McVurRorr THE VETROITJEWISII &RON 1CLE Entered as Second-class matter March A 1916, at the Postofitc• at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March A 1179. Inc. Pubhalted Weekly by TN Jowl.% Chronicle Publishing Ca., General Offices and Publication Building 525 Woodward Avenue Cable Address: Chronicle Telephones Cadillac 2040 London Met 14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England. $3.00 Per Year Subscription, in Advance and news matter must reach this To Insure publication. all correspondence otle• by Tuesday evening of each week. When mailing notices, kindly use one aide of the paper only. to The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invite. correspondence on subject. of Interest iews the Jewish people, but disclaims respon.ibIlity for an indorsement of the v expressed by the writers. Sabbath Readings of the Torah. Prophetical portion—I. Sam. 11:14-12:22. Pentateuchal portion—Num. 16:1-17:32. July 12,1929 Tammuz 4,5689 In Defense of Schechita. Norway, by action of its Parliament, is the second country in Europe to prohibit Schechita, the Biblically and Talmudically prescribed traditional method of slaughtering animals for food. Switzerland preceded Norway with a Schechita prohibition bill in August 1893, when, by popular referendum, it declared the stunning of animals before slaughtering to be compul- sory. The adoption of the anti-Schechita bill in Norway is the result of an interesting campaign which was in- stituted in 1926 and renewed in 1927. On both occa- sions the bill was defeated, following protest against it by Fridjof Nansen, the famous Arctic explorer, Georg Brandes, the noted literary critic, and by Jewish lead- ers in the United States, England, France and other Eu- ropean countries. Of interest in connection with the protests against the adopted bill in defense of the Schechita rights of Norway's 2,000 Jews, is the com- munication of Louis Marshall, on June 4, 1926, to then Secretary of State Kellogg, requesting the United States government to The Romance of Poverty. t\TI• The Secretary of State declared it impossible for the United States to make an official protest, and sug- gested instead. that Mr. Marshall write the Norwegian Minister in Washington in explanation of the hardship that will be inflicted upon Norwegian Jewry as a re- sult of a law which will prevent many from securing Kosher meat through the prescribed Jewish method. The Jewish law prescribes a swift incision in the animal's throat, while the Schechita-prohibition bills call for stunning of the animal prior to the incision. Stunning is proscribed by Jewish law. liet‘teen the two, impartial physiologists have admitted the Jewish method to be superior and to be inflicting less pain than the method which calls for stunning. Because of the swiftness of the slaughterer, and on account of the sharpness of the prescribed knife, there is momentary death as a result of the Jewish method of slaughtering, whereas stunning is accompanied by extreme agonies. Another reason offered in favor of the Jewish meth- od of animal slaughtering is that the blood of the aid- mal does not spoil as a result of the Jewish method, preserving its natural color, whereas stunning causes blood-clotting, thus spoiling the meat. Those who seek to restrict the Jewish method of slaughtering have said that the animal killed by the Schochet's knife has been seen to show life for several seconds after the slaughter. This, it is explained, is due to the circulation of the blood rather than to re- maining suffering life, whereas stunning does cause considerable pain. The Schechita-prohibition movements in European countries are of interest to Jews everywhere not only because our fellow-Jews are hurt by successful prohibi- tive measures, but because such movements recur also in other lands, and similar movements were known to be inaugurated in some states in this country. For the sake of future protection of Jews against such meas- ures, it is important that Jewish leaders establish defi- nitely the fallacy of beliefs that Schechita is a cruel method, thereby protecting such communities which now enjoy the privilege of practicing Schechita, but which may be robbed of such privilege in the future. Russian Jewry's Tragedy. A report on the outstanding items in the working plan and budget of the medical committee of the Joint Distribution Committee in Moscow, reveals the follow- ing tragic facts: Seventy per cent of the children of the declassed Jew- ish masses in Russia are infected with some form of tuber- culosis. Another serious menace of the Russian-Jewish urban population is the spread of nervous diseases, due to the terrible hardships they suffered during the war and the ensuing social upheaval. Next to tuberculosis cancer ranks high as a Jewish menace in Russia. Due to overcrowding, the number of Jewish children in White Russia who are suffering from trachoma