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Sabbath Reading of the Torah.
Pentateuchal portion —lieut. 11:211-16:17.
Prophetical portion—Is. 54:11-55:5.
Rosh Chodesh Ellul Readings of the Law.
Sunday and Monday—Num. 28:1-15.
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August 22, 1930
Ab 28, 560
Ethics of the Jew.
"The world rests fn three things: justice,
truth and peace." Thus Rabbi Simeon ben
Gamaliel defined s )vial ethics. And the
Talmud tells us that "the first question man
is asked at the Las Judgment is whether
he has dealt justly with his neighbor." Such
principles guide th he teachings and pre-
scribe the manners and ethics of life for
the Jewish people . In the article on
"Ethics" in the Jev vish Encyclopedia it is
further emphasize( that the mammon of
unrighteousness r lot "to be placated for
charitable or religio us purposes, the Jewish
principle being 'A good deed (mitzvah)
brought about by a nevil deed (averah) is
an evil deed.' "
Yet a writer in the Forum magazine,
John T. Flynn, sa w fit to condemn the
ethics of people who have been educated in
the Old Testament, without other explana-
tion than the quota tion of stories of "de-
ceptions," pointing to Jacob's deception of
Laban, Joseph's "p retty trick," and other
tales; and by the no :ming of American mil-
lionaires who were guided in their business
ethics by their piety
h.
Because the Old Testament is the Bible
of the Jews, and be cause the Forum writer
saw fit to label the e thics of the New Testa-
ment as "infinitely r eher in spirituality and
in elevated philosor thy," it is natural that
Jews should take
offense at such senti-
ments. Note that M r. Flynn chose to speak
of what he termed " deceptions" in the lives
of certain Biblical c haracters. He did not
select those outstai idling examples of the
Old Testament w Lich teem with great
moral teachings. I e (lid not speak of the
ethical rules contain ied in Isaiah and Jere-
miah and Amos a id Hosea; nor did he
speak of the found ation of all moral and
ethical laws — th Ten Commandments.
This writer's atta ek upon the Old Testa.
ment shall not be h onored by comparative
examples of Old Te stament and New Te9-
tament ethical t'alu es. Nor do we intend
to quote examples from the latter which
might also be desc ribed as "deceptions"
should a writer so choose to do to ac-
complish his ends. We could quote non-
Jewish authorities without number who
credit, and rightful ly, all the good that is
in the New Testam ant to the parent Book,
the Old Testament , and to the teachings
of the Rabbis.
There is only on e explanation we can
possibly give for It Ir. Flynn's unjust out-
burst. Someone m ay have cheated him,
and that someone m ay have been a student
of the Old Testam ant; therefore the Old
Testament's is "a low order of ethics."
Therefore, Mr. Flyn n's argument is a false
denial of the New Testament's debt to its
parent Book. There fore, we recommend to
Mr. Flynn that he again study the Old
Testament to learn the great truths which
have given birth to religions.
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A Conference of Sabbath Observers.
An unusual confe rence will be held in
Berlin the coming 'Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday. The Worl :1 Sabbath Observance
League will convene lo strengthen its ranks
and to promote the c ause of observance by
Jews of the Jewish (I ay of rest.
Such a conferenc e is unusual because
not so long ago it w is the general rule to
speak reproachfully of those who did not
observe the Sabbath, These were in the
minority. Today the I' are in the majority,
and the insignificant minority of Sabbath
observers is compelle d to organize for the
propagation of one of the oldest of Israel's
institutions.
It is unfortunate 1) at the Sabbath day
should have become so
minimized and
should have so been r educed in importance.
The observance of the Sabbath has unques-
tionably been one of the strongest pillars
in maintaining the e. :istence of the Jews
as a national and relig 'thus entity. The Sab-
bath has been linked with the most impor-
tant traditions, as W :ll as with the out-
standing social ideals )f the Jew. The Ser-
and Commandment, i f which the Sabbath
is proclaimed, is expla .nation in itself:
"Observe the Sabbat h day to keep it holy,
as the Lord thy God c ommanded thee. Six
days shalt thou labor and do all thy work;
but the seventh day is a Sabbath unto the
Lord: in it thou shalt not do any manner
of work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daugh-
ter, nor thy man-sar i ant, nor thy maid.
servant. And thou s h alt remember that
thou vast a servant in the land of Egypt,
and the Lord thy God brought thee out
thence by a mighty hand and by an out-
stretched arm: therefore, the Lord thy God
commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day."
