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A perfectly harmless dispatch from Newark, N. J.,
by the United Press last week told how

an 8-year-old girl playing the "mother role" threw a
residential section here into a "kidnaper" scare by bor-
rowing a 7-weeks-old baby to take her doll's place in a
carriage. From I p. m. until twilight police and Mrs.
John Chaney, the worried mother of the baby, searched
for the child, before it was found sleeping peacefully in
the doll carriage.

= GIAS

JOSE F'

At last Chaim Weizmann has realized his great hope

"The Good-will Invasion of
Mexico"

By RABBI LEON FRAM

from dawn to sunset and had
Most Americans who have gone
of uniting all Israel in the work of Palestine restoration.
loin cloth for dress and bread an :
to Mexico have gone there to make
I have always had the most tremendous regard for the
money. Several times in our his- water for food.
good sense and the diplomacy of Dr. Weizmann, and the
-1
Entered as Second-class matter Marc 8. 1916. at the Postollice at Detroit,
After the Aztecs came the
tory Americans have gone to Mex-
Mich., under the Art of March 8, 1879.
Zionists con thank God that a Weizmann appeared to lead
treasure-hunting Spaniards. few
ico to make war. Some Americans,
them. After five years of investigating, and backing and
in
number
but
extremely
fierce
Picture for yourself, however, this incident occur-
General Offices and Publication Building
as, for instance, the religious mis-
filling, and discussion, and factional differences, the so-
with that strange weapon
525 Woodward Avenue
ring in the Massenas of this country or the Galatzes called non-Zionists of the country have declared their sionaries, have gone there with the armed
the gun. The Spaniards shot the
object of doing Mexico good.
Cable
Address:
Chronicle
complete
willingness
to
work
with
their
Zionist
brethren
Cadillac
1040
Telephones
and
other
dark
places
of
Europe,
and
the
result
might
Aztecs
off the earth and then in
London Office.
A few Americans—surprisingly their turn
for the upbuilding of l'alestine. Nothing new about this,
settled themselves upoi
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very easily have turned into a ritual murder lie. We
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England.
few—have gone into Mexico as the hacks of the docile Indians
as I urged it 10 years ago. I begged the Zionists to soft-
tourists
to
see
its
glorious
scen-
pedal
their
extremists
and
to
forget
for
the
moment
their
give
free
play
to
our
imagination
because
they
were
conscripting
them
to
build
new
$3.00 Per Year
Subscription, in Advance
ery, its magnificent Toltec, Aztec
and to attack the situation in a practical
palaces upon the roils of thy.
just as harmless incidents as the above quoted that led chimeras,
y .
and Mayan ruins and its pictur-
fashion. I have pointed out that in the development of
To insure publication. all correspondence mol news matter must reach this
Aztec palaces and compelling then
office by Tuesday evening of each week. When mailing notices,
to the most horrible massacres and the most bigoted ac-
esque old churches, and to pur-
the cultural and economic life of Palestine every Jew
to provide the Spaniards' table
kindly use one side of the paper only.
in the world could help without compromising his con-
chase the unique handwork of the
cusations against our people. Furthermore, it must be
with all the variety of fruit am
Ind ions, the brilliantly colored grain and herb which the Mexican
as a non-Zionist. Sometimes truths sound harsh.
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Invites correspondence on subject. of Interest to
remembered, if Massena has taught us the lesson it science
the Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the clews
sarope's, or blankets, the famous
but when I say that this union of all forces in Jewry
soil produces while they, the In
”Pre•uled by the writers.
should have, that there is no difference between the ig-
Mexican blue pottery, the delicate Jiang themselves, lived on the
will make the upbuilding of Palestine fashionable among.
drawn work and embroidery, the
certain important groups in Jewry who only follow the
Sabbath Readings of the Torah.
norant Russian moujhik and the narrow-minded Amer-
monotonous fare of bread nni
line of Fashion, I mean every word of it. Since Mr.
onyx beads and the opal rings.
water and under the shelter of
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 18:1-22:24.
ican moujhik. So that we continue to be burdened
The crowd of Americans that
Marshall and Judge Stern and James N. Rosenberg and
crowded mud huts. Nor does the
Prophetical portion—II. Kings 4:1-37.
