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April 26, 1929
We Have Faith in the Non-Zionist Group.
The Lesson of Passover.
The lessons of Passover, repeated year in and year
out, nevertheless retain importance in the life of the
Jewish people in spite of their age. Observed both as
the festival of freedom and as an important agricul-
tural holiday, Passover serves to revive memories of
great historical importance to our people. Marking
the redemption of our ancestors from Egyptian bondage
thirty-one centuries ago, the festival is associated with
the birth of the Jewish nation. Its agricultural signifi-
cance, at the same time, serves to remind our people
today of the manner in which Israel at one time glori-
fied nature. Passover marked the early barley harvest
in Palestine, and the festival was one of three on which
Jewish farmers from every section of the Land of
Israel made their pilgrimages to the Temple in Jerusa-
lem to make offerings from the fruits of their land.
Passover's observance as the festival of freedom has
its significance for Jews as well as non-Jews, because
the occasion marks the heralding of the first Declara-
tion of Independence, the publication of the first Magna
Charta, proclaiming the freedom of an entire people
from bondage and its moulding into a nation. But for
the Jew it has added significance because Passover has
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not only proclaimed him free, but has at the same time
marked the beginning of his becoming "a kingdom of
priests and a holy nation."
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"And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called
unto him out of the mountains, saying: 'Thus shalt thou
say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of
Israel: Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and
how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto
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Myself. Now, therefore, if ye will obey My voice in-
deed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar
treasure unto Me from among all peoples; for all the
earth is Mine; but ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of
priests, and an holy nation." (Exodus xix, 3-6.)
With the observance of Passover are also associated
the predictions of Israel's prophets that the bondage
and exile of today will some day end in a liberation
similar to the freedom from Egyptian bondage. These
prophecies link the old with the new, the past with
the present, prophesying a future that will again link
the People of Israel with the Land of Israel.
"Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
that it shall no more be said: 'As the Lord liveth, that
brought up the children of Israel out of the land of
Egypt,' but: 'As the Lord liveth, that brought up the
children of Israel from the land of the north, and from
all the countries whither Ile had driven them;' and I
will bring them back into their land that I gave unto
their fathers." (Jeremiah xvi, 14-15.)
Repeating the declaration that is mingled with a
great hope, "Next Year in Jerusalem," at the beautiful
Seder ceremony, Israel emphasizes its inseparability
from the ideal of a return to the land of its fathers.
Passover is of greatest importance to Jews because
it gave to our people "the lord of the Prophets,"—
Moses. In his masterful essay, "Moses," the late Achad
Ha-Am refers to him as "our leader not only for forty
years in the wilderness of Sinai, but for thousands of
years in all the wilderness in which we have wandered
since the Exodus." Achad Ha-Am asks in this essay
whether Moses was a military hero, or a statesman, or
a lawgiver, and to all these questions he answers No!
"What, then, was Moses?" he asks, and he gives this
answer:
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Writing, by the by, on the Agency scheme and the
50-50 allotment of membership between Zionists and non-
Zionists, the following story, which was given in the Man-
chester Guardian miscellany column the other day, seems
to me at least apt. In Oldham, they have rabbit-pie shops,
and one day the local inspector called, and after approach-
ing a substantial-looking gentleman on the other side of
the counter, said, "Are you the proprietor of this estab-
"IPm," continued the inspector,
"Aye."
lishment?"
"and who owns the horseflesh shop next door?" "Me,"
said the substantial one, "and what's it got to do wi'
thee?" "Never mind about that; do you ever put any
horseflesh in your rabbit pies?" "Aye, a bit." "How
much is a bit?" said the inspector eagerly. "Oh, 50-50."
"And what do you mean by that?" "Oh, one horse to one
rabbit!" Which is horse and which is rabbit in the Agency
pie, I do not feel called upon to say. I would respectfully
refer inquirers on the point to Mr. Louis Marshall.
