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Sabbath Readings of the Torah.
Pentateuchal portions—Deut. 7 :12-11:25.
Prophetical portions—Is. 49:14-51:3.
August 3, 1928
Ab 17, 5688
The Proposed Change in the Calendar.
The proposed change in the calendar, which is now
being considered by American committees prior to this
country's indorsement of the movement started by the
League of Nations, is fraught with grave dangers for
Jews.
According to the proposals made, the calendar is to
be readjusted to divide the year into 13 months in-
stead of 12. Each month is to have 28 days, and every
first of the month is to begin on tke same day. An ex-
tra day is to be added every four years, and is merely
to be thrown into the heap as a leap-year-day without
name or numeral. But as the first of the month, ac-
cording to the plan, would continue to fall on a Sun-
day, and the leap-year-day would merely be thrown in
without disturbing either the days of the year or week,
the result would be that once every four years the Sab-
bath day would be moved up oe clay, falling some
years on Sunday, others on a Mon ay, and so on down
the line.
The danger of it lies in the f ct that it is difficult,
enough as it is to guarantee the observance of the Sab-
bat, and that the Jewish calendar is misunderstood
enough by Jews themselves. Further to complicate it
might bring serious dangers to the observance of the
Sabbath as well as the Festivals.
A prominent figure in one of our leading fraternal
.organizations, speaking recently before a large Detroit
gathering, was jesting about the Jewish calendar and
nwittingly revealed the extent of the misunderstand-
ings about our calendar. He made reference to his
mother's birthday and said that as a boy he/could not
understand why it should have fallen one year on one
day in the civil calendar, and the next on another. He
did not explain to his audience how simple the whole
matter was, that the mother's birthday, followed ac-
cording to the Jewish calendar, always remains the
same on our count. And there are thousands upon
thousands in our ranks who to this day fail to under-
ataad why the Jewish New Year, for example, falls
'either on a date in September or October, varying from
year to year. They do not know, perhaps because they
were not offered the right training, that in the Jewish
year it always falls on the first day of Tishri.
A change in the present civil calendar, as urged
by the international proponents, threatens even more
seriously to complicate matters for the Jewish people.
The small number of Sabbath observers may be com-
pelled to desecrate the rest day; and the uninformed
and the non-observers will be thrown into greater con-
fusion. It is no wonder, therefore, that spokesmen for
English and American Jewry, including the Central
Conference of American Rabbis, have for the past two
years protested against the introduction of the newly
proposed calendar.
Jews on U. S. Olympic Team.
Less than a dozen Jewish athletes represented our
people on the United States Olympic Team at the
ninth quadrennial Olympiad which opened in Amster-
dam, Holland, on Sunday. Michael Galitzen, Los An-
geles diving champion, and Samuel Greller made the
swimming and water polo teams. Norman S. Cohen,
captain of Columbia University's fencing team, with
Dr. Ervin S. Acel and Joseph Levis, were to fight for
honors for this country with the sabre. Edward L.
Gordon of Iowa City, Ia., is the one Jew among the
22 Americans who comprise the track and field teams.
Hymie Miller of Boston, Harry Devine of Worcester
and Dave Maier of Milwaukee are on the boxing team.
Howard M. Kaplan accompanied the Johns Ilopkins
University lacrosse team as a substitute. Two Jewish
girls, Fanny Rosenfeld and Rosa Gross, represent the
women of Canada on the Canadian Olympic team.
Although the spirit is and always has been placed
above the body in Jewish life, the fact that this group
of six is the largest delegation from American Jewry
in the history of this country's participation in Olym-
pic games is a matter for great encouragement. Those
who are somewhat disappointed because Jewish
sprinters did not win places on field teams are not
justified in their sorrow because we are after all grad-
ually gaining places in sports as a result both of great-
er Jewish interest in athletics and the increased num-
ber of Jewish participants.
Besides, Jewish participation in sports is not only
not un-Jewish but is really very Jewish in spirit. The
rabbis have long ago set it down as an important re-
quirement for boys to learn to swim, ride a horse and
handle a gun. The ability to protect oneself and the
importance of taking care of the body are really very
Jewish rules. A greater Jewish interest in athletics is
in itself a step toward finer normality in Jewish living.
Jews and Politics.
The religious elements injected in the present presi-
dential campaign is stamped as un-American by the
Constitutional clause which declares that "No religious
test shall eker be required as a qualification to any of-
fice or public trust under the United States." Although
the religious problem has on a number of occasions
played a part in political campaigns in this country, by
the formation of the Know-Nothing, A. P. A., and Ku
Klux Klan movements, this consitutional declaration
has since the establishment of the Union served to guar-
antee the religioui rights and consciences of our citi-
zens.