gathered on the Mexican-bound story end here, fur after the Span-
Felix Warburg and Col. Herbert Lehman and other well
with the task of informing our non-Jewish neighbors
known figures in Jewry have come out unequivocally
Sunshine Special at St. Louis, Sun-
Cheshvan 19, 5689
iards came still another conqueror
November 2, 1928
that Jews have not the horns some would pin on us,
for the Palestinian platform, the Jews of this country
day, July 1, was going to Mexico —the European and American
even if most of us are also sans the angelic wings.
for an altogether new purpose. It commercial adventurers, few in
willl carry it by a large majority.
Another Balfour Anniversary.
was braving the dangers of the
—
number but extremely fierce, who
•
trip neither with the object of
Hereafter when there is a United Palestine Appeal,
in their turn tapped the treasures
The date of the publication of this issue marks
making money, nor to wage war,
conservative Jews who fear that the American citizen-
of the country and built more
The Myth of the So-Called Jewish Vote.
the eleventh anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.
nor yet primarily for a vacation or
ship may be compromised in the eyes of their neighbors
magnificent buildings and intro-
the
purpose
of
souvenirs.
not
even
Although it has become almost commonplace to talk
When Louis Marshall in one breath denounces at-
will no longer view askance the coming of the collector
duct•.1 new luxuries while the In-
to do Mexico good. It was a dians who formed the bulk of the
for
his
tribute
to
development
of
the
Holy
Land.
He
about the historic document, issued by the present Earl
tempts at encouraging a Jewish vote, and in another
crowd of men and women who population did most of the work
will no longer feel self-conscious serving as vice-presi-
of Balfour, on November 2, 1917, on behalf of the Brit- quotes incidents of Hoover's friendly actions for Jew-
wer egoing to Mexico for the sole
and remained in slavery, in squal-
dent of a Palestine meeting, when he finds himslf in one
purpose of trying to understand
ish Government, to the Jewish people, this declaratioh
ish war sufferers, he not only defeats his own purpose
of the front rows on the platform. Judge Stern is not
or and in ignorance..
Mexico.
at
the
moment
concerned
with
the
ultimate
aim
of
Zion-
The Jubilee in Mexico.
is of such great importance, and the accomplishments but does an injustice to the Jewish cause for which he
For we were convinced that
ism. Ile is willing to pass that along to a future genera-
Then mile the revolution of
in Palestine during the past decade so great, that refer-
speaks. A presidential election period is not the time
what
the
peoples
of
the
world
tion; anyway. he figures he won't be here by that time,
1910, led by Francisco Madero,
needed today was not a foolish pre- son of a wealthy Spanish family
so why worry about it. Ile believes that every Jew if he
ence to the event is always in order.
during which to recall friendly acts by one candidate
• s
tense of doing each other good,
watches his step, can stand exactly on the planks in the
generally conceded to be of Mar-.
In spite of our impatience with the slowness with or another, in the name of a religious or racial cause,
but rather a sincere effort at know-
Palestine platform that pleases his fancy. This is as it
rano or secret Jewish descent. And
which the Palestine upbuilding work is progressing,
and by innuendo attempt to encourage a particular
ing more about one another. The
should be for, after all, we' are told if we don't hurry
first time in all the thousands of
doing of good would then follow
along all the desirable land in Palestine will be bought
there is no doubt that the achievements are unequalled
racial group to support a particular candidate.
with the Madero revolution for the
as a matter of course. The rea- thousands of years of Mexico's his-
up by persons who don't like us. So those who believe
in the history of world colonization movements. Every
Similarly, James N. Rosenberg, chairman of the
son the United States and the
in the economic development of a Jewish h o meland iii
tory, Mexico was Tilled by into
new piece of work on Jewish soil, every new under- Agrojoint, is to be reprimanded for his oft-repeated
countries to the south of her have who regarded the Indian as a fel-
Palestine can be themselves without the slightest concern
Yo
not
been
doing
each
other
much
of
practical-idealists,
which
means
a
whole
lot
where
a
taking, is reported to us with such pride and satisfac-
lowman, as a person to live with
practice of the past few weeks in publishing statement
good of late is not that there is any and no more as a tool to be worked.
lot of money is needed.
tion by the Jewish settlers that that alone should be ac- after statement from Candidate Hoover endorsing the
lack of a will for doing good, but
in Mexico only a
Our party
that they are too ignorant of each
cepted with great joy by Jews throughout the world.
