II E 9LTROIVE111R4 ROM ICLIk
■ 11114Mtnt-
114t
;IirIzZUNIUTV*51 , 1L. AVAWa sSy
.re
THE bETROITAWIStt ARON ICLE
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Ina.
JOS7.PH J. CUMMINS
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
PHILIP SLOMOVI1Z
MAURICE M. SAFIR
President
Secretary and Treasurer
Managing Editor
Advertising Manager
Entered as Second,lase matter March 8, 1916, at the Postorlice at Detroit,
Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1079.
General Offices and Publication Building
525 Woodward Avenue
Telephone: Cadillac 1040
London Office.
Cable Address: Chronicle
14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England.
Subscription, in Advance
83.00 Per Year
To insure publication. all correspondence and news matter must reach this
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 subjerts of interest to
the Jewish people, byt disclaims responsibility for an indorsement of the views
expressed by the writers.
Sabath Readings of the Torah
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 33:4-36:43.
Prophetical portion—Hos. 12:13-14:10; or 11:7-12:12; or
Obad. 1:1.21.
November 30, 1928
Kislev 17, 5689
Pisgah—Victim of Indifference.
Regardless of the reasons set forth by Grand Lodge
No. 6 of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith on the
one hand, and by Pisgah Lodge on the other, for the
suspension of the local lodge from the order, the one
outstanding and most regrettable ailment in the entire
situation is the indifference back of it all. In spite of
the seriousness of a situation attending the unqualified
suspension of a lodge from its national order, the meet-
ing on Monday evening, at which the situation was to
be discussed, did not hold out interest enough to at-
tract more than about 200 people. quite a number of
whom were members of the Ladies' Auxiliary of Pisgah
Lodge.
There is a Hebrew word which sums up the situa-
tion more than any other. It is: "Hefker." It is hard-
ly translatable. It means indifference. It also means
irresponsibility. Both indifference and irresponsibility
played a part in an act which, it is feared by some,
may prove to be a death-blow to a lodge which has
functioned in Detroit for more than 71 years.
Nothing can possibly prove more harmful to an
idea or a movement than indifference to it. Pisgah
.Lodge would never have reached the stage of falling
in arrears in its dues to the Grand Lodge if interest
were shown by the members to prevent a catastrophe.
An interested membership would have worked for re-
forms which would have - prevented the Grand Lodge
from taxing constituent organizations on an unpaid
membership.
Hope is entertained by many who have been active
in Pisgah Lodge that the suspension will be lifted; that
arbitration will help solve the serious problem which
caused a breach in the order; that Pisgah's usefulness
kr to the community will not be ended. Should this hope
materialize, Pisgah's leaders will have one deadly
enemy, common to all Jewish movements, to conquer—
indifference.
r. i' 1 a ; 5 M M M M
Is There Anything In Numbers?
kJ
Dr. Chaim Weizmann was tendered a banquet by
Zionists as well as non-Zionist leaders on the eve of
his return to England. At this banquet the friendship
cemented between the two hitherto warring groups on
the question of Palestine was again emphasized. Mr.
Louis Marshall declared that he had "always loved
Palestine." Dr. Samuel Schulman, until now perhaps
the bitterest opponent of Zionism, said that when he
opposed the Zionist movement for more than a gener-
ation, he "did so with a bleeding heart,"
These words have, of course, been repeated at love
fests held since that important meeting in New York
at which the foundation was laid for the formation of
the Jewish Agency and for the creation of unity in the
ranks of all Jewry. What interests us at this time, how-
ever, is the manner in which figures are being juggled
by enthusiastic, and sometimes overenthusiastic report-
ers. According to the New York Times, the dinner in
honor of Dr. Weizmann on November 20 was attended
by "150 leaders of the Zionist and non-Zionist fac-
tions." The Jewish Morning Journal and the Day,
however, counted "600 prominent persons."
