Songs is read.

Passover Torah Readings:

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Sunday morning I'entateuchal reading-Ex. 13:1.16; Nun:.
28:19-25.
Monday morning Pentateuchal reading-Ex. 22:24:23.19;
Num. 28:19-25.
Tuesday morning Pentateuchal reading-Num. 9:1.14; Num.
28:19-25.
Seventh Passover Day Torah readings, Wednesday, April 11:
Pentateuchalportions-Ex. 13:17-15;26; Num. 28:19-25.
Prophetical portions-II. Sam. 22.
Last Passover Day Torah readings, Thursday, April 12:
Pentateuchal portions-Deut. 15:19-16:17; Num. 28:19-25.
Prophetical portions-Is. 10:32-12:6.

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The Importance of Passover.

Achad Ila-Am, the greatest Jewish philosopher in a
number of centuries, in his essay on Moses, wrote:

The influence of great men on the history of the human
race is a subject of much discussion among philosophers.
Some maintain that the great men create history, and the
masses are nothing more than the material on which they
work. Others assert that the masses are the moving force,
and the great men of every age are only inevitable prod-
ucts of that age and its conditions. Such discussions make
one reflect on the tendency of philosophers to shut their
to what lies in front of them, and to seek by roundabout
paths which are really so near. Surely it is obvious that the
real great men of history, the men, that is, who have
become forces in the life of humanity, are not actual, con-
crete persons who existed in a certain age. There is not a
single great man in history of whom the popular fancy
has not drawn a picture entirely different from the actual
man; and it is this imaginary conception, created by the
masses to suit their needs and inclinations, that is the real
great man, exerting an influence which abides in some
cases for thousands of years-this, and not the concrete
original, who lived a short space in the actual world, and
was never seen by the masses in his true likeness.

A similar tale can be written around the story of
Passover. It matters little in what respects the actual
story of Passover differs from the legends and stories
that have been accepted as fact. It does matter,
however, that Passover has been accepted as symbolic
of liberty and a people's freedom.
It is such an acceptance of the meaning of Passover
that lends courage to our people. It is such an inter-
pretation that helps the people to survive. We have
had many crises in our history. In every generation,
some portion of the nation was threatened with exter-
mination, But every time the people exclaimed: "Today
we are slaves here, tomorrow we are to be free men
in the Land of Israel." The Passover lesson was ac-
cepted as a symbol and as a warning-as a symbol of
Jewish invincibility and as warning against despair.
In this lies the importance of Passover-that it has
kept the spirit of the Jewish people young; that it has
made of Israel an undying people.

The Expansion of Our Schools.

The officers of the United Hebrew Schools of De-
troit must indeed be a happy lot to be able to report
the constant expansion of our educational system. Not
so long ago it was reported that the Six-Mile road school
was annexed under the wings of our Hebrew school
system, and last week the announcement came that the
expansion has reached the West Vernor Highway sec-
tion.
There is much reason for encouragement in these
reports. As our people continues to spread its commun-
ity to little-populated Jewish districts, the only thing
that will keep their interest for Jewry and Jewishness
will be the school and the synagogue. Experience
teaches that the synagogue will much sooner come from
the school rather than the reverse.
Today it is in the Vernor Highway section, and
tomorrow, we are assured, it will he in the Dexter boule-
vard district that the United Hebrew Schools will
spread knowledge and influence. And if those who
have been asked to become members will only respond
as heartily as their duty commands, it will be a very
easy matter to establish a school in every remote and
least Jewishly populated district. This is a great work,
and upon this task of Jewish education depends the fu-
ture of all Jewish efforts.

"All to the Seder."

