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April 13,1928

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Carrying the U. P. A. Work to Success.

That the love of the Jew for Palestine has not dimin-
ished and that the ideal for the upbuilding of Palestine
occupies an important place in the heart of the Jew was
again evidenced on Sunday morning of this week, when
about fifty leaders in the Detroit United Palestine Ap-
peal gathered to prepare for the drive, opening next
week, for Detroit's quota for $110,000 for Palestine.
The enthusiasm which marked the above meeting
served as a sort of guarantee that Detroit Jewry will
live up to its obligation. The workers, in their enthus-
iasm, are not uninformed of the economic depression
from which this community has suffered, and their de-
termination to carry the U. P. A. work to success in the
Jsa face of all obstacles offers added reason for confidence
and courage in the work for the Jewish homeland.
The Detroit U. P. A. is especially fortunate this
year in the leadership of the drive. With Mr. Fred M.
Butzel as the honorary chairman and Mr. J. II. Ehrlich
as chairman, the enthusiasm that has been instilled in
the workers, of whom, we are told, there will be 200,
is an asset of the utmost importance in an effort for
Palestine.
Faith in the Palestine ideal and confidence in the
success of the idea are the first essentials of any Zionist
undertaking. it is the good fortune of the Detroit U.
P. A. to possess such faith and confidence. We feel
justified, therefore, in predicting the success of the
• drive.

The Right to Criticize.

Palestine is unjustly d .alt with when the present
controversy in Zionist rank ; is confused with the work
of the United Palestine Ap leal. Regardless of how ser-
ions the differences are ove r questions of personnel and
principle, no Jew should rant the work of Palestine
stopped, even for a single day, just because the cons
vention of the Zionist Orga nization of America in ten
weeks off, and because th , , se differences will not be
ironed out until the conven :ion takes place.
We, too, believe that Dr . Stephen S. Wise has erred
in resigning. Dr. Wise •ou Id have done a greater serv-
ice to the cause he advocate s by remaining in the ranks
and by fighting from withi 1. His should have been a
minority report at the forth coming convention present-
ing to the Zionists of Ame .ica his views as they differ
from those of the administra lion. We believe Mrs. Irma
Lindheim's stand to be more justified, because she fights
from within.
But those who raise a false cry as a result of Dr.
Wise's resignation do Pale i tine a grave injustice. Dr.
Wise has not resigned from the honorary chairmanship
of the United Palestine Ap .peal. On the contrary, he
declared himself ready to co-operate in fund-raising
activities whenever called pon. His claim to the right
to criticize should be share d by all Zionists, regardless
of whether they agree with him or not. Once Zionism
becomes a movement in w hich criticism will be made
an act of treachery, it will be repudiated.
The work for the reb Acting of Palestine cannot
stop, however. The sever est critics of the movement
live in Palestine, and yet th ey are the ones who do most
for the establishment of he Jewish National Home.
Outside of Palestine, too, the right to criticize ought
not to be interfered with.
The duty of Zionists a nd other Jews interested in
Palestine's reconstruction comes first to the fund for
the upbuilding of the land. If there is treachery in the
ranks it is to be charged a gainst those who attempt to
make capital out of the ex sting controversy thereby to
refuse to subscribe to the I. United Palestine Appeal.

ignorance in the Home.

An educational club of girls of the ages of 12 and
13 was asked by its advisor to learn all about the Sab-
bath and Sabbath ceremonials for discussion at one of
its programs. Sixteen mothers were as a result ap-
proached by as many daughters, and not one could tell
ifY them why they kindled the Sabbath lights on Friday
evenings. One of them ventured to guess that the Sab-
bath lights "drive away the sins." A similar experi-
ri ence is reported by this club leader on the question of
Kashruth. The mothers were observant to the letter
of the law, but ignorant of reasons for their observance.
Is there any wonder, then, that Jewish ceremonial-
ism is losing ground and the observance of Jewish lads
and traditions is being weakened? So long as ignor-
ance rules our ranks, we are in danger of losing ground
and of estranging our youth from us. It is evident that
we must go back to first principles to strengthen our
position. These first principles must deal with a deep-
rooted knowledge of things Jewish to the elimination
of everything that smacks of ignorance. There was a
time when the learned in Israel formed the aristocracy
in Jewry, It was an aristocracy of learning, of men
respected for their knowledge. But today we find evi-
dence, even among the most observant, of extreme ig-
norance and blind following of set rules and dogmas,
without understanding their values, or knowing the
reasons for their existence. Ignorance in turn, instead
of attracting the young repels them.
When such ignorance rules in the Jewish home,
which has for centuries been the stronghold of our peo-
ple, it weakens our securest fort. It is important, there-
fore, that the woman, who is the backbone of this
stronghold, be made first to realize the dangers that
must come from an uninformed home. Not so long ago,
the resounding lullaby in the Jewish home spoke of
learning as the best merchandise: "Torah iz die beste
sechorah." From cradle days until manhood, Jewish
boys were inspired by their mothers with this refrain.
It is time now to re-introduce this song in the home, not
only for the boys, but for the girls as well.
The schools can do much towards this end, but our
teachers alone will be helpless unless they receive their
aid from the homes. Jewish women, more so than the
men, must strive first to remove ignorance from their
homes. It is the birthright of the Jewish woman, as
the backbone of the home, to lead in fortifying this
stronghold of our people through knowledge and to
the exclusion of Ignorance. •

