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Britain, the League and the Jews.

hearts,
There is considerable satisfaction in the
report of the Mandates Commission. In
many respects Jewish effort is vindicated.
But for the future of Palestine two things
remain of prime importance: the Jew's will
to build his homeland, and Britain's readi-
ness to co-operate. So long as Great Britain
remains the mandatory power, no good will
come of quibbling, but great things will be
accomplished if a co-operative spirit will
rule.

The Death of Lucien Wolf.

English Jewry is not the only loser in the
death of Lucien Wolf. The demise of this
devoted Jewish leader and statesman will
be mourned as a great loss by Jews
throughout the world, and will be especial-
ly felt by the oppressed Jewish communi-
ties in European countries, in whose behalf
Mr. Wolf has devoted himself all his life.
Known in Europe as the foreign minis-
ter of the Jewish people, Mr. Wolf's posi-
tion among English Jews may be likened to
that of the late Louis Marshall among
American Jews. In many respects, how-
ever, he was even better known and more
influential than Mr. Marshall, due to his
being nearer to the scenes of oppressions
against the Jews, and because of his per-
sonal closer acquaintances with the lead-
ers in European countries with whom he
was called upon to deal in behalf of op-
pressed Jewries.
As author of the post-war minorities
treaty and as battler for its enforcement,
as friend of the migrating Jewish masses,
as vigilant defender of the rights of the
Jewish people everywhere, Lucien Wolf
will be remembered in the history of his
people as one of Israel's greatest sons.

