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Sabbath Nachamu (Consolation) Readings of the
Torah.
Pentnteuchal portion—Deut. 3:23-7:11.
Prophetical portion—Is. 40:1-26.
August 16, 1929
Ab 10, 5889
From Lamentation to Consolation.
On Thursday, which on the Ilebrew cal-
endar was Tisha b'Ab, the ninth day of Ab,
on which the Temple at Jerusalem was de-
stroyed twice in Jewish history, Jews
everywhere gathered to lament the great-
est calamity in their history, and read the
Book of Lamentations. But this Saturday,
which is Sabbath Nachamu, or the Sabbath
of Consolation, only two days thereafter,
in the same synagogues, this same people
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will remove the garments of mourning and,
assuming a joyful mood, will proclaim, by
reading the fortieth chapter of Isaiah:
"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith
the Lord."
This is not a mere formality in Jewish
synagogual ritual, repeating itself year in
and year out. It is a majestic manifesta-
tion of the most powerful, and at the same
time most beautiful, force that is in Israel:
the power of faith. Robbed of its most
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sacred possessions, of its land and its holy
Temple, driven from its soil into exile, hu-
miliated and nationally degraded, the peo-
:
ple Israel emerged from its mourning not
broken in spirit as it was in body, but with
a renewed faith which made possible the
retention of life in the body. In the words
of the prophet, Jerusalem's "time of sor-
row is accomplished, her iniquity is atoned
for; for she hath received from the hand
of the Lord double for all her sins." There-
fore began a new day, with new hopes and
new visions which rejected despair and
which proclaimed to the nations of the
world Israel's determination to live.
The sages of old have said that on the
day the Temple was destroyed the Messiah
was born. Certainly something supreme
was given the Jewish people on the day
it was robbed of its national independence,
or it could never have endured and stir-
vived the terrors of the past 2,000 years
of its existence. To have been able, in the
2,515 years since the destruction of the
First Temple, and in the 2,465 years since
the Second Destruction, to turn spontan-
eously from lamentation to consolation and
to regain strength in the faith in itself and
the Supreme Being, was to have given birth
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to the Messiah.
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Among the lamentations for Zion, includ-
ed in the "Kinoth" reads on Tisha b'Ab, is
a powerful song by the great medieval Ile-
brew poet, Jehuda Halevi. In this poem are
embodied the complementary sentiments of
Tisha b'Ab and the Sabbath of Consola-
tion. The poet turns from mourning to
sentiments of hope for Zion's rebirth when
he chants:
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strong labor delegation and with the Miz-
rachi, both of whom combined formed a
majority of the delegates. But he was •ic-
torious because his administration had em-
barked upon a policy from which it could
not deviate, and because of his own mag-
netic personality. It is to the interests of
world Jewry that Dr. Weizmann's leader-
ship is retained, and that the partnership
with the non-Zionists is to be put into work-
ing force.
The Zionist Congress just closed becomes
a great historic event by virtue of the im-
portant session in the interests of the for-
mation of the Jewish Agency, which
opened at Zurich on Sunday, imnwdiately
following the Congress sessions. This ,Jew-
ish Agency meeting is of such tremendous
importance in all Jewish history that it
would be hardly possible to judge it in its
full magnitude even in a thousand times
the space at our disposal. It must be re-
membered that for the first time Jews of
till shades of opinion gathered in a com-
mon cause. aiming at the uphuilding of the
Jewish National Home in Palestine. From
such unity of Jewish action must come
unity for all other Jewish endeavors.
'rhe present Agency meeting is compar-
able to the great event which transpired at
Basle, Switzerland, when Dr. Theodor
Ilerzl convened the First Zionist Congress.
From al parts of the globe Jews of all types,
Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Western and
Eastern Jews, men wearing the fez of Or-
iental lands and the high silk hat of West-
ern Europe,—all met under one roof to dis-
cuss the great ideal which it is the present
generation's great fortune to see realized.
Now that first picture is completed with the
present sequel, sitting for which are the
great men in world finance, politics and
letters who until now refused to lend their
support, but Who are now partners in the
great task in which Palestine emerges the
unifying element.
These are great days in Jewish history.
