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THE
SEASON
GREETINGS
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OF THE FA LASHAS AMERICANIZATION
COMMITTEE REPORT I
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By RABBI J. MAX WEIS
Secretary of the American Pro-Falash• Committee
NATIONAL
AMUSEMENT
CORPORATION
The American
(Editor's Note:
Pro-Folosha Committee is included
in the United Jewi.h l'anipaign for
Slrao,000 of the Jewish 1Velfare
Federation to open it, Detroit on
May 19.)
Abyssinia, which Is hailed as the
lilt kingdom or empire in Africa
to maintain its freedom and Male
pendency has 'narked Jewish influ-
turn to her .-1frican kingdom. Still
another explanation traces them to
the It Ten '(riles.
Dr. Jacques Faitlovitch, who has
spent :10 years among the Fain-
shas, disputes the all that the
Falashas are native Abyssinians.
Ile points to the name, "Falusha,"
which means "an immigrant," anal
Sr substantiates for him the lo•lief
The following story is total by
Rosen, the German explorer, apro-
pos of the efforts the Falashas
Mine made to maintain their Juda-
ism: Centuries ago the Falashas
were given their choice between
death or baptism into Christianity.
In the face of this ultimatum the
Falashas in one of the provinces of
Abyssinia fled into the mountains
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tive secretary of the Americaniza-
t ion Committee of Detroit, makes
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public an interesting report of the
activities of this committee during
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formation bureaus, employment
bureaus, naturalization work, ro —
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trait public evening schools, etc. EL:7
The report opens with the follow-
ing statement :
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"Than services rendered by the
Ameria•anization Committee of Dan- —
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troit to its foreign horn
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prey of the exploited and the un-
scrupulous. This agency anal the
scrupulous.
Detroit C.111111tillity lariat which
finances its operating deficits and
makes it possibly to function. will =
long be remembered with affection
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by thousands of aliens, many of
them now citizens, for giving them
knowledge of what
their tirst
America meant or could mean to
t hem.
"The average illiterate or un-
eduacted foreign born person must
meet more complicated situations
than a native born person of equal • M
intelligence anal knowledge. This —
is due tan the fact that his affairs
are, at least until he has been in
• America sonata years, subject to the
regulations and legal pro•eedure
of two countries.
"The simple life which the aver- _
age foreign born person lives be- ="-'
fore he enters the United States is
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changed in many ways, and to the .
bewildered alien, such friendly in-
stitutions, as the Alien Free Infor-
mationBureaus are haven that
give
him needed security and
John S.
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The royal house of A byssinia
Desert of the Sudan, from Egypt tically impossible for a human be- he can converse truly on his par-
claims descent from Menthe , the and from Arabia, in all likelihood. ing to reach it—it is so thoroughly
ticular difficulty, the toy that is
• offspring of King Solomon and the It is taut quite certain when the inaccessible. A portion of this par- read on his face, is difficult tan de-
Queen of Sheba, of whose visit to Falashas made their eniry into ticular group still exists in that scribe.
Jerusalem the Bible speaks. The Abyssinia, or when, if we are to mountainous locality.
"This report is written fur the
church of the Abyssinians is •on- regard them as native Abyssinians,
The Falashas have faced many purpose of tabulating and describ-
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struct•d like the old temple at Je- they assumed the faith of Judaism. destructive forces during their ing the specific services rendered,
rusalem, with an outer and inner Whatever our theory of the Fala- existence in Abyssinia. Many of which have been of such vital im-
court, all worshippers standing, shas, it is quite clear that the type them have been sold as slaves into
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portance to the alien and which
excepting the royal family. The of Judaism observed Icy the Fain- foreign lands. Some have been have contributed much toward than
inner court contains a sacred ark, shas antedates the Christian era. won over to Christianity through
welfare of America. While figures
before which the priests dance, as The Falashas know nothing of the the activities of Christian mission-
do not truly measure the success
they did in the time of King David. Talmud. They are not familiar aries, and others have lost their
any undertaking, they are the
Furthermore, no images are per- with the festival of Purim, or the livens in the many religious wars
most tangibly measuring rods we
mitten(' in the Abyssinian church, ceremony of the phylacteries or between the Abyssinians and the
have and therefore, we make use
and the New Year of the Ahys.- tephilin. Their sacred book is Falashas,
of them.
sinions is celebrated in September, written in Gheez, the classical
"The increase in the number of
Dr. Jacques Faitlovitch enjoys
at approximately the same period Abyssinian language. Dr. Faitlo-
individuals served and services
' as the Jewish New Year. vitch's explanation of this fact is the confidence of the Negus of given this year is most inspiring in
Abyssinia,
Tafai
Makonen.