The Palestinian riddle is becoming more
and more puzzling. PI edges, made and
broken, are now again b eing subjected to
thorough international e xaminations, and
from the latest test the British lion has
emerged somewhat bruise !d. The Mandates
Commission of the Leagu is of Nations has
called Great Britain to to sk for not having
taken precautions to d • fend the Jewish
population in the riots of August 1929 and
for not having taken st Ts to assure the
upbuilding of the Jewis National Home,
in accordance with her obligations as the
mandatory power.
Great Britain rules Pal estine as the man-
datory power under the I efigue of Nations.
Many Jews have, in th e past turbulent
months, consoled themsel ves with the hope
that the League of Natio ns is after all the
supreme power in inte rnational affairs,
especially those affectin g Palestine, and
that Britain will be co rn pelted to live up
to those obligations w hich the Jewish
people maintained were being broken. Be-
"Pa" Ferguson Dislikes the Jews.
cause it was generally assumed that the
The influence of "Pa" James E. Fergu-
League did as Britain d ictated, the long- son in "Ma" Miriam A. Ferguson's unsuc-
awaited report of the If landates Commis- cessful campaign for the Democratic nom-
sion on Palestine was sen sational news.
ination for governor of Texas Is said to
It stands to reason tha the report of the have helped bring about "Ma's" defeat and
Mandates Commission w as great news to the nomination of Ross Sterling. If we judge
Jews. It came as a v i ndicationand as aright the influence of the Texas Jewish
justification of many o f our claims. It Herald, an Anglo-Jewish weekly newspa-
brought new hope that he Jew's is not a per published in Houston, the Jewish vote
Yo
lost cause in internatio nal affairs; that helped to defeat "Ma" who was said to be
Jewish aspirations in I' alestine will ulti- running in the name of "Pa," who was once
mately be realized, wit h the encourage- impeached as governor.
ment of the powers of th s world. Although
And after reading the campaign argu-
the entire question is yet far from solution, ment addressed to the Jewish voters by a
with the British governn lent defending it- writer in the Texas Jewish Herald, we do
self as vigorously as th C Mandates Corn- not blame the Jewish constituents. In his
mission attacks it. Grea t statesmanship is column, "Ego," this writer first relates the
now demanded from J ewish leaders to benevolence of Ross Sterling: lie gave, vol-
steer our people's ship of ' state to the right untarily, four years ago, $5,000 for the
course.
combined Palestine-Russian colonization
An interesting point in Britain's reply to drive; aided in the formation of a Young
the Mandates Commissi in deals with the Men's Hebrew Association; gave $1,000
contention that the Man dates Commission towards the construction of a synagogue in
accepted the extreme Je wish views regard- Goose Creek. And contrasting this is quot-
ing the meaning and obje ct of the mandate. ed an article entitled "The Cloven Foot of
"The duty imposed o n the mandatory the Dallas Jews," which appeared six years
power," the reply con ends, "is not to ago in the Ferguson Forum, signed by
establish a Jewish Nation al Ilome in Pales- James E. Ferguson, editor. Ferguson
tine. This is the fund ion of the Jews charged that there was an alliance between
themselves, directed by t ee Jewish Agency. "the big Jews and the Big Ku Klux Klan,"
The mandatory power s 'responsible for and launched a vicious attack upon the
placing the country um ter such political, Jews, stating in part:
administrative and econ omic conditions as
As between the Dallas News and the Dallas
will secure the establish ment of a Jewish
Ku Klux, I want to say that the Ku Klux is the
better
of the two. I want it understood,
National Home and th development of
though, that I am not bragging on either one.
self-governing institution Is, and also for
Don't let my friends worry and think I am
making a political mistake. It is immaterial
safeguarding the civil an id religious rights
what happens to me. I am going to bunt the
of all inhabitants, irresp ective of race or
Ku-Jew combination if it is the last thing I
ever do. I am not going to let the Jews put it
religion.' The difficulty, serious enough in
over.
itself, of fulfilling the firs t object is further
Nineteen hundred years ago the Jews formed
increased by the addition of a third object."
themselves into a mob and lynched the Savior
of men on the Cross of Calvary.
While it is true that i t is "the function
By the eternal that reigns above, they shall
of the Jews themselves, directed by the
not again be allowed to hook up with another
mob and lynch religious and political liberty
Jewish Agency," to est iblish the Jewish
on the Cross of Greed and Gain.
National Home, it is equ wally as true that
We have always advocated that Jews
Britain's obligation has bi en just as clearly
defined, obligating it ' to facilitate the should not mix in politics as Jews. Their
achievement of this objec t." And how has activities, we always advocate, should be
Britain 'done the facilitat ng? If the shut- as American citizens working for the best
ting of Palestine's doors to the pioneers interests of American communities. But in
clamoring for admission is an aid to the the case of this Texas campaign, we fail
upbuilding of a land, the n we must again to see how Jews could have acted differ-
pray to Almighty powe rs to protect us ently in the effort to defeat the aspirations
from our friends. The I1 andates Commis- of a bigot. The Texas Jewish Herald is to
sion, while agreeing tha t immigration to be congratulated for its share in the Texas
Palestine should be pro mrtionate to the political battle.
country's capacity of ecot comic absorption,
nevertheless warned ag iinst the drastic
The Men Who "Rule" America.
rules taken to stop labor immigration and
Something else to be thankful for: Of
urges that the mandator •y power should the sixty-four men named by James W.
"dispel the fears exprt ssed in Jewish Gerard, former United States Ambassador
circles regarding the ma ndatory power's to Germany, as being the real "rulers" of
inclination to discharge i n full its obliga- America, only seven are Jews. The
tion to encourage Jewish immigration and "prophets" of Europe usually blame all the
to insure the establishme it of the Jewish evils of the "ruling" classes on the Jews,
National Home under th e conditions stip- and when blame is placed in any situation,
ulated in the mandate."
the "Elders of Zion" are named as the pro-
Meanwhile new hopes are handed out verbial goats.
to the Jewish people. A , the meeting of
Mr. Gerard's list names these Jews: B.
the administrative committ ee of the Jewish M. Warner and Adolph Zul-ur, movie mag-
Agency in Berlin Mr. Fe lix M. Warburg nates; Daniel Guggenheim, William Loeb
stated that Britain may assign special and Julius Rosenwald, financiers; Adolph
funds to purchase land or the develop- S. Ochs, publisher; Gerard Swope, presi-
ment of Jewish settlemen ts, and that the dent of General Electric Company, Mr.
British government will en courage railway Gerard has not been unkind in his selec-
building by private group 5, thus opening tion. He has treated the Jews as he did
new avenues for employme nt. Unless Brit- the others: he picked "rulers" without dis-
aim actually undertakes t o facilitate the crimination as to creed or race. That is
establishment of the Jewish
Jewish National Home something to be thankful for. Blessed be
in Palestine, Jewish faith i the mandatory this land whose "prophets" and "seers" do
power cannot possibly be r estored. There- not put all blame for all evils upon the
fore Jewish leaders should be careful lest shoulders of the mythical Elders of Zion.

