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Sabbath Readings of the Law.
Pentateuchal portion--Gen. 33:4-36:43.
Prophetical portion-11os. 12:13-14:10; or 11:7-
12-12; or Obad. 1:1-21.
Reading of the law on the Fiirst Day of Chanu-
kah, Friday, Dec. 27, Num. 7:1-17.

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Christmas vs. Chanukah.

Jews have been known to celebrate Eas-
ter on Passover, Hallowe'en on Simchas
Torah, and now comes Christmas to com-
pete with Chanukah.
Had the manner in which the Jews ape
their Christian neighbors not presented,
such a truly serious problem, it would be
excellent material for wit. From the mouths
of babes are already quoted pearls such as
the question of the little Jewess to her fath-
er: "Dad, do Christians also celebrate
Christmas?" Or the discovery of young
Arvin (nee Abie) that Christians also use
Christmas trees. One of our humorists has
as a result issued a warning to Christians
to buy their Christmas trees early or the
available supply will be bought by the
Jews.

The question of Jewish observance of
Christmas is a problem every year, but
more so at the present time, when the fes-
tival of Chanukah commences on the day
immediately following Christmas. The
problem becomes a serious one insofar as
Jews are trying to justify their super-loy-
alty to a Christian festival while they are
entirely forsaking their own, basing their
arguments in the case of Christmas on the
ground that they are fostering good will.
What they do in fact is mortgage their
souls and their Jewish individuality, and
we doubt whether they gain any non-Jew-
ish respect for it.
Discussing this question dispassionately
and honestly, we would ask those Jews in
whose homes the tree symbolic of Christmas
displaces the candles traditionally lit on
Chanukah whether they really believe that
their Christian neighbors love them all the
more for mimicking and aping them. We
doubt whether these same Jews would con-
sent to intermarriage of their children with
those of their neighbors, yet they spiritual-
ly barter away their rights as Jews for a
mess of pottage.

We can think of no other group in all
our history to parallel this "holier-than-
thou-on-Christmas" element in Jewry than
the Chuetas. This group is a surviving
remnant of several thousand Spanish Mar-
ranos in the Balearic Islands, who are
Christian in religion but are so conscious
of their Jewish origin that they only marry
among themselves. To display their Chris-
tian loyalty, these Chuetas find no other
place to display and cook their pork than
in their very front windows, that all who
pass may see their exhibition of devotion.
The display of Christmas trees by Jews is
not any less disgusting, and we would be
surprised if the Christians did not resent
this even more than do the loyal Jews.
Most disgusting is the action of those
Jews who will observe•Christian festivals
and ceremonials to the point of forgetting
their own. This is particularly true in view
of the fact that it is not at all necessary to
sacrifice good will in order to remain dig-
nifiedly loyal to your own ; nor is it neces-
sary to buy good will at the price of one's
own self-respect. Throughout the ages
Jews have exchanged greetings with Chris-
tians on Christmas Day, but is was not at
all necessary for them to adopt the customs.
of the Christian religion to do so.
Thus we were told by the late Professor
Israel Abrahams, in an essay on "Chanu-
kah in Olden Times," that "Jews, in point
of fact, were often very deferential to
Christmas. They sent presents to Chris-
tian friends on that festival, and, a genera-
tion ago, the Smyrna Jews went on Christ-
mas Day to church to escort a popularDan-
sul. Far earlier, two centuries back, in
Venice, Jews visited their Gentile friends
at Christmas and sang and played with
them to help them to make merry." On the
other hand, in some European centers it is
still dangerous for Jews to be seen outdoors
on Christmas, due to Christian prejudice
which continues to hound them as a re-
minder of the horrible days when Jewish
Iffe was worthless at the hands of Chris-
tian bigots.

