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without peoples to be brothers. Before
can have a brother, there must be a 'me'
to have a brother. It takes two to make
one brother.
Published Weekly by T. Jewish Chroakle Publishing Co., Inc.
Entered
second-dace matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
office at Detroit. Mich., under the At of March 3, 1379.
"Nationality is the personality of peo-
ples. When we have a country of our own,
we can begin to talk brotherhood. It comes
too suspiciously from a people without one.
It is like a Schnorrer talking socialism. The
fox that lost his tail would have better per-
suaded his fellow foxes of the disadvan-
tages of a tail in the days when he had still
his glorious waving brush. 'Be at the tail
of thgr lions rather than at the head of the
foxes,' said the rabbis. Be at the tail of
the nations rather than at the head of the
gypsies. We stand for peace—but a pro-
posal of universal disarmament would have
more weight coming from Germany than
from Morocco. Let Park Lane preach
against luxurious dinner parties and society
may listen. But the gospel of plain living
and high thinking cannot b0 effectively
proclaimed from Rowton House by tramps
cooking their own bloaters. If we want the
nations to listen to us, we must first get
them to respect us. To fulfill the ideals of
our prophets, ixe must have a soil of our
own ; to show the world a model state, it
must stand in a land of our own, not in a
land where we must—under peril of our
life or, what is worse, our position in society
—hang out the sacred images of our neigh-
bors. It is not as if the anti-Zionists were
really international, were really cosmopoli-
tan. On the contrary they are narrowly
national, narrowly metropolitan."
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Sabbath Shire Reading, of the Torah.
Pentateuchal portion—Ex. 13:17-17:16.
Prophetical portion—Judges 4:4.5:31.
February 14, 1930
Shvat 16, 5690
Washington Had No Prejudices.
Rupert Hughes, in his biography of
George Washington, questions the religious
faith of the first president. The author
maintains that while Washington prayed
in public he apparently did not in private,
and he maintains that according to clergy-
men of the day the president repeatedly
refused to say that he believed in Christ.
But Washington evidently knew his
Bible. His letters reveal a Biblical influ-
ence, and one in particular, addressed to
the Jewish congregation at Newport, R. I.,
acknowledging their congratulations on his
election to the presidency, gives evidence
of his acquaintance with the Scriptures.
In this letter Washington wrote:
"It would be inconsistent with the frank-
ness of my character not to avow that I am
pleased with your favorable opinion of my
administration, and fervent wishes for my
felicity. May the children of the stock of
Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue
to merit and enjoy the good will of the
other inhabitants; while every one shall sit
in safety under his own vine and fig tree,
and there shall be none to make him afraid.
May the Father of all mercies scatter light
and not darkness in our paths, and make us
all in our several vocations useful here, and
in his own due time and way everlastingly
happy."
The last words in this letter emphasize
the unprejudiced mind of the first presi-
dent of this republic. While the land from
which the American colonies revolted con-
tinued to deny equal rights of citizenship to
Jews, the new republic, under Washing-
ton's guidance, became a model state in
which freedom was granted to all alike.
Washington certainly had no religious
prejudices.
For Count Karolyi to belittle the efforts
of Jews in Palestine is equivalent to closing
his eyes to the need for opening new ave-
nues for colonization throughout the world.
Jews are perhaps first among all groups
who are in need of new territory on which
to settle millions who are unable to fit into
the economic schemes of lands where they
now reside. Forgetting the cultural needs
of national units, there is a very important
economic problem involved here. This eco-
nomic question cannot be ignored, and vis-
ionaries will certainly not solve it for us
by shouting the opprobrium "reactionary."
There is a pressing need for settling great
hordes of Jews in centers where they will
be able to fit in, and Palestine offers the
moi st enticing and most ideal chance, be-
cause of its historic connection our
people, and because our people will ac-
cept it.
Jews and Internationalism.
Count. Michael Karolyi, Hungarian
The Jewish effort in Palestine is al great
colonization experiment whish should re-
dound to the benefit of all mankind. The
Karolyis do not advance their "liberalism"
by even one iota with attacks upon it.