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WANTED TO BE NAPOLEON

So another would-be Napoleon
has passed. And for a while, it
seemed that Henry Siegel would
be that in the world of commerce.
Those whose memories run back
15 years will recall what Siegel-
Cooper meant in the department
store world. Henry Siegel had
built up mammoth stores in all of
the principalities of the country.
If there was one thing notice.
able about Siegel, his friends ob-
served, it was his cocky air. Ile
walked about with that Monte
Cristo feeling "the world is mine."
And for a time it seemed so.
He wanted to be a Napoleon.
He forgot, as so many other would-
be Napoleons forget, the sad story
of Waterloo. Siegel had his Water-
loo when he turned to the deposits
of his customers to bolster up his
mercantile business,

THEY FORGET WATERLOO

It would be interesting if it
could be ascertained how many
people the career of Napoleon has
influenced. I dare say, it would
be found that the effect of Na-
poleon has been as great in the
lives he has influenced as in the
actual changes he wrought in the
map of Europe. Recently, there
died the Jewish theatrical mag-
nate, Abraham Erlanger. lie, too,
modeled his life after Napoleon
and sought to he the Bonaparte of
the theater. It is said that Wool-
worth always had the picture of
Napoleon before him. Janice J.
Hill, the railroad builder, likewise
was markedly influenced by Na-
poleon.
There was something intoxicat-
ing about his career. Alas, that
most who ape the little Corsican
come soon enough to Waterloo,
but seldom attain the Napoleonic
heights. Siegel ended his days in
a modest haberdashery store, after
a term in prison.
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GIVE YOURSELF A HAND

A. C. Blumenthal, millionaire
realtor, who, it is reported, made
10 millions in five years, has just
been giving some advice.
Part of it reads as follows: "Ap-
plaud yourself every (lay. If ap-
plause urges the actor to do better
work, it will inspire you to im-
prove you." I suppose there is a
good deal of value in Mr. Blumen-
thal's advice. It is Coueism,
Christian Science, Jewish science,
think even the prophet Isaiah once
observed that if you its not be-
lieve, you shall not be established."
I am quoting from memory. The
actual words may be different.

A KICK ALSO WORKS SOME
TIMES

But I wonder if similar results
cannot also be obtained by just the
reverse method.
For while there are people who
do better work when you tell them
they can, there are also people
who are spurred to do a thin
when you tell them they can't.
dare say that a great deal of
the significant accomplishment s of
the world are due to people who
have little faith in themselves, and
who for that very reason strive to
gain peace by the accomplishment
of what seems beyond their reach.
What is really harmful, it ap-
pears, is to believe that you are
neither very good nor very bad.
Then you are lost.
The Messiah will come, said the
old Jewish legends, when the peo-
ple are either very good or very
bad. The Messiah in personal life
seems to come about the same
way.

WHY COWS GIVE IT AWAY

"WHY?" QUERIES FROMBERG

Harry Fromberg, Republican
nominee for judge in Brooklyn,
put this one to me the other day:
"Why is it that Jews seem to
fare better politically in sections
that are not Jewish?
"Cincinnati has had a Jewish
mayor. New York city never has.
"Georgia, home of the Ku Klux,
has had a Jewish governor. New
York never has.
"Florida, Oregon, Colorado,
Maryland and other states have
sent Jews to the United States
Senate, New York never has."

AND WE TRY TO ANSWER

Our answer to the above ques-
tion would be that the Jew is bet-

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Bulgaria, An Oasis in the Desert
of Anti•Semitism

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By DAVID SCHWARTZ

George Jesse] tells it. He was
out recently with a friend who is
a habitual imbiber of the non-Vol-
stead bottle. Jessel coaxed him to
drink some milk instead.
Finally he drank some. "Phew!"
he said, "what are you trying to
do, poison me? No wonder the
cows give it away."

