1llEik111011' EWISA iii4Y1IGLE 1•7•:: , , :tytt54,4y4 ' 1 , 'I , ttISAYMI Z.S• PIE VETROITJEWIRI & RON 1CLE Entered as Second-claes matter March a, 1916. at the PostollIce at Detroit, Mich.. under the Act of Marsh 3. 1•79. Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Ce. lee. General Offices and Publication building 525 Woodward Avenue Cable Address: Chronicle Telephone: Cadillac :040 London Office 14 Stratford Place, London, W. 1, England. $3.00 Per Year Subscription, in Advance To insure publication. all correspondence and news matter must reach this °Ake by Tuesday evening of each week. When milling notkee, kindly uve one side of the paper only. The Detroit Jewivh Chronicle invites correspondence on subjects of Interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responeibillty for an Indorsement of the views expreseed by the writers. Sabbath Reading. of the Torah. Pentateuchal portion—Num. 25:10-30:1. Prophetical portion—ter. 1;1-2:3. July 26, 1929 Tammuz 18, 5689 Twenty-five Years After Herzl. The observance on July 28 (20 days in Tammuz) of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of the great ' leader and founder of the modern Zionist movement, Dr. Theodor Ilerzl, is an occasion for all Jews con- cerned in the progress of Palestine's rebirth to take an accounting of the accomplishments achieved by Jewish hands. Had Dr. Herzl lived today he would have seen the realization of most of his dreams. His "Altneuland," written a little over a quarter of a century ago, is no longer prophecy; it is now reality. What is particu- larly great about the realization of Herzl's dreams and ideals is that in Palestine, today, is firmly entrenched a happy Jewish community. Broken by the pogroms and persecutions of centuries, the tear-stained Jewish face, transplanted on Palestine Jewish soil, reveals nothing but health, physical and mental, and the songs of the liberation, re-echoing in the hills of Judaea, sound a note of joy unknown in two thousand years of Jewish history. Dr. Herzl's first creation was the Zionist Organi- zation. Out of it came the great achievements in Pal- estine, and the joy of these accomplishments brought pride and happiness to the Jewish communities throughout the world. It was silly for Jews in many parts of the world recently to talk about a monument to Herzl, when the greatest monument possible for man is in Palestine today speaking to the glory of the great and immortal leader. What particularly placed Dr. Herzl to the fore among all Jews in the past two thousand years, since the Dispersion, was his deep-rooted faith in his move- ment and his people. We are told that when Dr. Herzl felt death approaching he called Professor Ludwig Stein to his bedside and asked him to take over the leadership of the Zionist movement. To which Pro- fessor Stein replied: "If you could give me your deep faith in the move- ment, I would be glad to take it over." But his faith did not blind Dr. Herzl. He knew that in order to succeed, the Palestine project is de- pendent upon the will of Jewry. "Wenn ihr wollt ist es kein maerchen"—"If you will it, it is no dream," he said. This legend holds sway to this very day. If the Jewish people wills it, Palestine will be the Jewish Homeland. An enthusiastic portion of Israel has willed it, and the result is the present great Palestinian ac- complishment. Let all Israel will it, and the glory of Jewish possession will never again be removed from Zion. On Making a Will. lea Whether it is the superstitious fear of death or lack of education to the important obligations of individ- uals after death to their families and the community. it is a fact that Jews as a class are negligent in making wills. Mr. Joseph H. Ehrlich, in a communication which we published in last week's issue, rightfully urges that our people be educated to the need of leav- ing legal documents after death for the disposition of their property, and the importance of this appeal can- not possibly be overemphasized. During the past few years it has been the experi- ence of our immediate community to lose very active leaders who, had they not been negligent in the mat- ter of writing wills, would certainly have bequeathed large sums to worthy institutions. Instead the disposi- tion of their property, without control of wills, became sorry messes as a result of which the community suf- fered, the families were placed in awkward positions, and a large percentage of the property was wasted in court actions. Is it superstition that keeps our people from writ- ing wills, referred to in Jewish tradition by the Hebrew term "tzava'ah?" Or is it sheer negligence, as a result of which the community and the survivors suffer? Re- gardless of whether it is the one reason or the other, or both, that