Aside from this important American principle,
which compels the elimination of religious differences
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from the politics of this land, Jews as Jews cannot and
do not play specific roles in the political struggle. As
citizens our votes will no doubt be divided either ac-
cording to our political affiliations or our likes or dis-
likes for one man or another. But if any one dares class
the votes of Jewish citizens as the "Jewish vote," he
will be misrepresenting an entire people.
Because we realize the importance of eliminating
religious tests for applicants for political office, and
because Jews have never acted nor will they ever act,
in free states like ours, politically as Jews, we stamp
as doubly false whatever claims may be made for a
"Jewish vote."
This of course, applies also to other peoples and
religions, and when Christian ministers make an issue
of a candidate's faith and put their own religions hi
politics they must be branded for disloyalty both to
their religious tenets as well as to their Americanism.
Surely there is not a religion in practice today which
says that only its own worshippers are to be classed
among the privileged and the especially chosen to held
office in the free United States of America; and the
constitution of our land condemns attempts to force
religious tests upon those who seek office.
An Epidemic of Resignations.
The recent controversy in American Zionism began
with a series of resignations. Their wisdom, even in the
very heat of the battle, was doubted, but the gentle-
men who started the epidemic of resignations, it was
felt, were entitled to their views. Now the battle is
over, at least until the next convention in 1929, and un-
less Palestine is to be punished because some individ-
uals are feeling the sting of~ defeat, factionalism must
be completely eliminated from the immediate work in-
volved in the upbuilding of Palestine.
It is because we hold these views that we feel that
the resignation from the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica of Judge Henry J. Dannenbaum of Houston, Texas,
was an unwise and unfair move. We consider this to be
not only poor politics but lacking also a spirit of sports-
manship. Senator Reed would be laughed at if he were
to resign from the Democratic Party only because Gov-
ernor Smith was nominated for the Presidency, and
good sportsmanship demands the adherence to the
voice of the majority, granting at the same time the
minority its rights to its views.
Judge,Dannenbaum adhered neither to the de-
mands of good politics, not to good sportsmanship.
Because Mr. Louis Lipsky was re-elected president of
the Zionist Organization of America he preferred to
quit the movement ; and he handicaps the position of
the existing minority within the ranks by refusing to
bow to the rule of a majority and by quitting when he
should be within the ranks for the sake of the move-
ment as well as his own views.
Palestine will be the only sufferer in this epidemic
of resignations, unless it is stopped from spreading.
Even Dr. Chaim Weizmann and his World Zionist Exec-
utive are not exempt from this rule. When they issue
threats of resigning, and actually resign as they did
for a period of two days at the Berlin meeting this
week, they do wrong to the movement in their attempts
to stifle minority opinion.
The Flunking of Jewish Students in Rumania.
Following almost immediately on the heels of the
differing discussion over the present position of Jews
in Rumania, in which a Christian clergyman maintained
that anti-Semitism continues, while a Rumanian Jew-
ish representative was of the opinion that "peace and
brotherhood predominates," comes the news that 75
per cent of the Jewish pupils in Rumanian high schools
failed in this year's examinations.
The fact that the student youth of other minority
groups was similarly affected seems to prove that there
is justification in the accusations that Rumanian of-
ficials are determined to put into effect a numerus
clausus which would keep from entering higher insti-
tutions of Jews and members of other minority groups.
Examiners of the Jewish pupils reported flunked are
said to have asked the students for their racial origin,
thus offering added proof that an evil piece of work
has been perpetrated.
Of the two eye-witnesses, Rev. Dr. Charles S.Mac-
farland, general secretary of the Federal Council of
Churches in America. and Mr. Leon Fischer, vice-pres-
ident4 of the United Rumanian Jews of America, the
former, the non-Jew, was evidently right when he in-
sisted that anti-Semiti# still rules the day in Rumania.
It Pays to Be Jewish.
Andy Cohen has learned that it pays to be a Jew.
More than that, he has learned that there is much to a
Jewish name.
The Andrew Jackson part of his name was eclipsed
by the priestly appellation Cohen which proved highly
profitable to him. When he joined the Waco club of
the Texas League, the Jewish baseball star who hails
from El Paso was urged to change his name. His reply
was that Cohen was good enough for him. because to
take any other would be an attempt to hide the fact
that he is a Jew, and because it would hurt his mother.