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Scanning the
Horizon

CARTOONIST T URNS AUTHOR
Who has the most elaborately
fitted-up offices in America? J. P.
Morgan, Charley Schwab, Otto
Kahn? No, you're wrong. It's a
fellow that draws comical pictures
for the newspapers. None other
than Harry Hershfield, creator of
Abie Kabibble.
The equipment of the Hershfield
offices in the Chanin Building is
estimated at close to three hun-
dred thousand dollars. That is a
little food for thought for you.
And now Hershfield is to add
to his cartoonist work that of be-
big an author. He is writing a
book to be called "The Super-
City," and if you talk to him he
will tell you that it will sell 1,000,.
000 copies.
Most books being published
nowadays don't return enough to
the author to enable him to take a
boat ride to Florida, but Hershfield
expects to reap a fortune on his
work. And very likely he will. Ile
knows the secret of reaching the
mass mind. Few authors can do
that. Most of them write with
their eye on the critics of the New
York Times or the American Mer-
cury. They disdain to think of
the millions of the masses and the
latter retaliate by disdaining to
buy their books.

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NOTICE where the American Jewish Congress
has set aside one period during its sessions in Oc-
tober for a banquet in honor of }lorry Snell, the
member of the English parliament who sat on the
Shaw Commission investigating the Palestine riots.
Snell is a Laborite and was the one who handed in
a minority report giving the Jews a shade the bet-
ter of the decision. I wonder if it wouldn't have
been better strategy to have arranged a banquet in
honor of those who opposed us? The only way to
make progress is to break down resistance.

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SAW Mare Connelly's much discussed play,
"Green Pastures," the other night in New York.
It has been advertised as the colored man's idea
of God and heaven. A colored writer said that it
was not the colored man's idea of God but a white
want idea of what the colored man thought. I
think they are all wrong. As I studied the play it
flashed through my mind that here we have the
average churchgoer's idea of God, heaven, Hell,
Garden of Eden, the Flood, the Exodus, and other
historical incidents found in the Old Testament. In
thinking how foolish the other fellow's ideas are we
forget how foolish our own are. If Robert Edmond
Jones or any other stage artist were to stage
Heaven as it appears to the white undamentalist he
would probably have to create a glorified Roxy's
theater, God would be visualized as an elderly gen-
tleman (white, of course) with a long beard, keep-
ing a net of books exactly as one sees the colored
God in "Green Pastures." When it's all said and
done our ideas of God and the hereafter are just
about on a par with those of primitive people.

New York Evening World quotes this from
T HE a news
dispatch

The Methodist Board of Temperance, Pro-

hibition and Public Morals today asserted that
the great daily newspapers in some of our cities

make subtle but perfectly obvious appeals to
religious prejudice in their warfare against the
prohibition law.

The World makes this comment on that amazing
bit of effrontery:

And this from a group of fanatics who have
made it their business from the start to appeal

to religious prejudice on behalf of prohibition.
Can it be that they who have taken the sword

feel that they are about to perish by the
sword?

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a Jew gives a substantial sum to a syna-
gogue, that's real news. It dosn't happen very
often. It's queer the slant we get on things in
Jewish life. Let a golf club need assistance and
some wealthy man or a few wealthy men are ready
to come forward with the funds. But let a congre-
gation struggle along with a deficit, unable to ob-
tain the proper housing accommodations, and forced
to economize to the limit, and it would be the sen-
sation of the hour if some wealthy Jew would conic
forward and say, "Here's fifty thousand or a hun-
dred thousand dollars to meet the situation." An-
other odd fact which makes human nature so diffi-
cult to explain. A man may let charities struggle
the best they can during his lifetime when a large
annual contribution would help them greatly, and
when he dies he scatters his millions all over the
Map. The same man approached (luring his life-
time would say that he does his duty, that he gives
liberally, that he has big demands, and when he
dies he leaves a huge fortune. The other day a man
gave $500 to a synagogue in Massachusetts and it
was a news item. If 10 times that amount had been
given to help pay off a mortgage on a social club
it wouldn't even have been mentioned. Yes, we are
a peculiar people!