has increased and blindness is a frequent consequence. greatly Coming as this report does on the heels of heart- rending evidence of the suppression of Jewish religious and cultural activities in Russia, of the inquisition insti- tuted there against Zionism, Judaism and the Hebrew language, this is news certain to move to distress even the most hardened of our people who have become im- mune to tragedy as a result of the pogroms of the past half century. Our fellow-Jews in Russia, before the war the most powerful element in world Jewry, is today not only ruined economically, but it is broken physically and is robbed of every atom of spiritual sustenance. Every Jew, wherever he. may be, owes it to the three millions of Jews in Russia to add his voice in protest, already sounded by the Jewish Congress and the Zionist Argan- ization, against the outrages perpetrated against the Jews in Soviet Russia, and against the inquisition insti- tuted there with the aim of spiritually and physically massacring an entire people. WASHINGTON JEWISH MIRROR Charles If. Joseph As a member of the Jewish faith I am glad to see 10,000 of my co-religionists consciously fighting for their religious principles. Nevertheless, in justice to the major- ity of the Christian members of the New Jersey Grand Chapter 0. E. S. I would say that while it is true that the first three points of the Star, namely: Allah, Ruth and Esther, are Jewish characters, Martha and Electa are abso- lutely Christian characters in spirit and in truth. While it is true that the General Grand Chapter is trying to hold and regulate all the Grand Chapters of America (the Grand Chapters 0. E. S. of New Jersey and New York are not members of the General Grand Chapter) as non-sec- tarian, yet the ritual is absolutely Christian, as far as I can see it. The same applies to the Order of the Knights Templar and also the Scottish Rite branch of Masonry. After the lodge of Perfection, their degrees are based on the Chris- tian faith, and no Mason of the Jewish faith has any right to take those degrees. Jewish leaders in the 0. E. S. have resented objec- tions made to the Christian parts of their ritual on the ground that no one has compelled Jewish members to join, and if there are any who don't like it they can quit. Which is, of course, a poor defense of Jewish subscription to Christian symbolisms, and it becomes a duty to enlighten those who innocently become partici- pants in such ritual practices. If, as Dr. Goldman charges, "the ritual is absolutely Christian," then the action of the 10,000 members who have seceded in New Jersey is to be commended, and an investigation of the consistency of affiliation with the order by observing Jews elsewhere is certainly in order. Einstein's Zionism and Internationalism. In the exceedingly interesting interview granted in Berlin by Dr. Albert Einstein to Philip A. Adler of De- troit and published on July 5 in the Detroit News, the noted scientist and Zionist perhaps for the first time reconciles his Jewish nationalism with his internation- alism. Dr. Einstein told Mr. Adler that "nationalism is the curse of mankind," whereupon the Detroit News correspondent questioned him whether the scientist himself, as a Zionist, is not a nationalist, and he was given the following characteristic reply by the great mathematical genius: Ach, ja. But this is quite different. The nationalism of many a modern state stands for an extension of its power through territorial aggrandizement and through the subjectivity of smaller nationalities. Zionism is the oppo- sition to that force It is a defensive nationalism. I mean not only Zionism but all the movements for independence and self-determination by oppressed peoples. Let me illustrate. I am a pacifist. I am opposed to the use of force. But I know that some lawless elements will use force, so 1, a pacifist, consent to arm certain people in order to oppose the lawlessness of others. Let me formulate it for you this way. Because of the nationalistic tendencies of the powers opposed to me I am compelled to adapt A protective nationalism. Einstein's Zionism has been among the most fasci- nating elements in his career to his own, the Jewish people, and his pacifism smacks of the prophetic. His devotion to the cause of Palestine was evidenced in a statement concerning the Jewish National Fund. issued by him shortly after the celebration of his fiftieth birth- day on March 14. In this statement he said: The greatest national possession of a people is its land. If every Jew will do his share toward the redemption of Palestine, the soil of our land will become the national pos- session of the Jewish people. I have received gifts on my fiftieth birthday, but 1 have been particularly gratified by the contribution for Eretz Israel which results in new land and new life. Einstein's Zionism fascinates because it is marked by a deep understanding of the ideals of the movement. Therefore his name is written large in the story of Pal- estine's rebuilding. 