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Sabbath Chanukah Readings of the Law.
Pentateuchal portion—Gen. 37:1-40:23; Num.
7:18-29.
Prophetical portion—Zech. 2:14-4:7.
Chanukah Readings of the Law.
Sunday, Num. 7:24-35; Monday, Num. 7:30-41;
Tuesday, Num. 7:36.41; Wednesday, Rosh Chodesh,
Num. 28:1.15 and 7:42-47; Thursday, Rosh Ch-
odesh, Num. 7:48-63 and 7:54-8:4.
December 27, 1929
Kislev 25, 5690
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M. Aime Palliere—"Ger Zedek."
When M. Aime Palliere comes here, on
January 5, to speak at Temple Beth El, De-
troit Jewry will be honored with a visit
from a "Ger Zedek"—a righteous convert
who has come to us with 411 his heart and
mind and soul.
Because Jews do not proselytize, the com-
ing to us, of his own violition, and out of
conviction, of a convert of the nobility of
M. Palliere, makes the acquisition to our
ranks stand out as an historical event.
M. Palliere was meant, by the dictates of
family traditions, for the Catholic priest-
hood. From the moment, however, that he
stepped foot one Yom Kippur day, during
Neilah services, into the Lyons synagogue,
he belonged to us.
Once he came to us, he became heart
and soul one of us. He prepared for ser-
vice in the Synagogue of Rue Copernic in
Paris in a way that sets an example for
those who were born into Judiasm. He has
mastered Hebrew which he speaks fluently.
He knows the literature of our people.
Knowing the shortcomings from which we
suffer as a result both of lack of knowledge
and lack of loyalty in certain Jewish
ranks, he has become a leader in the move-
ment for the renaissance of Judaism in
France.
It is no wonder, therefore, that Palliere
should have become a leader among the
Jewish youth whom he is organizing for
Judaism. As president of the Universal
Union of Jewish Youth, he is doing great
service for his people. It is natural that he
should have embraced Zionism, and it is
equally as natural that he should have be-
come active in the Keren Kayemeth, the
Jewish National Fund, on the Paris com-
mittee of which he is serving as vice-presi-
dent.
M. Palliere's visit to Detroit is a treat for
our community, and we owe a great deal to
the efforts of Dr. Stephen S. Wise of the
Free Synagogue of New York for making
his American tour possible.
How the Jew Is Libelled.
A
Temple, Texas, constable addressed
himself to "Brother Gentile Officers,"
asked them to "Help Me Catch These
Three Crooked Jews; Three Jews Wanted
in Confidence Game."
Taking exception to such an indecency,
the Jewish Record of San Antonio, Texas,
writing editorially under the heading
"Gross Ignorance," declares that "the bul-
letin distributed by the Temple constable
is vile enough to make non-Jews blush for
shame at the ignominy of one of their fel-
low-Christians, and to make all Texans
feel that one of their officers has misrep-
resented their sentiments."
We wonder whether many non-Jews will
take very seriously this "blush for shame"
sentiment. There has hardly been an in-
terruption in the Jew's battle for justice
and against the deliberate reference to
Jewish lawbreakers as Jews, at a time when
great men who are Jews are always named
according to the countries from which they
come, and not as Jews. We are thus al-
ways robbed of credit when credit is due,
and are libelled and abused far out of pro-
portion to the number of criminals in our
ranks.
There is really quite a similarity between
the Texas constable's description of the
three men he was after as "crooked Jews,"
and the reference made by a merchants
credit bureau of Detroit, in a bulletin is-
sued on Nov. 20, 1929, to a man who passed
worthless checks as a "Russian Jew." This
same bureau would not refer to a Catholic
lawbreaker from Peru as a "Peruvian Cath-
olic," or to a Methodist criminal from Ven-
ezuela as a "Venezuelan Methodist." But
the generally abused Jew appears to be
an easy target everywhere.
Of course we join our San Antonio con-
temporary in protesting against ignorant
officials being tolerated in American com-
munities. But how we do wish that the
sentiment expressed by the Jewish Record,
of non-Jews blushing for shame for the mis-
deeds of their fellow Christians, were true!
Justice to the Jew would then be guaran-
teed by Christians themselves, and it would
not be necessary' for us always to battle for
elementary decencies.