Honoring Aaron Sapiro.

The choice of Aaron Sapiro by a committee of ten
editors of Anglo-Jewish papers to receive the Gottheil
Medal for 1927 is certain to be acclaimed by American
Jewry as an honor well awarded.
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity annually awards a medal
to the American-Jew or non-Jew-who is considered
to have rendered the greatest service to Jewry during
the year, and the name of Aaron Sapiro towers above
all others, while his service to Israel, which resulted in
the Ford Apology, will be written in history with gold-
en letters.
Single-handedly, without the encouragement of his
fellow Jews, Mr. Sapiro set out to battle the world's
wealthiest man, not alone for his own honor, but in
defense also of the good name of his people. His dar-
ing and courage resulted in what all the great in Jewry
could not accomplish in the course of a shameful cru-
sade that the Ford millions were carrying on through.
out the world against the Jewish people. Jews and
non-Jews pleaded in vain with Ford and his hirelings
to stop their insane propaganda. Aaron Sapiro did not
talk, he acted. The result is known. The Ford Apol-
ogy is one of the most interesting triumphs for Israel
in centuries. Sapiro's daring lawsuit was directly re-
sponsible for it.
Aaron Sapiro has well earned the Gottheil Service
Medal.

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Dissention in Jewish Ranks.

An encounter in the Polish Sejm between Isaac
Gruenbaum, Zionist and 1 ader of the national minori-
ties bloc, and Elihu Kirsc l obaum, defeated member of
the Agudath Israel who was elected on the govern-
ment list instead, lent littl s honor to the Jewish name.
Deputy Kirschbaum, with the tactlessness that has al-
ways marked the methods of attack of the Agudah, was
not satisfied with calling Deputy Gruenbaum a "dema-
gogue" and a "political adventurer," but exclaimed.
when Deputy Gruenbaum objected to making a personal
issue of the discussion then before the Seim:
"I alone am entitled to speak in behalf of the Ortho-
dox Jews."
According to the J. T . A. correspondent, the en-
counter between the two J ewish deputies "called forth
smiles of satisfaction amo ng the Polish deputies."
Compelled to battle f o r the most elementary rights
of citizens, and faced at a 11 times with a hostile major-
ity, such samples of Jewis dissention tend to lend corn-
fort to the enemy and do lo good to the Jewish people.
This incident is proof of th e need among the Jewish rep-
resentatives in the Polish Sejm of a central body that
will speak for all the spo kesmen of the Jewish people
in Parliament, to the elim illation of personal squabbles
on the floor of the Sejm. The presentation of a united
force is, however. seriou sly impaired when Agudah
tactics are resorted to.

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I was sorry to see the misunderstanding between
Adolph Oche of the New York Times and the California
Jewish Review, regarding Mr. Ochs's interview with a
representative of that paper. It was reported that Mr.
Ochs had been informed by Mr. Cecil deMille, producer
of the obnoxious picture, "King of Kings," that he was
sorry he had ever produced the picture, and Mr. Ochs was
alleged to have said that every Jew who took part in the
picture was a disgrace to his people. I picked up the
item and broadcasted it through this column and the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency also passed it :long to its
group of papers. Now comes Mr. Ochs and in a sharp
telegram takes the representative of the California
Jewish Review to task for misquoting him. And the
Times owner expresses surprise that his conversation was
reported. I am in no position to testify to the accuracy
of the interview as I was not present, but surely Mr.
Ochs realizes that when he makes a statement to a
newspaper that he is likely to be quoted. In any event
while Mr. Ochs does not want to be held responsible for
the statement, yet, so far as I am concerned, I think that
Mr. deMille is, in fact, very, very sorry he ever produced
the picture and that if Mr. Ochs is not prepared to say it,
I say that Jews who participated in the production of the
picture should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting
their own people.