I recently published a letter from a student at Har-
few (lays when we realized that
Russian colonization• movement, lauding Julius Rosen-
other's characters to make( this
outstanding fact of
vard, who was unable to obtain admission to a Temple
this
was
the
For the first time perhaps since the Dispersion Jews are
wald for his $5,000,000 subscription to the Russian
will effective—and we humble
revolution,
namely,
revut
in Boston on Yom Kippur because of lack of accommoda-
taking pride in the products of the soil they call their fund, etc., and Major Julius I. Peyser distributes from
preachers, teachers, doctors, mar- the( Mexisan
last was coming
tion. His parents resented very bitterly this denial of an
chants
lawyers
and
social
workers
that
the
Indian
at
own, in accomplishments from a center which they
into his own. Out in the fields
opportunity to their son to worship on the Day of Atone-
Washington a pamphlet on "Herbert Hoover, Humani-
that made up our crowd aspired to
each Indian is being given two
ment. But this situation is found in every city in the
call the Jewish Homeland.
tarian," which he sub-labels: "Helped the Jews and
be the instruments of knowledge
acres of his own to ploy and sow
country. Unfortunately it is impossible to build enough
Outside of Palestine, too, Jewish hearts have been
and understanding.
Other Minority Groups," and distributes it as "Chair-
and reap for his own family. Out
temples to accommodate all the Jews who want to crowd
The Mexican Indian.
in the mines and oil fields the In-
gladdened and the Jewish spirit made happier as a
in two or three days of the year. It is not that the Ai-
man of Executive Committee, American Jewish Con-
cials
of
a
congregation
wish
to
place
obstacles
in
the
The
outstanding
proble.m
of
dians are being organized to de-
result of the great Palestinian experiment. The Bal- gress."
mand of industry it decent stand-
way of any Jew attending services, but it is just a physi-
Mexico is one which few Anwri-
four Declaration has given hope to the entire people,
ard of living, and in the thousands
cal
impossibility.
And
there
is
another
consideration.
cans know about or can possibly
Suppose Nathan Straus, who is among the ardent
upon thousands of open-air schools
Strange to say, it costs money to conduct a house of wor-
and now that assurances are given that this hope will
understand except through special
supporters of Governor Smith, and the other Jewish
which have recently been estab-
ship. I know that a great many apparently believe that
study. It is the problem created
be translated into reality by a United Jewry, as a re-
God in some mysterious way arranges to take care of the
supporters of the Democratic candidate, were to follow
by the Mexican Indian. We lished, he was receiving his heri-
sult of the formation of the Jewish Agency, the name
expenses. But it so happens that that is man's obliga-
Americans do not know of any In- tage of civilized manhood. Ile
suit and begin to publish a series of statements from
was learning to read and write.
tion. Therefore, in order to have a rabbi and a temple,
dian problem, for we solved curs
Balfour will be given an even greater place in his- Governor Smith endorsing both Palestine and Russia;
Ile was learning science and art.
some one must pay for it. And while it would be won-
very simply by exterminating the
tory, because to the Balfour Declaration is directly and supposing these Jewish Democrats were also to
derful if every church and synagogue could be thrown
Indians. In all fairness it must be So naturally gifted is the Indian,
traceable the beginnings of this all-important Jewish
wide open to admit everybody who desired to attend
said that the Indians themselves the schools were open only a fete
begin recalling evidence of Governor Smith's friendly
aided us in consummating this easy years when Indian children began
without cost, it is impossible at the present time. So in
unity movement.
to do more than learn and absorb,
expressions towards Jewish causes and individual
our imperfect order of society, those who buy or rent
solution. There were very few of
they began to create.
pews are given the preference.
them altogether. These( few were
Jews, what a sorry spectacle those who are pictured
SeS
While we were in conference
not settled, dricile, agricultural
An Interesting Experiment..
as "the Jewish voters" would present!