Thus, centuries before anything ap-
proaching recognition of just rights of man
were spoken of by other peoples, the Jew
teas commanded to adopt a day of rest,
not alone for himself but for all in his
'household. And many centuries before
other peoples even dreamt of abolishing
slavery, this commandment pointed also to
the Sabbatical, on which slaves were to re-
gain their liberty.
From such emphasis on the rights of man
and on a program of social justice, Juda-
ism and Jewry gained strength, and to the
Sabbath is to be credited one of the most
important reasons for Israel's survival.
Now this Sabbath is experiencing a crisis,
and in the interests of it Jews are travel-
ing from many sections of the globe —
again to introduce the traditional day of
rest to the people that lived on traditions.
From Berlin is to be issued a message to
Jewry regarding the Sabbath, the impor-
tance of which was described by Maimoni-
des in these words: "The injunctions re-
garding the Sabbath are just as binding as
those framed against idolatry; they sur-
pass in importance all other laws. The
desecration of the Sabbath is therefore
tantamount to idolatry,"
Orthodox Jews express their joy in the
Sabbath when they chant the following
verse of Abraham Ibn Ezra (1088-1167),
giving vent on this day to the physical as
well as spiritual:
"This is indeed a glorious day,
It crowns my fervent wishes;
I shall indulge in sparkling wine,
In all the tempting dishes.
Cheer up, 0 man, profane it not
With painful thoughts and sorrows,
Rejoice in all its blessings
Before the (lawn of morrow."
Jewish Grievances Against Rumania.
A delegation representing the American
Jewish Congress waited upon His Excel-
lency, Carol A. Davila, Rumanian minister
to the United States, and presented Jewry's
grievances against his country for the out-
rages from which the Jewish people is suf-
fering there. In the course of this audi-
ence the Jewish delegation presented a
memorandum calling upon the Rumanian
government to assure the safety of its Jew-
ish citizens by adopting the following ac-
tion:
1. The immediate liquidation of the vari-
ous organizations that have been instigating and
perpetrating the outrages in question against
the Jewish people, such as the Iron Guard, the
Archangel Michael League, the Christian Stu-
dents League, etc.
2. The immediate suppression not alone of
acts of violence, but of any and all anti-Jewish
propaganda, and the prompt trial and due pun-
ishment of all persons implicated therein.
3. Prompt and adequate compensation to
the Jewish victims of these excesses,
4. A deelaratior on the part of the govern-
ment that will make absolutely clear its firm
and unequivocal determination to see that the
Jews of Rumania are accorded the rights grant-
ed to all national minorities under its consti-
tution, pursuant to the self-same treaty which
is responsible for the inclusion within the Ru-
manian state of a large majority of its Jewish
citizens.
5. The carrying out of such declaration in
a manner so effective, sincere and unmistakable
as not only to create a sense of everlasting
gratitude and good will on the part of all Jews,
but also a renewed sense of confidence on the
part of the world in the justice and integrity
of the Rumanian government and in its ability
to maintain law and order within its borders at
all Bates.
The justice of the demands contained in
this memorandum brings out in sad relief
the position of the Jew. Without a gov-
ernment of his own to back and defend
him, he is compelled to seek the patronage
of all governments, and in the various lands
where he makes his home his strongest
weapon is the protest against outrages
permitted in other lands. Thus we continue
to protest and to demand, and in this way
we have on many ocasions succeeded in
alleviating the sufferings of unfortunate
groups of Jews in various barbaric coun-
tries.
The demands presented to the Rumanian
government by the American Jewish Con-
gress should have the united backing of
all Jews, and by presenting a united front
against Jewry's adversaries we may hope
to secure the intervention of the civilized
nations against those that permit massacres
and the destruction of Jewish property.
Jews everywhere must entertain the hope,
however, that outside intervention will not
again be necessary in such matters, and
that offending governments will exert their
sincerest efforts to put an end to excesses
of the type that are now disturbing Ru-
mania.