account for Jews not writing wills, it is time our people was trained to change its superstitious negligence. It is well that the Jewish people be told that there is Jewish traditional foundation for the writ- ing of wills, the question of the disposition of property being discussed at considerable length in Numbers xxvii. But even without this tradition, modern obli- gations should compel all Jews to leave such legal doc- uments after them that will prevent court action in the disposition of property and will instead guarantee hon- orable bequests to family and community. Th The Cleveland Jewish Center Cue. The ruling handed down last week by three Cleve- land judges sitting as a court of appeals in the Jewish Center case creates a precarious condition for Conserv- ative synagogues in this country. By upholding the claims of the Orthodox members that a synagogue formed for Orthodox purposes cannot have its ritual changed to that of Conservative without violating a trust, the three judges opened an avenue for similar action in other Conservative congregations. Because every Conservative synagogue was not so long ago an Orthodox house of worship, just as many Reform tem- ples had their foundations as Orthodox or Liberal syna- gogues and may, therefore, similarly be subjected to the rule of a minority membership if the ruling of the Cleveland Court of Appeal should serve as a prece- dent. But the most unfortunate thing about the Cleve- land Jewish Center case is that a group of Jews should 'AA have permitted their feelings to run away with their better senses to take an internal religious matter to a civic court and there publicly to air out a private Jewish affair. Regardless of who is to blame for such breach of Jewish dignity, the Cleveland affair is an outrageous display of lack of honor. There were times, within our own memory, when Jews did not even take their business disputes to the civic courts, but were willing to present whatever disputes they hail among and between them for arbitration to a Beth Din. But when a matter involving it synagogue ritual is taken to a non-Jewish court it can Only be interpreted as the reduction to It minimum of 'the authority of the rabbi- nate; it can only be interpreted as a direct slam at the Jewish spiritual leaders whose judgment is ignored for that of non-Jews. It is impossible completely to translate the disgust that comes as it reaction to the Cleveland case. Re- gardless of the merits or demerits of either side in the case, the Chillul Hashem of the shameful rebuke to everything that is holy in Jewish tradition, administered the rabbinate as well as the entire Jewish community when the case was taken for action to a non-Jewish court, cries out in loud terms to those responsible for this Cleveland spectacle: "Shame!" A Signal Honor for Mr. Henry Wineman. A signal honor has been conferred upon Mr. henry Wineman, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit, in being chosen one of the non-Zionist group of .11 to represent this country on the Jewish Agency for Palestine's reconstruction. The distinction for which Mr. Wineman was chosen sheds considerable glory on our community because of the historic importance.of the Agency for world Jewry and because of the na- tional prominence of the men chosen to form America's delegation. Mr. Wineman has well earned his new honors. His untiring efforts for the Jewish Welfare Federation and the Community Fund did not shut out his interest in the Jewish achievements in Palestine, with the result that he was among the very first Detroit non-Zionists to contribute toward Palestine's reconstruction, and to offer his moral encouragement to the zealots for Pal- estine's rebirth. his record is a laudable one, and I)e- troiters have reason to feel proud of their spokesman on the enlarged World Jewish Agency. Emma Lazarus—Noble Singer in Israel. The eightieth anniversary of the birth of Emma Lazarus, who was chosen ill the leading article in last week's issue for the title "the mother of American Zion- ism," serves as an ideal time to rebuke the enemies of the policy of free immigration to this country. In 1883, in aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the erection of the Statue of Liberty at Bedloe's, or Lib- erty Island, at the port of New York, Miss Lazarus wrote "The New Colossus," which is to this day the outstanding classical tribute to the United States in the days when it was a refuge for the oppressed of all na- tions. "Mother of Exiles," Miss Lazarus named the "mighty woman with a torch" at the gates to this coun- try, and at one and the same time pronounced a chal- lenge to the lands of oppression and hailed this land which welcomed the oppressed. In the concluding six lines of this historic fourteen-line