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Sabbath Reading. of the Torah
Pentateuchal portions—Num. 8 :1-12 :1(1.
Prophetical portions—Zech. 2:14-4:7.
Sivan 20, 5688
June 8, 1928
Zella Himelhoch.
The death of Zella Himelhoch, vice-president of
Himelhoch :Brothers and Co., and one of Detroit's most
prominent merchants, robs the community of an inter-
esting and active personality.
By his membership in a number of important Jew-
ish movements, his active affiliation with Temple Beth
El, his devotion to the work for the relief of Jews in
war-stricken European areas, as evidenced by his co-
operation in the United Jewish Campaign two years
ago,—by virtue of having thus bound himself to Jew-
ish causes he has shown his eagerness to aid in move-
ments that have a Jewish significance. This he has
done in the true spirit of benevolence and philan-
thropy,—modestly, always keeping his own person in
the background.
• The community at large owes him a great debt. His
business activities, the work he has done as a member
of the Detroit Board of Commerce, of which he served
as vice-president, the fact that he organized the Retail
Credit Bureau and his interest in the Business Property
Association,—this is an enviable record.
The contribution, however, for which Mr. Himel-
hoch's name will be written in golden letters in Detroit
history is his pioneering for the five-day week. Among
his first efforts in Detroit was to convince the downtown
merchants of the advisability of closing their stores on
Saturday night. As the pioneer in the movement
which led to the present policy of Saturday night dos-
ing, by big Detroit stores, he brought this city nearer to
what is predicted as the coming great social reform—
the five-day working week.
The Jewish community mourns its loss, in the death
of Zella Himelhoch, of a worthy communal leader and
a master business man.
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Anti-Semitism in Soviet Russia.
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"Stalin, the anti-Semite and anti-private enterprise
dictator being in power, Jewish shops will be closed
before long. Worse may follow."
This is the warning of Greenwall, Russian corres-
pondent of the London Daily Express, that Jews again
face the danger of pogroms in Russia.
From all quarters come reports of the spread of
anti-Semitism in the land of the Soviet. In universities
and factories, on the street and on street cars, Jews are
molested, called "Zhids," and even physically at-
tacked.
At the Charkoff Geodetic Institute, it was revealed
at a trial of anti-Semitic students, Jewish students were
terrorized when a number of non-Jews suddenly shout-
ed "Let's put out the lights and kill the Jews," and so
abused the Jews that one of them was driven to insan-
ity.
Andrei Shargorodsky, a member of the executive
committee of the Bratzilav Soviet, was placed on trial
for using the insulting term "Zhidovoskaya morda"
(Jewish snout) and engaging in other anti-Semitic
acts.
Granting that the danger is greatly exaggerated,
the widespread anti-Semitic feeling, admitted by Soviet
Russia, calls for serious action, especially at a time
when American Jewish leaders are ready to pour vast
sums into the land for the settlement of Jews on the
soil. Leaders in the Agro-Joint movement owe a re-
sponsibility to the entire Jewish people: no other group
is better equipped to intercede on behalf of Russian
Jewry and to inform us, following investigation, to
what dangers Russian Jews are actually exposed.
There is need at the same time for a guarantee that
the threatened dangers will not seriously involve the
Jewish colonies.
The Bogus Immigrant Families Measure.
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The adoption by the United States Congress, before
its adjournment, of the Jenkins Bill, "to grant a prefer-
ence to the wives and minor children of alien declar-
ants in the issuance of immigration visas," should not
be confused as a liberal measure intended either to in-
crease the present immigration quota, or to facilitate
the reunion of many separated families.
It was evident from the very beginning, when an ef-
fort was first made to secure aid for separated families,
that Congress would not submit to the slightest increase
in the quota. The 163.000 quota adopted in 1921 re-
mains. In spite of the pretensions made in the new bill
in favor of reuniting children with parents, wives with
husbands, brothers with sisters. the new bill merely
provides for exemption from the quota of unmarried
children under 21 years of age and to the wives of un-
naturalized citizens, and according to estimates very
few of these will be aided by the new measure.
Representative Samuel Dickstein of New York.
member of the House Immigration Committee, speak-
ing on the bill, on May 21, declared:
This was the only kind of a bill which I could pre-
vail upon the committee to pass. As far as it goes it will
bring some relief to American families which are now
separated by virtue of our harsh immigration laws. But
this bill is not going far enough and is certainly not going
to help our American families to a very large extent. It
certainly will not add one single immigrant to the total of
immigration now allowed into the United States and it can
hardly be said that Congress has done anything by this bill
to relieve existing conditions.
