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The Zionist Situation.

Scanning the
Horizon

The hearings before the Wailing Wall

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Sabbath Rosh Chodesh Readines of the Torah.
Pentateuchal portion— Num. 30:2.36:13; Num.
2a:9-15.
Prophetical portion--Jer. 2:4.28; 3.4,

July 25, 1930

Tammuz 29, 5690

Work of Hiaa Must Go On.

In a recent issue we took occasion to com-
mend the work of the Hebrew Sheltering
and Immigrant Aid Society of America,
better known as Bias, and urged that the
annual budget of $600,000 of this organi-
zation be subscribed, to assure the continu-
ation of the important work it does among
Jewish immigrants throughout the world.
Now comes a frantic appeal from Hilts
headquarters in New York, and its presi-
dent, Mr. Abraham Herman, pleads with
the Jews of this country to make possible
the continuation of its efforts in behalf of
thousands of Jewish wanderers, States
Mr. Herman in his plea:

As American Jewry well knows, thousands of
Jews who cannot possibly remain in the Old
World countries are flocking to the new cen-
ters of Jewish immigration, that is, Argentine,
Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Cuba and similar coun-
tries. They are enabled to find new homes
and establish themselves permanently because
of the help given them by Hies. Not for one
moment can the thought be tolerated that this
work !than not go on.
The financial resources of Ilias are taxed to
the utmost not only by reason of the particular
emigration and immigration aid activities but
also by the aid Inas has been giving in this
period of economic distress to the unemployed
and to the homeless who come to its headquar-
ters at 425 Lafayette street, New York, for
food and for shelter. The financial condition
of Iliac is such that it has now a deficit of over
$100,000 and that unless immediate financial
aid is forthcoming there in imminent danger of
the work being curtailed. This would mean
tremendous hardship and misery to thousands
of our people.
u al

This appeal must not fall on deaf ears.
Because the work of Ilias is perhaps among
the most important Jewish efforts in the
world today. Vedas is perhaps the sole pro-
tector of the Jewish immigrant, in practi-
cally every portion of the globe. Its work
can not and must not be ignored.
Mr. Isaac L. Agofsky, general manager
of Ilias, points out to this writer that
"whilst Hills is receiving a subsidy from
the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit
yet it is permitted to make special appeals
in its synagogues and we are anxious to
bring to the attention of Detroit Jews our
critical situation," Therefore we repeat
our admiration for the work of Ilias and
urge its support. The work of Mao must
go on.

Time to Call a Halt.

From the publicity department of the
Jewish National Fund comes the following
notice:

A free trip to Palestine and return, involv-
ing an expenditure of $500, was awarded to
I. Rubinstein, 20, of the Shower Ilatzoir,
52 St. Mark Place, for collecting $58.25 during
the Jewish National Fund Flower Day, held in
New York City on June 8.
The prize was awarded by the Jewish Na-
tional Fund Council for Greater New York, of
which Dr. Norman Salit is chairman. Other
prizes were also awarded to a number of vol-
unteers at a meeting held at the Central Jewish
Institute, 125 East Eighty-fifth street. The
prizes were awarded by lot.

Now, this is a fine how-do-you-do from a
cause as popular with the Jewish masses as
the Jewish National Fund! Think of it!
For collecting $58 a young man is awarded
a prize of $500 to pay for a round trip to
Palestine. Sounds like news of a lottery,
and not like an important news notice about
an important Jewish cause.
If everything contained in the notice we
quote here is true, it is time to call a halt.
The Jewish National Fund is one of the
most important causes in Jewish life today,
and is perhaps the most important fund for
Palestine's reconstruction. in that its aims
are to redeem the soil of Palestine to be-
come the property of the Jewish people.
Tactics of the lottery must not be applied
to this fund. For close to a generation it
was popularized by volunteer workers who
were imbued with the Zionist ideal, Such
idealism must continue to rule the fund, to
the exclusion of methods which might be
interpreted as offering prizes in payment
for efforts on behalf of a Jewish cause,

A Great Teacher Is Dead.

Mischa Elnian, Jascha Heifetz, Efrem
Zimbalist, Toscha Seidel, the names of doz-
ens of other great masters of the violin
speak in tribute to the genius of Leopold
Auer, who is no longer among the living.
He began as a great artist who played be-
fore kings and princes, and he rose to even
greater heights as a musician as the teacher
of the world's leading violinists. It is as the
teacher of the young masters of our day
that the name of Leopold Auer must live
for a long time in the memory of the pres-
ent generation. From the history of music
the name of this master, who lived to be
85, is inseparable.