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people whom we could compel to
with Prof. Moses Soon, the head
In this connection I am appending a letter received
Proposed publication of two tracts in Yiddish for dis-
Mr. Marshall, Major Peyser, Mr. Straus, Dr. Wise, front Rabbi Harry Levy, of Temple Israel, Boston, Mass., work for us or we would surely of this vast system of Indian edu-
tribution among eastern European Jews was approved
cation, a cablegram came from
have (lone so. They were nomad
that
has
a
general
bearing
on
this
entire
problem
of
holi-
at a recent meeting of the Tract Commission of the Union
-
Mr. Rosenberg and others can do as they please as in
Belgium stating that at the Inter-
hunters and warriors. They en-
of American Hebrew Congregations and the Central Con-
day attendance:
dividuals in supporting whatever political party they
national Exhibition of Children's
gaged us immediately in a fight to
ference of American Rabbis, at the Hotel Sinton, Cincin-
In
a
recent
issue
of
the
Boston
Jewish
Advo-
Art
Work, now being held in Brus-
the
death.
Since
we
were
the
choose, but they owe a duty to the Jewish causes they
nati, Ohio.
cate, in your column, Random Notes, you discussed
sels,
the work of the Indian chil-
stronger,
it
meant
death
for
them
"What is Reform Judaism" and "The History of Re-
are sponsoring not to confuse political issues with
the complaint of a young man who denounce(
dren
of Mexico received the first
and
an
end
to
the
whole
problem.
form Judaism" will be the subjects of the tracts and they
"the leading Temple of Boston" and its "Branch
prize. In short, Mexico is cele-
Jewish
policy
upon
which
they
have
no
bearing.
But when the Spaniards conic to
are to be prepared by European Jews.
In-
Temple," because he was not admitted to services
brating
her Biblical Jubilee. Her
Mexico they found millions of
Thus it has come to a point in the present campaign
The above announcement suggests an interesting
on the Day of Atonement. I believe ours is the
dians, an agricultural people who shofar has blown. Iler bell has
of
forcing
Rabbi
Herbert
S.
Goldstein,
president
of
"leading
temple
of
Boston."
It
is
also
true
that
rung.
Liberty
is being proclaimed
were enslaved from time imme-
experiment. Those of our people whom it is necessary
on both New Year's Day and the Day of Atone-
morial anti accustomed for cen- throughout the land unto all the
the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of Amer-
to reach with Yiddish literature are, with few excep-
ment, we have for years conducted services in a
inhabitants thereof, and every man
turies to plow and sow and reap
"Branch Temple" to accommodate the overflow.
is being restored to his posses-
tions, the typical extremists in Israel. They are either ica, to ask John Haynes Holmes to retract a statement
in order that others might eat.
that rabbis in their synagogues "are asking their peo-
While Temple Israel was not specifically men-
They (lid exactly what English
sions
A n.
irreligious or they are uncompromising in their Ortho-
American viewing this spec-
tioned
in
the
article,
I
presume
that
it
was
our
men
would
have
done
under
the
ple to vote for Governor Smith on the supposition that
doxy. In a large measure the present growth of the
tacle has two choices. Ile may
synagogue at which the denouncement was aimed.
some circumstances. They settled
once a Roman Catholic is elected president it would be
Let me state at once that I think you covered the
either recall our own rebel-
down to ease and comfort and per-
Hebrew schools in this country and the increase in the
the British yoke and
criticism admirably by your statement that the
simpler to eleCt a Jew." Certainly Rabbi Goldstein is
mitted the Indians to go on work- lion
number of synagogues is due to the unyielding group
synagogues of the country are obviously unable to
ing for them as a while ago they the emancipation of our own . e-
nearest to being correct when he declares:
that will not give up an iota of traditionalism. Simi-
gro slaves, and applaud this new
accommodate all the Jews who want to worship on
had toiled for the Aztecs. And
the holy days. If they were adequate there would
harassed race which is going on
here you have in a nutshell the
larly, the members of the other extreme group among
Never in the history of the synagogue has any message
be no warrant for the establishment of the 2,000
story of the aboriginal farming In- before his eyes. Or he may say,
been sent to congregation or rabbi asking for the deliver-
the Yiddishists have been and are as unflinching in
no.