The family relation is the most sacred known to man.
It la the foundation of the State. Its maintenance makes
for morality, decency, and happiness. The law as it now
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stands encourages immorality, indecency, and makes for
unhappiness. Husband and wife should not be severed,
and if they are separated it can only result in distressing
circumstances. The same reasoning applies to the separa-
tion of parents and children. To separate fathers and
mothers from their offspring means not only cruelty to
both but it leads to demoralization; and in the course of
time must result in the creation of abnormal conditions
and the destruction of the mental and moral fiber of both
parents and children.
There are frequently instances where the father and
mother have been forced to leave the country of their
birth and where the children were left behind at a time
when they were approaching the age of adolescence.
Sometimes they may be girls between 13 and 14 years of
age whose father has left them and who have reached the
age of between IS and 21 years. Fortunately, the Immi-
gration Committee saw fit to include in the non-quota class
children of 'American citizens between the ages of IS and
21. This is a step forward.
But a mere granting of a preference to alien declarants
is hardly going far enough to solve this question of
uniting f families. Not only must children and their
parents be• united, not only husbands and wives be united,
but why should not parents of American citizens be per-
mitted to come to the United States without the quota?
Their number is not large. What logical reason can be as-
signed for the keeping out of the United States of aged
parents who are for most part dependent upon their chil-
dren, whose children are willing and ready to support them,
but who simply can not come into the United States be-
cause of the arbitrary limitations in our existing immi-
gration laws.
I want to warn this country at this tine of the dire
consequences which this unfortunate haphazard and un-
scientific policy has accomplished. We must once for all
get away from the idea of forbidding desirable prospec-
tive citizens to enter this country under the restrictions
placed by Congress. Sonia day you gentlemen will awaken
to the truth of the situation and will come to realize that
to create a great nation it is necessary to act without
prejudice and without preconceived notions or views about
the inferiority of a certain type of immigrant or superior-
ity of another type. Do not, for heaven's sake, count the
number of desirable citizens who are to make their home
with us. If the husband is good enough to stay here, I
believe his wife and children are just as good. If the
father is good enough to stay with us, I believe his wife
and children are also good enongh to stay with us.
Friends of immigration, dissatisfied as they were
with the bill, voted for it as the best concession obtain-
able at this time. The increase of the age limit of chil-
dren to be admitted, from 18 to 21, will bring relief to
some who would otherwise have been excluded. But
on the whole it is a sham measure, "worth very little,"
as Congressman Dickstein put it. The constant refus-
als of Congress to grant the slightest concessions to
immigrants reveals the prejudice that continues to
reign in the land against newcomers, anti the fail-
ure to grant an increase in quota for relatives of un-
naturalized citizens will continue to work hardships
on thousands throughout the land.
So far as the hundreds of thousands who are knock-
ing at our gates are concerned, their hopes appear to
be blighted. Some other land will have to become the
haven of refuge of the oppressed throughout the world.
A Pathetic Figure On the Fence.
When Detroit Zionists discussed the differences in
the present controversy, the administration was de-
fended by a group whose members are convinced that
the bridge between Dr. Weizmann's Pinsk and Justice
Brandeis' Washington is too narrow to justify the de-
feat of the present administration. The. opposing view
was held by those who charge mismanagement, who
insist upon placing the reins of Zionist administration
in the hands of unpaid leaders, and for whom the pres-
ent leadership spells failure for Jewish effort in Pal-
estine.
There was a third view on the conflict, held and
propounded by a pathetic figure on the fence. To this
emotional being Zionism is a philosophy of Jewish life
and thought. In periods of distress anti persecution,
Jews in Eastern Europe accepted the hope of Zion as
a new religion. The ideal of a Palestine rebuilt offered
them a hope for the future at a time when deepest
despair threatened their lives. This hope became in-
flated and Zionist stock jumped to a high point with
the proclamation by Balfour of Britain's friendship,
and with the endorsement of Jewish aspirations by the
nations of the world at San Remo. That inevitably
forced Zionism into the realm of high finance, anti by
making of the movement exclusively a fund-raising in-
stitution, Zionist philosophy died down, and the failure
to retain it as a force in the life of Jewry in the Dias-
pora is being charged against the present leaders.
