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Sabbath Readings of the Torah
Pentateuchal portions-Deut. 14:22-16:17; Num. 28:26-31.
Prophetical portions-Hab. 3:1-19.
May 25, 1928
Sivan 6, 5688
The Need for a Jewish Hospital.
A recent meeting of Detroit Jewish physicians has
forced the issue of the need for a Jewish hospital in
this city, with the result that a number of communal
leaders have endorsed the movement. The immediate
aim of a representative group here is to unite public
opinion in favor of the project, with the possibility that
work on such a Jewish hospital may be begun within
two years.
Many reasons have been advanced in favor of such
a hospital. From a non-Jewish viewpoint it is declared
to be an important necessity because Detroit is under-
hospitalized, there being only three beds to every thou-
sand population, as compared with five to seven in
other large cities. The Jewish viewpoint urging the
building of a Jewish hospital points to existing preju-
dices in local hospitals; it shows the need for a hospital
where Kosher food will be served and Orthodox Jews
made to feel more at home than they do in many sec-
tarian hospitals to which they are compelled to go for
lack of other accomodations. The most important rea-
son advanced, however, is that a Jewish hospital is
, absolutely necessary to raise the standards of Jewish
physicians. ,
While it is generally admitted that there are many
good Jewish physicians in the city, there is a serious
complaint that they are being ridiculed by their Gen-
tile colleagues, and this belittling receives weight and
importance from the fact that Jewish doctors are un-
able to form hospital connections, only one important
local hospital having granted them a proportionately
due number of appointments to its staff. The difficulty
confronting Jewish doctors in finding beds for their
patients in local hospitals, a situation which is declared
to be growing ever-worse, is in a sense demoralizing
the standards of the physiciani, and their leaders see
no other chance of solution except in the construction
of a Jewish hospital.
Detroit is the only city of importance in the United
States without a Jewish hospital. In other centers, the
building of hospitals by Jews had the immediate )effect
of compelling greater professional courtesy on the part
of the non-Jewish physicians towards their Jewish col-
leagues. Such Jewish institutions also encouraged
friendly exchanges of hospital privileges and elimi-
nated bitterness.
The raising of professional standards of Jewish
physicians is not a subject for light treatment. Preju-
dices against Jewish students in Hungarian, Rumanian
and Polish universities have aroused the anger of
American Jews during the past few years. The abuse
leveled against Jewish professional men in European
countries was the subject for protests from this country.
The needs of our own immediate communities, how-
ever, have been forgotten in this process of constantly
protesting against the evils of ,anti-Semitism abroad.
Jewish War Relief Work has drawn attention of Amer-
ican Jewry to the needs of Yeshivahs in Poland and
Lithuania, and in many American Jewish communities
the education of Jewish youths has been so neglected
that there have grown in our midst gangs of all colors.
We protested against anti-Semitism in universities
abroad, but neglected the problems of our profesisonal
men in this country. The failure to build a Jewish
hospital in this city may, perhaps, be ascribed to some
of these neglects.
It is natural that the movement for a Detroit Jew-
ish hospital should have been renewed by the Jewish
physicians. They feel the need more than the laymen.
It is encouraging that some of the outstanding leaders
in the community should be offering their aid to the
movement. Perhaps it will really not be more than two
years before the foundation is actually laid for such a
hospital.
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Russia Again Hounds Her "Zhids."
The gravest concern of our people today is the fate
of more than a million Jews in Soviet Russia. More
than a third the total number of Jeys in Russia are
endangered by starvation. Traders under the rule of
the Czars, these Jews are now unable to follow their
natural calling and, in spite of their willingness to do
anything by which to earn their bread, they are not
even offered the chance of the most menial labor to eke
out a livelihood. On top of his being subjected to the
same sufferings that affect the non-Jewish population,
by virtue of the economic conditions in the land, the
Jew in Soviet Russia is today the target of a violent
wave of anti-Semitism, said to be more dangerous even
than the Jew-hatred of Czarist times because "it is a
more conscious one."
According to the Soviet organ Pravda, anti-Semites
have again adopted the slogan "Kill the Jews and save
Russia." Anti-Jewish proclamations have been issued
in Charkoff, Moscow and other cities. "You remember
the old pogroms, he careful," is the warning that was
made by the Communist official Kolbasin in a letter to
his Jewish neighbor Rosenbaum in Moscow.