on the subject of some of our peculiari-
W HILE
ties let's mention another one. When a Jew

occupies a public position he is reluctant to give
his co-religionists a fair deal, fearing that he will
be accused of favoring his own people. So in order

to avoid that accusation he bends backward and
becomes unjust. For example, I have heard Jewish

judges say that when a Jew is on trial before them
they are inclined to be more severe than if he were
a non-Jew. That is, of course, injustice. A Jew

may occupy a position where he may be influential
in employing persons for public office. If he is
hypersensitive he is likely to be very unfair to his
own people, denying opportunity to the worthiest,

penalizing them just because they are Jews. This,
of course, is narrow and unfair. One is astonished
at the stupidity of Jews who do these things because
they are adopting exactly the sane attitude of the

non-Jew who adopts a class attitude toward Jews,
either rejecting them or accepting them as a group.
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CAN scarcely believe that we have among the
Jews of this country such a shameless lot as
Rabbi S. Felix Mendelssohn writes of in the Chicago
Sentinel. On the other hand, I am sure that a rabbi
would be the last one to advertise congregations of
the type referred to unless he possessed the facts.
He tells us that there is a Jewish congregation in
Chicago which has recently been in serious financial
difficulties: the old story of expansion beyond their
means. Then the inevitable mortgage. The rabbi
was blamed. Then they placed the mortgage ahead
of the rabbi as a moral (?) and financial obligation.
So they stopped paying him his salary. The Lord
will provide! Months passed and no salary. Now
I understand the congregation has advertised for a
new rabbi. It reminds me of the person who hes
a charge account in a store and is in arrears, then
goes elsewhere and buys for cash. What can we do
with such a group? But what surprises me more
than anything else is the suggestion of Dr. Mendel-
sohn that there are other congregations in Chicago
that fail to pay their rabbis for months. Congre-
gations like those should be blacklisted by the na-
tional rabbinical organizations.

I READILY agree it is rather a futile piece of
business to discuss spiritualism with a spiritualist.
One might as well try to convince a prince of the
Catholic church that he is in error in his belief.
Equally a spiritualist has little chance of convincing
me of the value of his belief. Therefore, nothing
is to be gained by engaging in a controversy with
Mr. Louis Minsky, who has tried to show me the
error of my ways in evincing a profound skepticism
toward spiritualist demonstrations. Once I attended
a theater when lioudini challenged a spiritualist to
read certain letters he had prepared. The spirit-
. ualist was not a fake but a sincere woman, pastor
of a spiritualist church. But she was pathetically
incompetent to meet Houdini's challenge. Likewise
I attended a spiritualist convention where the cele-
brated Slater held forth but houdini, who was pres-
ent, was not permitted to challenge Slater and de-
mand that he read and answer certain questions
Houdini had prepared. Mediums cannot dismiss
lloudini with a wave of the hand because he
matched them demonstration for demonstration and
proved that he could duplicate whatever they did.
But the question I asked is still unanswered
though Mr. Minsky attempts an answer. I asked
"Why does a boy of 15 years who passes beyond
materialize years later as a boy of 15?" Is there
no development in the spirit world? In the event
that a man of 90 suffering from senile dementia
dies, then, according to Mr. Minsky, this weak-
minded old gentleman, lacking complete control of
his faculties. is materialized exactly as he left
this world, weak mind and all. It is so absurd on
the face of it that one insults his own intelligence
in even considering it.

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EDITOR'S NOTE-I-With snit-Semitisin
showing as ugly head in Ituin•niss Aus-
tria, Hungary, Poland. Lithuania and
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wheye there is nu organised Jew-baiting.
The Jews live, st least for Eastern Eu•
rope, an ideal existence. The story of
Bulgarian Jewrynaikes pleasant read-
ing in view of the recent anti-Semitic
excesses in the neighboring country of
Roumania.

Amidst the storm and strife of
anti-Semitism, economic and polit-
ical difficulties which the Jews in
so many countries of Eastern Eur-
ope are constantly facing, it is
with relief that we come to the
Kingdom of Bulgaria. True, the
Jewish community is not large,
numbering 45,000 in 25 commun-
ities of varying size. Yet, the
quality of the community's leader-
ship and the manner in which the
affairs of the community are ad-
ministered has gained the respect
and admiration of the general pop-
ulation.

The Bulgarian Constitution ac-

cords all civil rights to the Jews.
They are electors, there being uni-
versal manhood suffrage; they are
eligible to office and are repre-
sented in their municipality by one
or two members. Jews may be-
come members of the Sobranye,the
national assembly which is corn-
nesed of 227 members, and are
likewise suhiect to military service
with the right of military promo-
tion.