I am accused of being an anti-Semite; I am accused
of being for the Catholics and against the Protestants. I
am accused of being against the Catholics and for the
Protestants. And these charges are all made against me
by intelligent readers. Su one can readily understand
how easily a writer is misunderstood and misinterpreted
and misquoted by an ignoramus when men and women
far above the average are so careless in their reading.

If their ncestors were alive, I question whether the
Daughters o the American Revolution wouldn't be
ashamed to ac nowledge them in public. For these
Daughters see to me to be nothing but a self-seeking
assemblage of snobs who seek publicity on every possible
occasion and who have nothing special to recommend
them except that they were born in "rebel" families.
These "Daughters" probably forget that the same type
of men and women who they accuse as being dangerous
citizens of the republic, are exactly the type that fought
against England and WHO WERE THE BOLSHEVISTS
and the MENACE of THEIR DAY. Thank God, the
ancestors had a truer understanding of the meaning of
Americanism than there meddlesome women who are
seeing things.

I believe you have surely heard of the great B-
Rabbi, my great name and the noise in the papers while
I traveled through America. Many became devoted to me
and promised me: Go Rabbi to Palestine and we will do all
we can for your existence there, to learn the Holy Thera,
and when returning to Pal ,sstine I found that all my friends
have slowly forgotten in me, being afar. I am therefore

in great want, my health does not allow me to return to
U. S. and being unable to do anything else, I find myself
with my holy family in the midst of the sea, who suffer
great necessity, while I am unable to bear it.
My heart aches to see the hunger of my family. I am

therefore obliged to request you, after that you are well
known with your American noble feelings to do charity to
every needy, and that you love the holy Thora. You
respect Rabbis and God's servants. Kindly have pity on
my holy family. Help me with all your possibility. Take
share to help us in my present bad condition in the Holy
land. You will quench our poor souls by your small assist-
ance and earn great meri ts.
I promise you to pray for you all at the Kotel Hamaarvi
(Wailing Wall) and I bit s5 you and your worthy family
a happy good long life. I lappiness and prosperity in every
respect. The merits of ny holy family may byntand you
in reward of your great kind charity. As wish and pray

RABBI M- A. F-.

Such is one of the pleas of a "holy family" from
Jerusalem. Perhaps this, too, is one of the symbols of
the passing of a dying generation, in whose place an
army of Chalutzim is building a new structure based on
principles of social justice.

The D. A. R. Anathema List.

The "blacklist" of _t.1 is-Daughters of the American
Revolution contains am )ng others the names of Pro-
fessors Felix Frankfurte r and Horace M. Kallen, Rab-
his Judah L. Magnes a nd Stephen S. Wise and Miss
Susan Brandeis, and am Long the banned organizations
is the Council of Jewish Women. But as if this listing,
as far as Jews are co ncerned, were not ridiculous
enough, the D. A. R. in eludes in its list the American
Christian Fund for Jew ish Relief. If this weren't so
comical, the action of t Lese American ladies would be
tragic indeed.

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The impertinent group has the audacity to "black list"
some of the ablest men and women 411 public life in this
country. They list William Allen White, Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise, Prof. Felix Frankfurther, John Dewey and
others equally as patriotic and eminent as beyond the
pale. They select also representative Jewish and Chris-
tian organizations. For example: the League of Jewish
Women is named as on the black list, the National Cath-
olic Welfare Council and the National Association of
Colored People. Will Allen White, the Emporia editor,
says that Mrs. Prosseau, president-general of the D. A.
IL, has evidently a soft spot in her heart for the Klan.
For it does seem as if the Klan's enemies are Mrs. Pros-
seau's. A fine patriot indeed is this woman who in her
narrowness and intolerance, gives the lie to everything
that the founders of this government advocated. I would
like to see the credentials of the members of the D. A. R.
and to follow through the life histories of some of their
ancestors. It would be an interesting revelation showing
the difference between what true Americanism is and
the imitation brand being circulated by a group of women
who have too much time on their hands and nothing
to do.