Figures were evidently similarly juggled by report-
ers who attended the national conference of the United
Palestine Appeal in Boston. According to the "Digest"
issued by the Association for the Reorganization of the
Z. 0. A., in briefer form known as "the opposition,"
we are to choose from a number of figures:
much heralded Boston U. P. A. conference seems,
from conflicting reports, not to have been a marked suc-
cess. While the Tag goes into ecstasies, the Jewish Daily
Bulletin reports that only 350 delegates attended, while
1,000 was expected, and the New York Times reported 700
attended. Our own information is that there were not
250 people from out-of-town present at the sessions.
The
Which, to paraphrase Shakespeare. leads to our
title-question: Is these anything in numbers? We brave
the danger of this question being ridiculed under the
label of "unimportant" in view of the great events ac-
companying the union for Palestine or hitherto oppos-
ing factions. But it is precisely because of this that
we consider this question to be of the utmost impor-
tance. The so-called Marshall-group has been known
quietly, with limited numbers, to accomplish great
.things; the Zionist faction, on the other hand. has bat-
tled for its ideals with the support of the masses but
without getting much of the funds possessed by the
Marshall-group. It will be interesting to note, there-
fore, how the Jewish oil will mix with Jewish water;
whether the classes will join with the masses, and the
masses with the classes, to work in brotherly manner
for Palestine ; or whether a small group will take con-
trol by virtue of the power of the much-needed dollar,
again eliminating the masses from a national enter-
prise.
Thus, the Jewish Agency, even in the process of its
formation, has something romantic about the very
speculations about it. Will it place emphasis on num-
bers or will it say that there is a great deal in a name
but nothing in numbers? A great time evidently
awaits us at the approach of the cloud of hard work
for Palestine which must, proverbially. line the silver
coating of the accord on Palestine reached by Zionjsts,
non-Zionists and anti-Zionists.
6
Aggravating a Serious Insult.
The injury to Jewish sentiment and the insult to
Jewish dignity on Yom Kippur Day, at the Wailing
Wall in Jerusalem, at the hands of a British gendar-
merie that attacked Jewish worshippers on the holiest
Jewish day in the year at the holiest place on earth
for Jews, has not only not been repaired but has even
been aggravated.
From reports of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
We learn that, while assurances are being given and
renewed by the Jerusalem District Commissioner for
an investigation of the case, the Moslem Supreme
Council continues to violate the status quo of the Jew-
ish Holy Site. Evidently everything possible is being
done by the Moslem leaders to add insult to the injury
done to the Jews, judging from this item:
A hospice has been established by the Moslems in the
house adjacent to the Wailing Wall and they are estab-
lishing a home for the aged in another house nearby.
In addition a Muedzin appears on a roof of a house adja-
cent to the corner of the wall where on Saturdays the
Aron Kodesh, the Ark containing the Holy Scrolls, is
placed. The Muedzin appears on the roof five times daily
to call Moslems to prayer.
The contention expressed in some quarters that the
building of minarets on top of the Wailing Wall does
not matter so long as the old stones remain untouched
was very caustically answered by a British journalist
who declared that such an argument "would justify
the construction of a cinema theater on the top of
Westminster Abbey." This statement, and the in-
dignant expression of the London Observer that the
Wailing Wall incidents "constitute an outrage on the
most solemn Jewish religious sentiment," are, unfortu-
nately, a minor albeit forceful protest by Englishmen.
Recognizing as Great Britain does the strength of sen-
timent and tradition, and valuing as the Mandatory
power over Palestine does its own historically holy
places, it is inconceivable how it can honorably contin-
ue to tolerate insults that are being thrown at Jewry.
The Very Rev. Dr. J. IL Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the
British Empire, in an address of protest against the
Wailing Wall outrage, recently delivered in London,
pointed out that "shortly before the conquest of Pales-
tine by the Turks, the Christians used the Holy Place
of the Jews, the ground before the Western Wall as a
place in which to deposit all the filth and rubbish of
the neighborhood." Dr. Hertz then threw a challenge
at Britain by pointing out that "this Christian desecra-
tion, however, ceased in 1517 when the Turks became
masters. For four centuries Turkish law secured for
the Jews quietude and peace when beside the sacred
relic of their Holy Temple."
