nEVentorr L1V15/1 ARONICLE
aroma
hiltittitt
it
ilt,ithittzthtti
q,'z_tof vjtitPdtf
fitEhErRonikivisnei RON ICLE
Pwbbta ► es1 Weekly by rie Jecria ► Chrenskle Publishing Co. Inc.
.Presklent
Secretary and Treasurer
Managing Editor
_Advertising Manager
)SEPH J. CUMMINS
kCOB H. SCHAKNE
P HILIP SLOMOVITZ
M AURICE M. SAFIR
1:1 3
tiered as Secor.d-clas• matter March I, 1916. at the Postale. at Detroit,
Mich., under the Act of March
General Offices and Publication Building
525 Woodward Avenue
elepleenet Cadillac 1040
Cable Address: Chronicle
London Offir•,
14 Stretford Place, London, W. 1, England.
S Ascription, in Advance
$3.00 Per Year
insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach this
°Mee by Tuesday evening of each week. When mailing notices,
kindly u,e one aide of the paper only.
ho Detroit Jewish Chronicle Invite. torrerpondence on subjects of Interest to
tl e Jewish people, but disclainut responsibility for an indorsement of the Iles.
fop
Israel. He craved for peace in the ranks of Jewry.
As it is, he argued, our hands are tied with restrictions;
we are pressed on all sides by calls for relief from our
fellow Jews everywhere, and selfish division in our own
ranks will only bring calamity to Israel. Barondess'
mission was peace.
In recent years Mr. Barondess became very relig-
ious, and every morning saw him trotting from his
home to a near-by synagogue, his prayer-shawl and
phylacteries (tallis and tephillin) under his arm. His
chief hope was that he be spared to spend his last years
in Palestine, to the upbuilding of which he has made
great contributions. That he did not live to enjoy this
privilege is a matter for deep regret.
"Sar v'Godol Nofal b'Israel."
A Prince and a mighty one has fallen in Israel.
d by the writers.
Discrimination in Greece.
Sabbath Readings of the Torah
Pentateuchal portions-Num. 19:1-25:9.
Prophetical portions-Micah 5:6.6:8.
Fest of Tommie, July.5, Readings.
Pentateuchal portions-Ex. 32:11-14; 34:1-10.
Prophetical portions-Is. 55:6-56:8.
une 29, 1928
Our colleague and friend, George Laskaris, editor
and publisher of the Detroit Greek Progress, believes
that Greece is not guilty of discrimination against
American Jewish travelers. His opinion is that Greek
Americans, who are affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan,
exterted their influence on Greek port authorities to
bar their fellow travelers who were Jews from enter-
ing the country. This opinion, if correct, does not wipe
out the injustice done Professor Leo S. Honor of the
Teachers' Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary
and other Jews and Jewesses who were humiliated at
Piraeus. The fact remains that there was discrimina-
tion, and that those who discriminated were govern-
ment officials. All explanations and apologies must
now be made by the Government of Greece.
For an offense similar to the one committed in
the barring of Dr. Honor and his fellow passengers,
President William Howard Taft, in 1912, broke the
treaty with Russia. While similar action is out of the
question in this case, the State Department owes it to
American Jewish citizens to learn from the Govern-
ment of Greece why such action was permitted, and
whether it is intended that it be further tolerated.
Tamuz 11, 5688
What Will Come Forth From Pittsburgh?
;ID
va
.43
43
P
.