The anti-Passover campaign of Jewish communists
in Russia has met with a strong opposition, and the re-
ligious element has met with such excellent results that
the Yiddish Communist Oktyabr complains that even
the members of the Communist youth movement has
been influenced by the pro-Passover spirit.
It is exactly from the youth of Russia that relief is
expected in the present anti-religious campaigns of the
Communists, particularly the Jewish Communist. The
Passover issue is not the only one that is being fought
between the two elements on the religious question. A
cable from Riga to the Jewish Morning Journal gives
interesting facts regarding the Sabbath issue in the
Jewish colony "Rotor Stern," ("Red Star"), nenr-Staro-
dub. The Yevsek, or Jewish Communist. element ap-
pears to be beaten on the question of Jewish observance
of Saturday as the Sabbath day, instead of Sunday, be-
cause the youth refuses to side with the fanaticism of
the Yevseks.
The Kosrnomoltzi, or the Jewish Communist youth,
is asking pertinent questions. They want to know why
the Christian Sabbath day is more privileged than the
Jewish Sabbath. According to the Soviet constitution,
they argue, Jews cannot be compelled to celebrate non-
Jewish holidays.
There is considerable hope, therefore, that relief in
the Russian-Jewish religious question may come with
the help of the youth, who will repudiate the fanaticism
of the older Jewish Communist leaders. The latter have

shown a tendency to battle everything that smacks of
religion ; the youth, on the other hand, asks "why." The
Passover campaign in the Jewish Communities in White
Russia helps prove this contention. "All to the Seder,"
the rabbis of Minsk called, and the response came early,
first through the sale of large quantities of Matzoth by
the workmen's co-operatives in Borissoff, Mozir and
other districts, and secondly by the rallying of Jews
throughout Russia to the Setter table.

Halevy.

The Halevy Choral Society of Detroit helps to per-
petuate the name of the sweetest singer in Israel in the
last 800 years. Judah ha-Levi's poetic works form one
of the richest collections of secular as well as liturgicar
rhymes, and include love songs that are the works of a
master. His songs of longing for Jerusalem and Israel's
homeland, whither he later went on a pilgrimage and,
according to a legend. is said to have died at the hands
of a Bedouin as he neared the gates of Jerusalem, form
a great appeal for a return to Zion. One of his enchant-
ing Sabbath hymns, translated by S. Solis-Cohen and
quoted in the Jewish Encyclopedia, ends with the beau-
tiful verses:

On Friday duth my cup o'erflow,
What blissful rest the night shall know,
When, in thine arms, my toil and woe
Are all forgot, Sabbath My love!

'Tis dusk, with sudden light, distilled
From one sweet face, the world is filled;
The tumult of my heart is stilled-
For thou art come, Sabbath my love!

Bring fruits and wine and sing a gladsome lay,
Cry, "Come in peace, 0 restful Seventh day!"

Judah ha-Levi's genius inspired Heinrich Heine to
call him

Star and torch to guide his 'time;
Light and beacon of his nation;
Fiery pillar of sweet song,
Moving on in front of Israel's
Caravans of woe and mourning
In the wilderness of exile.

The name Halevy has also become perpetuated in
Jewish history in the compositions of Jacques Francois
Halevy, the noted creator, among other works, of "La
Juive."
For a Detroit choral society to have chosen the name
"Halevy" was therefore an appropriate act, and its aim
to advance and encourage the Jewish folk song and
Jewish music generally calls for wide encouragement.
That Halevy means to carry into effect its purpose of
presenting to Detroit Jewry the best program of Jewish
musical art is evidenced by the fact that it made pos-
sible the publication of a volume of the best folk songs
of Solomon Golub.
This year, for the third time, Halevy will give its
annual concert at Orchestra Hall. By bringing as guest
conductor for this concert the noted choral leader,
Meyer Posner of New York, Halevy is increasing the
cultural value of the affair. The evening of the concert,
April 15, should find all lovers of Jewish music gathered
to offer encouragement to Ilalevy. Indirectly it will
lend honor to Israel's great singer whose name the so-
ciety has assumed.

A Sample of Economic Anti-Semitism.