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Commission of the League of Nations, which

closed in Jerusalem last week, further in-

dicate(1 with what a stubborn meanness

Arab leaders have set out to deny elemen-

tary religious rights to their Jewish neigh-

bors, in order to strengthen their own posi-

tions.

In contradistinction to pleas on the part

of the Jewish representatives at the hear-

ings. in which the Commissioners joined,
that a peaceful arrangement be reached in
order to permit Jews to wor::hip at the
Wailing Wall, as they have done for cen-
turies, Arab spokesmen insisted upon mis-
representing historical date and upon com-
plete banning of Jews from worshipping
at the Wall. Arab spokesmen even dragged
in the nationalist issue by attacking the
Mandate and again declaring war upon
Jewish aspirations.

It is generally believed, and admitted in
many quarters, that the adoption of a defi-
nite policy by leaders in the Zionist move-
ment a decade ago would have prevented
the bickerings that at present mar the
cause. Zionism was weak in relation with
the British government and was lacking a
definite policy to be pursued in dealing
with the Arabs. A period of tranquility'
caused DS to become overconfident. In dis-
tress leaders resorted to vituperations. In
time of economic crisis there was undue
despair. Is it any wonder, therefore, that
many Zionists are panic-stricken, and that
a trying time in our history has found us
weakened by the propaganda of the very
Arabs who have benefited by Jewish col-
onization of Palestine?

Unfortunately we do not know what to
expect from Great Britain. We have been
slapped with one hand and patted with the
other. On the morrow after the Arab de-
mands were denied, Jewish immigration to
Palestine was closed. Almost at the same
time that the League of Nations Mandates
Commission was reported to be criticizing
Britain's failure to honor her obligations to
the Jewish people, Lord Passfield launched
an attack upon Dr. Weizmann and other
Jewish leaders for being too critical of his
government, instead of supporting it. Jews
are urged to change their attitude toward
Britain. But what attitude other than dis-
trust could we possibly adopt in the face of
all the distressing circumstances of the past
eleven months?

An encouraging statement was that of
Lord Plumer, former High Commissioner
of Palestine, who told M. Nurock, a Jewish
deputy from Latvia, at London last week
that the Jews will attain their goal in Pal-
estine if they exercise patience. Sorrow-
fully enough, however, the patience even
of Jews, who have been sorely tried through
the ages, can be broken by the sort of things
that have been going on in Palestine, with
Britain standing by. apparently uncon-
cerned where the Jew is the sufferer.

Jews, in their concern over the Palestine
situation, must look to two quarters for re-
lief in the existing conditions. A change
both in the attitude of Great Britain and in
sonic of the policies of the Zionist move-
ment will, we hope, bring about a change
in the hearts of Arab chieftains who are
bent upon undermining our position, there-
by harming the position of their own peo-
ple. And because we believe that certain
changes are necessary also in Zionist pol-
itics we are watching anxiously for the
course that will be pursued by the new ad-
ministration of the Zionist Organization of
America. It is too early to comment upon
the elections and appointments made by the
new coalition regime. We fail, for instance,
to understand the wisdom of appointing Dr.
Stephen S. Wise as chairman of the com-
mittee on political affairs which is to de-
termine the Zionist attitude toward Great
Britain, But we shall wait patiently and
hopefully for happy results of the coalition,
whose majority had our support at the re-
cent Cleveland convention. We continue
also to look to Great Britain for a • ustifica-
tion of the affectionate faith we placed in
her.

825 Years After Rashi.

The date of the publication of this issue,
the twenty-ninth day of Tammuz, coincides
with the eight hundred twenty-fifth anni-
versary of the death of Bashi. (1010 - 1 I 05 ) ,
the most popular and most widely referred
to commentator of the Bible and the Tal-
mud.

In spite of these commentaries of Rashi
having been written more than eight cen-
turies ago, they were the most important
writings to popularize the study of the Bi-
ble and the Talmud. Without them, the
Talmud at least would have been a closed
book to many who now join in its study.
Even in our day, the writings of Rashi are
read and studied and are an important con-
tributing factor in Biblical and Talmudic
study.