Yes, it is possible to practice and display
feelings of good will with Christians with-
out adopting their religious practices, and
the aping of non-Jews by Jews is the first
sign of loss of self-respect, which is certain
to lead to the loss of the respect of the

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Gentiles—creating for the mimickers an
antithesis of what they aimed at. Believ-
ing that self-respect will beget respect, we
feel that Jews who will observe their own,
who will make the most of Chanukah, for
instance, during the season which the
Christians hold holy as Christmas, will best
build for god will and for mutual under-
standing between neighbor and neighbor.
There remains another problem for the
Jew—the problem of raising the child
Jewishly in a strange environment. A read-
er writes in quest for help to solve her
problem. Her four-year-old son hears
nothing but Santa Claus talk from his
friends in the street. How is she to coun-
teract it? Withoutpretending to answer
the query of this particular reader, we wish
to place as strong an emphasis as we pos-
sibly can on the need for parents generally
to consider the problem of their boys and
girls who as it rule are born and brought
up in a non-Jewish environment. It is im-
portant that our boys and girls should not
be shamed when they grow up.
Unless parents aim at separating their
children from their heritage, either by con-
version or by keeping them in ignorance of
their people's ideals and history, the one
solution of the problem above suggested
lies in so beautifying the Jewish traditions
for the young, in so training the youth Jew-
ishly, that they will not crave for strange
things, but out of love for their own, will
respect the customs of the strangers. Chan-
ukah offers excellent proof for our point.
The story of the festival is so fascinating,
the manner in which it is traditionally ob-
served is so beautiful, the home ceremonials
introduce such a cheerful spirit, the con-
necting links of our heroes of old with the
present generation make the story so real,
that a strong point should be scored for
Jewish loyalty in the observance of this
festival.
To carry our argument just another step
further, it is well that Jews should remem-
ber that the outstanding lesson of Chanu-
kah by far eclipses that of Christmas; that
without the triumph of the Maccabees, in
commemoration of which we observe Chan-
ukah, Christmas might never have been cel-
ebrated at all. For the triumph of the Mac-
cabees was a triumph for monotheism,
which made possible the survival of Juda-
ism and the eventual rise of Christianity.
Let your sons and daughters know the facts
and you will see for yourself whether they
will not glory in their Jewishness.
For the sake of the happiness of the fu-
ture generation, Jews owe it to their sons
and daughters to teach them to know that
to ape and mimic strange customs is wrong;
that It is more honorable to understand and
know the story of their own people than to
sneer and mock their own heritage out of
sheer ignorance of it. Let our youth know,
and we shall have nothing to fear for the
future. Let them understand, and they
will be armed with the best weapons of de-
fense when their Jewishness may be at-
tacked. For the sake of the self-respect of
Jewry, our youth should be taught to know
its own rather than to ape others.

The Triumph of Inspired Leadership.

The invasion of the downtown district
last week by several hundred women in the
interest of the Jewish National Fund made
an important occasion out of what was hith-
erto observed as an ordinary tag day.
This triumph for the land agency of the
Palestinian movement is worthy of special
notice because it reveals what the devotion
and idealism of a handful of able leader 7 s
is capable of accomplishing. Several wom-
en, inspired by the ideals of the fund,
whose aims are to redeem the soil of Pal-
estine in conformity with Biblical law and
as the inalienable property of all Jewry,
enrolled almost unanimous co-operation of
I)etroit's Jewish women's organizations.
The result was that thousands of Jews were
enrolled for the cause, and personal solici-
tations triumphed where propaganda hith-
erto failed.
. It all goes to show that inspired leader-
ship will inspire a following. The Jewish
National Fund, on the occasion of its six-
teenth annual flag days, certainly profited
by inspired leadership.

Christmas is likened to Chanukah—both
begin with Ch, like Chatzkel, Chaim,
Chrein, Chremzlach, Charoshes, Chamer,
Chazir, Chochom, Chazen, Choson.

"Hadassah Sabbath," annually observed
by women in this country, will be solemn-
ized on this Sabbath day, Dec. 21. The
fact that this day marks the sixty-ninth
birthday of Miss Henrietta Szold, the great
Jewess who founded Iladassah, adds sig-
nificance to a holy day.

