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The Coming Three Conventions.
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the coming fortnight to three national conventions,
'Mt fortieth annual convention of the Central Confer•
tout of American gahhio opthe here nezt Tueaciay.
On the following fionday the thirty-second onnual tor.-
vention of the Zionist Organization of America will
take place here, and beginning an July 2, the national
convention of Junior Iladaosah will follow,
Thus Detroit JeWit Will come in direst contact with
a groat national and outstanding international Jewish
movements. Thus the local community will be the
immediate witness' to the discuseiorui of the rabbis,
and to the deliberationn, for the first time in Detroit,
of the builders of Zion at the following two gather-
ings.
It is to be hoped that the inspiration that will be de-
rived from the three, gatherings will help to strengthen
faith in the religious on the one hand and the. national
on the other, Yor a long time now we have been in
danger of hoeing the faith we are sorely in need of. All
we have been hearing was "drive," "campaign," the
a/incitation for thin fund and that fund, with the result
that everything in Jewish life ha* hecorne associated
with appeals for funds,
If the coming conventions succeed in instilling in
Jewish hearta renewed faith and inspiration, they will
then have made a direct spiritual contribution to our
Jewish community,
We greet the three conventions with wishes for pie-
ce:v.4in their deliberations,
"Mental Reservations" in Religion.
The fifty-ninth annual session of the Grand Chapter
of the Order of Eastern Star, held in Atlantic City laat
month, rejected a resolution presented by spokesmen
for 10,000 or more Jewish members in New Jeraey, urg-
ing that Chriatian symbolinmn in the ritual, now man-
datory, be made optional. The result in that the order
In New Jersey in torn by disnennion. It in reported
that 10,000 Jewish members in New Jersey have al-
ready decided to secede, that chapters with all-Jewinh
membernhipn have returned their charters to the grand
chapter, and that they are detertnined to form a non-
sectarian order,
This controversy contain', no much that touches at
the very heart of the social and religious problem of
the Jew that ft deserve,' much thought and considera-
tion, It Is well to recall that the recommendation to
change the ritual in New Jersey wan first made at the
Trenton, N. J„ convention in 1928. It wan studied by
a Grand Lodge committee, reintroduced at thin year's
Atlantic City convention, and mponnored by Mrs. Eliza-
beth Littlefield of Irvington, N. J., retiring grand matron
who Is not Jewish. Newn reports d•ncribing the defeat
of this resolution on May 15 state that non-Jewish
members wailed the Jewish groups and Invited them
to quit the order if they were dissatisfied with present
condition's - This, it in reported, wan followed by an ex-
(Ault from the hall, in protent against the defeat of the
eto solutIon, by 300 Jewish delegates and an many non-
voting sympathizer's A Jewish woman who wan ap-
pointed to high honors In the council,' of the order sub-
sequently declined to nerve, Becaune the New Jersey
Grand Chapter is supreme in its jurisdiction and owes
no allegiance to any national body, there is no recourse
to appeal to higher authority by the Jewish member,' in
New Jersey, and the secession of the 10,00(1 Jewish
members points to the organization of a strictly Jewish
secret order,
Because the Order of Eastern Star throughout the
land numbers Jews among its rnembern, and because
from all indication', the rituals in every state contain
symbolinms that are Christian in character, this issue
now concerns riot only the Jews in New Jersey, but
thone in Michigan and Oklahoma and Texan as well.
The name of the order itself, "Eastern Star," refers to
the "Star of Bethleh•m," and the (mention at issue in
whether the order with It,' name and background in not
altogether Chriatian. The five "pointn" in the star are
Ada, Ruth, Esther, Martha (wife of !Arsenio an Electa.
It is a known fact that Christian symbolinms were al-
ways included in the Eastern Star rituals, and Jewish
member,' have their arguments in defense of having
tolerated the insertion of Christ ian reference,' and sym-
bola:
"If," they argue, "norme of the points in the star
are Jewish, and Chrfidiann tolerate it, why should not
we, the Jewish members, tolerate the Chrintian sym-
bole?