Calendar Reform Danger Continues.
While advocates of calendar reform con-
tinue to gain supporters, as is evidenced by
the adoption of the 13-month calendar plan
by Sears, Roebuck & Co., opponents of the
measure appear in danger of being lulled
to sleep, and it is important that everything
possible be done to continue efforts to safe-
guard the fixity of the Sabbath.
The plan adopted by Sears, Roebuck &
Co. does not tamper with holidays and the
Sabbath, but the proposal as presented to
Congress by the committee headed by
George Eastman calls for such changes as
would endanger the fixity of the Sabbath
day and would therefore be especially
damaging to Jews.
It is very important that it be emphasized
that Jews have no objection to modification
of the calendar, or to changing the present
12-month scale to 13 months. Jews main-
tain, however, that it is possible so to modify
our calendar as to keep the Sabbath intact.
To guarantee that the Sabbath day emerge
unaffected out of the calendar reform pro-
paganda, Jews must continue to fight
against Mr. Eastman's proposal.
We Are Asked to Compromise.
Henry Noel Brailsford, noted English
journalist, who has for many years been
known as a friend of our people, writing hi ,
the current Menorah Journal under the
title "Great Britain and the Palestinian
Mandate," outlines the difficulties confront-
ing Britain and the Jews in Eretz Israel,
and offers a tentative suggestion on how to
solve this problem.
"Would it be prudent," asks Mr. Brails-
ford, "in these difficult conditions, to fix
some final limit for Jewish immigration, to
define it as some percentage, less than half,
of the whole population? This could only
be done on the initiative of the Jewish
Agency itself. It would be worth doing
only if it were to lead to a sincere and per-
manent treaty of friendship with the Arab
communities. I mean, of course, a rela-
tively high figure, not less than 33 per cent,
not more than 45. Little if anything would
be sacrificed, for the chances of exceeding
such a figure during the duration of the
Mandate are remote. It should not apply
to students, pilgrims or other temporary
sojourners, but only to permanent settlers."
Mr. Brailsford then proceeds to tell us
what we could accomplish in Palestine once
we agreed upon such a plan. He writes:
Within these modest limits, the atmosphere
of a cultural focus could be created. Jewish
thought would have its home. A compact
population would be living under natural con-
ditions, and a large visiting population would
enjoy the stimulus of a contact with Zion.
Under a stable treaty of friendship, Jewish
ability and wealth would command an influ-
ence, even in politics, out of all proportion to
the numbers of the Jewish population. And if
it be asked what reason is there to hope for
friendship, even under this voluntary restric-
tion of numbers, I answer that fear would
vanish, the fear which haunts the Arab mind
today, that he is destined to be overwhelmed
by alien thousands.
We wonder if Mr. Brailsford would have
written as he did, and whether he would
have offered the suggestion above quoted,
had he, at the time of his writing, been in
possession of the facts which have since
been brought out at hearings of the Parlia-
mentary Inquiry Commission in Palestine.
Mr. Brailsford bases his argument on the
belief that fear haunts the Arab people that
Jews aim at driving them from their pres-
ent homes. The fact is that the small per-
centage of Palestine's Arabs who permitted
themselves to be misled by unscrupulous
agitators were aroused not by political con-
siderations for the future safety of their
homes, but by disgusting lies that Jews
intended to capture Moslem holy places.
The fact has also been established that
Jews and Arabs lived peacefully together,
and only religious lies interfered with such
friendship. By a natural economic scheme,
guaranteeing the continuation of Jewish
endeavor, this friendship is certain once
again to be re-established and even
strengthened. If only our people will be
assured that we will not meet with animos-
ity from the government in Palestine—and
Mr. Brailsford must remember that without
such animosity the riots would never have
taken place—the great achievements of
Jewry in Palestine are certain to be
doubled.
As for Mr. Brailsford's major suggestion
that we submit to a restrictive figure for
the future Jewish population of Palestine,
we trust that our good English friend will
learn to see our point in laughing it off.
