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The "M i ishroom Synagogue."
An annual) y recurring evil is the so-
called "mus t iroom synagogue" which
springs up du 'ing the High Holy Day per-
iod. With iso lated exceptions, these syna-
gogues are or ;anized to function for only
three days, on the two days of Rosh Hash-
onah and on Yom
om Kippur, for the profit of
private indivi duals. By selling seats for
services on t hose three days in theaters,
dance halls or storerooms, at prices consid-
erably lower than those of synagogues
which functio nthroughout the year, these
temporary con gregations draw worshippers
whose support ; would otherwise have gone
to the regular house of worship.
We have p reviously taken occasion to
condemn such commercialization of relig
ion, and the h arming thereby of synagogues
which functio I all-year-round. The rise of
temporary syn agogues takes front the regu
lar congregat ons income which would or •
dinarily have gone to the latter and upon
which these ynagogues depend for their
existence. M any of the Orthodox syna
gogues which depend on such income are
reported in su ch financial straits that 'cam
petition from 'mushroom synagogues" may
threaten the very existence of many of
them.
In normal times, the "mushroom syna-
gogue" is me rely criticized as un-ethical
and as not be ng traditionally fit for relig-
ions services. But these are critical eco-
nomic days, a nd many Jews may flock to
such places of worship for the sake of the
monetary sar i ng. The functioning syna-
gogues must, herefore, be wise in combat-
ting their adn iittedly unworthy "competi-
tors." Rabbis and synagogue officials must
realize that a mere call to the community
not to patroni ;e the "mushroom" house of
worship will tot suffice; neither will the
strongest set of resolutions condemning
such houses o f worship offset the dangers
they present. First and foremost, it is the
obligation of s , ynagogues so to adjust their
charges for se eta for High Holy Day serv-
ices as to attr ict to services the poor man
who would ot ierwise be attracted by the
"cut-rate" pric es of temporary synagogues.
Unless synago g ;ues so adjust their charges
for seats as to make it possible for the mass
of worshippe r s to support congregations
which functio n throughout the year, they
will not only 'ail to offset the dangers of
the "mushroo r n synagogues," but will be
playing into t l le hands of people who or-
ganize such sy iagogues for personal profit.

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Dr. Schulman's Attack on Zionism.

Dr. Samuel Schulman, Rabbi of Temple
Emanuel, New York, is recognized as one
of the most learned, if not the most learned
men in the American rabbinate. It is con-
ceded that he possesses a very keen mind,
that he is a man of deep understanding of
human problems and that, having acquired
the foundation for his Jewish learning from
European sources, his knowledge of the po-
sition of the European Jewries is as great
as that of American Jewry.

Because of this, Dr. Schulman's attacks
on Zionism have always elicited amazement
from Jews acquainted with his knowledge
of the Jewish problem. His assault on
Zionism in a sermon from his pulpit last
Saturday morning is particularly amazing
in view of the critical conditions that now
threaten the position of Jews in all Euro-
pean countries.

We are particularly interested in that
phase of Dr. Schulman's attack in which
he coupled Zionism with the dangers of
assimilation. He spoke of "two great here-
sies" which grew up in the last hundred
years among the Jews.. The first he said
is assimilation which he assailed as for-
getting that the Jew can only contribute
something valuable to the world by Jew-
ish distinction. He labeled nationalism as
the second heresy, and called upon Ameri-
can Jews to "uncompromisingly oppose the
Zionistic ideal."

We find difficulty in believing what we
have just read in the report of Rabbi Schul-
man's sermon, knowing as we do how well
informed he is on the Jewish problem. To
see the danger of assimilation coupled with
Zionism is to be doubly amazed. It was
the Zionist, perhaps more than any other
element, that has battled during the past
30 years against the dangers of assimila-
tion, and instead of being, as Dr. Schul-
man attacked it, "a spiritual escape," it
was the Zionist ideal that has kept masses
of Jews within the Jewish fold in countries
of oppression.

Jewish solidarity and devotion has been
threatened from two sources: by the assimi-
lationists and by the radical parties. In
their despair over the conditions of their
people, many young Jews either adopted
the assimilationist ideal, or were drawn to
radical political activities in the hope that
the coming of the millenium for the work-
ing classes will also bring with it salvation
for the Jews. The adoption of either of
these two ideals meant, in the long run, the
forsaking of Jewish ideals and estrange-
ment from their people.