Nothing could be more emphatic than the Chief
Rabbi's exclamation:
"This is religious persecution; and, what is worse,
British compliance with religious persecution."
The British government can't continue to tolerate
such a condition and at the same time claim for itself
the title of "benefactor" of Jewish claims to Palestine.
Great Britain can lay little claim to greatness when it
continues virtually to encourage the outraging of Jew-
ish sentiment and tradition. The Wailing Wall inci-
dent holds the key to many problems in Palestine, and
unless it.is turned over to the Jewish people for free
and unmolested prayer Great Britains' honor will be
questioned by history.
Stupid Officials.
Because Rabbi Judith Leib Twersky, Chassidic Rab-
bi of Hornostapol, came to the United States by way of
Antwerp, stupid customs officials in New York subject-
ed him to insults when they searched him for diamonds,
insisting that they were searching for leaders of a dia-
mond smuggling ring. Perhaps the fact that he was
a bearded rabbi had something to do with it. Jewish
newspapermen and leaders in New York Orthodox
Jewry, present as a reception committee for the rabbi,
protested against such action, but it was not until after
they failed to find anything of contraband nature that
the agents extended their apologies to the Chassidic
rabbi. Now Orthodox leaders are planning a formal
protest to the Treasury Department in Washington.
Perhaps the stupid officials in New York will be taught
that there is an occasional need for common sense in
interpreting a law. Also, that a rabbi's beard be treat-
ed with the respect equal at least to that accorded the
crucifix worn by a Christian Minister.
Our Defense: A Spiritual Fortification.
A wave of anti-Semitism which began on the eve of
the High Holy Days and has continued since in a num-
ber of European countries is disturbing the peace and
mind of many Jews. The outbreaks in Hungary. the
disturbances in Germany and Rumania, the never-
diminishing hatred of the Jew as evidenced in the
news reports, is troubling the mind of many of our
people. This is evident both from correspondence
reaching the editor's desk, as well as from public and
private discussions, in large meetings and in parlors,
few as these may be.
Unfortunately, those who are rightfully troubled
by the condition of the Jew failed to realize that the
attacks of anti-Semites on our people should not really
hurt us as much as they do if we are strongly defended.
And our defense cannot possibly be a continual volume
,of preaching and an attempt to teach brotherhood to a
world that refuses to be at peace with us. There is
only one defense, and that is a Judaism that is inter-
nally strong enough to withstand all attacks from the
outside. Once we succeed in withstanding moral anti-
Semitism, we will much easier be able to combat physi-
cal violence.
Anti-Semitism will hurt us only when we have
yielded our spirituality. If we forsake our idealism
and yield our heritage, we weaken our position and
bare ourselves to the weapons of the anti-Semite. But
when we are internally confident and strong, when our
position is fortified with the spiritual health and wealth
of the ages, then we have nothing to fear. It is now up
to the Gentile nations of the world who have sown
dissention and warlike spirit on this universe to strive
for that which Israel has already made his misison:
peace. Let the Jewish people prove true to its heri-
tage, and no anti-Semitism, violent or moral, will ever
hurt us.
* lb°
EIY"
= GIAS.
In talking with the Rev. 1/r. Samuel ('arks Cadman.
the famous Brooklyn clergyman, who interests so many
millions of listeners with his radio lecturers, he told one
that Lord Balfour had occasion to remark to him that
nothing in all his public career had given him quite the
satisfaction of the part played by hint in making possible
the development of Jewish life in Palestine. The Bal-
four Declaration was to him a cherished achievement.
Dr. Cadman also gave me to understand that he was
very much in sympathy with the Palestinian aspiration
of the Jews.
lie believes that the trend of good-will between peo-
ples of different religions in this country is on the up-
turn. Ile deplores the term "tolerance,' as he believes,
and quite properly, that to tolerate someone is far from
complimenting that person. He is a firm believer in
the fraternity of men, and I am sure that if everybody
was as liberal as Dr. Cadman, relationships in this country
between the various religious and racial groups would be
far more harmonious.