A Reform rabbi, returning from a Euro-
pean trip, predicts that Judaism is coming
to Poland. Judging from reports of the
plight of Polish Jewry, we venture to offer
a counter-prediction that bread would be
much more welcome.

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Scanning the
Jewish Horizon

Gossip and News of Jew-
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By DAVID SCHWARTZ

A CLEMENCEAU STORY
None of the Jewish scribes, as
far as I have been able to note, has
in an "obit" on Clemenceau re -
corded what I regard as one of the
P Jewish stories of the ages,
and one which was a great favorite
,of the Tiger's. The story as re-
lated by Clemenceau dealt with a
Jewish father who upon his trans-
lotion to the afterlife came before
the throne of God. He was very
much agitated when he woe asked
to give an account of his life in this
world. "0 Lord," he said, "I have
one vet), black spot on my record
—a very black spot. My children
—all of my children are fine, ex-
cept one. This one became a
meshummed, an apostate."
"Cheer up," said the Lord. "One
of my sons left the Jewish fold,
too."
Such was the story as Clemen-
ceau told it. It may be recalled
Jay some that not so long ago Itta-
man ben AA, the Hebrew editor
of Palestine, reprinted the story
but added, as a sort of postscript,
a preferred ending of his own
choice. Whereupon a great furore
was aroused in non-Jewish circles
of Palestine. Ben Avi's ending
had something of a Rabelaisian
twist, and as this depart is a hun-
dred per cent proper we cannot, of
course, reproduce it.

CLEMENCEAU "WAS LIKE
THAT," TOO
"0 race vilified by the whole
world, what Aryan could ever
compete with you!" Thus Cle-
menceau concludes one of his short
stories dealing with the Jews. The
Tiger, it will be remembered,
wrote a vast number of stories
dealing with Jews. A group of
them were published not so many
years ago by Bernard G. Richards,
No one, to my mind, has satisfac-
torily explained the great interest
that Clemenceau always took in
the Jews. The interest has ex-
tended even to his children—one
of his daughters has woven several
stories around Jewish themes.
There is only one explanation that
I can furnish, and it doesn't ex-
plain very much; but we Jews
have been using it a great deal
ourselves. And that is: Clemen-
ceau "was like that."

MAKING PAGE 1
Everything is grist for the dis-
cerning. While everybody was
losing by the collapse of the stock
market flurry Reichenbach, spec-
tacular press agent, put ,one over
on the trained editors of the New
York papers, who boast they can
detect any publicity yarn. You
recall the story, a few days ago, of
the actress who lost a million or
so as the result of the drop in the
market and who, as a result, has
been forced to return to the stage
for a living. Following the stock
exchange debacle Reichenbach of-
fered this story exclusively to
three New York papers; they re-
fused it. Then he telegraphed the
mother of the actress out west
somewhere—Omaha, we believe—
to sob the story to a local repre-
sentative of one of the press asso-
ciations. Mater complied, and
soon the wires all over the coun-
try were buzzing with the story.
In New York the editors who had
turned it down used it on the first
page. copiously illustrated, if you
please.
Of course, this particular actress
never saw a million dollars in her
life and was completely un-
touched by the stock exchange.
But that concerns the domain of
ethics, a field in which we profess
no authority. Suffice it to say
that the actress was put over with
a bang, which must have given
Harry Reichenbach a considerable
degree of satisfaction.

SCENE IN A NEW YORK COURT
"Lasky, what do you do?" asked
the examining lawyer.
"Ven?" asked Lasky.
"When you work, of course."
"Vert I vork I vork."
"I know," said the lawyer. "But
what do you work at?"
"In a factory."
"What kind of a factory?"
"A brick factory."
"You make bricks?"
"No. de factory is made of
bricks."
"Now, Lasky, what do you make
in the factory?"
"Fifteen dollars a week."
"No, no. What does the fac-
tory make?"
"I donno—a lot of money, I
tink."
"Now listen. What kind of goods
doe. the factory produce?"
"Oh," said Lasky, "good goods."
"I know; but what kind of good
goods?"
"De best."
"The best of what?"
"Of dose goods."
"Your honor," said the lawyer,
"I give up."