May they bring the great results for which
all serious-minded Jews are hoping.
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I come to salute thee, Zion,
On the hill-tops raise my cry,
Blithesome, a bird of passage,
Melodious in thy sky.
With—"Peace to the tearful Zion,
As righteousness crowns her head.
To the walls that were rich with rubies
Now stained of a deeper red.
"Peace to the land of beauty,
Peace to the vine-crowned plains,
And so to the faded glory
And the ash of her hearth's remain ..."
I who sing, with the old-time singers,
Beholding the pristine pride,
Must weep with the dirgeful chorus
That wails for the mourning pride.
How I yearn for the voice consoling,
But hark!-1 can Kee the sign—
The voice of the hastening herald,
That wafts to thine ear and mine.
Ris• up and came! meet thy lover;
Shake the dust from thy garment's fold!
lie cometh again to greet thee,
to d we ll on th e hills o f o ld!
Israel triumphs through faith. and
,ide that has been tried by the tor-
,
all ages survives because it was
it h the power to be able to turn
, H,rning to consolation, and to retain
Nei' hoot which nations perish.
The Meetings at Zurich.
is nothing remarkable about Dr.
Weizmann's victory at the World
Zi on i s t congress. For some weeks before
the Congrt*: opened* was apparent that
the sponsors of the cause of the Jewish
Agency would win. An agreement had
been entered with the non-Zionist elements
throughout the world, at the prominent in-
stance of Dr. Weizmann and Louis Mar-
shall, and Zionist spokesmen, regardless of
their insistence on reservations in the
Agency pact, could not have acted in a
sense which would have rejected a partner-
ship to which they were sworn members.
Dr. Weizmann's victory at this, the six-
teenth biennial Zionist Congress, was com-
plete. True, he had to battle with the
The Most Notable
Convert to Judaism
Interesting Account of
Conversion of Lord
George Gordon.
By BERNARD SHILLMAN
Ile Letel.,s Jewish World).
Charles hr. Joseph
OCCASIONALLY I like to see a new name among
the Jewish "Who's Who." Of course, Charles
Berkh•imet isn't exactly new. But then, few
limning the general public thought of hint other tha.i
as a cotton merchant But it seems that he is a
whole lot more. "Time" calls hint a "Merchant
Archaeologist." Ile has financed seven expeditions
for the American Museum of Natural History. But
I hasten to assure you that he is also a leader of
these expeditions. But what interested me most
about Mr. Berkheimer is, that he, like Salmon Lev-
inson, the Chicago lawyer, has been considering
ways and means to ending wars. And it is said
that mime of Mr. Bernheimer's suggestions, made in
1915 and which were not considered by the nations,
have been incorporated in the Kellogg Petted Pact.
Peace for himself--peace for the world. A many-
sided individual this Jew. He knows not himself
and still less do others know him. Dreamer, poet,
idealist, business man, capitalist, socialist, scientist,
r eligionist, laborer, painter, what not? So, when
we hear someone say that the Jew is this or the
Jew is that, it is Ignorance speaking. That is why
we find a manufacturing jeweler who is a poet, a
lawyer who is a peace promoter and a cotton mer-
chant who is an archaeologist.
Of the many notable converts to
Judaism, perhaps the most extra-
ordinary case was that of Lord
Ceogize Gordon 11751-1793), well-
known in English history as the
leader of the anti-Catholic "Gor-
don Riots," which occurred in Lon-
don in the year 1790. The Or-
el...instances under which this emu-
[tic nobleman adopted Judaism,
are briefly set out in a concise
biography of his life in the Jew-
ish Enclyclopedia (Vol. VI., page
17). There we are told that, in or
about the year 17st, Lord Gezrge
Gordon, then, a champion of Prot-
estantism, had entered into corre-
spondence with the English Jews
and had made an unsuccessful ap-
plication to Chief Rabbi Tebele
(David) Schiff to be converted to
Judaism. fie was, however, re-
ceived into the covenant in Bir-
mingham through the agency of
Rabbi Jacob of that city but with-
out the sanction of the ecclesiasti-
cal authorities. Mr. A. M. Ilyam-
son, in his "History of the Jews in
England," page 301, suggests that
the reason for Gordon's adoption of
Judaism was to give celebrity to
his financial schemes.