This is not the place to enter into a dis-
cussion of these two avenues of "spiritual
escape." Our intention is merely to point
out, in refutation of Dr. Schulman's attack,
that instead of being an avenue of spirit-
ual escape Zionism served to offset such
dangers. The Jewish youth, instead of be-
ing misled by false ideals, joined the ranks
of the movement for Jewish national re-
birth, and with it came a revival of inter-
est in Hebraic culture, in Jewish literature,
in Biblical and historical matters, in fact
everything Jewish.

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Scanning the
Horizon

By DAVID SCHWARTZ

HOUDINI'S LOVE LETTERS
History may have to write down
the lute Harry Iloudini as not only
one of its greatest, if not its great-
est magicians, but also as one of
its greatest lovers.
A volume of lloudini'm love let-
ters to his wife will soon be pub-
lished. It testifies to an abiding
affection for one woman which is
not frequently paralleled. Every
(lay, when away from her, Houdini
sent his wife a letter, it appears.
Sometimes he wrote her as many
as six in one day.

HOW THEY MET
It has been generally held that
marriage between Jew and non-
Jew does not generally take the
form of happy unions. Certainly,
this generalization did not apply
in the case of Harry Iloudini and
his wife. Perhaps it is one of
those exceptions which prove the

rule.

Iloudini met his wife in the
early clays of his career while giv-
ing a performance in Brooklyn.
She was sitting in the front row
of the show hall, watching his
tricks, when he dropped some acid
out of a tube which he was using.
"So clumsy," said the girl's
mother.
"Don't listen to mother—I think
you are wonderful," said the girl.
"I think you are wonderful,
too," replied Iloudini.

HE MARRIED FIVE THOUSAND
Perhaps more bachelors aught
to try spilling acids. There are
other ways, though. When you
are in Brooklyn, drop around to
see Louis Rubin.
He has engineered the mar-
riages, it is said, of more than
6,000 couples, and he hasn't spilled
any acid yet.
Most of my 5,000 married," he
says, "are happy and very few di-
vorced, for my kind of marriage is
almost a guarantee against un-
happiness.'

LOVE AND LUCRE
What is his kind of marriage?
Here is his explanation: "A thor-
ough knowledge of each other's
background, a clear understand-
ing of how much money each pos-
sesses and what future opportuni-
ties for wealth are open. This is
more important than romance.
Love? That comes later, if there
is enough to eat."
Rubin maintains that the day
when the young woman sought a
professional man as her mate has
passed. She now wants the busi-
ness man. •
Money seems to cover a multi-
tude of sins. But one shouldn't
make any too broad generalization
from the experiences of a mar-
riage broker. After all, people of
greater intelligence do not consult
schadchans.
We prefer the method of finding
some interesting girl and spilling
a little acid on her clothes.

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WE LIVE to learn, While I knew that the B'nai
B'rith interested itself in many diversified
fields, I only discovered through a Bulletin the
other (lay that it has a paid worker associated with
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The worker
has a desk in the general reception room and she is
at the disposal of the Jewish patients who come
from all parts of the United States for treatment.
In other words, she is an official hostess. One can
appreciate the value of an understanding and sym-
pathetic person to thousands of desperately sick
patients, some without much means, and possibly
unable to speak the language, who come to the
Mayon for medical service. The B'nai B'rith work
in such instances is to interpret the patient's case
to the physician, and in turn, to interpret the diag-
nosis as well as the general situation to the pa-
tient. The clinic (according to the B'nai B'rith
statement) claimed that it had been imposed upon
quite frequently by Jewish patients, as well as by
a few other groups, and for that reason insisted
upon a payment in advance from these classes of
patients. But now through the B'nai B'rith worker
the rule requiring a deposit from patients was abol-
ished. It seems proper at this time to suggest to
those who come to Rochester, Minn., without any
resources, expecting to have all their expenses taken
care of even to the extent of defraying the f
their transportation home, should understand that
they are in error. They should recognize their
responsibility before going there. I am very glad
indeed to record publicly this splendid service of the
I. 0. B. B. And its value can be more readily ap-
preciated when an administrative officer at Mayo's
writes: "We cannot speak too highly of the man-
ner in which your representative is conducting the
work; the results are most encouraging • . .. The
results have been such that we are very anxious
that this work be continued."