4Yrrict4444JA By Hillel, The Observer TWO important Jews devoted to Palestine were in Washington this week—and neither of them went to see the president! This to prove that not every visitor takes up Mr. Hoover's time with the for- mality of hand-shaking. David Yellin, head of the Teach- ers' College in Jerusalem and for- mer vice-mayor of the holy City, spent a few days in the architec- tural and not frigid atmosphere of Washington's summer, and he spread some interest in his splen- did Palestinian institution. This half-Bagdadian Jew was a hand- some sight in our handsome city. Engineer Soskin was the other visi- tor of note and he found particu- lar interest in discussing agricul- ture and economics with U. S. ex- perts whom he had already learned to know. llis particular scheme for colonization in Palestine will probably receive additional pub- licity through his visit because an Associated l'ress reporter inter- viewed him on the subject. The thrilling part of the interview, we predict, will be that in which the A. P. writer asked Soskin for his opinion on American reclamation projects which the engineer had already visited in the west. That's fine, a Palestinian commenting oil Uncle Sam's work! had requested the Hippodrome audiences to re- frain from applause? It is quite in line with the other mis-statements that he has advertised his Passion Play as "Direct from Freiburg with the Original Cast of 1,000 liv- ing persons." The cast is actually made up of 15 or 20 German actors and about 200 supernumer- aries (sonic of whom told me that they were paid the munificent sum of $6 a week and many of whom were discharged at the end of the first fort- night after rehearsing for two weeks without pay). The Fassnacht troupe has been in America for nearly a year, having given their tirst American performance in St. Joseph, Mo., last August .. . The Order Eastern Star and the Jews. In connection with the secession of 10,000 Jewish members of the Order Eastern Star in New Jersey, it has been charged that not only Jewish 0. E. S. mem- bers, but Jews who are members of the Masonic Order, of which the Eastern Star is a comopnent part, are also acting contrary to their Jewishness by becoming a part of these orders. It is of interest, therefore, in view of the large Jewish Masonic membership, to quote the opinion of one who has made a study of the question of the compatibility of Jewish members with an order which some now charge to be Christian in character. Writing to the Jewish Daily Bulletin, Dr. Jacob Goldman of South Bend, Indiana, director of the South Bend Masonic Research and Study Club, who has re- ceived the degree of the Order of the Eastern Star, states: 1 tCLt 51;11 The Zionist convention, in sessions here last week, was discussing the question of raising annual dues of members in the Zionist Organization of America from !tt.V.PVAJV.teLVJPJ:e;:tiatUZJ six dollars to eight dollars. Delegates were told how GEST can weep real now. Morris ORRIS difficult it is to gather funds. Others were more opti- M always weeps over his losses tears for Art's sake. But mistic and said that those who pay six will pay eight. generally they are crocodile tears. This time they are real honest-to-goodness weeps. It's all because of the Pro and con, for hours, this question was debated at the Passion Play that Morris dug up somewhere in the national convention. And on the following afternoon Hinterland of the U. S. A. It was announced as the the great Zionist leader who graced the convention famous Freiburg Passion Play. When the ministerial- looking gentleman, David Belasco, who happens also to platform, Nahum Sokolow, spoke several interesting be the father-in-law of Morris Gest, decided to go in words of commentary on the debate over the two dol- with Morris on the presentation of the play, a wave of protest arose from the Jewish press. The leaders of lars. Said the historian of the Zionist movement, ad- Jewry urged him for the sake of his faith and his people dressing himself in fact to all Jews of this country : not to present this travesty on the crucifixion. But Mor- ris replied that all the king's men and all the king's "What I didn't tind with you is the romance of pov- horses, not even Louis Marshall or Stephen Wise included, erty. Now you have this also." could get hint to stop the performance in the interest of Art. So he went ahead with it in the Hippodrome. And we now ask ourselves whether Mr. Sokolow himself fully realized the tragedy of the situation. The BUT what Jewry couldn't do the public has done very American Jew, the "rich uncle" to the millions of down- nicely. It has put the Freiburg Passion Play on ice. It is dead. And Morris is weeping over its bier. Ile may trodden and suffering Jews in Eastern Europe, in na- take in barnstorming where the yokels may find