The attitude of Pravda and other official and unof-
ficial Soviet organs in combating anti-Semitism is a
cause for some relief in the situation. By bringing the
facts of the prevalence of anti-Semitism to the atten-
tion of public opinion, these periodicals hope to pre-
vent Jew-baiting from bringing damage "not only to
the Jews but the government as well," as was pointed
out by Pravda.
But the appeals to reason appear to fall on deaf
ears. Those Jewish workers who managed to find em-
ployment in Russian factories are hounded and insult-
ed by their Christian fellow workers. It is reported
that at the factory "Lit" in Leningrad Jewish workers
were attacked by anti-Semites who shouted "Zhidy"
at them, humiliated them by measuring their noses, and
inscribed on the walls of their factory : "Fight Zhids,
save Russia."
In the Soviet schools the actions of the non-Jewish
students have been in no wise different from the bar-
baric actions of the students in Hungary and Rumania.
In Ostashkoff, as reported recently, a Jewish student
was even lured to an island and punished for the cruci-
fixion of Jesus.
With the spread of anti-Semitism in the factories,
in the schools, among Russian officialdom, the condi-
tions affecting the million unemployed Jews in Russia
are by far more tragic than those that affected them
under the regime of the czars. Unless the liberal Sov-
iet forces succeed in checking the spread of this Jew-
hatred, there is danger even of the exclusion from the
factories of those Jews who are now fortunate enough
to be employed. If the present large number of unfor-
tunate and starving Russian Jews is increased, as a re-
sult of growing antagonism, we fear very much for the
fate of our peoples, thus driven by despair and dis-
couragement into complete despondency and loss of
hope.
The position of Russian Jewry is of course serious-
ly, if not entirely, affected by the economic conditions
in the land. It is predicted that a change for the bet-
ter in Russia's economic state will immediately also af-
fect the Jews for the better. But if anti-Semitism will
not only be permitted but will even be sanctioned by
Soviet officials, even this hope is weakened. The Rus-
sian Soviet faces an important responsibility for its own
good in eradicating the feeling of anti-Jewishness that
has swept the land. Even workers' republics may suf-
fer from an anti-semitic policy, just as reactionary gov-
ernments have previously suffered from permitting the
hounding of their Jews. .
Another Hebrew School.
Beginning with the Fall, more Jewish boys and
girls in the city will be offered an opportunity of a
Hebrew education, and another new And large Jewish
district will be provided with a Hebrew school center.
This is precisely what the laying of the cornerstone
for the sixth branch of the United Hebrew Schools of
Detroit, this Sunday afternoon, in the Dexter section,
means for Detroit Jewry. And because it means this,
the occasion ought really to be a holiday for our peo-
ple.
The term "holiday" is not used here simply to com-
pliment the work of the board of directors of the United
Hebrew Schools.-which, by the way, we sincerely do,
-but to convey the full importance of the occasion.
We have already pointed out, in our leading editorial
last week, that the ignorance which prevails in Jewish
ranks about things Jewish is creating an internal prob-
lem which is overshadowing the external Jewish prob-
lem so far as our relations with our non-Jewish neigh-
bors are concerned. Every new school structure. in-
tended to acommodate more boys and girls, in a Jew-
ish environment, for the purpose of Jewish study, helps
to solve this internal problem. Every attempt to stamp
out ignorance in our ranks is an occasion for rejoicing
and holiday spirit. The United Hebrew Schools, serv-
ing as the all-important educational agency in our
community, deserves the unstinted support of all Jews
because it ably and conscientiously strives to do well
the most urgent work of educating the young.
Jean Henri Dunant.
In connection with our special article on Jean Henri
Dunant, founder of the Red Cross and one of Zionism's
most interesting prophets long before the Zionist Or-
ganization was formed, in last week's issue, it is inter-
esting to note that very little biographical material is
available about him. Except for a few lines in encyclo-
pedias and passing mention of his "Souvenir de Sol-
fernio" in books dealing with Red Cross history, his
name is practically unknown. His interest in Palestine
has also been dealt with very little, and the only space
of note devoted to it is to be found in Nahum Sokolow's
"History of Zionism."