AL AND HARRY
I see by the Saturday Evening
Post that Harry Jolson, brother of
Al, is penning a series telling how
he happens to be a brother to Al,
etc. This recalls the time when
the Jazz Singer first came for-
ward to charm the public and was
voted a tremendous hit. Seeing its
success, Harry Jolson took two
pages in paid advertisement in the
beet-known theatrical paper to
broadcast the following: "Al Jol-
son has a brother named Harry
who is just as good as Al."
We do not know whether Al and
harry were on the outs at the
time as they frequently are. First
they pout, then they make up, and
then they pout again, and so ad
infinitum. Perhaps that should be
expected of temperamental artists.

WHEN ONE BROTHER OUT-
SHINES
Harry tells about this in the S.
E. P. Writes he: "We were a
scrappy pair in those days, Al and
I. We had the peppery temper

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Charles H. Joseph

is something for the governor of Texas to
H ERE
take up. I am in receipt of a certified copy of a

constable's notice to peace officers issued by J. F.
Vannoy, constable of Temple, Texas. It is unfor-
tunate that public officials are so ignorant of the
proper procedure in certain circumstances. I am
sure that Constable Vannoy meant nothing ma-
licious when he issued his ridiculously insulting
poster calling to his

BROTHER GENTILE OFFICERS, HELP
ME CATCIITHESE THREE CROOKED
JEWS—THREE JEWS WANTED IN CONFI-
DENCE GAME.
I say, that in issuing such call to arms the
doughty constable was using whatever brains God
endowed him with, but unfortunately they weren't
sufficient to cover the situation.

IN THIS notice, which, by the way is a remark-
able literary document, he describes in detail what
these Jews are guilty of. The spac'h in my column
is limited but it is too rare a gent to pass into ob-
scurity so I shall forward it to Mr. Mencken, of
the American Mercury, and suggest that he insert
it in his page called "Americana." But I think that
it rests with the governor of the state to call the
attention of the peace officers to the obvious unfair-
ness in segregating the Jews from the Gentiles in
their criminal activities. And it seems to me that
it is quite unnecessary to call upon "Brother GEN-
TILE officers." I am not well versed in Texas pro-
cedure in such matters but I have enough confi-
dence in and respect for the common sense and
sound judgment of the higher Texas officials to know
that they do not condone dividing public officials in
official proclamations according to their religious
beliefs. There was no need to call upon Brother
GENTILE officers, any more than it would be neces-
sary for a Jew who happened to be a constable to
call upon his Brother JEWISH officers to apprehend
three crooked Gentiles. I imagine that if such an
incident were to occur that there would be some
excitement in the Lone Star State. So let's have an
end of these unwise and uncalled-for distinctions.

1 wisii

to apologize to my Philadelphia reader

who took me to task for using the word "wise-
acre" in referring to Moses. When I checked back

I discovered that I had really used that term. But
it was a slip of the pen and my readers must remem-
ber that when one writes on so many different sub-
jects and uses so many hundreds of thousands of
words in the course of the year, that occasionally
even the best of us slip. Ilowever, I promise that
I shall watch my pen more carefully in the future.

A

READER sends this clipping regarding one of
the most famous of modern converts to Juda-
ism:
Born of Catholic parents in Lyons, France,
Dr. Aime Palliere, now lecturing in the United
States, studied for the priesthood as youth,
then became a Protestant and joined the Sal-
vation Army to preach its doctrine. Then he
turned to Hebrew and studied to be a rabbi.
Ile is now assistant rabbi of the Liberal syna-
goge in Paris.
Palliere's life has indeed been a strange one.
The story of his journey to Catholicism to Judaism
is told in a book which has been translated by Mrs.
Stephen Wise. If I am not mistaken Rabbi Wise
has had Aime Palliere occupy his pulpit in New
York. He stands well with the Catholic Church
despite his conversion.