I seriously question the propriety and the wisdom of
Rabbi Jacob Katz of the Montefiore Congregation, New
York City, in endorsing the candidacy of Governor Smith
for the presidency from the pulpit during the Passover
services A rabbi has a perfect right to express himself
as a citizen on political candidates, or, if there is a grave
moral issue involved, he may have a right to express his
preference even from the pulpit. But it seems to me
that while the Republican party is pretty well smeared
with oil, that doesn't signify that Ilerbert Hoover or
some other outstanding representative of the Republican
party would not be as honest in his administration as Gov-
ernor Smith. It is unfair to assume that no Republican
can be trusted to redeem the nation from the oil scandal.
And it would be inexcusable to boost Hoover as it was
inexcusable to endorse Smith from the pulpit, in the cir-
cumstances. There is no politics in this statement of
mine and no religious prejudice because I am an admirer
of "Al" Smith. But, that has nothing to do with the mat-
ter of a rabbi using his pulpit to become a political fac-
tionist.

Jewish children from one end of the country to the
other are corralling public school, high school and college
honors. By this time students have become more or less
reconciled to the fact that through heredity or environ-
ment the Jewish child is represented in an important way
in all honor lists. A copy of The Forward, a publication
of the Taylor Alderdice High School of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
carries the announcement that the Parent-Teachers'
Association awarded to Geraldine Alter, one of the
youngest members of her class, the prize to the highest
honor pupil that "has no grade less than A in the final
reports for the last two semesters of the year." She was
awarded for this distinguished record a trip to Washing-
ton, D. C. As this young miss is a talented writer some
day she may follow the footsteps of her father, David
Alter, who is one of the best-known publishers in the field
of Jewish journalism.

At last one Masonic group had sufficient respect for
the good name of Masonry to change its name so as not
to place itself in an equivocal position. The Metropolitan
Masons Country Club of Briarcliff, N. Y., does not want
Jews as members, so at the suggestion of the Grand
Master of Masonry in the state of New York the name of
the club was changed to Metropolitan Manor Country
Club. Thus was the good name of Masonry protected
(?). I am not a Mason, for that matter, I don't believe
in and don't belong to any secret order. But it does
seem strange that a fraternity that prides itself on the
character of its brotherhood should show itself so un-
brotherly as to exclude members because they are Jews.
One cannot, of course, hold Masonry responsible for the
acts of some of its narrow-minded and intolerant mem-
bers, but one would imagine that there should be some
form of discipline to cover such transgressions of the pri-
mary principles of brotherhood. My readers will recall
that Justice Tompkins of the Supreme Court of New
York resigned from the country club in question because
he discovered that it had in effect a Jewish exclusion act,
which he declared was contrary to all Masonic teachings.
But of what use are professions when practices contra-
dict those professions?

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It takes only 20 hours by train
from Warsaw to Riga, but what a
world of difference these 20 hours
make in the legal condition of the
Jews in Poland and Latvia!
The average Polish Jew is psy-
chologically in a state of slavery,
fearful of the powers that be. The
Latvian Jew impresses me as a
perfectly free and independent
person. The authorities inspire
him with no fear, for the Latvian
government grants to the Jewish
citizens every right that the
American Jew enjoys, and the re-
sult is that the Jew in Latvia - feels
himself fully the equal of any
other citizen.
The difference in the status of
the Polish Jews becomes apparent
the moment one crosses the bottler
into Poland from Germany.
Where is there the Jew who will
dare speak Yiddish in a railway
carriage in Poland? Until he
reaches the Polish frontier station,
he will converse with his traveling
companion in Yiddish, German or
any other language he happens to
know; no sooner, however, has
the train crossed the borderline
and the Polish customs officer
made his appearance than our Jew
will forget that he knows any
other language but Polish. This is
due, in part, to the fact that he be-
lieves that any other language
will offend the Polish officer or
fellow traveled, and partly to his
fear of demonstrating his Jewish.
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By B. SMOLAR

I wrote to Mr. Sapiro the other day congratulating
him upon his selection and mentioned incidentally that I
observed he was engaged in merging and underwriting
everything in sight. So I told him that if he could
organize the different factions in American Jewry on a
co-operative basis, that I wculd personally present him
with a medal even handsomer than the one he is going to
get in SEW York on. May 10 from the Z. B. T. Ile will
probably be getting to work on the job pretty soon and
we may expect as a result, one of the most astonishing
love feasts ever recorded in the Jewish press.

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Latvia as Seen from a Train Window.

