RE mon' FIVISR 1,Ye tlYMIUT . TRIEVETROITIEWISII etRONICL£ :1 ins•MAshea Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co.. Inc. President JOSEPH J. CUMMINS JACOB H. SCHAKNE ....... _______. ..... __Secretory and Treasurer ...... - ....... M•naging Editor PHILIP SLOMOVITZ......._--...... ..... Advert' g Manager MAURICE M. SAFIR Entered •s Second-class matter March 3, 1914, at the Postoffico at Detroit. Mich., under the Act of March 3, 11179. General Offices and Publican& Building 525 Woodward Avenue Cable Address: Chronicle Telephone: Cadillac .1040 London Office: 14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England. $3.00 Per Year Subscription, in Advance To Insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach thls office by Tuesday evening of each week. When mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper only. The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Invites correspondence on subject. of 'Arrest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an Indorsement of the •Iewe expressed by the writers. 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 A9A. FIRDNICIR :,:=t&taWAZ:'tlytTdyjyzMiyjyiyeiyxyMtzttgtNyetrWyiyMf,ytqyttsV: 7 :i , IVMVtet5t,Vgt,Zktt:Mtgkt,q 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. -;41,,f41f444,14-4444:444=424: 1 iso oe.. 9 -41.5 A PAGE FROM THE CRUSADES 11Y •+. ciOSEPHn= 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. am 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. 4?-:1/1 ->,. 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: a 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? (Turn to Last Page.) V-4 '41;s1Y-MT4114W:1:44-:',1% )Is —17