S OMEONE

from Chicago sends me a newspaper
clipping mentioning those involved in the latest
scandal over the apparent alliance between
sters and some of the public officials. And gang-
the
names of several are marked by my correspondent
with the word "Jew." Even Jack Zuta, the racke-
teer, who was shot to death the other day, is alleged
to have been a Jew. I assure the writer that I am
well aware of the fact that there are Jews engaged
in racketeering. That's the price we have to pay
for the slums in the great cities. Every element in
America's population in one form or other is rep-
resented in racketeering or graft. It would be
nothing short of a miracle if Jews were to be the
only group exempt from contamination. But when
we consider the fact that corruption exists in high
quarters in our state and municipal governments,
it is easy to understand why it should extend to the
lower-downs. The representative Jews of America
deplore the stigma that the lawless element among
our people have brought to the Jewish name. But
crime and Slit are universal. Not one class or group
has a monopoly. Sin we have had since the days of
Adam.

I WAS very much interested in the announcement
of the election of A. B. Kapplin of Duluth, Minn.,
as department commander of the American Legion
of Minnesota at the recent state convention. Mr.
Kaplan is city editor of the Duluth Herald, which
paper (now owned by Paul Bloch) he has served
for 19 years. But that isn't what interests me so
much as the fact that the department commander
of the American Legian recognizes his obligation to
his own community as well as to the community at
large. He is president of Temple Emanuel of his
city, and he is also past president of the B'nai
B'rith lodge. 61r. Kapplin, by the way, conceived
the idea of the tour of France by Gold Star mothers
which was authorized by Congress.

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Eisenstein Not a Jew Because
Grandfather Willed It

By DAVID WEISSMAN

EDITOR'S NOTE: The great Russian
moving picture director. Serge' M. Eisen-

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Crary but he would be, he eays. it Me
grandfather had not been baptistki. Nev.
ertheleA9 Eisenstein has been the v i!c•
tint •n anti-Semitic attach.t is
informal chat he discusses Jews, Relig•
ion, Movies, Politic. and Russia.

Two things strike you as you
look at Sergei M. Eistenstein for
the first tittle: his massive fore-
head, and the blue humorous eyes
of his. The latter do not belie the
humor in him. When I showed him
the copy of the telegram which the
"Hollywood Technical Directors
Institute" sent to Lasky, attacking
the latter and the Jewish clergy
for importing a "cutthroat red
dog" like Eisenstein to make a
"cesspool of the American cinema,"
he chuckled.
"That's tine publicity," he said.
"I'm surprised at you," I replied,
"I thought you were a Russian di-
rector, and here you are talking
just like one of our American movie
publicity hounds,"
"Well, I travelled some in the
last nine months and I learned a
thing or two," he answered.
Hi. Grandfather's Fault.
Asa representative of the Jew-
ish Telegraphic Agency, my inter-
est in interviewing this little giant
of Russia's moviedom was to get
a story with a Jewish angle. But
that angle became very obtuse,
when he dismissed his Jewishness
by saying it was all his grand-
father's fault that he Was not a
Jew. His grandfather, he said,
was tired of being a Jew. "If it
were up to nip, maybe things would
be different," he smiled,
So we had to talk about other
things, and that included religion
in Russia, the American film, the
communist party, co-operative
farming and ecstaey.
"All my life," said Eisenstein, "I
have been a student of ecstasy, and
it has been by ambition to put on
the screen all phases of that emo-
tion. I have gathered enough ma-
terial in my life to write a hook
on ecstasy, and recently when I ob-
tained possession of a book by the
Jesuit Loyola on 'The Way to Ecs-
tasy,' I found that we were in
strange agreement. It is this ecs-
tatic uniction found in religion,
which the Soviet is trying to trans-
fer to a more social sphere of ac-
tivity, to turn its poorer into social-
ly productive ends—that is one rea-
son the Communist is opposed to
religion as such.
Denies Persecution.
"But there is no persecution of
the religionist. In the Soviet he
may follow his religious bent with