"Furthermore," they continue their argument, "we
accept what is acceptable and reject what in objection.
able. We make mental reservations of the elements we
do not nubncribe to as Jewn."
Thus the issue baronies clearly 'kilned. The Jew-
lah member,' make "menial reservations" of what is
objectionable to there, and chows, to ignore the Chris-
tian tor/million In the ritual. Baned on much submissions
by Jews themselves, and because of their having toler-
ated the mymbolimmx until now, (7hristiann who evident-
ly are determined to retain the Christian character of
their order claim to be justified in their refusal to
amend the formalisms.
What Is to be the Jew's reaction to this action?
Ought the Jewish members of the order apply a
law In physics, that "every action has an opposite and
equal reaction," to this controversy and form an in-
dependent order, or should they accept the decision
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self•renpret. Jewish loyalty and devotion and American
fair•play nhoolt ;,romp. al. Jewish members forthwith to
IA•t.r1/ frwn tl. F.a.atere Stu, .f the present rule is inexor-
able. It 1, repor.ed that fully 10,00O lr 'a women in
near Jerary are affiliated with the Eastern Star. They an
far too resourceful. extern:need and active m reed an
order to rare supreme" to trier religious
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V, dares. thes tai,lanthropic aura and .' tenth
their cultural asterai.one TS•k• rtst body of Jewish women
of Mew Jersey, who have been misled into associate" with
a sectarian group tupteciaed to be fair to ail creed,. will
11A•titt,e1
Low to free t/, organize themselves lr.to other
under the auspices of which they may secure their hirriest
.,r- :al ohai-rts wahout endangering or corr.prornieing their
prliv✓ .ut v.vv.orpo.w.n. and prattlers.
le wet the tate rips for our Jrer;els women to become
t/Wft (10.1/7 and attire!, identified with our religious
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In our own city, the strictly Jewish chapter of the
Order of Eastern Star which is composed of 80 per
cent Orthodox members, is evidently not required to
nubseribe to the New Testament, and applicants for
membership are not asked to sign their names besides
the Cross as a Christian symbol. But their "mental
reservations" on the question of Christian symbol-
ism,' are difficult to understand. But if it should de-
velop that not only do the Christian members insist
upon making the Christian formalisms mandatory, but
will in addition give evidence of not sincerely welcom-
ing to membership Jews and Jewesses, then the persist-
ence of Jews to stick to the order and defend their
"mental reservations" on religious questions will be
hardly tolerable.
Mr. Gest and His Passion Play.
Mr. Morris Gent, styled "the greatest showman in
the world," in announcing that he had "the great pleas-
ure and honor" I" produce in this country "the original
world famous Freiburg Passion Play," made the follow-
ing statement:
"I have never done anything, or been connected
with anything, of which 1 am more proud than the Pas-
,'ion Play. Find of all, it in not a commercial enter-
prime."
Now comes Louis Browdy, in an article in the Na-
tion, and explains that Mr. Gent's "Passion Play" is not
the Oberammergau play which most people confuse as
being synonymous with the only famous "Passion Play."
Mr. Browdy further reveals that Mr. Gent's play is very
little known and is an unimportant production; that the
greatest showman's supposed "original cast of 1,000
living persons" is "actually made up of 15 or 20 Ger-
man actors and 200 supernumeraries," some of the lat-
ter having told him that they were paid "the munificent
wage of $8 a week and many of whom were discharged
at the end of the first fortnight after rehearsing two
weeks without pay."
On top of this public spirited effort of Mr. Gest, for
whom the "Passion Play" is "not a commercial enter-
prise," the writer in the Nation informs us that "Mr.
Gent, the Chrintun, and the Judas (in the play) are
receiving, under their contract, $1,000 a week each; in
addition 60 per cent of the net profits go to Gest and 40
per cent to the Fansnachts (who act the roles of Chris-
tun and Judas)."