I discovered the following inter-
esting account of Lord George Gor-
don's mans vivendi as it .fe• in
The Hibernian Magazine (a now
defunct periodical published in
Dublin) for January 170, at page
45:—
"In consequence of instructions
from Mr. Justice flutter, Mr. Mae-
manus, an active officer of Bow
street, proceeded to Birmingham,
and on Friday, December 7, be-
tween I and 2 o'clock in the idler-
noon, apprehended Lord George
Gordon, for a contempt of the
Court of King's Bench, the judges
of whom found him guilty of be-
ing concerned in a libel.
"Lord George Gordon has lived
in the lawn of Birmingham since
August last, unknown to every
class of men but those of the Jew-
ish religion, aiming whom he has
Schiff, Warburg and the Scouts.
passed his time in the greatest
cordiality
and friendship, having
When Mortimer L. Schiff of New York,
renounced the Christian faith, and
vice-president of the American Boy Scouts' adhering rigidly to the doctrine of
the Hebrew church.
Association, presented a gift of $50,000 to
"The ceremony of circumcision
the Prince of Wales last week at the Boy
he is said to have undergone; and
Scouts' .jamboree held at Arrowe Park.
a total change of habiliments he
has suffered with a degree of con-
Birkenhead, England, for the advancement
switats complacency and condescen-
of the British Scout movement, he duplicat-
sion which nothing but a mental
ed a gift for an equal amount made recent-
conviction could ever effect.
"Ile appears with a beard of ex•
ly to the American Boy Scouts.
There is a note of unusual interest in the traordinary length, and the usual
raiment of the Jews; and asserts,
variance of communal activities of Morti-
that it is a sin for any man to be
mer L. Schiff and those of his late father, seen differently. llis observance
of the culinary preparations is re-
the noted philanthropist Jacob II. Schiff.
markable. he will touch nothing
The latter. himself an immigrant, devoted
that is served according to the
freedom of the Christian religion.
his life to the betterment of the downtrod-
"In the first interview between
den masses who fled from European perse-
him and Mayntanus, Lord George
conducted
himself with the decorum
cutions to the haven that was offered them
of a gentleman, acknowledged, that
in this country. As a descendant of a fam- the officer of justice was not to
ily of ,Jewish scholars, the late Mr. Schiff
blame in the discharge of his duty;
gave much of his wealth and of his person- but that he knew no authority by
which he was enabled to harass
al interest to Jewish educational move-
him, or any other individual of his
religion, Ile was surrounded by
ments.
a number of Jews. who affirmed
The son of the late distinguished head of
his Lordship was Moses risen from
the American Schiff flintily, in his own the dead in order to instruct them
and enlighten the whole world.
rights a liberal giver to worthy causes, di-
"From every article of informa-
rects his interests to different channels.
tion, it appears that his lordship
has
officiated in a principal Syna-
Himself a second generation American, he
gogue in Birmingham as It thief of
interests himself with causes that are con- the Levitical order; and his elo-
siderably removed from those which quence and persuasion have cer-
tainly been very conspicuous, as
claimed his father as benefactor. Ile is he
received little less than the. ador-
more the sportsman, and is therefore a ation of the Hebrews. Ile is sat
leader in the Scout movement. True, he strongly rivetted to the new• doc-
trine, that he declares no human
takes a great interest in the cause of the
power will ever make him re-
Jewish Federated Charities of New York nounce it; and his habiliments and
and long beard are affirmed to be
City, but his name is not to be found on the indispensably necessary.
list of educational and immigrant aid move-
"When Macmanus solicited his
ments to which the late Jacob H. Schiff immediate departure from Bir-
mingham, his lordship said, that
gave so much of his life interest.