the utmost freedom. Of cows.
there will be arguments, his fel
low workingmen, will try to pm.
suade him otherwise, but he is fre.
to worship whoever and whalers:
he desires, as long as his worship
is not a source of income to him-
self, to any other individual or ta
a group. Then it becomes a viola-
tion of the fundamental economic
laws of the Soviet, and persecution
follows.
Is lthese stories of the terrilde
destruction of cathedrals and syn-
agogues you read about, are not
so terrible after all. In the lint
•`-'
place the question of the adrissi-
bility of allowing a church or a
tS
synagogue to stand is determined
ssts,
by a plebiscite of those in the col
mutiny. It is true that there is a
constant propaganda carried on by
f7f7
the Soviet against religion, but that
tr
is one place, at least, where no
force is used.
Anti-Semitism Condemned.
"On the contrary, take the mat-c, r-l'
sisis
ter of anti-Semitism. In no
try in the world is anti-Semitism
so ruthlessly persecuted.
Anti
whenever an attack is made upon
the Jews, and the culprits found,
the Soviet sees to it that the trial
is given the fullest publicity. It
is held in the open if possible, and
the entire community given the op.
portunity to be present. Religion
in Russia is persts•uted only on
s
economic grounds, when it is op.
posed to the fundamental laws of
the country, just as drinking is
persecuted in 'America because it
is opposed to the law of the land."
Asked what part he took in the
Communist government of Russia.
the director gave the somewhat
startled reply that he was not a
Communist.
"No, I am not a member of the
party," he stated, "I am in accord
with its economic theory, but I 11 ,,
not believe that the intellectual
should take part in running the
government. It is a workingman's
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government, and he should hare the
complete domination."
Of the American film, Mr. Eisen.
stein stated that he liked best
all King Victor's "Hallelujah."
CiE
expressed my surprise to hear
•:4Z
that this picture had been shown
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in Russia.
"Well, why not," he smiled. "13,
cause it is a spiritual picture? Well,
if it is, it evidently overshot its
mark as far as the Russian audi-
ence is concerned, for him it is
only an indication of the supersti-
tious element of religion. I don't
know what Vidor intended, but as
far as Russia is concerned it is
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glad to record public activities of our
co-religionists as it is an incentive for others to
broaden their interests and to encourage a broader
civic attitude. The either day I commented on the
By ISRAEL COHEN
selection of a Jew as commander of the American
Legion for the state of Minnesota. Now one of my
EDITOR'S
NOTE:
Sir
Herbert
RING FOR POSTAL!
readers in Hartford, Conn., calls my attention to el. former High Commissioner of Ssmo•
Pales_
Marquis of Reading upheld all the
But there are a thousand differ- Captain Albert M. Simons, vice-president of the tine. haa been suonded out by the Brit-
traditional prestige attaching to
Mt. Sinai Hospital of that city, who is commander
ish government concerning his possible
ent methods. Take the case of my
the viceroyalty and discharged the
appointment as the nest Viceroy of In-
of
the
Connecticut
department,
Veterans
of
For-
distinguished confrere, Prof. Ber-
dia. The suggestion 0 Sir Herbert for
onerous duties of that responsi-
eign Wars, and that the commander makes his visi- this important post in
nard Postal, who was wedded to
the British Em-
ble and difficult position in a par-
tations throughout the state in an airplane. The pire's service has revived the ouestion
Miss Margaret Selkowitz of Union
ticularly
trying period with
whether • Jew can govern. Mr. Cohen,
point I emphasized in discussing the Minnesota
Cj
City, New Jersey,
abounding success. When it first
prominent Anglo.Jewish writer and au•
The bride, in this case, never Kapplin applies to the Connecticut Simons. That thor answers the question with an em-
became
known
early in 1921 that
phatic "yes."
saw Bernie handling any acids. interest in civic ventures should not interfere with
Mr. Lloyd George had selected
And Bernie really thinks that when a Jew's interest in his commercial undertakings.
Lord Reading to be governor-gen-
The trouble with some of us is that we become so
people say 'schadchen ' (shotgun
The well-founded rumor that Sir
eral of the Indian empire, political
a
way with the idea of our importance in
they mean a rifle. That's ho
Herbert Samuel has been sounded
critics
immediately became very