We subscribe to the sentiments expressed
by Dr. Stephen S. Wise in addressing M.
Davila:
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Charles H. Joseph
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By DAVID SCHWARTZ
A NEW MOVIE STAR
The movies at last are to have
their first actor drafted from the
ranks of the rabbinate.
Gossip on the Rialto has it that
Rabbi Abraham L. Feinberg, who
recently resigned a highly lucra-
tive position with oneof the lead-
ing synagogues of New York, is to
join Hollywood's constellation.
The stage name tentatively chosen
by Rabbi Feinberg is Arnold Fa-
bian.
Feinberg, it will be recalled, re-
cently created a sensation by his
withdrawal from the rabbinate,
when he announced that no longer
(lid the Jewish pulpit afford a
vehicle for true religious expres-
sion.
MR. BROWN WILL SOON
ANNOUNCE
AN IDEAL SYSTEM
DEBREST SPOTS ANOTHER
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ALAS ALICE!
This has been in many respects
a troublesome year. Arab rids, Ru-
manian excesses — and now to
cap it .
all, II L. Mencken an-
nounces he is to wed. There, at
least, one might have hoped Israel
would get what is ,'allot in
the
vernacular "the break." but no,
Destiny has willed otherwise.
According to Park ROW gossi p ,
Mencken fur some time had been
enamored of a Jewi s h maid en — a
Jewish maid with the tin-Jewish
name of Alice Hughes. The young
lady writes for the New York
Telegram.
But whether Miss Hughes was
merely one of the many numerous
fn ends of Mencken or whether
the re was some other reason,
Ile nry will middle-aisle it, as
nchell would say, not with Alice
with some other damsel.
N evertheless, Henry, Hazel Toy!
"We are confident that the present crisis
will pass and that reparation will not be
withheld from the Jewish victims of dis-
A LOVE THERMOMETER
order and violence. Dare we not hope that
$ fencken is getting married
at
Rumania will at last take its place among the age of 50. Others got married
lands which would not for a moment toler- at 15. This marrying business is
omplex! What is the reason?
ate that moral and physical incendiarism
T he reason Clo simply: we atilt
of which the Cuzists and their deluded (I- rd erstalittle science
lowers have made themselves guilty? Our iris We know what forms of elec.
ity attract each other, but we
appeal is to the conscience and culture of real ly don't know what types of
the Rumania which our fellow-Jews have :nd
pie
do. We know' what gases
ee
for centuries deeply cherished and faith- tine chemicals are suited to corn-
, but we don't know what sort
fully served."
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I felt that any one who writes so excitedly could
not give a good answer to niy question, so I stopped
reading his letter. But I did find an answer from
1. It possesses the identical cultural values
that Latin, Greek and Spanish do. It has as
important a literature as any of these and is
more inspiring and vital than all combined. Its
exclusion from our academies is due to the
with which Christianity regards other faiths
and their adherents.
2.
It will enable Jewish buys and girls to
discover and to appreciate and to love their
people and their heritage. Without a knowl-
edge of Ilebrew, Judaism is a closed book, and
the Jews a strange and mysterious people. In-
stead of memorizing Latin conjugations and
French irregular verbs, a futile exercise, they
should obtain a knowledge of their own lan-
guage.
3.
It will raise theprestige of Judaism and
the Jew in the eyes of the non-Jew. The offi-
cial recognition of the Ilebraic culture and
civilization will serve as a constant reminder
ments of Israel in the realm of the spirit.
Ezekiel Leavitt, rabbi and poet,
tells it. It concerns a colleague
of his, who at one time did much
book reviewing for the Boston
Transcript.
Every day this man would came
and get a half dozen books for re-
view. The literary editor was a
bit taken back.
"How can you read a half doz-
en books every day?" he asked.
"Well, wou ace," replied the re-
viewer, "first I write the reviews,
and then if I like my review, I read
the book."
My private detectives inform me
that Harold Debrest, who is the
champion American "Jew-spotter,"
will soon say in a copyrighted ar-
ticle that Basyl Sacharoff, the
"mystery man of Europe", is a
Greek Jew.
Sacharoff, it will be recalled,
is one of the richest and most in-
fluential figures in Europe. In-
directly, he was responsible for the
fall of Lloyd George.