This is a good story and we like good stories. We
know full well that a witty remark will go a further
distance in influencing public opinion than sober and
hard facts. For this reason more than any other it is
important that the Agency issue be clarified ; that the
men who have hitherto been outside Zionist ranks
should not be maligned and that their willingness to
assist in the upbuilding of the Homeland should not be
abused.
In the past week ample evidence has been offered
by Mr. Louis Marshall and Mr. Felix M. Warburg, the
two outstanding leaders in the non-Zionist camp now
co-operating in the formation of the Jewish Agency,
that they are sincere in their pledges. More than that,
they have offered evidence in proof of their understand-
ing of the Zionists and their problems. Speaking at a
dinner on the occasion of the opening of the United
Palestine Appeal in the Eastern Parkway section in
New York, Mr. Marshall made a very significant state
ment. He opened his remarks with his customary state
ment, "I am a non Zionist, but have always had a love
for the Holy Land," and proceeded to urge his fellow-
Jews to aid in the effort for the upbuilding of Palestine
in language of which even the staunchest Zionist is
proud. Said Mr. Marshall, according to the report
made public by the United Palestine Appeal:
of the prophets," that is, the ideal archtype of Hebrew
prophecy in the purest and most exalted sense of the
word.
The lessons, the memories and the messages of Pass-
over are great; therefore the festival is an extremely
joyous one. These lessons give strength to Israel, they
have given the people life to endure untold miseries,
and by feeding beauty to the Jewish imagination serve
as a symbol of the undying spirit of our people.
Jews and "The Passion Play."
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When objections were first raised against the show-
ing of the "King of Kings" film, the protests were
mingled with a sense of sorrow because Jews had
played such a reading role in the production, staging
and acting of the objectionable film. Now comes a
repetition of that grave error and wrong on the part
of Jews. Morris Gest, in announcing in newspaper
advertisements in New York dailies that he has "the
great privilege and honor to announce a limited en-
gagement of the original world-famous Freiburg, 'Pas-
sion Play' direct from Freiburg, Baden," places himself
in the ranks with the producers of "King of Kings."
Mr. Gest and his associate in the staging of the "Pas-
sion Play," David Belasco, by sponsoring the showing
of the traditional Christian dramatization of the cruci-
fixion of Jesus, do wrong to themselves and their people.
We add a word of protest to the objections filed with
these two Jewish producers by Mr. Louis Marshall. It
is high time that our Jewish stage and film magnates
learned propriety and the difference between right and
wrong.
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We must work together. Don't expect a miracle front
the mere fact that we are united. Don't imagine your
work is over. It means hard work for all: co-operation by
all. It means a larger constituency and larger funds. We
must be one and inseparable, and with that program we
can accomplish a miracle. When four million Jews in the
United States unite in the great movement, added to the
Jews of other countries, all seeking the same end, we shall
have an army which will be invincible. We have gone thus
far; we must go further. We cannot admit the bank-
ruptcy of the Jewish people. The failure of Palestine will
be a lasting disgrace upon our people. There have been
hard days during the last few years.
Zionists are not asked to abate their principles. You
or I will never live to see the Jews a majority in Palestine,
but we can live to see the day when there will be a body
of Jews we can be proud of, who know how to cultivate
their land and establish their industries. Let the world
know that Zionists and non-Zionists are united in the only
thing worth while. Trust in God.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency report we
quote the following interesting version of Mr. Marshall's
address:
We cannot permit the bankruptcy of the Jewish people.
The failure of Palestine as a venture will be an everlasting
disgrace to the Jews. There is hope, everywhere, if we
consider ourselves one and not two. We are the people of
monotheism. We must be equally one in our action to
the land which gave the world monotheism.
If you ever get enough Jews in Palestine to have a
Dear Mr. Wim.:
Last Sunday morning, from your pulpit, you
criticized Jewish Science in rather violent fashion.
You not only assailed its philosophy of life, but
1,1511 endeavored to impress upon your hearers the
idea that Jewish Science is neither a Jewish nor a
religious movement. I, as you know, am the
founder of this movement and the spiritual head
of the Society of Jewish Science; I therefore con-
skier it my duty not to let your unwarranted attack
pass unchallenged.