An English translation of the commentar-
ies of this French Jew of the eleventh cen-
tury might stimulate a greater interest in
the Bible and Talmud among the modern
generation of Jews. At least, this is a
thought worth considering on the part of
our rabbinical assemblies.

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By DAVID SCHWARTZ

THOSE JEWISH BLUES
This department has received a
rurnber of strange requests, but
the oddest by far is one this week
from a young damsel, who is blue
and asks for ulo r counsel. I don't
know whether "blueness" comes in
the Jewish purview. If it does not,
of course, I must retrain from dual.
ing with it, but I presume, I may
classify it as Jewish blueness and
it will be kosher.
Traditionally, we have a simple
remedy for it—a good cry. I once
(islet (I :Max Gob,' why he stocked
his plays with . so much sadness and
he told me, "Jews like to cry."
The crying remedy too, is !tome
out by a song, I used to hear down
south, in the days when I played
marbles :Ind ate veldt apples. You
may remember it:

"When a man has the blues—when
a man has the blues,
He takes the train and rides.
But when a woman has the blues—
when a woman has the blues,
She sets down 4111(1 cries."

The woman, it appears, has the
advantage. It requires no train
fare to cry.
Really, I am afraid, I can rant be
very helpful in the emergency. Per-
haps, Dr, Joshua Bloch or some Tah-
iti will let nie know what the rab-
binical authorities counsel in such
a dilemma. In the hope of aiding
the young lady, and indeed, all of
us, for whose skies are not over-
east at times, I throw open this
column fur suggestions.
l'erhaps, if the young lady reads
nty column oftener—so filled is it
with humor—it would help. One
man from Alaska wrote me that
since reading my column and (Pink-
ing three questa of milk a day, he
has gained 12 pounds and now feels
like a two-year-old baby on a
frosty morning.

NO GUNS FURNISHED
A good one comes to me told
about the late Professor Neumark
of the Philosophy Department of
the Ilebrew Union College.
One of his students tried to get
funny with hint—why do rabbini-
cal students have such a strong
penchant in that direction?—and
asked Dr. Neumark, if he had a
gun in his home, in case a burglar
came.
"I expect every respectable burg-
lar to carry his own gun" replied
the philosophy teacher.

COME ON AND TRY
The weather is hot, and I am
afraid my customers won't stand
for any serious thinking in such
weather, although just now, I feel
like discussing the higher realities
—hut the customer most be served,
no I will tell the one that Bernard
S. Deutsch, president of the Amer-
ican Jewish Congress tells me—and
he tells me it's honest-to-goodness
authentic.
It appears that recently a dele-
gation of three came over from
Russia to make some purchases
from a great American factory.
When they arrived at the offices,
the president was in a dilemma. Ile
knew no Russian, how could they
understand each other?
Ile recalled that he had a Hun-
Carlon Jew working for hint. Ile
went to see hint at once.
"Conte on up, you know Russ-
ian."
"No, I am a Hungarian, I don't
know any liOssiall."
"Oh, come on and try."
that could the poor fellow do,
he came of the office. The Rusisans
were there. He tried Hungarian
on the Rusians. There was no re-
sponse. Ile recalled that he knew
a little Slavic dialect. Ile tried
that. No "Pollyvou," as they say
in French. Hungary larders
Czecho-Slovakia and the Hungarian
knew a little of that lingo. Ile tried
that, negative results again. He
had about given up, when he be-
thought himself:
"Vershtehen sic Deutsch?" he
exclaimed.
Their faces beamed.
"Avady gewiss."
And they broke into a stream of
Yiddish.
"See," exclaimed the president to
the Hungarian Jew, "I told you
you (aid speak Russian."