I am glad that Aaron Sapiro was awarded the Richard
Gottheil Medal. The Jews of the country,' that is oh,
representative ones. were slackers when it came getting
behind Sapiro in his Ford suit. But after it was all over
they were eager to climb into his bandwagon and cheer
along with the rest of the country. A month ago I said
I had made up my mind for whom I was going to vote
a' the individual who had contributed the most to Jewish
welfare during the year 1927. It was Sapiro I had in
mind and I didn't lose a moment in sending my ballot
through to George Macy, secretary of the Zeta Beta Tau
in New York, as it is this fraternity which offers the Got-
theil medal. Ten editors of Jewish papers are invited to
make the selection. Two years ago Rabbi Stephen Wise
was awarded the medal and last year David Brown was
the recipient. It is interesting to note that Nathan Straus
and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., were among those for whom
ballots were cast. But on the second ballot Aaron Sapiro
was the victor.

Curious examples of t he use of the English language
come from Palestine. Si ice the advent of British rule,
and since the almost un • versal claim upon American
Jewry as the rich uncle of the less fortunate Jews of
the world, all sorts of app eals go forth from Zion. The
language, modelled afte • a mixture of Shakesperean-
isms, adaptations from t le King James version of the
;
Bible and Yiddishisms, is unique. During certain per
iods of the year, the edi tor's mail is virtually flooded
with appeals, of which th e following is a sample:

for you.

A Traveller Glances at Eastern Europe

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confident that all these Jews in
Ct. $
our compartment stand ready to
confirm the truth of what he had
just told me. To me, as an Ameri-
can Jew, this unanimous praise for
the Latvian government, has a
sweet sound, after all the com-
plaints that Jews in eastern Eu-
rope have to make against the
treatment they are receiving at ))41- ';
the hands of their several govern-
ments. This is the first time since
my arrival in eastern Europe that
I hear none of the bitter com-
plaints by Jewish travelers which
I had heard in Poland and which
one hears in Rumania, Hungary,
Lithuania and sonic other parts of
Europe.
"I shall bring here Mr. Lasarson,
our Jewish deputy in the Sejm,"
volunteers one of our Jewish pas-
sengers. "Ile is traveling in this
train and he will tell you a great
deal more about the condition of
the Jews in Latvia."

Conditions Not Difficult.

The Atmosphere Changes.

As one approaches the Latvian
frontier, the atmosphere changes
radically. As soon as our train
reached the first station in that
country, and Jewish passengers be-
gan to come on board, Yiddish
celebrated its resurrection from
the Polish grave. The first person
to enter our compartment was a
young Jew from Dvinsk, After a
glance at me and the Lettish pas-
senger traveling in my compart-
ment, he addressel me in un-
abashed Yiddish:
"A Jew?"
"Yes, a Jew."
Noticing my language, he in-
quired:
"From America?"
It did not require much time
for the rest of the passengers on
the train to become aware that an
American Jew was traveling with
them. Our compartment was
quickly crowded with interested
curious Jews. Everybody appeared
to be eager for a glimpse of "the
Jew from America" and there was
an animated conversation in Yid-
dish, reminding me of a real
"kibezerne." In fact, I almost
felt sorry for that lone Lettish
traveler caught in this Babel of
Yiddish tongues and sitting for-
lornly in his corner, unable to
understand a word of all this talk,
I could not help at this moment
thinking how. after we had crossed
from the German side into Poland,
when the first Pole entered our
compartment, I felt distinctly and
unmistakably that we were really
in Poland, for this new passenger
made us feel very plainly that this
was his own country, in spite of
the fact that the other occupants
of the compartment were not
Poles, but English and American.

The Lot of the Latvian Jew.

The farther we progressed in
Latvia the more Yiddish was heard
in our train. There were Jewish
merchants discussing business in
Yiddish, talking about politics and
listening to reports about the Leip-
zig fair. Not a sign of fear could
be noticed in their manner and
appearance. There was all the
freedom and independence of the
New York Jew traveling in the
subway about these Latvian Jews,
and the contrast with the appear-
ance of the Polish Jews was strik-
ing.
"Well, how do you Jews get
along in Latvia?" I inquired.
"Quite well," replied the swar-
thy young Jew from Dvinsk,
promptly.
He then went on to say that the
lot of the Jews in his country was
such that they could not complain.
"We enjoy our national rights in
the fullest sense of the term, our
representation in the Sera is
strictly in proportion to our Jew-
ish population, Jewish schools are
supported by the government, and
even the Jewish theater is subsi-
dized from the state treasury. The
Jewish theater in Riga, for exam-
ple, receives a government sub-
sidy of $6,000 a season."
My informant tells me that he is