In the face of these facts, what a pity that Mr. Gent's
enviable 'White spirit in producing thin play should be
rewarded with failure! Poor Mr. Gest was compelled
to close the production in New York City after a run of
six of the scheduled eight weeks, and his passion and
hate-inspiring play now goes to the smaller communi-
ties, not, of course, as a commercial enterprise.
The New York audience was first to judge, and it
pronounced the greatest showman's production a the-
atrical failure. Mr. Gent's action in ignoring the pro-
tests of his own people against producing a play certain
to engender hatred was labelled with the opprobrium
of "heartlessness," by Louis Marshall, and Jewry looks
on with contempt as Mr. Gest and his father-in-law,
David Belasco, slide into the gutter as Jews and artists
with this great production of theirs.
Avukah and Jewish Leadership.
The annual national convention of Avukah, student
Zionist federation, to be held this year at Ann Arbor,
beginning next Thursday, deserves greater attention
than the adult convention to take place, almost simul-
taneously, in Detroit. The reason is an obvious one.
Our youth has been neglected and has, in turn, neglect-
ed us. We have failed to train ,Jewish leaders from
among the rising generation, and this second genera-
tion therefore failed to supply us with the leadership
we are so much in need of. It is natural, therefore, that
we expect a great deal from an organized body. of Jew-
ish young men and women of the type of Avukah.
Their convention deliberations will be watched with
interest for signs of the rise of a generation of college
trained men and women that will be able to take up
the reins of Jewish leadership and make a hotter job of
it than have their elders in American Israel.
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woriety and to br.ng about better social concliticas
more speedily than theft object' could be ac-
complished by the slow and ted.ous prOtean of
teaching and trairtir.g the ind.vidaal
In my opinion this tr.tering of the churches
the field of practical politics .11 union:Jr-1:e
and it will in time react unfavorably to the
churches of all drreaninatior.s.
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Let the church as a church keep out of poll-
tke. The place of the clergy in not in the lobbies
of Congress, nor is it their btifineel tO stir up
party strife or to further party interests. We
believe in a free church in a free state, not in a
state coerced and governed by the church.
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any formal assseciation with combinations of
churches or denominations *hone purpose it is to
influence by direct act on, or by ordinary politi-
cal pressure, the course of legislation or the action
of governments. We have a right to express our
minds about polkies and customs. virtues as well
as vices. It is quite another matter for the church
or for its representatives to attempt to dictate the
course governments should pursue or to compel
the passage of lawn by political pressure. The
results of such action by the church has. in the
past, been d1/11AIFOUll to the church's Spiritual
influence.
I am certain that history will reprate itself in
this country. and it is well for us in the Episcopal
Church to follow the course which it hat followed
ill far.
plE•RE
VAN PAASSEN. , who writes for the New York
Evening World, refers to a report of Dr. Saul Mezan.
a French stientiet. who recently returned from a long
sojourn in the Near East. He discusses the great num•
tier of white slaves that still exist in the world. He nays
in Yemen 40,000 Jews are reduced to a state of slavery.
They want to leave for Palestine but are not permitted
to do no by the Yemenite authorities. It would seem an
if thin were a bruin for investigation on the part of the
Zionist leaders in Palestine. Dr. Mezan alto reports that
pilgrims to Mecca 1‘&11 their children into slavery to raise
the price to go home after visiting the Moslem holy Sites.
That's what in called "religion." And we find that sort
of thing in every country in the world, even in the United
States. People persecute and torture and kill others in
the name Of religion. Maybe the hill-billies down in
Tennessee don't believe in evolution, but when we read
such none!' about men we sometime! wonder if we aren't
doing the ape an injustice.
TIIEY are going to issue a popular encyclopedia of
S O the
We can stand it, if it's popular enough.
Jews.