"Is One Religion As Good As
Another?"
By RABBI LEON FRAM
(Continued from Last Week.)
Europe and America Are Still
Just what P"
has Christianity
gained by its swift march across
Europe? It gained from millions
of people a verbal recognition of
a Messiah, But what was the pro-
gram and the purpose of this Mes-
siah? It was good will and pacif-
ism. The pagans of Europe learned
to kneel before the figure of this
Messiah. But (lid they learn to
follow the teaching of good will?
They certainly showed no good-
will towards Jews or Mohamme-
dans or heretics or toward black
and yellow peoples. They learned
to repeat each Sunday verses
from the Sermon on the !Mount,
I always liked Heywood Broun's column in the New
but did they learn to follow the
York World and when he tweaked the nose, not literally,
teaching of that sermon—pacif-
of course, of Dr. Lowell of Harvard, in connection with
ism? The numerous wars of Eu-
his findings in the Sacco-Vanzetti case, the stout and
lope culminating in the recent
stout-hearted Broun folded his tent and moved his per-
Great War, culminating further in
son from before the offended presence of Ralph Pulitzer
the spectacle immediately before
to the outstretched arms of his brother radical, Oswald
us of the two most powerful na-
Garrison Villard, of the Nation. Here I continue to fol-
tions of the world, England and
low him, and then patching up a truce with Pulitzer, he
America, about to enter upon a
resumed the "It Seems To Me" in the World, but again
new competition for the biggest
what "seemed to Brous" did not seem so seemly to Mr.
navy. These furnish the answer
Pulitzer, so once more propelled by the violence of the
to the question: Did the European
latter's anger, Mr. Broun hefted his hulk and deposited
heathen learn to take Christianity
himself in the columns of the New York Telegram, a
seriously?
Scripps-Howard paper. however, the Telegram deter-
In the sense of achieving its
mined to take no chances with such 1111 Uncertainty, and
genuine purposes, Christianity has
notifies its readers that whatever is Broun's is not neces-
not yet even begun to function
sarily the Telegram's. So Heywood is settled for the
among its converts. The countries
time being, ridding himself of all sorts of ideas in a
of Europe and America which still
a frank and quite confidential way, and in a most inter-
spend most of their governmental
esting fashion, too.
revenue on past and prospective
wars are essentially pagan, if not
I owe that paragraph to Heywood Broun because he
a little worse. And to accomplish
once said something very nice about my work, and even
even this verbal conversion, what
compromises did Christianity not
though I have an elephant hide impervious to the stings
make with the beliefs and the cus-
and arrows of outrageous critics, I do enjoy the sensa-
toms of the pagan lands into which
tion of having my back scratched. All this to introduce
it entered? Jesus himself had
a few statements of Broun's which have a bearing on the
never heard of the doctrine of the
Virgin Birth or of the Trinity. Ile
first paragraph in this column. In the Nation of a recent
would never have dreamt of bow-
issue he says:
ing to an image. These and
many more things that have be-
The most useful service within the power of
come Christian dogmas, entering
any publication would be to use the fires of bigorty
into the religion by compromise
for the purpose of illumination. . . . Prejudice
with the pagan legends and beliefs
is not restricted to religion. In the case of preju-
which the European heathen would
not readily give up. In this way
dice against Jews, I suppose the bigotry is partly
Hebrew monotheism was forfeited
religious and partly racial.
and Messianic pacifism was not
Continuing, he says:
gained.
For a long time I have been urging that some
All this is not said in disparage-
ment of our sister religion. I
American newspaper take ue the question of con-
would
not think of assuming that
crete discriminations in this country against the
if Judaism had been given a free
Jew. In conversation with several Jewish friends
field, it would have been more suc-
I have found much opposition to any such inquiry.
cessful in eliminating war and in-
justice than Christianity has been.