To reward him for his loyalty, the Giants' John Mc-
Graw picked him as the Jewish star he has for years
been searching for.
A writer in the New York Times expresses doubt if
Andy Cohen
would have been noticed by John McGraw. McGraw's hired
scouts or any other major league club if his name had not
been Cohen. At least not for a while. Ile might have
played in Waco under the alias of Mason or Dixon for
years without being summoned to the major league for
trial. But because his name was Cohen McGraw gave him a
chance. Once he got the chance he made good or he
wouldn't be filling Hornby's shoes at the Polo Grounds.
Now, because Andy's name is Cohen, thousands of
Jewish fans have been added to the baseball sport, and
his five-lettered Jewish surname has done more to help
him win popularity than he could have gained with the
finest batting and 4Iding average. On top of the fans'
cheers, Andy's rew d came in the trophies, gifts, ban-
quets and meetings in his honor. It is said that he has
been presented with enough wrist watches by admiring
Jewish communities to be able to wear one on every
two fingers. At Waco, in New York, Buffalo, Pitts-
burgh, Baltimore, admiring audiences cheered him and
presented him with time-pieces and cigarette cases, ac-
companied by speches and toasts. He was even voted
life membership in the New York chapter of his frater-
nity, the Sigma Alpha Mu.
Yes, Andy has leatned that it pays to be Jewish.
Future Andy Cohens please take note.
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In a recent issue of Time I find this letter:
Sir:
I cannot see why you are putting in so much
stuff about the Jews. We all know they are a
noble race; we are told so in the daily papers con-
stantly. But that is no reason—au contraire, I
should think—for turning Time into a Menorah
journal. Who cares about Mrs. Moskowitz of the
Able Irish Rose team, or Judge Sabath and who
or the little banker's boy in New York who runs
a jazz orchestra?
W. K. ALLEN.
Mr. Allen, of Philadelphia, is right—who cares?
And while we are about it, who cares about W. K. Allen,
who writes letters that take up space in Time which could
be devoted to sonic worth-while reading matter? It's
strange, isn't it, that what other persons do is not nearly
so important, to Mr. Allen as what Mr. Allen does. lie
is running true to human form.
When it conies to getting publicity, President Cool-
idge, with all his fish stories, has nothing on Sol Levitan,
the state treasurer of Wisconsin. ' Friend Levitan, having
run the gamut of all ordinary human experiences, burst
into print the other day with the announcement that he
was the first Jew to be made an Indian chief. Go slow,
Sol Levitan; perhaps you have never heard of the famous
Indian chief, Joseph, a namesake of mine, who was head
of the famous Nez l'erces tribe. I am not sure whether
Chief Joseph was a Jew, but his name is suspicious. At
any rate, Treasurer Levitan, in the presence of 300 In-
dians and three times as many whites, was made a Win-
nebago chief—in Yiddish his name is Der Weisser Bock,
which seems a violation of the Eighteenth Amendment.
In English he is known as Chief White Deer, and in
Winnebago lingo he is called Tchay-Ska-Kah, which
should make a tine subject for Milt Gross. However, I
congratulate Sol Levitan because he enjoys the good-will,
the affection and the confidence of the people of Wis-
consin who have elected him three times state treasurer
by huge majorities. Let me hear from you some time,
my dear Tchak-Ska-Kah.
Queer, how Fate throws contrasts together in human
experience. Ilere we have that aristocratic high-caste
Brahmin of New England, Oliver Wendell Holmes the
Second, democrat to the core, linked arm in arm with
the other New Englander, the Jew Brandeis. Who would
ever dream that such a sympathetic bond would have
been established between' two such divergent types? Yet,
where we see usually the name of one on to supreme court
decision, we find the other thinking along exactly the
same lines. So the Grand Old American, Holmes, is to
retire? Well, well, sir, I thought you would remain on
the supreme bench until you reached the age of 00, and
here you are disappointing us by retiring when you are
only 87. But judging by the character of the decisions
he has made sonic) of his associates might find it to their
advantage to add a few years to their ages. No longer
will we read, "Justice Holmes and Brandeis dissenting."
Some time ago I printed an editorial from the Editor
and Publisher, referring in uncomplimentary terms to
an attack on Adolph Ochs and the New York Times,
appearing in the Menorah Journal, and written by Silas
Bent, a well-known newspaper man. The point stressed
in the Editor and Publisher was the statement made by
Bent that his article had been deliberately garbled by
the editors of the Menorah. It seemed an interesting
item for this column and as it appeared in a reputable
journal I took the liberty of using it. There was no
intention on my part to deliberately discredit the Menorah
Journal, as I have too high a regard for the journal and
its staff. Mr. Hurwitz, the editor, takes sharp exception
to my statements, suggesting that I should have had all
the facts before me when I wrote.