non-Jewish enterprises that we are indifferent to by the prime minister as to
Zionism served to offset and defeat the much he knows about marriag N,
busy and many of them contended
e
his
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the
problems
within
our
own
group,
and
become
worst of all heresies: despair. Instead of brokerage.
willingness to accept the office of
that a Jew could not make a good
I slackers.
How was it accomplished? Al
governor-general of India when it
governor. It was not very long
driving young Jewry to unhappiness and very simple.
is vacated next year by Lord Ir-
before they changed their opinion.
One (lay Miss Selkowitz hap- IT WASN'T my fault, my wife did it! That's the win has aroused a discussion in
discouragement, it gave them hope and a
It did not seem to occur to them
excuse General Ludendorff, famous chief of staff some quarters as to his
pened to visit the Jewish Tele-
fitness for that there was no more reason why
life ideal. And this ideal has brought many graphic Agency. Sitting for a of the German armies, gives for his venomous cam-
Jewish Luck.
that exalted position. In view of a Jew should not be able to make
nearer to the synagogue and has kept while in Mr. Postal's office, she paign against the Jews in Germany. He is now Sir Herbert Samuel's record as a an efficient administrator than a
Giving profe ssional ethics as his reason, thousands within the Jewish fold, where saw Miss Kassell rush in with the suing his wife for divorce. Marriages may be made statesman
and administrator, one
Christian, especially as the over-
Heaven but all wives aren't angels. This wife of
Sir Boyd Merr iman, who was the counsel they might otherwise have drifted to news that six manuscripts intend- in
would have thought that such a
Ludendorff has enough hate stored up in her mis- discussion was entirely superflu- whelming majority of the inhabi-
ed for release within an hour could
tants
of India are neither Jews
of the Jewish Agency at the hearings of strange gods.
erable soul to poison the whole world. Her name is
not be found.
ous. It is true that his adminis-
nor Christians.
"Excuse me for a few minutes," 111athilda Kemnitz and she is the editor of a journal,
, the Palestine I nquiry Commission, refused
tration of Palestine could be criti-
Two Far-Fetched Reasons.
True, there are faults to be found. Where said Mr. Postal. To make a long Wochenshau, which has been one of the most viru- cized from the point of view of
, on his arrival i i I Montreal to discuss the sit-
story short, before the hour was lent anti-Semitic organs in Germany. I have always
Why is it that some people still
Great Britain's specific obligations
nation in the Jewish Homeland. lie ex- Zionism aroused false hopes, it should have uo
felt that Ludendorff was unbalanced as there WAS
cln
pAefr. Postal had six fresh articles
doubt
the fitness of a Jew to gov-
under the mandate and the degree
no other conclusion to arrive at in view of his crazy to which they were observed, but
plained it was an inviolable rule with him been discouraged. And those who advocate
ern a country, even though con-
"How Is you do it no fact?" accusations against the Jews. At one time he was nobody can seriously question
the
movement
as
narrow
nationalism
must
not to make an y public statements regard-
his temporary history provides the
associated with Hitler, another notorious anti-
queried Miss Selkowitz.
ability to govern any of Britain's
"By Postal telegraph," replied Semite; it's a pity that they released Hitler from
ing any case n which he appeared pro- he condemned. But minor misrepresenta-
great dependencies, for few Brit- case not only of a Jewish viceroy
prison
before
his
time
because
he
is
a
menace
to
her
future
husband.
tions do not warrant condemnations of the
of India, but also of a Jew who
ish statesmen of the present day
fessionally.
"Heavens," she exclaimed, "what
any country. Well, I hope that the general wins his are possessed of his capacity, his
type of Dr. Schulman.
proved himself an able adminis-
a man! Suppose I were marooned divorce and that he tries to redeem some of the efficiency and his industry.
At about the same time, however, W. H.
trator of British dominions and
prestige he has lost since the war.
on some island without reading
Stoker, who w a s counsel for the Arabs be-
dependencies
so varied as the Gold
The
doubt
suggested
in
connec•
matter. All I would have to say
with Sir Herbert Samuel boa Coast and Natal, Hong Kong and
fore the Pale stifle Inquiry Commission,
is write a half dozen stories."
I SEE that the irrepressible Morris Gest, America's Lion
The Future of Russian Jewry.