It has been an outstanding principle for
our people, who have been strangers in
many Egypts, always to insist on free immi-
gration policies. We have fought for it in
this country and in England. Our most
painful tasks today as ever are those of the
Jewish immigrant, and the immigration
problem has caused many anti-Zionists to
turn their eyes Zionward. Are we now to
sacrifice this principle on tin very soil
which we call Jewish? Self-respecting
Jews will never consent to the compromise
Mr. Brailsford asks us to make.
Furthermore, the situation is not as dis-
couraging as some writers would make
it out to be. We are confident that friend-
ly relations will be resumed with the Arabs.
We now have hopes that a friendly govern-
ment will finally be set up in Palestine. The
statement of Lord Balfour, David Lloyd
George and General Jan Christian Smuts,
which serves to strengthen faith in the Man-
datory power, encourages us to entertain
such hopes. Peace will yet reign in Zion.
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Scanning the
Jewish Horizon
Gossip and News of
ish Personalities.
Jew-
By MARTIN GOLDE
NOT DAVID BROWN?
The merger of Zionists and non-
Zionists into the Jewish Agency is
going to have more far-reaching
consequences than some people
have imagined. A rumor, ema-
nating from rather reliable
sources, has it that David Bressler,
big insurance man of New York, is
to be the executive chairman of
the huge campaign which is to be
launched by a combination of the
Joint Distribution Committee and
the United Palestine Appeal. In
the same breath is mentioned to
name of Dr. Joseph Billikopf,
executive director of the Philadel-
phia Federation of Charities. But
the last breath seems somewhat
uncertain.
If Bressler should actually get
the post it will set many tongues
wagging. Many people will ask:
What has become of David Brown?
Brown is the man who has been
collecting millions of dollars for
the J. D. C. in the last decade.
During the recent disturbances in
Palestine Brown was chairman of
the Palestine Emergency Fund and
succeeded in raising $2,000,000
for Palestine relief. It was as-
sumed that when Palestine and
relief leaders would get together
Brown would be the natural choice
for joint chairman.
Not that Bressler isn't an excel-
lent man. But Brown seemed the
logical candidate. How come?
IT ALL DEPENDS
Not many people have the mod-
esty to ask Einstein to explain his
theory of relativity, and it's not
very often that Einstein feels like
responding. But one time his
young niece caught him in a frisky
mood, which usually occurs after
he's been playing his violin for an
hour. Upon asking her uncle to
tell her in a few brief words what
he meant by relativity she was told
by Einstein:
"If a fellow sits with a girl un-
der the moonlight for two hours it
seems like two minutes. But if that
same fellow should happen to hit
on a hot stove for two minutes it
would seem like two hours."
LE AN'S STOCK GOES UP
The ame of Herbert II. Leh-
man wa known throughout the
country fore he became lieuten-
ant-governor of New York State.
Ile is one of the brothers of the
firm of Lehman Brothers, which,
next to Kuhn, Loeb & Co., is the
biggest Jewish banking house in
the world. It was a distinct sur-
prise when this philanthropist and
financier accepted the nomination
for political office, but now that he
is in he is making good in a big
way. The other day something
happened that makes his nomina-
tion for the governorship of New
York State seem almost assured.
When the convicts in Auburn
prison made their sensational ef-
fort to escape, and 12 deaths fol-
lowed the abortive attempt, Frank-
lin Roosevelt was out of the state
and Lehman was in the governor's
chair. It was up to hint to give or-
ders as to what should be done at
the prison in the race of the riot.
Lehman said: "No compromise,"
which meant that Warden Edward
S. Jennings might have been killed
by the prisoners, by whom he was
held hostage.
The news stories did not go be-
hind the scenes, however. The
relation of Lehman to Jennings
was not merely that of governor
of the state to a warden of a state
prison. Lehman and Jennings are
pals. Edward S. Jennings and
Herbert Lehman were both col-
onels overseas with the Twenty-
seventh division, which partici-
pated in the bloody major battle
that finally broke the fatuous Hin-
denburg line. Lehman and Jen-
nings were "buddies" from the
time they got together at Camp
Wadsworth, South Carolina.
So that when Lehman gave the
order to prison officials to go ahead
"regardless of loss of life" he was
p repared to sacrifice one of his
be st friends in order to maintain
the authority of the state. This
disregard of the personal factor is
making the rounds, and Lehman's
political stock is going up. He has
shown himself to be a strong
executive. Ile is a banker, a phi-
lanthropist, an executive, an econ-
omist, a communal worker, an ex-
pert in social service. Who knows
but that his name may be men-
tioned by the Democratic party in
1936?