A Jewish Telegraphic Agency report from Warsaw
states that a strike was threatened by Warsaw street
car workers, who are members of the Christian Demo-
cratic party, in the event Jews are employed as con-
ductors or motormen.
This is a sample of the economic anti-Semitism that
threatens Jews in the present attempt to introduce them
to productive trades and to draw them away from non-
productive pursuits and the ranks of storekeepers. With
the advent of the war, the movement is now on foot to
teach the Jews trades. or to settle them on farms. But
if the attitude of a Christian and a Democratic party
will be that Jews ought not be given an opportunity to
earn a livelihood by the sweat of their brows, what
hope is there for Jews in such pursuits in anti-Semitic
countries?
The generally accepted theory was that one of the
most important causes of anti-Semitism is the Jews' po-
sition as a member of the Middle Class. It has been
evidenced again and again, however, that in the trades
and professions as well the Jew is always the scapegoat.
When conditions are favorable, the Jew is not molested,
but in times of depression he is always accepted as the
cause of all evil. The Jew's battle for existence is not
yet ended.

Danger of Illegal Immigration Entries.

That there is great danger in the illegal entries of
immigrants to the United States is revealed in a story
made public by the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid Society (Dais). The tragedy of six immigrants
who were enticed into an illegal entry scheme came to
light, according to the Hiss story, with the docking in
Japan of the steamer Yahika Maru. The Hiss story
briefly relates:

The story of the tragedy as reported to the Hebrew
Sheltering and Immigration Aid Society of America by
its representatives in Harbin, China, discloses that an
arrangement was entered into when the steamer left for
the United Staten whereby one, Rakura Chamano, a steam-

ship employee. had agreed to conceal the six immigrants
in a small room of the steamer and care for them until
the arrival of the steamer at Seattle. After this he was
to arrange by some means to illegally deliver them on to
United States territory. When the steamer arrived at
Seattle, Chamano was apparently unable to carry out his
end of the bargain and was so badly frightened that he not
only failed to release them but even failed to bring them
food or nourishment or report their presence on board to
the officials. The result was that the six unfortunate vic-
tim. faced slow but steady starvation and it was upon the
return of the steamer to Japan that the six dead do , .':es
were discovered,

The has is justified in warning against attempts at
illegal entries, in order that similar tragedies may be
averted. The dangers involved are too great to warrant
risking them, and Jewish efforts will have to be con-
tinued in the direction of opening new avenues of refuge
for homeless Jews.
In the meantime, it is to be hoped that the eyes of
reactionary and blinded American leaders will be
opened that they may see the situation as it exists today
for millions upon millions throughout the world. The
politically and economically oppressed everywhere
still look upon the United States as the Land of Promise,
and it is to reach this land of hope that they risk even
their very lives. America became great as the land of
refuge for all oppressed. America can become even
greater by becoming once again the Promised and Holy
Land for the oppressed of the universe.

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Rabbi Wise's resignation from the Administrative
Board of the Zionist movement owing to a difficulty in
policy-ideas between himself and Dr. Weizmann, is likely
to have a far-reaching influence. It is easy enough for
some persons to say that the Zionist organization will
get along better without Dr. Wise, but that is just idle
chatter. No movement can afford to lose the services of
such a man as Stephen Wise. He is too great an influ-
ence in the Jewish life of this country and abroad. I
question whether there is a Jew in this country that has
the individual power of Rabbi Wise. Some men may
have power through their money, but Dr. Wise has a fol-
lowing for himself alone. Gentile as well as Jew, ap-
preciate that he is a force to be reckoned with in the
affairs of the nation. Ile is an organizer and an execu-
tive, who could surpass in those capacities many who
pride themselves on being captains of industry. He has
amazing energy, and a personality that has made him
one of the most popular and well-liked public men in this
country. And any Zionist who takes the position that
such a man is not a tower of strength to Palestine wel-
fare is talking, in plain, every day language, "through his

hat."