90 Years After the Damascus Libel.
Ninety years after the Damascus affair,
which is reviewed at length in the leading
article in this issue, Jewry stands convinced
that the ages have not wiped out bigotry
and prejudice. Discrimination continues to
exist. and the Jew from time to time con-
tinues to suffer from the hoary blood libels.
The Damascus affair has brought about
a change in that the spread of the libel has
since been relegated to the ranks of the
ignorant and the lowly, and since the Da-
mascus lie, in 1840, governments have not
dared officially to sponsor such horrible ac-
cusations. Eveci in the Beiliss case in Rus-
sia, the attempt of government officials to
libel an entire race by convicting Mendel
Beiliss failed. It will be noted in this con-
nection that during the Damascus affair
Russia was on the side of justice, and the
Russian consul aided the consuls of Aus-
tria, Prussia, Great Britain and others in
condemning the libel.
The anniversary of the Damascus affair
reminds Jewry of the devotion of great
leaders of the past century, particularly
Adolphe Cremieux of France and Sir Moses
Montefiore of England. The latter especi-
ally stands out for the manner in which he
helped swing the English government
against the horrible libel, and the liberality
with which he financed all important Jew-
ish movements. His efforts in the Damascus
affair also serve to remind us of his pioneer
work in Palestine. Only Baron Edmond
Rothschild's liberality exceeds his in that
direction.
The part that England played in the Da-
mascus affair is another striking episode of
that country's friendship for the Jew. Eng-
land's fight for justice to the Jew in 1840
seems to beckon to present-day Israel to
retain confidence in that land in the ulti-
mate favorable solution of the Palestine
problem.
11111i
M leader, believes that "the Jews should play
their historic role of building up a better
world ; they should bend their efforts
toward the rehabilitation of Europe instead
of secluding themselves among half-civil-
ized Arabs and nursing a petty national-
ism," Count Karolyi spoke these words be-
fore a Jewish audience in the Brooklyn,
N. Y., Jewish Center, and in criticizing
Zionism he called it a movement that is
"destroying the internationalism of the
Jews, which is one of their finest heritages."
This is a sentiment revived from what
we thought was long ago relegated to re-
action calling itself liberalism. To hail the
internationalism of the Jew as one of his
finest heritages, at a time when it is marked
by a trek of Jeviisii blood, by suffering
and degradation from bigotry and persecu-
tion, is to ask us to hail such martyrdom as
"an historic role," and to reject all oppor-
tunities offered us to discontinue acting in
such a shameful role.
As long ago as 1903, the late Israel Zang-
will delivered an address in which he
replied to similar preachings of an impos-
sible "Jewish mission" by anti-Zionists and
others. Ile addressed himself to those who
charged that Zionism, then a new-born
„," movement, was reaction, and urged that
the Jewish ideal should be international.
The words Mr. Zangwill spoke 27 years ago
are applicable to Karolyi today. Said Mr.
Zangwill:
"Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Stuart pre-
tender, scribbled upon a paper preserved
at Windsor: 'To live and not to live is
worse than to die.' That is our position.
I had rather we (lied, and were done with.
I thank Heaven that 10 tribes at least were
lost. 1Vhat our preachers and teachers
really preach is that the mission of Israel
is submissive, for never do they set up our
own ideal—our supposed mission of peace
and brotherhood upon earth. Let war
break out, and we are the noisiest singers of
war-songs. The poor people of Kischineff
tried to save themselves by putting in their
windows sacred Russian images. It is our
history in a nut-shell. In moments of dan-
ger we put up the flag of the enemy. And
it avails nothing in the long run—the
image-imitators at Kischineff were the peo-
ple particularly chosen for the crucifixion.
But we are told Zionism is against pure
Jewish principles—against the principles
of our great prophets. Why, there never
were such nationalists as our prophets. And
there never were such internationalists,
either. Only they saw that international-
ism must be rooted in nationalism, that
there cannot be a brotherhood of peoples
And if one wishes to be liberal, one can
point to the achievements of the Jew in
Zion as a rebuke for the very brutal and
unfair way in which Count Karolyi pours
salt on the wounds of homeless and down-
trodden who seek refuge in a spot for which
they entertain loving sentiments. One need
only point to the efforts of one individual
in Palestine, Mr. Nathan Straus, whose
relief and health centers in the Holy Land
benefit Mohammedans, Christians and Jew
alike. Is such work to be labelled "reac-
tionary?"