THE UNBELIEVING JEW
Emanuel Eisenberg, poet and
press-agent, tells this story of a
Jew i sh gentleman who went duck
hunt ing, accompanied by a friend.
A covey of ducks went sweep-
ing
shoot!" urged the
dot's so
hunter objected. Anybc o o dzyy' ' C could
ot u he
shoot one out of so many." They
walked on. Now a lone duck
soared high. "So, what?" shrieked
the friend. "So why don't you
shoot dat one?" "Take it easy,"
retorted the hunter, then took
slow, careful aim and shot. To t he
friend's utter amazement the b rd
came down. Ile rushed over to
where it lay and kicked it It
quivered in death. "Yeh, it's really
dead," mused the friend—and
then. in a prompt reaction of high
skepticism: "Ah, but it could have
died from the fall, anyway!"
—*-
DID YOU KNOW—
That the wife of Thomas Mann,
this year's winner of the Nobel
prize in literature, is a Jewess?
That plans are being formulat-
ed by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency to establish a big daily
newspaper along the lines of the
Christian Science Monitor — a
paper which will, however, have a
completely Jewish angle?
That Al Woods, the famous
theatrical producer, can't sleep un-
less the lights in his bedroom are
on?
That Sigmund Freund, founder
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WASHINGTON JEWISH
MIRROR
Charles H. Joseph
WHETHER he is a Jew or not I don't know. His
name is Falk and he looks Jewish. But if the
announcement of his discovery of the germ which
causes influenza is authenticated by the medical
profession, then Dr. Isidore Sydney Falk of the
University of Chicago has rendered an outstanding
service to humanity. This particular germ, the
name of which I won't print because it wouldn't
mean anything to the lay reader and might cause
him to have hiccoughs in an attempt to pronounce
it, even inaudibly, was considered years ago, by Dr.
Milton Rosenau, called by Time, Harvard's great
hygienist. Dr. Rosenau said that the germ in ques-
tion was probably the cause of many baffling infec-
tions. Dr. Falk was only 17 years old when Dr.
Rosenau made his announcement. But he must
have thought of it later in life and after much re-
search, decided to his own satisfaction that it was
the influenza germ, Dr. Rosenau is a Jew, so at
least we can take some credit for the discovery.
SPEAKING of Falks, there is a co-religionist in
Pittsburgh whose name is Maurice Falk. He
gave away $10,000,000 the other day to establish •
foundation for the promotion of philanthropic and
educational enterprises, and for such other social
interests that the administrative board might deem
fit. Mr. Falk's wife died a year ago, and having
had her sympathetic interest in the creation of such
a foundation, this generous giver to memoralize his
wife, has named it the Maurice and Laura Falk
Foundation. Following in a measure the plan of
the Rosenwald Foundation, it will function for only
35 years, It seems that this idea of distributing
wealth for the benefit of society at large within the
range of comparatively few years is gaining ground.
There are arguments to be used in favor and against
it. It is quite true that oftentimes funds are set
aside for some definite purpose to be used for long
periods of time, and it has developed that the pur-
poses for which the funds were created are no
longer in existence. Someone told me that Benja-
min Franklin left money for the purpose of building
sidewalks in Boston. Whether it is true or not I
don't know. But the fund he established was to
function, as it proves, long beyond the time when
Boston would have any use for sidewalks and if that
cultured city needed them, it could pay for them
without recourse to such funds. That is an ex-
treme case, of course, Mr. Falk has made his foun-
dation non-sectarian, which should be of some value
as a goodwill gesture, badly needed in Pittsburgh as
well as in other cities,
I
CONSIDER the Menorah Journal the best Jewish
magazine in the United States. And the thinking
Jews of this country ought to support it. It ranks
with the best magazines of the intellectual group
published anywhere. It has numbered among its
contributors Bertrand Russell, Lionel Feucht-
wanger, R. Travers, Herford, John Dewey, Maurice
Hindus, Morris R. Cohen, Waldo Frank, Arnold
Zweig, Charles A. Beard and a host of others whose
names in the realm of thought are international.