His
Because of this marked Jewish that the Hebrew of the original
influence, a modern writer on Jews had town lost, both by the program, sponsored by the Ameri- view of restricted immigration,
Abyssinia and the Falashas has of- destruction of the Hebrew books can pro-Falasha committee, seeks thus pointing, tan the far reaching
good will directed toward this
fered the theory that, at one time, and the neglect of Hebrew as a to win back for the Falashas
have been degraded by persecution agency; to the nets] of such serv-
all Abyssinia observed Judaism, spoken language.
WINDSOR, ONTARIO
The Falashas rigidly observe a and the inroads of slavery, thy' ice in a 'World City like Detroit
and that the Falashas are the only
Specialists in
Abyssinians that did not go over rule of non-contact with Chris- benefits of civilization; tan enable and to the adequacy of the ser•-
to Christianity. According to this tians. If such contact occurs, the the Falashas to practice their Juda- ices given."
Fred M. Butzel is vice-president
theory, they are native Abyssin- Falasha takes a ritual bath to ism in the face of the inroads of
inns, in no way distinct from the cleanse anal purify himself. In Christian missionary societies; and and treasurer of this committee.
peoples about them, except in re- Vienna. during the past summer, I 'to erect schools for the education
ligion. Some writers claim that hadthe privilege of meeting my of the women and the girls as well HERRICK SUBSIDIZED
the Falashas, like the royal house first Falasha, in the person of a as of the men and the boys,
A YIDDISH THEATER
of Abyssinia, regard themselves as boy it 15, who is studying to be a through which religious teachers
descendants of Mentalik, the son of dentist. When I asked him what will be trained in order to teach
NEW YORK.--(J. T. AL—The
King Solomon and the Queen of attitude he would take toward their people and to bring their re-
late United States ambassador to
Sheba. Another report claims that Christian patients, he assured my ligious observance into accord with
France, Myron T. Herrick, was re-
and
the Falashas consider themselves that his point of view was more the Judaism of the modern world.
vealed as a patron of (ho Yiddish
the offspring of the Jewish retinue modern and that the idea of non- This work among the Falashas is
stage in an article published in
that King Solomon presented to eontact with Christians was not the only missionary work being
the Jewish Morning Journal. The
done by Judaism today.
the Queen of Sheba upon her re- accepted by him,
author, Jacob Kirschbaum, relates
that in 1915, following his return
nue, New York. Associated with For several years, Mr. Kaufman from Paris, the late Mr. Herrick
Mr. Kaufman are Rabbi I. L. Bril, lived in Detroit, where he was con- consented to the proposal of his
who is managing editor, and Mor- nected with the Detroit Jewish Jewish friend, the late Ilarry
ris Engelman, who is vice-presi- Chronicle, of which his father was Bornstein, who was prominent in
the founder.
Head. the Jewish Guardian, New dent.
political circles in Cleveland, to
"ONE OF CANADA'S
National Weekly Newspaper.
construct a theater for a Yiddish
Mr. Kaufman Wa , born in New
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York. He was brought early in
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Mr. Herrick caused the erection
Newark Jewry has given to life to Newark, where he gradu-
of a theater at Fifty-fifth street
A merican Jewry the youngest Jew- ated from public and high schools
MYRON R. GILBERT, Manager
JERUSALEM.-- (J. T. A.)— and Woodland avenue, Cleveland.
ish publisher in this country. Theo- and then studied in the New Jer-
Dr. I.. Sukenik, Field Archaeolo- A Yiddish troupe was taken there
lure N. Kaufman, oldest son of s•y Law School. Ile began his
gist for the Hebrew University, from New York, with David Levin
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Kaufman. The journalistic career at the age of
was invited to read a paper at the son as the principal actor. Th
elder Mr. Kaufman is the publisher 10 as editor and publisher of a
International Archaeological Con- enterprise did not meet with sue
of the Newark Jewish Chronicle. neighborhood paper called the Wee
gress which will take place in Iler- cuss but the actors and anther em
Kaufman
has
become
Chronicle.
This
he
followed
by
Young Mr.
player received their full ream-
the editor-in-chief of in at the end of April,
Dr. Sukenik will describe the neration, the money being fur-
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the publisher
of the new national
the Jewish
The becoming
Scroll, then the official organ
===1 . English-Jewish weekly,
excavations
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nished secretly by the late amts. -
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by the Hebrew University expeali- sador. The theater was closed at
is dedicated to traditional Judaism, was also on the staff of the Opti-
tion
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