.Q,9,6,
Which are you celebrating, Chamisho
Osor b'Shvat (Jewish Arbor Day) or St.
Valentine's Day?
&
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Scanning the
Horizon
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By DAVID SCHWARTZ
MR. TAFT AND THE JEWS
As this is being written, the
newspapers report the condition of
Mr. Taft an extremely grave. The
former president and chief justice
is one mein who could have em-
ployed that old ridiculous phrase
"some of my best friends are Jews"
with dignity and sincerity. Jews
will not quickly forget the role he
played in combatting the noxious
propaganda of Mr. Ford's anti-
Jewish days.
Raised in Cincinnati in a day
when that city functioned as a na-
tional center for Jewry, Taft was
always very close to the currents
of Jewish life. Few played is
prominent a role in the guidance of
the early political career of the for-
mer president than the late Gus
Karger, the Jewish Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times-Star, the paper owned by
Charles Taft. Karger was the dean
of Washington correspondents and
of all the capital city scribes, he
was nearest to Tuft. And as I
have intimated, Karger was more
than a newspaperman to Taft. Ho
was an intimate friend and s
bosom friend and it bosom adviser.
THE INCIDENT • OF MR. SCHIFF
There was one tints, however,
when a seeming rift developed he-
tween Taft and the Jews, or rather
between Taft and Jacob II. Schiff,
then chief spokesman of American
Jewry. The story has been recently
told anew by Dr. Cyrus Adler in
his biography of Mr. Schiff.
Mr. Schiff at the time called
upon Taft as head of a Jewish
delegation, urging the severance of
diplomatic relations with Russia on
account of that country's refusal
to honor the passports of American
Jews.
Mr. Taft was sympathetic with
the lament of the Jews, but felt
that severance of diplomatic rela-
tions was a bit too severe a ges-
tare.
Finally, when Schiff saw that
Taft could not be convinced, he
turned to Taft and said, with cour-
age that was characteristic of him:
"Mr. President, if you do not act,
we will go over your head." And
Schiff did. Ile began a nation.
wide movement for the abrogation
of diplomatic relations with Rus-
sia, which culminated in the Con-
gress of the United States officially
adopting a resolution severing this
country's relations with Russia.
But to go back. As Mr. Schiff
left the White House on that oc-
casion, Mr. Taft sought to help him
with his overcoat. Schiff, however,
refused the presideit's aid, and in-
stead turned to one of the other
members of the Jewish delegation.
Taft, however, was not the type
to carry any resentment on account
of this. lie recognized the deep
feeling of Mr. Schiff in the matter
and respected him for it.
A BAR MITZVAH PRESENT
Perhaps no one has done more
to build the fascinating sky line of
New York than Abraham E. Lef-
court. It was Lefcourt that led
the exodus of the garment trades
to the west side. No one has con-
structed more of these towering
edifices, called skyscrapers, than
he.
Four years ago Lefeourt was
verry happy. His son Alan was to
become Bar Mitzvah. Ile bought a
valuable' plot in the heart of New
York from the Astor estate and
erected a $10,000,000 building on
it. It was to be a Bar Mitzvah
present to his boy.
Last Monday, in Baltimore, at
the age of 17, young Alan passed
aw a y.
The ten-million-dollar edifice will
be his monument.
THE DOG HAS NERVE
George .lessel tells the one about
the Jew who was bitten by asdog.
The ambulance came along, and the
doctor examining the Jew said:
"I am afraid you'll have to come
along. I think the dog is mall. "
"The noiv," said the Jew. "he's
mad yet!"
LASKER AND LUDWIG
They used to tell the story that
one day Albert Lasker, big adver-
tising magnate of Chicago, ran into
a derelict looking individual and
there ensued a little chat.
"What business are you in?"
asked the hobo.
"I am in the advertising busi-
ness," said Mr. Lasker.
"I used to be , n the same busi-
ness," said the hobo, "I 11 FAA to
early a restaurant sign."
Recently, it appears. when Emil
Ludwig was in New York, he met
with a similar experience.
He walked into an elevator, and
found the elevator boy reading
Lodwig's "Napoleon."