They say it would stir up prejudice. But bad
I ant making a comparison of the
enough should never be left alone. In common
different methods which the two
honesty the public has a right to know the facts....
religions adopted for spreading
It is my guess that no major party would care to
, the faith universal. A casual
study of Judaism will reveal that
nominate a Jew for president because of the hill-
even within its own people it has
billy vote which is large in all the rural states.
nut succeeded in making its own
But the problem is much wider than this, and it is
ideals dominant. Nor is Judaism
dangerous because insidious.
altogether free from compromises
with paganism.
For instance, no man knows just how many schools
Modernism.
and colleges are working on a quota basis, or barring
Now let as see by contrast what
Jews entirely from enrollment. A Lawrence Lowell was
the Jewish method of standing and
somewhat unfairly dealt with when he publicly an-
waiting instead of missionizing has
nounced that Harvard was considering the matter of
accomplished. The distinctive
making some restriction as to the number of Jews to he
contribution of the Jewish religion
admitted. It was unfair because the very thing which
has'been the refusal to deify any
he publicly enunciated was being under discussion was
man or anything in nature and the
already done by stealth in scores of educational institu-
insistence upon one, uncompromis-
tions Mr. Hoover was fond of saying during the
ingly one, God. It was very diffi-
campaign that this was the land of opportunity. No
cult for men of ancient times to
one took him up on this for a fair question might have
grasp that idea. The multiplicity
been fronted for him to answer. It would run "Equal for
of nature's phenomena, the va-
whom?"
riety of human races and nations
and peoples led easily to a belief
here is just an interesting "bit" from the Washing-
in many Gods and made a belief in
ton correspondent of a leading magazine that will inter-
one God almost inconceivable. If
est those who are interested in "explaining" the election
the Jews of the ancient world had
(and I interrupt to say that I agree with the following
tried
to argue this belief with their
statement):
neighbors they would simply have
There was his (Smith's) radio manner. Un-
aroused their neighbors' opposi-
doubtedly an army of voters was influenced by the
tion. When they tried to force it
radio appearances of the candidates. As between
down their neighbors' throats, as
Smith and Hoover, there is no doubt about which
the Maccabaeans forced it on the
is the best platform speaker. Smith is very ef-
Idumeans, they merely aroused a
fective before an audience, and Hoover is simply
resentment which led to the down-
terrible. Yet there is no doubt that over the radio
fall of the whole Jewish people.
Smith sounds terrible and Hoover sounded fine.
If the Jews, like the Christian
The very emphasis and accentuations which adds
apostles, had made compromises
to Smith's platform effectiveness, made him, over
with this belief, it might have been
the radio, seem truculent and grating. The drol-
lost altogether. They determined
lery which convulsed his personal audiences
merely to remain loyal to it them-
reached the radio listeners merely in the form of
selves merely to stand and wait
awkward and bewildering pauses. On the other
and witness.
hand Hoover's deadly, even monotone, devoid of
Now see how well that method
emphasis, and almost of inflection, was perfectly
has succeeded.
adapted to clear radio transmission. Above all it
Every one of the great world re-
has that dignified sound.
ligions today has within it a mod-
ernistie movement. There is a
modernist movement in Christian-
ity both in Protestantism and in
Catholicism. There is a modernist
movement in Mohammedanism, in
Hinduism, in Shintoisin and Con-
fucianism. And that modernist
movement means nothing other
than this: All dogmas or beliefs or
practices in these religions which
tend to take away from the pure
unity of God and being re-inter.
preted, explained away, eliminat-
ed. The very Christian dogmas to
which the Jews have objected
from the moment of the rise of
Christianity are now being laid
aside and the things for which
Jewry determined to live, the de-
nial that a man may be worshipped
and the affirmation of the oneness
of God—this Jewish denial and
Jewish affirmation are in all the
religions of earth being vindicated.
Without the use of a single
missionary Judaism has converted
mankind to the principal belief.
Approaching Judaism.