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Queensland,
namely,
Sir Matthew
not
been
prompted
by
any
consid-
And no they were wedded by Dr.
greatest and most artistic showman, who owed
wrote an article , which he named "The Pal-
Nathan? It is probably due, in
eration of his personal qualifica-
The fate of Russian Jewry remains most Israel Goldstein—and we hope and some $600,000, has been released from bankruptcy. tions.
the
main,
to
two
reasons;
one
is
estine Dilemm a ," for the London English
Had
he
been
a
Christian,
know that they will live happily
Ile plans to start all over again and to repay his
creditors in full. That is a very praiseworthy pro- no question whatsoever would have the idea that the Jew, being a
Review. It wi 11 take a little guessing to uncertain, adding sorrow to the saddening ever after. Nlazeltov!
gram. But I suggest to my dear friend Morris been raised; the doubt is clue solely member of a nation that lost its
situation
for
our
people
as
a
result
of
the
conclude that t his article Was intended to
independence owing to a
MAXINE AND CLARA
that he make a Rosh Ilashonah resolution never to the fact that he is a Jew, for ancient
civil strife and failure to maintain
there is still a widespread notion
aid the Arab c lique which is interferring increase of anti-Semitic activities in Euro-
But we are not through with
again to produce a Passion Play. I am not super-
peace and unity within its own
that however able a Jew may be in
pean
countries.
In
Russia
it
is
perhaps
talking
about
marriage
yet.
Bache-
stitious
but
somehow
or
other
the
straw
that
broke
with Jewish as )irations and efforts in Pal-
spheres of life he is not en- ranks would not be able to exer-
more saddening than anywhere else be- lors seldom are. Our private detec- the camel's back and incidentally broke Morris other
estine.
dowed with the qualities requisite cise proper control over another
tives have just brought us in the
the "Miracle," which was the Freiburg Passion
nation; the other is the theory that
cause the Jew suffers from every angle. news that now that the Clara Bow- was
for
governing
a country. This is
Play. Gest received the worst newspaper drubbing
Such is the 1 ck of the Jew that even at
falacy that has frequently been the Jew, as the member of an op-
and faces danger wherever he turns. At Harry Richman romance seems to of his life, and one of the most effective was that a exposed
pressed
race, is apt to feel a sort
in
modern
times
by
actual
the hands of h i s friends he seldom bene- the hands
waning, Maxie Rosenbloom, the which appeared in the Nation written by Louis
of the Soviets he suffers spiritu- be
of inferiority complex and is,
instances of successful Jewish ad-
pugilistic artist, has fallen for the Browdy, a Pittsburgh boy. That was a work of art!
fits. His adver. aries never suffer from in-
therefore,
not endowed with the
ministrators,
but
it
nevertheless
ally, his schools and synagogues being great female exponent of It.
That play sponsored by a Jew created prejudice and
violable rules o f ethics on the part of their hounded, the language of his
requisite qualities for being in
persists. It was exploded fairly
Clara Bow, it appears, is des- ill-feeling. There was absolutely no excuse for
prayers
sup-
recently
in
India
itself,
where
the
advocates. Bu t the Jew is handicapped
tined to have a Jewish cha.an.
Morris Gest ever getting mixed up in it. Well, it's
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pressed, the Torah condemned. At the
all over and I hope that our great show man will
even in the ext . eme anxiety for justice in
FIGHTERS LIKE PEACE
once again recoup his fortunes.
hands
of
the
anti-Bolsheviki
he
is
threat..
Talking about Maxie Rosen-
his battles for e pal opportunities with his ened with pogroms.
bloom, reminds us of something A ND this is religion! Because the American Le
neighbors. Jew ish luck, it will be conclud-
else. Maxie, it is said, has one
William C. White, writing in the Forum, trait which he shares with that of Wisconsin and Missouri are considering refusing
ed from this, is md luck.
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other great fighter, Jack Demp- church membership to legionnaires. The basis of
!Slim Helen L. Strauss, executive secretary of the National Federa-
Our advice th erefore is for Jews not to reports the following anti-Bolshevik can- sey.
And that is, both of them
versation :
tion of Temple Sisterhoods, has returned to Cincinnati after seven
the move was stated by church member, who said
trust in luck, an dwe have confidence that
would walk a mile to avoid a real the foundation of religious service was Christ. The