Dunant, after founding the Red Cross, was thought
dead for many years until he was found in an old
folks home in a small Swiss village in 1893. After a
lapse of more than twenty years of seclusion and a life
of poverty, public attention was again attracted to this
great humanitarian and led to his receiving the first
Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
Had he lived in our day this great and modest man
might have been annoyed by conditions under which
a Lindbergh is hounded by newspapermen and a Tun-
ney is invited to lecture on Shakespeare at Yale Univer-
sity. Perhaps it was Zionism's luck that this truly
great man was really modest and nobly humanitarian
and therefore included in his life's idealism an effort
also in behalf of the much oppressed ancient Jewish
people.
Decrease in Immigration.
The Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society,
in a report of its activities, makes public the number of
Jewish immigrant arrivals at United States ports dur-
ing the first quarter of 1928. During this period, 3,445
Jewish aliens arrived, 782 of which are non-immi-
grants. This will bring the total for the year to a little
over 10,000, or as many as came here annually dur-
ing the past three years.
The number of Jewish immigrants to the United
States reached its peak in 1906. During that year,
153,748 Jews entered. In 1914, the fatal year of the
outbreak of the World War, 138,051 Jews entered, and
the figures then dropped to comparative insignificance.
Except for 1921, when 119,036 Jews came here, the
number of our people as well as other immigrants ad-
mitted during the past 14 years testify to this country's
resignation from its honored place as the world's haven
of refuge for the oppressed of all nations.
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GiAS. I+. JOSEPH'
One can hardly expect a Catholic journal to consider
the Mexican situation affecting the Church dispassion-
ately or with any degree of impartiality. So I am not
surprised when I receive a marked copy of a Catholic
paper called the "Antidote" (the marking, by the way,
being done by the publishers or some members of the
editorial staff) which calls attention to an article cap-
tioned:
BLINDFOLDED AMERICA
Religious Prejudice, Labor, Capital and Jewish
Interests Have Combined to Blindfold America to
the Red Peril Which Threatens Our Republic via
the Far East and Mexico.
Now this is pure bunk. First of all, Capital is the
last to encourage the Red Peril in this country, which
writes the whole article out of court. The Antidote
attempts by quoting an article from the Reflex magazine
to show that many Mexican officials, including Callen him-
self, is related to Jews through ties of blood. Be that
as it may, there is no evidence that because Mexico sees
fit to deal with the Catholic Church in its own way, that
that Means Communism (for we presume that is what is
meant by the "Red Peril") is being encouraged. And
it is hitting below the belt to suggest that the Jews of
the United States are sympathetically encouraging Mex-
ico in her attitude toward the Catholic Church, particu-
larly those "who are radical in their politics and those
who have large investments in Mexican oil and other
properties."
We dislike very much to see a group deliberately set
itself to the task of creating race or religious prejudice.
And that is exactly what this Catholic magazine is trying
to do-and I venture to suggest that the Catholics should
be the last people in all the world to engage in that sort
of business.
I am in receipt of the following letter from one who
signs himself "Jewish Youth":
While reading the controversy on prohibition
between the Rev. Tinsley and the Rev. Duncan, I
noticed a reference to the United States Supreme
court declaring this a Christian nation. How can
it be in face of the declaration of the Constitu-
tion?" •
The "Jewish Youth" is not the only one that has
been puzzled by the apparent nullification of the first
article of the Amendments to the Constitution which
says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an estab-
lishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof." I do not believe that the Supreme Court of
the United States ever declared this to be a Christian
nation. I will quote from the very able book of the Rev.
Albert C. Dieffenbach, of Boston, entitled "Religious
Liberty," which seems to agree with me. Dr. Dieffen-
bach gays.
Did not a learned Justice of the United States
Supreme Court once declare in a book that this is
a Christian nation? Coming from one as near
infallibility as American mortals may be, it was
believed as though it were true . . . In Pennsyl-
vania there is a decision of the State Supreme
Court which says, "The declaration that Chris-
tianity is part of the law of the land is a sume:ry
description of an existing and very obvious con-
dition of our institutions .. . . It is involvea in
our social nature that even those among us who
reject Christianity cannot get clear of its influ-
ence, or reject those sentiments, customs, and
principles which it has spread among the people,
so that, like the air we breathe, they have become
the common stock of the whole country and
essential elements of its life." And Chancellor
Kent, of New York, declared in a leading case
that the "Constitution of the state did not pro-
.. hibit the courts or the legislature from regarding
the Christian religion as the religion of the people
as distinguished from the false religion of the
world."
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To my mind this is a distinct violation of the letter
and the spirit of the Constitution of the United States.