and
more
mushroom
places
of
worship
that
are
dian of Mexico. For as long
as I have heard them say, "Well,
ance of the Jewish vote, which by the way does not exist.
born every year when the holy days are on us.
that's all right as for as it goes,
their radical sentiments and in their ridicule of all
history can find records they have
I take this means of asking Mr. Holmes to retract this
but if this Mexican radicalism is
But there is more to be said. There are few tem-
been a conquered and enslaved
statement as to the synagogue, because after the election
religion.
,
ples
in
the
country
that
are
large
enough
to
ac-
to cause our oil companies
people.
From
somewhere
in
the
going
the enemy of the Jew will gladly seize upon his unwar-
Thus, the experiment of the Union of American
commodate even their own members on the holy
neighborhood of what is now I Ion. the loss of a single dollar we've
ranted assertion and use it to the hurt of our people.
days. Of course, strangers should be shown every
ida there broke in upon them a got to send our marines down
Hebrew Congregations, in its attempt to bring to east-
i
possible courtesy, and students away from home,
there to shoot the thing up."
people called the Toltecs, few in
While Mr. Holmes has vindicated himself when he
ern European Jews, in their "mame loshon" (mother
eager to worship, ought to be welcomed where
I present you the two alterna-
number but extremely fierce. By
replied to criticism of Rabbi Goldstein and other rab-
tongue), the Torah of German Reform, is interesting.
there is room. But surely the members them-
means of the slave labor of the no- lives. Choose.
selves
must
be
shown
some
consideration.
Temple
As you are probably aware, I
bis
by
stating
that
he
did
not
intend
to
give
the
impres-
tive Indians they built gorgeous
If the effort to be exerted with these publications is to
Israel seats 1,200 people. We have 3,000 individ-
temples and palaces, the ruins of made two special studies while in
show any results at all, we may be able to re-define, as sion that he believes or could believe "that the rabbis
uals on our organizational rolls. For this reason
which are still standing, and by Mexico. One was on the situation
are rounding up their congregations in this campaign
we are annually compelled to engage extra quar-
riding the backs of the Indian of the Jews in Mexico. The other
a result of it, the psychology of the so-called Eastern
ters for supplementary services. Both places are
farmers they lived an aristocratic was on the Church-State problem
the
way
many
of
the
Protestant
pastors
are
attempt-
European Jew.
in Mexico. With the first of these
hardly adequate at this time for our complete
life of ease and culture. From
ing to round up theirs," he has not helped the situation
The leaders in the Reform group, however, should
membership. Spite of this fact, we have always
somewhere in the neighborhood of
I shall hardly deal at ell, priori.
any, because an unnecessary discussion was opened
welcomed strangers and especially students, and
what is now Arizona came the pally because it has already been
remember that the staunchest Orthodox leaders, among
have tried to make them comfortable. At times,
Aztecs, few in number and ex- so ably treated by my fellow-miss
and the myth of the "Jewish vote" flaunted. Mr.
them Dr. Leo Jung, Professor Nathan Isaacs, Dr. David
indeed, we have served them at the expense and
tremely fierce. They came just sionary, Mr. Milford Stern, presi-
Holmes incidentally pays us a compliment when he de-
de Sola Pool, and others, are neither Eastern European
the comfort of our own membership. Over and
200 years before the arrival of the dent of Temple Beth El. Mr.
Yiddish
a
over
again
we
have
directly
and
personally
invited
clares
that
"rabbis
are
not
of
the
Fundamentalist
type
Spaniards. The Aztecs drove out Stern went to Mexico some months
Jews nor do they have to be reached by
resident students whose names we could secure.
the Toltecssand added to the meg- before I did, and on his return
—I
do
not
know
a
John
Roach
Stratton
among
them.
appeal. This, at least in the sense that leaders mould
This year scores of such invitations were sent by
nificence of the Toltec pyramids told the story of the recent Jew-
Jews are an independent lot and would not stand for
the destinies of their movements, is a negative augury
me to young men and women from all parts of the
and established even more heauti- ish immigration into Mexico in an
country
whose
parents
and
rabbis
had
requested
this thing." But compliments have never saved us
ful and luxurious cities, still to article published by the Jewish
to the Reform experiment. The attempt will neverthe-
this service. Of the 50,000 students in Boston,
be seen and marveled at—all by Tribune of New York and in sev-
from misunderstandings, and talk about a solid "Jew-
less be watched with interest.