poem, Miss Lazarus makes the Goddess of Liberty speak the following words: Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" When, on May 5, 1903, through the graceful act of Miss Georgina Schuyler, a friend of the late Miss Lazarus, the memorial bronze tablet bearing this poem was unveiled at Bedloe's, it was an act of tribute to a great American and a noble Jewess, and was predes- tined to serve as a living rebuke to those who are pre- venting this country from playing the great role it had in the days of Miss Lazarus and in the years up to the World War. In another type of poetic writing, in the verses which Miss Lazarus wrote as a result of her awaken- ing, in the eighties of the past century, during the Rus- sian pogroms, to her people's needs, this poetress has forever inscribed herself in the annals of the great women of her race. Convinced that only through the establishment of an independent Jewish nationality in Palestine will the Jewish problem be solved, and that "all suggested solutions other than this are but tem- porary palliatives," Miss Lazarus contributed some of the choicest Zionist poems, long before Zionism was an organized force in Jewish life. "The Crowing of the Red Cock," "The Banner of the Jew," "By the Wat- ers of Babylon" and other great pieces of poetry are among the classics in nationalist Jewish literature. An- other, "The New Ezekiel," is almost prophetic. In this one our poetress sings: What, can these dead bones live, whose sap is dried By twenty scorching centuries of wrong? Is this the House of Israel, whose pride Is as a tale that's told, an ancient song? Are these ignoble relics all that live Of psalmist, priest, and prophet? Can the breath Of very heaven bid these bones revive, Open the graves and clothe the ribs of death? Yea. Prophesy, the Lord hath said. Again Say to the wind, Come forth and breathe afresh, Even that they may live upon these slain, And bone to bone shall leap, and flesh to flesh. The spirit is not dead, proclaim the word, Where lay dead hones, a host of armed men stand! I ope your graves, my people, saith the Lord, And I shall place you living in your land. Such songs, now being translated into reality by the pioneers in the Jewish Homeland. make the name of Emma Lazarus stand out as that of a modern prophet- ess, and it is no wonder, therefore, that her memory is being honored by Jews on the eightieth anniversary of her birth. 1 :51,7„fhtt '• -: P4t.:412 37 ,1$443,4 •" &a,FiZZL`naEAVCIAlett 1 r14, att W ht Charles If. Joseph I AM in receipt of a letter from one who siems himself "Job the Second," but evidently not a man of patience. In fact he is quite inn.atient with the publicity given to the large salaries paid some of our rabbis. I had occa- sion to comment on the $18,000 salary paid the rabbi of a Conservative Jewish congregation in Chicago. It was no unusual that I deemed it worthy of mention particu- larly because example is often contagious and I thought I might he doing his (Ale:agues of the Orthodox group a favor. My correspondent says that we never see Rev- erend Dr, So and So fir Cardinal So and So advertised in connection with such and such a salary. That is quite true, but "such and such" a salary. generally speaking among the non-Jewish congregation , , isn't Sc, much. UT, my dear sir, I have read with niy (twit eyes several times front page announcements of unusually high salaries paid Christian clergymen. And while we are on the subject let us go a step further. You suggest that perhaps too much emphasis is placed on ,pulpit salaries. Men of God should work for the love of God. With this theory I absolutely disagree. Society is a man.made, not a God-made institution. Money is also a man-made in- stitution. And when men labor for God in a world where men insist that a certain amount of money is necessary to live decently there is nothing unbecoming, or irre- ligious in insisting that the congregation pay a decent price. Too often congregations avoid their obligations by taking advantage of the traditional theory that rabbis and Christian clergymen are working fur Cod and there- fore it's God duty and not tla irs' to provide. It's about time that such cowardly nonsense be stopped and that eh rgymen having the same worldly obligati sits as their fellow-men should be compensated in such a way as to enable them to live in a self-respecting manner. When one looks over the salaries paid some ministers (especially the members of the Christian group) one is inclined to believe that the lessons of religion haven't made much of an impression, either on their minds or their hearts. B ALWAYS glad to correct errors. The following come,' from Della D. Landau of Pittsburgh, Pa.: May I correct an error in your column? Rabbi Gold, of Shaareth Israel