Inthe December issue there isansei
tcle by II. N.
Brailsford, famous English publicist and a leader in
English politics, on the Palestine situation. Whether
we agree with him or not, every Jew should read
that article. The time has conic when we must
face the facts in Palestine and here we have the
impartial view of a distinguished leader in Eng-
land, one who is close to the present Labor govern-
ment, and it is our duty if we are to understand the
various phases of the situation in the holy Land
to read Brailsford's article. Incidentally it will
offer a good opportunity to become acquainted with
a magazine that is a credit to American Jewry. If
you can't buy it at your news store, I presume it
can be ordered from the publishers at 63 Fifth ave-
nue, New York.
I
AM publishing this letter received from a reader
in Philadelphia as it reflects the attitude of the
average Zionist in relation to the present situation.
I am making no comment but giving the communi-
cation as received:
Dear Mr. Joseph:
I am a militant Zionist—militant in my fer-
vart desire for the peaceful realization of a
Jewish cultural center in Eretz Yisrael. Peace-
ful realization of this does not mean retreat
when attacked. There is opposition to every-
thing worthwhile.
In my opinion, it would not be worthwhile
to be a Jew were it not for Zionism. Zionism
has saved many thousands of young men, like
myself, for Judaism, who otherwise have be-
come assimilated or converted to Christianity.
Certainly, Zionism has proved its worth, at ,
least in this respect.
In recent years the Zionists have scored two
brilliant political victories. . First, the incor-
poration of all the Zionist demands in the Pal-
estine Mandate, which in fact meant that the
Basle platform became international law.
Secend, the creation by the Zionists of the
Jaish Agency whereby the Zionist idealists
were reinforced by the Jewish business leaders
of the world. Incidentally, both these successes
were in main due to the great statesmanship of
Dr. Chaim Weizman,
It would be worthwhile to mention another
great triumph of Dr. Weizman. In 1918, while
the guns of the Turks and the British could be
heard, he laid the cornerstone of the Hebrew
University. This was the realization of an ideal
for which he worked ardently since 1902. This
was the first Zionist act in Palestine when its
southern portion was liberated by the British
from the Turks. The real heart of Zionism
could not have been better expressed.
The present political activities of the Zionists
are confined towards removing the artificial ob-
stacles that retard the growth and prosperity
of Palestine. No threats, false accusations or
irresponsible statements will ever swerve the
Zionists from their work. After the Zionists
have made Palestine safe and sound to live in,
they will take off their political masks and show
their real faces. Zionist cultural activities
will then come to the fore..
The hope of the Zionists is the creation of a
center, where the Jews can live consciously as
a national community and develop their genius,
thought and religion free from the degrada-
tion of persecution and from the temptation of
assimilation.
Let us uphold the hands of Zionism and not
do or say anything that would make more diffi-
cult the accomplishment of this beautiful
vision.
I RECEIVED a letter from a Sabbath-School group
in Detroit asking me if Jews should send Christ-
mu greetings, receive them, and have Christmas
trees, I find no harm and much good in Jews send-
ing Christmas greetings to their friends Even infi-
dels do that. There surely can't be any harm in
receiving them. As for Christmas trees, if one
strips them of their significance and considers them
as pagan, as they truly are, and regards them merely
is an expression of the season's cheer and good-will,
I scarcely believe that any Jew will compromise his
conscience. I listened in the other afternoon to
Dr. Samuel Parks Cadman, the Brooklyn radio
preacher, and he answered a question regarding the
use of Christmas trees by Jews in much the same
fashion as I have. I know atheists who have Christ-
mas trees and Jesus means little or nothing to them,
except perhaps as one of the great moral leaders
and teachers of his day. There are a lot of other
things more serious than Christmas cards that Jews
have to think about right in their own ranks, that
have harmed Judaism much more.
.9. kW.
By Hillel, The Observer
NEXT time you come to Washing-
ton we advise you to sit for a
while in the Senate gallery if you
want to observe something inter-
esting. Keep your eyes on Sena-
tor David D. Walsh of Massachu-
setts and the tall, handsome young
Mall who is sitting next to him.