5,000 are Jewish, the major portion of them I
riding on the backs of millions of eral addresses delivered in Detroit,
ish vote" that does not exist may prove harmful to us,
think non-resident. And all Jews want to worship
Indians who shared nothing of the
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in the synagogue on the holy days. Every year
wealth or the splendor but worked
unless we nip the rumor in the bud.
"Al Chet."
not only has every seat in our buildings of wor-
In
the
meantime,
Jewish
candidates
in
New
York
We don't know who is the more guilty, we or Lord
ship been occupied, and every inch of standing
C
room as well, but hundreds upon hundreds have
Melchett, the former Sir Alfred Mond, Two weeks State, who are used as cats-paws for presidential votes,
necessarily had to be turned away. This year
are subjects for a "Jewish discussion." Samuel Unter-
ago we criticized the Jewish Lord's attitude toward
was no exception to the rule.
myer took occasion to attack Attorney General Albert
the Jewish Agency. We emphasized the "chett" in his
I regret exceedingly that any Jew eager to
Ottinger, Republican candidate for governor of New
worship with his people on these occasions should
name and pointed to the sin a man holding the position
be unable to join with them. Under the circum-
he does in the World Zionist movement commits when
York, on the ground that
Selected by Rah bi Leon Fram.
stances this is in certain instances inevitable.
he questions the importance of an effort like that of the
If your correspondent had been more mature and
He was nominated solely because he is a Jew and as a
rain, for (lay and for night be Thou
more
intelligent
he
would
have
understood
and
THE
HOLY
BAAL-SHEM.
Agency on the eve of its creation. At the conference
foil or cover to the campaign of bigotry that the Repub-
praised! For all Thou sendest to
might have refrained from informing all the Jew-
I.
lican party is waging throughout the nation. He is a Jew
in New York, however, where the first steps were
meet a hun an being praised be
ish
press
of
the
country
no
passionately
of
his
only as a talking horse to attract the Jewish votes that
The holy Baal-Shem-Toy walked
Thou, praised be Thou, praised!
taken for the consummation of the Jewish Agency,
protest.
would otherwise go to the Democratic national and state
through the fields, in early dusk
And blessed am I who am burned
Lord Melchett not only denied the accuracy of the
tickets as protest against the despicable campaign that is
he walked through the cold fields.
now, burned by The fires. And
Recently the writer of a syndicated column called
being waged against Governor Smith by the un-Ameri-
From the north the winds were
rumor that he was opposed to the Agency, but ex-
if I am found worthy and Thou
Jewish
Sport
News,
commenting
on
the
Jewish
football
blowing, cold and frosty the winds
can forces of religious bigotry—simply because he is a
host willed it that I now fall upon
players who have contributed to Princeton's laurels on
pressed the hope of some day being a member of it.
were
blowing,
so
that
his
limbs
be-
Catholic.
Thy
earth, tormented by thirst—
the gridiron, took occasion to make this statement:
Mr. Ottinger has never been actively identified with
gan to freeze; and with frozen how blessed am I, and how blessed
Now, who is to blame?
any important Jewish movement, either in the city, state
limb s the holy Baal-Shem-Tov
In later years Glick was a member'of the
In our criticism of Lord Melchett we also referred
and blessed, how blessed and
or nation. or with the Jewish cause itself, except around
opened his lips and began to sing
team, and I think elected captain. There was some
blessed and blessed and blessed."
to his Jewishness and disagreed with a statement he is
in a loud voice—thus his opened
election times and as a vote-getting bait.
question about Glick's Jewishness, and I under-
Landau (from Imber's "Mod-
lips sang on: "Much blessed the' —S.
supposed to have made to the effect that it doesn't
stand that he never openly paraded under the
ern Yiddish Poetry").