What can be done about it I don't know. Many legis-
latures through religious legislation have boldly pro-
claimed that anything which is in violation of Christian
fundamentalist teachings as embodied in the Bible can
be made a violation of the law of the state. And they
proceeded to demonstrate it by making it unlawful to
teach evolution in the public schools. It seems to me
that it is merely a matter of right, as represented by the
majority of voters being right. That virtually was the
position taken by the late William Jennings Bryan. So
we have officially a Christian nation because the Chris-
tians are in the majority, but that cannot alter the judg-
ment of those who believe in Jeffersonian principles that
such a position is contrary to the spirit and letter of the
Constitution.
From Boston comes this letter:
Dear Mr. Joseph:
I, one of the regular readers of the Boston
' Jewish Advocate, read always with great interest
your "Random Thoughts." Now this week I
differ from and with your conclusions regarding
-Mr. Louis Lipsky. I am not a Zionist, but its
interests are very near to my heart, and they, the
interests, should stand higher than any person or
persons. So, if Mr. Lipsky is an idealist and the
interests of Zionism are so dear to his heart, he
should resign from its leadership for the sake of
harmony, and become one of the workers for his
idea of Zionism. Otherwise, if Mr. Lipsky insists
on being the leader under all circumstances, I
must come to conclude that he is after honor and
not the welfare of Zionism.
M. J. M.
I cannot see anything in the quoted letter that influ-
ences me to change my position. If I were in Mr.
Lipsky's place I would not be inclined to retire under
fire and carry with me into my retirement all the igno-
miny created by the accusations brought against me.
He has been charged with grave delinquencies and he
is justified in presenting his case to the Zionist organ-
ization. If in that event he should not be granted a vote
of confidence, then like all other leaders, he should retire.
If vindicated, then he might also find it to his advantage
and to the advantage of the movement to turn over the
leadership to someone else. But knowing Mr. Lipsky
from almost the first year of his interest in Zionism and
knowing what service he gave to the cause at a time
when a real sacrifice was involved, I cannot retract my
statement that in my judgment he has' given his life to
the cause-and whatever mistakes he may have made
were mistakes of judgment and that he himself did not
profit thereby. Surely not in a financial way.
A group of Jewish students belonging to one of the
fraternities of the University of Pittsburgh held an
"Employment Conference" for the purpose of discussing
the topic "Employment of Jewish Graduates." This
seems to me to be a most significant act and it indicates
the recognition of the fact that there see definite
restrictions in the path of Jewish graduates of universi-
ties. I have tried from time to time to point out these
restrictions and to emphasize that they are quite real.
Perhaps I shall be able later on to gather the results of
these conferences (as more than one have been held) and
to present them to my readers.
The discussion attempted to find answers to -Such
questions as:
1. Does the Jewish graduate find it difficult to secure
employment?
2. What objections do employers advance and are
they valid?
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3. How can we increase the demand for Jewish
graduates?
Perhaps other Jewish groups can follow the example
of the Pittsburgh students. Most of us are inclined to
consider this matter too lightly, but I warn my readers
that the field of opportunity for the Jewish professional
and non-professional graduate is becoming increasingly
limited. Only the other day I received information
which, if shown to be correct, I can publish, that one of
America's outstanding corporations after engaging a
Jewish girl without knowing at the time that she was a
Jewess, dismissed her immediately upon discovering the
fact.
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"THE ISLAND WITHIN"
A Review of Ludwig Lewisohn's Great Book.
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Ludwig Lewisohn, great essay-
ist and critic, has suddenly
merged as the champion of the
Jewish cause, and is today the out-
standing example in the world of
the man who was ignorant of
things Jewish and, forced by con-
ditions to take note of his Jewish-
ness, is today proud and even
happy to brag about his Jewish-
ness. "The Island Within" proves
this.
His metamorphosis has already
been discussed by Rabbi Leon
Fram, in a recent article in these
columns, and it isn't necessary to
touch upon that again. Some re-
viewers, Dr. Rudolph I. Coffee, for
example, referred to the author of
"The Island Within" as "The Jew
who came hack." This is a mis-
nomer. Lewisohn was never Jew-
ish, neither in training, nor as a
result of home or any other influ-
ence. Everything about him, in
fact, pulled him in the other direc-
tion. Without his being and living
in the other extreme, as a non-Jew,
anxious to live down his Jewish
birth and fly from everything Jew-
ish, his complete "return," if it is
at all possible to use this term,
would have been impossible.