I received an interesting letter from a reader who is
86 years old, living in Washington, D. C. Ile is one of
the oldest (probably the oldest in that city). He says
he isn't much of an "ink slinger," but he writes a letter
that would do credit to a much younger man. Ile thinks
it would be of interest to the readers of Random Thoughts
to know that he attended Adolphus Solomon, of Wash-
ington, in his last illness, and that the Jews of the whole
country are indebted to Mr. Solomon for having been
instrumental in having the publishers of Webster's Un-
abridged Dictionary change their unfavorable definition
of "Jew" after 1850. Up to that time a Jew, according
to the dictionary, was a very undesirable person. But
since then he appears in a much better light to the readers
of Webster's. Thank you, Dr. Behrend!

In connection with the matter of definition of "Jew"
in dictionaries, I had quite a set-to with the editor-in-
chief of the Standard a few years back, because of the
definition which appears in his publication. It seems that
distinguished Jewish scholars had the editing, of the defi-
nitions, referring to Jews and Judaism, and the respon-
sibility was placed with them. Whether the Standard has
changed in its very recent editions, I don't know, but the
last time I had occasion to consult the dictionary in my
study I still found him "a crafty dealer; a grasping money
lender." Though I will say that this portion of the defini-
tion is bracketed as "slang." However, I think it could
be left out without harming the value of the Standard,
which is in such general use.

Even at an International Missionary Council they
sometimes call things by their right names. I note where
there was some plain speaking, and very much needed, at
the conference held in Jerusalem. I recall, many years
ago, when the late Rabbi J. Leonard Levy of Pittsburgh,
after a visit to Japan, had the temerity to criticize some
missionaries, and a storm of criticism arose against him.
It takes courage to tell the truth, as we see it. It was, of
course, much easier for Christians to criticise their own,
which they did in vigorous language as evidenced by the
quotations I append from the copyrighted dispatches
sent to the New York Times. They are worth considera-
tion, by Christian as well as Jew.
Bishop McConnell of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of the United States said:
"I come from a nation which is in some re-
spects pagan. We subscribe to the doctrine of
militarism and to the god of materialism, and we
have given ourselves over to the pursuit of wealth.
We should not be complacent regarding paganism
wherever we see it, but let this meeting become a
challenge to it."
As a challenge to the morning addresses, Pro-
fessor Tawney, in the afternoon, replied:
"I cannot share the complacency of those who
talk about all the good things we have to offer to
backward peoples when we cannot point out a
single country in Europe where there is a real
Christian civilization operative throughout its
society.
"We are trying the impossible in offering to
have the individual, yet leaving the social structure
pagan. The common man, the miner, the steel
worker, the boilermaker, wants to know what
organized Christianity is going to do to better the
world he inhabits. If the Christian church is to
lead the way into the future it must enter the field
of human society."
Mr. Grimshaw likewise challenged, saying:
"What self-called Christian civilizations have
most largely exported to Africa and the East is
economic exploitations, inspired by no higher mo-
tive than the desire for immediate gain, holding as
of no account the social welfare of exploited peo-
ples, and resulting often in depopulation, devas-
tation and death.
"What had European Christianity to say of the
recent case in which a European parliament ad-
mitted that 94 per cent of an African contingent
of forced laborers had died? Not a word, so far.
"Missionaries must have known of this and
similar cases. I have not heard their outcry. We
know what Christ offers to the oppressed. What
does Christianity offer to those helpless before
compulsion to an industrialism they do not under-
stand, are not fitted for and frequently do not
survive?"

The oil inquiry points a moral and adorns a tale. We

hear so much of "alien corruption" in this country, of
the wicked ideas that foreigners put into the heads of
native Americans. In fact, considerable propaganda
was put out influencing restrictive immigration laws, be-
cause of the immigrant's evil influence upon the integrity
of 100 per cent Americans. So I am mildly curious as to
the foreigners who are responsible for the treachery, the
treason, the slime and corruption that is being revealed

among high officials in Washington. Talk about patriot.

ism! Talk about 100 per cent Americanism! And the
whole country seems to be yawning; moral sense seems
too dulled to get aroused over it. And what foreigners
have been responsible for the purchase of seats in the
United States Senate? I would be very glad, indeed, to
hear from some of those 100 per cent patriotic organiza-
tions that are always so eager to condemn the so-called
"alien." There seems to be a lot of housecleaning neces-

sary in certain patriotic quarters.