following letter received from a reader in
T HE
Hartford, Conn. I am quoting in its entirety

because I want to show the difficulty some of us
have in approaching an issue with an open mind.
For example: the writer of the letter in criticizing
Dr. Judah Magnes refers to his "irrelevant and im-
pertinent remarks." Whether we agree or disagree
Dr. Magnet' remarks are neither irrelevant nor im-
petinent. lie may have erred in making his state-
ment just at this time when the situation is criti-
cal. But that does not alter the fact that Magnes
is one of the outstanding Jews of the world, and
that he has just as much right to speak for the Jews
of the world as any of our other self-appointed
leaders. Ever since I have been engaged in Jewish
journalism I have always found this or that Jew
speaking for the Jews of the world. So why not
Magnes? Personally I feel there is no Jew living
who has a right to speak for the Jews of the world.
However, that is not the point at issue. I only
want to remind our "bitter enders" among the Zion-
ists that years ago they fought bitterly for a politi-
cal state and that they attacked me when I fought
them on this issue. They could see only one aide
to the question. Since then there has come light
and the largest majority of Zionists and Zionist
officials no longer believe it possible to create a
Jewish state in Palestine. So let as learn from
experience. Perhaps Dr. Magnes is right. At least
let us accord him a respectful hearing. And answer
hint if we must with arguments.
Your article, "Dr. Magnes Causes Furore,"
and your sympathetic attitude towards his un-
called-for irrelevant and impertinent remarks
which caused such a widespread, controversial
polemics stirred my very soul. I can neither
agree with Dr. Magnes nor you, and I, there-
fore, felt that your remarks shoud not be left
unanswered.
In my opinion Dr. Magnet' utterances should
be absolutely ignored. Ile was not authorized
to make any such statement by the Jewish peo-
ple and it should not be given any publicity.
Ile may be an academic man, but he appears to
be a woefully poor statesman. Whatever
humanitarian feelings he may entertain for the
abused Arabs, he keeps them to himself. No
one cares to share his absurdities. As a mat-
ter of course, he ought to be removed from
his exalted position which should be tendered
to a more conscientious Jew.
It is disappointing to find any Jew who sides
with Dr. :Magnet' views. A Jew of that kind is
either devoid of any Jewish tradition in him
or he is so Orthodox and naive that he waits
for a miraculous Messiah to lead him to Eretz
Israel feasting on the Shor Habor and Levya-
son. But if the Orthodox Jew were re-
minded that the legend was given birth and
fostered upon him in the dark ages after sev-
eral futile attempts to restore Palestine to the
Jew, he would renounce any such pacifism as
spread by the Magneses and their kind. The
Orthodox Jew is full of that stoic spirit that
dates back to Abraham down to the Mecca-
beans. He was the martyr all through the
ages that preferred death and all sorts of in-
human torture rather than to renounce his
Judaism. Not so the Magneses and their intel-
lectuals. The least little resistance, the least
little personal advantage made them give up
that wonderful Jewish heritage. It is the Esau
in them.
Most of the Jews are made of the stuff of
their patriarchs: Abraham, Jacob, and Isaac.
In real Jews there still kindles that indomitable
spirit of Moses who abhorred the cowardly
streak of slavery in the Magneses. The Jews
as a whole, except the Magneses must present
a united front at this time and demand in the
name of humanity and mercy that the Balfour
Declaration be lived up to by the mandatory
power in spirit as well as in letter. The world
can't afford to have a people of 16,000,000 who
have borne the brunt of every fanatic and every
insane, greedy ruler for so many centuries, be
assimilated and wiped off. They have given
mankind some very precious gifts and will con-
tinue to give them if they are preserved.
The Jews, except the Magneses, have well
earned that promise which was enunciated by
Balfour in his monumental declaration for their
valiant and loyal deeds. All peoples were rein-
stated. The Jews were promised Palestine for
their National Homeland and, by Heaven, they
are going to hold to it in spite of the Magneses.
They have long enough been the toy and the
butt of every anti-Semite!
HARRY KATZ, M. D.