Congregation is in Dallas, not Houston, Texas. Likewise the medical schools of Baylor University are located at Dallas, Texas, while the academic schools of the same institution are at Waco, Texas. Last Winter I was fortunate enough to be in Dallas helping to raise money for Baylor University at Dallas and the gift of the Orthodox congregation ($3.000) came, I believe, as an aftermath of the campaign. I T'S queer how our memories work sometimes. What possible connection is there between an item I hap- pened to see in a newspaper the other (lay referring to a man imprisoned 40 years going insane, the Blue Laws, religion, and a remark I overheard recently in the Tower of London? It sounds like one of these enigmas found in books sold for a (lime on newsstands. But there is a definite connection between them all. While standing in the Tower of London listening to an explanation of the torture visited upon Sir Walter Raleigh, a lady standing directly behind me remarked in a low voice to herself, "Yes, and we haven't progressed very far; they still tor- ture human beings in these civilized (lays." SO WIIEN I read about this man being imprisoned at the aire of It years—kept in prison for 40 years—a large part of the time in solitary confinement—with the result of losing his mind, I recalled the remark I heard in London. Then my mind immedately leaped to another item in the sante paper refrerring to the great efforts of our Fundamentalist Church groups endeavoring to get the president of the United States to support a movement to introduce the Blue Laws in the District of Columbia. Then the thought came to me that here we have men driven insane through medieval torture, while the religious lead- ers of the nation are mute, not able to find their tongues. But they have plenty of time, and plenty of money, and are able to use their tongues and their pens to plead for CLOSING THE MOVIES IN WASHINGTON. There you have the answer to the inefficient functioning of the organized forces of religion! Society is shot through with unspeakable suffering, misery, cruelty, inequity and injustice, yet we find the men of God fighting for non- essentials! Creeds and dogmas and rites and ritual and ceremonies--yes, there is plenty of time for all those things that mean nothing in the sight of God but for the practical application of the teachings of God to the prob- lems of life they have no time. And when a few brave spirits do raise their voices in protest against the evils of society they are frowned upon as radicals, and let us whisper it, Bolsheviks! at last we are beginning to get somewhere W ELL, toward developing a community of interest and co- operative action in American Jewry. For years it has been more or less of a tragic joke that the most dis- organized group in American life are the Jews. Some- one said that the only thing that two Jews are willing to agree upon it what the third Jew should give to charity. It is impossible in the space of a paragraph or two to attempt to review the causes that have created such a condition of extreme factionalism among a minority group that needs to promote its solidarity. The inter- ests of Jewry have often become seriously compromised because of the fact that there has been such a division of opinion and of leadership. SO IT IS extremely significant that the American Jew- ish Congress and the American Jewish Committee have appointed committees to meet in the near future to de- velop some plan where there shall be more unity in deal- ing with affairs of general Jewish interest. It means that there will be a closer co-operation between the Or- thodox and Reformed Jewish factions in meeting prob- lems that affect the Jews as a whole. I can see the possi- bility of far-reaching results that will be to the benefit of the Jewry of the whole world in this peace pact. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Palestinian movement favorably affected. But it will serve above all else to do away with the suspicions and misunderstandings that crop out whenever Orthodox and Reformed Jews are required to meet 011 a common ground. It will, I hope, create a situation where two of the most forceful personalities in Jewish life, Rabbi Stephen Wise and Louis Marshall, Esq., will work TOGETHER for the good of Israel. They are both great Jews and great men and working together they can to much more good than working apart. It is consummation devoutly to be wished! HE T following letter from a reader will be discussed in a later issue: In your column you request an opinion of your readers on the question "What effect to religious Jewish leaders in the Zionist movement have upon Judaism?" My opinion is that Zionism has long ceased to be a purely religious issue. It has become a state and national