"Are you interested in that?"
turned the Jewish biographer,
"Yes; you see, I find so much
similarity in my life and Napo-
leon's."
THE BUSINESS OF GHOSTING
David Freedman, "ghost" author
of Eddie Cantor's autobiography,
is now ghosting another book. This
time it is to be an autobiography of
Harry Reichenbach, the king of the
spectacular press agents. The
ghost business apparently still is
going strong. It has even Wended
the Jewish field. One Jewish pub-
lication in New York recently ap-
peared with a half dozen "ghost"
stories in one issue. The celebrities
whose names were attached to the
stories probably had not even read
the articles.
One of the livest "ghosts" in the
business in Louis Sohol of the. Eve-
ning Graphic. Sahel has even
written some of the stories sup-
posedly authored by Queen Marie.
— •-
A FREE FUNERAL
But for strange experiences in
"ghosting," I submit the case of
B. Vladimir Berman.
As a result of a "ghost" poem
that he wrote, Berman has await-
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JEWS IN THE NEWS
Charles fl. Joseph
By BERNARD POSTAL
1
The publication of the first vol-
Board, on the same site wher
ume of the monumental Encyclo-
thirty-seven years ago he sold can
pedia of the Social Sciences brings
dies
in a basket, has certain ele
into the limelights l'rof. Edwin R.
manta of appeal in it to make i
A. Seligman, one of the most emin.
different
from the usual variety o
ent economists in the world and
success stories. Mr. Weinstein wile
notwithstanding the' fact that he is
came to this country in 1593, un
At the recent Brooklyn election Louis Gold-
a professor, a most important use-
familiar with the language buil
stein was elected a justice of the city court
ful citizen. As the editor of the
up the largest cloak slot suit busi
with jurisdiction in Kings county. Ile pulled
epochal encyclopedia Professor
ness
in the country with an origins
the highest vote of any of the candidates, lead-
Seligman crowns a life full of sig-
capital of a few hundred dollars
ing both his Democratic associates. One of
nificant achievements both in the
saved
from peddling candy. With
the first applications brought before Justice
' realm of scholarship and of public
in 20 years after the establish
Goldstein was a petition by another Louis Gold-
endeavor. For more than 40 years
ment
of
their business, he and his
stein for permission to change his name to
he has been professor of economics
brothel Philip were doing an an
Louis Golding. Mr. Goldstein urged that the
at Colunibia University and during
nual
business
of $8,000,000. One
name Goldstein is un-American and not euphon-
three generations many eminent
of his proudest possessions is :
ious. Justice Goldstein said the name was
students and businessmen have
check
for
$1,000,000
on section
neither dissonant nor discordant, but on the
passed through its hands. Recog-
of one month's business to the or
contrary simple and easy of pronunciation. To
nized as an outstanding authority
ter of Weinstein Bros., Inc. trot,
say that Goldstein was not an American name
on tax problems, on matters affect-
Sears-Roebuck & Co., and signs.,
indicated historical inaccuracy. The only au-
ing economic and social problems,
by Julius Rosenwald.
thentic or indigenous American family names,
Professor Seligman has 14.01 II
Justice Goldstein said, were those used by the
member of presidential commis-
Indian tribes.
The average newspaper reader
sions to solve unemployment prob-
would recognize Joan of Arc as
The petitioner Goldstein advanced as an eco-
lems, statistical questions and ag-
some sort of a French legendary
nomic reason for his change of name that he
ricultural crises. Thirty years ago
heroine., but the New York dress-
contemplated going on the road to sell goods.
he wagon.. of the outstanding mein.
makers now out on strike mean
Justice Goldstein said the name Goldstein was
hers of the various citic reform
Rose Dorfman when they speak of
not a handicap in the business world. "The
committees that helped clean up
"Joan
of Arc." This tall, dark
court believes that the request of this petitioner
New York's political scandals.
and enthusiastic young girl has
is a subterfuge for the purpose of covering his
1Vhen the Democratic party in
been
a
powerful factor in getting
religious and racial identity," Justice Goldstein
1928 needed an impartial survey of
recruits for the dressmaker's strike
said, "I see no adequate reason why this peti-
the farm relief problem, they
by
her,
as
some say, overpowering
tioner should seek to hide his identity or deny
turned to Professor Seligman.
eloquence. The "Juan of Arc" of
his religion. Nor can I agree. that one who is
Some professors of economics are
the
garment
center, left her na-
known as a Jew, particularly in this enlightened
merely professors but Professor
tive Ukrainia in 1914 planning to
land, finds himself at a disadvantage."