Mr.
Untermyer
does
not
stop
there,
but
continues
man who was found worthy to be
banner of Zion.
matter who builds Palestine, Jew or non-Jew, so long
JEWISH PIETY.
s _
touched by Thy winds; much
to draw a comparison between Mr. Ottinger and Her-
Let a man believe that whatever
blessed am I who have been found
as Palestine is built. In this respect, if we are to judge
The
Glick
referred
to
is
Frank
Glick,
formerly
of
bert Lehman, the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant-
worthy to freeze from Thy colds; occurs to him is from the Blessed
by his address to the so-called non-Zionists' conference,
Pittsburgh. Ile is a Jew, was a Jew and will always
One! For instance, when a wicked
governor of New York, whose family he declares,
how blessed am I, and how blessed
remain a Jew. He was raised in a Jewish family. One
man meets him and abuses him,
it is our turn to say "Al Chet," we have sinned. Lord
the blessed, how blessed and bless-
"have
been
all
their
lives
prominently
identified
with
of
his
brothers
had
charge
of
a
class
in
the
Sabbath
and puts him to shame, let him re-
Melchett's concluding words to the conference were:
ed and blessed." And thirstily he
School of Congregation Rodef Shalom, another brother
all the great Jewish local, national and international
ceive it with love, and say, "The
drank the frosty air and back he
This is a proposition which has one great merit, and
is a member of the board of trustees of the same con-
Lard told to curse, and he is
movements." But Mr. Untermyer's opponents are not gregation. And I happen to know that at Princeton on
sank into deep thoughts.
that is why I am so greatly attached to it. It is one out
the messenger of God on account
II.
any money. I regard
to be outdone, and they are firing back with a state-
several occasions Frank Glick, who Was indeed one of
of which nobody wants to make
of
And
lonely
the
sun
rose
in
the
privilege.
To
be
able
to
Princeton's outstanding athletes, as well as one of the
the upbuilding of Palestine as a
ment
endorsing
Mr.
Ottinger
as
a
Jew,
digging
up
rec-
In every deed or transaction
sky, a sun so flaming and huge,
lay asmall stone in the re-erection of the Temple of our
most popular students, flaunted his Jewishness in justice
man performs by his own free
ords
of
"yichus"
and
proclaiming
Jewish
reasons
for
that
hot
it
became
even
as
in
pur-
people is an honor. It brings a moral force and a moral
to his self-respect and in one instance, to establish a
will let the name of God be ready
gatory, the sweat ran in heavy
victory which simply cannot be replaced by anybody else
principle of religious freedom. It is hardly likely that
his election.
in his mouth. If, for instance, he
drops from the face, and not a
or by anything else, and although perhaps I have received
one with the deep Jewish convictions of Mr. Glick, and
While
this
division
goes
to
prove
that
there
is
no
breeze was blowing in the burning erects a building, or buys a ye,
with his backgrourd would sell his birthright for popu-
in my life distinctions more than I merited, there is none
sel, or makes a new garment, let
fields.
But
suddenly
the
voice
of
Jewish vote, and that there are only American Jews larity with a student body at Princeton or anywhere else.
greater one than being privileged to help
that I feel a
the BaalsShem-Tov saread over him say with his mouth and utter
I know that Mr. Joel would not intentionally do Mr.
part of whom are for Hoover and part for Smith, the
build up the Land of Israel.
with his lips, "This thing I do, for
the burning field. Thus the Baal-
an injustice, and that after these facts are brought
A man who expresses the sentiments that came
situation created by our leaders presents a sad spec- Glick
Shem-Tov sang, thus he sang the honor of the (union of the
to his attention he will make proper amends and place
..;s
Shechinah with the) Holy One—
from Lord Melchett at the national conference must
praise to the Creator: "For cold-
tacle. There is no doubt but that our great ones, act- this Jew in the proper light before the readers of his
•
ness and heat, for sun and for blessed be Ile!"—(Kitzur Sh'ih.)
have a big Jewish heart and he deserves Jewry's
interesting page.
ing as Jews, have erred.

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