Whether or. not peace between the different war-
'ing factions in American Zionism will be attained at
he thirty-first annual convention of the Zionist Organ-
zation of America, which opens in Pittsburgh on Sun-
lay, is not the most important problem facing the
national gathering. Although "peace hath her vic-
tories," the Zionist movement today, particularly in
this country, is facing serious problems which, if the
coming convention should fail to solve them, will cause
greater disturbance in nationalistic ranks than the dif-
ferences that are now threatening to disrupt the men's
and women's organizations in the movement for Pales-
tine's, upbuilding,
The problem that appears to be the most pressing
is that which calls for a reaffirmation of Zionist ideal-
ism. For the past few years, a dominant tendency in
the movement was to lay stress on dollar-Zionism and
to minimize the cultural values of the cause. As a
direct result, the -ranks have dwindled and no new
gains have been made in manpower. What is worse,
this tendency has served to repel the younger elements
in the movement and has alienated the youth from
Zionism. If the coming convention does not again re-
affirm Zionist idealism to induce the cultural as well
as the economic in the nationalist movement, and
thereby attract the youth to the Palestinian cause, it
will have failed to face a serious fact. Because for
years every appeal for Palestine ended with an expres-
sion of hope that once again "out of Zion shall go forth
the Law and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem."
If the material is to get the upper hand over the spirit-
ual in the movement, whatever will come forth from
Pittsburgh, even if it be coated with peace resolutions,
will not be a contribution to Palestine, nor will it help
the Jews in the Diaspora to draw inspiration from Zion.
Ten years ago, at the 1918 convention, also held in
Pittsburgh, the Zionist representatives adopted a plat-
form which was hailed by the Jews of America for the
manner in which the prophetic ideals of social justice
were embodied in the program for Palestine's upbuild-
ing. An opportunity was to be offered the Jewish wan-
derers to settle in the Homeland, and Jewish labor was
to be the foundation for the great structure. The Pitts-
burgh platform has since been converted into a scrap
of paper. The colonists in Palestine employ non-Jewish
labor; Jews were refused employment in the construc-
tion of a Hadassah hospital; the worker and the Cha-
lutz are made the scapegoats in Palestine's rebirth, and
only in campaigns for funds do they figure at all.
As a correspondent expressed himself elsewhere in
this issue, in comment upon our last week's leading ar-
ticle, "The Man Without a Country," the Pittsburgh
convention is obligated to protest against the deporta-
tion of Jews from Palestine. Furthermore, the flog-
gings in punishment for holding political opinions ad-
verse to those of the British administration in Palestine
are acts of brutality against which the American Jew-
ry's voice ought to be added to that of the Jews of the
world at large.
Zionists, at Pittszurgh, owe it to the cause they rep-
resent to reaffirm the principles for which the move-
ment was created. If Jewish institutions are to be
built with non-Jewish labor, in what respect will the
land be Jewish? If • the doors of Palestine are to be
closed to the Jewish homeless, in what sense is the
land to be the Jewish homeland? And if out of Zion
are to go forth thecries on economics while the spirit of
Israel is to be stifled, what right have we to speak in
the name of Israel and his prophets?
We are waiting anxiously to hear the message that
is to come forth from Pittsburgh.
The Shadchan as Savior.
To combat the Increase in intermarriage on the one
hand and the decrease in the number of Jewish mar-
riages on the other, in Germany, Professor Hanauer of
Frankfurt proposes the establishment of a Jewish
Matrimonial Agency. Such an agency, he urges, should
create a fund to provide trousseaus for poor Jewish
girls, in addition to serving as a matrimonial inter-
mediary.
There is nothing new in the professor's proposal,
except that he has dared to advocate the re-introduc-
tion of an old custom in modern times. In European
Jewish communities it has long been a custom for pub-
lic-spirited men and women to assist poor brides, to
bring about marriages between shy couples, and par-
ticularly to be of service to orphans in whose behalf
they would act as marriage brokers.
The custom of "Hachnosas Kallah" ("Welcoming
the Bride") has, in its day, done a great service. It
supplies brides with trousseaus and dowries; it acted as
"shadchan" and brought about marriages. In many
communities it functioned as a society to encourage the
union of Jewish young men and women who, because
of poverty or orphanhood, were handicapped by the
economic conditions of the times if they did not have a
small fund to start them off in life. It performed a pur-
pose of inestimable value.