Seligman who is a member of one
find a fortune in the new world and
line the outstanding Jewish famil-
to send for her parents, but since
ies in America, is much more than
then her mother and father were
AM in receipt of a letter from James N. Rosen-
either a professor ur an econo-
killed in a pogrom and she became
berg, Esq., of New York, a member of the Jewish
mist.
champion of the working class.
Agency as well as of the Jewish Distribution Com-
While this is her first strike in New
mittee regarding the division of the funds to be
Success stories in America are
York, she wets one of the leaders
raised in this year's drive for overseas Jewish re-
no longer rarities, but as a matter
of the twenty-six weeks strike. in
lief. As I understand it the goal is six million dol-
of fact they have become a drug on
Philadelphia in 1921, and is well
lars. Three and one-half millions will tie devoted
the market, yet the career of Max
known throughout the labor move-
to Russia, Poland and other European countries,
Weinstein, who this week received
ment. That she has been an im-
while the remaining two and one-half millions are
leaders in the textile industry and
portant factor in the success of the
to be allocated to Palestine. In view of the rather
in the commercial, civic and politi-
strike thus far is evidenced by the
substantial amount for Palestine I sugg,ested that
cal life of New York at the open-
amount
of space being devoted to
possibly it would be better to have a clear under-
ing of the new office of the Indus-
her activities in the New York
standing of Palestine needs to convince the general
trial National Bank of New York,
press.
Jewish public that such a large sum is required. Mr.
of which he is chairman of the
I Copyright. 1930.1. T. A.)
Rosenberg assures me that knowing all the facts
and being intimately acquainted with every possible
0
phase of the situation that the sum mentioned he
can conscientiously recommend. Knowing Mr.
Rosenberg as I do, and appreciating that he is in a
position to have information not available. to the
public at large that his recommendation is probably
sound. Nevertheless I believe that is will be very
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
necessary in the present circumstances to acquaint
American Jewry with the imperative requirements
of the situation if two and a half millions out of a
santed himself before King !Alai
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total of six millions are to be turned over to Pales-
Philippe of France. but so little
of guilt, but none of these meth-
tine. Unless this be done it is likely that some re-
satisfaction could he get from hi.
ods availed. F'anatics made it a
sistance will be encountered.
ruler, in an effort to stop the hoe
practice to throw bones into the
rible work of Ratti Menton, that a
Jewish quarter, in the hope of their
a meeting in London he reports..
THE following editorial is reprinted fro the New being taken for human bones.
in despair that "France is agains
Palestine, the official organ of the Zionists. It
The arrest of Isaac Levi Picciot•
us." Thiers, who became presiden
is well written but I wish that I had the ability to
to, an Austrian subject, gave a dif-
of the French cabinet with the ab
walk on eggs without breaeing them as demonstrat-
ferent turn to the entire proceed-
of the clerical party, was Rel(Wel11 ,,
ed by the editorial writer of the New Palestine. Ile
ings. The Austrian consul, Mel-
anti-Semitic, and ordered the
also has an uncanny knack of avoiding disagreeable
ia°, not only interceded in behalf
French consul-general in Alexan
of Picciotto but took a determined
situations and embarrassing moments. After read-
dria, Cochelet, to interfere witl
stand against the ritual murder
ing it I want my readers to remember that import-
every movement to uncover the
agitation. Later intercession of
ant members of American Jewry think that Zionist
truth in the Damascus affair. A.
the English and American govern.
leaders—some of them at least—continue to insist
a result, Cochelet caused Mehme
ments gave the affair an aspect of
on political Zionism when others insist that politi-
Ali to go back on it promise to ap
an international quarrel, with re-
cal Zionism has been relegated to the scrap heap.
point the consuls of Austria, Eng
sults that served to elevate the po-
And all I want to know whether that is true or not.
land, Russia and Prussia to in
sition of the Jew.
But after reading this editorial I am as much in the
vestigate the l'bel.