The figure on the fence is at a loss to affiliate it-
self with the one party, or the other. lie admits the
failures of the administration, but fails to be offered a
substitute for the present leadership ; he rebels against
the failure of the present administration, but refuses
to accept an opposition merely for the sake of opposi-
tion, so long as it does not offer an improved platform.
Thus. thousands of Zionists are pathetically on the
fence. They find themselves unable to take a definite
stand in the present controversy by the failure of one
group and the apparent inability of the opposition to
present an acceptable platform. It is predicted that the
admipistration of Louis Lipsky will be re-elected at
Pittsburgh at the convention during the first days in
Jttrly. F'or the Zionist idealist, regardless of the results
in the controversy, the question pops up: Then what?
Zionism in this country has suffered from the lack
of a crystallizing element. The Zionist Organization
of America has failed to produce a minority opinion
that should watch developments and enterprises and
should serve as the Critical Eye of the movement. The
greatest injustice that was done to Mr. Lipsky and his
associates was that they were not subject to the influ-
ence of a Zionist public opinion. The Zionist constit-
uency has failed to produce anti develop anything more
than volunteer collectors and piiyers of dues.
W'hat is needed. therefore, is the creation of such
an element in Zionism. We have faith that the bitter-
ness engendered in Zionist ranks as a result of the ex-
isting fracas will not bring a calamity upon the move-
ment for Palestine. But it is necessary that a thinking
Zionist constituency prevent future disruptions and
scandals. The creation of a Zionist public opinion,
based on intelligent discussions of Palestine's needs and
conditions, is the only hope the movement has for har-
monious effort for Palestine, even though there may be
differences of opinion on questions of policy.
The pathetic figure we refer to will have to jump
from the fence immediately following the coming con-
vention, and will have to help build such a Zionist
opinion. Perhaps he will. after all, succeed, eventual-
ly, in helping place the movement on a lofty plane, de-
void of rancor and bitter political strife.
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Occasionally we meet up with is puzzling contradic-
tion. Here we have an Orthodox Jewish boy, a student
at the University of Wisconsin, the 1928 recipient of the
Kenneth Sterling Day award, given annually by Mr. and
Mrs. Sterling P. Day of Cleveland, in memory of their
son, who died while a student at the university. The
prize is awarded to the student who each year is of
greatest "Christian worth" to the school. Now, I have
no desire to quibble over names, but some day the good
people of this country will learn that character, high
ideals, love of justice and mercy, morality, charity, be-
long to men and women of other faiths. They are not
peculiarly Christian, Buddhist, :Mohammedan, Confucian,
Jesus,. Moses—Jew, Christian, Buddhist, Mohammedan,
all possess tltie human qualities as are usually described
as "Christian."
A Psychological Interpreta -
tion of Kaddish.
So this Jewish boy finds himself the exemplar of th•
finest attributes of "Christian" value. That reminds mt•
of an article years ago that appeared, I think, in the
American Magazine, at the time A. Leo Weil, Esq., of
Pittsburgh, Pa., was cleaning up the city—that is, clean-
ing it up in it civic way. This article referred to the fact
that a Jew was showing the Christians the way to Chris-
tian citizenship. I presume that the term "Christian" is
used in a popular sense, meaning that form of conduct
associated with the most advanced stages of civilization.
In this connection, I am in receipt of a letter from
Bernard Proser, an attorney in Baltimore, who has gone
to considerable trouble to check up a statement I made
recently concerning religious liberty in this country and
to enlighten a correspondent who wrote to me asking
if the Supreme Court of the United States had ever ruled
that this is a Christian nation. I am sorry that I cannot
find space in this column to give Mr. Proser's findings in
full because they are most interesting. But I feel that
they are so illuminating that I um doing my readers a
service by copious quotations.
Dear Mr: Joseph:
You show concern over a statement appearing
in a book by Rev. Albert C. Diffenbach, of Boston,
that several courts have ruled that the United
States is a Christian nation. He cites a Pennsyl-
vania case and a decision by Chancellor Kent, of
New York, both state courts. Your comment is
that this is a violation of the amendment to the
United States Constitution prohibiting the inter-
ference by Congress with religion.