FRANKLIN'S ADVICE TO
THIEF
Many and many years ago, the
wife of Benjamin Franklin had a
beautiful Bible which belonged to
her, stolen.
The canny Franklin thereupon in-
serted all advertisement in the pa-
per which he edited, which ran
something like this:
"Will the party who stole gilt
edge Bible with letters D. F. (ini-
tials of his wife) open it up to the
Ten Commandments and read the
eighth commandment?"
For the benefit of such readers
who are not on intimate terms with
the Eighth Commandment, I may
say that it reads: 'Thou Shalt
not Steal."
—a--
JEWISH CHILDREN MONEY-
HONEST
The story comes to mind just now
that some tests made at Teachers
College, New York, reveal that
Jewish children are above the av-
erage in honesty as for as money
matters is concerned.
The test was made by means of
more coins which the children are
supposed to arrange after odd de-
signs. "By an ingenious arrange-
ment," Dr. Julius B. Mailer ex-
plains, "it is possible to trace
whether a child withheld part of
the money and the exact amount
taken."
Only the small fraction of two
per cent of the Jewish as compared
against 13 per cent of the non-Jew-
ish children were dishonest.
Well, we Jews have been famil-
iar with the Eighth Commandment
longer than other peoples.
However, let us not take too much
unction to our souls. For in tests
in honesty in school work, Jewish

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Charles 1Y. Joseph

would you do? Here's a quuotion sent to
W HAT
rite by a reader living 'way out in Fairmont,

What, in your opinion, should be the atti-
tude it a conscientious Jew in a small com-
munity where there are only three Jewish fami-
lies? Should he gut once in a while to the
Christian church, and it so, should he con-
tribute his time and money? 1 go once in a
while to hear a good sermon, and especially to
the men's Sunday.School class, where general
discussion is the order. Right now Abraham
and his wonderful spirituality is the subject.
I agree with you, Mr. Joseph, with your atti-
tude toward the so-called Christian Jew, who,
as you say, joins the Christian church fur eco-
nomic or social reasons.
---e-sasse

SO MUCII depends upon t re individual that one
hesitates to give general advice. I feel that so
far as he is concerned that he will derive much good
without in any way compromising his Jewishness.
Without knowing him personally I sense that he is
nut averse to engaging in a discussion, quite vigor-
ously if the occasion demands, with his Christian
friends, In other words, he seems tut be able to
hold his own. And there is no good reason why he
shouldn't attend church services. He will surely
hear splendid moral messages and whatever is dog-
matic he can mentally reject. Any Jew with a nor-
mal amount of common sense, who is liberal in his
views and who is denied an (opportunity to attend
Jewish services, will not be harmed if he occasion-
ally listens to a sermon by a Christian minister.
And if he avails himself of such a privilege he in
return is justified in showing his good-will by con-
tributing in some measure to the support of the
church.
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IT SO happens that I can speak from personal
experience. Ours was the only Jewish family in
a small town in New York state. And when I was n
boy I attended the Christian Sunday-School brought
my contribution with the same degree of regularity
as the other children, and at Christmas time, I
marched up and received my present right off the
tree. I even went further than the Minnesota co-
religionist, I was a regular attendant at the
Wednesday prayer meetings. I attended the church
services in the morning (after Sunday school) and
in the evening. Because in such a small town the
only places we could go to on Sunday were the
cemetery and the churches. I derived great benefit
from my Christian contacts and I today have a
much better understanding of the Christian view-
point. And here I ant a Jewish journalist!

H

ERE is a letter that is sent to me through the
American Israelite, which should give the He-
brew Union College, the Jewish Institute of Re-
ligion and the Jewish Theological Seminary some-
thing to think about. It is signed "A Rabbi Who
Has Been Trying to Get a Pulpit for a Year With-
I think the writer has become em-
out Avail."
bittered because of his failure to get a place,and he
makes accusations which I think are unfair. Never-
theless I am going to present the letter exactly as it
was written:

My Dear Mr. Joseph:
Recently I read with interest your comment
in the Jewish press on Rabbi George Fox's col-
umn in the Chicago Sentinel in which he dis-
cusses with vivid truth the position that the
American rabbis are in today. Rabbi Fox did
not exaggerate in the instance he cited of one
congregation in California receiving over 100
applications from rabbis for the pulpit. Re-
cently in Connecticut one congregation had
over 50 applications and a similar story can
be told of a pulpit in Long Island. One small
congregation in the south had so many appli-
cations that they sent out carbon copies of the
replies to the rabbis, for I received one myself!
Not only have the seminaries graduated too
many rabbis and there are too many institu-
tions but there are dozens of "fake" rabbis
occupying some of our largest pulpits. If con-
gregations. are not interested enough to know
just where their rabbis graduated from then
those rabbis are going to continue to get posi-
tions that belong to men who put in years of
hard work and study to get their degree. if
credentials were required, as in the case of a
Physician or lawyer, some who are now occupy-
ing pulpits and posing as rabbis would be un-
It is not a matter
able to meet the test
of one's ability any more; getting a pulpit
these days has become a political issue; the
man who has the "pull" is the one who gets
the position.