issue. Zionism had its birth in a re- ligious atmosphere perhaps, but then has long shifted scenes, and now I may say that Zionism would suffer irreparable losses if we were to pick its leaders from a religious standpoint only. Do we not have many Zionists who are not of the Jewish faith at all? And do they not serve as a stimulus to our own Jews? We say, is it not won- derful for these non-Jews to be such true and faithful Zionists. and therefore our own faith and zeal in Zionism is strengthened. The progress of Zionism does not depend so much on our religion now as it does on practical and systematic management, and this responsibil- ity, although lacking in religious faith. You say, "I really think that one of the most disquieting factors in the entire Zionist movement has been the elevation to leadership of a group of outstand- ing personalities who are not religious Jews," that this example of indifference to Judaism will influ- ence others to follow in their footsteps. My dear Mr. Joseph, it is to be hoped you are not allowing such harassing thoughts to rob you of your merited sleep. When a man's religion is thus easily influenced by the religious attitude of others, it cannot be very deep rooted and sincere. Set the very best brains in Zionism to manage the Zionist movement, regardless of whether they be religious or not. and I venture to say there will be no cause for regrets. Zionism today needs di- plomacy more so than religion; it needs energy, faith, in its development and wide world co-opera- tion. These will tend toward snaking our home- land a reality and what it should be. WASHINGTON JEWISH MIRROR By Ilillel, The Observer pRESIDENT HOOVER is not as cold an individual as Calvin Coolidee pretended to be but he can keep n "poker face," very for- tunately. If he told every inter- viewer just what he thought of him and his ideas, things might not be as pleasant around the White House as they are just now', in spite of the planks, bricks, cement and construction laborers covering the scene. "I'll take it under ad- visement" is a sensible answer to offer after listening to a plea for this or that or the other. "Please, Mr, President, try to h:n e Sunday Blue Laws passed for Washington" is what Herbert hoover had to listen to one day. "Please, Mr. President, stop those cannons and bowlbys from afflict- ing us free and independent adult , of the District of Columbia" was the echo he received az (lay later. And so on, and so on. The antis, by the way, are pre- paring a vigorous campaign of bombardment, and we know now that M. C.'s will hear plenty when they return, anent the new Lanck- ford SUMIIIY closing law. Jews are very active with the antis, not because they keep Shabbos so dili- gently, but because of the (mine' pie involved. Besides, if this la is foisted on Washington, other states will have a bad example. Congress can d o whatever it pleases to as inni.eent D. C. inhabi- t a nt.., since it is our board of aldermen, while the president ,s our mayor. In a letter to President Hoover, Philip W. Austin, secretary of the District of Columbia Association Opposed to Blue Laws, requested that the White Houk( not exert any influence in the matter until the people of Washington are given an opportunity to extinct,. their sentiments. "On behalf of the voteless in- habitants of the District," wrote Austin, "I certainly trust that, in it !natter so close to the hearts of Washingtonians, no positions will be taken by you without a referen- dum on the question being first submitted to the citizens of the District." Amen, and amen, say all Jew s Columbia, in the Districtof us. We must add an- E xcus• other one to the list of General (Turn to Next ('age). IN THE REALM OF SONG and LAUGHTER By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ ALL, LECIIIYINI! From the "Ghetto Song," of M. Coller we cull the following verse in mixed language: LECHATIM, Herzl, Wolfsohn, Nordou and Sokolow, lechayim! Leaders and chiefs, all lechayim! Lechayim Weizmann; gam Balfour lechayim! Unto all the good goyim, lecha- yim! Amenu, artzenu—lechayim! lecha- yim! Veiber and kinder, lechayim! Fill up the goblets and fling high the rhyme, Lechayim! Lechayim! Lecha- yim. Surely, all throat-parched goyim will join in the international chorus: "Lechayim, all, lechayim!" SPEAKING GEMIXT The classic language in Mr. Gol- let's verse reminds us of the large Jewish political meeting in Bay- onne, N. J., 15 years ago. The Jewish leader of the city was to introduce the governor of the state, the congressman and the mayor. But he was not to be robbed of the opportunity of de- livering a speech himself. So he turned to his audience: "What should it be, Yiddesh tzu Engulsh?" "Yiddesh," yelled half the audi- ence. "Engulsh," insisted the other