The late Sir Mortimer Davis of Canada must have
been one of the wealthiest Jews in the world, the paper.
announcing that he left one hundred and fifty million
dollars. His son, Mortimer, Jr., obtained considerable
publicity by marrying one of the famous Dolly sisters.
It was, financially speaking, rather an undesirable alli-
ance, as his father disinherited him shortly after the mar-
it is
riage was consummated. The entire estate,
Countess
reported, will go to his widow, the •-•
Morini, who, as a young womae,•dorked as a manicurist
in a New York botid ; am not very well acquainted
with the bc....actions of Sir Mortimer in his lifetime, par-
- :Laiarly to Jewish causes, but I cannot recall any contri-
bution to a Jewish enterprise commensurate with his
wealth.

Once I had occasion to query a national leader in
Jewry if wealthy Jews in other countries contributed,
proportionately as liberally, to national and international
Jewish causes, as the Jews did in the United States. This
seemed to be an annoying question. But the death of Sir
Mortimer has once more made me curious on that point.
My close reading of Jewish periodicals enlightens me as
to the enormous wealth of Jews in other lands, but it
looks as if the Jews of this country are the ones who
fill the bag most of the time. Perhaps I am doing my
brethren of other countries a grave injustice.

Quite • time they had in Cleveland when the Hun-
garian delegation in this country to unveil the statue of
Kossuth, paid a visit to Moses Cleveland's homeland. The
liberal Hungarian element showed plainly what it
thought of Horthyism and those that represented it. The
hides of some of those European countries are pretty
much on the elephant order, but, when delegates begin
to feel antagonism in • personal way, they are likely to
go back home in • more thoughtful mood. Keep on send-
ing delegations to this country, my dear Rumania and
Hungary, and you will begin to understand how unpopu-
lar are your obsolete theories of despotic rule.

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German Anti • Semites Search for
Campaign Slogan

News Letter From Berlin Describes Court Calendars Filled
With Their Scandals,

Where in this wide world can we
'nd a charitable soul that will pro-
ide the great, proud, Aryan, Ger-
m] National People's Party with
an effective campaign motto? The
indent of this party of six mil-
lion voters and one hundred depu-
ies, are having sleepless nights,
werrying about this. It is said that
he Reichstag elections will take
dace as early as May. They
ought with all their might against
-Itch early elections and they did
not hesitate to trouble even the
protectorof their party, Mr.
Hindenburg, to help them. How-
ever, all their efforts seem to have
been futile. The coalition of the
Centrists, the People's l'arty and
the German Nationalist Party
brought about at one time under
the auspices and with the blessing
of Hindenburg himself, has been
wrecked long ago. They are now
shaking their own chains and are
hating the very sight of each other,
since it is impossible to conceive
of a more unnatural alliance than
that between Gustav Stresemann
and the junker Herr von Keudell,
both of whom-the one as Minister
for Foreign Affairs and the other
for Internal Affairs-are bound to
make "straight" German politics?
The only way out of this situa-
tion appears to be in new elections.
But how is this to he accomplished
by the German Nationalists unless
they have at their disposal a power-
ful Aryan, reactionary, anti-Semi-
tic campaign slogan? Heretofore
the Nationalists have always been
gathering their election harvests
amidst the noise and turmoil of an-
ti-Semitic and reactionary cam-
paign slogans and mottos. The
blessing of the Lord was fairly
lavished upon their more or less
blonde heads without their having
to ask for it. '
The Party Leaders.