I am just going to say one more word. I know
from experience that congregations want good men
and "pull plays but little part in most instances.
There may be more rabbis than positions, inwhich
case the seminaries should begin to adont restric-
tive measures to reduce the "output." I am sure
that the readers of this column would appreciate
it statement from the IL U. C., the Jewish Insti-
tute of Religion, and the Jewish Theological Semi-
nary.

T

HE suggestion has been made that American
Jewish communities refrain from building syna-
gogues for the next five years. It is pointed out
that our people have been overtaxed by the erec-
tion of synagogues and temples and when depressed
conditions exist it becomes an acute problem how
to maintain these institutions. There is nothing
more difficult to solve than this matter of finding
room for what I choose to call "occasional wor-
shipers." Most of the time there is more than
enough room to take care of congregational needs.
But when the holidays come there is a demand for
seats that simply cannot be accommodated. In most
large cities halls are hired to absorb this surplus
and we are beginning to believe that that is the
proper way to handle the situation. It is economi-
cally unsound to build large edifices and have them
empty the greater part of the year. While it is
much more desirable to attend services on the
high holidays in a synagogue than in a music hall,
yet the practical side must be considered and it is
scarcely sensible for communities to burden them-
selves to the point of distress to achieve that end.
The gentleman who made the suggestion may rest
assured that it will be carried out, not because he
made it but because conditions are such it would
require courageous souls to attempt to maintain
the synagogue-building program of the past several
years.

WE are to have a Jewish Book-of-the-Month
S O Club.
It seems that Chicago is its birthplace. This

Book-of-the-Month club will differ from all others
in that it is not to be a profit making venture.
The editor-in-chief is Dr. Ralph II. Goldman and
the board of judges are 11r. G. George Fox, chair-
man; Dr. Gerson B. Levi, Dr. Louis Mann, Mrs. Re-
bekah Kohut, Prof. Harry A. Wolfson, Prof. Louis
A. Strauss, Dr. Felix Levy and 'Maxwell Bodenheim.
Most of these are residents of Chicago. The pur-
pose is to encourage Jewish authors by selecting
what the judges consider the best book of the
month and recommending it to the Jewish reading
public. I presume that memberships will be solicited
as is done in the general book-of the month clubs.
The books will not be limited to fiction but will em-
brace the entire field of writing. I think it is a
It has been difficult for the average
good idea.
Jewish reader to discover books of Jewish value and
interest outside those of fiction. There is A worst
of caution I would utter, and that is, those in charge
of the enterprise should be careful to consider the
reading tastes of the majority of our people. Most
of us are more interested in literature that is writ-
ten in a popular style. If the Jewish Book-of-the-
Month Club goes in for too heavy literature it is
likely to meet with the same disappointing results
as has been the fate of others who have essayed to
cater to the intellectuals.

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Once Again A Jew Rules the
Lightweight Roost

17.10.1(

Minnesota. It will give some of us food for
thought during the hot spell. I ant asked:

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By GEORGE JOEL
Sports Editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

EDITOR'S NOTE: -Ina ovoid-break-
ing tictory Al Singer. • Jewish young-
iter front the Drone. walked off with the
world's lightweight championship by
knocking mil t h e titleholder In less than
r14.4141. Singer is the first Jewkh
champion in this division since Benny
Iseor•ril retirml ondefeeted.

Once again a Jew rules the light-
weight roost. Not since the fa-
mous Benny Leonard nailed his
boxing gloves to the wall has a
Jew held the title in this division.
The other night at the Polo
Grounds in Nu, o York City, Abra-
ham Singer, "Al" to you, brought
the title back to his people by
knocking out the reigning champ,
Sammy Mandell, in the first round
of a sr licduled 15-session bout.