King

Boris Int

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Not the least of those who main-
tain a genuine interest in the pro-
gress of the Jewish people both in
Bulgaria and abroad is King Boris
himself. The King, who is but
thirty-six years old, is extremely
popular among his subjects, Jews
as well as non-Jews. When he
received me in audience, the rea-
son for his popularity was not hard
to see. Simple and direct of man-
ner he made no effort to create
about him the awesome atreins-
phere of his position. By his ques-
tions he displayed a thorough
knowledge of Jewish conditions
throughout the world. It was re-
markable to note how closely he
follows Jewish developments ev-
erywhere and to see how well ac-
quainted he keeps himself with the
situation in Palestine. The King
displayed a sympathetic and un-
derstanding attitude toward Zion-
ism.

The Jewish Consistory is the
supreme agency of Bulgarian Jew-
ry. Elected at an assembly of
representatives of all Jewish or-
ganizations abroad, it represents
the Jewish community both in its
relations with the government and
Jewish organizations abroad. At
its head is Col. Trigger, who was
unanimously re-elected to the
presidency at the last consistory
elections. Col. Tagger is held in
high esteem not only by King
Boris and official government cir-
cles, but by the Jewish population
as well.
15,000 Sephardic, 5000 Ashkenazic

Each Jewish community is gov-
erned by its Synagogal Committee,
which levies a tax on members of
the community to meet communal
needs and for the maintenance of
the Jewish schools.

While the largest proportion of
the Jewish population is Sephar-
dic, there is an Ashkenazic com-
munity as well, centered princ-
ipally in Sofia. Of a Jewish pop-
ulation of 20,000 in the capital,
5,000 are of the Ashkenazic com-
munity. Although this community
has a separate administration, it
is represented on the Central Con-
sistory of Bulgarian Jews and
works in harmony with the Seph-
ardic community, often carrying
on social aid work in common.
However, the Ashkenazic commun-
ity has its own cultural and char-
itable institutions and a kinder-
garten. Its synagogue in Sofia is
one of the most beautiful in the
country. Lucas Moscovitz, known
for his many benefactions includ-
ing an old people's home erected
with his own means, heads the
Ashkenazic community,

number is considerable, are
divided into three branches of
work.
There are the health s,.
defies with the principal object o
furnishing hygienic cam to th
indigent portions of the populatioi
To this class the Iiikur Cholla ,
Iladassah, Beirout and Maternity
belong. The social out agencies in
elude Koupat, Sedaka, Podkr•pa
the Soldiers' Society, Aava Va
hessed and the Ventura Levy Ilene
Scent Society. Organizations whirl
devote themselves to the school
include Malbish Arournim, Zerus
and Maasirn-Tovim.

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Under Communal Control.

All these organizations are ad-
ministered by a special committee
and are under the control of the
community. The Synagogal Com-
mittee is composed of seven mem-
bers and the school committee of
five. The school committee is
elected by vote of all masculine
members of the community who
are Bulgarian citizens. The women
are ineligible for office. Elections
are held under the control of an
official of the Ministry of Justice.
In the last elections, the Zionist
party was victorious in almost all
the Jewish communities. The well
known lawyer and Zionist leader,
Leon Cohen, is now at the head
of the Jewish community in Sofia.
While nearly half of the total
Jewish population of the country
is centralized in Sofia, this is only
a recent development, the growth
having taken place during the last
twenty years. Previously, the in..
portant communities were Roust
chouk and Philippopolis.

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Professional Distribution.

The distribution according to

occupation of the Jewish population

in Sofia is fairly indicative of the

other centers as well. There are

1,630 merchants and commission

agents; 73 government employees;
1,812 in various professions; 10

engineers; 31 lawyers; 74 physi-
cians and pharmacists, 35 dentists
and 58 electrical engineers.

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Seventy-seven are classed as
industrial operators, and there are
54 bankers.

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The most prominent Jewis It
banker is Angel Konyounidjisky,
who is held in high regard in
Jewish and non-Jewish circles be-
cause of the many charitable and
communal activities he is gener-
ously supporting. His banking
institution has a leading position
in the industrial and financial life
of the country.
(Copyri g ht, 1930.J. T. A./

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Elias Lieberman's Verse.

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THE HAND ORGAN MAN. By Elias
Lieberman. Saga Cress, 200 Verak
Street, New York. 122/.