weeks in Europe, during which she conferred with a number of out-
personal fight.
standing Jews and Jewesses, particularly in England.
justice will trium ph. The division reported
Legion, they said, was non-sectarian and hence
Why do they put up posters: "Anti-Semitism
I do not mean that either of necessarily ignored Christ in its religious services
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in the ranks of the Arabs, the charges of
them is afraid. They could
is Bourgeois Prejudice. Anti-Semitism is
and the ignoring of Christ was heresy. And we
Frank I.. Newburger, senior member of Newburger, Henderson &
easily
make
mashed
meat
out
of
sis
misuse of funds made against the Grand
Counter-Revolutionary"? That is why a man
wonder why the world is so irreligious! Isn't it ap-
Loeb, was named president of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange by the
board of governors. lie
their probable foes, but both seem palling how religion is being smothered to death by
Mufti, the dere Ise of Jewish aspirations
who cries "Bay zhidov!" (beat the Jews) in a
succeeds M. F. Middleton, Jr., who resigned.
to utterly loath a personal quarrel senseless creed and dogma!
Mr. Newburger has been vice-president of the Exchange. As one of
street would be shot by morning, even if he
by many Arab leaders, as evidenced by
and will do anything to avoid one.
the organizers of his firm he has been actively engaged in a general
were drunk. For a pogrom is the first form
Just souls that are peaceable by
HE Knights of Columbus are about to form a brokerage business in Philadelphia for 30 years.
the statement ma de last week in Vienna by
T
nature.
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that
a
violent
demonstration
against
the
Com-
League
Against
Defamation.
This
is
somewhat
Mohammed Tau it of Tiberias--these and
Rabbi Abraham
Strange paradox, on the sur- on the order of the Anti-Defamation League of the
munists will assume....
Bengis, who during the past year has been spiritual
face! And yet not so strange.
other recent evil mces of a new turn in Pal-
B'nai B'rith. The B'nai B'rith has done excellent
leader of a Conservative congregation in Omaha, has been chosen rabbi
When this damned system breaks, there will
The fellow who likes to fight, who
of
Temple
work through this league in preventing unfair dis-
estine events sho uld give our people cour-
go ,
be a pogrom. You will be able to row on Jew-
next
month, Beth El, Birmingham, Ala. He will assume his duties there
is always carrying a chip on his crimination against the Jew. But the Catholic or-
ish blood from Arabat Gate to Red Square.
age to carry on he great work for the re-
shoulder is generally simply a per- ganization has something bigger in mind which I
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son
with
an
inferiority
complex.
think
is
a
Brighter
prospects
for
activities
mistake
demption of the and of Israel. Arab lead-
in the Jewish community of Bing-
in judgment. "The purpose of
There is at least this blessing: that the His faith in his own ego is so tenu- the league," said Supreme
Director
John
E.
Swift,
hamton,
N.
Y.,
are
looked
forward
to
with
the
arrival
of
Rabbi
Julian
era who have th e interests of the masses Jew is safe physically under the Soviets. ous that he feels he must resent "is to place in the political field a higher grade of L. Greifer, who comes from Middletown to assume his new duties as
of their people tt heart know that they And it is fortunate for the Jew in this re- anything in which there is the leaders." That immediately put the Catholics in an director of the Jewish Community Center. Rabbi Greifer declares it
suspicion of attack.
organized way in the field of politics which is likely
to be his intention to "consolidate Jewish affairs and promote a pro-
will benefit from Jewish reconstruction ef- spect that the overthrow of the Communist slightest
Samuel Johnson had the right to react unfavorably, And I sincerely hope that the
gram to serve every member of the Jewish community."
forts and will not hinder us in our work.
idea.
"I
can
be insulted only by B'nai B'rith will not follow the Knights of Colum-
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regime is a very, very' remote possibility.
bus in such political activities. Church and state
Joseph Cuba of Atlanta, Ga., was elected president of the Southern
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should keep as far apart as the poles.
Interstate Young Judaeans' Association at the concluding session of the
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