This is the third time, to my knowledge that
you have thought it your duty to speak disparag-
ingly of Jewish Science from your pulpit. It is
indeed your privilege to denounce things which
you consider to be wrong. But it is not within
your right to make things appear wrong in order
to be able to denounce them. This is exactly
what you have done in your criticism of Jewish
Science. You have not, it is clear, studied its
principles, nor even casually acquainted yourself
with its teachings, for you have confounded its
philosophy with that of another religious move-
ment, and have unjustly accused it of denying the
reality of sickness, sin, worry and fear.
I feel that you have done our movement a great
injustice; you have first misrepresented it, and on
the ground of that misrepresentation you have
tried and condemned it before our people. I there-
fore challenge you to a public discussion on Jewish
Science, and it is my aim to prove to you that Jew-
ish Science is not only compatible with the Jewish
faith, but that it is the very essence_ the very soul,
of our religion.
Jewish Science is indeed not satisfied with
merely rhetorical preaching, or with vague gener-
alities about religion, but insists on applying the
tenets of Judaism to daily experience. It shows
how the ills of life can be conquered through an
attitude of faith in Divine help. And it is my
deep conviction that if we were to eliminate this
aspect of our religion, our religion would become
but a shadow of the past, without efficacy in the
present. In fact, I contend that religion has no
other function than that of helping man in his
daily life.
The organization which I represent, as well
as I, resent your attacks, particularly because you
pretend to speak in the name of Judaism. You
claim that what you said was the answer of Juda-
ism. I wish to remind you that there is nothing in
Jewish law to support your antagonism to Jewish
Science; while, on the other hand, there is ample
ground, a whole tradition, in fact, to sustain its
I, too, am a rabbi in
teachings and practices.
Israel. I, too, am qualified to represent and in-
terpre( our faith. As our views differ no widely
on a subject so vital to American Jewry, your
acceptance of my challenge will afford many of
our people an opportunity to familiarize them-
selves with both the positive and negative views
on Jewish Science, and they will be able to deter-
mine for themselves what their attitude towards
this important issue should be.
Awaiting your reply, I am,
Sincerely yours,
MORRIS LICHTENSTEIN.
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In the some mail that I received a letter from Dr.
Epstein, of Pittsburgh, correcting his statement that the
Phi Lambda Kappa Fraternity was the only Jewish fro-
ternity in the United States by qualifying it as "medi-
cal," I received one from the vice-president of the
Lambda Omicron Gamma, from Philadelphia. Mr. Fibish
writes he wants to correct Dr. Epstein. Ile says:
By I. SHECHTMAN
Paris News Letter.
Regardless of which is the truer report of Mr. Mar-
shall's address, both agree that Mr. Marshall warned
against the bankruptcy of the Jewish people as a result
of failure to rebuild Palestine. Mr. Marshall, the non-
Zionist, spoke of the "lasting disgrace" that would be
brought upon Jewry by the failure to make good the
obligation to Palestine. In view of which we are even
ready to welcome the opportunity to mix on a fifty-fifty
basis the "horse-meat" of the Marshall group with the
"rabbit-meat" of the Zionists, to paraphrase the Man-
chester Guardian story.
With the sentiments such as were expressed by Mr.
Marshall, Mr. Warburg, Dr. Lee K. Frankel and others
of the non-Zionist group in favor of co-operation for
Palestine's reconstruction, it is difficult to understand
how Zionists continue to doubt. If they were instead
to translate their confidence in wholehearted co-opera-
tion, and in complete encouragement to the pro-Agency
elements, it is certain that much could be accomplished
for Palestine. Even those who believe that the so-
called non-Zionists in this country would control the
Palestinian situation as a result of the large number
of representatives they would have on the Agency
board are now given the lie. This time it is Mr. War-
burg speaking. from no holier platform than that of the
Vaad Leumi. the National Council of Palestine Jews, at
Jerusalem. Said Mr. Warburg:
We shall not be your guardians. No Americans will
be sent, when the Jewish Agency is organized, to direct
Palestine affairs. You know your needs much better your-
selves. Dr. Weizmann's recent stay in the United States
greatly advanced the Jewish Agency negotiations with the
non-Zionists, who, though they keep their old social views,
have a deep feeling toward the upbuilding of Palestine and
realize its importance for Jewry and the entire world.