These decisions, if they did import what the
reverend author claims they do, would not prove
the United Statese a Christian nation. For they
merely involved state legislative enactments. The
Constitutional amendment only provides against
interference by . the Congress of the United
States. So far as the United States government
is concerned, it is an absolute guarantee for
religious freedom; but as to the individual states,
we must look to the state constitutions; virtually
all of which provide similar guarantees at the
present time.
As for the author's apparent fears for our
religious liberties, I do not think they are war-
ranted by the decisions he refers to, any more'
than are the conclusions he draws from them. I
was sufficiently interested to go to the sources to
see for myself, and found, as I had thought, that
his quotations have not the import their bare
recital seems to indicate.
It is true that judges and legal authors have
said 08 various occasions that this is a Christian
country. But from the contexts of these state-
ments, it is always seen that they mean this is a
country of Christian people, or that the ideas,
morals and customs of the country are the result
of so-called Christian civilization. For instance,
he says:
"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 so near in-
fallibility as American mortals can he, it was
believed as though it were true."
I think he refers to Justice Storey, who wrote,
among other books, a book on constitutional law.
Well, before he wrote this book, Justice Storey
decided an important case which WAS brought up
to the United States Supreme Court on a writ of
error from the state courts of Pennsylvania. The
case was decided against the party offering this
contention, but in the body of his opinion he said,
"It is also said, and truly, that the Christian
religion is a part of the common law of l'ennsyl-
vania. But this proposition is to be received with
its appropriate qualifications, and in connection
with the bill of rights of that state." Language
more comprehensive for the complete protection
of every variety of religious opinion could scarcely
be used; and it must have been intended to
extend equally to all sects, whether they believed
in Christianity or not, or whether they were Jews
or infidels. So that we are compelled to admit
that although Christianity may be a part of the
common law of the state, yet it is so in this
qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth are
admitted, and therefore it is not to be openly
reviled and blasphemed against, to the annoyance
of believers or the injury of the public. Such was
Court of Pennsyl-
the doctrine _ jhe
vs. The Commonwealth (II
vania in Upde
Serge. and Rawle, 3 1.
There, Justice Storey was only concerned with
what was the law of Pennsylvania, and for that
purpose looked to the previous decision of the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court cited, which is still
considered the leading Pennsylvania case on the
subject. On reading it, it is seen that the justice
meant in the mooted opinion that blasphemy in
the open public is an indictable offense, not be-
cause it is directed against the Christian religion,
but because when committed in a country inhab-
ited by Christians, it is bound to provoke a serious
disturbance of the peace.
"Christianity," said the court, "general Chris-
tianity, is and always has been a part of the com-
mon law of I'ennsylvania; Christianity without the
spiritual artillery of European nations . . not
Christianity founded on any particular tenets;
not Christianity with an established church and
tithes and spiritual courts; but Christianity with
liberty of conscience to all men.... All men of
conscientious religious feelings ought to concede
outward respect to every mode of religious wor-
ship . that a malicious intention is, in such a
case, the broad boundary between right and
wrong, and that it is to be collected from the
offensive levity, scurrilous and opprobrious lan-
guage, and other circumstances, whether the act
of the party was malicious. . . . While our own
free constitution secures liberty of conscience, and
freedom of religious worship to all, it is not neces-
sary to maintain that any man should have the
right to publicly villify the religion of his neigh-
bors and that of the country. These two privi-
leges are directly opposite."
Thus, Mr. Blitz opens by discus,
ing the Jews in ancient times and
during the rise of Christianity, an
he proceeds to tell the story of th
THE KADDISII: ITS POWER persecutions in the seventeenth an
FOR GOOD, by Rev, Dr. Joseph eighteenth centuries, and in Ge
many, Russia, Poland, France 118
Schick, published by alemorial Grtait. Britain ' in the nineteenth
Publishing Co., 350 West Thir- eenta ry. lie gives an illuminatina,
description on the anti-Semitisn
tieth street, New York.
since 1914 inthis country ant
Dr. Schick has undertaken to ammo, and comes to the conclusiot
describe the most widely practiced,_ that nationalism is the cause of an
rite in Israel, the reciting of the
ti-Semitism.
Kaddish. lie gives it "a psycho-
The author declares that he can-
logical interpretation" and he does
not see "any relief in sight fur the
it well.