The rise of Al Singer to fistic
fame was an unusually fast jour-
ney. In three short years Singer
came out of the amateur class into
the big money and the crown. The
new champion is a product of the
east side of New York City, that
once crowded section of the city
that has given America ,so many
leaders in all fields of endeavor.
Born on Broome near Pitt street,
in the heart of the ghetto, Al lived
there until he was four years old,
when he moved with his family to
Trinity avenue in the Bronx. The
moving spirit was strong in the
Singer family and before long Al
found himself in a that on 110th
street and Lenox avenue, but the
Singers were S0011 back in the
Bronx, where they lived on Cald-
well avenue—there the family
stayed until the sudden acquisi-
tion of wealth by Al made it pos-
sible for the boy to move his fam-
ily into the sumptuous quarters in
l'elham they now occupy.

Learned to Boa at School.

Brought up in the streets of the
city, Al was different from other
boys only in his ability to use his
fists. Ile attended public school
in the Bronx and it was at that
institution that he learned how to
box. At one time he held all the
boxing championships in the
school. A good athlete generally,
Al played the great Jewish game
—basketball—and was considered
a star on the school five. While
attending school Al used to drop in
occasionally at a neighboring gym-
nasium which was the training
quarters for fighters. lie soon
showed himself adept with the
gloves and before long was fight-
ing for dubious gold watches and
without delay he entered the pro-
fessional ring. His first fight
brought him $75 (he was only sup-
posed to have received $40, but he
sold so many tickets that the pro-
moters gave him a bonus!. The
bout was against Tommy Reilly,
whom he knocked out. Two years
after this $75 bout, Al drew a
purse of $44,227 for a fight with
Kid Chocolate.

Abraham (All Singer is the
youngest fighter ever to hold the
lightweight crown. Ile will not be
21 until next year. His youth, his

good nature, his willingness t
fight has made him a great favor
ire not only with the fight fans bu
his neighbors. Ii is old granunat
school principal rementhers him
Interviewed about AI he said, "A
was always it good boy and se t
fine example for his schoolmates••

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s.

Greeted by Leonard.
All Ni'w York turned out to see
one of their own fight. Even Al's
father disobeyed doctor's orders
and risked it heart attack to see hi-
boy perform. When Singer heard
about it he said in 11 perturbed
voice, "lice, I was surprised when
I saw him. Ile's 57 (Al thinks
that's old age) and should hays
stayed home. I sent him hack
right away with my brother" The
older Mr. Singer didn't have to
wait long because the whole fight
was over in one miniute and 45
seconds.
The knockout of the champion
by Singer brought great excite-
ment and confusion to the rine
side, but the first man to get to
U's side was his boyhood idol-- -
Benny Leonard, who Was covering
the fray fur a New York news-
paper. Benny has always had
great faith in Singer and has done
n ot a little in encouraging him.
The upbringing of these two boy ,
was almost identical. Both east
silk born of religious Jewish ;me
ants, both moved to upper New
York, both rose quickly and bath
earned the title of lightweight
champion of the world

Clever Hands and Feet.
Interviewed in his dressing room
after the fight, Al was too excited
to be coherent. Ile jumped
around, mauled his Jewish man-
ager, Ilymie Caitlin, and danced
with his handlers. It could be
plainly seen that he was very much
pleased with himself. His man-
ages was less exuberant but elo-
quent as usual. "Tell the Jewish
boys that Al wants to thank them
for their good wishes. He will be
a fighting champ and will meet all
comers and do nothing to hurt the
standing of the Jews in America.
Al's not superstitious but he has t
birthmark which he believes is a
good luck talisman—it is a star, a
six-pointed star—it's Al's star of
David—it brings hom luck." "Will
it work against other Jewish fight-
ers?" somebody asked. The ques-
tion wasn't answerer] in the ex-
citement, but it was announced by
Singer himself that he was ready
to fight another Jewish boy—
Jackie Berg of London. The only
catch was—first Jackie must beat
Kid Chocolate.
And so after a hectic evening
another Jewish boy from New
York City moved into the place of
the famous—nothing more than
pair of clever hands and feet aided
him, but with these natural instru-
ments he has been able to gather
to himself a fortune in dollars and
a permanent name in the annul-
of sport.

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(Copyright, 1930. J. T. A./

Robert Szold, American Zion's
New Leader

By FREDA B. JOEL

EDITOR'S NOTE.—Only close follow-
ers of the events in American Zionism
e familiar with the career of Robert
old, newly elected chairman of the
Zionist Administrative Committee. Ili,
Zioni•t activity is not of recent dote.
leis accomplishments in the past are the
criterion of the future. A mil of few
words Mr. Scold t, already a tried ex-
ecutive.