Particular importance is attached to the spiritual influence
which will emanate from Palestine. It is for this reason
that the university is highly appreciated. However, the
number of those interested in 'Palestine is still small. I
hope that the beauty and moral value of your work will
persist and the moral aspirations of the Chaluzim will not
diminish.
We repeat that to us such sentiments spell sincerity.
In view of which we retain our confidence in the non-
Zionists and in their future co-operation in the work
for the upbuilding of the Land of Israel.
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Dear Mr. Joseph:
Your approach to the idea of a Jewish univer-
sity in America, and your position are natural and
well-founded. There is no Jewish problem in this
country. In American social and economic life,
we are not discriminated against. Every able and
promising Jewish scholar or scientist is encour-
aged by the American University, and is offered
the opportunity to teach, and to do research work.
Our undergraduates may join any fraternity they
like and are welcomed in ever-increasing numbers
in all universities, including Harvard and Yale.
Therefore, only a pervert could propose the estab-
lishment of a Jewish university in America.
Those who oppose to this proposal are the
savers of Judaism in America. Hurrah for the
savers!
You are opposed to a ghetto—so am I. So is
every Jew, but let me give you one of my secrets.
The ghetto is the creation of the Goy, and not the
Jew—the Jew never wanted a ghetto, and has
always been opposed to it. The Goy insisted that
there be a ghetto, and is still insisting, and what
are you, Mr. Joseph, going to do about it?
You say that a Jewish university In America
would contribute to the ghettoization of the Jew.
Can you please explain to me why a Jewish uni-
versity in America, regardless of its name, would
be more than a ghetto for Jewish baseball, Jewish
swimming and all other Judaized sport activities;
which form part and parcel of such Reform con-
gregations as Sinai in Chicago? The Sinai people
surely do not want any ghetto, but why are there
Sinai swimmers, and Sinai tennis players, etc.? If
I am not mistaken, Sinai was established for the
purpose of getting away from the ghetto but to-
day the Sinai of Chicago is more of a ghetto than
the old-fashioned schule. I quote this to you, show-
ing you that your attempt to run away from the
ghetto brings you right in contact with it.
We all attempted to escape from the ghetto.
and all of us came here because we did not want
a ghetto, but since Jews are not just exactly social
atoms. but represent a religious, or ethnic or racial
group, the ghetto is right there, where there are
Jews in considerable numbers, and an attempt to
run away from the ghetto is just as wise as an at-
tempt to escape from your own skin. Try and
do it!
I believe that a first-rate Jewish university
would not only solve the problems of our scien-
tists and scholars who are degraded and humili-
ated, but it would also establish us as a creative
group—for my part call it religion. Every re-
ligion of the major religious groups in America
may own a university, may make contributions to
art and science, and we may not, because we—
and you are not an exception—suffer from an in-
feriority complex, and that is the only reason why
you, together with thousands of other well-mean-
ing Jew, in America, are opposed to a university.
It is your good right to fight the proposal, but
please do not treat an to arguments like ghettoiza-
tion—because ghetto in America is such a reality
that it seems to be impossible to deny it.
Cordially yours.
S. M. MELAMED.
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"bourgeoise warning," and tha
The so-called literary and pub-
r4'.
is opinion trials have become the the "democratic battlonim" wool(
mode in the Jewish community of answer force with force.