he could not comply with his re-
quest, the following day (Satur-
As a study of the attitude of the second
day) happening to be his Sabbath;
generation of American Jewish leaders to
and that if he was resalved on his
Jewish problems, it is interesting to note
departure, he must enforce it; 'w-
aiver then remarked, that, from
that, unlike his uncle Mortimer L. Schiff,
cause his conscience deemed it sin-
Paul Felix Warburg directs his interest to ful to travel on the Sabbath. The
channels more immediately Jewish, and al- the nature of his warrant, his lord-
might, if he pleased, give hail
though much younger has earned much ship
to any of His Majesty's Justices of
more gratitude from his fellow Jews. Thus, the Peace, consequently delay their
he has during the past year devoted him- departure till the expiration of the
Sabbath. To this his lordship im-
self to the cause of the American Ort, of
mediately complied, and gave the
security requisite. The Jews con-
which he is treasurer. He, too, has inter-
ested himself in the Scout movement, but tinued to surround hint, and evinced
the highest respect for his person
he has chosen to throw in his lot with the and intellectual faculties.
"Ile talked frequently of his
Jewish Committee on Scouting, and is a
ap o stasy; and entered into an ex-
member of its executive board. In a recent
planation of the reasans which led
radio address he pointed out that the Jew- hint to embrace the Jewish faith;
remarking that it was the greatest
ish boy is inclined to be more studious and
felicity of his life, and that he was
less athletic, and therefore urged that
astonished there were not more
every effort be made to get the Jewish converts. Bestowing more encom-
ium's on the Elect, he observed that
youth out into the open. Ile urged his in- the whole commonwealth of the
visible audience to "get the Jewish boy of Jews consisted of two descriptions
the city out into the country where he can of men—Hebrews and Proselytes.
He that was born an Hebrew either
build up his body as well as his mind, for by the father or mother's side, was
a Hebrew; but he that was horn so
one without the other spells ill-health and
of tooth was an "Hebrew of He-
eventual defeat in his later life."
brews:" and such a person was
While we are on this subject, it is inter- St. Paul. Phil. iii., 15. Continuing
his
observations, he recurred to the
esting to note that Dr. Cyrus Adler, nation-
ancient regulation of the favored
al chairman of the Jewish committee on
nation, by saying that he- who was
Morn a proselyte, either by father
Scouting, is responsible for the statement
or mother's side was termed Ben
that scouting is not non-sectarian but
Ger, the son of a he-proselyte, or
rather pan-sectarian, because it does not lien Gera, the son of a she-prose-
leave out the natural religious needs of the lyte, was termed Baghag—that is
the son of he and she proselytes.
Scouts and includes boys of all religious de-
These learned illustrations we have
nominations, and because Boy Scouts are been favored With by a clerical
correspondent, who is very well ac-
taught to be faithful in their religious du-
quainted with his lordship, and who
ties. It is also interesting to note that in
has visited him since his return to
town.
Palestine the Boy Scout movement has de-
"The journey from Birmingham
veloped at a rapid pace, thanks to the sup- to London was performed with un-
common
celerity. His ',airship and
port given it by the Young Judaeans in this
country.
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WASHINGTON JEWISH
MIRROR
By llillel, The Observer
TELEPHONE call the other
day brought the cur t us in-
quiry: "How do you t sifftin the
fact that Dr. Alfred later of
‘'ientia has been aim, aid con-
sulting psychiatrist to t !album'
Commission on Lim. 0Marvitnee
and Enforcement? A foragner in
an American federal job"'
We were amazed—evenatUllned,
for we had not heard anything
about the appointment, ditch was
announced in the newpapers it
seems. Alfred Adler iat name to
be conjured with! \4 thanked
the inquirer for his ciapliment in
relying on our judgmeq and, after
admitting our ignorant., we prom-
ised to investigate, ve.bch we did.
Our detective worarought con-
vincing proof that Jar question
was based on bad e sight or int-
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ti im the part
r firtfheectunaep,,mii,roceri el ,i at i, tt
0 newspaper.