The "shadchonuth" end of this modern proposal is
an old institution in Jewish life. In rabbinical litera-
ture the term "shadchan" for the marriage broker ap-
pears as early as the thirteenth century. But long
before that time, the term "shadak" was used in Tal-
mudical times. in reference to arrangements between
heads of two families for the marriage of their children.
Should the "shadchan" again resume his old position
of importance in Jewish life, we may expect the lighter
side of communal life to be cheered and refreshed by
the thousand and one good stories about the marriage
broker, his business and his exaggerations of the advan-
tages of the parties he represents in his transactions.
Whether the establishment of a Jewish Matrimonial
Agency will help to counteract intermarriages remains
to be seen. It is futile, however, to become alarmed by
it. The question of intermarriage has been a problem
since the days of Ezra and Nehemiah, yet Israel lives
today, in spite of this and other dangers. While inter-
marriage is an evil to be fought, it is not one to become
alarmed over. The loyal remnant of Israel is strong
enough to withstand even intermarriage dangers.
The China Famine Relief Fund.
A Prince Has Fallen in Israel.
Death, by calling Joseph Barondess, has. robbed
American Jewry of one of its most interesting figures
and very active leaders.
Mr. Barondess' checkered career reveals activity
for the downtrodden of all races, and for his own peo-
ple, seldom rivalled. As a labor leader, Zionist. edu-
cator, relief worker, Barondess was always in the front
ranks of the volunteers.
He knew wha( suffering was. Ile came to this
country during the blizzard of 1888, worked in a
sweatshop sewing garments 13 hours a day on a $5-a-
week basis, shared the hardships of the enslaved sweat-
shop workers during the first years of his residence in
the United States, and this road of sorrow led him to
become an agitator for better living conditions for
workers.
The East Side of New York being all-Jewish during
his most active career as a labor leader, his attention
was naturally drawn to the plight among his own peo-
ple, to the pressure from abroad, and later to the trag-
edies of Jewish homelessness. He became a Zionist,
pleaded the cause of Jewish rehabilitation in Palestine
at the Peace Conference, raised his voice in protest
against pogrom atrocities perpetrated against Jews in
European countries, pleaded the cause of the immi-
grant before American Congressional Committees, and
did not permit a single worthy Jewish cause to escape
his attention or be robbed of his co-operaton and sup-
port.
Thus, the love with which he labored for his people
caused him to become the "peacemaker" in American
. .Q.
Knowing what suffering means, Jews may be ex-
pected, in spite of the great demands made upon them
by their own oppressed and poverty-stricken, to assist
in raising funds for the China Famine Relief.
When the atrocities of the persecutions of the Ar-
menians during and following the war were revealed,
the late Israel Zangwill wrote the most appealing call
for assistance for Armenia and Armenians. At that
time. the pogroms in Poland, the suffering caused in
Jewish ranks by the war and the oppressions of our
people by various governments taxed Jewish attention.
It was just this knowledge of what suffering and perse-
cution means that brought forth Mr. Zangwill's great
plea.
In the case of the China Famine Relief, the distress
in famine-stricken China is again certain to bring forth
a Jewish response which will indicate that our people
know what it means to sympathize and assist the hun-
gry and oppressed, even though they are of a different
race and belief.
Claude G. Montefiore's 70th Birthday.
British Jewry was not alone in the celebration of
the seventieth birthday of Claude G. Montefiore, lead-
er of Liberal Jewry in England. Jews in this country
and throughout the continent joined in extending their
hearty greetings to the noted scholar and educator.
It was not as founder of the Liberal Jewish move-
ment in England alone that he distinguished himself.
By his scholarship and as an authority on questions of
education, Mr. Montefiore won a place of honor in
Jewry. It was worthy of the man that he should have
been honored with a purse which he is to use for edu-
cational purposes.
More strength to this giant in Israel.
•Q,.9. - .
9.9. 9.q.' •.
f,
f`Teetl
9.9.9.