The Two Jewish CI
.
There are, after all, two classes
of Jews: There is the Jew who is
happy in his Jewishness, and there
is the other extreme that is very,
very unhappy to be Jewish. The
first can never suffer, the second
can't help but suffer. Lewisohn
belonged to the second class. He
wanted to fly from Jews and Jew-
ishness; he did everything in his
power to align himself with radi-
cal forces, with assimilationists,
with preachers of internationalism;
he tries to find relief in everything
that was foreign to Judaism,-
yet the more "trefe" he wanted to
eat the more he was taunted for
being a Jew.
So Lewisohn naturally suffered.
His suffering represented the suf-
fering of all in his class, who al-
ways shouted "hush, hush," lest
their neighbors learn that they are
Jewish. The author of "Up-
stream," "Israel" and "The Island
Within" sought a solution for his
suffering. His radicalism and in-
ternationalism did not offer relief.
His intermarriage was an unhappy
one. His pacifism brought him
trouble. So he decided on a com-
plete "about face" in his tactics,
and came to Jews and Judaism, as
a 100 per cent Jew.
Lewisohn did not come to his
people hurriedly, without deliber-
ating on his course, or without rea-
son. His books show that he stud-
ied his own and the Jewish prob-
lem. The unwritten story similar-
ly reveals the importance of his
actions in the last few years. Be-
fore he went to Palestine, he stud-
ied Yiddish and some Hebrew. He
went to Poland and watched the
life of Ghetto Jewry. Ile then
wended his trek to Vienna, and
there, under the tutelage of Mar-
tin Huber, studied Chassidic life
and lore, and today, as revealed
in the stories and sentiments he
relates in "The Island Within," he
is a veritable Chassid.
Step by Step.
Step by step, Lewisohn became
the champion of things Jewish.
"The Island Within" pictures
the transition of a Jewish family,
from Poland to Germany, from
Germany to the United States, and
the reader is introduced to the
heartstrings of a young man,-
Dr. Levy,-who is uninformed
Jewishly, who ignorantly removes
himself from the Jewish fold, who,
like Lewisohn in real life, is given
a taste of intermarriage, and who,
like the author, comes back.
The come-back is staged in •
spirit of pride. The non-Jewish
environment robbed the assimila-
tionist Jew of his Jewish soul, of
his Jewish spirit; he rebelled,
came back to his people, came back
to his own. Through a process of
education, the hero of this novel
learns that the Jew, like the Eng-
lishman who takes pride in his
ancestry, or the Scotchman who
glories in family history, can point
with equal pride to a Jewish no-
bility.
"The Island Within," spiced with
brilliant essays on Jewish life and
history, sprinkled with Jewish
stories, written in the passionate
outburst of a man who rejoices at
having re-discovered himself and
his people, is without a doubt the
greatest book of the age. Lewisohn
rises above confession: he passed
that stage. In this book he shouts
for joy, the new joy of living as
a Jew and lighting his Jewish bat
tie as a Jew.
A Parable on Noise.
Lewisohn does not hesitate in his
defense of his people. Towards
the end of the book he speaks of
the experience of Dr. Levy in the
Beth Yehuda Hospital, whose staff
he joined. One of the doctors ob-
jected to the noise of the Jewish
patients, and Dr. Hertz, the chief,
who was accustomed to talk in
parables during the staff meet-
ings," told the following:
"Do you know the experience of
the American Jewish gentleman in
the subway? An Irish lady of 45
came in, the wife, let us say, of a
prosperous contractor. Very fat.
Very bumptious and very, very
heavily hung with diamonds. Her
ungloved fingers glittered. With-
in him the American Jewish gen-
tleman smiled a tolerant and
amused smile. Next a Jewish lady
came in. A description of her, ex-
cept fur color, would be identical
with that of the Irish lady. The
Jewish lady's husband was in
cloaks and suits. A flush of rage
darkened the face of the American
Jewish gentleman and he said in
his heart: 'Christ, how vulgar.'"
We quote further from Dr.
Hertz's speech:
"Ponder that anecdote, Doctor
Gerson. It holds the key to all
your difficulties. But under no
circumstances" - his face grew
stern--"is the wailing of the old
ladies to be interfered with. Our
Mother Rachel also wailed."