in it some tional conclave to plan the most important piece of interest but so far as New York is concerned it's finished. work in all Jewish history,—the upbuilding of Pales- It didn't patronize it very much in the beginning and in the end scarcely at all. But the worst pen-lashing Gest tine,—spent the most important part of the convention received was from a young writer named Louis Browdy, arguing over two dollars! a former Pittsburgh boy, but now free-lance writer in New York. I know Louis very well indeed and I want There is a vast difference between the American to congratulate hint on his masterpiece in the Nation, and European romances of poverty. On the European which featured it under the title of "Morris Gest and the Passion Play." Read some of the choice bits that follow: continent the Jew is assured of spiritual sustenance be- cause monetary impoverishment did not mean that he Says Browdy: Inside the theater I saw a dull, interminable sacrificed his ideal. On the contrary, emphasis on the 'spectacle presenting an incredible distortion of ideal there is always placed in inverse proportion to the Gospel story. The most remarkable and, to economic success. here the argument over two dollars me, the most memorable moments of the evening occurred in the intermissions when, us the curtain is a direct result of the weakening of the spirit, of the descended and the houselights came slowly on, tragedy of spiritual poverty. Else that "two-dollar de- an outcry arose in the isles. "Get your ice-cold Eskimo pies," shouted the eager candy venders. bate" would never have taken place, American Zion- Mr. Gest had not forgotten to sell the candy con- ists have nothing to fear from the romance of economic cession for the great drama of the crucifixion. Had poverty ; they have everything to guard against the he not amply displayed his deep sense of the sanctity of the play when in his advertisements he tragedy of spiritual poverty. indicate to the Norwegian government that legislation of this character would wound the sensibilities and offend the consciences of a large body of American citizens in every way friendly to the people of Norway, and to express the hope that approval of such legislation be withheld in view of the fact that it would indirectly inflict serious Injury upon the adherents of one of the great religions of the world, nearly a fourth of whom dwell in the United States. e . . EVIISII MR. MILTON SCIIAYER, the well-known Jewish col- umnist, dropped in to see me the other day with the idea of a Jewish Book-of-the-Month Club. This matter has been discussed from time to time in the Jew- ish press and an interesting statement regarding it was made recently by Rabbi Louis Gross of Brooklyn, N. Y. I think the idea is a good one. It should encourage a wider interest ill books by Jewish' authors dealing with subjects of interest to the Jew. It would also serve the purpose of intelligently guiding the Jewish reading public in the direction of worth-while books din Jewish subjects. It would also help Jewish authors who today are hiding their light under a bushel. I hope that Mr. Scheyer will continue to agitate the idea until it becomes a reality. I AM in receipt of a letter stating: TM: Pittsburgh Conference of Jewish Women's Organizations is eager to get an expression of your opinion on a matter of great importance not only to local but to international Jewry as well. Quoting Chancellor Bowman, of the Cathedral of Learning (University of Pittsburgh), "the various rooms of the Cathedral of Learning are to repre- sent the culural conributions of the many peoples of the world to civilization." At the present time, groups representing all peoples of the world, with the exception of the Jews, have plans under way to express their own particular contribution in these rooms. ]lave the Jews as a people contrib- uted in a sufficient degree to the culture, civiliza- tion, art, literature and religion of the world to warrant the establishment of a purely Jewish Room in this Cathedral of Learning? • __._ • WOULD answer "No." It is true that Jews have con- tributed culturally to civilization but not necessarily JEWISH culture. Einstein has done much for science but not for JEWISII science. Great Jewish musicians have contributed masterpieces to the world but not JEWISH music. It has been the music of the country in which they lived. Josef Israels was a great Jewish painter but he did not create a JEWISII art. So we can ro through the whole list and we find no definitely JEWISII contributions of music, art, literature (except- ing religious), to civilization. We have had innumerable contributions by Jews. But the Jews have imbibed cul- ture of the land in which they lived and expressed them- selves culturally in the fashion of their country. I heard that some Palestinian folksongs have been discovered but was assured by an authority that the music was really Russian