With the aid of statements math
by Mr. Jacob Goldschmidt, the
owner of the Darmstaedter and Na
Donal Bank, he demonstrated the
it was only political motives which
were at the bottom of the differ
ences in the treatment accorded 0
Bennet and Stinnes. The only
reason why the Stinnes firm was
sided woo that they were anxious
to deprive Labor of an excuse fo
agitation. The Barmat concern, 01
the other hand, was deliberately
ruined for the purpose of findink
sae in to siirve as anti-Social
ist propaganda and agitation.
The Case of Bergnunn.

How about Sally Bergman, that
magician of finance? His 2,00
clients were almost to a man per-
fectly decent and pure-blooded
"Aryans" and they were so eager
to simply force their money upon
Sally for the very good and valid
reason that they were speculating
on getting .18 per cent in
they knew could be got-
ten only by the most merciless ex-
ploitation of the borrowers of
Bergmann.

Yes, it may be argued, did that
Jew not play in this ease the part
of the tempter of the innocent,
pure-hearted German? No, even
this cannot be well asked, for
money to Bergmann could be found
among those who entrusted their
members of the highest aristocracy,
and there was even a nephew of the
president of the republic who but
into Bergmann's coffers the money
received by him for the sale of the
Ilindenberg ancestral estate that
had been bought of him as a na-
tional gift for the president. But
how about Jacoby, the state attor-
ney who, as a high judiciary officer,
del not disdain to write recommen-
dations for Bergmann and to act as
a decoy-bird for him? A Jew? Not
in the least. The fact is that Mr.
Today the situation has changed
Jacoby is a member of one of the
and who is going to tell them what' finest families in Germany and can
to do now? The leader of their
trace his pure Aryan ancestry back
party, His Excellency, Herr Ilergt,
to the days of antiquity.
is a very able tactician where only
But then there still remains the
momentary problems are involved.
Phoebus scandal. Hush! Speak
liut when it comes to developing
softly. If not, your beloved Reichs-
far-sighted plans. he proves him-
wehr is likely to get a very black
self just as inefficient as in his
eye. See to it that no Jewish nose
capacity of political forecaster. We
poke itself into that sacred quar-
need but recall the famous prophecy
ter. Well, in that case, how about
that "the Americans can neither
the Kranzes, Schellers, or whatever
fly nor swim."
else their names, who lived out their
But where is Herr Quaatz, that
sixteen young years with such
grandson, on the side of his mother,
characteristics (is it?) "Jewish"
of the immigrant Rabbi from East
sensuality and immorality? Ah,
l'russia, the cousin of the Director
wrong again, alas! These sweet
of the "Central %'erein", Dr. Lud-
children in open court insisted very
wig Hollaender, and "bright head"
strenuously upon their perfectly
of the German Nationalist Party?
good "Aryanism" and that fatal
Where, Herr Quaatz, will you find
revolver was obtained from none
the saving idea? Are there no
other than the Nationalist "Jung-
more scandals available? Is not
do."
the Barmat trial drawing to a close
They Call Dawes a Jew.
just now? And was there not very
It would be interesting to know
recently
another scandal - the
whether there are perhaps in Eng-
Kranz ease-and has not that East-
land or America sonie •good friends
ern Jew Sally Bergman, emptied
of the German Nationalists who
2000 perfectly decent Aryan pock-
might be willing to assist them in
ets to the tune of six million marks,
hunting up a good, attractive cam-
with the aid of the State Attorney,
paign watchword. l'erhaps some
Jacoby? And, lastly, is there not
one will volunteer to demonstrate
the Phoebus scandal, as a result of for their benefit that General Dawes
which the State Treasury has been
is a Jew and that the American
swindled out of some 20 million
Reparations Agent, Mr. Parker
marks?
Gilbert, is in reality only an agent
"Trial of 1,000 Days."
of that great, old firm, the "Inter-
Yes, there are plenty of good
national Jew." But even that
scandals and scandalous trials go-
would be of little avail, because, as
ing on in our courts, but the honey
a government party, the German
flowing from these affairs, which
Nationalist have long ago re-
might serve to be dished up to the
signed themselves to the Dawes
voters, this honey, alas, is flowing
Plan, for which reason they have
into the mouths of the arch ene -
been stigmatized by Ludendorff as
mies, the Social-Democrats. The
nothing less than a "Jewish Party."
fleeciest sheep have been snatched
It certainly is easy for Ludendorff
from the grasp of the Nationalists.
to denounce people like this, and
Thus, in the Barmat trial, other-
his battle-cry against the "Free
wise known as the "Trial of 1,000
Masons" and "Uncircumcized Jews"
Days", all the contents of the sev-
might perhaps prove valuable were
eral hundred volumes of proceed-
it not for the sad fact that the Old-
ings have been emptied upon the
l'russian lodges (quite anti-Sem-
heads of the public long ago and
itic, by the way) are the hest sup-
there is nothing more left in that.
porters of the Nationalists.
All the testimony has already been
Who, then will find a fitting cam-
offered, the counsel for the defense
paign motto for the poor German
have been singing their sweet song
Nationalists? Time flies, the elec-
for weeks, and the state attorney
tions are on the way, yet here they
has had his say. Today we already stand, these leaders without an idea.
know what it is all about. It was
Has that offspring of a Rabbi, Herr
a case of one more of those gigantic
Quaatz become so completely
inflation concerns finding itself in
"Aryan" as to be incapable of dis-
difficulties and then collapsing al-
covering something to save the sit-
together because of the premature
uation? As a last resort, perhaps
intervention of the state attorney.
that famous party of 6,001.000
And now the tables have been turn-
voters and 100 deputies-quickly,
ed upon those same people whose
before these millions and ciphers
actions made it impossible to bolster
melt down badly at the elections-
up the cracking walls and who are
will he forced to rescind its deems-
themselves responsible, therefore,
ion of 1920, by which they elimi-
if large numbers of people found
nated Jews as well as persons of
themselves ruined and buried un-
Jewish descent four generations
der the wreckage.
removed, from the party (when
One of the counsel for the de-
Quaatz was the only Semite to es-
fense, with the applause of the pub-
cape the axe of the executioner)?
lic, drew an interesting parallel
Finally, it may be that they will
between Barmat and Stinnes. Why,
resolve now to admit to the ranks
he asked, Was it that the Stinnes
of their party a few race-conscious
concern, unlike that of Barmat,
Jews, were it but as an antidote
was supported by the large Ger-
for their chronic mental constipa-
man banks in August, 1925, the
tion.
Prussian State Bank included?
(Copyright hr J. T. A., 192•).