Thus, Lewisohn is ready to ex-
plain and excuse even what people
insist on calling faults in the Jew.
He would not stop the wailing of
old Jewish ladies in hospitals, be-
cause Irish ladies in similar cir-
cumstances also wail, and besides,
"our Mother Rachel also wailed!"
Ile justifies everything with his
newly acquired historical knowl-
edge.
The Island Within" is a great
hook. If it could be brought to
every home and even made a text-
book in some classes, it might even
do the great gOod of opening the
eyes of some young men and wo-
men to the evils of ignorance
about things Jewish.
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TIIE RELIGION CALLED BE-
HAVIORISM, by Dr. Louis Ber-
man, Boni and Liveright, New
York, ($1.75).
A Review by Dr. Noah E. Aron-
slam.
The author in the opening chap-
ter makes use of the following re-
marks: "Urgently today the world
needs a great new religion. Chris-
tianity is dead, Judaism is dead,
Mohammedanism is dead, Buddh-
ism is dead, for all spiritual pur-
poses. To the intelligent Jew and
Christian there is no spell left in
the obsolescent doctrine of their
forefathers."
Two main currents of psychol-
ogy are discussed in this little vol-
ume. On one hand Behaviorism,
stinging science, art, pedagogy and
even insiduously invading the field
of politics and sociology, wages
war against Gestaltism, a theory
with a purpose, with fredom of con-
duct and thought, with a will to
create and evolve, not subject to
predetermination or predestina-
tion. The danger of Behaviorism
or the theory of Conditioned' Ile-
flexes is its blind adherence to the
inevitable. Its protagonists deny
any selection or emergence in evo-
lution, nor do they permit the in-
clusion of freedom, purpose and
will in the scheme of the universe,
a dangerous theory that does away
with all responsibility and correla-
tion. It is a deus ex machina sort
of psychology. God ceases to ex-
ist in its scheme of things, which
turns out to be a chaotic display
of dancing marionettes. No re-
sponsibility, no fredom, no will; it
becomes a religion of chance, bi-
zarre and grotesque. Even reason
is not allowed to assert itself, for
reason does not fit in the design of
behaviorism. It is a purely me-
chanical conception and thus needs
no God or gods and therefore no
religion. It is self sufficient, su-
perciliously positive, for is it not
the God of Chance, the Religion of
Conditioned Reflexes? And thus a
new ‘Veltanschauung is insiduous-
ly endeavoring to uproot concep-
tions that have their origin in logic
and experience. Only time alone
can tell whether it is of permanent
value and deserves a place in the
wherefore of world of phenomena.
eASK HIM
A Sheaf of Shetlas
By RABBI LEON FRAM
0.'ectoy of Religious Educat;on, Temple Beth El.
I. What Christian sect resem-
bles Judaism in its observance of
the Sabbath?
2. What Christian sect resem-
bles Judaism in its conception of
God?
3. What is llatikvoh?
4. What three languages are
found on the coins used in Pales-
tine?
6. Who was the Jewish psychol-
ogist who popularized Freud in
America?
6. What striking theatrical nov-
elties of Europe did Morris Gest
import to America?
7. What is the difference be-
tween Unitarianism and Judaism?
8. What poem of Browning has
Jewish references?
9. What poem of Longfellow has
Jewish references?
10. What poem of Byron's has
Jewish references?
cY
A Deus Ex Machina Sort of
Psychology.
THE RABBI KNOWS
(Readers of the Detroit Jewish
Chronicle are invited to submit
questoins for Rabbi From to ans-
wer. Address Rabbi Leon Fram,
Temple Beth El, Detroit).
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11. Who are the Sassoon fam
ily?
12. What member of that fam
ily is one of the outstanding young
poets of America?
13. In what book of the Bible
do we find arguments against mon-
archy and in favor of democracy?
14. From what chapter of the
Bible was the instription on the
Liberty Bell taken?
15. In what American College
are the majority of the students
Jewish?
16. In what country do Ortho-
dox Jews consider it a privilege to
die?
17. In what month do Orthodox
Jews consider it a privilege to die?
18. Whet Jewish writers are
mentioneam Drake's "Contempor-
ary European Writers"?
19. What great German-Jewish
poet has written a drama on the
life of Jeremiah?
20. What great German-Jewish
poet has written a drama on the
life of Jacob?
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