So he sends me a copy of the correspondence between
Mr. Bent, the writer of the article, and the editors of the
Menorah Journal, which handled and edited the article,
to prove that what happened was ordinary editorial pro-
cedure in relation to a contributor's manuscript. I am
grateful to Mr. Horwitz for having sent me the letters
as they are exceedingly well written, and I confess I
enjoyed the mental stimulation in trying to arrive at a
decision. But it would take one with the wisdom of
Solomon to settle the matter with any degree of definite-
ness. When I read Mr. Bent's letter, I felt that the edi-
tors of the Menorah Journal had acted contemptibly.
But as I turned to the succeeding letters and read care-
fully the contention of the Menorah Journal, I began to
weaken. And by the time I had finished I was convinced
that there had been no attempt on the part of the
Menorah to garble Mr. Bent's article. I was further con-
vinced that Mr. Ilurwitz (lid not have the slightest idea of
inviting an attack on Mr. Ochs or the Times, and in
justice to the Menorah Journal and to Mr. Hurwitz I am
making these statements.
I am laughed out of court every time I mention the
Arabs in Palestine and the possibility of their making
trouble for the Zionist movement. I am looked upon as
an old fogey and quite out of the date. There is no
longer an Arab problem, I am told. The Arabs are so
happy to have the Jews with them and they were never
so well off in all their lives. Well, I hope my friends are
right. But nevertheless I ask them to tear out this para-
graph and file it away for reference at some future time.
Because I predict now that the Arab problem is far from
being solved and that I can see signs of unrest that bode
no good for the security and peace of Palestine.
A gentleman by the name of Waxman names a Jew-
ish cabinet for any president. After listing the illus-
trious names, he wants to know why only one Jew was
ever named as a cabinet officer. Well, brother, there are
any number of reasons. One is that Jewish influence in
political affairs has been felt in this country in an ap-
preciable way within comparatively recent years. And
then politics is politics. So when we consider that there
are only four million Jews in this country and over a
hundred millions of non-Jews; we get one of the many
answers. Then there aren't so many cabinet officials. I
think getting one Jew in the cabinet to date is reasonable.
Besides, I think that Brandeis could have been in the
Wilson cabinet had he desired. Perhaps others, too, have
been offered the opportunity. And after reading over
Mr. Waxman's list of names I wonder how he figures out
Otto Kahn as a suitable secretary of state. Ile has had
considerable experience in straightening out interna-
tional difficulties in the Metropolitan Opera Company
but that hardly qualifies him for the position. Another
man he names I never heard of and I certainly keep pretty
close tab on the newspapers. Whenever I read such
a list I have to keep firm control on my feelings to pre-
vent myself from lapsing into slang and exclaiming,
"Applesauce!"
given to understand that Aaron Saenz, one of
the outstanding figures in Mexican civil life, is a Jew.
Saenz, who was the manager of Obregon's campaign,
said that he is willing to accept a provisional appoint-
ment for two years, effective at the expiration of Calles'
term in December. During the fight against the Catholic
Church in Mexico, if my memory serves me well, I think
that Saenz was accused by his enemies at the time of
being a Jew and therefore out of sympathy with the
Church. Be that as it may, it would be interesting indeed
if a Jew were to become president of Mexico.
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I wish they ;couldn't have prize fights. They interfere
with any work. It just happened that I picked out the
evening of July 26 to to my column. Fortunately, pos-
sessed of a dual personality (not necessarily of lb. Jekyll
and llyde kind) I can smoke, read, write, watch the chil-
dren play and listen to the radio all at the same time.
But I confess when the granite-like gentleman from
Australia managed to overcome the handicap reach of
four and one-half inches of Mr. Tunney's and jabbed the
Shakespearian scholar in the bearer or on the bread pan,
my mind did wander and my fingers fumbled the keys of
the typewriter. I thought it rather a savage bit of busi-
ness all the way 'round. And I confess that my ire rose
when I heard Graham tell us how Gene was battering
Tom when Tom's eye wasn't functioning just right. It
seems rather hitting under the belt no to speak. I hope
those refined ladies enjoyed the "boxing contest." Re-
gardless of the perfumed name, prize fighting of this sort
smells to heaven in all its rottenness and brutality.