JEWISH AGENCY COMMISSION MAKES
PUBLIC ITS RECOMMENDATIONS AND
FINDINGS FOR PALESTINE UPBUILDING
oxf9-41.5
= GAS. 'I+ 0 S EP
Reporter interviews Thomas A. Edison:
"What do you think of religious training for
children in the public schools during school
hours?"
"Keep religion out of the public schools."
There you have the wisdom of the age. Mr. Edison
apparently believes that with the home and the Sabbath
schools and the churches to take care of the religious
training of children, the public schools should be used
for the purpose they were intended-which certainly was
not to teach religion.
They seem to know how to treat editors clown in
Texas; that is, Jewish editors. The Jewish community
of Houston, through the local B'nai B'rith lodges, ar-
ranged a testimonial dinner to Mr. Edgar Goldberg,
founder and editor of the Texas Jewish herald for the
past 21 years. In most cities, Jewish journalists are
treated with complete indifference, except when they
say something that the majority doesn't like. Then they
receive plenty of attention. At any rate, I am pleased
to see a colleague honored and I congratulate MC. Gold-
berg for having selected, 21 years ago, such an appreci-
ative community as Houston in which to launch his jour-
nalistic career.
For the benefit of our professional Jewish politicians,
I quote from an editorial of A. Rosenthal, in the Modern
View, of St. Louis. We have entirely too much of this
un-American appeal to the so-called Jewish vote by Jews
running for political office. It is natural, of course,
human nature being as it is, that one's friends and
acquaintances are likely to give the candidate the benefit
of their votes provided no issue of special importance is
being stressed. But to plan a JEWISH campaign for a
JEM'ISII vote and to capitalize the fact that one is a
Jew in order to gather support is unwarranted and con-
trary to the principles of the self-respecting Jew.
w■ Ww1W.41. ■•■•
Here is what Mr. Rosenthal says:
Jewish men as vital candidates for public office
give a welcome sign of confidence in public toler-
ance. It presupposes that the people of America
have arrived at that stature of a saner civic under-
standing, which considers candidates not by
religion bias or ancestral origin, but on the basis
elements of conduct, character, and capacity-
the only things that count.
The Jewish candidate is justified in asking and
expecting that his claims will be considered on
these elements alone. He has every reason to
resent all opposition based on his denomination.
Such sect discrimination has no place in any true
American.
By the same token, however, and by the same
logic, no candidate of Jewish faith or lineage has
any justifiable claim or first mortgage on the votes
of Jewish citizens. His affiliation with Judaism
gives him no logical priority or preference at Jew-
ish hands in the election-for, if we accept the
dictum that Jewish voters should vote FOR Jewish
candidates, it would imply and justify the obverse
of the some sophistical wrong principle, namely
-that non-Jews should vote AGAINST Jewish
candidates-just because they were Jews!
The true and only equitable manner of regard-
ing candidates to all public posts is to consider
solely their qualifications-theitt sincerity and
strength as seekers of office and their ability to
serve the public good. All other factors are
irrelevant. Nothing else counts or matters.
No entreaty to "Jewish brethren" is appropri-
ate or in accord with honesty or sensible American
ideals.
To vote against a Jewish candidate because
he is of Jewish faith is even less in harmony with
the American conception of fair play. Such a
contemptible act lowers both the bigot who does
it and the standards of our great republic. It is
unpardonable!
By the time this installment of Random Thoughts
appears I shall be on my way West for a vacation. And
if for the next week or two the matter that appears
here does not seem to be quite up-to-date, please make
allowance for a weary writer who needs a rest. But the
column will appear just the same. In sickness or in
health, Random Thoughts has been written for over 15
years without missing an issue. And so long as I ant
in the land of the living and the publishers of newspapers
offer me the opportunity, I shall continue to speak my
piece to the public right on schedule time.
Personally, I don't like to see those sinister signs of
anti-Semitism in Soviet Russia. At first, I didn't pay
much attention to the items I saw. They seemed to be
scattered and unimportant. But more and more I am
forced reluctantly to the conclusion that there is develop-
ing a real undercurrent of anti-Semitic feeling in the
last country in the world one would expect to find it.