All this is going on within what
may be termed the Orthodox lines
of these religions. Even more
marked in their approach to
Judaism are such independent
movements as Unitarianism, Uni-
versalism and Bahaism. The Re-
formation in Christianity and its
modernization—they who read his-
tory analytically know that the
silent witnessing of the synagogue
had much to do with them. A
world of science which has made
the principle of unity the key to
all the secrets and powers of na-
ture, a world of men which that
science has converted into a more
neighborhood has had need of the
Jewish ideal of unity and has be-
come converted to it without the
intervention of missionaries.
Here, too, I would not place
Judaism in an essentially superior
position to that of the other re-
ligions. The conception of God is
not the only thing in religion and
in many other phases of faith these
religions have developed values
which we Jews need and which in-
deed we have throughout our his-
tory readily' adopted.
Dr. E. G. Hirsch was once
asked: Why do not Jews send out
missionaries to disseminate their
ideals? Ile is reported to have
answered: "For the same reason
that Tiffany does not advertise.
There are some values that men go
out of their way to find."
Carrying out this policy, the
later Talmudic rabbis teach us not
only that we shall refrain from
any effort at making converts but
that when they come to as of their
own free will we shall actually dis-
courage them. We must picture
to them all the hardships and haz-
ards of being a Jew. Listen to the
words of the Talmud:
"When a man comes to you
seeking to become a proselyte ask
him. 'What is your motive in pre-
senting yourself to become a
proselyte? Do you not know that
the Israelites are afflicted, dis-
tressed, downtrodden, torn to
pieces and that suffering is their
loot?' If he answers, 'I know and
I want to be worthy of sharing
their suffering, then only is he ac-
cepted." (Yebamot 47.)
The Unknown Sanctuary.
By a fortunate coincidence I am
able to give you a perfect illustra-
tion of the way this Jewish policy
is carried out. Practically at the
same time with the litttle manual
on conversion there came to my
desk another book. The book was
called "The Unknown Sanctuary"
(Bloch Publishing Co.), and it is
the autobiography of Aime Pal-
liere, assistant rabbi of the Reform
congregation in Paris. It is trans-
lated from the French by Mrs. Ste-
phen S. Wise. Aime Palliere is a
convert from Catholicism to Juda-
ism In this book, he tells the story
of his conversion. A student for
the Catholic priestlwod, he once
happened to pass the synagogue in
Lyons. He had never seen the in-
side of a synagogue. Ile thought
he would walk in just to satisfy his
curiosity. It was the Day of Atone-
ment at the hour of the Neila Serv-
ice. lie was profoundly impressed.
5'
I
(Turn to Page Five,)
Well, our future candidates will have to train for
their radio audiences.
So Adolf Hitler is at large again. I thought when
they banned the leading Jew-baiter of Germany from
appearing in public for five years that by giving his
tongue a rest, he might give his wind a chance to func-
tion, and thus arrive at the conclusion so many of us
have done that Hitler encouraging Jew baiting is an un-
balanced fanatic. But his rest cure didn't seem to benefit
him much, for I read that the first thing he did when he
"got out" was to hire a hall and deliver a tirade against
the Jew. However, from what I learn, he wasn't crazy
enough to talk for nothing, which would indeed have been
the height of insanity. While he talked for something ho
said nothing. I presume the poor old man, now rapidly
approaching his dotage, will be led away to some quiet
retreat by kind friends and permitted to brood over the
Jewish menace.
I am in receipt of a letter from one of my readers
who points out that many years ago I hod occasion to
criticize certain statements in the Encyclopedia Britan-
nice which seemed unwarrantedly prejudicial to the Jew-
ish people. At the moment I am unable to recall the
exact articles in question, though I have a clear remem-
brance that I did voice criticisms along the lines men-
tioned. The writer advises me that inasmuch as a new
edition of Britannica is in the making, that the attention
of the publishers and editors should be directed to an
avoidance of such articles as would tend to arouse criti-
cism on the part of the Jewish group. If my memory
serves me well, I think that the editors on a previous
occasion had their attention called to these matters, but
without much effect. Editors of dictionaries and ency-
clopedias are inclined to be very stubborn if any one
questions their motives or their knowledge on any sub-
ject in the heavens above or on the earth below or the
waters beneath the earth. I can speak from experience
with some of them, especially the gentlemen who issue
dictionaries containing definitions that refer unfavorably
to Jews. However, I shall give some thought to the
Britannica matter referred to by my correspondent.