I
trust that when Gene goes a-walking across Europe with
his high-brow friend, Thornton Wilder, he of the "Bridge
of San Luis Rey," he will learn to be more tolerant of a
handicapped opponent. Yea, it's a great game and Tex
Rickard is the Profiteer.
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By
DR. NOAH E. ARONSTAM
'Upon these things I weep,
Mine eyes, mine eyes, are running
, water."
--Lamentations.
The months of Tamuz and Ab
(June and July) have historically
been inimical to the Jewish people.
Not alone have the two temples
been destroyed, but also the atroci-
ties and outrages that the three
Crusades have inflicted upon the
Jews, have taken place during
these months. Small wonder then
that the month of Ab was prefixed
by the word, "Menahem" (Consol-
er or Comforter).
We recognize three Crusades
transpiring within the years 1006
to 1190 and we call them respec-
tively the First (IWO, Second
(1145-1147) and the Third Cru-
sade (1189-1190). The blood that
has been innocently been shed dur-
ing that century by the Crusaders
within the principalities of France
and Germany and in a less measure
in England runs like a scarlet
stream through the pages of his-
tory.
It began when Peter the Her-
mit exhorted the people to wrest
the holy Sepulcher from the hands
of the infidels. From city to city,
from hamlet to hamlet he wan-
dered preaching the sword for re-
covery of the cross from the con-
trol of the Saracens. Pope Urban
II aroused the enthusiasm of
French chivalry at the council of
Clermont (1006) and Godfrey of
Bouillon averred that he hoped to
avenge the blood of Jesus on the
Jews, come what may. and leave
none of them alive. Like a fire -
brand this threat spread to the
Franco-Jewish communities and
those on the Rhine. They were pre-
pared to purchase their lives by the
offer of money and thus avert the
impending evil. When Godfrey of
Bouillon came to Cologne and May-
ence, each community presented
hint with a gift of five hundred sil-
ver marks, so as to insure his kro-
tection.
Perpetuate Atrocities.
Wherever the crusaders weft,
death, rapine, spoliation and de-
struction followed in their wake,
perpetrated principally upon the
Jewish communities. It is need-
less to dwell on the number of lives
taken, the heroic self-immolation
of entire communities, the cruel
slaughter of the innocents, the
butchery of women pregnant with
child, the spearing of children—
the blood ran in scarlet torrents.
Corpses were heaped upon each
other or were buried in a common
grave. Xanthen, Geldern, 310ers,
Dortmund, Kerpen, Cologne, Rue-
delsheim, Mayence, Treves, Metz,
Speyer, and many more are the
names of Franco-German cities
wherein such barbarities were per-
petrated in the name of the Cross.
The sword was returned to the
knightly scabbard dripping with
Jewish blood.
The Jews in Worms were all
slain and none escaped. It is told,
that a Jewish woman by the name
of Minna was surrounded by a
nab, among whom were some of
her noble friends, Knights of the
Cross, who were indebted to her
for sundry loans. They implored
her to accept Christianity; this she
refused and was put to death.
Many were drowned by the
crowd, others threw themselves in
the Rhine so as to escape torture
and baptism, while in ninny cities
numerous Jews were corraled like
cattle on the market place and
burned at the stake, suffering
martyrdom with songs of praise to
the Lord on their lips.
The Massacre of York.
One of the most pathetic and
tragic lots befell the Jews of York,
England. This sad episode is
known in history as the Slassacre
of York, and occurred about 1189
or IPSO. Joceus and Benedict, two
wealthy Jews residing in York
aroused the envy of the Christian
populace. Benedict was ill-treat-
ed at the coronation of Richard
the First (The Lionhearted). Ile
was forced to renounce his relig-
ion but ultimately reverted to his
original faith. He died from the
wounds inflicted by the mob while
in London.
Crusaders intent to obtain
wealth, citizens jealous and an-
gered at the prosperity of the Jew-
ish inhabitants, noblemen who
owed the Jews money', priests in
their bloodthirsty fanaticism —all
of them conspired to destroy the
Jews of York. They broke in the
house of Benedict and began to pil-
lage; Joceus foreseeing the danger
hurriedly repaired with the mem-
bers of the congregation to the cit-
adel and implored protection
Through a misunderstanding, the
governor of the palace was force(
out of the citadel and made cum
man cause with the belligerents.