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Forewarned is forearmed, so the
wise men say. but though sufficient.
ly warned I was insufficiently
armed to penetrate the steely re-
serve of the new executive of the
Zionist Organization of America.
It was much easier to wind my way
through the mare of Wall street
traffic than to make Robert Szold
talk about himself. A man of few
words he refuses, and almost be-
grudges the waste of time conse-
quent upon a personal interview.
Ile is impatient at talk if person-
alities. To him the situation is
clear. The cause of Zionism, in
which he has been interested for
years, needed his aid. Ile gave it.
Why should there be amazement at
his willingness to work hard for his
beliefs?

The head of the firm of Szold,
Brandwen and l'erkins is, to be
sure, a very busy man. His tele-
phone rings constantly. People
pass to and from his office. Yet
his demeanor remains consistently
courteous, his manner kind, his
voice low and his poise unruffled.
The amount of work he accom-
plishes in a single day might well
make the average man shudder.
And added now to his professional
responsibilities are the added de-
mands of his new post, executive
head of the Zionist Organization
of America.

Not • Figurehead.
Mr. Szold, be it known, has no
intention of remaining a figure-
head executive. He has taken over
his duties as leader of the Zionist
movement with a vengeance and
spends a large portion of each day
at the headquarters of the Zionist
Organization, directing matters of
moment, and receiving constructive
suggestions, concentrating on the
strengthening of the orzanization.
Slight of frame, above middle
height with lean, strongly moulded
features, one's first impression of
Mr. Szold is, alertness. The next
is that he could never understand
the necessity of providing an inquis.
itive interviewer with data of a
personal nature! His interest
wanes to zero when one questions
him about himself. About Pales-
tine he can and will talk, but with-
out reference to the prominent part
he took in many important develop.
menu of Palestine.
The Simon - De Lienle.Saold Board.
A graduate of Harvard Law
School, Mr. Scold was for some
time a member of the United States

Legal Department and in I91 -

acted as Assistant Attorney Gen

eral of Porto Rico. In 19I0 ht

served as assistant to the Solicitor

General of the United States. In

the Zionist life he acted as a mem

ber of the Zionist Commission

Os

Palestine in 1919, and in 192.0
went to Palestine as a metals r oot .
the Simon-de-Lieme-Szold Heergoin-
ization Commission whose r, pat
made history in the annals Of tb.•
Zionist Organization. Following
he rift in the Zionist Organization
in 1921, Mr. Szold served as !peso-
dent of the Palestine ('p-open tae
Company from 1922.1925 and 11,
been a vice-president and one of the
prime movers of the l'alestine Eco•
nomic Corporation since its incep-
tive, besides acting as treasurer of
the Palestine Endowment Funds,
Inc.

The Szold-Lieme Reorganization
plan laid special emphasis on the
necessity for colonization, immigra-
tion and settlement. Mr. Scold, as
head utf the new coalition adminis-
tration, feels that these three prin-
ciples should still guide the main
work in Palestine, but, added to
these principles, Mr. Szold has an-
other, the principle of a greatly en-
larged and live membership for the
Zionist Organiaztion. "That is out
hest reply," he stated, "to Pales-
tine obstructionists."

Predicts New Enthusiasm.
"These organizations which were
formed then and since" Mr. Szold
informed me, "will continue to func-
tion and expand." Ile described
the splendid work which is being
accomplished in Palestine through
the l'alestine Economic Corporation
which from the date of its founda-
tion has been marked for its sound
and constructive policy.

The peace which was culminated
at the Cleveland Zionist Conven-
tion, due in large measure to the
efforts of Robert Szold, is of tre-
mendous importance to the Jews of
Palestine, he believes. "The action
of the Zionist convention in ap-
proving the new administration will
strengthen the determination of the
Jews in Palestine," he Raid, "while
Zionists in the United States will
awaken to a new enthusiasm fur
the Zionist work, and a more defi-
nite policy of economic develop-
ment will he followed."

One of Mr. Szold's major inter-
ests is the Dead Sea project, and
he hopes to see a thriving chemical
industry develop through the ex-
traction of potash and other corn-
mercial chemicals now lying in
great quantities in the bed of that
body of water, historical since Bib-
lical days.

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