- —
Dr. Copeland, United States Senator from New York,
took occasion the other (lay to comment on the results of
an investigation made in the reformatories of New . York
state. He said that in view of the unusually largeer
Jewishp opulation of New York City, he was amazed
at the negligible number of Jewish boys who were in-
mates of the reformatories. This may be of interest
to those worthy but misguided gentlemen who are con-
stantly using the Jewish child as a horrid example of
those who menace the welfare of society.
It
.....
•I'
Gems From Jewish Literature
Selected by Rabbi Leon Fram.
THE HOLY SCROLL
thority of the Emir al Mumenin
"And now, that a Holy Scroll is
a wondrous possession. The whole
world rests upon a Scroll of the
I.aw, and every Scroll is the exact
counterpart of the tablets that
were received by Moses upon
Mount Sinai. Every line of a Holy
Scroll is penned in purity and
piety .... Where dwells a Scroll,
in such a house dwells God Him-
self. . . . So it must be guarded
against every defilement."—From
Ash's "The God of Vengeance.")
Lord of the Mohammedans, who'
has commanded to respect him, and
has confirmed his power by grant-
ing him a seal of office. Every one
of his subjects, whether he be Jew
or :Mohammedan or of any other
faith, is commanded to rise in the
presence of the Prince of the Cap-
tivity and to salute him respect-
fully under penalty of one hun-
dred stripes.
BOOKS.
My son! Make thy books thy
companions, let thy cases and
shelves be thy pleasure-grounds
and gardens. Bask in their para-
dise, gather their fruit, pluck their
roses, take their spices and their
myrrh. If thy soul be satiate and
weary, change from garden to gar-
den, from furrow to furrow, from
prospect to prospect. Then will
thy desire renew itself, and thy
soul be filled with delight!—(From
Ethical Will of Ibn Tibbon.)
THE PRINCE OF TILE
CAPTIVITY.
The principal of all these, how-
ever, it R. Daniel Ben Chisdai, who
bears the title of Prince of the
Captivity and Lord and who pos-
sesses a pedigree, which proves his
descent from King David. The
Jews call him "Lord, Prince of the
Captivity" and the Mohamme-
dans "Saidua Ben Daoud" (noble
descendant of David), and he
holds great command over all Jew-
ish congregations under the au.
tsoo tt't
.:.7e LTLIAAr
(commander of the faithful), the
4
Whenever he pays a visit to the
king, he is escorted by numerous
horsemen, both Jews and Gentiles,
and a crier commands aloud:
"Make way before our Lord th'
son of David as becomes his dig-
nity" in Arabic: "A'milu tor'k La-
Saidna Ben Doom]." Upon these
occasions he rides upon a horse
and his dress is composed of em-
broider'd silk; on his head he wears
a large turban, cover'd by a white
cloth and surmounted by a chain
nr diadem.—(From the Diary of
Benjamin of Tudela.)
"THE WORLD AND I".
-2
Pc JOSEPH ROLNIK
At mid, am I with half the world
At sword• with all the rest:
And brooding pen-ire allalone
I wonder who knows best?
For here. perhaps, I urged too much
And Mere a bit dsmorrtul,
Mine honest neighbors•sern to rne
To needless hatred stirred.
F . 1
.4
thno world of loveliness.
Thy frowns ean only .how /11 e
ii1.1 It FY
ma• not hope to please
And thou ren•t never !noes me
(Translated by Elias Liebermanl.
AIWAT'sV=ilf4A .