The trouble with most encyclopedias is that the men who
edit them seem to think that everybody who consults
them .the encyclopedias, not the men is more or less an
erudite person. Well, speaking for myself, I'm not. I'm
pretty much of a low brow and am uncomfortable in the
presence of words of many syllables. I consult a diction-
ary for the definition of a word and the definition is so
understandable that in order to understand it I am
obliged to consult a definition of the definition, and then
unable to find out just what the word means officially I
use it to mean what I want it to mean. Editors of
encyclopedias and dictionaries take too much for granted.
I note that Isaac Landman is the editor of the forthcom-
ing volumes, while Walter Blumenthal is the literary
editor. Well, it's likely to have some human interest and
will not be made up entirely of fossilized material. I
wish the editors would do me a favor. Have some one
write an article on an Anti-Semitism that is so exhatin-
tine that everybody who wants to know the "Why" of
anti-Semitism can be referred to the encyclopedia. It
will reduce the Size of my mail.
DAILY PRESS carries the newn of an anonymous
T HE
letter sent to the Yale News who charges that there
is anti-SA mitism at Yale. It in rather a sharp letter and
one wonders if it should have been written, in view of the
fact that it sheds no new light on the question of Jewish
prejudice in fraternity life, He says, among other things,
that in order to get some social life during the four years
spent at Yale, Jews have formed their own fraternities.
These fraternities are recognized by the university but
care in taken by the university authorities to keep them
well 'submerged. They are not represented Iso the writer
avers) on either of the interfraternity councils and their
names are not listed in the undergraduate publication
gulden, such as the Eli Book. And then winds up by
with power
•tnting that "you Anglo Saxons are too drunk
to realize that ths Jews are a superior people.'' Well,
the zealous advocate of rights for Jewish students didn't
prove that he belonged to a "superior" people by making
ouch a foolish ntatement.
Yale News is in-
the comment of the editor of the
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teresting, though not convincing. in his denial of the
charges that discrimination exists at Yale, as at all other
colleges, against Jews who wish to join a fraternity. He
says that It is well to remember that one is first a Yale
man, and !secondly a member of a certain race." That,
unfortunately, is just what Yale men to not remember.
If they did then they would accept men socially desirable
and adoptable, regardless of their rare or creed, to become
their fraternity brothers. But the editoy knows what he
writes in just idle nonsense. Surely in Yale University
few Jewish boys who are the equal of
there must be
the Gentile student!' in culture and refinement ,and who
would be able to conduct themselves like gentlemen, even
in an exclusive fraternity. But they cannot be admitted
because they are Jews. Just as in the larger world, out-
for
side clubs exclude Jews because they are Jews and
clubs whose
no other reason. For, frequently there are
which
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yet
most
ordinary
membership is of the
these bounders have the audacity to deny any Jew admis-
sion. So what we find in the university clubs and other
similar organizations outnide we are sure to find within
■
the college walls.
So when the editor writes: "Many Anglo-Saxons in
Yale are not members of fraternities and social adapta-
bility is more or less of & prerequisite, regardless of racial
extraction," I challenge the author of that statement to
prove its truth.
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SENOR DON CARLOS G. DA-
VILA. ambassador of Chile
the United States. IA entituvaci:
Simon Gugretheini,
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then some
The Gurgenhelms have ;••t
levee a mill•en dollars for the es-
tali:aliment of scholarnh:•s an -
other means of bettering relan • 7 -
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IN THE REALM OF
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By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
ON A TWELFTH STREET CAR
An Irish conductor on a Twelfth
street car and a young Russian
Jew are heroes in this one-act com-
edy.
A young lady, having paid her
fare but forgotten her transfer.
returned to the conductor's box to
apply for the pass on the other car.
The conductor refused the trans-
fer on the ground that it is against
the rules to issue transfers after
the fare had been paid. Where-
upon a young Russian Jew inter-
posed:
"Why don't you give her the
transfer?"
'It's *gin' the rules, any any-
way it's none of per business. ye
Bullshevik. Why don't ye go back
to Rooshia where ye belong?"
"Are YOU a citizen!" chal-
lenged the Jew.