HE Jew gets credit for many things he doe, and
The man annotate , as consultant
doesn't deserve. I note in a rec int issue of the
and director in tl field of psy-
Century Magazine an article by Avery Strakoscb on chiatry phase of mminology by
the National Coatnission of the
"History in Everything—Even Pawnshops." The
Law Obseran.•e tild Enforcement
world at large believes tha the Jew originated the
is Ile. Herman 1. Adler of Chi-
pawnshop, and for that matter the world charges cagm—not Dr. Alfr•al Adler of
the Jt w with being the originator of usury. The
Vienna. Theicaso gentleman
may be a ter good psychiatrist
Jew was the catspaw of the Christian who was not
the in-
allowed to charge interest. The Church was very but her has net et attained
t
t :al) re lata
ho,tel.
ittnch
d'reudi s t
otu
aie
strict about usury, oh, my yes! But with one hand
et. Orn Iaabtii17.t,t
(
l
raised to heaven denouncing it, with the other hand would be que,f to have the United
it reached out and took the money through Jewish States governmintappoint an Aus-
trian Jew, wyablr't it? No mat-
assistance. This is a wonderful world, isn't it
ter how famous tint person. But
And isn't human nature a remarkable institution.
I an l ' lt, artarille . your correspon-
ti itcn astat au tti
T
BUT
to get back to the pawnshops. However,
again I must interrupt myself to say just an-
other word regarding usury as understood in its
present-day meaning., namely, getting more than a
legal rate of interest. The late Rabbi Emil G. Ilirsch
of Chicago used to call the big bankers of Wall
street and other streets, famous Jewish and Chris-
tian firms, "glorified pawnbrokers." They did
exactly what the individual pawnbroker who loans
money on personal effects does, only on a larger
scale. And one today secs usury in action in Wall
street where banks and other corporations are get-
ting as high as 21i per cent for loans. Now, ladies
and gentlemen, that is just ol d -fashioned usury
made fashionable because the heavy "swells" are
doing it. The loan shark is a loan shark whether
he limns $100 on the furniture of a wage-earner or
a million dollars to some hard-pressed business man
and gets in return, interest and "bonuses" that total
15 or 20 per cent. So we have Christian pawn-
brokers in high circles as well AA Jewish pawn-brok•
ing. I always like to make these things clear so We
get a true perspective of the picture. And the rea-
son I am dwelling upon all this at the moment is
because the world likes to blame the Jew for en-
gaging in questionable business. ethics. So it's a
gaud thing to remind them occasionally that most
of us are tarred with the same stick.
Now we
will finish with that article I started to
talk about. Here is how the pawnshop started
under strictly Christian auspices:
A
ment of criminals" -- intriguint
subjects to say the least. If you
wish to know his correct lend ful
title at the present time it is "Pro
fessor of Criminology and Ilead I
the Department of Social flygien,
and Jurisprudence Criminology a
the Nletlical College of the Driver
city of Illinois." Now you may
breathe.
At least the telephonic inquire,
is still convinced of ilillel's infalli-
bility in tracing correctly items
properly in his field. We thank
you.
w
IIILE one Jew of importance
was entering the service of
the government this week, another
was leaving it. Joseph Arland!,
executive secretary of the Voca-
tional Guidance Bureau of the De.
partition of the Interior has re-
signed. ilt• is quittimr Washington
for a linnking position of SOIne
inlaartanee.
His work at thy
Federal Bureau of Vocational
Guidance has always been teem..
sized as net only efficient but very
far-sighted and sensible.
Dr. Cooper of the Bureau or
Education and Secretary Ray I,.
Wlibur are known to have felt
keenly the impending hiss of Art,
noll, but they are beginning to
take such blows rather philosophi-
cally for frequent repetition of
the same situation makes them ex-
pect another resignation any day
-"to enter into banking or other
private venture.•
Few good men can afford to re-
Dr. Herman/slier, state crimi- main in federal service for any
nologist of 11114 is, is not a new- length of times If they arc to do
sc toumity•r ,ii tui r win.tilzrk r the federal gov- justice to the needs If their fami-
ernment, sine le,„1,11ral,11 ef naitanpreq ,i ,1,11. lies and provide for an uncertain
future they must at some time
fined to militry prisons. This "fall" for one of the many otters
work was tlitneror the war depart- that each one of them receives for
ntunder 0zretary Newton D. ice.
nliwiker.