and not Palestinian. However that may be, I can see no basis for the establishment of a purely Jewish room such as suggested for other nationalities. I LUNCHED with a university professor and he told me that he had the task of locating positions for gradu- ates of the business department of the college. Ile told me that he experienced real difficulty with the Jewish boys and what surprised him more than anything else was the fact that he had trouble even with Jewish employees in obtaining positions for the Jewish applicants. Of course this is not news, but coming from such a source it reflected in no favorable light the attitude of the Jewish employer toward his own people. I sometimes wonder if these Jews know what they are doing. They must have very little imagination if they fail to appreciate that what they are doing to the children of other Jews may sonic day happen to their own children. The economic opppor- tunity for the Jewish boy and girl is sufficiently limited by the non-Jew without the Jew contributing to make even more limited. I I AM glad to publish this letter from my old-time friend, Rabbi Calisch: Every once and awhile I have an urge to write to you to tell you this. and I am using your paragraph in the issue of May 31 regarding Rabbi Feldman's experience as a peg on which to hang this epistle I have had likewise a rather interesting experi- ence, though not exactly similar to that of Rabbi Feldman, but none-the-less I believe, unique. At the Ecumenical Council of the Episcopal Church (which is a world-wide organization) and which was held here in Richmond some years ago, I had the very distinguished honor of being invited to deliver an address before the House of Bishops. The Council is divided into two bodies, the lay delegates and ministers and the House of Bishops. The meeting of the House of Bishops was held in the capitol building in the room of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia. I was waited upon by the Bishop of Tokio, Japan, with the re- quest for the address. When I came to the capitol building to the door of the chamber, I was met by a committee of two, and as I entered the chamber, the house rose and remained standing until I was escorted to the platform. After my address the house again rose as I left the room. I was told that never before had such an incident took place. nor have I heard of it occurring since. It may be interesting to add that I also par- ticipated in a funeral service of the Episcopal Church at the death of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the President of the Confederacy. I was invited by the then pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where the funeral service was held, to take part in the funeral service. I read the •410th Psalm. There was no other minister besides the pastor of the church and myself. EDWARD N. CALISCII. Of course I am a constant reader of your "colyum," and always with pleasure and profit. - young Washington boys T WO came into the limelight last week and brought pride to the whole Jewish community of the capital. Thirteen-year-old Sidney Hershowitz was announced as the winner of a gold medal fur hero ism in bravely saving a girl from Milton Felstein, 16 drowning. year-old student, was selected as the District of Columbia's condi date for the Edison scholarship to a technical college. These two items would be strict- ly local news except for the fact that every senator, representative anti cabinet official now in Wash. ington notices the awards made to the Jewish boys. Some offered congratulations to members of the Jewish community whom they hap- pened to meet. One of the presi- dent's secretaries mentioned these outstanding awards to a certain Washington Jewish citizen and told him to be proud "of his Jew- ish boys." •4.• ;4:- one who reads the annual A NY report of the I.ibrary of Con- gress regularly can get a good Jew- ish education, gradually. Each year Dr. Israel Shapiro, chief of the Semitic division, writes an es- say on some phase of Jewish lit• erature as his department's contri- bution to the library report. This year the learned doctor has expatiated on Bibles — ancient, medieval, and modern; Hebrew, Arabic, German, English, etc.; in manuscripts and in type; bound and unbound; authentic and spuri- ous—all kinds of Bibles. When this report is printed in November, you can learn more about them if you turn to the part jai .4 (Turn to Next l'age). IN THE REALM OF SONG and LAUGHTER By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ ENTER ON FOUR LEGS, EXIT ON TWO The best story told at the Zion- ist convention held here was Dr. Julian :Morgenstern's. The presidenia of the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati re- lated the tale about the Jew in England who, upon entering a pri- vate compartment on an express train, found another passenger, a very morose one. This Jew, very talkative, immediately