A Series of Blood Lies.
dark as ever. But this is very interesting reading.
But in England the champions
But the Damascus affair was
MORE EMPHASIS ON REALITIES
of justice to the Jew fared tri-
only one of a series, and the spread
umphant, and Great Britain's ef-
of
the
libel
of
ritual
murder
Our friend, Mr. Charles H. Joseph, who
forts in the Damascus affair are
against the Jew aroused the sus-
writes an entertaining column which appears
written on pages which will forever
picion that there was an organized
in a number of Jewish weekly publications, and
draw
the gratitude of the Jewish
clerical movement against the
if we are not mistaken also writes the editor-
people. Sir Moses Montefiore I/P-
Jews. The Christian conspiracy
ials (both serious and gay) for the Jewish Cri-
(111110 the leader in the defense
against the Jews in Turkey was
terion of Pittsburgh, has not always been a
movement against the libel, and
said to be a reprisal against the
friend of Zionism, but he is a fair man. Re-
with him Baron Nathaniel Mayer
granting to Jews by the young Sul-
cently, he had come nearer to Zionism. Hopes
Rothschild, Salomon Munk, noted
tan,
Abdul
Medjid,
the
same
rights
were entertained for his conversion. But what
French Jewish scholar and Orien-
that were given to Greeks and Lat-
happened in August in Palestine has raisen a
talist, leading Jews throughout
ins.
Such
freedom
was
little
number of queries in his mind, which he has
the
world and liberal Christians
thought of by the latter, and they
taken the trouble to write down and have print-
opened war against a shameful and
set out to accuse and discredit the
?d. These queries are warm with feeling, and
a
hoary
lie.
Jews. In the island of Rhodes a
bristle with sharp points. If only the Zionists
Jew was tortured into admitting
Christian. in England Aid Jews.
would help to remove his doubts as to where
guilt in the death of a 10-year-old
they are not going, he would he glad to give
The nobility of Christian aid to
on of a Greek peasant who hanged
the movement to the services of his fluent pen,
the Jew in fighting the libel has
himself. In Beyrout Jews were
wholeheartedly.
already been alluded to. In the
protected from attacks by the in-
Since the possibility of obtaining a Jewish
House of Commons Robert Peel
terference of the Dutch consul,
majority in Palestine is so remote, as statistic-
introduced the question by declar-
Laurilla, and the Prussian consul,
ians figure it out, why not make terms with the
ing "that it was merely necessary
Sason. Jews were attacked in
status quo and say now. clearly, that you do
to mention the matter in the lower
Smyrna and in Djabar, near Da-
not want a majority? Since the establishment
house, to reach the great ends of
mascus, a mob pillaged the syna-
of a Jewish state is not involved in the mandate,
justice and humanity." Lord Palm-
gogue, tore the Scrolls of the Law
and is clearly a matter of the distant future,
erston
replied that he had "already
and mercilessly attacked the Jews.
why not declare, once and for all, that the idea
directed the English consul-gen-
The proportions assumed by the
of a Jewish state is excluded from all discus-
eral,
Hodges,
to represent to Melt-
spread of the libel aroused sympa-
sions, is never hi be mentioned, is taboo? Mr.
met Ali what effect the news of
thies for Jews in more enlightened
Joseph , een.e to misunderstand the whole situa-
such
atrocities
must produce in
Christian lands, and leaders in
tion. What the Zionist Organization stands for
Europe, and that it was in his own
French and English Jewry began
has repeatedly been expressed. You will find
interest
to
inquire
into the matter,
to take steps to put a stop to the
it in the Basle Program, in utterances of the
and hand over to punishment the
outrages. Immediate steps had to
Zionist Congress, in official documents sub-
guilty
parties,
if
they
were discov-
be taken not only because of the
mitted to governments.
ered, whilst the innocent victim,
incriminating and libellous propa-
should
be
indemnified,
if this were
The Basle Program has been incorporated
ganda of fanatic Christians in the
still possible." These words were
in the Balfour Declaration and the Mandate,
Orient, but also because the libel
received
with
joy
by
the
Jews and
which have been accepted by the Zenist Organ-
was taken to Europe. In the early
were accepted as a great tribute to
ization as the fundamental law under which it
part of March, 1840, a ritual mur-
British liberalism.
agrees to operate. But it is nut within the au-
der charge was made against a
thority or competence of any Zionist leader to
Jew in Julich, in Rhennish Prussia.