The nation) crime commission
announce, tbt Dr. Adler's work
for them set include the study
of causes ufwime and the treat-
EMANUEL FOX of the tariff
commission is one of the men
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IN THE REALM OF
'ONQ and LAUQI ITER
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
'pi bb OPE ANT) GOD ARE
RT FELLOWS
Straried in Rums, Shlomo, one
time S taunt's in Kasrilevkti, ap-
plied ttihe Pope for a job and was
assignel some simple tasks among
whielylVIIS his duty to wake the
head f the Catholic church. One
morn - g. Its hr announced to his
ueuC aster it was 11 o'clock
',earful day, the Pope replied:
olf0.1 God and I know it." Or
the weand day Shlonto repeated
his mission, and again heard the
cart reply front the Pope: "Both
fret and I know it." On the third
ila' Shlomo again rapped at the
Pw's door and announ•ed:
'Your holiness, it is II o'clock.
To sun is shining brightly and is
braiding a beautiful day." And
'own the Pope repeated that both
'God and he- knew it, the former
rhammos announced triumph-
the Chassidim in the Easter •
European ghetto. and he translate
one of their spirituals in aced:awl
thin of the Wonder-Rabbi into hi
classic English. The Yiddish a .
this Chassidic hymn is from tint,
to time heard in this country. Tht
first stanza in Yiddish:
hunt aher 11. Moult',
Mit dein tattisehen nutichel
serer. sit.h awek brim Itehhe's t•ch
l'n lent nett ihm achairhel.
And as translated by Professor
Kallen the complete hymn follows:
YOt1 philosopher,
Come her
With Y001. catlike reastm,
o
M wn
Sit at the Ilehhe's table
And lea , . wisdom in tine sea•on.
"In Italy two Franciscan monks were the
first to start the modern pawnshop. They be-
lieved the maw needed material help first and
spiritual comfort afterward. All the grateful
An 01 Pan liner yon'te thought oil
And swell with pride to ,ho w it
borrowers flocked to them, and hence arranged
hat the liehhe spreads hi+ ke,hief imi
And', across the sea ere you know it.
their journeys to Paradise through the Fran-
And yon thought mit an R00,11.141,
ciscan order. Their competitors for souls, the
How line, yon think. it's In go in'.
Dominicans, were enraged at what the Fran-
and God may be smart 'Ube tin to sneers, the Itekbe latigh+.
;
To him it's jhiat a ruin.
ciscans had put over on them. What a picture!
fellows, but it is only 6 o'clock
One order considering the pawnshop a devise I and it is pouring cats and dogs."
red 1"11
A railroad Vmthoe
Ante feel volt a, a titan of might.
of the devil while the other gave it full benefit
The Itel.he noread+ his aa• In in the air
MIRACLE
And
unto
God
he
makes
his
flight.
of the clergy!"
While we are at aneolotage con-
And you've invented a telephone
cerning Catholic and Jew, we re-
elamors from morn till even.
T really doesn't pay to fly into a rage because some call the story of our co-religionist That
Yet the Rebhe heat+ with hyssop here
short-sighted individual writes you as letter who was traveling incognito
A101 the round 1+ heard in heaven.
that is full of intolerance. Yet it is difficult to re- through Spain and upon visiting
The airplane that vtei've w "eked oot.
strain oneself when a writer charges that inasmuci one of the churches in Madrid was
Yon fancy yonre wise he rause of it --
as the Jew gets his living from the Gentile. he s shown a miraculous image by a sa-
Pah! the liehhe's eye Inrns to the A,
to God from the deep Pit.
duty bound, to support in generous fashion, all Geis cristan.
Ile
"What's miraculous about it?"
tilt. welfare movements. The fault with the are
110W can von make what the liehhe ,
who makes this criticism is that in common with a
the Jew inquired.
about
aeate,1?
great many others who are not well-versed in hz-
"When it sees a Jew, it weeps,"
When all alone. by himself
A mimite--and uy into God's heaven he
tory, he believes that God created the heavens, and the sacristan explained.
me
The Jew examined it carefully, There with
the earth and the waters beneath the earth and then
a Sabbath bantptel feted.
created the animals and the fishes, find when he waited for the miracle to occur
finished with all those he made a Gentile and tamed and, nothing happening, left. At
TURN GOY, TURN CHAMER
over the whole world to the Gentiles. And prob- the outer door he handed the sa-
A Jewish banker in Austria, in
ably on cross-examination the writer of the letter cristan at handsome tip and said:
order
to gain social prestige, ac-
to me would admit that God created the world for
"Well, your image is a fraud. I
Protestant Gentiles Only. The ignorance regarding am a Jew, yet it did not weep tainted Christianity. In artier.