THE RABBI KNOWS

ASK HIM

A Sheaf of Sheilas

By RABBI LEON FRAM
Director of Religious Education, Temple Beth El.

( Readers of the Detroit Jewish
Chronicle are invited to submit
questions for Rabbi From to an-
aver. Address Rabbi Leon Fram,
Temple Beth El, Detroit.)
1. Is polygamy permitted in

Jewish law?

2.

3.
4.

What is a Shabbas Goy?

What is a Pesach Goy?
What recent motion pictures

have had Christian Science end-
ings?
5. What is Chasidism?
6. Who is the founder of Chas-
idism?
7. What is the Yellow Badge?
P. What is the Targum?
9. Who is Titus?

10. Where was the first Jewish
settlement in America?
11. Where was the first Jewish
settlement in North America?

ss*ssh..

12.

When did Jews settle in

New York?

13. Why did Governor Stuyves-
ant at first refuse to let the Jews
settle in New York?
14. Who was the first Jew to
enter the House of Lords in Eng-
land?
15. Which European country
was the last to admit Jewish resi-
dents?
16. Who was John Pfeffer-
korn?
17. Who was John Reuchlin?
18. What is Bashi?
19. Who is Morris Rosenfeld?
20. (Submitted by reader)-
Where can one find a complete col-
lection of, Jewish legends?

(Answers on Page 8.)

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