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WASHINGTON JEWISH
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By Hillel, The Observer

IF YOU are overjoyed at the tax friend" and there is no doubt tha
reduction voted by the House it was presidential influence which
and Senate and now signed by the ousted Jacob Livingston from hi.
president, you may as well know 15-year-old throne in Brooklyr
activity on this bill in our national The young Jewish attorney why
legislature was preceded by a sen- now takes over the reins of the G
sationalpublic demonstration in 0. P. in the most populous borougl
Washington, arranged through of New York claims he will pu
representatives of William Ran- new life into the Republican party
dolph Hearst. Movie stars, minis- Whether he will ever be able t,
ters, opera-singers, street-cleaners, make inroads on the old powerfu
lawyers and ex-mayors mingled in Tammany organization only time
the colorful procession which pro- will tell.
ceeded on horseback, in automo-
biles and on foot down Pennsyl- SENATOR ROBERT F. WAG-
vania avenue to the steps of the
NER of New York state mik-
Senate:
e special trip back to the metropo-
The grand marshall of this pic- lis to attend the funeral of Mau-
turesque spectacle in behalf of in- rice Bloch, the Jewish political
come tax reduction was Isaac worker whohas been minority
Gans, of whom you have heard be- leader of the assembly of the state
fore from this observer. Mr. Gans of New York, Mr. Bloch had been
is happy if his efforts contributed the manager of the senator's cam-
to convince the senators and rep- paign for election to the upper
resentatives that tax reduction chamber in the United States g,ov -
would be an effective means of re- ernment, and the two men became
storing confidence and helping extremely devoted to one another.
"earners" of income.
Bloch, by the way, was sched-
Grand Marshall Isaac Gans made uled to become congressman next
the following statement:
year, and if he had not passed
"I heartily endorse this move- away at the early age of 39 some
ment and everything that can be claim he would have undoubtedly
said in its favor. All that I have risen to be seated in the United
done in support of the campaign States Senate. Mr. Bloch had
has been prompted by a deep-root- also been intimate with Governor
ed conviction in my mind that the Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose cam-
tax burden should rest lightest paign for governor he managed
upon those least able to bear it. I last year.
feel confident that Congress will
be as generous as possible to those
who earn their incomes and hope JULIUS ROSENWALD'S name
was used falsely by some
that there will be substantial re-
ductions, so as to leave more propagandists for the Eastman cal-
money in the pockets of their endar plan this week. After it was
workers with which to rear their announced that Sears, Roebuck B.
homes, educate their children and Company was about to institute
the use of the thirteenth-month
devote to other worthy causes."
plan in their business, someone in
Washington said: "Now you see
ANOTHER Jew—this one a mem- that not all prominent Jews are
ber of Congress—handled na- against the 13-month calendar
tional finances from a different plan."
point of view last week in Wash-
It has nothing to do with the
ington.
In a speech in the IIouse, Rep- case at all. Jews who oppose the
resentative Sabbath vigorously at- Eastman scheme do not oppose the
tacked the Wall street shorts and use of the 13-month calendar with-
announced that he would press for in business. For instance, read
legislation to curb their manipula- again the following quotation from
tions. The House warmly applaud- Sol Bloom's speech on the calen-
dar touching this subject:
ed his caustic remarks.
"There was one interesting point
The Illinois member had just in-
troduced a bill proposing a tax of brought out at our hearings before
5 per cent on all short sales on the foreign affairs committee
stock exchanges, payable within 10 which I do not believe has been
days after each transaction and properly emphasized. We heard
many representatives of leading
carrying heavy penalties.
"I ask," he said, "of what pos- business firms in the country ex-
sible good or aid are these men pounding the advantages of the 13-
that are permitted every few month plan. They spoke from ex-
years to destroy millions of men, perience, for some of them hall
ruin industry, destroy stability and been using this scheme from 10,
bring about destruction not only 15 or 20 years. We were given to
of billions of dollars of values, but understand that business efficiency
was increased tremendously and
also scores of lives?
"Who are they? They are the that for their particular concern
enemies of progress, tranquility, the adoption of the 13-month plan
happiness and morality. Not only meant a great step forward. In
in peace time, but even during war almost every case I questioned the
they pursue their destructive ma- witnesses about the practicability
of this 13-month plan in conjunc-
nipulations.
"The press continually speaks tion with the present calendar, and
about racketeers and their evils. I was pleased to learn that after u
Why, they are nothing compared short period of adjustment all em-
with these rapacious parasites. ployees were able to conduct their
Racketeers take the chance of be- affairs efficiently, although they
ing apprehended and punished, but had a different calendar for the
these "Walling-Ford" financiers management of the business.
operate smugly, complacently,
"In other words, Mr. Speaker, I
live in regal luxury and splen- learned—and I believe that my
dor in the most exclusive apart- colleagues in the committee were
ments with jewel-bedecked wives also convinced—that it is entirely
and mistresses, a menace to possible to read the advantage of
society by their modes of living, this 13-month calendar without up-
causing envy and discontent among setting the whole world. My claim,
families who cannot compete with therefore, is that those firms which
them on their honestly earned in- see real benefits in the adoption of
comes."
this scheme should do so. No one
will interfere with them.
HERBERT HOOVER quietly
"Mr. Speaker, I sincerely believe
turned the tables in Brooklyn that every business man can utilize
in such a manner that Meier Stein- the 13-month plan without making
brink was suddenly catapulted into it necessary to have Congress or
the chair of "leader" of his Re- state legislatures or the League
publican party in Kings county.
of Nations foist this new scheme
Mr. Steinbrink is described at on an unwilling and unprepared
the White House as "Mr. Hoover's world."