One thing anyway is certain. If
you are a Jew, you might as well
own up to it. No matter how much
you may seek to conceal it, rest
assured, Debrest will find you out
Jew! A leader in Israel! An intelligent Sian!"
to the non-Jewish world of the unique achieve-
The announcement is a little pre.
mature, but according to reliable
gossip, you can count on it.. David
A. Brown is planning to get into
the taxicab business. A new com-
pany is being organized with
Brown at the head. The Cadillac
car will be used.
From the same sources comes
the prognostication that Brown will
shortly withdraw from his banking
position and that the bank will be
merged with another.
It is interesting to note that
most of the smaller banks launched
in the flush of the brief splurge
of post-war prosperity have now
been swallowed up by the larger
banks.
PLAY PINOC HLE DOCTOR
So you confess that you just can't make
up your mind as to whether or not the teaching
of Ilebrew is to be encouraged. And you are a
another, none other than Rabbi Theodore N. Lewis
of Sioux City, who wrote as follows:
4. It will help the Jew to acquire respect
and esteem for himself, his people, his lan-
guage, literature, and religion. The American
Jew needs more than anything else in the
world, self-respect and self-esteem. He is con-
stantly and humiliatingly apologizing for being
a Jew. The teaching of Ilebrew in our schools
and colleges will instill in the heart of the cau-
tious and hesitant American Jew, confidence,
courage and, above all, pride. A knowledge of
the sacred tongue will transform the American
Jew into a better Jew and a finer American.
(1) I do not believe that Hebrew is excluded be-
cause of contempt for Judaism; (2) I to not agree
that French and Latin are useless languages. In
fact I think they are very useful.
But Rabbi Lewis has presented his case most con-
vir.cingly and I am particularly impressed with the
reason he gives in Paragraph 4.
Jewish Book-of-the-Month Club seems to be
T HE
getting under way with a
rush. I understand
that the first "selection" may appear next month.
In view of the fact that some of the greatest writers
we have today are Jews should encourage a very
large membership of the Jewish Book-of-the-Month
Club. Members will receive a book a month,
chosen from the writings of European and American
Jewish authors. Both fiction and non-fiction are
included. The booka need not necessarily be of
Jewish content though sonic will be selected for
that reason. Non-Jewish author who writes a book
of special interest to Jewish readers is eligible. The
opportunity is afforded subscribers to purchase
these books at about half the regular publication
price. I think it one of the most constructive efforts
yet made by the Jews of this country intellectually
and culturally. Dr. Ralph II. Goldman of Chicago
is president and he has associated with him some of
the foremost Jewish intellectuals in the United
States. I sincerely believe that the Jewish press
and the Jewish pulpit should encourage this move-
ment in every possible way. The offices of the or-
ganization are located at 180 North Michigan ave-
nue, Chicago.
DER TAG, New York Yiddish daily, is still wor-
ried over that Jewish room in the University of
Pittsburgh. It seems that when the new Cathedral
of Learning in Pittsburgh was started some one
suggested that a room be dedicated to each nation-
ality and furnished by each nationality to indicate
the cultural contribution made by these various
nationalities to the world at large and to America
in particular. Some Pittsburgh Jewish women sent
out a questionnaire to discover whether the Jewish
group should be represented. Some, including my-
self, took the position that it was largely in the
religious field that the Jew had made his contribu-
tion to civilization; that there is not definite Jewish
art or Jewish music, etc., etc. That Jews have been
great musicians and great artists, but they have ex-
pressed themselves through the music and the art
of the nation of which they were a part. There-
fore, if the Jews were to dedicate such a room, then
properly the Catholics should, too. But the purpose
was not to invade the religious field.
HERE is what Der Tag says prompted the defend-
ers of the project for a Jewish room, which if
true emphasizes the validity of our objection:
"They are: (a) Monotheism, (m) the literature of
the Bible, (c) the righteousness of the Prophets,
(d)harmony with American ideals." These are
completely contrary to the purpose and the spirit
of such a room as was suggested and surely no one
would dream of associating such a room with one
that a Polish national group, or an Italian national
group would furnish. So the Yiddish journal takes
to task the women of Pittsburgh by saying: "You
see, even the defenders of the project do not know
and do nut wish to know of Jewish culture in our
national and real sense of the word . . . You see
how far they are not only from the spirit and lan-
guage of Jewish culture, and even of the elemen-
tary principles of the Jew."