The sympathy aroused fur the
issue reassuring statements as to what the Zion-
A 9-year-old girl, by besmudging
Jews opened the eyes of English
ist Organization does not stand for. In any
her body with blood, concocted a
statesmen to the need of removing
movement based upon dynamic ideals, there is
tale of an aittack upon her by a
parliamentary disabilities against
always a struggle of opinion, of aspirations
Jew and his wife who happened to
the Jews, which was not finally ac-
and ambitions, which finally express themselves
be traveling through Julich. For-
complished until a quarter of a
in a common denominator which represents
tunately the truth was uncovered
century afterwards, in the days of
what the large majority is willing to subscribe
and two Christians were arrested
Disraeli. Thus O'Connell, battler
to, and to work for, in an organized way. These
for drumming up the charge. But
for Irish and Catholic rights in
ideas struggle through controversy to establish
the incident added a link in the
England, stated: "Observations
themselves. Some of them become of imme-
chain of a worldwide conspiracy to
upon this subject would have been
diate value. Si' me of them die of lack of nutri-
involve Jews in this horrible libel,
stronger, if a member of this
tion. Some of them may take hundreds of years
House, belonging to the creed of
Action Taken by Jews.
before they are hammered out into accepted
the accused, had been able to make
In France, Adolphe Cremieux
truth.
them. The government ought to
11796-18801, noted statesman,
But you cannot by edict or declaration kill
spokesman for French Jewry, pre-
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any of these ideas, for the existence of these
contending ideas is indicative of the natural-
ness and the vitality of the movement. That
is what is meant when we say that the Jewish
people is a living entity. But why should Mr.
Joseph bother about matters which, according
to his own statement, have a hearing upon the
future problems that the next generation may
DR. STEPHEN S. WISE, Rabbi, Free Synagogue, New York:
"We
have to face?
Jews must refuse to be liberalized into Semitic Unitarians and nothing
What has been achieved in the Zionist move-
more. We are a people, though all the world forgets."
ment is an agreement in which both Zionists
and non-Zionists have entered as to the immedi-
JACOB de HAAS, Journalist, Zionist Authority: "If within fifteen
ate objectives which are expressed in the Man-
years we do not meek the Arabs on almost equal terms numerically.
date, to-wit: the establishment of a Jewish Na-
Palestine will be neither a Jewish homeland nor a cultural renter."
tional Home in Palestine. The understand-
ing is to work together for this object. There
DR. SOLOMON SOLIS-COHEN, Philadelphia: "To excuse pupil,
are some Zionists who think that a national
from public school classes for the specific purpose of attending religious
home is a firmer, more meaningful concept than
instruction would be in the nature of a compulsion and would divide
a Jewish state. But an affirmative phrase has
between the schools and the churches the responsibility for enforcing
been accepted which is satisfactory to all part-
attendance."
ies. The platform is based not upon denials.
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but upon affirmations; not upon dreams or ex-
DR. H. G. ENELOW, Rabbi, Temple Emanuel, New York: "True
pectations. but upon realities and practical
Reform Judaism has always emphasized the need of Jewish education
possibilities. We moderns have arrived at an
as a means to a proper appreciation of the unfoldment of the Jewish
understanding of the value of common work
religion and of our present obligations. The very essence of the Reform
in helping to create a path leading to a better
idea carried with it the demand for an intelligent apprehension of the
future. whatever that future may he. Why,
contents of Jewish history and doctrine."
then. should Mr. Joseph hammer away at his
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queries as if there were any great importance
DR. CLAUDE G. MONTEFIORE, London. England: "Religion
in getting an answer to them? A little more
claims to inspire, influence and color all life, while Prophetic Judaism
sympathy and a better understanding of reali-
declares that religion should especially manifest itself through life in
ties, and all would be well with him.
deeds of righteousness, pity and love."
IIIERE'S
rather a sharp point to this story. It is
told very well in an editorial in the New York
Sun which has been sent to me by a reader. Jews
thinking to change their names will to well to read
this:
One Goldstein to Another.
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