half. diem" compromised our leader, "I'll give you a little bit of gemixt." THE JOY OF PEACE An elderly couple came to a rabbi to apply for divorce. Asked for the reason for their sudden de- sire to break up their home, both explained that they became in- volved in a serious fight which re- sulted in injuries to both, and neither was anxious to continue to live under one roof with the other. When the rabbi learned that the couple had several grown-up chil- dren, all of whom were married, he lectured them severely and ex- plained to them the shame of peo- ple in their years applying for di- vorce. Both man and wife there- upon listened to the wisdom of their spiritual leader, made peace between them and departed hap- pily. Two weeks later, however, the 'ample returned with the same re- quest for a divorce, and following the same procedure made peace and departed for their home. But when they returned again in an- other fortnight the rabbi asked how sensible people can continue to fight continually, and the hus- band explained: "If you, rabbi, knew the joy of making peace, you'd fight with your wife three times a week, and not wait for two weeks." INFANTILE WISDOM Caught speaking an untruth, young David was severely lectured by his father. "I never told a lie when I was your age," David was informed. "How old were you when you began," the modern son inquired. AT MT. CLEMENS Mrs. Cohen of Blotetown, N. Y., during her annual pilgrimage to Mt. Clemens, felt very sick one day and called in a doctor, who prescribed a medicine and gave his patient good hopes, promising to return the next (lay. On his sec- ond visit he felt her pulse and list- ened to her heart, and told her she coos much improved. "But my feet ache terribly, doc• tor," said Mrs, Cohen. "They are swollen." "Oh, I wouldn't worry about your feet," said the doctor. "If your feet were swollen I wouldn't worry about them either," came from Mrs. Cohen. +14 A MARQUESS OF READING STORY The story is told that the Mar- quess of Reading, former Viceroy of India, the funnier Rufus Isaacs, began his brilliant legal career by losing his first case. His client was a fruit merchant who was sued by a customer who charged that he sold him a con- signment of oranges unfit to eat. Young Mr. Isaacs, (luring cross- examination, riled the plaintiff to a point that he shouted: "Try some of them. I'll give in if they don't make you sick." This suggestion was backed by the judge, who picked the defend- ant to try his own wares. "What'll happen if I don't?" asked Mr. Isaacs' client. "Judgment will be against you," the future Lord Reading told hint. "Then I'd rather lose," said the merchant, and thus Rufus Isaacs lost his first case. IN THE SAP The editor of the London Jew- ish World tells us that a facetious gentleman of his acquaintance re- cently visited a Jewish school, he having been invited to distribute the prizes at the annual gathering. "Here, my boy," said he somewhat loftily to one of the pupils, "how many beans make five?" Up went a little hand. "Well?" he asked. "Please, sir," came the reply, "buying or selling?" MORTGAGED icy LOUIS GINSBERG ear. I pay in.ttaiment , Si,,.. year h ii i out this. m y, body. mortgaged Idrg •go. When nature. the Endorser, sealed the bond To certify tii Earth the debt I owe. Fr, net paying year., I tremble when I think. If ever bankrupt. in aaaaa re I fall. How that ro(lector of the loans of Earth- 11),.th principal and kit! We Observe That--- Catholic Church Not Against Short Skirts—Headline. If the church would have to lean against the short skirts now in vogue, it would have very little support. Church Goes to Golf Links—Headline. Ministers will conduct serv- ices on the golf course after the game. They will probably gather around the nineteenth hole, where they will be needed most. sr The Ku Klux Klan has abandoned its Washington head- quarters. says a report. because the campaign to defeat Smith was successful. Now all that is necessary is to remove Senator Hefflin from the national capitol. The general press doesn't seem to like the idea of the Jew in avia- tion. Charles Levine got about all the vitriol in the correspondents' pen. and the restof it was left for Arthur Schrieber, the stowaway. The last Zionist convention was conspiculously calm and serene. There were no burning issues, and no wet blankets to put them out. Irving Berlin says that writing songs is the same as making sausage. Most of the popular songs are a lot of bologna anyways. 47 3 A Hoosier university forbids its co-eds to come to class in backless suits and stockingless legs. evidently on the theory that you can't absorb education through the skin. Some of these new cults remind us a good deal of the beau'' parlors, but in the former they try to have their faith lifted. 4.7