ISRAEL of Baltimore writes to assure me
R ABBI
that the incident that he quoted in his pamphlet
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Vienna Was Once a City
Without Jews
INNOCENTLY enough I asked whether the study
of Ilebrew should be encouraged in the public
schools. But it seems that even such an innocent
question is not permitted. From Denver, Col.,
comes this heated answer:
attitude of contempt fur Judaism and the Jew
YOUR NOS E KNOWS
Jewish Tribune Wallach tells it.
Morris decided to visit one of those
facial surgeons to have his nose
fannybriced. As he recovered
from the effect of the operation,
the surgeon handed him a mirror.
"It's wonderful, doctor. Sly
wife won't recognize ow. She will
be tickled to death at my hand-
some appearance."
He got up and went home. Ile
climbed the steps and rang the
doorbell. His wife came to the
door.
"Hello, can I come in
he said
buoyantly.
"Yes," replied his wife, "come
in — ray husband isn't here!"
Another good one that Leavitt
tells is of the well known physician
and playwright, Dr. Slonimsky of
Philadelphia.
It harks back to Slonimsky's
earliest days, when he had just
finished his first Yiddish play.
At the conclusion of the per-
formance there were calls for Slo-
nintsky. Finally the good doctor
doffed his numlesty and made a
little curtain speech.
"My friends," he began, "in the
past every Tuesday and Thursday
afternoon I had been playing
pinochle, but I decided same six
months ago to give this time to
you, so instead of playing pinochle
on those days, I wrote this play.
"My friends, I have given up
pinochle for you."
As the good doctor concluded,
there were shouts from all parts
of the house: "Doctor, play pin.
ochle, play pinochle!"
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Amazing Facts Revealed In Dust-Covered Document
By M. A. TENENBLATT
Drums
NOTE: Some years ago
• Viennest Christian novelist. Hugo Bet-
tauer. was shot •ml killed by an anti-
Semitic fanatic for having written a
hook called 'The City Without Jews,"
in which he told what haunt.na to a city
when the Jews are driven out. The book
created asens•tion beling, of its auli•
jest and method of treatment. Now it
is revealed that
i he rity Bet.
Muer hail in mind. was once really • city
without Jews for reasons almost inden•
ticsl with those •ilvanced by !intl.,.
The document 1144 recently been found
in the archives of the Hapsburgs.
About 260 years ago, during the
long reign of Kaiser Leopold the
First, all Jews were expelled from
Vienna, but were afterwards asked
to return. They were asked to
return because not only the Kaiser
and his entire court, but also the
entire Christian population, real-
ized that the country could not get
along without the co-operation of
the Jews. The very Christian
groups and professions which had
demanded, and had succeeded in
obtaining, the expulsion of the last
Jew from Vienna, soon began to
plead that the city be saved from
dire poverty, since without Jews
there was no money, no work and
no possibilities of earning a liveli-
hood.
All this is proven by an official
docutnent of those times now lying
in the archives of the Austrian
ministry of the interior, which
after the Republican revolution,
and the dethronement of the Haps-
burg monarchy took possession of
all the documents which formerly
belonged to the court. The docu.
meat proves conclusively that it
wasn't from motives of pity or
humanity that Jews were during
those (lark ages allowed to live in
Christian countries, but rather be-
cause of the vital economic inter-
ests of the Christian population
itself. The petition which the court
presented to Kaiser Leopold in 1673
shows this, as well as the remark
of the Kaiser that it is very neees.
bk.
sa ac ryfor the state to get the Jews
The Decree of Expulsion.
The expulsion of the Viennese
Jews came about through the royal
decree of June 13, 166a, and by
the end of July, 1670, was carried
out in its entirety, nut one Jew
remaining in Vienna. The great
Jewish synagogue was converted
into a Christian church and was
named "Leopoldskirche" in honor
of the Kaiser, which name it re-
tains to this day. The lower part
of the building is still that of the
old synagogue, and even today one
can very easily read the few He-
brew inscriptions which have re-
mained on the walls. History
seems to have taken a curious re-
venge in the fact that today the
neighborhood of the "Leopoldo.
kirche" contains the most thickly
settled Jewish section of Vienna.