The siege lasted six days; their
provision and strength were ex-
hausted; death was inevitable. It
was far better than torture and
forced renunciation. One of them,
the scholarly Rabbi Yomtob of
Joigny counseled them to kill one
another or commit suicide, permit-
ting the act by declaring "God,
whose decisions are inscrutable, de-
sired that we should die for our
holy faith A glorious death
is far better than a shameful life."
All their valuables were burned,
fire was set to the doors of the cit-
adel and the horrible holocause of
death began. Altogether about
two thousand souls perished. The
few is:ho like cowards begged to be
baptised were cut down, so that not
a soul escaped. "And scattered and
scorned as thy people may be, our
worship, oh Father, is only for
thee" were the dying words of the
martyrs. Thus endeth the Third
Crusade, immemorable in the art-
nals of history for its bloodthirst-
iness and blind fanaticism.
A Vivid Picture.
"Upon these things I . 1;:eep"....
An historical poem comes to my
mind entitled "The Massacre of the
Jews at York" that gives a dire
and vivid picture of the cruelties
in the following words:
"Seek ye ercy? Ask yon a man of
bloo
Who dare to call himself a priest
of God.
For mercy, and ye will such mercy
find
As the pursuing huntsman gives
the hind;
Such mercy as the hapless bird
may seek,
When closely clutched in the vul-
ture's beak.
In yonder bloodstained cities did
they spare
The brave, the aged, the youthful
or the fair?
No, babes from their mothers
breasts were torn
And its dying shrieks on the air
were borne;
Nor did they heed the fathers ac-
cents wild.
Entreating them to save his dar-
ling child;
But hewed them down like cattle,
where they stood,
And washed out their religion in
their blood."
Bibliography, (1) Jewish Ency-
clopedia, (2) History of the Jews
by Graetz, (3) History of the
Jews, Margolis. (4) Standard
Book of Jewish Verse.
A Versatile Philadelphia
Poet.
UN II EWN STONES, by Isaac
Hassler, published by Charles
Sessler, 1310 Walnut street,
Philadelphia (02).
Mr. Hassler's volume is an un-
usually interesting collection of
verse. The author has written on
so many varied subjects that he re-
veals a fine intellectuality.
His opening lines, titled the
same as the book itself, declares
that:
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There are unquarried in•rbles
the hill.
And untried aisles the gracious wood-
lands fill,
The silken rippling+ of the lowly rill
Areas waste waters grinding Pest the
mill.
Ile closes this poem with the two
lines:
The tnyriad-wonder majesty has Lhrone,
In altar. of brown earth and unhewn
stunt,
Mr. Hassler's collection contains
a tine poem on "The Jewish Ped-
lar" and other fine and interesting
Jewish verses, such as "Zion," "A
Jew in Phoenicia," "Evening in
Ituahl Shalom Synagogue." One
of his poems is in tribute to the
late Slayer Sulzberger.
In lighter vein are written some
of the ether poems, and among the
more powerful ones is "Atlantic-
cityitis:"
tie
and down.
Down and up.
Like animal. In • zoo.
Caning •t Cod-knowa who:
lloardwalking.
Bored •talking.—
Utility!
In and out.
Out and in.
Immobile waters Atirring.
The endless wayrn recurring:
Annlees ocean
Of v•in motion.—
Futility!
THE RABBI KNOWS
eilSK HIM
A
Sheaf of Sheilas
By RABBI LEON FRAM
D.'ecter of Religious Education, 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. In what recent book is Chris-
topher Columbus proved to be a
Jew?
2. Who is Avrahm Yarmelin-
sky?
3. Who is Irwin Edman?
4. Where is the training school
of Jewish social work located?
5. What king ordered the killing
of all Jewish male infants?
6. What is the etymology of
name Moshe, or Moses?
7. At what point on the River
Nile have modern Egyptians desig-
nated the spot where Moses was
found?
8. What great Jewish philoso-
pher lived in Cairo, Egypt?
9. What feeat discovery in Jew-
ish history was recently made in a
Cairo synagogue?
10. What Jewish scholar made
the discovery?
11. What is the significance of
the word "mizpah" engraved on
a ring?
12. Who was the' first to be
crowned king of the Tribe of
Israel?
13. Who was the second king of
Israel?
14. Who was the third king of
Israel?
15. Of what tribe was King
Saul?
let. Of what tribe was King
David?
17. Why are Christians no anx-
ious to prove that Jesus was de-
scended from David?
18. Who led the revolution
against the House of David and
divided Israel into two kingdoms?
19. From what are the names of
the tribes derived?
20. Which was the richer coun-
try, the kingdom of Israel or the
kingdom of Judah?
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