Books and Authors

The Pentateuch Edited by
the Chief Rabbi.

PENTATEUCH AND HAFTOR-
AIM Edited by Chief Rabbi Dr.
J. H. Hertz. Published by Ox-
ford University Press, 114 Fifth
avenue, New York ($3).
The Five Books of Moses used
by our parents were appended by
commentaries. Rashi, Ramban,
Eben Ezra, Rashbam and others
supplemented the Holy Scriptures.
For the English-speaking Jew
these commentators may now be
replaced by explanations made
easy—made so easy that "he who
runs may read."
"Pentateuch and fief torahs,"
edited by Dr. Joseph Herman

Hertz, chief rabbi of the British
empire, is not as simple as all that,
but it seems to be pointing in that
direction. The Book of Genesis,
the first in Dr. Hertz's series, con-
tains the original Hebrew text to
the right., with the English trans-
lation to the left, and the explana-
tions and notes appear at the bot-
tom of the pages.
The particular value of this new
style Pentateuch is that it also
contains the Haftorahs, or the Lea-
sons from the Prophets, similarly
arranged with Hebrew text, Eng-
lish translation and explanations.
It thus offers a complete selection
of Torah readings, for use in the
synagogue, school and home, af-

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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

The new land commissary at Yakelev, who was appointed in Morocco
is a Jew, Jacob Epshtein, 33. Ile was formerly editor of the peasan
papers Bednota and Krestianskaya Gazette. Lately he had been acting
commissary of labor and peasant inspection. Epshtein is the author of
three works on agrarian problems.
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William J. Bingham, director of athletics at Harvard University,
announces that Arnold Horween, coach for the last four years, would
coach the 1930 'varsity football team.
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Judge Josiah Cohen of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently celebrated his
eighty-ninth birthday. lie is still active on the bench. Judge Cohen
is a member of the executive board of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations and enjoys a wide circle of friends throughout the
country.
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Miss Ethel Fleming, a contributor of poems and short stories to
Young Israel, is the author of a new book, "New York," which was
recently published by the MacMillan Company.
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Dr. Judah L. Magnet, president of the Hebrew University of Jeru-
salem, is the most recent subscriber to the Hebrew Union $5,000,000
endowment fund of the Hebrew Union College. He is the donor of $100.
Dr. Magnet is • graduate of the Hebrew Union College, class of 1900.

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