A group of a hundred commu
Paris. They were brought into
fashion by the well known tragic nist meeting-breakers arrived at
Club de i aubourg and the no less the session, took up their positim
in the rear of the hall, and one
tragic Leo Follies. Rarely, how-
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ever, have these trials brought any half hour after the opening begat
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The first acanthi
their work.
clarity into the situations from
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broke, while the first witness,
which they are evolved. Primarily
,:,
,
Mlle. C. Greenberg, occupied th
they served for publicity purposes,
Among other questions,
developing into stormy word duels stand.
causing a great deal of heat and she asked the civil prosecutor, Mr.
Einhorn, whether the Jewish stu-
beclouding the entire issue.
particular this was the out- dents display a healthy interest in,-A
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come with the trials affecting the the Jewish working-masses. Why
Jewish student body, an offspring this should have aroused the ire of
Even piling Orsa on Potion I must add that the
Phi Lambda Kappa is not the only "medical Jew-
ish fraternity, though I freely grant that it is the
larger. And it is the only Allopathic Jewish frat,
but the L. 0. G. is the only osteopathic one. . . .
It may interest you to learn of the cosmopolitan
membership of the Philadelphia chapter consisting
of Jews from Palestine, Spain, Rumania, Russia,
Canada and of course, the United States, attend-
ing the l'hiladelphia College of Osteopathy.
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I always enjoy reading the Reflex magazine. It
shocks us sometimes but then few of us die of shocks.
Recently, Dr. Melamed, the very much alert editor, sag-
gested the need for a Jewish University. That didn't
shock me but it ruffled my feathers a bit. So I replied.
Now the doctor writes me a most interesting letter, the
first part of which is to be read with your tongue in
your cheek for that was where Mr. Melamed held his
when he wrote it. But the remainder you are to take
seriously. It is a most interesting communication and
It may even provoke thinking,
is very provocative.
which no many of us are so sadly in need of.
Jewish state, have it. I won't live to see the day. You
won't and your children won't. But we can live to see
there a body of Jews of whom we can be proud.
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In one of its recent issues, the London Jewish World
ridiculed the fifty fifty idea as represented in the Jewish
Agency and quoted the following story :
as a specific type, dates only from the period of monarchy.
He was as later generations learned to call him, "the lord
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GIAS.
Rabbi Morris Lichtenstein, leader and founder of
Jewish Science, has asked me to publish the following
letter written to hint by Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. Rabbi
Lichtenstein thinks it will be of interest to my readers.
In view of the fact that from time to time readers have
asked for information on the subject of Jewish Science I
g on to give up a part of the column for this com-
am wi.cialltir
Zionists.
Tradition answers in the most explicit terms: "There
arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses." This,
then, is what Moses was—a prophet. But he was different
from the other prophets, whose appearance in our history,
French Jewish Students
"On Trial"
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The Jewish World of London and its parent periodi-
cal, the London Jewish Chronicle, are leading opponents
of the Jewish Agency idea in Great Britain. Repre-
senting, as they do, the best in Anglo-Jewish journalism
on the continent, their views are not only of interest
from the point of view of its bearing on Zionist idealogy,
but as well from the viewpoint of frank journalism.
For our English contemporaries are brutally frank and
fearless, and they have therefore won for themselves
the respect and admiration of periodicals in other lands.
We have had occasion to compliment these two periodi-
cats, and on the question of the Jewish Agency we honor
their viewpoint, and admire their frankness. This,
however, does not in the least convert us to their own
views. On the contrary, we continue to see evidence
that they are wrong in opposing the creation of the
Agency, and that they err in doubting the possibility of
speeding the Palestinian effort with the aid of the non-
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of the Association of Jewish Stu- the communists is not understand-
dents of France. The very thought able. But the moment it war
of a trial with procuror, judge, asked a terrible tumult filled the
witnesses, defendants, etc., lent to hall, shouts, invectives were flung
a very serious and painful problem at the assemblage.