The rulers of present-day Russia are not novices and
they know from experience the danger of permitting this
movement to gain strength. If permitted to go on, with-
out drastic efforts to suppress it, it may have a far-reach-
ing effect upon those colonization or farm promotions
which are being jointly sponsored by Soviet officials with
Jewish capital from abroad.
Some of our youngsters do not appreciate the advan-
tages they have nor do they take advantage of the oppor-
tunities which are theirs. I am prompted to make this
statement after reading the story of the Jewish immi-
grant girl who came to a little Louisiana town eight
years ago. She couldn't speak a word of English, yet this
month she was graduated from the lligh School with
highest honors, having completed 11 years' work in eight
years. She won four out of the six medals awarded for
excellence in various subjects. Last year her father died,
so she was obliged to help her mother manage the little
business they owned. Yet with all these handicaps, this
girl, Sarah Chapman, aged 16 years, averaged 971/2 per
cent, the highest of her class. Really I hope that some
young people who may read this will find an inspiration
in it. After all, it's what we take to school with us that
measures the values of what we take away from it. Some
teachers are better than others, of course, but to one
who wants to learn and who is eager for an education,
almost any well-conducted school or college will suffice.
The trouble with too many is that they have soft and
lazy minds. What such minds need is vigorous mental
exercise.
means, the selection of such immi-
(Continued From l'age One).
grants constitutes a responsibility
veying the results of 10 years of
which should not be assumed by
Jewish activity in Palestine due
the Palestine offices of the Jewish
weight must be given to the spe-
Agency. Free play must be given
cial character of the problem
to private enterprise. The immi-
which had to be dealt with. The
grants should be given full and
unsettled condition of Palestine at
detailed information in regard to
the close of the war and the po-
the conditions prevailing in Pales-
litical unrest which prevailed were
tine. To that end the Jewish
themselves sufficient to make it
Agency should maintain an effici-
necessary for both the govern-
ent information bureau which
ment of Palestine and all coloniz-
should be in constant communica.
ing agencies to proceed cautiously.
tion with the Palestine govern-
Until 1920 Palestine was gov-
ment and the principal centers
erned as a country under military
from which the immigrants come.
occupation. A civil administra-
5. Immigrants with means, us
tion under a British high commis-
prescribed by government regula-
sioner was established in July,
tions
and who are qualified to un-
1920, and two years elapsed before
dertake industrial and commercial
the status of Palestine •IIA regu-
enterprises
should be encouraged
larized by the confirmation of the
to settle in Palestine.
terms of the mandate by the coun-
•6. The Palestine offices must
cil of . the League of 416ations.
bear a purely economic character,
Throughbut this period Palestine
working under the direct orders
was disturbed by political agitation
and instructions of the immigra-
culminating in the Jaffa riots in
tion department of the Jewish
May, 1921. Since then there oc-
Agency, independently of local
curred no disturbance of the pub-
politics. It being necessarily un-
lic peace and the tension which
derstood that these offices are to
existed gradually relaxed. The
work in co-operation with hie
anti-Zionist agitation among the
local Jewish organizations.
Arabs practically ceased, largely
7. Repayment by immigrants
because they realized that Jewish
of all advances made to or for
immigration is far from injuring
them should be enforced as speed-
them and has in many respects
ily as they are able to make such
been materially to their advan-
repayments.
tage. Nevertheless in appraising
Agriculture.
the work done in Palestine it
should be borne in mind that the
1. On the basis of the experts'
country is one in which the great
calculations, without allowing for
majority of the inhabitants is not
improvements of the land through
Jewish.
artificial fertilization, and taking
It is moreoi•er, a country not
into account all cultivatable land
only devastated by war but one
in Palestine, it would appear pos-
which suffered from centuries of
sible to subdivide such land into
neglect. The country was not
33,000 irrigated farms, 50,000
without natural resources, but lit-
non-irrigated farms. Of this land
tle or nothing had been made of
approximately 8 per cent is now
them and both time and money
in Jewish hands.