Jews or any other minority p e o-
After describing the term and
ple With the existence of a great
Jewish implications in the word
number of boundaries, each en-
mourning, Dr. Schick proceeds to
deavoring to 481CIOSe a number of
answer the question "The Soul— individuals alike in manners, cus-
What Is It?" He draws for infor- toms, ideas, traditions and appear-
mation in his interesting answer ance."
upon Maimonides. In another
Ile offers a solution: "The only
chapter of the book he discusses
hope for tolerance, if not fur un-
the immortality of the soul and
later touches upon the resurrection qualigfied freedom of thought and
of the body, reward and retribu- act, is in such a realignment of po-
litical groups as will create a few
tion.
Speaking of the power of the states of equal importance and
Kaddish, he says that besides its strength and the inclusion of the
religious significance this power is various smelled groups in the par-
vested in the individual mourner. ticular large states to which they
"It has it powerful influence in that possess most kinship."
it brings the generations no near
one another that the break in the
chain of tradition is hardly per-
ceptible," he writes.
"The psychology of the Kad-
dish," he continues in the last
chapter, "is a real cure; its cura-
tive value is divine, heavenly; it
is linked both to the golden chain
of Jewish history, and to the Tree
of Life, which is Judaism."
An interesting preface to the
book is written by Congressman
Dr. William I. Sirovich.
"God breathed his spirit into
every human being that conies into
this world, so that in time the
spirit of the deceased, being a part
of God, must return back to God,
because the whole is composed of
the sum of its component parts,
and therefore, when we bless God
we bless our loved one who has
gone back into God's Being," the
congressman writes, among other
things,
A Much Needed Jewish Lit.
erature for Children.
WHAT DANNY 1)11), By Sadie
Rose Weilerstein, with illustra-
tions by Sol Aronson, published
by Bloch Publishing Co., New
York, ($1.25).
The author of this interesting
little volume takes Danny through
Jewish experiences. She plays
with the little boy and through play
makes an instructive journey
through the year's festivals and
Shabbosim.
Thus, the boy carries the Torah
on Sinwhas Torah; he sings Purim
rhymes, masquerades on the same
holiday anti heats Haman; he
ur fish
the
catches
f Sabbath and
helps mother in many other ways
in preparation for the day of rest;
he lights the Chanukah candles and
turns carpenter to build a Succah.
With his sister Judith and his
friends he has occasion to learn the
beautiful observances and fascinat-
ing stories about the Jewish holi-
days, and he even turns his pockets
inside out on Sabbath eve to throw
his coins into the Palestine box.
Mrs. Weilersteinat little hook is
one of the few of its kind published
for children. (The publishers of-
fer the suggestion that it is delight-
ful for children as well as grown-
ups, and it is. alany a grown-up
might fight inspiration in Jewish
holidays through this little vol-
ume). The author does a real serv-
ice with her work. More of the
kind are needed to inspire the
young and to instruct them in Jew-
ish lore and tradition. Next to a
good school. such little volumes are
the hest method.
Here is hoping Mrs. Weilerstein
will not stop with this little volume.
Nor should the publishers.
But to make these volumes pro-
duce results, parents should buy
them for the children and friends
of children should offer them as
gifts.
Another Explanation of the
Cause of Anti-Semitism.
NATIONALISM, THE CAUSE
OF ANTI-SEMITISM, by Sam-
u•l Blitz, M. A. Bloch Publishing
Co., New York ($2.00)
Mr. Blitz's book is a valuable ad-
dition to the library on the ques-
tion of anti-Semitism, particularly
because it reviews the events of
the past years. and because of the
historical outline it presents on
Jew-baiting down the ages.
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While this volume has great val-
ue for the information it contains
and the outline of Jewish condi-
tions presented in it, it fails, how-
ever, to convince in its conclusions.
So many reasons have attributed
to the hounding of the Jew by the
majorities among whom he lives,
that the settling upon nationalism
is hardly to be accepted conclu-
sively as a cause fur anti-Semi-
An Unconnected Discussion
Of Everything About the
Jew in America.
THE
INDESTRUCTIBLE
F'AIT11, by David G. Einstein,
Bloch Publishing Co., New York
($2.50).