"Oi nhure am, an' proud av it. "
"And how long have you worked
on street can as conductor?" the
Jew continued his quiz.
"Twinty years."
"And how long ago did you
come here from Ireland?"
"Twinty-three years ago, if
ye're interested."
"And you're only a conductor!
You should have been a stockhold-
er by this time
And the laughter of the crowd
was evident of a point scored for
the young Jew.
FREEDOM
AI,.h.m 1,n Stets Ihn Arm horn
1092. did ,n 1107.
in Spun
He that to God's law Both cling,
Shall be free a. any king;
He that wealth and power crates,
Shall become • slave of slaves.
JEWISH ADAPTATION
To prove the Jew's ability to
adapt himself wherever he may be,
Lewis Browne tells the story
about two French Jews, Simon and
Morrie. who migrated to Berir
soon after the war. Owing to
Germany's resentment at all things
French at that time. the friend,
could not obtain employment.
Morris decided to go back to h:'
Simon resolved
people in Paris.
to stay in Berlin and conquer th,
city alone. He borrowed a hun-
dred thaler from Morrie.
The friends saw and heard
nothing of each other for 10 years.
Then Morris, who held • small
clerkship in a store in Pars, was
sent to Berlin on business. He
looked up his friend Simon. who
had prospered.
"Why, Simon!" cried the aston-
ished Morris, "how rich you look."
"I am as rich as I look, too."
boasted the prosperous man.
-Well, then," asked Morns.
bewildered. "why have you not
paid me back my hundred thaler!"
"Your hundred thaler?" thun-
dered Simon. "First give us back
Alsace-Lorraine!"
BUSINESS ADAPTABILITY
Newsman. writing in the Lon-
don Jewish Guardian, tells the fol-
lowing story which is applicable
on the question of the Jew's busi•
nese adaptability:
A Jewish clerk asked his em-
ployer for a raise in salary. "Why
do you want a raise!" asked the
"Look, there ere 355
employer.
days in a year. You work eight
hours a day; that is 122 day'.
There are :52 Sundays in a year;
you get them off. That leaves you
70 days. There are 14 national
and Jewish holidays, which leave•
you 54 working days. You take an
hour off for lunch every day.
which amounts to 14 days in a
year, leaving 40. You get Satur-
day afternoons off, which totals 26
days, leaving you 14 working days.
I give you two weeks' vacation
every year. So, when do you work!
And he wants a raise!"
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We Observe That---
Montreal may be the "filling station" for the Unite(
States but they have their blue laws too. Children under 16
are not allowed to attend the movies, and the movies are
closed on Sundays. In other words, you can get a thrill out
of a drink on Sunday, but not out of a film
No more dances, card parties and athletics at Rabbi A. II. Silver's
synagogue in Cleveland. How will they ever pay off the mortgage in
the organ? Praying alone doesn't do that for most of our synagogues.
,Jews must make the finest friends in the world, for even
the worst anti Semite will tell you that "some of my best
friends are Jews."
The head of the Eugenics Research Society says that clergymen
and missionaries are the "best people." But what of the common gossip
about the "ministers' sons."
If a Jew wants to be known as an American citizen, he
must he at least 110 per cent American. If a Jewish frater-
nity is to be allowed on the campus of Brown University, it
will he, if its members rate at least 10 per cent higher than
the members of the Gentile fraternities. See what happened
at Brown.
Man Who Called Himself Palestinian Rabbi Found Mentally Cribal-
anced.-Ileadline. Judging from some of the troubles of our rabbi , .
we wonder how they can keep 30 sane.
A great deal of agitation is stirred up concerning the pro-
posal to found a Jewish university. What is needed is more
Jewish kindergartens. Let's start at the right end.
According to reports coming from Washington, this is the open
hunting season on aliens. Bills have been introduced there to do every-
thing to them except to recognize them as human beings. And most
of these bills nre fathered by American statesmen, whose own fathers
only a few decades ago were aliens themselves.
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