The guards
the
surrounded
a decidedly no serious theatrical- immediately
ity. From the very outset the trouble makers and demanded
they maintain order. A redoubled
character of the trial was such that
clamor was the answer to this re-
it contradicted itself, since it could
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not either psychologically or legal- i
ly carry out a sentence of guilty
imposed on the Jewish student energetic action was totally unex-
There certainly would
body. At the same time it could pected.
not in justice to its communal have been sonic very positive re-
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mission absolve the Jewish student sults from this private Jewish
youth of the charge of insufficient "argument" had not the hall ad-
sacrifice for Jewish national inter- ministration, afraid for the break-
ests and of the race for material age of windows and chairs, called
gain. It was obvious, therefore, in the police. The French police
that the jury composed of the most know no subtleties. They immedi-
distinguished Jewish leaders of ately surrounded the trouble mak-
ers, deflated their rowdyism with
Paris and including such person-
severe blows, and led out a couple
alines as Hillel Zlatopolsky, S.
Schnaier, Dr. M. Krainin, Z. Tiom• of communists with beaten-up
kin, would not mete out punish- faces. Peace once more reigned
ment but was itself punished in in the hull. The communists have
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being forced to answer such it car- no affection for the police.
The Communists Jeer.
dinal problem with only half
The trial continued. The wit-
phrases and to seek "more pro-
messes, the procuror, the civil
pitious circumstances."
prosecutor were heard respect-
An Uninvited Factor;
fully. When Dr. Leo Motzkin rose
The situation, however, never
to speak, the reserve of the com-
reached this stage. The idealistic
munists burst its bounds. In the
tone of the procedure was never
first place Nlotzkin is a Zionist.
very high. The civil prosecutor,
Then he dared to say a few words
the poet David Einhorn, delivered
a Bundist Party address, criti- about the "Crime Against Social-
ism in F:ast Europe." This was
cued the Jewish youth for its par-
too much for the temper of the
ticipation in the Chalutz move-
communists. With the police gone
ment, aiming to go to Palestine
from the hall, their courage re-
instead of remaining in the Dias-
turned. As the audience loudly
pore with the Jewish masses. Dr.
applauded Dr. Motzkin's words,
rt
Leo Motzkin, the defendant coo-
they hissed, shouted, whistled in
sal, attempte d to raise the level of
their
with
pounded
derision,
the proceedings. Unfortunately, ❑ a
chairs. The hall guards intervened
third uninvited factor intervened,
but their intervention was un-
transforming the whole process
necessary for the police once more
into an ugly, shameful and scan-
arrived on the scene. Mercilessly
dalous battle.
disturbers.
the
quelled
they
The local Jewish communists Bloody b e a t e n figures were
provided the third uninvited fac- dragged from the hall. The as-
tor. This is not the first occasion semblage was torn with shouts and
in which communists have succeed- cries. Several fainted. The audi-
ed in breaking up Jewish meetings.
ence was greatly aroused. A num-
Four years ago the communists
ber left in haste. The scene was
determined not to permit Jabotin-
ugly and shameful. The literary
sky and the Revisionists to hold
and public opinion trial developed
meetings in Paris. Several times
into a bloody battle. They argued
they succeeded in preventing such
with shouts and fists instead of
meetings. Then for a while there
with ideas. A private Jewish en-
was quiet. Under the present re-
terprise was liquidated with the
gime, however, the communists
help of the French police.
seem to have forgotten about the
The second group of communists
unpleasant side of scandal making
disturbers was hurried out of the
and have renewed their class war-
hall. Dr. Motzkin began his speech
fare. They broke up a meeting of
anew. After their bloody lesson,
the Ort, prevented the conclusion
the remaining communists re-
of three meetings of the Palestine
mained quiet. One of them, how-
club, interrupting a Bundist gath-
ever, could not contain himself
ering. In a word they have ter-
and called out to Dr. • Motzkin :
rorized Jewish communal life in
"Fascist." The audience laughed
It was enough for the
and protested. With difficulty the
Paris.
young communists to decide that
process was brought to a finish.
such and such a meeting ought not
But no decision was reached. Dr.
