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THE HINDU JEWS

A Traveller's Impression In India.

By DR. WOLFGANG VON WEISEL

JACK ROSENBERG

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their second home and towards
which they signify great esteem.
Poor or rich, every Jew feels most
happy and proud if he is able
when called to the Torah to give a
fine donation
, an 1 it s i to t th e gen-
erosity of these Jews that the fact
that the community of the "11'nei
Israel" has comparatively large in-
comes is due.

prescribed by the Torah were fb.
tended only to assure the pureness
of meat foods, but not—as in the
case with the Mohammedans—to
isolate theM front those who follow
Are Religious Zionists.
One of the most interesting Jew- other religions.
It is only since the World War
ish communities I have ever seen is
that
any
interest in Zionism has
the community of "B'nei Israel."
Family Life.
This community is interesting from
The "B'nei Israel" maintain a been created among a part of the
"11'nei
Israel."
This interest de-
a point of view both of good and very time family life, and though
of bad. However, the most inter- they allow niarriage to more than rives its vital force from religious
feelings
rather
than from any
esting thing is how these Jews try one wife, as in the case with other
to adapt themselves to Hindu life, Jews who live in non-Christian other kind of sentiments. To make
which in its essence is so foreign countries, this nevertheless very a donation to the Jewish National
to the Jewish spirit.
seldom actually occurs. They avail Fund or to the Keren
Most of the "B'nei Israel" are themselves of this privilege chiefly is considered by them as the ful-
not orthodox in the East Eusopean in a case of serffity, as happens fillment of a religious prescription
sense of the word; that is to say, with Spanish Jews. Divorce pro- —to redeem the soil of Palestine
they do not so strictly observe the ceedings are in strict accordance to the Jews. However, this con-
Jewish traditions, although they with the real Jewish iaw, though ' ception is strongly combated by a
are very religious; they observe cases of divorce are very rare. certain group within the •ommun-
the Sabbath very strictly, they light (The same is true with the Ilin- ity, which is of the opinion that
no fire, do not cook, do not light very often). They carry on their the "It'nei Israel" are merely Ilin- I
and should not worry about I
candles, do not carry money, do not dus, but Moslems like to divorce
write, but do travel on Saturday family life according to the Hindu l'ulestine or about the Jews in gen- I
eral.
They explain this by the I
in cars and trains. Only a few example of the "united family." In
among them light candles Friday the house of the head of the family fact, rather than by any other po-
litical
reason, that the "B'nei Is-
evening, but all of them eat fish there live under the same roof the
and meat in honor of the Sabbath. children and their families, the rael" are cast off and despised by
the
Arabian
as well as by the Eu-
on week-days they generally live grandchildren, the brothers, sisters
on vegetarian food, though they and nephews. The whole family rop•an Jews.
A great part of the "B'nei Is -I
are not strict vegetarians at all.
represents practically an economic
With regard to kosher dietetic unit which takes care the poor, rael" are very embittered against
laws, they are much stricter than the sick and the old, according to the Zionist Organization, which
European Jews. From this point its financial condition. The family, has recourse to them only for mon-
,,f view they approach more close- for instance, decides which one of ey, sends them pamphlets and pic-
ly the Abyssinian Jews—the Fa- the children should study, how tures fur propaganda among the
lashas. The B'nei Israel maintain touch money should be spent for school-youth, but does not think
"Schochetg" for slaughtering rat-, living, etc. From a certain point even of transferring any part of
tle, while among the Abyssinian of view, this family system is much them to Palestine.
Jews it is only the rabbis who do better and more successful than
"They want only oar• money but
the slaughtering. However, both the narrow, egoistic life of the do not want us," I was once told
Abyssinian Jews and the B'nai Is- European family.
by the president of the commun-
rael do not eat food cooked by
The "B'nei Israel" are very pro- ity, Mr. Shlomo Moses, in the pres-
Christians or Mohammedans.
lific. The average number is four ence of all the members of the com-
I mention the Abyssinian Jews to six children in a family.
mittee, and I was under the im-
here particularly by way of exam.' It is almost difficult to find any pression that all agreed with him.
pie because it might he imagined , intellectual professional people This is the reason why Zionism is'
that the strict observance of kesh- among the "B'nei Israel." With so little known to the "B'nei
I
er dietetic laws originates perhaps the exception of a few mechanics rad" and why they do not feel for
from Brahmanic ritual prescrip- or officials, persons holding high the moment any attachment to the
ions, which forbid the Hindus to t positions, such as doctors, engi- Jews in general.
eat anything from the other fol- neers or lawyers, cannot be found.
I promsied the "B'nei Israel" as
lowers of other religions. How- I They haven't even their own rabbi, well as the Arabian Jews to remind
ever, the truth of the matter is that' and whenever they have need of the world of their existence, and I
the fact that Abyssinian Jews one or need a Chazan they have to want to keep my promise. It is
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(who have been removed from the I invite him from among the "white painful to see how great and im-