Watch the senator digging through
a pile of papers while an impor-
tant bill is before the chamber and
then watch him turn to the slim
youth with what looks to you like
a question. The inquiring look on
the face of the former governor of
Massachusetts suddenly turns to a
look of wisdom as the young man
appears to have solved a great
problem for the solon.
It is George Feldman who is the
right-hand man of Senator Walsh
—and we mean literally right-hand
man. The senator would not think
of getting along without "George"
when important business matters
conic up—particularly tariff ques-
tions. The young Boston lawyer
is not merely secretary to the sena-
tor but is research assistant, com-
merce expert, legal investigator
and plenipotentiary representative
—all rolled in one. No other sena-
tor has such an all-around secre-
tary. That is why most of the
prominent members of the upper
house are envious of Senator
Walsh.
You can judge the respect in
which George Feldman is held by
seeing how he is treated on the
floor of the Senate by the outstand-
ing members there, but even more
no you can learn how important
and powerful the Boston Jewish
youth is if you talk privately to
Senator Wagner, or Senator Cope-
land, or "Bob" La Follette or Sena-
tor Dill or Senator Tydings. As a
matter of fact, Republicans and
Democrats alike think that George
is an outstanding figure in the Sen-
ate office building. And you may
be sure that Senator Walsh is
mighty proud of Mr. Feldman and
his four years' service for Massa-
chusetts in the Senate.
Mr. Feldman is also a familiar
figure in the Jewish Community
Center of Washington, where he
can be seen two or three times
every week trying to keep in trim
that wonderful body and physique
which landed him to many honors
at Brown and B. U. Ile is popular
with Jew and Gentile alike and is
respected for his being a "gentle-
man and a scholar,"
Mr. Herbert Friedenwald is par
ticularly interested in Jewish at
fairs either in the capital or else-
where.
Friedenwald's home on Six-
teenth street js the scene of many
interesting social functions to
which elite and intellectuals of
Washington occasionally come.
One would hardly suspect, how-
ever, that Herbert Friedenwald
was a prominent national Jewish
figure a quarter of a century ago.
It may be recalled by many that
he was at that time editor of the
American Jewish Year Book, mem-
ber of the Jewish Publication Com-
mitteee, and was the first secretary
of the American Jewish Commit-
tee. His divorce from Jewish life
is complete and absolute and his
contacts in Washington are almost
entirely with non-Jews. That may
be why an item on Herbert Fried-
enwald was not included in this
column up to the present time.
JUST to show you how all around
sonic of our Jewish M. C.'s are,
take note that Representative Cal-
ler of Brooklyn, N. Y., has also put
his finger into the "mail-pie,"
besides taking an interest in a few
dozen matters of public interest,
Congressman Celler's letter to
Brown closed with this paragraph:
"It is difficult to understand
your action because of the intense
competition American ships most
meet. Since the passage of the
Jones-White bill, great shipping
countries in Europe and Japan
have been very busy building ships.
The North-German Lloyd line has
produced the fastest passenger
liner in the world. The Cunard
lino is about to lay the keel of a
ship or ships even faster than the
Bremen, The Japanese lines are
placing 19 and 20-knot vessels in
the Pacific trade, to compete with
the Dollar line, which operates un-
der the American flag. The I'rince
line, under the English flag, is try-
ing to drive the Munson line off
the seas in the North-South Ameri-
can lines. American shipping needs
help. It cannot well afford to have
any more handicaps placed upon
it."
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observer discovered that
T HIS
blood is not always thicker than
water. The staff of the Egyptian
legation and the Persian legation
were canvassed for some possible
sympathetic attitude toward the
Arabs in Palestine, but no such at-
could be discovered.
A READER suggests that we titude
Prince Fouros, the Persian min-
have been neglectful because
these many years we have not in- ister, admitted that a great major-
cluded an item in our Washington ity of his compatriots were Moham-
but had not interest in or
column concerning Herbert Fried- medan
enwald. Perhaps we deserve cen- favorable attitude toward Arab
Mohammedans. The prince, by the
sure and perhaps not.
way, is an Oxford graduate, and
Mr. Friedenwald is not in official shows it clearly by his manner and
or public life at all, even though he speech. Mr. Ahmed Mandouh
is an interesting and significant Mourse, who is charge d'affairs in
p ersonality. The fact that he is a the absence of the Egyptian mm-
b rother of Mrs. Cyrus Adler and , inter, indicated a similar attitude.
a cousin of the famous Jewish
Where else might we find a pro-
leader, Dr. Harry Friedenwald of Arab expression or interest in
Baltimore, does not indicate that Washington? We don't know.