Three years after the Jews were
expelled from Vienna, in 1673, the
Kaiser asked the court officials
(whose functions then were similar
to that of a ministry of finance
today) to prepare for hint a new
report about the eventual re-ad-
mission of the Jews to Vienna.
The report was prepared and this
is how it read:
"The Jews are now being toler-
ated in many places and this is a
sign that they are of use to the
countries wherein they dwell.
"Wherever they were expelled,
the result was a decline in popula-
tion and material harm to the re-
spective countries. With regard
to the accusation that they use
Christian blood or that they poison
the wells, no one has ever brought
any proof of it. All the prophecies
on the part of individuals, who sup-
ported the expulsion of the Jews,
claiming that the community will
be greatly benefitted by it, have
also come to naught. It has been
many years since there has occur-
red any treason or revolt on the
part of the Jews.
Reason for Re.Admission.
"But the present financial situa-
tion requires more than anything
else that the Jews be re-admitted.
One can quite calmly state that as
a result of the expulsion of the
Jews, the income of the state fell
forty thousand florin annually.
The state has been greatly dam-
aged through the smaller income
from taxes and other revenues. A
large quantity of foodstuffs rot-
ting, since there are less consum-
ers, and thus, too, the producers
find themselves unable to pay their
taxes. It is undoubtedly a fact
that woolens, cottons and other
goods were worth much more when
the 'Jews were still in the country,
and in that way the common people
could pay their taxes more easily.
"The Viennese merchants and
traders had hoped that the city
would greatly benefit from the ex-
pulsion of the Jews. Their proph-
ecy has not been confirmed. Th
only result was higher prices al
around, which is natural, since th
city must levy annually upon it,
citizens the sum of 13,700 florins
which it had formerly receive,
from the Jews in the form of taxes
and tolerance money. And beside,
the Christian citizens tire losin,,
much from the fact that they an
receiving no rentals and have n
consumers for their foodstuffs. On,
may estimate the loss at a halt
million gulden. Trade itself ha,
also been very much damaged be
cause of the expulsion of the Jews
especially the trade in antiques
since the Christians in general an
the Viennese in particular are to,
lazy to occupy themselves in this
business. The traffic in money has
suffered more than all the others
since the Jews were best as money
brokers.
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Suffer From Lack of Jews.
"This latter loss has hit hard
even the court. It is now impos-
sible to obtain large sums of
money. Formerly within 21 hours
one could obtain from 50 to 100
thousand gulden. But today one
cannot, even after many weeks of
hard effort, obtain even ten or
Fifteen thousand gulden, even if
one gives the best promissory
notes. Christian women, who be-
came money brokers, ask ten times
more from their clients than the
Jews (lid formerly.
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"The citizens, the court and the
Kaiser are all suffering from the
fact that there are no Jews. But
there is no doubt that the Kaiser
wouldn't have given his consent to
such a general expulsion if he had
previously had this information.
It will therefore not be harmful
to the Kaiser's dignity if he will an-
nul the former decree. The Kaiser
might also take into consideration
the wishes of the Lower Austrian.;
professions, all of whom beg' that"
the Jews be re-admitted."
These are the most important
parts of this historic document,
upon which Kaiser Leopold himself
commented: "This is of the high-
est importance." As a matter of
fact, even the Theological Semi-
nary of Vienna revoked the former
decree of expulsion. But it took
almost a decade for the Jews to
regain full confidence in Kaiser
Leopold and his government and
to return to Vienna in numbers
sufficient to reestablish a Jewish
community here.