Palestinian and European Jews, Jews" of Cochin or Bagdad.
portant Jewish communities on the
I practically for as long a time as the
The majority of the community Eastern and Southern sides of the
B no Israel," and who up to 30 is made up of poor people and con- Suez ('anal are becoming removed
years ago had beer unaware en- sists of artisans, such as wood from all other Jews and dulled in
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Jews in the world besides them- or floor builders, who earn on an only because there is missing the
selves) observe the same laws of average from 5 to It marks a day. link which should attach them to
kosher dietetics, proves that they
Most of them know nothing about the living spirit of European Juda- FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
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have a common genuine Jewish saving money from their earnings ism. We cannot help all the other OF U. S. REFORM JEWRY
origin,
so as to be able later on to become Jewish communities in Asia in the;
More important, however, is the an independent contractor or a same way, but we could very eas-
fact theft the "B'nei Israel" do not merchant, It is true that some of ily and very simply help the Jews
partake of food only of those Chris- them put money in the bank, but of Bombay. I promised them also
tians or Mohammedans who eat the only dream of such who do is to try to create a possibility for
meat, but they do not forbid the to buy a plot of ground with the two young men—one from the
outing of food of Hindus who live money saved up and become a real Arabian Jews and the other from I
on vegetarian foods. This proves estate owner. However, this re-' the "B'nei Israel"—to come over
that the kosher dietetic laws as mains nothing but a dream. Their to Palestine and study in order
later to be able to undertake the
position of Chazans in Bombay.
It would not be such a dillicult
matter to raise the necessary funds
for this purpose, especially if we
take into consideration the great
moral influence which could be ex-
ercised upon the Jews of Bombay.
Instead of the dulled spirit of the
ghetto which reigns there at pres-
ent a free Hebrew spirit will start
to imbue them there.
RUBBER COVERED
The Hindu Jews will help them-
WHY NOT MAKE "THE VILLAGE KITCHEN" YOUR
selves too. They are looking now
KITCHEN?
for a religious-minded teacher who
could also teach Jewish history and
Hebrew, and introduce sports into
the schools. The question of mon- RABBI MICHAEL AARONSOHN
7885 EAST JEFFERSON AVE.
ey, however, stands in the way, be-
Thousands of miles are covered
cause to maintain a* European annually by Rabbi Michael Atron-
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Order Dept., Melrose 2415
teacher would cost about 500 sohn in his travels as Field Repre-
marks a month, and the commun- sentative of the Union of Ameri-
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ity is not in a position to pay more can Hebrew Congregations. Rabbi
than 200 marks.
Aaronsohn is a World War veter-
I should be very happy if I could an and former national chaplain
help them muster the necessary of the Disabled Veterans, American
funds to enable two Jewish young Veterans. He lives in Cincinnati,
Holiday Greetings to All
men to study in the Hebrew Uni- Ohio.
versity in Jerusalem and thus help
in the raising of the spiritual and
material standard of the young
Learning has come into the
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the Jews all over the world, with their being some high law which
the exception of 40,000 Abyssinian' we cannot disturb. — Woodrow
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might weaken the political position their economic position. It is true
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of the Jews in Palestine. How- that the "B'nei Israel" state their
Sts., G. T. R. R.
River, M. C. and C. P.
ever, the transferring of a few , claim to be helped to immigrate to
No. 3 Howard and Twelfth
.
R. R.
Jewish families from India not l'alestine is purely a moral claim,
St.., M. C., G. T. and
but
in
an
invisible
way
the
fear
only would not weaken, but on the
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C. P. R.
contrary would demonstrate the manifests itself among them that
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R. R.
unity of all the Jews. It would be the anti-Semitism which has start-
M. C., G. T. and C. P.
possible to say: Here, the Jews of ed to operate also in India may
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"B'nei Israel" are returning home, spread more and more and the
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tion to Campbell, P.
question arises: What will be
to Palestine.
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Besides this, these Jews could he
and
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A man without a wife in the
all over Asia for their skill. For
home lives like a traveler.
Patrons a Very Happy New Year
a carved ark of the scroll, or for
the Chair of Elihu, which for in-
stance I saw there myself, it would
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ful effect upon them, As a matter
HAPPY NEW YEAR
of fact, the majority of them con.,
sides themselves as Hindus today
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and they are very thankful to the
Happy New Year
Hindus for their fine attitude to-,
wards them for almost three thou-,
sand years. However, since the
awakening of Jewish nationalism j
the Hindu Jews are beginning to!
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(Editor's Note.—The author of
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during the Moslem outrages in
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