Elias Lieberman, educator, high
school principal, critic and poet,
has established an enviable reputa-
tion with leading periodicals. He
is best known as critic and poet,
and much of what he has written
will be classed with modern
classics.

His "Hand Organ Man" adds
much that is good to poetic works
and enhances an already well-es-
tablished reputation. What we
say in favor of his volume will be
best emphasized with a quotation
from his poetry, and we choose his
"The Ilebrew Scholar: A Por-
trait":

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All night he cons the law with wrinkled

Lrnw,

one thumb in dialectic rage ootthrust:
/In voice drones on—it now exults and

Sinks low, as If to mourn a world of
dust.
Itch Mittel, 'pinning thought, evolves
once more,
In twisted arabesques like fairy Ince.
Dim legal fantasies and •ntinue lore
Seen vaguely through the lens of tint,
and space.

The

clocekir,t,ic,_
ks

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on with mildly even

A shail,n
owr
od,steale behind—it dares not

The lonoenliy., 1,nan. At night hie d,,.,,,

A door that cloyed on sweet forgetful.

swu m( ngu'i one day of sunlight itmg

MM.

And now creaks open wide by candle

glow.

Synagogue. and Societies.

The budget of the Jewish com-
There is temptation to go on
quoting-
munity of Sofia is 8,000,000 Leva.
oting. But our readers should
This is met with revenues for its
get the volume to derive the full
real
estate
amounting
to front
2,700,000
Leva,
2,500,000
Leva
the benefit of the treasures it contains.
Suffice it to add to what we said
communal tax, 1,000,000 Leva re-
in its praise, to quote Mr. Lieber-
ceived as an annual subsidy front
the municipality and with funds man's "The Mandolins of Son-
the
from other sources. The commun.
M•ndolins. mandolins, mad Sorrento man.
icy maintains two primary schools,
two kindergartens and a prepare-
Twinklidnelinte.
tender harmonies like mildly
tory schools. The number of Jew-
Rich In tio'nnekltihWat bell": and fade,
ish children attending these schools
wart 1t 7 :
, r .. t n.tr ee fn. ....
r y . o w ,' e e r t f . %I s yeor u e nr a dt e , , .• , , i m ,
is 1, 261.
Jewish children also
attend the
t
state schools, elementary
being free and
r c. no gb rl e i g
g a a : The y come to you from gay Capri.
fore ign or
th
la urs.
h le tr haeusfiinoe ,rN. a
f :IV!.
They ro tor
tional schools.
to twirl and reel and roar;
There are five synagogues in
You charm them with the twang of VIII
Sofia and four Midrashim.
the-footprovoking clang of Yoo
6._______
Y. chorn
oid tisi .e wvneory izavelet crevt-
The benevo_________
lent societies in Sofia,

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

1

Dr. Jacob Levitsky, a
graduate of the Tel Aviv High School and of
the University of Goettingen, and now a
teacher of mathematics in
Jerusalem, has just been awarded the annual prize of $2,000 of the
Sterling Fund of Yale University, Dr. ,
Levitsky will leave for the
United States shortly to carry on his work at Yale,
•
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•
Joseph Auslander, who is doing a
poet'spilgrimage through E urope
as the basis of a travel book for Doubleday Doran, is now in Rome
.
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Isaac Benzvi, Palestine Jewish labor leader, heading the Jewish
. 3,
archeological expedition which has
been excavating in Upper Galilee,
;ID
has uncovered in a ruined village a door beam with a Hebrew inscrip-
tion on it, showing that it dated back to the Talmudic period, or about
the second or third centuries of the Christian era. The discovery of
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the door beam indicates that where the relic was found there may have
been an ancient Jewish hospice or inn.
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Gustavus Loevinger, prominent St. Paul
attorney, has been selected
by Governor Theodore Christianson as a member of the State Teachers' 34
College board. Loevinger is one of eight members appointed to the
1,
4,
board. The board supervises and directs
the curriculum and activities
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of six teachers training for normal schools throughout Minnesota. Mr.
Loevinger, who has participated actively in all Important Jewish corn-
743'
munal activities in St. Paul, is a past president of District Grand Lodge t:
No. 6 of B'nai B'rith. Previous to the
appointment of Mr. Loevinger.
St. Paul had
no membership on et ate educational boards,

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