Mr. Einstein attempts to answer
the question as to the future of the
Jew in America 50 years from now,
and he discusses most everything
affecting the Jew. Ile aims at prov-
ing the indestructibility of the Jew-
ish religion, but virtually advocates
intermarriage. His ambitious pro-
gram includes an endorsement of
the severest immigration laws.
is
For example, he writes: "Juda-
ism, not unlike Christianity, must
now pass through a great liberali-
zation movement.... Judaism must
dissociate front its theology its out-
worn and misguiding social con-
cepts. . . . (Have you ever read
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Amos and Ilusea, Mr. Einstein?"
. . . . Judaism must purge itself,
nut only of its outworn religious
concepts but of its non-serving so-
cial elements. • . . The fundam•n-
tal goal of all social contact is mar-
riage.... The fact that the status
of Illorriage no longer seems to
embody its earlier sanctity tends
to lessees the fear which may arise
from an unsuccessful intermar-
riage. . . . Both Jew and Gentile aea
must recognize that a future in-
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crease in intermarriage is inevit-
able....
Mr. Einstein, not unlike many
so-called leaders in certain Ame•i-
••n Jewish communities, undertake
from time to time to speak fur the
entire peeople, and in this case our
author under consideration dares
to state that American Jews are
nut opposed to the immigration
laws. He writes concerning this:
"The law in question will he a
potent influence on the youth of
America, and especially the Jewish
youth. America is now committed
to a policy of limited, selective im-
migration. And there need be no
regret over this policy other than
the humane and free impulses felt
fur those who are denied the privi-
lege and opportunities of our land.
Contrary to current belief, Jews
are not opposed to the Immigration
Law, in which they recognize a
long-felt need, a prop of support
which, in the changing order of
events but crystalizes their determ-
ination to resist, in the future, all
forms of inequaltiy and restriction
directed either against themselves
or others."
This attitude prevails throughout
the book. And why does he call
Judaism indestructible? His rea-
son;
"You can no mote dissociate Ju-
daism from Chriatiaaity than you
can Christ from Judaism. It toot
in the knowledge of Judaism's gift
of Jesus and Christianity to the
world that Judaism in the past was
indestructible; and it is in that
knowledge that Judaism remains
indestructible."
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THE RABBI KNOWS
BASK HIM
A Sheaf of Shctlas
I turn this query over to the proper authorities as I
have no means of discovering the facts. Perhaps they
will answer the question the young lady puts and send
it to me. It will be forwarded to her without publication
if so desired. Here it is:
Dear Mr. Joseph:
You refer to the case of a Jewish girl who
was dismissed from her position as soon as her em-
ployer was aware that she was a Jewess. What
would that Jewish girl say if she were employed
eight years in a Jewish institution and then dis-
charged by a non-Jewish superintendent in a
Jewish institution? I may add that this non-Jew
took charge of the place six months before he dis-
charged this girl. a University of Pittsburgh
graduate, and replaced her by a Gentile. I was
charged with being inefficient and this contention
I understood was agreed with by the board but I
have never been given an opportunity to learn
wherein I was incapable.
This incident occurred in connection with a Pitts-
burgh Jewish institution. Without knowing the facts,
I yet venture the opinion that anti-Jewish feeling was
not responsible for the young lady's dismissal.
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By RABBI LEON FRAM
of Religious Educat,n, Temple Beth El.
(Readers of The Detroit Jewish
Chronicle are invited to submit
questions for Rabbi From to an
saver. Address Rabbi Leon Fram,
Temple Beth El, Detroit.)
1. Who is Dr. Abraham Flex-
ner?
2. What is Dr. Flexner's great
achievement?
3. Who is Adolph Lewisohn?
4. What psalm is known as the
Psalm of Repentance?
5. What psalms are read in the
house of mourning?
6. What psalm is known as the
Sabbath Psalm?
7. Which psalm is known as the
Psalm of Nature?
S. Which psalms are known as
the Psalms of Praise or Hallel?
9. Which psalms are known as
the Pilgrims' Psalms?
10. Which is the shortest psalm?
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11. In which psalm do we get a
complete picture of the orchestra
of the i.evites?
12. From what verse in the
psalms do we learn that dancing
was one of the forms of worship
in the Temple?
13. Which is the most popular
psalm in the original Hebrew?
14. Which is the most popular
psalm in the English translation?
15. Why do certain Jewry re-
frain from entering a cemetery?
16. What is a streimel?
17. What is a yarmelke?
Is. What is the meaning of Gut
Shabbos?
19. What is the meaning of Gut
(Yontell Yom Toy?
20. What is the meaning of Le-
shana Torah?
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