(Copyright,
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FOR KASHRUTH
By RABBI MOSES FISCHER
One of the great contributing
factors in the shaping and molding
of the historicalpersonality and
identity of the J -ew is the so-
called system of Kashruth, by
which term we designate the body
of laws and regulations which
govern the diet — the physical
nourishment of the Jewish people,
which directs imperatively the as-
similation of food by Jews and
draws immutable lines between
what is allowed and not allowed
for the Jew to build up the phy-
sique
ri
Originating
with the birth of
Judaism, based in their main out-
lines upon the revealed will of
God, guiding the life of the Jew
through the storm-welter of cen-
turies, sanctified by the martyr-
dom and piety of ages, these laws
have not lost their vitality and im-
port and are yet of pivotal mo-
rnent in the structure of Jewish
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life'
The meaning and significance of
Kashruth for the Jew is indeed
most emphatically and forcefully
staled by the slogan adopted by
the Vaad Ilarahonim and Vaad
liakashruth of Detroit in the
stirring campaign they undertook
to revive and revitalize the sense
of Kashruth in this city.
A Three-Fold Device.
"For the health of the laxly,
the purity of the soul and the pre-
servation of traditional Jewish
life," thus the device reads in the
weekly bulletin for Kashruth pub-
lished by the above authorities.
To my mind this threefold de-
vice contains the most illuminat-
ing comment upon the essence and
purpose of Kashruth and states
ralist precisely the three causes
it is intended to serve by its net
of laws and observances.
Firstly, Kashruth promotes the
health of the body. It is charac-
teristic of the practical features
of the practicability of Judaism
that it never considered it as be-
neath its concern and care the
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on the "Social Implications of the Machine Age"
referring to a board of a Jewish congregation which
reprimanded its rabbi because he made too many
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calls on the poor of the congregation, is by no
means unusual, as i seem to believe. The trouble
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with too many boards is that they suffer from dry
rot. They are solid and satisfied. They are sus-
A. B. Kapplin, Jewish newspaperman of Duluth, was elected com-
picious of anything that tends toward the unconven-
mander of the American Legion of Minnesota at the closing session of
tional. They are standpatters plus. Some boards
the legionnaires' convention in Duluth. Ile succeeds Earl Cliff of
Ortonville.
wheeze and creak. Whenever you see a congrega-
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tion that seems to be making progress backward
the trouble is usually less with the rabbi than with
Julius L. Meier, prominent Portland merchant and civic worker, was
nominated for governor of Oregon on an independent ticket by
the board. Too often we find solid citizens nailed
a con-
fast to the board for life. What's needed is a
vention of liberals and independents attended by 4,000 people from all
fresher and more progressive viewpoint on congre-
parts of the state. In accepting the nomination Mr. Meier, who has
gational boards And this can be had only when we
never held public office, said he would not enter politics but if elected
would run the state as a business.
constantly change membership.
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IT HAD to come. The Revisionists in the Zionist
The boom for Meyer Bloomfield, authority on industrial problems
and New York attorney, for secretary of labor, took
Organization are calling for a dissolution of the
a new turn in
Washington when it became known that he had had an interview with
enlarged Jewish Agency! They seem to believe that
President Hoover. The position of secretary of labor is
it has been an exceedingly unprofitable partner-
expected to
become vacant this fall when Secretary Davis resigns to devote himself
ship with the non-Zionists. They have received
to his campaign for United States Senator in Pennsylvania.
neither money nor moral support from these non-
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Zionists. At the time I said that the Zionists were
Harry G. Fromberg, New York lawyer and prominent in Jewish
selling their birthright for a mess of Wall street
communal activities, has been nominated by the Republicans of Brook-
pottage. But at last we are getting somewhere in
lyn for county judge in the
clarifying the atmosphere. There are members of
fall elections. Mr. Fromberg, the founder
of the Young Israel movement, is president of the Yeshivah of Flats
the Jewish Agency who do not believe in the na-
bush. Ile has been a Republican candidate for the state senate.
tional aspirations of the Zionists and who thought
they needed to go only part of the way. But they
David Goldstein, local lawyer, has won the Democratic nomination
are learning that they must go all the way. I think
for Congress from the fourth district. Mr. Goldstein, a former member
that a break is inevitable. The extreme Zionists
of
the
Worcester public welfare board, is an ex-president of the local
have apparently reached the conclusion that further
B'nai B'rith lodge. Should he be elected he
association with the non-Zionists is weakening their
will be the first Jew to
cause. Perhaps it is.
represent a Massachusetts constituency in Congress since Leopold Morse
was elected from a
Boston district in 1887 for his second term.
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