however,
to keep his business af-
all these things is appalling. Here is a presumably when it saw me."
fairs running as smoothly as ever
"Sh! Don't say it too loudly,"
intelligent man who believes that Cod gave America
he
retained
his Jewish help.
the sacristan now implored him.
to the Gentiles. he did nothing of the sort. It
On the day following his con-
was created by God for all peoples. The Indians
"I, too, am a Jew."
version
he
drew up a business
inhabited this land and they were massacred and
document on which he consulted
DER REBBE GEHT
exterminated in the name of God and for the great-
Dr. Horace M. Kallen, in his his Jewish manager. The latter.
er glory of civilization. I find nowhere a d•ed to
"Frontiers of Hope" Itt recent finding several flaws in it, turned
this country to any group of people.
to the 01
de- to his employer and said:
Horace diveright publication
"You have been a Goy only 21
scribes the joy of life and in the
course we still d unethical the-
of Israel and the ridicule of hours, and already you have turned
law
OF ory
of "finders are keepers." I always thought
into
a chamor (donkey)."
modern inventions as displayed by
that God was the father of all men and that all
m e n were His Children and that His children were
all brethren. At least I read about those things in
all the brayer books that have ever been written.
and I hear that preachment from every pulpit in
the world. If that be true, then why should We
Jews pay for the privilege of living in this country?
Never have we heard a more impertinent Statement.
In South Africa a group of colored boys tried to burn ;
This country belongs to no one religious sect and
when our critic talks he talks as a religionist regard-
Jewish boy on a pyre, because he was a Jew. they said. Tht
less of the term "Gentile." which he uses. This is missionary work among these colored Christian brethren
America and Mr. Norris, the writer of the letter,
evidently doesn't understand the meaning of the seemed to have stopped at a strategic point.
word. Washington and Jefferson and Franklin and
California Presbyterians passed a resolution against permitting the
Lincoln and Roosevelt never understood that Amer-
1932 Olympic games in Lou Angeles from being run on Sunday, Now
ica was the private property of a croup of Gen-
tiles and that all others were trespassers, living here all that is necessary is for the California Sabbatarian to pass resolu-
by the grace and charity of the Gentile group. The tions against their being played on Saturday, and the Mohammedans
from playing on Friday. Four days ought to be enough for the Olympic
founders of the nation were not sectarians and
bigots, but they realized that America stood for games.
Liberty and Equality and Fraternity.
ANOTHER
I
We Observe That--
Mr. Norris seems to have so much time on
his hands, it might utilize sortie of us to investigate
the contributions to Gentile institutions by Jews
and those matte to Jews by Gentiles, It will be il-
luminating. Surely Mr. Norris does not want the
Jew to contribute to the support of Christian
churches as well as to maintain his own place of
worship? Surely he does not want the Jew to sup-
port the Young Men's Christian Association or the
Knights of Columbus and maintain his own Hebrew
Association, too? And should the Jews support
church organizations? I say dee idely no! No more
than I would expect Christians to help Jews build
their synagogues. Oh, occasionally as a friendly
gesture, some Jew or Gentile will donate something
to a religious cause of the other. But the Jew, Mr.
Norris, does not feel called upon to pay for the
right of living in America. If you think that way
then the spirit of America has never touched you."
S
INCE
In the land of the Inquisition, where the Jews were per-
secuted, there is now hailed as a hero an American Jew, who
persecutes the bull, and is considered a champion toreador,
at that.
Bishop Cannon of the Solid South is being heckled because of his
stock speculations. Why pick on the poor man? Ile may be better in
his speculations in fianance than his speculations on religion.
A woman's patriotic organization is petitioning President
Hoover not to grant Frau Schwimmer a permit to "visit" on
her temporary permit to stay here. We have heard about
"man's inhumanity to man." Here's an example of women's
tolerance.
The tremendous conflict between China and Russia seems to have
been fought out in the press. We don't carer how bloody a war is, as
long as it is fought with batteries of typewriters instead of cannon.
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