take place, for the meeting to take
Krainin, chairman of the jury, de
claret because of the lateness of
place. The will of . the youngg
communists was carried out
the hour it was not possible to
the following manner: . A group
reach a conclusion, and that the
decision would be announced in
of Yevseksiats would ° arrive, begin
to bawl, shout, whistle, and a
the press.
group of serious minded adults
That is how the trial of the
come to discuss a serious problem,
Jewish student body ended. It is
would bow their heads, yield to the a tragic chapter in Jewish corn-
will of the communists and leave munal life in Paris. The one
bright outlook is that the bloody
the assemblage.
lesson of that evening will break
A Speci ■ I Gu ■ rd.
It was known that the comma- up communist forces that have un-
dertaken this scandalous reign of
nists scandulists had determined
not to permit this conclave. The terror at Jewish public meetings.
(Copyright. 1529, J. T. a.)
patience of the Jewish youth had
reached the boiling point. The
Jewish Chalutz were burning to
teach the communists a lesson not
to dare to molest their club meet-
ings. Other student groups were
fed up on the reign of terror.
VIENNA.—(J. T. A.)—Efforts
When the Jewish Students' Asso-
to raise the ritual murder accusa-
ciation, which organized this pub-
tion
on a large scale at mass meet-
lic opinion law system, asked
ings on the eve of I'assover were
them to undertake to maintain or-
checked by the police.
der, a large group of Jewish young
The Vienna llakenkreuzler or-
men responded. The association
ganizations were responsible for
publicly announced that it was or-
the
efforts to call the mass meet-
ganizing a special guard to safe-
ings to stir up hatred against the
guard the procedings; and that
Jews
by reviving the old libellous
every attempt to interrupt would
tale. The police confiscated a great.
be dealt with summarily. This
mass
of literature on the ritual
was a specific open challenge to
murder theme. A local advertis-
the Yevsekesists. It seemed, how-
ing
agency
declined to placard an-
ever, the communists did not be-
nouncements of the meetings.
lieve in the seriousness of the
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SPRING SONG.
"My beloved spoke, and eald unto me:
'Rise up. my love, my fair one, and come
war.
For, lo, the winter Is past.
The rain In OV, and gone:
The Sower. appear on the earth;
The time of Ringing le come.
And the voice of the turtle in heard in
our land,
The figstree putteth forth her green figs.
And the vines in blossom give forth their
fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come
war
Inherently
moral force alone.
weak, it has been made mighty by
its cause, so that "no weep°
formed against it has prospered"—
neither persecution nor calumny,
neither the sword nor the stake,
neither the world's enticements nor
the persuasive arts of an alien
priesthood.—"The Message of
Judaism."— Morris Joseph.
"THE FALASH A SEDER"
"The Jews of Abyssinia, known
among their neighbors as Falashas,
celebrate the Passover for seven
"THE SECRET OF THE SEDER" days, and during this time they eat
The great redemption holds us only unleavened bread and do not
with its fascination, but only to bid
drink any fermented drinks. On
our hearts go out to all the history
this day, a little before the setting
of our race. This people "saved
of the sun, all assemble in the court
of the Lord with an everlasting
the synagogue, and in the name
salvation"—this people that gave of of
the entire community, the sacri-
the world Moses and the Prophets ficer offers the paschal lamb upon
and the Saints, that has lived and
the altar. The ceremony is ob-
died for God's truth—this people,
served with great pomp; the ritual
we say, is ours. We are the shar-
prescribed in the Bible for this
ers of its glories and its humilia-
sacrifice is followed punctiliously ,
tions, the heirs to its divine promise
and after the sacrifice is slaught -
and its sublime ideals. This people,
ered and roasted, the meat is eate n
we say moreover, began its life
with unleavened bread by the
with a protest against wrong. It
priestly assistants." — American
has lived its life protesting against
Jewish Year Book, 5681.
wrong. And it has done so by
—TIIE SONG OF SONGS—BIBLE.