were required for their develop-
2. - Until the Jewish Agency
nient. In the conditions existing
shall have in hand funds to pro-
ceed with the consolidation of all
at the termination of the war,
Palestine was not a promising field
existing colonies where such con-
for colonization, even had the area
solidation is deemed desirable, no
been more extensive and the soil
new colonies shall be established.
more fertile. In important re-
3. The commission regrets
spects the problem which the Zion-
that the I'alestine government has
ist Organization had to deal with
not yet found practicable to take
was unusual. The Zionist Organ-
steps towards the facilitation of
ization was devoid of government-
"close settlement of Jews on land,
al powers, did not possess govern-
including state lands and waste
ment's resources, land or money.
lands, not required for public pur-
It relied on voluntary contribu-
poses" as contemplated in Article
tions. That it was able to secure
6 of the mandate. It takes note of
funds averaging nearly £650,000
the statement of the government
annually affords striking testimony
that apportionment of state lands
to the devotion and enthusiasm of
to Jewish settlers cannot take
its supporters. Most immigrants
place until the cadastral survey of
had little or no agricultural experi-
It is
the country is completed.
ence; most of them came from
believed, however, that it would be
countries in which living condi-
appropriate for the Jewish Agency
tions are altogether different than
to urge the government to adopt
those prevalent in Palestine. They
measures to render certain lands
were, however, imbued by a lofty
available for settlement even be-
ideal.
fore the completion of the survey.
Due to the . weight being given
4. The importance of a sys-
to these considerations, a broad
tematic policy of afforestation
survey of Jewish activities in Pal-
throughout Palestine cannot be
estine since the close of the war
exaggerated. It would not only
leads to the general conclusion
favorably influence the climate
that the results may be regarded
and afford protection for the water
as hopeful for the future, though
supply, but render possible eventu-
mistakes may have been com-
ally to utilize the hill sections of
mitted in the course of these
the country, which are not avail-
yearn.
able for agriculture, and thereby
Based upon the reports of the
provide a new source.
experts and on their own personal
It is believed that the extension
observations, the commissioners
of such a policy is likewise the
have reached the following conclu-
function of the government and it
sions and make the following rec-
is hoped that the Palestine govern-
ommendations:
ment, will seriously consider this
Immigration.
subject.
1. The immigration program
6. No progressive colonization
of the Palestine Zionist Executive
in Palestine is practicable until
has not always been prepared with
modification of the present system
due regard to the actual facts and
of taxation is effected. The com-
conditions. Conclusions too san-
missioners are aware that the gov-
guine have sometimes been drawn
ernment of Palestine have adopted
from temporary and abnormal de-
as a temporary expedient a plan
mands for labor when there were
for the commutation of the tithe
not sufficient grounds for assum-
based on the average of five years'
ing that they would continue.
yield of the land. This, however,
While it is desirable to bring into
has been applied only in certain
Palestine as many immigrants as
villages. Although this new sys-
the country may reasonably ab-
tem eliminates some of the major
sorb, it is clear that in the long
evils of the tithe, it will not prove
run Jewish interests will be best
satisfactory, since taxation should
served by a program pursuant to
be based not on the actual yield
which there shall always be main-
but on the unimproved value of the
tained a reasonable balance be-
property to be taxed.
tween the number of immigrants
6. It is desirable that the gov-
admitted and the economic needs
ernment of Palestine shall stimu-
of the country.
late the agricultural development
It is suggested as regards
2.
of the country by exempting new
immigration of persons without
agricultural enterprises from taxa-
means that existing government
tion for five years, in conformity .
regulations, while generally satis-
with the common practice in other
factory, might be amended to en-
parts of the world where encour-
able the Jewish Agency to submit
agement of agricultural coloniza-
proposals for a labor schedule
tion is sought.
three times instead of twice is
7. Efforts should be made in
year. The present period of six
the future to secure such settlers
months is too long for ascertaining
who possess means of their own in
the needs of the labor market.
addition to those immigrants who,
A more thorough selection
3.
though without means, are speci-
of individual immigrants than has
ally qualified for agricultural set-
hitherto prevailed and more in con-
tlements, the Chaluzim.
sonance with the needs of the
It is desirable that before
8.
country should be made.