A few moments later I find my-
self engrossed in conversation
with M. Lasarson and the rabbi of
Dvinsk. The rabbi, with a face be-
speaking deep piety and saintli-
ness, has made himself quite at
home in our compartment and
donned his skullcap.
Of medium stature, the typical
Jewish intellectual in appearance,
Professor Lasarson is one of the
five Jewish deputies in the Lat-
vian parliament. He is a professor
of jurisprudence and his profes-
sorship dates back to his days i n
Russia. He is one of the most out-
standing leaders of Jewry in Lat-
via and a member of the Zeirei
Zion.
"It is not so difficult to be a
Jewish representative in the Lat-
vian Sejm," he. tells me. "With
the problems that vex Gruenbaum
in the Warsaw Sejm, or a Jewish
deputy in the parliament of Ru-
mania, we, here, are fortunately
not afflicted. 1Ve find no need
here to fight all the time for our
rights, which are granted to us as
a matter of course; Latvia today
is the only one among the post-
war succession states where we
Jews, and other national minori-
ties, are treated more or less fair-
ly. The Jew in this country is a
full-fledged citizen, and the gov-
ernment recognizes and satisfies,
so far as possible with the means
at its disposal, our national needs.
Rabid anti-Semitism and discrimi-
nation are conspicuous by their
absence, and when the agrarian
reform was inaugurated, Jews
were given every opportunity to
acquire land on equal terms with
non-Jews. As for our urban com-
munities, nearly all our Jewish
cultural institutions receive gen-
erous subsidies from the central
as well as local governments."
Professor Lasarson speaks so
simply and convincingly that I feel
almost like a Latvian patriot even
before I have reached the capital
city of Riga. The circumstance
that a deputy in parliament, a ven-
erable rabbi, and an average Jew
agree in telling me nothing but
good things about the government
under which they live-this cir-
cumstance seems to speak volumes.
After the terror which I obstrved
in Poland during the Sejm elec-
tion, it is not surprising that a
person should grow sentimental on
being told that there is a country
next door to Poland where Jews
are not maltreated and where they
enjoy all the rights of free citi-
zens.

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PROLETARIAN STUDENTS
TO FIGHT ANTI-SEMITISM
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Action Taken After Report Heard
of Growing Prejudice.

MOSCOW.-(J. T. A.)-A de-
cision to strengthen the fight
against anti-Semitism in the higher
schools was taken by the Central
Bureau of Proletarian Students
after it had heard a report of the
attack on a Jewish student in the
dormitory of the Charkoff High
School and a report of anti-Jewish
sentiments in other high schools
and colleges.
The Charkoff Technological In-
stitute, where the incident oc-
curred, resolved to expel those
guilty of perpetrating the attack
and demanded that they receive
the severest punishment.
Der Stern urges Jewish students
to fight against any anti-Semitic
attackers.

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THE RABBI KNOWS

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A Sheaf of Sheilas

By RABBI LEON FRAM

DiseCIO, of Religious

Education, 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. On what Jewish ceremony is
the Christian Mass based?
2. What Jewish holiday was Jes-
us celebrating in His Last Supper?
3. In what book of the Bible do
we find the expression "He will
turn the hearts of the fathers to the
children, and the hearts of the chil-
dren to the fathers?"
4. To whom does the quotation
in question three refer?
5. What book of the Bible con-
tains the phrase "Love is strong as
death?"
6. What is the meaning of She-
vuos?
7. What is the significance of
Shevuos'.
8. What was the natural occa-
sion for the feast of Shevuos?
9. Why is Shevuos called the
Feast of the First Ripe Fruits?
10. What is the historical occa-
sion for the celebration of Shet uos?

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11. By what special ceremony has
Reform Judaism embellished the
holiday of Slimes?
12. How do Orthodox Jews ob-
serve Confirmation?
13. What is the Hebrew term for
Confirmation?
It. What is the outstanding dif-
ference between Reform and Ortho-
dox Confirmation?
15. What is the Law of Glean-
ing?
16. What famous Biblical char-
acter supported herself for a little
while by means of the Law of
Gleaning?
17. What Rabbi said that the
Song of Songs is the holiest of all
the books of the Bible?
10. What is the modern inter-
pretation of the Song of Songs?
19. What interpretation did the
Rabbis give to the Song of Songs?
20. Name two great poets whose
work is influenced by the Song of
Songs?

(Answers on Page 8.)

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