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Ludwig Lewisohn Re-Affirms
His Faith In A Drama
"Adam," Novelist's First Dramatic Effort, Is a Pow-
erful Resume of Jewish Problem, for Which the
Author Offers an Uncompromising Soluticen.
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
The story of Ludwig Lewisohn is
by this time pretty well known.
How this noted essayist and critic
swung from the extreme of indif-
ference and assimilation to that of
Jewish nationalism and Chassidism
was described in his autobiographic
novel, "The Island Within," and
his autobiographies, "Up-Stream"
and "Mid-Channel." In "Adam"
published by Harper & Brothers,
49 East Thirty-third street, New
York ($2), he has for the first time
placed the Jewish problem, which
has become his problem, on the
stage.
Lewisohn's "Adam" is "a dra-
matic history in a prologue, seven
scenes and an epilogue," and is
dedicated by the author "to the
memory of our martyrs in Eretz
Yisrael in the year 5689." Evi-
dently the Palestine outrages left
Mr. Lewisohn uncompromising in
his new attitude on the Jewish
question, for he asked Harpers, his
publishers, to issue his drama be-
fore Chanukah, which he says "has
more significance this year than
ever before because of the recent
tragic events in Palestine."
The Ideal of Peace.
The prologue takes the audience
to the West Palestinian town of
Jabne, which has played such an
important part in Jewish history.
The actors are Rabbi Akiba ben Jo-
seph, Rabbi Ismael ben Elisha and
Rabbi Tarphon, and the discussion
is on a question of the policy to
be pursued by the Jews towards
the Roman invaders. Akiba, as a
product of peasantry, urges resist-
ance against oppression of Jewish
practices, The others are willing
to disobey, but not to resist. Is-
mael speaks out against Akiba's
desire to resist by arms:
"That is the unspeakable error,
the error of the heathen, the error
of pacification. That is the Roman
peace—the pax Romana that fills
the world with blood. Our peace,
the peace of our prophets, is of an-
other kind: to disobey, but to han-
dle neither weapon nor lift the
hand to strike."
Once before this year, in an
essay on "The Pagan in the
Heart," which appeared in the
Harper volume "If I Could Preach
Just Once," Mr. Lewisohn ex-
pressed this ideal for peace which
he described as the great Jewish
ideal while the pagan desire was
gnawing at the heart of the Chris-
tian. "Nothing will save us ex-
cept peace," Mr. Lewisohn there
pleaded. "Economic and social
justice, humanitarian endeavor,
scientific discoveries—all are vain
if destruction and utter degrada-
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Samuel Levy of New York, chariman of the College Council of th•
Yeshiva College, head of the building committee of the Beth Israel Hos -
pital and of the Yeshiva College, was appointed to the New York Board
of Education to fill out the unexpired term left vacant by the recen
death of M. Samuel Stern.
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The presidency of Temple Emanuel of New York, vacant since the
death of Louis Marshall, was filled when Judge Irving Lehman of the
State Court of Appeals, was elected. Ben Altheimer, former vice-
president and who has been acting as president, resigned, Judge Leh-
man is a brother of Lieutenant-Governor Herbert Lehman.
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Major-General J. Abel Davis, vice-president of the Chicago Title &
Trust Company and prominent in civic and Jewish affairs, is being
urged as assistant secretary of war to succeed Patrick Hurley, recently
named secretary of war to succeed the late Secretary Good.
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Kamil Guggenheim of Berne, a
Jewish lawyer, has been
elected judge of the highest Swiss well-known
court, the Bundesgerieht Guggen -
heim, who is 35 years old, is • practicing solicitor, an active member of
the Social Democratic party, and distinguished in irami
ng legislature.
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David Lazarus of New York, a prominent Tammany leader, and for
12 year.. leputy commissioner, has been appointed commissioner of
records in the surrogate's office.
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