(Turn to Next Page).
As regards immigrants with
4.
Aaron Sapiro sent me the other day a copy of a letter
he had written to Bernard G. Richards, secretary of the
American Jewish Congress. I wish I could reach across
the miles and shake him by the hand for he certainly
echoes my sentiments! Here is a strikingly true state.
ment and one that I made in different form not more
than three months ago:
I feel that we have reached the day when
leaders should not be permitted to let the shadows
of their personality becloud the possible progress
of Jewish thought in America and the possible
power of American Jews to serve their fellow
Jews throughout the rest of the world.
Calling persons by their right names, I believe that
Mr. Sapiro had in mind such outstanding personalities as
Louis Marshall and Rabbi Stephen Wise.
No, I don't question for a moment the extraordinary
contributions to Jewish literature two men have made,
but it's nevertheless true that when either of these lead-
ers sneeze, the greater part of American Jewry blow
their noses. I cannot recall an outstanding issue where
Wise and Marshall took opposing sides that two armies
of opposition were not lined up. Both are strong men
with strong wills and with an amazing following. Take,
for example, the very things that Sapiro is discussing in
his letter, the dissolution of the American Jewish Con-
gress. On one side we have Rabbi Wise leading the
Congress, speaking for the Jews of America, and natur-
ally we find Mr. Marshall on the other side, representing
the American Jewish Committee, also speaking for the.
Jews of America. It does seem unintentionally, perhaps.
wherever these two men are, there you will find two sides.
1=414, WAV.
AP. A - 9 •
...
41
.
We
0,
THE RABBI KNOWS
am( HIM
A Sheaf of Shcilas
its RABBI LEON FRAM
D Tao, of Religious Ediuuram, Temple Beth El.
(Readers of The Detroit Jewish
Chronicle are invited to submit
questions for Rabbi Fram to an-
swer. Address Rabbi Leon Fram,
Temple Beth El, Detroit.)
1. What peoples have at various
times been identified as the Lost
Ten Tribes?
2. What has Chaim Nachman
Bialik written since he began to
live in Palestine?
3. Besides his writing, what is
Chaim Nacham Bialik's occupa-
tion?
4. Where did Chaim Nachman
Bialik write his greatest poetry?
5. What Reform Rabbi attacked
the institution of slavery in a
southern city at the time of the
Civil war?
6. What Reform Rabbi re-
mained a consistent pacifist dur-
ing the World War?
7. What Ref or m Rabbi has
preached from his pulpit the cause
of union labor?
8. What Reforest Rabbis, con-
temporaries of lierzl, became and
remained Zionists throughout their
lives?
9. What Reform Rabbi of
America carried Reform Judaisn
over into England?
10. What Reform Rabbi acted
as American Minister to Persia?
11. What Reform Rabbi has
been given an honorary degree by
a Catholic university?
12. What Reform Rabbi is head
of the Federation of Jewish Phi-
lanthropic Societies of New York?
13. What Reform Rabbi was
professor of Semitics at the Uni-
versity of Chicago?
14. What
Jewish
cemetery
forms the theme of a poem by
Longfellow?
15. What book of the Bible con-
tains the most artistically written
stories?
16. What book of the Bible con-
tains the most thrilling stories?
17. What book of the Bible con-
tains the truest stories?
18. What book of the Bible con-
tains the most fantastic stories?
19. Which book of the Bible is
most used for quotations?
20. Which book of the Bible is
most used for prayer?
(Turn to Last Page.)
- .:444s9•0•Q,9 •
9 APRS. .
£