attempted to start a conversation. "Fine weather we're having," said he. But the other passenger said nothing and continued to stare blankly. An hour passed. "Great train service we're offered these days," the Jew attempted to revive the discussion. But only a blank but angry stare did he get in response. Another hour went by, and the Jew made another attempt at mak- ing a train friendship. "The news- papers say better times are com- ing." This time the Jew got under his companion's skin: "Why do you in- sist on talking to me when you see that I care to have nothing to do with you? Why don't you mind your own business? I want to have nothing to do with dumb Jews." This. in turn, irked our co-re- ligionist, who smilingly and calm- ly challenged the last statement. Whereupon the non-Jew suggested that they test each other with rid- dles. "If I fail to answer your riddle I pay you five pounds; if you fail to answer mine you pay me only one pound." The Jew immediately took hint up, both on the challenge of an in- telligence test as well as on his companion's generosity of offering him odds and immediately launched with a riddle: "What is it," said he. "that en- ters on four legs and goes out on twT11" 4. challenger was visibly dis- turbed. Minutes passed by, dur- ing which he kept repeating, "enter on four, exit on two—" "I'll be hanged if I know," he finally declared, defeated, as he counted out five pound notes to the Jew. "Tell me, what DOES enter on four legs and goes out on tw' o rdon't know either," replied the Jew. "Here's your pound," which he produced from his com- panion's losses. A STORY BY THE LATE DR. BOGEN or. Boris Bogen, who died last week, was not only a great social worker but is reputed to have been a great story teller. Rabbi Louis I. Newman tells the follow- ing Bogen story, told to illustrate the uncertainty of statistics: The captain of a vessel wrote down one day in the ship's log: "First mate drunk." The latter protested, saying that this record would injure his reputation. The captain replied: "Facts are facts." A - few days later, however, the first mate had an opportunity to keep the ship's lug. Ile wrote down as an item if the' day's events: "Captain sober." When the cap- tain protested, the first mate like- Wise answered: "Facts are facts." e4 THE DELUSIVE CLERIC From the Hebrew of Mennen° di Home. Fourteenth Century Hebrew Poet. pulpited parson, who fiercely inveighs 'Gainst the jovial youngster of frolicsome ways, But who, for his own part, will never decline The kiss of a woman, or a breaker of wine, Is like the blind man, who through darkness of night, Guides others to bed with the help The tti of a light. "CIIA MOR" The Hebrew word "chafe or" means both "ass" and a "heap." Dr. J. Chotzner, late Hebrew tu- tor at Harrow, England, tells us that "Samson, the noted wit of the Bible, purposely uses the Hebrew term 'chamor' " (Judges XV. 161 because of its double meaning. Dr. Chotzner's humorous rendering of Samson's Hebrew lines referred to follows: DUALISM IN With the jaw-bone of an ens Have I plenteous asses slain: Smitten than it came to pass Fell • thousand on the plain. TIIE MOUTH AND TIlE EARS A Hebrew Epigram by lair's (12n4) My friend, speak always once, but sates twice, This, I would have you know, is sound advice; For God loath given you and all your peers A single mouth, friend, but a pair of ears. We Observe That--- The Ladies' Garment Workers of New York have vote( to go on strike. Judging from the scarcity of ladies' gar menu, we were under the impression that there were no more ladies' garment workers. A Scotch deportee started a riot at Ellis Island. This is probably - the first time in history that a Scotchman refused a free trip home. Another applicant for citizenship was refused his papers because he, like Rosika Schwimmer, refused to take a cer- tarn oath to defend the country. Prof. Macintosh, Yale pro- fessor of theology, had already performed distinguished- service for Canada and the U. S. during the war. But the judge decided he must take the oath. Lip service would have made him a citizen. 4. ;sf Anti-Semitic graphologist claims you can tell a Jew by his hand- writing. You can always tell a good Jew by his signature to a check to some worthy cause or other. Einstein's views on war were recently censored by Czecho-Slovakian government. His meaning was too clear. California social worker states that alien juvenile offenders are few. A few more of such fact- given our Congressmen might make them think straight on the im • gration problem. It looks Ii the good ship Good Will is beginning to leak a bit. Mar. all doesn't like the insistence of the Good Will Associatio on their right to proselytize. Evidently these divines th k that in order to establish Good Will between Jew and entile, the Jews must become good Christians first. rrcurrrrmsYTYWFAF.(112....(.., Itt foc1244.44=44Agr WI 141 ' Stt+ * A nagfasVgf oi